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How to Treat Ulcerative Colitis with Diet

The rotten egg gas, hydrogen sulfide, is one of the main malodorous compounds in human flatus (in other words, one of the main reasons farts can smell so bad) but the larger concern is that it may be responsible for relapses of inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis. In my video Preventing Ulcerative Colitis with Diet, I talk about the role animal protein may play in the development of these diseases, thought to be because of effectively putrefying animal protein gas. (For more on that, see my video Bowel Wars: Hydrogen Sulfide vs. Butyrate.) But what if you already have ulcerative colitis? Can cutting down on sulfur-containing amino acids help? Previously, the only dietary intervention shown to help at all was the withdrawal of milk.

In Treating Ulcerative Colitis with Diet, I discuss the role of diet in ulcerative colitis. Case reports going back decades described patients with ulcerative colitis whose flares appeared to be triggered by cow’s milk. The elimination of all dairy products from the diet was reported to “frequently result in a dramatic improvement in symptoms.” But, when milk was reintroduced back into patients’ diets, it could trigger an attack. The role of milk wasn’t formally studied, though, until 1965. Was it just a small group of patients who were allergic? Or, could a milk-free diet help with this disease in general?

Researchers randomized patients presenting with an attack of ulcerative colitis into a milk-free diet group or a control placebo “dummy” diet group, in which they told people not to eat random foods to make it seem like they were getting special treatment. The milk-free diet worked better: Twice as many were symptom-free when they were off all dairy, and fewer patients suffered relapses. So, there does seem to be a certain proportion of ulcerative colitis patients who would benefit from eliminating all dairy products. These researchers estimated that milk is a trigger in about one in every five cases, so, certainly, sufferers should try a dairy-free trial to see if they’re one of the lucky ones who can control this condition with such a simple dietary intervention.

What about cutting back on sulfur-containing amino acids in general? A study of four ulcerative colitis sufferers found that their daily bouts of bloody diarrhea significantly lessened when they did just that. Reduced intake of sulfur-containing, amino acid-rich foods produced an improvement in moderately severe ulcerative colitis. What happened when they added these foods back into their diets? The researchers felt the effect was so dramatic that going back to eating foods such as meat, dairy, eggs, and wine with sulfites was considered unethical.

That was just a pilot study, though. Researchers then set up a study in which 191 ulcerative colitis patients in remission were followed for a year to determine which foods were associated with a relapse. These turned out to be meat and alcohol, which makes sense because they’re both rich sources of sulfur, which may increase the concentration of hydrogen sulfide, which, if you remember, is toxic because it interferes with our body’s utilization of fiber that our good bacteria turn into a beneficial compound called butyrate.

How can we increase fecal butyrate levels to counteract any hydrogen sulfide? Butyrate enemas have been shown to be of benefit, but if butyrate is made from fiber, can’t we then just get it the regular way—that is, by eating it? Yes. Ulcerative colitis sufferers were given oat bran for three months to make their good bacteria happy. None of the patients relapsed, and their symptoms appeared to be under better control.

One of the common questions we physicians treating patients with inflammatory bowel disease are often asked is whether changing diet could positively affect the course of their disease. So far, our answer—especially for ulcerative colitis––has been, “We don’t know; there are no special recommendations.” This may now change, though, with a study suggesting that consumption of meat may aggravate the course of inflammatory bowel disease. So, folks may want to cut down on meat, eating it no more than once a week. While we don’t yet have confirmation from interventional studies to support the specifics, this could be considered the best available evidence we have right now.

For more information on ulcerative colitis, see my videos Preventing Ulcerative Colitis with Diet, Bowel Wars: Hydrogen Sulfide vs. Butyrate, Striking with the Root: Turmeric Curcumin & Ulcerative Colitis, and Wheatgrass Juice for Ulcerative Colitis. More on this epic fermentation battle in our gut can be found in my Stool pH and Colon Cancer video.

I also discuss inflammatory bowel disease in Titanium Dioxide & Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Preventing Crohn’s Disease with Diet, Dietary Treatment of Crohn’s Disease, and Vitamin D for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Is the concept of sulfur-rich proteins new to you? Check out my videos Starving Cancer with Methionine Restriction and Methionine Restriction as a Life Extension Strategy.

In health,

Michael Greger, M.D.

PS: If you haven’t yet, you can subscribe to my free videos here and watch my live, year-in-review presentations:

Michael Greger M.D., FACLM

Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM, is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues. Dr. Greger has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit, testified before Congress, appeared on The Dr. Oz Show and The Colbert Report, and was invited as an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey at the infamous "meat defamation" trial.

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  1. Don’t have the problem but if I did I think my first attempt at relief would be Inulin. I take it in small amounts throughout the day and my bowel movements are just fine.

  2. Its sad how the GI docs recommend a low fiber diet for UC Patients. I went vegan and ate tons of fiber, shunning Surgery(to save my life they said). Doing the opposite of what the GI docs said is what cured me of UC.

    1. Yes, very good question. I have been trying to read up on the underlying question but sofar found no answers. Yes, the sulfur amino acids in onions, but ,more importantly, in cruciferous veggies form the extremely important sulforaphane, which, yes, sometimes leads to extra flatus. Also the H2S which is bad in the GI tract is in moderate amounts very good in the blood! Can we have it both ways?
      Perhaps dr. G. & Friends can throw light on this matter…..

      1. Hi Julie and
        As Dr Greger explains, the toxic effects of hydrogen sulfide appear to be a result of blocking the ability of the cells lining our colon from utilizing butyrate, which is what our good bacteria make from the fiber and resistant starch we eat. It’s like this constant battle in our colon between the bad metabolites of protein, hydrogen sulfide, and the good metabolites of carbohydrates, butyrate. Using human colon samples, researchers were able to show that the adverse effects of sulfide could be reversed by butyrate. So, we can either cut down on meat, eat more plants, or both.
        What Animal Protein Does in Your Colon

        1. This is an interesting comment you made about sulfides blocking butyrates.
          So, I eat dried apricots and dried pears. These dried foods always give me stinky gas. I guess it is because these dried fruits are preserved in a sulfide chemical of some type. So, my conclusion is that eating dried apricots and dried pears may not be a good idea because they produce sulfites that will block my butyrates. Is that correct?

    2. Hi Julia, thanks for your question. The sulfur containing food such as red meat, cheese, milk, fish, nuts, and eggs, also in preservatives found in commercial breads, beers, many alcoholic drinks, sausages, and dried fruits tend to result in faecal sulphide levels increase after consumption of above food. Mercaptides such as sodium hydrogen sulphide (one of the main malodorous compounds in human flatus) are reducing agents that help maintain anaerobic conditions in the colonic lumen. They are produced in the human large intestine by bacterial reduction of dietary inorganic sulphate and sulphate and by fermentation of sulphur amino acids. However, ingestion of food that produces butyrate in bacterial colon dampen the bad effect of sulfur containing food. So resistant fibre such as oats has resulted in an increase in the population of Bifidobacillus and Lactobacillus in the colon and an increase in faecal butyrate concentrations to dampen the damaging effect of bacteria that ferment of sulphur amino acids.
      Diet and relapsing ulcerative colitis: take off the meat?

  3. Dr. Greger
    I have had a recurrence of UC. It began initially about 1 year ago at age 70–first time. Was controlled by Lialda and VSL#3 probiotic. I am basically a vegetarian, about 80% of the time. I am a serious weight lifter (compete in powerlifting competitions). My breakfast usually consists of a smoothy made from fruit, kale and whey protein. I realize I need to cut out all wine (I was basically off it and we went on vacation around the holdiays when I had a recurrence and both diet and wine consumption changed). I need to get back to my normal diet. What about whey protein and yogurt? Can I continue to use these in my smoothies or should I cut them out. Many thanks in advance.

    1. I am not a doctor but do eat whey protein and real yogurt. I suspect that your problem may have to with fermentation of foods inside the stomach. Try to separate eating fruits at other time or skip it for a while to see if your condition will improve. For vegetables then slightly cook instead of eating completely raw. My stomach does not digest too much raw vegetables either although I have no digestive issue to start. By slightly cooking, you actually enhance the nutrients absorption.

