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These Mile High Easy Lemon Bars are deliciously sweet and tart with the perfect burst of lemon flavor and a rich, buttery shortbread crust all baked into a big thick bar.
This small batch recipe makes 4 generous slices, a perfect dessert for two. Make it for an impressive finish to your date night meal.
This recipe uses easy pantry staples with only 3 ingredients for the crust and 4 ingredients for the filling and then topped with just a sprinkling of powdered sugar. Plan ahead as you will need about 2 hours from start to finish.
For a short history on the origin of Lemon Bars click here.
Line a 6 x 6 inch cake pan with a piece of parchment paper, with some paper sticking out on two sides for easy removal. Click here for a 6 x 6 inch cake pan.
Spray the pan and parchment with non-stick spray.
Cream the butter and sugar in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Click here for a stand mixer.
Add the flour and mix until small crumbles form.
Dump the crust crumbles into the prepared pan and press the crust flat into the pan with your fingers.
Bake for 20 minutes until the crust is just barely browned on top.
While the crust is baking, mix the filling.
Beat together the eggs, sugar, lemon juice, and flour.
When the crust is done, pour the filling on top of the crust.
Place back into the oven for 40 minutes or until the filling no longer jiggles when tapped and is set. It should be lightly browned on top as well.
Cool to room temperature or chill in the refrigerator, about 1 hour.
Cut into 4 bars and dust powdered sugar over the top.
These Mile High Easy Lemon Bars are deliciously sweet and tart with the perfect burst of lemon flavor and a rich, buttery crust in a big thick bar.
Line a 6 x 6 inch cake pan with a piece of parchment paper, with some paper sticking out on two sides for easy removal. Click for a 6 x 6 inch cake pan.
Cream the butter and sugar in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Click for a stand mixer.
When the crust is done, pour the filling on top of the crust and place back into the oven for 40 minutes or until the filling no longer jiggles when tapped and is set. It should be lightly browned on top as well.
Cool to room temperature or chill in the refrigerator, about 1 hour. Cut into 4 bars and dust powdered sugar over the top.


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Barbeque, Gumbo, Ice Cream and Team USA – America Leads with our Best at the FIFA World Cup
USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service is tapping into the uniting experiences of food and sports by shining a spotlight on high-quality, safe, delicious, and sustainably produced U.S. foods during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, underway in Qatar.
USDA Agricultural Trade Mission Delegation Arrives to Spain
USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service Associate Administrator Clay Hamilton arrived today in Madrid to launch a USDA agribusiness trade mission to Spain.
USDA Trade Mission to Spain will Boost Export Opportunities for U.S. Agribusinesses
More than 30 agribusinesses and farm organizations will visit Madrid, Spain, from Nov. 29 through Dec. 2, for a trade mission sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Members of the delegation will engage directly with potential buyers from Spain and Portugal, receive in-depth market briefs from USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and industry trade experts, and participate in site visits.
Export Sales to Iraq and Mexico
Private exporters reported the following sales activity: 150,000 MT of hard red spring wheat for delivery to Iraq during MY 2022/2023 and 1,866,900 MT of corn for delivery to Mexico - 1,242,060 MT during MY 2022/2023 and 624,840 MT during MY 2023/2024.
USDA Accepting Applications for Spain and Portugal Trade Mission
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service is accepting applications from U.S. exporters for its first-ever agricultural trade mission to Madrid, Spain, on Nov. 29 – Dec. 2.
Joint Media Release Following APEC Food Security Ministers Meeting
Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, and the United States issued a joint statement following the conclusion of the 2022 APEC Food Security Ministers Meeting hosted by Thailand.
Dubai Trade Mission: Camelicious Visit Shows U.S.-UAE Trade in Action
The recent USDA trade mission to Dubai included site visits to local importers and agribusinesses. Among them was the world's largest camel-milking farm, which uses California-grown feed.

