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John Pearce is an acclaimed classical jazz violinist, and I was really touched to be asked to put together the design for his debut album: Just Friends.
We collaborated on identifying an understated, yet noble visual tone for the project, which included creating the artwork and typography for the gatefold CD case, the printed CD, and the inner sleeve notes, with a full fold-out poster.
It was a real treat to work with a specially commissioned cover illustration by Mark Amis, and gorgeous photography by Rob Potter.
The finished album is now released: for more information see John Pearce's official website.

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Jane Pinckard of game girl advance has come up with four future trends of entertainment, and they all apply to gaming — while her ideas aren't necessarily 'new,' she does really boil down some of the tensions and innovations facing the industry right now. She points to four trends — tension between immersion and transparency, asynchronous instant communication, credible advertising with integrity, and tools as the content. This last issue is one that's come up a lot, and I really like her take on it — the move from passive consumer to active user:
"Content is king." Well, there's about to be a revolution and some regicide. The consumers of tomorrow want content for free. And they will make their own content. That is potentially more fun and more interesting than consuming carefully planned, carefully made, well-mannered content from a professional. Films and TV are already at that point where they are consumed and remixed freely by consumers. Music was there long ago. Games will be there soon. The content of the future will be in tools. Tools like the ones shipped with Little Big Planet (although I suspect it's still too early for that game to start a true paradigm shift.) Tools that will let consumers engage directly with the content. Actually, this is the tipping point when "consumers" become "users". Consumers are passive. Users, active
Quick and worth a read — it's certainly a lot more to the point than some of the longer pieces on the same topics. The Futures of Entertainment [game girl advance]


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WATCH: 'The Three Musketeers' Official Trailer Has Arrived
Finally! The Three Musketeers official trailer has arrived!
The hot-headed young D'Artagnan (Lerman) joins forces with three rogue Musketeers (MacFadyen, Evans and Stevenson). They must stop the evil Richlieu (Waltz) and face off with Buckingham (Bloom) and the treacherous Milady (Jovovich).
The movie opens in 3D on April 15th… will you be there? Enjoy the trailer:
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The looming metropolis is often something we accept as an absolute and immovable infrastructure for our daily lives, where we do little but engage with one another under its shadows. The dominating force in the city equation, architecture is often this abstract, distant thing that becomes difficult to establish a relationship with, kind of like an uncle who always lets you borrow his apartment in town but who you've never actually met.
The work of Sao Paulo-born, Miami-based artist Yuri Tuma attempts to adjust our perspective, photographing sections of modern architecture and graphically manipulating the image, creating a kaleidoscopic piece of a more static whole. By miniaturizing individual buildings and providing a clear, limitless backdrop, we can more easily separate the building from its surroundings to understand its shape and form.
ISAORA got a chance to talk to the artist about shooting in Dubai, the stone streets of his hometown, and how architecture can transport you to a place unknown.
What interests you most about Miami architecture?
As with any up-and-coming metropolis, Miami has the ability to extended creativity to its cultural and architectural developers. It is a city that strives to attract, and for that reason Miami's many empty canvases can still be explored with new and forward concepts. Besides the architectural modernity that makes up most of the city's downtown, the sky is what makes Miami one amazing city to photograph. We are gifted with beautiful blues and hues on a daily basis. It is through light and shine that architectural design is best showcased. Another element of interest is Miami's own architectural history contrasted and juxtaposed between the Miami Art Deco found in South Beach and the metallic skyscrapers of the main land.
How is it different from the architecture where you grew up in Brazil?
I left Brazil at the pubescent age of 14, and my love for architecture was still far from developing to what it is now. I remember as a child that Sao Paulo, the city where I am from, was like a sea—or jungle as it is said over there—of concrete; skyscrapers everywhere you looked, mainly possessing routine shades of light beiges or whites with residential and people-stacking purposes with minimal sight of the sky. My eye was still not trained to see art in modern architecture. I also have vivid memories of visiting smaller hubs like the cities of Belo Horizonte and Ouro Preto in Minas Gerais at age 10 and feeling lethargic with the baroque architecture and streets of stones. I could feel history and nostalgia walking through those streets, and that is a feeling I am not sure I would ever feel replicated in Miami maybe due to the lack of a sense of "birth place." I have not yet returned to my home country to search for the modern architecture it is known for, including some of the powerful creations of Brazil's own Oscar Niemeyer.
Do you think the manmade world can be just as significant as the natural world?
Manmade creations can be very calculated and rational, losing their sense of mystery and awe to a sense of logic. Nature and its powerful sensation of beauty, on the contrary, holds mystical and mysterious qualities that humans are still far from understanding, much less recreating, and that is most powerful. I do, however, believe that manmade structures can achieve perplexing feelings comparable to those of nature through creations not easily understood by the mind. It is in the sense of curiosity and wonder that these two opposites can find a common ground.
Is there a city in the world whose buildings you'd like to photograph for your artwork?
Is there a particular architect or form of architecture you prefer? Why?
The most appealing form of architecture to me is one that possesses a shape-making/ sci-fi feel to it; structures that abstractly take me to a different dimension. Architecture can transport you to a world where it complies to its authors' mind.
When you look at a unique or avant-garde type of structure you are immediately transcended to a different place. Whether you are aware of it or not, it draws a different mood from your usual surrounding. "Deconstructivism," as a development of the post-modern movement, is a perfect example of that dimension-shifting experience I speak of. These are outer oriented structures that are meant to attract visitors utilizing very geometric strategies, such as line distortion, "block stacking" and exaggerated shaping. Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, and Rem Koolhaas are some of those architects that defy reality through geometry and symmetry.
Besides the shape-play aspect of modern architecture, the one other material found in many of today stylistic architectural design is "glass." Glass means reflection and reflection means adaptation to the natural surrounding environment. Glass means rain and it means shine; it is a perfect marriage between man and nature. Its invisible quality presented in such large scales can provide a feeling comparable to stillness and tranquility; a moment of quietness, perfect for inspiration to nourish for the ego is gone and what is left is an instinctual creative behavior.
My favorite structure I have seen to date is the "Diagonal Zero Zero" office building in Barcelona by the architect Enric Massip-Bosch, due to its combination of surrealism and geometry.
What do you want people to take away from your work, be it a message or a feeling?
When I create, I go through a process of mediation and try to achieve moments of inner peace. Through the application of geometric and symmetric laws I strive to provide the viewer with a moment of comfort. Visual serenity can be a powerful tool for self-discovery and spiritual awakening.


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Secrets in the Shadows
Chapter One
Jules wasn't the nervous type. In fact, he prided himself on his facade of calm confidence--what most people considered arrogance. But tonight his nerves were making a rare and unwelcome appearance. When he arrived at the gate of Eli's mansion on the Delaware River and checked his watch, he saw that he was actually early for the weekly meeting. He was usually the last to arrive. He couldn't remember the last time he'd been early.
Eli buzzed him in, and Jules made his way down the moonlit path through the gardens that surrounded the house. Lights blazed from the windows of the ballroom that Eli had converted into a meeting hall when he'd founded the Guardians of the Night, before Jules was born. Through those windows, he could see that although he was early, he was far from the first to arrive. It looked like more than half the Guardians were already here. Patting his coat pocket to reassure himself he'd brought the papers, he went inside.
Heads turned when he stepped into the meeting hall. Eli, sitting in his customary chair by the fireplace, raised his eyebrows in inquiry, but Jules pretended not to notice.
"Is the city burning down?" Gray James, Jules's least-favorite Guardian, asked in mock horror. "A nuclear threat? Terrorists? Something must be horribly wrong if you're here on time."
A couple of the other Guardians snickered.
"Trou d'cul," Jules said, though by now everyone in the room knew that meant "asshole," so some of the fun had faded from cursing Gray in Québécois.
Gray opened his mouth to say something else, but Carolyn, his mortal fiancée, elbowed him in the ribs and he shut up. Just as well. Jules would have loved an excuse to pummel the bastard, but Eli would never have allowed it. He took a seat as far across the room from Gray as possible and folded his arms across his chest. He felt Eli's eyes on him, but he refused to meet the Founder's gaze.
Tonight was going to be a mess, and Jules wished it were over already.
The last to arrive was Drake, the only one in their midst who'd succumbed to the blood addiction. While the Guardians fed on lamb blood mixed with milk, Drake fed on and killed mortals. Only those he considered the scum of the earth, but Jules had never been able to gracefully accept alliance with a Killer. Before last year's reign of terror, Eli had invited Drake to meetings only when his services as a true vampire--with greater physical and psychic strength fueled by the kill--were desperately needed. Now, he showed up every week.
