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Sometimes salsa can be quite soupy and extremely spicy. I like mine fresh and chunky and mild - and to me, that is very refreshing. I make a batch of salsa almost daily during the late summer when we can't keep up with picking all the ripening tomatoes in our garden. Not so often in the winter, but it's a a tasty throwback to warmer days!
Diced all the veggies, squeezed the lime, added the oil, sprinkled the garlic salt, chopped the cilantro. Threw it all in a bowl and stirred!
The best batch I made last summer was served with homemade tortilla chips I picked up at the European Market in Chesterton.


From the summit of Mount Lofty there is a viewpoint and restaurant with spectacular views over Adelaide.
Mt Lofty Botanical Gardens is 1.5km south. Open 8am to 4pm weekdays, 5pm weekends.
Cleland Wildlife Park is a popular Australian wildlife park. Open 9.30am to 5pm daily. Entry $7. From Adelaide take bus 822 from Grenfell St.
Warrawong Sanctuary has Australian wildlife in a 35 acre rainforest and stream setting. There are guided walks at dawn and dusk for $15; book in adavnce. Stock Road near Mylor. Take the Stirling exit from the Princes Fwy and follow signs. Phone 8370 9422.
Hahndorf is an old German town in the hills that now takes advantage of its history to cater almost exclusively to tourists. On weekend the town is overun with them. The main street has many craft and sounevier shops and German restaurants in the original old buildings. There is an art gallery at 68 Main St (phone 8388 7250) and a couple of Lutheran churches in the side streets. Despite the tourists the town is a very pleasant place to visit for a couple of hours. The German Arms Hotel is a pub with lots of atmosphere and good Geramn food.
Hills Transit run a few buses a day to hahndorf from Adelaide. Fare $4.10. Phone 8339 1191. Picture: Historic Hahndorf, settled by Germans. The German Lutheran atmosphere is still strong.
The National Motor Museum has hundreds of historic cars and motorbikes on display. Main St. Open daily 9am to 5pm. Closed Christmas Day. Entry $8. Phone 8568 5006.
North to the Barossa Valley wine region.
Return down the hills to Adelaide.
To Portland and Warrnambool and then along the Great Ocean Road.


While tourism generates profit for some, it can also wreak havoc on local ways of life when left unchecked. This is becoming evident in some European cities where mass tourism is impacting the quality of life for its residents. As destination marketing organizations (DMOs) grapple with the challenge of increasing visitation, they must also consider the human cost of inviting millions of visitors into neighbourhoods and environments that could be forever altered when not managed properly.
In the 2014 documentary Bye Bye Barcelona, filmmaker Eduardo Chibás examines the relationship between Barcelona's residents and its tourism industry to find out whether they can peacefully coexist.
For Chibás, who lives two blocks away from Sagrada Família, these problems are literally close to home. He says, "I've lived in this neighborhood for over 8 years and in this short amount of time there has been a spectacular increase of tourists in a space that clearly cannot manage it." Over 3 million people visit Sagrada Família each year.
Other local neighbourhoods also suffer from overcrowding, including seaside Barceloneta. While visiting the area with his family on a Sunday afternoon in early 2013, Chibás saw demonstrators "protesting against the enormous amount of tourists that crowds the city, and that neighborhood specifically, every year." The group gave out flyers that offered convincing arguments against mass tourism and the harm it causes to the local way of life. Taking this experience as inspiration, he began to create Bye Bye Barcelona.
Chibas identifies the loss of space for residents as the worst effect of tourism in Barcelona: "Entire areas of the cities have to be 'sacrificed' to the needs of most visitors, which are very different from the needs of both locals and other types of travelers. So basically, it comes down to the fact that locals stop going to those areas, or at least stop using them as part of their day-to-day life." The documentary is one way to bring attention to this loss in the hopes of finding a solution.
The problem of overcrowding goes beyond Barcelona. Over the last few years, other documentaries have examined the effect of mass tourism in Venice (The Venice Syndrome) and Berlin (Welcome Goodbye). This problem has increased dramatically in Europe, where Chibás says, "the cities are old and tend to have a high population density, and they increased tremendously the amount of visitors they receive over the last decade." In this way, Europe's response to these challenges will be an example for the rest of the world.
For today's destinations, Chibás emphasizes the importance of caring about "your city's life and the lives of the residents in it," which involves more than simply helping visitors have a good time. Not everyone makes a living from tourism, he says, but "everyone can suffer the negative impact it can bring" when mismanaged.
Secondly, the image a destination projects will affect the types of visitors it attracts. For example, Chibás says that a focus solely on promoting local iconic monuments can draw extreme crowds in those areas. Also, "If you sell a place where you can party hard and drink a lot, then you'll attract those kinds of tourists." Bye Bye Barcelona demonstrates this while pointing to the need for destinations to make smart decisions about the experiences they emphasize and the visitors they attract.
The problems of overcrowding are the same everywhere. You're not alone, and Bye Bye Barcelona is an important bellwether for destination marketers as a cautionary tale on the dangers of mass tourism. It demonstrates that DMOs who face this challenge face a complex task in managing their destination, but they are not alone.