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CHS: 47 – Powdersville 0… The Red Devil football team boarded the bus and headed up to Powdersville to take on the Patriots and I am sure the mood on the bus coming home was a lot better than the week before as the Red Devil took a 47-0 win over the Patriots to pick up their first win of the season… The Red Devil rushing attack found its footing against the Patriots as it amassed 242 yards and Konnor Richardson added another 113 through the air… Meanwhile the Red Devil defense pitched the shutout holding the Patriots to just 19 yards on the ground and 1133 on the ground… The defense set the tone at the beginning as Elijah Campbell intercepted a Patriot pass at the Red Devil 27 yard line and 6 plays later Konnor Richardson threw the first of his two TDs on the night this one a 61 yard scoring strike to Titus Hood and with Sam Tiller's PAT the Red Devils were up 7-0 with 8:16 on the clock in the first period and the rout was on… The Red Devils would go on to score on their next possession, twice in the second and third quarters and once in the final quarter… Richardson's second TD pass was a 37 yarder to BJ Bluford… Greg Sanders had 84 yards rushing and TDs while JyKorie Gary had 34 yards and 1 TD… Now for more information on the game click here to see to see a quick version of the game stats and scoring summary and click here to see a play-by-play accounting of the game… The Red Devils will host the undefeated Wren Golden Hurricanes this Friday.
Hillcrest 42 – Laurens 24… The Laurens Raiders and the Hillcrest Rams battled each other last Friday night and except for a fumble returned for a TD during the Raiders first possession, the Raiders pretty much dominated the Rams in the first half as they led 17-14 at the end of the half… Each team scored a TD in the third quarter to make it 24-20 going into the final 12 minutes of play…. Those last 12 minutes were disastrous for the Raiders as the Rams score scored 22 unanswered points to take a 42-24 win… For 3 quarters the Raiders dominated the statistics except for the one fumble at the start of the game and they did lose another fumble which gave the Rams a short field to setup their second TD in the fourth quarter… Duane Martin led the Raiders ground attack with 102 yards on 20 carries and a TD… Shamare Dendy and Ryan Campbell also had rushing TDs for the Raiders… Devon Hubner also made his only field goal attempt of 20 yards… … Now for more information on the game click here to see to see a quick version of the game stats and scoring summary and click here to see a play-by-play accounting of the game… The Raiders fall to 1-3 and will host the wade Hampton Generals this Friday night as they start region action.
St John's 66 – LA 12… The Laurens Academy Crusaders had to board the bus before noon last Friday to make the long trip down to the Monks Corner area to take on the St Johns Cavaliers… The ride back home probably seemed longer than the one going down as the Cavaliers took a 66-12 win… The Crusaders two scores came on a QB keeper by Thomas Lowry and the other on a long TD pass from Lowry to Cal Robertson… The Crusaders will host the King Academy Crusaders at Todd Kirk Field this Friday night.
Greenwood Christian 46 – WS 28…. The Ware Sholas Hornets hosted the Greenwood Christian Hawks at Tommy Davis Field last Friday night… The hawks jumped out to a 40-14 lead at the half and then went on to take a 46-28 win over the Hornets… The Hawks ground game amassed 338 yards with Brett Durham getting 163 of them on 6 carries… The Hornets managed only a net of 68 yards with Jermarius Goodman getting 78 yards on 7 carries. The Hornets Ben Webb had 173 yards passing with 2 TDs… His TD passes were to Evan Bridges and Goodman… Goodman also had a 54 yard TD run… The Hornets fall to 0-4 and will host Camden Military this Friday.
Braves … The Braves finished their 4-game series with the Diamondbacks out in Arizona over the weekend… As you may recall they started the series last Thursday with a 7-6 win over the D-backs in 10 innings.
Friday: D-backs 5 – Braves 3… On Friday the D-backs bounced back to take a 5-3 win over the Braves in a game where both teams had 9 hits each… The Braves trailed 4-1 going into the 8th inning where they scored 2 runs to cut the D-backs lead to one but could get no closer.
Saturday: Braves 5 – D-backs 4 (10)… On Saturday the Braves assured themselves of at least a split of the 4-game series as they took a 5-4 win in 10 innings… The game was tied 3-3 at the end of the 9th and the Braves scored 2 runs in the top of the 10th and then held on to take the win as the D-backs scored 1 in the bottom of the 10th and had the tying run thrown out at eh plate on a great defensive play by Dansby Swanson.
Sunday: Braves 9 – D-backs 5… Yesterday the Braves took a come-from-behind 9-5 win over the D-backs to take the series win 3-1… The Braves trailed 4-3 going into the top of the 9th inning when they plated 6 runs to break the game open… The Braves had 4 homers in the game with 3 of them coming in the crucial 9th inning… Lucas Duda had a pinch-hit in the inning, Johan Camargo and Ender Inciarte a 2-run homer… Ronald Acuna Jr. had a 2-run homer in the 6th… The Braves head to San Francisco to start a 3-game series with the Giants tonight.
The Laurens County Touchdown Club has a full set of meetings scheduled to help celebrate high school football in Laurens County… The Club meets every other Friday at The Ridge with the meetings starting at noon… For more information about the TD Club including schedule, how to join and videos of the past meetings click here… The next meeting will be Friday, September 21st where the featured speaker will be Tommy Spangler , Head Coach of the PC .


