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Cytauxzoonosis in Cats – What is that crazy name again?

What is Cytauxzoon Felis?

Cytauxzoon (pronounced “sight-oz-o-un”) organisms are blood parasites that were first recognized in Africa as a parasite of antelopes and other ruminants. Cytauxzoon organisms were not discovered in the U.S. until 1976 when Cytauxzoon felis (of cats) was first described as a feline blood parasite affecting and killing cats from forested areas.

Initially there was concern that livestock were soon to be next as this was a ruminant infection as far as anyone knew but research showed only cats could be infected. It appears that in the U.S. the natural host of this infection is the bobcat, where most of the time the infection is minor, and it is only the domestic cat for whom infection is a disaster.

Cytauxzoon felis is a single-celled organism that infects both the blood and tissues of the cat. The blood cell stage of the parasite, called a piroplasm, is not particularly harmful; it is the tissue stage, called a schizont, that is the problem. The schizont infects immune cells that line blood vessels, which causes them to swell and block off the blood vessels in which they reside. Any tissue that has blood vessels (which is basically every tissue in the body) can be affected, but most symptoms seem to relate to the resulting red blood cell destruction and inflammation. Symptoms start small with listlessness and fever but quickly progress to jaundice, spleen enlargement, pain and death within one week with a 2 to 3 week incubation period from the time of initial infection.

How do Cats get this Infection?

Lone Star tick
Lone Star tick

They are still carrying the Cytauxzoon piroplasm when they attach onto their next host, and if that next host is a domestic cat, a lethal infection results. The organisms are home to the immune cells lining the blood vessels as described above and, if the host lives long enough, the schizonts will eventually produce offspring (the piroplasms). Bobcats do not get sick during this process. It is the local bobcat population that infects the local tick population.Cytauxzoon felis is spread by tick bites. The usually implicated ticks are the American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) and the Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americium). Bobcats and infected domestic cats carry the Cytauxzoon piroplasms in their blood, ticks feed on the bobcats, and then drop off and molt to their next life stage.

How is Diagnosis Made?

The blue dots are the parasite  on the outer layer of the blood cell
The blue dots are the parasite on the outer layer of the blood cell

Because piroplasms sometimes have variable sizes, they are sometimes mistaken for Mycoplasma hemofelis, a much more treatable infection.The cat typically has a fever, with or without jaundice, and is brought to the veterinarian for evaluation. In most cases the piroplasms are fairly obvious when the blood sample is evaluated. Because the tissue phase of the infection with the schizonts comes first and the blood infection with piroplasms comes after, it is possible that at the time the blood is tested no piroplasms are yet present. Because of the rapid progression of the infection, piroplasms will likely be seen in a few days if they are not at first so sometimes a second blood evaluation is needed.

Cytauxzoon organisms are larger and have a thick “dot” on their ring-shape.

If diagnosis is to be made post-mortem (after death), it is usually easy to find the schizonts in many body tissues.

Is There any Treatment at all?

In one study, a combination of atovaquone and azithromycin yielded a 60 percent survival rate in experimentally infected cats. Atovaquone, an anti-malarian drug, is not readily available but can be obtained by your veterinarian through compounding pharmacies and another drug, imidocarb, can be used in the meantime. Cats must be hospitalized, supported with intravenous fluids, and have their blood anti-coagulated so as to prevent inappropriate clotting and vessel clogging with schizont-laden macrophages.

A milder strain of Cytauxzoon felis seems to have emerged in west Arkansas and east Oklahoma where a number of cats have survived without treatment (as do most bobcats). These cats continue to have piroplasms in their blood but seem to have no effect from this. It is yet unknown how this is able to happen. (Different strain of Cytauxzoon, effective medication, and genetics are all theories).

Since mortality is quite high with this infection and treatment is still highly investigational, prevention is paramount. The most effective prevention is to keep the cat indoors where there is no tick exposure. The next best prevention is to use a tick control product on the cat; note that there are not nearly as many tick products for cats as there are for dogs. Most canine tick products are toxic to cats and cannot be safely used so meticulous label reading is crucial. Just because a product works on fleas definitely does not mean it also works on ticks and the feline label is needed to ensure safety. New products are being approved and released every year, so ask your veterinarian.

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425 Hpriest and 427 Hunter LF Guild

Hi, I am currently looking for a new guild, I am writing on an alt but my main is a 425 holy priest that is 6/8H EP 8/8N EP. I have had pulls on H Zaq to about 30%. I am looking for a guild that gets AoTC for sure, if there is some mythic fun then its even better. Previous tiers my current guilds motto was to dabble in mythic so we would get the first few bosses down before the next raid came out, this or even a bit more of push into mythic would be about where I would like to be. The main thing is people that want to do things with others, a place that has some social aspects.

I also have a friend that might be interested in joining me as well. They are a 427 hunter. Both of us are the same progression but for now I am getting an idea of what might be out there for us.

M+ is also something we would like to enjoy more, we have gotten to about 1300-1400 in previous seasons either on mains or alts and would just like to find people to enjoy more of that with.

I think we are pretty open on raid times currently, just looking for a place that can feel like home. As a side note, I am currently the recruitment officer for my guild and my current guild is doing well I just feel like a lot of changes have happened within our officer core and the guild that I no longer feel its the place I want it to be for me personally. This is why I haven’t provided all of my information. If/when we choose to leave it will be on good terms I am not just abandoning them. But please feel free to post your info here and I will take a look at it, and add you if I/we are interested. Thank you so much for your interest and we do have logs when we contact a guild that we can provide.

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Hello Wrynne! I know you are currently horde but if you are interested in going alliance we are very interested in you and your friend. Ill post my spam here and if it sounds good, go ahead and add me :slight_smile:

[A][US][PROUDMOORE] Extinction

Wed/Thurs/Mon 8-11pm CST Recruiting for Mythic EP

We are looking to add exceptional players of all roles to form a future top 10 server guild on Proudmoore.

Extinction is a 3-night Mythic raiding guild composed of a growing group of players that have achieved AoTC Queen Azshara. Most of our core raiders have previous cutting edge and mythic progression experience. We want to be pushing cutting edge on a 3 day schedule as quick as possible. The group we have we expect consistency and a mindset of learning. We raid together 9 hours a week so we expect our group to enjoy raiding together and progressing through mythic content at a quick pace.

Recruitment Needs:

  • Disc Priest/MW Monk/Holy Pally
  • Rdps

Note: We’re looking for all players who want to push content and achieve CE achieves tier after tier regardless of current recruitment needs.

  • Wednesday 8:00pm-11:00pm CST
  • Thursday 8:00pm-11:00pm CST
  • Monday 8:00pm-11pm CST
  • More info/Contact
  • We have a trial period that is dependent on your performance in raid. This trial period is usually 2-4 Weeks but is completely performance based.
  • If you’re interested in raiding with us or hearing more please contact us via one of the following: Officers: Demondots#1245, Outlaw#0034 (Discord) , pcmindset#1632, or everclipse#1938

Hey Wrynne!
Duplicity Reborn is a 4.5 year old Mythic Raiding Guild with a dedicated and loyal leadership core and player base. We believe in efficient and fast progression and pushing each other to new levels in this game. We are currently looking to expand our teams and push into BFA content together as a family.

EP : 8/8H
Raid Days : Tuesday/Wednesday
Raid Times : All days are 9:00pm to 12:00am CST

If you do have any questions feel free to contact Naevaa (KillVMaim#11914) or Safe (Safety#11100) for any questions in regards to recruitment.

Wheelchair Warriors is a newly formed guild of 3/8M EP and 7/9M BoD Raiders!
We have high aspirations of downing Mythic Bosses while having fun and we’re looking for players with the same desires! For now we run Heroic every week until we have 20 raiders to jam with.
As a group of 3/8M EP Raiders we believe we can go farther together while still holding a positive and fun environment.

We are homed on Tichondrius Horde which is a West Coast PST server.
Raid Days: Tues/Thurs
Times: 9pm-12am PST
EP: 3/8M raid team
Needs: Healers/DPS

If this sounds cool, my contacts are below! :slight_smile:
Bnet: Animationhac#1607
Discord: Redhac#1713

Hey! I think you and your friend would be a perfect fit for our guild! We just got AOTC and are looking to replace a couple underperforming bodies and get our mythic progression rolling! I’d be happy to talk to you guys more and answer any questions or concerns you may have!

Hello, Wrynne ^-^ I’d like to talk with you about a spot on our raid team for you and your friend. My btag is ItsReginaOmg#1278 or my Discord is Malia #3497. I hope to hear from you!

