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Mary Immaculate Refuge of Sinners Church, Rathmines. Dublin City 1854
A Dublin landmark dome originally destined for St Petersburg
Mary Immaculate Refuge of Sinners Church is located in Rathmines in Dublin City. This impressive church was built in 1854 designed by Patrick Byrne in the Greek Style and was later extended by W.H. Byrne who added the portico and pediment. This pediment is inscribed 'Mariae Immaculatae Refugio Pecatorum'. It was destroyed by fire in January 1920 but it was rebuilt by 1922. The outstanding feature of the reconstructed church was the massive copper dome making it a new landmark in this part of the city. The new dome was built in Glasgow some time previously and was believed to have been destined for a Russian orthodox church in St Petersburg prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917. The interior of the church is remarkably bright due to the decision to use clear glass instead of stained glass for the windows after the fire.
Seefin Passage Tomb, Kilbride. County Wicklow c.3000-3300BC
Moore Abbey, Monasterevin. County Kildare 1767
Castledermot. County Kildare 10th-18th centuries
Kilmogue Portal Tomb, Mullinavat. County Kilkenny 3000-4000BC
Ninch Barrow Mound, Laytown. County Meath c.400A.D.
Murrisk Abbey, Murrisk. County Mayo 1456
St. Bridget's High Cross, Kildare Town. County Kildare 9th-12th centuries
Athcarne Castle, Balrath. County Meath 1590
Taghadoe Round Tower, Taghadoe. County Kildare 10th century & 1831
Leixlip Castle, Leixlip. County Kildare 1172
Barberstown Castle, Straffan. County Kildare c.1500
The Anchorite Cell Chapel, Fore, County Westmeath


I have been eating out continuously for the past week and have chapped my lip and a mouth sore decided to take residence on my gum. I am not at my best, and should really stay away from any dry, crispy, overly salty junk foods. I have to admit, I have been craving a few slices of grilled jerkies for the past few days, and it doesn't help I walk by the store everyday after work!
I caved in to my desires and bought 100g of this addictive and delicious grilled jerkies, and they are just as good as I envisioned! I love chewing up the jerkies and savouring the salty marinade and spices. This famous Singaporean company rented one of the most expensive shops in Hong Kong; and the continuous aromatic grilling attracted lots of tourists and locals alike to purchase out of impulse.
I have been told by a friend in Singapore that people don't eat the jerkies unless it's during special occasions or the Chinese New year because it is quite expensive, but I can't just eat it once a year!


It's time to jump-start your career.
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The Military Spouse Foundation offers a two-part online program to help military spouses translate their skills and knowledge into a career. The first course is free.
The following organizations offer resume-writing and job-hunting resources designed just for military spouses.
Download one of five resume templates compatible with Microsoft Word, Pages, and OpenOffice.
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A LinkedIn profile can lead you to an extensive network of peers, fellow military spouses, and job opportunities. There are a number of groups dedicated to military spouses.
NMSN provides military families with networking and career advancement services. The website features a members-only forum — a private community where military spouses can join webinars and networking events, and meet industry insiders.
After securing an interview, it's time to get to know the company. Review the organization's website and the position for which you are applying. This will help you come up with questions and help you decide if this position and company is right for you.
Dress for the job you want, not the job you have. You can never go wrong with a classic suit or dress (be sure to iron everything the night before)!
Always send a thank-you note to people who interviewed you (ask for their business card during the interview). Handwritten notes are best.


Ensure your organization is compliant with OSHA guidelines for confined spaces with this Confined Space Entry Regulation Compliance Kit. This comprehensive training package teaches employees all they need to know for staying safe in a confined entry scenario. This training package comes with a wide range of training materials, including and employee quiz, a leader's guide, and your choice of DVD or VHS tape. The kit also includes a Compliance Book so that you can prove to OSHA that you are serious about training on confined space entry, motivational posters to keep your safety message alive long after your training is over, and 30 employee booklets just packed full of information on how to properly handle a confined space entry situation. You can also acquire the kit in English or Spanish to reach all of your employees equally effectively. It's designed specifically to help organizations maintain OSHA compliance when it comes to confined space entry and it is made for easy understanding by employees and supervisors alike. When it comes to confined space entry training there isn't a more complete package available than this one.


Ellie Wasserman is a native of NJ now living in Montville. She is semi-retired from a career designing and furnishing office interiors. She is working less and traveling more and especially enjoying exploring new places and cultures. Her love of handiwork has expanded into many crafts including beaded embroidered jewelry and altered and handmade books.


Permanent Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus (PNDM) is a rare disorder where patient presents with diabetes within the first few months of life without autoantibodies associated with type 1 diabetes. The majority of PNDM cases have INS, ABCC8 or KCNJ11 mutations. We present a PNDM case with INS mutation. The proband is a second child of three siblings without family history of diabetes. She was born at term via emergency lower segment caesarean section with good APGAR score. Her birth weight was 2.0kg (<3rd percentile), length 49cm (50th percentile), and head circumference 34cm (50th percentile). She was discharged well at day 3 of life, but readmitted at day 17 of life with hyperglycaemia, sepsis and severe metabolic acidosis, requiring insulin infusion. Despite clinical improvement and resolving sepsis, she remained hyperglycaemic and hence neonatal diabetes was suspected. Her GAD-65 and ICA-512 antibodies were negative. HbA1c and c-peptide at diagnosis were 7.9% and 38 pmol/L (normal range: 297.9–1324) respectively. She was still hyperglycaemic despite receiving total daily insulin (TDI) of 1.5U/kg/day, but not ketotic. She was discharged after 20 days of hospitalization with insulatard administered three times daily (TDI 1.2U/kg/day). During the first 8 months of diagnosis, her metabolic control was good (HbA1c 6.7 - 7.6%) despite low insulin requirement, as low as 0.4U/kg/day. Her metabolic control deteriorated since then (HbA1c 11.9 - 13.2%), with TDI doses ranging 0.7 - 0.9 U/kg/day. Rapid acting insulin was not used due to episodes of hypoglycaemia and unpredictable eating habit and activity levels during her toddler years. Direct DNA sequencing revealed she is heterozygous for p.A24D INS mutation. This mutation has been reported in the literature and known to disrupt preproinsulin processing. Recent evaluation at 51 month showed, negative anti-islet cell antibodies and c-peptide of <30pmol/L (normal range: 297.9–1324). Currently, her developmental milestone is appropriate for her age. However, her height and weight were both below the 3rd centiles. She was recently started on insulin pump to improve her metabolic control and growth.


