MySuites: What made you fall for NYC?
Meyrem: Its energy. It's something else, you know? This place just makes me feel ridiculously alive and like anything is possible.
MySuites: What makes Meatpacking District unique for you?
Meyrem: I'm quite sentimental about it! It's the first neighborhood I have worked in and the architecture reminds me of home.
MySuites: Is there a particular place in the neighborhood you find yourself going to constantly?
Meyrem: The three essentials: Chelsea Market for food, Blue Bottle for coffee, Milk Studios for photos.
MySuites: When did you begin taking photos?
Meyrem: When I was seventeen.
MySuites: You used to work with Annie Leibovitz, can you ell me about that?
Meyrem: It was an amazing experience. I have loved Annie's work for as long as I've been photographing. I remember being seventeen and driving everyone crazy with my "one day I'll work for Annie" talk that lasted a whole month! Can you believe that? I will always be grateful for that opportunity. Her team is very tight and I felt proud that I was able to be a part of it for a short while.
MySuites: Did working for such an acclaimed photographer inspire you with your own work in any way?
Meyrem: Yes, of course. Annie was inspiring to me on many levels. Just being in the same room as her was a reminder of everything I wish for myself as a photographer. I felt like I was on fire, a million times more driven.
MySuites: can you tell us a bit about your photography?
Meyrem: It's a good mix of personal work and commercial. In terms of aesthetic, it's always changing, but this time it feels like I'm about to have another breakthrough.
MySuites: Any advice for young artists looking to break into the industry here?
Meyrem: Here's a cheat sheet I wish I had when I first started! Collaborate as much as you can and make connections wherever you go. Work, work, work. Don't take no for an answer. Be honest, confident, kind and create out of pure passion. When things get out of hand on set, be the person who keeps it together, it matters! The industry is too tiny for gossips. I could go on forever, but overall I think it's important to be a good human and have faith in your work. And when you struggle, just remember you're a gladiator and that great work eventually gets noticed. I hope that helps!
For more about Meyrem, visit her at meyrembulucek.com.


Like this Strawberry Jam. Honestly, I like it far better than regular Strawberry Jam. You know, the jam that calls for 4 cups of Sugar and 2 cups of strawberries...to make 3-4 pints of jam. That's at least one whole cup of sugar, per pint...and only half a cup of strawberries! The suggested serving size for jam, is one Tablespoon. (who actually only uses only 1 tablespoon of jam?) Ok. So...There are 2 cups in a pint, and 16 Tablespoons in a cup. So, there's 32 servings of jam per pint. So let's see...that would make 1/2 Tablespoon of Sugar, and 1/4 Tablespoon of Strawberries. That isn't even one whole Strawberry.
So here's a visual for you...this is what this looks like...in black and white.
Wash and rinse your containers and lids.Rinse and hull your strawberries, and then crush them in a food processor or blender. Measure exact amount of fruit into a bowl. Measure Honey into a saucepan and stir in one box of Sure Jell. Mix well. Add one cup of water. Combine 4 Tablespoons of Cornstarch in 4 Tablespoons of water. Mix until cornstarch is totally dissolved. Add to the Honey and Sure Jell mixture. Bring to a full rolling boil. Stirring constantly. Boil for one full minute. Mixture should be nice and thick.
Pour into bowl of strawberries, Stir until combined. Fill prepared containers. Leaving about a 1/2 inch space at the top for expansion during freezing. Let Stand at room temperature for 24 hrs, until set. Refrigerate up to 3 wks. Otherwise store them in the freezer for up to a year.
This recipe made 4 pints of Jam.
And if you don't have a great bread recipe, go here: Whole Wheat Bread Recipe. This recipe is very versatile, and delicious.
So It's strawberry season! YAY! :) There are few things more delicious, and summer, than a fresh warm strawberry. They're so red...and juicy...and...good. :) But the fact is, by the time strawberry season is saying it's final goodbye's, even the most ardent of strawberry lovers, can walk by a dish of fresh strawberries without a second look...or even a bite. It's sad. But true.
So this kinda tends to make you want to run, and scream. But not from the joy of having more strawberries than you need. It's more like a scream of frustration and terror. A run aimlessly directed...anywhere. So long as it gets you away from the strawberries. The molding strawberries. The squishy bruised strawberries. The slightly unripe strawberries. The giant strawberries that poured all of their energy into becoming the largest one of the pack, and seemingly none of their energy into becoming flavorful. Those strawberries are cruel and misled. So you're running away from that bowl of strawberries. Your screaming from the injustice of it all. You're deeply desiring to bury these strawberries. Well, at least that's how I get.
But anyway. Back to the subject.
So basically yesterday I spent most of the day with my mother in law and sister in law's making strawberry jam. I didn't make any. Because I was horrified at how much sugar it took. So I smugly watched from the sidelines and ran the timer for them. "Stop STIRRING! Your minute is up!" "Hey! You're supposed to stir the ENtire 3 minutes. Don't stop now, you have 17 seconds left." Yeah. So in the end I took home a large bowl full of strawberries to make my own, much less deadly jam. ;) Which, I made this morning. But I have to wait til tomorrow to see if it turned out. :) I only made one batch, no use helplessly flopping several batches of jam. Needless to say, I had quite a few strawberries left over.
So I made Strawberry Salsa.
It's sweet...and strawberry-y... and salsa-y. And awesome. GO TRY IT NOW!
Oh wait. You need the recipe. About that. Growing up my younger bro Veldon, was the one who made the strawberry salsa in the family. He made the best. [But that's probably because he was the only one that ever made it.] So I never recall seeing the recipe. So I sorta just felt it...ya know?
Serve with tortilla chips, or cooked chicken, or turkey, or pork...or...the options are as endless as they are delicious.
I put mine in jars to freeze. It made about 2 1/2 pints. Also! I found this really awesome place online where you can customize and print off your own labels! For free! You can choose from 5 different designs, and 3 different colors. So that's what I did. As you can see in the above picture. I just printed them on regular copy paper. Tediously cut them out. (the only drawback) Then, I "glued" them on with milk! It worked like a charm. :) I have yet to see if the label will stay on once I freeze it, but oh well. It looks cool right now. :) I'm letting them set out for awhile, so the flavors mix, before I freeze them. I like freezing stuff like salsa and jam's, better than canning them. Because they're fresher tasting when you go to eat them.
So yeah! There you go! Please try it. Really. It's one of my favorites. Let me know how it turns out and what you think of it!


Samsung Malaysia is extending its Yearly Upgrade Program to cover the next Samsung Galaxy Note flagship model and you can get it at a discount when it's released next year. In a bid to stay ahead of the competition, Samsung has something special in store for fans.
We don't have much to go on in the news feature text but Samsung says that the "newest Galaxy device is bringing more ways to express yourself than ever before". Going by the hint dropped on the company's official Twitter handle, a new Galaxy smartphone promises "4x Fun".
Samsung just sent out invites for an event for next month during which we're likely to hear about a brand new Galaxy device of some sort.
The "4x" matches the number of cameras. Ice Universe had also asserted that the upcoming Galaxy phone won't be called the Galaxy S10 or the long-rumoured Galaxy F. In a followup it was clarified that from their knowledge all four cameras were on the rear.


Colloidal oatmeal also acts as a very mild exfoliating agent. The nice thing about this type of exfoliation is how mild it is. Because the particle size of colloidal oatmeal is so small and relatively soft, it can usually be used on your face and other sensitive areas that traditional exfoliating agents might irritate.
Colloidal oatmeal also has something in it called phenols, which provide it's anti-inflammatory properties.You're skin has a pretty complex pH system. You have an acid mantle, which sits on top of your skin and helps protect you from the environment.
This has a pH of about 5. Subsequent layers of skin have differing pH levels. Sometimes products that are too alkaline can throw off the pH of your skin, causing or aggravating certain skin problems. Colloidal oatmeal acts as a pH buffer which helps correct the pH of your skin.


The British Pool & Hot Tub Awards take place at the Industry Gala Evening hosted by BISHTA and SPATA each year during SPATEX & all are welcome to attend.
The mission of the British Pool & Hot Tub Awards is to recognise the achievements of the wet leisure industry, by showcasing the best examples of design, construction, installation and innovation. Entries are received nationwide from SPATA & BISHTA members who set standards governing the installation, construction and operation of pools, spas, saunas and steam rooms.
Now firmly established as an annual Industry spectacular, SPATEX is hosting a networking party on Wednesday January 29th at 5pm in the Ricoh Arena's Clubhouse Bar (conveniently situated just seconds away from the Ericsson Hall). All exhibitors and visitors are warmly invited for drinks, nibbles, music, banter and a lot of fun. Silly hats are supplied but they are not obligatory!


