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Yam Curry is a delicious curry recipe commonly known as vegetarian fish because of its taste which resembles like fish. Yam is healthy not like regular potatoes as yam is low in protein and cholesterol. Hope you like this yam curry as you did like my previous recipe Cardamom Cake.
Peel and cut yam into slices. Keep them into the water to remove excess starch and prevent from turning dark in colour.
In a non-stick pan heat oil.
Add mustard seeds, as they begin to splutter, add cumin seeds and curry leaves. Saute them for few seconds.
Now add chopped onions and garlic, stir-fry until onion becomes transparent.
Add chopped green chillies and chopped tomatoes, cook over medium heat for two to three minutes.
Time to add sweet potatoes, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt.
Mix them and saute them all for two to three minutes over medium heat.
Add a three-fourths cup of water and bring it to boil. Cover with lid and reduce heat to low.
Cook covered until yam becomes soft and gravy turns thick or for around eight to ten minutes.
Stir in between occasionally to prevent sticking and add more water if required.
Turn off the heat and let curry stand for five minutes.
Transfer the yam curry to a serving bowl and garnish with chopped fresh coriander leaves.
Serve yam curry with rice or roti.
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Jordyn Woods' Secndnture Activewear Line Drops Today — Find Out What Inspired Her Designs!
It's finally here, y'all! Jordyn Woods, longtime BFF of Kylie Jenner, has dropped her activewear line, Secndnture, and it's b-e-a-utiful. But beyond just the aesthetics of the line, Jordy's inspiration behind her designs is what's really attracting customers.
When asked what fans can expect from the new line, Jordyn exclusively told Life & Style, "Just really cute, comfortable, supportive outfits. For me, I really designed it based on the things I like to wear, and I can definitely see people wearing it to go work out or to the club, either way. We have a lot of cool different body suits and things like that." Cute, comfortable, and versatile? Here, take all of our money. Please and thank you.
Speaking of money, you don't have to worry about your Secndnture wardrobe breaking the bank. All items range from $45 to $79 — something that Jordyn felt was integral to her company's success. "When I was buying workout clothes, I didn't want to keep spending $100 for one pair of leggings that I want to wear every day just to get the quality because I feel like there's a huge gap," she revealed to WWD.
"If it's good quality, it's gonna be super expensive, and if it's super cheap, then the quality [isn't] there. So I wanted to meet right at that middle point to where I can make something that's quality enough for a more reasonable price." Even more amazing than that is the size inclusivity!
It's amazing to see such a young woman absolutely killing it! We can't wait to spend our next paycheck (and most likely the one after that) on all of Jordy's designs.


Ralph Dills - a male celebrity - born on Saturday February 19th 1910, in Rosser, TX, USA,.
Freedom is the key to Ralph's personality. Ralph Dills loves travel, adventure, variety and meeting new people, and he longs to experience all of life. He also loves to be involved in several things at the same time as long as he is not tied down to any one area. Change is constant in his world, requiring adaptability and courage.
With his upbeat and often inspiring personality, Ralph Dills makes friends easily and attracts people from all walks of life. He has a way with words and an uncanny ability to motivate others. Thus, Ralph can be very successful and happy in sales, advertising, publicity, promotion, politics or any profession that requires communication skills and understanding of people.
Ralph is multi-talented and possesses a variety of diverse abilities. However, discipline and focus are the true keys to his success. Without these, many of the tasks Ralph begins will remain unfinished and he will fail to realize the true fruits of his abilities. With hard work and perseverance, however, the sky is the limit. Self-employment attracts Dills powerfully, yet his challenge is to settle into one area to cultivate his ability sufficiently to earn a living and attain success. Once Ralph Dills finds his niche, the motivation and inspiration he supplies others with will bring him much in return, and he will find his friends and colleagues supporting and promoting him on the road to success.
He is often a late-bloomer and needs to experience life before he can truly know and commit to his heart's desire. Ralph Dills may be perceived as a wild child by adults and a source of concern by his family. However, he must not be obliged to hurry his choice of career or family. Ralph's challenge is to learn the true meaning of freedom-from-within through his jurney. He should try to maintain an exercise program to keep his body in shape. The flexibility and durability of Dills' body will promote security and confidence within him.
Ralph Dills tends to be quite adaptable, and he finds it easy to fit into most social set ups and vocational fields.
There are no particular virtues that can cause an imbalance in Ralph's personality and life, but he has to work hard and persistently to develop those special strengths that he desires to attain.
Learning to be wisely assertive is a major lesson to be taken by Ralph Dills throughout his life.
Tour Ralph's menu and gain more insight into his personality traits, relationships, strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes, compatibility with you and with others, and much more.
April 26th 2019 is caracterized by humanitarian acts of tact and wisdom, intelligence and depth, that manage to diffuse even recent trouble in Ralph Dills' relationship.
It is a good day for learning for Ralph, but it is also marked with shifting of priorities - a good reason not to commit to any long-term plans.