I sucked at tracking this weekend because I was moving. Saturday I ate normal. Sunday I ate almost nothing because I was so busy... A bowl of soup, 2 peices of toast, and coconut water with pineapple. Monday I ate like crap- a digornio cheese pizza was lunch & dinner. No real workout but I did move an entire apartment for 13 hours. I'm still sore!


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Q: MV4 Routing Dynamic Routing from MySQL Database I have the following sample data from a MySQL table.

My question is in my MVC 4 project how can I get routing to work so that if a user goes to the URL www.mydomain.com/products/apples/ I want the call to actually be the view of www.mydomain.com/products/index/1, how do I achieve this ?

A: You could create this one route:
routes.MapRoute("Product", "products/{productName}",
    new {controller = "products", action="index"});

This route is saying:

When a request comes in with a URL matching the pattern: "products/{productName}" (e.g. http://www.example.com/products/apple), pass that over to the "index" action in the "ProductsController" to handle and pass the segment of the url indicated by the {productName} placeholder, in to that action as the parameter called "productName".

Then your action would be:
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult Index(string productName) {
    // Lookup product from DB

    // do stuff
    var viewModel = ...;
    return View(viewModel);
}

So, when a request comes in for products/apple, "apple" gets passed into the Index action as the productName parameter.

A: Put below code in you RouteConfig.cs before the default route expression.
foreach (var item in _context.products)
{
    routes.MapRoute(
        item.Url,
        "products/" + item.Url,
        new { controller = "products", action = "index", @id = item.ProductId }
    );
}

In above _context.products is used to retrieve the products from the DB. You can modify this according your models.