      It’s not because you are a vegan that you cannot have digestive issues.

      1. PLEASE BE AWARE that “Jerry Lewis” and his “advice” and bologna agenda are contrary to just about every study presented on this site and others. He is a dangerous source of wild misinformation and n=1 unsupported anecdotes.

      2. U may want to avoid whey protein. Very difficult to verify organic and contaminent free. I am a retired fitness specialist. Powerlifting. Got seriously ill. Autoimmune. When added protein powder to my diet.i verified my product and still got poisoned, i realize that was then and contolls r now rigorous but research verifies extra protien is not necessary for hypertrophy.

    2. Have you tried any vegan protein powders? I know there are more and more bodybuilders who are turning toward plant-based eating, and there are several plant-based protein powders out there. Maybe you can find one that doesn’t irritate your UC. I have UC too but am not a bodybuilder so I don’t currently use any powders so can’t make any recommendations.

      1. Sunwarrior is a plant based protein powder I like it a lot. I have colitis and have had it since I was 19 years old , I’m 36 now. Cutting meat out of my diet the last 4 years and most dairy helped my colitis so much and like I read someone else say, when you read about colitis diets it says loose the fiber. Back in my 20s when I had terrible flares I couldn’t even touch raw carrots but when your not flaring is the time to slowly start working your way up with fiber and maintaining eating it , it’s been the best thing for my colon. I make my own almond milk that I use in my smoothies.

      1. Whey protein is milk without casein. Please educate yourself.

        So Dr G said that casein is bad, blah blah blah which is not quite true. But if whey is milk without casein then what does he have to say?

        1. Jerry

          Why do you have to keep making these fatuous comments? Dr Greger has never said that casein is the only dairy or animal protein that raises health concerns. You knoiw that and still you try to mislead people about what Dr Greger’s position is.

          For one thing, animal protein in general raises IGF! levels and high IGF1 levels are associated with increased cancer risk.

          There is also concern about Neu5Gc in dairy products and animal proteins, andits possible association with various diseases

          Frankly, Jerry, I get the impression that you deliberately try to deceive people about what Dr Greger has reported and what the scientific evidence shows about a whole range of subjects.

    3. Mike

      As Dr Greger says in his blog “there does seem to be a certain proportion of ulcerative colitis patients who would benefit from eliminating all dairy products. These researchers estimated that milk is a trigger in about one in every five cases, so, certainly, sufferers should try a dairy-free trial to see if they’re one of the lucky ones who can control this condition with such a simple dietary intervention”

      I am not a lifter but if you think that you really need high protein consumption for your sport, there are quite a few non-dairy alternatives available I understand. Michael Bluejay also has some information on the protein requirements of bodybuilders and athletes.

        1. Hello Jack and thank you for your question,
          I am a family doctor with a private practice in lifestyle medicine, and also a volunteer moderator for this website.

          It is difficult to advise you without understanding exactly what foods you eat, and what foods that you know can aggravate your IBS. It’s good that you’re off dairy, because that is a frequent contributor to IBS symptoms in my experience.

          Having said that, the simple answer to your question is that you need to eat more calories. If you are eating mostly vegetables and fruit, that can be difficult to accomplish, because you would need to eat very large quantities.

          Eating foods with higher fat content is the most efficient way to get more calories in. However, most fats are very unhealthy, especially saturated fat — even if it’s from a plant source (coconut oil and palm oil are two examples of generally unhealthy plant oils). Probably the healthiest oil is flaxseed oil, due to its very high content of omega-3 fatty acids. Eating ground flax seeds is better than the oil, because that gives you the benefit of the lignans and fiber.

          All nuts and seeds are high in calories and fat. Some of the healthiest ones (which have appreciable omega-3 content, and not just omega-6 fatty acids) are flax, chia, and hemp seeds, and walnuts.

          Beans are also fairly high in calories, so if you tolerate them, you should definitely eat more beans.

          Dr. Greger has done lots of great videos on flax and on beans, and a few on IBS, which you might want to check out. I hope this helps.

          Dr. Jon

          Volunteer moderator for

  4. I just read the first paragraph and can tell that the rest is just TAT. Dr G, if you really try to help people then talk about real nutrition rather than pushing your vegan agenda. Being vegan is a noble cause but let’s not mix up nutrition with idealism. Otherwise it will look like some fanatic religion that forbids people from eating certain foods just based on religious ground.

    Nothing is further from the truth than the following statement as billions of people in the world including Okinawans and Chinese eat animal foods without a single problem. Of course they also eat a lot of plant foods along. You have to look at the entire picture and not just one part of what people eat and come up with a fantasy novel that some well known TAT had written.

    “I talk about the role animal protein may play in the development of these diseases”

    1. Jerry, thanks for fulfilling the role of NF.O Naysayer. ‘-)

      Everything needs a foil, irregardless of the validity, to give the “customer” the option of which side to choose.

      Obviously you elevate Dr Greger and WFPB diets to greater and greater heights.

      (com’on, your occasional rational posts give you away… that this is all an act ‘-)

      1. Yes I eat a lot of whole foods, plant and animal origin. For plants, I eat more than most people on this board. For instance, I just finish a steamed bitter melon and raw moringa salad for lunch. How many people on this board eat bitter food? For drink, I will drink fermented blueberry. How many people drink that? And my bone broth soup this morning contains a lot of mushroom and kale and spinach and various herbs. How many people consume that (just the plant part)?

        You are right Lonie, I am an ardent follower of Dr G and WFPB.

        On the subject of stem cell, you may find the following video informative. It talks about stress free life to extend your longevity. Judging from the posts of some people on this board, they are not living a stress free life at all.

    2. PLEASE BE AWARE that “Jerry Lewis” and his “advice” and bologna agenda are contrary to just about every study presented on this site and others. He is a dangerous source of wild misinformation and n=1 unsupported anecdotes.

  5. As someone who suffers from UC, I ditched all dairy, meat, and eggs, and have been doing much better overall. I also ditched alcohol, but after reading this, what about sulfites in balsamic vinegar? I use it in salad dressing a lot and wonder if a recent flare may be the result of the accumulation of the sulfites it contains.

      1. Hi Marilyn,

        Great idea! Never considered using it for salad dressing but have used it in other recipes. I love love love balsamic vinegar so may take some getting used to but if it may help my colon issues, then totally worth it.

    1. Hi Tim! You are right about sulfites in balsamic vinegar, but it looks like Marilyn has already given you a great suggestion of switching to ACV!

  6. I have been following this humorist on YouTube. His name is Kasey but his youtube channel is called Vegetable Police. He is a purist vegan. In this video he explains how he overcame ulcerative colitis by following a high fruit vegan diet. You may disagree with him, but he gives an interesting vegan perspective on overcoming ulcerative colitis.

    1. Thanks John for posting the video. I knew very little about ulcerative colitis prior to watching Dr G’s videos, and today I learned a bit more. Hearing successful testimonies from courageous people like “greg”, in the comments above and Kasey is amazing to me!

      1. Hi Susan, I am glad that you like Kasey’s testimony and his protocol for curing ulcerative colitis. I was afraid that most people would not like Kasey because he is a comedian. His entire YouTube channel is about humor and vegan. But, he researches and researches and tries out all kinds of diets on himself. He has already watched every Dr. Greger video there is.
        He is fully aware of all of the information given out by Esselstyn, John McDougal, Ornish, and the others. Plus, he is an expert on all the other VEGAN youtubers such as John Rose, Durien Rider, Happy Vegan, Vegan Gains.
        Kasey knows and understands of the information coming out of nutrition experts. He even reads Dr. Mercola’s stuff. But, the thing about Kasey is he actually LIVES it. He lives the vegan life style and has overcome ulcerative colitis by first drinking cabbage juice. When you drink cabbage juice you are getting the right micro-organism in your gut that will help you to overcome ulcerative colitis. For any of you who have never seen Kasey on YouTube as the Vegetable Police you can watch one of his 900 vidoes on this link. But, let me warn you, Kasey clowns around. He is comedian and his channel always has degrees of slap stick and comedy in it. So, don’t expect to hear a sterile lecture by some expert in the field of nutrition. Here is the LINK:

        It would be interesting to hear Tom Goff’s comments about Kasey, because Tom only considers highly scientific peer review papers and does not like personal testimonies.

