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• 26-NOV-2018

  • News Release

G20 Summit: Lufthansa HR Manager Martina Niemann is Germany’s official representative in the task force for the empowerment of women in business

Business Women Leaders‘ Taskforce (BWLTF)
  • The international Business Women Leaders Task Force plans to foster the economic empowerment of women and introduce their ideas in the run-up to the G20 summit.
  • Prominent members of “Chefsache” intitiative form the German working group.

Lufthansa Airline HR Manager Martina Niemann is representing Germany in the international Business Woman Leaders Task Force (BWLTF). The BWLTF was first initiated at the Hamburg summit in 2017. Its aim is to bring together executives and managers from all G20 member states in order to foster the participation of women in the economy and increase the empowerment of women from all countries and socio-economic strata. The BWLTF has worked closely with previously established dialogue groups and, in the run-up to the G20 summit in Buenos Aires in late November, will submit their recommendations for how women can be further empowered socially and economically. These recommendations have been worked out in advance by the various national working groups and then consolidated by the BWLTF. Cornelius Baur, McKinsey Managing Partner Germany and Austria, had joined Martina Niemann in representing the German working group in the BWLT.

"Chefsache" initiative leads by example

“This is not a woman-only subject,” Niemann emphasizes. “We can only succeed when women and men, politics and business work together.” The working group from Germany consists of members of the "Chefsache" initiative, which takes exactly this approach. The German network of leaders from industry, science, the public sector and the media was formed in 2015 and is dedicated to ensuring equal opportunity for men and women. The Lufthansa Group has been a member since mid-2016.

The members of the “Chefsache” initiative are now contributing their dedication and expertise to the German working group for the BWLTF. “It is an excellent opportunity to discuss the goals of the "Chefsache" initiative on an international stage and benefit from the experiences that have been made in other countries,” says Baur. One of the proposals that the working group has addressed aims to establish networks of the public and business sectors similar to the "Chefsache" initiative in Germany, the "Women’s Business Council" in the UK and the "Gender Parity Initiative" in Argentina.

Lufthansa puts support for women at the top of the agenda

Martina Niemann was nominated by the German Chancellery to create and lead the national committee for Germany. “We are glad that the Chancellery has chosen Martina Niemann, a woman who lives the idea of gender equality and carries the commitment of Lufthansa Group to more diversity and equal opportunities into her business area every day,” says Bettina Volkens, Lufthansa Group’s Head of Human Resources.

Volkens adds that the Lufthansa Group places women’s empowerment high on its agenda: “Gender diversity has a central place in our HR strategy. Every leadership position in the Lufthansa Group is advertised openly and every shortlist has at least one qualified woman on it. We also offer multiple programs below the management level that prepare women – and of course men – for leadership positions.”

BWLTF position paper will be presented on 29 November

A joint position paper by all national committees will be presented to the representatives of the G20 states on 29 November by the BWLTF and discussed with them. “Fortunately, we were able to include many of the original German positions that were based on suggestions made by the established W20 (Women) and B20 (Business) dialogue groups in past years,” Niemann concludes. Ideally, these subjects will appear in the official closing statement of the summit after 1 December.

More information on the subject of diversity and equal opportunity in the Lufthansa Group can be found in the latest report Balance. To find out more about the “Chefsache” initiative go to www.initiative-chefsache.de or @Chefsache on Twitter.


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Sunday, September 27, 2015

Leading off the September October edition of Branchline!

At the OVAR meeting in June, I gave a presentation on Kingston Platform Scenes. After the meeting, I was asked by a member of the new editorial team for Bytown Railway Society's Branchline to submit some articles. Canada's Rail News Magazine is switching to a bimonthly publication schedule, as well as an exciting new format inside.

Off I went to electronically scribble an article about being trackside with VIA Rail along CN's Kingston Subdivision. Stitching together consist information, early-80s photos and operational details from 1976 to the new millennium was enjoyable and challenging.

Fortunately for me, Malcolm, Earl and the other members of the editorial team were very helpful and gave great feedback. Little did I know the article would lead off the first new-format Branchline, the September-October 2015 issue!

It's been a pleasure sharing some trackside treasure from throughout VIA's various eras. Watch for more articles. I think I'm on a roll.


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Global Pharma’s R&D Re-Balancing

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Earlier this week, in Michael Woodhead’s superb blog China Medical News, he wrote about “major problems with ‘serious’ research clinical trails carried out in China.” Michael points to a JAMA article and then proceeds to elaborate:

“the FDA found serious problems with the Chinese clinical trials of apixaban, a novel anticoagulant. At one site the FDA concluded that patient records had been altered. When they investigated further the FDA inspectors declared that data from 23 other Chinese clinical trial sites was suspect and should be excluded from their evaluation of apixaban (Eliquis). We often hear that western pharma companies are shifting their R&D from the US and Europe to China. It may be cheaper but with reports like this you have to wonder if it is worth it in the long run.”

This is not the first set of concerns that have been voiced about clinical trials and other pharma-specific R&D endeavors underway in China. Lost in the last two years during all the commotion about GSK’s corruption problems in China was the company’s other problem in its clinical trial group, which resulted in the 2013 firing of its research chief.

These problems all take place against the backdrop of a major re-balancing of where pharmaceutical R&D budgets are being spent globally. Almost every major pharmaceutical multinational has made announcements of planned investments in their own R&D capacity in the China market. These investments reflect simple realities: China’s appetite for innovative medicines means that more R&D inevitably can and will be done inside its own borders. This inevitability has been made all the more certain as China has focused on the development of a domestic life science sector as one of its focus areas, a decision reflected in the most recent Twelfth Five Year Plan.

What to make of these problems, and the re-balancing of where pharma MNCs spend their R&D budgets, are the more interesting questions. Quick work should be made of two tropes: that these problems are somehow illustrative of the unique problems of doing innovative R&D of any sort in China, and that this sort of re-balancing is inherently bad for the countries who currently enjoy dominant positions economically by serving as the global workforce for where bench science takes place. Of all topics international trade policy touches on, public health should be one of those that certainly is not a zero-sum game.

China’s aspiration to develop its own domestic pharmaceutical sector has twin goals. Yes, there is an economic development goal that smacks into long-held points of contention between the so-called “Washington” and “Beijing” models, with the latter focused on a more explicit sort of favoritism and command-driven national economic development model than the American approach. But more important (and more likely to be successful) than China’s economic development goals are the country’s public health goals, which explain a large part of the country’s desire to have domestic R&D capabilities to ensure that innovative therapies are being developed and commercialized specifically for China. Step into the middle of where these two goals intersect, the infrastructure within which pharmaceutical clinical trials occur, and no one should be surprised that problems have presented themselves. In fact, these sorts of problems coming to the surface are necessary and, if Chinese officials and MNC businesses respond accordingly, these can also benefit industry, government and ultimately patients.

Source: Forbes (link opens in a new window)

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Rufai Oladimeji
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This monday i woke up late and i wrongly
thought that the time of salat fajr was
over.My mother wanted to use the bathroom
so i said to myself i will let her use it since i
am out of time for the salat i can wait
before doing it.I looked outside i could see
that it was still a little dark but i said to
myself the sun is hidden behind the fog so i
still took my time.But during this time my
mind was not clear sometimes i thought i
was in the time sometimes not but i chose to
believe i was out of time.I went to make
wudu and salat and later in the day i looked
at a prayer sheet and it said that i would
have had the time to do it because there was
still six minutes.I wanted to know if i am
guilty of volontary delaying salat.

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the
Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of
worship except Allah, and that Muhammad
is His slave and Messenger.

