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Norwich: Pizza Express
Stacia Briggs
Published: 9:50 AM June 21, 2010 Updated: 6:18 PM October 10, 2020
Stacia BriggsIt was a birthday treat that ended up limper than a discarded party balloon. STACIA BRIGGS took her family to Pizza Express and was less than impressed with what was served up.Stacia Briggs
It was a birthday treat that ended up limper than a discarded party balloon. STACIA BRIGGS took her family to Pizza Express and was less than impressed with what was served up.
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It was my daughter Ruby's birthday, so she got to call the shots when it came to choosing the restaurant to celebrate reaching the grand old age of 12.
Breaking with family tradition (we always end up at one of the three Zaks restaurants), she chose Pizza Express, having recently enjoyed a meal under the shadow of the Liverpool Wheel at Albert Dock in one of the chain's North West branches.
She chose the St Benedict's branch - despite her brother's constant and bizarre assertion that St Benedict's is 'the kind of street that looks as if it's sad' - and we duly booked a table for 6.30pm on what would turn out to be a gloriously sunny, hot day.
I mention this because it had an impact on the number of diners at the restaurant: most were answering the smoke signals being sent across the city by a multitude of barbecues and Pizza Express on St Benedict's was particularly quiet.
We were shown to our table, joyfully next to a large open window where a cool breeze blew in and a bird serenaded us with song (I'm not sure if this is an act laid on by Pizza Express - if it is, I like it).
I must point out, straight away, that what I am about to write actually pains me. I really like Pizza Express, and I'll say from the outset that the staff were incredibly considerate and obliging. Top rate. Shame I can't say the same about the pizzas.
After starters of garlic dough balls and garlic bread (the former were great, the latter weren't as garlicky as they could or should have been) and a round of drinks, we ordered our pizzas.
Both my children are on the picky side of annoying, and prefer to have very little pizza sauce on their Margherita pizzas, �6.25 each.
I explained this, apologised for their fussiness and then ordered a Quattro Formaggi pizza (price not on the menu and I'm not sure how much it cost, for reasons which will become apparent) for me and a La Reine, �8.15, with prosciutto cotto ham, olives and mushrooms for their father.
The pizzas arrived after around 15 minutes and it instantly became clear that these were the Bobby Charltons of the pizza world - extremely thin on top.
My daughter's pizza had an embarrassingly little amount of cheese on it, her father's had hardly any ham or cheese, my son's was just about acceptable and if there were four cheeses on my pizza, I would have required a microscope to locate them.
In fact, there was barely any cheese on any of our four pizzas: it was as if a sudden state of cheese rationing had befallen Pizza Express forcing the chef to eke out one pizza's worth to cover four.
I sent my daughter' pizza back - it was the child's birthday, after all - and asked for more cheese. Meanwhile, we started eating our own food, not wishing to cause a fuss on Ruby's birthday and also being absolutely starving after a day on the beach with a very meagre lunch.
I'll say one thing: what my pizza lacked in cheese, it made up for in charcoal, a thin layer of which graced the bottom and edges of my pizza where it had been, frankly, burnt.
At this point, my daughter's pizza returned, dotted with barely-lukewarm splodges of pallid mozzerella to cover the previously cheese-free areas. Having already sent it back once, I didn't feel I could send it back again (I should have. She hardly touched it).
Cole managed two-thirds of his pizza, I chipped off the black bits from mine and ate the rest, his father ate the middle of his pizza where there were actually a few pieces of ham.
Then I sent them out of the restaurant to get an ice-cream from the newsagents down the road: my family are proper Brits, hating any form of complaining and did not want to witness me in action. I, however, am made from sterner stuff.
When the waiter (very pleasant) came over to give me the bill (�51), I relayed the above story to him and he immediately apologised and said he'd talk to his manager. Said manager then came over, apologised again and said I wouldn't be charged for the pizzas.
I have no issue whatsoever with the service or the reaction to my complaint - in fact I felt sorry for the staff, particularly when I discovered that the customer before me had just revealed himself to be a mystery shopper. And they say lightning never strikes twice.
I'm not sure what went wrong: it was a fairly quiet night, we didn't order anything untoward, Pizza Express is normally reliably consistent when it comes to quality, but it was a real let-down, especially when it was supposed to be a birthday treat.
The final bill was �28.40, including a tip. Yes, I tipped - although I sincerely hope none of it went to the chef.
t Pizza Express, St Benedict's Street, Norwich, 01603 622157, www.pizzaexpress.com
t Open: Mon-Sun, 11.30am-11pm.
t Wheelchair access: Yes
t Vegetarian options: Plenty.
Food: **
Atmosphere: ***
Service: ****
Family: ***


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History Dept.
What Black Jack Pershing Can Teach Us About Fighting Terrorists
Trump says to study Pershing. I did, and the lessons are the complete opposite of what he thinks.
By MARK PERRY
Mark Perry's book The Pentagon's Wars will be released in October. @markperrydc.
There was a time in U.S. history, and not so long ago, when General John "Black Jack" Pershing was the most famous American alive.
Feted by presidents, revered by soldiers, celebrated as a military genius by his followers and the subject of salacious gossip columnists (he was handsome, a widower—and available), Pershing was a legend in his time. Large numbers of Americans would have been able to recite the Missouri farm boy's life story: A West Point graduate, Pershing was an officer in the African-American 10th Cavalry Regiment during the Indian Wars, participated in the Battle of San Juan Heights (where Teddy Roosevelt served as a Rough Rider), served as a key officer during the Moro Rebellion in the southern Philippines (from 1909 to 1913) and served a governor there, chased Pancho Villa around northern Mexico (starting in 1914), then led the American Expeditionary Force to victory in World War I.
In 1919, after Pershing returned from Europe to public acclaim, the Congress named him general of the Armies—only George Washington still outranks him.
