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ESPN's Adam Schefter: Patriots planned to trade Rob Gronkowski for draft picks

On Sunday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that a deal between the New England Patriots and the Detroit Lions for Rob Gronkowski was all but in place ahead of the 2018 NFL Draft, but Gronk shut it down by threatening to retire if they traded him.

The tight end confirmed that report after their loss to the Lions, telling media in the locker room that “it happened” but that he wouldn’t go anywhere without Tom Brady.

On Monday morning, Schefter told WEEI’s Kirk & Callahan what the Patriots would’ve accepted in return for perhaps the greatest NFL tight end of all time — and certainly the best of his era.

“It would’ve been a trade involving draft picks. And that was the basic trade. He was the only player involved in the trade.

“It would’ve been a combination of picks…”

If Schefter is right, and there’s no reason to believe that he’s not, Bill Belichick was going to trade away their quarterback’s most prolific weapon after having already lost Danny Amendola, Dion Lewis and Nate Solder to free agency and traded Brandin Cooks to the Rams — and he’d have done it knowing how badly Gronkowski wanted to remain a Patriot.

Via WEEI Radio:

“It wasn’t that he didn’t want to go to Detroit. He didn’t want to go anywhere. They could’ve traded him to the Rams, the Titans, the Niners, you pick the team. It doesn’t really matter, he wasn’t gonna go.

“The Lions and the Patriots basically had the framework of a deal done… but Gronk didn’t want to leave Tom Brady, he didn’t want to leave New England. He didn’t want to leave the organization.”

Knowing that Belichick was willing to essentially gut the team’s receiving offense in the midst of Brady’s final window to win another ring is a tough enough pill to swallow, but knowing Gronkowski was desperate enough to stay that he’d rather retire than go elsewhere? That’s devastating to hear, especially considering how much he means to not just the fans, but to the QB the Patriots staked their short-term future on when they traded away his backup.

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Governments think it’s OK to use bad evidence to make good policy: the case of the UK Government’s ‘troubled families’

The UK Government’s ‘troubled families’ policy appears to be a classic top-down, evidence-free, and quick emotional reaction to crisis. It developed after riots in England (primarily in London) in August 2011. Within one week, and before announcing an inquiry into them, then Prime Minister David Cameron made a speech linking behaviour directly to ‘thugs’ and immorality – ‘people showing indifference to right and wrong…people with a twisted moral code…people with a complete absence of self-restraint’ – before identifying a breakdown in family life as a major factor (Cameron, 2011a).

Although the development of parenting programmes was already government policy, Cameron used the riots to raise parenting to the top of the agenda:

We are working on ways to help improve parenting – well now I want that work accelerated, expanded and implemented as quickly as possible. This has got to be right at the top of our priority list. And we need more urgent action, too, on the families that some people call ‘problem’, others call ‘troubled’. The ones that everyone in their neighbourhood knows and often avoids …Now that the riots have happened I will make sure that we clear away the red tape and the bureaucratic wrangling, and put rocket boosters under this programme …with a clear ambition that within the lifetime of this Parliament we will turn around the lives of the 120,000 most troubled families in the country.

Cameron reinforced this agenda in December 2011 by stressing the need for individuals and families to take moral responsibility for their actions, and for the state to intervene earlier in their lives to reduce public spending in the long term:

Officialdom might call them ‘families with multiple disadvantages’. Some in the press might call them ‘neighbours from hell’. Whatever you call them, we’ve known for years that a relatively small number of families are the source of a large proportion of the problems in society. Drug addiction. Alcohol abuse. Crime. A culture of disruption and irresponsibility that cascades through generations. We’ve always known that these families cost an extraordinary amount of money…but now we’ve come up the actual figures. Last year the state spent an estimated £9 billion on just 120,000 families…that is around £75,000 per family.

The policy – primarily of expanding the provision of ‘family intervention’ approaches – is often described as a ‘classic case of policy based evidence’: policymakers cherry pick or tell tall tales about evidence to justify action. It is a great case study for two reasons:

  1. Within this one programme are many different kinds of evidence-use which attract the ire of academic commentators, from an obviously dodgy estimate and performance management system to a more-sincere-but-still-criticised use of evaluations and neuroscience.
  2. It is easy to criticise the UK government’s actions but more difficult to say – when viewing the policy problem from its perspective – what the government should do instead.

In other words, it is useful to note that the UK government is not winning awards for ‘evidence-based policymaking’ (EBPM) in this area, but less useful to deny the politics of EBPM and hold it up to a standard that no government can meet.

The UK Government’s problematic use of evidence

Take your pick from the following ways in which the UK Government has been criticised for its use of evidence to make and defend ‘troubled families’ policy.

Its identification of the most troubled families: cherry picking or inventing evidence

At the heart of the programme is the assertion that we know who the ‘troubled families’ are, what causes their behaviour, and how to stop it. Yet, much of the programme is built on a value judgements about feckless parents, and tipping the balance from support to sanctions, and unsubstantiated anecdotes about key aspects such as the tendency of ‘worklessness’ or ‘welfare dependency’ to pass from one generation to another.

The UK government’s target of almost 120000 families was based speculatively on previous Cabinet Office estimates in 2006 that about ‘2% of families in England experience multiple and complex difficulties’. This estimate was based on limited survey data and modelling to identify families who met five of seven criteria relating to unemployment, poor housing, parental education, the mental health of the mother, the chronic illness or disability of either parent, an income below 60% of the median, and an inability to by certain items of food or clothing.

It then gave locally specific estimates to each local authority and asked them to find that number of families, identifying households with: (1) at least one under-18-year-old who has committed an offense in the last year, or is subject to an ASBO; and/ or (2) has been excluded from school permanently, or suspended on three consecutive terms, in a Pupil Referral Unit, off the school roll, or has over 15% unauthorised absences over three consecutive terms; and (3) an adult on out of work benefits.

If the household met all three criteria, they would automatically be included. Otherwise, local authorities had the discretion to identify further troubled families meeting two of the criteria and other indicators of concerns about ‘high costs’ of late intervention such as, ‘a child who is on a Child Protection Plan’, ‘Families subject to frequent police call-outs or arrests’, and ‘Families with health problems’ linked to mental health, addiction, chronic conditions, domestic abuse, and teenage pregnancy.