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70s albums, album review, Curved Air, hard rock, music, progressive rock
Curved Air Live: Treasure for Your Pleasure
I sat in my driveway in awe after arriving home as the album played the rest of the way through. What I was hearing was a revelation; I had no choice but to defer everything else and keep listening. I'd known the band Curved Air for a few years and, in the right mood, considered myself a fan of their early 70s output of folk-tinged progressive rock. But what was coming out of the speakers was something different. The songs were familiar, but were altogether sharper, more alive, and seemed to just plain rock harder. They were filled with zeal, anger, and raw energy, words that I would never have used to describe the Curved Air I had previously known. I was experiencing 1975's Curved Air Live for the first time and the experience was good.
Recorded during a late 1974 tour that the original band members had been compelled to undertake following two years of separation in order to pay off a tax bill, Curved Air Live was not the sound of a joyful group reunion but rather of five supremely talented artists working out their individual issues together on stage. The reunion would last only for the tour and album release, but what a statement they would leave behind in this record.
That this is not your hippy uncle's Curved Air of old is made clear from first track "It Happened Today" as it opens with tight, amplified keyboards replacing the piano flourish of the studio version and biting electric guitar and grooving bass brought far forward in the mix. When Sonja Kristina's vocal kicks in at the half-minute mark, it carries none of the twee quaintness of the original. Instead we hear the slightly-gargled rasp of a woman on the verge, all antagonism and fury, and wonderfully so. Wikipedia cites Kristina as explaining that, at the time of this recording, she was in a distraught emotional state following the breakup of her first marriage, and this had provoked wild, raw singing. While sorry at the cause, I enthusiastically celebrate the result.
Second track "Marie Antoinette" probably represents the greatest, and most stirring, change in tone and feel from its studio version. The original is a fantastic progressive folk rock song that tells the tale of the French revolution over the top of some excellent bluesy electric guitar wailing by Francis Monkman. It looks back on a momentous historical event and imagines it from afar. The live take here casts off the sense of the past and instead transports the listener directly into the scene. The words are the same, but rawness and wrath now replace stoic storytelling. One feels the "anger, born of hunger" viscerally, no longer just listening in but shouting along:
"We are the people of France, we demand that the
Elegant blue-blooded leeches that bleed us
Are taught what it means to grow fat and not feed us
We are the people of France, you must heed us!"
The mainly instrumental "Propositions" is another one that becomes something new here. From Kristina's gravel-voiced introductory shriek to the extended, echo-laden guitar and synth solos that double its run-time as compared to the original, this version leaves its earthbound, rollercoaster feel behind to launch itself into orbit on a Hawkwind-like rocket ride.
Curved Air's best-known song, "Vivaldi," is likewise transformed. The opening bombast is turned up tenfold, and leads into a hootenanny-worthy fiddle workout by Darryl Way in lieu of the classical violin of the studio version. This is followed by an extended, spacey electronic excursion in multiple parts, occasionally punctuated by hoarse yelping from Kristina and Way's staccato violin bursts. Awesome!
The overall musicianship demonstrated on Curved Air Live is exceptional. In setting aside the focus on harmony and gloriously pompous crescendos, diminuendos and other prog/folk affectations that characterize their early studio albums, the band members are free to truly fly as instrumentalists here. Monkman lets escape the inner guitar hero that we always knew was lurking in the wings, with violinist/keyboardist Way and drummer/percussionist Florian Pilkington-Miksa also allowed ample space to shine. It is vocalist Sonja Kristina however who best takes advantage of the on-stage freedom to demonstrate her range, the precious chanteuse of the studio replaced by a take-no-prisoners woman with attitude.
The "folk" side of Curved Air is not to be found in this outlier offering. This is progressive hard rock. I'd recommend this even as a one-off exploration for rockers put off by the artifice and pretense of early 70s "art rock." As for those who only know Curved Air from their studio output, prepare to spend some time dumbstruck in your driveway.
Marie Antoinette (live): https://victimofthefury.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/curved-air-marie-antoinette-2.mp3
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Lovely concise review. I'll be back with more when I have re-listened to a selection of Curved Air, including this album.
While that is happening, a fascinating factoid. Curved Air's first album was the first ever picture disc. It looked excellent, but the sound was shit.
Thanks VC. Did you or do you have one of those original Airconditioning pic discs? I understand they are quite the sought-after artifact. Glad to have spurred a Curved Air revisiting. Look forward to hearing the results.
Never owned one, VF, but would be sorely tempted just for the artefact aspect.
Just enjoyed 'Phantasmagoria' (Marie Antoinette) – very folk-psych, as you say.
Currently enjoying 'Second Album' – perhaps my favourite. Will move to vinyl later for the debut and 'Live', in-between celebrating Mother's Day.
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Funnily enough the picture disc fact is the only I thing I've ever known about Curved Air.
Really interesting but can i just say I really rather fancy those two hot chicks on the right of the band photo.
No, you cannot. According to Wikipedia, one of those two worked as a croupier at the London Playboy Club between the band's previous breakup and the reunion tour during which this album was recorded. Not sure which one though.
Foxy one, far right.
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Cool, man.
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Raman Raghav is a movie which won't get much audience. Whatever people do make it to theatres due to Nawaz and Anurag, chances are many of them will leave the movie midway. In fact the theatre I watched was scantily filled and many people did not return post interval.