Ironically, Black Jack, whose fame has faded in the seven decades since his death, is still celebrated among military scholars, but not for what he did—but for what he didn't: and he most certainly didn't take 50 bullets, dip them in pigs blood and execute 49 Muslims in retaliation for Islamic terrorism, as Donald Trump has repeatedly told us. Trump's claim, first aired at a February 19, 2016 campaign rally in South Carolina, cited Pershing as "a rough guy"—a personality trait that, it seems, the president very much admires. After this week's attack in Barcelona, Trump tweeted: "Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!"
It was an allusion to a fictional yarn the president told on the campaign trail. According to candidate Trump, during his time fighting the Muslim Moro tribesmen in the southern Philippines, Pershing "caught 50 terrorists who did tremendous damage ... and he took the 50 terrorists and he took 50 men and dipped 50 bullets in pig's blood. You heard about that? He took 50 bullets and dipped them in pig's blood. And he had his men load up their rifles and he lined up 50 people and they shot 49 of those people. And the 50th person, he said, you go back to your people and you tell them what happened. And for 25 years there wasn't a problem." The fable, like all such, gets more grandiose with the telling: During a campaign rally in March 2016, Trump's initial 25 years became 42.
The story seems to have been kicking around the fever swamps of the internet for years. "I've been hearing this story since 9/11," says historian Brian Linn, the author of a much-admired book on the Philippine insurrection (The Philippine War, 1899-1902), "and it's no truer now than it was when I first heard it. It's almost as if people want it to be true. But when you dig into it, when you try to find specifics, you realize the story is nonsense."
Linn remains unsatisfied with simply debunking a well-worn myth. It's not only that the public should be aware that their president is repeating a story about Pershing that isn't true, he argues, what is true is actually more interesting—and instructive. In fact, while American soldiers occasionally responded to the Moro insurgency by burying the tribesmen they killed with dead pigs, Pershing thought the practice was, at best, a deterrent; he never adopted it as a useful policy, or instructed his subordinates to practice it. It was, as Pershing understood, going to take a lot more to convince knife-wielding Moro assassins (they called themselves juramentados), than burying them with pigs—or urinating on their Qurans. For Pershing, Muslim resistance was only tangentially related to religion; what he was dealing with, he thought, were disaffect tribes fearful of losing their way of life. He'd not only seen this before—he empathized with it.
"Pershing would have never described the Moro violence as terrorism," Linn says. "For him, the problem was banditry and endemic violence, which had comparatively little to do with Muslims versus Christians. This was tribal. Pershing knew the U.S. wasn't going to solve this problem with more and more American soldiers, and more and more violence. Instead, he applied the lessons he learned when dealing with native Americans on the Plains."
Which is to say that, while Pershing never recoiled from using force, he adopted a military strategy that would later be reinvented as FM 3-24, the famous counterinsurgency manual written by David Petraeus and James Amos and applied in Iraq. Pershing brought down the levels of violence (which had been used liberally, and to little effect, by his predecessors), recruited Filipinos to carry out law enforcement duties, simplified the provincial court system, designated government land for the building of mosques, took a go-slow approach to changing tribal customs (which included polygamy), reformed the laws governing contract labor, put aside more money for the building of schools and established trading posts to rebuild the Moro economy. Pershing also diligently provided a personal example for his soldiers by learning the Moro dialect, getting to know local Muslim leaders and reading the Quran. In essence, he became a kind of Lawrence of the Philippines—a Moro Whisperer.
For all of that, there are some things not to like about Pershing. He could be imperious, opinionated, short-tempered, stubborn and something of a martinet. In later years, senior officers would note that he seeded the U.S. military with his acolytes, which Douglas MacArthur (who disliked him, and intensely) called the "Pershing Mafia." He got his nickname "Black Jack" while serving as a drill instructor at West Point, where the cadets resented his manner and took to calling him "N----- Jack," which was later softened to "Black Jack." Additionally, like Teddy Roosevelt (who, as president, admired and promoted him), he had an unbending belief in white America's civilizing influence—a kind of default position for that era. During the Plains Wars, he forcibly deported large numbers of Cree Indians from their ancestral lands to Canada and, despite his celebrated leadership of the 10th Cavalry, he readily agreed to the continued segregation of African-American soldiers from white troops during World War I.
But by the standards of his age, Pershing was fairly enlightened. When he fought the Moros at what has gone down in history as the Battle of Bud Bagsak (in June 1913), Pershing proved adept at implementing tactics that would dampen Philippine (and U.S.) casualties: He recruited local leaders to denounce the uprising, attempted to negotiate a political agreement with the rebels, then waited them out (which siphoned off their strength) before attacking. Despite this, Bud Bagsak resulted in the deaths of approximately 500 Moro tribesmen and 13 Americans. "The fighting was the fiercest I have ever seen," he later wrote. "They [the tribesmen] are absolutely fearless, and once committed to combat they count death as a mere incident."
Nor surprisingly, while Trump's ill-advised monologues and tweets on Pershing have focused the public on swine blood and the treatment of terrorists (including the blinkered notion that if you bury ISIS fighters with pigs, their paradise-loving co-religionists will surrender), Pershing's legacy has almost nothing to do with his service fighting Moros and everything to do with his command of U.S. troops in World War I. In 1917, when America entered the war, Woodrow Wilson named Pershing to head the U.S. forces—a perfect if surprising choice, as it turned out. Pershing not only had absolute faith in America's military prowess, he had little regard for British and French commanders who'd spent the previous three years sending their soldiers "over the top" in useless slugging matches with well-armed Germans.
When British and French commanders insisted that U.S. troops be disbursed among European units (they had little regard for the green "doughboys," but liked the idea of using their numbers to succeed in doing what they'd failed to do for three years), Pershing dug in his heels. He eschewed the constant frontal assaults preferred by his European peers and not only insisted that U.S. troops be commanded by Americans, but that the U.S. be given its own front on the allied lines—where they would attack the Germans as a single American Army. The British and French finally relented, but Pershing's stubborn insistence influenced a generation of American officers who would not only fight in Europe as a part of an Allied coalition in World War II, but command them. And among the leaders of that effort were senior soldiers whom Pershing had trained—including the legendary George Marshall, who revered him.