If the situation is as you mentioned in the
question that you believed that the time of
the prayer was over, and you delayed the
prayer due to your mother wanting to relieve
herself, then we hope that you are not sinful
because you believed that you had to make
up the prayer because its time was over.
Even according to the view that one is
obliged to immediately make up a missed
prayer, as per the opinion of the Hanbali and
Maaliki School, then it is permissible to delay
making up a missed prayer if there is a
sound religious reason, as stated by the
Hanbali School. Allowing your mother to
enter the toilets before you is a sound
reason, Allah willing.

Moreover, Allah will not hold into account
the Muslim Nation for things they commit by
mistake, or things which they forget, or
which they were forced to do.
However, you should try to wake up early in
the future in order to perform the Fajr
prayer at its prescribed fixed time and with
the congregation in the mosque if possible.

Allah Knows best.

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Through the myriad libraries of Chicago, Detroit and New York house and techno, for me one name has kept cropping up; Green Velvet aka Cajmere, or Curtis Jones. Like many DJs/producers who began making tunes in the late 80’s, Jones initially messed around with cheap drum machines, samplers and four-tracks in his bedroom. His first official release came in 1991, with the “Underground Goodies” EP, and just one year later he had his first big hit as Cajmere with “Coffeepot”, a wonderful tune that refuses to go away, making an appearance as recently as October last year on Diplo’s exquisite Fabriclive 24 mix. These releases and many more of his were part of an extensive, prolific and high quality output on Jones’ own recently established Cajual record label, which would later include the likes of DJ sneak and Gemini.

Jones took a radical new direction in 93/94, setting up a sister label to Cajual, Relief records, and starting to make unconventionally brilliant releases as Green Velvet. These included a string of mid-nineties tech-house classics such as Preacher Man, Answering Machine and Flash, which are all included (with many more worthy tunes besides) on the The Nineties (1993 A.D through 1999 A.D) (1999) compilation (my personal favourite Green Velvet work) and his debut LP Constant Chaos (1999).

He took a more angsty (but still brilliant) turn with Whatever (2001). Laden with socio-political references and a heavy, almost existential tone, the album is challenging to digest at first, but ultimately very rewarding. More thoughtful lyrics are accompanied by fuller and more complex sounds, with Jones really delivering on tracks like Sleepwalking (an abstract piece seemingly on alienation) and Stop Lying’, an edgy and gritty techno track. I had the privilege of seeing Green Velvet live at this point, supporting an Orbital which at this stage paled in contrast to the three-man (Jones was accompanied by Mr. Zook and Spaceboy for the tour) rock-band style aural assault on offer from the former.

His latest album entitled Walk in Love was released in 2005, and pathetically enough, I still haven’t heard it. Once again, anyone who has may leave their two cents below. On Friday, August 25th The Templebar Music Centre, Dublin plays host to Green Velvet. This should be one not to miss, so if you feel like going, tickets are 20 quid and are available from Selectah Records and tickets.ie

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Initial Descent: November 25 – December 1, 2018

Food coma anyone? If you’re in the states you know what I’m talking about and if not you’re all the better for it. Just as waistlines are expanding so is the quantity of releases vying for that ‘before the end of the year’ release date. Good for us. Exactly what, you’re wondering? Read on…

With the exception of a few small spots in time, Master has been around for 35 years and are still here and still kicking all kinds of death metal ass on their fourteenth full length Vindictive Miscreants, so get on that. Just in time for the much needed slow and low feeling after massive amounts of food last week, Psychlona give us rolling rhythms of fuzzed out desert rock on Mojo Rising. Blackened death metal and 90s era thrash collide on Fireborn, the debut EP from Aempyrean, and Bane offer up more blackened death metal on Esoteric Formulae but melodicism takes a front seat on this one.

Jump in face — or belly — first to this week’s offerings and we’ll be seeing you, here, throughout the week. Continue reading

Profile: Desert Rock Fuzzsters Psychlona

England might not be the first place anyone would think of when conjuring sights and sounds of fuzzed out desert rock but that’s exactly what Psychlona offer up on full length, Mojo Rising. Their shared love of Fu Manchu, Kyuss, Hawkwind and Sabbath comes through in spades, which isn’t new territory, but it’s the way the band puts this amalgamation together that makes it sound so damn good. It’s a psychedelic ride across a heated desert in a chop top rat rod with a skull shifter, nitrous button and the devil in the passenger seat pushing the journey towards redline. It’s amazing how well Psychlona capture the energy and ethos of desert rock here but furthermore how they effortlessly slide in some well placed doom and fuzz for good measure. Alongside Mojo Rising’s release date, we had the chance to ask the band our set of Profile questions to get a look behind the scenes so head inside to see what they had to say. Continue reading

Initial Descent: November 4 – 10, 2018

Valle Crucis
Valle Crucis

November is here and it has brought cold weather with it and earlier darkness. I am not amused, at all. As a kid I loved it but now, nope. But, my seasonal pains is not something you care about so let’s get into what the first full week of metal for this month has to offer…

First up is SC’s answer to vicious and cold black metal, Valle Crucis with their full length debut Iron & Blood – I don’t get enough chances to rep my locals but this duo is stunning, don’t sleep on this one. Next is Hypnagogia from funeral doom by way of death metal legends Evoken, their level of genuine artistry is somewhere high atop the stars and continues that trajectory here. Moving along is the second full length, Holy Grove II, from Portland’s Holy Grove and much like their last one, this album further blurs the lines of heavy metal, doom and space rock but make no mistake it hits as hard as a freight train and scratches that bluesy itch perfectly. Last up, at the top at least, is Thoren with their extremely dissonant take on instrumental, progressive death metal with Gwarth I – if looking for a challenging listen is one of your priorities, this is the one for you.

That’s the first four but there’s so much more. Get in there… Continue reading

Rainbows in the Dark: BANG – “The Best of BANG”

bang - best of bang

While Black Sabbath were setting the very bones of what we’ve come to define as heavy metal music, there were a slew of other bands in the late 60s and early 70s playing righteously heavy music.  Mixing boogie, psychedelia and straight ahead rock in the vein of bands like Cream and Blue Cheer. Bang, for a time, were set to be the Next Big Thing, even opening for Sabbath.  Their self titled 1972 debut was a powerhouse of tight, adventurous hard rock but, as is evident on Ripple Music’s recent compilation The Best of BANG, there was a lot more to the band than a couple hard licks and a footnote in the annals of metal.  Bang were a dead on, kick ass rocking unit.   Continue reading

Profile: Good-Time Stoner Metallers Mr. Plow

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Mr. Plow

Texas based stoner metal band Mr. Plow have been around, in one form or another, for better than 20 years now and while their discography may not be as deep as you might assume, each entry is filled to the brim with riff heavy, down tuned rock in the vein of Fu Manchu and Kyuss but with their own unique take. Beach in lieu of desert? YES, that’s the vibe in a nutshell. Ripple Music took notice and recently announced that the band would be joining their family and would be releasing their latest album, Maintain Radio Silence, this summer. We recently had the opportunity to ask the members of Mr. Plow our set of Profile questions so head inside to see what they had to say. Also, and in case you missed it, they featured their best of 2017 list with us and you can read that here. Continue reading


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Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield – Nintendo Treehouse Live E3 2019

NintendObserverPeople have been hating hard on the Galar Pokédex ever since and here I am thinking it makes perfect sense.