Thanks, Bookie - I like this nick better, since you do a lot of reading.
Agricola was not far from where my family lived. My dad owned a property there; which he eventually sold to the tenants.
Finished reading THE DOGS OF WAR by Frederick Forsyth. This novel, first published in 1974, has antiheroes --- tried, tested, fearless and ruthless mercenaries.
Sir James Manson is a British mining tycoon. He got filthy rich by bribing African leaders for mining concessions. Tests on rock samples reveal that the Crystal Mountain in Zangaro, a tiny West African republic, contain $$$billions' worth of platinum, a rare precious metal. Three major players control the world platinum market --- USA, communist Russia and South Africa. Manson wants exclusive right to exploit Crystal Mountain but Zangora's president is a Russian puppet. So Manson hires a band of mercenaries to topple the government and install his own puppet. Will he accomplish his goals?
You are welcome. I finished reading "The Whistler" and loved it. It is in the Grisham style and very good...totally enjoyed if.
Love Dogs Of War. Read Day Of The Jackal in my teens and started reading him exclusively. Can't put his books down despite their bulk.
"Dogs of War" is the third Forsyth novel I've read, after "Day of the Jackal" and "The Afghan". I like Forsyth better than John le Carré. Both are good though.
Saw the movie with Christopher Walken. Good movie but in my opinion, "The Wild Geese" is better.
Killing Che, Chuck Pfarrer - a fact-based fictional account of the capture and execution of Che Guevara in the Ñancahuazú jungle of Bolivia. A decent novel and good account of life in the poor South American country with an underlying display of the USA's contempt for smaller and less-developed nations.
That's the same copy I have. For some reason when I re-read it, there were more details in this book than there were in the one I read as a child back in Guyana. Maybe that was an abridged version for younger readers? It's a very good book. If you like this one, try "The Wild Coast" also by Carew.
Black Midas is expensive - $20 on Amazon for a paperback. My wife got me a copy for Christmas and looks like a first edition that came from a library. I'm researching polypropylene bags for some of my collectibles.
Thanks GTAngler. Based on your recommendation I will order - The Wild Coast - Jan Carew.
Finished reading "BOOK: My Autobiography" by John Agard. This is an informative children's book published in 2014. It has attractive illustrations by Neil Packer who had also illustrated "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez.
I decided to read this children's book partly because John Agard was my coworker and friend in Guyana in the early 1970s. Since 1977 he has resided in Britain. He is a prolific poet and playwright. In 2012 he won the Queen's Gold Medal in Poetry.
In "BOOK: My Autobiography" the narrator is, naturally, a book. It follows the evolution of books from their earliest clay tablet form through papyrus scroll, handheld codex with wood binding, paper book down to eBook format. It discusses such themes as hardcover books with cardboard and leather covers, softcover books including pocket size ones, Gutenberg press, steam-powered press, rotary press, Braille books, libraries etc.
I think parents and grandparents would find John Agard's book a worthy gift item.
Finished reading THE RED AND THE BLACK by Stendhal. It is set in France around 1830. Born in a peasant family, Julien Sorel can uncommonly write and recite the whole New Testament in Latin. His talent and good looks enable him to become a social climber in a feudal society in transition after Napoleon's exile and the restoration of the monarchy. Julien engages in an affair with a provincial mayor's wife and, afterwards, with an aristocrat's daughter who bears him a son. It all ends in tragedy before Julien's 24th birthday.
Today I am beginning a celebrated African American memoir, BLACK BOY by Richard Wright. In honour of Black History Month.
It is a great book, part of the genre called magical realism we see from post colonial writers like Rushdie, Toni Morrison, Arundhati Roy, and Kafka. They are meant to be confusing because they are actually cues for self analysis and questioning of reality, common beliefs and in short every experience.
Thanks D2. I have few more books to read, before I go back "one hundred years of solitude."
Finished reading Richard Wright's memoir BLACK BOY. Wright (1908-1960) was born in Mississippi during the Jim Crow days, a period of racial segregation, discrimination and extreme brutality against African Americans. He spent his youth in the South and then moved northward to Chicago searching for betterment. With only a few years of formal schooling, Wright read extensively and studied independently and became a writer with a social conscience. During the mid-1930s he joined the US Communist Party but quitted in disgust over the party's never ending infighting and internal witch hunting. In 1945 Wright wrote his memoir. The next year he migrated to France and lived there for the rest of his life.
For me BLACK BOY is a riveting read with its firsthand portrayal of grinding poverty and oppression in the American South during the first quarter of the 20th century.
Gilbaka, I took your advice ... I am reading - Walk wit ... all ova Guyana _ Helena Martin. I am at p 262.
Coincidentally she lived on Stephen's Street in GT ... Hubby was born & lived there also. His family then moved to James Street as Helena. They never crossed path.
She refers to The Cathedral of Immaculate Conception as St. Mary's Cathedral. It was called St. Mary's Chapel ... I googled because hubby & I were not familiar with the name St. Mary's ... Hubby was baptized in the present Cathedral.
She made her point at the beginning of the book by explaining certain slang or phrases.
Never heard that only the EI were beggars in Guyana.
Will give more of my opinion when I finish reading the book.
Thanks for sharing your impression. It's her memoir and, naturally, it's highly subjective. Not wholly objective. I understand that and have overlooked some inaccuracies. There is a scarcity of memoirs by Portuguese-Guyanese. Helena Martin's book has shown me how some Portuguese of a certain class lived in Guyana. For which I am thankful.
Finished reading THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT by US writer John Steinbeck. Published in 1961, it is Steinbeck's last novel. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature the following year. This novel is set in 1960 in New Baytown, modelled after Sag Harbor, on Long Island NY. It is a sort of social commentary on declining morals and ethics in the USA in that election year.
Earlier tonight I watched this comprehensive report on the passing last August of one of my favourite writers, VS Naipaul. Excellent.
Anta, I bought it in January for $14.95 & it was mailed from England.
I used my daughter's - Prime - so no S&H.
Finished reading THE PILLARS OF HERCULES by US novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux.
For 18 months in 1993-1994 Theroux travelled along the entire shoreline of the Mediterranean Sea. He began his journey from Gibraltar, regarded as one of the pillars of Hercules standing at the narrow Strait that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. He concluded it in the Moroccan city of Ceuta, the other Pillar of Hercules. He passed through the coastlines of Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Malta Greece, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Egypt and Tunisia. As well as the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Cyprus. The journey was covered by land and sea, not by air.
In this book I followed Theroux's account with the help of Google maps, an effort that rewarded me tremendously.
Finished reading THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY THE TURKS by Brazilian writer Jorge Amado. It was written in 1994 but not published in English until 2012. It is set in Brazil in the early years of the last century.
Jamil Bichara is a Syrian. Raduan Murad is a Lebanese. Syria and Lebanon are under Ottoman rule so Jamil and Raduan are called Turks. They arrive by ship in the eastern Brazilian state of Bahia, aiming for the conquest of wealth and women. They're in the right place at the right time. The local population is teeming with fornicators, womanizers, prostitutes, heavy drinkers and money grabbers, never mind the daily violence. Besides, virgin bush in southern Bahia is being transformed into an El Dorado promising more wealth from the cultivation and exportation of cacao. Jamil and Raduan waste no time sucking up all the opportunities.
This is a picaresque novella; I had much fun reading it.
Read two Louis L'Amours - Passing Through and The Trail To Crazy Man. Typical L'Amours. Strong, taciturn hero, takes on the bad guys, saves the girl, gets the girl. Although predictable, great escape literature.
My favorite author. I have most of his books including the ones published after his death. if you haven't already, read "Last of the Breed" and "The Walking Drum".
Thanks. I read both. A few of my favorite L'Amours are Reilly's Luck, The Man Called Noon, Shalako, The Kilkenny trilogy, Heller With A Gun, and Flint.
Gm, I have a lot of his books too. I read Kilkenny not too long ago. Still love his books.
True. Every once in a while I'll go to my bookshelf, pick one out and re-read. Although some of his books have been more gripping, he really hasn't written a bad book for me.
The one problem I have with Louis L'Amour is all his characters are identical. All the heroes have the same characteristics as well as all his bad guys.
Not at all. There are a few that deviate from the norm although some do share the "lone gunman running from past, rides into town, sees girl, likes girl, ends up in range war, gets girl". Flint and Reilly's Luck, two of my favorites are very similar. Then you have ones like "Lonesome Gods", "Haunted Mesa", "The Proving Trail", "Walking Drum", "Last of the Breed" to name a few that have a completely different flavor.
I don't mean the plots. I mean the characters themselves. Most of the heroes are broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted men, slow to anger, soft-spoken, slightly smaller than the master villain or one of the major villains who the hero will nevertheless beat in a fist fight, good with a gun. They all fit the typical hero description.
Finished reading BEST INDIAN SHORT STORIES, Volume I. This collection contains 27 short stories. I never heard about the writers, except two: Kabir Bedi the movie star, and Mulk Raj Anand, known internationally for his novel "Coolie", that was adapted into a Bollywood movie.
The editor of this lovely anthology, Khushwant Singh, who died in 2015 at age 98, was a renowned journalist and author who wrote 90 books. He served as editor of "The Illustrated Weekly of India " and "Hindustan Times". He was a politician and diplomat too.
Gil, I've always been intrigued by Kabir Bedi: Bollywood star, Italian soap star, starred in some American tv series and movies, etc. Maybe I'll buy the book.
Finished reading "THE OPEN ROAD: The Global Journeys of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama" by Pico Iyer. The author was born in Britain of Indian parents. His father was an Oxford philosopher and friend of the Dalai Lama. Pico became a journalist and travel writer. His articles and reports have appeared in TIME magazine, New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, etc.
In 1974, when Pico was 17 years old, his father introduced him to the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, the Tibetan exile community in north India near Jammu and Kashmir. Through the ensuing decades Pico would develop a close friendship with the Dalai Lama. He returned to Dharamsala often and traveled with the Dalai Lama around the world. "The Open Road" is a memoir of that friendship and those travels, plus a glimpse of the Buddhist leader's message of love, compassion, peace, understanding, etc. The book was published in 2008.
Bhai, Gilly kudos to you.
Race is a social construct, not a biological one.
Finished reading THE BEST BUDDHIST WRITING 2013, edited by Melvin McLeod. This is a collection of 28 thought-provoking articles on themes like meditation, anger management, the virtue of solitude, taming the restless mind, etc.
Finished reading "SOLITUDE: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World" by Michael Harris. Solitude is not loneliness or antisocial. It is healthy and refreshing.
Solitude frees up the mind and opens it to possibilities we cannot see when the mind is in constant useless chatter.
Finished reading "THE LEOPARD" by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, an Italian writer. This novel was published in 1958, the year after its author's death. It is set in Sicily and Italy and begins in 1860. A rebel army led by Italian patriot General Giuseppe Garibaldi liberates the two colonies from French rule and unites them as the Kingdom of Italy. Garibaldi's military officers include the nephew of a Sicilian feudal lord, Prince Salina. The novel focuses on how Garibaldi's "revolution" affects the House of Salina for 50 years. The Prince is based on Lampedusa's own grandfather.