"Pershing is a seminal figure," historian Linn says, "who's been too long forgotten. In a sense, I suppose, you might consider him a transitional figure, but that's not to diminish what he accomplished. He transformed the U.S. Army from a constabulary force sitting in forts on the frontier into a world-class military. He was also an officer of immense moral courage, and would it be a great disservice to Pershing's memory, and to the honor of the United States Army, that this malicious lie be allowed to stand without challenge."
Trump's generals—McMaster, Mattis, Kelly and Dunford—almost certainly agree. While not as celebrated as later commanders like Eisenhower or Patton, Pershing holds a prominent place in U.S. military history, his visage visible in a Pentagon portrait, his tactics studied at West Point. Then too, each of Trump's generals are not only steeped in history, they understand its first and most important lesson: that to learn from it, you must first get it right.

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Generation Z refers to babies born from the late 90s through today.
It's basically anyone born somewhere between 1977 and 1983. To be a "90's kid" implies you spent most of your teen years in the 1990's. Born in '77 and they were 13 in 1990 and spent all of their teen years in the 90's. Born in '83 and they'll have spent ages 7 to 17 in the 1990's.
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Baby Boom Generation 1946 – 1964 48 – 65
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Gen Z: Gen Z is the newest generation, born between 1997 and 2012/15. They are currently between 6 and 24 years old (nearly 68 million in the U.S.)
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Specialist, Facility Logistics - Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Washington · DC)
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Facility Operations/Event Staff: Facility/Venue Management
Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE), located in Washington, D.C., is one of the largest integrated sports and entertainment companies in the country with one of the most diverse partnership groups in all of sports. MSE owns and operates five professional sports teams: the 2019 WNBA Champion Washington Mystics, the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals, NBA's Washington Wizards, NBA G League's Capital City Go-Go, and NBA 2K League's Wizards District Gaming. The company is also co-owner of aXiomatic, which has controlling interest in global esports franchise Team Liquid, and owns and operates Capital One Arena in DC. MSE also manages MedStar Capitals Iceplex, the state-of-the-art training facility for the Capitals and EagleBank Arena on George Mason University's campus. In conjunction with the District of Columbia and Events DC, MSE is a partner in a new sports and entertainment facility in Southeast DC on the St. Elizabeth's East campus that opened in September 2018. Facility highlights include MedStar Wizards Performance Center, the brand-new training facility for the Wizards, Go-Go and Mystics, and a 4,200-seat arena which serves as the new home of the Mystics and Go-Go. MSE also co-owns and operates Monumental Sports Network (MSN) with the NBC Sports Group. MSN is the mid-Atlantic region's top destination for exclusive fan experiences and original sports content across desktop, tablet, mobile and OTT streaming devices. Visit www.monumentalsports.com.
MSE proudly promotes its core values for all those that interact with the company. As a member of our team:
You will provide first-class customer service and value for our fans.
You will champion a double-bottom line that engages, unifies and gives back to the community we serve.
You will work tirelessly to build generationally exceptional teams that compete for championships year after year and create lifelong memories for our fans.
You will measure performance with specific objectives and metrics and our analysis and decisions are compelled by data.
You will prize leadership, but you should value teamwork and collaboration and transparency even more. We treat each other with respect. We act with honesty and integrity. We remain humble.
You will innovate. We are nimble and first to market. We are not averse to risk.
You will have fun. We are in the business of happiness.
The Specialist, Facility Logistics position is responsible for the day-to-day office operations and supply management at the Medstar Health Performance Center. This position will support operations including efficiently screen incoming mail, maintain office supply inventory, send time-sensitive mailing, stock staffing areas, and assisting with other tasks as assigned.
Do you have experience providing facility operations support in an office environment? If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!
Responsible for receiving, processing, and delivering all mail, packages and interoffice correspondence handling to employees and clients.
Coordinate the handling, routing, pick-up and delivery activities of mail operations within the facility.
Process, record and organize all mail and packages, including inbound/outbound packages, mail machine manifest records and certified/registered postal information.
Maintain facility resources equipment such as copiers and printers including troubleshooting, servicing and scheduling service appointments.
Organize, stock, and distribute office supplies as requested while maintaining appearance of copy rooms and supply areas.
Communicate with various groups to maintain inventory of beverages and food items in training areas and employee break spaces.
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Businesses that present their websites only in English are losing $10 million in lost sales per year, according to Harvard based Forrester Research.
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Valley Panthers have put in place a pathway for women's rugby in the Amman Valley.
The concept is to allow girls to be able to play rugby in an Under 15's team with progression to an Under 18's and then to move to the Senior Ladies Team which currently plays in the Ladies Premiership League.
We have girls and ladies from all parts of the Amman Valley, and further afield, training with us each week, under the stewardship of our Head Coach and Welsh Ladies International, Lowri Harries.
The aim is to bring the Valley together in pooling our resources to move girls and ladies rugby forward in the Valley.
Thanks to Pantyffynnon RFC and Penybanc RFC for having the forsight to understand that the women's rugby is not a replica of the Men's game, and different models need to be followed in order to create a lasting legacy in the whole valley.
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The Works shares squishy after profit warning
By August Graham, PA City Reporter
PA Media: Money 7 November 2019
Shares in The Works collapsed on Thursday after the company warned that profit will be much lower than expected over the year, even as it eyes the vital Christmas period.
The company's value on the London markets fell a massive 43% as the troubled arts and crafts retailer said it had been hit by a "difficult consumer backdrop".
When stripping out incredibly high sales of Squishies – squeezable toys for children – like-for-like sales dropped by 1.9%.
When including Squishies, like-for-like sales fell 3.6%. Total revenue increased 5.4%.
The Works excludes so-called mega trends, products that account for more than 3% of weekly sales over a "material" time period.
"The consumer environment has remained challenging and we have been trading against strong comparators given last year's mega trend," said chief executive Kevin Keaney.
Although sales have improved in recent weeks, the board warned that it expects "full-year profit before tax to be significantly below current market expectations".
It is a big blow for the company as it looks forward to the vital Christmas period when it hopes to sell new Frozen 2 merchandise.
