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How are we to understand bereavement?
Over the years, there have been numerous attempts to explain it. Perhaps the most influential and well-known theory has been that of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, who in her 1969 book “On Death and Dying” focused on an emotional transition through five stages, beginning with denial and progressing through anger, bargaining and depression before arriving at acceptance. The “stage theory,” as it came to be known, quickly created a paradigm for how people die in our western culture, and eventually a prototype of how we should grieve.
The trouble is that stage theories of grief that make loss sound so controllable turns out largely to be fiction. Though Kübler-Ross captured the range of emotions that mourners experience, more recent research suggests that grief and mourning rarely if ever follow such a checklist; the process of grief is often complicated, untidy and unpredictable, more of a process than a progression, and one that sometimes never fully ends.
Even Dr. Kübler-Ross herself, towards the end of her life, recognized how far astray our understanding of grief had gone. In her book “On Grief and Grieving” (1995) she insisted that the stages were “never meant to help tuck messy emotions into neat packages.” If her injunction went unheeded, perhaps it is because that very messiness of grief is what makes us all so uncomfortable.
The implied suggestion of many traditional grief models seems to be that the person suffering a loss simply has to go through the inevitable process, wait it out, “see it through,” on the assumption that “time heals all wounds,” and that eventually “in time,” they will “get over it.” This would seem to suggest that in the emotional aftermath of a loss, bereaved individuals are essentially passive, having to simply submit to suffering through a series of stages or a certain structured grief system over a defined period of time and incidentally over which they have little or no control and in which there is not much choice.
But this is not what people actually experience after bereavement. We cannot understand the grief process ONLY by some “timeline” system or “set formula” whereby a person goes passively through certain emotions, stages, phases or reactions in order to somehow eventually arrive at this destination we erroneously call acceptance.
We cannot understand bereavement and every individual response to it unless we appreciate how each bereaved person’s world has been forever changed by the loss.
I am suggesting a different paradigm, another way of thinking about our topic. The main focus should not primarily be (as it so often is) on a person’s emotional reactions, or on their behaviours or manifestations of grief, and more specifically how we can “control” these in order to get things “back to normal.” Those who focus on these considerations are trying to “fix” a situation that simply cannot be fixed; trying to get “back to normal” something that has changed forever.
Losing someone we love is often likened to an amputation. But even this analogy tends to be too clinical. The word bereavement comes from the root word “reave” that literally means being torn apart. Losing a loved one has been described as being like a branch that is torn off a limb, not in some nice sanitized surgical way, but literally being ripped away. The emotional and behavioural reactions of the grieving person should be seen as symptoms of this unwelcome change.
I am suggesting that we serve people better if we focus on the significance of this bereavement to the individual rather than on the substance of their specific reaction to the bereavement.Rather than concentrating on the reactions of grieving people and then quantifying their responses, we need to ask the “why” of these reactions. We must understand the meaning of the loss to this individual, which I suggest is being “expressed” through their specific emotions and uniquely individual behaviours.
In other words, the emotions and reactions of grief should be seen symptomatically as behaviours in response to and in protest of the need to search for meaning in what has become a new and unwelcome world. This is the crucial point in understanding bereavement, one which many people do not recognize, understand or perceive. The task is to help the bereaved and grieving person locate themselves in a world that they know nothing about, and that they, and indeed WE, cannot fully understand.
Put simply, instead of trying to get people back to normal by seeking to resolve and rectify their emotions and behaviours, we should rather regard these reactions as a symptom of the much deeper issue, namely, “My world has changed … and I don’t like it.” Grief is a protest against something I didn’t want, don’t like, but can’t change. And the challenge for the helper is in enabling them to come to terms with this new albeit unwelcome reality by beginning to form appropriate new patterns of emotion and behaviour.
We would probably all agree that, in one way, bereavement is a “choiceless event.” Few if any would choose to lose those they love, or suffer through the other life losses that inevitably affect us. Even when the death is “by choice” such as a suicide, the incident is usually “choiceless” for survivors who wish they could have “done something” to change the outcome and feel guilt and regret because that option was not made available to them. Thus, bereavement is an unwelcome intruder in our lives, one which refuses to retreat despite our impassioned protests.
But, from another perspective, while the loss may be a reality we are powerless to avert, the experience of grieving itself involves hundreds of concrete choices that the bereaved person is invited or forced to make, or indeed avoid. It is in another way a call for us to change. To go with it, or to resist the process. We have a choice of whether to attend to the distress occasioned by the loss or to avoid the pain by “keeping busy” or “trying not to think about it,” which is an impossible task, by the way. We have a choice as to whether to feel and explore the grief of our loved one’s absence or to suppress our private pain and focus instead on simply trying to adjust to a changed external reality. Loss may be inevitable, but what we DO about it is optional. We may not have a choice in what has happened, but we do have a choice in what we do about it.
Grieving is something we do, not something that is done to us.
We need to gain a better understanding of not only “what” people experience after a loss, but also “why” grief affects people so uniquely and individually. We have come to realize that people do not passively and inevitably go through a series of stages or tasks. Rather the grief process involves many choices, with numerous possible options to approach or avoid the situation at hand.
In other words, any good paradigm of grief will not simply propose some futile attempt to re-establish pre-loss patterns of emotion or behaviour, expressed in comments like “getting back to normal.” Life has changed and will never be the same again! But that does not mean it cannot be good. The challenge is how we can support the person in integrating these changes into their life as it now is.
Perhaps we can illustrate it this way. We all write a script for our lives. I remember writing the screenplay for my life when I was a teenager. As the main character in the production, my draft scenario included going to school and university, having a career, meeting and marrying the most beautiful woman in the world. As the plot progressed, we would work hard, have children, do things as a family and when the kids were grown we would travel, then retire, and ride off into the sunset together. Think about YOUR script … most of us have one.
Every human being constructs a unique world of meaning. We all make assumptions about “how life is going to be” in the course of daily living. We are sustained by the network of explanations, expectations and enactments that shape our lives with ourselves and others. These assumptions provide us with a basic sense of order regarding our past, awareness regarding our current relationships and predictability regarding our future.
But sometimes life does not go according to the script. Not everything works out the way we planned. And then we find ourselves struggling to come to terms with “the grief of unmet expectations.” Any loss can be interpreted as disrupting the continuity of this assumed narrative. When this occurs, we have one of two choices: either we revise the plot by rewriting the script and assimilating the loss into pre-existing frameworks of meaning, ultimately reasserting or justifying the viability of our pre-existing belief system; or we accommodate our life narrative to correspond more closely to what we perceive as a changed reality in the violation of our assumptive world.
It is vitally important to realize that “who we are” is determined not just by genetic makeup, but also by our experiences and how we allow them to affect us. In this statement we find an important key for life and living. We do not have a choice in how we are born and our genetic or cultural influence. We may have a choice over some difficult events and negative experiences that affect us. Stuff happens! But while we may not have a choice over certain circumstances, we do have a choice about how we are going to allow them to affect us. The key is in enabling people to make good choices about what they are going to “do” about what has happened.
So, we need to place the loss in a context of meaning. We can do this in one of two ways. First we can reaffirm what we formerly believed about life; or secondly, we can establish a new belief system about the meaning of life. In other words, does this experience make sense according to what I believed about life before or do I have to adapt my way of interpreting how life can be meaningful. The challenge is to find ways to integrate the experience into life as it now is, and to adopt new assumptions about our world which has been shaken and even violated by the loss.
The implication of this idea for caregivers, families and those seeking to support grieving people is that we need to recognize the unique and personal meanings of loss which will take us beyond clichéd expressions of support or preconceived ideas of what a particular loss “feels like” to any given griever. The particularity of any loss should prompt us to listen intently for clues as to the unique significance of the bereavement experience for each individual.
Thus I contend that helping people through the grief of bereavement is not simply a matter of understanding the emotions that they may be expressing. Rather it involves supporting them through a reinterpretation of “how life can be meaningful even in the light of loss,” and empowering them to define life as it now is and to find ways to make the most of what they have left.
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The more pigmentation in the skin, the more unique problems the skin may have. If you are of Afro-Caribbean or Asian origin, your acne problems may be very different from Caucasian skin.
Dark skin is usually prone to cystic acne. AcnEase® is an especially powerful dark skin care product that has a high efficacy toward cystic acne for both women and men, as well as for hormonal acne.
Contributing to the cystic acne is dry skin. In fact, many people with dark complexions suffer from dry skin syndrome. The over-the-counter acne treatment for black skin can have a significant drying effect. Instead of drying the skin, AcnEase® acne treatment balances the skin and does not only treat the acne symptoms but also improves overall skin condition.
Dark skin may also suffer from discoloration as a result of some treatments, such as those containing retinoid or salicylic acid. AcnEase® does not discolour the skin, nor does it have any adverse effects when used over a long period of time.
AcnEase® is a safe, all-natural acne treatment and can safely be used with other herbal products. In addition to improving the acne condition AcnEase® has been reported by our clients to balance overly dry skin and to improve the condition and health of very dry hair.
Use our natural mask recipe to moisturize the skin.
An oatmeal-based face mask is one that has been used for years as it tones and moisturizes the skin. Below is a variation of the basic oatmeal mask that has lavender in it for an aromatherapy effect.
Mix all ingredients really well and leave for 10-15 minutes in refrigerator. Apply on the face and neck and if possible the "collet" and leave for 15 minutes. Rinse with tepid water. Repeat once a week.
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Key features of this top are light weight and optimal wearing comfort. The integrated sports bra adds to the comfortable nature of this top.
It is mainly made of the elastic Lycra fabric and features a pleasant fit due to its four way stretch technology.
On the back panel, three easily reachable pockets are implemented.
Neck and arm seams are finished with a smooth lining to reduce the risk of chafing and to improve comfort.