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The Christmas Spirit of the 1994 "Little Women"
by Shannon Campe December 23, 2019 December 22, 2019
Gillian Armstrong's 1994 adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel is a perfect balm for the holidays.
When you remember Christmases of your youth, what images spring to mind? A real Christmas tree, lit with candles? A fresh, fragrant orange in the toe of your stocking? Carols played and sung around the family piano?
Those are the images that spring to mind for me. Of course, I never had any of those things. The March Sisters had them for me, and every year, after an autumn reread of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, I'd snuggle up with my mom for another watch of Gillian Armstrong's 1994 adaptation. While Armstrong's take may not be the most complete or faithful rendition of the book, it successfully conveys the emotions that the story is meant to stir in us. It's also the most "Christmassy" Little Women ever put to screen or stage.
The first notes of Thomas Newman's iconic score still bring tears to my eyes after all these years, but it's Armstrong who does an impeccable job filling every frame with gorgeous period details. Invitingly worn books, ragged dolls, and homemade theatre costumes spill into the sisters' living spaces, giving the March home an authentically warm and lived-in feel. Some details are so delightful as to push the film into the range of fantasy for young viewers; as my four-year-old nannying charge watched Beth (Claire Danes) and Meg (Trini Alvarado) cuddle with a seemingly infinite pile of adorable barn kittens, he wailed "It's not fair!" in desperate envy.
Luckily, the artistic team behind this version of Little Women made some wise choices that remind us that the Marches' endless struggle to maintain their modest life has actual stakes. Dresses and accessories are recycled by all four sisters throughout the movie to reflect the family's meager income. A gown that Meg thinks fine enough to wear to a formal ball in the first act of the movie serves as an everyday outfit for grown-up Amy (Samantha Mathis) to practice painting in by the third act. Even as Meg's suitor John Brooke (Eric Stoltz) tries to strike up a genteel conversation with the ladies, they're busy lugging firewood from a woodpile into the house.
This isn't to say the 1994 March Sisters aren't fun and glamorous in their own way, though. As a girl growing up without sisters, I could have watched them play dress-up, curl each others' hair, and giggle behind one another's backs forever. The actors' familial bond is entirely believable, so watching the movie feels practically like being invited into their cozy attic clubhouse.
In one of the film's most memorable scenes, the girls gather up their splendid Christmas breakfast and walk it over to a hungry family of German immigrants, singing all the while. As the lane leading to their home crosses with that of the neighbors, a carriage passes, revealing the dashing Laurie (Christian Bale) inside. Jo (Winona Ryder), still elbow-in-elbow with her siblings, raises the tin teakettle she's holding aloft in a sort of half-sarcastic salute to Laurie, her eyes twinkling with mischief.
While Armstrong's take may not be the most complete or faithful rendition of the book, it successfully conveys the emotions that the story is meant to stir in us.
Comedian Jacqueline Novak once wrote on Instagram that, as a girl growing up in the 1990s, she "based her entire way of being around boys on this one gesture with a tea kettle," and I speak from experience when I say she's not the only one.
The utter charm and charisma of stars like Ryder, Bale, and wee little Kirsten Dunst (as young Amy March) works both for and against Little Women. Ryder and Bale have so much onscreen chemistry—and share a passionate kiss—that Jo's decision to jilt Laurie's romantic advances no longer seem to make narrative sense. When he whispers "I'll let you win every argument," Ryder visibly shivers with pleasure. Their ardor is so intense that it launched another generation of disappointed Jo/Laurie shippers, more than 120 years after readers of the original novel first wrote to Louisa May Alcott begging her to marry Jo to her best friend.
It's no wonder that after their relationship falls apart, the film drags a bit. It's unpleasant to watch a mustachioed Laurie seethe and rage at Amy in Europe, undoing everything that made his relationship with the March Family admirable with nasty remarks like "If Beth had a lover, I'd hate him too." Mathis, as the grown-up version of the youngest sister, is given precious little to do or say in response. You can't help yearning for Dunst back as the quippy child Amy, dishing out classic lines like "I'm so degradetated!" and "Isn't butter divinity?" with impeccable comedic timing.
In general, the 1994 movie does focus a little too much on Jo's romantic relationships, to the detriment of additional character development for characters like Meg and Amy. It's totally fine to center the story on Jo, the inarguable main protagonist of Little Women, but we lose some of her most incisive observations on womanhood and the writing process in order to spend more time watching her and Professor Bhaer (Gabriel Byrne) make out backstage at the opera. It's a slightly odd choice to make when trying to tell a story about how women are strong and creative in their own right.
This version of Little Women's stabs at updating the story for 1994 are at times a little obvious, but good-natured. Some moments feel anachronistic in their embrace of "Girl Power"; it doesn't entirely fit to have Marmee (Susan Sarandon) lecture John Brook about the evils of corsets, and I felt mortified right along with poor Meg when she did.
However, the choice to weave more details of the real Alcott family's life into the Marches' story is such a fantastic one that other adaptations of the story have since repeated the trick. Captain March (Matthew Walker) never admits a black child to his all-white school in the book, as in this film—but that's something Louisa May Alcott's real father, Bronson, actually did do. Fitting more of the Alcotts' progressive politics into the world of Little Women fleshes out the characters by giving us a better sense of their beliefs, and adds needed historical texture.
By the time Beth, the timid middle sister, slips into the illness that will eventually end her life, all of the film's gears are working together beautifully to deliver maximum emotional impact. The simple, warmly-lit room where the family gathers around her is very familiar to us. The musical score begins calling us back to happier times when Beth got sick but miraculously recovered. Danes and Ryder turn in some of their best scenes in the film (and some of my favorite moments of their respective careers) during this sequence.
While other versions of Little Women portray Beth as a supernaturally good being, almost more on par with the divine than the human, Danes reminds us that she is a young woman who is understandably scared to die. "I think I would be homesick for you even in heaven," Beth sobs weakly, and the audience weeps along with her. After her death, moments that could be maudlin or cheesy in under other circumstances, such as housekeeper Hannah (Florence Patterson) scattering rose petals over Beth's well-loved dolls, are effective because they're grounded in the reality of a home and a family we feel we know intimately.
But what's Christmas without a soupçon of melancholy? Would we cherish those scenes of the girls rehearsing plays and snuggling in bed together so much if we didn't know their time together was coming to an end? It's hard to say. Most siblings are parted, eventually, if only by geography. Even if Beth had lived, she would have grown up like the other girls, and it wouldn't have stopped the Marches from choosing four separate paths.
Maybe that's part of what makes Little Women such a perfectly Christmassy movie for me. More than the sumptuous holiday imagery and festive music that makes it a fun film to watch, it's a bittersweet reminder to cherish our time together.
I hope the 1994 Little Women's devoted fanbase will make some space in their hearts for the new Greta Gerwig film. I'm certainly rooting for any version of this kind-hearted story to succeed. While Armstrong's take on the book may not have been absolutely perfect, I know I'll always remember it fondly for introducing many new fans to Little Women. Though it focuses slightly too much on its protagonist's love interests, it's still a compassionate tale of young women finding ways to be happy and help others in a world dominated by men. We need more movies like it—at Christmas, and all the time.
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Shannon Campe
Shannon Campe is a writer, performer, and producer living in Chicago, Illinois. Her work includes the series "Little Women: a Modern Audio Drama." Visit her online at Shannon-Campe.com.
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Join the Keystone College Giants Men's Soccer October ID Clinic on October 14 at the Keystone College campus. It is inviting all male soccer players 15 years of age and above. This camp provides a high-level soccer training similar to what the Keystone College men's soccer team is using. It is a perfect opportunity to experience a collegiate-like training and competition. It is also an opportunity to showcase excellent soccer skills in front the college's recruitment personnel. Moreover, this program is an initiative of the college's men's soccer coaching staff. The event will start at 9:00 AM and end at 11:00 AM.
Keystone College is a private comprehensive, coeducational college in La Plume and Factoryville, Pennsylvania. Its campus is 276 acres in size that is in the scenic Endless Mountains. It is utilizing a semester-based academic calendar. Keystone College is offering around 40 undergraduate and graduate degrees. Furthermore, the college has an accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The college is an institution of excellence. In fact, it is 26th in Regional Colleges North, 2018 edition of Best Colleges rankings. Its recent acceptance rate is 98 percent. Currently, its student population is around 1,400. Keystone College has 21 intercollegiate athletics teams. They call themselves the Giants. Its men's soccer team is competing in the Colonial States Athletic Conference of NCAA Division III. The team has 3 playoff berths in the last 4 seasons.
Leading the Keystone Giants men's soccer team is head coach Joe Schneck. Season marks his 5th season at the helm of the men's soccer program. He is the former Cornell University assistant coach. He is also the former graduate assistant coach at the College of New Jersey. Additionally, Coach Schneck is a National Soccer Coaches Association of America, Advanced National Diploma holder. Then, the Giants men's soccer assistant coach is Justin Cardamone. Finally, Anthony Michlik, C.J. Bayly, Phil Haas, and Peter Steve are the team's volunteer assistant coaches.
The Keystone College Giants Men's Soccer October ID Clinic provides a high-level training similar to what the Keystone College men's soccer team is using.


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Cezarzama (auch: Cezarsama) ist eine Ortschaft im Departamento Cochabamba im südamerikanischen Anden-Staat Bolivien.

Lage im Nahraum
Cezarzama ist der zweitgrößte Ort des Municipio Chimoré in der Provinz Carrasco. Die Ortschaft liegt auf einer Höhe von  am rechten Ufer des Río Icerzama, vier Kilometer vor seiner Mündung in den Río Chimoré, einem Nebenfluss des Río Ichilo.