        1. The guy used to eat a SAD diet and then he switched to a cabbage diet and then fruit diet and his ulcerative colitis is cured. Of course, any diet will be better than a SAD diet. But that does not prove anything that eating animal foods caused his ulcerative colitis because the guy eat meat the wrong way. it’s like comparing apple and orange. How about if I compare a vegan who eat potato chip with a guy who eat hamburger? I bet that the guy eating hamburger is more healthy but that does not prove anything.

          If you read Dr Mercola, or Dr Axe, or Dr Hyman, or Chris Kresser, they will tell you to select the right source of meat and how to cook it. They will also tell you to minimize your meat consumption but eat mostly plant foods, but you have to eat certain amount of animal foods for optimal health. Nobody tells you to eat hamburger at McDonald’s or eat processed foods.

          Just look at this example of foods that Dr Axe recommends. I bet that if this guy eats Dr Axe diet then he would not have ulcerative colitis to begin with and he will be a lot more healthy than a lot of vegans.

          1. You know Jerry I think that internet entrepeneurs like Mercola, Hyman, Kresser and Axe are missing a valuable commercial opportunity.

            Considering their target audience, there must be a huge market for tinfoil hats there. Just think, they could offer both standard sizes and made-to-order models in a range of colours. They would fit in quite nicely with the pills, [otions and whatever they already sell.

            But speaking seriously, people wanting advice on diet and health should go to credible sources not individuals selling snake oil and fad diets for personal profit. I find Dr Greger a relaible source but major reports on nutition and health are also freely available for downlad. They also base their recommendations on the scientific evidence rather than the pseudoscience which is the stock in trade of people like Mercola, Hyman, Kresser and Axe.

            Nobody should take dietary advice from snake oil merchants, no matter how plausible their informercials and misleading books are.. Go with the science instead of the bs.

            1. Mercola, Hyman, Kresser and Axe did 100 times more good to humanity that the guy from down under who post crap tad every night and he is himself very sick, both physically and mentally.

              If you have read and learned from Mercola, Hyman, Kresser and Axe then you would not have been in this predicament because of your fanatic belief in the fake low fat theory. But that’s your choice so be it.

              1. Jerry

                I am 67 and ate a standard Western diet for most of my life, as well as smoking and drinking. Yet now the only prescription medication I take is eye drops for glaucoma.

                Your insistence on depicting me as “sick” and in a health “predicament” is as inaccurate and false as all your other claims.

                It is hard to tell if you simply revel in trollish behaviour or whether you genuinely believe the litany of falsehoods you post on this site. For your sake, I hope it is the former although I fear that you are quite loopy enough for the latter to be the case.

                As for believing the fictions and falsehoods posted by internet entrepeneurs in an attempt to boost their sales of snake oil, I am not suicidally inclined. I wonder just how many people have died, suffered heart attacks and strokes or been propelled into diabetes and dementia as a result of believing their false claims about dietary saturated fat and blood cholesterol.

  7. Throughout some of the posts others have asked about things in a WFPB diet, say onions, beans… that may also cause the nasty sulfur gas. I’d be interested to know if this is the same as meat and alcohol on its affects to the bowel.

    1. Happiest Outdoors. The answer is YES. Beans give people with ulcerative colitis problems. Listen to Kasey. He is an expert on ulcerative colitis. He struggled with it for years and tried everything. He finally cured his ulcerative colitis on a vegan cabbage and celery juice diet, then switched over to a fruit diet. And, now he can eat just about anything, except he is a pure vegan. Kasey talks about beans and ulcerative colitis. But, let me warn you, he is a comedian, but he knows everything about ulcerative colitis, plus he has watched every video that Greger has ever made and can quote Greger word for word if he wants to. Here’s the link:

      1. The YouTuber you recommend watching is not an authority on nutrition and medicine. In fact is he at the opposite end of the spectrum: he believes in auras, clairvoyance, angels, detoxification regimes, you name it. He should only speak about his experience with UC, not make generalizations and claim that a vegan diet cures it. There is no known cure for UC, it’s possible that he’s in remission and will relapse at any time. I also have UC and have been in remission thanks to Dr. Greger’s work. I would recommend people with UC watch Dr. Greger who is an authority on the subject, not someone else who claims to be.

        1. You should tell the YouTuber, Casey, that you believe that he is not cured of ulcerative colitis. Your debate should be with him, not me. I am just leaving a link to his testimony. Tell him that you know more about ulcerative colitis than he does, and that you believe he has not cured it with whole plant fruit diet. Go ahead tell him.

  8. B”H

    I am a personal chef and have worked with two people who had UC and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

    The person w IBS also has more serious MS and is in a wheelchair. Her IBS was easily cured through a plant based whole foods diet with fish once a week. Due to Dr Greger’s writings she (and I too) are now completely vegan. She has had no need for IBS medication over the last seven years.

    A local Pittsburgh MD suggested that I meet w a 25 yr old young man w UC. He was completely disabled and unable to go to work or even get through the night. He was in and out of the hospital with transfusions and IV feeding. He had blood in his feces and seemingly could not digest anything.

    I suggested to him and his mother that we try rebuilding his digestive process with the easiest, gentlest foods we could make. We eliminated all animal food and started him with organic non-pasteurized miso vegetable soup and pre-soaked org brown and sweet brown rice cooked overnight with an umeboshi plum. The miso and umeboshi are powerful whole food probiotics.

    Within 48 hours he slept through the night. We introduced other cooked vegetables and within a week he was feeling almost completely better. In two weeks he went back to work.

  9. Dear volunteers and sympathisants,

    What about the sulfur amino acids in plants like the cruciferous family? Does it have an effect on people with UC? Beneficial of maleficious? Does it depend on if the person is in remission or when the inflamation is high?

    Secondly I would like a bit more information about beans and UC. Should people with UC avoid beans all around or just when there out of remission?

    Thanks for al the free information and help.

    1. Hi Erdal and thanks for your question – During an acute flare with bloody stools, you may need to avoid foods such as beans as well as raw fruits and vegetables. Removal of animal products (including dairy), alcohol, gluten will help as a starting point. Steamed cruciferous vegetables can be included, either chewed well or blended. Steaming all fruits and vegetables and blending into smoothies and soups will be a great way to maintain adequate phytonutrients and fiber while allowing your colon to heal. You may find other helpful information with this link:

      1. Hello Dr. Artz,

        In this articles line “Ulcerative colitis sufferers were given oat bran for three months to make their good bacteria happy” Should gluten free oat bran be recommended instead of just any oat bran?

        People with celiac disease can have an increased incidence of microscopic colitis and IBD

        Thank you and regards,

  10. My partner has ulcerative colitis… or *had* it, I should say. Had been flaring up on and off, each flare up was worse, since his late teens. Just before 30 he went vegan. His next check up showed very little ulceration, but the specialist warned he should “watch his fibre” and “try to eat more protein.” … He thought about following that within a vegan paradigm for a while but couldn’t be bothered.

    At his next check-up: asymptomatic. “You must be doing something right, keep doing what you’re doing.” He says he’s vegan.” “Oh, make sure you don’t get too much fibre, that could be irritating.” …? Ok.

    Next several check-ups: asymptomatic… at which point he quit getting check-ups because he was worried he’d damage his eyes with all the eye rolling. I’m sure he’ll go back eventually out of curiosity/when he thinks his eyeballs are up to the challenge… or when the specialists finally catch up…

  11. JUNE 14TH, 2018 AT 5:55 PM
    Did anyone else notice that Dr. Gregers article on Stevia was incorrect? He claimed you could only consume two stevia sweeteded drinks a day.
    I did the math from the product and amt. I use and it was safe to use it for 10-12 drinks a day! (4mg.stevia per kg.of body weight.)

