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Leatherhead (littéralement Tête de cuir en anglais) est un personnage de fiction de la saga des Tortues Ninja, un alligator mutant anthropomorphique. Il est l'un des personnages à la position la plus instable dans toute la saga et les adaptations, tantôt allié et tantôt ennemi des Tortues. Bishop est son ennemi juré.

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Leatherhead n'était à l'origine rien d'autre qu'un alligator enfant abandonné dans les égouts par ses maîtres humains. Vivant un temps dans les égouts, il fut finalement retrouvé par les Utroms, qui, pris de pitié, le ramenèrent à leur refuge. Là, il fut exposé à un mutagène similaire à celui qui créa les Tortues Ninja, faisant de lui un immense alligator anthropomorphique, avec une intelligence humaine. Malgré cet incident, les Utroms le gardèrent avec eux, et il se mit à les considérer comme sa famille. Plus tard malheureusement, les Utroms furent forcés de fuir leur QG et d'abandonner Leatherhead derrière eux.

Désespéré, Leatherhead fuit dans les égouts, où il se retrouva vite traqué par un chasseur désireux de faire de lui un trophée. Cette poursuite le conduisit vers le refuge des Tortues, qui prirent son parti. Après la défaite du chasseur, il fut autorisé à rester avec eux dans les égouts.

Cependant, Leatherhead espérait toujours pouvoir rejoindre les Utroms, et entreprit de construire un téléporteur pour atteindre leur planète. Il reçut à cette fin l'aide des Tortues, et d'un groupe de techniciens du Clan des Foot, qui craignaient d'être dévorés s'ils ne coopéraient pas. La machine fut terminée, mais ne fonctionna hélas pas, éclatant simplement au visage de Leatherhead et lui faisant perdre un œil. Reportant sa colère sur les Tortues, le crocodile devint ainsi temporairement un antagoniste.

Leatherhead resurgit plus tard dans le volume 4. Il fait une apparition aux funérailles de Splinter. Il est par la suite vu combattant un Raphael muté dans les égouts avant de partir à la nage. On ignore où en est sa relation avec les Tortues, mais Raphael dit espérer ne pas l'avoir blessé, suggérant qu'ils sont à nouveau en bons termes.

Il est également apparu dans deux issues de Tales of TMNT Volume 2. Dans l'issue #8, un Leatherhead désillusionné et mentalement instable est retrouvé en train de construire un téléporteur par Raphael. Leatherhead semble avoir une rancune malsaine contre Donatello, et tue presque Raphael en le prenant pour lui (dans cette version, les Tortues portent toutes des bandanas rouges). Une fois que le Téléporteur fut achevé, il s'activa soudain, et trois Utroms apparurent. Ils tirèrent sur Leatherhead, l'écartant, et détruisirent le Téléporteur avant de partir.

Dans l'issue #23, les Tortues sont appelés par les Utroms pour les aider à sauver Leatherhead d'un groupe d'Utroms renégats radicaux, appelés "Les Illuminés" (les mêmes qui ont tiré sur Leatherhead dans l'issue #8), dans leur tentative de cloner une armée de mutants pour les aider dans leurs plans de "nettoyer" le monde. Il est révélé qu'ils droguaient secrètement Leatherhead, le conduisant ainsi à construire le second téléporteur qu'il avait fait dans l'issue #8, puis de se réveiller sans s'en rappeler grand-chose. La drogue a aussi régénéré son œil manquant, et l'a rendu plus grand en termes de taille. Les Tortues sauvent Leatherhead, battent les clones et aident dans la destruction des Illuminés. Leatherhead choisit de rester sur Terre avec les Tortues plutôt que de regagner le monde Utrom. Ces évènements se situent chronologiquement entre les volumes 2 et 4 de la série de Mirage comic.

Dans le passé, à plusieurs conventions de comic, le créateur de Leatherhead, Ryan Brown, avait originellement prévu de tuer le personnage à la fin de Tales of TMNT volume 1 Issue #6, en faisant tomber l'alligator dans les gorges des égouts avec le chasseur dans sa gueule, mais Peter Laird opta plutôt pour qu'il survive et retourne dans les égouts avec les Tortues.

Série animée originale
Leatherhead apparaît dans la série animée originale, en tant que simple antagoniste plutôt que le personnage complexe qu'il était à la base. Ici, il est un alligator ayant muté à la suite du contact avec le mutagène laissé par Shredder et Krang dans un marais.

Série animée de 2003
Leatherhead apparaît dans la série animée de 2003 et prend le nom de Mâchoire. Ici, en opposition à la première série animée, il est présenté comme très similaire à la version du comic, à l'unique différence qu'il est clairement défini comme un allié des Tortues, et ne vacille pas du côté des ennemis. Comme dans le comic, c'est un bébé crocodile retrouvé par les Utroms et ayant accidentellement muté à la suite du contact avec l'un de leurs mutagènes. Mâchoire a été élevé par les Utroms, qui lui ont enseigné une grosse partie de leur connaissance, et il est par conséquent un scientifique émérite pratiquement au même niveau que Donatello, avec qui il coopère souvent. Bien que d'ordinaire calme, aimable et bienveillant, il a des moments de crise où il tend à se mettre en rage et devenir plus bestial, caractérisé visuellement par ses pupilles rondes devenant fendues : il devient alors un allié de poids même si cette perte de contrôle peut le rendre dangereux autant pour ses amis que ses ennemis.

Série animée de 2012

C'est un des personnages au passé le plus sombre de la série, ayant été torturé par les kraangs. Il porte d'ailleurs une cicatrice au flanc gauche, souvenir de son évasion de la prison kraang.

Lorsqu'il n'était encore qu'un bébé alligator, il fut recueilli par un enfant, qui le cacha chez lui. Mais lorsque ses parents découvrirent l'animal, ils le jetèrent dans les toilettes. Plus tard, Leatherhead fut découvert par les kraangs, qui l'emmenèrent dans un laboratoire de la Dimension X. Là ils purent effectuer un grand nombre d'expériences sur lui, à partir de mutagène, et l'alligator connut plusieurs formes d'état, jusqu'à celle qu'il a aujourd'hui. Mais un jour, alors qu'il était dans une cellule kraang sur Terre, il parvint à s'échapper, et se cacher dans les égouts. Avec lui, il emporta une pile à combustible kraang, un puissant générateur d'énergie, qui leur permettait d'ouvrir un portail inter-dimensionnel, et faire venir sur Terre des armes et des armées dangereuses.
La pile est cachée dans les fin-fonds des égouts, derrière un long couloir piégé. Quant à lui, il se réfugie dans une voiture de rame de métro, sur une ligne désaffectée. Mais un jour, lors d'une sortie, les kraangs le retrouvent, et tentent de le capturer à nouveau. Leur nombre est trop important, et il se fait submerger. Heureusement, les tortues se trouvant non loin, assistent à la scène. Si trois d'entre elles ne sont pas enclines à aller aider l'alligator, Michelangelo ne veut pas le juger sur son physique effrayant, et entraîne ses frères au combat. Les kraangs maîtrisés, il reste Leatherhead, étendu sur le sol, inconscient. Michelangelo veut à tout prix le ramener au repaire pour le soigner. Finalement, ses frères l'aident, et à leur grande surprise, Splinter se montre aussi favorable à accueillir cet hôte chez eux. L'épisode la créature des profondeurs (S1 E12) se base notamment sur le respect d'un inconnu, malgré son apparence peu rassurante. Les tortues laissent donc Michelangelo avec l'alligator, le temps que celui-ci reprenne ses esprits, pour aller chercher la pile à combustible dont elles avaient eu vent.