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Customer Stat Box II: Show me the app!
Welcome back to your Stat Box...a weekly round-up of what you’ve told us so far.
This week, we're highlighting a fast growing and evolving part of banking...mobile apps. In fact, 20% of all your current account reviews commented on mobile banking and focused on these three things: 1) Ease of logging in, 2) Ease of use, and 3) Functionality.
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HRC released the following statement on the victories of HRC-endorsed candidates Tammy Baldwin in the U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin, and Tony Evers capturing the governor’s office.
HRC has prioritized investments and organizing in Wisconsin for more than a year, and had 17 staff on the ground in the state as part of the largest grassroots expansion in the organization’s 38-year history. In Wisconsin this year, HRC members and supporters completed over 1,480 volunteer shifts. In the final four days of GOTV alone, our staff and volunteers knocked on over 11,300 doors. Members and supporters also sent over 52,00 text messages to voters in the final weeks with voting resources. Since launching, we've helped over 1,500 Wisconsinites register to vote by mail, online, and at in-person events. HRC hosted 22 Equality Action Academy trainings to give HRC members and supporters the tools they need to take action locally in legislative advocacy and in support of pro-equality candidates. Working with scores of partner organizations, HRC also led field organizing efforts around the state to mobilize voters in support of HRC-backed, pro-equality champions who will fight for LGBTQ rights, and for the rights and welfare of all Wisconsinites.
HRC’s Equality Votes PAC ran several ads in Wisconsin, educating voters on Leah Vukmir’s record and why Tammy Baldwin is the clear choice for Wisconsinites. HRC sent over 580,000 pieces of GOTV mail to Equality Voters and reached over 372,000 with our digital advertising campaign generating over 4.9 million impressions.
Governor-elect Evers has unseated heniously anti-LGBTQ Governor Scott Walker, whose dangerous record includes supporting Wisconsin’s constitutional amendment banning marriage equality, vetoing a bill to provide domestic partner benefits to workers and attempting to kill a domestic partner registry. He supports banning qualified transgender people from serving in the military, saying he “wouldn’t change” the Trump-Pence administration’s unconstitutional policy. Walker also rejected Medicaid expansion under Obamacare and supported repeal of the entire law, which could have stripped health care from millions of Wisconsinites -- including the 2.4 million Wisconsin residents with a pre-existing condition.

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What is benign mediastinal tumor?
Benign tumors are non-cancerous that have a fibrous capsule, limited potential for growth, a regular shape, cells that are well differentiated and do not invade surrounding tissue or metastasize to distant sites.
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have benign mediastinal tumor through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
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SVT: Where did you grow up, where did you go to school and what did you study?
MZ: Indianapolis Indiana, The CIA, Culinary Arts.
SVT: Who or what inspired you to become a chef? What made you decide to become a chef and when?
MZ: I’d always cooked. I originally went to school with music engineering technology as my major. I decided not to go that route and after several other majors, I finally decided that cooking is what I enjoyed the most.
SVT: How long have you been the Executive Chef at Alexander’s Steakhouse?
SVT: What do you love most about what you do?
MZ: Working with the farmers, foragers, wine makers, distillers, chefs, servers…everyone that goes into creating a memorable experience.
SVT: What advice would you give to someone thinking about a career as a Chef?
MZ: Don’t rush the process, be ready to work hard, keep your mouth shut and your head down. Stay true to yourself.
SVT: What is your favorite meal to prepare or offer?
MZ: I love to barbecue and cook over an open fire.
SVT: Do you have in particular favorite items you love? Do your customers have in particular favorite items they love?
MZ: We’re currently offering a mangalitsa terrine. I like what we’ve done with that dish. Guests like it, as well. We’re also working with dry ages greater Omaha prime beef, and are about to harvest our first wagyu steer.
One of the things I enjoy most about SF is the open mindedness of our clientele. I’m not sure if there are any favorite dishes in particular but everyone that comes in can appreciate an awesome cut of beef.
SVT: Do you like to eat out at other restaurants and see what’s cooking with them?
MZ: Yes. There’s a great scene in SF right now. Chefs are working together to advance cuisine in the area.
SVT: How often do you change your menu?
MZ: I try to let menu changes happen organically. Sometimes we’ll change an entire dish and other times it will be just a component. Season plays a big part in driving the menu and letting those changes happen naturally. Parts of the menu change daily, dishes change with season and what’s available.
About Marc Zimmerman Marc Zimmerman started his culinary journey at the age of 14 in a small family owned Italian restaurant. Over the following decade, through the influence of different executive chefs and across multiple professional kitchens, Marc developed a deep passion for food. This passion led him to attend the Culinary Institute of America in New York, where he further developed his mastery of the culinary arts.
After graduating, he continued his education in the professional world by staging in a few of the most respected restaurants in New York City – Craft, Le Bernardin and Café Gray. Through these notable restaurants, Marc refined his skills in creating culinary experiences. Ultimately, the culinary boom in Las Vegas drew him to Nevada.
Marc started his career in Las Vegas at Lutece, an upscale French restaurant located in the Venetian. He later joined the kitchens of Nobu Matsuhisa and Takashi Yagihashi. These restaurants were instrumental in developing his appreciation for the subtle harmony and elegance of Japanese cuisine. Marc was eventually drawn back to French food as he became part of the opening team for Guy Savoy. It was at this two-star Michelin restaurant that he was able to further refine the intricacies of his haute French technique.
After Guy Savoy, Marc took a Chef de Partie position under Executive Chef Joseph Elevado at the high profile hot spot — Social House. Shortly thereafter, he was promoted to Sous Chef and then to Executive Chef at Social House’s sister restaurant Company American Bistro.
In 2010, Marc moved to San Francisco to open Alexander’s Steakhouse as Chef de Cuisine. Today, as Executive Chef, Marc develops the unique culinary experience at Alexander’s. The restaurant has been recently named “New and Notable” by Wine and Spirits Magazine and “Top Ten Steakhouses in America” by Gayot.


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The city of Dubai wants to become the world’s first blockchain-powered government by 2020. The initiative, launched back in 2016 as a collaboration between the Smart Dubai Office (SDO) and the Dubai Future Foundation, has been gaining plaudits from around the world. In November 2017, the SDO was awarded the prestigious City Project Award for its work in blockchain technology, against competition from 308 other projects from 58 countries.
While blockchain was initially conceived as the technological basis of Bitcoin, it has since been touted as the future of a host of different industries, from healthcare to ride sharing. And Dubai thinks the technology’s potential could help it build a more efficient government. The strategy will see documentation such as visa applications, bill payments and license renewals transacted digitally using blockchain technology. The SDO says that this switch will contribute to savings of up to 114 metric tons of CO2 emissions, as well as 25.1 million hours of economic productivity, or $1.5 billion, in savings per year.
Dubai’s blockchain strategy is just one of several plans unveiled in recent years as part of its larger goal to become the city of the future. The city’s police force has already been bolstered by AI-powered robot cops, and in 2016, the government launched a plan to begin constructing 3D-printed skyscrapers.
Major businesses around the world are casting admiring glances in Dubai’s direction, including IBM, which launched a blockchain collaboration with the city in early 2017. With more businesses investing in the emirate, it might not be long before other governments begin exploring the technology themselves.