However, Mr Keaney said he is still "confident" in The Works' ability to grow in the medium term.
"We have responded decisively to minimise the impact to our performance and are benefiting from easier comparators in the second half," he said.
"We now look ahead to the busy Christmas period fully prepared and ready to deliver for our customers with a fantastic selection of good-quality and great-value products.
"Notwithstanding the current backdrop, we remain confident in our medium-term growth opportunities and we continue to invest to unlock them."
The Works has 525 stores in the UK and Ireland, and hopes to open another 22 before the end of the financial year.
"The current high street environment creates opportunities, with the structural shift in the retail sector resulting in a strong pipeline of affordable, good-quality retail space," it said in a statement.


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In these polarized times, a week before a bitterly fought presidential election (that her husband may or may not be competing in), Kim Kardashian West unified the country by tweeting about how she celebrated her 40th birthday. Kardashian West, "feeling so humbled and blessed" to be alive, decided she "couldn't think of a better way to spend" her birthday "than with some of the people who have helped shaped me into the woman I am today," she tweeted. And they spent it on a private island, pretending "things were normal just for a brief moment" in the COVID-19 pandemic.
After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time. pic.twitter.com/cIFP7Nv5bV
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) October 27, 2020
The replies to Kardashian West's party recap included lots of suggestions she is wildly out of touch and might want to learn to "read the room," calls for wealth redistribution, and several reminders of what her sister, Khloe, said when she cried over lost earrings.
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After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time. pic.twitter.com/vnPntHsKB8
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) October 27, 2020
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— Paul "Boo State Voter" Musgrave (@profmusgrave) October 27, 2020
After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time. pic.twitter.com/shLNWTxRhV
— Supra Elongata (@supra_elongata) October 27, 2020
Kardashian West wasn't totally oblivious to how her birthday celebration might come across. "We danced, rode bikes, swam near whales, kayaked, watched a movie on the beach, and so much more," she tweeted. "I realize that for most people, this is something that is so far out of reach right now, so in moments like these, I am humbly reminded of how privileged my life is." Peter Weber
It's a little known fact that the presidential inauguration actually doubles as a fashion show of preppy winter fits, and President-elect Joe Biden's was no different. But the winner of the Capitol steps on Wednesday wasn't Michelle Obama, in her plum Sergio Hudson, or Kamala Harris' step-daughter, Ella Emhoff, in her embellished coat, or Jill Biden, in her custom blue Markarian.
No, it was the grumpy chic outfit of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders:
The pose. The mittens. The social distance. pic.twitter.com/kwHH7AzZY8
— Vulture (@vulture) January 20, 2021
Bernie is your uncle who walks into your graduation dinner, hands you a check he just ripped out of his checkbook, no card, and asks the waiter where the nearest UPS Dropbox is because he needs to return something while he's out. pic.twitter.com/Hpc8EWABCl
— R. Eric Thomas (@oureric) January 20, 2021
Bernie is wearing his I am once again asking you jacket pic.twitter.com/mtkm7Sx7l8
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) January 20, 2021
Sanders, naturally, wears mittens made by a teacher from Essex Junction, Vermont, and knit from "repurposed wool sweaters and lined with fleece made from recycled plastic bottles," BuzzFeed News' Ruby Cramer reports. Jeva Lange
President Trump departed Washington, D.C., before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, but three of the other four living presidents and first ladies have gathered on stage to support their latest successor. Bill and Hillary Clinton, George W. and Laura Bush, and Barack and Michelle Obama were all introduced ahead of the ceremony.
Former Pres. Bill Clinton and former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton arrive for the inauguration of Joe Biden. https://t.co/WegAJRvMdn pic.twitter.com/ZFkAlx9icr
Former president George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush arrive to take their seats at the U.S Capitol for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.https://t.co/UAlbBuSLTS #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/RcyLmk1o3l
Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama are introduced ahead of incoming President Joe Biden's swearing in at the US Capitol https://t.co/bpxEa1gj8c pic.twitter.com/btxreVMLE0
— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) January 20, 2021
It's customary for former presidents to attend the inauguration — the Clintons, Bushes, and Obamas were all at Trump's ceremony in 2017 — though Biden's event comes amid a pandemic and security concerns following the Jan. 6 Capitol siege. Still, they were all on board.
Former President Jimmy Carter, meanwhile, decided not to attend, marking the first time he's missed a ceremony since he was sworn in in 1977. Of course, it's quite safe to assume the 96-year-old Carter is not snubbing Biden, but rather staying home for health and safety reasons, as he has through much of the pandemic, per ABC News. Tim O'Donnell
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris had a fitting escort to walk her up the stairs of the Capitol on Wednesday: Eugene Goodman, the lone, Black police officer who bravely lured rioters away from the Senate chamber during the invasion of the Capitol building earlier this month.
Goodman is the new acting deputy House Sergeant at Arms, and a candidate for the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the highest honors a civilian can receive. "I've always said, if bullets start ripping through, I'm finding Goodman," a friend of Goodman's told The Washington Post. "He's been in hostile firefights [in Iraq], so he knows how to keep his head."
Goodman will also accompany Harris on the presidential platform on Wednesday, where she will be sworn in as vice president of the United States. Jeva Lange
NEW: Eugene Goodman, the Capitol Police officer who put himself in harms way while defending the building from a violent mob, has been named the Acting Deputy House Sergeant at Arms.
Goodman will escort Vice President-elect Kamala Harris up the stairs of the Capitol today. pic.twitter.com/n3FGg0jRtp
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) January 20, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden is revamping outgoing President Trump's coronavirus approach before he even takes office.
On Wednesday morning, Biden asked Surgeon General Jerome Adams, whom Trump nominated for a four-year term back in 2017, to step down from his post. Biden has already announced his intention to nominate former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to the post, but will install an acting surgeon general in the meantime, The Washington Post reports.
The nation's top doctor is appointed for four-year terms; Adams took office in Sept. 2017, allowing him to stay on through this September. But amid the Trump administration's bungling of the COVID-19 crisis, it seems Biden wants a fresh start. He'll even bypass Deputy Surgeon General Erica Schwartz, a career civil servant, in naming an acting top doctor to take Adams' spot, the Post reports.