Why Blog About the Details Behind Importing Wine?
Have you ever had a friend that just… you know… tells you like it is? Well, we have one and she handed us our asses after she came to visit us while on the road scouting for new wines. She saw us in action and couldn't believe we aren't posting more about what importing actually involves.
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At Operation Hope our vision is to help Refugees and Internally Displaces People work towards a better future. We believe that those with resources have a social obligation to respond to the suffering of others, regardless of race, politics, gender or belief.
Raising funds from the public and private individuals for relief work and medical procedures which have a positive, long-term impact on refugee's and IDP's lives.
Provision of resources for improving the lives of refugees and IDPs.
Raise awareness of the needs of refugees and IDPs in the community.
Support other organisations working with refugees and IDPs.
Operation Hope Australia Ltd is based on our faith in God, called to help those in need seeking refuge and asylum, no matter their race or religion. The heart of Operation Hope Australia Ltd is compassion and mercy to refugees around the world. For this reason, Operation Hope Australia Ltd is an organisation of people from all walks of life and all faith communities, who agree with our vision, mission and values.
COMPASSION – We act with the spirit of compassion to everyone we meet, serve and partner with at all times.
INTEGRITY– We act with honesty and are guided by ethical and moral principles in all that we do.
SERVICE – Our actions are motivated by the desire to serve others.
COOPERATION – We work with and alongside others in a spirit of mutuality, respecting diversity and difference in the pursuit of common goals.
ACCOUNTABILITY – We take responsibility for our actions and are accountable for our performance and integrity, by sharing information about our work and governance with all stakeholders and the public.
RESPECT – We recognise the value and diversity of every person and are committed to treating others with due regard for their rights, dignity and integrity.
EFFECTIVENESS – We strive to deliver outcomes that bring about positive change in the lives of refugees.
EQUITY – We are committed to overcoming prejudices and disadvantage and promoting fair and just access to resources and opportunities.
RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY – We treat people from all faiths as equals, having in mind that faiths are bound more to each other by what we have in common, than by our differences.
Operation Hope is incorporated in NSW as a not for profit, limited liability company and is a charity registered with the Australian Charity and Not-for-Profits Commission as a Public Benevolent Institution.