Add me and lets chat.

Tues/Weds - 8:30 - 12:30 CST Mal’Ganis. We are 8/8heroic.

<Touched by The Light> is a progressive, semi-hardcore weekend raiding guild on Horde US-Thrall.

Founded on Stormrage (Alliance) during Nighthold, our core group of players swiftly made it through most of the content Legion had to offer. Our track record is as follows:

NH 10/10 m

TOS 8/9 m

ABT 11/11 m

Our core players are returning from a hiatus from the game and we will change things up and raid as Horde. Those who continued to play in BFA naturally achieved CE on Ghuun and Jaina.

Our major attractive feature as part of recruitment is our established progression times. <TBTL> was one of the most dominant 2-day raiding guilds. <TBTL> maintained progression on par with hardcore guilds that raided for often double or triple the amount of time as us.

Our immediate short term goal is to recruit and prepare for 8.2 mythic raiding. Our long term goal will be CE for each raid for the rest of this expansion. Our competitive roster will also push high keys each week and rated battlegrounds.

Any mythic-raiding experienced players are welcome to apply with a special emphasis on healers and ranged dps. Raid times are Friday and Saturday from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm sharp with invites going out 15 minutes before the start of the raid.

One of our main things we look for in recruitment is if you ‘gel’ with our group of raiders. We are a small guild that have played together for a long time. We like our raiders to fit with us so they also enjoy playing the game. We have always tried to not be a “log on to raid and log off” guild. You will find many of our members hang around chatting or simply playing other games together.

We consider ourselves to be a social group that like to have fun but we will NOT tolerate any lack of dedication when it comes to progression. We will expect each player to know their class thoroughly, pull acceptable numbers for their role, follow mechanics at the level of a mythic raider, and show dedication to fix any issues in the skills listed above.

Beyond being dedicated towards improvement, players will obtain higher consideration for our roster if they can impress us with:

• Gear—Would prefer closer to item level 400+ with a neck level of around 45

• Logs—Raid progress doesn’t always prove skill, and some skilled players don’t have any mythic progress whatsoever.

• Strong Communication Skills—We use discord, Mic is not required but EARS ARE; special consideration given to those who can vocally call out mechanics and help synergize our team.

• Good knowledge of Player’s Class—Know when to immune, stun, CC, Etc.

• Teamwork skills—Synergy is very important for team success

Drop us a message at

btag: matt#19690

Hey Wrynne!

I am from <Synergy> (H) US-Stormreaver. We are a progression-based raiding guild recruiting for Mythic Eternal Palace. If you are looking for a relaxed group of teammates, but still hungry for a challenge, our guild might be the right fit for you. We are looking for a Holy Priest and Hunter! We are 1/8M, 8/8H EP and raid Wed/Thurs 8-11pm CST. We also actively run M+! Let me know if this sounds interesting to you. ~https://raider.io/guilds/us/stormreaver/Synergy~

BNet: RaveMan#1287 Discord: Rave#5986

Still looking?
Hi there!
We are team AXIS at Quantum Dissonance on Area52! Our raid times are Tues/Wed 7:30-10 CST 8/8n 6/8H. We are needing a Holy priest and a MW monk for our main team. We also have need of a rock star hunter!
Add me on discord if you are interested in checking us out! Trials are Tuesday! Aearo#9581

<Alliance Lives Matter> Connected Realms- Scilla, Zuluhed, Andorhal and Ursin

Currently 3/8M, 8/8H EP [first week aotc] , 9/9M BoD [ce] , 2/2H CoS 9/9H BoD, 8/8M Uldir [ce] , 11/11M Antorus [cutting edge]. We are #1 server on our server group.

Currently US 140 for Mythic BoD. Killed Jaina multiple times before the hardcore nerfs and reclear her every week.

Recruitment Needs for Mythic: (Transfer Required) 1 brew tank, 1 disc+holy priest, 1 holy paladin, 2 ranged dps(strong preference for warlock, ele sham, s priest) 1 dps with strong tank off spec, prefer monk or warrior… Potentially 1 stud melee player. Anyone talented regardless of class/spec will be considered. Do not be shy to apply even if you are not one of our high priority classes.

We also recruit normal and heroic only raiders for our normal and heroic raids. We have many awesome less hardcore players that join us for heroic and normal to learn from our mythic raiders. This is a very active and growing guild. Our raiders do not just log on to raid and than disappear.

Guild Goals: We are pushing hard for famed slayer in eternal palace and need like minded driven competitive individuals with the same goal [IN PROGRESS]. To full clear mythic BoD in a timely competitive fashion (US 250 Minimum) [COMPLETED; cut our US ranking in HALF] and all future mythic raid tiers going forward in a quick and competitive manner. We set our goals and then we do what it takes to meet them. We do meet our goals. Period. We started antorus 6 months late and burned our way through cutting edge Antorus. This IS a cutting edge raiding guild with structure and organization.

Raid Schedule
[Mythic] Thursday 8:30pm-10:30pm cst
[Mythic] Sat/Sun 3:30-7:30 pm central.
[Heroic] Tuesday is our heroic night for our mythic raiders/sales run 8:30 central to 11:00pm. This run is optional but highly recommended for gear sharing.
[Heroic] Wednesday- Open to our heroic team raiders, mythic raiders, and mythic raider alts. run 8:30 central to 11:00. This team full clears heroic easily as well.
[Normal] Friday open to anyone 8:30 central to 10:00.

We push people to get 1 heroic clear and 1 mythic 10 plus a week done. This is * required for our mythic raiders. As long as there is forging in the game people should be fishing for titanforges.

More about the guild: We do it all, we aren’t just raiders. We are extremely active guild, the most active on the server, and more active than most servers/guilds. Our people do not just log on for raids once or twice a week. Our average age range is 28-35. We enjoy PvP- arenas, rbgs, bgs, wpvp, Mythic+, achievements. We have a very laid back but like to get stuff done kind of atmosphere when it is not raid time. When it is raid time, we get focused and serious and competitive in a non toxic results oriented manner. Very active and supportive guild filled with awesome human beings. Our raiders are competitive players always striving to better themselves. Flasks and feasts and vantus runes are provided for all progression raiding. We constantly analyze logs and push for improvement. We do not settle for mediocrity in any of our members so by being a part of this guild you will become a better player and person. This is just a small taste of our guild. Please contact an officer to have any questions or concerns addressed.

If you’re interested in raiding with us or would just like to join the guild feel free to contact Nebulaphobia, our recruitment officer.**()()

BTag: Ashe#1789

Discord: Ashie#6243

In Game: Nebulaphobia-Scilla

We might be interested - 3/8M, Tue/Thur from 8 - 11 EST raid times. Add me on btag if that jives with your schedule at all.

Hey Wrynne!

I would love to chat more with you if you’d like. I think we could be a great fit and I have personally experienced what you were describing. It’s our goal to create a great community that people want to log on for everyday! Add me so we can talk more. Arc#11310

Pep Talk is a newly formed guild on (H) Illidan with the purpose of enjoying content as a community. Currently pursuing end game content in pve/pvp and eventually moving into mythic raiding.

We are looking for anyone interested in joining our community. Previous raiding experience is not needed and we are willing to help complete mythic + to help gear.

We raid on Saturdays and Sundays 9:15-11:45 eastern. Groups will start forming around 9:00 eastern to be as efficient as possible. Flasks and food will be provided.

Transmog runs and pvp groups will be set up periodically throughout the week as we gain more members.

Contact : Arc#11310

Raid times : Saturday/Sunday 9:15-11:45 eastern

[H] <Atrophy> Tichondrius 3/8M 8/8H

We do our raid content blind (without the help of online guides or outside strats). The only information we use is that given to us by the Dungeon Journal. We do take our progression seriously.

Our goal is to push CE without having fatboss play the game for us.

8pm - 11pm MST (Arizona time)
8pm - 11pm PST
10pm - 1am CST
11pm - 2am EST

Feel free to message me
BNET Raptor#1726
DISCORD Raptor#5264

Guild: Hive on Hyjal/US

Team: The Swarm

Raid Times: Sun/Mon 8:30-11:30 EST (5:30-8:30 PST)

Current Expac Progression: 3/9M EP, CE Uldir, CE BfD)

High Priority Need: Priest (Your hunter friend could be welcome as well since ranged is easy to work into a roster)

The Swarm is a cutting-edge focused team which still emphasizes community and enjoyment above all else. We raid 2 nights a week, the expectation is that you’re able to have fun but when it’s time to focus up you can play your class at a high level. More detailed background can be found on our wowprogress page.