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Five Month Update – Manpreet Kaur – Medium

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I’m sitting in my favorite little cafe below my apartment building. The manager greets me with a warm smile as I settle into “my seat” and we briefly catch up. He promises to come back when there is more time and I crack open my laptop for an evening of writing.

To the day, it is officially five months since I moved to New York City — the big apple, the big city of hustle and grind, the city that never sleeps. In one sentence, it has been nothing short of a whirlwind of an adventure here: I dated. I fell in love. I found the man of my dreams. I explored the city. I made friends. I lost friends. I lost weight (thank you stress). I gained weight (thank you NY pizza).

Last week, I moved out of my subleased studio and signed an one year lease in a fancy skyscraper apartment complex. Yes, as the rumors go, the rent is ridiculous here. Yes, the weather is freezing and I can’t feel my hands most of the time. Yes, I still feel lonely from time to time. All in all, though, I wouldn’t change my decision for the world.

This is why.

Moving here has taught me to trust my ability to survive and thrive without any support: Moving to a new city is like riding a roller coaster — there’s excitement and hope but there’s also fear and apprehension creating this nauseating mix of dread and thrill. Will you like the people? Will you make friends? Will you get homesick and move back? What if you hate everything about NYC? I had all of these thoughts and I delayed moving here for months, presenting excuses of high rent and better opportunities elsewhere. Between you and me, though, I was worried I wasn’t going to “make it” here. I was paralyzingly worried of failing.

I finally took the jump when I realized I was making myself miserable by not moving here. I moved in July, with two suitcases and a duffel bag. Five months later, I bought three carts of IKEA furniture and decided that I was actually living for a while in NYC. It was such a relief to settle down somewhere after years of consulting.

For those of you debating a move, my word of advice is simple — if you want to move somewhere (anywhere), do it. Find a way to get yourself there initially (i.e. a job that you don’t love) and watch how things begin to align. Truth is, nothing will ever completely line up for you — there will never be a “perfect time” to make a move. You just have to do it. Step into the roller coaster. Buckle yourself in. Go for it. And watch how you survive and grow under pressure. You’re going to make it and the reality will be more glorious than you ever imagined. Moving here, in the words of Beyonce, has shown me that, “…if there is one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself”.

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Have you ever asked yourself what are your intentions in life? Whether it is your career, your love life, fitness goals or perhaps it is your finances or spiritual goals. What are your intentions?

We should all start by defining our intentions. The broad definition of intentions is “an aim or a plan” of something. We all know without an aim or a plan our goals are a lot harder to achieve. Defining our intentions can help us streamline our lives. Just think about your intentions as your “Whys”.

Why do I want to be a CEO of a company? Why do I want to lose 20 pounds? Why do I want better communication with my mom? Why do I want to run a marathon? Knowing your feelings about your whys and streamlining your intentions will assist you in taking greater control of your life.

Understanding your aims can transform your dreams into reality. It can transform your plans into action. It can even transform your fears into hope and possibilities. It can turn your will into results.

Tomorrow, when you start your day, ask yourself what are the things that you DON’T want to do today? I am pretty sure if you start your day by asking yourself the things you do not want to do, you’d be more inclined to refine the things you want to do.

Now that you’re clear about your intentions, set a plan that excites you. Something that will make you smile and make you feel as if you made today count! Look forward to it everyday; even if you only have 20 minutes to dedicate to it and see how your life becomes more rewarding each day. Intentions are a powerful tool to living your most authentic life.

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‘Jolly LLB 2’: HC exempts Akshay from personal appearance in court

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New Delhi, April 26:

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday exempted actor Akshay Kumar from personal appearance before a trial court here in a defamation case filed against the team of Hindi movie “Jolly LLB 2”.

Justice Mukta Gupta granting exemption to Akshay from personal appearance said that the actor can be represented through his advocate before the court.

The trial court on February 8 had issued summons to “Jolly LLB 2” producer Fox Star Studios India Private Limited, executive producer Naren Kumar, director Subhash Kapoor, Annu Kapoor along with Akshay and others asking them to appear in court in a defamation case filed by Bata shoe company.

Akshay challenged the summing order in the High Court.

The Bata Limited footwear company had filed a criminal defamation case against the team of “Jolly LLB 2” for using derogatory remarks and defamatory reference to Bata as a brand in the first official trailer of the movie.

The brand Bata has been deliberately shown in an extremely bad taste and the dialogue was intended to convey that Bata footwear is worn only by the lower strata of society and one should feel humiliated if one wears Bata footwear, the company had said in its plea.

The trial court had found prima facie offence under sections 500 (defamation) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of Indian Penal Code, which are made out against the accused and said there were sufficient grounds to proceed against them.


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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the 14th India-Asean Summit and the 11th East Asia Summit here.

“Two democracies and a defining partnership of our era! PM meets President Obama,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted with pictures of the two leaders.

The two last met when Modi visited Washington in June.

The second India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue was held in New Delhi last month.

Earlier on Thursday, Modi addressed both the India-Asean and the East Asia Summits here.

Also Thursday, he met Laotian Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, South Korean President Park Geun-hye and State Counsellor and Foreign Minister of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi. (IANS)


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On Holi, B-Town sends out colourful wishes to fans

Mumbai: Bollywood actors including Amitabh Bachchan, Anushka Sharma and Sonakshi Sinha on Monday sent Holi wishes to their fans, urging them to enjoy a safe and happy festival of colours.

Some celebrities even urged their fans to avoid throwing Holi colours on animals. They took to Twitter to reach out to their loved ones. Here’s what they had to say:

Amitabh Bachchan: The quieter you become the more you can hear… Happy Holi.

Anupam Kher: Happy Holi to All. Even the Los Angeles sky is celebrating Holi.

Priyanka Chopra: Do me a favour let’s play Holi! Here is wishing everyone a safe beautiful wonder filled Holi.

Salim Khan: Nothing succeeds like success. There can be numerous reasons for a faliure but there cant be any excuse. Happy Holi to everyone.

Ajay Devgn: Wishing you all a colourful Happy Holi

Manoj Bajpayee: Happy holi to all of you.

Anushka Sharma: Shashi was there jab ispe rang daala gaya. Jaanwaron ko rang pasand nahi.Insaan sirf insaano ke saath Holi khelein please! (Shashi was there when colour was put on this animal. Animals don’t like colours. Please only play Holi with human beings) Happy and safe Holi.

Juhi Chawla: Wishing all of you a very Happy Holi. 247 years old painting of Lord Krishna celebrating Holi festival with Radha.

Madhuri Dixit-Nene: Happy Holi from Japan!

Sunny Leone: Happy Holi everyone!!! Be safe and don’t hurt the animals!!

Tahir Raj Bhasin: Celebrate in high spirit, have an unforgettable Holi…Happy Holi.

Vikram Bhatt: Found this and loved it. Wishing everyone a very Happy and colourful Holi! Play safe.

Sudhir Mishra: India will b what its people want it to be , meanwhile Happy Holi !

Madhur Bhandarkar: May God paint the canvas of our life with the colours of joy,
love, happiness, prosperity, good health and success. Wishing you all…Happy Holi.

Esha Gupta: Wishing all of you a very colourful and a safe Holi! Happy Holi.

Preity Zinta: Happy Holi everyone. May the festival of colours bring all the happiness, light and colour into ur lives and take away the darkness. Ting…Holi

Riteish Deshmukh: Happiness comes in various colours…Happy Holi … Have a great one, safe one and most importantly a responsible one.

Raghu Ram: Happy Holi, everyone! Hope you have lots of fun!

Ranvir Shorey: Happy Holi!

Divya Dutta: A very happy holi.

Disha Patani: Yeyyy happy Holi everyone.

Kim Sharma: Happy Holi! Play safe.

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12/15/2008 – Holiday Greetings from Martin

I’d like to take a moment here to wish my “loyalists” a happy and healthy Holiday and New Year.  Also, I’d like to thank you all for your great support over the last twelve eventful months.  You helped make the release of my 2nd solo album a success on my independent label and a thoroughly rewarding venture and personal experience.  Your encouragement and enthusiasm has been inspirational.