Prawns and puddings; beer and wine; ham and turkey; mince pies and brandy sauce.
Our Prime Minister tells us it's our patriotic duty to spend, and spend big!
Some of us have been preparing for weeks for that special time of the year when we are nice to people we share little in common with, apart from DNA.
In a country infamous for its long-weekends, the Christmas season is our nirvana, unless of course we work in retail or a church!
With all the food, shopping, relatives and holidays – Christmas is also the time when nervous ticks emerge and strange skin rashes appear.
Christmas is about overeating, overspending, overstressing.
You can't avoid Christmas. It is a marketing phenomenon. It is a cultural extravaganza. Christmas has a life all of its own.
It is all so different from the first Christmas.
The first Christmas was not marked by a holiday.
The first Christmas had no billboards, marketing campaigns, decorations, kitsch music or end-of-year sales.
The first Christmas was announced not so much with a shout as it was a whisper.
Jesus did not enter our world through the front door of our world. He snuck in through a side-door where almost no-one would see him.
No-one knew the first Christmas happened really. It was a non-event. Well, almost.
Mary knew something was up, as most young teenage girls do. She had a few clues the angel had given her. And in these clues she rejoiced.
As for Joseph, the punch-drunk, open-mouthed, you've got to feel sorry for him husband – well he was clue-less pretty much. Like a lot of husbands really.
Then there were the so-called eye-witnesses.
There were shepherds. But shepherds were not the most reliable eye-witnesses. Shifty characters with dubious pasts, shepherds had about as much credibility as a politician at election time.
The shepherds did see a choir of angels, but it was the middle of the night, and frustratingly on the outskirts of town. Even if they told others, the doubtful looks would have been the same as if we said we had spotted a UFO.
And then there were the so-called wise men from the East; ancient astrologers who left as quickly as they came.
There was no motorcade clearing the streets for a waiting hospital delivery room.
There was the muck and stink of an animal's feed-box.
Choirs of angels on the edge of town.
A manger and animal-stained straw.
Not exactly the way you would announce the coming of a new king. It was either subversive or ridiculous; one or the other.
I am betting on subversive.
Jesus snuck into our world under the cover of a conspiracy of almost-silence.
But on the very first Christmas day more than a baby breathed its first breath. A Conspiracy was born.
We live in a world of dizzying number of faiths. But all the small-f faiths in the world share one common and fatal flaw. They attempt to reach for the unreachable. The myriad of faiths in our world are like the little kid stretching on his tippy-toes, reaching for the lollies just out of reach, always out of reach. Religion reaches for the God who is unreachable; the God who is holy and other; big and beyond.
Recently I met a girl called Raya. Raya was born a Muslim in Tajikistan, a country that emerged from the Soviet Union. From the earliest days Raya was a girl who reached for God, always stretching, never quite grasping.
And then in one of those only-God moments, Raya was sent by her family to learn self-defense taekwondo. The Korean teacher was also a Christian missionary and shared with her about the God who reaches for us in the form of a Christmas baby and an Easter cross. Raya said yes to this God who shouts 'Yes!' to us.
Christmas Faith is big-F Faith. It is Faith that begins with God, God who reaches for us in the form of the Christmas child and Easter Cross.
was all-pervasive. It was the dominant force in economics, politics and religion – in the stuff of every day life.
And then a baby was born, a baby who grew to be a man who taught not in the palaces and temples, but in the streets and the fields. He taught love that turns the other cheek, crosses to the other side of the road and which lays down your life for a friend.
And for this Romeand the religious leaders killed him. That should have been the end.
But Christmas is about hope.
Nothing like the Roman Empire had existed in world history. But centuries after Jesus walked our earth Romefell, never again to rise from the ashes. You can walk some of its ruins today. Jesus was killed and rose again three days later. And his living presence is felt on every continent of our world in the hundreds of millions of voices that declare He is Lord.
Today we call our dogs Caesar and Nero and our children Andrew, Mary, James and John. It seems Jesus, not Rome, has the last laugh.
When the angels sang on Christmas night the shepherds weren't the only ones to hear their voices or be bathed in light. The forces of evil and darkness that enslave our world knew then and know now that in Jesus light has invaded our world. That God will kick the darkness of our world until one day all the world will bleed daylight.
Christmas is a Conspiracy of Hope. Hope that tells us light has appeared in our world and one day this light will bathe all of creation in its power and warmth.
Most of all Christmas is a Conspiracy of Love.
Love does indeed make the world go around. The absence of love stops the earth on its axis and our lives in their tracks.
The Bible tells us that God is Love. It is almost trite. But at Christmas-time we see and experience this truth.
Despite some who claim the opposite, God is not absent to our world. God is not on a holiday, watching uninterested from some distant galaxy.
God is tangibly, fully and completely present. And God reveals himself as love in that while we have messed up this world he gave us to look after he has not abandoned us. He has made a way and offered us the means to discover liberation from the weight of our missteps and mistakes. And that Way comes with a name; Jesus.
Jesus came to our world as love. It's a Divine Love that transforms and liberates and empowers. More than anything else the Christmas Conspiracy shouts to us the three most powerful words in any language; God is Love.
The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard tells a story of a king who was very rich.
His power was known throughout the world. But he was most unhappy, for he desired a wife. Without a queen, the vast palace was empty.
One day, while riding through the streets of a small village, he saw a beautiful peasant girl. So lovely was she that the heart of the king was won. He wanted her more than anything he had ever desired. On succeeding days, he would ride by her house on the mere hope of seeing her for a moment in passing.
He wondered how he might win her love. He thought, I will draw up a royal decree and require her to be brought before me to become the queen of my land. But, as he considered, he realized that she was a subject and would be forced to obey. He could never be certain that he had won her love.
Then, he said to himself, "I shall call on her in person. I will dress in my finest royal clothes I will overwhelm her and sweep her off her feet to become my bride." But, as he thought, he knew that he would always wonder whether she had married him for the riches and power he could give her.
Then, he decided to dress as a peasant, drive to the town, and have his carriage let him off. In disguise, he would approach her house. But, somehow the dishonesty of this plan did not appeal to him.
At last, he knew what he must do. He would shed his royal robes. He would go to the village and become one of the peasants. He would work and suffer with them. He would actually become a peasant. This he did. And he won his wife.
God wins us with his Love; Love in the form of the Christmas child and Easter cross.
God became what we are that He might make us what He is.
Christmas is a Conspiracy of Love. Love that perseveres; love that overcomes and liberates and transforms.
Christmas is a Conspiracy. It is a whisper that shouts. It is a Conspiracy of Faith, Hope and Love. It is a Conspiracy that begins and ends with God.
My prayer for you and your family this Christmas and indeed every day is that you will say yes to this love. Hundreds who call this church their home and family have. And we implore those of you who have kept God at arm's length, allow that love to break through your shield, your cynicism, your unbelief, your shame, your guilt – your whatever. Allow Love to turn your world upside down just as it did 2000 years ago.
Christmas Conspiracy: Christ will Come Again!
Jesus was not born to just live a good life. He was born to live, die and be raised again. In doing so he defeated the power of sin and death. His resurrection is the promise of things to come for those of us who are 'in Christ.' Unfortunately the message did not record properly last Sunday and so I cannot post it here. Sorry!


Anil Kumble shares a flight with a fan and she's clean bowled!
You'd be hard pressed to find a fan who doesn't want to meet their favourite star in person. One such opportunity arrived for a fan named Sohini, who spotted the former India coach boarding her flight. Kumble had been a part of the Indian cricket team for a long time and is considered one of the best spinners the country has ever produced.
When she boarded the flight and noticed Kumble, Sohini wanted to meet the maestro and mentioned it on twitter. She also recalled the iconic match between India and the West Indies, when Kumble walked out to bowl with a bandaged jaw. It was not your ordinary day of bowling mind you, as the legend bowled 14 spells and even picked up the wicket of the deadly Brian Lara.
I want to go up to @anilkumble1074 and say a 'Thank You' for all the joy, all the victories, all the memories. But, I am getting cold feet.
Sohini wanted to thank Kumble for all the 'all the joy, all the victories, all the memories' but she developed cold feet. Kumble noticed the tweet and replied to her.
OMG. OMG. Coming in a bit, Sir.
We can't imagine a better way for a fan to meet their hero. Especially when you've got cold feet and the guy in question makes it easy for you! It's not every day that you get to see some of the most famous persons in front of you. We're sure Sohini had a happy flight.