For more info, DM me or friend me on discord: dysonfm#6085

Hi Wrynne,

If also willing to go alliance on top of all the other changes, check out our info and I’ll be happy to chat with you.

Retaliation is a heroic progression guild that has been raiding and PvPing in various games for over 10 years. We enjoy giving each other a hard time while still being successful.

Retaliation raids on Tuesday and Wednesday nights 8 PM to 10 PM ET. We use Discord for voice communication and go with a work hard play hard mentality. We also require a mythic+ to be completed each week to assist with progression.

More details - AOTC Guild Recruiting - Come give each other crap with us!

Please if interested reach out to Isego#1586

Salt Factory US#206 [9/9M BoD - 3/8M EP]

   Salt Factory is a later evening guild located on Tichondrius - US, formerly known as Insomnia of Sargeras. Over the years, we've built a community of people who genuinely like playing together. We wanted to once again come together and create something for BFA. We believe in the mantra "raid smarter, not harder" and established a guild built upon that belief. While there are many of us that have raided at the higher echelons of the US raiding scene, we believe that rank means nothing without genuinely caring where you raid and who you surround yourself with. We place importance on the morale and atmosphere of the raid, and have endeavored to provide an environment that can be thoroughly enjoyed to its fullest while staying competitive.

      While our raiding times or community may not be ideal for all, we're a guild with personality, that prides ourselves on our unique, and down-to-earth atmosphere. With each passing tier we strive to not only improve as individuals, but together as a team. Because we believe that teamwork is the most crucial building block of any successful guild.

What you can expect from us :

  • Guild leadership focused on not only progression but the overall health of the guild
  • Reliable and skilled players who share a common goal
  • A social atmosphere not commonly found in progression guilds

What we expect from you :

  • Reliability
  • Ability to communicate clearly & efficiently
  • Ability to adapt quickly
  • Consistency & punctuality [showing up every night, and on time is a MUST].
  • Genuine commitment
  • Experience and the knowledge to play your class to its fullest!

Tues - Weds - Thursday : 8 PM-11 PM PST (11 PM - 2 AM EST] / [10 PM -1 AM CST]

PROGRESSION (during content) :

  • BoD - 9/9M US#206
  • Uldir - 8/8M (first tier back w/ 3 less raiding hours)
  • T20 - 8/9M before calling it for the expac. best kill US#97
  • T19 - US#96
  • T18 - US#165
  • T17 - US#119
  • T16 - US#136
  • T15 - US#94

TO APPLY VISIT : goo.gl/forms/tfdRupd7SFyMPjO53

Contact any of the officers for questions or concerns!

Officer Contact info :

GM / Raid Lead : Bnet - Kisshot#1230

Hi Wrynne, my guild is currently in need of 1 healer and ranged dps. We raid Tuesday and Wednesday 7-10pm PST. Currently we are 8/8N and 6/8H EP. On our offnights our guildies are very active running keys, doing pvp, achievements, etc. Here is the link to our recruitment post with all of our info < LökTar >[H] 6/8H EP, 1/9M, 9/9H BoD, 2/2H COS LFM

Please feel free to add me to btag to chat further Galorina#1877

Hey Wrynne!

Seems like a solid match between us! Enjoy this typical wall of text and lets see if we can set up a time to chat! :smiley:

< Quantum > is looking for exceptional players to help us expand our raid roster. We are coming out of the newborn stages of our community, having formed up at the beginning of the expansion. We offer a fun and relaxed raid environment that makes steady progression through heroic and is interested in light mythic progression. We also plan on putting a lot of effort in to Classic WoW, maintaining an AotC pace on retail, but also enjoying what the game was.

We raid Tuesday/Thursday nights from 9:30pm-12:30pm EST during progression and run keys and PvP on off nights. Currently, we are AotC in each tier since we started (with week 2 CoS curve) and plan on maintaining this level of play. Although we have cleared one or two bosses in the past each tier, we are very much looking into pushing mythic this tier.

Most of the required raiding consumables are provided by the guild and our players are supplied with what they will need to succeed when doing group content (you are still required to have a few backup consumables, food, flasks, potions, enchants). We are not by any means a hardcore guild, we simply ask that our players know the fights (or are willing to learn) and contribute to the overall good atmosphere and chemistry of our team.

While it is important to “bring the player and not the class,” we are interested in recruiting the following classes/specs (other applicants will be considered):

  • Hunter - ranged
  • Shaman - resto/ele
  • Warlock - any
  • Monk - dps/heal
  • Priest - disc/shadow
  • Paladin - dps

If you think that you might be a good fit, please reply or toss us an add on Battlenet: Val#12876 Ekoh#1469. We’d love to hear from you!

Fury is an Alliance Cutting Edge raid team on Proudmoore (US). We were established in 2017 and have achieved CE in every tier we’ve raided in (9/9M ToS, 11/11M ABT, 8/8M Uldir, 9/9M BoD 4/8M EP), with plans to push for US 100 in BFA.

Our raid times are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 8-11pm PST

Currently recruiting
Healers ( Resto druid )
DPS (Lock, Mage, Spriest, Ele shammy, Monk, Death Knight)
DPS with tank OS
Any exceptional players

What We Expect:

Fury is looking for raiders who are responsible, dependable, mature, and have previous experience in mythic raiding. Our aim is to push bleeding edge content at a rapid pace, with enough time before the next content patch to farm out mounts, achievements, and study up on next tiers content.
Our raiders are expected to have a solid understanding of their class/role and, in addition to maintaining 90% raid attendance, put time in outside of scheduled raids to keep their toon performing at the highest level possible. This means researching fights, studying class logs, running M+, farming world quests, and anything else that is needed to ensure that each player brings as much as they can for the 9hrs/week that we have to clear content.

What You Can Expect:

In return, we offer a healthy, fun, competitive, non-toxic raid environment where we aim to clear content quickly and efficiently. Our goal is to create a space that allows each member to perform at their highest level.
We consider this our online family, so any toxicity or rage directed at another raider will not be tolerated. We do, however, strongly promote personal accountability and encourage our raiders to own up to their mistakes so we can all learn from them. This team is built on the idea that mechanics > parses. If people fail at mechanics and wipe us, it sets back progress and we fail as a team. Killing bosses at a rapid pace is paramount and dying to mechanics due to tunneling is unacceptable. Any concerns with performance or attitude will be handled in a constructive and respectful manner.

To apply: -^^-tinyurl.com/FuryProudmoore

Raid Lead - Siccmade#1891(Bnet)/ Sicc#9870 (Discord)
Team Lead - Aysha#1971 (Bnet) / Aysha#8573 (Discord)
Heal Lead - HGFenn85#1423 (Bnet) / Fenlos#1369 (Discord)
Range Lead - Miketsu#1603 (Bnet) / Miketsu#4165 (Discord)


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Our trip to Beekman 1802 in Sharon Springs, NY!  Savory casserole recipe and hooked trivet.  1940s War Era patterns.  Time to register for the 2014 Paris Hill Hook-In, and more!

Trip to Sharon Springs, NY!

Beth & Jen in front of the B.1802 Mercantile in Sharon Springs.

We are excited to announce that we will be designing and selling
hooked rugs and pillows with Beekman 1802!

If you are not familiar with Beekman 1802, click here!  Beekman 1802 was founded by Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell and is now the fastest growing lifestyle company in the United States.  More importantly, though, Beekman 1802 is a company that gives back and operates by the kind of values we are proud to be associated with.  Look for our products, made exclusively for Beekman 1802, in their on-line and Sharon Springs Mercantile late this year.

We stayed at the lovely American Hotel founded between 1847-1851 and now owned by Doug Plummer and Garth Roberts. We can’t say enough  about how gracious and hospitable they made our stay and if you love antiques like we do, you’ll feel right at home. Highly recommend and be on the lookout for upcoming hooking retreat news at this location (we're working on it)!

It's time to register for the Paris Hill Hook In...

Saturday, November 15th, 2014

10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

First Baptist Church of Paris

Center of the Village Green

Paris Hill Road, Paris, Maine

  • Registration Deadline:  November 8th, 2014

  • Ticket Price: $28.00

  • Breakfast & Lunch included

  • Informal Rug Show: Bring your favorites to share! As many as you like!

  • Vendors & Door Prizes

  • Ring the Early 19th Century Paul Revere Foundry Church Bell!

Registration is limited to 60 people, first come, first served.   Our new venue this year is much more handicapped accessible, with better parking too!

To print out a registration form on line, please go to: Registration Form

To have a registration form emailed or mailed to you, please contact Beth at (207) 890-8490 or

Things to do nearby...