Geographie
Cezarzama liegt im bolivianischen Tiefland am nordöstlichen Rand der Anden-Gebirgskette der Cordillera Oriental.

Die mittlere Durchschnittstemperatur der Region liegt bei 27 °C (siehe Klimadiagramm Villa Tunari) und schwankt nur unwesentlich zwischen 23 °C im Juni und Juli und knapp 29 °C von November bis Februar. Das Klima ist ganzjährig humid, der Jahresniederschlag beträgt etwa 2.300 mm. Das Niederschlagsmaximum liegt in den Sommermonaten Dezember und Januar mit über 300 mm, weniger feucht sind die Wintermonate von Juni bis September mit jeweils 60 bis 100 mm Niederschlag.

Verkehrsnetz
Südwestlich von Cezarzama in einer Entfernung von 201 Straßenkilometern liegt Cochabamba, die Hauptstadt des Departamentos.

Durch Cezarzama führt die 1657 Kilometer lange Nationalstraße Ruta 4, die ganz im Westen an der chilenischen Grenze bei Tambo Quemado beginnt und quer über den Altiplano und über Cochabamba nach Villa Tunari am Fuß der Kordillere führt. Von Villa Tunari sind es 22 Kilometer bis in die Nachbarstadt Shinahota und noch einmal zehn Kilometer bis Chimoré. Die Ruta 4 führt dann über Cezarzama und Mariposas weiter bis zur Tiefland-Metropole Santa Cruz und endet schließlich im südöstlichen Teil des Landes an der Grenze zu Brasilien bei der Stadt Puerto Quijarro.

Bevölkerung
Die Einwohnerzahl der Stadt ist im vergangenen Jahrzehnt auf mehr als das Doppelte angestiegen:

Die Region weist einen hohen Anteil an Quechua-Bevölkerung auf, im Municipio Chimoré sprechen 70,4 Prozent der Bevölkerung Quechua.

Weblinks
 Satellitenkarte Boliviens ab 1:2.000 GeoBolivia
 Reliefkarte der Region Villa Tunari 1:100.000 (PDF; 1,9 MB)
 Reliefkarte der Region Punata 1:250.000 (PDF; 9,1 MB)
 Municipio Chimoré – Detailkarte und Bevölkerungsdaten (PDF; 408 kB) (Spanisch)
 Municipio Chimoré – Übersichtskarten Nr. 31204
 Departamento Cochabamba – Sozialdaten der Municipios (PDF; 7,6 MB) (Spanisch)

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The reset password link on presentation.foliotek.com was not allowing users to reset their password.
Projects that required the student to select the standard that should be used for evaluating it and also allowed the student to submit it when they were ready was accidentally being submitted if the student had selected the standard and then changed the project image.
Accessible account users were not able to create Personal portfolios that were copies of their Assessment portfolio.
The 'submit' button for student-submitted projects was moved to allow more room for long project titles.
Some institutions were unable to run a Portfolio Form report because none of the published forms were being listed for selection when setting the report parameters.
An issue was corrected with forms in copied portfolios. If an administrator made a copy of a portfolio that contained forms and then removed a form from the new copy, the form would also be removed from the original portfolio.
Some improvements were made to Presentation editable terms.
Nothing really close right now.
We paginated the Student List page when scoring evaluations to help the page load faster for evaluators and added a student search to make it easier to find a particular student to score.
The search feature in the administrator Resources area would return results for resources that had been removed from a particular portfolio but were still in use by a another portfolio.
Some users were unable to upload files into their Assessment acount for a short time last week.
A few Presentation users were unable to download selected files from their Files area.
Faculty members who had been given administrative permissions to Forms were unable to add external evaluators to forms used in the portfolio.
Placing documents into a Presentation portfolio was placing the same document every time, even though different documents were being selected.
The evaluation set up system was allowing administrators to set up multiple Portfolio-Integrated Evaluations to score the same student-added elements. This caused submission and reporting problems for those evaluations.
For evaluations undergoing revision, the "phase" dropdown list that allows the evaluator to view previously scored phases was duplicating some of the options.
For Community Moderators, the ePortfolio History and Historical Comparison reports were not showing portfolios for users with expired accounts.
The Content Type when creating an ePortfolio now defaults to the the 'Blank Portfolio' type.
Some adjustments were made to the new dashboard in Presentation accounts.
If an administrator used the upload feature when adding external evaluators to a form, the system failed to ensure that the students uploaded actually had the correct portfolio for that form.
The 'design' tab in the portfolio editor wasn't loading in Firefox.
The link in the Portfolio collaboration email invite wasn't working.
Administrators would get an error if they attempted to force profile updates for all students in a list.
The save and close button for completing an annotation to a video was returning a 'page not found' error.
If an Assessment faculty member attempted to export a student's portfolio, the wrong portfolio would be exported if the student had more than one portfolio available.
The community share indicators showing which community(ies) a portfolio was shared in weren't staying highlighted and could be removed by sharing in a different community.
Nothing new this week...maybe next time.
Administrators were experiencing slowness when trying to view the second page of students in an evaluation.
Some Presentation users were unable to access their accounts for a time.
The Added Elements report was including some unnecessary HTML in the CSV export of the report.
The Faculty Assignment report was inadvertently showing removed and inactive faculty.
Some users experienced difficulty saving Presentation portfolios.
We are finishing up a renovation of the page where students can view their completed evaluations. It will be much easier to see the results.
Administrators can now rename certain parts of Foliotek Presentation. The terms used in the system for portfolio, project, ID page, community, file, and the dashboard can be changed to fit the needs of an institution. Contact your Foliotek Consultant to learn more about this new feature.
Users were not being warned when attempting to remove a file in Presentation that was being used in an element of their Assessment account.
PDF, CSV, and Word downloads for the Added Element and Comparative Analysis reports were broken.


