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Good News for Former LitPark Guests!
Time to break out the exclamation points for two well-deserving guests of LitPark:
Tomorrow (Thursday, January 29th), the fabulous Jimmy Margulies will be on CNN's American Morning program for a feature on cartoonists drawing Obama and Bush. It should air between 8:30 and 9am. And if you missed Jimmy's interview or want to leave him a message, just click here.
Other big and wonderful news: Remember earlier this month when I was saying how much I loved Neil Gaiman's Graveyard Book? Well, guess who just won the Newbery Medal? (Exclamation points, please!!) If you missed Neil's interview, you can click on A Photo History of Neil Gaiman's Hair. And since those comments are closed (because they're on the old system), you can leave him your good wishes over at Twitter.
Nothing better than seeing good things happen to good people.
Be sure to stop by Monday for a new Question of the Month and a sneak peek at February's guest!
Monthly Wrap: When Patience is Required
Years ago, when I left my job as a rape crisis counselor, I was presented with a plaque. In beautiful calligraphy, my co-workers had listed the qualities they valued most about me: Dedicated Somethingerother. Compassionate Listener. Some Other Things. Patient.
I showed the plaque to Mr. Henderson, and he asked, "Do you think they meant this as a joke?"
Because not only am I known for listening only when I feel like it, but I will do things like put a frozen waffle in the toaster, and as soon as the edge is even slightly cooked, I'll eat around the outside because I can't wait two minutes for something I want.
You'd think I'd have picked a career that involved immediate rewards.
But logic is never one of the reasons a person becomes a writer. You know how it is. Your friends see you madly scribbling your ideas down on paper. They see you carrying around typed pages, crossing out words, circling things and drawing arrows here and there. They comment on how you disappear for weeks, sometimes months, to work on your manuscript. And, innocently, they ask, "What have you published?" And, "Can I read your book?"
They have no idea why these questions are so deeply frustrating. Or how a person can write for months, for years, and have nothing to show for it. Nothing that counts on their terms: A trip to the bookstore to find a beautiful hardcover book on one of those front tables.
It baffles them how you can write so slowly. How the things you've published are so hard to find. How you are never, or hardly ever, paid for your work. How, after not being paid for twenty years, you continue to call yourself a writer. And yet, that's what you are. And you know the big break will come soon. It must. Because you're good. Because you have things to say. Because you know your writing is better than the books on the bestseller list, or it will be after this next revision.
So what do you do while you hope someone falls in love with your work? What do you do while you hope for that career break?
If you're an impatient type, you do this: You move forward. You put your finished manuscript in play, and then you get to work on the next one. And you try to make this new thing the best you've ever written. You move forward because a writer doesn't wait; a writer writes.
I can't tell you how moved I was by your answers this week on how and why you endure, and was glad to see David Niall Wilson continue the discussion over on his blog with a post entitled Perseverance: Writing is NOT the Hardest Part.
What I read this month: Tawni O'Dell, Back Roads (Dark and brilliant); Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Love it even more now than when I first read it as a teenager. Choked me up so many times. No real plot, but, oh, what a portrait of a generation! Wonder if it would sell today?); Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed (Wow. First half of the book is better than the second half, but still: Wow); Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms (Like most first books I've read, particularly the unpublished ones, it's a bit of a mess. But here and there is something wonderful, like this: "They can romanticize us so, mirrors, and that is their secret: what a subtle torture it would be to destroy all the mirrors in the world: where then could we look for reassurance of our identities? I tell you, my dear, Narcissus was no egotist…he was merely another of us who, in our unshatterable isolation, recognized, on seeing his reflection, the one beautiful comrade, the only inseparable love…poor Narcissus, possibly the only human who was ever honest on this point").
What I read to my kids this month: Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book (Just try to read the first 2 pages and not buy the book. Loved it); Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales (We read this out loud every year, and whoever happens to be reading when they get to snowballing the cats, or Ernie Jenkins, or the dry voice singing on the other side of the door always feels like they won the lottery).
Thank you to my January guest, the fabulous editorial cartoonist Jimmy Margulies. Thank you to everyone who played here this month.
by Susan Henderson on February 7, 2007
When I thought of having Neil Gaiman visit LitPark, I wondered, What of Neil hasn't already been covered? I could say something about his storytelling, naturally, or how he's the one author who lives on both my bookshelf and Mr. Henderson's. I could say something about the characters he writes, like Dearly and The Runt, who sort of crawl into my brain and live there even after their stories end. But people write these things about Neil Gaiman all the time.
So I thought, When I talk to other people about Neil Gaiman, where does the conversation tend to go? Easy. In the end, I don't tend to tell people the very private and permanent ways his writing takes hold of me. I tend to talk about his hair.
Neil was such a good sport about this. Ready?
A Photo History of Neil Gaiman's Hair:
In Sussex, aged about 22 months. Waiting for my sister to be born. Such a neat child (although I've probably been dressed by my grandmother). You pushed the roundabout around until it went fast and then you jumped on. Or you tripped and were pulled around, face-down, skinning your knees.
About three? Down at the bottom of the garden in Purbrook, in Hampshire, on the swing.
Mr. Punch territory. My paternal grandfather, me and my cousin Sara, on the seafront in Southsea. July 1963.
My sister, my mother, her mother and me. September 1963.
When about 4 or 5, my hair was bothering me, so I took matters into my own hands. I found a pair of scissors, climbed into bed, got under the sheets, to hide, I suspect, and gave myself a haircut. It was the sort of haircut you give yourself in the dark under your sheets at the age of 5. This was after the attempt to repair it by my father.
I'm not sure that hair particularly made much of an impression on me until I was in my teens. From age 9 to 13 it was something that the school barber cut once a month or so (except in school holidays), and that teachers grabbed by the place the sideburns would one day be in order to make a point. Like Newt in Good Omens, the best I could hope for from a haircut was shorter hair. I had my fair share of ears snipped by scissors and clippers, to the point where I'd be wary of hair cuts.My father bought a "home hair cutting" kit once. It was an evil plastic device that looked like a comb with razor blades in it, which he would use to cut our hair. The idea was that he'd drag the comb through your hair and you'd magically get a great haircut. In reality the razor blades hurt as they dragged and scraped across the hair, and you wound up looking like your dad had given you a haircut with something advertised on TV.
Graham, Geoff, Neil, AlI was sixteen. Shortly after this photograph was taken Geoff (then a drummer, now a meteor hunter) and I bleached our hair. We wanted to look like Billy Idol. His hair went sort of blonde. Mine went ginger. Following a disagreement with my father, in which phrases like "you are not staying here with hair that colour" may have been used, I borrowed a tub of raven black from my cousin and was delighted, the following morning, to discover that I now had black hair with purple highlights, which was, I decided, the best of all worlds.
Douglas Adams and me in 1983. I'm 22, still smoking and wearing colours. Douglas is playing guitar while we wait for the photographer, John Copthorne, to finish setting up. (Douglas is playing Marvin's "How I Hate the Night" song.)
I think this was taken the day before Maddy was born in August 1994. I'd decided I wasn't going to get a haircut or shave until she turned up. Or something like that. I'd grown some pumpkins for practically the first time.
I got to England to work on Neverwhere and found everyone had shorter hair than I did. So I walked into a barber's on the corner and asked them to cut my hair. They did. 1995, per the postmark.
Me and Clive Barker circa 1996. Two very scary people in leather jackets. Look! We are so scary! Photo by Beth Gwinn. Tee-shirt by Jenny Holzer.
Gaiman, Gaiman, 1998.
Neil, with his busy schedule, did not need to take the time to search for and scan in photos for me, but he did. And if there's anything you should know about Neil Gaiman it's this: Though he has the most glorious head of hair, he could lose all of it tomorrow and really lose nothing at all.
Thanks, Neil! Now let's hope my site doesn't crash. xx
Oh, P.S. A shout out to The Olive Reader – thanks for the link! Okay, see you Friday for the Weekly Wrap.
Robin Slick & Gaiman's FRAGILE THINGS
I would never dream of having Neil Gaiman on LitPark without including the incomparable Robin Slick, whose blog is an odd and awesome mix of rock n' roll, erotica, and Neil.
Before I turn things over to Robin, I have to tell a funny story. Robin and I had known each other for years from the Zoetrope online writer's workshop, but one of the first times we met in real life was a classic moment of bonding. We were at a large, loud roundtable of fabulous writers. And people who know me well know I rely heavily on lip-reading to follow a conversation. People who know me casually almost never notice this because I can be a good faker. In a crowd, when there's more than one conversation going on, or someone has their back to me, this is harder to do.