Paris Hill, Maine is a National Historic District located in the Western Mountains Region of the state.  It is an easy drive to many recreational activities that are in full swing in the fall, including leaf peeping drives, harvest festivals, & outlet shopping.  Not too far away are the flagship LL Bean Store in Freeport, outlet shopping in North Conway, NH, the White Mountain National Forest & tours of Mount Washington, the Oxford Casino, beautiful downtown Norway, Maine with its quaint shops and cafes, along with much more.  FMI on things to do in the area, go to West Coast Maine.
WWII Pattern Collection

This is our new 1940s Wartime Collection commemorating the poster art, aircraft nose art, and graphic design related to World War II. We are fast losing that "greatest generation" of living memory of this important time in our history, and it is our intention to help keep it, and other historical eras as time goes on, alive in our pattern making. These patterns can be customized to include service dates or other important dates, names or initials in the lives of your family's WWII vets.

Available for purchase on our Etsy shop.

Workshops at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in Maine!

Know someone who wants to learn hooking in Maine?  Beth will be teaching at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village on June 28th. The Shakers are offering MANY other wonderful workshops all summer and fall long, so check out their web page at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village and be sure to "like" them on their Facebook page!

Also, please treat yourself to this beautiful video about the Shakers still living in this incredible community.

Casserole Trivet and Brunch Recipe!

This spring magnolia trivet is perfect for those cozy casseroles measures 11 X 15. We will be offering seasonal trivet patterns throughout the year. This pattern can be found on our Etsy shop.

Sausage and Creamy Noodle Brunch Casserole
(Courtesy of The Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook)

  •  1 package (16 ounces) egg noodles
  •  2 pounds bulk pork sausage
  •  2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
  •  2 cups (16 ounces) sour cream
  •  1 cup crumbled blue cheese
  •  2 jars (4-1/2 ounces each) sliced mushrooms, drained
  •  1 jar (4 ounces) diced pimientos, drained
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped green pepper
  •  1 cup soft bread crumbs
  •  2 tablespoons butter, melted

 Cook noodles according to package directions; drain. In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain.

 In a Dutch oven, combine the soup, sour cream and blue cheese; cook and stir over medium heat until cheese is melted.

Stir in the noodles, sausage, mushrooms, pimientos and green pepper.

 Transfer to two greased 3-qt. baking dishes. Toss bread crumbs and butter; sprinkle over top. Bake, uncovered, at 350° or 30-35 minutes or until edges are bubbly. Yield: 2 casseroles

(8 servings each)
What have our hookers been up to???

This gorgeous version of our "Emerson's Redbird" pattern was hooked and braid bound by Pat Watson, a student of Beth's at Oxford Mill End Store, Oxford, Maine.

This adaptation of an antique Scottie dog pattern was hooked by Edna Olmstead, Maine.

"Welcome" patterns by Wool N Ewe in Ellsworth, Maine, hooked by Edna Olmstead.

Our "Summer in Paris" pillow pattern hooked by Irene Adams, Maine.  We have a variety of new sunflower and/or crow themed patterns in the shop now, so keep an eye out for them!

This is Anita Holmquist at the Maine studio showing us her amazing yarn punch needle rug, which is then shaped in a Waldoboro-like fashion.

This is our "Irene's Farm House" pattern, hooked by Irene Adams, Maine.

Irene Adams also hooked this lovely step stool cover, an adaptation of our "Two Solitudes" pattern.  These step stools are also available for purchase in our shop, along with the pattern for the topper.

Whoooo hooked these owls?  Ellen Marshall of Two Cats & a Dog Hooking here in Maine.  If you would like to purchase this rug OR the pattern for this rug (or some other very nice thing!), click on the link for her FB page where you will also find the link to her Etsy shop.

 Studio Hours

Paris, Maine:

Open hooking and supply sales!
Tuesdays:  10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursdays: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
First & Third Saturdays 9 a.m. to 12 noon
or by chance or appointment.
Contact Beth @ (207) 890-8490

Old Hickory, Tennessee:

By chance or by appointment.
Contact Jen @
(615) 339-6496
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Stellé Audio Creates Women-Friendly Speaker

Women control $20 trillion on average of annual consumer spending, according to an article published by the Harvard Business Review.  The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) reports that women have been outspending men in consumer electronics since 2007, when women spent $55 billion, compared to $41 billion by men. It seems like a no-brainer to develop electronics geared towards women. Right? I’m not looking for pink tablets, necessarily. Brands should be more creative than that. I’m not talking cases either. I’d like some real, useful, women-friendly technology.

Stellé Audio inspired my post today. I met the woman-owned portable speaker manufacturer during CE Week this year. Not only have they created speakers that pair easily with other devices and have quality sound, but the package is also a smart designer clutch for the fashionable woman on-the-go. The Stellé Audio Clutch comes in various skins, from leather to Python to Eel-inspired designs and totes, from fashion great Rebecca Minkoff. This speaker would be great for a day at the beach with your family or for a discreet conference call at the lunch table with your staff. (Don’t act like I’m the only one).

Stellé Audio has pioneered the move from the bulky black speaker collecting dust on your desk to something usable, wearable, truly on-the-go, and that most importantly includes the forgotten few: Women!

All Stellé Audio products are available for purchase at and Fred Segal retailers in West Hollywood and Santa Monica.

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Google fired security engineer and four other activist employees for violating the internal policy

A security engineer of Internet giant Google was fired Friday for misusing internal internet alert system to remind the co-workers of their right to take collective actions.

Kathryn Spiers, who recently worked on the Chrome browser, argued the decision of her resign and claimed that she was authorized to use the system to alert employees to new policies of the company.

In September Google published the list of rights, settling a complaint brought by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Spiers attached to the declaration that company’s employees could organize and discuss various workplace issues without retribution that eventually lead to the pop-up inside Chrome browser if the workers tried to visit an internal policy page or the website of a firm involved in attempts to break unions elsewhere.

Google suspended Spiers the same day four activists amongst her colleagues were fired.

“I expected it to be a controversial change, and I didn’t expect it to be added forever, but I also didn’t expect to be fired over it,” Spiers said in an interview.

“I created a little notification, only a few lines of code, that pops up in the corner of the browser whenever my coworkers visited the union busters’ website or the community guidelines policy. The notification said: ‘Googlers have the right to participate in protected concerted activities.’”

The company’s spokesman whose name is not published explained:

“The issue here is that a security engineer misused a security and privacy tool to create a pop-up that was neither about security nor privacy. This person did that without authorization and without a business justification.”

The Communications Workers of America (CWA), a union that filed an NLRB complaint on behalf of the other four fired workers, filed a new complaint late on Monday for Spiers. The union denied the illegalness of Speirs’ firing, citing that it was aimed “to quell Spiers and other employees from asserting their right to engage in concerted protected activities.”

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Ruslana – World Music Award and Eurovision Song Contest Winner

Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko is recognized to be the most successful Ukrainian female solo artists internationally. A singer, dancer, producer, and social activist, she won a myriad of awards, including recognition as one of the top 10 most influential women of 2013 by Forbes magazine. She began her career as a winner of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, attaining a total score of 280 points – a record amount of points at the time – with a song “Wild Dances.” Besides her musical career, she also gained recognition as a “heroine of Ukraine” by the American press for her commitment to the Pro-EU movement, otherwise known as Euromaidan.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk – Singer, composer and politician

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is a lead singer for the Okean Elzy, the most successful rock band in Ukraine. Performing in countries across the world including Belarus, US, and Canada, the band also performed in December 2013 at the Euromaidan protests. Later in 2015 the band broke the record for the largest number of people attending a concert by a Ukrainian band when it performed at Kiev's Olympiyskiy’s Stadium and a crowd of over 75,000 people came out to listen to them. Besides his musical career he is also a political activist and on 16th May 2019 he has announced the creation of his personal political party “Voice.”

Pavlo Tabakov – Singer and Winner of project Chance and Voice of the Country-2

A singer, musician, and composer, Tabakov had attained recognition by winning the fifth season of the Ukrainian TV project Chance as well as the TV project The Voice of Ukraine in the team of Diana Arbenina. Alongside these accomplishments, he has also been a semi-finalist of the second season of Ukraine’s Got Talent. These accomplishments are all possible because of his incredible vocal range of three octaves.

Kvitka Cisyk – Soprano Singer

Cisyk is an American soprano singer of Ukrainian ethnicity who is famous as a singer of popular, classical opera, Ukrainian folk music, as well as a singer for radio and TV advertisements. Being a daughter of Ukrainian immigrants, she was inspired to record two albums of Ukrainian songs, which were both nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album award: Kvitka: Two Colors and Kvitka: Songs of Ukraine.