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The Empanada Expert, Sandra Gutierrez
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In the hand pie episode of "Somewhere South," Vivian meets food scholar and author Sandra Gutierrez for lunch at Sarah's Empanadas in Durham, N.C. Over classic empanadas and new 'Southern-Latino' versions, Gutierrez details the historic journey of the hand pie from the Middle East to the Americas. Her knowledge of the hand pie is rooted in years of research and lived experience. As Vivian mentions on the show, "she literally wrote the book."
"Empanadas: the Hand-Held Pies of Latin America" is Gutierrez's third cookbook. Gutierrez's first book, "The New Southern-Latino Table" was a groundbreaking contribution to helping define the beginning of a shift in Southern and Latino foodways. In 2019, Gutierrez's work became part of the permanent FOOD exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, read about her contributions to American foodways in the exhibit's official essay, "The Migrant's Table," and see some of her cooking objects, right next to the replica of Julia Child's kitchen!
Gutierrez also serves on the series' advisory board. We caught up with her to learn more about the humble hand pie and the evolution of Southern-Latino food.
You've written so many books! What inspired you to take on empanadas as a subject?
I wanted to tackle the complete scope of the 21 Latin American cuisines in one single subject to compare how the food of each country differs. My mission has always been to break stereotypes—those that surround Latin American people, but also those that have boxed our multicultural food into a single category. Everyone who first thinks of Latin food, thinks "tacos." Although those are absolutely delicious, there is so much more.
Hand-held pies are versatile and have lately become very popular in this country; however, both in the Southern region of the U.S. where I live and throughout Latin America, the story of the hand pie can be traced back to ancient culinary traditions that came from "someplace else" but that we made our own. "Empanadas: the Hand-Held Pies of Latin America" came out of that desire to explain the origin of one single food that has gone through myriad transformations as each country put their own stamp on it.
The breadth of research for this one required reaching far back into history. How did you narrow your focus?
As a food historian, I am always looking for the origins of ingredients, recipes, and culinary techniques. The history of empanadas has a very clear path that is easy to trace back to Persia. Once I found those first recipes and the very first depictions of hand-held pies in ancient Persia (today's Iran), it became only a matter of following it forward, through the spread of the Ottoman Empire in Europe, and then the European expansion into the Americas. History leaves culinary imprints that remain as answers we find centuries later. This is why food is so important, because when we're blessed not to need food only for survival — when we can actually study it and investigate its origin, path of distribution, journeys around the world, etc. — we get anthropological, socio-political and historical knowledge that explains so much about humankind.
Was there anything interesting you learned that didn't make it into the book?
What I wish I could have written more about is all of the modern variations of empanadas that can be made today, not only within the Latin American territories, but around the world. The empanada hasn't ever remained static. The fillings, the dough and the spices that season them are always in flux, and these all paint a picture of humanity in the present.
In our hand pie episode, you share what you know about how the Persians first made this hand-held food. Can you elaborate on why it was so important that it was portable?
The Persians were building an empire; soldiers needed food that was portable but also durable. The first empanadas allowed for the fillings—mostly meats mixed with fruits—to stay edible for days. Many of the original dough used to encase the fillings were heavily salted, which helped to preserve the meat inside; other encasements could be quickly made, without leavening, and carried away for journeying or battles. It is no surprise that empanadas remain portable food. That's one of the reasons the hand-held pie became so central for miners, whether in Scotland, or in Virginia--they could take their hand held pies into the mines. In Latin America, they became the food for workers and school children alike.
Let's talk masa! Doughs in Latin America vary greatly. What are some types of dough used in empanadas that people may not know about?
In Spanish, "masa" means dough—any kind, not only the one made with nixtamalized corn. Empanada means "encased in bread," but the dough can be made of many ingredients that are not just based on wheat. Everyone thinks that gluten-free dough is a new thing, but Latin Americans have been making it for centuries. I offer 10 different types of dough in my book, but my favorites to showcase are those made entirely of either yuca root (a tuber similar to a long potato, but starchier, that grows underground), or those made of plantains. These don't have any flour added; one ingredient, boiled and mashed, becomes an encasement that gets crispy when cooked. I also feature wheat-based empanada dough, because that's what we inherited from the Persians. However, in Argentina, instead of making pastry with cold ingredients, it's made with boiling, hot water. The result is pastry that cooks like crusty, Italian bread. I find it extremely important to break stereotypes in every single aspect of cooking. Empanadas, allowed me to showcase different dough, plus sweet fillings, savory fillings, sweet and savory fillings, and even savory pies that are covered in sugar before serving.
Explain how demographics have shifted in the U.S. South as it relates to the history of Latino migration.
The first Mexican migrant workers arrived to the South in the 1880's, but for the most part, until 1990, the South remained hermetically sealed to widespread Latino immigration. Of course, through the 20th century, Florida was the exception because of the arrival of Cuban exiles in the 1950's. Mass Latin immigration to the South resulted from the repeal of the Temporary Protective Status (which precluded the deportation of immigrants back to their countries due to natural disasters or armed conflict), and to the legalization of certain work status passed by government legislation, among other factors. According to the US Census Bureau, the number of Central Americans alone grew nine-fold between 1980 and 2013. In the 1990's highly skilled South Americans faced flailing economies in their countries and sought job opportunities in the United States. The professions of Latinos in the South vary, from agricultural workers, construction laborers, scientists, software engineers, university professors, and doctors. From 2000-2010, the Latino population in the South grew by almost 70 percent to more than 2.3 million people; in Georgia, it nearly doubled, and in states like Mississippi and Alabama, it more than doubled. Mexicans, Colombians, Cubans, Guatemalans, Puerto Ricans, Hondurans, Salvadorans and Dominican Latinos make up the largest population shifts. According to The Washington Post, in Texas alone, the percentage of Latino population will grow from 38 percent in 2010 to 53 percent by 2040.
And this has of course shaped foodways in the region. You view food scholarship through a particular lens of Southern-Latino, which is a term you coined years ago. Tell us more about what this means.
Soon after arriving to live in the South in 1996, I became the first Latina food editor of a newspaper in North Carolina. We were the first Latinos in our neighborhood and this fact was very noticeable.
I also started noticing a new culinary movement developing in our region. Chipotle peppers were making their way into barbecue sauces and jalapeños were peppering hushpuppies. Friends were filling tacos with brisket, and serving them with chimichurri. Others were making tamales with cornmeal and topping them with shrimp and pineapple salsas; or smothering biscuits and pound cakes with dulce de leche. I knew we were onto something.
By the time the University of North Carolina Press asked me to write a book in 2009, what I called the "New Southern-Latino Movement" was impossible for anyone to ignore. People were growing their Southern roots by not denying them, exposing the new racial and sociopolitical realities of an entire region one dish at a time. The next year, Southern Foodways Alliance dedicated an entire conference to the Global South, which included the Latin American influences on Southern regional cuisine.
What I had discovered more than a decade before was an organic movement in which Latino and Southern home cooks found themselves in the same territory, with similar cooking techniques, ingredients, and cultural culinary bases. They adapted and created recipes that married their two cultures. By living here, I— both of the American South and from Latin America— was able to taste it in other people's homes before I named it. My Latino friends were substituting grits for nixtamalized corn flour and replacing traditional chipilines with collard greens. My white friends were serving unforgettable menus featuring cabrito en barbacoa with tostones and coleslaw. My own children were eating field pea ceviches and Cochinita Pibil Carolina sandwiches, topped with coleslaw. Here was a revolution created by regular folks seeking to find common ground through food.
As a Nueva Sureña, I am not the creator of this culinary movement; I am simply the food-loving historian who was in the right place at the right time to witness and record its birth. I think that being part of and open to both cultures, without prejudice, allowed me to see what many had ignored before me. My prediction is that the New Southern-Latino Movement will continue to grow. We've only seen the beginning.
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Uzma Shakir is Spending this Week in Windsor
October 22nd, 2008 Comments(2)
This year's Distinguished Visitor in Women's Studies at the University of Windsor is Uzma Shakir, a Pakistan-born community activist making a difference in Scarborough, Ontario. She is the 2003 recipient of the Jane Jacobs Prize and was recently awarded the Atkinson Foundation�s Economic Justice Award in recognition of her work on behalf of immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area. She works on issues related to immigration, social equity, the racialization of poverty, and the future of multiculturalism in Canada.
The events are open to the community but some require an rsvp. Details are below.
This is the schedule of events from the Distinguished Visitor website:
Week of Events 2008
Women, Knowledge and Activism, Class Visit
To be truly empowered, Uzma argues, women must do more than consume knowledge; they must use their own understanding of the world as a basis for knowledge. Uzma's experiences with the feminist movement in Pakistan under a military dictatorship taught her that solidarity among women is built through directly engaging issues of complicity and marginality.
Date:	Wednesday 22 October
Place:	Chrysler Hall South, room 162 (University of Windsor)
Course:	Women in Protest
Instructor: Prof. Nancy Gobatto
Public Announcement to the Press
Date:	Thursday 23 October
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Place:	Toldo Health Education Centre, room 203 (University of Windsor)
What Does an Inclusive Feminism Look Like?, Class Visit
Speaking as a woman of colour with a history of feminist activism in Pakistan, Uzma argues that mainstream North American feminism has not served women of colour because it has been slow to question its own complicity with the imperial agenda of the state, inside Canada and outside. Uzma believes that feminist solidarity with white/western women is possible only with those who understand the difference between appropriation and solidarity and who commit to deconstructing white privilege.
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Course:	History of Women's Movements in North America
Instructor: Dr. Ren�e Bondy
The Veiled Woman as Social Outsider, Class Visit
Uzma will show how Canadian state and public discourses have pathologized certain communities since 9/11, and how these
discourses frame Islamic women as �oppressed� in contrast to �liberated� white/western women.
Course:	Women, Race, and Social Justice
Instructors: Dr. Anne Forrest and Dr. Jane Ku
Islam, Women, and Canadian Law, Class Visit
Uzma will discuss the consequences for Islamic and non-Islamic women of the Ontario government's decision to exclude Shari'a law from the arbitration process for resolving marital conflict, and of Elections Canada's decision to permit veiled women to vote.
Place:	Vanier Hall, Winclare A (University of Windsor)
Course:	Women and the Law
Instructor: Prof. Amanda Burgess
This event is co-sponsored by the Stephen Jarislowsky Chair, Centre for Religion and Culture at Assumption University.
New Canadian Mothers: A Delicate Balancing Act, Class Visit
Uzma will discuss the dilemma of immigrant mothers who are responsible for transmitting the �home� culture to their children while negotiating a new cultural environment on their behalf. She will examine the burdens that racialization and criminalization impose, in order to show how race and marginality complicate the mothering process.
Date:	Friday 24 October
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Course:	Mothering and Motherhood
Instructor: Prof. Jacqueline Bobyk-Krumins
What Can Women Do Together?, Community Organization Luncheon
Uzma argues that social agencies must actively connect with other community groups for social change. Otherwise, they will leave unchanged the society that produces the social problems the agencies have been created to solve. Panelists will describe the very real barriers to moving beyond the service delivery model.
Panel Discussion with: Uzma Shakir, Patricia Noonan, and Gis�le Harrison. Rachel Olivero – moderator.
Place:	Club Alouette, 2418 Central Ave.
If you or your delegate plan to attend, please R.S.V.P. to wsvisitor@uwindsor.ca or 519-253-3000 ext. 3727.
Take Back the Night March
A Call to Action: Identifying the Pressing Issues for Women
Take Back the Night is a world-wide event protesting male violence against women and children. All are welcome to the rally; however, the march is for women and children only. The march is symbolic of women's right to reclaim the night without the need for a male escort.
Keynote Speaker: Uzma Shakir
Date:	Saturday 25 October
Time: 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Place:	Memorial of Hope, University of Windsor (between Essex & Dillon Halls)
Rally begins at 8:00 p.m., march to follow. For more information, please visit www.uwindsor.ca/takebackthenight.
In Conversation with…Uzma Shakir
Please join Friends of Women's Studies for an afternoon of friendship and conversation with Uzma Shakir.
Date:	Sunday 26 October
Place:	Betty Wilkinson Room, Art Gallery of Windsor, 401 Riverside Dr. W.
Tickets: $250 (this event is free for members of 250 for $250 and major donors)
R.S.V.P. by telephone at 519-253-3000 ext. 3727 or by e-mail at wsvisitor@uwindsor.ca by October 17.
"We are here because you were there!", Class Visit
Uzma will examine connections between local and global conditions for women, in particular, how the growing disparity in wealth worldwide makes women in Canada more and more reliant on the undervalued labour of women in the global south.
Date:	Monday 27 October
Place:	Odette Building, room 104 (University of Windsor)
Course:	Women in Canadian Society
Instructors:	Prof. Nancy Gobatto and Prof. Daniella Beaulieu
Re-scripting the National Narrative: A Woman's Perspective, Class Visit
Uzma will illustrate how certain commonplace words and phrases obfuscate gender, race, sexuality and economic inequalities. She will deconstruct terms such as liberal democracy, multiculturalism, reasonable accommodation, diversity and tolerance.
Place:	Dillon Hall, room 361 (University of Windsor)
Course:	Language and Women's Place
Instructor:	Prof. Nancy Gobatto
Beyond Sisterhood: Race, Immigration and Solidarity, Community Dinner
Date:	Tuesday 28 October
Time:	5:30 p.m. Reception, 6:30 p.m. Dinner
Place:	G. Caboto Club, 2175 Parent Ave. at Tecumseh Rd. E.
Tickets: Individual: $60
Table of 10: $600
Sponsor a table: $600 ($600 charitable tax receipt)
Sponsor a student: $60 ($60 charitable tax receipt)
R.S.V.P. by telephone at 519-253-3000 ext. 3727 or by e-mail at wsvisitor@uwindsor.ca or you may register online.
Please note that the office will close at 12:00 p.m. on October 28, 2008. Tickets may be purchased at the door.
For more information, e-mail wsvisitor@uwindsor.ca or call 519-253-3000 ext. 3727.
About Citing Wikipedia
September 15th, 2007 Comments(0)
School's started up again and if I hear another caveat from a professor telling students not to cite Wikipedia I think I'm going to lose it. In each instance it's gone something like this:
(Prof): In writing your papers this semester, you'll be required to use outside sources. When you're looking for material, do not cite Wikipedia. Anyone know why not to cite wikipedia?
(Student): Because it's inaccurate.
(Prof): Why is it inaccurate?
(Student): Because anyone can edit it.
(Prof): Very good.
Whether or not you accept Nature's study that showed Wikipedia to be more accurate than Britannica or Thomas Chesney's smaller study at Nottingham University Business School in which experts found Wikipedia entries to be highly credible, the reason not to cite Wikipedia is completely different. At the university level we don't cite the encyclopedia. Any encyclopedia.
When you're just getting started on a research project, by all means look up information on Wikipedia. You'll probably find Wikipedia more helpful than Britannica because (1) it's online making it easily accessible; (2) it's free; (3 and most significantly) it contains links to other related subjects. I've yet to see a print document with linkage to other entries or sites.
Once you've found an interesting entry, read all the way to the bottom to the Resource section. Here you will find the footnotes, which contain the information you will need to find the original documents that form the basis for the wikipedia entry. See the titles of journal articles, books, and other scholarly sources? Make a note of these and then go to the library (physical and/or online). Look these up in your school's journal database, library catalogue, etc and read the complete, original text. And then cite that.
So, there's no need to even get started on the credibility/accuracy of either encyclopedia or the cooperative vs. competitive model of writing or any other debate.
Defining History
May 30th, 2007 Comments(0)
It's all about perspective. My kids got a map in mail, a map of the area a bit north of here with points of interest marked to encourage daytripping over the summer. It's a cool map with great photos of marinas, wetlands, artwork, theatres, kayaking, scuba diving, lighthouses — lots of different categories so that everyone is likely to find something that they'd want to do. It's published by a new (to me anyway) organization called Waterfront Trail, a registered charity "committed to the completion, enhancement, and promotion of the [Lake Ontario] Waterfront Trail and Greenway." I was browsing it while taking a water break from gardening.
I've always been a stickler for appropriate use of icons. They should be meaningful, clear, easy to interpret, simple, scalable, and non-discriminatory. Looking at this map I thought about "history" and how through my studies of social history, women's history, history of technology, etc, I've really broadened my understanding of the field of history.