So how is it? Well, I liked the movie. Now I am frightened about myself. I liked the subtlety of the serial killer. I chuckled at every senseless kill. When Raman innocently explains that he killed a guy because when Raman was walking on the divider (black and while alternate lines), he only stepped on black lines and this drunken guy stood on a black line and wouldn't move, so he killed him. There was no dark reason, no childhood issues. As Rama explained that killing came natural to him, just like eating food. You just do it, no reason.
The movie has its weak points too. It goes excruciatingly slow and repetitive in the second half. The plot of Raman and Raghav is not well written and comes out as weak. Though the actor that played Raghav is good, the character lacks connect and depth. Nawaz as Raman is superb. His character has all the depth. He is a maniac with innocence. The scene at his sister's house is chilling. I saw few people leaving theatre after that.
When Raman is locked up, he cries in front of God. The way he complains to God about being beaten up and not having matchstick to light the cigarette, in the same breath, is simply superb. The character as well as the movie will evoke extreme reactions. Either you will love it or hate it. There can be no middle ground.
Movie would have been better without Raman and Raghav plot. Raghav's character could just have been a police inspector without trying to mirror Raman. But still, the movie stays with you. At least Raman's character haunts you, makes you chuckle, long after the movie is over. And that is a win for Nawaz and Anurag. Well done!
After a long time I saw a movie that made me sit down with a pen and paper. Although I have pondered over expanding brain usage in the past but never really went down the road of What if 100%? Lucy went that way and I must say I liked what I saw.
The ending kind of seems puzzled (deliberately so like other movies of this genre). What happens at 100% brain usage can't anyways be fathomed by us mere 10% souls. 100% goes beyond dimensions and into the meta-physical. Let me try and explain the ending or what I could make of it.
Lucy already was able to control her body and also matter by that time. Since body is also made of matter, disappearing/disintegrating sounds not that difficult. As she explained earlier maybe she went faster than speed of light which opens all dimensions but invisible to us. As to what happened to her post that is what we will explore ahead.
2. Why make the Super-Computer if all that was left was a pen-drive?
Seems silly on the face of it. Seems like director tried to simplify for the audience and hence the pen drive. Or maybe Lucy thought for current world pen-drive would seem easy to grasp.
What happened was Lucy started merging matter around her as she needed energy. Energy equals mass time speed of light squared. A lot of energy to upload all knowledge she could gather from the starting of time.
Energy was needed not just to create the processing unit for that knowledge but also to convert it into a format understood by normal humans. The pen-drive seems simplistic but it could not have been a simple pen drive. It would need to store huge amount of data maybe TB powers 100 for all we know. All knowledge gathered as she moved through time.
That computer was just for processing data to be able to store into pen drive. Hence computer destroyed itself at the end.
3. If she is so super human and could control time. Why did she die?
Here's the catch. She did not die. She imbibed herself to all dimensions. She had no need for the body. She can't feel pain. No happiness. More like a robot. Hence she gave up last piece of vulnerability. Her body. She became omnipresent. Across dimensions, across time, across worlds.
4. Everything she gained was due to her brain. How would she survive now without her brain?
Tricky! She would have what was required. Brain is also matter. She converted her brain along with her body into some other form, which we even don't know. The meta-physical, omnipresent form. Can be equated to our understanding of God. Invisible to us.
When a Rajinikant movie is released, there are poojans and processions all around. The fans have relegated a mere human to the status of God. In fact over the period of history, there have been several such cases when humans have performed such feats that the followers became worshippers.
They say there is God in all of us. Let's consider it true for a while. Let's try and identify the almighty who walk among us and whose reincarnation are they.
The Maryada Purshottama. Unswerving self control and virtue. The composure and patience never wore out. Perfect adherence to dharma.The choice is unanimous. Sachin Tendulkar. An ideal man and a perfect human. Need I say more?
Vighnharta. This son of Shiva, hailed as the Remover of Obstacles.For the past 7 years of UPA rule, Pranab Mukherjee is the one to whom Congress run in dire situations, he is Vighnharta for sure.
The devotee. Served Rama from the heart. Manmohan Singh was the right hand man of Sonia Gandhi when she was bidding for PM post. Once she decided to sacrifice, her ardent devotee was rewarded. Ever since 7, Race Course has hardly disobeyed 10, Janpath.
Feminine Force. The Devi riding a lion with a smile. Fearless.Mamta Banerjee has fought against the system for last 35 years in West Bengal single handedly. Her only weapon being her fearless and killer attitude. Durga came into full force in 2011 assembly elections when she ran over her opponents.
The goddess of wealth, wisdom, prosperity. Sheer good luck and wealth to all the devotees.When IT dept. raided Jayalalita's premsies, everyone was astounded to see the wealth. She promises her voters cash and kind if they bring her to power.
The prankster. The raas-leela. An ideal lover. The Supreme Being. The Gyaan of Geeta.Akshay Kumar has always been known to be a ladies' man. The pranks played by him on his co-stars are a part of a legend. The wit and humor is unquestionable.
Goddess of food. Supplies food to people.In today's world its Big Bazaar which fills the hungry stomach. From food to fruit, everything you get by making a wish to Big Bazaar.
The preserver and protector of creation. Mercy and goodness. It's a self-existent entity.The Common Man by R K Laxman has been the face of aam aadmi since eternity. As witty as Vishnu and representing the facets of humanity akin to various avatars.