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Blue Monday is a track by New Order released in 1983.
It has been remixed and covered by many since then, such as 2 Many DJs, Freemasons, Nouvelle Vague and Flunk, which version do you prefer?
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give out steady light without flame.
Once I've created a new pattern, and it comes time to bestow a name upon it, I tend to be drawn to one syllable words, such as Blush or Breeze for example. There are exceptions, where I have two syllables such as Junction or Harvest, but for the most part I stick with one singular word. Why? No idea. Just do. Perhaps in my mind it's easier to say and remember?
Sometimes naming a quilt is easier than others. Blush was an easy one and it just naturally fell in step with it's name. Some quilts are named due to a specific event that is occurring whilst I design and create the quilt. Harvest is a prime example, being designed whilst my husband works long hours during the grape harvest here in the Yarra Valley.
But for me now, I think the ability to glow comes from an inner peace and happiness that sits contentedly inside ourselves. And I feel that while I created this quilt, I was in a state of peace and happiness. I had just survived two rounds of surgery and a metal plate insertion for a broken foot, a sudden and unexplained seizure, and was embarking on a successful weight loss journey. After enduring all those issues, I felt in a state of calmness. Did I feel any glow during those issues? No. It was only once I was on the other side. Once I had endured, that I felt the ability to just be still and enjoy peace. And perhaps that glow is reflected in this quilt. For whenever I see, and touch and wrap myself in this quilt, it never fails to warm me with it's cheer.
And, perhaps it's because of it's glow that it proved itself as a very popular quilt when it was released in Issue 15 of Make Modern magazine. You can order and download the issue via this link and make the quilt for yourself. Whilst you're there, go on and subscribe to Make Modern magazine, a wonderful online magazine with each issue full of inspiring projects. I'll be having a gorgeous Christmas themed quilt coming up in a future issue - so be sure to join so you don't miss it.


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Having a lot of people stop by your trade show booth helps improve your brand’s visibility and identity. Ideally, though, you want to convert those visitors into customers. The following strategies could boost your sales by making people want to buy from your business.
Trade shows can make people feel confused. With all the crowds, promoters, and information to absorb, cautious visitors won’t want to make any decisions on the spot. Sending information to registered attendees before the event helps prepare them so they know what to expect when they visit your booth. While your competitors have to start from scratch, you have already laid a foundation that helps you convert visitors into customers.
How do you contact attendees? Ask the trade show organizer to give you a list of people who have registered. Many of them don’t have a problem giving the contact information of registered attendees to companies that pay for booth space. Find ways to connect with them via Twitter or LinkedIn prior to the show.
A brochure can only tell potential customers so much about what your company offers. It’s better to let them experience your products and services in person. Bring a few of your most popular products so you can let visitors try them. They’re more likely to become customers if they enjoy using your products. If they only have information, though, they can’t form an opinion that motivates them to act.
If you can’t handle the crowd by yourself, bring a few of your staff members to help. Make sure you choose friendly people who enjoy conversing with strangers. Your gregarious employees are more likely to make sales than those who don’t like face-to-face conversations.
You also need to train your staff members so that they fully understand the products and services that you want to sell. Have them rehearse their pitches until they get everything perfect.
People who visit your trade show display might need to take some time to compare offers and make decisions. That’s why you need to follow-up with them after the event.
Get as many phone numbers and email addresses as possible during the trade show. Wait a week or two, and then contact the people who stopped by your booth. This follow-up will remind them that they were interested. It will also show that you take customer service seriously.
A visitor might not want to buy anything from you right now, but she could change her mind in the future. If she suddenly finds herself needing the products or services that you offer, then she might reach out to you for more information. Giving visitors promotional materials that they will use for a long period increases the chances that they will contact you instead of a competitor. They might not remember your business’s name, but they remember that you gave them an ink pen.
Once they find your pen (or other useful item like a coffee mug) they can contact you. Without that promotional item, the potential customer might never remember your name.
What trade show tactics work best for you? Have you altered your approach as you’ve gained more experience? Let us know in the comments or tweet us @Nimlok!
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Italy’s top wine event Merano Wine Festival is returning for its 24th edition from Nov. 5 to 10 in the northern Italian city of Merano. The event showcases the best of Italian and international foods and wines.
As last year, the Festival will open in the elegant Pavillon des Fleurs in the Merano Kurhaus with bio&dynamica, where 50 specially chosen producers will present their certified biological and/or organic wines.
As per tradition, wine producers from Italy and all over the world will be setting up their stands in the Merano Kurhaus. From 5 to the 7 attenders of the festival will have the possibility to taste more than 700 different Italian wines and the wines of 150 producers from different countries including France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Greece, Serbia, Portugal, Chile, California, Argentina and South Africa.
In the Culinaria, another section of the Festival taking place in a tent directly connected to the Meran Kurhaus, about 100 master craftsmen and small producers will be presenting their gastronomic delights. Products range from aceto balsamico to olive oil, from various cheeses to sausages, from jams to sauces, from sweets to desserts, from coffee to chocolate and much more.

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Ryan Kerce perched on rocks along the inlet, his arms outstretched toward the sky in honor of the majestic warship passing by.
Behind him, the USS Wasp — a massive and mighty amphibious assault ship carrying 1,100 sailors and Marines — steamed past toward Port Everglades for Monday's start of the annual celebration known as Fleet Week.
"I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to see this," said Kerce, 21, of Coral Springs. "It's awesome!"
Plantation resident Tom Laboda has been coming to the same spot for 15 years now to see the annual parade of warships. On Monday, he waved to the sailors and Marines standing at attention on the flight deck of the Wasp.
"To see the guys lined up there on deck is pretty impressive," Laboda said.
The entire fleet — guided missile destroyers USS Cole and USS James E. Williams; the USS New Hampshire submarine and Miami-based U.S. Coast Guard cutter Richard Etheridge — will be docked at Port Everglades through Sunday.
U.S. Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, missile destroyer USS Cole, nuclear-powered attack submarine USS New Hampshire, destroyer USS James E. Williams and United States Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge were in town for the 2015 Fleet Week festivities.
Their crews — more than 1,500 sailors, 250 Marines and 25 Coast Guardsmen — will descend on South Florida to party, relax and spread cheer with goodwill visits to hospitals and nursing homes.
"Fleet Week is a great opportunity for us to tell the sea service story and help the public learn what we do for our country," said Admiral Cynthia Thebaud, U.S. Navy commander of the Wasp and Expeditionary Strike Group 2.
Sailor Jose Jimenez of San Antonio, Texas, said he planned to work on relaxing during his liberty leave.
"I have some pasty white skin on me," he said from aboard the Wasp Monday. "I'll probably go to the beach and get a tan."
Jimenez, whose wife and baby daughter are back home in Norfolk, Va., has also signed up for a community service mission that will see him building a Habitat for Humanity house.
Sailors from the USS New Hampshire participate in a firefighting drill during Resolve Maritime Academy's 13th Annual Damage Control Olympics at Port Everglades. Officers and damage control crew from the U.S. Navy and US Coast Guard participate in a full day of maritme safety training exercises and competitive activities.
Jens Moren, a sailor from the USS New Hampshire, congratulates his fellow crewman Matthew Waite, after finishing a fire drill. Each competing team attacks a live fire in this timed event.