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What is the message in Huckleberry Finn?
In Huckleberry Finn, Twain, by exposing the hypocrisy of slavery, demonstrates how racism distorts the oppressors as much as it does those who are oppressed.
What are some examples of irony in Huckleberry Finn?
A good example of Twain's use of irony occurs when Huck struggles with whether or not he should turn in Jim and go to hell for doing it. This type of irony, known as dramatic irony, occurs when the audience understands that Huck is really doing the right thing by not turning in Jim, but he doesn't realize it yet.
How do you cite the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in MLA format?
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Penguin, 1986. Print.
What literary devices are used in Huckleberry Finn?
Give examples of literary techniques used in chapters 17 through 25 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Literary techniques include color imagery, alliteration, simile, figurative language, dialect, etc.
What are the themes of Huckleberry Finn?
Themes in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThemeSupporting detailsGreed can destroy lives.Topic: Supporting details:Freedom means different things to different people.Topic: Supporting details:People must live outside society to truly be free.Topic: Supporting details:8
How is satire used in Huck Finn?
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain is a great example of a satire that Twain uses to mock different aspects of the society. Twain uses the feud between Grangerfords and Shepardsons to satirize religion and to expose the hypocrisy in people during this time.
How does Twain use satire in Tom Sawyer?
In Mark Twain's story The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain uses various types of satire, which involves the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, parody, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
What type of satire is depicted in Huckleberry Finn?
In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain uses satire of racism, religion, and Southern society to show how flawed and backwards the South is.
What satire means?
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
How does Twain satirize religion in Huck Finn?
In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain satirizes the religious teachings and conformation produced in society, and relates to modern day through his examples of hypocrisy, moral compromises, and exaggeration. Neither Huck nor Jim really believe in religion, and instead fall upon superstition.
What is Twain satirizing through the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons?
The introduction of the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons adds a new element of humor to Twain's novel. Whereas earlier Twain satirizes the actions of "common" townspeople, the stately families provide a perfect opportunity for Twain to burlesque the Southern code of chivalry and aristocracy of the antebellum South.
Why does Buck kill Harney?
Huck asks why Buck wanted to kill Harney, and Buck explains that the Grangerfords are in a feud with a neighboring clan of families, the Shepherdsons. The next day, Huck learns that Sophia Grangerford has run off with Harney Shepherdson.
What is Twain satirizing in Chapter 21?
What does Twain satirize through this scene? In chapter 21, the duke plays out Hamlet's sililoquy in a very dramatic way. The duke and the king's scams for money is a way that Twain satirizes…
Who are the Grangerfords?
The family in question is the Grangerfords, consisting of Colonel Grangerford, the father; the grandmother, known as 'the old lady'; Bob, the oldest son; Tom, second oldest; and then the daughters, Charlotte (age 25) and Sophia (age 20). There is also Buck, the youngest.
Who is Huck Finn's dad?
Pap Finn
What is Jim's daughters name in Huck Finn?
Jim (Huckleberry Finn) – Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_(Huckleberry_Finn)en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_(Huckleberry_Finn)
What does Huck think of Grangerfords?
What does Huck think of the Grangerfords? Of their home? He thinks they had potential as a family once, but their obsession with their feud is dumb. Their home, however, is well kept and put together, with many pictures/books/superficially civilized.
Who is Buck in Huck Finn?
He also finds out that Jim was set free after Miss Watson passed. Buck Grangerford–Buck is a young boy, the same age as Huck, who is killed by the Shepardsons during a feud of unknown origin.
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Today's a good day for a tornado drill
This is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Michigan. State emergency preparedness officials are asking all Michigan residents to practice a tornado drill at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Today's a good day for a tornado drill This is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Michigan. State emergency preparedness officials are asking all Michigan residents to practice a tornado drill at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Check out this story on thetimesherald.com: https://bwne.ws/2JyzAS4
Editorial Board Published 2:59 p.m. ET April 10, 2018
Yes, it was winter yesterday. Today, let's worry about one of the extremes of summer weather.
This is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Michigan, and it is not too early to think about tornadoes.
Forty-three years ago, on another April 11, a tornado outbreak across five Midwestern states killed 256 people, injured another 500 and cause more than $200 million in damage. In Michigan, 53 people were killed after severe tornadoes struck Ottawa, Branch, Clinton and Monroe counties. The April 11, 1965, outbreak was one of the most destructive nights in history.
It is probably only a coincidence, but on this April 11, state emergency preparedness officials are asking all Michigan residents to practice a tornado drill at 1 p.m.
State police Capt. Chris Kelenske says the drill is not just about testing emergency alerts, but "is an opportunity for Michigan residents and businesses to practice their emergency plans as if it were a real event."
Alerts will be broadcast on weather radios and television and radio stations participating in the drill. Many communities will activate their weather warning sirens.
Tornadoes can develop quickly and come with little or no warning. They especially are common during the late spring and early summer months. Besides the April 11, 1965, disaster, Michigan has experienced some of the most dangerous tornadoes in the country. The Flint-Beecher Tornado of 1953, which killed 115 people, is the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history. It remains last tornado in the nation to claim 100 or more lives.
Much of the reason that tornadoes claim fewer lives in more recent years is that we have all gotten better at protecting ourselves. Buildings and houses are stronger and weather forecasts have grown more timely and more accurate. But none of that matters if we don't protect ourselves.
And practicing at 1 p.m. Wednesday may not be enough. It is probably a smart idea to have another practice at home after everyone gets home from work and school. Tornadoes can happen at any time, but not necessarily at 1 p.m. or with someone there to tell you what to do.
If there is a tornado watch, pay attention to developing conditions.
If there is at tornado warning for your area, take shelter immediately. The best choice is in a basement or underground shelter where you can be safe from flying debris, the main hazard during a tornado. If no basement, the best choice is an interior room with no windows. In commercial buildings, enclosed windowless areas are best.
In a vehicle, a mobile home or out in the open, your only real alternative is the find shelter in a sturdy building.
Before the storm, put together a tornado survival plan. Go to www.ready.gov/tornadoes for help.
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Members, however, mostly agreed that any meaningful fiscal stimulus and its effect on the economy would not likely start until the beginning of next year.
With improving economic conditions, the Fed increased interest rates by 25 basis points on March 15.
Minutes from the Fed's March meeting revealed that most policymakers "judged that a change to the committee's reinvestment policy would likely be appropriate later this year".
The Dow Jones industrial average, S&P 500 index and Nasdaq composite turned negative in late-afternoon trading Wednesday after the Federal Reserve signaled plans to begin unwinding its $4.5 trillion balance sheet.
Trump has promised to lower corporate tax rates and spend at least $1 trillion on infrastructure but has provided little details.
The minutes showed that Fed officials grappled during their discussions with two big uncertainties facing the US economy: Whether it would be safe to let inflation rise faster for a while and how to assess the effects of President Donald Trump's ambitious economic stimulus plans.
Others felt the Fed had largely met its inflation objective and that "a faster pace of scaling back accommodation" could be warranted.
The minutes showed that the Fed is increasingly encouraged by progress in the global economy, including stronger growth in China and Europe.
At a news conference after the Fed's policymaking committee announced the rate hike in March, Fed chair Janet Yellen emphasize that the committee wants to use changes in the short-term interest rate target as its main tool for influencing monetary policy, not the balance sheet. The Fed's dual mandates are to achieve maximum employment and moderate inflation.
"At the same time, several participants cautioned that upcoming elections in European Union countries posed both near-term and longer-term risks", the minutes said.
The release of the minutes came a day after the sudden resignation of FOMC member Jeffrey Lacker - the president of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank - who admitted to a role in the leak of confidential meeting minutes in 2012.
The development will probably raise the temperature for the Fed, observers said, with hostile lawmakers in Washington threatening to audit the Fed or take measures some critics say could curtail its independence.
Among major United States indices, the Nasdaq fell the most at 0.6 per cent after earlier hitting an all-time intraday high earlier in the day.
West Brom will also bring confidence in to the fixture after the thrilling 3-1 home win against Arsenal in their last outing. According to the Portuguese, that contrasted starkly with West Brom who he said had just one player away on worldwide duty.


In Football, a "triple threat" can run, pass and kick. In Performance Arts, one who can sing, dance and act. Julia Ainsworth's trifecta is playwriting, directing and teaching. These all come in handy with her new project, opening up a promising children's acting school called simply MTL Acting. It specialises in acting classes for kids and teens.
Ontario raised Ms. Ainsworth received a BFA in theatre from York and a B.ED in theatre education from Queens. She has been a Montreal resident since 2007. She wrote and directed the impressive PW4 and Unfit for Bears both based on verbatim interviews with women held in prison. Later, she helped produce Bunny, Bunny featuring Rosaruby Kagan in a tribute to Gilda Radner at the Segal Centre. A member of The Canadian Playwright's Guild, as well as being a jury member for both the Fringe and the METAs, she has taught theatre to youngsters at schools in both Montreal and Toronto.
Acting training breeds confidence and improves social skills during the important formative years.
Her new enterprise plans a public or private performance each term. Last year, her unique version of Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty played twice at the Centaur theatre and was invited to a reprise in Stratford, Ontario. Read my review of that show.
Like the story of The Lady and the Tiger, it had alternate endings, dictated by the audience, which fits in with Ms. Ainsworth's present position as Artistic director of Live Action Theatre Project, a group dedicated to studying relationships between spectator and actor.
MTL Acting's spanking new premises are located at 1208 Van Horne, Montreal, a short walk from the Outremont Metro.
A new set of classes begins January 11, with 23 sessions lasting until June 23.


