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Women & Gender
Establishing equality between women and men is vital to unleashing the power of families and communities to transform their lives for the better — but around the world, women, men, boys and girls experience disproportionate access to resources, exposure to risks and control of their futures.
So, with every program we put into action — in each of the 40-plus countries we work in — we consider the needs of both genders, evaluate the dynamics between them and work to empower those most at risk.
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We focus, especially, on helping women and girls find their equal voice in the places where they have fewer rights, because we know that strong women equal strong families — and strong countries. Meet the world's toughest women ▸
Why focus on women and girls?
Women and girls can be catalysts for incredible, positive change. But, traditional gender roles, certain cultural beliefs and few opportunities often keep them from reaching their full potential.
Mercy Corps, in partnership with the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth, creates safe spaces for teenage girls to increase their knowledge and confidence, and become self-sufficient by combining basic business, financial and life skills training, with mentoring and access to vocational training. Learn more here.
In many places around the world, females have unequal access to important resources like information, money, school, jobs and land. And they are oftentimes not allowed to make decisions for themselves or their families, like who they will marry, how many children they will have, how they will spend their time or how to spend household income.
Read our Q+A: How we help girls fulfill their potential ▸
And with fewer skills and tools at their disposal, women and girls also end up being some of the most vulnerable when crises like war and natural disaster strike.
Obstacles to overcome
The challenges that girls and women face vary widely from culture to culture, but one theme is prevalent: Unequal access to opportunities that give them an independent, productive place in their communities.
Photo: Miguel Samper for Mercy Corps
Sarmila's story: Overcoming challenges to stay in school ▸
While research shows that educated women are less likely to marry early and more likely to have healthy, educated children, girls still face great — and, sometimes, insurmountable — barriers to education, including poverty, inadequate sanitation facilities, gender-based violence, social norms that favor boys' education and early marriage.
According to UNICEF, one-third of girls in the developing world are married before the age of 18, and one-third of women in the developing world give birth before the age of 20.
Women and girls also face more hurdles in building fruitful, stable livelihoods: While nearly half the world's farmers are women, only 20 percent of landholders are. Female farmers also have less access to tools, seeds, fertilizers and financing.
Tell Congress: Support the health of women and girls by increasing funding for the Food for Peace program ▸
In some economies, laws or social structures restrict the types of jobs women can do or prevent them from working altogether. How women are breaking down barriers in Afghanistan ▸
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And women and girls bear the brunt of the responsibility for unpaid housework, too, often having to forego earning an education or an income to care for family members, complete home chores and cook meals.
Globally, women spend up to 10 times more time per day caring for children and the elderly than men do, and up to three hours more per day doing housework. In sub-Saharan Africa, women devote at least 16 million hours a day — 5.8 billion hours a year — just to collecting drinking water.
But what if women and girls had the same opportunities as men and boys?
Did you know?
- A 10 percent increase in girls attending school can increase a developing country's GDP by 5 percent, and an increase in female workers results in faster economic growth
- Children born to a literate mother are 50 percent more likely to live past the age of 5
- If female farmers had equal resources to male farmers, they could feed 150 million hungry people
- Women's involvement in peace agreements increases the likelihood of them holding at least 2 years by 20 percent
Our work
Throughout our programming, we partner with communities to build gender equality, and work to support the drive and resourcefulness of women and girls.
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Our programs include helping women and girls access education, vocational skills and livelihood assets, like livestock, tools and agricultural training, so they're able to support themselves and contribute to their families. In vulnerable communities, young women dream big ▸
We work to promote equal household decision-making and community involvement, and increase women's participation in income-generating activities. Read more: A couple finds their future in chia ▸
Photo: Corinna Robbins/Mercy Corps
And initiatives like our girls groups and community health trainings give women and girls the tools they need to build healthy, promising futures, including information about delaying marriage, family planning, pregnancy care, nutrition and managing finances.
Informed, empowered women and girls have the ability to profoundly change their lives and families for the better — and with the right support, they can change the world, too. You can encourage even more women and girls transform their communities. Make a gift today ▸
A Family's Hope for Good Health
Afghanistan: CHWs: A Foundation for Healthier Afghan Communities
Lebanon: New Products, New Life
Iktimal el Shaweesh lives with her family of 17 in a two-story, seven-room house in southern Lebanon. She married her husband Khaled, 15 years her senior and a widower with 5 kids, in order not to remain single. They have five kids of their own: three daughters and two sons.
Afghanistan: One Lucky Woman In Hazarjuft
Bakhtawar is sitting on a bed in the female in-patient ward of Hazarjuft Hospital in Helmand, Afghanistan. Her name means "lucky woman" but she has been anything but lucky when it comes to preganancy and health.
Reaching the Farthest Child
Kosovo: A mother and child of mercy
Tina is Albanian. She met her Albanian Kosovar husband Ishmet during her nursing training in Albania and they moved back to his family home in Istog in northern Kosovo. It was a painful time for Tina.
A Better Bridge
One day a woman was walking across a bridge. She was carrying a four-month old baby. A car entered the narrow passage and suddenly swerved toward the woman. Frightened, she dropped her baby, who fell into the river and died.
A Breath of New Life
Afghanistan: Master Trainers
On the inhospitable border, nicknamed "No Man's Land", between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a husband and wife team is working to improve the lives of Afghan refugee families flowing to and from Pakistan. Parveen and Syed Safdar are Master Trainers for Mercy Corps.
Afghanistan: A Never-Ending Struggle
Physical disabilities are rampant among the refugees of Afghanistan. In the camps and villages are the stark visual reminders of the toll that war and lack of access to basic healthcare has taken on these people. Men, women and children are all victims of this tragedy.


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Salmon Corn Cakes
1 lb Cooked Salmon
1/2 c Cooked Fresh Corn
1/4 c Shallots, diced medium
3 T Italian Parsley, finely chopped
1 Egg, beaten
3 T unsalted Butter, melted
1 T Fresh Ginger, grated
1 t Paprika
1 t Soy Sauce
1 t Sea Salt
1/2 c Fresh Bread Crumbs
oil for frying
lemon wedges
1. Combine everything except bread crumbs. Add 1/4 c of bread crumbs and reserve the rest. Gently mix together so that salmon breaks up a bit, but still has decent chunks.
2. Form mix into patties, pressing together firmly. If needed add a little more bread crumbs to help everything stay together.
3. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Gently dredge patties in remaining bread crumbs, then place into skillet. Cook each side until it is golden brown, (about 3 minutes each side) (Turning these can be a delicate operation. It helps to use two spatulas at the same time to prevent the cakes from breaking apart.)
4. Drain on paper towels, squeeze some lemon over, and enjoy.
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What's inside? Here are the questions answered in today's reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.
1. Refinance mortgage to add spouse?
2. Scanner recommendations
3. Paying off boyfriend's debt
4. Investing in bond funds
5. Budget question from Phillipines
6. Financial book for teenager
7. Birthday presents for children
8. Handling extra cash flow
9. Insurance deductibles question
10. Enjoying baseball inexpensively
It's almost tradition for our family to go to this large field about five miles from our home, set up some comfortable blankets, and watch fireworks. This field is almost directy under the fireworks, so we can lay on our backs and watch the fireworks explode above us.
Sometimes, if the wind is wrong, we'll get some cinders on us, but they're well worth it for the wonderful sight of seeing the sky explode before us and hearing the children laugh and point at the lights.
Q1: Refinance mortgage to add spouse?
I recently got married, and my new husband and I are having our first financial disagreement. He has asked me to refinance my house so that he can be added to the mortgage. I bought the house in July 2009, so I have owned it less than two years. I purchased the house for $135K. My rate at the time was 5.125% under a first-time homebuyer program. The bank is currently offering a conventional fixed-rate long-term loan at a 4.49% APR. In the two years of ownership, I have been dutifully putting extra money towards the monthly payment, and have essentially made 4-5 extra payments per year. The loan is currently at $119K.
While I understand the reasons why my husband wants to be on the mortgage, I am hesitant for a few reasons.
1) I believe the costs of refinancing will outweigh the benefits of the slightly lower rate. We have not yet visited a mortgage officer to get actual numbers, but basic online research suggests the costs could be around $3K. I would rather apply that money toward the principal.