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The amount of people choosing to follow a vegan diet has increased significantly in recent years. The choice is made for different reasons… usually out of concern for animals or for health reasons. From celebrity endorsements to an online culture of blogs and videos, this is a golden age of resources for the vegan community. But for newcomers or lapsed vegans, adjusting can be difficult.
One of the great tickets to success with any dietary shift is to focus on meal planning.
Of course, this practice differs from person to person. But the general idea is simple… Map out the meals you want to make and purchase the necessary foods further in advance than usual.
Using the techniques of meal planning when it comes to a plant-based (or a plant-heavy) diet doesn’t just make it easier to stick to, it can also lead to tangible benefits for your health.
Have you ever found yourself engrossed in a project at home or at work? Suddenly, you get hungry, but you’ve been so busy, there’s no food to eat. As a result, you need to turn to fast food or a ready-made snack because the healthiest choice isn’t available.
Well, meal planning can do a lot to help you avoid this situation. If you already know what foods you’re going to eat, and have your meals prepped, you can easily introduce healthier foods into your day with little hassle.
In fact, studies show that meal planning may have a positive impact on heart health, weight, and overall diet quality.1 That’s because taking the time to plan what you eat means you can always pick what you think is best, as opposed to what is most convenient in a flash.
This is especially important for vegan diets.
Whether you plan on embracing a fully vegan lifestyle yourself, or if you’d just like to eat a bit less meat, there’s an ongoing process of trying to find the foods that mimic the textures and tastes of animal products and proteins — as well as ensuring you’re eating enough protein. By planning your meals you can spend more time exploring your options. In time, you may be able to find some new favorites for your pantry!
Meal planning can seem like a daunting task at first. But if you start by listing with some of your favorite meals it can help you get a foothold. Consider leaning on family and friends for ideas. Don’t forget, there are tons of vegan cookbooks and recipes out there as well.
Once you have a list of meals you like, map your potential meal making process out, week by week. Pick a day out of the week to prep by cutting vegetables or setting up other ingredients. Then, choose what meals are being made each day. After this, it’s time to shop.
Set aside a day of the week for shopping where you can afford to take it slow. Shopping deliberately can take the pressure off your wallet (and keep you on-task in terms of choosing plant-based products wisely).
Of course, it’s possible to get everything you need, nutritionally speaking, from a vegan diet. However, doing this properly goes hand in hand with meal planning.
Furthermore, if you can find great, vegan sources of protein including lentils, chickpeas, tempeh, and some nuts.
By shopping at a slower pace, you can see all the various options available to you. You can also put together your meals in advance to ensure a balanced diet. For example, you may choose to make a bean salad one day, then a tempeh-based meal the next day. Both meals provide the protein you need. But by planning, you’re able to keep things fresh and exciting.
And if you’re vegan, you should take extra care to include certain nutrients in your meals.
And if you find you can’t get enough of a certain nutrient, even with planning, consider taking a dietary supplement. Always discuss this with your doctor.
Vegans can get greater benefit from meal planning. Most people use meal planning to minimize harmful foods being introduced into their diets. Vegans can make use of it to not only do this but also to bring in foods to fill in nutritional gaps.
If you want to start planning your meals, don’t be afraid to start slow. Pre-planning one or two meals a week will take a weight off your shoulders. Before long, you’ll be able to extend this further, taking the headache out of mealtime, all the time.


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‘Eden’ meaning delight, finery & luxury is more commonly famous for the paradisiacal garden in which Adam & Eve lived. Is is often said that the Garden of Eden is marked by four beautiful rivers, adjoining together, enabling the vast virility & fertility of this area of unsurpassed natural beauty.
Following the design of the primary work marque & logo asset, we set about considering the look & feel of the packaging graphics. Inspired by the natural balance of nature, coupled with the serenity of the Garden of Eden – represented through the simple, eye catching, symmetrical graphic device. We introduced monotone iconography / imagery to effectively differentiate the product variants within the range. ‘On pack’ messaging, relating the Eden & Bridge brand story, was devised to encourage an emotional connection with the brand.
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"I’m very pleased to be returning to Oxford courtesy of our friends at Holywell Music & Folk. It’s been nearly six years since we last played this beautiful city and a lot of music, both live and recorded has flowed under the bridge since then, including eleven tours and two albums, Milk Roulette and the current collection, Dark Matter. I’ll be flying with my co-pilot and honorary brother Julian Littman and now there are even more songs to choose from we have to carry even more instruments - at the last count it was 9 between us - in case we fancy trying a new song or different arrangement of an old favourite. We like to keep it fresh.
A night of eclectic, contemporary folk as multi-award winner Charlie Dore, one of the UK’s most respected songwriters teams up with long-time co-pilot Julian Littman of Steeleye Span to share her latest album, Dark Matter. Charlie promises another fast moving show as the pair swap guitars, mandolin, harmonium, ukulele, piano and autoharp.
Dark Matter has won two awards to date, both Album of the Year and Best Lyrics from the USA Indie Acoustic Project 2018 (the only UK album to be recognised that year) although previous UK winners have included Cara Dillon, Kate Rusby and Albert Lee.
As well as introducing some new and different flavours to shine a very personal light on her mysterious subject matter, Charlie and Julian will dip into favourites from the past 6 albums and share original acoustic versions of hits Charlie has written for others, including Celine Dion, George Harrison, Sheena Easton, Paul Carrack, UB40, Jimmy Nail, Tina Turner and Status Quo. And there’s always a possibility of a new angle on her own song, Pilot of the Airwaves - still a national radio favourite.
Charlie has lead a various and varied life having starred opposite Jonathan Pryce in the award-winning film 'The Ploughman's Lunch', worked in theatre, appeared with the iconic People Show, television ( 2 series of Rainbow!) and radio with Eric Idle and co-founded and performed at Soho comedy-impro venue The Hurricane Club for seven years, working alongside many comedy icons including Bill Bailey, Harry Hill and Robin Williams.
In 1978 Chris Blackwell signed Charlie to his iconic Island Records label as the British Emmy-Lou Harris - a brave signing at the height of the Punk movement, but one that produced the worldwide hit Pilot of The Airwaves. However, as she says herself, there’s been a lot of music under the bridge since then, so we are rather pleased to be welcoming Charlie and Julian to the Quaker Meeting House in May. Come along if you have never seen her before, an outstanding musician, songwriter and performer. Charlie and Julian last played Oxford in 2013 at St Michael's church, so it's about time to get them back.
“Dark Matter…an amazingly astute, moving, intelligent and connected songwriter…a voice like Kate McGarrigle meets Dory Previn. Wonderful” Mike Harding.
Tickets for Charlie Dore with Julian Littman are £14 + 10% booking fee in adv or £17 on the door.
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The harp ‘n’ banjo driven contemporary-folk-storytelling of Martin Purdy (vocals, glockenspiel, accordion, harmonica and keyboards), Simon Jones (harp, guitar, viola) and Andy Smith (banjo, melodica, guitar and programming) is imbued with a deep Lancashire sensibility that shines through in their beautifully crafted and sometimes spooky vignettes of northern life, love and remembrance.
The outfit, who have been friends for more than 20 years, channel the ghosts of summers spent in municipal parks and winters walking on the moors. Ask them about their influences and they are as likely to cite Ordnance Survey maps and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as they are Chris Woods, Bjork or The Oldham Tinkers.
Formed in 2008, Harp and a Monkey have been establishing a loyal following via the old fashioned practice of relentless gigging and modern practice of social network sites.
Regulars on the national circuit, the band have gained a strong reputation for the excellent rapport they establish with their live audiences. Such is the strength of their reputation as a quality live act, they have twice been asked to perform at the English Folk Expo; the annual international showcase of the best of English folk and roots music.
The band’s third album, War Stories, was released in July, 2016, as part of a project (part-sponsored by Arts Council England and The Western Front Association) to mark the centenary of the First World War. The band performed new material and re-worked traditional songs (which challenged stereotypes of the conflict) in unusual venues related to the war on British shores. The album received outstanding reviews, with the likes of The Observer describing it as “bold and brilliant”. Support from BBC Radio 2 was substantive, including live sessions and interviews with the likes of Clare Balding (Good Morning Sunday) and Mark Radcliffe (The Folk Show).
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Merle is a pattern in a dog‘s coat, though is commonly incorrectly referred to as a colour. The merle gene creates mottled patches of color in a solid or piebald coat, blue or odd-colored eyes, and can affect skin pigment as well.
Depending on the breed, registry, or country, the pattern may be register-able with a registry but not allowed in conformation , and the pattern may not be recognized by the breed standard , disqualifying it from showing. Merle is dominant M , and non-merle coloring is recessive m. Different Shades of Blue Blue merles can exhibit a range of coat markings. It can not be corrected.
When a dog inherits a heterozygous pair Mm or mMthe dog will exhibit the merle color pattern.
Dogs inheriting a homozygous pair of dominant genes MM are called double merle and usually are solid white in color. The merle gene affects only the eumelanin pigments, meaning any black, liver, blue or Isabella coloring can appear as merle coloring.
Phaeomelanin pigment such as red is not affected by the merle gene and will appear solid. Different Shades of Blue Blue merles can exhibit a range of coat markings.
Some blue merle dogs will have a mostly gray-blue coat with a few small, black patches.
The most common merle pattern and the one described in most breed standards is a coat that is approximately 50 percent merle, or gray-blue, and 50 percent black patches. Typically the Corgi has a tan and white coat however Corgis can carry the Merle gene resulting in a Merle Coat.
Border Collies Border Collies, classically working dogs, known for their high intelligence can come in a Merle coat pattern.
Typically though of coming with a white and black coat, Merle Border Collies are the least common color pattern found naturally in Border Collies. As with Australian Shepherds, because of the high demand for Merle coated Border Collies some breeders do practice unsafe breeding practices which can cause health problems within the litter.
Dachshunds Dachshunds can come in a Red or Blue Merle color pattern. Although the Merle color is not common for Dachshunds it is an acceptable color according to breed registries. All dogs exhibiting the harlequin pattern are also carriers of the merle gene.
What is a Double Merle Dog?
Common in Great Danesand registered as Harlequin it is less commonly seen in other breeds such as the Catahoula Leopard DogShetland Sheepdog and Colliewhere the dogs are registered simply as merle.
This is the color pattern associated with the African wild dog and is very uncommon in pet dogs. She has blue eyes with starburst pupils and an eccentric pupil in her left eye.
Dogs with two copies of the merle gene homozygous merle or "double merle" have an even higher chance of being born deaf. Merle to merle mating is currently only forbidden in three breeds.
The merle gene causes the coat hair to produce a faded, or shaded colour hence the merle pattern , two merle genes together often cause the coat to be white or with limited merle shading. Depending on the breed, registry, or country, the pattern may be register-able with a registry but not allowed in conformation , and the pattern may not be recognized by the breed standard , disqualifying it from showing. Border Collies Border Collies, classically working dogs, known for their high intelligence can come in a Merle coat pattern.
The piebald gene is indicated by white areas on the dog's coat as seen in the liver merle Catahoula pictured below. The suppression of pigment cells melanocytes in the iris and in the stria vascularis of the cochlea inner ear leads to blue eyes and deafness.
An auditory-pigmentation disorder in humans, Waardenberg syndromereflects some of the problems associated with heterozygous and homozygous merle dogs and genetic research in dogs has been undertaken with the goal of better understanding the genetic basis of this human condition.
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As a World Affairs Council member, you join a diverse group of individuals who are passionate about expanding international awareness. Members participate in world class speakers who provide the stories behind the headlines as well as special receptions and gatherings. Additionally, Council members are able to travel the world with a program offering unique behind-the-scenes travel opportunities to over 30 international locations – and can take advantage of discounts on publications covering international news, issues and policy.
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Vouchers and Education: What Do History and the Research Tell Us?
As Congress considers the Trump-DeVos proposals for a national voucher program, what can we learn from the history of vouchers and from the research on the performance of voucher systems? From a variety of perspectives, our panel addressed this question. Panelists: Martin Carnoy, Vida Jacks Professor of Education, Stanford Graduate School of Education; Leo Casey, Executive Director, Albert Shanker Institute; John Jackson, President and CEO, Schott Foundation for Public Education; and Ning Rui, Senior Study Director, Westat. (Full bios.). Watch the video.
Co-sponsored by the Shanker Institute and the American Federation of Teachers.
A wave of teacher strikes in the 1960s and 1970s roiled urban communities. Jon Shelton illuminates how this tumultuous era helped shatter the liberal-labor coalition and opened the door to the neoliberal challenge at the heart of urban education today. Join us for a book discussion and reception on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, 4:30 -6:30 pm. 555 New Jersey Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. Register Here.
Former Shanker Institute Fellow and author of the new book, "Domino Effect: Did the USA Overthrow Communism in Poland?" June 8, 2017, noon to 1:30, 555 New Jersey Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. Registration required.
Our panel of researchers and practitioners addressed this question by examining both the current state of research and on-the-ground efforts at school improvement that have worked. Watch the conversation video.
Current education policies haven’t sufficiently leveraged the organizational and interpersonal aspects of schools which can benefit educators and students collectively. Instead, the focus has been primarily on technical and individual-level approaches. However, a focus on individuals seems insufficient and limited; a simultaneous and equally strong focus on strengthening the organizations where teachers work appears sorely needed.
Promoting Children's Well Being. This panel examined 21st century approaches to a culture of health in and with schools. Watch the video.