Leatherhead reste traumatisé par les kraangs, et se méfie de tout le monde. C'est pourquoi à son réveil, il essaie de tuer Michelangelo, qui parvient finalement à le calmer, et à parler avec lui, lui raconter ce que lui avaient fait les kraangs. Avec lui, il n'est pas possible de prononcer le mot « kraang » sans le voir rentrer dans une fureur noire. C'est l'erreur que commettent les tortues, après avoir bravé maints dangers et retrouvé la pile à combustible, que Leatherhead avait caché. Une fois calmé par Splinter, il préfère s'en aller, avec Michelangelo derrière lui. Il se réfugie dans sa voiture de métro, et y cache la pile. Les trois autres tortues se mettent à leur recherche, et les retrouvent à l'intérieur. Mais les kraangs sont aussi sur la piste, et tentent d'envahir la petite voiture. Leatherhead, reconnaissant envers les tortues, et voyant qu'elles sont capables de protéger la pile, s'en va occuper les kraangs, pour que les tortues fuient. Donatello place la pile dans la batterie de la voiture, et le propulse jusqu'à la zone de traitement des eaux de New York, à plusieurs kilomètres de là.

Mais la pile à combustible est finalement reprise dans l'épisode le Pulvériseur (S1 E16) par les kraangs, après avoir été utilisée dans la nouvelle invention de Donatello, le Shellraiser (moyen de transport terrestre des tortues dans cette série). C'est pourquoi les tortues demandent de l'aide à Leatherhead pour la retrouver, et envahir la tour du T.C.R.I. dans l'épisode mystères au T.C.R.I. (S1 E17). Pour cette opération, il est caché dans une caisse de bois, qu'April livre aux kraangs. Il en sort pour occuper les extraterrestres, tandis que les tortues partent à la recherche de la pile. Mais les kraangs l'utilisent déjà pour ouvrir le portail, et en font sortir le général Traag. Par sa taille, il en fait baver aux tortues, jusqu'à l'arrivée de Leatherhead, qui par sa force, parvient à égaler le colosse de pierre. Leonardo devait détruire le portail, mais avec Traag qui n'était pas prévu dans le plan, il se retrouve à essayer de détruire les deux obstacles. Mais la détonation des bombes est inefficace, et c'est Leatherhead qui est contraint de se sacrifier, emportant Traag avec lui dans le portail, au moment où les kraangs s'apprêtaient à envoyer quelque chose d'autre.

Dans l'épisode 24 de la saison 2, il est révélé qu'il est encore en vie après sa longue d'absence. Par la même occasion, il a reçu de nouvelles cicatrices et semble plus âgé (à cause du fonctionnement différent du temps dans la dimension x). Les tortues parviennent à le sauver et à le ramener sur Terre. Durant l'épisode final de la saison 2, il sauve Splinter de Shredder avant que ce dernier ne l'attaque violemment, le faisant tomber sur un fossé au-dessus de l'eau des égouts qui finit par craquer sous son poids et est emporté par l'eau des égouts. Il n'a plus été revu après, mais il est fort possible qu'il ait survécu.

Il revient dans le nouveau générique de la saison 3 confirmant ainsi sa survie et son retour.

Depuis les krangs et le clan des foots ont envahi et semé le chaos sur New York et contaminé et réduit les New-yorkais en mutants hideux et esclaves. Leatherhead, Slash, Pete le pigeon mutant, Dr Rockwell le chimpanzé mutant et Jack Kurzman doivent fonder une ligue avec l'aide des tortues ninjas pour sauver la ville et ses habitants et vaincre les krangs.

Plus tard, Leatherhead et la ligue des mutants se rendent compte que le clan des foots est impliqué avec les Krangs et décident de les affronter. Leatherhead et Pete le pigeon mutant sont vaincus. Slash, Dr Rockwell et Raphaël sont capturés par le clan des foots et sont ensuite délivrés par Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello, Leatherhead et Pete. La ligue des mutants et les tortues ninja ont alors battu le clan des foots et battent en retraite.

Leatherhead est présent dans le dernier épisode de la saison 3 avec sa ligue et affrontera les triceratons avec l'aide des protagonistes, sa ligue et surtout avec mondo gecko et Muckman sera aspiré par le vortex des triceratons.

Il est apparu en caméo dans épisode 1 de la saison 4 avec sa ligue et Mondo Gecko.

Les tortues parviennent à voyager dans le temps grâce à un Robot extraterrestre, leur permettant ainsi d'empêcher la destruction de la terre et de tous leur ami i-compris Leatherhead.

Par la suite lui et sa ligue avec les tortues combattent le gang des Italo-américains qui cherche à dératiser les mutants.

À l'épisode final de la saison 5, il aide les protagonistes et leur homologue de 1987 avec ses partenaires de la ligue.

Personnage des Tortues Ninja
Crocodilien de fiction
Mutant
Scientifique de fiction
Personnage de fiction possédant une force surhumaine
Personnage de fiction qui peut guérir rapidement
Personnage de fiction possédant des personnalités multiples
Immortel de fiction
Catcheur de fiction
Personnage de fiction créé en 1987

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1964 BP Long Life Motor Oil
by Yasmin | May 14, 2012 | 1960s, Cars
BP p.l.c. is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by 2011 revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors". It is vertically integrated and is active in every area of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation andtrading. It also has major renewable energy activities, including in biofuels, hydrogen, and wind power.
BP has operations in over 80 countries, produces around 3.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day and has 22,400 service stations worldwide. Its largest division is BP America, which is the biggest producer of oil and gas in the United States and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. As at 31 December 2010 BP had total proven commercial reserves of 18.07 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The name "BP" derives from the initials of one of the company's former legal names, British Petroleum.
1978 ESSO Superlube
by Yasmin | May 16, 2011 | Cars
1978 ESSO Superlube commercial from the UK.
Esso is an international trade name for ExxonMobil and its related companies. Pronounced /ˈɛsoʊ/ ("S-O"), it is derived from the initials of the pre-1911 Standard Oil, and as such became the focus of much litigation and regulatory restriction in the United States. In 1972, it was largely replaced in the U.S. by the Exxon brand after it bought Humble Oil, while Esso remained widely used elsewhere. In most of the world, the Esso brand and the Mobil brand are the primary brand names of ExxonMobil, with the Exxon brand name still in use only in the United States alongside Mobil.
1979 Castrol GTX
by Yasmin | Jul 15, 2010 | Cars
1979 commercial for Castrol GTX. Liquid Engineering.
Duckhams QXR Oil
by Yasmin | Feb 14, 2009 | Cars
90's commercial for Duckhams Oil
Castrol GTX Oil
Castrol GTX Oil TV advertisement from the 80's.