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By Persecution Blog (Reporter)
Iran: Youcef Released
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 14:51
Youcef Nadarkhani was released from prison on Saturday, Sept. 8, after remaining
in custody for nearly three years while fighting apostasy charges and a death
sentence. Authorities dropped the apostasy charge and retained only a charge of
evangelizing Muslims. For the lesser charge, he was sentenced to three years in
prison and given credit for the two years and 11 months already served. With
bail accepted for a 30-day early release, Youcef left the prison and was reunited
with his wife, Fatemeh, and their two sons.
"Thank you to everyone that has supported me with
your prayers," Youcef told Present Truth Ministries.
The 34-year-old pastor from Rasht, which is about
750 miles northwest of Tehran, was arrested in October 2009 after protesting a
government policy that required children, including his 8- and 9-year-old sons,
to study the Quran in school. He was later charged with apostasy and evangelism
to Muslims. Youcef was tried on Sept. 21–22,
2010, by the First Court of the Revolutionary Tribunal and convicted of
apostasy. He was sentenced to death on Nov. 13.
Authorities tried to re-convert Youcef to Islam
through a variety of methods, including medication, while he was in Lakan
prison. After he repeatedly refused to renounce his Christian faith, his wife
was arrested, put on trial without an attorney and sentenced to life in prison.
She was later released when an attorney appealed her sentence.
Although acquitted by the courts, Youcef may now face
other dangers. Another pastor imprisoned on apostasy charges, Mehdi Dibaj, was
abducted and murdered less than two weeks after his release in 1994. Middle
East Concern reports that at least 16 other Christians remain in detention
because of their activities. Some are serving prison sentences of up to six
years because of their faith.
VOM contacts, Present Truth Ministries, Middle East Concern
Source: http://www.persecutionblog.com/2012/09/iran-youcef-released.html
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Articles tagged "ash"
Airline Hopes To Avoid Volcanic Ash Clouds With New Technology
by Chris Owen on May 10, 2013
Volcanic ash is something commercial airliners want nothing to do with. When Alaska's Cleveland volcano erupted not long ago, shooting low levels of ash into the atmosphere, many airlines were concerned. Another blast could send ash higher, directly into their flight path between Asia and North America, causing major flight schedule disruptions. But while most airlines watch and wait, one is taking some proactive steps to deal with volcanic activity.
Ash clouds are a major problem for commercial airliners, which can literally fall out of the sky if they attempt to fly through one. The problem is the tiny volcanic ash particles. If they get into a jet engine, ash particles can block the ventilation holes that let in air to cool the engine. Accumulate enough of them and engine heat can transform the particles back into molten lava, something you don't want in your jet engine. In 2010, Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano ejected an ash plume 30,000 feet into the sky, crippling airlines in northwest Europe for days as nearly 20 airports closed their airspace.Looking for ways to minimize the effect of volcanic eruptions, EasyJet has partnered with aircraft manufacturer Airbus and Nicarnica Aviation, a company that specializes in remote sensing technology to detect ash at the speed and altitude of commercial aircraft. To do that, EasyJet will fly a ton of volcanic ash from Iceland to an Airbus base in France where it will test the new uses for infrared technology-based Airborne Volcanic Object Imaging Detector (AVOID) equipment in August.
During the test, an Airbus plane will disperse the ash into the atmosphere and create an artificial ash cloud. A second Airbus test aircraft equipped with AVOID technology will (hopefully) detect and avoid the artificial ash cloud at over 30,000 feet.
Want to see an ash cloud up close, as it is being created? Check out this video:
[Image credit – Flickr user coolinsights]
Some German airports shut because of Iceland volcano
by Sean McLachlan on May 25, 2011
Ash from the Icelandic volcano Grimsvötn that caused hundreds of flight cancellations in the UK, Denmark, and Norway yesterday has now moved over Germany, shutting down airports in the north of the country.
Hamburg and Bremen airports are closed. Berlin airport will probably close this morning as well. At least 600 flights are expected to be affected.
Poland may also be affected today but otherwise flights in, out, and around Europe should be operating. There may be knock-on delays because of the disruption in Germany so check ahead before going to the airport.
In better news, Grimsvötn has stopped erupting. Let's hope it keeps behaving.
Have you been affected by the volcanic ash? Feel free to vent in the comments section!
[Micrograph of volcanic ash courtesy US Geological Survey]
UPDATE: (9:23 EDT) The BBC is reporting that Hamburg, Bremen, and Berlin airports have reopened. About 700 flights were cancelled.
Iceland volcano cancels flights
After last year's misery from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption, now another Icelandic volcano, Grimsvötn, is causing a new round of worries.
More than 250 flights have already been canceled as a cloud of volcanic ash blows over Scotland. Most of Ireland, northern Wales, and northern England will see the ash later today.
Several Scottish airports have been affected, including major ones such as Edinburgh and Glasgow. Other airports that will likely have problems today include Londonderry, Prestwick, Durham Tees Valley, Newcastle, and Carlisle. Officials say the cloud should move on and flights from Edinburgh and Glasgow will resume this afternoon. Airports in the far north of Scotland should get the all-clear tomorrow. Of course, that's assuming there are no more eruptions or changes in the wind.
Luckily the wind has taken much of the ash away from populated areas, over the far north Atlantic, eastern Greenland, and north of Scandinavia.
Several airlines are not flying through Scottish airspace. You can see a full list here. Since the northerly route between Europe and North America passes through the ash cloud, transatlantic flights may have to be diverted, causing delays. Check ahead before going to the airport.
So far this doesn't look like another Eyjafjallajökull. The Grimsvötn eruption is smaller and the ash particles are bigger, meaning they fall to earth more quickly instead of hanging in the atmosphere for days.
Have your travel plans been affected by the Grimsvötn eruption? Tell us about it in the comments section!
[Photo courtesy Roger McLassus]
UK eases airline ash restrictions
The United Kingdom's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced it will double the amount of ash deemed safe for flying in order to ease further disruptions to service from Eyjafjallajökull's continuing eruptions.
The move comes after massive pressure from the airlines both during and after last month's airport shutdown.
A CAA press release states, "A new area of operations can now be introduced that creates a 'Time Limited Zone (TLZ)' between the black 'No Fly Zone (NFZ)' and the red 'Enhanced Procedures Zone (EPZ)'. Aircraft and engine manufacturers, based on new research and analysis, have agreed that it is safe to allow operations in the new zone for a limited time at higher ash densities than is currently permitted."
Ash in this new zone can be 0.004 grams per cubic meter of air, twice the prior limit. The new regulations come into effect at noon today.
Airlines are, of course, happy. Jim French, chief executive at Flybe, said that if he new rules had been in place during the latest disruption of the past 48 hours, he would have only had to cancel 21 flights instead of 381.
Why can't planes fly near volcanic ash? A (very) brief look at engine failure
by Grant Martin on Apr 20, 2010
Nearly a week into the volcanic ash crisis plaguing swaths of Europe, passengers and airlines alike are starting to tire of the restricted airspace. The haunting cloud drifting thousands of feet above Earth's surface is often invisible to the naked eye both at ground level and high into the reaches of the troposphere, causing many to wonder how this material could impact a flight. Could all of these microscopic particles of ash really be that big of problem?
Yes, and in many ways.
Large volumes of volcanic ash have an obvious effect on flight performance. Any particulate getting into cooling holes will cause the engine pressure and temperature to increase, dropping efficiency and potentially causing serious issues inside of the engine. This failure mechanisms poses an immediate and large threat to aircraft safety and is the primary situation that airlines are trying to avoid.
But even small volumes — parts per million of the material — can have a long-term detrimental effect on engine performance.
Typical engine combustors operate at extremely high temperatures — hot enough to melt most metals — and the materials used in each component are specially designed to withstand this heat. The single-crystal turbine blades used in the fabrication of commercial engines often are exposed to temperatures well over 2500°F, and because of this are coated with a special Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC) to prevent overheating. In short, the TBCs prevent the turbine blades from melting.Part of what helps the TBCs do their job is their microstructure. Instead of being fully crystalline, solid materials like the compressor blades, most coatings are porous and less dense, preventing them from transferring too much heat. But this also subjects them to infiltration by foreign particles like calcium magnesium alumino silicate (aka CMAS, formed in and near sand particles) or volcanic ash.
Over time, these embedded particles fill in the pores of the TBC, and they remain in the microstructure as the engine gets hot and cold over and over again. Each time the engine heats and cools, this thermal cycling creates strain between the two materials, and like a sealed bottle of water in the freezer, the container eventually will burst. And once the TBC breaks down, heat can flow freely to the compressor blades, potentially melting a section and causing a catastrophic failure.
Depending on the volume of ash or particle ingested, this can happen quickly over several engine cycles or over a long term of repeated use. But the result is the same: failure during operation.
TBC degradation is only one mechanism for long term failure. Engineers also need to consider abrasion, creep and a host of other materials problems that can result from interaction between volcanic ash and highly specialized engine components.
As you can probably guess, this is partially why the European Aviation Safety Agency is being so cautious with easing restrictions on airspace — many of the long term effects of volcanic ash (which varies in composition by geographic location) on engine components are unknown. Only with time, testing and weeks of analysis will the full impact of these materials be know. Until then, we're going to have to wait for the skies to clear.
Read more about the short term effects of volcanic ash at popsci.
Check out Alaska Airlines' operating procedure near ash here.
Boeing's comprehensive study on engine performance in ash clouds can be found here.