"You have something on your mind," Eli said, and Jules could no longer avoid his eyes. "Let's have it out in the open now."
Jules squirmed, his carefully rehearsed speech forgotten.
"What's the matter Jules?" Gray James taunted from across the room. "Cat got your tongue?"
Jules bared his teeth at the asshole, even as Carolyn gave him another elbow to the ribs. In the months that had passed since Jules had suspected Gray of being a serial killer, they'd reached something approximating a truce. That didn't mean they had to like each other.
He didn't dignify Gray's taunt with an answer, instead turning his attention to Eli. "I've found evidence of another Killer," he announced, pulling the handful of neatly folded printouts from his breast pocket. He held the papers up, but didn't unfold them.
"I've found about a dozen newspaper articles online that document murders that look suspiciously like vampire kills."
"The hell you have!" Michael Freeman said. "I've been on paper patrol duty for the last six months. If there were a dozen suspicious murders, I'd have noticed it." He glared at Jules, as if Jules had directly questioned his competence. But Michael's youthful appearance did not lend itself to intimidation.
Jules made a calming gesture with his hand. "If they'd happened in Philadelphia, I'm sure you would have noticed." Once more, he turned his attention to Eli. "The murders occurred in and around Baltimore."
A few of the Guardians started murmuring softly to one another. If a Killer dared set foot in the Philadelphia area, the Guardians would destroy him or her as soon as they could. But they'd always been at heart a local organization, and they'd never gone as far afield as Baltimore.
Eli narrowed his eyes and peered at Jules with his too-knowing stare. "And why have you been scouring the Baltimore papers, Jules? I don't remember assigning you the task."
Jules wanted to look away, but Eli wouldn't let him. Damn the old man and his glamour! Eli's eyes narrowed even more at whatever he read in Jules's gaze.
"It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that Ian Squires lives in Baltimore, would it?"
Eli finally let him go, and Jules dropped his gaze to his feet. He was as transparent as Saran Wrap! But where Ian was concerned, he found himself incapable of keeping his emotions under control.
Shaking his head, Jules looked up. "You saw the article in the Inquirer."
"Of course."
"Excuse me," Carolyn interrupted. "For those of us who are new to the Guardian world--who is Ian Squires?"
Jules hoped Eli would answer the question, but he remained annoyingly silent, and all attention was focused on Jules. Memories battered at the barriers in his mind, but he kept them at bay. "He's the vampire who made me." His voice came out flat, though no doubt his eyes glowed with the hatred he'd harbored all these long years. "When the Guardians rescued me, Ian got away. I'd hoped he was dead. But he isn't."
"There was an article in the Inquirer last week," Eli said. "It had a picture of a 'philanthropist' who made a generous donation to the U of P."
Jules snorted. "If Ian is a philanthropist, then I'm the Easter Bunny. The article said Ian lived in Baltimore, so I started scanning the Baltimore papers. Like I said, I've already found a dozen suspicious murders. And if Ian has been living there for almost eighty years . . ." How many people had died at Ian's hands? And how badly had his victims suffered before the sadistic bastard killed them? At least half the kills Jules had uncovered involved rape and torture--Ian's specialties.
"So you would like me to send some Guardians down to Baltimore to hunt down Ian Squires and kill him," Eli said.
"In a word, yes." He tensed and held his breath, preparing himself as best he could for Eli's inevitable decision. Eli would send his Guardians to Baltimore, but he'd order Jules to stay here. He'd never put anyone on the task force who had a personal agenda. But Jules was damned if he was staying in Philadelphia while others got the pleasure of killing Ian. And he was prepared to face Eli's considerable wrath when he insisted on going.
"I hate to break this to you, Jules, but there are vampires in every major city in every country in the world. They're naturally drawn to the big cities, where their kills can go unnoticed. There aren't enough of us to police the whole world, or even the whole country."
Jules blinked. "Excuse me? I've just brought you concrete evidence that a Killer has been murdering people for eighty years, and you're telling me we're not going to go after him?" He tried to keep the outrage out of his voice, though he doubted he succeeded. Surely he must be hearing Eli wrong.
"If he were to come anywhere near Philadelphia, we would hunt him down and destroy him. But no, I'm not sending anyone to Baltimore after him." Eli held up his hand to forestall the protest Jules was about to make. "In case you haven't noticed, we're a little short on manpower right now."
"Oh for Christ's sake, Eli!" Jules shot out of his chair, unable to keep still. He'd thought he'd been prepared for the worst, but never in his wildest dreams had he supposed Eli would hear this evidence and do nothing. "It's not like we've got a daily influx of Killers we've got to deal with. We can spare a few Guardians for the hunt."
Eli's expression hardened, but he didn't otherwise react to Jules's outburst. "I also must say I find it terribly suspicious that Squires would suddenly make a large donation to the university. Vampires are hardly known for their philanthropy."
The other Guardians chuckled, but Jules didn't find it funny. "What's your point?"
"My point is it smells like a trap of some kind. Either Squires is hoping to lure you to Baltimore, or he's trying to lure some Guardians away from Philadelphia. I don't like either possibility."
"I can't believe what I'm hearing. You'll just allow him to keep killing, and killing, and--"
"We have to choose our battles carefully, for solid, logical reasons. Not merely based on emotions."
From deep in his belly, Jules felt the rage bubbling and boiling. He wanted Ian dead. For a moment, he'd allowed himself to think he might get his wish, might get to kill the son of a bitch who'd fucked with his mind so badly that eighty years wasn't enough to mend the damage. And now, Eli had snatched that hope away with hardly a care.
The beast stirred within him, a primal force that didn't give a shit about logic. His throat tightened, his breaths came quick and short as he battled for calm. His focus narrowed until all the Guardians save Eli faded from his vision.
"Control yourself, Jules," Eli said, his voice somewhere between a warning and a threat.
Last year, when Jules had been convinced Gray James was the Broad Street Banger, he'd found himself battling his temper on an almost daily basis. He'd thought he'd learned to control it, but now it felt almost like a separate being. One that longed to split his skin and burst out into the light.
"Eli, please," he croaked. God, how he hated to beg! Especially in front of all his fellow Guardians. "You don't know how much this means to me."
"Yes, I do." He'd dropped his voice to a soothing croon. "You've been carrying this hatred for a very long time. And you're feeling particularly volatile since--"
"Don't say it!" The words came out a snarl, and he was shaking with the effort of fighting his temper. He had to control himself. Eli could squash him like a bug. Would squash him, if he thought Jules would go rogue on him.
"--since the death of your son," Eli finished insistently.
Jules clenched both his fists as Eli's words sent a stabbing pain through his chest. It had been two months since Luc died, and Jules hated that the thought could wound him so. Luc had been only two when Jules was forced to abandon him and his mother because he'd been transformed. He'd never really known his son, though he hadn't been able to resist keeping an eye on him from afar. How could the death of a man he barely knew hurt so much? Especially when Luc had suffered from Alzheimer's for years, his death a foregone conclusion.
But Eli had repeatedly warned him the end would hurt, and as usual, he'd been right.
"That has nothing to do with this," Jules insisted. He'd dreamed of revenge against Ian since the day Ian had bitten him.
"I think it does. I think it makes you vulnerable to your emotions. It's your emotions that tell you we should march on Baltimore, when your rational mind has to know--"
"Bullshit!" Jules paced the room in great, angry strides, so furious he wanted to hit something. In some pocket of his mind, he was aware he and Eli weren't alone, but all his attention was focused on the Founder. He caught a glimpse of movement out of the corner of his eye, someone approaching him. Drake.
Jules turned toward the Killer. The rational part of his mind expected Eli to intervene any moment, but that didn't stop him from taking up a defensive position. Drake held his hands up in a placating gesture, but he'd lowered his fangs.
"Sit down, Jules," Drake said.
Adrenaline pumped through Jules's system, and he pulled his lips away from his fangs. "Make me."
Drake rolled his eyes. "You're being juvenile. But if you'd like me to make you sit down, I'd be happy to oblige."
Jules launched himself at the Killer, glad to have an outlet for his rage even while he expected Eli to stop him. But instead of meeting his charge, Drake side-stepped.
Jules hurtled into the cluster of Guardians behind Drake. Hands grabbed hold of him, either hoping to restrain him or to keep them all from falling in a heap he didn't know. He jerked away from the clutching hands, and his elbow smacked into someone behind him.
Then suddenly his feet weren't on the floor anymore. He flew through the air until he smashed into a wall. His back hit first, then his head. Pain exploded in his skull and his breath whooshed out of him. He slid limply down the wall, just barely conscious, fighting to suck air into his lungs.