2) He is a member of the military and has never owned a home. This gives him advantages such as a VA loan. We would like to buy a larger house or duplex eventually and rent out my house. (Given it's location and size, we know that in our housing market we can rent it out for the monthly mortgage payment.) If he is added to my mortgage, we are not certain if he would be able to utilize the VA loan if we did not sell my house prior to purchasing a new house.
I have suggested we instead investigate using a quitclaim deed to add him to the title of the house. He does not seem keen on this idea. What are your thoughts on refinancing given the stated situation?
– Margery
Given these facts, I don't think refinancing is the best option here. I would just leave the loan as it is.
So, what should you do in the interim? I would make sure that your husband has strong credit. Have him get a credit card for a specific purpose like buying gas, use it for nothing but gas, and pay off the balance in full each month. This will steadily build his credit.
You should also focus on paying off that house as quickly as possible. That house payment is a big negative in your home's cash flow and it needs to be eliminated as soon as possible. Once the deed is in your name, you can certainly add his name to that deed.
Q2: Scanner recommendations
I think I remember an article about a scanner that you used and recommended. What was that and also do you use an external hard drive for making backups, or cloud computing, or what? Too much paper in my life and hoping to scan some of the hard copies out of my life. Thank you.
– Christine
My only recommendations for a scanner were for a specific use. If you're scanning lots of documents, a scanner with an automatic document feeder is a must. It allows you to just put a pile of documents on the scanner. The device will scan all of them and save them as separate documents.
This sounds like the situation that you're in, as you're hoping to digitize as much paper as possible.
As I haven't purchased a scanner in a long while, I do not have a specific model recommendation. However, if you're trying to digitize lots of documents, automatic document feeding is essential. It's a tremendous time saver.
Q3: Paying off boyfriend's debt
I am 29, and I live with my boyfriend, who is 38. I have no debt whatsoever, and am somewhat militantly anti-debt. My boyfriend has about $5,000 in IRS tax debt, which he pays only the minimum on ($100/month).
My question is, should I help by making extra payments for him (which I really, really want to do), or let him just chip away at it himself, even though the process is killing me because it's taking forever?
I should add that he has promised he will pay more than the minimum in those months where he is able to do so.
– Mary
The answer to this question comes down to the permanence of your relationship. Are you really in this relationship for the long term? Is he in this relationship for the long term?
I can't answer that for you. All I can say is that if this is going to last for a decade or more, then it's financially sensible to help him pay off this debt. If it's a fairly rocky relationship, it's not worthwhile for you to do this.
In reality, if you're cohabitating and sharing costs, his debt is impacting your finances and you're better off without that debt affecting your finances. The issue is whether you'll be able to enjoy a period without that debt after it's paid off. The longer term your relationship is, the longer the period you'll be able to enjoy without that debt impacting your finances. If it's not long term, then you're just helping him pay off a debt early and you'll receive no benefit from that early payoff.
Q4: Investing in bond funds
I'm 24, make 55k and live in Chicago which has a high cost of living compared to most other cities. If in, say, 10 years I would like to purchase a home with a VERY sizable down payment would you consider it wise to invest in bond funds through a brokerage firm such as Fidelity, Vanguard, etc.? My impression is that bond funds are lower risk than stocks but would have a greater return than a high yield savings account and 10 years would be long enough to see that return.
– John
Bonds generally have more risk than savings accounts but generally have better returns, but they have less risk and lower returns than stocks.
Bonds can fail (if the organization issuing the bond fails), but if you are buying into an index fund made up of highly-rated bonds, you'll most likely just see a better return than a savings account over the long run.
It sounds like this meets your needs and risk tolerance, so I'd go for it if I were you.
Q5: Budget question from Phillipines
My monthly salary is $604. I have a Total Debt of $ 2,600 and i have ZERO Savings. Below is where my salary goes to every month.
Health – $32.56 (5%)
Debts – $154.65 (25%)
Investment (through work) – $60.47 (10%)
Food – $69.77 (11%)
School – $47.67 (8%)
Memorial Plan – $24.42 (4%)
Utilities – $40.70 (7%)
Rent – $93.02 (15%)
Fare – $18.20 (3%)
Church – $46.51 (8%)
Cellphone – $9.30 (2%)
Educational Insurance – $48.06 (8%)
I would really want to Zero-out my debts, i just do not know how can i make it faster? Debts were incurred due to home expenses and bad purchases before. is there any really fast way to pay off all of my debts? I want to pay them all by december 2011. I plan to use all my 1 month ($600)-salary bonus but that would mean a still zero savings for me and my son.
I want to make it faster so that i can start saving up and then finally have the courage to resign from my job. I been here for 10 years. Pay is good. Very near my house ( i can walk from house to the office). But i have this gnawing feeling that i am not growing anymore and i am not happy anymore. Add another stress that an ex is working on the same office and i cant take it…i also want to resign so that i can just forget about my stupidity and finally move on and go on with my life…i just want a new life..a new beggining..i am just scared to do it..because of my son ( i have to care for him and i cant bear him going hungry) or am i just being a real coward? ( i can take it if you thikn that way)…i used to be so brave but when a child is present, life's decision is more difficult to do..
One of my concern is the rent, am i paying too much for it?..i like the house (2 BR;two-storey;good neighbors; nice mountain view, the free parking space, wide play area for my son. -in short ILOVEIT), It so big for a 2 adults (me and my mom) and for a child. However most of the time, when my big family comes for a visit, i do not have a problem since i have a big ,nice and a clean house for them to stay. But i still think that a $90 a month is too much, what do you think?
I have negative expenses and most of the time , i am helped by my brother. but i cant always do that. I need to manage my finances. I feel so helpless and desperate without savings and such a great amount of debt.
– Lindsay
Right now, you're spending more than you're bringing in, which means you have no means with which to pay down that debt early. I'm not entirely clear on how this works. Are you accumulating more debt month over month?
If you want debt freedom, you have to be spending less than you're bringing in (so you're not accumulating more debt) and you have to be applying that difference in some positive way (toward the debt, preferably).
Some of these expenses are going to have to go. Do you need a memorial plan? That seems like a significant chunk of your income just to cover a possible funeral. What does your investment through work consist of? Is it necessary when you're in this kind of financial state? I'm not sure what has to be cut, but something does, and after you make cuts, you have to start applying the remaining money to the debt and get rid of it as quickly as you can.
Q6: Financial book for teenager
I've been trying to find a book recommendation for my 18 year old son. He is going to college in August and wants to get a credit card. I want him to read a good economics book first, what do you recommend?
– Audra
I don't think I'd toss an economics book at him at this point. Books like The Wealth of Nations aren't particularly relevant to the day-to-day life of most eighteen year olds.
Instead, I'd look for a personal finance book written with people like him in mind. A really good choice for a student leaving high school and entering college is Please Send Money by Dara Duguay, which I reviewed a while back.
The biggest trick will be getting him to read it. You might want to tie the credit card to reading the book first.
Q7: Birthday presents for children
I have 2 small kids (6 year old son, 2 year old daughter). It seems like every month we are invited to at least 2 kid's birthday parties, mostly friends from my son's school. My son loves birthday parties and is very social but the whole presents thing is bringing me down. It seems like the gifts the kids receive (based on what my son was given at his own party and also when we do go to the rare party wherein the kid opens the present in front of everyone) are in the $10-15 range.
I am trying to be frugal but this month we have 4 parties which is $40 minimum and it is a tight month financially. I try to stock up when there is a sale on big winners like lego sets and board games and art supplies, but I would love any advice. $40/month x 12 months = $480 which seems like an awful lot to spend on birthday presents for kids that aren't even my own!
– Meredith
On the flip side of that, if your kids are going to 48 birthday parties a year, then you have a plethora of kids who should come to your own children's birthday parties.
I think that a small gift like this is the social cost for a young child attending a birthday party when there's no other arrangement (like a parent saying "no gifts" on the party invitation). You bring a $10 gift and get a couple hours of fun and a few strengthened friendships out of the arrangement.
That doesn't mean you can't contact some of the other parents in this social circle and perhaps suggest that you all tone down or eliminate gifts for a year. That's really the only way to change the culture of the situation. If I were in your shoes and my kids were going to that many parties, this is a change I would relish as I really would not want to accumulate 48 $10 toys in my home.