Young People need to know today, they are a generation of deliverance of past defeats that have killed the very spirit of victory. Why are you victorious? Because Jesus paid the price for your freedom when He died on the cross for your sins. But He didn't stay there. When you feel defeated and life has got the best of you, you cannot stay in your defeat. You must rise as Christ did from the death that keeps you down. He defeated death! That's why you have freedom and the authority to speak to every situation and tell it to submit to the victory Christ has given you.
Young People, You are the deliverance of a past generations defeats. It's up to you to rise in freedom and defeat this world's grip of death and disfunction. And, as it says in the scripture above, it is the parents responsibility to shoot those arrows of deliverance in the right direction. Parents, are you leading your children in the right direction so they can be arrows of deliverance? Those of you that might say, "But I have not been blessed with children", you can make a difference in the lives of young people all around you. Those young people that don't have someone there for them, you can be that someone to lead them in the right direction.
Young People, Rise Up Today and Claim What Christ Has Given You! You Are The Generation of Deliverance! Deliverance from sin, disfunction, drug abuse, divorce, adultery, and every thing the devil wants to destroy us with! You Are The Arrows Of Deliverance!!


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War and Security in 21st Century
Report: What Makes Great Power War Possible
Michael Kofman , Andrey Sushentsov
WHAT MAKES WAR POSSIBLE_Eng
Until recently the international security environment had come to reflect a relative calm among major powers. However, in the past two years, there have been tectonic changes in the international system. New features of conflict begin to arise. As military technology continues to evolve, the international system has once again begun to accommodate use of force by a growing diversity of actors – including major military powers against each other.
In the prevailing environment, the technological sophistication of military power has continued to increase while the thresholds for use of force among states have visibly declined. Besides that, numerous international competitors are seeing use of force as a solution to their challenges. In relations between Russia and NATO, China and Japan, Iran and Saudi Arabia, and most recently – Russia and Turkey – power plays unfold with unpredictable repercussions.
Infographics: Features and Methods of Modern Warfare
The world must once again concern itself with major inter-state, together with new military capabilities that have been developed largely in times of peace. The authors of the report speculate on possible scenarios and the consequences of a new war between great powers.
Michael Kofman, Fellow at the Kennan Institute, Wilson Center; Research Scientist, CNA Corporation.
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2022-09-08 00:00:00 2022-09-09 00:00:00 https://avenuemagazine.com Avenue Magazine Dior's Maria Grazia Chiuri Lands in New York to Celebrate Couture and Women
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Dior's Maria Grazia Chiuri Lands in New York to Celebrate Couture and Women
By Aria Darcella
LADIES WHO LUNCH Dr. Valerie Steele, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Dr. Joyce F. Brown, and Samira Nasr
No amount of gloomy weather could dampen the start of New York Fashion Week — especially in the presence of a couturier. On Wednesday, The Museum at FIT hosted its annual Couture Council Luncheon, this year honoring Maria Grazia Chiuri for her work at Dior.
The event returned to Lincoln Center for the first time since the pandemic began (last year's luncheon was held at Cipriani South Street). Despite the chill, guests still made the most of the the terrace at the David H. Koch theater, grabbing a quick drink before lunch started.
"It's fabulous to be back," said Dr. Valerie Steele, director of the Fashion Institute of Technology. "Maria Grazia Chiuri had graciously accepted to get the award several years ago and then that was just put on hold because of all of the crazy chaos."
Arguably, Chiuri's graciousness held through this year as well. The designer — who presented her latest couture collection for Dior in July — is still hard at work on her upcoming ready-to-wear collection for the house, which will be presented later this month in Paris.
"It's super crazy, especially with COVID because it was much more difficult to travel and fly," she tells Avenue of her schedule. "But for me FIT is an important institute, so it was a dream to accept this prize and I wanted to be here."
Harper's Bazaar editor-in-chief Samira Nasr presented Chiuri with the award between courses of crab-stuffed avocado and chicken paillard, both women reflecting on the powerful creativity and artistry that can be conveyed through clothing.
Maria Grazia Chiuri hugging Samira Nasr and accepting her award