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Malawi's Bold PMTCT Stance Protects HIV Positive Women Beyond Childbirth
Malawi leads the developing world as the first to propose an approach to prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV that addresses the health of the mother. Recently my MSH colleague Erik Schouten and his colleagues in Malawi wrote a commentary in the Lancet about Malawi's innovative, public health approach to PMTCT. Malawi calls its model "B+" because it complements the World Health Organization's (WHO) B option, whereby a mother's CD4 cell count, a measure of the volume of HIV circulating in her blood, determines her eligibility for lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Universal Immunization through Universal Health Coverage?
A child born in Ghana today will most likely receive a full schedule of immunizations, and her chances of surviving past the age of five are far better than they were a decade ago. Today Ghana boasts a coverage rate for infant vaccination of 90 percent and hasn't seen an infant die of measles since 2003.
Ghana has been expanding primary health care by bringing services to people's doorsteps since the 1980s, and since the early 2000s has done so in the context of a commitment to universal health coverage. The secret to its success in child immunization has been both integration and decentralization of health services: Government funding for all health activities is provided through a "common pot." District-level managers are responsible for local budgeting and service delivery. Local staff provide comprehensive rather than specialized care.
Ghana is one of a growing number of low- and middle-income countries demonstrating that strong performance in immunization can go hand-in-hand with the aspiration of universal health coverage, access for all to appropriate health services at an affordable cost.
Communities "Starting to Know the Goodness" of Family Planning and HIV Testing and Counseling in Rural Malawi
From Alima Twaibu's village in Nhkotakota district, it is 10 km to the nearest Health Center or 16 km to the District Hospital. With more than 80% of the population living in rural areas, the majority of Malawians experience similar challenges to accessing care. People have to walk long distances to receive services when they are sick. And when time away from work or paying for transport competes with other basic expenses, the decision to seek preventive services like family planning and HIV testing and counseling (HTC) is even more difficult. Fortunately for her neighbors and surrounding communities, Alima is an experienced Community-Based Distribution Agent (CBDA).
"Malaria! Not a Spell," Says the Patrick Family of Mbindi
If you grow up in places like Kasungu district in rural Malawi, you learn that when your wife is pregnant, you should not have sex outside marriage---because you will lose the "expected gift" through miscarriage. Male promiscuity during a partner's pregnancy is a taboo that many believe will bring a curse on the family.
Patricia Patrick says that after she miscarried in November 2008 "People talked in the village, and people talked within the household. My relatives asked me suspicious questions." They wondered whether sexual misbehavior by her husband caused the tragedy. She remembers her husband telling his side of the story to prove his innocence, but nobody believed him.
Leveraging Human and Financial Resources in Afghanistan
Abdul Zahir Zahir Siddiqui
SHTP II Saving Lives: One Toilet at a Time
Walking through Lologo South, I am struck how the community here mirrors both Juba and South Sudan as a whole. Growth is explosive throughout this newly independent nation. Every day a new shop or office building breaks ground. In Lologo South, a residential community just south of Juba, thousands of new houses, fences, and animal carrels are in various states of construction. And importantly, thanks to Management Sciences for Health (MSH), there are also latrines.
In September 2010, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded, MSH-led Sudan Health Transformation Project, Phase 2 (SHTP II), in conjunction with Population Services International and the Basic Services Fund, piloted a 3-month Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) project to determine the most effective strategies to increase sanitary defecation methods in Southern Sudan.
Reducing the Cost of a Pint of Blood at Afghanistan's Central Blood Bank
Guest post by Dr. Ahmad Masoud Rahmani
Dr. Ahmad Masoud Rahmani is the National Director of the Afghanistan National Blood Safety and Transfusion Services Directorate, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dr. Masoud was a participant in the MSH Leadership Development Program offered by the USAID-funded Technical Support to the Central and Provincial Ministry of Public Health project (Tech-Serve) in Afghanistan last year.
The National Blood Transfusion service in Afghanistan has the responsibility for ensuring that a safe and adequate blood supply is available for all people who need it. This is a free service to all citizens of Afghanistan as mandated by our parliament. Yet to us the costs of providing one pint of blood is very high, about $30 per unit. This includes the cost of consumables, testing of blood, refreshments to blood donors, and the cost of supporting staff and services. For Afghanistan, a country devastated by internal strife and war, this is a very high burden to carry by the Ministry of Public Health.
Marzila Mashal
Editor's Note: Marzila Mashal, an Administrative Coordinator working in Kabul, Afghanistan, was awarded a month long fellowship that is awarded to two MSH staffers each year. The Fellowship was established in honor of Carmen Urdaneta, Amy Lynn Niebling, and Cristi Gadue who on February 3, 2005, died in a plane crash outside Kabul, Afghanistan. The Gadue-Niebling-Urdaneta (GNU) Memorial Fund was established to further the work to which these remarkable women dedicated their lives. Each year, the GNU Fellowship provides MSH employees based in the US and the field with an international public health opportunity at another MSH location.
Mary's Hopeful Road to Health and Economic Stability
Mary* was married at the young age of 13 in her hometown, Crabwood Creek, Region 6, Guyana. At age 15, after she gave birth to her first child, her husband deserted them. Mary was left to provide for herself and her child. She tried a few odd jobs, but they did not work out. In 1989, at age 15, she turned to commercial sex work. At this time, Mary had never heard of condoms and had never used one. Her earnings were adequate, as much as $300 some weeks. However, heeding the advice of many of her older friends, she chose to leave sex work in 1992, spent her savings on a 120 square feet house, and started fishing to support herself and son.


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R. M. Peluso
Riffs on Chocolate
Whisky, Chocolate & Cheese Triads with Allergies
Decades ago, a sudden onset of allergies to the sulfites in wine slammed the brake on any serious relationship I had with that beverage. Years later, when I first nosed my way into whisky, the prospect of sherry cask finishing gave me pause. In the United States, any food or drink containing more than 10 parts per million must list sulfites on the label. The European Union and the United Kingdom have similar regulations. So I checked the labels. Finding no warnings on sherry-finished whisky bottles gave me the courage to try. I swallowed an alcohol compatible anti-histamine, kept my adrenaline pen at the ready, tasted, spat, and actually swallowed one sip. I survived! But you already know that.
About 10% of the population may be allergic to sulfites. A similar percentage of the population report allergies to penicillin, and that brings us to cheese. Penicillium candidum or camemberti, found in brie and many soft cheeses, and Penicillium roqueforti and glaucum, found in blue cheeses, are not the same strain as the antibiotic form--Penicillium chrysogenum. The antibiotic is made with an extract, not the whole form as used in cheese. Many people who are allergic to the medication are able to consume these cheeses without difficulty. But not everyone! Some people will indeed react to these cheeses with symptoms ranging from mild rashes or hives to life-threatening anaphylaxis.
Food writers seldom suggest alternative ingredients for well known allergens. I can't offer an alternative for chocolate. Trust me, there is none. But with respect to cheese, I decided to search out substitutions for the blues, tasting my way through various groups of non-blues made in Britain, France, Denmark, Holland and Switzerland, only to end up in Italy. Why is it important to find a substitute for blue cheese? Because peated whiskies tend to pair best with the blues.Given the number of peated whiskies and their fans, I couldn't just leave these spirits unmatched. My search turned up two northern Italian cheeses that are most compatible with the peated. They are both unpasteurized varieties. One is semi-soft, the other hard. And they are well-aged. I can't stress the aged aspect strongly enough.
Here are the ones to buy:
Fontina (PDO) Valle d'Aosta (Val d'Aosta in the USA) is semi-soft, made from the raw milk of grass-fed cows in the Piedmont region. The cheese should be aged 6-9 months, minimally. The texture is almost gummy. Of the two cheeses, this melts more easily, if you wish to serve it on bread or toast. Easy does it, though. Even in my old microwave, 10 seconds suffice.
Asiago (PDO) d'Allevo (Vecchio or Stravecchio) is a hard cheese that originates in the Veneto or Trentino regions, made from the raw milk of cows grazed on a high alpine plateau. Look for one that is aged more than 10 months (vecchio) or 15 months (stravecchio). The texture is somewhat crumbly. It is best cut into cubes.
PDO means the name has origin-designated protection similar to use of the terms "scotch" or "bourbon." Make sure to get to know and buy from reliable, knowledgeable cheese mongers who sell the highest quality imported cheeses. Yes, it will cost more, but it's worth it. In New York, the cheese mongers at Zabar's or Murray's will let you taste before you buy. To be sure the cheeses are the real deal and not cheap knock-offs, look for the consortium stamp on the outside of the cheese wheel, or ask the seller to check. Don't settle for the younger, pasteurized-type Fontina or Asiago— they are too mild to hold their own when matched to a peated whisky.
Here are some tasting notes for the cheeses:
Nose: earthy, mushroom, smoke
Palate: cream, sometimes fruity, truffle undernotes
Finish: cream of mushroom and white pepper
Nose: toast and savory caramelized butter
Palate: sharp, tangy and slightly spicy
Finish: saline and tangy
Add whisky:
Lagavulin 16 & Fontina
The cheese amps the peat, and the whisky pops the mushroom bottom of the cheese. Add a baguette or sourdough bread to bridge the two. If you like peat, you'll enjoy the direction of the duo.
Lagavulin 16 & Asiago
Very good together. Balanced. Whole grain or spelt bread bridge works here.
Lagavulin 16 is a widely-owned, classic peated whisky, but Ardbeg 10 worked well with both cheeses too. When matching to cheese, compatibility comes down more to the strength of the peat and, surprisingly, less than whether it has the marine or medicinal notes. I tried whiskies that source their peat from regions other than Islay. The American Single Malt by Kings County Distillers (USA) uses peat from the Highlands. The effect is gentle. Connemara Peated Irish Whiskey is more heavily peated than the Kings County, but also lacks marine notes. Both the Kings County and the Connemara worked well with the Fontina and the Asiago. So start with your favorite peated whisky. Experiment!
Add chocolate (although, you should probably taste the chocolate first. I always do!):
In general, what works with peated whiskies is a dark chocolate that has some spice notes in its profile. Here are my picks:
Marou (Vietnam) Tien Giang Dark Chocolate 70%
with Fontina & Lagavulin 16
Bold balance of brown fruit and spice respect all that the whisky and cheese bring to the experience.
Pump Street Bakery (UK) Madagascar Dark Milk Chocolate 58% with Asiago & Ardbeg 10
If you're a die-hard milk chocolate fan, try this dark one. The usual citrus notes found in a Madagascar are sufficiently off set by the milk, enabling it to work with the cheese and this peated whisky.
Pump Street Bakery (UK) Honduras 80% with Asiago & Lagavulin 16
High octane cacao with winey fruit, smoky molasses and spice notes stands up to the power of the whisky and the cheese.
Fruition Hispaniola (USA) 68% has just enough spice, fruit and extra sweetness to work with almost any peated whisky. Try it!
ALTERNATIVES FOR BRIE, CAMEMBERT AND SOFT CHEESES
Brie-type cheeses tend to go well with young single malts and blended grain whiskies, aged in bourbon casks, according to Martine Nouet. As for pairing with chocolate, it all depends. Bries can vary as to sharpness as well as flavor notes, so finding the right whiskies and chocolates will take some experimentation. That may be the least of your challenges. Why?The molds most used to produce the typical bloomy rinds and soft centered cheeses are Penicillum Camemberti and Penicillum Candidum. They are prevalent, not only in brie and camembert, but also in many goat cheeses. You may think that if you are allergic to these white molds that you can never enjoy a soft cheese, but I have good news. There are a number of delicious cheeses that use Geotrichum Candidum instead. The cheeses may be buttery like bries with a rind of a brainy or cauliflower appearance. They tend to be sweeter, less acidic, and more delicate than the cheeses made with the penicillum molds. Geotrichum is a yeast that occurs in nature. It may be used in addition to, or instead of, Penicillum. Of course, if you're allergic, you will want to find cheeses that use the Geotrichum exclusively. One caveat, however, for those who have had severe allergic reactions to penicillin as an antibiotic or cheese. Be aware that many cave-aged cheeses are housed in close proximity with other cheeses. Unless the cave is careful to separate cheeses with varying molds, a geotrichum cheese may still attract a small amount of other molds in the environment. Also if you have a compromised immune system or are on immune-suppressant medications, geotrichum cheeses may not be for you. I am not an expert in this area, so I advise you to research Geotrichosis and discuss it with your doctor.
One French cheese available in the States is Saint Nuage. This geotrichum cheese is rather in a category of it's own. It's a triple-cream made from cow milk. The aroma is hay and pleasantly animally, not as strong as a goat cheese and not blatantly barnyard.On the palate, there's a fleeting lemony impression. In terms of texture, the rind is buttery but the paste is more like cheese cake, with a hint of grainy texture. It's more delicate and sweeter than brie, with a slight acidity to the finish. Try it with a young spirit, like Westland American Single Malt or others with roast flavors. American single malts tend to have higher alcohol content than Scottish counterparts, so I was surprised that the Westland, at 46 ABV, didn't just crush the hell out of the Nuage. Saved by the cream, I guess. Akesson's Chocolate, Criollo Madagascar 75% completed these two as a trio, if you're so inclined.
An American soft, brie-type cheese I've been enjoying lately is Cremont by Vermont Creamery. It's made with cow and goat milks. And it's delightful! Its delicate buttery flavors require a lower alcohol proof whisky companion. I suggest a gentle single malt or blend with orchard fruit—fresh apple or pear— flavor notes. I haven't tried them together, but Dewers Blended Scotch Whisky (white label) comes to mind. I'd also try Brenne aged in cognac casks. Teeling Blended Irish Whiskey aged in rum casks worked nicely. The Speyside single malt Balvenie Double Wood 12 year opened up fruity notes, particularly some apricot. Chocolates that triad well are ones that have a substantial fruit and floral profile component, such as Charm School Belize 70% or Pump Street Grenada 70%.
Another geotrichum American-made soft cheese is St. Johnsville Jr. by Cochran Farms, a Hudson Valley creamery. This cheese is all goat and is a great substitute for Boucheron-type logs. It's stronger than the Cremont and stands up to single malts such as Glenlivet 12. As for teaming up with chocolate, look for one with a roast profile–nuts and delicate cocoa notes. The necessary classic "chocolatey" backbone can be found in Dandelion's Mantuano 70%.
Slainte...cheers...enjoy!
(C) copyright 2018 by R. M. Peluso.
Rev. Dr. R.M. Peluso is an ordained Interfaith minister whose spiritual journey has included meditation and chocolate. She is a writer, chocolate taster/reviewer, a long time contributor to the C-spot.com and, recently, Whisky Magazine (UK), American Whiskey Magazine and Cheese Connoisseur Magazine. Dr. Peluso is the author of Deep Tasting: A Chocolate Lover's Guide to Meditation and Deep Tasting Chocolate & Whiskey.