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No, this isn't a blog about the universe, or astro-physics, despite its interesting topics for discussion, instead I am talking about another important kind of space; the space around you, the space inside you, the space you live in, the space you work in and the space between you and others.
Space in these terms is an important topic to prioritise and think about when it comes to daily life and is important for your health and motivation, therefore your successes.
When you're at home, the space, is it cluttered? Do you constantly find to-do lists written and pinned up everywhere of things you need to do around your home? Do you get home from work, or leave your workspace to just feel like you've gone from one unorganised place to another?
Studies and research has shown that when you have a cluttered space your mind is more susceptible to stress, the mess that is physically around you has an effect on your psyche.
In other studies, results have shown that when people have deadlines, big events to rehearse for, exams to study for, the things they tend to do when highly stressed is start tidying and decluttering, doing the washing pile that's been sitting there all week, sorting through photographs they haven't looked at for years because that's so much more important than what has the specific timescale on.
The key is, organise your home and your workspace so that you can actually think clearly and in an organised fashion so that you can use your energy fully to focus on the task at hand and succeed with all your energy well directed. The space in your mind, the space in your workplace and the space in your home when it's clear is the best start for you to achieve your goals.
It may seem really trivial and something that you may overlook, but take a chance and see how it works for you.


The gender pay gap starts in childhood with boys being paid more pocket money than girls for doing household chores, a survey suggests.
They even get almost double the amount that girls receive for good behavior, the Santander research revealed.
The survey involving more than 500 parents and children up to 15 found boys on average get £6.99 for helping out around the house, while girls get just £4.67 for the same work.
Meanwhile, boys are given £8.28 on average from some parents for staying out of trouble at school, while girls are rewarded with more than half that amount at £4.18 for good behaviour.
In total, around 77% of parents surveyed gave their children pocket money but many said they would give them extra money incentives on top.
Almost a third said they pay their children to complete household chores while 18% reward good behavior at school.
Youngsters who step out of line or fail to carry out their duties can also expect to be 'fined' by their parents, according to the survey.
In total, 18% of parents take money away from their kids if they don't finish their chores will 15% of those involved in the research docked money from piggy banks for bad behavior.
When children were asked what motivated them to help out at home, money was the biggest incentive above chocolate, crisps, praise or being allowed to stay up late.
The research was conducted to highlight Santander's 123 mini current account for children and young people.
The full-time pay gap in the UK is 14.1% and if you factor in part-time work, the vast majority of which is done by women, it leaps to a shocking 18.4%.
Equal Pay Day, marked on November 10, is the point from which women on their average wage stop being paid relative to male counterparts in the same job.
Last year, women across the country put their 'Out of Office' on to mark the point at which women essentially work for free for the rest of the year.


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US unveils high-tech B-21 stealth bomber
3 Dec 2022 By AFP
Palmdale, US – The United States on Friday unveiled the B-21 Raider, a high-tech stealth bomber that can carry nuclear and conventional weapons and is designed to be able to fly without a crew on board.
The slickly choreographed ceremony at B-21 manufacturer Northrop Grumman's facility in Palmdale, California opened with the US national anthem as older bombers roared over a crowd that included top US officials.
Dramatic music played and lights flashed as the doors of a hanger holding the new aircraft slowly opened, and the crowd applauded as the cloth covering it was pulled away to reveal a sleek grey bomber that is on track to cost nearly US$700mn per plane.
"The B-21 Raider is the first strategic bomber in more than three decades. It is a testament to America's enduring advantages in ingenuity and innovation," US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in remarks at the ceremony.
Many specifics of the aircraft are being kept under wraps, but the plane will offer significant advances over existing bombers in the US fleet, which Austin highlighted in his remarks.
He hailed its range – 'no other long-range bomber can match its efficiency' – and its durability, saying it is 'designed to be the most maintainable bomber ever built.'
Like the F-22 and F-35 warplanes, the B-21 features stealth technology, which minimizes an aircraft's signature through both its shape and the materials it is constructed from, making it harder for adversaries to detect.
"Fifty years of advances in low-observable technology have gone into this aircraft," Austin said. "Even the most sophisticated air defense systems will struggle to detect the B-21 in the sky."
The plane is also built with an 'open system architecture,' which allows for the incorporation of 'new weapons that haven't even been invented yet,' he said.
Amy Nelson, a fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank, told AFP ahead of the unveiling that the B-21 is 'designed to evolve.'
'American air power'
"The 'open architecture' allows for the future integration of improved software (including for autonomy) so the aircraft doesn't become obsolete as quickly," she said.
"The B-21 is much fancier than its predecessors – truly modern. Not only is it dual-capable (unlike the B-2), which means it can launch nuclear or conventionally armed missiles, it can launch long- and short-range missiles," Nelson said.
Not mentioned during the ceremony was the plane's potential for uncrewed flight. US Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek told AFP the aircraft is 'provisioned for the possibility, but there has been no decision to fly without a crew.'
The first flight by a B-21 – 'the backbone of our future bomber force' – is expected to take place next year, and the Air Force plans to buy at least 100 of the aircraft, Stefanek said.
Northrop Grumman said six of the planes are currently in different stages of assembly and testing at its facility in Palmdale.
The bomber will be a key part of the US 'nuclear triad,' which consists of weapons that can be launched from the land, air and sea.
"For nuclear deterrence, the bomber fleet provide flexibility to US nuclear posture, and redundance should any of the other legs fail," Nelson said.
The 'Raider' portion of the aircraft's name honors the 1942 US bomber raid on Tokyo led by then-lieutenant colonel James Doolittle – the first American strike on Japan's homeland following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour the previous year.
"On a cold and rainy April morning, four months after Pearl Harbour, 16 US Army bomber planes took off from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific," Austin said.
They 'flew more than 650 miles to strike distant enemy targets, and the Doolittle Raiders, as they came to be known, showed the strength and the reach of American air power,' he said.


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Edward Henry Whinfield (1836–1922) was a translator of Persian literature. He wrote the first well-commented English translations of Hafez and Rumi, as well as a side-by-side translation of 500 quatrains of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in 1883.