Eli hadn't even gotten out of his chair, though all the other Guardians were on their feet. Gray James was snarling at him, fangs bared, but it seemed he was either in better control of his temper than Jules, or Eli was holding him back with glamour.
Jules winced when he saw Carolyn, tucked under Gray's arm, hand clapped to the side of her face.
Was that who he'd hit with his elbow? He shuddered, and the rage drained out of him as quickly as it had come.
Once more, he was lifted into the air by unseen hands. Another shudder rippled through him. How the hell was Eli doing this to him? Glamour gave a vampire the ability to manipulate the minds of mortals--and less powerful vampires. But not the power to lift a man off his feet without touching him! He braced himself, thinking Eli was going to smash him into the wall again. But Eli seemed to see that reason had returned. He released Jules from his glamour--or whatever it was--while Jules was still two or three feet in the air.
Jules tumbled to the floor once more. He refused to meet anyone's eyes. He couldn't have screwed this up any worse if he'd tried.
"Meeting adjourned," Eli said. "For everyone but Jules. We'll reschedule for tomorrow."
No one said a word as the Guardians filed out of the room. Jules kept his eyes fixed on the fleur-de-lis pattern of the rug, not wanting to see the various pitying or maliciously smug expressions he assumed were being tossed his way. He recognized Gray's ratty sneakers coming his way, and he recognized Carolyn's sensible pumps as she headed him off. He was going to have to apologize to her, though how he'd manage it with Gray around was anyone's guess.
But he was getting ahead of himself. First, he had to survive this little tête-à-tête with Eli.
The door to the meeting hall closed with a solid thunk, and Jules forced his gaze up. The look on Eli's face was not promising.
The Founder's physical age appeared to be around sixty. Of only medium height and a little on the thin side, he cultivated a harmless-old-man look. But no one could look at those deep, stormy eyes of his and think he was harmless. Jules shivered. The room always seemed to grow cold when Eli was angry, and he was mad as hell at the moment.
"We've discussed your temper before, Jules," he said, his voice deceptively mild while his eyes blazed and the temperature continued to drop.
Jules had always thought the chill that accompanied Eli's anger was a trick of the mind--until he saw his frosty breath in the air. Marde! Just how angry was the Founder, anyway? Jules swallowed hard, his heart pounding. He wasn't entirely sure he wasn't about to die, though probably if Eli were going to kill him he'd have done it already.
Well, if he was about to face his death, he wouldn't do it on his knees. Jules forced himself to his feet, his back still aching from the impact with the wall. "I'm sorry, Eli." He almost snorted at his own pathetic words.
"If I'd known you were going to make such an ass of yourself, I would have called you in here last week the moment I saw that article in the paper. Foolish optimist that I am, I thought you'd gained a measure of maturity."
Eli's criticism stung. But worse was knowing he deserved it. He was almost a hundred and ten years old--you'd think he'd have learned more self-control by now. But seeing Ian's face in the paper--so soon after he'd lost Luc--had dug up issues he couldn't seem to rebury.
"I have no maturity where Ian is concerned," he admitted. "You don't know what he did to me."
"Yes, I do."
Jules shook his head, but didn't bother to argue. Yes, he'd told Eli some of the story, told him how Ian had once been his closest friend and then betrayed and bitten him. But he hadn't come close to telling it all.
"Come sit down," Eli said.
Jules noticed with relief that the room was warming again. He took a seat on the sofa nearest Eli's chair and waited for the lecture. But Eli just stared at him with those knowing, piercing eyes of his until Jules squirmed.
"You're at a very dangerous time of your life, my friend," Eli said with surprising gentleness. "Many vampires have . . . strong reactions when the last of the people they knew as mortals die. It can cause something of a vampire mid-life crisis, as it were."
Jules couldn't help a little bark of laughter. "Should I go out and buy a red sports car?"
The corners of Eli's eyes crinkled slightly. "The red might clash with your hair. I'd advise black."
This time the laugh came more naturally. That Eli would tease him about his vanity relieved him to no end. Yes, he'd fucked up tonight. But Eli could forgive him for it.
"Mortals in mid-life crisis can do stupid things," Eli continued, "like destroying their marriages by looking for something better. Something that doesn't exist."
"And what kind of stupid things do vampires do?"
"Indulge in pointless revenge quests. Alienate the only friends they have by behaving like assholes. The worst of them can go rogue and start killing, but I know you wouldn't do that."
Jules winced, remembering how mindless he'd been in his rage. He'd hit Carolyn, for Christ's sake! He couldn't stand Gray, but he liked Carolyn. Not that he'd done it on purpose, but if he'd been in his right mind it never would have happened. He glanced at Eli.
"Why didn't you stop me when I went after Drake?" Keeping the Guardians from fighting with each other was usually part of Eli's job description. Vampires tended to grate on each others' nerves on some primal level, which made cooperation something of a challenge. If it weren't for Eli, the Guardians would have gone their separate ways--or killed each other--long ago.
"I wanted to see if you would stop yourself. You can't always rely on me to control your temper for you."
Jules forced a deep breath. He couldn't deny that Eli had a point. "I still don't understand why you won't send a task force to Baltimore. I understand why you won't send me, but--"
"Why Baltimore?"
Jules blinked in confusion. "Uh, because Ian is there, killing people, and we're supposedly dedicated to stopping people like him."
Eli shrugged. "Why not New York, then? I guarantee you there are killers in New York. It's far too good a hiding place for killers not to take advantage of it. I'm sure there's a bigger population there than in Baltimore. Or what about D.C.? Boston?" He shook his head. "There are too few of us. If we start taking on the world, we'll be destroyed."
"I'm not asking you to take on the world! Just Baltimore."
"Just so you can personally get your revenge. It's not a good enough reason, especially when the circumstances are so suspicious. It's not impossible for other vampires to band together against us, especially if they institute a divide-and-conquer strategy." He shook his head once more. "No, Jules. I can't risk it. I'm sorry."
Jules felt his temper rising again and ruthlessly tamped it back down. This was obviously an argument he couldn't win.
He didn't know how he was going to swallow the bitter pill of Ian alive and well and killing in Baltimore. But somehow he was going to have to. Because only the worst kind of idiot would defy Eli's direct orders and single-handedly take on a mature Killer on his home turf.
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We recently made a chocolate caramel tart that was so sinful you should just head over to Fifteen Spatulas to find the recipe. Wait don't go yet, please. Something funny happened when we made the caramel layer. We had too much for one tart. Joanne that is not a complaint! Oh what to do with all the leftover caramel…
Caramel appletini
- 2 parts spiced apple cider (the good, thick stuff, not the stuff that's really just mislabeled apple juice)
- 1 part vanilla vodka
- 1 apple slice
- caramel sauce (homemade or store bought)
Combine cider and vodka in a shaker with ice and stain into a martini glass lined drizzled with caramel. Garnish with apple slice.
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This article appeared online at TheNewAmerican.com on Friday, June 30, 2017:
In an early-morning tweet, President Donald Trump decried the violence in Chicago and announced that he was sending in "federal help." But the rationale for this "help" would not exist if Chicago police were not hamstrung by the war on cops and the "Ferguson Effect."
President Donald Trump's early morning Tweet on Friday decried the continuing violence in Chicago and announced that he was sending in "federal help." Tweeted the president: "Crime and killings in Chicago have reached such epidemic proportions that I am sending in Federal help. 1714 shootings in Chicago this year!"
As of Sunday June 25 there were 308 murders in Chicago as compared to 311 at the same time last year. President Trump disparaged the continuing violence in Chicago during his campaign and then following his inauguration, calling it "horrible carnage" and "out of control" and threatening to "send in the feds" without defining exactly that he meant.
With the creation of the "Chicago Crime Gun Strike Force" (unfortunately linking crime with guns in the public's perception) observers are learning more about what he meant: It will involve a "closer" working relationship between the Chicago Police Department (CPD), state troopers, federal ATF agents, and Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors. It will also involve more federal money and technology to build out "tech-based nerve centers" that can track the location of gunshots and then tie them to known criminals and gangs. There will be another 20 federal ATF agents involved as well, completing the plan that Chicago ATF Special-Agent-in-Charge Celinez Nunez recommended during conversations with DOJ officials earlier this year.
Nunez's recommendation was based upon her prior experience in working with the locals while special agent in charge of the Seattle Field Division. She created and operated the "Puget Sound Regional Crime Gun Task Force" which, according to her bio, was successful in linking gun violence with known criminals while expanding efforts to reopen "dead end" cases.
Chicago PD officials say that her new "strike force" will be a "specialized team of city cops, federal agents and Illinois state troopers" who will work "exclusively" on gun violence that has plagued the city for the last two years.