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Born in South Africa from Mauritian parents, Angelique moved back to her parent’s island – the teeny weeny dot-on-a-map island of Mauritius – when she was sixteen.
Adapting to the heat and humidity but still complaining about how hot it is in Summer… and WInter and taking some years to build resistance to tap water disease, while accepting herself to be a favourite blood bank for mosquitos, she discovered the island’s amazing historical stories, sites, and comical island life.
Living in the charming village of Tamarin, on the hottest, driest coast (the west), she worked in management positions in the hospitality sector and then directed herself towards consulting for SME business clients.
She is passionate about animals, co-founded an NGO called PAWS (Protection of Animal Welfare Society) in Mauritius, and enjoys sharing her living space with 6 cats and 2 dogs, all picked up from the streets. Being vegetarian and adapting meals according to what vegetables are available (too much rain, not enough rain, too much wind) can be quite challenging.


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CyberFlix TV is a popular Online TV Shows & Movies streaming Android App for free. The database includes televisions shows and HD Hollywood Movies. Get the app to explore more.
Download CyberFlix APK 2019: CyberFlix TV is the updated version of Terrarium TV that allows Android users to Watch or Stream Movies and Television Shows for free.
Entertainment Industry is one of the top growsing industry among others. Every year thousands of Movies and TV Shows releases on Box Office. Sometimes movies and TV Shows gets leaked on online websites. But finding the best site to stream the desired content isn’t that much easy as it sounds. Because most of the sites are not having the content that you’re looking or has a high number of push and annoying ads. These types of things really interupts the users experience. So, in order to help you out from this CyberFlix TV has been introduced.
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CyberFlix TV Has its own inbuilt video player using which you can stream TV Shows and Movies. But in case if you want to use custom or third-party players like MX Player and VLC, then you can configure it at the very first time when you’re using this app or later on in the app settings.
The app has a very exciting feature in the settings that allow users to get a notification for the new releases of Movies and TV shows. This is really a great feature especially when you’re waiting and looking for new episodes on any TV Shows. Because this will notify you whenever the new video will be released.
CyberFlix TV App has multiple languages support. Users of different languages or regions can select their languages in the app settings. As of now, CyberFlix TV supports more than 15+ Languages.
CyberFlix App comes with a ton of features that include TV Calendar, Filter HD Links, Add Videos to Favourites, Force Android TV Mode, Playback, Change Videos Download Manager, Customize font color and size, Backup & Restore, and frequent automatic app updates.
First of all, Download CyberFlix Apk using the link button above and save it your phone.
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Under this tab, tap on the slider which is just right after Unknown Sources.
Once done, go back to the location where you downloaded the CyberFlix Apk File.
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Wait until the installation finishes. Once done, tap on done and later use.
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Ans. Yes, CyberFlix TV Apk is totally legal because it doesn’t host any content on its server. It only fetches the links from the internet and provides to you throgh this app.
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Ans. CyberFlix helps you to watch leaked and pirated Movies & TV Shows. Not only this, CyberFlix TV has a huge database of free Movies and Television Shows that you can enjoy anytime.