Q8: Handling extra cash flow
I finally managed to be able to have money available at the end of the month ($1000). What is not very clear to me is what to do with it. The first thing that comes to my mind is to use that money to reduce the debt in my line of credit ($40,000). But at the same time I don't have an emergency fund. What would you recommend, focus on reducing the debt in the line of credit and then build an emergency fund or using part of the $1000 to build an emergency fund?
– Ernie
I would use the first $1,000 to build up an emergency fund. That amount will help you with most of the small emergencies you'll face in life.
After that, I would use any additional monthly surpluses to first shore the emergency fund back up to $1,000 (if you've used any of it) and then use the rest to pay down your debts.
If you've eliminated your debt, I would probably start building up the emergency fund a bit more, up to about two months of living expenses (however much that is in your life). This will be incredibly helpful in the case of job loss or other large emergencies.
Q9: Insurance deductibles question
I am a SAHM of a toddler and a preschooler. My husband works and we barely scrape by. We have not used a credit card since our son was born three years ago. We are trying to pay down our debts but it is a slow process. We have two cars, one paid for and one paid for by a loan from our parents (we make monthly payments to them). We currently have liability only on both of them in order to have lower monthly payments. We also have a high-ish deductible on our home owner's policy – $1000. We try to keep $1000 in our emergency fund and last week our emergency hit. We had some storm damage that ripped out our electrical wires, leaving us with a $958 bill. Our emergency fund was at $950, so we are wiped out. I'm wondering if it would be smart to lower our deductibles and maybe get more than just liability on our car with the loan since we have nothing to cover ourselves if another emergency comes up. In all likelihood our emergency fund will not be replenished until tax time next year.
I have a feeling you'll suggest getting that fund back up to $1000 asap, and we plan to do that. But we are living about as frugally as possible. We have sold things we own, rarely eat out, budget everything, and our food budget for our family of four is only $200 per month. (I was shocked when you said yours was $770! That sounds like a dream to me!)
– Jean
Yes, the first step is to rebuild your emergency fund. That's what you should do first and foremost.
After that, though, the real question is what it would cost you in premiums to lower your deductibles. You'll need to get some new insurance quotes so that you can decide if the higher premiums are worth the reduction in deductible. My guess is that it won't be, as tiny deductibles usually mean big premiums.
In my own experience, I found that lowering a deductible wasn't worth it unless I was having damage that exceeded that lowered deductible more than once every two years. If that's happening, I'd be concerned about other factors in your life (like the climate you're in and the structure of your house) more so than the insurance.
Q10: Enjoying baseball inexpensively
I've been a baseball fan all my life. Recently, though, I've really been put off by the high price of tickets. It's just so expensive to go to a ball game. What do you suggest for a baseball fan who doesn't want to bankrupt himself?
– Matt
I go to a Major League Baseball game approximately once a year. When I was younger, I used to go more often; in fact, I went to Wrigley Field five times or so in 1996.
I agree with you completely about the cost of the baseball experience, which is why I don't go to many major league games any more. The tickets and the food add up to too much to make it a regular experience for me.
Instead, I leave such trips fully in the "splurge" camp. I go once a year and, because of that limited nature, such trips feel very special to me. They're memorable and more enjoyable than going multiple times a month.
I then follow my team (the Cubs) via the radio and the internet, mostly.
Got any questions? Email them to me or leave them in the comments and I'll attempt to answer them in a future mailbag (which, by way of full disclosure, may also get re-posted on other websites that pick up my blog). However, I do receive hundreds of questions per week, so I may not necessarily be able to answer yours.


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Sarah and Daddy part 10
With Sarah and Jessie cuddled close to me, I slipped into a nap, sleeping peacefully. When I awoke, opened my eyes and looked around, I saw them standing in front of the mirror, turned sideways to the reflection, with their heads also turned that way. A candle lit up the scene with a mellow golden glow, they had their hands down at each others creamy centers, letting


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Caps Comeback Complete
When the Washington Capitals fell behind 3-0 to the Boston Bruins in the first period, it looked like it was going to be another one of 'those nights'. Fortunately coach Adam Oates didn't see it that way, managed to keep his team focused, and was rewarded with a sensational comeback from his team when Eric Fehr scored a beautiful goal in overtime to steal the two points. Read the rest of this entry »
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Commonly recognized examples of confined spaces include transformer vaults and manholes. But we don't declare something a confined space only if it's on a list of recognized examples. A space is "confined" if getting in or out of it is difficult, or the space isn't meant for continuous occupancy. By the OSHA definition, both conditions must be met. Should this be your definition?
If you just want to see what you can legally get by with, the OSHA definition is adequate. If you want to identify hazards and protect yourself from them, then a space is confined if either condition is met.
An equipment vault may be easy to enter and exit. Just go through the door. Is that vault "confined" or not? A shallow pit is easy to enter and exit. You don't even have to bother with a door. While you're lying on your belly adjusting the sump pump level float, accumulated carbon dioxide kills you. Should you have pulled a confined space permit?


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Learn or improve your French skills by attending French classes at the Institute of French as a Second Language (i-FLE) at Université de Nantes, in order to pass the French Language Certificate. Several levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced) are offered to meet your needs. Free courses are offered to exchange students only.
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The T-H3S-OS is a high efficient, condensing, tankless water heater perfect for residential applications. With gas inputs of 180,000 BTU, the T-H3S-OS can produce enough hot water for three bathrooms in warmer climates or two baths in colder climates.
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Double Back is quite possibly the most powerful transposition effect you will ever perform. Four cards (two 5s and two kings) are openly shown. The two 5s are placed on someone's hand and you cleanly show you are holding the two kings. Instantly, you are now holding the two 5s and they are holding the two kings. Simple. Direct. Powerful.
When Double Back was first released, it became one of the most acclaimed packet effects ever. Now, with this updated release, you will see the routine performed in a working environment. You will also learn handling advice, presentations and subtleties perfected through thousands of performances. It has never been easier to perform an effect with such a strong impact!
For years, Jon Allen has begun close-up set with Double Back. Why?
It gets people involved. It's easy to understand. No cards are picked. It's extremely magical. It seems too impossible to be done live. It resets instantly. It quickly tells the audience, "This guys is good!"
Running Time: Approximately 38 mins
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ANY Location Skeleton w/ Wood Box
Magician has the spectator choose one card from the deck and remember it, then has them put the card back to any place in the deck. Then magicians spreads the cards, and bring out a skull hanging from a string from his pocket, putting the skull on top of each card. Suddenly the skull's eyeballs are start flashing, with mysterious laughing! Like it's found the card! So the magician turn over the first card and that is the card, and it is indeed the card selected by the spectator.
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Since 1964 the Danish Arts Foundation has contributed to the installation of more than 1200 works of art at particular places all around Denmark.
On this site, you can contemplate the collection of art funded by the Danish Arts Foundation, and you might also want to take a look at the pieces bought by the Foundation and lent out to institutions with public access. This includes a collection of jewelleries that are occasionally lent out to people representing Denmark abroad.
Our Art contains images and descriptions of about 13.000 artworks and the site is continuously expanding.
The Danish Arts Foundation promotes Danish art by:
The quality of the artistic talent and production constitutes the premise of the Danish Arts Foundation's collection of supported artworks.
The Danish Arts Foundation handles many applications every year from places/institutions that would like to integrate artworks in their daily surroundings.
When choosing which locations should be granted the loan of an artwork, the Foundation considers:
As well as purchasing artworks from visual artists, the Danish Arts Foundation buys jewelleries from some of the best jewellery designers in Denmark. Since 2007, it has been possible to lend these jewelleries, typically in connection with representing Denmark at official events abroad, but creative artists as well as filmmakers can apply for lending the various jewelleries as well.
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The measure, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, also would allow employers to claim the same credit for half the cost of hiring a person or company to provide nutritional advice, yoga instruction or substance-abuse prevention.
Bill AB1439, introduced by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, on Feb. 23, says that fitness expenditures include an employee gym, swimming pool, weight room, running track and indoor and outdoor courts or sports fields.
Others costs that would count toward the credit include equipping an amateur athletic team, contracting with another organization to operate an employee fitness facility and subsidizing health club memberships for workers.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stated a goal in January of extending health insurance coverage to California's 6.5 million uninsured residents and bringing down treatment costs through disease prevention. The tax credit bill must pass through both the Assembly and the Senate before reaching Schwarzenegger, who has not taken a position on the bill but is supportive of its goal, according to the Chronicle.