Presently, I’m back in the studio writing songs for another album, largely due to your enthusiastic and motivational support.  So, again everyone, I wish you and your families a most wonderful Holiday Season.  See you in 2009.


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Hello friends!

Summer has finally arrived in Madrid. Two weeks ago we were still wearing jackets and sweaters, then last week we had precisely three moderate/warm days, and now we’re in the 90’s every day, with temperatures near 100 expected this weekend. To reinforce summer’s arrival school is out, S’s dance performance is over (it was fabulous; the school did Peter Pan and it was brilliant), and we photographed the fall pattern covers on Wednesday. Now we’re looking forward to returning to the States for a long visit this summer. I can hardly wait to catch up with friends and family!

I passed through Plaza Mayor on my way home the other day and it was nearly empty. Too hot for even the tourists!

Plaza Mayor in summer

What about you? Any travel plans for the summer?

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The best part about summer, in my opinion, are all the fresh fruits and vegetables. We’ll be playing with our popsicle molds again this year, guaranteed.

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Are you looking forward to next week’s Extra-Sharp Pencil Skirt sew-along? I certainly am! Here are a few ideas for those of you undecided about your fabric choices. I love the play with stripes in the skirt on the left, below, and my favorite place to look for fabrics for pencil skirts is in the home dec section of the fabric store. The fabrics are a little heavier, which is perfect for the structure of a pencil skirt, and the prints and patterns are larger in scale, which is ideal. The floral on the right, below, reminds me of something you might find.

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A few more ideas for your pencil skirt: Try combining fabrics like a print and a solid, or two textures like wool and faux leather. And those side seams would be a great location for an exposed zipper! The two-way zipper on these skirts allows you to skip the center-back zipper and expose a little leg, if you want.

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I’m making sort of a half-hearted attempt to find a bright yellow poster for our yellow-accented kitchen (no time for a proper search right now), but I keep getting distracted by other posters, like this fabulous India poster.

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Wouldn’t it be fun to add tucks to the center panel of a Hide-and-Seek Dress (or Cinema Dress for the adults), or add a running stitch to the yoke of an Ice Cream Dress?

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Weekend Reading

My picks this week are slim. I was too busy sewing the samples for our photo shoot!

  • Whoa. An entire garment from spider silk! (Thanks to Erica for this link.)
  • It would be a dream to see Frida Kahlo’s wardrobe, and now it’s in London!
  • I’ve mentioned before that my father is a pedologist, which might be why this soil-based jewelry intrigues me so much.
  • Here is an interesting and thought-provoking piece on sustainability in apparel.
  • Good for Camilla, and I think this should be the norm, don’t you?
  • How aware are you about your own buying habits? I thought this was quite interesting, and several of these points definitely apply to me. Good to keep in mind, maybe even to help me change my buying habits.
  • I’m planning to try embroidery on tulle this summer and thought that blackwork technique might be a good way to manage the threads. This tutorial appears to be a strong introduction to the technique, and once I find a beautiful blackwork piece my grandma stitched, I’ll show it to you. I love how the front and back are identical.

Meanwhile, what are you planning this weekend? Have a great one, and we’ll see you back here on Monday for the sew-along!

  1. Holly Dumont

    Tulle Embroidery: check out the book, “Ricamo su tulle” by Paola Matteucci. It’s both in Italian and English and will get you going down the right track straight off the bat. Lucky you’re in Spain, the shipping is cheaper than to the states. She helped me through the painful process of buying the right fabric. You can find the fabric at Tombolo E Disegni; you’re looking for “6” count on the horizontal.

    The best way to get a sustainable wardrobe is to make it yourself, and use it until it’s worn out. I buy very few things from any retailer, shoes, underwear, socks. My biggest loathing of the entire retail system, is they continually change things. I love my black ballet flats. Unfortunately, I can never find them again. I’d buy a new pair every couple of years, but they don’t exist. Neither do the sandals that fit me perfectly or the boots with kitten heels. I don’t want another style. I want the same one again. I want the same black pumps; I want them in the same size; I don’t want them with spangles…just plain black leather.
    It’s infuriating. I want to go back and click the button that says “Buy it again”.

    I’m only looking forward to seeing the pencil skirt if you show it on someone curvy and it doesn’t have smile drag lines under the belly. Then, I’ll brave making it. And I’ll embroider the side panels. There’s the gauntlet. It’s a beautiful pattern. Show me it can be done.

    1. Thanks for the book suggestion, and I agree with you to a point about sustainable fashion. I think there’s more to the subject, however. I’m also concerned about the human rights aspect, the environmental impact of the materials, etc. But yes, it would be nice to be able to re-order the things we like most. I still wear a lot of my clothing that’s more than 10 years old.

      Regarding the pencil skirt, it’s all about how you fit it. And the seams allow you to fit it to your own body quite easily. You’ll see lots of versions of the skirt on lots of bodies next week and in the weeks to come, I’m certain. I think you’ll also find quite a few if you look at social media.

    2. liz n.

      I was just about to recommend the same book!

  2. Michele

    I’ve become very conscious of my footprint on the planet, so I don’t buy like I used to. My big expense now is fabric (and books for my Kindle) and even then, I’m one of those annoying customers who revisit my “shopping cart” for days, mulling everything over. Of course, I no longer have children to dress or feed, so one could say that my mindfulness came after the fact (or was returned to me after they grew up lol.) As to Camilla and the other royals, I don’t mind seeing an outfit more than once, because they’re usually so amazing. And then they accessorize differently, and that makes it interesting.

    As to what I’m sewing this weekend, my grandson (three and a half) asked for a My Little Pony shirt, so I’m doing a Sketchbook Shirt and it is a HOOT. My grandson, you see, is very…BOY. He’s very active and intense, like my husband, and is never happier than when he’s stripped everything off and digs in the mud in the yard (my grandson, not my husband.) Oh, and he can pick locks. Yes. In this, he took after me. So, I’m only too happy to add a little MLP in his life. I think, with that angelic smile of his, he’ll look adorable.

  3. liz n.

    This weekends’ plans are to finally get my Summer of Basics plan um…y’know…planned. Espadrilles, a knitted tee, and running shorts or pj pants are on the (so far) very loose agenda.

    I’m already three weeks behind.

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4 Books to END a Reading Slump

Last week, I shared four unforgettable books that have thrown me into a reading slump with their deep themes and complicated plots. I also explored how reading slumps are actually pretty cool. 😉

But, admit it, no one wants to stay in a reading slump forever… (After all, bookworms would starve without their regular diet of stories.)

It takes a special book to break a reading slump. Something easy to read. Something mentally engaging. Something truly wonderful.

Here are four books (a couple are actually series) that fit the bill. 😀

In my review of Wings of a Dream by Anne Mateer, I wrote, “This book was like a scrumptiously perfect mini cheesecake–the right size, sweet but substantial, and utterly happy-creating.” And it’s true. A sweet friend of mine gave it to me for Christmas, and I read the entire thing in a day. ❤ It was light enough to combat holiday and textbook exhaustion; but the beautiful character, sweet plot, and Christian content engaged my heart and mind and re-convinced me that books are worth reading. 😉 (I’m reading it aloud to my sixteen-year-old sister now.) Read my review here.

This series = <3. Not as in “these are romance”. Nope, the heart means I love them. 😉 Just had to make that clear. I love Kate’s Case Files by Sarah Holman because they 1) are definitely Christian, 2) have well-written characters, and 3) are really smart mysteries without murder. Yay! Add in some fun banter from the team, and these are perfectly refreshing books. (Read reviews of book one and book two. And squeal happily because book three is coming out this year.)

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Princess Academy by Shannon Hale is such a lovely book. I think of it like a modern fairytale–one of those stories that is written to live on. The main character is one of my all-time favorites because she was just a regular, interesting girl I could relate to. Also, the worldbuilding is sooo rich! It’s a book that never fails to please. 😉 Read my review here.