Its measure of success: ‘turning around’ troubled families

The UK government declared almost-complete success without convincing evidence. Success ‘in the last 6 months’ to identify a ‘turned around family’ is measured in two main ways: (1) the child no longer having three exclusions in a row, a reduction in the child offending rate of 33% or ASB rate of 60%, and/or the adult entering a relevant ‘progress to work’ programme; or (2) at least one adult moving from out of work benefits to continuous employment. It was self-declared by local authorities, and both parties had a high incentive to declare it: local authorities received £4000 per family payments and the UK government received a temporary way to declare progress without long term evidence.

The declaration is in stark contrast to an allegedly suppressed report to the government which stated that the programme had ‘no discernible effect on unemployment, truancy or criminality’. This lack of impact was partly confirmed by FOI requests by The Guardian – demonstrating that at least 8000 families received no intervention, but showed improvement anyway – and analysis by Levitas and Crossley which suggests that local authorities could only identify families by departing from the DCLG’s initial criteria.

Its investment in programmes with limited evidence of success

The UK government’s massive expansion of ‘family intervention projects’, and related initiatives, is based on limited evidence of success from a small sample of people from a small number of pilots. The ‘evidence for the effectiveness of family intervention projects is weak’ and a government-commissioned systematic review suggests that there are no good quality evaluations to demonstrate (well) the effectiveness or value-for-money of key processes such as coordinated service provision. The impact of other interventions, previously with good reputations, has been unclear, such as the Family Nurse Partnership imported from the US which so far has produced ‘no additional short-term benefit’. Overall, Crossley and Lambert suggest that “the weight of evidence surrounding ‘family intervention’ and similar approaches, over the longue durée, actually suggests that the approach doesn’t work”. There is also no evidence to support its heroic claim that spending £10000 per family will save £65000.

Its faith in sketchy neuroscientific evidence on the benefits of early intervention

The government is driven partly by a belief in the benefits of early intervention in the lives of children (from 0-3, or even before birth), which is based partly on the ‘now or never’ argument found in key reviews by Munro and Allen (one and two).

normal brain

Policymakers take liberties with neuroscientific evidence to emphasise the profound effect of stress on early brain development (measured, for example, by levels of cortisol found in hair samples). These accounts underpinning the urgency of early intervention are received far more critically in fields such as social science, neuroscience, and psychology. For example, Wastell and White find no good quality scientific evidence behind the comparison of child brain development reproduced in Allen’s reports.

Now let’s try to interpret and explain these points partly from a government perspective

Westminster politics necessitates this presentation of ‘prevention’ policies

If you strip away the rhetoric, the troubled families programme is a classic attempt at early intervention to prevent poor outcomes. In this general field, it is difficult to know what government policy is – what it stands for and how you measure its success. ‘Prevention’ is vague, plus governments make a commitment to meaningful local discretion and the sense that local actors should be guided by a combination of the evidence of ‘what works’ and its applicability to local circumstances.

This approach is not tolerated in Westminster politics, built on the simple idea of accountability in which you know who is in charge and therefore to blame! UK central governments have to maintain some semblance of control because they know that people will try to hold them to account in elections and general debate. This ‘top down’ perspective has an enduring effect: although prevention policy is vague, individual programmes such as ‘troubled families’ contain enough detail to generate intense debate on central government policy and performance and contain elements which emphasise high central direction, including sustained ministerial commitment, a determination to demonstrate early success to justify a further rollout of policy, and performance management geared towards specific measurable outcomes – even if the broader aim is to encourage local discretion.

This context helps explain why governments appear to exploit crises to sell existing policies, and pursue ridiculous processes of estimation and performance measurement. They need to display strength, show certainty that they have correctly diagnosed a problem and its solution, and claim success using the ‘currency’ of Westminster politics – and they have to do these things very quickly.

Consequently, for example, they will not worry about some academics complaining about policy based evidence – they are more concerned about their media and public reception and the ability of the opposition to exploit their failures – and few people in politics have the time (that many academics take for granted) to wait for research. This is the lens through which we should view all discussions of the use of evidence in politics and policy.

Unequivocal evidence is impossible to produce and we can’t wait forever

The argument for evidence-based-policy rather than policy-based-evidence suggests that we know what the evidence is. Yet, in this field in particular, there is potential for major disagreement about the ‘bar’ we set for evidence.

Table 1 Three ideal types EBBP

For some, it relates to a hierarchy of evidence in which randomised control trials (RCTs) and their systematic review are at the top: the aim is to demonstrate that an intervention’s effect was positive, and more positive than another intervention or non-intervention. This requires experiments: to compare the effects of interventions in controlled settings, in ways that are directly comparable with other experiments.

As table 1 suggests, some other academics do not adhere to – and some reject – this hierarchy. This context highlights three major issues for policymakers:

  1. In general, when they seek evidence, they find this debate about how to gather and analyse it (and the implications for policy delivery).
  2. When seeking evidence on interventions, they find some academics using the hierarchy to argue the ‘evidence for the effectiveness of family intervention projects is weak’. This adherence to a hierarchy to determine research value also doomed to failure a government-commissioned systematic review: the review applied a hierarchy of evidence to its analysis of reports by authors who did not adhere to the same model. The latter tend to be more pragmatic in their research design (and often more positive about their findings), and their government audience rarely adheres to the same evidential standard built on a hierarchy. In the absence of someone giving ground, some researchers will never be satisfied with the available evidence and elected policymakers are unlikely to listen to them.
  3. The evidence generated from RCTs is often disappointing. The so-far-discouraging experience of the Family Nurse Partnership has a particularly symbolic impact, and policymakers can easily pick up a general sense of uncertainty about the best policies in which to invest.

So, if your main viewpoint is academic, you can easily conclude that the available evidence does not yet justify massive expansion in the troubled families programme (perhaps you might prefer the Scottish approach of smaller scale piloting, or for the government to abandon certain interventions altogether).

However, if you are a UK government policymaker feeling the need to act – and knowing that you always have to make decisions despite uncertainty – you may also feel that there will never be enough evidence on which to draw. Given the problems outlined above, you may as well act now than wait for years for little to change.

The ends justify the means

Policymakers may feel that the ends of such policies – investment in early intervention by shifting funds from late intervention – may justify the means, which can include a ridiculous oversimplification of evidence. It may seem almost impossible for governments to find other ways to secure the shift, given the multiple factors which undermine its progress.

Governments sometimes hint at this approach when simplifying key figures – effectively to argue that late intervention costs £9bn while early intervention will only cost £448m – to reinforce policy change: ‘the critical point for the Government was not necessarily the precise figure, but whether a sufficiently compelling case for a new approach was made’.