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Guy Mannes-Abbott is a London-based writer and critic of things essential -sometimes in the form of e.things- whose work often performs in visual art contexts. Author of the highly-acclaimed In Ramallah, Running (London 2012), his text series appeared in e-flux journal’s Supercommunity project (Venice Biennale 2015/Verso 2017), and End-Note(s) (Rotterdam/Hong Kong 2015). Amongst recent publications, he contributed a chapter to The Gulf: High Culture, Hard Labor (New York 2015), and an essay on the work of Emily Jacir in Dissonant Archives (London 2015). A wall text ‘In witness times begins’ featured in Moderation(s) at Witte de With (Rotterdam 2013), his short story Buzz, buzz, buzzzz appeared in Drone Fiction (Dubai 2013) and he collaborated with Bombay based-studio CAMP on The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories (Folkestone Triennial 2011). Amongst his widely published cultural criticism (The Architectural Review, Independent, Guardian, New Statesman, Bidoun, Art Review, Third Text, Camera Austria, Ibraaz, Middle East Eye, etc.), nothing equals the happy honour of writing an introductory essay for Mourid Barghouti’s Midnight & Other Poems (Lancashire, 2008). He is widely travelled in body and mind, a speaker of tongues, once taught theory at the AA School of Architecture, remains a core member of the Gulf  Labour Coalition, and campaigning ‘urbanforester’ (@leaftoleaf) -combining utopian ésprit and taste for the wilds of an urban commons. He lives with a Swedish architect/sailor and their two boys.

Mar 2018.

I’ve returned to this after my 2012-16 website was hacked, along with my server, etc. and the same régime deported me early in 2017. This seems unhackable and so I revert to packaging and mailing fruit in this way for a while … Please be in touch with the email below which has recovered; it is extremely good to hear from anyone I don’t (already) know … Or follow the twitter handle which is usually on the right of these pages @guymannesabbott

Jan 2010.

I started this blog when I archived my old website

Then I got busy laying down a pathway to and from my [new] fruit store still near the Thames in Central London in the form of occasional notes; aromatic, juiced-up, sweet and sharply evocative memorials of future hopes. If I seem lost or confused, please email me at: guy [at] g-m-a [dot] net

p.s. The image in the header is a now adjusted screen-grab from Godard’s One Plus One, but then you knew that.

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    I’m reviewing In Ramallah, Running for Third Text, would you happen to be in London to meet up in the next week or so, to share more.

    Many thanks

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Penis Pain: What You Should Know about It

penis pain

Many men all over the globe ask themselves, “Why does my penis hurt?” But since this issue is very intimate and delicate, the men often underestimate or brush it under the carpet. However, it’s a mistake. Instead, you should arm yourself with knowledge and understand how to act if it happens that your manhood really aches.

Causes of Penis Pain after Sex

Most frequently, penis hurts after sex. And this is when the majority of men firstly pay attention to the existence of such a problem.

In this case, the possible manhood pain causes are as follows:

  • Prolongation of sexual intercourse
  • Extension of masturbation
  • Not enough lubrication
  • Uncareful oral sex
  • Circumcised penis

Pathological Conditions Causing Penis Pain

There is also a range of dangerous pathological conditions which may make your manhood aching:

  • Peyronie’s Disease. It’s actually a formation of scar tissue on the manhood. And it provokes pain.
  • Priapism. It’s a painful erection which lasts for many hours.
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections. These infections are the most widespread causes of penis pain.
  • Balanitis. This infection spreads over the tip of penis and foreskin making them sore.
  • Injuries. Different kinds of injuries are a frequent reason for which the penis may ache.
  • Phimosis. This disorder implies inflammation or infection of foreskin.
  • Paraphimosis. This condition affects foreskin and leads to urinary incontinence and even death of penile tissues.
  • Cancer. Manhood soreness is one of the symptoms of this disease.

What to Do in Case of Penis Pain

Whether you have pain in penile shaft or tip of penis hurts, you should schedule an appointment with a healthcare professional without any delay. This will enable you to protect your health and even save your life. Only a healthcare practitioner can set an accurate diagnosis and assign an adequate therapy.

Penis Pain Treatment

If your penis hurts, your doctor may prescribe the following treatment methods depending on what exactly caused soreness:

  • Pharmaceutical therapy. Antifungal medications, antibiotics, and antiviral medications are often prescribed to combat manhood pain of infectious, fungal or viral origin.
  • Injections. They alleviate pain in men suffering from Peyronie’s disease.
  • Draining blood from the manhood. This procedure is effective for softening the penis when priapism occurs.
  • Steroid creams. It’s a worthy option for fighting phimosis.
  • Surgery. It may help ease the symptoms of cancer and Peyronie’s disease.

The Bottom Line

If you think, “My penis hurts but it’s nothing serious”, it’s a mistaken approach. Penis pain is a burning medical issue which should never be ignored.

If you don’t manage to determine and cure the true cause of penile pain, this may negatively affect both your overall health and sexual potency. Thus, unhealed pain may provoke spread of infection and cancer, sexual disabilities, bladder control problems, and gangrene. That’s why the doctor’s consultation is obligatory.


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Agricultural Research Updates. Volume 18

Prathamesh Gorawala (Editor)
Srushti Mandhatri (Editor)

Series: Agricultural Research Updates
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Volume 10

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Special issue: Resilience in breaking the cycle of children’s environmental health disparities
Edited by I Leslie Rubin, Robert J Geller, Abby Mutic, Benjamin A Gitterman, Nathan Mutic, Wayne Garfinkel, Claire D Coles, Kurt Martinuzzi, and Joav Merrick

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This book examines the most up-to-date research in the agricultural field. Chapter One reviews the use of agricultural waste as potential feedstock for activated carbon development. Chapter Two presents the potential uses of chlorogenic acid from vegetables and industrial waste. Chapter Three provides an overview consuming antioxidants from fruits and vegetables for sustainable human wellness. Chapter Four analyzes advances in fruit growing technology. Chapter Five focuses on plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) mediated plant disease resistance. (Imprint: Nova)

Chapter 1. Agricultural Wastes as Potential Feedstock for Activated Carbons Development
Ana Lea Cukierman and Pablo Ricardo Bonelli (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Depto. de Industrias, Programa de Investigación y Desarrollo de Fuentes Alternativas de Materias Primas y Energía (PINMATE), Ciudad Universitaria. Buenos Aires, Argentina, and others)

Chapter 2. Potential Usefulness of Chlorogenic Acid from Vegetables and Industrial Wastes
M.J. Rodríguez-Vaquero, C.V. Vallejo, S.M. Sosa-Mármo and P.A. Aredes Fernández (Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia – Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Ayacucho, CONICET, Tucumán, Argentina)

Chapter 3. Sustainable Human Wellness: Synergistic Action of Antioxidants from Natural Plant-Based Ingredients in Everyday Meals
Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Dapeng Li, Feng Li, Diana Guerra-Ramírez, Guillermina Hernández-Rodríguez, Yukiharu Ogawa, Xuguang Qiao, and Teodoro Espinosa-Solares (College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China, and others)

Chapter 4. Advances in Fruit Growing Technology
Marijana Pešakoviæ, Jelena Tomiæ and Milan Lukiæ (Fruit Research Institute, Èaèak, Kralja Petra, Èaèak, Republic of Serbia)

Chapter 5. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) Mediated Plant Disease Resistance
Fazilath Uzma and Srinivas Chowdappa (Biocontrol Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Bangalore University, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore, Karnataka, India)

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Archive for September, 2012

20120927-194946.jpgI was looking through the pictures on my phone and realised Ive been storing up a raft of food snaps that Ive taken whilst out and about over the last month or so. So I’m doing something useful with them and mentioning a few foodie spots around Edinburgh (and beyond) that I would recommend as worth a visit.

The most recent (Im going back to front here) treat was a candle lit dinner for two at Steak.

At last.

I have been dying for an excuse to get there and it didnt disappoint one bit. This picture of my pretty and delicious smoked salmon mousse (with cucumber jelly and beetroot), was the only semi-usable image I remembered to take before I got completely side tracked by my Black Isle Ribeye steak with Bearnaise sauce and buttered greens that followed… nom. Oh, and then on top of all that I had rhubarb crème brulee which was equally nom. Sorry, the camera had been completely discarded by then so you’ll have to use your imagination.

Before my dinner at Steak, I had the luck of being invited to the relaunch of the new menu at The Old Bell restaurant on the south side of town.