There are many records of our histories. Cookbooks, diaries, storybooks, medical charts, songs, clothing, artwork — these all tell stories of our past. History is more than just the records of battles, leaders, and number of wounded. In fact, this information doesn't really give us information about how people lived. We should not neglect the histories of the many people who were not soldiers, and remember that these people also had full lives outside of who was killing who when. We can also study people who lived their lives in city or country or both (and why they moved), about how they fed themselves, how they grew up, how they grew old, how they celebrated, how they grieved — these pieces of history are rich.
This is how I think of history and how I will study it when I start the MA history program this fall. This is why I was surprised to see that historical places on the Waterfront map are represented by an icon with a cannon. I don't think the acceptance of social histories in academia has made it that far into the general population just yet. It is just as relevant (and for most people probably much more engaging) when we consider the lived experiences of our histories. There are more and more historical fiction novels for kids (Dear Canada, and Royal Diaries come to mind. Maybe as these become more popular the next generation will grow up thinking history is more than war.
John Jay High School
March 09th, 2007 Comments(7)
Wasn't it just International Women's Day? Couldn't we celebrate instead of attacking women?
Update: Contact phone number for John Jay High School in NY: 914 763-7200 Leave a message with the principal in support of the Megan Reback, Elan Stahl and Hannah Levinson.
I got a link to the censorship taking place at John Jay High School in the mail today. Seems women's bodies are still dirty and unsuitable for children (er well, it's okay if we give birth to them — lots of them in fact). It doesn't matter that these girls defied the order not to say the word "VAGINA" — that order was Wrong. There is nothing wrong with what these three girls did, nothing at all. I'm glad to see support from the community, and how it's crossing borders into Canada and soon will go beyond. Hopefully it will come from far and wide and this school's admins will realize that rules like this try to make women feel ashamed of their bodies. I'm especially glad to read this quote from Dana Stahl, Elan Stahl's mother, "To me, they were reciting literature in an educational forum and they did it with grace and dignity." Way to go Elan!
I wonder if there are other words associated with women's sexuality that are not allowed at this school? Like rape? Could you imagine a school where girls are not allowed to talk about rape? Scary scary — what we do not hear does not exist, right?
I'd like to see the principal apologize to these girls and the community and tell us that he does not think women are shameful, sexless, dirty and offensive. I'd like these girls to organize some mandatory workshops for staff about the importance of a healthy attitude towards women's bodies and how this is directly linked to women's position in society (i.e. the end of misogyny). The staff could get a special certification at the end of the workshop (which includes writing an essay on the topic) — maybe "Gynophile"? or how about this classic: "Teacher"? These workshops would be adapted for the students at the school too because they've all been told now that "vaginas" are a problem. I'm not looking forward to seeing how that plays out in their futures. What do you think Megan, Elan, and Hannah? Actiongirls would be happy to help!
Here is the entirety of principal's statement. He's insisting that the girls are not suspended because they said vagina but because they said vagina when they were told not to say vagina. This is sooo not cool. Mr. Leprine, really, it gets easier the more you say it. And as for kids hearing it — it wasn't that long ago that they were sliding through their mothers'. They'll be okay. Maybe even better than okay.
Dear John Jay Community Members:
I appreciate the concerns expressed by students and parents over the monologue issue that occurred last Friday night at the �Open Mic Night.�
John Jay High School recognizes and respects student freedom of expression in the context of the school setting. That right, however, is not unfettered, particularly when an activity or event is open to the general school community where it is expected that young children may be in attendance. The challenge is to balance the rights of student speakers and the sensitivities of the community. The School�s response to that challenge was to pre-audition the students before several faculty members for the �Open Mic Night� and to determine the suitability of the intended presentations for the audience. In many cases, younger siblings, often elementary age, attend these types of events. This event was also being videotaped for the local cable television channel.
When a student is told by faculty members not to present specified material because of the composition of the audience and they agree to do so, it is expected that the commitment will be honored and the directive will be followed. When a student chooses not to follow the directive, consequences follow. The students did not receive consequences because of the content of the presentation.
There is a clear difference between putting on a production of a play such as �The Vagina Monologues� and an open performance at the microphone of an excerpt from the play before unsuspecting parents and their children. In the first case, the community would have been aware of the nature of the production and could have made an educated decision to attend or not to attend based upon that knowledge. In the case of the �Open Mic Night,� the community was invited with the expectation that the pieces presented would be appropriate for the general community, including younger children. Parents and community members did not have the ability to make an educated decision about the appropriateness of the content of the presentations for younger children.
There is also a clear difference between what is read and discussed in the classroom and what is presented in an activity open to the entire community. Our judgment was guided by the forum, the audience and the students� commitment. Our decision was made in a considered, careful and thoughtful manner.
Rich Leprine,
Principal JJHS
Bucking the System
February 14th, 2007 Comments(0)
When you decide that things aren't quite right and that you have the power to make changes in the world, however large or small those changes might be, you leave the path. You can no longer follow the map of your youth, the instruction book your parents gave you, or mimic the decisions made by those around you. Breaking new ground is just that — you're on your own.
If you're lucky you'll find like-minded people along the way and together you can chart this new territory, consult before making brave new choices of your own, or stumble along, helping each other pick up broken pieces from the mistakes that come from any learning experience.
Love and relationships are a site of potential change as gender roles and relationship power dynamics are being navigated and changed by more and more couples. Heteronormativity is no longer the only relationship model, but what's an individual to do when they are conscious of historical imbalances and there is a desire to leave hegemonic power differentials behind, but yet there really isn't a clear cut working model to follow?
Start with divorce. In North America right now anywhere from 1/3 to 1/2 of marriages end in divorce. So many people are divorced which means their fantasy picture of the happy nuclear family with white picket fence, etc. is not their lived reality. I'm divorced but most of the people I know who are divorced are close to my age. I don't have a whole lot of elders to look to for help navigating the fallout of divorce (like co-parenting with someone when we'd rather never see or speak to each other again). It's not possible to just walk away from that person forever, in a way that it once was. Where is my role model? Someone to tell me that "one day this will be ancient history and here's what worked for me"?
And single parenting. Where are the supports for parents who are doing it on their own? Shouldn't this be worked out by now? If so many families in Canada are managed by single parent head of household and most of the families headed by single mothers are living in poverty why hasn't it been dealt with? We're doing things differently than our parents' generation and there is no one to drive the soccer team around, bring cupcakes to school, or even attend PTA meetings. Time for basic family maintenance and survival is precious. There are no extras.
Regarding fathers, many today are more than breadwinners. Divorced or not, how many of them are following their own father's parenting style? The supports and guidance for these men are minimal and those that are around are underutilized. Whether for lack of time or anxiety/inexperience with the support structures that do exist, there are lots of dads who are winging it.
Next, more and more adult students are turning up in university classes. Many of the ones I've encountered are women post-divorce who hope post-secondary education will be a way out of poverty for themselves and their families. The supports for us, the roadmap for how to study and parent and juggle work (sometimes more than one job) has yet to be drawn.
People are redefining what a relationship entails. Sex in a culture of AIDS and STIs (on top of the fear of an unwanted pregnancy) has to be negotiated. Rape and sexual harrassment are real things that could happen to you and could come from the people around you. It really could (or really has) happened to you.
Dating can now include all kinds of technology: emails and text messages and messenger clients. Profiles on myspace, facebook, and other social sites can lead you to potentials as well as the older sites specifically for finding a match. Some people still think it's wrong to look for a date through a matchmaker site, others wouldn't dream of going out with someone until they've sussed out their language skills and interests via the distance and safety (perceived or real) of online communication. Each person has to navigate this themself; there is no consensus as of yet.
More re: dating: the question of who pays for what on a date is no longer such a big deal — for some people. There are still traditions in place about who drives, who opens doors, who sits first. For some couples, these things are reciprocated but for others old habits die hard. For those in the new water, it can feel good to know your relationship is on equal footing and that a gift of kindness is just that: a gift, given and accepted altruistically, not in order to create debt.
Couples use language to show they are part of this new movement: descriptors like "partner" and S.O.for a significant other show real effort to reflect how we feel about another person. Gender-neutral language is a big part of this. Calling someone your partner reflects that they are truly an equal: equally responsible, equally knowledgeable, equally capable for maintaining the relationship and all it entails. It shows that a couple is committed to working together and is helpful in preventing one part from blaming the other for any difficulties. You are partners.
It can also be a way to reject the traditional marriage model of husband who rules and wife who is chattel and obeys. Rewriting the language helps us to reflect the true nature of our relationships. The term partner is also useful for describing same sex relationships since there is no implied gender in the word. The term partner opens up minds as to what a relationship can be, in an attempt to breakdown heterosexist culture.
Language isn't the only changing thing in relationships today. Choosing cohabitation or longterm dating with each partner maintaining their own residence are practical alternatives to marriage for a lot of couples. Having children or not are greater options as methods to control fertility and prevent pregnancy are further developed. If a couple does decide to marry for legal or religious reasons there are a greater number of choices for language used in a ceremony to reflect equality between the individuals and the diversity of couples marrying. It's no longer assumed that a woman will change her name when marrying a man — many couples choose a hyphenated name for all or a hybrid name.
We are an individualistic society. We have a lot of choices to make and there aren't a whole lot of examples to follow. We do the best we can, with the information we have at the time, but are we really making informed choices? Do we just rationalize when we make a choice that follows a tradition?
If we were truly lazy we wouldn't do anything differently. Because we do endeavour to make changes, to reconstruct our families, our language, our ideologies we mustn't t be lazy. Doing things differently takes effort, but it's worth it: for us, our families, other people breaking ground along side us, and those who will follow.
Too Socialist
December 08th, 2006 Comments(0)
I seem to be in a perpetual struggle for a secular education for my kids at the local public school. This past week my daughter brought home a spelling worksheet with the sentence "Insects are one of the many creatures God created. The word insects was underlined to be replaced with one of the list words. The sentence was also used on the test at the end of the week.
I complained (again) about religion in public schools and about the school teaching creationism, the teacher responded that I was surely exaggerating — that this was hardly creationism. I think "God created" is very clear creationism. Next he said that I can hardly hope to expunge god from everthing — but in a public school I certainly can and do expect a secular education for my children. Next there was something about him being a geologist… and he grudgingly apologized.
My friend in Toronto ran into another religion-in-the-public-school incident when she attended the Remembrance Day assembly with her son at his school where she is a volunteer. The school choir sang a United Church hymn filled with references to god as a male figure.
Later, she talked to the teacher about why they chose this song given all the songs written about creating peace in the world. The school is diverse and is part of the Toronto public board. Religion is not a part of the curriculum, including teaching god as a male deity. She learned that the original choice of songs for the kids was "If I had a Hammer" but the principal had vetoed it because it was too socialist. Full lyrics to If I had a Hammer here. I cannot believe that promoting Chrisitianity over socialism (if the song can even be labeled that) is happening, here, in 2006. What's wrong with socialism?? And the only answer for choosing the hymn was that the kids knew it already.
The choir also sang an edited version of John Lennon's Imagine with the line about "And no religion too" removed (full lyrics to Imagine here.) I cannot imagine why they'd edit it out — it's a great song about peace and I think it's a good point that religion divides people. It certainly happens in the schools here with there being two separate systems of publicly funded education: one Catholic and one for everyone else. It's very divisive – ask the kids who go or went to one of the split schools where the two boards share a building.
What is so wrong about If I had a Hammer? And will we ever secure secular public education for our children?
The F-word again: what's the diff between 'egalitarianism' and 'feminism'?
An egalitarian believes in equality for all people: equal opportunity, equal access to resources, regardless of their gender, age, skin colour, language, culture, sexual orientation, religion, ability, etc.
A feminist shares this belief but takes it further and says that women's oppression must be acknowledged and eliminated before an egalitarian society can exist. We cannot discuss 'equality' without discussing women's lack of equality. Thus, a feminist is a specific type of egalitarian (thought 'feminist' can be broken down further, into different 'types' of feminists), and feminism is a branch of egalitarianism. Of course there will be overlap: many feminists will also be LGBTQ activists, many LGBTQ activists will also be animal rights activists, many animal rights activists will also be feminists and so on go the circles.
Our Influence on Language: "Podcast" is now a word
This story today announces that the word "podcast" has made it into the New Oxford American Dictionary 2006. Originally coined as a combo of 'ipod' and 'broadcast' the word has spread into popular culture and beyond. My extended family now knows what a podcast is. My children know. Their friends know. The widespread popularity has legitimized the word and the practice and it's no longer some geeky 1337 thing. Read more »
Blogging from the poorhouse – Blogher 2006
November 03rd, 2005 Comments(3)
Blogher 2006 has been announced so mark your calendars: July 28 and July 29, 2006. Sour Duck has asked the question of how to get economically disadvantaged women to the conference this year. If you scroll down here to the comment section you can read Lisa Stone's response which includes what helped last year. Some of the solutions included donations, free passes in trade for volunteer hours, and sponsorship.
If you have any ideas on how to help cover the costs of Blogher for those who can't afford to jet set across the country, continent, or globe, contact Blogher and help open doors.
Regarding the challenge of poverty, I really feel strongly about blogging as a people's media. I like to read opinion blogs, but I get a lot more out of experience blogs, or when the two are brought together. I like to read about what is happening in the world based on people's real lived experiences. I like it when practice shows theory – after all, the personal is political only if made so.
Access to blogging does suggest a certain minimum level of prosperity. There is an inherent technology required for blogging, and to own that technology can be expensive. As universal access increases however (at least in the western world) public libraries and computer centres are helping to minimize the need to own your own computer. But still. Blogging from the poorhouse is important and should be supported. Read more »
The Problem With Feminism
The use of the term �feminist� inhibits the goals of the movement for equality. In her article "Why I�m a Feminist," Lauren Anderson describes some of the many negative stereotypes associated with �feminism� and �feminists� like �hairy-legged, bitchy, [and] lesbian� (Anderson 32). According to this stereotype, feminists are destructive, hateful, selfish and angry. These stereotypes are created and reinforced in and by our culture, and are very difficult to change. The semantics of a word are determined by its usage. Regardless if a dictionary or encyclopaedia defines feminism as the �belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes� (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language qtd. at www.dictionary.com), popular use interprets feminism as a radical movement, full of militant extremists.
Some self-defined feminists choose to struggle against this popular definition, in a quest to open the eyes and ears of society to the important work of the women�s movements. They claim that the purpose of feminism is to open doors and break socially constructed barriers erected to maintain the patriarchal power structure and keep women out of the public sphere. They say nothing about hating men, only about an imbalance in the power structure of society. This challenge seems insurmountable. It is time to re-evaluate what the feminist movement stands for and find a less stigmatized vocabulary capable of describing the goals and purposes of the movement while at the same time maintaining an open and receptive audience in present-day society. Read more »