However, the federal "rescuers," and local authorities who want the feds to come to the rescue, are overlooking a crucial, documentable fact: The crime wave in Chicago is being exacerbated by a war on police in general and the "Ferguson Effect" in general. And this tragic, and avoidable, increase in crime is being used as a rationale for the federal intervention.
Heather Mac Donald exposed the "Ferguson Effect" and its consequences in her book The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe. First coined by Sam Dotson, chief of the St. Louis Police Department in 2014, the term describes the increasing reluctance of officers on the beat to confront criminals owing to fears that they might be charged themselves with criminal activity. As a result, wrote Dotson, "The criminal element is feeling empowered."
In an article appearing in the Wall Street Journal in May of 2015, Mac Donald claimed that, thanks to the "Ferguson Effect" — named for Ferguson, Mo., where the 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown took place — "cops are disengaging from discretionary enforcement activity," leading inevitably to that criminal "empowerment."
In another article appearing in the Journal, on September 11, 2016, Mac Donald noted that "Chicago officers have cut back drastically on proactive policing under the onslaught of criticism from the Black Lives Matter movement and its political and media enablers." As a result, she wrote, "criminals are back in control and black lives are being lost at a rate not seen for decades." But not surprisingly, the cause-and-effect relationship between the hamstringing of local police and runaway crime was not included in the public announcements concerning the Chicago Crime Gun Strike Force.
What is obvious to even the most casual observer is the dangerous presence of federal agents, federal aid, and federal technology all coordinated by a federal ATF agent skilled in such matters in "helping" the CPD restore order. What is less obvious is the difficulty of applying common sense to the liberal anti-gun and anti-police establishment that rules Chicago. James Fitzgerald, head of the Support Your Local Committees sponsored by The John Birch Society in its efforts to inform and educate, made the point clear in a conversation with this writer. Said Fitzgerald,
It doesn't matter what the Trump administration says about wanting to help Chicago; much of the crime problem in Chicago can be attributed to the present attitude that police must not be allowed to perform their duties properly without worrying about being sanctioned, punished, attacked, smeared or fired as a result.
If the police were simply allowed to do their job, said Fitzgerald, there wouldn't be a need for so-called federal "help." After all, it wasn't until the ACLU's intervention that Chicago crime began to soar. According to the Chicago Tribune, the city's violent crime rate is currently more than 40 percent higher that it was in 2015.


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1. I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer.
2. Sorry, Officer, I didn't realize my radar detector wasn't plugged in.
3. Aren't you that guy from the Village People?
4. Hey, you must have been doin' at least 120 mph to keep up with me…Good job!
5. Excuse me…is stick up hyphenated?
6. I thought you had to be in relatively good physical condition to be a cop.
7. I almost decided to be a cop, but I decided to finish high school instead.
8. Bad cop! No donut!
9. You're not gonna check the trunk, are you?
10. Gee, that gut sure doesn't inspire confidence.
11. Didn't I see you get your ass kicked on COPS?
12. Wow, you look just like the guy in the picture on my girlfriend's nightstand.
13. Is it true that people become cops because they're too dumb to work at McDonald's?
14. I pay your salary!
15. So, uh, you on the take, or what?
16. Gee, Officer…that's terrific…the last officer only gave me a warning too!
17. Do you know why you pulled me over? Okay, just so one of us does.
18. I was trying to keep up with traffic. Yes, I know there are no other cars around-that's how far ahead of me they are.
19. What do you mean, "Have I been drinking?" You're the trained specialist.
20. Well, when I reached down to pick up my bag of crack, my gun fell off my lap and got lodged between the brake pedal and the gas pedal, forcing me to speed out of control.
21. Hey, is that a 9 mm? That's nothing compared to this .44 Magnum.
22. Hey, can you give me another one of those full cavity searches?


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A drawing executed as an educational exercise, produced as a preliminary to a final work or made record observations.See also: Design drawing
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Black & White & Wood
I dont know if Id ever paint my kitchen walls black, im just not that game to experiment with black paint anywhere in my home but I do love how both these kitchens look - the black creates an almost cocoon feel to the space - very cosy, warm and comforting!
I also love how they've added a thrifted/country style table to balance the black, white and modern floor.
Both these great kitchens have now been pinned - dont you just love pinterest!?
Ive been catching up on my visual feast!
Where else have I been? (my poor blog has been neglected...)
Ive been clearing up and decluttering a little, cooking a lot - guess I missed being in the kitchen!
Ive also been reading...being away for a month means lots of new magazines in the mail and I started reading Keith Richard's autobiography 'Life' whilst on holiday - i finished it the other day - it was great!!
images via desire to inspire and bottom via A Lazy Man
August 28, 2011
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Every year I'm faced with planning a birthday party for Sophia and Grace's birthdays. And as any parent who has planned a birthday party of any sort can attest it can be a stressful experience trying to pull an event together for several children. To avoid stressing myself out every year I've managed to hone my party planning down into a simple strategy that will enable me to get a party off the ground without too much drama. Here are some of my tips.
Keep it simple
I'm not one to throw a huge party. Often the girls' parties will include just close family and friends so it's a manageable guest list. Also we will streamline things so we're not dealing with a lot of decorating or multiple activities or an over the top menu that will require hours to be spent in the kitchen.
Have a theme
I've found theming a party to be a great way to provide some parameters to work within for the party. So I'll often have a particular theme and then just base any decorations, activities and food around it. I've found this makes it easier as without it, there are just far too many options which can be stressful in itself.
Incorporate some entertainment
Having some form of entertainment for the kids is crucial for keeping them happy and occupied. In the past we've had games and I've hired a birthday fairy who does everything from singing songs to providing activities at the girls' parties. If you can hire someone or have a friend or relative who you can rope in to entertain the kids, definitely do it as you don't have to worry about what the kids are doing and where they're running off to on the day.
Go online
I pre-prep everything and tend to buy all the groceries I'll need to cater online. This way it just shows up on my doorstep and I don't have to deal with the supermarket on top of everything else. I've also found that buying everything else online like party supplies and decorations is great as it means I don't have to hit the shops and therefore it cuts down the time I have to spend on party prep.
Don't get fussy with the menu
Try not to double cater if you can and just have one menu for both adults and kids. I avoid anything fancy and just stick to finger foods or we've had a BBQ in the past. This gets around having to spend a ton of time in the kitchen and more time just enjoying the party with your little one.
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More Than Seven Million Sign Up for Fed Healthcare Act
by Ron Harris
Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Voice
ATLANTA – The March 31 deadline has passed, but millions of Americans signed up for the Affordable Care Act just in time to soon begin receiving the benefits of the federally-backed program, which offers access to healthcare to millions of previously uninsured Americans.
While they wait to receive the insurance cards that will allow them access to primary care physicians, gynecologists, ophthalmologist, dentists and other medical specialists, thousands of previously uninsured Georgia residents have already seen the benefits of ACA.
Atlanta accountant Richard Rose, owner of Richard Rose, C.P.A., in College Park, said he received an immediate boost to his business from ACA enrollment. Prior to ACA, Rose said he paid $250 a month for his administrative assistant's health insurance plan. Under ACA, it dropped to $60 a month, he said.
"That is a sizeable deduction," said Rose, whose firm is in the middle of handling his corporate client's year-end tax returns.
His administrative assistant, Verna Todd, said she switched from Blue Cross Blue Shield to Human Health Insurance under ACA, and after her first doctor's visit, everything seems to be just fine.
"It was just a physical where everything was supposed to be free," Todd said, "and I haven't gotten a bill yet. Under the old plan, I had a $30 co-pay."
Additionally, she said, the amount of her hospital deductible dropped by 40 percent, to $3,000 from $5,000.
President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday afternoon that 7.1 million people had enrolled for the program prior to the March 31 deadline. So many logged on Monday that the federal site, Healthcare.gov, twice stopped accepting applications because it could not handle the volume.
Obama said considering the hic-cups involved with the launch of the website. He was pleased at the number and this moment marks a positive change in health care services in the United States.
"Now, that doesn't mean that all the problems in health care have been solved forever," Obama said in a White House press conference. "Premiums are still rising for families who have insurance, whether you get it through your employer or you buy it on your own — that's been true every year for decades. But, so far, those premiums have risen more slowly since the Affordable Care Act passed than at any time in the past 50 years."
" It's also true that, despite this law, millions of Americans remain uncovered in part because governors in some states for political reasons have deliberately refused to expand coverage under this law. But we're going to work on that. And we'll work to get more Americans covered with each passing year," he said.
More than 240,000 Georgians have signed up for insurance under ACA in the past five months, according to Dante McKay, 40, state director for Enroll America/Get Covered America.