Similarly the vivid comparison of healthy versus neglected brains provides shocking reference points to justify early intervention. Their rhetorical value far outweighs their evidential value. As in all EBPM, the choice for policymakers is to play the game, to generate some influence in not-ideal circumstances, or hope that science and reason will save the day (and the latter tends to be based on hope rather than evidence). So, the UK appeared to follow the US’ example in which neuroscience ‘was chosen as the scientific vehicle for the public relations campaign to promote early childhood programs more for rhetorical, than scientific reasons’, partly because a focus on, for example, permanent damage to brain circuitry is less abstract than a focus on behaviour.

Overall, policymakers seem willing to build their case on major simplifications and partial truths to secure what they believe to be a worthy programme (although it would be interesting to find out which policymakers actually believe the things they say). If so, pointing out their mistakes or alleging lies can often have a minimal impact (or worse, if policymakers ‘double down’ in the face of criticism).

Implications for academics, practitioners, and ‘policy based evidence’

I have been writing on ‘troubled families’ while encouraging academics and practitioners to describe pragmatic strategies to increase the use of evidence in policy.

Palgrave C special

Our starting point is relevant to this discussion – since it asks what we should do if policymakers don’t think like academics:

  • They worry more about Westminster politics – their media and public reception and the ability of the opposition party to exploit their failures – than what academics think of their actions.
  • They do not follow the same rules of evidence generation and analysis.
  • They do not have the luxury of uncertainty and time.

Generally, this is a useful lens through which we should view discussions of the realistic use of evidence in politics and policy. Without being pragmatic – to recognise that policymakers will never think like scientists, and always face different pressures – we might simply declare ‘policy based evidence’ in all cases. Although a commitment to pragmatism does not solve these problems, at least it prompts us to be more specific about categories of PBE, the criteria we use to identify it, if our colleagues share a commitment to those criteria, what we can reasonably expect of policymakers, and how we might respond.

In disciplines like social policy we might identify a further issue, linked to:

  1. A tradition of providing critical accounts of government policy to help hold elected policymakers to account. If so, the primary aim may be to publicise key flaws without engaging directly with policymakers to help fix them – and perhaps even to criticise other scholars for doing so – because effective criticism requires critical distance.
  2. A tendency of many other social policy scholars to engage directly in evaluations of government policy, with the potential to influence and be influenced by policymakers.

It is a dynamic that highlights well the difficulty of separating empirical and normative evaluations when critics point to the inappropriate nature of the programmes as they interrogate the evidence for their effectiveness. This difficulty is often more hidden in other fields, but it is always a factor.

For example, Parr noted in 2009 that ‘despite ostensibly favourable evidence … it has been argued that the apparent benign-welfarism of family and parenting-based antisocial behaviour interventions hide a growing punitive authoritarianism’. The latter’s most extreme telling is by Garrett in 2007, who compares residential FIPs (‘sin bins’) to post-war Dutch programmes resembling Nazi social engineering and criticises social policy scholars for giving them favourable evaluations – an argument criticised in turn by Nixon and Bennister et al.

For present purposes, note Nixon’s identification of ‘an unusual case of policy being directly informed by independent research’, referring to the possible impact of favourable evaluations of FIPs on the UK Government’s move way from (a) an intense focus on anti-social behaviour and sanctions towards (b) greater support. While it would be a stretch to suggest that academics can set government agendas, they can at least enhance their impact by framing their analysis in a way that secures policymaker interest. If academics seek influence, rather than critical distance, they may need to get their hands dirty: seeking to understand policymakers to find alternative policies that still give them what they want.

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A Martyr For The Taking

It is 10.50am on Wednesday 26th March 2014, by now Timothy Rustige, a 65 year old pensioner from Altrincham with heart problems is about to board a plane for Aberdeen.  Ordered there by Sheriff Pile who had found him guilty after a court case a month ago.  Guilty of supposedly cyber stalking that gross excuse for femininity, Elish Angiolini, one time Lord Advocate of Scotland but now getting fat in a large armchair in St Hugh’s College in Oxford.

I was in Aberdeen’s Sheriff’s Court for the whole of the trial and can honestly say it was the biggest stitch up of all time but presumably run of the mill for Scottish justice.  Morrison, Timothy’s solicitor and Moggach, his advocate, given to him by the Court in the legal aid process acted like puppets and played the game exactly to Scottish Legal Aid due process.  The two Ms might as well as sat in the local park and not listen to the evidence for all the good they did.  Read my account of the trial published on this blog in two parts on about the 2nd and 3rd March 2014.

These two Ms have now sprung into action by warning Timothy to expect 12 months from the Sheriff and that was before social reports on Timothy asked for by the Sheriff had been received by the Court.  It is money for old rope for these Legal Aid shysters, £400+ per day for acting like goldfish in a bowl, opening and closing their mouths but nothing audible or sensible ensuing.

From the first day of the trial you could see the sham of it, with witness after witness going through the motions, perjuring themselves repeatedly and being egged on to do so by Procurator Fiscal McIntosh.  Angiolini who was 2nd witness up perjured herself on numerous occasions regarding her knowledge of the Hollie Greig complaint.  The police witnesses and there was about six of them called, could not get their simple story right and their computer expert, Stringer, said when he entered Timothy’s flat there was ane-mail address list of St Hugh’s College on the computer screen.  There never was such an address list on the computer and in fact the police, who took possession of the computer, could not produce such a list in court.  The two Ms stumbled over this pearl and never pressed.  Timothy had proof that he was in Anglesey for a week of the period under review when Angiolini was supposed to have had a torrent of bile and abuse heaped on her but again the two Ms just sat there like two moo-cows

There was proof that documents supposedly from Ren, Timothy’s wife, presented by the police had been forged and this also went unchallenged by Moggach.  And this on top of the Crown Office and Grampian Police, now Scottish Police, being in breach of Article 6 of the Human Rights Act.

They were not going to let Angiolini lose this case even though the evidence for this guilty verdict was meagre at best.  By the time Timothy realised the trial was drawing to a conclusion, he stood up and asked if he could mention various evidence on his behalf that had not been mentioned by the two Ms.  The Sheriff said “No, sit down, guilty as charged” and that was that.  The two Ms scuttled off to count their dough and all Timothy’s friends just sat there mesmerised by the gross injustice.  I will stop writing at this point now, I have wished Timothy the best of luck, but he will need more than that with these people.  They are beyond control, beyond justice.

I will await the final denouement in this farce tomorrow when Sheriff Pile announces the sentence but it seems a foregone conclusion.  I will then add it to this piece.