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Domestic violence survivors join together in special event
by: Sophia Radebaugh
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA)- Domestic violence survivors in Greenville came together Saturday, Sept. 26, for the 4th annual Pretty Scars into Stars event.
Sabrina Greenlee started the pretty scars into stars event four years ago.
"It's very important that they just understand that they are beautiful, not only on the outside today but on the inside," Greenlee said.
The goal for Saturday is to help these women, who have been through so much, remember their value.
Hubertine Silcutt was once a victim, now a survivor said, "Once you're down you have no way, nowhere else to go but up, and that's what I strive to do…"
The day was full of pampering.
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"My hair was twisted the way I wanted it to be, they made me up, they made me feel good," Silcutt said.
Then a dinner with motivational speakers.
Greenlee said, "It's very unusual for women to take of themselves through trauma, self-care is like the last priority."
For her, she has the same story as the women she's helping.
"I myself was a victim of domestic violence, not only once but three times. My story, my testimony. I am totally blind, 17% of my body is totally burned, but I still get up every day to take my power back," Greenlee said.
Adding, "It is very very important for you to take your power back. Yes you've been isolated, yes you've been controlled, but you are enough."
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and Greenlee says she plans to have more events throughout the month.


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Wilhelm Holzbauer (3 September 1930 – 15 June 2019) was an Austrian architect, noted as a "pragmatic" modernist. He was a student of Clemens Holzmeister at the Vienna University of Technology between 1950 and 1953. In 1956–57, he studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Fulbright Scholar. From 1977 to 1998, he was professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