My highlight of the evening was this dish which consisted of clams with borlotti beans and herbs, in a very delicate white wine and garlic sauce. I don’t know why now that I’ve tried it, but I would never have thought to serve beans as a side to clams in this way and it was so simple but full of flavour at the same time.

I have been thinking about it ever since and trying to remember each element so I can try to recreate it at home. I like food that makes you jealous because you wish you had invented it yourself.

Now, before the steak… and the clams… I had some damn good ice cream.

B. Janetta’s Italian gelato from their little shop in St Andrews. I’m sorry to betray the gelaterias in my own city but I havent been in one in Edinburgh that has the volume and creativity of flavours you can find in this one (if there are any Gelateria owners currently reading this who think I have just missed out on your shop I would be more than happy to be proved wrong and find that I have something better on my doorstep so please feel free to correct me should you feel I am doing you a disservice).

I chose buttered pecan ice cream which would have been delicious just on its own but I went OTT and had it topped with caramel crunch pieces and toffee sauce.

See what I mean?

20120927-195157.jpgLast but absolutely not least, I managed to get round to another foodie event Ive been managing to miss out every month due to a combination of bad timing and a slow trigger finger (the tickets are gone within minutes of being released).

I finally went to Burgher Burger! The three course menu for BB9 started with this bowl of freshly made miso soup full of crunchy veg and zingy ginger. It might seem odd that I’ve mentioned the soup first when the whole thing is about the burger but it made me realise the miso soup I have tried in the past was frankly, rubbish. I wish someone had given me this one the first time I tried it. Unfortunately the lovely mood lighting also meant it was too dark by mains to capture my beautiful handmade burger with mushroom ketchup and parmesan crisp but all I’m saying is that tickets for BB10 are being released tomorrow and I will be hovering over my keyboard with trigger finger at the ready.

Take my ticket and you’re dead! ♥

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My favourite books to read while I’m on holiday are written by chefs about their lives, using a mixture of narrative and recipes to tell the story. I can actually quite happily read a normal cookbook like a novel but I’d have to bring a small library to keep me busy for two weeks so these keep me occupied a little longer and give me a few recipe ideas if I happen to need them.

My latest read is Dear Francesca by Mary Contini, the co-owner of the famous Italian delicatessen Valvona & Crolla. Its addressed to her daughter, telling the story of their family and how they came to Edinburgh from Italy. Strangely its the first one of her books Ive read but I loved it and Ive been plowing my way through the recipes since I got back home. There are some benefits to the Scottish climate… its cold enough to eat soup!

Besides a freezer full of soup, I finally got around to trying tomato risotto. I thought Nonna Marietta’s risotto al pomodoro was a pretty good recipe to start with. I intended originally to stick to the recipe but I had some mature scottish cheddar in the fridge and thought it would be an interesting alternative to Mary’s suggestion of adding chunks of fontina to the finished dish which melt into stringy pockets as they sit in the risotto. I thought since the book combines dishes from both countries, I wouldn’t be frowned upon by the author if she knew what I was up to.

The experiment didn’t disappoint and I am imagining all kinds of variations on my normal risotto recipes that I want to try with different base flavours and cheeses. This could turn into a very fattening winter (yes in case you are still telling yourself summer might turn up before we hit snow again, I hate to break it to you…its not coming).

Tomato Risotto with Smoked Pancetta and Mature Cheddar

I’ve written out Mary’s recipe with only a couple of small tweaks as I couldnt find a copy on the net but I wholly recommend you buy her book yourself so that you get the Italian mothering and instruction that my version is lacking.

  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 75g butter
  • 1 shallot peeled and finely chopped
  • 150g smoked pancetta (the original recipe uses 200g but with the cheddar the smoked pancetta is very rich so a little less pares it back a bit)
  • 200g risotto rice (I normally use 100g per person due to a paranoid fear of having too little but Mary’s original recipe uses 300g to serve 4)
  • 200g Italian plum tomatoes, sieved (half a 400g tin)
  • about 1-1.25 litre hot chicken stock (1 litre is enough for 200g rice)
  • a handful of cubed mature cheddar

Heat the oil and 50g of the butter in a saucepan. Sauté the shallot until softened and transparent. Sauté the pancetta a little and then add the rice and stir around to let it toast. Add the sieved tomatoes and cook for a few minutes. Slowly start to stir in the stock, one ladle at a time. Stir everything and cook for about 20 minutes. When the rice is cooked stir in the remaining butter and divide between two bowls. Sprinkle over the cheddar cubes and gently push them into the rice so that they melt. You could also garnish with fresh herbs such as basil.

Serious comfort food! ♥

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This is a very quick update to my last post about Cocoa Boutique.

I completely forgot to add a link to their monthly competition, which enters you into a draw to be a taster – you get free chocolates, and in return you score them as you would if you were a permanent member. I can safely say its good fun, requires barely any effort on your part and frankly… you would have to be a bit weird not to want free chocolate.

So it would be remiss of me not to share the opportunity.

And if that plan doesnt work there’s also an introductory offer on the paying membership (£9.95 instead of £34.95) if you click here.

Right I’m starting to sound like a salesperson so enough of that. Recipes to feature again soon I promise.

Happy Tuesday! ♥

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How do the political parties decide who runs for Nunavut MP?

“It seems like the smaller communities across the territory of Nunavut don’t have a say”

Signs posted in Iqaluit promote the candidates who ran for the Nunavut seat in the 2011 federal election. Our reader asks about how those parties choose their candidates. (File photo)

By Nunatsiaq News

As a community member and a resident of Nunavut, I would like to know how people are chosen to run for Liberal candidate, NDP candidate, Conservative candidate and independent candidate.

It seems like the smaller communities across the territory of Nunavut don’t have a say on who will run as a federal MP for each party in Nunavut.

Nunavummiut need to talk about who wants to run for each party. Is it Iqaluit that does the selection?

Who are the people who decide who is going to run for each party in Nunavut for MP? Why are the rest of Nunavummiut not aware of who is going to run?

Smaller communities need to be aware of the process, and who makes the decisions.

This is very important and we as smaller communities need to hear what is going on and who is running.

Please, help me answer many of our questions on who is running for MP and how the decisions are being made.

Paul Puqiqnak
Gjoa Haven

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  1. Posted by Peter Ohokanoak on

    Hi Paul,

    You can run as an independent or have a political party endorse you. Being endorsed by a party happens in different ways, the party can seek out candidates who best represent the values of the party and the Territory, or you can reach out to the party and make your case as to why you should be their candidate. You would also need to register as a member of the party.

    Either independent or endorsed by a party, a potential candidate needs to follow the steps on the Elections Canada website:

    1.Check that you meet the criteria set out in Part 6 of the Canada Elections Act
    2. Appoint an official agent and eligible auditor
    3. Obtain and fill out a Nomination Paper (EC 20010)
    4. Obtain at least 100 (or at least 50, if applicable) eligible signatures
    5. Have a qualified elector witness your consent to the nomination
    6. Have the witness to your consent file the nomination paper and other required documents with the returning officer before 2:00 p.m. local time on Monday, the 21st day before election day
    7. Submit the required financial documents following the election

    • Posted by Paul Puqiqnak on

      Hi Peter, thanks for the information, I don’t have any intensions of running for MP for Nunavut, I just wanted to know how the process was made.

      thank you

      • Posted by Peter Ohokanoak on

        No problem, it’s good to know the process.

        All the best.

  2. Posted by Knockout Ned on

    The Conservative Candidate is usually picked in Ottawa. The local riding association is then notified of the nominee by registered letter.

    The Liberal Candidate is also usually picked in Ottawa, but they make a show of going through the process of talking to different locals. They then notify the local riding association of the nominee by fax. There’s a young lady in Rankin currently seeking the nomination, but no one really believes she will be the candidate. Folks in Ottawa have already picked someone, and they’re letting her campaign to make it look good.