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Review: Matilda is something 'truly special' at Cambridge Theatre
This month is Roald Dahl month, with the 13 September 2015 marking what would have been the author's 99th birthday.
Based on his beloved book of the same name, Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's musical version of Matilda is a sight to behold. When the musical opened in 2011, it went on to win a then record-breaking seven Oliviers (2012), and has since gone on to win five Tony's on Broadway, and spawn productions in Australia and a US tour. Now in its fourth year in London, it's great to see Matilda's magical sparkle is yet to wear off – far from it, in fact.
Everything about this show is truly special. Much of its success is down to the glorious cast, with many of the supporting players as deserving a mention as the stunning leads. There's much fun to be had in the way of Lisa Davina Phillip's librarian Mrs Phelps, for one; Haley Flaherty is sumptuous as the beaming, wonderful Miss Honey; while James Clyde and Kay Murphy are stunningly revolting as Mr and Mrs Wormwood, respectively.
The list, truly, goes on. There's so much talent in this show that it's simply impossible to know where to begin. At the centre of Matilda are the cast of children – not the just the titular heroine (though she alone is worth the ticket price), but her ragtag group of friends, comrades and co-conspirators, and frankly they're astoundingly good. Matilda employs 29 children (including four Matildas), who each play one of eight child roles on a roster of nights. They're barely off the stage, clearly having the time of their lives, and are simply infectious with their joy, talent and energy. Your Matilda (whoever you see), will be particularly worthy of the standing ovation at the end – its sheer theatrical perfection.
It's of course impossible to talk about the cast of Matilda without mentioning the evil Miss Trunchbull, here played by Craige Els. In every way, Trunchbull is the perfect villain – though, that's nothing new, Dahl wrote her that way in 1988 – but with this take on the character, etched out in her incredible costume, resplendent with bulging shoulders, a grotesque hunchback and distinctly ample bosom, Trunchbull becomes instantly iconic. She almost steals the show.
Beyond the cast, it would simply be too easy to wax lyrical about everything else: there's a stunning set, where school desks appear out from the floor and giant swings drop from the ceiling to arc out over the audience, to amazing lighting, captivating choreography and electrifying songs. You'll know many already, such as the award-winning When I Grow Up, Naughty and Miracle, but there's plenty more gems to be had here: My House, Quiet, and The Smell of Rebellion all stand out for their own reasons, and for what their bring to the show, but it's the barnstorming Revolting Children as the show's climactic number that truly deserves more attention as a musical theatre masterpiece.
In many ways, Matilda is a family show, and is probably the most family friendly production the West End currently has in residence. At times it feels borderline-pantomime – although that's in no way a criticism. It's loud, bright, exuberant and very catchy. It's also buoyed by the fact that it's got plenty for the adults as well as the kids. The bright colours, slapstick gags and child-heavy drama will do wonders to enthral younger audience members, but Tim Minchin's songs are so well-laced with wit, humour and pathos, that there's plenty to raise a smile with the adults, too – especially if they can still remember the child inside of themselves.
For that is what is at the heart of Matilda: yes, love and acceptance, justice and being true to yourself – but also just remembering what being a kid is all about, and enjoying every damn minute of it.
Matilda the Musical is showing at Cambridge Theatre, London, until December 2016, book now at Ticketmaster.co.uk.
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Q: Port forward for mysql replication (within docker) Sorry if I'm doing a mistake, it's my first post.
My question
How to configure Master/Slave mysql db to change port where master send data (I would like port 3307 instead of 3306) ?
I need to do that to have multiple slave db.
Configuration
So I have a schema of my replication environment.
And a part of my Docker compose yaml file.
With Ports :
php_my_admin:
  ports:
    - '8081:80'

db_caucasus:
  ports:
    - '3307:3307'

To start master/slave replication I did :
stop slave;
CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST='11.111.111.01', MASTER_USER='db-rep', MASTER_PASSWORD='001', MASTER_LOG_FILE='mysql-bin.000111', MASTER_LOG_POS= 111, MASTER_PORT=3306;
start slave;

And after that :

*

*server-id on master db is correctly 777

*SHOW SLAVE STATUS on slave db is ok (Slave_IO_Running : OK, Slave_SQL_Running : OK, same Master_Log_File and same Read_Master_Log_Pos)
When I modifiy data on master db, I can see that replication data are send to port 3306 (for example with the commands below)
tcpdump -A port 3306 and host 11.111.111.01
tcpdump -A port 3307 and host 11.111.111.01

Thank you in advance for your answers !

A: You would have to link both mysql  master and slave in the docker-compose. If both the master and slave are properly configured they should communicate without a problem.
mysql_slave:
     ports:
        - "3307:3307"
mysql_master:
     ports:
        - "3306:3306"
     links:
        - mysql_slave

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O Museu Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior é um museu de arte que está instalado no antigo Paço Episcopal de Castelo Branco, na freguesia de Castelo Branco, do município homónimo, pertencente ao distrito de Castelo Branco, em Portugal.

O acervo da instituição inclui achados arqueológicos, tapeçarias do século XVI e arte primitiva portuguesa.

Sendo a cidade de Castelo Branco famosa pelas suas colchas de seda bordadas, estão expostos no Museu alguns exemplares destes bordados provenientes inicialmente da coleção Ernesto de Vilhena a que se juntaram outros provenientes de aquisições e doações.

Na década de 1980s, foram incorporadas no Museu obras de arte contemporânea em que se destaca o conjunto de pintura de Noronha da Costa.

História
O Museu Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior foi fundado em 1910 por Francisco Tavares Proença Junior, no Convento dos Capuchos de Castelo Branco.

Em 1971, o Museu e o seu acervo foram transferidos para o edifício do antigo Paço Episcopal, onde se mantém desde então.

Em 2010 comemorou o centésimo aniversário com a realização da exposição "...E Tudo É Mar Português, com a mostra de obras de artistas portugueses que nasceram ou viveram em Castelo Branco.

Paço Episcopal e Jardim
O Museu Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior encontra-se instalado no antigo Paço Episcopal do bispo da Guarda, erguido em 1596 por iniciativa de D. Nuno de Noronha. Por detrás deste edifício encontram-se os Jardins do Paço Episcopal exemplar de excelência da arte da jardinagem no período barroco.

O Palácio Episcopal de Castelo Branco incluindo o Jardim Episcopal e o passadiço está classificado como Monumento Nacional desde 1910.