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1836 births
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Live Review: Sylvan Esso with Dana Buoy at Club Congress, Tucson, AZ – 19th August 2014
By Carrie Clancy on Friday, 22nd August 2014 at 2:00 pm
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This past Tuesday night, I continued my foray into the Arizona music scene with a trip to Tucson's Club Congress to see North Carolina electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso. The venue itself is situated in the historic Hotel Congress, which has a lovely restaurant and separate bar area in addition to the club itself. Since I was running a bit late, I didn't spend too much time exploring, choosing instead to head straight to the stage area. The room was sparsely populated at that point, about 30 minutes before the show was set to begin, but it gradually filled in, and there were clearly some fans there who had come to see the opening act, Portland-based band Dana Buoy.
Headed by frontman Dana Janssen, formerly of experimental rock band Akron/Family, Dana Buoy is an indie-rock act that mixes hints of warm West Coast sunshine in with their heavily psychedelic leanings. They opened the show with the expansive 'Let Go Awhile', which boded well for the rest of their set, but during their second number, ironically called 'So Lucky', things began to fall apart a bit. Janssen broke a guitar string (the low E, for those of you who care to know), and though he finished the song, he had to ask his bandmates, bass/keys man Justin Miller and drummer Logan Corcoran, to do an extended instrumental vamp while he changed it for a new one. The relatively sparse 'Isla Mujeres' was plagued a bit by the hastily tuned string, and Corcoran had some issues throughout the set with a rickety snare and cymbal, but he band were able to find a placid groove by the middle of their surprisingly lengthy opening set. They played a mix of brand new tracks and older favorites, including a nifty cover of Fleetwood Mac's 'Everywhere', which features on recent EP 'Preacher', before closing with 'Satellite Ozone', from 2012 album 'Summer Bodies'.
At the end of Dana Buoy's set, the crowd in the small venue tangibly swelled, pushing toward the front of the room for the eagerly awaited entrance of the headline act. With no live instruments other than singer Amelia Meath's velvety voice, Sylvan Esso's stage arrangement is almost ridiculously simple; it took more time for Dana Buoy to clear off the stage than it did for Sylvan Esso to set up.
Is there still any debate as to whether the computer is a musical instrument? Producer Nick Sanborn put the question to rest right away, using only a rather spare looking electronic array to put down the rhythm tracks and sonic effects behind Meath's lyrical stylings on the hot popular hit 'Hey Mami'. Throughout the set, Sanborn turned knobs and manipulated sounds with an amazing degree of precision and technical skill, especially considering the rhythmic complexity of some of the duo's tracks.
Sanborn's previous experience in electronic music was fairly obvious (his solo project, Made of Oak, is pure electro), but Meath's background in a cappella folk music seemed much farther removed from Sylvan Esso as I watched her onstage. Her sensual vocals and and saucy dance moves played to the visceral sensibilities of the crowd, who had come to get their groove on despite the tight space. Meath not only sang the liquid lyrical lines, but also displayed impressive physical prowess as she very gracefully gyrated and undulated through the dance beats in a pair of 4-inch platform soled boots. Sanborn's dance moves, performed as he hunched over his computer, were markedly more rigid, but rather in keeping with the pair's constant juxtaposition of organic and electronic elements.
Meath and Sanborn played through almost the entirety of their debut self-titled album, which was only released in the spring of this year on Partisan Records. Despite the relative newness of their songs, the punters in the crowd were clearly familiar with the tunes, singing along with Meath's sexy rendering of the borrowed line "my baby does the hanky panky" in the addictive single 'Coffee' and her crooning "oohs" in hypnotic track 'Wolf'.
Sylvan Esso closed the night with the track that started their collaboration, 'Play It Right', which was originally written for Meath's folk trio, Mountain Man. Recontextualized by Sanborn, the song takes flight in live performance, and it left the crowd chanting for more. Unfortunately, the duo didn't have more to give; being a new band with only one album to play from, they had by that point exhausted their repertoire. Sylvan Esso's free trading collaboration has been abundantly fruitful in a short amount of time, and if the response at Club Congress is any indication, their audience would clearly love to hear it continue.
Sylvan Esso will tour the UK and Ireland beginning this September. Stay tuned to TGTF for a full list of tour dates.
After the cut: Dana Buoy and Sylvan Esso's set lists.
Dana Buoy's set list:
Let Go Awhile
No One Better
Let's Start a War
Meet a Crow
Call to Be
Ice Glitter Gold
Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Satellite Ozone
Sylvan Esso's set list:
Hey Mami
Dreamy Bruises
Could I Be
HSKT
Uncatena
Play It Right
Sylvan Esso / November 2017 UK/Irish Tour
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A woman of the Mosuo minority group walks by Lugu Lake in Yanyuan county, Sichuan province March 19, 2008. (REUTERS/Stringer)
The ancient tribe in China where women run the show
Choo Waihong, a corporate lawyer from Singapore, said she grew up in a male-orientated household where her father "was the quintessential male in an extremely patriarchal Chinese community in Singapore." So when she heard about the Mosuo, an ancient matriarchal community of Tibetan Buddhists who live in the far eastern foothills of the Himalayas in Yunnan, China, she decided it was time to journey there and see for herself.
Among the Mosuo, she discovered, her conception of the nuclear family had an entirely different form. Their society has no marriages — sons and daughters alike live in their mother's home, and grandmothers sit at the head of the table. Independent of permanent partnerships, single motherhood, and having multiple sexual partners, is commonplace and without stigma. Large extended families help mothers care for the children — rather than a child's biological father, who lives in his own maternal home, it is more typical for uncles to exert the largest male influence on their sister's children.
"Mosuo men are feminists by any standards," said Waihong. "Boys think nothing of looking after their baby sisters, or taking their toddler brothers by the hand everywhere. I was once made to wait before talking business with an elderly Mosuo man until he had bathed his family's twin baby girls and changed their nappies."
In lieu of Westernized notions of relationships, men and women instead practice "axia," a "walking marriage" in which couples can meet in the middle of the night for one-night stands, recurring encounters, and also for long-term exclusive partnerships.
"For Mosuo women, an axia is often a pleasurable digression from the drudgery of everyday life, as well as a potential sperm donor," explained Waihong.
A few months after her first visit, a teenage girl named Ladzu offered to teach Waihang the tribe's language, an oral tradition which lacks a traditional writing system. As she spent more time with the Mosuo, she became a godmother to Ladzu, and Ladzu's uncle, Zhaxi, built her a house. Today, she said, her visits last months at a time.
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Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's Battle To Have A Baby!
Pregnancy announcement after royal fertility tests, secret treatments, and more!
Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry rushed from their royal wedding to providing some new royal offspring — with insiders telling The National ENQUIRER over the summer about how the couple got ready for babies even before getting hitched! Meghan was certainly an older princess bride when she was married at the age of 36, and insiders told The ENQUIRER about how Queen Elizabeth herself insisted on fertility tests for her future daughter-in-law. By then, however, divorcée Meghan secretly visited fertility docs months before her May 19 wedding to Harry, who's sixth in line to the British throne. "They both know that as Meghan gets older," said a palace pal, "it can get increasingly harder to conceive — and they are both keenly aware of her vulnerability to health complications and the chance of miscarriage the older she gets." The barrier-breaking couple even looked at adoption, insiders told The ENQUIRER, but that controversial call has been put aside. Instead, the royals followed up Princess Eugenie's royal wedding with the big news of a baby being born in Spring 2019. In fact, some sources said that they were expecting a pair of twin offspring after Meghan's top-secret consulting with fertility experts!
Following the hush-hush fertility consultation, sources said Meghan even agreed to consider in vitro fertilization, which involves fertilizing an egg outside of the mother's body. What's more, Meghan's visit was quickly followed with additional fertility-ensuring measures, sources said. The former "Suits" star consulted with London-based nutritionist Melanie Brown at Kensington Palace, insiders said.