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Critics get louder as Mosby tries another officer
Officer Garrett Miller's trial will be No. 5, but so far the state is 0-4 with three full acquittals and a detailed explanation of each verdict by Judge Barry Williams.
Verdicts some say prove Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby cannot win any future cases.
"No," former Deputy State's Attorney Page Croyder said, "absolutely not."
Croyder spent more than 20 years as a prosecutor in that office and after the most recent acquittal of Lieutenant Brian Rice, she took to her blog to post some of the most pointed criticism of Marilyn Mosby.
In a post labeled A media that still doesn't get it, Croyder said those who think Mosby should get points for at least trying to try these officers are dead wrong.
Follow Brian Kuebler on Twitter @BrianfromABC2.
She said moving forward with a flawed prosecution is not only irresponsible, but an injustice itself.
"For a prosecutor to use criminal court and ruin the lives of individual police officers or any defendant of any persuasion, ruin it to make a political point or in order to air out issues is unethical and inappropriate," she said.
Croyder's concerns are not lost on some in Freddie Gray's Easterwood neighborhood.
"If she [Mosby] doesn't have anything significantly different, then it may be an injustice to continue with the process," former Baltimore NAACP President Doc Cheatham said.
Cheatham said it may be a mistake to continue prosecuting the officers if the case is the same against Garrett Miller next week, but he trusts and supports Mosby and feels if she thinks she has a winnable case, then it needs to move forward.
"To totally just walk away because you've lost some of the cases, that would be an injustice as well. We are talking about someone's life. Ya know no matter what happens to these officers, they will not lose their life. Mr. Gray lost his life and so justice has to be served and it is served in a court of law," Cheatham said.
The pre-trial hearing for the Miller trial is set for Wednesday.
Jury selection is slated for Thursday but if the previous trials are any indication, Miller may choose a bench trial.
Officer Miller faces second degree assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in office.
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In addition to the usual reviews and comments you would find on a horror movie blog, this is also a document of the wonderfully vast horror movie section of the video store I worked at in my youth.
They've Doomed Us All, Church Man!
This week's VHS is James W. Roberson's Superstition from 1982.
An old estate haunted by the spirit of an executed witch seeks revenge on all that cross her path.
I'd been waiting a long time to re-watch this, as it had been over twenty-five years since I had first seen it. I remembered it being pretty gory with a high body count – I was only five off the number of twenty I for some reason had in my mind as a reference point. I hosted a VHS double bill last weekend and paired this with the 1988 Lenzi flick Ghosthouse. I hadn't seen that one and was unaware what a fortuitous tandem they would make together.
James Houghton as Rev. Thompson in Superstition
Superstition was even more fun than I remembered it, with tons of gore, creative deaths and just the right amount of nonsensical storytelling. It got going right out the gate, spectacularly dispatching two unsuspecting goofballs. And in a clever switcheroo, this may be one of the only horror movies where the couple making out in their car at the onset actually lived. From then on, the special effects provided by Steve LaPorte & David B. Miller were on point.
At a brisk eighty-five minutes, this movie moves along at a good clip. My friend Jeff also made a good point when he said, "it really helps when you have a great location because you don't mind watching people wander around in the dark for entire scenes." I would have to agree though, my muddy VHS notwithstanding, some scenes were indeterminably dark. When ubiquitous eighties kid Billy Jacobi met his end in the basement, we kind of had to go by his halted screams rather than anything we actually saw on screen.
I was surprised to find that Superstition was Canadian, even though it was shot in Los Angeles. I'm hoping that the Shout Factory Blu-ray – that I will no doubt be grabbing now that I have reaffirmed that this movie is, in fact, rad – will shed some light on this. People are finally discovering this movie due to that release and realizing that it is not just a pretty coverbox. To all those uninitiated, believe it.
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Labels: 80's horror, Canadian Horror, Gore, Haunted House, VHS, VHS Fridays, Witchcraft
The Rewind Zone.
Rue Morgue TV just started a new series hosted by Yasmina Ketita (of the Witch Finger Podcast) called The Rewind Zone. For those of us who grew up in the eighties, I'm sure this will get you nodding your head in remembrance. Enjoy!
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Labels: Horror Videos, Rue Morgue, VHS
Short of the Week #68: B(l)ackstage
Here is a short film by Austrian filmmaker Daniel Limmer entitled B(l)ackstage that I programmed at last year's Toronto Smartphone Film Festival.
Yes, this was filmed entirely on an iPhone. This year's TSFF runs June 21-23. For more info, click here.
Labels: horror short films, Short of the Week, Vampires
Emmeritus Triple Bill
About eight years ago, I first discovered the wonderful world of Emmeritus Productions. For those who don't know, they were a Canadian film company that made a slew of shot-on-video titles in the eighties. In addition to hitting the video market, they also first played on Hamilton-based TV station CHCH.
After experiencing The Tower – the probable "crown jewel" of their thirty or so title catalogue – I have been searching for more. It took many years, but recently Dan at Eyesore finally hooked me up with a bunch, the first three of which I will regale you with today.
Before I do though, I would like to say that despite the cheap and cheesy quality of these movies, there's something really endearing about Emmeritus pictures. Several of their movies are set in Hamilton and I think it must have been cool for those watching CHCH back in the day to see their neck of the woods being represented.
First up was Larry Pall's 1985 teleplay Death in Hollywood. I'm glad that I watched this one first because it was the weakest of the three by far. I was immediately tipped off at the onset when the title sequence was a parade of tepid stills that dragged on to the tune of four(!) minutes. What followed was what seemed like a bad soap opera involving a washed-up director scheming to get his comeback movie made.
I hope you like the golden age of cinema because Gilbert Sheridan (Phil Rash) prattled on about it a bunch. In fact, there's a scene where a reporter interviewed him and it felt like it went on for twenty minutes. Actually, the passage of time could've been measured by the number of drinks that are fixed in this movie. Seriously, these cats put the Mad Men to shame.
I should re-emphasize teleplay here, as the action is mostly confined to one room, with the others probably just being other parts of what I wager was Casa Loma. I definitely recognized some of the same parts from Beyond the Seventh Door. I also found it difficult to nail down the era it was set in, as the time period seemed to shift from conversation to conversation. At one point, I thought it was the fifties, then later the sixties and since there were no exteriors you just couldn't tell. I do know that I was almost falling asleep when the climactic gunshot rang out.
Death in Hollywood was certainly something made for TV. I don't know what time slot this would have originally played, but it surely would've only made a captive audience of night owls who had no other choice after all the other channels had signed off.
Second, and most entertaining of the trio, was Rob Stewart's 1986 Mark of the Beast.
This one was about a secret cult operating out of Hamilton. So great! I love the landmarks used in this one, including Mohawk College and City Hall, the latter of which was the site of a political rally that had like twelve people there - some of whom were wearing hard hats because you know, they're working class types!
So this cult was global, as the Hamilton faction referred to their "American and European brothers" yet I wonder if it was just us Canucks that sported the relatively visible tattoo outing themselves as part of the conspiracy. I must say that Mark of the Beast has one of the most untwist-y twists ever. I mean, the guy's last name was Devlin and he had a giant picture of himself in his office, were we not supposed to know he was the villain???
I will give the movie props for going against convention and shifting protagonists mid-way through. I guess they thought we'd rather watch Paul (Jim Gordon) edit his school project and fail badly (twice) at cooking noodles. Then of course later he fumbled around trying to fix his car and get lucky with Karen (Carolyn Guillet) while people's lives were at stake. Oh yeah, the tape!
Canuck Cult Command Centre.
I was glad to see Charlene Richards (The Tower's stripper with a heart of gold) show up as Karen's best friend. It was a little shocking to see her get offed after playing cat-and-mouse with the assassin for like ten minutes of the third act. Also, can we talk about the receptionist job at the Hamilton Memorial?
Thinking back on Mark of the Beast puts a smile on my face so it is definitely up there with The Tower so far. Lastly, I watched Joseph Gaudet's The Hijacking of Studio 4.
This one was about a father (Jack Zimmerman) who holds up a TV station with a bomb to demand his daughter be released from a prison in the fictional African nation of Kanzaal whose leader happens to be in the studio. Emmeritus actually sprung for some location shooting as the first five minutes take place in Kanzaal (i.e. the Caribbean).
Studio 4 sported a large cast of characters which was probably why there didn't seem to be as much filler as there usually is in Emmeritus titles. I mean, there was the pair that went behind the set to have sex, got stuck there and when all hell broke loose decided to just have more sex. Oh wait, I forgot the lengthy scene at the beginning where the hijacker looked at an old photo album and listened to disembodied voices of his family tell him what a terrible father he was.
Interestingly enough, this was one instance where the shot-on-video format actually fit the story. I'd go so far to say that a good chunk of it seemed like a clinic on television production. Is it just me or does Emmeritus just have a hard-on for technology? Energy efficient buildings, editing bay montages and now this.
Now that I have watched a few of these movies, I'm beginning to see Emmeritus' stable of players. Phil Rash showed up again, moving from the ego-maniacial director in Death In Hollywood to an ego-maniacal TV host. I also recognized Mrs. Sandawn (Dorothy Clifton) from The Tower playing the hijacker's estranged wife. As for the story, it played out fairly predictably, but was still an engaging watch even if it was evident that perhaps the filmmakers didn't know how bombs worked.
So three up and three down and it was painless. Enjoyable in fact. But I hope this wasn't the best Emmeritus had to offer. I have a bunch more to watch so I'll likely do another post next month. Until then, take off eh?
Labels: 80's horror, Canadian Horror, Television Horror, VHS, VHS Fridays
Short of the Week #67: Hada
Because my love of monster in the closet stories knows no bounds, here's one from Spaniard Tony Morales called Hada.
Morales followed this up two years later with another horror called Do we play?
Labels: horror short films, Short of the Week, spanish horror
This week's VHS is another Shock Stock acquisition in Richard Christian's 1982 thriller The Sender.
When an amnesiac telepath (Zeljko Ivanek) enters a mental hospital under the care of Dr. Farmer (Kathryn Harrold), she soon finds that his uncontrollable abilities are affecting everyone around him, including herself.
I did see this movie when I was very young, as it used to often play on First Choice when we first subscribed circa 1984. Being that was thirty-five fucking years ago, it's not surprising I remembered nothing of this movie except the scene with the bleeding mirrors. A striking image to be sure, but considering the amount of bat-shit stuff going on here, it's funny that's what my nine-year-old brain latched onto.
The Sender was a legitimate Paramount release so, after watching Terror at Tenkiller last week, I was almost overwhelmed by the comparative quality. Though Christian had previously worked on some of the biggest projects of all time as a set decorator/art director, this was his debut as main man and he did a pretty solid job. At the very least he beat both Dreamscape and Elm Street to the dream party by two years. Though the story, by design, was surreal and discombobulating, I never felt like the filmmakers lost control of the narrative.
Kathryn Harrold & Zeljko Ivanek in The Sender.
I believe the strength of Harrold & Ivanek really helped steer this picture true, as well. This was Ivanek's first major role and I feel like I grew up with this guy as I've seen him pop up in my favourite shows (X-Files, Oz, 24 & Banshee to name a few) throughout my life. Another familiar face was Angus Mcinness as the sheriff, but to me he'll always be Jean LaRose from Strange Brew – yes, it was many years later that I realized he was also Gold Leader.
The Sender was a very erratic thriller, as it often felt like it wanted to keep things fairly standard, but then it would hit you with a frying pan to the face set piece, like when the staff tried to give Ivanek shock therapy and immediately regretted it.
I never thought I'd see a medical procedure scene more bonkers than the one in 1978's The Manitou, but there you have it. Lastly, I think The Sender may feature the worst security guard ever in that when he hallucinated that one of the patients was missing their head, his first instinct was to shoot them. Excellent job, sir!
This film is definitely worth a watch, as it's a lesser known title from a booming era in horror cinema with some memorable set pieces and a hospital ward full of character actors.
Labels: 80's horror, VHS, VHS Fridays
Short of the Week #66: Eldritch Code
This week I'm in a Lovecraft kind of mood so here's Ivan Radovic's 2017 short Eldritch Code.
Labels: horror short films, Lovecraft, Short of the Week
The Coverbox Was Cool At Least Vol. 117
This week's VHS is another recent Shock Stock acquisition in Ken Meyer's 1986 backwoods slasher Terror at Tenkiller.
Leslie (Stacey Logan) & Janna (Michele Merchant) retreat to her parent's remote cabin for the summer only to find there is a killer stalking the town's inhabitants. Will they be next?
Even factoring in my extra muddy video tape, it became apparent within the first five minutes that this movie was, to put it plainly, not good. Consisting largely of long scenes of meandering dialogue and shots of the same lonely fisherman, Terror at Tenkiller felt like a shot-on-video movie that just happened to be not actually shot-on-video. I must admit that even though I became mildly entranced in the second act, I still found myself wondering how there could still be half a movie left.
That sign was unfortunately false advertising as the gore was never as good as it was in the opening moments of the movie with the red stuff either being too close up, shrouded in darkness or underwater. It's a shame because having some solid set pieces could've made everything else more engaging.
Stacey Logan as Leslie in Terror at Tenkiller.
Terror at Tenkiller was strange in that there was no mystery to it, as the killer (Michael Shamus Wiles in his first role) was introduced right away and interacted with the main characters shortly after. His motives were murky at best and the sequence of events that led to the climax were clumsy, most notably the scene where Janna invited the killer back to the cabin for a beer and then proceeded to wash her hair in the kitchen sink while he looked on. I think he was on the fence about killing her, but that sort of sealed the deal.
Robert Farrar scored the movie and it was somehow the best and worst part of it. Armed with what sounded like a Casio keyboard, he laid down some tracks that at times took me back to my all-night marathons playing Warlords 2 as a teen. I know that the sound was done in post, but they even used a synthesized harmonica and it's bloody hilarious. Then there was this random sound cue that constantly made me jump because it was so high in the 2-channel mix.
I will give Terror at Tenkiller one piece of credit though. During the climax, it seemed that the abusive boyfriend Leslie ran away from at the start of the movie was going to appear and save the day. But he didn't. Which was good. Cuz that would've been super lame. No, in the end, it was Leslie who saved herself. Well actually, as she says in her obligatory voice over, being a swimmer saved her life! Yeah, this was an eighties home video boom special if I've ever seen one.
Labels: 80's horror, slashers, VHS, VHS Fridays
Short of the Week #65: Meow
I discovered a short I programmed at the 2017 edition of Saskatoon Fantastic made its way online. Here below is Chris Jopp's Meow, courtesy of Alter.
This was Jopp's fourth short so I'm sure it is only a matter of time before we see a fifth.
Labels: horror short films, Killer Creatures, Short of the Week
A Room To Die For.
This week's VHS is my newly acquired Video Treasures copy of 1979's The Silent Scream.
Students residing at an off-campus mansion get bumped off one-by-one by someone or something.
I was teetering on whether to post about this one, as it was largely unremarkable, but I decided to soldier on anyway. Looking up The Silent Scream on Imdb, I wasn't surprised to find it was a revived project originally shot in 1977. At first considered unwatchable, the filmmakers revamped the script and hired some name actors like Cameron Mitchell, Avery Schreiber and Barbara Steele to gussy things up. I wonder if that was when they decided to add this aggressive title card, as well.
Almost nothing remained of the original movie and – considering the fuzzy rape scene that a character watched on TV was apparently footage from its previous incarnation – that's probably a good thing.
The first chunk of The Silent Scream felt a bit like Psycho, if the Bates Motel had been near a big university and not off the beaten path, but it descended into something more like Danny Steinmann's The Unseen – though admittedly that was released a year later. Technically sound, the movie boasts a decent location in its old rustic house, the very same one used for 1967's Spider Baby.
Juli Andelman as Doris in Silent Scream
Director Denny Harris populated the movie with a mix of old and new actors, including Juli Andelman as Doris. She was a plucky young thing whom I warmed to almost immediately. I thought it was a dick move for the two leads to abandon her on the beach with Grabby Grabberson. Doris seemed a bit more worldly than Scotty (Rebecca Balding) who ended up spending most of the climax tied to a clothing rack that looked like one I bought at IKEA. Push UP on it for FUCK'S SAKE!
Mainly though, this movie could've used more Mitchell & Schreiber. You know, it's funny. Usually when horror movies cut to the cops on the case, it comes off as jarring or upsets the tone (case in point, Last House on the Left), but these guys... I could have watched these guys all day.
The Silent Scream was watchable fare and should be given some credit for being saved from the fire with a do-over. If anything, it teaches us to apply for on-campus housing early, as procrastination = trauma.
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Analog Archaeology
The Membership Card
Wild Beasts (1984)
VHYes (2019)
Terrorgram (1990)
Blood Legacy (1971)
Don't Go In The Woods (1981)
Death Spa (1989)
Blood Bath (1966)
The Mutilator (1984)
Madman (1980)
Terror on Tour (1980)
High Desert Kill (1989)
American Nightmare (1983)
Split Second (1992)
Critters 1-4 (1986-1995)
Emmeritus Triple Bill II
Beach Babes From Beyond (1993)
Parasite 3D (1982)
Ashes to Ashes (1993)
Superstition (1982)
The Sender (1982)
Terror at Tenkiller (1986)
The Silent Scream (1979)
Def-Con 4 (1985)
Rabid Grannies (1988)
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
The Mangler (1995)
It's Alive (1974)
Cellar Dweller (1988)
The Glove (1979)
Slaughter of the Innocents (1993)
Spare Parts (1979)
Creepozoids (1987)
Prime Evil (1988)
The Being (1983)
Zombie Lake (1981)
Nightwish (1989)
The Psychic (1977)
Dream Lover (1993)
Bloody New Year (1987)
Don't Open Till Christmas (1984)
Warning Sign (1985)
The Alpha Incident (1978)
Not Of This Earth (1988)
The Pit (1981)
Moon 44 (1990)
Rabid (1977)
Strange Shadows... (1976)
Jack-O (1995)
Dial: Help (1988)
Trick or Treats (1982)
Within The Rock (1996)
Don't Look in the Attic (1982)
The Coroner (1999)
Making Contact (1985)
The New Kids (1985)
The Supernaturals (1986)
Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
Where Are The Children? (1986)
Playroom (1989)
Lisa (1989)
Demon Wind (1990)
Prophecy (1979)
Body Shop (1972)
Spasms (1983)
Screamtime (1983)
Deadtime Stories (1986)
The Offspring (1987)
Chillers (1987)
Dead & Buried (1981)
Backwoods (1987)
American Gothic (1987)
Killer Party (1986)
Cathy's Curse (1977)
Ghost in the Machine (1993)
Lurkers (1988)
Mr. Wrong (1984)
Honeymoon (1985)
Moontrap (1989)
Night Angel (1990)
Spontaneous Combustion (1990)
Nightflyers (1987)
The Nesting (1981)
The Outing (1987)
The Abomination (1986)
Cthulhu Mansion (1992)
Next Victim (1971)
The Night Flier (1997)
Revenge of the Dead (1983)
Girls Nite Out (1982)
Lake Nowhere (2014)
New Year's Evil (1980)
The Pyx (1973)
Schzoid (1980)
The Girl In Room 2A (1974)
The Godsend (1980)
The Creepers (1971)
Blood Shack (1971)
The Devil's Gift (1984)
Blood Cult (1985)
The Killing Kind (1973)
Strays (1991)
Watch Me When I Kill (1977)
Headless (2015)
Sweet Sixteen (1983)
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Summer of '84 (Fantasia '18)
Blood Child (BITS '17)
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AR Rahman's recent show at the Hollywood Bowl has come under the scanner.
Shonali Bose, the director of Konkona Sen Sharma's "Amu", has used an expletive to describe his recent show at the Hollywood Bowl. A member from Rahman's team has officially reacted to the director's comment on her social networking profile, that goes like: "Just returned from a most c*****ya concert at the hollywood bowl wrongly advertised as an AR Rahman concert.
Meanwhile, Rahman's office has reacted to this comment. Says Vijay Iyer, a member of Rahman's team, "It was always publicized as an orchestral show and that the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra would perform his works. Last year, the London Philharmonic Orchestra performed a similar concert in London which was well-received. He just concluded his multi-city Jai Ho tour a few months aho and also performed at Nagpur and Bangalore a few weeks back, which was a different format complete with singers, dancers and lots of fireworks. This was a different format.
An orchestra is always led by a conductor, who in this, happened to be Matt Dunkley. Were they expecting Rahman to stand with the orchestra for the full duration? The show has been very well-received and we have been flooded with compliments and requests for more such shows."