I am writing this additional piece at 4.55am on Thursday 27th March 2014.  Timothy Rustige is due to be sentenced in five hours time.  Last night he e-mailed me after his meeting with the two Ms which went on well into the evening.  They told him that his jail will more than likely be the new prison at Peterhead, HMP Grampian, which is about 30 miles north of Aberdeen.  They also gave him some rather alarming news.  The Police/Crown Office are going to field a petition to Sheriff Pile to allow them to raid the Rustige home in Altrincham in England without a search warrant at anytime and on any occasion they choose, to seize equipment, paraphanalia, documents etc.

As Timothy said in his e-mail “Now is some fucker and their dog worried about something or what?  It stinks of Stalinism/Nazism at its worst”.  He told his legal team that all his equipment is guarded by a password which has a self destruct feature in it after a wrong entry and anyway all the information regarding Violate Club membership etc is not there.  As he said they can search ny property but they cannot search my head.  Whatever the outcome, he is kind of looking forward to his enforced holiday and treating it as “a spiritual retreat/exercise/study/meditation”.  They don’t make them any stronger than Timothy but this battle of wills is old hat to him, he was trained well in mind control by the American Secret Service in the Philippines.

To finish off his e-mail he quoted Friedrich Nietzche “Out of life’s school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger”  Good luck to you today Timothy, whatever happens this morning.  You and Robert Green are an inspiration for the rest of us.

More in a few hours time.

Tim’s son has just e-mailed me Sheriff Pile gave him nine months which means he should be out in four and a half months unless these dirty bastards can think up another excuse.  We cannot go on accepting this kind of stuff, we have to get organised, but how I don’t know.  Prison details later as I hear of them

12 thoughts on “A Martyr For The Taking

  1. Thanks Paul, good post. Looks like Tim will be in either HMP Perth (with Robert Green) or the all-new HMP Grampian at Peterhead by teatime on Thursday.
    What depths of insidious criminality will these people, the Scottish executive. legislature and judiciary, sink to in protecting the likes of Angiolini and the Aberdeen nonce ponce kiddie fiddling ring.
    Oh well, it is Referendum summer spectacular time and we can’t have a couple of Sassenach moralist do-gooders like Robert and Rusty queering Alex Salmond’s SNP pitch for Independence for his Third World joke of a republic.

  2. Paul oor Nala just found Guilty in corrupt fiasco in Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, remanded again for 3 weeks. Nala guilty of a non-crime. Corruption is endemic in our Scot’s courts.

    1. It strikes me that from the information I am getting is that the Scottish legal system is bound up in illegality which makes them a non-runner when it comes to independence and acceptance into the European union

  3. News on Rusty

    9 months

    5 years no internet

    Malcolm Konrad Ogilvy

    RUSTY was jailed for 9 months given a 5 year internet thumb screws
    PRE-ORDAINED wee show the crown made it up as they went along as expected. . .
    The sheriff, Rustys brief and the PF went through the neurotic SASANACH PRE-ORDAINED demonic show with Rusty not opening his mouth nae even to yawn ~ Court had two special brew CID demons sitting behind maggs/sylvia/wyn/and another well to do jessiebelle beyond their sell buy dates and the common purpose minion reporter with two court police officers one an obvious weirdo conformed up his own colon, the grey faced other court staff leaving RUSTY in the dock bamboozled to WTF was taking place but in knowing his next bed would be at ones service. . .
    Myself and another poor man that was in the previous FREE ROBERT GREEN 2.0 video exposing the fact of being a sexual abuse victim that was covered up by the FILTH just Christmas past. . .
    Will give a complex detailed report to what Ima could take in later as really fkn tired of it all with only a mere handful of hours sleep the last few days. . .
    Obviously folks know the law has been broken but to the extent will remain un-reported before a much needed sleep and my personal own knowing of where it all went to fuck with the SHENANIGANIC jargon only fit for the eleven hundreds. . .
    More to follow. . .

  4. It seems to me that they only get away with all of this because we are all very very stupid. If we want to overcome this irritant, i suggest we re-educate ourselves and develop our awareness.

  5. Malcolm Konrad Ogilvy
    2 hrs

    ONE~ the sheriff said that Rusty had done a very dangerous serious crime by his internet campaign against the lord advocate very dangerous and went along a big ole speech of how if a bomb went off in Glasgow while Rusty was sending these emails it could have caused so much devastation and problems as the lord advocate is the first person to be contacted about anything of such. . .THE SHERIFF IS FORGETTING THE FUNDAMENTAL FACT THAT ELISH WAS NO LONGER LORD ADVOCATE TO THE POINT SHE WAS A MERE CIVILIAN AT THE TIME . . .So we see the jailing was based apon a lie and more lies that has not been reported such as the sheriff said TWO ~ that Rusty had not only PHYSICALLY damaged Elish but mentally damaged her and came out with the story of Elishs imagination running away with her guilty conscience of been scared of a hooded jogger thinking it was Mr Green or one of his supporters going to attack her so this is where the fear and alarm bollox was documented out of DELUSION which is all what if is and crazy as in a sectioning offence to act apon stories that never happened. . .Yeap they made it up as they went along and the THIRD and lastly the last offence was the breach of communications act of using the internet for such a campaign of what the sheriff considered as TERRORISM. . .

    1. Thanks Malcolm for that, it was an important piece of information. Angiolini was damaged a long time before Timothy hit the scene. She has been damaged and trammelled since she took office.

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More practical, beautiful and creative outfits that allow you to be… YOU!

Your personal style is an amazing means of translating your personality- your inner world- outwardly.

But since we're all busy and hurried, and don't exactly have a dedicated personal stylist handy at all times, actually getting there can very easily veer daunting.

Which is why I built You and Your Personal Style- a video course with 5 actionable printables, that will help you:

1. Measure and identify your body's vertical and horizontal proportions,
as well as your facial shape and features
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2. Identify the most complimenting hues for your skin, eye and hair color combination,
fearlessly pair colourful pieces, and even get the best out of the shades that don't "suit you";

3. Declutter and transform your closet into your ideal, functional and beautiful wardrobe.
For good!

4. Select only the most valuable sources of style inspiration for you, individually
+ gain a small library of already curated sources!

5. Build your style vocabulary and sartorial knowledge by:
successfully deconstructing, analyzing and understanding the major women's style typologies,
AND creating your own, unique definition of personal style.

To show you how much I trust that this course can help you get to where you want to be with your personal style, I made the Intro and the First Lesson completely free to watch on my blog!
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Now you may be wondering: "Is this course for me?"