Okay, so Robin and I are sitting together, and we've both ditched the idea of having this cross-table talk with everyone in the room and just start talking to each other. But the background noise is still there, and I'm missing words and parts of words. The topic of conversation happened to be "middle-age erotica," something Robin specializes in writing. Not only did I misunderstand the topic to be "middle-eastern erotica," but I found I had plenty to say on the topic.
Two things often happen when you have rotten hearing – one is that people treat you weird and the other is that they leave you out. Robin, did neither. When it was clear to both of us that I'd taken the conversation out to the moon, Robin first tried to make me feel better by bragging how she couldn't see well enough to read the menu, and then we started laughing so hard, we were crying. I've got Robin's back for ever and ever, for hundreds of reasons, but this is one of them.
Robin is a writer of fast-paced, comedic heartbreak. One day, I'll have to bring her back to talk about her own writing, but today she's here to talk about Neil's FRAGILE THINGS.
Here's Robin introducing next week's guest and his newest book . . .
I hope you aren't expecting a normal book review from me "" I have no idea how to do that properly but at least I'm not going to start this out "I loved Fragile Things because"¦"
Well, anyway, it's true "" I do love it and Fragile Things was an extra-special treat for me because having just discovered Neil Gaiman last year, I hadn't read at least 3/4 of the stories in the collection even though many were award winners previously published in magazines and anthologies. Oh yeah, did I mention I really thought I was the person responsible for "discovering" Neil Gaiman? Don't ask. I found his book "Smoke and Mirrors" on my shelf last summer, grabbed it to take with me on vacation because I knew I didn't read or buy it and wondered what the hell it was doing there "" all I can tell you is that each short story took my breath away and I couldn't wait to return home to Philadelphia and tell all of my friends about this brilliant "new" author I'd found. Imagine my embarrassment when I googled him"¦last time I checked he's got six million, two hundred ten thousand Google results by just typing in "Gaiman". In any event, in case you are wondering, the mystery was later solved when my son saw me with the book and moaned "Oh my god, what are you doing with that "" it belongs to my ex-girlfriend and she nagged me for a year that she wanted it back only I couldn't find it."
It was right in the bookcase and the little wench who played with my son's affections can't have it back now because I got Neil to sign it when I saw him read at Temple University in January.
Please excuse the fact that I look like I'm having a stroke "" the truth of the matter is, I was. Anyway, that's where I had my first exposure to "How to Talk to Girls at Parties", one of the numerous highlights in "Fragile Things" but I was far too riveted by Neil's drop dead gorgeous face (Ohh"¦those heavy lidded eyes"¦that smile"¦that tousled mop of dark, wavy hair) and sexy British accent to pay proper attention. So even though the story blew me away on the spot, I didn't get the full impact until I was curled up on the sofa reading it in print.
One thing I kept asking myself while devouring each story: What goes on in this man's brain that enables him to write like this? I want to climb in and find out.
(She said chastely"¦ okay, she is really lying but whatever.)
What I really meant was: How does anyone have such a glorious imagination? I know with my own writing, most of it comes from personal experience one way or the other; even my fumbling attempts at speculative fiction contain some autobiographical elements.
"You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it," says Neil.
Oh my God. Please let me get those very same ideas. I want to write stories like those in Fragile Things "" tales like "October in the Chair" featuring the twelve months of the year roasting huge sausages on a stick which spat and crackled as fat dripped onto the burning applewood "" and have characters who turn out to (allegedly) be mortal-like men and women who meet every thirty/thirty-one days in a bizarre kind of book club situation"¦or "Sunbird", where a group of eccentric gourmets eat a hell of a lot more than Cassolette d'escargots aux noisettes en hommage à Monsieur Cleuvenot (that would be snails in hazelnut garlic butter to you)"¦or how I'd love to have written "Closing Time," an amazing mix of club and ghost story which includes a luminous, disembodied green hand – in fact, it's been given the name of Green Hand by young students and it's rumored that those who see it die soon after but trust me, that's just the tip of the iceberg in this 2004 Locus Award Winning Best Short Story.
Um, Susan? Is it a coincidence your young son colored his hand a lovely shade of emerald and is henceforth known in your blog as "Green Hand" Henderson? I think not!
When I read "The Flints of Memory Lane", I pictured a terrified young Neil calling his parents for a ride home after witnessing something decidedly supernatural "" and what a joy it was to go back and read his introduction and find out that it is in fact a true story after all and I have to admit, after learning that, a small part of me thought "Aha! He is otherworldly "" he's a chosen one "" that's how he's able to write these things".
I have no idea what I mean by that exactly, nor do I know why I'm ending this review with another Neil quote which has absolutely nothing at all to do with Fragile Things "" I guess I'm including it because it broke me up laughing:
"Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus?"
Robin Slick is the author of THREE DAYS IN NEW YORK CITY and ANOTHER BITE OF THE APPLE, erotic comedic novels published by Mundania/Phaze Press. Her short stories have appeared everywhere from heady places like In Posse Review and Slow Trains Literary Journal to give-heady places like Clean Sheets. She lives vicariously through her rock star offspring Julie and Eric Slick, who were featured in the Picturehouse Films documentary, Rock School, and are now members of the Adrian Belew Power Trio. Visit her online at her website and In Her Own Write, where she tries to blog daily about writing, Neil Gaiman (though not so much anymore now that her former computer-hating hippie husband has become a daily reader) rock music, and how much she abhors the Bush Administration.


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Madagascar on the Threshold of First Climate-Induced Famine
The worst drought in 40 years has left an estimated 30,000 people experiencing the highest internationally recognised level of food insecurity
byHenrietta McFarlane
in Environment, Health, Politics & Foreign Affairs, Society
Madagascar, one of the lowest carbon emitters in the world, is suffering at the hands of climate change. The UN has said that the famine is likely to "go down in history as the first brought on by extreme and unusual weather conditions." The country has not had sufficient rainfall for four years and the future is very uncertain.
Madagascar is home to a wealth of unique ecosystems
Madagascar is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. Its ecosystems include a variety of forests, savannah, steppes, rivers, lakes, wetlands, mangroves, drylands, and reefs. In 2020, the Convention on Biological Diversity reported that more than "18 million people [in Madagascar] are dependent on biodiversity for their subsistence needs, with 80% being essentially entirely dependent on natural resources." The country's biodiversity has been suffering at the hands of destructive human practices for decades, including the clearing of natural habitats, hunting, and overexploitation of natural resources.
Sky News investigates how babies are slowly dying of hunger due to the climate crisis in Madagascar's Grand Sud.
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— Sky News (@SkyNews) November 1, 2021
However, the biggest threat to the country is the impact of climate change. Extreme changes in weather patterns have led to the biggest drought in decades. In many parts of the south of the island, dams have nearly dried up and people are being forced to dig deep holes for access to water. The dryness has affected livestock's access to water, which has led to poor livestock body conditions as many are surviving on burnt cactus leaves instead of green pastureland. Many areas of the island have experienced failed harvests that have led to extreme food insecurity.
As a result of climate change, a country known for possessing unique ecosystems and biodiversity can no longer sustain itself.
A map comparing "greenness" of vegetation in Madagascar measured 25 July 2020 – 24 July 2021 to the national average from 2000-2015. Photo credit: The Earth Observatory
Children are most at risk from the famine, with millions malnourished. Rivo Razafison, the chief nutritionist at UNICEF, has said that many of the sick children he sees are being hospitalised because hunger has left them weak and prone to disease.
The population continues to rise by nearly 3% each year and families are struggling to feed their children. The country has the world's fourth highest rate of chronic malnutrition, with almost one in every two children under five years of age suffering from stunted growth. This has a knock on effect on levels of education amongst children and it has been reported that an estimated 1.4 million children dropped out of primary school in 2012.
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Madagascar has among the highest poverty rates in the world
According to The World Bank, 75% of Madagascar's population was living below the international poverty line of $1.90 as of 2019. Whilst there are no official figures for 2021, this number is likely to have increased as a result of the economic and social impacts of the pandemic. The country's human capital index ranking is one of the lowest globally. Before COVID, the World Bank predicted a GDP growth of 5.2%. However, Madagascar's GDP shrank by 4.2% instead.