Projects

References

Further reading
Liesbeth Waechter-Bohm: Wilhelm Holzbauer: 50 Years of Architecture, Springer Verlag, 2006

External links

Holzbauer and Partners

Austrian architects
1930 births
2019 deaths

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There are so many different recipes for brownies out there that it is a bit overwhelming to look for one in the internet. Everyone claims to have the ultimate brownie recipe. Most people I know are very particular about their standards of what a great brownie should taste like. Some like crumbly, others fudgy, others chewey, others cakey, with nuts, with chocolate chips, with frosting, etc. and the possibilities are endless. Some keep their recipes zealously locked in a "bank safe" so that the "state secret" is not shared with anyone. In conclusion, people are very passionate about brownies! For many years, I have tried hundreds of recipes from books, magazines, friends, tv shows, internet, original experiments I make and I truly think this is one of the best. This recipe is adapted from a recipe in marthastewart.com (chocolate chunk brownies). The original recipe calls for more butter and gives you a choice of various chocolate chunks, but I am a sucker for white chocolate. I admit I haven't made a boxed brownie mix in probably 10 years. I like to melt the chocolate and the butter and mix with the sugar, eggs and vanilla and finally incorporate the flour. It takes me approximately the same amount of time as with the boxed counterpart. It is pretty easy and fun process which my children love! I always, always, have unsweetened chocolate in my pantry in case I crave homemade brownies on a Sunday afternoon, Je! So I want to share the universal love of brownies with you by posting my version of this delicious recipe.
1. Preheat oven 350ºF. Line a 12×17 inch jelly roll pan with parchment paper and grease with butter or cooking spray, including sides. In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
2. Melt butter and chocolate in bain-marie or double boiler and remove from heat as soon as they have melted and formed a smooth mixture. Set aside and let cool a little. Then transfer to a bowl and beat with the sugar with the whisk attachment of an electric mixer for about 3 minutes in medium speed. Stop, add vanilla and mix for 1 minute. Continue mixing at medium speed and add eggs, one at a time. Stop, scrape bottom with spatula. Bring speed to low and add flour mixture in small batches just until almost fully incorporated with chocolate mixture (do not over beat!!!!).
3. Fold in white chocolate chips. Pour batter into jelly roll pan and spread evenly with spatula. Bake at 350ºF for 20 minutes until brownies have just set. Take out of oven and let cool completely before cutting. I cut with metal spatula instead of with knife. I find it makes a nicer and cleaner cut.
A few months ago, we travelled to Orlando, Florida to attend a tradeshow related to my husband's business. My brother and sister in law who live in South Florida, Mandy and Frances, met us there. One afternoon, Frances and I took a break from the show to go shopping in Orlando's world famous outlet malls as well as browse at upscale shops. One of our stops was at The Mall at Millenia where we got hungry, so we went to a California Pizza Kitchen Restaurant for lunch. We shared a white bean hummus as appetizer topped with tomatoes and flat bread and a pizza with mozzarella, fontina and gorgonzola cheeses, thinly sliced pears, caramelized onions, hazelnuts and baby greens (something to try with my bbq homemade pizza recipe with a little white truffle oil of course!). It was delicious! I had tried white bean hummus before at other restaurants like Cien Vinos in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and often made traditional chickpea hummus at home. This variation, is a great appetizer or light lunch. In the months following our trip, I started experimenting with recipes and quantities to make the white bean hummus at home and here is the outcome. So far, I've had great reviews from family and friends! I want to hear your comments and suggestions.
Tips: Before juicing the lemon, grate the lemon zest and use it to make Nieves' Lemon Bread. Also, sometimes the solids and oil in tahini (ground hulled sesame seeds) separate, so make sure they are fully incorporated to form a paste by mixing with a spoon before adding to the recipe.
1. Place all hummus ingredients in a food processor and pulse a few times to chop ingredients roughly. Then turn on for about 2 minutes until smooth paste is formed. You may add a bit of cold water if you want to reach a smoother consistency.
2. Meanwhile, mix all the ingredients of the tomato topping in a bowl.
3. To serve, spoon and spread white bean hummus in a serving plate and top with tomato mixture. Serve with pita bread, flat bread or pita chips.


Another fabulous awards evening took place at The Radisson on 17th June, in which Nicola was delighted to be a part of. Hosted by the stylish 60 Minute Makeover star John Amabile, the Paramount Creative team put together a highly successful night in appreciation of Scottish Home Improvement Trade Companies.
Opening the event with a bang Nicola performed 'Bring Me To Life' for the nominees and guests, followed up with other crowd favourites such as 'Everything I do, I do it for you' and Puccini's 'Nessun Dorma'.


An excellent turnout tonight of 40 dogs tonight, delayed start meant we only got finished at 9.40 and some people still only got one run - sorry, if you point it out next week we'll make sure you get in first.
Meave, Sailor, Alfie, Leo (Just Friends x Marsh Brook Bear), Tilly (ped), Harry (ped), Boybelle, Winston, Henry, Roger (ped), U Choose. Sheena, Zak & Roo (Showman x Whiskey Fudge).
4 heats of the handicap (ABCD Finals), 2 heats of the scratch and 2 heats for the peds.
Moonbound continuing his good run of form and finishing like a train.
Thanks to all the helpers, Tony / Craig on the traps, Gina raffle and George / Mark / Tony on the lure, John for helping with the slips and thanks also to everyone who set up & packed away and those that donated raffle prizes.