    The NDP generally conduct a candidate search, which I understand is underway right now.

  3. Posted by Paul Murphy on

    Knockout Ned. Not totally accurate. Those people seeking the nomination within the Conservative part must put in their nomination papers by a given closing date. The local nominating committee selected from within the Nunavut members in good standing review the applications, do interviews of the candidates and make their choice known to the head office. They in turn do due diligence decide yea or nay at that time. But the final decision is always after consultation with the Nunavut Electoral Association.

  4. Posted by Ms.Talk on

    About time someone asked the question. The liberal party of Nunavut ( a very small select group of people ) decided for years who to put as an MP. It was even like a secret not to let others know in the Territory how the real process worked. The distance between communities also make it hard to have leadership forums but with internet, it could probably happen somehow. The MP’s both were just back benchers for years and never really said anything to assist the Territories. One even went to Political science courses in University while being MP. Most times the Liberal MP in both cases probably didn’t attend meetings or sat in the Legislature of Canada during all the years being elected.
    Relationships with families across the territory worked in both MP’s and not so much the political smarts.

  5. Posted by Voter on

    I think I will be voting NDP this time, I’m still on the fence, depending who the Liberals have for a candidate, even with some things the PM has been doing I cannot support Sheer one bit, all he does is attack and doesn’t have a platform to stand on.
    I just can’t support another term with the Conservatives, the last one was a nightmare and we are still trying to move away from it today.
    So NDP you have a good chance here, pick some good people and let’s see where it goes.

    • Posted by Jen on

      I’m not a big fan of Trudeau but I also cannot make myself support Scheer, the Conservatives Reform Alliance Party is too close to the far right, Scheer seems to be talking with the far right groups so much and attacking constantly instead of talking about what he would do, I just don’t trust them. I’m not voting for the CRAP but I too am waiting for who runs for the NDP and Liberals to decide on who I am voting for.

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A message for Ash

It’s Sue this time.  We retrieved the wrapped handset from the tree where we left it, but no message from you.  When we saw the burnt-out husk of the caravan we ran towards it, which was probably stupid, but we needed to know if you were here.  There was nothing to salvage of our home, and nothing to be seen of you either, and we’re taking that as a good sign.  We think you must have got away, possibly with the workset, and abandoned the caravan to whoever did this.  So I’ll post here in the hopes you can find some way of seeing it, and replying to us.

Sarah said a little about how it was in Chester, but I want you to know all of it.  I would have sent that message myself, but after challenging the guards on missing people I was given a red tag, and told to stay within the residential and work areas for a week.  It was Sarah who pulled me aside before I got into real trouble.  It was the first day, after three hours of gruelling work shovelling ashes and occasional unburnt remains into sacks to go out to the farms as fertiliser.  By the end of work, I was frantic that you hadn’t arrived, describing you to everybody, asking if they’d seen you.  Eventually, somebody pointed me to the guard who’d been on the gate all afternoon, and he told me you’d arrived and gone away again.  I couldn’t understand it.  I thought he must be lying.  I asked about the people we came in with – a Pakistani family with two little girls and a boy Sarah’s age.  We’d shared stories in the waiting area, before they took us for interviews, one by one, each separately tagged and scanned and given the details for our accommodation, food depot and work duties, even the seven-year-old.  We hadn’t seen them since.  Sarah wanted to wait for them, but I just wanted to get to the depot, get our loaf of soggy bread and find our flat before our shift started.  When the guard told me you’d gone, I started asking about them, too, and Sarah dragged me away and told me to look around.  There was nobody inside the walls who wasn’t white.  I stopped asking questions, and we decided we’d get out the next day and find you.

We went to the depot immediately after work to get into maximum debt and go away with as much food as we could.  We had to queue for an hour.  I couldn’t stop myself worrying about the debt, and Sarah got annoyed with me.  “It’s all just numbers on a screen, mum.  They only bother with it so they don’t have to call the food ‘rations’ or the work ‘slave labour’.  It’s not like anybody’s ever going to be able to pay it off, they charge us more in rent and food than they pay us.” And I got annoyed, because I wanted to believe that some sort of remnant of the old world was in place, that there was some continuity, some normality to be found.  “It is normality,” she said.  “That’s how it’s always been.”  When did she start talking like we used to?  She’s like your mother, no quarter for liberal platitudes or half-measures.  How we must exasperate her.

We went back to our accommodation and made some rucksacks out of wiring and pillow cases, to take the food and the few essentials they left in the flats.  Just as I thought we’d calmed down and focused on a plan, Sarah told me she’d found out how to get a message to you, and she needed my wedding ring, and so we argued again.  I didn’t want any complications to my carefully timed plan, or to think of her going alone to a corrupt guard in a deserted building where I couldn’t follow, and I eventually pulled rank and told her that it was my wedding ring, and she couldn’t have it.  She started shouting, “What’s more important, making real contact with Dad or holding onto a memory of when you used to?” and that hurt.  I didn’t really care about the ring, I just wanted to stop her going, and that made her even angrier, angry that I was weak and afraid, that I couldn’t be strong for her and wouldn’t let her be strong for us.  She had an idea that you’d be breaking in to find us even as we were breaking out, and that we had to get a message to you, and even as I told her you wouldn’t try something like that I began to worry that you would, and hesitate over whether to leave at all.  By the time Sarah persuaded me to give her the ring we were both shouting and shaking and crying.  She grabbed it from me and stormed out in a rage, then immediately returned and hugged me fiercely, planted a kiss on the top of my head, and strode out again.

I spent the next hour trying not to watch the window, trying to occupy myself with preparing and packing.  The flats had been cleared, but not too thoroughly.  Our plan was to escape down the river on a camping mattress we’d found at the bottom of the wardrobe when we arrived.  I checked it for punctures, though I had nothing to fix them with.  I’d found some maps in a kitchen drawer, too, and planned out our route and how we’d get back to the caravan.  And then I watched the window until it was dark, and when I saw her walking steadily back towards the flats I knew that she was fine, that our daughter’s damn near invincible, and I felt so proud and relieved – and sad.  I put my head down on the table and realised I had no energy left to escape that night.  Then I realised I couldn’t tell Sarah that, and I’d just have to find the energy, borrow it at crippling interest from the next day’s reserves, like everything else there.

The canal’s not far from the residential blocks, but it was a tense walk.  There isn’t exactly a curfew, but being seen out and about at night with bags and an inflatable mattress would certainly have raised questions.  We found an unguarded stretch and huddled together in a warehouse doorway, while we took turns inflating the mattress.  It was only then that I began to really think about what we were risking, what would happen if we were caught.  In theory we weren’t prisoners there, but running from a debt was a serious crime.  There were all kinds of speculations about what happened to “debt fugitives”, but most imagined they were summarily shot.  There’s no reason to bring somebody back who might be trouble, or to let somebody go who may know how to get back in unseen.  I thought about that as we set our makeshift raft floating on the canal and tried to crawl on board without overturning it, and I wondered if Sarah had thought it, too.  Of course she had.  She never used to kiss me before walking out after a row.

We lay flat and paddled the raft with our hands over to the other side.  We knew that the canal passed a few checkpoints where we might be spotted, while the river was wider and ran further from the residential areas and away from main roads.  After crossing, we carried the mattress through deserted streets to the river, drenched and ridiculous, me jumping at shadows and Sarah suffering from inappropriate giggling fits, until we reached a quiet spot to throw ourselves into the hands of the Dee.  There was a level change which, small as it was, sent us spinning down a fall towards the handbridge and almost overturned us.  Then it was my turn to be angry at Sarah; I hissed at her to get a bloody grip, as I struggled to right us and save the food while she squealed like a child on a rapids ride.
“Have you been drinking?” I asked her, as if there were the slightest possibility, as if she’d just come home late from college, and she shook her head, then buried it in the mattress, crying with laughter.
She took gasping breaths as we got the mattress stable in the current. When she could speak again, all she said was, “I can’t help it.  It’s just too funny.”  And I realised that it really was.  We clung together and gave in to helpless laughter as the river carried us gently away.