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Paperless office. It's a phrase to strike fear in the heart of any office supply provider.
"I used to sell 'While You Were Out' pads in the two-part books every day," said Chris Miller, president of Yuletide Office Solutions. "I might sell a dozen 'While You Were Out' pads once every three months now."
Despite this environmental shift, Miller has risen to the challenges and changes in his business to embrace it as opportunity. For instance, what he doesn't sell in note pads and printer paper now, he more than makes up for in office furniture.
Chris Miller, president of Yuletide Office Solutions, said the company has evolved over the years as businesses' office needs have changed.
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Though furniture long has been available in the company's catalog, the focus switched to full-service design in 2012 when Yuletide's new showroom was opened on Sycamore View Road at Interstate 40. Two designers were hired to keep up with increasing demand, and the team works from the beginning to the end of projects with clients and architects to provide layouts for existing space and new construction. Because of such attention to detail and their longevity in the business, Miller said, "We were up 55 percent last year in our furniture segment."
Yuletide was begun in 1972 by Miller's father, Paul Miller, whose family has owned Miller Wood Trade Publications, a niche publisher for the forest products industry, since 1927. The elder Miller, says the younger, began the office supply company to "teach all of his sons a sales background so that they could go into his publishing businesses, and then he was going to close it."
Miller began work at 16 and began running the supply venture in 1985 at the age of 28. His first order of business was to join a national buying group, which allowed him to buy more inventory direct from the manufacturer at lower prices, and pass those savings along to his customers. Yuletide now has 34 employees and a client list that includes notable local entities such as Duncan-Williams Inc., Vining Sparks IBG, Delta Medical Center, Porter-Leath and the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority.
In addition to the paperless paradigm, other hurdles to present themselves have included the rise of online shopping and the big box, retail office supply chains; the recession, when companies were understandably cinching their belts; and changes in the nation's health care system requiring a patient's information to be transferred from the traditional manila file folder and 20-pound paper stock to an iPad or laptop.
Yuletide felt the recession's effects in 2009, but managed to mitigate the damage to a low 3 percent drop in revenue. Miller and his team were proactive, going to their customers with options and asking them to make changes in the ways they bought.
"That created more loyalty and, to be honest with you, those people gave us more opportunities when we went to them like that," Miller said. "We educated our customers because that's the best way that you can work on that partnership; it is a partnership, no matter what."
Another way that revenue has been boosted in the last decade was by offering janitorial supplies, allowing Yuletide to supply a full range of products to customers.
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As for competing with Internet sales, Yuletide has embraced the technology instead of fight it and, though the bulk of the business is regional, they have 19 distribution points throughout the country and can drop ship anywhere from the East to West coasts.
Through the ups and downs, Yuletide has weathered all storms and created more of a partnership with clients than a traditional buyer-seller relationship. Miller understands and embraces the impact of community on his business and vice versa, and there is a philosophy of giving back within the office. Miller sits on the board of Memphis Botanic Garden and the company has worked closely with the Greater Memphis Chamber, the Memphis Food Bank and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
"We're involved in Memphis and we all want Memphis to be a better city, so we're invested in our city," Miller said. It's a lesson he learned from his grandmother and infuses into his business: "You give back to those who give to you."
More than 40 years ago, Miller's father toyed with the idea of "what makes people happy and what will they remember," his son said.
The answer was simple – Christmas – and it informed the name of the business. With every package wrapped in holiday paper, it became more than a product, but something that "puts a smile on their faces."
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- You could attend some demos and waste your time annoying some rank and file policemen who probably love the current government no more than you do
- You could write a blog but that's essentially a passive occupation and one that will never reach the majority of people who simply don't read blogs
- You could hand out leaflets, file Freedom of Information requests, lobby and heckle media outlets to publish material that might wake a few people up.
However, once again, even if you have some success you are unlikely to penetrate the skulls of the majority of people who are much more preoccupied with what they believe to be more important or more interesting things...
Good thinking
And, as luck would have it, somebody has.
It's called 'Taking Liberties' and the now mandatory attempt at a web-based viral campaign is underway...
including a Film Makers blog. A blog which includes the line…
"Though the death threats and accusations of us all being Hard Let/Hard Right/MI5 Agents are starting to trickle through"
It can't be much of a trickle as I'm having real trouble finding anything on-line to that effect.
Hmmm, tempting…
I'll pass on making any death threats, that's not my style, and I haven't actually seen the film, so levelling specific accusations of
Reasons why the old spider-sense is already tingling -
A glittering galaxy of celebrity gobshites…
The movie features the same old shower of ineffective tools of the state-funded, state-endorsed opposition; Titans of civil liberties such as Tony Benn, Shami Chakrabarti and Boris Johnson. The kind of people who already have copious access to newsprint and airwaves and have achieved precisely fuck all in the way of preventing the encroachment of authoritarian government in the UK over the last 10 years. Their only real achievement has been to fill a void that might otherwise have been occupied by someone with something genuinely challenging or constructive to say.
So, why anyone in their right mind would be expected to fork out eight quid and give up a Saturday night to watch more of the same useless bollocks eludes me.
The marketing of the movie stinks of Michael Moore, tastes like Michael Moore, is Michael Moore…
Looking at the promo poster for 'Taking Liberties' for the first time I couldn't help but be struck by how much it looked like publicity material for some awful piece of mainstream Hollywood tat. Some of the tag lines floating about reinforce that feeling. You know, guff like this...
Experience tells me that any movie which shamelessly describes itself as 'Hilarious' or 'The most important film of the decade' is highly unlikely to be anything of the sort.
The feeling of déjà vu was so strong I decided to click around a little to see exactly which other poster the 'Taking Liberties' poster reminded me of. I must have been lucky because it only took one click…
Oh yes, Fahrenheit 9/11. And it only took a little more clicking to establish that 'F9/11' and 'Taking Liberties' share a producer.
Well, fuck me sideways. What a small world it is.
And I have seen F9/11
The movie that was going to swing the last US Presidential election from the war-mongering Republican to the anti-war (sic.) Democratic party. The movie that explained that 9/11 happened because a) George Bush is an idiot and b) the Saudis did it.
I've met a few people who have actually thought F9/11 was quite good; right up until I gave a couple of examples of why it is not. My favourite being the coverage of Bush's behaviour in that Florida school on the morning of 9/11. Moore plays the scene as if Bush is a bumbling fool paralyzed by indecision. What Moore doesn't ask, effectively misdirecting the viewer in the process, is why Bush's security team didn't whisk him out of the room as soon as they heard about the first, or even the second, WTC strike...
Moore's entire film is a work of misdirection and somehow manages to spend 2 hours talking about 9/11 without actually addressing any of the serious questions arising from that day. Which is a major achievement in itself.
And on the subject of Michael Moore, I'd like to direct trivia fans to the part of his Wikibio that talks about the making of his first film Roger and Me...
"Moore was largely taught the craft of film making by his cinematographer Kevin Rafferty, who is ironically also a first cousin of President George W. Bush"
Ironic is not the word I would have used in that context
Taking Liberties totally misses the point (probably)
OK, not having seen the movie this is a speculative concern but I'd put money on this being the case.
One purpose for which Michael Moore's movies such as F9/11 and Bowling for Columbine are genuinely useful for is as learning tools for the study of how people are wanked-off by faux opposition. In the case of F9/11, Moore employs two techniques in particular; heaping as much blame as possible on an expendable puppet idiot (Bush) and misdirecting the audience through acts of omission…
And lo and behold, who features prominently on the 'Taking Liberties' poster?
None other than Tony Blair
Given that the film is scheduled for general release on 8th June and Blair is leaving office on the 27th that yields a shelf-life for presumably one of the central themes of the movie of precisely 19 days.
You couldn't make it up
One of the depressing aspects of the opposition to the erosion of civil liberties in this country over the last ten years is how so many people on the Left have kidded themselves that what has happened is some kind of Blair-specific aberration. Once Blair leaves, so the fantasy goes, everything will be just fucking peachy and life will somehow return to normal.
This fantasy doesn't square with reality. Blair didn't vote for That War on his own and the same bunch of elected turds who voted for That War have just voted, amongst many other shameful votes, to exclude themselves from Freedom of Information legislation.