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Clare Age-Friendly County
In 2013 the Department of Health published the National Positive Ageing Strategy to plan for an ageing population. The Strategy sets out a vision for an age-friendly society through the achievement of four national goals (participation, health, security and research).
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Clare Age-Friendly Strategy & Action Plan
Clare Age-Friendly Alliance Board
Established in January 2014, Age-Friendly Ireland hosted by Meath County Council, coordinates the national Age Friendly Cities and Counties Programme. The Programme guides the development of effective city- and county-based, multi-agency Age-Friendly Strategies aimed at improving the quality of life of older people throughout Ireland.
In an international context, Age-Friendly Ireland also provides the links between the National Positive Ageing Strategy and the Global Age-friendly Cities Guide, published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2007.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has included County Clare in its Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. As a member, County Clare is part of a growing global movement of communities, cities and other sub-national levels of government that have pledged to meet the needs of their older residents.
The Global Network currently includes 541 cities and communities in 37 countries, covering over 179 million people worldwide. Among existing members are Dallas (USA), Reykjavik (Iceland), Barcelona (Spain), Rennes (France), Busan (South Korea), Porto (Portugal), Volvograd (Russia) and Liverpool (UK).
The Age-Friendly County Strategy for Clare addresses the opportunities and challenges posed by a predicted growth in the ageing population internationally, nationally and at county level. The latest strategy was developed in 2018 following consultation with all key stakeholders and research from the Healthy and Positive Ageing Initiative. It outlines an Action Plan for the following five years. The Action Plan aims to ensure that the county's social, cultural, economic and physical environment is undertaken in an age-friendly manner that supports a healthy and positive experience of ageing.
The age-friendly programme in the county is managed by the Clare Age-Friendly Alliance Board and is implemented by an implementation team, both of which work on the principle of inter-agency collaboration.
Pat Dowling (Chief Executive, Clare Co. Council & Chairperson)
Patricia Anne Moore (Chair, Older People's Council)
Stella O'Gorman (Older People's Council)
Doirín Graham (Chief Executive, Clare Local Development Company)
Caitriona Lavelle (Manager, Clarecare)
Sean Colleran (Chief Superintendent, An Garda Síochána)
Ethna McTeague (Manager of Community Services for Older People, HSE)
Laura Ward (Manager, Clare Bus)
Victoria Ward (Senior Administrator, Family Carers)
Jennifer Moran Stritch (Lecturer, Limerick Institute of Technology)
Dr. Rose Galvin (Ageing Research Centre, University of Limerick)
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CIO interview: Laura Dawson, CIO, London School of Economics
LSE's CIO talks about focusing on team development, her vision of creating a connected network of technologists, and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Experienced IT leader Laura Dawson looks back on her broad portfolio of roles across a wide range of organisations and gives a concise summary: "I've done children, animals, world peace – and now I'm on to education."
Dawson joined the London School of Economics (LSE) as director of data and technology services in November 2017. Having formerly held senior IT roles at the British Council, Save the Children UK and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Dawson was approached about joining the LSE. The role and the organisation appealed for a number of reasons.
She has a strong belief that education is one of the key mitigations for a lot of the issues around the world and was keen to contribute to a sector that can make a big difference. Second, she describes LSE as a "very forward-looking university" – its status as a top UK research institution was a big attraction.
Finally, Dawson says the key element that drew her to the organisation was the chemistry with her boss, chief operating officer (COO) Andrew Young.
"That's a rare and very helpful thing," she says. "If you feel that, together, you and the person you work for, and the people who work for you, are going to make a big difference, then that's a really attractive draw."
A more recent conversation with Young led to Dawson assuming the CIO role in September 2020. The change in title reflected how her position had begun to take a strategic focus, with her team as the focal point of the digital transformation she is helping to drive.
"It was a recognition that we'd got ourselves into a new position," she says. "We'd moved from being a front-of-house, operationally focused organisation to a more strategic role. That's why we made that change."
"You want to make whatever changes you've made as sticky as possible"
Laura Dawson, LSE
Dawson says her focus on team development is her key achievement since joining the LSE. "When I arrived – and this is incredibly common – the team had a very defensive posture in terms of how they engaged with the rest of the organisation," she says.
That defensiveness meant there was no joined-up approach between IT and the business, and tech staff felt beleaguered, says Dawson. The past three years have involved a transformation, with in-house people feeling a greater sense of fulfilment and enjoyment.
"I genuinely believe that when you take a leadership role and you have a team beneath you, you have to make them feel chosen by you," she says. "You have to go through something that will make the people who directly report to you feel that you have not just been imposed on them, but you have chosen them – and that you are a team. And we've done that."
Dawson's second big achievement has involved changing the LSE's attitude towards the IT team. Cross-business surgeries revealed that people around the organisation were critical of the technology department's work. Now the interaction is very different – there is mutual respect.
"That was to do with lockdown," she says. "Covid-19 has changed how people view technology, but it was on the way anyway – and we were seeing a very big improvement in the relationship between front-line services and the rest of the academia. That comes down to being able to get talent and nurture talent in those teams. It's made a huge difference."
Delivering better systems and services
Dawson says her third big achievement since joining the LSE has been creating a strategic view of what needs to change in terms of technology. In 2019, she put together the five pillars of this strategy, which are the platform for how her team has looked to change IT delivery at the school.
"We got agreement from our external counsel, the school management committee, and from within the team itself and with our stakeholders, that these were the five things that we needed to do and to deliver – and we've been doing that," she says.
The five pillars are catching up on technical debt, identity management, integration, data standards and collaboration. The coronavirus pandemic has had some impact on delivery, yet in other areas, such as collaboration and the provision of cloud-based services, the need to transform quickly because of social-distancing requirements has provided "a shot in the arm", she says.
"We were going to do a very gentle roll-out of Microsoft Teams," says Dawson. "Now everybody's using it. But there is still a lot of work to do on collaboration, particularly around access to information and sharing records."
Putting theory into practice
Dawson says her aim now is to professionalise the IT service, both in terms of people and systems. When it comes to internal talent, she is keen to ensure that the knowledge created through staff development processes is retained within the organisation.
"You want to make whatever changes you've made as sticky as possible," she says. "So when I move on, or somebody else moves on, the knowledge stays in place. We want to ensure we've got the processes and procedures in place to make that happen."
Dawson says professionalism also extends to what might once have been called shadow IT, where people in different functional lines introduce their own business systems. Dawson thinks "shadow IT" has negative connotations and would be more helpfully known as devolved IT.
"Devolution can be a really big advantage for an organisation," she says. "It can allow for a degree of operating at pace and for greater ownership at the local level. So part of the professionalising of the service is about being really clear on the responsibilities of those devolved teams and the central technology team, and how those relationships work."
Dawson says professionalisation involves introducing something she calls practice management. While IT staff are controlled through line management and third parties have contract management, devolved technology users have no such rules. Practice management is an attempt to introduce these guidelines, she says.
"That's a priority for me – it's a personal mission," says Dawson. "It will allow us to set the standards for how technology should be delivered, hold people to account to a degree for that, but also give them the skills and capabilities they need to be able to use systems and services."
Digitising paper-based processes
Another big priority in the next couple of years will be course selection and timetabling systems. "The pandemic has really exposed some of our student-facing systems as requiring too much manual intervention," says Dawson. "We want to fix what we've got – because it was OK during 2020, but it was also a bit painful."
When academics think about the programmes of education they want to put together right now, the process is paper-based, with forms sent between staff and departments to check individual courses work as part of a wider environment. The long-term aim is to digitise the process, says Dawson.
"I would love to have a situation where academics can look at the design of their programme, model it online, see the impact their programme is going to have on the whole kind of education suite we've got, and get a lot more information about the design of their programme before they submit it," she says.
"If we can create those kinds of environments, we are effectively forecasting the impact of their programmes, and that's going to make the whole process a lot smoother. I want to take our ambition away from just course selection and timetabling towards the design of the whole academic environment."
Dawson's long-term vision is to create a connected network of technologists across the school. She wants her team to develop and enjoy their work – and when they move on, she wants them to feel like they're ready to grow and that the LSE has benefited from their input.
"When people leave, you've given them that stepping stone to do it – and that's what I want to do with the technology team I've got here," she says. "As a university, we're not going to be able to compete with the banks on salaries, but we can compete on creating fantastically professional individuals because they've learned the craft here."
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Dawson recognises that professional development is no longer just about honing your technical craft. Analyst Gartner suggests the most in-demand leadership skills now and for the next 10 years are soft skills. For Dawson, development is about creating rounded business technologists.
"So you've got the business acumen, you understand all those business skills, you've got the soft skills, you know how to communicate with people, and you can look someone in the eye and have a good conversation," she says. "In two years' time, I'd like it to be the case that we're happy that people might only have been with us for three or four years because they've gone off and they've got a fantastic job somewhere else."
During that timeframe, Dawson says she hopes the team around her will help her to solve some of the challenges surrounding timetabling and course selection systems, which she says is quite a niche area, with limited third-party expertise, involving quite a lot of work around "What are we going to do about that?" and "How are we going to deal with that?".
Dawson expects the cloud-based technology Salesforce, which is one of the LSE's strategic platforms, to play a key role. Her department also recently received funding to start work on identity management systems, which she says is a significant piece of work in terms of both policy and design.
Across all these areas, the key will be to ensure there is a use case for the LSE. "It's all about working on the most cost-effective way of achieving our business objectives," says Dawson.
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According to Wikipedia, Encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it. Encryption does not of itself prevent interception, but denies the message content to the interceptor.
Encryption is now something many of us take for granted as we assume our personal data, computers, emails and storage is kept safe and away from anyone accessing, it but where did encryption start. The email encryption company Egress has created this infographic looking at the history of encryption.
The earliest known use of cipher in military was by the Spartans at times of war when delivering sensitive messages. One of the most infamous forms of encryption was by the Germany's who developed the Enigma Machine during WW1. Fernando Corbato is credited in the 60's with creating the first computer password to allow for multiple users to use the same machines. Today encryption is everywhere even if we don't realise it and its keeping all of our personal data and information safe.
History of Encryption infographic created by Egress providers of email and file encryption software.