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man who, remember, warned hundreds of thousands of followers against accepting nutritional advice from dietitians trained to give it, and in the same unqualified breath dished it out himself. The GFD may even negatively impact the microbiome and your immunity. Avoid operating heavy machinery, driving a motor vehicle, or performing other dangerous activities until you know how Prozac affects you. Decreased need for sleep, before taking Prozac, tell your doctor if you have a history of seizures; bipolar disorder ; liver disease; heart problems, including heart rhythm problems; diabetes ; glaucoma ; or thoughts of suicide or attempted suicide. A dangerous drug interaction could occur that may result in death. Taking Prozac while you are breastfeeding is not recommended. Im always surprised when people fail to grasp they dont get to decide on the truth or falsehood of a medical matter, any more than their vote gets to determine the outcome of an election. 3rd day on Prozac was really good. Call your doctor immediately if you have any unusual changes in behavior or mood while on Prozac, including: Thoughts about suicide or dying, or suicide attempts.
Which is better - gluten free food or food with gluten in it?
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The delayed-release capsule Prozac Weekly is also made by Eli Lilly and Company. Acting on dangerous impulses, extreme increase in activity and talking. I fell into an exchange with someone who argued, because hed been following a GFD for years, with no ill effects, that the diet was not virtue of Friendship nutritionally poorer. Prozac Warnings, prozac and other antidepressants are required to carry a black box warning due to the increased risk of suicide when taking the medicine. But nutrition is complicated.
Failing to see the irony perhaps due to a surprisingly mediocre intellectual capacity which revealed itself along with an almost comic unpleasantness he refused attempts to be reasoned with, as countless coeliacs and nutrition experts learned. In addition to depression, Prozac is used to treat: Fluoxetine capsules and tablets sold under the brand name Sarafem are used to treat premenstrual dysphoric disorder (pmdd a condition in which a woman has symptoms of depression, irritability, and tension before menstruation. The futility of trying to make him see sense eventually dawned: we were challenging someone to a battle of wits but who turned out to be unarmed. Before taking Prozac, tell your doctor if you are pregnant or might become pregnant.


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Herne Bay is a seaside town in Kent, which was a popular holiday resort during the early 19th century. The town is a popular destination for water sports, with clubs for ailing, rowing and yachting. There’s also clubs for hockey, cricket and football.
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Once upon a time I was very familiar with the cars of other people. During my twenties I hitch-hiked everywhere. It was the public transport of my generation. At major intersections there would be a queue of us patiently waiting our turn to be picked up. You learned that travelling with a girl was easier. You learned to hide your pack behind a bush until a vehicle stopped. You learned to be agreeable and not to argue. Sometimes I made up stories about who I was, for the pleasure of lying without guilt or consequence.
I told one driver I was a zoologist, recently returned from studying tigers in Sumatra. There was an illicit thrill in making up convincing answers on the fly with zero knowledge of tigers, Sumatra, or any aspect of zoology whatsoever.
I was suddenly filled with shame. It was like a bad taste in my mouth. There were no more stories about Sumatra or Antarctica or studying to be a nuclear scientist.
I remember an elderly couple in their 1960s car, gilt with chrome, perfectly maintained, the wrinkled seats still smelling of polished leather. The wife opened a tin box and took out sandwiches of white bread which they chomped on contentedly. After a while I realised they were not going to offer me one. A Thermos flask of tea then appeared, the cap turned over to become a cup. After testing the temperature with her little finger, the woman leaned over to let her husband sip the tea while he drove, as though she were feeding a baby. The old Ford was suffocating and I was glad to be dropped off at the next town. It felt as though I had been kidnapped and whisked back in time.
There was the Scotsman driving north who asked me to read the signs at every intersection. He couldn’t read, he confessed. Every time he took an unfamiliar route, he picked up a hitch-hiker to navigate.
There were nurses in short skirts driving mini cars, playing loud music and smoking furiously.
But the lift I remember more than any was with a farmer, the car littered with straw and bits of machinery.
‘I can only take you 15 minutes down the road,’ he warned.
I jumped in without a thought. It was almost dark and threatening to rain. He was going to visit his wife, the farmer said. He hadn’t seen her for a while and there was lots to tell. The tractor engine had blown a gasket but he’d found a replacement in the barn. A cow had given birth to twin calves, and that wasn’t the half of it. His wife was a music teacher, he said. They had almost nothing in common but were happy from the start. The car pulled off the road though a stone gateway. It was quite dark, no moon in the sky. Against the black sky I could make out the blacker outline of a church steeple.
The car rolled on into the dark cemetery, its lights soon swallowed up by the shrubbery and looming yew trees.
I have stayed grateful to those kindly strangers who invited me into their cars. They were an important part of my education. Those brief encounters were the beginning of an important lesson: that other lives existed beside my own.

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We read all the stories in the novel as if a hand is over our eyes, too, and at any moment it will be lifted and the novel will transform from something read into someone seen - perhaps someone seen in the mirror.Frankenstein's Implicit Critique of LacanIn this essay I have argued that Victor Frankenstein desires the Imaginary mother and that the monster, caught in the Imaginary, wishes to join the Symbolic.
Lenin liked to point out that one could often get crucial insights into one’s own weaknesses from the perception of intelligent enemies. So, since the current essay attempts a Lacanian reading of David Lynch’s Lost Highway, it may be useful to start with a reference to “Post‑Theory,” the recent cognitivist orientation of cinema studies that establishes its identity by a thorough rejection of Lacanian cinema studies.
Shiva Srinivasan is fast becoming our most prolific contributor to The Øther, the online Journal of the San Francisco Society for Lacanian Studies. He has written a most illuminating review of Antigone, In Her Unbearable Spendor: New Essays on Jacques Lacan’s The Ethics of Psychoanalysis by Charles Freedland (2013). A must read for any Lacanian scholar. , is now posted in .
Lacan is as dense as ever, but Derrida is formidable for a different reason, one already announced in his title's virtuosity. Throughout a long essay, he finds room to play even as he sticks to a careful structure that one must also bear in mind. Quite a challenge, but worth it.
Literary critics love arguments, and I suppose they will go on until the world loses patience entirely with anything so turgid. No wonder an American moved the dispute officially to the world of literary criticism. Barbara Johnson weighed in with "Poe, Lacan, Derrida," an essay in her finest book, .
According to Lacans notion of the mirror stage, a child recognizes his own image Lacan wrote about Hamlet in his famous essay “Desire and Interpretation of Dec 12, 2011 Lacanian concepts – Their Relevance to Literary Analysis ..
Apr 2, 2013 Entry Contents; Bibliography; Academic Tools; Friends PDF Preview · Author 2.1 Register Theory; 2.2 The Mirror Stage, the Ego, and the Subject; 2.3 that came together for Lacan at this time of Freudian analysis, Hegelian Mirrors of Culture is an invited response to two essays “How Stories Make Us Feel” and the humanities through Jacques Lacans essay on The Mirror Stage.
Let me look more carefully, then, at Lacan's "Seminar on the Purloined Letter." It was originally published in French as the opening essay in ("Writings").
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A "Lacan for Dummies" would take at least a book—indeed, a book willing to criticize its own place in the history of ideas. I can offer only a kind of extended footnote for mad art fans who encounter his name elsewhere in my criticism. Had something like Wikipedia existed, I might never have written it. Think of it as a mild apology for an assumption of : criticism can and should invoke ideas without burying the art. The essays on this Web site refer to Lacan often enough, though, for a primer.