Adams acknowledged his forced resignation in a statement, which focused more on smoking cessation and other health crises than on COVID-19. Kathryn Krawczyk
I've been asked by the Biden team to step down as Surgeon General. Its been the honor of my life to serve this Nation, and I will do all I can to ensure everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve and maintain health. See my full statement at: https://t.co/pCkbpealt8
— U.S. Surgeon General (@Surgeon_General) January 20, 2021
Solving COVID
Ivermectin.
Ivermectin, a cheap and "generic" antiparasitic drug "used all over the world," may significantly reduce the risk of death in patients suffering from moderate to severe cases of COVID-19, researchers have found.
The University of Liverpool's Andrew Hill and others carried out a meta-analytical breakdown of 18 studies that showed the drug — which is off-patent and commonly used to treat lice and scabies, as well as some more serious parasites — appears to reduce inflammation and eliminate the coronavirus swiftly, the Financial Times reports. In six of those trials, the mortality risk was cut by 75 percent in patients with more serious COVID-19 infections. The research team has also theorized the drug could also make it harder for infected people to transmit the virus.
Hill said he's encouraged by the findings, but further studies are needed, especially since several of those in the analysis were not peer-reviewed. FT also notes that meta-analyses, which look at many studies at once, can be prone to errors. Read more at the Financial Times. Tim O'Donnell
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Melania Trump was reportedly "emotionally checked out" long before boarding Air Force One to leave D.C. on Wednesday, going as far as to outsource writing her "thank you" notes to the White House residence staff, The New York Times and CNN report.
Traditionally, the first family of the United States will write short cards to their household staff, thanking them for taking care of them over the past four to eight years. The cards tend to be intimate and "much of the correspondence includes personal anecdotes and the letters become 'cherished keepsakes' for the residence staff," such as the butlers, cooks, and housekeepers, who do not tend to turn-over between administrations, CNN writes.
Melania Trump, however, reportedly did not personally write the cards for the approximately 80 staff members charged with caring for her, her husband, and her teenage son, Barron, while they lived in the White House. Instead, she is said to have instructed a "lower-level East Wing staffer" to write the type-written notes "in her voice," and then signed her name.
"I think she was a reluctant first lady and she did it for her husband," society publicist R. Couri Hay, who knows Trump from New York, told The New York Times. He added that after she departs Washington, "I think that you will find that she will be even less visible, and less available." Jeva Lange
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President Trump never really acknowledged President-elect Joe Biden's victory — or even mentioned his name after the election. But the president did leave a note for his successor before his Wednesday morning departure, outgoing White House Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere told NPR.
Trump left the White House for the final time Wednesday morning, to the tune of some very fitting songs. Outgoing presidents and their staffs typically leave notes on their desks for their successors to aid in the transition and wish them well. But given Trump's history of not exactly following norms or accepting election results, it's a surprise that he followed that tradition.
It's unclear just what was in the note Trump left for Biden. In his farewell address, he did wish the next administration "great luck and great success," without mentioning their names. Outgoing Vice President Mike Pence, who reportedly did eventually offer his congratulations in a call to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, also left behind a note for her. Kathryn Krawczyk


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FISIOGNOMICA
This album is like the chronicle of an introspective musical and poetical "quest" in search for God and Peace, for Love and Silence; it's an effort to go beyond the appearances trying to reflect about the meaning of life... No more funny nonsense lyrics, like in some previous Battiato's pop works... Here the lyrics are full of mysticism and spirituality... Battiato's interest in classical music and opera brought on a change in his attitude to song-writing: "Fisiognomica" is an album that seem to stem from "Sulle corde di Aries", with musical influences going from Middle-East to "Mitteleuropa" and nevertheless it's not a prog one, it's just an album of songs and beautiful melodies with an "ethno- classical" touch and refined arrangements...
Fisiognomica means Physiognomy... "Physiognomy (Gk. physis, nature and gnomon, judge, interpreter) is a theory and a folk science based upon the idea that the study and judgement of a person's outer appearance, primarily the face, may give insights into their character or personality" (from Wikipedia)... "I can read into your eyes how many lives you have lived / From the cut of your mouth I can see if you are inclined to hate or to mercy / In the shape of your nose I can read if you are proud or vile..." The opener title track features a peculiar percussion work and an "oriental touch" blended with a church-like atmosphere while words sound like a warning about the inadequacy of a judgement based only upon appearances... "It's difficult to understand what's fair and that the Eternal has not begun / Because our mind is temporary and the body lives, rightly, only this life / But if you feel troubled, address yourself to the Lord / Believe me, we are nothing but mean creeks without a source..."
"E ti vengo a cercare" is one of the best known Battato's songs... Lyrics are about the search for God and spiritual Love... "And I'm going looking for You / Just to see You or to speak to You / Because I need your presence / To understand better my identity... This waning century / Fed up with parasites without dignity / Just push me to do my best / With more resolution..." This track has a beautiful melody and a suggestive arrangement... It was very successful and it deserved to Battiato the honour to perform a concert for the pope in Vatican City...
"Veni l'autunnu" and "Secondo imbrunire" are two delicate songs with a fresh Mediterranean flavour... The first one is sung in the dialect of Sicily (though the last verses are in Arab) and is a song of love for this Italian region... In "Secondo imbrunire" lyrics draw a beautiful Sicilian panorama in the twilight while melancholic thoughts about the need to be alone to meditate are rising...
"Nomadi" (written by Juri Camisasca) is more in the "pop" vein and lyrics are about the need to travel searching for interior peace... "Walker looking for peace in the dusk / You will find it at the end of the road... Stranger looking for the unfathomable dimension / You will find it out of the city, at the of the road..." At the end of this song there's a good (although short) guitar solo, one of the few moments in this album where you can really appreciate the technique of the guitarist Ricky Belloni (Nuova Idea, New Trolls)...