The core "leadership team" understands the truth of the new Reformation, but also readily recognizes that the great unwashed evangelicals are not ready for this new, hard truth, and must be progressively indoctrinated. They must be fed according to what they can bear at any given time.
Hence, the transitions (takeovers) must be covert.
The transition team possesses the authority of the original Reformation; ie., God has granted full authority over the souls of men to Reformed elders. This is stated Protestant orthodoxy and evident to those who partake in a cursory observation of Protestant literature. The original Reformation borrowed this authority from Catholic dogma through a shared identification with St. Augustine who ironically is the doctrinal foundation of Protestantism and Catholicism both—and nobody even blinks. Augustine insisted that salvation can only be obtained in the institutional church and faithfulness to it accordingly. Augustine also insisted that men be compelled by force to submit themselves to the clergy.
Hence, who are the confused parishioners to argue with God's anointed? This mentality leads to a very heavy-handed leadership style that describes Russ Kennedy to a "T." And, is a hallmark characteristic of the movement in general. The movement's excessive use of church discipline was even written about in major secular publications such as the Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine. Evangelicals are perplexed en mass regarding this phantom force-like movement that has transformed the churches. Unbelievably, while this movement strives to return to the tenets of the original Protestant Reformation that was marked by tyranny, the recognition of an ideological connection to the same behavior does not compute in the minds of average parishioners.
The revival-like experience produced by the biblical counseling movement in the 90's is summarily dismissed as "creating better Pharisees" and ridiculed as, "behaviorism" and "moralism." Not only is the Adams biblical counseling revolution dismissed as a pseudo-revival, but is utterly disdained by these crusaders drunk with visions of grandeur.
Because original Protestantism no longer has state authority to enforce its orthodoxy, it must use creative means to control people. Most evangelicals do not understand that the Protestant gospel was formulated around a church-state and for the express purpose of a church-state. And therefore, principles of persecution for dissenters are part of Reformation doctrinal statements such as the Westminster Confession. Persecution is in the contract.
Consequently, when authority and control are innately part of a gospel, but there are no means of forcible control (because of Americanism's separation of church and state), the only possible outcome is cultish behavior.
These elements identify the movement that has all but taken over the Protestant church and uniquely exemplified by Clearcreek Chapel. It is authority as gospel. It is a plethora of other mediators apart from Christ. But for the purpose of this study, file this very important word in the back of your mind for now: A-U-T-H-O-R-I-T-Y.
In addition, as this movement covertly infected the churches worldwide like gangrene, the 1980's saw the emergence of reconciliatory organizations like Peacemaker Ministries. These organizations seek to protect the resurgence movement and keep its host churches from being sued. These organizations were a response to the pushback from the movement's rampant spiritual abuse. These organizations are necessary because justice can never be found within the church, but why?
All of the aforementioned contemporary events fit together. What do these transitions look like at ground level? What happened at the Chapel that continues to take place presently? Why does it happen? Why is this behavior protected by other churches and what should we do about it?
Chapter Eight: Will the Real Protestant Gospel Please Stand Up?


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Hey Alyssa! I hope you're doing fab! I've noticed how positive your posts are and you really have a lot of inspiring content! I wanted to reach out and see if I could interview you for my show about empowering women. Think you'd be so awesome. Could we set up a time to discuss more?! Let me know. Thanks, girl!
I absolutely adored Vivian's energy and am all about empowering women through stories and experiences. We set up a call and chatted for almost an hour! We caught up and discussed everything from her impressive show, Vision in Vogue, to her current job as a news anchor on ABC as well as having her on The Freddie & Alyssa Show! It was a perfect fit right from the start.
September 30th arrived before we knew it and at 11 am the crew came to set up for the afternoon of filming. After Benji settled down a bit, (he is so extra - he loves claiming his territory when new people enter our home) Vivian and I got mic'd, and we cozied into the couch, ready to shoot!
Our little prima donna, stealing the show, per usual.
We jumped right into the interview and discussed a variety of different topics. Vivian was especially interested in stories regarding my recovery and journey back to health after a car accident that took place almost four years ago (October 7th, to be exact!) We also spoke about our upcoming book, The Pivot Principle, which is all about pivoting your mindset and your actions so that you can pivot your life.
We filmed for about an hour and a half and then wrapped the interview portion. This week, we will be shooting the photo shoot segment (hence the Vision in Vogue) where I shall get all dolled up for the day and play at the photo shoot!
Re-connecting with Vivian is such a perfect example of life coming full circle. We had met years ago on the telephone while collaborating on a project. While we continued on our separate paths, she booked a job in Chicago as a news anchor, and we continued our entrepreneurial endeavors and launched the vlog, blog, and podcast. It wasn't until years later that we re-connected, finally met physically in person and created some heartfelt and meaningful content that will hopefully help others realize they are not alone when going through hard times.
I guess my ramble is just a reminder that you never know where life can lead you. Enjoy every moment. Scream from the peaks, laugh through the loop-the-loops and enjoy every twist and turn, as you never know what magnificent surprises you may find on the other side!


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Willyam Tito Valle Ramírez es un ingeniero mecánico y político peruano. Fue congresista por el departamento de Pasco durante el periodo parlamentario 2011-2016 y alcalde de la provincia de Pasco entre 2007 y 2010.

Nació en Cerro de Pasco, Perú, el 9 de julio de 1968. Cursó sus estudios primarios en su ciudad natal y los secundarios en la ciudad de Oxapampa y, entre 1989 y 1995, cursó estudios superiores de ingeniería mecánica en la Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería en la ciudad de Lima.