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Regardless of their ideological orientation and political affiliation, millions of Iranians expect this Friday’s parliamentary election to verify their political stance. It is not the electoral results but the level of the election turnout that matters most. While the Iranian leader, Ayatollah Khamanei tells the Iranian people that their participation in the election will deter foreign aggression against Iran, oppositional forces affiliated to the Reform and the Green movement, believe that people will stay away from the election. Since the disputed presidential election in 2009, politicians who led post-revolutionary governments for 25 years have argued that the Iranian political system loses its popular legitimacy if it does not implement its constitution fully. The former president, Mohammad Khatami, put forward three demands as precondition for oppositional forces’ electoral participation; release of all political prisoners, protection of freedom of speech and assembly by the government and finally, guarantees given by the government to hold free and fair election. None of these demands have been fulfilled. Fulfillment of the first demand would be interpreted as acknowledgment of a wrong and injustice done to all those who questioned the presidential election result. Realization of the second demand would unleash unprecedented criticism of the leader and the revolutionary guard for engineering the presidential election and oppressing street protesters. Finally, the third demand would have dismantled The Guarding Council which has been engineering the elections for the assembly of experts since the late 1980s. The Council in collaboration with the Revolutionary guard has also been engineering parliamentary and presidential elections since 2004.
Since the 1979-revolution, different types of oppositions have boycotted different elections to no avail. The Islamic Republic has held tens of elections and no boycott this far has forced it to change its course. The main problem with the oppositions that have boycotted previous elections in Iran was that they did not represent a political force. They might have represented hundreds of thousands of like-minded Iranians ideologically, but they could not touch them politically. That is why they did not contribute to spectacular political events such as 1997 presidential election which resulted in Mohammad Khatami’s take over and the emergence of the Reform movement in 1997. It is the same story with the 2009 presidential election, which resulted in the Green movement. Both political events were results of high turnout in elections. Those creating and leading these political events were the main founders of the Islamic Republic and its defenders from the revolution until the late 1980s. Now the main founders and defenders of the Islamic Republic who are excluded from political power look forward to a popular boycott of the Friday election. The former founders and defenders of the Islamic Republic claim that they will stay away from the election, but they do not ask people to do the same. They say it is up to the people to choose whether they vote or not. Do the advocates of the Reform and Green movement have an overwhelming popular base? Do the Iranian people care about what these politicians and activist think of the Friday-election and what they do on the Election Day? We cannot find a straight answer for these questions before the Election Day. Nevertheless, we can interpret signs indicative of people’s electoral attitude in the Election Day.
Iran is neither a democracy in which you can produce unbiased opinion polls nor a police state in which people cannot express their political views publically. Conservatives are in power and reformist individuals and supporters of the Green movement are prosecuted and imprisoned. But if you look at a number of the conservative websites you can see that over 80 % of the comments are in their favor of the Reform and Green movement.
Understanding of a recent cultural event in Iran may also be helpful to map the status of the Reform and Green movement and its level of popularity in Iran. A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) is a film that has touched hundreds of thousands of Iranians since last year. While the conservatives in power controlled street demonstration through repression and intimidation, people made, A Separation, the symbol of resistance and defended it against the Outcasts ( Ekhrajiha). The Outcast ridicules politicians and intellectuals who have advocated the Green movement and is directed by Masoud Dhenamaki one of the leaders of Ansar-e Hezbollah, a semi-official gang that attacked political and cultural gatherings disliked by conservatives in 1990s. The film had the total backing of the Ahmadinezhad government. Unfortunately for the Outcast, A Separation received one award after another. In Iranian newspapers, every word expressing admiration for A Separation has been followed by a word of condemning the Outcasts. Finally, A Separation received an Oscar for best foreign language film on 26th February. Almost all leading political figures engaged in the democratic struggle such as Mohammad Khatami, political prisoners, literary and artistic figures in Iran publicized their messages of congratulations to the writer-director Asghar Farhadi with explicit and implicit critique of the political situation in Iran. The most competent commentator of the Iranian cinema Parviz Davaiy said, A Separation is the culmination of Iranian cinema. How can a filmmaker make the culmination of Iranian cinema, while the conservatives in power have tried to control and privatize many aspects of the public sphere to prevent democratic ways of thinking, saying and acting in Iran? A separation must be the culmination of Iranian cinema since it does not allow any of its characters to judge other characters without showing his or her moral flaws and lack of knowledge of the situation that is a result of their obsession with their own private affairs.
Few months prior to the 2009 presidential election, students, political activists and artists gathered to persuade Khatami to stand as a candidate in the presidential election. A known Iranian actress was invited on stage to say her reasons as to why Khatami should stand as a presidential candidate. The actress said that in order to realize his previous promises which were the realization of the democratic demands of the Iranian people and in order to revive the hopes of those who have become disappointed with the political situation, Khatami should enter the presidential campaign. She got emotional in the middle of her speech and burst into tears but managed to say a few words. “I am asking you to enter the presidential campaign for the sake of small children and for the sake of those who do not want to leave their country,” while she was being watched thoughtfully by her husband who was sitting in the audience. Since last year, film critics around the globe talk about the intensity and greatness of the first scene in A Separation. In this scene the leading female character is asking for a divorce because her husband has reneged on his agreement to leave Iran for the sake of their daughter. The female character cannot imagine a bright future for her daughter in Iran. The actress who plays the character in the first scene is no other than Leila Hatami, the same actress who became emotional while asking Khatami to stand as a candidate in the 2009 presidential election and the words she uttered in this scene are the logical consequence of her statement in real life. Liela Hatami whose dream of democracy was shattered by the oppression that followed the 2009 presidential election takes the role of Simin in A Separation to care for her private affairs and defend her own and her druthers’ interests. What she does not know as Simin, the film character, is that when seeking private interests becomes a rule; her interests would collide with the interests of anyone and everyone surrounding her. The result would be the shattering of her private dreams as well as the life of others. A Separation is based on Leila Hatami’s shattered dream of democracy in Iran. However, she gets the opportunity to play in a film that is described by its writer-director as a democratic film, a film that free from dictatorial role of the director respects the equal rights of all its characters to express their views about their situation. When asked by a French journalist whether his film is political Farhadi replies that, his film is not political but he hopes that it is democratic. The film is as political as it is democratic because it is about the people who regardless of their social position and religious or cultural background created the most spectacular political event in the Middle East in 2009 but were going to lose their passion for politics and started to care for their private affairs. This political passion remained alive only in an Alzheimer father who cares for other things than his own wellbeing through two unfinished sentences which he manages to say throughout the film, “I want to buy newspapers” and asking his son; whether he knows that certain “Ali got married.” The son answers reluctantly; who is Ali? Meaning, who cares.
What has the content of this film and its universal success to do with the level of election turnout on Friday? This political and democratic film reminds millions of Iranians that politics and experience of democratic unity may prevent them to become obsessed with their private affairs and self-interests and thus unpredicted tragic consequences. Different characters in A Separation; young, old, middle class, poor, religious, secular, are all recognizable in pictures and video footages of the Green movement that in the eyes of many analysts of Iranian politics is the culmination of Iranian democratic politics. A Separation’s final achievement this week made the politicians, activists and political prisoners fighting for democracy in Iran more visible than before while conservatives including Ahmadinezhad and the leader remained silent on the subject. Fridays election will show whether the culmination of Iranian cinema in combination with the culmination of Iranian democratic politics persuade Iranians to stay away from the election or not. A Separation may persuade the Iranian people that their separation from the ballot boxes that persist on their inequality with those who grabbed political power by chance but keep it by force and engineered elections is the expressions of their unity.
Conservative in Iran claim that they know very well that it will be a low turnout in Tehran, but the turnout will be high outside Tehran and especially in smaller cities. This week, I visited the website of a major local newspaper in the province of Bushehr many times. It was full of news on A Separation but not a word about the Friday election.