The majority of people living in Madagascar do not have access to electricity and burn almost no fossil fuels. So how is it fair that these people are suffering the most at the hands of climate change? Whilst world leaders meet at COP26 to discuss the impacts of climate change, millions in Madagascar are in need of urgent humanitarian aid as a result of climate-induced starvation.
It is hugely important that countries in the developed world take responsibility for the severe situations that developing countries are already facing. A long-standing promise from richer countries to smaller countries for $100bn a year in climate finance is yet to be fulfilled.
Madagascar is a case in point for the speed at which this promise must be realised. Without aid, developing countries that bear the brunt of the environmental crisis brought about by the developed world will not be able to survive the impacts of climate change.
Unless world leaders deliver on promises to assist developing countries in climate battles, Madagascar might become the first country amongst many to suffer this fate.
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed here by Impakter.com columnists are their own, not those of Impakter.com. — In the Featured Photo: Madagascar near Fianarantsoa. Featured Photo Credit: Madagascar74.
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Henrietta McFarlane is a journalist at Impakter. She has recently graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Music and has grown up in both the UK and Australia. She enjoys writing about Indigenous Australian culture and has previously worked as a columnist for Varsity Newspaper where she wrote articles on topics such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the representation of Indigenous Australians in cinema.

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Malaprop's will host Laura Esther Wolfson, author of "For Single Mothers Working as Train Conductors," and Quincy Troupe, author of "Miles & Me."
This content is provided exclusively to the Citizen Times by staffers at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood St., Asheville. To learn more, call 828-254-6734 or visit malaprops.com. Events described are free.
A question arises in Laura E. Wolfson's first marriage that is answered later, during a time she describes as "deep into another marriage." One answer to the question serves as the title for the short, subtle and revelatory piece in which it is revealed and for her collection of literary nonfiction, "For Single Mothers Working as Train Conductors."
The question, the answer and Wolfson's realization that there is another, more obvious, yet profound answer, all unfold as do the connected personal stories in the book —insightful, reflective, somehow both matter-of-fact and transcendent.
This transcendence bubbles up from Wolfson's recollections of a polyglot life and work that make language a central character as well as a skillfully wielded tool. For instance, we learn with her that there is a difference not only between living in the former Soviet Union and the United States but between living a life in Russian and living one in English.
She naturally conveys the overlapping senses of struggle and ease around moving between different ways of communicating and thereby different ways of navigating relationships. She travels across continents and through time, uncannily unwrapping the people around her as she reveals herself, never neglecting the importance of place and tongue, both native and adopted.
Wolfson contends with her life's questions with poignancy, clarity and graceful wit — questions of love and separation, Jewish faith and heritage, literary ambition and struggle, health and mortality. Each story has its own center of gravity, but they come together to form a single, lingering portrait. Once you begin reading "For Single Mothers Working as Train Conductors," you will want to continue with Wolfson until the end.
Wolfson is a writer, interpreter and translator. "For Single Mothers" won the Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction. Wolfson will discuss her book at Malaprop's at 6 p.m. Dec. 11, joined in conversation by Asheville novelist Elizabeth Kostova.
Kostova is the New York Times bestselling author of "The Historian," "The Swan Thieves" and "The Shadow Land." She is also the co-founder of the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation, which provides competitive opportunities for Bulgarian writers and translators, as well as opportunities for native-English writers to travel to Bulgaria.
Miles Davis has the trumpet, Quincy Troupe the pen. Where Davis fills the room with searing notes and scorching solos, Troupe fills the page with poetry and prose.
Both are telling stories, in their own way. They let loose upon the world the sorrow and love, pain and splendor they perceive. Somewhere in between the beats, between the lines, Davis and Troupe fashioned a friendship that endured until Davis' death in 1991.
In his memoir, "Miles & Me" (soon to be a motion picture), Troupe portrays his relationship with the jazz great as timid at first, contentious always and, in the long run, respectful, loving, erratic and inspirational.
An icon of jazz known for his malcontent and aggressive behavior offstage befriends a dread-headed poet/journalist/activist who eventually writes his biography. Granted, from the time he was a teenager, Troupe idolized Davis. One of Troupe's uncles even played in Miles's band back in the St. Louis days, though Davis and Troupe did not meet until many years later.
During their friendship, Troupe provided a much-needed ear for Davis and a seeming reality-check after years of drug abuse and destructive behavior. In the end, the book relates how the enigmatic Davis demanded creativity, compassion and respect in all he did and all he met, and especially how the man and his music inspired Troupe's own life.
Troupe will discuss "Miles & Me" at Malaprop's at 7 p.m. Dec. 8.


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This YouTube Playlist Will Sum Up Your 2014
Eight music videos that may be the soundtrack of Pinoys this year.
by Ayessa De La Peña | Dec 13, 2014
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We know that just like us, you are always on the lookout for music videos to watch from YouTube, Candy Girls. This year, a lot of music videos came out, but only a few made it to the most-watched list of Filipinos. Curious which ones most of you can't stop watching this 2014? Hit the play button below—just be careful not to take to heart a few images and lyrics because they contain explicit content. ;)
1. Katy Perry's "Dark Horse," feat. Juicy J. This powerful song saying telling people you're dangerous to fall in love with, along with the Egyptian-themed music video, topped the most-watched videos in the country this year. How many times have you watched "Dark Horse," Candy Girls? Be honest.
2. Jason Derulo's "Wiggle" feat. Snoop Dogg. Okay, the one thing we could honestly recall with this song: Remember when our September cover boy Enrique Gil danced this at the #CandyFair2014? What do you mean you haven't seen him bust his moves to this song yet? Watch this year's fair highlights over here.
3. Psy's "Hangover" feat. Snoop Dogg. Many of you still love dancing and making moves to Psy's tracks. After "Gangnam Style" and "Gentleman," this South Korean singer still makes it to the top of the charts and still manages to give us a bad case of LSS.
4. Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off." Of course, the pop sensation makes it here because who doesn't love her music video where she had a lot of dancer personas. Count it again with us over here.
5. Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" feat. Charli XCX. Most of you may have had your first introduction to the '90s classic film, Clueless, in this pretty music video of Iggy and Charli XCX which was inspired by Cher and Dion's colorful world.
6. Yeng Constantino's "Ikaw." This year was big on grand gestures and declarations of love, which is why this heartwarming song from the singer, with a music video that looked like a pre-nup with her fiance, won our hearts.
7. Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass." A powerful song that sends messages of loving your body never gets old. We might have played Meghan's music video for this positive song a little too much this year.
8. OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" cover by Alex Goot, Kurt Schneider, and Chrissy Costanza. We love the original version, too, but this refreshing cover sounds sweet that we can't resist listening to it over and over again.
What's your favorite music video of 2014, Candy Girls? Let us know in the comments or tweet us @candymagdotcom. We always love hearing from you. :)
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We are the sum of many parts.
We all have a part of us that wants us to stay stuck and safe, and the part of us that wants the best for us.
In the Freedom Program, we explore your 'current' self, and your 'future' self.
Your current self is the version of you, as you are right now.
The women on my freedom program typically describe their current self as feeling stuck, frustrated, heavy, embarrassed and full of feelings of unworthiness.
This is the version of us that is often engaging in a lot of emotional eating.
When we see life out of the lens of our current self, we often can think it's all too hard, we question why bother changing? What's the point in eating well today, it won't matter anyway etc. You get the gist right?!
Spending 100% of our time as our current self, can keep us caught up in the negative food/self hatred cycle. And as you know, once you are in this negative cycle, you get stuck in a rut and change seems so difficult and like a lot hard work!
A key way to shift out of this rut, is to step into your future self.
This is why I have dedicated a full module (and the first module) in my freedom program. We start with the end in mind. Being your future self as much of the time as possible, is the end goal.
When you connect with your future self, you are behaving LIKE the person you want to be. This is how we build up our confidence, not waiting until we lose weight to feel confident.
This is such a massive shift.
No longer do you need to wait until you lose the 5kg, 10kg, 20kg or 40kg to behave like the person that you want to be. You can start this today, and it's so empowering!!
Your life no longer needs to be on hold, and you no longer need to miss out on living a rich, meaningful and fulfilled life.
Try meeting your future self, what might she be wearing? How does she walk and carry herself? How does she feel? How does she eat?
The more you can keep connecting in with your future self, it will really shift how you feel about yourself, which can influence the choices and decisions you make (especially around eating).
Whenever you feel stuck or in a rut, ask yourself, what would my future self do?