Miembro del Partido Democrático Somos Perú, llegó a ocupar la primera vicepresidencia de esta organización del año 2015 al 2017. Su primera participación política se dio en las elecciones municipales de 1998 cuando fue candidato a una regiduría de la provincia de Pasco por el entonces aún movimiento independiente Somos Perú. Luego postularía a la alcaldía de esa provincia en las elecciones municipales del 2002 sin éxito pero resultaría elegido en las elecciones municipales  del 2006 como Alcalde Provincial de Pasco. Tras su gestión postularía a la presidencia del Gobierno Regional de Pasco en las elecciones regionales del 2010 perdiendo en segunda vuelta. Finalmente, postularía al Congreso de la República por el partido Perú Posible en las elecciones generales del 2011 resultando elegido. Durante su gestión como congresista participó en la formulación de 407 proyectos de ley  de los que 65 fueron promulgadas como leyes de la república. Asimismo, en el año 2015, se ordenó el levantamiento de su inmunidad parlamentaria para ser investigado por las denuncias de colusión, omisión de actos funcionales, peculado, negociación incompatible y aprovechamiento indebido del cargo cometidos durante su gestión como alcalde de Cerro de Pasco.

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Many kids have endangered their own lives in daring efforts to rescue others from deadly circumstances. A teenage babysitter repeatedly ran into a blazing house to save the lives of five little children. A 13-year-old boy braved raging floodwaters during the height of a killer hurricane to rescue a family of 12. A high school athlete spent 17 hours on a frozen ledge in a blizzard to keep an injured avalanche victim alive.
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Can the fetched results controller contain the results of the the persons, sports and cars, then are placed in a single TV in sections of sports and cars?
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A: Decided to fetch just the Person Entity (Person.hasCars, Person.hasSports), and the use the NSSET of each cars and sports and solved my issues.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that "western partners" tried to make Russians and Russian-speaking people in Ukraine "swallow humiliation."
MOSCOW, November 22 (Sputnik) — The West played an "all-or-nothing" game in Ukraine, and tried to bluff Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.
"Our western partners played 'all-or-nothing' in Ukraine, they have stepped on their own principles of democratic change of power, have supported the extremists. As the hooligans say, they wanted to 'bluff us', I cannot say it in other words, to make us swallow humiliation – Russians and Russian-speaking people in Ukraine," Russian minister said at the assembly of the Russian Council on Foreign and Defense Policy.
Lavrov also explained reasons behind western countries' tactics of implementing sanctions against Russia.
"Always when sanctions were used before – I worked in New-York at that time — our western partners, in regard to North Korea or Iran, or any other countries, they framed sanctions in such a way so that they wouldn't negatively affect the social sphere, the economy, so that they would affect only the elite, selectively," Lavrov said.
"Now everything is different. Western leaders publicly say that sanctions should be framed in a way to ruin the economy and raise national protests," he added.
This is why in the current situation the West "shows that their point is not to change the Russian Federation's policy, which is illusory in itself, but they want to change the regime," Lavrov concluded.
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated amid the Ukrainian crisis, as European and US leaders kept blaming Moscow for its alleged involvement in the Ukrainian internal conflict – a claim that Kremlin has repeatedly denied.
Over the past few months, the European Union, the United States and their allies have implemented several rounds of sanctions targeting Russia's banking, energy and defense sectors, as well as a number of high-ranking officials in retaliation to what they called Russia's aggressive policy in Ukraine.
Moscow repeatedly stated that it is not a party to the Ukrainian internal conflict, adding that sanctions threaten international peace and stability and run counter to the principles of international law.
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Well, it's been an up-and-down couple of weeks since my last post, and for that I apologize. I've been working on the copywriting side, and even visited with the GER last week. But I did get lucky right after my last post—in addition to a lot of good feedback, I got a call from Chef Michael and his wonderful wife, Rosemine, and we talked for over an hour! I won't give away any of their trade secrets, but they did have a lot to say, and I do appreciate their time.
Chef Michael has been making tasty food for many years, and they opened the Gourmet Kitchen in 2011 in The Woodlands/Tomball area. They specialize in corporate events, like the open house at Woodlands Wellness. But what I also didn't know is that they also do event catering for the Bernhardt Winery in Plantersville, TX. No kidding! I've not even heard of that winery, but that's not surprising, since Texas has quite a number of them, including Haak Vineyards & Winery (in my part of town, they do weddings) and Messina Hof (in Bryan, near Texas A&M.) If you're in the mood for a winery trip, check out Bernhardt's concert series, both winter and summer—and you'll be able to sample some of the same delicious food from Chef Michael's Gourmet Kitchen while you're there. I'm not saying it's going to be gluten-free like it was at the open house—that all depends on what the winery (or any client) requests. But whatever it is, you'll be treated to some of the best tasting food north of the Tunnel.
I asked Chef Michael what got him started making gluten-free and yeast-free food. Most caterers don't want to deal with "special menus" but can accommodate vegetarians with easy substitutions (I know that from corporate experience.) His answer was simple: "Dr. Davis asked for it." Now that option is available on his catering menu for Dr. Davis as well as anyone who is looking for a healthier option for their event. You can read more about it here. Definitely not what you'd call "diet food," and utterly delicious.
Well. . .that was one of the questions I asked Chef Michael and Rosemine: What the heck is Argan Oil? Rosemine told me, and since then, I've certainly learned a lot about it.
Now, before I tell you more, let me preface it this way: if you're familiar with making anything with chocolate (including things like cakes and ice creams) or are a fan of the Barefoot Contessa, you'll know that adding a small amount of coffee in a chocolate recipe helps bring out the chocolate flavor. You don't taste the coffee, but it enhances and improves the taste of whatever you're doing with the chocolate. My favorite Yeast Free Brownies are a perfect example.
The Argan Oil in Chef Michael's cooking was like that. Not something I noticeably tasted in the forefront, but something in the background that really enhanced the flavor of everything. Olive oil is great, and so is coconut oil, but Argan's warm, nutty flavor is a little something special without covering or overpowering the rest of the flavors.
Argan Oil comes exclusively from Morocco, and is used primarily in European and Mediterranean cooking. It's only been known and available in the US in the last ten years or so (and why have I never heard of it?) One website I researched said that it was unknown outside of Morocco until French chefs started putting it in everything. Now Argan is gaining ground as a gourmet oil and as a health/wellness/beauty product.
Processing and extraction of Argan Oil are all done by hand, by Moroccan women who make a living with the arduous process. It is a nut oil—so if you have a nut allergy, it may not be for you. (Remember: I'm not a doctor, just a food blogger.) The nuts are dried, and are heated to remove the "nutty" aroma for cosmetic use. The culinary oil is then toasted to enhance the nutty flavor that it's prized for.
The nut comes from the Argan tree, or Argania spinosa. The nut kernel is surrounded by a fleshy fruit, which is removed by hand and used for animal feed. Attempts at mechanizing the separation and extraction process have not yet worked, but I'm sure that will change in the future when someone figures it out. For now, the local women's cooperatives that do the labor-intensive extraction work helps the women make a living and provide for their families.
So what do you do with it? Unlike olive or coconut oils, you generally don't cook with Argan Oil. It's something to be used as-is and in small amounts, like a salad dressing or a "finishing oil." It's a bit like the fancy pink Himalayan salt I bought at the Metropolitan Food & Entertaining Expo a couple of years ago. You'd sprinkle a pinch on top of something right before serving, rather than measure some and add it to the recipe. Argan Oil is also used as a dip, similar to the little dip dishes of olive oil in Italian restaurants. It doesn't have the high smoke point of coconut or olive, so a few drops at the end is all you need.
Argan Oil is similar to olive oil in health benefits, too, rich in Vitamin E and other essential fatty acids. It may also be more resistant to oxidation than olive oil. Some people swear by taking a tablespoon or so first thing in the morning.
There is an additional product from the Argan tree, called Amlou, with a consistency similar to peanut butter. It's a Moroccan thing, much like peanut butter is to us. It's made from stone ground almonds, local honey and Argan Oil, and is also available jarred. Spread it on crackers, toast, or whatever you like.
Topically, Argan Oil is used straight for sunburn, wrinkles, acne, stretch marks, and as a hair treatment—but only a little at a time. Medical benefits (according to ArganFarm.com) include lowered cholesterol, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties, pain treatment, lower blood pressure and regulation of heart function.
Again—I'm not a doctor, just a food blogger reporting what she reads. While the topical applications are probably safe and effective, I can't positively answer for the medical benefits; you'd have to try it and see, assuming you don't have a nut allergy.
Now, I didn't know the rest of all this about Argan Oil. About a year or so ago, one of my writer friends posted a comment on Facebook about "Morocco Oil" that she bought to use in her hair. (That's another name for Argan Oil.) She loved it. I meant to try it and I forgot. A couple of months ago, Neighbor K told me to try some Pantene shampoo and conditioner that contained Argan Oil. After looking at a dizzying array of Pantene products, I found the right one and wielded my coupons at the checkout.
Then while Rosemine explained it to me on the phone, I walked into my bathroom and realized that I really did have some. Of course, it wasn't straight oil, it was in Pantene shampoo and conditioner, and some Tresomme hair styling stuff that contained some Argan Oil, noted on the label.
If you're interested in learning more about Argan Oil, there are a number of sites dedicated to it.
This article on Food Republic gives a writer's experience learning about Argan Oil while visiting Morocco in 2012.
In the US, Zamouri Spices is a Kansas-based company that not only imports Argan Oil for culinary and cosmetic uses, it also carries a number of Moroccan products that are difficult to find here in the US. (Being from New Orleans, it's not something I'd ever look for.) They also carry spices, tangines (those round triangular-lidded clay pots), copperware, tea and tea accessories, and other related items.
From the UK is Argan Oil Direct, which also has free shipping worldwide and a USDA organic certification. This site offers two free e-books (which I haven't read yet) and has a lot of information on it. This is also a company with a home base in Morocco, and is part of one of the Berber family that owns land that the trees grow on.
If you don't mind ordering online from overseas, ArganFarm.com is run by a native Moroccan named Bader Eddine, and he lives in Essaouira City. His company sells direct from the people who extract it, and also offers a free e-book so you can read more about it. Although the book is well written, Bader's English is a bit wonky, since it's probably not his first language. That's OK–at the end of the book is an offer for free shipping to 200 countries (including the US.) I didn't see any mention of organic in the book or on his website, but it might be.
Please note that I have not personally ordered from any of the overseas websites. If you do, make SURE to use a credit card, so that if something goes wrong, you can, if need be, dispute it.
Amazon also has a large selection of Argan Oils available from several vendors, some from Zamouri, for both cosmetic and culinary use.
If you're in The Woodlands, and your company has an upcoming function where the food is that important (or if your event is in The Woodlands), make sure you contact Chef Michael's Gourmet Kitchen at 281-660-8680, or email them at cateringbychefmichael@gmail.com. You can see more on their website, including menus, additional information, and even a few recipes! Chef Michael and Rosemine can help design a menu that's perfect for whatever you need. You can see some pictures of their elegant spreads, and even a picture of them at the winery, in their online gallery.
I'm working on a few things for upcoming posts. But darnit, sometimes things are so new that I can't get my hands on it yet. I'll let you know when I can.