Once we were well into overgrown, unharvested farmland, we put everything in the centre of the mattress and swam it through the chilly water to the bank.  By this time most of our clothes were wet anyway.  We wrung them out but didn’t have any spares, so put them back on, damp, let down the raft and began the long squelch North by the pole star that we knew would eventually lead us to the M6, or at least a road with signs to it, and from there, we hoped, to you.  Instead, this morning we found the burnt shell of our home, and you gone.

But we have this handset, and we have each other, so all we can do is keep moving.  Sarah thinks you might have gone back to the museum – it’s the only place we can think of where you’d imagine we might look for you.  But first, we have to find some kind of shelter and sleep.

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A message for Sue and Sarah.

I’ve made it back to the caravan.  I can’t get through to you.  Do you still have your handsets?  I’ll wait here for you, and if you’re not here by tomorrow evening, I’ll assume you couldn’t get away and try to find a way in.  Leave me a message if you can.

I love you both.

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Noon at Five O'Clock: The Short Stories of Arthur Yap

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By Arthur Yap, Edited by Angus Whitehead

This volume marks the recovery and first combined publication of the stories of Arthur Yap, one of Singapore's most accomplished and important writers.

A hitherto neglected facet of Yap’s opus, his eight short stories are deceptive in their simplicity, housing within their sparse prose a complex engagement with Singapore society from which he wrote. With his signature minimalistic style, Yap simultaneously perplexes readers with stories of seemingly plotless ambiguity, yet draws them in with familiar characters playing out situations that still resonate in twenty-first century Singapore today.

Angus Whitehead’s introduction highlights literary nuances in the stories and frames the stories within the wider backdrop of social change of Singapore at the time of Yap’s writing. The meticulous critical apparatus make this book of interest to not only the general reader but also students of Singapore and Southeast Asian literature in English.

Arthur Yap (1943-2006) is one of Singapore's most important poets. He was also a painter and a writer of short stories. In 1983, he was awarded the Cultural Medallion for his contributions to literature in Singapore. His other publication The Collected Poems of Arthur Yap is available at NUS Press.

Angus Whitehead is assistant professor at the Department of English Language and Literature at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Publication Year: 2014
104 pages, 217mm x 140mm
ISBN: 978-9971-69-791-4

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Slow Cooker Double Dinners for Two

By Cynthia Graubart

  • Release Date: 2014-03-25
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As most cuts of beef and chicken are sold in packages designed to serve 4 or more, Graubart has designed Double Dinners for Two, eliminating leftovers and waste. Her recipes use slow cooker liners as separate cooking bags to cook two different recipes in the same 3 1⁄2-quart slow cooker at the same time. The home cook can create two completely different dinners at the same time in the same slow cooker—one for dinner tonight and one for a future meal that’s not a leftover!

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It seemingly came out of nowhere. On October 23, 2012, Hotline Miami was released to critical acclaim. it was unapologetically ultraviolent and featured brutal but surprisingly cerebral combat set to a kickass synthpop soundtrack. The cryptic storyline about a secret war between patriotic American vigilantes and the Russian Mafia was an homage to the cold war paranoia that permeated 1980s politics and media. Ultimately, it led President Ronald Reagan to spew in 1987, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

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Hotline 2 remains the frantic, top-down chain killing game that fans expect. However, where the Hotline Miami was defined by tight interiors, Hotline 2 mixed this up by adding in some expansive outdoor maps. The result is a more conservative style of gameplay than the previous game, a change that’s not completely welcome.

Guns play a more prominent role in Hotline 2. In the new wide open maps, it’s common to have enemies firing from off-screen, forcing players to adopt a much more defensive strategy compared to the original. Some sequences become battles of attrition, sniping enemies from afar and playing peek-a-boo to bait in shooters.

The story also has grown. Rather than following perspective of one character, Hotline Miami 2 is divided into a series of expansive vignettes that don’t follow a linear timeline. They alternate between the events of 1985 that gave birth to the nationalist organization 50 Blessings (featured in the first game) and in the early 90s after the narcissistic, pizza-loving Jacket’s one-man killing spree against the Russian mob. Some of the new POVs include a pacifist journalist (odd for this kind of game), a corrupt detective, a young spec ops soldier (Beard, the king of odd jobs in the original game), and my personal favorite, a group of copycat vigilantes inspired by Jacket called The Fans.

With this larger cast comes a change in the way masks are used. They’re now character-exclusive, and most missions won’t allow players to select alternate masks at all. It’s a change that feels challenging rather than stifling, but not all masks are created equal.

Mark, the bear-masked big man of The Fans, has the firepower ability, which allows him to wield MP5s. In one of the game’s trailers, Mark rushes into a crowd of enemies and spins with arms out and both guns blazing, becoming a lead-slinging hurricane of death. Yet during gameplay, this is virtually never practical and the only thing it will earn you is a continue prompt. Alex and Ash, the brother-sister duo of the fans, are two characters that are controlled as one. Alex wields a chainsaw while her brother Ash sports a pistol. But ash also has a frustrating tendency to lag behind doors when Alex charges in.

Ultimately, Hotline 2 is a good game that’s sometimes a great game when it isn’t biting off more than it can chew. The slower gameplay in Hotline 2 isn’t worse than its predecessor. But it can feel less satisfying. Rushing down a claustrophobic corridor and chain slaughtering a gang of mobsters is a lot of fun. Popping out a door to aggro a bunch of shooters and then hiding in the corner is a little less fun.

Although Hotline 2 won’t enjoy the same prestige as the original, it’s a solid title that was made with much hope and ambition. Not all the new changes work, but when they do, the results can improve the fan experience.

It could also be the last Hotline game. The finale didn’t leave much room for a sequel. By delivering what is strongly implied to be a conclusive ending to the series, Dennaton Games could be forcing themselves to start fresh, to prove that their freshman success wasn’t just a fluke. Perhaps they want to show they’re capable of making another hit without riding on the wave of celebrity.

That’s something I gotta respect. Even in the midst of the questionable design decisions, Dennaton’s proclivity for deceptively complex gameplay and cool aesthetics shine through, and I look forward to what the future has in store for them — and for us as gamers.

Jonathan D. Lee is the deputy editor of 1337, a new, digital eSports magazine based in Denmark. Lee, however, makes his home here in The Big Apple.

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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back In Concert

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After the destruction of the Death Star, the Empire has regrouped — with Darth Vader leading the hunt for Luke Skywalker. Star Wars and the New York Philharmonic join forces for the World Premiere of The Empire Strikes Back in concert, featuring the iconic movie on the big screen with the Philharmonic performing John Williams’s legendary score live.

This concert is a special event of the 2017–18 season.

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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (World Premiere-score performed live to complete film)

David Newman

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David Newman is one of today’s most accomplished creators of music for film. In his 30-year career he has created the scores for more than 110 films, ranging from War of the Roses, Matilda, Bowfinger, and Heathers to the more recent Five Flights Up and Serenity. His music has brought to life the critically acclaimed dramas Brokedown Palace and Hoffa; top-grossing comedies Galaxy Quest and Throw Mama from the Train; and award-winning animated films Ice Age, The Brave Little Toaster, and Anastasia. Mr. Newman holds an Academy Award nomination for his score to Anastasia, and was the first composer to have a piece — 1001 Nights — performed in the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s FILMHARMONIC series, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Mr. Newman is also a highly sought-after conductor, appearing with leading orchestras throughout the world, including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and The Cleveland Orchestra. In the fall of 2017 he conducted the New York Philharmonic in the World Premiere live-to-film presentations of John Williams’s epic film series, Star Wars: Episodes IV, V, VI, and VII.