From "The Official Handbook of the Conan Universe" by Marvel Comics. It appears here in slighty edited form.
"I have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply." -- Robert E. Howard: "The Queen of the Black Coast"
The Hyborian world knew as many cults and religions as it knew tribesfolk and peoples, and religious practices and beliefs were as often the result of superstitious dread and sorcerous practices as of exalted spiritual yearnings and theological understanding.
In any case, the age bred few atheists, and even the most cynical of philosophers accepted the existence of greater beings, both good and evil, as a fundamental tenet of reality. Though the various individual gods were often worshipped within strict geographical boundaries, the age was throughly polytheistic, and it was a matter of course for nations to acknowledge the existence of rival deities to their own. The major exception to this rule was to be found among certain priests and adherents to the god Mitra who declared their deity to be the one true god, deserving of unwavering, monotheistic devotion.
Among the barbarian Aesir and Vanir of Nordheim, Ymir the Frost Giant, lord of storm and war, was chief of all gods, while individual tribes might have their own local deities as well. Ymir's domain was Valhalla, a snowy, shadowy place that was home to warriors fallen in battle; Ymir's daughter, Atali, was said to have appeared to dying warriors as harbinger of their journey to her father's realm.
The Cimmerians worshipped a grim and savage god, Crom, Lord of the Great Mountain, who cared little for mankind save to breathe into men's souls the power to strive and slay. The Cimmerians believed in a shadowy afterlife in which the souls of the dead would wander Crom's grey realm aimlessly for all eternity.
The Hyperboreans to the east worshipped ancient Bori, while west of Cimmeria the Picts served Jhebbal Sag, the "ancient god of darkness and fear", as well as the Ghost Snake and Gullah the gorilla-god. Unlike the Cimmerians, the Picts had no aversion to human sacrifice, and their black altars were permanently stained with the gore of men, women and children.
In the kingdoms of Aquilonia, Argos, Ophir, Nemedia and Zingara, south of Nordheim and Cimmeria, Mitra worship was almost universal, rivaled here and there only by cults of small numbers such as that of Asura, Ibis, Ishtar, and even, to some degree, the Stygian serpent-god, Set. Unlike the battle-minded gods of the north, Mitra was a gentle god. Blood sacrifice was expressly forbidden in the Mitran religion, the rituals of which were marked by simplicity, dignity, and beauty. Unlike pagan idols, the statues of Mitra were mere emblems meant to represent the god in idealized form and not to be worshipped themselves.
Koth, which at one time knelt to Mitra, afterwards fell under the influence of Shem and Stygia and abandoned the gentle god for the more sensual rites of Ishtar, as did Khoraja and Khauran.
The city-states of Corinthia may each have had patron gods, though Mitra-worship was known there, as was the cult of Anu the bull-god.
Zamora, on the other hand, never accepted Mitra but played host rather to any number of weird and mysterious cults and divinities. Most notorious of them was Bel, the god of thieves, borrowed from the Shemites of Shumir, and most horrible was the nameless spider-god of Yezud, worshipped in the form of a giant tarantula sculpted in black stone.
The land of Shem also worshipped a plethora of divine beings, most of them fertility gods and goddesses as befitting an agricultural people. Each city-state owned its own patron deity such as Bel, noted earlier, and Pteor, the male sky-god, mate to the Earth-Mother; the latter appeared in several guises as Ashtoreth, Derketo and Ishtar. Ishtar, in particular, was worshipped in rich temples and at lavish shrines with rituals of blood sacrifice and orgiastic frenzy performed before sensuously carved idols of ivory.
To the Zuagir tribesmen of the Eastern Desert, Yog, the ancient demon Lord of he Empty Abodes, was considered most sacred.
South of Shem, in Stygia, Set the Old Serpent reigned paramount, a reminder of the Elder Gods worshipped everywhere in the pre-human period of history and later feared in the Hyborian kingdoms as the most abhorrent and foul of demons. Indeed, the gruesome rituals of Set worship, carried out in temple, tomb and pyramid, and including live human sacrifice and sorcerous obscenities, only underscored the reason why Set's very name evoked disgust and terror among civilized and barbarian peoples alike.
Among the Black Kingdoms Set held some sway, but native gods such as Jullah, Jhil and Gwahlur had large followings of their own, as did countless local demons and spirits.
Turan in the east held Erlik and the Living Tarim as holiest of gods, while Zamboula bowed to Hanuman the horrible man-ape god.
Farther east in Kosala, the cult of Yajur offered their bloodthirsty god strangled humans, while in Khitai Yun seems to have been worshipped less violently with incense and prayer.


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For those of you who have DG2's that fit. Did you use the sizing chart or your size you normally wear. I am a size 12 I am thinking or ordering a pair of her jeans.
Sizing all over the place, no consistency. With all the reviews if she reads them she knows there is an issue. I bought them & no more. Bought the TSV last Fall- Black ones washed several times- stink chemical smell, washed them in Woolite for darks they faded, I have never worn them 1 time. They look worn out. The othe pairs I bought I only wear at home as I have to keep yanking them up as the crotch keeps bagging down,down, down. Will not wear in public as don't want to be seen yanking up the crotch of my pants continously. Loved reading her book of all the things she has overcame was excited to order her jeans but until she gets spot on with her sizes & gets rid of those little pockets that make the booty look bigger I won't purchase anymore personally. I was so excited to try her line I purchased 5 pairs- wish I had the money, hate to throw them out as feel money just being thrown in the trash. Some people love, love her jeans though. Best wishes to you! You may have luck with them, Read the reviews.
Sadly her sizing is all over the board. I recently bought three pairs of super stretch in a size up. Not one pair of them fit even though all my others in a smaller size do. Just be careful or, like me, you will spend all of your time and money sending things back; plus HSN will get mad at you.
Hi Sunshine8075. I wear a size 12, too. I order size 10 if they are super stretch, size 12 for all others. I think I pretty much live in my DG2 skinny jeans. When the weather warms up, I switch to my DG2 bermuda shorts. I love the comfort and style. First pair of jeans where I can be comfortable and stylish.
On her comfort waist I get a small but it's a struggle getting them up.I did get a medium in the white I bought last time and regular length.Easier to put on but way to long so now I have to cut and hem them but easier to put on.I get petite because I'm 5'1 but I think the rise is to short and back is lower. On item 378-638 SS modern boot cut I bought black size 8 petite fit ok and espresso size 8 petite and these were smaller.These ran small for me. I like her classic boot cut 955-010 I have a size 12 petite in those but they are loose so I need to try a 10. I hope she hasn't changed them.


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from __future__ import division, print_function

import os, pickle, traceback, warnings
import numpy as np
from scipy.ndimage import gaussian_filter
from scipy.optimize import curve_fit
from scipy.stats import scoreatpercentile

from .data import TSeries, PatchClampRecording
from .filter import bessel_filter
from .baseline import mode_filter, adaptive_detrend
from .event_detection import threshold_events
from .util.data_test import DataTestCase

def detect_evoked_spikes(data, pulse_edges, **kwds):
    """Return a list of dicts describing spikes in a patch clamp recording that were evoked by a single stimulus pulse.

    This function simply wraps either detect_ic_evoked_spikes or detect_vc_evoked_spikes, depending on the clamp mode
    used in *data*.

    Parameters
    ==========
    data : PatchClampRecording
        The recorded patch clamp data. The recording should be made with a brief pulse intended
        to evoke a single spike with short latency.
    pulse_edges : (float, float)
        The start and end times of the stimulation pulse, relative to the timebase in *data*.

    Returns
    =======
    spikes : list
        Each item in this list is a dictionary containing keys 'onset_time', 'max_slope_time', and 'peak_time',
        indicating three possible time points during the spike that could be detected. Any of these values may
        be None to indicate that the timepoint could not be reliably determined. Additional keys may be present,
        such as 'peak' and 'max_slope'.
    """
    trace = data['primary']
    if data.clamp_mode == 'vc':
        return detect_vc_evoked_spikes(trace, pulse_edges, **kwds)
    elif data.clamp_mode == 'ic':
        return detect_ic_evoked_spikes(trace, pulse_edges, **kwds)
    else:
        raise ValueError("Unsupported clamp mode %s" % trace.clamp_mode)

def rc_decay(t, tau, Vo):
    """function describing the deriviative of the voltage.  If there
    is no spike one would expect this to fall off as the RC of the cell. """
    with warnings.catch_warnings():
        warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
        return -(Vo/tau)*np.exp(-t/tau)

def detect_ic_evoked_spikes(trace, pulse_edges, dv2_threshold=40e3, mse_threshold=30., ui=None):
    """
    """
    if ui is not None:
        ui.clear()
        ui.console.setStack()
        ui.plt1.plot(trace.time_values, trace.data)

    assert trace.data.ndim == 1
    pulse_edges = tuple(map(float, pulse_edges))  # make sure pulse_edges is (float, float)

    # calculate derivatives within pulse window
    diff1 = trace.time_slice(*pulse_edges).diff()
    diff2 = diff1.diff()

    # mask out pulse artifacts in diff2 before lowpass filtering
    for edge in pulse_edges:
        apply_cos_mask(diff2, center=edge + 100e-6, radius=400e-6, power=2)