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Duri Cosmetics' "Revel in Luxury" Collection adds Cool and Chic Shades for Fall and Winter 2015
October 10, 2015 By DeniseB Leave a Comment
Looking for the perfect nail shades for the Fall and upcoming Winter? Duri Cosmetics has your covered!
Fall and Winter don't need to be drab and dreary – especially when painting fingers and toes – according to Faina Ritz, founder of Duri Cosmetics. With the new "Revel In Luxury" Collection, Ritz elevates autumnal- and winter-toned neutrals into rich nail polish hues that add just the right amount of pop to cold weather's manis and pedis.
Each shade in this collection has its own unique flare and glamour. Ritz notes, "'Revel in Luxury' is made up of robust and lush shades that feature blended multi-faceted, androgynous colors, luxe neutrals and powerful statement-making pigments that are extravagant yet effortlessly sophisticated."
These twelve brand new polishes are inspired by the trending Pantone 2015 Fall Fashion reports, which indicate a balancing of earthy neutrals with bold color statements.
"We want women to be able to wear a shade both day and night and to go from the office to a swanky night out, all while feeling elegantly confident and polished – and nothing makes a woman feel more polished and put together than a fresh coat of the right color polish," Ritz explains.
"Revel in Luxury" features twelve new colors that work perfectly with fall and winter.
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New Chuggington DVD "The Big Freeze" Releases October 13! Giveaway Opportunity!
October 10, 2015 By DeniseB 5 Comments
Cool high-speed adventure is on the way to preschoolers nationwide with the newest"Chuggington™" DVD, "Chuggington: The Big Freeze"! The latest release in the popular DVD collection from Anchor Bay Entertainment is jam-packed with six fun-filled adventures – including a never before seen holiday special episode from the top-rated Disney Junior series. "The Big Freeze" pulls into retail on October 13, 2015, just in time to help families from coast-to-coast celebrate the season – Chuggington style!
The chuggers perform one heroic rescue after another in this cool new seasonal collection of "Chuggington" adventures! When icy temperatures cause the town to run out of fuel and all diesel engines are grounded, it's wheels-to-the-rails as Chief Jackman and his team of brave Chug Patrollers work together to find a way to the frozen docks to retrieve fuel and get the town of Chuggington moving once again. Fans can join Fletch as he tries to repair the lighthouse, chug along with Calley as she tests to become a first responder, watch as Brewster gets closer to being a Chuggineer, and more! "The Big Freeze" will help teach little chuggers nationwide important lessons about safety, responsibility and teamwork as they ride alongside their favorite friends, Wilson, Koko, Brewster, and Asher!
I received an advanced copy and I highly recommend for younger children! It is fun and so entertaining! I love that it also teaches important lessons for young children such as safety.
Dove.org reports: "Now this is what good children's entertainment is about! The stories are terrific, the characters are delightful, and the animation is awesome!" And, for double the turbo-charged adventures, Anchor Bay Entertainment will release in tandem the new-to-DVD dino-sized "Chuggington" title, "Wilson and the Dinosaur."
Young fans can experience even more "Chuggington" fun at Amtrak Train Days events, taking place across the country. For information visit https://amtraktraindays.com/events/.
Now in its fifth season on Disney Junior, "Chuggington" is a colorful and contemporary CGI-animated TV show fromLudorum that reinforces early social readiness skills. The series has become a global sensation since its debut in September 2008 in the U.K. The show has been licensed to more than 175 territories worldwide and has established ratings records in several key international markets, including the U.K., Germany, France and Australia. The series made its U.S. debut in January 2010.
We have teamed up for a Special Giveaway! One winner will win both DVDs!
I haven't reviewed Chuggington Wilson and the Dinosaur but it looks like a great one!
To enter, leave a comment below telling us why you would love to win this cool combo! Deadline to enter is October 15th, 2015 at noon PST. One winner will randomly be selected via Random.org.
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Self Disclosure: I received a free DVD to facilitate this post, No other compensation was received. The winner will be sent both DVDs from Anchor Bay Entertainment.
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All-New Boo At The L.A. Zoo OFFERS FAMILIES ENRICHING HALLOWEEN FUN THROUGHOUT OCTOBER!
Last weekend, My family had the chance to visit the All-New Boo at The LA ZOO and it's something you definitely want to check out this month! Our favorites were the Spooky Caves and the Pumpkin carvings were quite amazing! One thing I really like is how educational and fun this outing can be. There were plenty of helpful staff around to tell us amazing facts. We learned new facts about the Flamingos and my favorite Pumpkin Carving was one of Elsa from Frozen.
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Is Reimagined and Expanded to Every Day in October
October 1 through 31, 2015
This Halloween season, the Los Angeles Zoo offers families and Halloween lovers of all ages a chance to feed their imaginations with treats at the all-new BOO AT THE L.A. ZOO, expanded to an entire month of seasonal fun and learning beginning Thursday, October 1 and continuing through Saturday, October 31, 2015, 10 am to 4 pm. BOO AT THE L.A. ZOO 2015 features daily activities such as spooky caves spotlighting animals' "super" natural senses, while weekends include a "Graveyard Safari" adventure, "Boneyard" education station, themed crafts, storytelling, live music, strolling characters, pumpkin carving, animal feedings and other family adventures. Kids are invited to dress in costumes, and costume contests are presented throughout October. Activities at BOO AT THE L.A. ZOO, which is sponsored by 99 Cents Only Stores, are free with paid Zoo admission. Check lazoo.org/BOO for details and daily schedules.
In a twist on a more traditional Halloween haunted house, the L.A. Zoo debuts spooky caves in the Winnick Family Children's Zoo, which are filled with shadows and projections of slithering snakes and crawling spiders and eerie sounds of nocturnal creatures and other special effects, as well as live tarantulas, scorpions and other critters. Visitors wandering through the spooky surroundings can expect to unearth shocking facts about animals' "super" powers such as heightened senses that help them survive in their environments. Other daily activities include fun photo ops in front of a "Haunted Barn" backdrop and up-close "Animals and You" encounters with some of the Zoo's smaller (and creepier) residents.
Weekends at BOO AT THE L.A. ZOO offer a slew of additional "sweet and spooky" entertainment and education attractions. A new Graveyard "Safari" hay bale maze is stocked with "tombstones" and silhouette cut-outs of skunks, possums, raccoons and other creatures that inhabit backyards – like yours! — in the dead of night. Animal skeletons and skulls at a "Boneyard" Station may actually make guests jump out of their skins a bit, as might mysterious characters strolling through the Zoo. Adding a lighter touch are pumpkin-carving demonstrations, Halloween crafts, "Professor Johnson, Organ Donor's Haunted Halloween Musical Review" featuring "silly songs and sing-alongs," and "Dress Up With Campfire Cat," including face painting with a choice of spiders or fangs with four shows each weekend day.
Zoo residents celebrate along with everyone, so guests are encouraged to keep their eyes peeled for seasonal feedings of pumpkins for plant eaters and carcasses for carnivores on select dates (parental discretion for the latter is advised). Feedings are set for lions on Saturday, October 3; for Komodo dragons on Sunday, October 4; for jaguars on Saturday, October 10; for elephants on Sunday, October 11; for the black bear on Saturday, October 17; for the tiger on Sunday, October 18; for snow leopards on Saturday, October 24; and for Komodo dragons on Sunday, October 25. On Halloween, Saturday, October 31, guests can celebrate the one-year birthday of Rosie, the Zoo's near-legendary baby hippo, with activities to be announced. Traditional trick-or-treating at the Zoo takes place on Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25 and Saturday, October 31.
The landmark Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens, drawing 1.6 million visitors each year, is home to a diverse collection of 1,100 animals representing 250 different species, many of which are rare or endangered. Its lush grounds on 113 acres feature the LAIR (Living Amphibians, Invertebrates, and Reptiles); Elephants of Asia; Campo Gorilla Reserve; Rainforest of the Americas, an extraordinary collection of endangered and exotic mammals, reptiles, fish and amphibians living in spaces that exemplify their natural habitat in the rainforest biosphere; Tom Mankiewicz Conservation Carousel; an Indian Rhino Encounter direct-contact opportunity; Chimpanzees of Mahale Mountains, home to one of the largest troops of chimpanzees in the United States; Red Ape Rain Forest, where visitors can walk among orangutans; the Winnick Family Children's Zoo; one of the largest flocks of flamingos in any zoo in the world; a botanical collection comprising over 800 different plant species with approximately 7,000 individual plants; and much more. Accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), whose members meet rigorous professional standards for animal welfare, the Zoo has achieved renown as an international leader in the preservation of endangered species and a conservation center for the care and study of wildlife. The private, non-profit Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA), which has supported the Zoo in partnership with the City of Los Angeles for more than five decades and provides funding for and operates seven essential Zoo departments, has 60,000 member households representing more than 240,000 adults and children.