Solomiya Krushelnytska - Ukrainian soprano, opera singer

Solomiya is considered to be one of the brightest opera stars of the first half of the 20th century. Solomiya performed in Odessa (1896–1897), Warsaw (1898–1902), St Petersburg (1901–1902), the Paris Grand Opera (1902), Naples (1903–1904), Cairo and Alexandria (1904), and Rome (1904–1905). Krushelnytska is known as an active promoter of the works of her contemporaries, and of Richard Wagner. She also performed in other theatres across Europe, Egypt, Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and others.

Renata Babak - Mezzo-soprano opera star

Renata was a Ukrainian mezzo-soprano who defected to America from the Bolshoi Opera. She made her U.S. debut at Carnegie Hall in 1975. Her last performance was in 1997 when she was in Tchaikovsky's "Iolanta" with Opera Camerata of Washington D.C. She was also acclaimed by audiences at Bolshoi, La Scala and Carnegie Hall.

Beverly Sills - American operatic soprano

Beverly, a daughter of Ukrainian immigrants from Odesa, was an America’s leading bel canto stylist. Although she sang a repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Puccini, Massenet and Verdi, she was known for her performances in coloratura soprano roles in live opera and recordings. Sills was largely associated with the operas of Donizetti, of which she performed and recorded many roles. The New York Times noted, "In her prime her technique was exemplary. She could dispatch coloratura roulades and embellishments, capped by radiant high Ds and E-flats, with seemingly effortless agility.”

Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, and Mary Travis - Peter, Paul and Mary music group

Peter, Paul and Mary is an American folk group popular in the 1960s. Attaining a Warner Bros. record label, they managed to distinguish themselves from other groups taking part in the folk revival of the time. The folk singer Peter Yarrow, whose parents were educated Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, in the later years went to Ukraine as part of the campaign against bullying and taught schoolchildren both respect and tolerance through music.

Mykola Leontovych - composer Carol of the Bells – Shchedryk

“Carol of the Bells” is an incredibly popular Christmas carol in which music comes from the notes written by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych. Moreover, the version of the lyrics which was written by Peter J. Wilhousky is not an original one. The actual song was based on the Ukrainian folk chant named “Shchedryk.” The original Ukrainian lyrics tell a story of a swallow flying over the sky and into a household to bring and pronounce a bountiful year for a family.

Sergei Prokofiev – Ukrainian-born composer, pianist and conductor

Sergei is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His works include such widely heard pieces as the March from The Love for Three Oranges, the suite Lieutenant Kijé, the ballet Romeo and Juliet—from which "Dance of the Knights" is taken—and Peter and the Wolf. He performed in the US (New York and Chicago) and France (Paris). Today Prokofiev may well be the most popular composer of 20th-century music. His orchestral music alone is played more frequently in the United States than that of any other composer of the last hundred years save Richard Strauss, while his operas, ballets, chamber works, and piano music appear regularly throughout major concert halls worldwide.

Maxim Berezovsky - composer, opera singer, bassist and violinist

Berezovsky was one of the first Russian composers in the 18th century to be recognized throughout Europe and the first to compose an opera, symphony, and violin sonata. His most popular works are his sacred choral pieces written for the Orthodox Church. Much of his work has been lost; only three of the 18 known choral concertos have been found. Dmitry Bortniansky was thought to be the first Russian symphonic composer until the discovery in 2002 of Berezovsky's Symphony in C by Steven Fox in the Vatican archives, composed around 1770 to 1772.

Myroslav Shoryk - composer, pianist, art director of Kyiv Opera

Myroslav is a Ukrainian composer and teacher. His music is contemporary in style and contains stylistic traits from Ukrainian folk traditions. Many works by Skoryk have been performed by leading ensembles and soloists including Leontovych Quartet, Oleh Krysa, Volodymyr Vynnytsky, Mykola Suk  and Alexander Slobodyanik. Victor Markiw has written the first English language book on the composer titled The Life and Solo Piano Works of the Ukrainian Composer Myroslav Skoryk, published in 2010 by the Edwin Mellen Press.

Dmitry Bortniansky - precursor of the 19th century “Russian” classical school in music

Dmitry was a Ukrainian and Russian composer, harpsichordist and conductor, who served at the court of Catherine the Great. Bortniansky is critical to the musical history of both Ukraine and Russia, with both nations claiming him as their own. Bortniansky is known today for his liturgical works and his prolific contributions to the genre of choral concertos. He was one of the "Golden Three" of his era, alongside Artemy Vedel and Maxim Berezovsky. Bortniansky was so popular in the Russian Empire that his figure was represented in 1862 in the bronze monument of the Millennium of Russia in the Novgorod Kremlin.

Bob Dylan - singer-songwriter

Bob Dylan has been the most influential pop music figure for over 50 years. He is also a recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature. His parental grandparents moved to the United States from Odessa, Ukraine. Bob Dylan’s most known songs are Blowin’ in the Wind and The Times They Are a-Changin,” both of which have later become recognized as anthems for the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement.

Vadym Kholodenko - pianist, 2013 Cliburn Gold Medalist

Vadym is a Ukrainian pianist, and winner of the gold medal at the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He had home prizes for best performance of the piano quintet and best performance of a commissioned work, Vadym highlighted the Final Round with two concerti with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. His cadenza in Mozart's Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, which he wrote on the plane, was praised as "fascinatingly contrapuntal," showing "the guts of a true super artist.”

Vladimir Horowitz - composer and piano virtuoso

Horowitz, an incredibly talented and acclaimed pianist, was born in Kiev. After building his initial career in Ukraine, he moved to play in the West. Starting in Berlin, he also played in Paris, London, and New York City. His fame also made him be selected by the Soviet authorities to represent Ukraine at the inaugural International Chopin Piano Competition in Poland. Today, he is regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time who was able to transcend into a style of excitement filled with an unparalleled tone color.

Alexander Slobodyanik - virtuoso pianist

Alexander was a classical pianist from Ukraine. He enjoyed a prodigious international career spanning over five decades. He made his debut tour to the United States in 1968 which included a recital at Carnegie Hall, which was highly praised by critics, recognizing him as a leader of his generation. Slobodyanik appeared at the world’s major music centers and performed with such renowned orchestras as the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Kirov Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and many others.

Valentyn Silvestrov - composer and pianist of contemporary classical music

Valentyn, Ukrainian composer and pianist in neoclassical trend, is acclaimed for “metaphorical” style of music.Using traditional tonal and modal techniques, Silvestrov creates a unique and delicate tapestry of dramatic and emotional textures, qualities which he suggests are otherwise sacrificed in much of contemporary music. "I do not write new music. My music is a response to and an echo of what already exists," Silvestrov has said.

Mykola Lysenko - composer, conductor and culturologist

Lysenko composed 133 art songs, many of which are lyrics by Taras Shevchenko as well as Lesia Ukrainka, Ivan Franko, Heinrich Heine, Oleksandr Oles, Adam Mickiewicz and others. He also arranged approximately 500 folk songs for voice and piano, choir and piano, or choir a cappella. Lysenko wrote a number of operatic works, including Natalka Poltavka, Utoplena and Taras Bulba. His collection of essays about Ukrainian folk instruments, makes him the founder of Ukrainian organology and one of the first organologist in the Russian Empire.

Leonard Bernstein - composer, conductor, author, music lecturer and pianist

Leonard was the son of immigrants from Rivne (Ukraine). He was among the first conductors born and educated in the U.S. to receive worldwide acclaim. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history.His fame derived from his long tenure as the music director of the New York Philharmonic, from his conducting of concerts with most of the world's leading orchestras, and from his music for West Side Story, Peter Pan, Candide, Wonderful Town, On the Town, On the Waterfront, his Mass, and a range of other compositions, including three symphonies and many shorter chamber and solo works.

Hnat Khotkevych - founder of the modern bandura art

Hnat was a Ukrainian writer, ethnographer, playwright, composer, musicologist, and bandurist. Khotkevych was a renaissance man and was multi-talented. Although he was trained as a professional engineer, he is known more as a prolific Ukrainian literary figure, and also as a dramatist, composer and ethnographer, and father of the modern bandura. Khotkevych incorporated original folkloric and ethnographic material, in particular folks songs, tales, customs and even dialectical and lingual differences of the region or time which he was writing about. He included many aspects of the modernist style popular in Ukraine at the time.