    # low pass filter the second derivative
    diff2 = bessel_filter(diff2, 10e3, order=4, bidir=True)

    # look for positive bumps in second derivative
    events2 = list(threshold_events(diff2 / dv2_threshold, threshold=1.0, adjust_times=False))

    if ui is not None:
        ui.plt2.plot(diff1.time_values, diff1.data)
        ui.plt3.plot(diff2.time_values, diff2.data)
        ui.plt3.addLine(y=dv2_threshold)

    # for each bump in d2, either discard the event or generate spike metrics
    spikes = []
    for ev in events2:
        total_area = ev['area']
        onset_time = ev['time']

        # ignore events near pulse offset
        if abs(onset_time - pulse_edges[1]) < 50e-6:
            continue

        # require dv2 bump to be positive, not tiny
        if total_area < 10e-6:
            continue

        # don't double-count spikes within 1 ms
        if len(spikes) > 0 and onset_time < spikes[-1]['onset_time'] + 1e-3:
            continue

        max_slope_window = onset_time, pulse_edges[1]-50e-6
        max_slope_chunk = diff1.time_slice(*max_slope_window)
        if len(max_slope_chunk) == 0:
            continue
        max_slope_idx = np.argmax(max_slope_chunk.data)
        max_slope_time = max_slope_chunk.time_at(max_slope_idx)

        max_slope_time, is_edge = max_time(diff1.time_slice(onset_time, pulse_edges[1] - 50e-6))
        max_slope = diff1.value_at(max_slope_time)
        # require dv/dt to be above a threshold value
        if max_slope <= 30:  # mV/ms
            continue
        if is_edge != 0:
            # can't see max slope
            max_slope_time = None
            max_slope = None
        peak_time, is_edge = max_time(trace.time_slice(onset_time, pulse_edges[1] + 2e-3))
        if is_edge != 0 or pulse_edges[1] < peak_time < pulse_edges[1] + 50e-6:
            # peak is obscured by pulse edge
            peak_time = None

        spikes.append({
            'onset_time': onset_time,
            'peak_time': peak_time,
            'max_slope_time': max_slope_time,
            'peak_value': None if peak_time is None else trace.value_at(peak_time),
            'max_slope': max_slope,
        })

    # if no spike was found in the pulse region check to see if there is a spike in the pulse termination region
    if len(spikes) == 0:
        # note that this is using the dvdt with the termination artifact in it to locate where it should start
        dv_after_pulse = trace.time_slice(pulse_edges[1] + 100e-6, None).diff()
        dv_after_pulse = bessel_filter(dv_after_pulse, 15e3, bidir=True)

        # create a vector to fit
        ttofit = dv_after_pulse.time_values  # setting time to start at zero, note: +1 because time trace of derivative needs to be one shorter
        ttofit = ttofit - ttofit[0]

        # do fit and see if it matches
        with warnings.catch_warnings():
            warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
            popt, pcov = curve_fit(rc_decay, ttofit, dv_after_pulse.data, maxfev=10000)
        fit = rc_decay(ttofit, *popt)
        if ui is not None:
            ui.plt2.plot(dv_after_pulse.time_values, dv_after_pulse.data)
            ui.plt2.plot(dv_after_pulse.time_values, fit, pen='b')

        diff = dv_after_pulse - fit
        mse = (diff.data**2).mean()  # mean squared error
        if mse > mse_threshold:
            search_window = 2e-3
            max_slope_time, is_edge = max_time(diff.time_slice(pulse_edges[1], pulse_edges[1] + search_window))
            if is_edge != 0:
                max_slope_time = None
            peak_time, is_edge = max_time(trace.time_slice(max_slope_time or pulse_edges[1] + 100e-6, pulse_edges[1] + search_window))
            if is_edge != 0:
                peak_time = None
            spikes.append({
                'onset_time': None,
                'max_slope_time': max_slope_time,
                'peak_time': peak_time,
                'peak_value': None if peak_time is None else trace.value_at(peak_time),
                'max_slope': None if max_slope_time is None else dv_after_pulse.value_at(max_slope_time),
            })

    for spike in spikes:
        assert 'max_slope_time' in spike
    return spikes

def detect_vc_evoked_spikes(trace, pulse_edges, ui=None):
    """Return a dict describing an evoked spike in a patch clamp recording, or None if no spike is detected.

    This function assumes that a square voltage pulse is used to evoke an unclamped spike
    in a voltage clamp recording, and that the peak of the unclamped spike occurs *during*
    the stimulation pulse.

    Parameters
    ==========
    trace : TSeries instance
        The recorded patch clamp data. The recording should be made with a brief pulse intended
        to evoke a single spike with short latency.
    pulse_edges : (float, float)
        The start and end times of the stimulation pulse, relative to the timebase in *trace*.
    """
    if not isinstance(trace, TSeries):
        raise TypeError("data must be TSeries instance.")

    if ui is not None:
        ui.clear()
        ui.console.setStack()
        ui.plt1.plot(trace.time_values, trace.data)

    assert trace.ndim == 1
    pulse_edges = tuple(map(float, pulse_edges))  # make sure pulse_edges is (float, float)

    diff1 = trace.time_slice(pulse_edges[0], pulse_edges[1] + 2e-3).diff()
    diff2 = diff1.diff()

    # crop and filter diff1
    diff1 = diff1.time_slice(pulse_edges[0] + 100e-6, pulse_edges[1])
    diff1 = bessel_filter(diff1, cutoff=20e3, order=4, btype='low', bidir=True)

    # crop and low pass filter the second derivative
    diff2 = diff2.time_slice(pulse_edges[0] + 150e-6, pulse_edges[1])
    diff2 = bessel_filter(diff2, 20e3, order=4, bidir=True)
    # chop off ending transient
    diff2 = diff2.time_slice(None, diff2.t_end - 100e-6)

    # look for negative bumps in second derivative
    # dv1_threshold = 1e-6
    dv2_threshold = 0.02
    events = list(threshold_events(diff2 / dv2_threshold, threshold=1.0, adjust_times=False, omit_ends=True))

    if ui is not None:
        ui.plt2.plot(diff1.time_values, diff1.data)
        # ui.plt2.plot(diff1_hp.time_values, diff1.data)
        # ui.plt2.addLine(y=-dv1_threshold)
        ui.plt3.plot(diff2.time_values, diff2.data)
        ui.plt3.addLine(y=dv2_threshold)

    if len(events) == 0:
        return []

    spikes = []
    for ev in events:
        if ev['sum'] > 0 and ev['peak'] < 5. and ev['time'] < diff2.t0 + 60e-6:
            # ignore positive bumps very close to the beginning of the trace
            continue
        if len(spikes) > 0 and ev['peak_time'] < spikes[-1]['max_slope_time'] + 1e-3:
            # ignore events that follow too soon after a detected spike
            continue

        if ev['sum'] < 0:
            onset_time = ev['peak_time']
            search_time = onset_time
        else:
            search_time = ev['time'] - 200e-6
            onset_time = None

        max_slope_rgn = diff1.time_slice(search_time, search_time + 0.5e-3)
        max_slope_time, is_edge = min_time(max_slope_rgn)
        max_slope = diff1.value_at(max_slope_time)
        if max_slope > 0:
            # actual slope must be negative at this point
            # (above we only tested the sign of the high-passed event)
            continue

        peak_search_rgn = trace.time_slice(max_slope_time, min(pulse_edges[1], search_time + 1e-3))
        if len(peak_search_rgn) == 0:
            peak = None
            peak_time = None
        else:
            peak_time, is_edge = min_time(peak_search_rgn)
            if is_edge:
                peak = None
                peak_time = None
            else:
                peak = trace.time_at(peak_time)

        spikes.append({
            'onset_time': onset_time,
            'max_slope_time': max_slope_time,
            'max_slope': max_slope,
            'peak_time': peak_time,
            'peak_value': peak,
        })

    for spike in spikes:
        assert 'max_slope_time' in spike
    return spikes

def apply_cos_mask(trace, center, radius, power):
    """Multiply a region of a trace by a cosine mask to dampen artifacts without generating
    sharp edges.