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Chris Kimsey, the man who engineered Frampton comes Alice and has worked on every Rolling Stones album since "Some Girls", is opening the doors to his experience when recording Marillion's "Misplaced Childhood" studio album, which celebrated its 30th anniversary last year.
He will be hosting the interactive session, which forms part of "The Inside Track" series, at The Indulgence Show, London's newest audio and lifestyle entertainment event returning to Novotel Conference Centre in Hammersmith, on Saturday 30 September in the Bourg Suite, Mezzanine Floor.
Visitors interested in hearing more about the British rock band's most successful album to date can join Chris from 2.00pm - 2.40pm. He will be sharing his insights on how he recorded and produced the ground-breaking album during the spring of 1985 at Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin.
The album, featuring Marillion's two most successful singles, 'Kayleigh' and piano-led 'Lavender', climbed the UK charts and quickly became number one, spending a total of 41 weeks in this position and gaining Platinum status.
Chris' illustrious career has spanned four decades and has seen him work with Led Zeppelin, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Deacon Blue and The London Symphony Orchestra. His journey in the industry began at Olympic Studios in Barnes. His mentor at Olympic was Keith Grant, who taught him everything he needed to know during the daytime film soundtrack sessions for such classics as The Italian Job, Get Carter and The Thomas Crown Affair. During the night-time pop sessions, Glyn Johns helped Chris cut his teeth on albums for The Small Faces and The Eagles.
Vernon Hamblin, producer of The Indulgence Show, says, "Bands don't get much bigger than The Stones, Led Zep and Marillion and Chris has been responsible for much of what we have heard from these giants. It's a pleasure to be able to welcome him again to The Indulgence Show to share his stories from the recording studios with the visitors to the show." He continues, "Bringing names like this to the event puts entertainment and an informative focus right at its heart, moving it away from the traditional static exhibition into something much more interactive and fun - putting the show into The Indulgence Show."
The Indulgence Show, London's newest lifestyle entertainment event, is returning to Novotel Conference Centre in Hammersmith, from 29 September - 1 October 2017, to bring visitors high-end luxury products including cars, motorised recreational vehicles, home entertainment products, headphones and much more. The event, which is designed to appeal to discerning consumers with high disposable income, will be bigger and better than ever with new and exciting exhibitors joining the line-up demonstrating brands such as Sony, Porsche Design; Devialet; Classic Car Club; Ely Gin; PMC; KEF; Vinyl Resellers; Focal and Ross Halfin Photography.
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Project FOOD #2 Bagels and more!
Yeay! Another Project FOOD post! Today it is about Bagels and more! Do you like Project FOOD? Let me know in the comments!
So yes, Bagels. I never ate them before. It was such a fun project. You have to put the bagels in a pan of water and let them in there for something like 8 minutes. After that you put them in the oven and you'll have that hard from the outside soft from the inside effect! NOM. I really liked it!
In the pan! They get all chewy! Hmmm, so good.
Dry before putting them in the oven.
In the oven! I put some seeds on them for that extra flavour. They are ready when they are brown. A little more brown than we made would be perfect!
On to the next subject! This weather! Do you like it?
I do when I'm inside. Chilly music, blanket, tea or hot chocolate! Actually I don't really know if I like hot chocolate that much. Sometimes it is just too sweet. I like salty things way more.... Even tough I like to bake sweet things. Hmm, difficult question actually! What do you think?
A life without salt or a life without sweet?


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If there is one thing that my few years as a student filmmaker, and especially this film has taught me it’s that I would not wish the film industry on my own worst enemy. You go days without sleep, you smoke two packs a day, are near suicidal on a good day, tempting fate on a bad day and generally become misanthropic as the days go by.
But when the dust settles and you are left alone in your own private quarters of midnight, you realise that you’ve been given the opportunity to change people’s lives, their perspectives, their emotions. You can make them cry, laugh, fall in love, sit on the edge of their seat or make them feel so disgusted they want to ban your film.
The film I’m currently in production with is There Are No Heroes. It is a 48-minute science fiction film being shot in Cape Town. It is has been adapted from a cyberpunk short story called Land Of The Blind by Charlie Human; that was based on Lauren Beukes’ cult novel Moxyland and subsequently published in her international award-winning novel Zoo City in 2010.
It is set in future Cape Town several years after the meltdown of a nuclear power plant. The film follows Drew, a young single-mother and factory worker, who must fight to survive in this dystopian future ruled by a sinister pharmaceutical company, DARCORP. This cautionary tale takes a fresh look at many issues current in today’s world such as nuclear power plant development, privatisation, corrupt healthcare systems and the political climate of South Africa.
In South Africa, we seem to be living in the least nationalist time in our country’s history; where everyone is constantly asking hard questions of the government and only wondering now where it all went wrong. This sense of disbelief and helplessness is what I wanted to explore in the future South Africa premise of the film. Cyber-punk allows you to explore the man going up against the machine. The genre also allows the question of what if the hero doesn’t win? What if the guy doesn’t get the girl? What if the aliens win in the end? How do the characters feel? How do they react? How does the audience feel?
These questions make the movie unpredictable and exciting; and independent film-making allows you to explore these themes. Mainly, because we don’t have the pressures of making back a Michael Bay (Transformers) budget at the box office. This freedom does come at a price, the price of not having a Michael Bay budget.
As passionate filmmakers, we were given the opportunity to extend the film from 24 minutes to 48 minutes and decided that the story would be better told in this format. Unfortunately, even with all the great sponsorship there just isn’t enough budget left to complete the extended film.
So the film needs an extra R20 000 to be completed and so we’ve have decided to use the pioneering crowd-funding website IndieGoGo to raise the additional funds, where the audience contributes to a film they want made. There Are No Heroes is yet to raise the full amount and is still looking for the audience members willing to invest from as little as R50.
We’d appreciate it if you could take some time to look at the promo video and even just tell us what you think, even if you can’t contribute. This is the revolution of film-maker meets audience member.
Once completed There Are No Heroes will be screened at the Annual AFDA Film Festival at Cinema Nouveau in Cavendish Square (Cape Town) and Rosebank Mall (Johannesburg) in late November this year, after which it will be sent to several local and international film festivals.


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Washington, US (BBN) – Here are the top five things you need to know in financial markets on Tuesday, December 12.
Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, passed the $65 mark on Tuesday to hit their highest level since June 2015 as a shutdown of a North Sea pipeline raised concerns of a supply shortage, reports Investing.com.
The UK’s Forties oil pipeline, the country’s largest at a capacity of 450,000 barrels per day (bpd), shut down on Monday after cracks were revealed.
The pipeline carries about 40% of UK North Sea crude oil, Britain’s largest capacity transporting about 450,000 barrels a day.
The news sent the London barrel soaring to an intraday high of $65.70. At 6:07AM ET (11:07GMT), Brent oil was last up 1.38% at $65.57, while futures for the U.S. benchmark gained 0.53 % at $58.30.
The Federal Reserve kicks off its two-day monetary policy meeting on Tuesday and is widely expected to raise the fed funds target range by a quarter point at the conclusion a day later at 2:00PM ET (1900GMT).
The U.S. central bank will also release its latest forecasts for economic growth and interest rates, known as the “dot-plot”. The Fed has forecast three rate rises for next year, and it is expected to keep its outlook about the same even though the market has been skeptical it will hike as much as it expects.
The dollar showed cautious trade on Tuesday as market participants waited for the big event. Later on Tuesday, investors will also digest factory gate prices out at 8:30AM ET (13:30GMT).
At 6:08AM ET (11:08GMT), the U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, slipped 0.13% at 93.82.
Wall Street managed to shrug off a terror incident in New York city’s Times Square (NYSE:SQ) with the S&P and Dow closing at new record highs. But U.S. futures pointed to a cautious open on Tuesday as traders opted to refrain from bigger moves higher ahead at the start of the Fed’s two-day meeting. At 6:08AM ET (11:08GMT), the blue-chip Dow futures edged forward 17 points, or 0.07%, S&P 500 futures inched up less than a point, or 0.01%, while the Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 1 point, or 0.01%.
European equities showed cautious gains as market participants prepared for local monetary decisions from both the European Central Bank and the Bank of England on Thursday. At 6:09AM ET (11:09GMT), the benchmark Euro Stoxx 50 advanced 0.18%, but Germany’s DAX wavered around the unchanged mark, while London’s FTSE 100 gained 0.28%.
Earlier, Asian shares took a small step back gaining for three straight sessions, with markets consolidating in the hope an upswing in global growth could outlast a likely hike in U.S. interest rates this week.
CBOE Bitcoin futures pulled back on its second full day of trading Tuesday as the hype appeared to momentarily die down and volume on the January contract eased with less than 300 contracts traded so far compared to nearly 4,000 on the first day.
Meanwhile, on the U.S.-based Bitfinex exchange, the underlying Bitcoin was also taking a breather, nearly unchanged at $16,766.0, by 6:11AM ET (11:11GMT) Wednesday, after having risen as high as $17,443.0 a day earlier.
Consumer price inflation (CPI) in the UK hit a fresh five-year high in November, putting pressure on the Bank of England to tighten policy, official data showed on Tuesday.
In a report, the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the rate of consumer price inflation rose from the year before by a seasonally adjusted 3.1% last month. That was the highest level since March 2012 and settled above forecasts for the reading to match the 3.0% increase seen in October.
The data reflects a constant cost of living squeeze in the UK as wages have only increased by 2.1%, meaning that British salaries are unable to keep up with price increases.
The Bank of England will announce its rate decision at 7:00AM ET (12:00GMT) on Thursday, with analysts expecting no major change in policy, as policymakers grapple with uncertainty over Brexit, low wage growth and weak productivity, which are all weighing on the economy.