And the answer is YES!
Whether you are:

  • A style novice, looking to truly clarify the way you see yourself and your style
  • An always on trend fashionista looking to pinpoint the style that truly speaks to you
  • An already knowledgeable fashion lover, looking to match your style to a new chapter of your life
  • A seasoned style lover, looking for some extra inspiration and style eye-candy
  • A lover and life-long student of style, fashion, beauty, self-growth and all things soul-enriching
this course is for you! Because discovering your personal style is not a punctual event, but a lifelong evolution.

And I trust that at the end of it, you will feel more empowered, confident and at ease in your skin- and in your clothes!

Please know that I am very keen on hearing back from you've gone through all 5 lessons and printables!

Has You and Your Personal Style helped you uncover and advance your personal style?
Did you find it lacking in any way?

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As I know that implementation is usually the hardest part of any life transformation, I wanted to also offer you my help with better and faster implementing the knowledge in this course (plus with helping you create a personalized plan for your personal style) through Style Coaching™.

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How to Recall Sent Emails in Outlook

Featured-Image-Recall-Outlook-Emails.jpg Under specific circumstances, you can recall your emails in the Outlook desktop app. This is quite useful if you don’t want the recipients to read a particular message or you have a replacement message for them. The method to recall such Outlook emails are shown below. The only condition is that both the sender and the recipient should be using Microsoft 365 or Microsoft Exchange email accounts. For example, this technique would only work for the employees of the same organization who are using the Outlook program. Steps to Recall the Outlook Email After… Read more

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Your Password Manager Can Do More Than Just Store Passwords

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It’s common sense that everyone should be using a good password manager (we hope, at least). It’s also worth noting that password managers have tons of other amazing features that you might not be using. These features are both convenient and security-centric, and they can help you stay safe online and get the most out of your password manager.

Everyone knows the primary feature of a password manager—to store your login credentials—but they can also do tons of other cool things, like alert you to security breaches or store important files. Of course, the features a particular password manager has varies, depending on which one you’re looking at, but we rounded up all of the most common features you can expect to see in any of the most popular ones.

So without further ado, here are some other features password managers have to offer. They can:

Enter Your Login Info for You

What’s not to like about something that will fill in your stored credentials for you whenever you log in to a website? Some managers can also fill in additional fields, like contact information and credit card information. This feature is available on both mobile and desktop use so you can expect assistance no matter what device you’re using.

Generate Secure New Passwords on the Spot

This is one of the best features of password managers. Any password manager worth its salt should be able to create a random and secure password for you on demand. It’s a simple, yet nice feature, as it means you won’t ever have to come up with a less-than-unique password ever again. A good manager should also automatically update your login info with the new password it creates (or at least prompt you to).

Store Other Information, Besides Passwords

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Did you know that your password manager can store other types of information besides passwords? Yep. They can also store things like contact information or credit card numbers. Typically, this information can also be autofilled when you need it (say, when you’re shopping or putting in your lunch delivery order online).

Certain managers can also store things like bank account numbers, social security numbers, Wi-Fi router or server information, membership information, driver’s license and other ID information, software licenses, and documents. Really, the sky’s the limit here.

Store Important Documents and Photos

As kind of an extension to storing non-password information, many password managers also offer a decent amount of secure file storage. This isn’t necessarily meant to replace or be used the same way you’d use regular cloud storage, like Dropbox or Google Drive; it’s more meant to be a way to store digitized copies of important documents (like a will, title, letter, or passport) in a secure encrypted format.

Provide a Place to Take Secure Notes

Many password managers offer a space where you can make notes (and it’s a great way to keep important thoughts and information away from prying eyes). Sure you can use them just like a standard note-taking app, but this function is designed more for any type of text you’d want to keep password protected. This might include instructions for logging in to a specific site, or the directions to your buried treasure.

Typically, you’ll have the ability to share any notes you create with others (even if they don’t use the same password manager), and assign a label or tag to them for easy searching. You should also be able to import or export files, and toggle password protection as needed.

Audit Your Passwords to Make Sure They’re Strong and Safe

In addition to storing your passwords, good managers can also scan and assess them to see how strong or old they are, if you’re using duplicates (that’s a no-no!), or even if one has been compromised. Security scans usually don’t take long, and can provide helpful suggestions for how to strengthen your overall password security. Good managers can even suggest new passwords right on the spot, so all you’ll have to do is log in to the corresponding website and update your password.

Let You Share Files with Others

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You might want or need to share some of all of your login info or secure notes with another user at some point (your spouse, for example). A good password manager should make it easy to do so, and have built-in options for sharing something with another user on your plan or potentially even someone who doesn’t use a manager.

Good password managers also offer emergency access in the event of, well, an emergency. Typically, this grants a one-time easement into an account during a short period of time. This would most likely be used in the event of someone passing away, so a loved one could access their accounts to stop bills, for example.

Offer Secure Web Browsing

Some managers offer their own options for safely browsing the web, typically via their own secure inbuilt browser or virtual private network (VPN). Either option is nice to have any time you are using a public Wi-Fi connection, like a restaurant or café, or are needing anonymous and secure browsing.

Protect Your Account with Two-Factor Authentication

Password managers also double as two-factor authentication (2FA). If you’re unfamiliar with the term, 2FA is an additional way to keep your online accounts secure, like having to scan your face or fingerprint to unlock your phone or enter one of those six-digit SMS or email codes to access your Twitter account. That’s in addition to typing in your account password.

Good password managers offer two-factor authentication for keeping that account safe from a hacker. Similar to 2FA options for other sites (like Twitter), your manager might send you a notification with a code to scan or enter in addition to typing in your password, before letting you access your account. These notifications will also double as an alert if someone else is trying to log in to it.

Monitor Your Passwords for Breaches

Because password managers already know your login info, it makes sense that they should also be able to scan the web (including the dark web) to see if it comes up in a known security breach. Certain managers offer this feature, and will alert you in the event one of your passwords is thought to be compromised. This keeps you ahead of the curve and gives you the opportunity to change a breached password before the hacker has a chance to use the one they uncovered.

The best password managers will also actively protect you against phishing. They’ll remember the original site you created an account on, and prevent you from entering your information if you somehow end up on a different account posing as the original. While your manager won’t pop up with a huge red flag, you’ll be able to know it’s a phishing site as it won’t autofill your credentials.

Hopefully now you have a better understanding of how robust and awesome password managers are. They’re worthwhile even if you do just use them to store your passwords, but their artillery of convenient security features really makes password manager worth the cost.