McKay, an Atlanta native and graduate of Clark Atlanta University, said his organization reached out to a broad demographic across the state. When they approached taxi cab drivers to enroll them for insurance, "they attacked us like ants," McKay said.


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DietPi v6.0
28 January 2018
Important Information:
All DietPi images have been re-created. Existing installations (v159 or lower), can no longer be updated, or supported.
To continue support, users must install the latest v6.0 image.
- https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1385
- All images are now Debian Stretch (excluding Odroid's)
- ARMbian based images are now mainline kernel 4.13+.
- Native PC (EFI): is now an ISO, with clonezilla bundled. Simplifies installation via Rufus write:
- If you are happy with your existing installation of v159 (or lower), you are not required to install the v6.0 image, however,
we cannot continue to provide support for v159 (or lower) installations.
Minor notes:
The XMAS tree has now been taken down, stored away on github history for next year. Hope you all had a good one Changes / Improvements / Optimizations:
General | DietPi RPi kernel, now reverted to stock RPi kernel: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1378
General | We have completed much needed backbone work for DietPi, which will allow for improved expansion in source code.
This includes the use of dietpi-globals.
DietPi-Globals | New script which optimizes most used DietPi commands and vars, throughout our scripts.
Also exported to bash session, please type 'G_' then press 'TAB' to see a full list of options:
General | FHS compliance completed. /etc/dietpi has moved to /var/lib/dietpi. RAMlog store has moved to /var/tmp/dietpi:
General | We have refreshed our terminal messages look & feel, oriented on RPi boot messages, and with process animation:
General | wget: Now set to prefer IPv4 by default (generally faster, can be changed by 'CONFIG_PREFER_IPVERSION' in dietpi.txt):
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General | SparkySBC: CPU gov default changed to Performance, reports of increased stability.
General | Swapfile generation is now completed during 1st run of dietpi-software (previously boot stage):
General | DietPi-Funtime: Removed from DietPi. Although it looked pretty, it did absolutely nothing (except slow down a program)
DietPi-Automation | All dietpi.txt entries have been renamed and cleaned up.
DietPi-Automation | dietpi.txt: CONFIG_NTP_MODE will now be applied during 1st run of device:
DietPi-Boot | Improved the method of initial FS_partition and FS_expansion during 1st run, via systemD services.
'fs_force_resize=' in dietpi.txt is no longer supported: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1285#issuecomment-352159930
DietPi-Banner | IP: Will now also list the active network adapter used (eg: eth0/wlan0)
DietPi-Config | Dion Audio LOCO V1/V2: Soundcards added for RPi.
DietPi-Config | Locale: en_GB.UTF-8 is now automatically installed, alongside user selected choice.
Required for DietPi scripts to function.
DietPi-Drive_Manager | Added support for exFAT, many thanks @MichaIng : https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/pull/1312
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DietPi-Set_Hardware | Sparky SBC: enable aotg.aotg1_speed compatibility setting for USB 1.1, when USB-DAC configured:
DietPi-Set_Software | "pool" directive is now used for NTPD: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/pull/1404
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DietPi-Software | PHP-FPM: Increased from "$CPU_CORES_TOTAL" to "pm.max_children = $(( $CPU_CORES_TOTAL * 3 ))".
This should avoid failed forking of PHP-FPM processes/requests : https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1298
DietPi-Software | ownCloud/Nextcloud: Added option to choose data directory via dietpi.txt pre installation:
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**DietPi-Software |**ownCloud/Nextcloud: Automated backup restoring on install and creation und uninstall to ownCloud/Nextcloud data directory
DietPi-Software | ownCloud: Switch to non-package/archive installation. This allows usage of preferred web based updater.
DietPi-Software | Nextcloud: Resolved OPcache admin panel warnings now also on Lighttpd
DietPi-Software | UrBackup: Installation updated to latest version 2.1.20. For new installations only:
DietPi-Software | NodeRed: Corrected user which nodered runs under, now runs as its own user, created during install:
DietPi-Software | SqueezeBox/LMS (Stretch): Installation resolved: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1124
DietPi-Software | MySQL: Completely remove MySQL from DietPi in favour of MariaDB:
DietPi-Software | Ampache: MySQL DB and configs have been updated (adds correct userdata folder for music by default):
run_ntpd | Added support for systemd-timesyncd completion/detection: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1379Bug Fixes:
General | Fixed two systemd error messages during shutdown and boot: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1330
DietPi-Automation | Resolved an issue where AUTO_SETUP_TIMEZONE was not being applied correctly, thanks @k-plan:
DietPi-Automation | dietpi.txt: CONFIG_NTP_MIRROR will now be applied to systemd-timesyncd configuration:
DietPi-Config | Resolved an issue with WiFi Country code, failing to set on some devices:
DietPi-Config | Resolved an issue where disabling IPv6 didn't have an effect on AMD64 devices:
DietPi-Services | dietpi-wifi-monitor: Is no longer controlled, to prevent WiFi drop during software installs/updates etc:
DietPi-Software | General: MySQL using software titles now have their own database user, instead of accessing as "root":
DietPi-Software | qBittorrent: Resolved an issue with inability to log into web interface:
DietPi-Software | Resolved an issue where our custom LD_LIBRARY_PATH would cause APT failures. LD_LIBRARY_PATH has now been
reverted, apologies if this effected your system: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1329
DietPi-Software | Resolved an issue where APT installations would fail if services were masked. All known DietPi software services, will
be enabled/unmasked, before installation: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1320
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DietPi-Software | Shairport-sync (Stretch): Resolved an issue where this would fail to install, due to pre-req URLS becomming invalid:
DietPi-Software | Plex Media Server: Resolved uninstall to include /var/lib/plexmediaserver in removal
(which is not completed via apt purge).
DietPi-Software | MariaDB: Resolved an issue where MariaDB would fail to uninstall correctly:
DietPi-Software | Aira2 (Stretch): Resolved installation, now used APT installation: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1310
DietPi-Software | Mosquitto: Resolved various issues with failed install, due to Mosq repo not being maintained
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DietPi-Software | ownCloud/Nextcloud: Fixed an installation issue on Jessie with MariaDB:
DietPi-Software | Google AIY: Updated install to gitbranch=voicekit. Many thanks to @mpember for the heads up:
DietPi-Software | OpenJDK: Replaces OracleJDK: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1401
DietPi-Update | dietpi.txt is now checked for missing entries, and, will now be patched during the update:
Sparky SBC | Kernel updated, which resolves issues with HQPlayer playback:
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The past two weeks have been all about the details: making sure all the bills get paid, the house stays warm, the cats are cared for and my spinning wheel gets spun. Final dentist, doctor, vet appointments, and vaccines…for all of us. What if we don't have internet? Download all the recipes and knitting patterns I need to my kindle. Will 167 books on the kindle be enough??
While I am at it, upload recipes into a Google Document so they are accessible to all. Load movies onto a hard drive since netflix won't deliver to a remote island. Will 167 movies be enough?
Then philosophical questions such as, should we bring our camping gear or not? (yes) Do we have too much stuff? (probably) Can I carry my stuff? (not really) It begins.
First I'm traveling for hugs before I leave. Last night we went to a roller derby tournament in Providence. It was way less violent than I remembered and much louder. Today it's ultimate frisbee and Thanksgiving on Long Island.
Next a flight itinerary which gets us where we want to be three days after we begin. Ooh boy, I hope the TSA is looking kindly upon knitting needles these days. The TSA has a blog???


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A bionic pancreas is being developed by doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston University, with the goal of winning FDA approval. If it succeeds, this will likely be the first bionic organ to see widespread adoption.
Facebook and Apple have become two of the first major companies to offer an interesting perk for female employees: Egg freezing. Since January this year, women at Facebook have had the option of having their eggs harvested and frozen, for future in-vitro fertilization (IVF) — and from January 2015, women at Apple will be granted the same benefit. Is this just the next phase in the Silicon Valley "perks arms race," or, from a more cynical perspective, is it just a way to keep female employees focused on the prize?
Well, here's a Monday morning doozy: It turns out that drinking the blood of the young and innocent may actually improve your strength and intelligence. Two separate research groups, publishing their results in Science and Nature Medicine today, found that transfusing young mouse blood into old mice can improve their cognitive and exercise capability, significantly reducing two major aspects of aging. This effect should also apply to humans. Yes, vampirism is real.
Google gets around 2 million job applications each year, and prides itself on human inspection of each one. Stock options and free lunches are always nice features to offer, but Google has an additional new perk package it is allegedly planning to offer — indefinite life extension.
There are a few themes that have dogged the visionaries of speculative fiction more than the quest to cheat death, and today we may actually be within sight of completing that goal.