Admittedly, I'm not being entirely fair on all Labour supporters. Given that the Labour Party has lost half its membership over the last few years, a good number of people on the Left clearly have twigged to what's going on and presumably understand that it's not a Blair-specific issue.
(And I'm not invoking any conspiracy theories here but there really is something quite creepy about how so many of the decent, senior Labour MPs who could have replaced or challenged Blair (or Br
Even if you kid yourself that we retain the democratic tools that enable us to ultimately vote out the worst offenders, that still wouldn't be enough. So much of our critical national infrastructure, including our security infrastructure, has been handed over to quasi-autonomous or privately controlled organisations, beyond public scrutiny or account, that it simply defies rational belief that it is all down solely to Blair and his immediate circle or that the direction our government is pursuing will change once Blair leaves.
The system is fundamentally broke but don't expect anyone speaking to a mainstream audience to address crucial questions such as 'Who is benefiting from this?', 'How are they exercising their influence?', 'What can we do to stop it?'
But the real killer omission I'm expecting from 'Taking Liberties', the omission that will have many viewers leaving the film with a nagging feeling that something wasn't quite right but they're not quite sure what, is the fundamental failure by all corporate- and state-permitted opposition to tackle the central issue that drives so much of the repression our government is carrying out in our name…
If people continue to genuinely believe that the UK is infested with hundreds of terror cells comprised of thousands of highly trained, well-funded, suicidally motivated lunatics with access to nuclear and biological weapons, lunatics who want to kill as many people as possible simply because they live in a free country, then no-one is going to care a flying fuck about civil liberties
(though, obviously, neutering the terrorists' core motivation by cunningly making your country less free is an intriguing proposition)
I believe that, if not entirely a state-creation, there is absolutely no doubt that the terror threat is being cynically exaggerated to serve political agendas. There is also a real risk, and there are signs that this is indeed happening, that the War on Terror will become a self-realising myth. If you kick people long enough, particularly people who believe in something, they will kick back.
Not one fucker permitted mainstream opportunities to talk about the erosion of civil liberties will touch this issue with a barge-pole. Unless someone does, this civil liberties thing will, to put it bluntly, continue to be viewed by the vast majority of people as being a theoretical concern of a few chattering middle-class Whiteboys and a bunch of chippy Pakis who have no-one to blame except for people of their own kind
And that's the sad truth
I know at least a few people out there share the feelings I had on 7/7 and the days that followed it. Without wanting to sound melodramatic, something profoundly Evil was unleashed that day and I'm not talking about Islamic terrorism.
I really hope that 'Taking Liberties' tackles that Evil head on. I honestly do. But I won't be holding my breath.


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The week in review
Worst homicide: Volunteer firefighter Walker Andrew Sisk, 22, is fatally stabbed early November 9 at 14th and Wertland streets in Charlottesville's first slaying of the year. UVA student Andrew Robert Alston, 21, is charged with second-degree murder.
Second worst fight on the Corner that same night: A man is critically wounded by five men when his cigarette brushes the hair of one of them. He is later released from the hospital.
Worst serial killer: Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, pleads guilty to 48 murders of women in return for a life sentence without parole.
Worst six-year-old alleged killer: A Jefferson City, Missouri, boy with a history of mental illness tells police he intentionally shot his grandfather November 7.
Best Board of Supervisors election for Republicans: Ken Boyd and David Wyant defeat their Dem opponents, and conservative Democrat Lindsay Dorrier easily holds on to his supe seat.
Best General Assembly election for Democrats: They gain three seats in the House of Delegates– the first increase in 28 years– but they're still the minority party, holding but 37 of 100 seats.
Best math: Albemarle County projects a $3 million surplus, leading supes to mull lowering the tax rate by two cents, according to David Dadurka in the Progress.
Worst hazing: A Delta Sigma Phi pledge is doused with vinegar and urine and his apartment trashed on October 28, Kate Andrews reports in the Progress. In the police report, the 19-year-old claims his entire pledge class decided not to pursue membership in the fraternity.
Worst license revocation: The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board takes Margaret L. McLeod Cain's law license after Cain settles a case, deposits the check with the client's purported endorsement, but never advises or pays the client any of the proceeds.
Worst greasy buildup: Albemarle County fire officials conclude the November 3 kitchen fire at Farmington Country Club started from cooking grease and creosote in the ventilation system of a wood-burning stove. Damages are estimated $100,000. [See Dish, page 50.]
Worst Amber Alert hoax: A Washington mother says her car is stolen with her baby on board– to get police to help find the car November 6, reports the Washington Post. The infant was with a neighbor.
Worst housekeeping: A random test of surplus state computers finds personal info– such as credit card information, employee evaluations, and student grades– on 88 percent of the computers.
Worst SOL fallout: Charlottesville High, Buford Middle School, Walker Upper Elementary, and Clark Elementary in Charlottesville, and Yancey Elementary in Albemarle all have SOL "provisionally accredited/needs improvement" ratings, unlike all other city and county schools that are fully accredited.
Best challenge to Nobel: The first $1 million John W. Kluge prize goes to philosopher Leszek Kolakowski. The Library of Congress will periodically make the award in areas such as philosophy, anthropology, religion, and history– topics not rewarded by the Nobel Prizes.
Most caring young adult: Keswick's 13-year-old prodigy, Gregory Smith, will be inducted to the Hall of Fame for Caring Americans.
Best indication Ronald Reagan is still the Teflon president: CBS cancels a controversial miniseries on the former prez and sends it to Showtime.
Best bequest: McDonald's heiress Joan Kroc leaves NPR a whopping $200 million– the largest gift ever given to an American cultural institution and certainly to NPR.


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During the social upheaval of the early 1970s, utopian communities dotted the American landscape. They aimed to reshape the world with "free love" and common property, and they excited controversy and fear amongst local residents across the country. Premised on the idea of "Free Land for Free People," and financed by the largesse of Hollywood celebrities, the founders of Black Bear bought land deep in the wilderness and raised a rough-hewn homestead. Over the years, hundreds would join the community, and life would be complicated by conflicts about the role of women, child-rearing, proper communalist behavior, the FBI and, most traumatically, a child-snatching cult. Although the idea of communes is now often relegated to a naive past, "Commune" documents a successful and lasting, if controversial, legacy at the Black Bear Ranch--and provides a window on the social and economic forces that have fueled the resurgence in communal living. Although they now call themselves "intentional communities," which are often rooted in practical considerations as much as ideology, all kinds of groups--including eco-conscious grad students and forward-thinking retirees--now carry on the legacy of cooperative living.


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One of the best, and easiest ways to prepare swordfish, or any dense, meaty fish is this method by Simply Recipes contributor Hank Shaw. Enjoy! ~Elise
Swordfish is a cornerstone food throughout the Mediterranean, and this Spanish recipe may be one of the finest ways to cook sword anywhere.
The meaty fish, smoked paprika, pine nuts, garlic and parsley all meld into a rich, savory dish that takes you right to the sunny shores of the Costa Brava in Catalonia.
I know what you're thinking: Isn't swordfish endangered? No. Or at least it's not endangered anywhere around the United States.
The various fish watchdog organizations all give consumers the green light to eat as much swordfish as they want, provided it was caught in North American or Hawaiian waters.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch gives American sword either a "best choice" or "good alternative" rating, depending on how it's caught.
If you've never worked with swordfish, it is dense and meaty. It also has an inedible rubbery skin that must be removed.
When shopping for sword, pay attention to the bloodline, that red patch of meat in the steak. It should be red. If it is brown, the fish is old.
Good alternatives to swordfish, if you can't find it, are farm-raised sturgeon, yellowfin tuna or albacore, tilefish, mahi mahi or even shrimp. I often use leopard shark I catch myself, but many commercially caught sharks are not faring well, so I don't recommend you buy shark for this or any other dish.
This is a recipe that comes together very fast, so have everything you need ready.
Serve with crusty bread and either a crisp white wine, a dry rose or a glass of ice cold, very dry fino sherry.
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You will need to use a Roma or other paste tomato for this recipe. Regular tomatoes are too watery.
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 pound swordfish or other firm, white fish
- Salt
- Flour for dusting
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced thin
- 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
- 2 Tbsp white wine
- 4 Roma or other paste tomatoes, seeded and diced
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 2 teaspoons Spanish smoked paprika
- Black pepper
1 Prepare the swordfish: Remove the skin from the swordfish and cut it into cubes. Salt the fish well and dust the cubes in flour.