Tired of nasal infection problems bothering you every time you wake up in the morning? Or worse, if it keeps you up at night, depriving you from the precious sleep that individuals all need. Nasal infection, also known as sinusitis, is a common health happening to an incredible number of Americans year in and year out. It adjusts the way you feel, and practically the way you live.
Nasal Infection Signs Suffering from nose infection or even sinusitis can be annoying and also frustrating. When you have sinusitis, this means that the actual sinus hole is inflamed or infected. A sinus infection provides pain and discomfort to be able to the patient. Nose soreness is felt in the head, facial areas, and also sometimes, higher molar pain is associated with it as well. This present in sinusitis is as a result of swelling and blockage of the sinus pathways. A host of other symptoms like coughing, congestion, publish nasal drip, fever, malaise and fatigue complete the picture of a full-blown case of sinusitis.
Complications of Nose Infection In the event that remaining unchecked, sinusitis can lead to illnesses that are dangerous and life-threatening.
It can affect the brain, bringing on brain infections such as meningitis and seizures.
Visual issues and also ear problems for example tinnitus are some problems brought about by sinusitis.
Nasal Infection Treatments Visit your doctor to find out the type of sinusitis which you have, whether acute or chronic.
Your medical professional will order for several tests to know the underlying cause of your own sinusitis.
Could it be caused by a virus, microorganisms or allergen?
After knowing the facts of your illness, your physician will advise sinus infection treatment options for sinus relief.
Aerosolized Therapy One of the newest and most effective nose treatments today is aerosolized therapy. This is evidenced by 1000s of chronic sinusitis patients who have declared positive tales about this new sinus technologies. Aerosolized therapy is a system which delivers compounded antibiotic, antifungal and anti-inflammatory drugs directly into the small openings of the sinus area by way of a good aerosolizing gadget. Sinus blockage is eliminated since the good mist launched by the aerosol gadget gets into the sinuses and kills the nasal contamination immediately. Aerosolized therapy is doctor-prescribed, with the help and preparation of a sinus pharmacy. Side effects are very minimal as a result of topical treatment which decreases the chances of getting the medication assimilated by the blood.
Nasal Irrigation Sinus infection and allergic reactions usually result in stuffiness, congestion, as well as obstruction in the nasal passages. External debris and mucous tend to be lodged in the nose so there is a need to get rid of these unwanted factors out of the program. You can do this by irrigating the sinuses using a conventional netipot, nasal sprays or by attempting a nose irrigation system. Medicated nasal irrigation is a convenient way to execute nasal irrigation.
Tips to avoid Sinus Infection Boost your immunity stage by drinking lots of water as well as consuming food an excellent source of vitamin c.
Clean hands regularly especially if you have common colds.
Body actions such as yoga, brisk walking as well as running can reduce likelihood of catching nose contamination.
Always talk to your doctor for almost any health concerns.
Choosing the right nasal infection treatment will make a big difference in your overall health and well-being.