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Featuring a sleek and smooth design, sans the tangle of wires, this Full HD Smart TV from Samsung adds more elegance to your living room's decor. Samsung's Smart View app lets you view images and videos stored on your phone directly on the TV without having to connect wires. This TV also gives you the freedom to connect your phone to it via Bluetooth and play your favourite playlist on it. With innovative features such as Wide Colour Enhancer, Ultra Clean View and Contrast Enhancer, this smart TV offers you immersive visuals and rich colours.
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Joiiii adapts to fit your needs, and it's perfect for every member of the family, especially seniors. With a quick switch, it gives your grandparents clearer images and crisp, more audible sound. Now everyone can see and hear equally well.
Joiiii breaks boundaries. Its smooth, clean design blends in anywhere, yet the playful colour doesn't get buried. Now, you have the freedom to tailor your TV to your own lifestyle. Finally, a TV that fits you.
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Worried about insects, dust, or humidity affecting your TV? Joiiii has you covered. It also protects you from lightning, electrical blackouts, and viruses from unwanted files.
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As a Mormon I have heard the types of arguments put forth here as to reasons why people should not vote for Mormons. Mike Huckabee,, in the 2008 Presidential primaries, made some allusions to these arguments. He is an Evangelical, like the person referenced in this article, and if you ask many LDS people, think he is an anti-Mormon bigot (I happen to believe this--Huckabee used some very strong anti-Mormon code words when he was running in '08).
The following is a link to an article in the Washington Post, written by Michael Otterson, Official spokesperson for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Rather than try to put some original thoughts down on in my blog, I will just give you the reference and say, I agree with this article 100%.
I will add that I personally have not made a decision about who I will vote for in the next election. I personally like Mitt Romeny, but there are several other candidates that I like as well including Herman Cain. When it gets closer to the primaries, I will make my decision.
Let me also say, that there is no way in H#@! I would ever vote for Harry Reid if he were my Senator. It does not matter that he and I share the same religion. That is about the only common belief we share.
From the Point of View of a Red State American
Friday, June 10, 2011
Should people vote for Mormon for High Office?
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Designed for HAY by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, the Balcony Lounge Armchair is a low and comfortable lounge chair with armrests for outdoor use. The wide, square design is softened by the rounded back and slender armrests, with the multiple holes in the seat and back strengthening the construction, as well as creating a distinct expression. Made in powder-coated steel with an outdoor primer for optimal resilience and durability, Balcony is available in a number of different colour options. The chair's stackable design means it is well suited to all kinds of spaces, from small balconies and terraces to gardens and other larger outside areas.
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec the Paris-based design brothers from Brittany have been working together since 1998. Ronan is a graduate of the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and Erwan attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts in Cergy before starting their own studio.They have transformed the design industry and offered new perspectives of materiality and purpose. For HAY, they have designed the Palissade Collection, Copenhague Collection, Can Sofa, Élémentaire Chair, Passerelle Table and Pier System.


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Monash University presents its highest awards to leading alumni
Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass and award-winning artist and author Leigh Hobbs are among the recipients of the 2016 Monash University Distinguished Alumni Awards presented at a Graduation ceremony at Clayton last night.
The University acknowledged extraordinary contributions and achievements with awards to 12 Distinguished Alumni, ten Fellowships to outstanding Monash alumni and two Honorary Fellowships to non-Monash graduates.
President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Margaret Gardner AO said the achievements and contributions of fellows and alumni were instrumental to Monash University's record of excellence.
"Fellows and alumni are at the heart of a university's reputation, more powerful than any ranking table," Professor Gardner said. "They are the tangible representation of what the Monash community can make possible."
Presenting the awards, Chancellor Simon McKeon AO said the Alumni had made exceptional contributions in their fields and the stories and successes could only inspire others to make their own impact.
2016 Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
Art, Design & Architecture: Mr Leigh Hobbs (DipArtDesign DipEd) is an award-winning artist and author best known for his children's books including Old Tom and Mr Chicken and was awarded the Australian Children's Laureate 2016-2017.
Arts: Professor Michael Smith (BA(Hons) DipEd MA BPhil DPhil FAHA FASSA FAAAS) has contributed extensively to academic journals and anthologies, focusing on topics in the foundations of ethics, philosophy and the law. Next year, he joins Monash University Faculty of Arts as Adjunct Professor.
Biomedical and Psychological Sciences: Professor Jason Mattingley (BSc(Hons) MSc PhD FASSA FAPS) has led pioneering research investigations into the neural mechanisms in health and disease. His work has led to a better understanding of how the human brain regulates learning and memory and coordinates motor responses.
Business and Economics: Dr Muliaman Hadad (SE(FEUI) MPA PhD) is an experienced banking and regulatory specialist having spent 25 years with Indonesia's Central Bank and is instrumental in creating fundamental changes in Indonesia's banks, capital markets and non-bank financial institutions. Currently, he is Chair of the Indonesia Sharia Economic Community and the Indonesia Economists' Association.
Education: Ms Sophie Fenton (BA(Hons) MA DipEd MSchLdrshp) is the co-founder and Deputy Principal of the Sandridge School in Williamstown, Victoria, whose philosophy is the championing of humanity, curiosity, active citizenship and entrepreneurial drive across teaching and learning.
Engineering: Mr Hock Goh (BEng(Hons) Adv Mgt Program INSEAD) is the Chairman of MEC Resources Ltd and Advent Energy. Internationally, he is concurrently serving on the boards of Vesuvius PLC (UK), AB SKF (Sweden), StoraEnso Ojy (Finland), and Harbour Energy (USA) in addition to several privately held companies in Singapore and is a strong advocate of innovation and the growth potential of emerging markets in Asia.
Information Technology: Mr Ben Heyes (BComp LLM GradDipBanking) is passionate about the possibilities of technology and the application to societal enhancement and trust in the digital economy. He believes in creativity, innovation and the utilisation of both art and science.
Law: Ms Deborah Glass OBE (BA LLB) is the Victorian Ombudsman and committed to ensuring fair and reasonable decision making in the Victorian public sector and to improving public administration.
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences: Dr Rupa Kanapathipillai (MBBS DTM&H MPH FRACP) is an infectious diseases specialist at Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), providing clinical and operational support in the prevention and management of multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. Her current work includes neonatal sepsis in Pakistan and conflict related civilian trauma across the Middle East and Central Africa.
Monash Malaysia: Mr Joel Neoh Eu-Jin (BE(Hons)) is an entrepreneur, speaker and investor who studied Engineering at Monash University Malaysia campus before co-founding Groupon Malaysia and investing in a string of funds and start-ups across Asia. He's a recipient of the Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Malaysia and was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2013.
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences: Mr William Scott (BPharm F.DipMgt JP FPS FACP FAICD CDA Dip) is a respected pharmacy business owner who has won many awards recognising his involvement in the training of pharmacy assistants and technicians in Australia and the USA and for his role in the government review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation.
Faculty of Science: Ms Mary Harney (BSc BA MAICD) is a respected member of the health, science and agricultural sectors in Australia and has held a number of influential roles in the medical and health sectors, biotechnology companies and private vaccine manufacturers. Currently, Ms Harney is involved in directing finances towards significant projects that will build a vibrant dairy industry.
2016 Monash University Honorary Fellowships
Honorary Fellowships were presented to distinguished political correspondent Ms Michelle Grattan AO BA (Hons), and to philanthropist and business leader Mr Peter Scanlon AO BCom (Hons).
2016 Monash University Fellowships
Dr Ernest Chow Way Ming (BSc(Hons) LLB(Hons) PhD CFA AMusA)
Emeritus Professor Merran Evans (BA BSc MSc PhD)
Rear Admiral Raydon Gates AO CSM (MBA GradDipStratStudies)
Mr Michael Hammer (BE(Hons) MEng GradCertMgt)
Dr Siobhan Martin (PhD AFBPsS MAPS)
Mr Karl Redenbach (BA LLB)
Mr Ken Roberts (BBus(Mkt) MBA)
Mr Paul Ronalds (BEc LLB(Hons) GradDipAppFin MA(International Relations))
Ms Anne Valentine Andrews (BEc LLB(Hons) MAppFin)
Dr Susan White (MBBS(Hons) FACSEP FASMF)


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A ton of people ask me daily, "How is the trip to Hana?" My reply to them is "The Road trip to Hana or the flight to Hana?" I always advise the visitors to take what ever mode of transportation they want to head to Hana. Hana (Ha Na) is a very small town in East Maui. Random Hana Town Fact: Besides Kalaupapa on Molokai, Hana is one of the nation's most isolated communities. The popular locations are the Waianapanapa State Cabins, Hana Bay, The 7 Sacred Pools, and so much more. The Road to Hana starts in Kahului in Central Maui and ends in Hana. Pending on weather conditions the trip from Kahului/Central Maui into Hana is about 5.5 hours. From West Maui to Hana we are looking at a 7 hour drive. From South Maui 6.5 hour drive. Make sure like I said in my Haleakala Sunrise post to get enough rest before the drive to Hana. Use extreme caution when driving to and from Hana for there are sharp turns and twists in the road and sharp drop offs on the side of the road. On the way to Hana once you pass Haiku and Pauwela, you will see some breath taking water falls, tons of beautiful Rain forests, and may even see whales out in the ocean. The drive to Hana is very nice and pleasant. You may even want to stop on the way there and pick up some souvenirs and produce from the local vendors out there. My favorite place to eat out in Hana is Tutus Snack Shop right on the beach at Hana Bay and Hasegawas General Store in the out skirts of Hana. You can also wee old Hawaiian Fish Ponds, Gardens, get a massage, hit the beach, and all together all out wonderful experience. Hana Maui is by far one of my favorite places to go and relax.