Ver também
 Lista de património edificado no distrito de Castelo Branco
 Jardim do Paço

Ligações externas

 Ficha sobre o Museu de Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior no Portal do IMC- Instituto dos Museus e da Conservação
 Ficha sobre o Museu na Base de Dados DGPC
 "Visita Guiada - Museu Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior, Castelo Branco", episódio 6, 8 de maio de 2017, temporada 7, programa de Paula Moura Pinheiro, na RTP

Francisco Tavares Proenca Junior
Castelo Branco (freguesia)
Património edificado em Castelo Branco
Francisco Tavares Proenca Junior
Francisco Tavares Proenca Junior
Monumentos nacionais no distrito de Castelo Branco
Palácios episcopais de Portugal

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Music Fights Back
2018 Music Fights Back Music Festival
by Al Brzostowski
MFB Flyer Prairie Du Chien
photo by Music Fights Back Flyer
Music Fights Back is a non-profit cancer foundation with a mission of raising money to provide cancer patients with iPods through live music performances & donations. Music gives us comfort, it becomes part of our souls & gives us strength in our times of need.
Proceeds raised during The MFB Music Festival in Prairie du Chien will go towards buying iPods for children fighting cancer.
Jeremy Cuff, the president and founder of the Music Fights Back Cancer Foundation, has always had a love for music and concerts
Maximum Ink spoke to Jeremy a few days before his event to speak about Music Fights Back.
Maximum Ink: We're coming up to the event this weekend. How's things going?
JC: Things are going great. Getting stuff in order. Things are moving. A lot of stuff going on. Setup and minor things are left. Couldn't do it without the volunteers. One of the bands kicked out the drummer (Rev X) so I've filled in for him. Going back and forth from Madison to the Prairie. We're doing great. The grounds are ready. Just setup time now.
MI: Explain the organization a little, and what the event is for.
JC: The cancer Foundation and Music Fights Back, I formed in 2014, as a benefit. I had cancer, and a friend threw me a benefit. A fundraiser kicked in, and I didn't want money for me like that. Actually this was formed because I had to drive back and forth from Prairie du Chien to Madison, to do radiation treatments and I would be in my car for a long time. I would be in the silence while driving, and you know, you get lost in your thoughts. It got depressing at times. As soon as I would get the music playing, and as you know, I love metal and rock, and it would instantly change my mood. I would feel like the music would take over and say "Fuck You! You don't have cancer!" One of the other things I noticed, sitting there in the waiting room. I would sit there messing around with my apps, talking to friends on messenger. I remember at one moment, looking up, seeing everyone watching the TV. Watching CNN or whatever, and looking at their faces, and seeing how depressed they looked. I though how I was in a different world with the iPod. To ease their minds. Music soothes the soul. The other thing was, they can use the IPOD to communicate with friends and family, play games, to get the out of that situation mentally.
In 2015, was our first MFB. We had 3 bands playing at this fundraiser. My band, and other cover bands. We had raffles, auctions and giveaways. It was great. We had roughly 300 people. We gave out 10 IPODs. We rolled the money back to work on it again. The next year, we had some other fundraisers. One thing we didn't like, was that we felt like we were begging for money. I thought that we can get some bands, some decent ones, and do it that way. We had Bobaflex, Shallowside and other bands. It grew quickly.
What we do is we get children IPODs that are already ready with music and apps. So they can be in a different place. A better place. We are using music for music therapy.
MI: Who's on the lineup?
JC: Vyces, Wayland, Saliva, Rev X, 3 Pill morning, Throw the Fight, Eva Under Fire, Divided Minds, to name a few.
MI: Who has donated so far?
JC: We get a lot of donations at the event. Mostly food. Hardee's Burger. Huckleberry's Buns. Kwik Trip donates ice. Our fundraiser in March does a lot for this. We do a 8 pin tap bowling tournament. We bought an inflatable canopy from the fundraiser.
MI: Any sponsors or thank you's worth mentioning?
JC: The sponsors are Starks Sport Shop in Prairie du Chien. We also get an advertising grant from Prairie du Chien Tourism Council. That's a big one. We get Culvers to sponsor. Leisure Time Sports Bar & Bowl in Prairie Du Chien. Exit Realty and Brock's Tattoo, Decorah, Iowa. We get a lot of local sponsors.
MI: Looking for to next year. Any prospects band wise?
JC: We're hoping for Royal Bliss, Nonpoint. We're reaching out to a ton of them.
MI: Anything else you would like to add?
JC: I want to thank all the volunteers and sponsors. They truly believe in what we're doing. The community of Prairie Du Chien. Prairie Du Chien Parks and Rec. Prairie Du Chien PD. I especially want to thank Julie Simon. And of course THE BANDS. Everyone has dealt with this. Our graphic designer, Elwood Lee.
Event Times:
Friday June 22nd, 2018 Lineup
2:00 pm The peOple
3:30 pm CHARLES WALKER BAND
5:00 pm NATTY NATION
6:30 pm MARAH IN THE MAILSAIL
8:00 pm MOCCASIN CREEK
10:00 pm WAYLAND
SATURDAY June 23nd, 2018 Linep
1:00 pm SIX SHOTS 'TIL MIDNIGHT
2:30 pm AMILLENNIAL
3:30 pm REVOLUTION-X
4:30 pm DIVIDED MINDS
5:30 pm EVA UNDER FIRE
6:30 pm 3 PILL MORNING
7:30 pm VYCES
8:30 pm THROW THE FIGHT
10:00 pm SALIVA
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ACTS & FACTS BACK TO GENESIS
Bioinspiration: The Birds Will Tell You
BY JERRY BERGMAN, PH.D. * | FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2018
Humans have been endeavoring to soar like birds for millennia. After multiple failures, many people felt that manned, mechanized flight was impossible. After three years of test flights, Wilbur and Orville Wright's first successful airborne attempt finally achieved the dream of mechanized flight in 1903, and it changed the world. And "throughout the story of the Wright brothers…birds figure prominently."1
They were no doubt inspired by the mention of birds 53 times in the Bible, such as "ask…the birds of the air, and they will tell you."2 The brothers were largely self-taught but voracious readers who experimented with mechanical things throughout their lives.3 Their church had long been openly creationist and very opposed to Darwinism. In harmony with that commitment, the brothers perused books such as English biologist St. George Jackson Mivart's detailed anti-Darwin book On the Genesis of Species.4
Wilbur and Orville realized that if birds could fly, humans could copy their design and likewise be able to fly. Their mother loved birds and could identify a bird by its song. She taught this love to her sons.5 After observing birds effortlessly gliding for long distances, they concluded that if a "bird's wings could sustain it in the air without the use of any muscles, we do not see why man could not be sustained by the same means."6
The brothers recognized a critical factor was the bird wing's shape, which they endeavored to copy. Observing birds was one way their approach to flight differed significantly from contemporary experimenters whose focus was on developing more-powerful engines. The brothers focused on wing design. Specifically, the wing needed to be curved to force air on top to travel faster than air underneath. Faster-moving air has less pressure, creating lift from the air below the wing. Their notebooks include detailed notes on bird flight that help historians determine what they learned from birds.7
They also studied other flying experiments, which they compared "with their careful observations of soaring birds." Wilbur noticed that a buzzard maintained its "balance in the air chiefly by twisting its dropped wing. This twist increased the air pressure on the dropped wing and restored the bird to level flight."8
The brothers copied this design to enable their flying machine to bank or lean into a turn just like a bird. After two years of experiments, they realized the existing scientific data were wrong.9 Using a small, homebuilt wind tunnel, they collected accurate data that enabled them to construct more-efficient wings and propellers.
We can see God's engineering genius even in this pale imitation of His created avian wonders.
The human engineering of devices inspired by design in the natural world is called bioinspiration, a field that has grown both in size and importance in the years since the famous flight.10 The Wright brothers' example is only one of thousands. From "studying God's creation in the form of bird-flight, they were helped to develop their own creation of a better aircraft."11 Indeed, very few men have changed the world in greater ways than the Wright brothers, and they started by watching "the birds of the air." We can see God's engineering genius even in this pale imitation of His created avian wonders.
Combs, H. and M. Caidin. 1979. Kill Devil Hill: Discovering the Secret of the Wright Brothers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 109.
Job 12:7.
Moolman, V. 1980. The Road to Kitty Hawk. Alexandra, VA: Time-Life Books, 107-108.
Mivart, S. G. J. 1871. On the Genesis of Species. New York: D. Appleton and Company.
Reynolds, Q. J. 1978. The Wright Brothers, Pioneers of American Aviation. New York: Random House.
Moolman, Road to Kitty Hawk, 111.
Combs, Kill Devil Hill, 109-111.
Eimerl, S. 1964. The History of Flight. New York: Golden Press, 29.
Ash, R. 1974. The Wright Brothers. London: Wayland Publishers, 41.
Forbes, P. 2006. The Gecko's Foot: Bio-inspiration: Engineering New Material from Nature. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.
Lamont, A. 1991. The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of the Skies. Creation. 13 (4): 24-27.
* Dr. Bergman is Research Associate at the Institute for Creation Research and a former adjunct associate professor at the University of Toledo Medical School in Ohio.
Cite this article: Jerry Bergman, Ph.D. 2018. Bioinspiration: The Birds Will Tell You. Acts & Facts. 47 (9).
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Berlin, 10.10.2017. On Monday evening the Climate Engineering Conference (CEC17) was opened in Berlin by Mark Lawrence, Scientific Director at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS). The international conference explores the potentials and risks of possible measures to intervene in the climate system. Over four days, experts from academia, political institutions, and civil society are engaging in intensive debates about the study, risks, and governance of geoengineering.
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This time of year is full of food related memories. Crisp caramel apples, my father's over the top Thanksgiving desserts, Nana's Christmas cannoli and my mother's dry turkey. It's also a time to reflect and give thanks for what we have but also to recognize that we have a long way to go to ensure that everyone has adequate access to and ability to purchase healthy foods.