Kesava Dev was an orator par excellence. Dev had developed his ability to address a group, very early in his life when he was a member of the "yuvajana Samajam" at an early age of about fifteen. The Samajam used to meet on the last Sunday of every month with V.A Gopalan Nair as the chairman. One day while participating in a discussion he spoke against untouchability. That was his first speech. At that meeting attended by hardly twenty persons, he spoke at such high pitch as if there were two thousand.
As a speaker the first person who influenced Kesava Dev was Sahodaran Ayyappan, more particularly his speech at Alwaye sand bank against the caste system. Dev later travelled to Vaikkam to witness the Sathyagraha and to listen to the speeches delivered there. He realized that speeches conveyed much information and provided ready-made knowledge and that it created a deeper awareness among a larger section of the people.
His association with Arya Samaj gave him a wider exposure to speeches delivered by many leaders. Besides, Kesava Dev was now well acquainted with great writers like Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, kunt Hamsun and Romain Rolland. He read "Ten days that shook the world" by John read written about the Russian Revolution Dev was attracted to communism. He declared himself a communist, sported a red shirt and kept on speaking about the Revolution. He at that time believed that conditions were ripe in India for the next revolution. His first speech calling for a total revolution was made Cherai.
Kesava Dev's fame as a speaker soon started spreading and he started receiving invitations from far and near. After each speech Dev used to make a self-evaluation. Once at Kanjirapilly he employed a different technique to gain the attention of the audience. He quoted from Maxim Gorky, the story of robbing the coffin for bread and wine. The speech was a success.
Public speaking became a passion for Dev. He was looking forward to address the coir workers of Alleppey. They were the most exploited lot at that time. Dev was invited to address the Annual Day Celebration of the coir factory. While all other speakers gave moral teachings to the workers Dev stood up and exorted them to fight for their rights and privileges. The workers applauded him and encouraged him. He addressed the Naval workers union at Klappana and compared Divan Sir.C.P.Ramaswamy Iyer to Rasputin of Russia. The Chairman adjourned the meeting but the crowd remained and listened to him in rapt attention. Dev was subsequently banned from making speeches at Kollam and Kottayam districts.
Though initially Dev had upheld the Communist ideals, he was disillusioned by the post Revolutionary changes in Russia. He had no hesitation to speak against communism with vehemance. After the adoption of Calcutta Thesis, there was an attempt to adopt a manifesto at the progressive Literacy Conference held at Trichur. Kesava Dev's persuasive speech averted that disaster by walking out of the meeting and all delegates followed suit.
As the Sahithya Parishad meeting held at Tellichery in 1934 Dev set fire to a big controversy by exhorting that art and literature must be brought down from the ivory towers to common man. In yet another meeting he questioned the credibility of Ezhuthachan.
At the Sahithya Parishad meeting held at Trivandrum, he introduced himself as the literary scheduled caste in front of an august audience. His sarcasm was well directed and it had the desired effect.
Dev had scant regard for literary theoreticians and critics. He made use of every opportunity to slash them and tease them as technicians and mechanics. Dev had a sharp tongue and rare ability to carry the crowd with him. He spoke with much conviction-conviction born out of the courage he earned through his life.
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During a meeting, the two leaders highlighted the significance of the gathering as a unique opportunity to discuss ways of countering political unilateralism and protect countries against foreign aggression.
President lauded the growing economic, scientific, and cultural relations between the two countries, and called for a trading system based on the two countries' national currencies.
Dr.Ahmadinejad also described India as an important stabilizing power in the region.
"India's cooperation is a major factor in restructuring and creating new opportunities for the Non-Aligned Movement and its accomplishments," he stated.
The two heads of state also discussed the foreign-fueled unrest in Syria, stressing the importance of resolving the crisis through diplomatic means.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed the necessity for resolving the Syrian crisis through non-military means, underlining that solution to the Syrian problem should be presented and accepted by the country's people and government.
President said, "Unfortunately, interferences in Syria are too many and we witness that certain states formally render support for the opposition to spread clashes."
He further blamed the trans-regional actors for aggravating conditions in a number of regional countries, and reminded the dire consequences of the western powers' intervention in a number of regional states, including Afghanistan.
The president further stated that Iran and India share identical stances on the Syrian issues, and said, "We all believe that the solution to the Syrian crisis should be non-military and rise from the will of the Syrian nation and government."
He said the ground should be paved for the Syrian government and the opposition to sit to the negotiating table and work out an "agreement over a mutually acceptable national political plan to end the present crisis".
"Our main concern is over the future of Syria, because this country is comprised of various peoples and all historical rifts and disagreements have now been provoked in this country and we are concerned that Syria might be stuck with domestic conflicts for a long period of time and, as is witnessed in a number of nations, these conflicts spread to Syria's neighbors," the president continued.
He further voiced Iran's readiness to start joint efforts to restore peace and tranquility in Syria, and mentioned, "I believe that the Non-Aligned Movement's capacity and umbrella provides a good opportunity for cooperation among the member states on Syria and for efforts to restore clam in that country."
The Indian premier, for his part, said his country believes that military action cannot resolve the crisis in Syria, "and this problem should be resolved relying on political processes and with attention to the demands of the people and government of Syria."
"The solution to the Syrian crisis should come from within the country and rise from the interests and demands of that country's nation," reiterated Manmohan Singh, who arrived in Tehran earlier today to attend the 16th NAM summit and also meet Iranian officials over the expansion of bilateral ties and cooperation.