Artemy Vedel - composer and choral conductor

Artemy was a military and monastic composer of Ukrainian origin. Together with Maxim Berezovsky and Dmitry Bortniansky, Vedel is recognized as one of the Golden Three composers of the period.The V.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine holds the only existing music composition manuscript handwritten by Vedel, the "Score of Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom and Other Compositions". The piece comprises the Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom and various choral works. The ink varies in color, which suggests that Vedel wrote on the manuscript at different times throughout the years.

Vasil Barvinsky - premier conductor, composer, professor

Vasil - was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor, teacher, musicologist, and music related social figure. Barvinsky was one of the first Ukrainian composers to gain worldwide recognition. His pieces were published not only in the Soviet Union, but also in Vienna, Leipzig, New York (Universal Edition), and Japan. Barvinsky directed a post-secondary musical institution in the city of Lviv (1915-1948) the Lysenko Higher Institute of Music, and was considered to be the head of musical life at the time. Currently there is a College of Music named after Barvinsky in Drohobych city of Ukraine.

Hryhory Kytasty - composer and conductor of modern bandura music

Hryhory, a Ukrainian émigré, was an artistic director of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus in the US. In 2008 he was honored with the Hero of Ukraine state decoration. In 1949 H. Kytasty emigrated to the United States, settling initially with the rest of the Chorus in Detroit. In the United States the Shevchenko Bandurist Capella changed its name in English to the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. Kytasty is known as a composer who captured the spirit of the Ukrainian emigration who were branded Displaced Persons from Eastern Europe, reflecting the aspirations of the Western Ukrainian Diaspora.

Alexander Koshetz - choral conductor with an all-time record for audience attendance

Alexander was a Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer, ethnographer, writer, musicologist, and lecturer, who introduced carol of the bells to the world. He also helped popularize Ukrainian music around the world. Although Koshetz was mostly known as a conductor, he also did his share of composing and arranging music. In the 1920s, after the creation of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Koshetz composed his liturgy, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, as well as ten Ukrainian religious chants.

Virko Baley - composer, conductor and pianist

Virko is a Ukrainian-American composer, conductor, and pianist. Baley is the former conductor of the Nevada Symphony Orchestra and was the guest conductor of the Kiev Camerata in Ukraine. He also co-directs N.E.O.N., Nevada Encounters of New Music, and often collaborates with the New Juilliard Ensemble in New York. Baley composed the score to the 1991 Ukrainian film Swan Lake, The Zone. As a producer, and through his record label TNC, Virko Baley has released a series of CDs containing rare recordings of the pianist Sviatoslav Richter and of the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the latter earning him a GRAMMY® Award.

Ihor Sonevytsky - co-founder of the Ukrainian Musical Institute in America

Ihor was a Ukrainian-born composer, conductor, and pianist. He conducted five different Ukrainian choirs, organized and directed a Ukrainian string orchestra and opera ensemble, taught private students, lectured at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Rome, wrote over 500 music-related articles for various newspapers and periodicals, wrote several books, edited many others, and accompanied a variety of singers, recording several LPs of vocal music with them. He is the author of an opera, a ballet, some chamber music, a series of piano works and a catalogue of choral and vocal music.

Yakiv Yatsynevych - choral conductor and composer

Yakiv was a prominent Ukrainian composer, conductor, and folklorist, known for his eclectic works. He studied with Mykola Lysenko in Kiev. From 1903 to 1906, he conducted the men's choir at Kiev University and a mixed choir at Odessa (1925-30). His works include the Symphony "Year 1905," the Oratoria "Skorbna Maty" (with words by Pavlo Tychyna), church music ("Sluzhba Bozha," Cantatas on the Themes of St. George, Basil, Peter, and Paul), choral works, and about 200 songs.

Mila Kunis – Ukrainian-born American actress

Born in the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union, Kunis, alongside her family, had immigrated to the United States at the age of 7. This Ukrainian-born actress had since then attained worldwide recognition by starring in famous movies, including Black Swan, Jupiter Ascending, and Bad Mums. Her career began with her playing a role in That 70s Show and voicing Meg in an animated show Family Guy. From then on, her popularity seems only to be growing, providing her with awards such as the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actress in her role of Odile in the Black Swan.

Olga Kurylenko – Actress

A French-Ukrainian actress and model, Kurylenko was first discovered as a model in Moscow when she was only 13 years old. After that, she began starring as an actress in 2005 with her first role being Nika Boronina in a video game adaptation movie, Hitman. Since then, she had starred in famous movies such as Quantum of Solace, Oblivion, and The November Man.

Mila Jovovich – Actress and Model

Born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Mila Bogdanovna Jovovich became a famous American actress starring in multiple action and sci-fi films. Moreover, in 2004, Forbes had pronounced her to be the highest-paid model in the world. Her filming industry breakthrough came with the role of Leeloo in the Fifth Element directed by Luc Besson. From then on she starred in the action horror science fiction film series, Resident Evil.

Hedy Lamaar - actress and inventor

Hedy Lamaar, whose father is originally from Lviv,  is not only a woman with an impressive career in film, but also is an inductee to the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Meeting Louis B. Mayer, head of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, she was offered a contract in Hollywood where she began building her career as an actress. At the beginning of WWI, however, she developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes which used frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology overcoming the jamming by the Axis powers. The same exact technology is now incorporated into Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technologies.

Silvester Stalone - actor, screenwriter and producer

Stalone, whose great-grandfather was Ukrainian, is one of the most renowned American actors, screenwriters, and producers. He achieved his greatest success as an actor in 1976, when he self-created the role of Rocky Balboa in the Rocky series. His film Rocky  was actually inducted into the National Film registry and the movie’s props were placed in one of the Smithonian museums. In fact, this movie also gained him two nominations for the same film: Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. He was only the third man in history to receive these two nominations for the same film. Besides that, he starred in a myriad of movies including Rambo, The Expendables, and others.

Leonard Nimoy - actor

Born to Jewish immigrants from Iziaslav, Ukraine, Nimoy had now gained great success, taking a risk and starting his career early in Hollywood. He is best known for his role of playing Spock in the Star Trek Franchise. For almost fifty years, he had dedicated himself to that role from the very first episode which came out in 1964. His character of Spock gained so much popularity that the actor wrote two autobiographies: I Am Spock and I Am Not Spock. Both of them portray Nimoy sharing his existence with the character of Spock in his life. Either way, his influence on the world of American cinema culture also led to an asteroid being named in his honour in 2015 - asteroid “4864 Nimoy.”

Dustin Hoffman - actor, director, producer

Known best for his portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters, Dustin Hoffman is one of the actors who receives critical praise for almost all his roles. In total, he is a recipient of about two Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, and two Emmy Awards. Most notably, he is also a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award and the Kennedy Center Honors Award as well. Hoffman comes from a Jewish family of immigrants from Kiev and Iași.

Bohdan Stupka - Actor and the minister of culture of Ukraine

Bohdan was the most popular actor in Ukraine. He was also a member of the jury at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival. At the 26th Moscow International Film Festival he won the award for Best Actor for his role in Our Own. Stupka has played more than a hundred roles in films and over fifty in theaters. He has been awarded the title Artist of Ukraine and People's Artist of the USSR.  Hero of Ukraine (The Order of the State) (2011). In 1999-2001, Bohdan successfully served as Minister of Culture and Arts of Ukraine, but he still decided to go back to the theater. The dream of his life was that Ukrainian culture has become known throughout the world.

Vera Farmiga - actress

An American actress and producer, she made her debut on stage in the original Broadway production of Taking Sides. Going into the world of cinematography, she starred as Alex Goran in the movie, Up in the Air,  for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award, and the Academy Award for best Supporting Actress amongst others. She is now incredibly famous for portraying the paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the movie series, Conjuring. Movies much like the Conjuring gained her the reputation of a contemporary scream queen. The actress considers herself to be 100% Ukrainian American, being raised in a Ukrainian American community in Irvington, New Jersey and growing up learning Ukrainian as her native language.

David Duchovny - actor, writer, producer, director, novelist, and singer-songwriter

David is a modern American actor of Ukrainian descent, best known for his parts in two TV series, The X-Files and Californication. Duchovny's grandfather emigrated to the USA from Berdychiv. In 2014, Duchovny wrote in his Twitter feed: "I grew up thinking I was Russian only to find recently I have been Ukrainian all along."