I can’t believe how long it took me to finally read Sarah Holman’s The Destiny Trilogy.  Once I started, though, I couldn’t stop. 😀 Exciting, sci-fi without weird science or aliens, and mysterious… Definitely the type of book I go looking for when nothing else will do. 😉 Also, hooray for a really normal heroine. XD (Read my reviews here.)

Which books never fail to please you no matter how terrible the reading slump?

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  1. Yes to all these books!! *Hugs them all* Are you sure you don’t just like the Kate series because it’s got your name on it? 😉 (just kidding, I know what I truly awesome series it is. The next book is really good…)
    Along with these awesome books, I go back to Dear Mr. Knightly, Annabeth’s War, and Rebekah Morris books. =)

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  2. Kate’s Innocence! I might not think of it for a reading slump, but I do like that genre on occasion, and love those particular books.

    I’d go for something familiar and a little comforting. Just the other day it was a book by H.L. Burke. Otherwise I might re-read one of Hope Ann’s stories, or something short. Nothing with many plot threads and certainly not something with unfamiliar characters or too dark in tone.

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  3. *is jealous of Mikayla* I want to read Kate’s Case Files #3!!!!!!! And I really enjoyed “Wings of a Dream” as well. (Thanks for recommending it!)

    As for books I go back to after a reading slump, as I mentioned before I’ve never been in a reading slump, but when I’m sick and tired of mediocre books, or books that just drive me nuts because of 1) historical inaccuracies 2) too much detailed kissing 3) wishy-washy Christianity, then I’ll grab a book by my favorite author, “Pansy” and sigh with contentment. 😉

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    1. I know, right?!! Sister privileges. XD You’re welcome!! Mikayla’s the one who recommended it to me.

      Aw, that’s great. My favorite authors are the ones I can always trust to have a good story that brings me closer to God. 😉

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Today December 15, 2018

To put it plainly, men are still the face of the profession. “Every single woman architect I know would, I think, say the same thing,” Ms. Berke said. “‘I want to be a good architect who has a meaningful impact. I don’t want to be known for being a good woman architect.’ Architecture needs to […] December 15, 2018

The New York Police Department is investigating two incidents of cats being abandoned inside sealed buckets in the city’s SoHo neighborhood. So far, there have been “two buckets and both were sealed,” Tiffany Lacey, executive director of nonprofit animal shelter Animal Haven, told HuffPost in an email. “Each one had a cat in them and […] December 15, 2018

Ryan Zinke, President Donald Trump’s loyal but embattled secretary of the Interior Department, is leaving the administration.  President Donald Trump made the announcement on Twitter early Saturday. Secretary of the Interior @RyanZinke will be leaving the Administration at the end of the year after having served for a period of almost two years. Ryan has accomplished […] December 15, 2018

A surfeit of dystopian apparel was evident on the men’s wear runways this year. Junya Watanabe showed nylon anoraks, wool lumberjack jackets and firefighter coats adorned with the kind of bright reflective tape usually seen on school crossing guards. Prada trotted out padded nylon vests that look like they could repel bullets and oversize rain […] December 15, 2018

The “Star Wars” actor resurfaced an old Trump tweet from June 2014 in which the then-businessman asked about then-President Barack Obama: “Are you allowed to impeach a president for gross incompetence?” Hamill responded to the old missive as follows: He also used the #HaveYourselfAVeryMuellerChristmas hashtag, in reference to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian […] December 15, 2018

“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert was in a festive mood for Friday’s show, but he acknowledged that “some people aren’t having a holly jolly Christmas.” “Donald Trump has canceled the White House Christmas party for the press,” Colbert said, noting that Trump campaigned on the promise that if he became president, “we’re all going to […]


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This cushion cover is a perfect addition to any room.

It measures approx 40 x 30cms and includes an insert.

It is made from 100% cotton print on the front and back.

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Delightful contemporary villa in Belgium

Villa V in T is located in Flanders, Belgium, designed by Beel & Achtergael Architects. The client wished to have a home constructed for him where he could relax in a calming environment with privacy among his family and friends while enjoying his extensive art collection. Taking three years to construct, the residence was completed in 2009.

From the architects: â€œThe site for the building is on a mixed vernacular residential / light industrial street close to the clients companies offices. While the general surroundings at the rear of the plot are agricultural and offer a quiet perspective, there is considerable traffic at the front. In this project we therefore tried to create â€œa little world on its ownâ€ by arranging all dwelling quarters on the ground floor in a U-shape around an open air courtyard. On the inside of this shape a continuous glass wall opens the generous circulation and living rooms to this â€œheartâ€, the social core of the house.

Designed for easy living, it is here that guests are invited to enjoy the light, space and art. To the outside the walls of the building are mostly closed however: smooth surfaces of white plasterwork, only sparsely punctuated with large windows where needed for the more intimate rooms that cradle the transparent inner space. The first floor is reserved for business and recreational seclusion: discrete volumes house an office and a media room and give shape to the silhouette of the house, their distinct windows catching north light and looking across the surrounding fields.â€

Visit the website of Beel & Achtergael Architects here.

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She graduated from Kamehameha Schools and received her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu.

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Kawika is the Community Change Manager for Liliʻuokalani Trust, leading the trust’s efforts to partner with communities to break the cycle of poverty for Native Hawaiian children.

He was born and raised on Hawaiʻi Island, and spent his childhood moving back and forth between the districts of Kona and Kohala. Kawika’s childhood included a number of the kinds of challenges that the Queen’s beneficiaries are working to overcome, but he credits his parents for instilling in him a sense of being loved, and he benefited from having an exceptional role model in his maternal grandfather.

After graduating from Kealakehe High School he moved to Colorado to earn his bachelor’s degree, and then on to Washington DC to serve and learn. During Senator Akaka’s Chairmanship of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Kawika worked as the committee’s Communications Director.  Later, he was a national spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration during President Obama’s first term, and he was also a lecturer of political management at George Washington University. Kawika happily transitioned from the federal government into the Native Hawaiian-serving sector when he was hired to reopen the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Washington DC Bureau.

Immediately prior to joining Liliʻuokalani Trust, Kawika spent five years as the Chief Advocate for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Along with leading a team of 20 staff, he was the primary executive-level public policy advocate for OHA and its beneficiaries before county, state and federal bodies. Kawika also worked to establish the Native Hawaiian Public Service Pipeline, which has helped Native Hawaiian young adults connect with internships, fellowships, and career opportunities in public service. Additionally, Kawika is the past Chairman of the Hawaiʻi State Commission on Fatherhood.

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AQIM issues statement kidnapping 5 EU citizens

In a statement just published on the usual jihadist online fora, AQIM via its al-Andalus media department claims the kidnapping of 5 Europeans and the displacement inside of Mali.
Interestingly, and most threatening for the hostages, is the claim that two Frenchmen among the kidnapped are “French spies”. The statement was published today, 12.12., but is dated to 7.12.
Two operations are claimed, first “in the east of Mali, the mujahideen were able to kidnap two men of the French intelligence”. The names, in Arabic transliteration, are provided with the claim of having conducted the kidnapping on November 24, 2011.
The second operation, on November 25, 2011, in Timbuktu led to the taking of the three other EU citizens whose nationalities are not disclosed in the statement.
In a third note, AQIM denies any attempt of kidnapping foreigners in Algeria at this time.

Why Mali?

While France is the most visible enemy and threat for AQIM, the address and the demands are directed to the governments of Mali and France. The alleged French spies are just another episode in the “continued hostilities” of the respective governments “against the Muslims in the Sahel”.
French and US efforts in combating al-Qa’ida are always perceived and reproduced by the jihadist propaganda as a combined threat and a dual manifestation of the enemy.
AQIM therefore kidnapped foreigners in Mali and keeps them there to exercise pressure on r government of Mali and to punish it at the same time. Concretely, not demands, but issues of grievance prior to the kidnappings are issued:
1. The case of Muhammad al-Amin who was extradited to Mauretania;
2. The case of Abu Sa’id al-Azwadi;
3. Abu Yunus al-Mali;
4. The Mali-Mauretanian joint military operation agains the mujahideen;
5. The rebuilding of an air base inside of Mali used by France to fight the mujahideen by aerial means and measurements.