"Zai Saman" (partially sung in Arab) is the track of the album where the Middle Eastern influences are stronger, with an interesting mix of percussions, strings and electric guitar... Lyrics are almost prophetic... "Emptied of reason, the West is crumbling / It will suffocate because of his greediness / And of his absurd thirst of power / While from the East hordes of fanatics..."
"Il mito dell'amore" (The myth of love) and "Un oceano di silenzio" (An ocean of silence) are both clearly "classical inspired"... The first one is almost melodramatic, featuring a beautiful orchestral arrangements and a peculiar finale with an excellent organ work... "Un oceano di silenzio" features soprano vocals singing in German some verses of the writer Fleur Jaeggy taken from the book "Wasserstatuen" and opera-like choirs... "An Ocean of silence flows slowly / Without centre nor beginning / What would I had seen of the world / Without this light that lightens my black thoughts?"...
In the whole "Fisiognomica" is a very good album, short but without really weak moments... Although I think that it is not essential in a prog collection, it deserves a try...
andrea | 3/5 | 2006-12-3
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Transcript – Joint press conference by Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, and Malaysian Minister of Defence, the Hon Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein
Topics: 2016 Defence White Paper, Australia-Malaysia relations, counter-Daesh campaign
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MINISTER HISHAMMUDDIN: Good day to everyone. First and foremost, I would like to welcome Senator Marise Payne and thank you for being able to be with us here. I just want to report to the press that we had a very good meeting. One of which is that Senator Marise Payne actually briefed me on the latest Defence White Paper that had been tabled in Australia. I am really appreciative of your decision to do that and that is something that I really appreciate as we move forward bilaterally.
We spoke about a host of matters ranging from the threat of militancy – IS and Daesh. We spoke with regards to the future of FPDA and also on the South China Sea. But I will just give an opportunity to Her Excellency Marise Payne to say a few words, maybe if you start with the White Paper that we discussed. Thank you, Senator.
MINISTER PAYNE: Thank you very much Minister and thank you for your extremely warm welcome here this afternoon. I would like to begin by saying that on this visit as Australia's Defence Minister, I am only visiting two locations in our region to provide a personal briefing to my counterparts on Australia's Defence White Paper and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is the one here this afternoon and Jakarta is the other.
So, I do think that is a very important indication of the history, the depth and the strength of our relationship, not just in relation to Defence cooperation but in fact, between Australia and Malaysia more broadly. So to you Minister, to General and to your Secretary-General, thank you very much for your extremely warm welcome. The honour of being met by the honour guard, General, in particular.
Ladies and gentlemen, our White Paper for 2016 is essentially a document that provides for Australian Government and for our Defence operations our primary strategic guidance for how we approach our capability, our resources and our Defence posture. It sets our relationships and again reinforces why I am here today. It sets out the premise for our Force structure, looking not just into the near future but in fact across the next decade and the decade beyond that, and similarly our strategic engagement and the security environment in which we face ourselves.
We've identified a number of things as part of that discussion this afternoon in which we work with common purpose and common interest. We identified challenges which would include ensuring that as sovereign nations, we are able to expect and work within an international environment that operates on a rules-based global order with a degree of predictability, with observations around international law that we would expect to see in the work we do ourselves and of our counterparts more broadly.
We discussed and identified a number of the challenges we faced in the counter-terrorism and counter-radicalisation environment as well. They are challenges not just for each of us in our own countries but in our broader region and then of course in the battles that we face in both Iraq and Syria currently in relation to the challenges of countering Daesh and the insidious impacts.
We've also, and in fact this is a very contemporary observation and an important part of our White Paper, discuss the challenges that we face in the cyber world today, in how we do our business, how we protect ourselves from attack in that context, and I think that they are very important and very current observations.
As the Minister has indicated we also emphasised the importance of the partnerships that we enjoy in ASEAN Defence Ministers Plus and also in the FPDA arrangements – both of very strategic importance to Australia and Malaysia.
Hishammuddin, I thank you very much for the opportunity to have met with you this afternoon. It's never long enough. I am a serial offender in that regard and I can certainly indicate that I intend to make my next visit to Kuala Lumpur one which enables me to spend more time here and to engage even further with you and with your very senior officials.
MINISTER HISHAMMUDDIN: You are most welcome. Maybe a couple of questions?
JOURNALIST: Hi, Melissa from Channel News Asia based in Singapore. Will Australia take a more active role in sending ships to patrol the South China Sea for Freedom of Navigation?
MINISTER PAYNE: Thank you very much for your question. In fact, I had the opportunity to meet with the Defence Minister of Singapore myself in Sydney as well last Friday. This is something which the White Paper covers in some detail; both our relationship – our extremely important relationship – with China, but also the importance to the region of ensuring that we have freedom of movement, freedom of navigation, freedom of overflight through the South China Sea for all nations who are prepared to operate under the auspices of international law.
Australia, in releasing our White Paper, did not necessarily please our colleagues in China with some of the observations that we made. But we've been extremely consistent in saying that our activities will continue, that we will send our ships and our planes through that part of the world as and when we require necessary in accordance with international law – that's not a position that we've changed.
JOURNALIST: Hi, Rozana from Reuters. Minister Hishammuddin, you said last week that China's might may build up in the South China Sea. If it is proven to be true, might you demand a pushback from Malaysia and other ASEAN countries? Today, we saw that Indonesia has called up the Chinese Ambassador over disputes in the South China Sea as well. So, any updates on that?
MINISTER HISHAMMUDDIN: The calling up of the Chinese Ambassador in Indonesia is on a completely different matter which is not related to what I referred to earlier. It is important, as I said, that Malaysia cannot face the complexities of South China Sea on its own. One engagement with Senator Marise today is an effort looking forward where we look at the consistency and the facts and the sharing of information and what transpires later on must be verified by so many parties who have very clear intentions and clear principles in the way forward. What is wrong is wrong but before we decide that it is wrong, we better get our facts correct. So moving forward, as far as the South China Sea, I consider platforms that already exist like the FPDA, ADMM-Plus, bilaterally with Australia, and personal relationships between leaders is something that is important as we navigate very difficult waters.