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There's even a little shower set-up for the times you're out there so long you begin scaring away the animals with your stench. "Oh no, not me, Nick!" Yes, you.
Now I'm sorry if I've misled you into thinking this badass vehicle was for sale. It was custom-built by Stefan for his adventures. But the Toyota Hilux is available for purchase. If you have time and resources, this might not be a bad idea for a project.
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HomeSportsFIFA Suspends Trinidad and Tobago Football Association Indefinitely
FIFA Suspends Trinidad and Tobago Football Association Indefinitely
(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Football Association (TTFA) has been officially suspended as a member of the world governing body FIFA with immediate effect and until further notice.
The ruling means that T&T cannot participte in any FIFA tournaments, events or programme anywhere in the world until the suspension is lifted.
T&T was looking forward to participating in next year's Gold Cup tournament in the United States and the upcoming World Cup qualifiers in March 2021.
The ruling follows a decision by the former TTFA executive to challenge in court, FIFA's right to appoint a Normalisation Committee to manage the affairs of football in T&T.
FIFA had called on the TTFA to withdraw the matter from the High Court but although a decision was taken to do so late Tuesday night, the withdrawal did not come in time to meet FIFA's ultimatum of September 23.
In Thursday's letter of suspension signed by FIFA's general secretary Fatma Samoura read in part:
"We inform you that, based on the decision taken by the Bureau of the FIFA Council on 24 September 2020, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has been suspended with immediate effect and until further notice, in accordance with article 16 of the FIFA statutes.
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Piccadilly Nights: Our Staycation at the Athenaeum Hotel
by Hayley Coyle June 3, 2021
By Hayley Coyle
You're spoiled for choice for hotels along Park Lane. But many fall into the same category – mammoth towers, taxis rushing in and out and busily indifferent doormen – all a bit impersonal and soulless, really. And since some are almost tourist attractions themselves, it can feel a bit like you're at the Trocadero Centre.
Better to find somewhere more intimate and bespoke. Enter the Athenaeum at 116 Piccadilly, a chic jewel of a place. No overly showy façade or flags, just an elegant little tree-lined terrace and door. Dopily, and despite having lived in London for most of my adult life, I actually went to the Athenaeum Club on Pall Mall by mistake first – not related except by name and an irritating mistake to make. I blame blindly following Google Maps as usual, even though I knew the hotel was on Piccadilly. So I arrived flustered, soaking wet and a bit cross (with myself).
All that was swept away on arrival at the (correct) Athenaeum. From the doorman leaping out in the rain to help with my case to Carla at reception giving me some towels to dry off, I was cheery again within minutes. "I'm not the first to make that mistake," I was told.
The check-in process is very personalised but efficient … "we were expecting you." From arrival to unlocking the door to my suite took less than five minutes. The weather was appalling – cold, windy and wet so my Green Park Suite – spacious without being too showy – was the only place I wanted to be.
What the Athenaeum does particularly well is combining a historic building, awash with secrets, with five-star luxury. On the one hand, you have a flash 52-inch flatscreen smart TV but you're whooshed to your floor in an old-fashioned lift straight out of a gentleman's club where you might find Bertie Wooster.
A fitting thought perhaps as the Athenaeum started life as a voguish private members' club – all the rage in Victorian times. Patrons included Charles Dickens, it is said, and many other esteemed gentlemen connected with literature, science and art. The name "athenaeum" loosely translates to "library" and as time went on, it maintained its arty connections, but they became a bit more…showbiz. The hotel was a favourite haunt of Elizabeth Taylor, Russell Crowe (who was told off for his messy room) and Take That even announced their split from one of the penthouses. So I was in good company.
My suite had floor to ceiling views of Green Park and a vast bathroom, including a shower that was bigger than my London bedroom. Lots of retro marble but with reassuringly powerful water pressure and all the yummy extras like underfloor heating and his and hers sinks. A lovely extra touch was a bottle of Baron de Badassiere red wine and macarons waiting for me. If you don't fancy a suite, the Athenaeum has rooms ranging from a deluxe to the Residences – luxury serviced apartments around the corner.
I was staying there alone, a solo mini-break. But not once did I feel out of place, including visiting the subterranean spa. The Spa at the Athenaeum is compact but soothing. A sauna, steam room and the new heated hydro-pool were just the ticket. And due to COVID safety measures, visits are timed so you'll most likely have the place to yourself. After a complimentary glass of fizz and juice and a massage, a glorious hour or so was spent just floating about being smugly zen.
Dining at the 116 restaurant on this dank and wet evening was a cosy treat. The menu is straightforward enough, a mix of Mediterranean fare and British classics. I went for a plentiful charcuterie board with fresh olive bread followed by pea and shallot ravioli with smoked tomato pesto. Finished with a summer cheesecake and two glasses of very dry and delicious house Champagne.
For those planning on doing some work at the Athenaeum or wanting somewhere a bit special to retire for a nightcap, there is also The View – a residents' only bar on the top floor with panoramic views of London and if needed, somewhere to shower and refresh.
Breakfast in a sunny room downstairs was pleasant indeed, my table overlooked bustling Piccadilly. The menu is extensive, from a Full English to Eggs Florentine to fresh pastries. The coffee was also superb. The service was impeccable and leisurely and I wiled away an hour or so reading and planning my day. Afternoon tea is a cherished British tradition and there is little more lovely than treating yourself to some fancy cakes, scones and tea in a high-end London hotel. The Athenaeum does it particularly well, think deliciously seasonal sandwiches, puddings such as blueberry cheesecake, strawberries and cream roulade, scones, of course, and a range of exotic teas.
Another pleasing feature of the Athenaeum is its "ultimutt dog package" for those who want to holidays with their furry friend. Expect deep-filled wool bedding, handcrafted kiln-fired bowls and a range of treats – both edible and wearable – to take home, all courtesy of The Stately Hound. Upon arrival, dogs will be given their very own welcome amenities, including tasty treats and a stylish bowtie for walks in neighbouring Green Park as well as yummy treats such as steak tartare. The add-on VIP package costs £40 per pet per stay.
If you're after a stylish sanctuary with really personalised service, a stellar location, great food and a bed so comfy you won't want to leave, the Athenaeum needs to be on your list. For spa seekers, it's a sweet spot, too. There is nothing uniform or chain-y about this place either, it's also got tons of character. Come, stay, rest and relax.
Rooms at the Athenaeum start at about £436 per night including breakfast for summer 2021.
To discover more, visit: athenaeumhotel.com
All images courtesy of The Athenaeum
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This Video Will Make You Want To Dance Through Toronto
Anyone else feel like dancing?
Arti Patel The Huffington Post Canada
Toronto, it's time to show off those dance moves.
In a YouTube video posted by director Corey Wadden of Toronto, some of the city's cheeriest and skillful dancers got together to show off what the city had to offer.
"Everything came together in a couple of days through a bit of serendipity and people believing in the project and what it would do for representing Toronto," Wadden tells The Huffington Post Canada. "We're all big fans of Toronto and wanted to show some love. No one was paid to be a part of it,"
Wadden, who worked with fellow Toronto editors and producers, says the video was a response to Justin Timberlake's challenge to put together a video for his latest song, "Can't Stop The Feeling." He adds it was also a tribute to Toronto being named the most multicultural city in the world by the Culture Trip in May.
The almost three-minute video shows dancers of all ages and ethnicities, dancing in front of some of the city's biggest landmarks like the CN Tower, the Rogers Centre and famous restaruants like The Real Jerk.
Watch the video above.
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A reporter in Ohio was killed by her uncle in an apparent murder-suicide after expressing interest in reconnecting with him, authorities say.
Nikki Delamotte worked for Cleveland.com for two years and wrote human interest and culture stories. She was 30.
"Nikki loved being part of the media, telling stories about Cleveland and introducing you to no end of fascinating people who live among us," Cleveland.com editor and president Chris Quinn wrote Wednesday. "She championed the city and its culture."
Delamotte was shot three times, and uncle Robert Delamotte was shot once in the head. Cops said his wound appeared to be self-inflicted. Nikki had wanted to spend time with him after having little contact with her family's father since her parents divorced, according to Cleveland.com.
The bodies were found Monday in her uncle's trailer in Perrysburg Township after Nikki's mother reported her missing. Nikki was at her mother's home before she went to visit her uncle.
"So she was going go over and they were going go to some neighborhood bar and watch the game," JoAnne Ullman told Cleveland.com. She was referring to a football game they were going to watch Sunday night.
Surveillance video showed that no one else entered Robert Delamotte's home after Nikki arrived.
Nikki, who wrote a book titled "100 Things to Do in Cleveland Before You Die," had a "unique ability to ask people challenging questions without being confrontational," Quinn told ABC News.
She tweeted on the final day of 2017 that "this year I had the chance to tell stories about so many Clevelanders that make me really proud to live here."
A GoFundMe page has raised more than $19,000 for Nikki's family.