The statement concludes by the expression of grief, French participation in Afghanistan, the appeasement by Mali to the west by imprisoning and killing Muslims. “if you want the soonest release of our hostages, and to protect their lives, you must answer the legitimate demands of the mujahideen” as is addressed in particular to the government of France.

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Responsibility: Spring Valley High School Attack

I’m sure you’ve all heard about the attack on the student at Spring Valley High School in South Carolina. If you haven’t, *sigh* here’s a quick recap for you.

A student is disobeying an order given by the teacher. The student resource officer was called in. The student did not comply with the officer. The officer attacks the student. The student is a young Black girl. The officer is a White male. Her name has been used in the media but because she’s a minor, I won’t use it. I just don’t feel comfortable about doing it – so I won’t. Google is your friend. And it’s free.

Anyway, this scenario sounds fairly straightforward – until you see the video.

This issue has been analyzed and commented on from here to the moon and back six times. The responses are mixed. I don’t quite understand why, though. I can only think of one thing this student could have done to warrant an attack like that. She had to be holding an active bomb and he was trying to wrestle it from her. And that’s a RIDICULOUS reason. But that’s about the only thing I can come up with.

He is an adult. A police officer. She is a student. She could have called his mother, father, entire lineage all of the filthy things her mind could come up with. Still doesn’t justify his attack. She could’ve called him all of the pork references she could think of. Doesn’t justify his attack. She could’ve yelled at the top of her lungs for the remainder of the period. Still wouldn’t justify his attack. She could have simply sat there silently. Wouldn’t justify his attack. Are you catching on yet? THERE IS NOTHING THAT GIRL COULD’VE DONE TO JUSTIFY WHAT HAPPENED.

Naturally, after something like this happens, people are so quick to point out everything that someone has done wrong instead of focusing on the WRONG of the event that took place. Especially when the victim is Black. People have started looking into the girl’s family life, her behavioral issues, her grades, etc. WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH WHY THAT CRAZY MAN DRAGGED HER AROUND THE CLASSROOM LIKE A RAG DOLL? Absolutely nothing. People would rather blame the black girl instead of blaming the police officer.

Notice a trend. Blame the victim, not the officer. Welp. I’m blaming the officer. He was completely out of line and had it not been for this video, he’d still have a job terrorizing students at that school.

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Giving the Ice Bucket Challenge the Cold Shoulder

The most recent fad on social media is the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.  At first glance it seems like a fun way to raise awareness and donate money to charity. And it is. Mostly.

As a general rule I tend to not like social media fads; they make me feel like a heard animal and reek of narcissism. This sort of challenge lends itself perfectly to self-licensing. The original “rules” of the challenge say dump a bucket of ice water over your head OR donate to charity. This means a person can make themselves FEEL good and get positive feedback from their peers without actually doing anything of significant value. According to the self-licensing  phenomenon someone who feels like they have done good is more likely to engage in unethical behaviour in the future.

In this article by William MacAskill he claims that people only give so much to charity and that this type of viral challenge is actually taking money away from other charities. While I really don’t have enough information to determine how much truth there is to that, from my years working in the non-profit field I can tell you that many people do have a donation limit and once it’s spent they will not donate any more.

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A Bridge Too Near

I’ve always loved the electric atmosphere generated at a contentious City Hall meeting, no matter the issue. Due to other more pressing duties in my life, I can’t commit massive chunks of time to the civic beat these days but I did pop in last week for long enough to hear the engineering department’s dissertation regarding the upgrade of the one lane bridge on Niska Road. A seven hour juggernaut is a high endurance test but to their credit, plenty of people stuck it out for the duration. The only time I have spoken on the record at City Hall was in defence of the environment, regarding the lack of respect shown toward it by a well known slumlord in town. I’ve never become one of The Usual Suspects in the crowd though, those same people that show up with a sheaf of notes and make identical arguments time and…

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Abduction from the concert

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail.  Konstanze – Susan Gritton.  Blonde – Malin Christensson.  Belmonte – Frédéric Antoun.  Pedrillo – Tilman Lichdi.  Osmin – Alastair Miles.  Narrator – Simon Buteriss.  Joyful Company of Singers and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Bernard Labadie.  Concert Performance.  Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – Wednesday, November 24th, 2010.

Entführung can be quite a challenging work to bring of in the theatre, although I have yet to see Bieito’s production at the Komische Oper, Berlin but I do hope to see it very soon.  I took this opportunity to enjoy a concert performance of the work with an excellent cast this evening and it was well worth going to.  For this performance the dialogue was replaced by a narration written and delivered by Simon Buteriss.  It was an admirable solution although perhaps it might have been better to perform the work in English as I found it occasionally disconcerting to be constantly switching between English and German.  The narration itself was extremely witty and amusing and Buteriss delivered it with aplomb.

The singing on the whole was top drawer.  Frédéric Antoun was a superb Belmonte.  His tenor reminded me a little of Léopold Simoneau and his German with a slight Québécois accent was charming.  His tone was even throughout the range and he was always utterly musical.  He was also a great foil to Tilman Lichdi’s Pedrillo.  I got the impression that his was a more lived in interpretation – perhaps as the only German in the cast he was able to get a lot more out of the words and felt more of a connection with them.  What I especially liked was the way that the two had clearly different timbres, something that isn’t always the case in this piece.

Susan Gritton was a brave Konstanze.  It is true that the fiendish vocal writing found her at the edge of her limits and occasionally crossed them.  I felt for her at times because it was audibly a stretch but that just added to the performance and she rose to ‘Marten aller Arten’ with great class.  Malin Christensson was also a very good Blonde.

The only two disappointments were Alistair Miles’ Osmin and the underpowered chorus.  Miles was far too attached to his score and it was clear that this was not a role that is in his repertory.  He was obviously working very hard, it’s just that it was equally clear that he was not quite in full command of the role.  It also seems churlish to point out that he didn’t quite have all of the low notes the part demands.  I should however point out that he was a late replacement for the originally scheduled Tim Mirfin.  The Chorus was sadly not up to the job.  I understand that the Joyful Company of Singers is a very good choir but here there were just not enough of them – 25 – and they could not carry over the volume of the orchestra.  Rather then being a highlight of the work, the choruses were really underpowered.  I missed a big opera chorus sound here.

The OAE played splendidly.  Apart from some unfortunate horn moments, the playing was outstanding.  Labadie’s conducting was also superb and tempi were well-chosen.  The only two that dragged were the slower sections of ‘Marten aller Arten’ and the penultimate duet – I feel that he should have pushed things forward a little at these points.  Otherwise it was a great evening and highly recommendable to those who might consider seeing it now that it is going on a brief European tour.

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A MAN is dead after a car-vs. pedestrian accident Wednesday night in Garden Grove.

A man is dead after apparently being struck by an automobile Wednesday night in Garden Grove.

According to Lt. Carl Whitney of the GGPD, police were summoned at 7:53 p.m. to the area of Flagstone Avenue and Harbor Boulevard regarding a pedestrian vs. car incident.

The injured man was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange where he died as a result of the collision. The driver of the car initially left the area, according to Lt. Whitney, but returned shortly “after allegedly realizing he hit an unknown object.”

Members of the GGPD Traffic Unit responded to conduct an investigation. The driver of the vehicle was evaluated and performed a field sobriety test, which indicated no signs of impairment.

An investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of the collision.

Witnesses to the accident are asked to contact Traffic Investigator Paul Ashby at (714) 741-5823.

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READ: Jewish Leaders’ Corbyn Letter in Full

Today, leaders of British Jewry tell Jeremy Corbyn that enough is enough. We have had enough of hearing that Jeremy Corbyn “opposes antisemitism”, whilst the mainstream majority of British Jews, and their concerns, are ignored by him and those he leads. There is a repeated institutional failure to properly address Jewish concerns and to tackle antisemitism, with the Chakrabarti Report being the most glaring example of this.