2 Sear swordfish chunks: Heat the olive oil in a sauté pan large enough to hold all the swordfish chunks in one layer. Sear them well on at least two sides. Give the first side 1-2 minutes, then sear other sides for 30 seconds to 1 minute each.
When the swordfish is cooked, remove it to a bowl and reserve.
3 Make the sauce: Add the garlic slices to the pan used to sauté the fish and sauté 30 seconds or so. The second the garlic begins to brown, add the tomatoes, parsley, white wine, pine nuts and paprika.
4 Add fish to sauce: Toss to combine and cook 1 minute, then add the swordfish back to the pan, toss to combine and cook another 30 seconds or so. Serve at once.
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The Spencer County Schools transportation director position will be vacant at the end of the month, but will not be filled to help curb spending not directly associated with student instruction.
Catherine Taylor Black graduated from Morehead State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English on May 11, 2013.
Bellarmine University has named students to its dean's list for the spring 2013 semester.
The dean's list recognizes students who receive a grade point average of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale. The following local residents were named to the dean's list:
Taylorsville resident Gabrielle Adams, a freshman who is majoring in elementary education, and previously attended Bethlehem High School.
Taylorsville resident Victoria Kute, a junior who is majoring in exercise science, and previously attended Bullitt East High School.
Gregory Knapper of Taylorsville, was named to the Advantage president's list. To earn this honor, students must maintain a 4.0 grade point average.
Advantage is an accelerated degree completion program. Adults 24 and above with two years of college can earn the last half of their bachelor's degrees by attending class one night per week for 18 months of instruction.
St. Catherine College recently announced the list of students who have achieved extraordinary academic success for the spring 2013 semester.
The dean's list includes all students who had a grade point average of 3.6 - 3.999.
The following students from Spencer County were recognized for their academic achievement: Khamsing Kosanouvong and Josh Whitmer.
The president's list includes all students who completed 12 college-level credit hours and maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
Kathryn Britton of Taylorsville has been named to the Spring 2013 Academic Achievement Award list at Central Methodist University, according to Dr. Rita Gulstad, vice president and dean of the University.
Britton achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester as a full-time student at CMU. Academic Achievement Award students at CMU also must possess at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA at the University.
Logan Walker Hall graduated from Whitefield Academy on May 24. He graduated with a 4.0 grade point average and was the class valedictorian. Logan was a member of the Whitefield baseball team and was the recipient of the 2013 Male Scholar Athlete Award. In addition, he received the James E. Casey Scholarship Award. He has decided to pursue a degree in computer engineering in the fall. Logan is a lifelong resident of Spencer County and the son of Darrell and Barbara Hall and the grandson of G.W. and the late Corinne Washburn and Mary Lou and the late Eugene Hall of Taylorsville.
Courtney Drew Hall graduated summa cum laude from Marquette University Law School on May 18. While attending Marquette, she served as the Editor in Chief of the Marquette Sports Law Review and finished third in her class of 236. Courtney received a Certificate in Sports Law from the National Sports Law Institute and received the Martin J. Greenburg Award for Excellence in the Study of Sports Law. Courtney had articles published in two separate sports law publications. She has accepted an associate position with the law firm of Stoll Keenon Ogden in Louisville beginning in the fall.
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Lipscomb's Bisons made a giant step closer to qualifying for the Atlantic Sun Tournament Friday night with a 69-64 road victory over Mercer at the University Center in Macon, Ga.
"It was a great team win," said Lipscomb Coach Scott Sanderson. "I couldn't be prouder of our guys."
The Bisons opened the game strong, opening an 11-2 lead. They would hit nine of their first 13 shots on the way to a 21-11 lead at 11:29 of the first half.
"Mercer and Gardner-Webb are the best offensive teams in the conference," said Sanderson. "We knew we couldn't aid them. By that, I mean we couldn't turn the ball over."
The Bisons led by as many as 12 points in the first half, but Mercer pulled within three points with less than two minute before intermission. Charlie Jenney's shot in the closing seconds gave the Bisons a 35-30 halftime lead.
It was more of the same to start the second half as the Bisons increased thejr lead to 10 points in the first four minutes. The largest lead in the half for the Bisons was11 points at 47-36.
Then Mercer went on a 20-8 run that gave them their first lead of the game at 53-51. Mat Jarboe's 3-pointer gave the Bisons the lead, but Mercer would once again take over at 60-58.
The Bisons refused to give up, battling back once again to win by five, the same advantage they held at halftime.
"Defensively, we wanted to keep them under 70 points and we did," Sanderson said. "We wanted to allow our half-court offense to click in."
The Bisons won the battle of the boards by a 47-29 margin.
"Mercer only had six offensive rebounds which was huge," Sanderson said.
The victory avenged an 82-73 loss to Mercer at Allen Arena Jan. 10. This was the Bison first victory over Mercer in four outings.
"We have won a lot of close games down the stretch this season, and we have lost a lot of close games down the stretch," Sanderson said. "This is a big confidence builder for us."
The victory moved the Bisons to 12-10 overall, 7-8 in the A-Sun. Mercer slipped to 13-9 overall, 8-7 in the conference.
Eddie Ard had a career night with a team-leading 17 points to pace the Bisons. Ard was 6-of-11 from the field and 5-of-8 from the free throw line. He also grabbed seven rebounds, second only to Cameron Robinson's game-high 10.
"Eddie Ard is going to get better and better," Sanderson said. "We were trying to get the basketball to him. He just has so much ability. He had a lot to learn about the game when he came here. He is learning how to play his spot offensively. He is tough for people to match up with because he is so big and so strong."
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The following correction was printed in the Observer's For the record column, Sunday June 24 2007
The article below used a quotation which linked Monsanto to seeds which 'include a terminator gene so they can't be replanted'. This is not true; to date, there are no such seeds in existence, and Monsanto is committed not to use or commercialise such technology.
Not since Jesus rustled up a feast from some fishes and a few loaves of bread - beat that, Nigella - have we invested food with such spiritual qualities; and if food has become the faith of a decadent West, its high priest is Carlo Petrini. When the founder of the Slow Food Movement met the Prince of Wales last week it was hard to say who was having the audience.
Ditto when the Italian campaigner and writer met the Conservative leader David Cameron, and David Miliband, the Environment Secretary. When in America Petrini might pop in on Barack Obama or Al Gore. Time has included him in a series of 'European heroes', who created the 'ethical consumer'.
Petrini came to prominence two decades ago when he stopped McDonald's opening by Rome's Spanish Steps. His non-lethal weapon of choice at the time? Plates of penne. But does he have a bigger point, or is he merely a kind of modish Dalai Lama figure for those who think nothing of paying a small fortune for purple broccoli, dusted with powdered linseed or potatoes sold 'with added earth' from Kensington's new and uber-fashionable emporium, Whole Foods Market?
Prince Charles certainly seems to find more in him. Petrini has become the Prince's new guru. As Charles led him around Highgrove, the interpreter grew embarrassed, so matey did the two seem, with the normally formal heir to the throne greeting the campaigner as 'My dear Carlo'. Several peers were kept waiting as Petrini's audience over-ran. The two are now in constant correspondence and are planning another meeting later this summer.
During this, his only interview while in Britain, Petrini reveals he has moved on from agitating against McDonald's and instead urges us to rise up against Monsanto for patenting seeds which he condemns as 'violence' against the developing world. He declares French food to be in a worse state than ours, which will cause consternation across the Channel. He also has harsh words for the celebrity chef culture, obsessed with 'recipes, recipes, recipes'.
Indeed, for one so idolised by the privileged, his views are radical. He is more likely to tell you about the ingredients of a just agrarian society than the perfect artichoke risotto. The Slow Food Movement, opening its first branch in Britain, boasts more than 80,000 members worldwide. He has organised countless small-scale agricultural projects to bolster regional gastronomic traditions, and is leading the growing debate about the ethics of food, spreading his message that it should be delicious, environmentally friendly and socially fair. Which is a big task for a quarter pounder.