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Watching Movies - 2018 Year End Review
Posted in Watching Movies by HeadlessCritic at 10:13, Jan 10 2019
2018 Year End Review by The Headless Critic
2018 was another excellent year for horror movies. From a horror icon Michael Myers returning for the first time this decade, to a new horror icon putting on his terrifying clown makeup, 2018 had it all. Watching Movies Without Your Head countdowns some of our favorite and least favorite horror films of 2018 in this year-end review as seen by the Headless Critic of Without Your Head.
One of Stephen King's least favorite film adaptation of his books is Stanley Kubrick's iconic version of The Shining. Not every movie can tickle your horror funny bone and these films didn't tickle ours. These may not be to our personal tastes but maybe they are yours. The great thing about the wide world of horror is there's something for everyone.
Horror may be the genre that produces the most amount of bad movies each year because their fan base is loyal and widespread. For us here at Watching Movies, it's one thing to make a bad horror movie when you're working without experience or a budget, it's another to waste millions on something we'd just rather not see. There are also some movie making sins you just don't commit. While there may have been worse movies made in 2018, these films excelled at pissing us off by doing things no movie should do or wasting big budgets on the worst movies.
Since the over hyped release of the biggest budget, found footage movie of all time Cloverfield in 2008, busy producer JJ Abrams has been finding independently made films and modyfying them just enough to attach them to the growing Cloverfield universe. I loved Cloverfield Ln, Cloverfield Paradox was a dialogue driven space bore. Besides a good detached arm scene the real paradox here is what J.J. Abrams saw in this film to label it another Cloverfield. The attached Syfy movie of the week level CGI monster ending is ultimately what sealed the fate of this Cloverfield addition making it our fifth worst film of the year. We expected more.
Full Review: The Cloverfield Paradox
French director Gaspar Noés' films are usually condemned by critics. His latest film Climax that he calls an "unapologetic French" film seems to be loved for the same reasons his other movies are hated. A twenty minute interview session with the immense cast of characters is followed by a fifteen minute dance sequence. When we think we're done dancing we get a ten minute conversation about anal penetration before we dance again. The viewer has little chance to get to know these characters and less dialogue to make you care. There are too many characters, not enough story and not much to like about this movie.
Full Review: Climax
There are some movie making sins you just don't commit regardless of experience or budget and low-budget, sci-fi, thriller Astro just about committed them all. Unrealistic dialogue kills performances and your movie. With characters saying each others names in every other line, there's no way to take this film seriously. An excess of dialogue leads to no progression of the story but the ultimate killer for Astro is the highly unrealistic CGI used in this space epic I'm sure was intended to start a series. CGI Blobs in Space is a title I would actually try but not amidst an otherwise attempt at a serious feature.
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With several familiar faces playing characters that feel more like the commandos of the original Predator than this years reincarnation The Predator, City of Gold is an action horror movie with good production values that was almost a lot of fun. Why does this low-budget film make our worst of list? The lead character Jack Davenport's name is said no less than 112 times in a 97 minute runtime. A lot of filmmakers have a problem on how to introduce their characters names. It's a thing writers and directors actually think about, because you don't want dialogue to seem unrealistic and if two characters know each other they probably aren't calling each other by name that often. Saying a characters name once every 52 seconds of your film is absurd and anyone trying to make a movie should have known better. It kills what otherwise might have been an enjoyable film and it literally ruined the performances of some actors I enjoy it was so comical.
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Full Review: Death House
Narrowing down the best horror of 2018 is nearly impossible. 2017 was one of the best years for horror we've ever seen and 2018 topped it. With the rise of horror streaming sight Shudder, rivals Netflix and Hulu have stepped up their horror streaming game to include Hulu's horror holiday films and acclaimed Netflix titles like Cargo. There was so much going on this year we know we didn't see it all here at Watching Movies Without Your Head. Movies slipped by us and we know some slipped by the horror faithful out there. Did you know that Michael Myers wasn't the only horror icon to return this year? From Pinhead to Day of the Dead, Graboids to Tales from the Hood, several horror icons returned in 2018 including the last horror host, Joe Bob Briggs and Jason Voorhees, Chucky and Godzilla in the family friendly, Spielberg directed Ready Player One. We're not even going to go into Charles Bronson's resurrection because that's a whole other level of scary.
There's so much that happened in horror in 2018 we can't mention it all. Without Your Head's own Andre Vanpoelvorde had one of the coolest movie covers of 2018 created in Hell. Cult followed Unearthed Films released there best movie to date in The Song of Solomon while horror magazine Girls and Corpses impressed with their first film Cynthia. Speaking of comedies, the President made at least two appearances in horror films this year in Clickbait and President Evil. Our Greasiest horror film of the year goes to Soft Matter for being the most off the wall, Greasy Strangler like film we found. Two of the creepiest films of the year that just missed our honorable mentions list both hinted at pedophilia in Look Away and Seeds. One of our honorable mentions from last year, Who's Watching Oliver was made available to the public in 2018. There's so many terrifying things in horror in 2018, I don't dare try to cover them all. However we'd be remiss if we didn't give these handful of honorable mentions.
The Cleanse – Winning a retreat to cleanse his soul, a man unleashes the creature that's been living inside him.
Full Review: The Cleanse
Primal Rage – Bigfoot gets Primal Rage in the best Bigfoot horror movie I've ever seen. The detail on the costume is almost as amazing as the brutality of the beast.
Full Review: Primal Rage
Ravenous – They hoped the infected were contained to their small community. As this group of survivors search for safety, they find the terror is far more scary than they ever realized.
Full Review: Ravenous
Cam – An erotic webcam model just woke up to find herself live streaming, only that's not her on camera. Or is it?
Full Review: Cam
Revenge – A beautiful young mistress is raped, pushed over a cliff and left for dead but there's more to this girl than just sex appeal.
Full Review: Revenge
From creature features to psychological slashers, 2018 had it all. Now it's time for the movies that got us through 2018. These are our favorite horror movies of the year here at Watching Movies Without Your Head. When you've reviewed well over 250 movies in a year it really makes you appreciate finding a good one. You may agree or disagree but there's no right and wrong in the realm of opinion. In a sea of Hollywood horror movies it's about getting the word out about those films others might enjoy.
Now it's time for the main event. Here's the Top 10 movies Reviewed by Watching Movies Without Your Head that were predominately released in 2018.
A holiday horror classic has arrived! Finally Thanksgiving gets a good horror film. In his first feature film, writer and director Brett Cameron Glassberg makes what I think will be an instant horror classic. When horror fans get their eyes on Derelicts, they will fall in love. Excellent performances and a fun premise makes this Derelict family slide somewhere between the brutality of the original A Texas Chain Saw Massacre and the comical insanity of A Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Did I mention it was filmed in Texas?
Full Review: Derelicts
Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018 Freaks was bought by a distributor two days later. I was enthralled from the get go. Freaks came out of nowhere quickly impressing me feeling like an early day M. Night Shyamalan film. This is another film that could be a hit at the box office if it just gets wide enough distribution. Production values are excellent, the film is captivating. The story doesn't go where you'd expect which makes the ending a little off-putting from where you start but it's a fun adventure finding out.
Full Review: Freaks
Not to be confused with the wide theatrically released Hell Fest (2018) or last year's best of winner Blood Feast (2017) or the original Blood Feast (1963), Blood Fest is a self-aware horror comedy set in the styling of Cabin in the Woods. With excellent dialogue and fun kills, don't go to the widely distributed Hell Fest, have a Blood Fest instead. All I can say is the wrong movie of similar names and set-ups, got wide distribution.
Full Review: Blood Fest
An unrealistic build of bright vibrant lighting, eccentric dialogue and a surreal reality made the first half of Mandy unbearable to watch in its overuse of artistic expression. It also quietly told an endearing love story that would end up tearing you apart. In the second half Nick Cage is unleashed to be the outlandish actor he is and the two halves couldn't have played better off each other. I'm not sure if second generation director Panos Cosmatos is a genius or if you struck gold in his second film by saving grace Nicolas Cage but Mandy is certainly one of the best of the year.
Full Review: Mandy
I think every horror fan has watched and weighed in on it by now. I know some people don't like there being another 80's horror movie about a group of kids. I couldn't care less if they make a thousand of them as long as they're good. I heard about Summer of 84 long before I watched it. With IT and Stranger Things being out already I didn't expect another group of kids out of the 80's to capture me but they did. Stephen King is a world renowned horror writer but he's so much better when he writes about kids. Summer of 84 reminds me of a King story when he's writing about a group of children and that's as great a compliment as I can give them because they captured that in an hour and a half movie. Some of the films based on King's own works haven't been able to do that. The guys who made Turbo Kid made this one and they're two for two in my opinion. I can't wait to see what they do next.
Full Review: Summer of 84
I expect big things from this film once it finds distribution. Chuck Steel is an 80's action-comedy, claymation movie. The only reason it makes my horror list is because it has Trampires, which are basically alcoholic Vampires that feast on the blood of the intoxicated. Part tramp all vamp. It's claymation taken out of the hands of Tim Burton, made for adults and it's outstanding. The dialogue is the best part with quick one-liners basically filling the script. I'll be very surprised if it's not widely distributed across theaters nationwide.
Full Review: Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
Coming out of Mexico in 2017 and not getting to the states until 2018, is a horror fantasy about homeless children living on the street of Mexico. There's a hint of magic in the presentation like a dark Steven Spielberg or Guillermo del Toro movie. I naturally love movies involving kids and Tigers Are Not Afraid is simultaneously a fantasy film while being brutally realistic. I don't know that this one has found distribution in the states yet but it will and horror fans will fall in love.
Full Review: Tigers Are Not Afraid
With no budget, an actress and an apartment setting Cody Clark delivers dialogue and story that make this simple possession by a ramekin baking dish one of my favorite films of the year. The best way I can describe why this movie made my top three is to compare to Clerks. It has wonderful offbeat dialogue with quirky characters you'll love. It's not traditional horror but just like dialogue master Kevin Smith did in Clerks, Cody Clarke and actress Jamie Saunders make it work.
Full Review: Ramekin