Jeremy Corbyn did not invent this form of politics, but he has had a lifetime within it, and now personifies its problems and dangers. He issues empty statements about opposing antisemitism, but does nothing to understand or address it. We conclude that he cannot seriously contemplate antisemitism, because he is so ideologically fixed within a far left worldview that is instinctively hostile to mainstream Jewish communities.

When Jews complain about an obviously antisemitic mural in Tower Hamlets, Corbyn of course supports the artist. Hizbollah commits terrorist atrocities against Jews, but Corbyn calls them his friends and attends pro-Hizbollah rallies in London. Exactly the same goes for Hamas. Raed Salah says Jews kill Christian children to drink their blood. Corbyn opposes his extradition and invites him for tea at the House of Commons. These are not the only cases. He is repeatedly found alongside people with blatantly antisemitic views, but claims never to hear or read them.

Again and again, Jeremy Corbyn has sided with antisemites rather than Jews. At best, this derives from the far left’s obsessive hatred of Zionism, Zionists and Israel. At worst, it suggests a conspiratorial worldview in which mainstream Jewish communities are believed to be a hostile entity, a class enemy. When Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour Party, Jews expressed sincere and profound fears as to how such politics would impact upon their wellbeing. Our concerns were never taken seriously. Three years on, the Party and British Jews are reaping the consequences.

Routine statements against antisemitism “and all forms of racism” get nowhere near dealing with the problem, because what distinguishes antisemitism from other forms of racism is the power that Jews are alleged to hold, and how they are charged with conspiring together against what is good. This is not only historic, or about what Jeremy Corbyn did before being Party leader. It is also utterly contemporary. There is literally not a single day in which Labour Party spaces, either online or in meetings, do not repeat the same fundamental antisemitic slanders against Jews. We are told that our concerns are faked, and done at the command of Israel and/or Zionism (whatever that means); that antisemitism is merely “criticism of Israel”; that we call any and all criticism of Israel “antisemitic”; that the Rothschilds run the world; that ISIS terrorism is a fake front for Israel; that Zionists are the new Nazis; and that Zionists collaborate with Nazis.

Rightly or wrongly, those who push this offensive material regard Jeremy Corbyn as their figurehead. They display an obsessive hatred of Israel alongside conspiracy theories and fake news. These repeated actions do serous harm to British Jews and to the British Labour Party.

Jeremy Corbyn is the only person with the standing to demand that all of this stops. Enough is enough.

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Alcohol vs Software (Graph of the Week)

Happy Friday! In the showdown you didn’t know you wanted but now glad you have, Oregon’s alcohol cluster has added more jobs than the state’s software industry since the start of the Great Recession. This edition of the Graph of the Week has been a regular in our office’s slide deck for some time now but we haven’t shown it here on the blog yet. Our office uses this chart as the starting point to talk about three things in particular.

First, software is clearly a high-wage and fast-growing sector. That said, Oregon’s historical high-tech strength has been in hardware, with a below-average share of jobs in software. While highly productive and very important, hardware is no longer a job growth industry. Software, conversely, started from a low base and is growing quickly. The state needs and welcomes all of these jobs we can get as they are helping to diversify our economy. For more, see our office’s summary of Oregon’s high-tech sector overall, and our look at software, outposts and critical mass.

Second, Oregon’s alcohol cluster continues to boom. This includes the state’s breweries, distilleries, wineries in addition to distributors, specialty retail shops and bars. It does not include restaurants and so misses out on the brewpubs that are classified as restaurants. While wages are not as high in the alcohol cluster, it remains an important industry for a few reasons. At its roots, it is value-added manufacturing. It takes commodities and raw ingredients and turns them into a more valuable product that is then sold around the world. The impact really goes beyond the bottles and cans however. The broader cluster of agricultural products, equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and local design, marketing and consulting services are key. When a new brewery opens in another state, they look to Oregon-based firms to help them get started. Additionally, the geographic footprint of the industry is widespread and not just concentrated in the larger urban areas. For more, see our office’s beer report and look at alcohol exports.

Third, from an economic perspective, our office hopes that the newly legalized recreational marijuana market follows in the footsteps of the alcohol cluster. It is not so much the growing and retailing of the product that we’re looking for. That will come regardless and over time the market will be commoditized like any other. It’s really broader than that were the real economic impact will come from. It’s about the value-added manufacturing — extracting oils, creating creams, making edibles. It’s about building up the broader cluster of lab testing equipment, and branding and design companies so that when another state legalizes marijuana they look to Oregon firms to help them. Right now, we’re still in the infant stages of these developments and is something to keep an eye on moving forward. Our friends at the Employment Department recently shared some data that showed there are about 3,000 payroll jobs in the sector, however there have been over 6,000 applications approved for those applying to handle marijuana. Private sector estimates of the number of jobs are higher still, including jobs not covered by unemployment insurance.

  1. Thanks for the work you do Josh! I really enjoy your blog posts – they help me stay abreast of our economic climate here in Oregon – even in Southern Oregon!

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  3. […] While our office talks about the growth in Oregon’s alcohol cluster and compare it with the software industry, one huge difference in these jobs are wages. Software, on average, is around $90,000 per year, […]

  4. […] like oils, creams and edibles. Such products will require and command higher prices. However, as our office has noted previously, it is here among the value-added manufacturing processes, in addition to building up the broader […]

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The 2018 UCL Neuroscience Symposium

For the second year in a row I’ve had the chance to attend and write about the UCL Neuroscience Symposium. Whether you just came back from FENS and are struggling to remember what did even happen during the symposium or whether you simply would like a glance on what it is like when a big portion of the neuroscience community in London gathers in the same hall, you’ve come to the right place. Read on for my take on this year’s event or, if you are feeling nostalgic, check out the 2017 UCL Neuroscience Symposium.

On Friday 22nd of June, just under 800 researchers gathered at the Institute of Education to celebrate the 9th edition of the UCL Neuroscience Symposium. With two fantastic keynote speakers, six talks by UCL group leaders, and 129 posters spread across three sessions, the event was once again a big success that marked the culmination of another impressive year for the UCL Neuroscience Domain.

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The 2017 UCL Neuroscience Symposium

If you happen to be a neuroscientist based at UCL, chances are you have already attended or heard about the UCL Neuroscience Symposium. If for whatever reason you don’t know what I am talking about, or you couldn’t make it this year, fear not and read along for the extended version of my take on the 2017 UCL Neuroscience Symposium

On Friday June 16th, the Institute of Education welcomed over 800 researchers from the UCL Neuroscience Domain to what was bound to be an inspiring day full of opportunities to learn about and discuss the science being carried out at UCL. Now in its 8th year, the UCL Neuroscience Symposium is the perfect occasion to get acquainted with new areas of research, catch up with the latest developments of our colleagues, and even establish new lines of collaboration. A gender-balanced line up of speakers was brilliantly put together by the organising committee to deliver some of the exciting scientific breakthroughs that UCL has seen over the past year.Read More »

Científics Errants | Entrevista a Candela Sánchez Bellot

Amb el mes de Juny arriba una nova entrega de la sèrie d’entrevistes “Científics Errants”. La protagonista d’avui és la Candela, una alacantina de somriure fàcil que té la sorprenent capacitat de transmetre la seva passió per la neurociència a qui sigui… i en ni més ni menys que quatre idiomes! Instal·lada a Londres des de fa ja cinc anys, estudia el cervell per entendre com processem les emocions, i com aquestes ens ajuden a interpretar tot allò que ens envolta i a prendre les decisions adequades en cada moment. Però no us entretinc més, que us ho expliqui ella!

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Letters from my PhD

Oh shit it’s November!

This sentence pretty much summarises my experience in London so far. It also entails that it’s been a bit more than one and a half months since I moved to this humongous city to start my PhD. One and a half months that have gone, just like that. So it feels like the perfect moment to start a new section in my blog: a place where once a month(ish) I’ll try to write about how this PhD thingy is going. You can expect to find things about the Programme I’m in, the science and the life of a PhD student in London, and any other random things I fancy sharing in here.Read More »


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