For one who believes in slowness, he is always on the go. He has founded a school of gastronomy in Italy and is bringing to Britain his increasingly successful American campaign to ensure every school has a garden - all of which is pretty impressive for an erstwhile radio journalist. He must make an unlikely friend of Charles. 'I consider him the patron of the Slow Food Movement, our spiritual guide,' Petrini replies passionately. 'He has been a visionary, with his passion for organic production and a harmonious relationship with nature.
'People thought he was just romantic, a poet, and that his approach wouldn't have any economic impact; but his way is the only salvation for the planet. Those who said he was not a practical soul should now apologise.'
Amid the charm there are sharp points. So while he enthuses about Miliband as a future Prime Minister, he criticises plans to ease restrictions on supermarket building on the edge of towns. 'You cannot separate food production from the environment,' he says. 'We need to re-localise food and avoid food miles.'
He does not look like anyone's caricature of a gastronome: thin, serious and faintly abstemious, eschewing breakfast at his boutique London hotel in favour of filter coffee. 'I am a gastronome,' he smiles. 'Not a glutton. Being a gastronome can actually mean eating less, but better.' The only hint of his passion lies in his gold lapel badge of a snail, reflecting his belief in the languid rhythms of Mediterranean life.
Still, as he grows more expansive, you can easily picture him on a terrace scented with bougainvillea, sipping Barolo. He says you must, every day, eat dinner with the one you love. He contrasts his ideal, in classic Italian style, with the reality: 'A woman cooks some food, and no one smiles at her or says "thank you". Neither is there any fascination with food. In Mediterranean Europe, there is still that conviviality, that ritual. The most important thing about eating is to enjoy the moment of affection. A civilisation that loses this becomes very poor.'
This is a hard sell to a nation fed from the Tesco ready-meals aisle. Yet Petrini does not merely argue about supermarkets; he works to save traditional foods by setting up local networks, be it for Cornish pilchards, Malaysian rice or Greek cheese. Nor does he re-hash the usual condemnations of globalisation, instead arguing that learning about and helping other cultures fosters 'a virtuous globalisation'.
He does not always paint the little guy as victim - keepers of small shops must shape up. 'They must become cultured people,' he says 'who can talk knowledgeably about food and how it is produced.' It is certainly optimistic to envisage Arkwright from Open All Hours ruminating on the production values of polenta. 'I like to imagine the hands of the people who grew the food, transported it, processed it and cooked it before it was served to me,' he says.
How has Italy largely avoided Tesco-fication? 'We have supermarkets too,' he says. 'But we have the ancient tradition in every small town of a market. The further north you go in Europe, the weaker that is.' Does he detect much progress in Britain? 'Choice has improved, but I'm sceptical of the real quality.
'Still, France has suffered even more than England with the growth of these huge supermarkets like Carrefour. I know English people have this romantic idea about Provence, but in many places in France the agrarian ideal has become a memory.'
If that is true even in the land of the slow lunch, as captured by Manet, isn't his movement a nostalgic distraction for wealthy, leisured foodies rather than a manifesto for our grittier, busier age? 'We need to educate people. Food is not too expensive, it is too cheap.'
Hmm. Statistics out on the day of our interview said the recent rise in inflation was caused almost entirely by food prices: for the single mother in a tower block it probably doesn't seem that cheap. 'In Italy people spend 12 per cent of their budget on food, and 10 per cent on cell phones. It used to be accepted that food would be our biggest expense. So in the scale of our values we have to restore food.'
It does not help prices, he says, that gaining organic registration is expensive and cumbersome for farmers, so 'absurdly' the system favours farmers who make least effort. Prices are also pushed up by an insistence on buying produce flown to shops out of season.
If European Union farm policies are 'disastrous', America, he believes, has made 'even more dramatic choices, with less than 2 per cent of its population left tilling the soil'. As for President Bush pushing bio-fuel, Petrini dismisses the notion that 'land can become the new oil field'. But he says there are encouraging signs in America, with a small band of converts setting up slow food agricultural enterprises.
With starvation in the southern hemisphere and poor diets in the northern, he has scant interest in the twitter of celebrity chefs, whom he dismisses as 'reductive'. 'Slow food tries to show people that gastronomy is about economics, anthropology, biological and genetic science.' Rather than making another lamentable reality TV show - 'pornographic bombardment' - Gordon Ramsay et al should 'go and cook in some care homes'.
He is pleased McDonald's has not had a major breakthrough in Italy, but his attention has shifted: 'I'm much more concerned about firms patenting seeds that have been passed down from generation to generation. For me, to rob the people is a criminal act. That's a lot worse than McDonald's.'
He plans to set up a giant database of seeds to undermine patenting, which started when America's patent office gave permission for the practice, endorsed by the World Trade Organisation. 'So in Mexico, birthplace of corn seeds, farmers have to pay patents to multi-nationals for new hybrids.'
Monsanto et al would, no doubt, say they have to invest large sums developing such seeds. 'These seeds include a terminator gene so they can't be replanted. It is violence. You can decide whether to go to McDonald's but you can't decide whether to use seeds. It is bio-piracy. And now natural herbicides are being patented and sold for fortunes in supermarkets without giving any royalties to people in third world countries who discovered and developed them.'
How much of this will David Cameron swallow? And does Petrini back the new, cuddly Tory leader? 'We tend to give credit to anyone who shares our ideas, though I naturally feel more affinity for the Labour party,' Petrini says. 'We shall suspend judgment until and if Cameron gains power.' But it is Miliband who excites him: 'I am following him with great interest. I think he has enormous promise.'
So in half a century will the world have slowed to the melodious, civilised saunter of the Slow Food Movement, or will it have sped up into a fast food, disposable hell? He laughs: 'I think it will be a huge achievement if in 50 years humanity even exists. The environmental destruction of our ecosystems is that dramatic. But man has a choice and I hope he will make the right one I hope he will choose virtue.'
Take it easy
The Slow Food movement was founded by Petrini in Italy in 1989. It began as a response to the proposed opening of a McDonald's in Piazza di Spagna, Rome. It has more than 80,000 members in 100 countries. Slow Food UK has more than 2,000 members. The movement supports products under threat such as Canada's Red Fife wheat, Morocco's Argan oil and the Netherlands' Eastern Scheldt lobster. In the UK it backs Three Counties perry in the West Midlands and Cornish salted pilchards.
Slow Food movement tenets
'We believe in the diversity and locality in food and drink and that everyone has a fundamental right to pleasure and consequently the responsibility to protect the heritage of food.'
'We believe that food should taste good, be produced in a clean way that does not harm the environment, animal welfare or our health.'
'We believe food producers should receive fair pay for their work.'
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We report on an experiment designed to explore whether and how anger affects future levels of cooperation. Participants play three consecutive one-shot games. In between two identical two-person public goods games there is a mini dictator game that, depending on the treatment, either gives or does not give the recipient the opportunity to scold the dictator via a text message. We find that the recipients that receive an unfair offer contribute significantly less in the second public goods game. Yet, such contribution cuts are less frequent and notably smaller when messaging is allowed for. We conclude that although anger has a lasting negative effect on cooperation, giving voice to it helps to curtail selfishness.
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Two weeks ago, we shared 100+ children's books related to transportation, and I cannot believe we managed to leave The Construction Crew by Lynn Metzer off the list. We have checked it out from the library before, but like it so much that we checked it out again. Of course, Wild Thing (3.5) and Caterpillar (almost 2) love seeing all the different types of trucks featured in the book, particularly the truck with the wrecking ball, and enjoy watching the construction crew build and paint. Something I appreciate about the book is the diversity of the construction works, not only ethnically but in regard to gender and age as well. I appreciate that their are female construction workers and workers with grey beards. If you have not read this book, add it to your library list.
In terms of what I have been reading lately, in a rush at the library I grabbed A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned by Michael J. Fox, a book intended for recent high school or college grads. Even though graduation was long ago for me, I still enjoyed the book, especially the little insights into Fox's life and experiences as an actor, particularly since I am an independent filmmaker living outside of Los Angeles with friends who are actors. I appreciated his recounting of wrapping up a season of Family Ties while also shooting Back to the Future with a wife who was due to have their first baby at any moment. I completely related to this type of madness as a mom who produced SMUGGLED, our latest feature film, which my husband wrote, directed and shot, while I was 7+ months pregnant. I also had Wild Thing (then 18-19 months) by my side every step of the way. (This is how he first gained an affinity for cameras!) I connected with the reality that sometimes as an artist, you find yourself stretching the limits of possibility. However, as I see the ways our family shares the joys and struggles of life as independent filmmakers, I realize I wouldn't have it any other way.
|Wild Thing on set with us during the filming of Smuggled.
|My husband and I with Caterpillar (then 5 months)
+ our lead actor and his mother at the World Premiere of Smuggled.
|Wild Thing and Daddy at the Big Bear International Film Festival,
one of 15 festivals Smuggled was shown at.
|The whole family at the Latino Book & Family Festival recently with the film.