Admission to the Los Angeles Zoo is $20 for general admission (ages 13 to 61); $17 for seniors (ages 62+), and $15 for children (ages 2 to 12). No ticket is required for children under 2. Admission for Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association members is free.
The Los Angeles Zoo is located in Griffith Park at the junction of the Ventura (134) and Golden State (5) freeways. 5333 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Free parking is available. For additional information, contact (323) 644-4200 or visit www.lazoo.org/BOO
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He Named Me Malala – Inspirational, Educational and Eye-Opening. A Must-See for Today's Youth
Davis Guggenheim, known for his award-winning documentaries An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for Superman, brings to the screen the incredible life story of Malala Yousafzai and offers insight into the life of this young woman. At the heart of this film are the interviews that show us the impact of Malala's father and family in creating who she is. KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Lainey A. comments, "This movie is very inspirational, educational and makes me realize how fortunate I am to have an education and not have to worry about the safety of my life or family." See her full review below.
By: Lainey A., KIDS FIRST! Film Critic, age 13
"There is a moment when one should choose to be silent, or to stand up." -Malala
This movie is very inspirational, educational and makes me realize how fortunate I am to have an education and not have to worry about the safety of my life or family.
He Named Me Malala, is a documentary about Malala Yousafzai who takes huge risks to stand up for girls' rights to receive an education in Pakistan. When Malala is 15 years old she makes public speeches about how she doesn't think the Taliban is doing the right thing by blocking girls from getting an education. One morning on the way to school, members of the Taliban board Malala's school bus, ask for her by name and try to assassinate her. Malala is shot on the left side of her head and she miraculously survives. After her recovery, she continues to put her own life in danger by speaking out against the Taliban. Fast forward to 2014, at age 17, Malala is the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
The relationship between Malala and her father, Ziuddin Yousafzai is very strong and shown throughout the film. Malala says that she and her dad have two different bodies but they share one soul. They both speak out and help each other to have a voice. Ziuddin named his daughter after a historical Afghanistan woman who courageously went onto the battlefield to fight for freedom. Similarities are shown between the two Malalas, both strong young women willing to take a stand.
My favorite scene is at the beginning of the movie when Malala is at her home with her brothers and Dad having conversations like any tight-knit family. This scene offers some comedic relief between Malala and her brothers and this scene shows she has a normal life.
The message of He Named Me Malala is that we should stand up for what's right and what you believe in, no matter the consequences. That can be really difficult. Malala really shows what she believes in and she says that there is a moment when one should choose to stand and she does. She chooses to speak out. The movie states, "When you educate a girl, it changes our world."
Thanks to Malala, more girls are getting educated and our world will be a better place because of it.
I rate this documentary 5 out of 5 stars because it is very inspirational and shows how one person can really make a difference in our world. I recommend this film for ages 13 to 18 because it is intense and has actual news footage of murders done by the Taliban. This film is in theaters now so go check it out.
Credit: KIDS FIRST!
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"The Good Dinosaur" asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? Pixar Animation Studios takes you on an epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo (voice of Raymond Ochoa) makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of. Directed by Peter Sohn and produced by Denise Ream ("Cars 2"), Disney•Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur" opens in theaters on Nov. 25, 2015. For more information, check outhttp://movies.disney.com/the-good-dinosaur, like us on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/PixarTheGoodDinosaur, and follow us on Twitter, https://twitter.com/TheGoodDinosaur, and Instagram, https://instagram.com/TheGoodDinosaur.
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THE GOOD DINOSAUR opens in theatres everywhere on November 25th!
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Diocese of Durham to give a multi-million boost to declining churches
by Madeleine Davies
Five areas are to receive funding for church plants, of which £2.9 million is being sought from the Church Commissioners
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Canon David Tomlinson
A MULTI-million-pound bid to turn around churches that are in numerical decline is being prepared by the diocese of Durham.
The money will be used to turn churches in strategic locations with small congregations into "resourcing churches". A strategic development funding bid for an estimated £2.9 million will be submitted to the Church Commissioners this month; an answer is expected in June. In total, the plan has been costed at about £4.5 million.
Canon David Tomlinson, who was appointed Senior Resourcing Church Leader this month, said last week that the funding would enable a "radical" approach to growth, "stepping outside of the norm in the Anglican Church of having a survival mentality".
The first phase of the strategy entails church-plants in five areas: Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, and Washington. In Stockton, missional communities of about 40 people will be developed. In the second phase, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Easington, and Jarrow will be added to the resource church network.
A church-plant from Holy Trinity, Brompton, at St George's, Gateshead has already received £150,000 from the Church Commissioners (News, 26 May). In the past two years, its congregation has grown from 20 to 170, and it now plans to create a plant in the city centre.
In Bishop Auckland, the Revd Matthew Keddilty was last year appointed Vicar of St Andrew's and St Anne's. The latter, whose congregation had declined to six people, has been designated a resourcing church. Money from the Commissioners will be used to employ staff, including a youth worker, and to repair the building. In Darlington, there are plans to establish a new Sunday-evening youth congregation in the resourcing church, which is yet to be named.
All the resource churches are in urban areas — a "cost-effective" strategy, given that the population in rural areas was sparse, Canon Tomlinson said — with appointed leaders "on the Evangelical end".
This was "not deliberate", he said, but a reflection of the fact that "it has been churches with an Evangelical bent that have stood up and said 'Yes, we want to be part of this, let's work with you.' I would love to see a vibrant liberal Catholic resourcing church. . . The challenge is finding people who are prepared to be missional leaders in that context."
Members of the six congregations were "really hopeful," he said. "In quite a number, people have watched the slow decline and have felt a little bit desolate about the end of something. Now, they have hope."
One person in a church that was now growing had admitted that, had they known what the Vicar had wanted to do at the beginning, they would have opposed it, but now they thought it was "wonderful", Canon Tomlinson said. "That kind of kindling of hope, where people realise this is not the end but a different kind of beginning, is really good."
Canon Tomlinson, who is Vicar of Shildon and Area Dean of Auckland, has been seconded to the post, and will report directly to the Bishop of Durham. Serving in one of the most deprived parishes in the country, he has secured funding for a number of community projects (Features, 23 December), and secured awards in the process (News, 11 November, 2016).
The latest Statistics for Mission suggest that people who regularly attend church make up 1.3 per cent of the population in Durham, compared with a national average of two per cent.
Distribution of resources. Since 2014, the Commissioners have distributed £59 million in strategic development funding: bids for resource churches have featured prominently.
In return for substantial investment — £1.5 million was allocated to St Nicholas's, Bristol (News, 26 January), for example — resource churches are expected to grow numerically, share resources and best practice with other churches in the diocese, and to plant.
In some dioceses, an existing, growing church is designated a resource church; in others, a church that is empty, or in numerical decline, receives a church plant. Ambitious targets for numerical growth have been set, including pledges to reach high percentages of unchurched or young worshippers.
To date, resource churches tend to be Evangelical; many of them are the result of partnerships between a diocese and Holy Trinity, Brompton.
Of the £8.69 million strategic development grant that the diocese of London received last year (News, 15 December), £3.9 million is to be used to train 15 "planting curates", who, at the invitation of diocesan bishops, will be deployed to 15 "strategic cities, in terms of size and student population", between 2020 and 2022.
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Ten of the curates will be trained at Holy Trinity, Brompton, and a further five will be available to Holy Trinity, or other London-based resource churches. Each of the 15 will be expected to grow their congregation to 1000, and plant every three years. In addition, 15 resource churches will be designated or planted in London over the next three to five years; the targets will be to create 3000 "new disciples", and for "30 struggling or weaker churches [to] benefit from church plants".
A spokesperson for the diocese of London said this week that Holy Trinity, Brompton, had been chosen as the partner because it was experienced in training curates for this position, and because "there is demand from bishops from different dioceses for curates from HTB."
The diocese wanted to enable any network or church in the diocese to train resource-church leaders for national deployment: "If other London churches are approached by bishops to provide curates nationally, we want to support these churches."