"It's a question of subjectivity — trying to think in terms of how the clothes feel and how they make you feel, as well as how they make you look," Steele says of what sets Chiuri apart from her male counterparts. "She's been very conscious of that. And the fact that she's been working with so many women photographers, women artists, trying in many ways to bring out a female-centric perspective to fashion."
The female perspective has been central to Chiuri's vision for the label since her debut collection in 2016, which memorably featured a t-shirt that read "We Should All Be Feminists," a reference to the work of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. But it's a perspective she holds dear enough to make smaller, personal references to — such as the delicate pendant she wore to the lunch, that at first glance could be mistaken for the Superman logo.
"No, 'super mother,'" she corrects. "I received this symbol from my daughter and it's something that I really like because it's a souvenir of our relationship. All women in some way are super women… and I think we have to support each other."
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Nonprofit Quarterly live-blogged from yesterday's excruciatingly long House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the continuing and, sadly, ever-expanding controversy concerning the processing—or, perhaps more correctly, lack of processing in many cases—of 501(c)(4) social welfare organization applications, particularly a number deemed to be targeted because of their use of Tea Party, 9/12 Project, and "Patriot" nomenclature in their names.
Amid all the sturm und drang generated by chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and a number of his colleagues on the Committee, the major takeaways are that the Committee failed to find a smoking gun with White House fingerprints on it, the Committee confirmed that the leadership of the IRS and its Exempt Organizations unit during almost two years of misadventures in 501(c)(4) processing was a case study of embarrassingly gross mismanagement, and few if any Committee members exhibited much interest in discussing any specific reforms that might be pursued to fix this teetering agency. (To their credit, Representatives Mark Pocan of Wisconsin and Tony Cardenas of California actually tried to discuss the merits of the Inspector General's recommendations for change.)
Unfortunately, much of the Committee's deliberations will be eclipsed by the fact that the former head of the Exempt Organizations unit, Lois Lerner, a veteran of more than 30 years in government, invoked the Fifth Amendment in choosing not to respond to the Committee's questions. Since some members of the Committee have already charged her with lying to them or other Congressional committees—hinting that her disclosure of the IG's findings through a planted Q&A at an American Bar Association presentation may have been illegal—and the Department of Justice has launched a criminal probe into the IRS brouhaha, Lerner's decision not to testify was both her right and not an admission of any guilt.
In fact, upon being sworn in, before being dismissed, Lerner told the Committee that she had done nothing wrong, broken no laws, and told the truth. The Washington Post's "Fed Page" columnist Joe Davidson agreed that Lerner had the right to invoke the Fifth, but "(b)y asserting her right (as a federal employee), Lerner…undermined the credibility of her employer, the Internal Revenue Service." Davidson acknowledged a fact that no one else seems to have noticed: among all the players in this tragicomedy, including former IRS commissioner Doug Shulman and acting (but outgoing) commissioner Steve Miller, Lerner "seems to be the only one who tried to stop the targeting" of conservative organizations for special and inappropriate reviews. However, Davidson reminded his readers that earlier in the week, the Post's fact-checker awarded Lerner "four Pinocchios" for misstatements and "weasely wording" in her explanations on May 10th that Davidson called "whoppers."
However, because Lerner did get sworn in, made a statement under oath that she had done nothing wrong, and verified that a document shown to her of her interview with the IG was accurate, Issa is convinced that Lerner either invoked her Fifth Amendment rights incorrectly or effectively waived them. Issa announced his intention to recall Lerner and force her to testify, though ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) thinks that the Committee isn't exactly a court of law and her minimal opening statement and nodded assent to a document weren't quite enough to require her to answer questions.
Davidson wrote, "I don't favor letting federal employees, especially the lower-level folks, twist in the wind, or naming them publicly for bureaucratic mistakes, if that's what this was." That probably applies to Lerner, too. Davidson concluded, "rather than a coverup, this smells of the bad management documented in the inspector general's report."