The son of nine-time Oscar-winning composer Alfred Newman and an active composer for the concert hall, David Newman has written works that have been performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, and Long Beach Symphony, as well as at the Ravinia Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, and Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival. He also composed a violin-orchestra suite for Sarah Chang based on songs from Bernstein’s West Side Story. Passionate about nurturing the next generation of musicians, Mr. Newman serves on the Board of the American Youth Symphony, a 51-year-old pre-professional orchestra based in Los Angeles, and in 2010 he served on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival in the Film Scoring Program.

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Mall debuts paid reserved parking just in time for holidays

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New Jersey’s largest mall has found a brilliant way to cash in on the crush of holiday shoppers — offer reserved parking for those willing to cough up $10.

Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus rolled out the revolutionary “MyPark” system this week with 33 reserved, individually numbered spaces on the second level of the mall’s Parking Deck B, according to

The Bergen County shopping center is the first major mall to test the app, created by a Miami-based company of the same name.

The system is expected to be implemented in several areas across the country in 2017, including California. It is not clear whether New York will be receiving any.

All users are required to buy at least four hours of parking at a time for $10 – and are charged $5 for every additional hour, reports.

The app also offers directions to other nearby parking lots that use the reserve system, as well.

“The number one reason why people don’t go to the mall in the fourth quarter, if you survey them, is ‘I can’t find a place to park’ or ‘I don’t want to walk all the way from where I have to park at the mall,’” explained Jan R. Kniffen, chief executive officer of the retail consulting firm J. Rogers Kniffen Worldwide Enterprises LLC.

“Everybody’s been trying to figure out ways to deal with this,” he said, “If you can say parking space XYZ is yours, you can change their view on how big a hassle it is to come to the mall.”

While the MyPark system is ultimately designed to be fully automated, an attendant will be on hand in the lot to assist first-time users.

A giant barrier, which basically serves as “a robot with a metal arm” — will be positioned in each of the reserved parking spots and will fold down when a user activates the app. It then lifts back up once they leave in order to prevent non-users from pulling in.

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7 things to do in Oak Cliff this March

All Out Trinity (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

All Out Trinity (Photo by Danny Fulgencio)

March 1
Musical Satire
Singer-songwriter Roy Zimmerman brings his political satire to Oak Cliff from Northern California.
Unitarian Church Oak Cliff, 3839 W. Kiest Blvd., oakcliffuu.org, 214.337.2429

March 3
All Out Trinity
This celebration has a little something for everyone: yoga on the bridge, the Trinity River Levee Run and The Dallas Gravel Ride bike race.
Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, allouttrinity.com,$15-$85

March 3
Jon Batiste
Taking a break from being the musical director on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” bandleader and composer Jon Batiste breaks out on his own for a solo performance.
The Kessler Theater, 1230 W. Davis St., thekessler.org, 214.272.8346, $25-45

March 3
Outdoor Market
Little D Markets will organize an outdoor market of local vendors during All Out Trinity.
Ronald Kirk Pedestrian Bridge, 115 Continental Ave., littledmarkets.com, free

March 10
Laugh Out Loud
Steve Treviño is a South Texas native whose first comedy special, “Grandpa Joe’s Son,” premiered on Showtime in 2012. His new special, “Relatable,” is on Netflix.
The Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd., thetexastheatre.com, 214.948.1546, $24-$34

March 12
El Book Club
The bookstore bar The Wild Detectives’ usual book club takes a Spanish twist with a reading of “Rendición” by Ray Loriga.
The Wild Detectives, 314 W. Eight St., thewilddetectives.com, 214.942.0108, free

March 24
Jazz Masters
Two jazz powerhouses, Vincent Ingala and Julian Vaughn, meet to create a magical night of smooth rhythms. The saxophone and bass go perfectly with complimentary cocktails.
Bishop Arts Theatre Center, 215 S. Tyler St., bishopartstheatre.org, 214.948.0716, $70

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Chat Chow TV Video Podcast Launches

Chat Chow TV, a video podcast that goes behind the scenes with South Florida’s top chefs, restaurateurs and mixologists, launches with its premier webisodes featuring Cindy Hutson, chef and owner of Ortanique in Coral Gables; and Ryan Goodspeed, mixologist at Michael’s Genuine in Miami’s Design District.

Chat Chow TV Host Lauren Bernat, who’s claim to fame is the “Wii Fit Girl” viral video sensation, interviews a different South Florida food personality each week to chat about their favorite dishes, ingredients, cooking gadgets and their meal of choice if it were their last day on earth.

“Miami is now on the map when it comes to food and libations and Chat Chow TV is the first to cover it in the video arena,” said Gio Gutierrez, creator and executive producer of Chat Chow TV.  “Local foodies and tourists planning a trip here can download these 8-minute webisodes found on, Vimeo, YouTube and Apple TV and learn what’s cooking behind South Florida’s celebrated food industry,” he added.

Stay tuned for Chat Chow TV’s next webisodes featuring Wayne Eldred, manager of Tarpon Bend Bar & Grill in Coral Gables, and Abe Ng, owner of Sushi Maki restaurants.

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“They Got The TV – We Got The Truth” – Boots Riley Visits NZ

With Boots Riley‘s visit to Auckland last week, we again discovered no matter how much you’ve heard of someone second-hand, it can all become completely irrelevant once you meet them in person.

Despite having a quarter million views on his latest video (featured below) Boots arrived with zero airs and graces, blending in within minutes, as if we’d always known him.

Yet what else could we expect, from the man who rapped:

“They’ve got the TV –
we’ve got the truth.
They own the judges –
We’ve got the proof!”

The gig was hosted by the Mana Movement for the People, in Mangere, and it was The People who turned out for him on the night.

Gig organisers/activists kick it with Boots Riley after the gig

Gig organisers & activists kick it with Boots after the gig

We spent the afternoon with Boots, interviewing him at his press conference and spending time with him before and after the show.

(Our video interview playlist is below: transcripts to follow)

There were plenty of familiar faces on the night, having a welcome respite from the daily grind of putting their lives on the line to fight for human rights and social justice.

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The highlight of the set was definitely this acoustic version of ‘The Guillotine’ – apparently the first time this song has been performed live with just voice, guitar and bongos.

Our earliest memories of Boots related to his participation in the famous West Coast Port Shutdowns of November and December, 2011, where hundreds of thousands of striking members of the public shut down the Ports of Oakland and other ports across the West Coast of the USA.

Shout out to the awesome @nishneb for sending us this nostalgia clip of Boots speaking at the December 12 Port Shutdown II, an event we witnessed live thanks to Occupy Oakland livestreamers.

Video streaming by Ustream

(Click here for our archive of articles about Occupy Oakland)

Boots Riley To Perform In Auckland Tomorrow

As old school followers of this blog will know we have closely followed Occupy Oakland throughout the years (and vice versa).

One of our favourite ever Occupy moments was watching Oakfosho’s Port Shutdown II footage of the live concert on the back of the soundtruck that included Oakland’s own Boots Riley.

So we were ecstatic to discover he is coming to NZ and will be interviewing him at his show tomorrow night.

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Thanks to all who made this possible – full press release is printed below FYI.

Boots Riley to perform live in Auckland.

Mana Tamaki Branch are excited to announce that we have a very special guest, Boots Riley, coming to our very own neighbourhood!

On Tuesday April 15 at 7.00pm Boots will be hosting a political discussion and Q&A followed by an acoustic performance, at the Metro Theatre at 362 Massey Road, Mangere East.

Pictures, video interviews and commentary will be tweeted on the hashtags #BootsRiley & #Mana . Boots Riley is an American poet, rapper, songwriter, producer, screenwriter, humorist, political organiser and community activist, however is best known as lead vocals for The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club.