Steven Spielberg – American filmmaker

Steven Spielberg is renowned for his production of movies, including E.T., Jurassic Park, Jaws, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List, and a myriad more. Considered to be one of the pioneers of the New Hollywood era, he had grandparents who originally came from Ukraine. Because of this, besides film production, Spielberg had worked to undermine activists who try to deny that there was ever an attempt to eliminate the European Jewry. To accomplish this, he co-produced a documentary film alongside Viktor Pinchuk, “Spell Your Name.” This movie combines the accounts of Jews and Gentiles who saved them to better represent the reality and the events of the Holocaust in Ukraine.

Lee Strasberg - actor and acting teacher

Strasberg, alongside Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, is the founder of the Group Theatre - “America’s  first true theatrical collective.” He also made himself a director of a nonprofit Actors Studio in NYC, one of the nation’s most prestigious acting schools where he taught several generations of theater and film notables, including Dustin Hoffman, Marilyn Monroe, Paul Newman, Anne Bancroft, and many others. He was originally born in Budaniv, a village in Ternopil Oblast of Ukraine.

Anatoliy  Kokush - film engineer - fast and furious, mission impossible, x-men

Kokush is a famous film engineer who founded a Soviet film and television company Filmotechnic which was later involved in the production of major Hollywood pictures including Titanic, War of the Worlds, Transformers, Iron Man 2, Ocean’s Twelve, Fast and Furious, X-Men, Mission Impossible, and many more huge box office hits. He has been recognized too for his contributions to the world of Ukrianian cinema and the world by the then-First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko.

Eugene Mamut - special effects - predator, matrix, (grew up in Ukraine)

Growing up in Ukraine and after creating one of the first computer-animated shorts, Mamut eventually moved to America. There, he was hired by EFX Unlimited where he worked on creating visual effects for The Blue Lagoon and Xanadu. Working for R/Greenberg Associates he created special effects for DIrty Dancing, Predator, Predator 2 and others. Most notably, he created “the elastic effect” that led to the creation of “the camouflage effect” for which he later received a Clio Award and an Academy Award. IN his later career he also worked on the production of one of the most known blockbusters, The Matrix.

Bill Tytla - animator

Tytla is a Ukrianian American animator known for his incredible work for Walt Disney Animation Studios, Paramount’s Famous Studios, and Terrytoons. Most notably, he is known for his animation of the Seven Dwarfs in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Stromboli in Pinocchio, and animations in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Fantasia and Dumbo.

Gene Stupnitsky – Producer and Writer

Stupnitsky is a Ukrainian-born American film writer and producer. Alongside Lee Eisenberg, he founded Quantity Entertainment. Besides writing screenplays and credits, in 2019, Stupinsky had achieved his personal and official directorial debut with the comedy movie, Good Boys. Good Boys is a coming-of-age story which follows the life of three six-graders and their series of misadventures. After receiving positive reviews from the critics, the film grossed $110 million worldwide with a $20 million budget.

Anatole Litvak - Lithuanian-American filmmaker

 Anatole was Ukrainian-born, who wrote, directed, and produced films in various countries and languages. Litvak was notable for directing little-known foreign actors to early fame, often winning them Academy Awards. Litvak directed Confessions of a Nazi Spy in 1939 starring Edward G. Robinson, which used actual newsreel footage from U.S. Nazi rallies. As a refugee from Nazi Germany, Litvak was among the few directors who tried to open Hollywood's eyes to the threat Germany posed to Europe and the world. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Litvak has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6633 Hollywood Blvd.

Taras Lewyckyj - Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble

Based in Philadelphia, this dance group has been preserving the culture of Ukraine through dance for over 40 years now. Because of its unique styles combining both the Ukrainian and American cultures, intertwining the classical, contemporary, and folkloric styles, it captures the attention of diverse audiences. Dedicated to promoting cultural exchanges between the Ukrainians and the global community at large, it serves among the leading cultural ambassadors of Ukraine within the United States.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy – Dancing with the Stars

A Ukrainian-American Latin-ballroom dance champion, Chmerkovsky is also a professional choreographer and instructor. Pairing with an Olympic ice dancer Meryl Davis in 2014, he won the Dancing with the Stars title and went on to star in Burn the Floor and Forever Tango Broadway productions.

Chernobyl – Five-part miniseries that shook the world

Co-produced by HBO and Sky, Chernobyl describes the story of the April 26, 1986 nuclear disaster – one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history. The massive nuclear explosion sent a radioactive material cloud effecting Belarus, Russia, and Scandinavia. The executive producer Craig Mazin used books, government reports from inside and outside of the Soviet Union, interviews with nuclear scientists, as well as several personal accounts to reimagine the story of the Chernobyl disaster and make it appear as true to the story as possible for the international viewers. The magnitude of the story itself as well as an incredibly high level of production won this movie 2 Golden Globes awards and 10 Emmys and sponsored the creation of one of the Best Listens of 2019 podcasts.

Pride of Ukraine – Documentary about LGBT Pride Movement in Ukraine

This documentary reveals a dramatic story of KyivPride – an attempt of the LGBT community of Ukraine to make its voice heard by the community and the government alike. Inspired by four LGBT activists’ stories, Michelle Emson, the producer of the film, hoped to challenge official and unofficial homophobia present within Ukraine and establish more basic human rights than ever before with the release of the movie in 2015. Since the film’s release, the streets of Kyiv hosted largest ever gay pride parade in 2019 with thousands participating. This clearly showed the revolution in the area of society all starting with, amongst others, movies such as Pride of Ukraine.

Winter on Fire – a story about the 2014 Revolution / Euromaidan

Winter on Fire is a documentary depicting the events which unfolded in 2013 and 2014 which had commenced the civil rights movement of Ukraine and which had later on were followed by the beginning of the war in the Eastern region of the country as well as the annexation of Crimea. It depicts how a peaceful student demonstration supporting European integration transgressed into a violent protest and a mobilization of over a million citizens across the country which led to the loss of around 130 individuals and the resignation of Ukrainian president.

Breaking Point – Documentary unraveling the Ukrainian fight for Democracy

This documentary showcases how the turmoil in Ukraine from the Euromaidan revolution was followed by the Russian invasion and an eventual war which took lives of over 10,000 and displaced 1.9 million Ukrainians. It especially portrays the stories both tragic and heroic of individuals entangled by the events of the war who try to restructure their government and defend their land from Putin’s Russia.

Tribe (Plemya) – Drama movie performed entirely in sign language

A stunning movie by a Ukrainian filmmaker, Myroslav Slaboshpytsiy has no words but is nevertheless a masterpiece in the world of cinema. Tribe is a movie set within a boarding school which hosts inside its walls a cesspool of organized crime. Without a single syllable of dialogue due to the boarding school being entirely for deaf schoolkids, this movie is nevertheless riddles with multiple layers of meaning and is a rightful winner of three Cannes Critics’ Week prizes.

The Russian Woodpecker – A Reimagined Story about Chernobyl

The documentary movie portrays a story of an irradiated Ukrainian artist on a search for the person standing behind the Chernobyl tragedy. The Sundance of Grand Jury tells not only about a proposed theory of Chernobyl being an inside job, but also of the “deadly dance” between Russia and Ukraine. This movie is an incredible documentary and conspiracy thriller which takes its viewers into the depth of the Exclusion Zone. The fact that the daunting reality of Ukraine’s revolution and war delve in the background is only one of the myriad reasons why this film, after being screened across the world had gained dozens of awards and recognitions.

Fiddler on the Roof – American musical drama film

Released in 1971, Fiddler on the Roof was an adaptation of the 1964 Broadway musical production with the same name. The film depicts a story of Tevye, a father of five daughters who tries to maintain the Jewish religious traditions in the face of encroachment of outside influences. The scenes of the movie are set in the Ukrainian village of Anatevka within Imperial Russia. The original Broadway musical was based on the stories by Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, better known by his pen name, Stolem Aleichem, a Ukrainian Yiddish author.


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The Huntsman: Winter's War - Frozen, Again

Matthew Parkinson | 5 May 2016 12:00
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Directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan. Produced by Joe Roth. Written by Evan Spiliotopoulos and Craig Mazin. Release date: April 22, 2016.

One of the most unbelievably bland movies I've ever seen was Snow White and the Huntsman, a grim-dark retelling of the "Snow White" story, one that turned Snow (Kristen Stewart) into a sword-and-shield-wielding warrior and teamed her up with The Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) in order to take down her stepmother, the evil Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron). It made way more money than it should have, so talks of a sequel quickly began - only to be derailed when the affair between Stewart and director Rupert Sanders became public.