Separate incidents that happen bilaterally between China and other states should not affect the overall wish to make sure that South China Sea and related areas are stable and safe and the free movement in the air and in the waters are continued. That is our joint responsibility and the more people we engage and get on board with very clear rules-based effort as mentioned in the White Paper, I think the better chance of us getting it correct.
The point within ASEAN: it is very important for me personally to engage our friends in ASEAN and I indicated after this I would be meeting with my counterpart in Vietnam and also in the Philippines. As you know, in the Philippines there's a presidential election so it will have to be after the new President comes in?
[to Minister Payne] I could see she [journalist] is mimicking saying 'when?' So, before you actually ask me, I might as well answer.
MINISTER PAYNE: I'm in an election year myself so I understand these issues.
MINISTER HISHAMMUDDIN: That was the question right, 'when'? So, we'll have to wait until the presidential election takes place in the Philippines. As far as Vietnam is concerned, there will be a new Defence Minister next month. So, when that takes place, I'll be visiting Vietnam.
JOURNALIST: I'm from Bloomberg. Could you explain the incidents and threats of IS and Daesh in this region to Australia and how Australia can contribute?
MINISTER PAYNE: I think the question was the threat that Daesh plays in this region. Thank you very much for your question.
We've indicated in the White Paper, and this perhaps is indicative of the changed environment in which we find ourselves, but this does change the outlook and the approach that a country like Australia has to take both domestically, then regionally and then more broadly as I said earlier.
We, in Australia, have encountered individuals within our own community who have, through their adoption or pursuit of the approach that Daesh takes, presented quite serious threats to our common border and to our society. That would be the first thing that I would say. For those other countries in the region who have also within their own communities been dealing with the challenges of pockets of radicalisation, pockets of adherence to the views of Daesh, we understand and we have dealt with it ourselves.
We recognise that, including from Australia, from our country and from countries within the region a number of individuals have gone to the Middle East to fight against our ways of life and against the global-based rules order, in particular in Syria and Iraq most recently, in concert with Daesh. As those individuals, to greater and lesser degrees, make efforts to return either to their own countries or to the region, we as partners and counterpart Ministers need to be very much aware of the challenges that that creates for our legal systems, for the defence of our nations, and we have certainly discussed that in our considerations this afternoon.
I want to be very, very clear that none of us can afford to underestimate the importance of dealing with this challenge in a concerted and determined and assertive way. That is why Australia is engaged in Iraq and in Syria. It is why we work with our counterparts in the region, why we learn, in fact, from our counterparts in the region and approaches that countries like Malaysia take on de-radicalisation and dealing with individuals who purport to take up the case of Daesh and why we do it ourselves. I think the Minister and I are absolutely at one in terms of the importance of this.
MINISTER HISHAMMUDDIN: Marise, if you allow me just to add to that, finally. We have both decided to share information and intelligence on flash points and areas that we should monitor. The template that we see happening in the Middle East, for example, must not be allowed to be replicated here. So, I refer specifically to developments in southern Philippines, southern Thailand, the movement of people from Myanmar and even from China when it involves the Rohingyas and the Uighurs; these are something that we have learnt from unfolding stories and developments in the Middle East. It is something that we should take stock and both Australia and Malaysia in respect to militancy and terrorism, especially with the threats of Daesh, we will be working together. I open that up to Australia too because all ten nations, all of ASEAN through ADMM, have all united to fight IS and Daesh. So, it is another platform for Australia to engage ASEAN on that matter. So again, on behalf of everybody, Senator, thank you so much for coming around and sharing all those thoughts. Thank you.
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Move Over, Emma Watson: Jennifer Connelly is the Style Star of the 'Noah' London Premiere
By Mary Avant
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Noah may be making a big splash at the box office — coming in at number one over films like Divergent and Muppets Most Wanted — but it's been making waves on the red carpet, too. And after all of the amazing looks that have graced the Noah premiere red carpets over the last several weeks — from stunning suits and glam gowns to magnificent minis and basic, black dresses — we shouldn't be in the least bit surprised at this point that the film's stars, Emma Watson and Jennifer Connelly, stunned once again at the London premiere of the new biblical blockbuster. What we were shocked at, however, was that Connelly — a well-dressed lady, no doubt, but not quite near the fashion 'It' Girl level of Watson — may have blown the young Harry Potter star out of the water with her unbelievably gorgeous and high-fashion gown.
Going out with a bang, Connelly showed up to the film's final premiere donning a high-neck, sleeveless gown, complete with a green and pink floral bodice and a flowing, black organza skirt — a look that combine to create the perfect mix of mystery, glamour, edge, and sophistication for the actress's final red (or rather water-printed) carpet of the Noah premiere tour.
Pairing the practically perfect Alexander McQueen look with her signature porcelain skin, bold brows, and swept-back black locks, Connelly completed the look with a subtly smoky eye, soft-pink lips and cheeks, and a stunning diamond cuff on her left ear.
And it's not that Connelly had little to compete with for the best dressed title. After all, Watson showed up to the premiere looking as gorgeous as — or perhaps even more so than — ever, looking like a vision in an all-white, silk Ralph Lauren halter gown. Pairing the ensemble with a matching white pump, a small silver clutch, a simple updo, and peach-pink lips, the look was much lighter and simpler than the other (albeit fabulous) looks she's donned for the Noah press tour.
In the end, if this truly were a battle of the red-carpet fashion stars, we all know who would be the winner: Watson's and Connelly's adoring audience, who gets to sit back and admire these unbelievable outfits from afar.


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Alex Ortega
Alex Ortega, PhD, is Professor of Health Policy and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science at UCLA. He is Director of the UCLA Center for Population Health & Health Disparities and Associate Director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. He has also served as Director of the UCLA Institute for Social Research. Prior to his UCLA appointment, he was on the public health faculty at Yale University.