Light refreshments will be provided as well as Mana merchandise available for purchase at the event. A koha at the door is appreciated. Nau mai haere mai whanau! Come and support this local event and enjoy what will be a very interesting and entertaining evening.

A press conference will be held at the UNITE UNION, 6A Western Springs Road, Kingsland – 2pm Tuesday, 15 April.

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     You may be an experienced Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) athlete, racing all across the globe in all different brands.  You’ve earned your trifecta, have a rainbow-colored assortment of headbands and a trophy shelf full of fancy medals.  Well if you are new to the world of Ultra-OCR, you are in for a treat.  Enduro, endurance…

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#AllTheRaces: Ensuring Success With Multiple OCR Races

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If you are headed to North American OCR Championships or OCR World Championships you are probably racing more than once over the course of the weekend. There are up to five events occurring in one weekend for OCRWC: 100m 3k 15k Team Relay Charity Run With that many events in one weekend, your pre/intra/post-race fueling…

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Prepping for the 15k OCRWC with Hammer Nutrition

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It’s only 15k, why do I need fuel?  Well if you are running the North American OCR Championship (NORAM) course in an hour and a half, you may not need fuel.  If you are like most of the athletes on the course spending between two and six hours on the course, you are going to…

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How To Prep for the 3k OCRWC with Hammer Nutrition

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Adventurey is proud to have Hammer Nutrition back as the leading nutritional sponsor for 2019’s North American OCR Championships (NORAM).  Whether you are headed to OCR World Championships (OCRWC) or NORAM your fuelling for each event will look pretty similar.  What to purchase to be OCRWC race day ready: Peaking Essentials Before you toe the…

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OCRWC and Operation Endurance Warrior Renew Partnership

The Obstacle Course Racing World Championship (OCRWC), the sport’s first independent championship, announced today a continued partnership with Operation Enduring Warrior (OEW), a veteran operated non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to honor, empower and motivate wounded service members through physical, mental and emotional rehabilitative activities such as Obstacle Course Races.

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New Obstacle Course Racing World Championships Qualifying Events Added

The Obstacle Course Racing World Championships (OCRWC), obstacle course racing’s first independent championship, announced today that it has dramatically increased its reach by adding nearly half a dozen new qualifying events across the globe, including races in international markets such as Spain, Italy, Canada and Central America. This adds to an already impressive list of global qualifier...
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OCR World Championship Organizers Announce New Qualifying Races & Digital Media Partners

The OCR World Championships (OCRWC), obstacle course racing’s first independent championship, furthered its reach into international territory with today’s announcement of new qualifying events and digital media partners. This marks another important moment in what is anticipated to be the most collaborative event in the sport’s history.

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Eat and Drink This Now! Cucina Enoteca’s All New Cocktail Menu

Koire Rogers of Cucina Enoteca, photos and story Greg Nagel

A good bartender is like the most trusted hair stylists: They have similar aprons, and sometimes that boost of confidence you get with a great drink can be matched with getting a spiffy haircut. When you find the right bar/hair person, it’s sort of a match made for life. And if they leave their job, you’re likely to follow them to their new spot to keep getting that same fade.

When I heard the creator of one of my favorite cocktails in OC (Cigarettes & Coffee at ARC) had moved on to serve as beverage manager of the Urban Kitchen group, I knew a visit to its closest property, Cucina Enoteca at Fashion Island, was in order. “Yeah, almost everything on the drinks menu is new,” says Koire Rogers of the 11 additions to the updated menu. Each one focuses on a flavor profile leaning on what Italy does best (amaro and vermouth) mixed with what Koire does best, intertwining them with tastes of what coastal California is thirsty for.

Smoke Signals at Cucina Enoteca

Take, for example, Smoke Signals, a Mezcal-based drink that resembles a margarita in appearance, but it unfolds into a serious form of long-distance communication between ingredients. Passionfruit (Brazil), Yellow Chartreuse (France), Del Maguey Mezcal (Oaxaca, Mexico) and lemon hit your palate like comic-book fight sounds—Wham! Kapow! Zwap! The drink is brightly vibrant and complex, with layers of fruit and smoke and summery feels. A dried sprig of thyme is torched for garnish, perhaps an invitation to send actual smoke signals to your date with a cocktail napkin. Two poofs = you’re hot; three poofs = you’ve got a nice booty; anything after four = let’s make babies.

The best burrata you will ever have

Cucina’s burrata + tomatoes achieves ultimate food flattery for almost any drink on the menu. The ooey-gooey, creamy burrata curds meld with heirloom tomatoes, hearts of palm and briny Gaeta olives worth fighting over. The cheese spreads like soft butter on the crispy ciabatta toast, giving a satisfying crunch. If you’re into carbs like I am, don’t feel shy about asking for extra bread to sop up every last drop. Various pizzas (try the date, ricotta and bacon with egg), house-made pasta (go for the bucatini) and small plates round out the great options for sharing.

Although the word enoteca translates to “wine repository,” cocktail-curious winos can easily find a drink or two that will send them down the cocktail rabbit hole for years to come.

Cucina Enoteca, 951 Newport Center Dr., Newport Beach, (949) 706-1416; also at Irvine Spectrum, 532 Spectrum Center Dr., Irvine, (949) 861-2222;

Greg Nagel has been writing about beer since 2011, is an avid homebrewer of wine, cider, and beer, is a certified Cicerone Beer Server, level 1 WSET in Wine, a podcaster with the Four Brewers Show, and runs a yearly beer festival called Firkfest happening on June 29th in Anaheim!

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Holland & Knight Offices – Bogotá

  • Client Holland & Knight,
  • size 12,916 sqft
  • Year 2014
  • Location Bogotá, Colombia,
  • Industry Law Firm / Legal Services,
  • AEI Arquitectura e Interiores has developed the offices of global law firm Holland & Knight located in Bogotá, Colombia.

    Our inspiration and concept was understood by “nature as a working space”, where we combined timeless and natural finishes such as concrete, wood, glass and carpet on each space in the office. The project´s look & feel showed a perfect combination between cold and warm finishes with natural and artificial lighting as the contrast focus.

    Inspired on the woods as the entrance to a new natural space, the reception has marble, wood and wallpaper, contrasted with indirect lighting. It´s the beginning of the experience, where the clients can stay at the waiting area and watch the sculptural division motivated on the trees.

    During the design process we noticed that employees lacked space for private conversation and collaboration amongst teams; the design team then outfitted each zone with a series of spaces for collaboration ranging from small meeting areas for 1-3 employees, a private closed library for their investigation process, to larger, 8 person tiered teleconferencing spaces for collaboration amongst offices across the world, to more traditional board rooms for groups of 20, all of these spaces with exterior view and natural lighting, based on one of our defined goals, sustainability and comfort.

    The interior stair worked not only as the unifying space of the project but also as a meeting point inspired on nature and freedom. Designed under an existing structure this focal area has wooden steps, metallic railing and indirect lighting. Under the double height ceiling people will see a pendant lamp inspired on seagull´s flight.

    DesignAEI Arquitectura e Interiores
    Photography: Juan Fernando Castro


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Homeowners can get in touch with us for a broad array of services as a top choice for a residential electrician in Montville Township NJ. Make us your first call in the event you require lighting fixtures in the local area. The appropriate lighting fixtures have the ability to completely transform a kitchen, living-room or any other room in your house. Yet another wise move is attic fans installation in Montville Township NJ. This will definitely help you reduce how much you depend on your air conditioner, helping you better manage your house’s cooling during the summer.

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It was just one year ago when Tyrese Gibson was going OFF on his Fast and the Furious costar Dwayne Johnson on the streets of social media because he thought the former wrestler was breaking up the “family” by leading his own spinoff. But since then, the singer-turned-actor has, in his own words, “humbled” due to the birth of his new baby girl. Read on for the latest.

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