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How to Close All Google Chrome Windows at Once

While browsing the web with Google Chrome, it’s easy to get carried away and open dozens of windows filled with hundreds of tabs. Luckily, it’s easy to close multiple Chrome windows at once on Windows, Linux, and Mac. Here’s how.

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How to Use Shortcuts Directly From iPhone and iPad Home Screen

There is a myriad of ways to launch a shortcut, including from the shortcuts app, Siri, and widgets. But the fastest way is by using a home screen shortcut. Here’s how to use shortcuts directly from the iPhone and iPad home screen.

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This quick and clever tool creates an instant homepage for your podcast

Podcast homepages weren’t something I gave any thought to until I launched my own standalone show. And honestly, even then I probably didn’t give enough thought to the subject. For that reason, many or most of my shows have Tumblr pages — which is, at best, a bit of a mixed blessing in 2020.

The biggest reason many podcasters give little consideration to the subject is the fact that most people are platform-dependent when it comes to listening. People who consume a lot of podcasts generally do so through a single platform/app, be it Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, Castbox, etc. But when it comes to actually promoting your show on social media, you’re best served by sharing a link that’s platform agnostic.

I’ve been playing around with Podpage a bit today. The new offering was created by Brenden Mulligan, co-founder of app developer toolbox LaunchKit, which sold its tools to Google way back in 2016. The offering has been around for a while now, but Mulligan has offered some updates and recently listed it on ProductHunt.

I’m digging it so far. It’s basically plug-and-play to get up and running, though you can customize a fair bit beyond that. For reference, a simple page I made this morning for my podcast, RiYL:

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After a couple of hours, I’m pretty seriously considering dropping the long-standing Tumblr in favor of the service. My page is pretty simple so far, and honestly, that’s by design. Or, rather, partially by design and partially due to the fact that I haven’t been very good about updating episode art, which has kind of limited my options here (perhaps I’ll go through the 400+ episodes on some future rainy day).

You start by entering your podcast name, and the service goes to work, scraping the relevant information and building it into a page. From there, you can add a Patreon (or other method for monetization) and all related social media. One of the nice things about having a purpose-built service like this is how it pulls together all of the relevant information into a single spot. The sidebar features a breakdown of the different podcatchers where you can listen to the show, coupled with a signup form to get show updates.

On the bottom are a selection of reviews from different podcasting services. Up top is a link to the services where you can leave that feedback. There’s also a subscription link and contact form, which is a handy way of allowing people to email you without giving out personal information. Notes submitted to the form will be sent to your associated email.

The basic experience is free and there are currently two upgrade options. At $5 a month, you can host it on your own website and for $12, there are a bunch more customization options, along with a more fully featured website, including blog functionality and the ability to add transcripts.

Note: Changes to the Full-Text RSS free service

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How to See How Much RAM Is in Your Chromebook

RAM is important when it comes to how well your computer runs. Chromebooks require less RAM than other computers running Windows 10 or macOS. Still, you might feel like you need more. We’ll show you how to find out how much RAM your Chromebook has.

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A Beginners’ Guide to Smart Living

smart-living-mobile-phone-1.jpg An automated home was a futuristic pipe dream not too long ago. However, as the second decade of the 2000s comes to an end, “smart living” is a burgeoning tech market. In this piece, we look at how to start creating a smart home. Before that, let’s outline why you’d want a smart home in the first place. What Smart Living Means (And Why You’d Want to Do It) For the uninitiated, smart living refers simply to automating aspects of your home – usually mundane tasks. For example, it could be that you set your… Read more

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Epic has a stern warning about buying and selling Fortnite accounts

Though many items eventually make their way back into Fortnite‘s Item Shop, some are far less common than others — and many skins are exclusives in one way or another, making them rare. If you started playing the game later than everyone else, you may be tempted to buy an older Fortnite account for its classic and rare skins — … Continue reading

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What Is “Binning” for Computer Components?

You might not realize it, but every time you purchase a new desktop CPU, you also get a ticket for a giveaway called the “silicon lottery.” Two CPUs of the same model can perform differently when pushed to their limits thanks to something called “CPU binning.”

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How to Make Calls from Windows 10 Using an Android Phone

If your computer runs Windows 10 and you also have an Android phone, you should probably be using Microsoft’s Your Phone app. You can do a lot with it, including making and receiving phone calls on your PC. Let’s do it!

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What to Expect

Euthanasia and Your Pet’s Final Moments

First, an authorization must be signed to perform Euthanasia and ensure your pet has not recently bitten anyone. This is usually a good time to take care of the charges and confirm final arrangements. Payment may be made with cash, personal check or debit card; credit cards can also be used with prior notice.

After the paperwork and payment is completed and everyone present is ready, the doctor will give the pet a sedative shot to help him relax and prevent any unnecessary stress or pain during the final injection. Your pet will gradually pass into a deep sleep which may take up to 15 minutes. During this time, you should feel free to continue to talk to and comfort your pet.

Once your pet is in a state of deep sleep/sedation and you have said your final good-byes, the doctor will inject an overdose of a very powerful anesthetic (a euthanasia solution) into a vein. (moved from last sentence -Your pet will remain unconscious during this injection and will not feel any pain or discomfort.) This last injection will stop the respiration and then the heart, usually within a minute or two. Although your pet will be unconscious, you may continue to comfort and touch your companion throughout the entire procedure. The doctor will confirm the passing of you pet by listening for a heartbeat with a stethoscope.

Some things to be aware of…

In most cases once the animal is sedated, and even after death, the eyes usually do not shut completely, even if someone tries to shut them. Although euthanasia solution induces rapid clinical death there can be muscular reflex movements, last breaths, or even vocalization, though this is very rare. The bladder and/or bowels commonly release after the pet is gone, especially when repositioned.


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A response letter to an email with a Microsoft Word attachment

From: The Reverend Father Martin Sylvester

Subject: Sorry I was unable to read your attachment. I hope the following is useful!

You sent me an email with an attachment in Microsoft Word format, which is not a standard Internet format, but a proprietary one owned by Microsoft, and protected by them so people can’t be sure of reading it properly unless they buy expensive Microsoft software. If you had sent me your text inside a plain email (instead of as an attachment to an email), or as a plain text, rich text, HTML, or PDF attachment, then I would have been able to read it.

Distributing documents in Word format is not good for you or for others. You can’t be sure what they will look like if someone views them with a different version of Word; some people may not be able to read them at all.