Both slasher and psychological horror this under the radar film may have missed most fans in theaters but I'm certain with a wide release horror fans would have fell in love. I don't want to give anything away about the incident in this Ghostland but after starting off a violent slasher film, at one point the film offers up two possible realities. As the audience you have no way to know which reality they're going to go with. Luckily they went the way I wanted them too solidifying this one as my second favorite horror film of the year.
Full Review: Incident in a Ghostland
I don't think I've seen a monster movie I've liked this much since The Thing. It's definitely up there for me with classics like John Carpenter's The Thing and Alien for the best monster movies of all time. Intense from the opening, I know a lot of people had a problem with the ending and it was corny but nothing that ruined the movie for me. I'm a big John Krasinski fan from The Office. He's a great writer and director. He's only dabbled in feature films. I never expected him to do horror but no one expected Jordan Peele to do horror last year either and Get Out was a phenomenon that's changed Hollywood. I think it's because they're both just good storytellers who aren't so far gone in Hollywood they're out of touch. Krasinsky really came out of the box swinging with this one. I rarely see a five star horror film and this one was it.
Full Review: A Quiet Place
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Great news: A federal judge just struck down the Bush administration's rules limiting protection and citizen oversight of the entire 193-million acre National Forest System.
The Bush rules stripped away the U.S. Forest Service's requirement to maintain viable wildlife populations whenever it planned a new clear-cut, mine, or road. The rules also banned the Forest Service from even considering environmental impacts when developing long-term management plans guiding million of acres of lands.
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Yesterday Kucoin exchange announced a partnership with Simplex, a fintech company that provides worldwide fraudless payment processing. The partnership will allow users to make payments on KuCoin using credit cards.
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Reddit users commented on the news admitting that purchasing cryptocurrencies with a credit card was a bad idea and should be avoided at all costs. Users also mention that deposit fees could be expensive and might not be any different from using Coinbase to deposit using card payments.
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A Depressing Visit to George Harrison Park
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James Ball
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 13:04
A few weeks ago (late September 2013) we paid a depressing visit to George Harrison Park in Langlaagte, the site of the discovery of the largest gold field on earth. The Geological Society's Blue Plaque has been removed, building rubble is scattered around the main entrance, the panels revealing the significance of the site have been damaged by fire and the main memorial looks battered to say the least. It is incredibly sad to see one of the most important heritage sites in South Africa looking so neglected.
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The fire marked memorial
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Battered Main Memorial (The Heritage Portal)
The poor state of the site is not a recent phenomenon. Residents and tour companies have been complaining for years while authorities continue to grapple with problems like vandalism and fire damage from vagrants in a resource scarce environment. (Some may remember drastic measures having to be taken by Eric Itzkin, the Deputy Director of Immovable Heritage, to save the Langlaagte Stamp Battery that was being used as source of firewood. Thankfully the Battery stands proudly in the Main Street Mining Mall today.)
In 2010 things were looking up as City Parks, in association with Central Rand Gold, announced a R5 000 000 plan to revive the site over five years. The following passage appeared on the City of Johannesburg website:
...and now the park, named for Harrison, will undergo a dramatic upgrade befitting its important place in Joburg's history. Taking place over five years, the changes will be part of the urban landscape, heritage and greening initiatives that have been undertaken by City Parks as part of its environmental and heritage conservation strategy.
The area will be restored and developed. It eventually will have designated pathways surrounded by lush grass and trees; a small play area for children; a mining headgear and viewing deck; and a museum, showcasing the area's historical value.
The only thing we noticed on our visit was that the viewing deck had been erected. We will attempt to get feedback from City Parks on the status of the project.
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Old mine workings and decking for visitors
The site would have looked even worse were it not for the efforts of Piet Nel earlier this year. He led a tour which began at the Park and was 'disgusted, ashamed, shocked and furious' with what he saw. The grass was long, litter was everywhere and the actual mine workings were so overgrown that they could barely be seen. Instead of doing nothing, he picked up the phone the following week and explained the importance of the site to City Parks officials. Within a day a City Parks team was deployed and great work was done to clear the workings and tidy the site.
We understand many of the challenges associated with George Harrison Park but still feel that massive tourism and educational opportunities are being wasted. This is a site that every visitor to Johannesburg should see. It is a site that should fascinate tens of thousands of school children every year. It is a site that every Joburg citizen should visit at least once.
Originally published 9 October 2013
George Harrison Park
Mining History
Langlaagte
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Finding clarity and comfort with Apphia Michael
Apphia Michael's aesthetic is natural, minimalist, elegant, and monochromatic. Her photos draw you near, in a way that is gentle and comforting, and paired with her sweet anecdotes about family and travel life, she quickly becomes someone you want to know more. We talked with her about her transition from full-time magazine editor, to freelance styling and writing work. Plus, the art of simplifying and ritualizing travel, and what makes for the perfect morning cuppa.
Can you tell us more about your background in Magazine Journalism?
I've been in magazines in some form or another since I was 18. I started off by interning at various fashion magazines during my school summer holidays and worked my way up before landing a dream job as Online Fashion Editor at Wallpaper* magazine, where I was based for seven years until my daughter was born. Being at Wallpaper* gave me a pretty solid grounding in the strategies, ideologies, and intricacies of working for a dynamic print and digital brand. I worked across the magazine's editorial and digital departments, conceptualizing feature ideas for the magazine and commissioning and editing content for the website. It was really fun reporting from fashion weeks, traveling around the world, and I got to attend some pretty spectacular launches and parties, but I decided I wanted a more fluid work/life balance so I branched out independently and now happily juggle various roles as stylist, writer, digital creative consultant and chief snack maker to my kids at home.
You have a knack for creating a mood and feeling that draws the reader in via your photos and captions. What's your story-telling approach?
My photos tend to be very simple and clean, almost architectural in style, and I favour surroundings that have a very pared-back aesthetic, so I love to counterbalance this by creating conversation and sharing my thoughts, struggles, the highs and the lows of parenting within my captions.
How would you describe your aesthetic in 10 words or less?
Family life presented in a minimalistic, elegant and tranquil way.
You affectionately refer to your husband and children as your "Traveling Family Circus." Where have you traveled together, and do you have any upcoming travel plans or dreams?
We've been to various places in Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Israel, Italy, France, Portugal, Canada, and the US as a family so far. Traveling for work and holidays is something that has always really invigorated us, but both George and I have always loved the idea of living around the world with our kids and integrating into the culture of a place, of really getting stuck into its way of life in a more organic way. I was born in Singapore and went to school in Scotland before moving to England where I met George, and this idea of moving around as a family was one of the earliest conversations we had when we first met 13 years ago, even before we had our kids, and something that we still strongly believe in now. We lived like nomads between the UK and the US as a family for George's work for about two and a half years, and could probably happily have carried on going like that, but decided to relocate permanently from London to Los Angeles as our daughter was due to start school. This will probably be home now for a bit until we make our next move, which, in a dream situation, would be Asia.
Where is home for you now? How do you ground yourself when you are at home, and how do you create a feeling of home for you and your family when you are on the road?
We live in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles. It's an intimate hillside neighborhood up in the Hollywood Hills. The fact you're in a canyon makes you feel like you are in nature and away from it all, but it's still only a ten-minute drive into Hollywood. I love that it has all this rich musical history - the fact that it was home to the likes of Morrison, Zappa, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young, and the epicenter of that folk-rock movement in the sixties and seventies gives it this magical air which you can really feel when you're up here. To that end, music grounds us as a family when we are home - it tends to be classical music in the morning and an eclectic mix in the evening with a glass of wine and a simple home-cooked family dinner.
Away from home, it's become ritualistic for my daughter to walk into the space we're staying in, and almost immediately cordon off an area with a makeshift den for her and her brother to play in - it's usually filled with the oddest mix of trinkets, found objects, and whatever small toys are in her backpack, but it's become her signature and we're not allowed to touch or modify the space. In our most intense travel period, we made it a rule to travel with just two suitcases between us, even for the bigger trips when we'd be away for months at a time, so the kids learned to live with a very small edit of toys and books and discovered that they could make any space a home anywhere with a bit of creative thinking.
You and your husband, George, are both creatives who seem to have a knack for style and adventurous spirits. Have you noticed a sense for adventure, or eye for design, developing in your children?
We take the kids with us when we travel for work - it's certainly not easy and largely chaotic for the most part, but I wouldn't have it any other way. We were in Seattle recently for a shoot, and having breakfast at the Ace Hotel, when we turned around and see our five-year-old standing at the next table styling and shooting a still life of a boiled egg, coffee cup, and plate of toast -- playing with light and shadows and taking pictures of the scene with George's phone. It was actually a pretty good series! Art seems to be her big passion, so I like to think that she is soaking up the creative vibes, and being inspired by the environment her parents work in.
Do you have a morning routine (or coffee routine!) you like to follow? How does it change when you are traveling with your family?
George is the morning person in our family so he tends to get up early and go on a hike with our dog before anyone is awake, then comes home and makes the kids breakfast and hands me my tea in bed. This little routine is my lifeblood - I am literally surgically attached to my cup in the morning and cannot get out of bed without it. I do adore the smell of coffee so it's lucky that George makes a brew every morning without fail - the soft aroma that wafts around the kitchen is incredibly comforting to me. Our morning routine doesn't change all that much when we travel - I always pack tea bags in my suitcase, and most of the time, George gets up with the kids, herds them down to the hotel restaurant or the local cafe for croissants, then comes back with a takeaway cup of tea for me!
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