Notice to visitors with rental/loaner cars: Make sure to drive only on Hana Highway to and from Hana. Do not take the back roads to and from Hana. Rental Car companies h3ly urge this and it may breach your rental contract with them in the event a breakdown does happen. It is very hard for Tow companies/Fire/Police/EMS/
Rental Car companies to get out there to respond to the back roads in break down events.
Tips That will Help you out before you take the roads to Hana:
Personal Check List:
-Make sure to get enough rest before the trek out
-Load up on drinks and snacks
-Leave stuff of High value at your hotel or condo room
-take only what you need with you (wallet, towels, coolers, back packs, etc)
Vehicle Check List:
-Test your lights out and make sure they work properly
-Test your breaks to make sure they work for you will need to break frequently
-Make sure to have a full tank of fuel before you depart
-Make sure your tires are inflated properly
Hana Bay:
-Swim at your own risk for there are no life guards on post. Maui Police Department Officers and Maui Fire FIghters do make patrols of the area and will assist in life guard duties if needed.
-Use good judgment before swimming
-Stay close to the shoreline and don't venture out too far
-When walking to the docks do not go past the fence or try to climb over it.
Overall Hana Maui is a very relaxing place and hey you may not even want to leave at the ending of your Hana trip. That covers Hana maui in East Maui. Enjoy!
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WPVI) -- A Pennsylvania child just met the stranger who saved her life.
5-year-old Jamie was fighting to stay alive in April. She was born with a rare disease and needed a new liver to survive.
A Pittsburgh news station featured her story, and that's when one of their viewers became a hero.
David Denovcheck was moved to volunteer a piece of his liver to this little girl he didn't even know.
Jamie received the transplant at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh last summer.
She and David just came face to face for the first time Monday.
They said they were already connected by an incredible bond.


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The iEBA-WG Team won the best poster award at the 17th Biennial Congress of the South African Sports Medicine Association in Cape Town, South Africa for a presentaiton titled: " Age-Related Changes in the Anatomy of the Achilles tendon insertion." The poster was presented by Dr. Przemek Pekala in a project led by Dr. Brandon Michael Henry & Dr. Krzysztof Tomaszewski. Congrats to Przemek and the team!
We are pleased to inform that The Federative International Committee for Scientific Publications (FICSP) of the The International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) announced endorsement and support for AQUA guidlines.
The International Evidence-Based Anatomy Group was awarded with "The Best of The Best Grant" funded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland. for the project titled "The influeance of the gene polymorphisms and aging on the morphology, anatomy, and biomechanics of the human Achilles tendon." The grant is valued at 79,174 PLN. Congratulations to the Dr. Pekala and the entire team!
Congratulations to iEBA-WG junior fellows Bendik Skinningsrud and Dominik Taterra for their successes in the International Medical Student's Conferences in Warsaw and Krakow!
Dominik Taterra and his co-authors B. Sanna, P. Pękala, A. Marcinów, J. Pękala, and Drs. Henry and Tomaszewski, were awarded 2nd place in the Surgery session during the 13 th Warsaw International Medical Congress for Young Scientists in Warsaw, Poland, and 3rd place in the Surgery session during the 25 th International Medical Student's Conference in Cracow, Poland.
Bendik Skinningsrud and his co-authors WC Hsieh, B. Sanna, P. Pękala, J. Pękala, and Drs. Henry and Tomaszewski, were awarded 1 st place in the Cardiology session and participated in the Plenary Session during the 13th Warsaw International Medical Congress for Young Scientists in Warsaw, Poland, and 1 st place in the Cardiosurgery and Invasive Cardiology session during the 25 th International Medical Student's Conference in Cracow, Poland, for their oral presentation entitled "Endovascular vs Open Repair in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Young Patients: A Meta-analysis". Additionally, Bendik Skinningsrud and his co-authors M. Zarychta, D. Paradowska, E. Kucharska, IM. Tomaszewski, J. Golec, P. Skotnicki, and Drs. Henry and Tomaszewski, were awarded 2nd place ex aequo in the Hematology and Oncology session during the 13th Warsaw International Medical Congress for Young Scientists in Warsaw, Poland, and 2nd place in the Hematology and Oncology session during the 25th International Medical Student's Conference in Cracow, Poland, for their oral presentation entitled "Factors influencing health-related quality-of- life in Polish colorectal cancer patients without liver metastases".
Lastly, a very special congragulations to Wan Chin Hsieh of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague who develeoped the "Endovascular vs Open Repair in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Young Patients: A Meta-analysis" project which one first place in cardio sessions both in Krakow and Warsaw. Ms. Hsieh just finished a conference tour which took her to New York (American Association for Thoracic Surgery Mitral Conclave), Washington, D.C. (American Thoracic Society 2017 International Conference), and Greece (66th International Congress of the European Sociey for Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery). At the ESCVS in Greece, Ms. Hsieh presented 9 abstracts! Keep on rocking!
We wish all fellows continued success in the years ahead!
Congragulations to iEBA-WG member Przemek Pekala and his co-authors Drs. Henry, Tomaszewski, & Walocha, for winning Best Basic Science Poster for their poster entitled "Untangling The Twisted Structure Of The Achilles Tendon" at the 18th European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) Annual Congress, Vienna, Austria.
Post-operative erectile dysfunction is a major problem in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men. In our very important new paper in The Journal of Urology (IF:4.7), we explore the vasculature of the penis and its role in preserving optimal post-operative erectile function. We hope the findings of this study led by Dr. Brandon Michael Henry, help improve the quality of life of men battling prostate cancer! Special congratulations to new EBA fellow Bendik Skinningsrud on his first publication!
Read more at: http://www.jurology.com/article/S0022-5347(17)30229-X/fulltext
Dr. Krzysztof A. Tomaszewski and Dr. Brandon Michael Henry were among the top 1% of all published researchers in 2016 at the Jagiellonian University in 2016!
iEBA-WG Coordinators Dr. Tomaszewski and Dr. Henry ranked 2nd and 5th, respecitively, in total number of publications with impact factor in 2016 among over 1,500 employees at the university. Dr. Tomaszewski ranked 5th in total impact factor and 2nd in Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education score, while Dr. Henry ranked 23rd and 10th, respectively.
Dr. Henry, who graduated from medical school this past June, topped rankings in all parameters for university students during 2016, despite it only accounting for 6 months of his published research for the year (January-June 2016).
We wish them both continued success in 2017! Thus far, Dr. Tomaszewski and Dr. Henry, are ranked 1st and 2nd, respectively, in total number of publications in 2017.
iEBA-WG Members Dr. Brandon Michael Henry and Przemek Pekala were the 2016 recipients of the prestgious research award of the Polish Academy of Sciences - "Laurel Medical Sciences. Doctor Wenceslas Mayzla "(Dr. Waclaw Mayzla Laureate in Medical Sciences) - for outstanding scientific Achievements during the course of their medical studies! Dr. Henry graduated from the english devision of the Faculty of Medicine with highest honors in June 2016. As a student, he published over 30 scientific manuscripts in peer reviewed international journals, topping the entire university rankings in both 2015 and 2016 in all publishing parameters for all students. Przemek Pekala will graduate from medical school in June 2017. He is the recipient of the prestigious Diamond Grant from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Both are currently completing their PhD's at the university. Congragulations to them both!


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When my house burned down due to arsonists, I was overjoyed that there was a place I could go to have reproductions of my, now gone, documents. All of my family's degrees, diplomas, birth certificates, and passports were reproduced so that we could have the proper documentation that we always did. While I really did get my engineering degree at MIT, I had no way of proving it without a copy of my diploma. My family had a difficult time proving that we were who we were without documentation of it.