Pick up from Amrtisar Railway station or airport and Check in at Hotel in Amrtisar.After refreshment departure for Wagha Border to watch Flag Retreat Ceremony.Lunch at Hotel and Overnight Stay in hotel.
Pick up from hotel early morning and first visit Golden Temple after that Jallianwala Bagh,Durgaiana Mandir,Maharaja Ranjit Singh Summer Palace Museum. Return to Hotel and in evening checkout from hotel and drop you at Amritsar railway station or airport.
Transfer From Amrtisar Railway station or airport To Hotel And Back By Individual Cab.
Amrtisar local sightseeing By Individual Cab.
One Nights Stay Deluxe room in Amrtisar.


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Hitmaker by day, sonic sculptor by night; download a free patch
from one of Tokyo's most innovative.
A figurehead of the Japanese underground scene, Tokyo-based producer ENA has been forging his own brand of darkly abrasive yet achingly beautiful electronic music since the mid-noughties. From classic drum 'n' bass and rave to hip-hop and heavy metal, there's no stylistic form that this forward-thinking artist considers off limits for assimilation, and the deft manipulation of substructure and noise is a key component of his sound. And aside from this experimental streak, he's also carved out a day-job penning hits for some of Japan's biggest pop acts and music for commercials.
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Listen to the patch in action above, download it for free here, then read on to find out how this MASSIVE X masterpiece was made and discover the thought processes behind it.
Tell us about yourself and your music.
I grew up in a classical music family, so taking up music and pursuing it as a career was natural for me. From the very beginning, I played musical instruments – I still play them now. But how do I effectively describe what I'm doing now? My intention is to make dance music, but I guess it's up to the listener to decide how to relate to what I make.
We'd say the music you produce covers a wide spectrum of genres. Are you conscious of your musical inputs?
I listen to anything, from Top 40 chart music to traditional soul, urban and '60s music. And I love heavy metal. I really like J. J. Cale and Albert King, although what I make is far removed from it. I don't think that kind of music can be quantified in numbers. It's not about frequency ranges or production values – it doesn't concern itself with any of that stuff – so in a way, it's a distillation of everything that modern music doesn't possess.
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Which MASSIVE X features did you use in the making of this patch?
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That's the thing with digital sounds: they can reproduce the same sound again and again. If you take guitar as an example, even when you play the same part twice, it's unlikely that you'll actually produce the same sound. So I paid special attention to giving this sound a certain degree of randomness to underpin the sense of texture.
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