    The input *trace* is modified in-place.
    """
    chunk = trace.time_slice(center - radius, center + radius)
    w1 = np.pi * (chunk.t0 - center) / radius
    w2 = np.pi * (chunk.t_end - center) / radius
    mask_t = np.pi + np.linspace(w1, w2, len(chunk))
    mask = ((np.cos(mask_t) + 1) * 0.5) ** power
    chunk.data[:] = chunk.data * mask

def max_time(trace):
    """Return the time of the maximum value in the trace, and a value indicating whether the
    time returned coincides with the first value in the trace (-1), the last value in the
    trace (1) or neither (0).
    """
    ind = np.argmax(trace.data)
    if ind == 0:
        is_edge = -1
    elif ind == len(trace) - 1:
        is_edge = 1
    else:
        is_edge = 0
    return trace.time_at(ind), is_edge

def min_time(trace):
    """Return the time of the minimum value in the trace, and a value indicating whether the
    time returned coincides with the first value in the trace (-1), the last value in the
    trace (1) or neither (0).
    """
    ind = np.argmin(trace.data)
    if ind == 0:
        is_edge = -1
    elif ind == len(trace) - 1:
        is_edge = 1
    else:
        is_edge = 0
    return trace.time_at(ind), is_edge

class SpikeDetectTestCase(DataTestCase):
    def __init__(self):
        DataTestCase.__init__(self, detect_evoked_spikes)

    def check_result(self, result):
        for spike in result:
            assert 'max_slope_time' in spike
            assert 'onset_time' in spike
            assert 'peak_time' in spike
        DataTestCase.check_result(self, result)

    @property
    def name(self):
        meta = self.meta
        return "%s_%s_%s_%0.3f" % (meta['expt_id'], meta['sweep_id'], meta['device_id'], self.input_args['pulse_edges'][0])

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Q: Mysqli .Field value not getting updated I am trying to update a field when particular function is called but its value is not getting updated in db .  And also no errors showing up . Field type is text .
I tried by adding new field to table and then updated that field in my query and it worked fine, but after some time same issue with new field .
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","username","password","dbname");
mysqli_query($con,"UPDATE sales_flat_quote SET extra_params = 'aaa',new_params = 'bbb' WHERE entity_id = 362214") or die(mysqli_error($con));

Above query was working earlier but later it doesn't update the value in database and if you run query directly on phpmyadmin it works fine .
Any Ideas ?

A: There's an error in your syntax, you forgot to close the double quote:
mysqli_query($con,"UPDATE sales_flat_quote SET extra_params = 'aaa',new_params = 'bbb' WHERE entity_id = 362214") or die(mysqli_error($con));

This should work. Syntax coloring is your friend ;)

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Our role is to help you through this process, avoid the pitfalls involved, and to successfully select and implement the right systems to support your business and its future growth.
Fundamentally, we do not take on a "systems project".
To successfully select and implement a modern IT system that delivers tangible business benefit, requires a broader, holistic approach. This is where we feel we are a different to other ERP consultancies, who focus only on systems.
By considering all of these critical aspects, we not only identify the critical systems requirements of your business, we also help you to "de-risk" the project and maximise the potential benefits possible.
In the ever-increasing IT marketplace, many vendors are offering consultants referral fees for successful contracts, so obtaining a truly independent viewpoint is becoming harder for clients to find.
By working with AHC, you can be assured of the independence you are looking for. Whilst we have an excellent relationship with all the leading software providers, we do not have any affiliation with them and never accept referral fees.
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module.exports = function(app)
{
    var baseUrl = '/rest';
    var websiteController = require('./controllers/websiteController'),
        websiteValidator = require('./middlewares/websiteValidator'),
        websiteEventEmitter = require('./middlewares/websiteEventEmitter');

    app.route(baseUrl + '/websites')
        .get(websiteController.list)
        .post(websiteValidator)
        .post(websiteController.create)
        .post(websiteEventEmitter.create);

    app.route(baseUrl + '/websites/:id')
        .get(websiteController.read)
        .put(websiteValidator)
        .put(websiteController.update)
        .put(websiteEventEmitter.update)
        .delete(websiteController.delete)
        .delete(websiteEventEmitter.delete);
};


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Measles is a very contagious disease that can have lifelong health complications. Measles is spread through the air when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes. The virus can live for up to two hours in the air. Measles is so contagious that if one person has it, up to 90% of the people close to that person will also get the disease unless they are vaccinated or immune. A person who has had the disease in the past, has been vaccinated, or who was born before 1957 is considered to be immune.
The best way for a person to protect themselves against measles is by getting the MMR vaccine. KCHD has MMR vaccine available at all four of its clinic locations. These vaccines are available by appointment only. Appointments can be made by calling 616-632-7200. People can also contact their primary healthcare provider for vaccination information.


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Windows operating system, whether its source setup files or system files on hard disk after installation, took up a lot of hard disk drive space. Just try to imagine from the fact that Windows XP fits into a CD (maximum 700 MB), while Windows OS beginning from Windows Vista requires a DVD (max 4.7 GB). Windows is fat and obese, but that doesn't mean that it's impossible to 'slim' down the Windows to make it uses less disk space and reclaim some storage for larger and larger media and date files. The tips below suggests several not system critical files that can be safely deleted and removed from the system without causing instability.
Always run the Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr) utility first to delete many unused or temporary files. For example, downloaded program files, temporary Internet files, Windows error reports, thumbnails, temporary files, log files, previous versions of Windows, caches and etc.
Most of the files and folders mentioned in this tutorial is related to restricted and protected system files, i.e. files installed by Windows operating system itself and deemed critical for the stable and proper functioning of the system.
Thus, by changing and deleting any of these files and/or folders, you may risk bricking your Windows system.
In addition, most of the time, you must first take ownership and grant full control permissions to your user account or user group for the directories and all sub-folders recursively. Use TakeControlOf command script or add a Take Ownership in right click menu to easily do the task.
The directory stores backup copy of the built-in drivers in Windows. You probably won't need most of the drivers, unless you plan to install new hardware. Even if there is new hardware, it should comes with a WHQL-compliant driver, or Windows can check for new device driver from Windows Update. But some users have reporting issues when this folder is deleted, such as when plugging in new USB devices, USB flash drive or portable hard drive. So you have been warned. Depending on which edition of your Windows, deleting "FileRepository" folder can reclaim at least 1 GB of disk space.
To delete "FileRepository" directory, you have to take ownership the folder and grant yourself full control permissions to manipulate the folder.
"Boot" folder stores Windows boot screen for different language editions. If you're using only a single language of Vista, such as "en-US" (for American English) or "de-DE" (for German) or another other localized langauge, the others not in use can be removed to save about 13.3 MB disk space.
To remove "Boot" folder, users also required to claim ownership and assume full control access on the directory and all its subdirectories as per instruction above.
"perflogs" folder is created by Performance Information and Tools, and Reliability and Performance Monitor that tests and measures Windows system score rating and performance to save the recorded files. The data is saved in "perflogs\System\Diagnostics" according to folders named by date. If you no longer need the performance data, delete the folder. Windows will slim down by about 10 MB.
Some programs such as Adobe (Macromedia) Dreamweaver will extract and unpack the setup files into this folder during installation. After installed, the files are unused and can be erased.
Some installers such as iTunes will unpack and extract setup files to this directory, which can safely removed. In the example, iTunes will C:\ProgramData\Apple Computer\Installer Cache\iTunes which stores installation files. However, note that most files and folders here are needed for proper execution of applications. So delete with care.
Not really recommended, but if you feel that you already master Windows, and really running out of disk space acutely, removing the Help files will free up around 105 MB space.
Input Method Editor (IME) provides a way for users to type and enter text in Windows system. If you have installed a few IMEs, but no longer use them, delete the correct corresponding folders to free disk space. Warning though, it's hard to determine which folder should match with which IME, and any wrong deletion will render system unstable. Each IME may takes up tens of megabytes.
The uninstallation programs for installed programs are stored here. If you confirm and sure that you won't uninstall a program after installation, it's possible to remove the uninstaller for the program. Depending on the number of apps installed, the storage space recovered can add up hundreds of MB.
The free wallpaper graphics and images that come packaged with Windows. Remove and delete or move the unused or not needed wallpapers to another drive. Mind you, the wallpapers are high resolution and big in size. Deleting all of them will free up 45 MB.
The contents inside "SoftwareDistribution" folder are record date about the system updates installed, and cannot be removed or deleted. However, it's possible to delete files inside "Download" folder which are the source setup files downloaded.
The public document folders for all users. Windows populates the public folders with several media files such as pictures and videos of about 220 MB in size, which can be deleted if not used. For example, "C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\Sample Media" folder is the sample recorded video clips of Windows Media Center and eats up 143 MB disk space, while "C:\Users\Public\Music\Sample Music" contains 59 MB of free .wma music, "C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures" has about 5 MB of sample photos, and "C:\Users\Public\Videos" has about 10 MB of sample videos.
Last but not least, if you're not using Hibernate feature of Windows, you can always delete the hiberfil.sys of GBs in size from the system.
Update: There are more ways to recover space and fix shrinking disk space issue.


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List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force:

Fixed wing combat types

Fixed wing auxiliary

Fixed wing trainers

Rotary wing - helicopters

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Captured / defected aircraft

References

Bibliography
 Wisker Thomas J. "Talkback". Air Enthusiast, No. 10, July–September 1979, p. 79.

Israeli Air Force
Israeli military-related lists
Israeli Air Force Aircraft