To date, all resource-church leaders trained at Holy Trinity, Brompton, are men.
The Bishop of Islington, the Rt Revd Ric Thorpe, who leads on church planting, said on Monday that he was helping to train both women and men identified as potential resource-church leaders. He also pointed to "arise", a movement that seeks to encourage and support young women into church leadership within the Holy Trinity, Brompton, network.
In the diocese of Leeds, which has received SDG funding to plant five resource churches by 2019, St George's, Leeds, designated a resource church, is led by the Revd Lizzy Woolf.
Although most resource churches are in city centres or large towns, there are moves to try the formula in rural areas. In the diocese of Southwell & Nottingham, the Revd Alison Jones leads the Potting Shed, a rural resource church (News, 3 February).
Resource churches were "a missing piece in the ecology" of the Church, Bishop Thorpe said. "Planting churches grow, and the net result is more people coming into the Christian faith, either de-churched or unchurched."
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Accessing the CLI is a simple process but you need to use a terminal. On a mac this is called Terminal, on windows, it's called cmd and on Linux, it's just a shell. UNIX style commands are not natively available in Windows cmd. Installing the msysgit package on a Windows machine adds Git and Git BASH, which is an alternative command prompt that makes UNIX commands available. If you are accessing your server remotely, you most likely will use SSH to remotely log in to your server. Check out this great tutorial for more information on SSH.
Although some operations can be performed manually, by relying on the CLI, these tasks could be automated via cronjobs that run daily.
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The Grav backup system has been completely revamped in Grav 1.6 to support multiple backup profiles. These profiles are configures in the user/config/backups.yaml. If you don't have a custom configuration file, Grav will use the default one provided in system/config/backups.yaml.
If Grav detects multiple backup profiles, the CLI command will prompt you to choose the one you wish to backup with the CLI command.
More information on the backup functionality can be found in the Advanced -> Backups section.
This CLI command is primarily used during the package building process, as it removes extraneous files and folders from Grav. It is strongly recommended you do not use this yourself unless you are using it build your own Grav packages.
You can clear the cache by deleting all the files and folders under cache/.
There are several aliases for compatibility (cache, cache-clear, clearcache, clear).
To install the dependencies Grav relies on (error plugin, problems plugin, antimatter theme), launch a terminal or console and navigate to the grav folder where you want to install the dependencies and run the CLI command.
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Run the Grav CLI to create a new project, with the destination being the location where your project will reside in (usually the webroot of your Web server). Let us assume we are creating a portfolio and we want it at ~/Webroot/portfolio.
This will create a new Grav instance and download all the dependencies required.
Grav has a nifty utility called sandbox, which can quickly create a symlinked copy of the Grav-installation. Simply put, running bin/grav sandbox -s DESTINATION - where "DESTINATION" is the path to the folder where you want the copied installation - recreates the Grav-installation in another folder.
From your current Grav-folder creates a sibling-folder named copy, where the following folders are virtual copies: /bin, /system, /vendor, /webserver-configs, as well as standard files that typically reside in Grav's root-folder. All content in /user will be carbon copies, not virtual, so you can easily get started with customizing the new installation without having created overhead from core files.
As outlined in the Advanced -> Scheduler section, The scheduler can be monitored via the CLI command.
Please refer to the Advanced -> Scheduler section, for more detailed information on these options.
Added in Grav 1.5 is a new security scanner CLI command. You can run this to quickly scan your contents against the configured security settings.
If you see a reference to (cgi-fcgi) you will need to prefix all bin/grav commands with php-cli. Alternatively, you can set up an alias in your shell with something like: alias php="php-cli" which will ensure the CLI verison of PHP runs from the command line.


Oct. 5, 2011 1:00 p.m.
Manager Rod McDonald stands at the doorway to Victoria Marine Electric on Erie Street. The longtime James Bay company is relocating as there is no longer enough business for them in the area.
Two of the last remaining shops serving the marine industry are leaving James Bay, marking yet another nail in the coffin for a once-thriving fishing industry at Fisherman's Wharf.
After 37 years of business on Erie Street, Victoria Marine Electric closed its location Sept. 29 and reopened on Sumas Street in the Burnside Gorge area.
The business does wiring, plumbing and repairs for boats. These days, its main clients are the navy and boat owners from Sidney harbour.
Also on the move is Trotac Marine, at 85 Dallas Rd., which supplies the commercial fishing fleet and other marine industry with fishing gear and other hardware.
The business, which celebrated its 39th anniversary Friday, plans to move to 370 Gorge Rd. East, only two blocks from Victoria Marine Electric's new location.
"We'll be neighbours again (though) not by design," said owner Campbell Thomson.
Thomson took over the business from his father, and is now training his kids.
His reasons for moving are similar to McDonald's.
Moorage rate hikes at Fisherman's Wharf caused many fish boats to move to Sidney, he said.
The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, which also controls the property upon which his building sits, has raised his rent by 400 per cent since taking over from the federal government.
He also can't secure a long-term lease from the authority. For all these reasons, it's time to leave, he said. He aims to make the move in early December.


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Chicago Auto Show's First Look For Charity Gala Fundraiser Set For Feb. 11The Chicago Auto Show returns to McCormick Place in less than a month, and excitement is building. A preview of the show's First Look For Charity night was held at Goose Island Wednesday.
DCFS Admits It Still Has Not Placed Teen Who Has Been Held In Psychiatric Hospital For Months; Case Led To Contempt Finding Against Agency's DirectorThe Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as of Thursday had still yet to place a teen who has been locked in a psychiatric hospital for four months beyond when he was ready for release.
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CHICAGO (CBS) — A deadly high-speed police chase ended in a fiery crash in Chicago this past summer. Two suspects died and four police officers were injured, and as CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports, the entire accident unfolded on a police dashboard camera video.
A video posted on YouTube appears to be from two Illinois State Police cars. It shows the July 1 crash and chaotic aftermath–including injured Chicago Police Department officers collapsing on the ground after escaping their police SUV, which caught on fire.
The high-speed chase began after an armed robbery in South Suburban Tinley Park. Suspects driving the 10-mile stretch of I-57 weaved in and out of traffic on Chicago's Far South Side, terrifying other drivers.
That day, witnesses were alarmed. "Police were coming from everywhere. They just speeded up. They were going real fast. By the time we got to Halsted there was a lot of traffic so the guys in the gold car, they got up on the sidewalk. At that point in time, I think the police should've cut it off," said witness Regina Raines, at the time.
But the pursuit continued until the suspects' car collided with the police SUV at 124th and Union.
The force of the impact flipped the car and sent it careening through a wheelchair ramp as the SUV crashed into Maxine Wells' home. She was just about to walk on the ramp, but heard the sirens and took cover behind her minivan.
Asked, "Do you realize that decision probably saved your life," Wells said, "Right. It did. It did."
Two of the suspects died in that crash. The four officers sustained non-life threatening injuries. The chase and crash are still under investigation.
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Happy Birthday, Ali Larter and Noureen DeWulf
It's a happy 30th birthday to Noureen DeWulf as well as a happy 38th birthday to Ali Larter, the latter of whom no doubt has had to engage in some Cool Whip shenanigans over the years to satiate suitors.
Happy Birthday, Brad Pitt
It's a happy birthday to Brad Pitt, who turns a rather astounding 50 years old today, but nonetheless remains on the fantasy-bang lists of all sorts of women decades his junior (and senior, I'd reckon). I wonder what's up with the strippers he used to ferry around, though?
September 17 Birthday Roll Call…
It's an interesting collection of filmmakers who share a birthday today — District 9 director Neill Blomkamp turns 34 years old, Bryan Singer turns 48, and Baz Luhrmann and Paul Feig each turn 51. I like to imagine them having some sort of secret society, or at the very least a special handshake.
July 26 Birthday Roll Call…
It's a happy birthday to Stanley Kubrick, who would have been 85 years old today, as well as Kevin Spacy, who turns 54, and Kate Beckinsale, who flips the personal odometer over to 40. Sandra Bullock, meanwhile, creeps to just one year away from the mid-century mark, a fact which will surely bewilder plenty of Speed fans. And probably Jesse James, too — you just know that guy never knew when her birthday was.
It's a happy 52nd birthday to Woody Harrelson, a happy 46th birthday to Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and a happy 39th birthday to Kathryn Hahn, who's pretty damn terrific in Afternoon Delight, releasing August 30 from the Film Arcade.