Undoubtedly, more people in addition to Miller will lose their jobs for the agency's lack of managerial leadership and competence. (Despite a "heckuva job, Brownie" performance during the timespan of the Service's 501(c)(4) processing brouhaha, Shulman gets spared because he's already out of office as a result of the expiration of his five-year term as commissioner.) But if the problem was one of putridly bad management, shouldn't the various Congressional committees that are all-but-falling over each other to ask the same questions ad nauseam about who's to blame for this mess start to look into how to fix the Internal Revenue Service, so that it regains the capacity and competence to do its job?
Lerner has exercised her Fifth Amendment rights. The First Amendment rights of some tax-exempt entities may have been compromised. But the serial Congressional hearings about the IRS reveal the need for a new Constitutional amendment, one addressing managerial competence in government. —Rick Cohen
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Intermittent fasting inhibits the development and progression of two subtypes of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL – B-cell ALL and T-cell ALL, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found. The strategy was not effective, however, in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the type that is more common in adults.
ALL, the most common type of leukemia found in children, can occur at any age. Current acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatments are effective about 90 percent of the time in children, but far less often in adults, said Dr. Zhang, who also holds the Hortense L. and Morton H. Sanger Professorship in Oncology and is a Michael L. Rosenberg Scholar in Medical Research.
The two types of leukemia arise from different bone marrow-derived blood cells, Zhang explained.
ALL affects B cells and T cells, two types of the immune system's disease-fighting white blood cells. AML targets other types of white blood cells such as macrophages and granulocytes, among other cells.
In both ALL and AML, the cancerous cells remain immature yet proliferate uncontrollably. Those cells fail to work well and displace healthy blood cells, leading to anemia and infection.
They may also infiltrate into tissues and thus cause problems.
The researchers created several mouse models of acute leukemia and tried various dietary restriction plans. They used green or yellow fluorescent proteins to mark the cancer cells so they could trace them and determine if their levels rose or fell in response to the fasting treatment, Dr. Zhang explained.
"Strikingly, we found that in models of ALL, a regimen consisting of six cycles of one day of fasting followed by one day of feeding completely inhibited cancer development," he said.
At the end of seven weeks, the fasted mice had virtually no detectible cancerous cells compared to an average of nearly 68 percent of cells found to be cancerous in the test areas of the non-fasted mice.
Fasting is known to reduce the level of leptin, a cell signaling molecule created by fat tissue. In addition, previous studies have shown weakened activity by leptin receptors in human patients with ALL.
For those reasons, the researchers studied both leptin levels and leptin receptors in the mouse models.
"We found that fasting decreased the levels of leptin circulating in the bloodstream as well as decreased the leptin levels in the bone marrow. These effects became more pronounced with repeated cycles of fasting. After fasting, the rate at which the leptin levels recovered seemed to correspond to the rate at which the cancerous ALL cells were cleared from the blood," he added.
Interestingly, AML was associated with higher levels of leptin receptors that were unaffected by fasting, which could help explain why the fasting treatment was ineffective against that form of leukemia. It also suggests a mechanism – the leptin receptor pathway – by which fasting exerts its effects in ALL, he said.
Given that the study did not involve drug treatments, just fasting, researchers are discussing with clinicians whether the tested regimen might be able to move forward quickly to human clinical trials.


Hubert Dreyfus is most well-known for offering an account of intelligent human coping without appealing to explicitly cognitive or rational sources of action. Following philosophers such as Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Martin Heidegger, Dreyfus instead roots human intelligence—theoretical or otherwise—in our embodied everyday comportment with the world, in our practical actions and responses to the immediate environment. In Mark Wrathall's words, "Rather than starting from cognition as the primary locus of intelligence, and building out to an account of action, Dreyfus starts with the premise that skillful activity itself is the consummate form and foundation of human intelligence, and derives an account of cognition from coping." In placing practical engagement before theoretical cognition, Dreyfus builds a new picture of what it means to skillfully cope in the perceptual world that unfolds before us.
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