Arrival to the port of Tangier. Reception by the guide of Gazelles Destination. Departure to Meknes. Stop hefchaouen.Ve visit the city.It is on place ATU-El-Hamam that the vestiges of the fortifications built in XVme century by the founder of the city. The large Jamaa-El-Kebir mosque was also built at the same time in the Andalusian style. Continuation to Meknès. Arrival to the hotel 4* dinner and overnight stay.
Breakfast. Visit the city: its monumental doors, Bab El Mansour and Bab El Khamis; the place El Hedime, between the old city and the imperial city. visit of the Roman ruins of Volubilis and the Holy City of Moulay Idriss. After dine and overnigth stay at the hotel.
After the breakfast, departure to Midelt while passing by Ifrane, health resort creates in 1930. Crossing of the mounts of the Average Atlas. Arrival at Midelt city Mountain city with 1488m of altitude, it is remarkably well located at the foot of the jbel Ayachi. Continuation for Erfoud while passing by the throats of Ziz and the lake of reserve of Hassan Addakhil, whose very red walls plunge in a water green emerald. The road continues through the valley of Ziz. Arrive at Erfoud, carries of Tafilalet, "small Mésopotamie", in the evening. Relaxe in the hotel, dinner and stay over night.
Early in the morning, possibility of carrying out an excursion in 4x4 cars in Merzouga (in addition), to attend the rising of the sun on the dunes. Return to the hotel. Breakfast then departure in direction to Tineghir, while skirting the valley of Ziz first of all, encircled tamaris and palm trees. Incursion into the throats of Todra, until the end of the motor-road, the heart of a site of an exceptional beauty, in a narrow procession an impressive height. Lunch in Tineghir. Departure to Ouarzazate while skirting the valley of Dadès. Continuation by the road of the kasbahs, and oasis in oasis: El Kelaâ of Mgouna (the city of the pinks), Skoura. Arrive at Ouarzazate in the evening. Installation with the hotel, dinner and overnightstay.
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After the breakfast, visits kasbahs of Taourirt and Aït Ben Haddou world inheritance with UNESCO, which was the subject of turnings of many known films. then road to Marrakech, through the High Atlas, by the collar of Tizin' Tichka (2260 m). You will pass near the typical villages with their low houses and their "attics fortresses" which dominate them. Arrival to Marrakech. Relax at the hotel. diner and overnight stay.
After the breakfast, capital of the south,which gave its name to the country: Koutoubia or "mosque of the Booksellers" built at the 12th century; the Saâdiens tombs, splendid mausoleums of the 16th century with the room of the twelve Columns, chief of work of art hispano-Moorish; the palate of Bahia, true maze of corridors and staircases builds in last century with very beautiful gardens; then gardens of Ménara, planted olive-trees and having a large basin of irrigation.
In the afternoon, continuation of the visit by a turn of the ramparts, built at the 12th century. Then we see the famous place Djemaa El Fna, heart of the médina. Many astonishing characters there: storytellers, acrobats, snake charmers... From there you will reach the souks, with the infinitely varied craft industry.
The evening, departure for a dinner of good-bye with traditional dances, in an old palate of the médina. Over night stay at the hotel.
After the breakfast, departure for Casablanca. Tower of the city, modern city, economic capital of the country: the boulevard Mohamed V, large commercial artery; the district of Anfa, elegant residential district; the cornice and famous the large mosque Hassan II. Continuation for Reduction. Visit Royal capital: the Tower Hassan (external visit), unfinished minaret; the prestigious Mausoleum Mohamed V decorated with marble, onyx and gold sheets; the Royal palate, built between 18th and 20th centuries. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
After the breakfast, departure toTangier while skirting the Atlantic coast, while passing by Larache, Lixus, old "Roman colony", then Azilah formerly large commercial port.
Arrival to Tangier. Visit city: the place of Large Socco ("Large Souk"), where once per week takes place a picturesque market; small Socco and the Large mosque; the place of the Kasbah, offering a beautiful point of view on the ocean, then departure to the port. Assistance with the customs formalities and of loading departure, the team of Gazelles Destination your travel Agency wishes you a pleasant return.


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