Professor Ortega is an internationally recognized expert on the application of epidemiological methods in health services research, and his work focuses on the physical, medical, and mental health needs of Latino children and their families both in the United States and in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. He has also published health research on the homeless, military veterans, and undocumented immigrants. He is the 2008 recipient of the Distinguished Nationally Known Public Health Professional Award by the Latino Caucus of the American Public Health Association.
Professor of Health Policy and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science at UCLA
Areas of expertise: Public Health, Health Disparities, Health Needs of Latino Children and Families, Epidemiology
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Vladimír Hubáček (28 August 1932 – 2 September 2021) was a Czech rally driver.

Biography
From the 1950s to the 1970s, Hubáček competed in rally cars such as the Škoda Octavia, the Renault 8 Gordini, and the Alpine A110. He won a total of 25 races, including the Barum Czech Rally Zlín three times. He was six-time champion of the , five of which came in the Lotus 41. In 1969, he won the Cup of Peace and Friendship. He also raced in the  and the East German Formula Three Championship.

Vladimír Hubáček died on 2 September 2021 at the age of 89.

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The celebrity bean counters at Forbes recently named Scarlett Johansson as the "world's highest-paid actress" with an estimated pre-tax haul of more than $40 million between June 2017 and June 2018. And, as sniffed out by the property gossips at The New York Post, the "Avengers" superhero franchise star is throwing some of those earnings around with the $4 million purchase of an historic spread picturesquely nipped away in the insular, sleepy and celebrity-attracting Snedens Landing enclave just over the George Washington Bridge about an hours drive outside of Midtown Manhattan in New York State's Rockland County.
Obscured by trees and perfectly positioned on the highest point of a .79-acre corner parcel with tree-framed views that extend clear across the wide, glimmering expanse of the Hudson River, the 1953 Colonial was designed by artist, architect and Snedens Landing resident Eric Gugler, best known for his work on an expansion of the West Wing of the White House during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Festooned with theatrical wrought iron filigree reminiscent of New Orleans, almost entirely encrusted in ivy and, hence, unsurprisingly known as Ivy House, two-story residence has four bedrooms and four bathrooms in about 4,000-square-feet.
The living room features a bay window that provides a panoramic view over the river along with a fireplace and French doors to an all glass greenhouse that opens to the swimming pool. There are two dining spaces, one with a floor-to-ceiling bowed window, plus a small den with fireplace and a renovated if somewhat dated kitchen arranged around a curved island snack bar and fitted with fairly pedestrian, cherry-toned raised panel cabinetry and unremarkable beige ceramic tile countertops and back splashes. Two of the upstairs bedrooms, including the master suite, which is enhanced by an antique fireplace, open to a shared balcony with filigree arches and elevated river views.
Slightly and pleasantly scruffy grounds incorporate lush sweeps of rolling, tree-shaded lawns bordered by mature specimen plantings, serene courtyard gardens and meandering red brick terraces. There's a tennis court on the front side of the property and, on a grassy, river-view plateau, a swimming pool and cabana. In addition to a detached two-car garage near the house, there's a four-car carriage house near the foot of the driveway.
Snedens Landing, also known as Palisades, is famous for attracting high-profile individuals who appreciate its rustic seclusion and convenient proximity to Manhattan. According to marketing materials, Johansson's new hideaway, likely to undergo extensive renovations and, presumably, professional decoration, was once occupied by actress Brenda Forbes who entertained her Snedens Landing neighbors Noel Coward, Laurence Olivier and Katherine Hepburn. Angelina Jolie spent part of her childhood here, as did Hayden Panatierre, and a short list of past residents includes Icelandic pop chanteuse Björk, ballet dancer Mikail Baryshnikov, newsman Mike Wallace and Oscar winners William Hurt, Al Pacino and Jessica Lange. Earlier this year Phish front man Try Anastasio lost a small fortune on the sale of an historic home he bought from Lorraine Bracco who bought the cliff-side house back in 1989 with then husband Harvey Keitel from Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn.
Officially divorced last year and now romantically wrapped up with "Saturday Night Live" co-head writer Colin Jost, Johansson maintains a robust residential property portfolio that extends from coast to coast. More than ten years ago the "Avengers" franchise star paid $2.1 million for a terraced two-bedroom penthouse atop a distinguished, white-glove building in Midtown Manhattan's posh if not particularly fashionable Sutton Place neighborhood and over the summer of 2013, shortly before she married her now second ex-husband, French advertising executive Romain Dauriac, she paid $3.5 million for a not quite 1.5-acre spread at the eastern border of the boho-chic Hamptons hamlet of Amagansett, New York. In late 2014, she put down some multimillion dollar real estate roots in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles with the close to $3.9 million purchase of a smartly renovated 1940s traditional secured behind gates at the tail end of an obscure cul-de-sac in the foothills between Bronson Canyon and Griffith Park.
Listing photos: Ellis Sotheby's International Realty


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Colleen regularly attends continuing professional development courses to update her knowledge and skills. In the past few years she has participated in: trauma-focused CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), dialectical behaviour therapy DBT, mindfulness skills, solution focused therapy, plus treating complex trauma & dissociation. She has training in 'psychological first aid' and 'critical incident debriefing' for stressful workplace events. She is also trained in EMDR therapy (eye movement desensitization & reprocessing).
Colleen worked for many years as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Bolton, then as an honorary researcher. Her subject area is women and eating problems plus qualitative research methods. In July 2009 she completed a 3 year NHS clinical research project (REC Reference No: 05/Q1201/54) with obese women. The group helped women reach and maintain a significant weight loss, along with improving their eating behaviour and self-esteem.
Colleen has edited a number of special features in the journal Feminism and Psychology as well as having been a member of the Editorial Board. She is co-editor (with Bruna Seu) of Feminism and Psychotherapy: Reflections on Contemporary Theories and Practices (Sage, 1998). She is also co-author of two books (with Erica Burman et al) - Challenging Women: Psychology's Exclusions, Feminist Possibilities (Open University Press, 1996) and Psychology, Discourse, Practice: From Regulation to Resistance (Taylor and Francis, 1996). In addition, she has written a number of book chapters and journal articles on women and eating problems, as well as psychotherapy.