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UNESCO considers ClimateChange UniversalDeclaration of Ethical Principles
This is encouraging:
UNESCO considers a possible Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles in Relationship to Climate Change
Following the initiative of UNESCO and COMEST to promote serious debate on the ethical stakes of climate change, regional expert consultation meetings will be held across the world between March and May with a view to assessing the advisability of a Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles in Relation to Climate Change.
The outcomes of the regional expert meetings, along with other consultations, will feed into a report by the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) that will be submitted to the Director-General of UNESCO in July 2010. Subsequently, the Executive Board of UNESCO, meeting in October 2010, will decide whether to request the Director-General to submit to the 36th General Conference in 2011 a draft declaration drawn up in consultation with the Member States.
Organized by the Secretariat of UNESCO, in close liaison with COMEST and with local host institution and countries, these expert consultation meetings will create a forum where the possibility of universal consensus can be assessed through the articulation of local concerns regarding climate change and its effects.
The meeting schedule is as follows:
Europe and North America: Meetings are proposed in Yerevan (Armenia) on 19-20 April and at UNESCO Headquarters on 10-11 May.
Arab States: A meeting is proposed in Amman (Jordan) on 4-5 May.
Africa: Meetings are proposed in Dakar (Senegal) on 16-17 March and in Nairobi (Kenya) on 19-20 May.
Latin America and the Caribbean: Meetings are proposed in Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) on 9-10 April and in Montevideo (Uruguay) on 13-14 May.
Asia and the Pacific: Meetings are proposed in New Delhi (India) on 29-30 March, in Yokohama (Japan) on 22-23 April, and in Auckland (New Zealand) on 26-27 April.
UNESCO attaches great importance to the success of its regional consultation meetings, which will ensure that the full range of expertise is taken into account in considering the advisability of a Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles in relation to Climate Change.
This ethics initiative is set more generally within the framework of UNESCO's Strategy for Action on Climate Change as approved at the 179th Session Executive Board in April 2008.
UNESCO's work in this area is currently built around three strategic objectives:
Building and maintaining the climate change knowledge base: science, assessment, monitoring and early warning;
Promoting mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, including through enhanced education and public awareness; and
Moving towards a climate-neutral UNESCO.
The United Nations System determined that the overwhelming importance of addressing global climate change requires the concerted efforts of the entire System, not least because there is increasing concern that climate change and climate variability could undermine the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.
For more information, please contact
John Crowley, Chief of Section, Ethics of Science and Technology Section,
Division of Ethics of Science and Technology: j.crowley@unesco.org
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Please Note: The Franchise News is listed in alphabetical order by Franchise. The news typed under each franchise is in the order that it came to me. I have included the news as was sent to me by the Franchises. I did not try to edit...what you see is what I got!
News received since the 2000 Pageant. . .
Miss Albany 2001 on Saturday, November 4. She is a vocalist and sang "In His Eyes"
as well as a $2100.00 Cash Scholarship.
has been updated with pictures of their 2001 contestants. Check the pictures out!
The new Miss Apple Capital is Brea Vaughn!
Brea's mother's name is Sue Vaughan and she has a brother named Jason who is 25 years old. She is attending Columbus State University working on receiving a Master's in Public Administration. Her platform is "Arts for Excellence".
Heather Whitestone, former Miss America.
public schools, judging pageants and entertaining at local fundraisers.
April Dorsey was crowned Miss Central Georgia 2001 Saturday, October 21.
Her talent was vocal. She sang "At Last".
Miss Cobb County on August 12. Jana sang O Mio Babbino Caro for her talent. Her platform is "Random Acts of Kindness". She was also talent winner.
1st runner-up: Ashley Huff's talent was a Polynesian Dance.
Ashley also won Miss Congeniality and the Physical Fitness Award.
Miss Conyers Cherry-Blossom had their pageant on Saturday, November 4.
The Miss Conyers Cherry-Blossom gave just over $3500 in scholarships!
A $1000 more than last year!
The new Miss DeKalb County 2001 is Lani Hancock from Savannah. Lani also was the receipient of the interview and talent awards.
Carrie Beth Spivey was 4th Runner up as well as the "Spirit of DeKalb Winner".
Celentria Adams won "People's Choice".
to make it all happen."
Growing up in Stone Mountain, GA, her grandfather was a sculptor on the Stone Mountain Memorial Carving, and she is a graduate of the University of Georgia.
is a true "GA Peach", a NASCAR fan, and couldn't be more proud to sing her state song, returning to AMS, where her Dad brought her as a little blonde, blue eyed girl, to see her very first race. NAPA 500, November 19, 2000, 1pm on ESPN.
Atlanta as part of the Christmas entertainment on the evening of December 7th.
Callansolde is a historical landsite in the Atlanta area.
Jessica Black was crowned Miss Emanuel County 2001 on Saturday, August 12th.
her civic and school clubs involved in visiting and working with senior citizens.
crowned Miss Greater Southwest Georgia on August 5 in Albany.
Her talent was a character jazz dance to "Sweet Georgia Brown."
Emily's birthday is August 28th.
Jennifer Browning was crowned Miss Greater Thomaston Saturday, October 21.
Needed: 1000 pair of dance shoes. Emily Loftiss, Miss Greater Southwest 2001.
Georgia, especially those that are implementing her program.
Albany, hopefully they will implement her program also.
On Saturday, November 11, Emily performed at the Miss Macon Pageant.
contact Miss Greater Southwest, 912-883-6686.
Senior at Georgia State University. Her talent is clogging; her platform is "Kelly's Kids--Special Needs Kids". Kelly also won swimsuit and talent.
was on hand to help with the crowning!
Landing High School, with plans to attend UGA next fall.
interpretation of a self-written essay called America.
First runner up was 19 year old Alexis Lundy who won the talent award.
huge support for Pam - who by the way was wonderful!
those girls would be excellent contestants in the Miss NY Program!
Contestants and 19 Teen Miss Contestants.
competitors at the National Level.
Christine Zimmerman is Miss Mall of Georgia 2001!
Christine was crowned Saturday, September 9, 2000.
at 7:00 p.m. at the CULTURAL ARTS CENTER in COMMERCE, GA.
Dolls Competition Dance Team will also perform.
High School is approximately 1.5 miles on the right.
(Tunnel Hill/Varnell). Turn left on to GA Highway 201.
Northwest High School is approximately 1.5 miles on the right.
The new Miss Savannah is Erin Kennedy.
$5,000 was awarded to our 12 Miss contestants.
Each contestant received at least a $100 scholarship and crown pin.
Erin sang "I Dreamed a Dream" and won talent.
Susan Brown, of Thomaston, is the new Miss Southeast Georgia. She was crowned Saturday, August 12. She also won swimsuit. Susan is 22 years old and will graduate from UGA in December. She did a tap routineto "Dr. Jazz" for her talent, and her platform is the importance of a healthy heart.
Angela McCall was 1st Runner-Up. She sang "I Have Dreamed".
Beth Brinson, present Miss Savannah, was 2nd Runner-Up. She also won Talent.
Glennville, GA. She is a 17 year old senior attending Pinewood Christian Academy.
Osjha did a wonderful job as Emcee as always!
The audience, especially one of the judges (yours truly) was "awed" by a visit from Elvis!
Thank, Russ Lanier....you would make Elvis proud!!
Christina Powell was crowned the new Miss Thomasville on Saturday, July 22. She is a 19 year old junior at the University of Georgia where she is a Broadcast Journalism major. Her platform is Building Character through the Arts. She is a Tap Dancer.
A great big salute and round of applause for the Scholarship money the Miss Thomasville Pageant gave away. They increased their scholarship from $12,000 to $31,000 this year! Thomasville College also promised that if a winner did not choose to attend their college the next winner would receive the scholarship money! Thanks Miss Thomasville Franchise and Thomas University!
Tessa Matthews, the current Miss Troup County, was selected as the state winner for Volunteer of the Year for NAMI GA.(National Alliance for the Mentally Ill). Congratulations, Tessa!
in Hartwell GA. She is also making appearances in local schools this week in conjunction with the "National Book Week".
We have had 45 women enter our 2001 Miss University of Georgia Pageant, which will be held on January 27, 2001. If they all remain in the pageant it will be one of the largest we have attempted to hold in one evening.
The first Miss Valdosta, Caroline Benton, was crowned Saturday, October 21.
Valdosta State University. Her parents are David and Nancy Mcknew.