Receiving Word attachments is not good for you because they can carry viruses [Holy God!!!]. Take a look at Virulist.
Sending Word attachments is not good for you, because a Word document normally includes hidden information about the author, enabling those with the know-how to pry into the life of the person who wrote it. Text that you think you deleted may still be embarrassingly present in the file, but simply hidden from you when you view it using Word.
The person who reads your Word document with a different program might be able to see it all. Your attachments might even contain fragments of documents you were working on prior to sending your email, in text that’s invisible to you, but visible to some of the people who receive your Word attachments. See this BBC news item for details [I can’t believe Alistair Campbell had to do some explanations thanks to MS Word].

If someone is using a slow connection, or reading their email through their mobile (cellphone) or their handheld computer, your message might not be accessible to them at all if you send it as a Word attachment; if it is, it will take many, many times longer for them to download than if you send a plain email, and this could be very expensive for them on a wireless connection.

Worse still, sending people Word documents is a discourtesy because it implies that if they don’t own the programs that you use, you’re not interested in whether or not they can read what you’ve written. Imagine sending a document in Latin to someone else without knowing whether or not they read Latin! If you send someone a Word document, the only way they can be sure of reading it properly is to go out and buy Microsoft Word. Not everyone can afford to do this, and millions of individuals and organizations use other word processing programs because they prefer them, or because they’re cheaper or even free.

Even some people who do own Word don’t like to receive Word attachments because they don’t want to get viruses.

I hope it’s clear that I’m not in any way trying to tell you off, but just to share with you some information that you might not have had an opportunity to consider, and which might be helpful to you.

In case you do choose to reconsider using Word attachments as a method of communication, here’s some information about ways of sending emails and attachments that anyone can read.

If what’s important in your email is the words, it’s always, always best to send it as a plain text email. This won’t allow you to use italics or underlining, but will be readable on any email program on any device anywhere in the world. To do this type your message right into a blank email in your email program, and check that it will be sent as a plain text mail (not HTML or RTF) — the ‘Help’ function of your email program should explain how you can set it up to send plain text emails. There are accepted conventions for emphasizing words or distinguishing titles of books. Emphasize words like this: it’s *very* easy. Cite references like this: Joseph Heller, _Catch 22_.

Another way that might work is to compose your message in Word, then select and copy all of it. Open your email program and create a new email, and paste the text into the area where you would type your message. This is not entirely reliable, since different versions of Word work slightly differently, and it might add a whole load of invisible formatting codes to your email (invisible to you, using Word: a lengthy jumble of meaningless characters to someone who tries to read it using something else).

If you have a very long document you want to send as an attachment, or a document which people won’t be able to understand by means of the words alone (perhaps you have complicated formulae or tables in it, or you *must* use bold and italic), then there are still ways of doing this without appearing to show contempt for people who don’t own Microsoft Word.

To convert the file to HTML using Word is simple. Open the document, click on File, then Save As, and in the Save As Type strip box at the bottom of the box, choose HTML Document or Web Page. Then choose Save. You can then attach the new HTML document instead of your Word document. Note that Word changes in inconsistent ways — if you see slightly different menu item names, please try them.

To convert to plain text (or RTF, rich text) is almost the same — instead of HTML Document, choose Text Only or Text Document (or RTF or Rich text Format) as the Save As Type.

Your computer may also have a program to convert to the PDF (or Adobe Acrobat) format, which was designed to make sure that when someone else views your document, it looks exactly the same on their computer as it did on yours. Select File => Print. Scroll through available printers and select the pdf converter. Click on the Print button and enter a name for the pdf file when requested, then attach that file to your email. There are some cheap or even free programs to make PDF files: use the search function at http://www.download.com/ or http://www.tucows.com/ to find them.

I hope I haven’t offended you by offering you this advice. It can be a bit alarming to learn that the way we’ve been communicating has implied disrespect to some of the people who receive our communications. I thought — I hope I’m right — that you’d prefer to be told about it.

One Reply to “A response letter to an email with a Microsoft Word attachment”

  1. Word, Excel etc. attachments are really annoying to receive. It is all a part of M$ lock-in strategy though…

    I actually practice sending these type of emails whenever someone sends me documents in M$ propitiatory formats.

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PEN Austria Convenes a Conference on Eritrean Human Rights Situation

November 9, 2019
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(Vienna, Nov. 9th, 2019) PEN Austria convened the third Vienna International Strategic Conference on Human Rights in Eritrea on the 7th of November. More than 25 activists and rights defenders from seven countries took part at the event.

On the occasion of Dawit Isaak’s new German translation of his book Hope and other texts (Hoffnung: und andere Texte), the conference highlighted his case. Eritrean-Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak, along with other 11 journalists of the private press, has been incarcerated incommunicado detention since September 2001. Dawit and Jim’ie Kimeil, former Arabic state-newspaper who has been abducted by the Eritrean state security in 2005, are honorary members of PEN Austria.

Convener of the conference and PEN Austria’s Writers-in-Prison Committee chair, Mr. Wolfgang Martin Roth opened the session by underlying the importance such gathering. Remarking Eritrea’s abysmal situations, Mr. Roth said, “Eritrea is human rights cemetery.”  He further added, “history will judge people who did not try,” to either improve or voice their stands on such critical times when they were capable of doing it.

Poet and journalist Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu was the guest of honor and keynote speaker of the conference. Yirgalem, who has been detained in Eritrea’s military prison for six years, detailed the conditions of Eritrean prisons where many innocent citizens have been arbitrarily detained and live under most harsh conditions.

Following the keynote address, Björn Tunbäck, a Swedish journalist who has been speared-heading Dawit Isaak’s campaign shared the different initiatives/attempts for release of the journalist Dawit Isaak. Mr. Tunbäck underscored how EU has been failing to advocate for its citizen. Although the final decision rests on the Eritrean government, yet as Mr. Tunbäck noted that Sweden could have exerted more pressure than it currently does.

Book presentation at Vienna Book Fair

Thijs Berman, director of Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy, gave a presentation on how his institute has been working in Ethiopia’s promising transition.

Participants then discussed and brainstormed on possible initiatives to raise awareness of the incarcerated/disappeared Eritreans and explore ways to publish books. It was PEN Austria in collaboration with PEN Swiss German Center that published Uncensored Voices: Essays and Poems and Art Works by exiled Eritreans (Loecker Erhard Verlag, 2018).