While the documents were a little expensive, it was worth it. They looked exactly like the originals that we had all worked so hard for. The paper was the correct weight, the typeface was correct and all of the watermarks and raised ink crests and embossed seals were the same. Even the signatures of the documents looked legitimate. I did not have to worry about someone trying to make an obviously fake document look real. I was even able to get my two-year-old a fake degree from Cambridge and he can hardly speak!
While these documents are a way to re-establish myself as a person and to gain back the life that I was able to proudly display in my home office, these documents are not the real thing. Unless someone was attempting to rebuild his or her life, I do not recommend purchasing fake degrees and documentation to cheat the system, move to the country illegally, or to obtain a job they have no credentials to have. Not only is this unfair to the rest of the country, but it is also potentially dangerous. It is a federal offense to falsify these documents and the real information is not difficult to come by with a simple phone call.


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Tokyo — The concept of Internet-enabled televisions is about to be resurrected as a group of five leading Japanese TV makers appear poised to introduce new classes of the hybrid TVs next year.
Five Japanese TV manufacturers reportedly are preparing to launch Internet televisions next year, according to the Nihon Keizai newspaper.
Hitachi, Matsushita, Sharp, Sony and Toshiba are reportedly readying TVs that would directly connect to the Internet to playback new online video services without the need for a PC or a special set-top Internet device.
To accomplish the task the companies were said to be working on delivering a common standard for connecting to the Web as early as next spring, the report said.
U.S. marketing executives for the companies did not return comments on their parent companies' plans as this was written, but a Sharp spokesperson pointed out that company recently unveiled in Japan a line of AQUOS Internet LCD TVs slated for the company's domestic market.
That line features two units each in the 32W-inch and 37W-inch screen sizes, combining high-definition LCD TV screens with many of the components of a PC.
Two versions are offered in each screen size, enabling recording to internal hard disk drives, either high-definition video or terrestrial analog video.
The TVs are designed to let users navigate Internet and broadband TV broadcasts using the remote control.
The models include hard drives up to 500GBs in capacity to store recordings of HDTV broadcasts as well as large volumes of digital still image and music data.
Sharp said the design features separate TV and PC sections which save space in the living room, as well as offer advanced environmental performance, such as low power consumption.
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I'm back today with a few more Christmas crafts that I've done with Noah. Earlier this month, we made a candy cane ornament and a wreath. This time, I'm sharing a Christmas tree and a Santa Claus hat/mask. All of these crafts are super (Noah's new favorite word) simple, so they are perfect if you need something to do with your kids when you are home with them for the holiday. You still have time... because chances are, you already have most of the supplies needed on hand!
First up, the Christmas tree. I took a white piece of card stock and used a flat edge (I used a magazine that was just sitting on the counter) to draw a triangle and then free handed the trunk. Since Noah is practicing his scissor skills, I even let him help me cut the triangle out (with lots of assistance from me to stay on the line). From there, I gave him a bunch of green tissue paper squares (I have a drawer full of these in many colors on hand) and some glue and he started gluing them all over the tree.
Once he was done with that, I gave him some pom poms to glue on (as ornaments) and some foam stickers I had picked up at Michaels. And since Noah doesn't consider it a Christmas tree without a star, t also had a star sticker for him to add to the top of the tree. He then colored the trunk with a brown crayon and his Christmas tree was complete!
The great part of this craft is that you can use whatever you have on hand. Don't have green tissue paper, use construction paper and let you child cut or even rip the pieces. And there are so many options for what you could use as ornaments. You could even put glitter on the tree if you are feeling adventurous ;)
Next up, I had Noah make a Santa Claus "mask". All you need is some red card stock (or construction paper), a paper plate, cotton balls, and some glue. Once again, I had Noah help me cut out the triangle for the hat. I cut out the center of the paper plate while Noah started gluing cotton balls to the hat. He then added some more cotton balls to the bottom of the plate as Santa's beard.


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Best Hair Care Tips For Curly Hair:What Do You Have To Do?
Best Hair Care Tips For Curly Hair:What Do You Have
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Naturally Curly Hair Care
Be it hot oil massages, hair masks or natural rinses – there are a large amount of various things that you simply will incorporate into your Best Hair Care Tips routine to shower your frizzly hair amorously.
Here's many things that you simply will do:
Hot oil massages
When it involves selecting associate oil to nourish your hair, the planet is your oyster.
copra oil, olive oil, and expressed almond oil are simply many choices that you simply will undertake.
simply leave the bottle of oil in a very bowl of predicament or microwave the oil in a very bowl for many seconds to heat it up.
Not solely will massaging your curling hair with hot oil deep condition your hair and repair it from among, it conjointly makes it additional swish, manageable and straightforward to entangle.
Hair masks
Apple cider vinegar natural rinse
If you struggle with entangling your curly hair attributable to however simply it gets snarled, then you would like to undertake rinse your hair with apple acetate.
The acidity of apple acetate closes and flattens out the hair cuticle, that causes you to hair electric sander and easier to tangle.
simply combine two tablespoons of apple acetate and a number of drops of lavender oil during a mug of cool water and pour it over your hair when shampooing it.
Leave it on for a handful of minutes before rinse it off with water.
Washing Curly Hair
There is most that you just got to detain mind whereas laundry your hair because the primary focus needs to air adding the maximum amount wetness thereto as potential.
however the devil lies within the details here – like however usually you're laundry it and what towel you're victimization to dry it.
So, here area unit a couple of stuff you got to detain mind
Don't wash your hair everyday
Some individuals get older laundry their Best Hair Care Tips on a daily basis and might realize it arduous to interrupt that habit. however shampooing your hair on a daily basis will spell disaster for your curls as you're stretching them out and dehydrating them, ultimately creating them lose their form and damaging them.
Use a gentle shampoo
And by 'mild' I mean any shampoo that doesn't contain sulfates, polymer or parables.
All they are doing is coat your kinky hair and block natural oils from penetrating you hair shaft within the name of adding shine. Instead, take natural shampoos.
Styling Tools And Products For Curly Hair
The great issue regarding permed hair is that when you've worked out what merchandise and styling tools work best for you.
you don't got to amendment them for an extended time. thus here are a couple of stuff you got to detain mind.
Use a wide toothed comb
Throw out your hair brush at once. Yes, I'm serious.
Hair brushes do nothing however spoil your curls, rob them of their definition, and create them super nappy.
Use a good toothed comb instead because it can eliminate all those issues, and create your tangling method completely painless.
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Asian Pacific Community Luncheon Passport to Asia: An Asian Cuisine Tasting Experience
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, Registration begins at 11:00 am
Place: Hotel Elegante, 2886 S Circle Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Cost: $30 individual in advance, $35 at door if space is available, 8-15 years old $10, under 8 years old $2
Place: Register Here
Place: RSVP by July 22, 2016
Place: Mail check to: Asian Pacific Community Luncheon c/o Golden Lotus Foundation, 4645 Star Ranch Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Welcome to the 5th Annual Asian Pacific Community Luncheon, a fundraiser to benefit the design and construction of an Asian Cultural Heritage Center, Asian Botanical Gardens & Tea House. This event will highlight various Asian cuisine and desserts from Asian restaurants including Silver Pond Chinese Gourmet Restaurant, Tomo Sushi, San Chang House Korean Restaurant, Thai Mint, YouKa Café, Little Nepal Indian Restaurant & Bar, Vietnamese Garden/Donuts & Noodles, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, and Panda Express. Origami & learning experience for young set, many silent
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Ohio State DE Noah Spence ruled permanently ineligible by Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference has declared that Ohio State defensive end Noah Spence is "permanently ineligible from all intercollegiate athletics competition," the school announced on Tuesday.
Spence was suspended indefinitely in September after a second positive test for the drug ecstasy, a suspension he appealed. He missed Ohio State's Orange Bowl loss to Clemson last season and the first two games of this season after the Big Ten suspended him three games for his first positive test.
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said on Sept. 22 that Spence was getting "full-time treatment" and was no longer practicing the team, but was not dismissed.
From a statement by OSU director of athletics Gene Smith:
"While we are disappointed in the outcome, we are pleased that Noah has come a long way and we are very proud of the progress he has made with regard to his health. The Department of Athletics will continue to assist Noah through his pursuits and provide the academic resources necessary to help him complete his degree program."
The junior was named first-team All Big Ten by media after recording eight sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss last season.
The Buckeyes (10-1) host Michigan (5-6) on Saturday.
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The new face of Weight Watchers and Ne-Yo are joined by Ross on the title track for the Think Like a Man OST. The movie — inspired by Steve Harvey's Best-Selling book — hits theaters March 9th. Shouts to OS.
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