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Grain SA celebrates South Africa's distinguished grain producers
Grain SA celebrated the cream of the country's grain producing crop during a prestigious gala awards evening, held at The Theatre on the Track in Midrand on Friday, 13 October 2017. This year's awards ceremony commemorated the 18th year of the grain awards and was attended by Hon Ms Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science and Technology, senior governmental officials, representatives of the various Trusts, organised agriculture as well as academia, industry leaders and the guests of honour – our grain producers from around the country.
The awards evening give recognition to grain producers who form the basis of food security in South Africa. In addition, the finalists serve as excellent role models to the younger generation of producers whilst the image of the grain producer is enhanced. It further recognises successful grain producers who manage their businesses with such passion and dedication, so as to set an example and serve as inspiration to other producers.
The 2017 Grain SA/Syngenta Grain Producer of the Year was awarded to AC van Wyk, from Bultfontein in the Free State. Planting maize since childhood, Van Wyk's roots date back to 1841 and following his completion of a B.Agric (HONS) at the UOFS, and a learning experience in the US, he returned to their farm, Warmhoek and has not looked back since. Favouring crop production, van Wyk plants only maize which is ideally suited to the majority of his approximately 6,000 ha of arable land, consisting of water table soils. He focusses much of his time and effort on both entrepreneurship and management, continuously planning based on value-estimation and profitability. In the Western Free State, maize as a single crop, can be planted profitably without damaging the soil as a resource, and agronomic sustainability can be achieved with a 15-20% of fellow lands.
The other finalists in this category were Willem & Hein Visagie from Visagie Boerdery in Porterville and Jan Boshoff from Delmas.
The 2017 Grain SA/ABSA/John Deere Financial New Era Commercial Farmer of the Year was awarded to Edwin Thulo Mahlatsi from Bothaville in the Free State. Edwin, walking away with a brand new John Deere 5065 MFWD OOS tractor sponsored by John Deere Financial is a grain producer on the farm Swartlaagte, which is where he grew up, later worked as a foreman, and in 2012, obtained a lease agreement on the farm through the government's PLAS system. After joining Grain SA, Mahlatsi was able to put his 210 ha of good, arable soil to best use and having navigated through a difficult 2015/16 season, Mahlatsi's maize this year yielded a substantial 5-and-half tons per hectare.
The other finalists in this category were Remember Mthethwa from Dundee and Lolwane Vuyani from Lichtenburg. Sponsored by:
The 2017 Grain SA/Monsanto Potential Commercial Farmer of the Year is a new category introduced this year, for farmers with access to more than 100 hectares of arable land, but currently not able to use all the available land. Yet they are in a position to become 250 ton New Era Commercial Farmers. This recognition was awarded to Paul Malindi from Edenville in the Free State. In 2012, he was granted the use of this 440 hectare farm through the PLAS programme. Malindi planted 180 ha of maize and 140 ha of sunflower, with good yields. The other finalists in this category were Daniel Tshidiso and Ruben Mtlhanbae both from the Free State.
The 2017 Grain SA/Syngenta Smallholder Farmer of the Year was awarded to Thembalihle Tobo from Bizana. With good rains, Tobo harvested over 5tons per/ha on his 15 hectares of maize, of which twenty percent of his yellow maize is kept for the cattle and sheep, whilst the rest are sold in Kokstad. Tobo sells his white maize directly to a miller in Mbizana. Tobo further has a soya milk value-adding enterprise which is steadily growing. The other finalists in this category were Meluxolo Mfoxo from KwaZulu-Natal and Samson Shuwisa from Mpumalanga.
The 2015 Grain SA/ABSA/John Deere Financial Subsistence Farmer of the Year was awarded to Mavis Nomvula Hlatshwayo from Hereford. This 55-year old strong women, has with Grain SA's guidance, introduced new farming methods enabling them to harvest around 8 tons p/ha. Currently planting two hectares of maize, Hlatshwayo is planning to expand and bring in dry beans as a rotation crop. Her plans includes a higher level in farming, wishing to increase the number of hectares to enable future growth. The other finalists in this category were Elliot Siphiwe Gumbi from KwaZulu-Natal and Solomon Ghasa Dhlongolo from Mpumalanga.
In addition to these awards, Grain SA also used the opportunity to honour Janes Barnard with the 2017 Grain SA Inspiration Award. Janes took the initiative to collect maize and fodder for farmers in the drought-stricken areas of Namaqualand and Boesmanland in the Northern Cape. He collected maize donations, stored it in their own silos and recruited funds to subsidise transport costs. Janes, van Vlakplaas Boerdery, and the 2011 Grain Producer of the Year, used the help of fellow farmers and agribusinesses in the Hoopstad district. This initiative encouraged Grain SA to also open accounts in conjunction with Agri businesses in the production areas. Thousands of tons of maize and feed were collected and distributed through this initiative. Janes inspired many others to reach out to fellow residents in distress. And what an amazing example of a former Grain Producer of the Year?
Grain SA Communications
Further enquiries:
Alzena Gomes, Public Relations Officer, Grain SA
www.grainsa.co.za
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Please join the USC Office of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) in celebrating the fifth annual Biosafety Month. The theme for this year is "Promoting a Culture of Biosafety and Responsibility" with the social network hashtag #getyourcultureon. USC's initiative for the year 2018 is to encourage all labs to acquire or assemble a kit to clean up small spills of blood and other biological materials. The kit can either be a commercially available one (e.g. VWR), or self-assembled utilizing items you already have in the lab.
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You have until end of October to submit your photo. Winners will be chosen randomly (one on UPC campus, and one on HSC campus) and notified via email in the beginning of November 2018.