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Robert O. Freedman's arrogance is beyond belief ("Election politics and Iran," March 7). If Israel wants to bomb Iran, so be it — but leave America out of that mess.
It might occur to Professor Freedman that an attack on Iran would kill lots innocent people. It also might occur to him that if Israel attacked Iran, America would be dragged into the conflict. And the belief "that only a war with Iran could save the Obama presidency" is one of the most callous, heartless comments I've ever heard.
If President Barack Obama went along with this Israeli aggression militarily, enough wise Americans would demand a Congressional declaration of war — as specified by the Constitution, incidentally. It's unlikely the House of Representatives would approve another futile Mideast adventure to drain even more American blood and treasure after what we've witnessed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The final assumption that this war would bring about higher oil prices and could hurt "Mr. Obama's reelection chances," is an insult. If this nation were in a legitimate war, and not another trumped up foreign adventure, the American people would gladly sacrifice with higher gas prices.
If Israel wants to drop bombs on Iran and kill thousands, I can't stop them. But I can and do deplore Israel's stranglehold on my government and that nation's overbearing self-importance when it comes to American safety and security!
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My WoW guild Hit it with a Brick is trucking along in raiding, attendance be damned, and can now at least claim Mogu'shan Vaults as a trophy. Usually after Elegon we'd go to Heart of Fear to learn the place more, but why not just beat Will of the Emperor? What much more was there to learn since we all knew it pretty well by now from LFR? And so what was keeping us from just doing it so everyone could at least have that achievement before 5.2 hits? And so we did.
Now while we throw ourselves at Blade Lord Ta'yak in the Heart of Fear (and beyond), I'll take this moment to compile our encounters of the Vaults…
(I mention hunter stuff in the PoV of being Beast Mastery, but since most of my musing has to do with Talents, which are available to all, or otherwise non-spec-specific things, everyone can follow along! Hooray.)
The Stone Guard: Where tanks disconnect and wild parties are had. The tank swap method is our favored one even now that the fight is long on farm. I still can't decide if I dislike Jasper Chains or Cobalt Bombs more. Cobalt Bombs may stink but during Cobalt petrifies it is fun as a Hunter to blow Deterrence and fly through as many bombs as possible, preferably to clear room for tanks moreso than anyone else. But with Jasper Chains I have to predict someone else's movement along with my own and that is not always easy. When you have chains AND landmines, things get four times more fun!
Feng the Accursed: I still enjoy watching this for a gross display of "The Beast Mastery Hunter Opener". Sadly, Lynx Rush isn't quite the same now as it was then. I can still manage impressive numbers on pulls without it. We like to call this fight "the one where boss timers start being wrong in phase 3 and we have to just always assume a Resonance is going to go out right before a Velocity, regardless of what the timers say."
Gara'jal the Spiritbinder: We had so many 1% wipes to this guy before we got him down. There is nothing more frustrating than that. After you get past the somewhat kooky mechanics of the spirit realm, things aren't so bad.
I have to say, of all of the videos, it was this one and the Stone Guard videos that I had music planned out for months in advance. That's probably why they're also the two I sped up to fit the songs used, because I wanted them no other way.
The Spirit Kings: These kings gained a fixed spawn order by the time we got to them, but by "fixed" apparently the devs meant "the last two like to swap places a lot. Even now, it's a total toss up whether Meng or Zian pops out after Subetai is down. And if we have a durr moment and need to do a second attempt in the night, it can change even then! Also, if Meng is third, every Maddening Shout will coincide with a Flanking Orders. Every single one for the rest of the fight. I suppose it's to make up for the fact that as a guild raid group we're not blasting slows and stuns all over each other like you're apt to see on an average LFR run. Flanking Orders also has been shown to have a very screwy hit box, clipping people who run behind them, for example.
Thinking about it, but never tested myself, a Survival Hunter probably is not well-liked during Maddening Shout. One Multi Shot and you've just dotted up your entire raid. Explosive Trap works just fine, though. But I can imagine it's very hard not to hit Multi Shot when there's all those targets… Oh… I love speccing Survival for Heart of Fear's Trash, and on Wind Lord in LFR. It's the greatest AoE… I digress.
Elegon: Very nearly the bane of my existence. How this wasn't the final boss I have no clue. There is a lot of information being flung at every player and a lot of micromanagement going down. The Fervor talent for Hunters became my best friend here, and swift direction of my pet was key for Draw Power sparks.
finally, Will of the Emperor: I boggle at how the normal version is a carbon copy of the LFR version, where everything hits harder. That's basically it. Can your tanks skillfully maneuver most (if not all) of the Devastating Combos? Same with melee if you have any? (We didn't.) Are your ranged on top of killing adds in varying priorities? Are you CCing the Emperor's Rages like no tomorrow? This is in the bag. I wonder, how would this have gone without LFR to have practiced dancing on…? Probably would have been a lot like Nefarian was back in tier 11… as our GM/MT Liedel would bring up, tanking the adds and kiting them from Shadowflame in Phase 3 was a very frustrating concept in that he could only practice it during the encounter itself. Notice on the video how both tanks are very high on the meters by the end due to Opportunistic Strikes damage. That's how much LFR practice they've gotten to do! I'd mark that as a positive for LFR, really.
As far as hunter things go: Binding Shot is fantastic here for Rage adds. Murder of Crows makes for a very fun opener with Readiness to have it up on both boss statues once they're in place. I kept my pet on a boss unless an Emperor's Courage was nearby to chew on. I mostly just wanted the least downtime for my pet (too much time moving around otherwise).
By the way, the guild is recruiting. We're obviously not hardcore-progressive raiding, but we raid and we clear content. On good attendance streaks we've cleared tiers while current and done a few Heroic modes before nerfs, but this time around we're probably not going to quite make it… because of attendance. If you DPS (or heal, could use an extra heal I guess), are usually around between 8pm and 11pm Eastern time, and like relaxed environments, we are Horde-side, US realm Shu'halo, <Hit it with a Brick>.


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Hands On: 'Fennec' Firefox Mobile Fails
Unfortunately, Fennec couldn't load a single Web page on either of our phones. The 9MB CAB file installed and launched, though on both phones, we had to try to get it to launch twice to make it run. Once it launched, we were presented with a "checkerboard" screen. Past experience told us that this would have been an introductory screen with instructions, if the rendering engine was working, which it wasn't. Scrolling up and left from the initial checkerboard brought us to what appeared to be an address bar, so we entered various URLs to see what would happen.
Initially, all the URLs just came up with errors. Then we decided to prime the Touch Pro's modem by launching the built-in Opera browser. Now, heading back to Fennec, we could get the title bar of various Web pages up - but no page. At left, you see what happened when we tried to load PCMag.com.
We tried a range of pages, including pcmag.com, cnn.com and mozilla.org. No dice. If this is a milestone, it's marking a pit stop. Better luck next time, Mozilla folks.
Fennec is a real product; we tested its version for Nokia handhelds back in October. But clearly, this Windows Mobile pre-release isn't ready for public consumption.
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I didn't see this posted anywhere, so I thought maybe some of the members might not already know about this really cool event.
ArenaNet, developers of Guild Wars, are offering a 3 day demo of the game for everyone to play during the E3. The installer client has been available online from a number of game sites for a few days now, and through the latest edition to PC Gamer for a few days more.
If you're interested in this game, I refer you to the official website:
and a number of really cool long time fansites.
http://www.rpgstars.com (mine )
I've been involved in the Alpha test for a short while, but I can say that this game has the qualities to become a genre breaker. Free online play is a big bonus as is the autonomous yet organized focus of the team vs team play, co-op play, and solo play. The visuals are truly fantastic and immersive!
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An owl birthday party! Whoooooo is coming to my party?!?
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Coordinating beer bottle labels, so crazy fun for your adult party guests!
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