April 29 Birthday Roll Call…
Happy birthday shout-outs to Tyler Labine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman and Daniel Day-Lewis. Oh, and your mom, too… if it's her birthday. I have no way of knowing.
Celebrate Chuck Norris' Birthday By Kicking Someone You Love
It's a happy 73rd birthday to Roundhouse Aficionado cover subject emeritus Chuck Norris and his pearly (phony) whites. Observe it by roundhouse kicking someone you love, please.
Happy Birthday, Eva Mendes
It's a happy 39th birthday today to Eva Mendes, who doesn't look terrible sprawled out like that. A few years back I pondered her untapped gifts, and for those who haven't had the chance to track it down, she's quite excellent in Massy Tadjedin's underappreciated Last Night, an evocative portrait of modern sexual temptation.
David Herman, It's Your Birthday and I Want To Thank You
It's a happy 46th birthday to David Herman, of Office Space fame. Every time I think of/view this wonderful scene, it fills me with an almost indescribable joy. From "PC load letter — what the fuck does that mean?!" to the unhinged mania with which he attacks that printer… man, just beautiful, beautiful stuff. Comedy of our times, truly.
Happy Birthday, Jean-Claude Van Damme
It's a happy birthday to Jean-Claude Van Damme, who turns 52 today, but hopefully isn't coerced into celebrating by doing 52 scissor-kick splits.
Lacey Chabert Passes 30th Birthday Torch to Olga Fonda
As a hopefully happy 30th birthday sets on Lacey Chabert, it's best birthday wishes to Olga Fonda, who also celebrates number 30. Come on in ladies, the water's fine…
Emmy Rossum Turns 26, But Is Likely Still Hated
It's a happy 26th birthday to Emmy Rossum, who has engendered no small amount of hate due to… what, exactly? The fact she's one of these multi-hyphenate talents, daring to both sing and act and do modeling and what not as well? I'm not sure if her topless scenes in Shameless have helped or hurt her any in this regard — all I know is that in the maybe three or four pieces I've penned about either her or her movies over the years, the comments sections have reliably gotten blown up by weirdo trolls, in a manner and to a degree not really keeping with her stature or public profile. So what is it about her that so sets some folks off? I'd really like to know.
Happy Birthday, Devon Sawa
It's a happy 34th birthday to Devon Sawa, who should surely wish to be remembered more for Final Destination than Devil's Den, even though the latter is… special in its own way.
Happy Birthday, Annette Bening
It's a happy birthday today to Annette Bening, who joins Michelle Pfeiffer in the "Hot 54-Year-Olds Club," and has hopefully found some solid ground in what has to be a difficult personal matter with which to cope.
Happy Birthday, Michelle Pfeiffer
It's a happy 54th birthday to Michelle Pfeiffer today, who deserves nothing but sunshine and happiness in life. Well worth checking out for both Pfeiffer fans and others who probably missed it when it was dumped like a homeless murder victim's body by its distributor is Amy Heckerling's I Could Never Be Your Woman; it's a charming, funny romantic comedy with great performances by Paul Rudd and a young(er) Saoirse Ronan.
Happy Birthday, Noureen DeWulf
It's a happy birthday as well to the striking Noureen DeWulf, now 28. I stumbled across part of The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard on television recently, and said "Hell-o!" But I still couldn't place what else I'd seen DeWulf in. American Dreamz, maybe? No firm memories there, really. It turns out it was The Taqwacores, actually. Here's to more of her, and if it's in ensembles like the one above then so be it.
Happy Birthday, Frank Gehry
It's a happy 83rd birthday to architect Frank Gehry, who also makes for a charming and interesting documentary subject, via Sydney Pollack's casually seductive Sketches of Frank Gehry.
Happy Birthday, Kyle MacLachlan
It's a happy 53rd birthday to Twin Peaks' Kyle MacLachlan, who also knows what to do with root vegetables, it turns out.
Birthday Girl Olga Fonda Is Not Unattractive
It's a happy 29th birthday to the Russian-born Olga Fonda, who is an actress, don'tcha know, because she speaks words in Real Steel.
Happy Birthday, Robert Benton
It's a happy 79th birthday today to filmmaker Robert Benton, who's a great writer and a class act to boot.
Happy Birthday, Zachary Quinto
It's a happy 34th birthday to the intriguingly named Zachary Quinto, of Heroes and rebooted Star Trek fame. It must be nice to have those fan conventions in your back pocket, for supplementary retirement income. For a chat from last year with the man himself, click here.
Happy Birthday, Jessica Lowndes
It's a happy 22nd birthday to Jessica Lowndes, who is a raven-haired ringer for a younger sister of Elizabeth Banks, I tell you. For those interested, she toplines the recently-released-to-DVD Altitude, which is better than it needs to be.
Happy Birthday, Dolph Lundgren
"Ladies and gentlemen, 53-year-old birthday boy and Fulbright scholar Dolph Lundgren on drums!"
Happy Birthday, Sharon Leal
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Happy Birthday, Alicia Silverstone and Rachael Leigh Cook
It's repeat happy birthday returns to Alicia Silverstone and Rachael Leigh Cook, who turn 34 and 31 today, respectively. Avoid Batman & Robin, old Aerosmith music videos on YouTube, She's All That and Blonde Ambition, and call it a celebration.
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After a long day from work, this anonymous note on my door surprised me.
I was speechless for a minute or two. Not again, I thought. Why on earth I have overly sensitive neighbors and all the sounds coming from my room were closely monitored? Since that complaint I received last March, I have been very cautious not to disturb my neighbors again. From that time one, even how inconvenient it is, I use earphones while using my PC or listening to music, especially at night. And for the record I am not even watching television since most of the times I cannot understand Japanese shows. Though at certain times, I listen to my ipod without earphones but it is on a very minimum level. And I cannot imagine how that sound would actually bother them. And I don't sing along. The vibration of the A/C or of the exhaust, even the water from the faucet is way louder that the ipod's volume.
Perhaps, maybe because I am a foreigner and they can easily assume that I am the source of that noise. Or maybe because of what had happened before, making me an automatic suspect. That note (though maybe be written nicely and in English) really left me wondering. This is an apartment, and not an asylum or any music-restricted place, if there's any. I wrote a reply on that note but decided not to post it to avoid further misunderstanding. Literally, I am living in silence at night.
If only my neighbors knew how I understand their situation when they wash their clothes in the middle of the night. Or when their dogs bark in the middle of the night. Or when they listen to some Japanese shows and get excited late at night. Or when their kids start running around in the wee hours. I did not complain to the building administration or our company's admin thinking that these are inevitable and they have all the right for it. And I respect that. But here they are complaining right away to the littlest sound coming from my room. We all have cultural differences and as much as possible we should respect and understand one another as long as it doesn't spell abuse.
I already informed our company's administration in order to help me with this one. They told me that if I continue to feel uncomfortable, I can move to other apartment. But what if I'll have the same kind of neighbors again? Same old story.
For the meantime, I decided to stay in my present apartment and will be more extra cautious not to upset them again (but I didn't do anything). I am afraid though that next time someone will post a note outside my door that I cannot walk around my room after 9 pm.
That will be a different story.
Ooh, how aggravating. I remember that kind of neighbour, too well - a family of parents + 10 offspring squatting in the flat below ours after they'd burnt their house down for the insurance money, which they used to buy radio, TV, hi-fi and electronic keyboard with drum kit.
Neighbours who needs them, that is what I say.
I hope your situation improves it sounds dreadful! It is sad when respect and understanding is one sided maybe things will get better! best of luck!
Tall fences make good neighbours.
Having neighbours put us in a quandry. Some are just obnoxious by nature. Given half a chance they'll react nastily. Just like defensive driving, we avoid antagonizing them. You did very well under the circumstances. Very good story.
Isn't it funny how people are the same the world over?
That is amazing! You are so patient!
Take some manju, meet your neighbour/s, and maybe you will make some friends for life.


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Students are Building a Consent Culture, one Conversation at a Time Français
Dec 10, 2018, 10:15 ET
How Ontario Schools can Draw-the-Line to End Sexual Violence
TORONTO, Dec. 10, 2018 /CNW/ - Last year in Arianna Lambert's grade 4/5 classroom, it started with a conversation about hugs. "We talked about why you should ask someone ahead of time," she recounts. "It got them to think about how we actually impact the way people feel around us by going too close."