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Q: Computing the Fourier Transform of $\left(\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+c\right)^{-1} f(x)$ Let $\operatorname{f}: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be defined s.t. $\operatorname{f}\in\mathcal{C}^{\infty}\left(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R}\right)$. When the minus one term indicates a reciprocal, how would one evaluate the Fourier transform given by the following integral for $c \in \mathbb{R}\ ?$.
$$
\hat{\operatorname{f}}\left(k\right) =
\frac{1}{\,\sqrt{\,{2\pi}\,}\,}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}
{\rm e}^{-{\rm i}kx}\,\,
\left(\frac{{\rm d}^{2}}{{\rm d}x^{2}} + c\right)^{-1}\,\operatorname{f}\left(x\right)\,{\rm d}x
$$
We can assume that the integrand is finite at every point. Is there any fact that I may exploit about reciprocals when computing these Fourier transforms $?$. If no result holds in the general case, we can assume that $\operatorname{f}\left(x\right)$ is a simple trigonometric polynomial.
Question: Is there any way to represent
$\displaystyle\left(\frac{{\rm d}^{2}}{{\rm d}x^{2}} + c\right)^{-1}$ by a Fourier multiplier $?$. If not, are there any other simplifications available $?$.

A: Let $D$ denote the operator $D=\left(\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+c\right)$ and let $I=DD^{-1}=\left(\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+c\right)\left(\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+c\right)^{-1}$ denote the identity operator.
For any $\phi\in \mathbb{S}$, we have
$$\begin{align}
\langle \mathscr{F}\{f\},\phi  \rangle&=\langle \mathscr{F}\{DD^{-1}f\},\phi  \rangle\\\\
&=\langle DD^{-1}f,\mathscr{F}\{\phi\}\rangle\\\\
&=\langle D^{-1}f,D\mathscr{F}\{\phi\}\rangle\\\\
&=\langle D^{-1}f,\mathscr{F}\{(-k^2+c)\phi\}\rangle\\\\
&=\langle (-k^2+c) \mathscr{F}\{D^{-1}f\},\phi\rangle\\\\
\end{align}$$
Therefore, in distribution we have
$$\mathscr{F}\{f\}=(-k^2+c)\mathscr{F}\{D^{-1}f\}$$
or alternatively
$$\mathscr{F}\{D^{-1}f\}=\frac1{c-k^2}\mathscr{F}\{f\}$$

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Q: How can I fix this Wine/Terminal error on Ubuntu 22.04 Hi I just updated  to Ubuntu 22.04 and I was trying to install wine but I keep on facing the error :E Unable to locate Winehq-stable. If I try the development branch it works but when I try to install Grapejuice I have the same error. It this a bug or is something?
Someone please help.

A: It appears that in order to install Wine, you need to do this:
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends wine-stable
as described here: E: Unable to locate package winehq-stable


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Lee Wan (; born 3 May 1984) is a South Korean football defender, who plays for Gangwon FC in K League Challenge.

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Living people
Association football defenders
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Jeonnam Dragons players
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Azerbaijan's Parabank may become a non-bank credit organization
By Azad Hasanli – Trend:
Azerbaijan's Parabank can turn into a non-bank credit organization, said Rufat Aslanli, head of the Board of Directors of Azerbaijan's Financial Market Supervisory Body.
Aslanli made the remarks July 22 at a press conference in Baku.
He said that the bank's management proposed the idea, and the Financial Market Supervisory Body doesn't have anything against it.
The legislation allows to do it, explained Aslanli, the bank, having fulfilled all its obligations, in particular, to depositors, can turn into a non-bank credit organization.
Earlier, Parabank planned to increase its authorized capital by 15 million manats (1.5724 AZN/USD on July 22).
Parabank has been operating since 1991 in Azerbaijan.
ParaBank
Rufat Aslanli
FIMSA: IBA's external debt restructuring to up bank's market value
Business 30 May 2017 19:39
FIMSA takes under control five more Azerbaijani banks
Azerbaijan's Parabank gets non-bank financial institution license
Business 31 March 2017 13:44
WB to help deal with bad loans in Azerbaijani banking sector
Business 24 February 2017 11:12
Azerbaijani financial sector to be restructured by year-end
Business 24 November 2016 12:29
Recovery of Azerbaijan's International Bank to end in 2017
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EAW is shipping the MicroWedge MW15 stage monitor, developed by Rat Sound. Its coaxial driver pairs a 15-inch woofer with a 3-inch diaphragm compression driver on a 90-degree horn in a low-profile footprint. Features include switchable active or passive modes, and a large port that houses the input connectors, protecting them from damage. The trapezoidal Baltic Birch enclosures allow placing wedges in tight "arc" configurations, and integral rigging hardware enables flying when desired.
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Designed for studio or live applications, this low-noise design, 32-input, 8-bus studio/live mixer features XENYX mic preamps, British-style EQs and two 24-bit onboard digital effects processors. Stereo input channels have 4-band EQ; mono inputs have 3-band EQs with semi-parametric mid-band. There are eight aux sends per channel; four are pre/post-fader-switchable for flexible routing and an internal auto-range (100 to 240VAC) power supply adds maximum flexibility.


The upcoming summer games has me thinking more than ever about how easy it is to prepare healthy international cuisine on a daily basis. Take for instance the classic French Ratatouille; a recipe that mixes the best of your summer bounty into a rustic meal.
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I love the dark Blue Color!
That turquoise is so pretty!
I love a veggie packed ratatouille, but I love that you have added some protein with the chickpeas too.
O I love ratatouille and chickpeas are perfect to make it much more hearty!
This recipe looks delish! And I love those turquoise/blue pots and pans!
So creative with the chickpeas. I love Ratatouille! Beautiful cookware too.
I love ratatouille! That aqua color sure is pretty!
Sounds delicious. And I love chickpea dish. Thanks!
I am most interested in the blue color. Our entire kitchen is accented in the same royal blue color.
I love that it has chickpeas in it. Makes it so filling! Beautiful color on the cookware!
Japanese Eggplant? That's awesome! That's a first for me. I wonder if I'll be able to find this at my local food market or grocery store?
The dark blue is my choice.
Gray would be the most practical for me.
I would never have thought to add chickpeas to ratatouille. I can imagine the flavours work really well together!
I love the aqua color...thank you so much for hosting this giveaway.
Excellent competition! Those pans look super. Love the chickpea curry too, packed full of flavour and protein.
Great use of both chickpeas. They are such a great protein sub for meat. Perfect for a fast weeknight meal.
Oh this sounds absolutely delicious!
Gray is practical but the Lavender is FUN.
I'd love any color! I need to make this dish!
I love your take on this French classic!
I love this and think it would be perfect for my daughter's first apartment.
It has to be red!! I love all the red things. Red cookware would ROCK in my kitchen.
The ratatouille looks delish - perfect for Monday nights!
Ohhh I like the gray color!
The aqua is my favorite color, but the gray seems more practical.
My favorite PureCook cookware color is Gray.
Chickpeas are the best Peas!
BLUE IS THE COLOR FOR ME! IT WOULD BE PERFECT WITH MY 42 YEAR COLLECTION OF DISHES.
Gray or blue would go best in my kitchen.
Yum! Look at all those veggies!
I'm loving the aqua color!
i love the aqua color! but i also love the lavender as it is so unique and different!
I really like the gray color.
The aqua is so pretty!