What resulted is a prequel, midquel, and sequel to the first film. The advertising - and subtitle - might make you think that The Huntsman: Winter's War is about a battle over the throne between Ravenna and her younger sister, Freya (Emily Blunt), but that's a deceptive marketing tactic. It's about The Huntsman and his love interest (Jessica Chastain) looking for a MacGuffin to take down Freya, who is evil after having her daughter murdered by someone in whom she believed she was in love.

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It gets interesting when we find out - as the trailers already revealed - that the MacGuffin is the Magic Mirror from the first film, and that it contains the spirit of Ravenna. A better movie would see the two sisters fight over the throne, like the marketing suggested. What we get is another unbelievably bland movie through a magical kingdom, and then a pretty fun final 10 minutes. The only thing that elevates The Huntsman over the first film is that it isn't a dreary experience; there's some levity along the way, and Chris Hemsworth's taking the whole thing with the same amount of seriousness that one should take any project with a magical mirror - unless, of course, that mirror is the one found in Oculus.

There were only two strong elements in Snow White and the Huntsman. The first was Charlize Theron's performance as the evil Queen Ravenna. She commanded the screen, and every scene in which she was featured was worth watching. She's fine, too, in this one, although her total screen time is probably less than 10 minutes. Instead, we get Emily Blunt's Freya, who gets sufficient motivation for her heel turn, but Blunt's icy portrayal never really takes off - especially when compared to her on-screen sister.

The Huntsman: Winter's War is the prequel/sequel you didn't think you wanted, and it turns out that you were right.

The other strong element from the previous film was the special effects. Snow White and the Huntsman is actually a two-award Oscar nominee, both for Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design. It was a dark, dreary, and generic film, but it looked pretty good. The visual effects supervisor - and second unit director - from the first one, Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, has been tapped to take over directorial duties. There's nothing particularly noteworthy about the direction, honestly, and the effects range from strong (most of the ice effects) to laughable (turning Ravenna into a tar monster).

It feels as if The Huntsman: Winter's War wants to answer questions we had about its universe. It is partly a prequel, and spends a lot of time developing the place in which it's set - as if it hopes we'll care and want to spend more time in this world with future installments. Most of that is unnecessary, and might just be to pad the running time to feature length. The plot, on the whole, is as generic as they come, even when taking into consideration a couple of turns that you'll only not see coming if you're still an infant. The film also feels like it borrows so heavily from Frozen that if Olaf showed up and sang a song, it wouldn't have felt that out of place. (Both films are partial adaptations of "The Snow Queen," but boy does The Huntsman feel more just like a darker Frozen.)

Chris Hemsworth and Jessica Chastain do much of the heavy lifting. Both put on Scottish accents, both are more than competent in the action scenes, and there's a bit of a spark between them, chemistry-wise. Hemsworth jokes around, while Chastain wears gloom on her face like it's going out of style. Rob Brydon, Nick Frost, Alexandra Roach, and Sheridan Smith all play dwarves, and are varying levels of funny. The biggest surprise comes in the form of the film's narrator, Liam Neeson. I feel like that should have been a bigger selling point, but he's uncredited - likely to avoid being used in any promotional material. I wouldn't want my name associated with The Huntsman, either, if I was him.

The Huntsman: Winter's War is the prequel/sequel you didn't think you wanted, and it turns out that you were right. We didn't need to explore any more of this universe or catch up with any of these characters. It's another bland movie set in a generic world that's populated by largely uninteresting characters. It's better than its predecessor only because it has a sense of humor, and because the climax isn't altogether terrible - although it's had very misleading marketing. It's as generic as a fantasy movie can get, but it passes the time, I guess.

Bottom Line: A slight improvement over its predecessor, if only because it doesn't wallow in misery, The Huntsman: Winter's War still isn't a good movie.

Recommendation: If, for some reason, you like this universe, check out The Huntsman: Winter's War. If you want to see queen warfare, though, you'll leave disappointed.

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Job Title: Protection Officer – Anbar / Anah

Sector: Protection and rule of law

Employment Category: Regular

Employment Type: Full-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Iraq

Job Description

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, IRC offers life-saving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in more than 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted by conflict or disaster. IRC leads the way from harm to home.

IRC working in coordination with the humanitarian community, the IRC currently addresses the needs of conflict-affected populations from several operational bases across Iraq. IRC’s activities focus primarily on the protection and legal assistance, cash assistance and livelihood, distribution of non-food items, education and women and children’s protection, and form part of an over-arching humanitarian response in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Iraq and the region that seeks to assist refugees, IDPs and war-affected people survive conflict and displacement.

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Under the direct supervision of the Protection Team Leader and Protection Manager, the Protection Officer is responsible providing protection services to vulnerable people, including conducting household and community assessments, make referrals, advocating to humanitarian partners, government and local authorities on the rights of vulnerable people,  working with and training Community Representation Groups, meeting with local authorities, conducting training on core protection principles and protection mainstreaming.

Major Responsibilities:

  • Monitor, assist, observe and report on key protection concerns and rights violations in the field to the Protection Team Leader and Protection Manager
  • Participate in rapid needs assessments through field visits in villages, camps and other informal settlements with persons of concern within the community and identify individuals at risk and humanitarian needs
  • Refer cases of vulnerable people to other IRC departments (Legal, Cash, Child Protection, GBV) and other humanitarian partners, government services or UN agencies
  • Meet with local authorities, government officials, community leaders, humanitarian partners  and other relevant actors to advocate for the rights of vulnerable people
  • Conduct training with key stakeholders on protection principles, vulnerability criteria and protection mainstreaming
  • Conduct training with Community Representation Groups, and work with them regularly to build capacity and support their activities
  • Work with the Protection Team Leader or protection focal point and Protection Manager to network with UN agencies, INGOs, local NGOs, local authorities and any other service providers in order to map service networks for referral
  • Prepare and send daily/weekly field reports to the Protection Team Leader or protection focal point / Protection Manager, also raise any protection concern or rights violation noticed in the area, according to best practices in term of confidentiality and safety of beneficiaries.
  • Daily upload all the protection activities on CommCare system.
  • Perform other duties, as required by the supervisor in order to support the protection program .

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to:  Protection Team Leader or protection focal point
Position directly supervises:  N/A

Indirect Reporting: Protection Manager /Sr. protection manager
Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal: WPE, ERD and CP team

External:  local community and partners

  • Demonstrated Skills and Competencies: Good understanding of humanitarian principles, Good communication skills including ability to gain trust and build relationships with new communities., Basic computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel and Power point, Experience in regular report writing.

Language Skills: High standard of spoken and written Arabic. And English is preferred.

Certificates or Licenses: N/A

  • Excellent understanding of protection principles, human rights and case management
  • B.A Degree in social work, psychology, law, or other relevant area.
  • Approximately 2- 4 years of relevant working experience.
  • Previous humanitarian experience preferred
  • Experience with working with IDPs, returnees and host communities.
  • Belief in human rights including gender equality.
  • Experience working with people from different backgrounds.

Standards of Professional Conduct:

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Gender Equality

IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including maternity leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Attention Returning National Candidates:

IRC strives to attract, motivate and retain qualified national staff in our programs. We strongly encourage national or returning national candidates to apply for this position. If you are a national of the country in which this position is based and are currently located outside of your home country and possess over two years of international work experience, IRC has introduced an attractive remuneration package. The package includes competitive compensation, return flight to post, shipping allowance, temporary housing and a relocation allowance. Certain restrictions may apply.

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[Editor’s Note: Giveaway has ended. Congratulations to @devouryvr on winning!]

Speaking of Two Rivers in my last post, they just opened their first public-facing shop and eatery last month, which includes a traditional butchery, a deli counter and an eat-in grill.

Two Rivers - The Shop Dining Room (Photo Credit Adam Blasberg)

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With the butchery, customers can find house-made sausages, dry-aged beef, and hand-tooled cuts, etc. At the take-out deli counter, there’s artisanal salumi and charcuterie. (more…)

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Mr. and I went on a week-long trip out east to Montreal and Toronto. In the next few weeks, you will be reading up a few eateries that we visited. Enjoy!

We arrived in Montreal right before dinner time, so obviously the first thing we did, after we checked into our hotel, was to find a place to eat. Luckily for us, our hotel was on one of the main streets, Boulevard Saint-Laurent, so our eating options were countless. That took us to Schwartz’s, an institution that has been serving smoked meat since 1928.

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To my surprise, there was a long line up of people on this Monday night. I guess if it’s a famous restaurant there would be people at any given time. Finally we were led inside the diner-looking space and grab a seat at the bar. Of course, given this is a smoked meat shop, we had to order a Smoked Meat Sandwich. You have the option of lean, regular or fatty; we opted for the regular option to get a good balance of lean and fatty meat.

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