After the brainstorming session, participants headed to the Vienna Book Fair venue to attend book presentation of Dawit Isaak’s new German translation. The session was moderated by the convener of the conference and translator of the book into German (from English) Wolfgang Martin Roth. He was joined by Björn Tunbäck; Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrathu; Betlhem D. Isaak (Dawit Isaak’s daughter), and Abraham T. Zere (co-translator of the book from Tigrinya into English).

After dinner Yirgalem recited some poems from her debut poetry collection book–ኣለኹ (“Aleku”)–that has been released in October. Six of the poems she had recited were translated into English by Ghirmai Negash and Tedros Abraham. While Sudanese poet Isharag Mustafa translated one poem from English into Arabic. The poetry reading event was accompanied by a drummer from Senegal.


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Adventures in Game Pâté (repost)

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For Christmas my extended family gathers and we enjoy almost non-stop feasting (seriously neither side of the family understand 'light' meals, it should go some way to explaining my portion size ideas). This works because we all pitch in. This year I have been perfecting my Sticky Toffee Pudding (which my ) and so had orders to bring some with me.

I wanted to bring something else though but was warned off more puddings/desserts. I also wanted to experiment with pâté again, in particular game pâté this time. So I went hunting for a recipe to, as it turns out, almost completely ignore. The one I selected was .

There are two methods of cooking: following a recipe to the letter and...err...not. Unless I'm baking, I'm very much in the 'not' camp. What follows then is notes of what I did and is all higgledy piggledy - not a traditional style recipe. It's also why I'm not giving it straight to my brother to write up as a straight forward recipe - it's not what cooking is about. People should feel free to substitute and play around with things.

So I made some notes and went to the market. First stop, the fishmongers who also happen to be the game merchants who I was sure had some mixed game. The recipe calls for 175grams each of pheasant and guineafowl and, while I can get pheasant breast, I can only get whole guineafowl. However, very helpfully the woman on the store remembers the mixed game they have downstairs (which I was glad I hadn't imagined). I get about 400grams rather than the 350... Oh well...

Next up, the bacon and pork. Bacon I get about spot on (240grams) but get about 740grams of pork shoulder cubed. I also pick up "a handful" of chicken liver I spot at another stall.

After that I also grab some fresh rosemary and thyme, some apple and pear juice (from concentrate) some juniper berries and a couple of onions.

I blend together the meat (saving a couple of rashers of bacon), soften the onions and mix the onions and herbs with the blended meat. I then take some juniper berries and try and work out what to do with them. I start trying to crush them and give up and resort to chopping them up and throwing them in. I pour on some of the apple and pear juice and leave to marinade a bit. Oh, and salt and pepper.

Eventually I throw it all into a loaf tin (only just fits), throw the reserved bacon on top, cover with foil and pop in the water bath in the oven at 150.

Two hours later I check... It's shrunk and swimming in the juice in the loaf tin... Hmmm... I give it another half hour and then remove it completely and press it.

It's huge (even with the shrinking). I somehow avoid tucking in and take it down to Nottingham as a surprise. To my surprise, it goes down well, we get through just over half in one sitting alongside the shop and cheese and pickles and other stuff on offer. And then we came back to it the next day. And I've been told to repeat the trick next year. Yeah I'm bragging, but this is why I'm writing the post, to remember what I did 8-)

So, what will I do differently next time? Probably marinade and drain before I blend the meat. Possibly with a better fruit juice. Oh, and probably use the main part of the blender rather than the blitzter part - much easier to clean and does a better job.

So, go out and make pâté.

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US Bitcoin mining large Core Medical set for Nasdaq checklist by means of $4.3B SPAC deal

Core Medical, probably the most biggest Bitcoin (BTC) mining operations in North The us is ready for a public checklist on Nasdaq.

In line with CNBC on Wednesday, Core has inked a $4.3 billion merger with Energy & Virtual Infrastructure Acquisition Corp — a unique goal acquisition corporate (SPAC). Except for the deliberate valuation, different checklist main points like buying and selling ticker and the beginning of tangible public buying and selling are but to be printed as of the time of writing.

The SPAC merger and next Nasdaq checklist will see Core sign up for the ranks of fellow publicly-traded Bitcoin mining firms in the USA like Insurrection Blockchain and Marathon Virtual.

Core CEO Mike Levitt printed in an interview that the corporate had mined over 3,000 BTC because the get started of 2021 with the company retaining 1,683 Bitcoin, lately valued at $53 million as of the time of writing.

The corporate reportedly earned $60 million in income for 2020 and is projecting an eight-fold build up in 2021. Certainly, North American miners are banking at the crypto mining disruptions in China to extend their income in 2021.

Levitt additionally described the corporate’s mining infrastructure framework as “extraordinary,” pointing out that Core holds over 70 patents in blockchain-related patents.

Working out of places within the Midwest and Southern United States, Core’s imaginable $4.3 billion valuation will put the company at double the marketplace capitalization of different opponents like Marathon, and Insurrection Blockchain.

Similar: Four North American Bitcoin miners that could benefit from the East-West shift

With Bitcoin mining shares proceeding to stay an invaluable technique to acquire oblique BTC publicity for some institutional traders, a number of miners are electing to move public. This pattern has additionally contributed to an increase in crypto-related SPAC deals and direct listings.

Again in March, Bitfury’s U.S. Bitcoin miner subsidiary Cipher Mining announced a $2 billion SPAC merger with Nasdaq-listed Excellent Works Acquisition Corp. As up to now reported via Cointelegraph, Aussie Bitcoin miner Iris Power could also be looking to raise $200 million forward of a deliberate Nasdaq checklist.


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CASEY CHILDS is the Founder of Primary Stages in New York City which is dedicated to producing new American plays by new American playwrights. He served as the Artistic Programs Director for the New Dramatists from 1982 until 1985 where he oversaw the development of many new plays that went on to productions On and Off-Broadway and in many regional theaters across America and around the world. He  worked as an actor at many regional theaters and directed many new plays Off-Broadway.

At Primary Stages he established the Einhorn School of the Performing Arts (ESPA), the Fordham University/Primary Stages MFA in Playwriting Program and the Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project.  Casey is the recipient of the Carnegie-Mellon University Commitment to New Playwrights Award, as well as two Emmy Awards and many Emmy nominations for his extensive work in television. He has produced theater on television for WNET/PBS in New York. He is a past Vice President of the Directors Guild of America and a past Trustee of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

He has taught at many universities including Columbia’s School of the Arts, New York University, Duke University, and he is currently an Associate Fellow at the Grace Murray Hopper College at Yale University.  Casey grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, attended the University of Southern California, and has a BFA in Acting and a MFA in Directing from Carnegie-Mellon University.

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