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Dr. Schaufelberger, a Milwaukee area native, treats patients in Appleton and Waupaca. An orthopedic surgeon by the American Board of Orthpaedic Surgery, he has completed fellowship specialty training in shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand surgery. Dr. Schaufelberger has been practicing in the Fox Valley since 2007, and joined the Orthopedic Clinic of Appleton in 2012.
He is an Active Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a member of the Orthopedic & Sports Institute's Medical Mentoring Program and an Associate Clinical Professor for the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Q: I want to count the upper-case characters in a string. Why is my code is giving wrong output? I am working on a programming exercise, "Count of camel case characters" using C++. The goal of the exercise is to count the number of upper-case letters in a given string (what the exercise calls "camel case").
So given the following two inputs:

*

*ckjkUUYII

*HKJT

I would expect to get the following counts respectively:

*

*5

*4

Based on the code I've include below, however, I am instead getting:

*

*0

*5

This is clearly incorrect, but I've having difficulty isolating the problem in my code. How can I reason through this problem, or debug my error?
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;

int main() {
    int t;cin>>t;
    while(t--)
    {
        int res=0;
        string str;
        getline(cin,str);
        int len= str.length();
        for(int i=0;i<len;i++)
        {
            int c=str[i];
            if(isupper(c))
            res=res+1;
        }
        cout<<res<<endl;
    }
    //return 0;
}

A: After entering integer value as t, in input buffer newline character is left. So first call of getline gives you empty string as a result. You have to do:
int t;
cin >> t;
cin.ignore();
while (t--) {
  ...
}

to consume newline character, then both calls of getline will return entered strings properly.

A: The main problem is that you are trying to convert a character into an integer in line 15. An integer can't be either uppercase or lowercase. hence it gives the wrong answer. Simply check isupper(s[i]) as it would give the correct answer.
Consider my code,
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std ;
int main() {
    int t ; cin >> t ;
    while(t--) {
        string s ; cin >> s ;
        int cnt = 0 , ln = s.size() ;
        for(int i = 0 ; i < ln ; i ++) {
            if(isupper(s[i])) cnt ++ ;
        }
        cout << cnt << endl ;
    }

    return 0;
}


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Out Now: Love is a Grift
FOX SPIRIT: Out today! The amazing Love is a Grift by Graham Wynd!
With fabulous cover by S.L Johnson, this collection offers a fresh take on a classic genre, that begins with obsession and most often ends with death.
And don't forget to check out the exclusive Love is a Grift music and artwork merchandise!
Love is a Grift can be found in ebook formats in our store here. The paperback can be bought at Amazon (N.B. there seems to be a slight delay with the paperback).
Love is a Grift, the theme song can be heard and purchased at Bandcamp or CDBaby.
Exclusive Love is a Grift merchandise can be found at S. L. Johnson's store at Tee Public or Red Bubble.
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Review: Twerk by Isobel Blackthorn
Isobel Blackthorn
Hellbound Books
Desire, a spark, a decision made too fast, and a Las Vegas stripper is plunged into the depraved world of a psychopath. But is she the only target of his twisted desires?
A regular Sunday night in a Las Vegas strip club is rocked when a local oddball dies mysteriously, during a private dance.
Amber falls immediately in lust with the hot paramedic who arrives, and follows him outside, anticipating sizzling romance. But, her casual encounter quickly descends into a terrifying, twisted nightmare from which she is unable to escape.
Five days later, and it's Lana's next shift at the club; she's a fly-in-fly-out stripper paying her way through law school – she's also Amber's best friend.
Where is Amber? And what about the dead client? Was it an accident? Suicide? Or murder?
Finding neither the police, nor the club are taking much interest, Lana conducts her own inquiries, even though she finds herself the victim of a social-media hate campaign, and an ex-boyfriend who is sending her death threats. She's desperate to uncover the truth about the death, but the person she most needs to speak to is Amber, who has failed to show up for her shift yet again…
Lana is thrust into a web of lies and deceptions she is determined to unravel, in which everyone is a suspect.
An addictively dark, psychological thriller laced with steamy romance, mystery, action and suspense; Twerk exposes the working lives of Las Vegas strippers behind the glamor – the challenges, the rewards, and the deadly risks.
Set in the world of Vegas strip clubs, Blackthorn's novel shows the real — and often decidedly unglamourous — life that means. The women suffer all the aches and pains of the hyper-athletic work they do on stage and in the more intimate surroundings of the special after-shows — no touching though! The club's license hinges on not turning into a brothel. Some of the women work in the sex trade, too, but on the outside. Most just use the club to finance their kids or a dream.
Lana falls into the latter group. During the week she's an ambitious law student. On the weekends she's a highly skilled stripper with a unique act. But then there's a client death at the club which sets in motion a lot of strange events leading to a surprising climax.
The novel alternates between point of view: from Amber who falls for a hot paramedic and gets a lot more than she bargained for, to Lana, who's finding social media can connect you with the past and that's not always a pleasant thing, to the mysterious 'Lacuna' whose bizarre ramblings let you know there's a very dangerous person in the mix. Blackthorn manages the narrative suspense by moving between actions and voices until the end where they all come together in a tense showdown after hours in the club.
You may be drawn in by the stripper theme, but you'll keep reading for the suspense. Just like the strippers who are a lot more than just empty fantasies, the story dives beneath the surface to explore fears and pain and how some can nurture them for a lifetime until they explode.
Review: Sunburn – Laura Lippman
I inhaled this book. What a great tag line: She has nothing to lose. And everything to hide. The cover is slathered with glowing reviews from big names, big papers (and the Daily Fail) but you know that Lippman's got a career that has more than earned those plaudits.
This is neo-noir yet as fresh as summer rain (I say with relief that we've finally got some this morning — a hot Scotland is just unnatural). Sure it's got a sexy woman with secrets, private investigators and all kinds of people out to get something and damn the consequences. Lippman takes these sometimes self-conscious tropes and plays with them. Polly actually discovers noir during a bad marriage and it's literally a lifesaver for her. Adam is no Sam Spade and hurrah for that, but he's no Walter Neff either.
It's an irresistible joy to watch two people fall for each other when they're not sure they can trust each other and everything is against them — but you're not sure what's true and neither are they. Lippman alternates between a variety of characters from chapter to chapter and you learn things you didn't know as well as wrong assumptions they're making about others. Sometimes you just want to shout at the characters (or maybe that's just me).
Some quotes:
The problem is, when a man wants her, he usually won't stop trying to get her. They wear her down, men. She starts off by taking pity on them, ends up feeling sorry for herself.
It's a special art, asking people to do things, yet making it seem as if you never asked at all.
How had she even figured out what he was planning to do? A witch, that one. She's a witch.
Sometimes he used to wake up in the middle of the night and find her looking at him. The light from the streetlamp threw a stripe across her eyes, and it was as if she were wearing a mask that allowed her to read his every thought.
Maybe she should write an advice book for men, one that tells them everything they want to hear, as opposed to all those books for women, which tell them to be the opposite of what they are, no matter what that is.
I could keep quoting but this gives you a great idea: lean, mean, addictive — up to the last pages you won't be sure how things will go. What a pleasure.


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Макси́м Анато́лійович Авер'я́нов (22 липня 1997, Черкаси, Україна) — український футболіст, півзахисник клубу «Зірка» (Кропивницький).

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Починав займатися Футболом в СДЮШОР міста Черкаси. Пізніше у ДЮФЛУ виступав за київський РВУФК.

14 серпня 2014 року був включений в заявку на сезон 2014/15 бронзового призера чемпіонату України та учасника Ліги Європи харківського «Металіста». До зимової перерви провів у складі молодіжної команди «металістів» 10 ігор.

У Прем'єр-лізі дебютував 1 березня 2015 року в гостьовому матчі проти київського «Динамо». У цій грі, крім Авер'янова, футболки першої команди харків'ян вперше одягли також Богдан Бойчук, Олексій Ковтун, Єгор Чегурко, Сергій Сизий, Дмитро Антонов і Володимир Барілко. Такий «груповий дебют» гравців харківської молодіжки став можливий завдяки бойкоту лідерами «Металіста» старту весняної частини чемпіонату України через невиконання клубом контрактних зобов'язань перед ними.

На момент дебюту у вищому дивізіоні Авер'янову було повних 17 років. Він був наймолодшим на полі, вийшов у стартовому складі і провів у грі 57 хвилин.

Після розформування «Металіста» влітку 2016 року перебрався в «Черкаський Дніпро», однак за основну команду не провів жодного матчу, виступаючи на аматорському рівні за другу команду клубу — «Зоря-Черкаський Дніпро-2» з Білозір'я.

У 2017 році перейшов у кропивницьку «Зірку». У квітні 2017 року Максим Авер'янов був дискваліфікований КДК ФФУ на 1 рік і умовно на 2 роки за участь в договірних матчах у складі «Металіста».

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