Video: Ontario students discuss the Draw-the-Line campaign and its place in schools
Age-appropriate conversations like this one are taking place in many Ontario classrooms. They represent important stepping stones for building a culture of consent. Or, in other words, a culture where it's recognized that a person is always the best judge of their own wants and needs—whether we're talking about a hug, sexual activity, or anything else—and asking for consent is normalized and promoted.1
White Ribbon—the world's largest movement of men and boys working to end violence against women and girls—understands that bringing discussions about consent and healthy relationships into classrooms is key to stamping out the attitudes and behaviours that fuel sexual violence. What's more, it's not enough to create a culture where, as individuals, we don't commit or condone sexual violence. To solve this pervasive problem, we all need to learn to be active bystanders: safely and effectively intervening when we see sexual violence taking place. That's where Drawing the Line on Sexual Violence—A Guide for Ontario Educators can help.
Schools are in a unique position to help end sexual violence.
One in three Canadian women will experience some form of sexual assault in her lifetime2—with young women being especially at risk. Female youth aged 12 to 17 are eight times more likely than male youth to be victims of sexual assault or another type of sexual offence.3 Meanwhile, Indigenous girls, LGBTQ youth and women and girls with disabilities run even higher risks of being sexually assaulted.4
With unparalleled access to young people from all walks of life, teachers have a key role to play in helping students learn how to recognize and respond to sexual violence. That said, as a subject, sexual violence and consent can be intimidating to broach.
"When I first heard about the topic, I was a little bit apprehensive," says Sean Lambert, a teacher with the Toronto District School Board and a contributing writer of the guide. "But once I got together with the team and knew the support we would have from White Ribbon, I understood it was good work."
Draw-the-Line brings discussions about sexual violence out into the open.
Draw-the-Line is a bystander education campaign created by the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres and Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes, who later partnered with White Ribbon. The campaign provokes discussions about sexual violence in our communities and provides strategies bystanders can use to intervene safely and effectively.
In 2016, White Ribbon saw the need for school-based resources on the same topic and, working alongside Ontario educators, developed tools to help teachers foster the next generation's ability to navigate healthy relationships, understand consent and prevent sexual violence. Since then, more than 5000 copies of the guide (which is available in both French and English) have been distributed.
The resource helps students prepare for real-life situations.
The Draw-the-Line educator guides are structured around a set of cards/posters that present students with age-appropriate, real-life scenarios related to sexual violence. For example:
Your classmate says they've noticed someone standing in the schoolyard watching kids at recess. Do you tell someone? (Elementary)
Your peer mentor sends you nudes of a girl you know. Do you share them? (Secondary)
Students discuss how they might react to the situation as teachers walk them through lesson plans that draw on expectations from the Ontario curriculum. "It becomes much more personal than a resource that might say 'here are three tips…'" says Arianna.
According to Grace Guillaume, a first-year student at the University of Guelph who has volunteered with White Ribbon, it's also a great way to practise for the unexpected. "When you encounter a situation in which you want to intervene, it often catches you off guard," she explains. "You second guess yourself. But when you have these different examples of possible scenarios, you think of what you would do and should do. Then, when you encounter a real situation, there's less processing. You can identify it more easily, and even though there's not one exact right way to approach it, you already have an idea of what you can do."
"I like the fact that there are also stories and links to videos about topics like cyberbullying," adds Arianna. "It helps students understand those situations in ways that are relevant to their own lives."
The resource can support more than just classroom discussions.
Some schools and students have used the campaign in creative ways. "Last year we created a show called My Being," says Emily Guitar, a grade 12 student at the Etobicoke School of the Arts. "It's an interdisciplinary show where we talk about rape culture, especially related to youth. We had 50 performers and 20 visual artists involved."
The student-led group framed their show around the Draw-the-Line resources. They put on two performances for a total of 400 audience members, and students are planning a similar show for this year. "Last year we talked about the overall community aspect. This year, we plan to talk about how we can work to diminish sexual violence without justifying the actions of the perpetrators," explains Emily.
Arianna can also see potential in taking the messages of the Draw-the-Line resource outside the classroom. "I think that (school-based) clubs could be a really effective way to do this," she says. "It could allow for a broader conversation in a school that doesn't necessarily have teacher buy-in."
Male allies are key.
The resource guides also contain a section on engaging male bystanders—something that's central to White Ribbon's vision for ending sexual violence. Until recently, education initiatives have largely focused on how women can protect themselves, rather than on how men can be part of the solution.
"Throughout history people have made sexual violence a women's issue," says Grace. "It creates an environment where men aren't reviewing their actions or their reactions to sexual violence."
"I think it makes a huge difference when men and boys get involved," comments Emily. She explains that when they do, it no longer feels like just a woman's issue, but an issue that concerns all of us.
And when all genders become part of the solution, we all benefit. Safer communities and healthier relationships are just the start. When men and boys become allies to end sexual violence, they can also gain a healthier, non-violent sense of self—something which can lead to an increased ability to identify and express emotions, a decrease in risk-taking behaviours and even improved mental health.5
How can you start a conversation at your school?
"Prior to writing the resource, I didn't feel I had the expertise. I wouldn't have known where to start," Sean admits. "Teachers need good resources and a lot of good information."
Although the current iteration of White Ribbon's Draw-the-Line campaign in Elementary and Secondary Schools is coming to a close, the Drawing the Line on Sexual Violence guides are available for free download from the White Ribbon website. Furthermore, e-modules to support educators in the use of the guides are coming this month. White Ribbon continues to offer workshops for educators and students.
It's also important to remember that, with the right support, any educator can tackle the material. "My mistake was thinking, I don't teach health," says Arianna. "All teachers could use these activities. They don't necessarily have to happen in health class."
Most importantly, keep in mind that by reaching out for information and support you can increase your comfort level with the subject. That, in turn, will help students to feel more at ease. "As a teacher my job is to make sure everyone is comfortable having these discussions," says Sean. "If I can do that, it becomes less taboo."
And when a topic like sexual violence loses its taboo, empathy for victims increases, people begin to take more responsibility for their actions and reactions, and big changes can be set in motion. "Just being presented with opportunities to have discussions around this is going to change lives, save lives, and make a change in our society," Sean concludes.
White Ribbon is the world's largest movement of men and boys working to end violence against women and girls and to promote gender equity, healthy relationships, and a new vision of masculinity. Starting in 1991, White Ribbon asked men to wear white ribbons as a pledge to never commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women and girls.
www.whiteribbon.ca
1 http://www.dtl.whiteribbon.ca/elementary-guide p.118
2 http://www.women.gov.on.ca/owd/english/ending-violence/sexual_violence.shtml
4 http://www.canadianwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Facts-About-Sexual-Assault-and-Harassment.pdf
5 http://www.whiteribbon.com/elementary-guide p. 23, 24
SOURCE White Ribbon Campaign
For further information: Véronique Church-Duplessis 416-920-6684 x21, [email protected]
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It snowed at the Grand Canyon on Memorial Day
(CNN)So much for that warm, sunny Memorial Day vacation to the Grand Canyon.
Clear views of America's most beautiful ditch were briefly interrupted by something rarely seen this late in the year — snow. Light snow began falling in the morning, lasting for several hours, dusting the Grand Canyon.'It's common for snow to fall in Flagstaff in April and May, but to have accumulating snow after May 26th is quite unusual," said the National Weather Service's office in Flagstaff, Arizona.
50 million people are at risk of severe weather on Memorial DayIn fact, "it's only happened 8 times since we've been keeping records," the NWS Flagstaff office said. Flagstaff is about an hour south of Grand Canyon National Park, where about 5.9 million tourists visit every year. Read MoreThe snow turned into rain in the afternoon, forecasters said.Extreme weather
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As if that's not enough, tourists will also encounter an "unusually cold weather system."
Heading to the Grand Canyon National Park's South Rim? Expect snow on State Route 64 and some other highways in the #Flagstaff area. This photo is from on of the park's webcams. Check them out here: https://t.co/kxm8AdM49V@GrandCanyonNPS #aztraffic#azwx pic.twitter.com/D4sBvJQI0t
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) May 27, 2019 Winds gusted to 30 mph and the temperature failed to reach 50 degrees, according to CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward. It's not the only crazy weather this Memorial Day. Across the country, about 50 million people were at risk of severe weather Monday.
CNN's Darran Simon contributed to this report.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/27/us/arizona-snow-at-grand-canyon-wxc-trnd/index.html
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