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LEWISBURG — It was a long time coming for North Penn’s Sean Faikish.

But it was so sweet.

Faikish touched the wall in 1:44.88 to capture first place in the 200-yard individual medley in Friday’s first night of competition at the PIAA Class 3A swimming and diving competition at Bucknell University’s Kinney Natatorium.

It was the first state crown for Faikish, a junior who has both a silver and a bronze in this event.

“It was great,” said Faikish, who posted a time of 1:45.83 in the preliminaries to earn the top seed for the final. “In prelims the strategy was to make it to finals. Just get a time, get a lane. At the 1:50 mark, I felt real good and I just went all for it at prelims and then I dropped another full second at finals.

“I had a lot of confidence going into finals. I had a great competitor. Ricky (Richard Mihm of North Allegheny, the defending state champion) — I had to swim against him the past two years and every meet I’ve been to I’ve either been next to him or in a heat with him and it’s great to see that I finished on top this time.

“Last year I was a little disappointed with the finals but I trained hard all year and came back better than ever.”

North Penn ended the day in second place in team scoring with 120 points. North Allegheny is in the lead (152).

“To see us all come together as a group is awesome,” Faikish said. “We have a lot of confidence going into Day 2 tomorrow. The team goal is to win states and we have a good shot. The team over on the west side of Pennsylvania, North Allegheny, they’re giving us a run for our money but we have all the confidence in the world.”

North Penn capped the day with a second place finish in the 200 freestyle relay. Ryley Fein, Nick Clark, Evan Mancini and Tyler Hall clocked in at 1:23.47 for the silver medal.

The Knights were busy all day.

Fein was third in the 200 freestyle (1:28.59) while Max Bachman finished 10th (1:41.82) in the same event.

Hall took 11th in the 50 freestyle (21.06) and Luke Schwar was 20th in the 50 freestyle (21.51).

In the 200 individual medley, Eric Degodny was 13th (1:53.96) and Mancini 14th (1:54.07).

The 200 medley relay of Faikish, Clark, Mancini and Hall took fourth (1:31.40).

Abington’s Matt Bonnell finished sixth in the 200 freestyle (1:40.48).

For Souderton, T.J. Yaglenski was sixth in the 100 butterfly (49.82) and Jake Kramer took eighth in the 200 freestyle (1:41.10).

Yaglenski, William Leyland, Matt Masciulli and Kramer teamed up to win the consolation heat of the 200 medley relay, finishing ninth (1:33.77).

Luke Emig of Hatboro-Horsham finished in a tie for 13th place in the 50 freestyle with Blake Eshelman of Council Rock North (21.28).

The Hatters’ 200 freestyle relay of Stuart Sumner, Tyler Warren, Emig and Andrew McPoyle took 15th (1:38.26).

Erik Huuki of Central Bucks East just missed a spot in the consolation final of the 200 individual medley, by just .03, taking 17th (1:54.38). Paul Brosky of La Salle got the final consolation berth (1:54.35).

Central Bucks South’s Tom Khayt was 28th in the 200 individual medley (1:57.20).


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Today kicks off a little series I'd like to call Studio Living.  You, see... I've also been drawn to the idea of living in a teeny-tiny studio apartment.  Now hold in your gasp of horror at the thought of dwelling in such a small face.  And let me proceed to tell you why:

First, I reeeeally want to live alone.  I've had my batches of not-so-good roomies.  And actually, the roommates I'm living with right now are the best I've ever had.  But I really want my own place.  The independent spirit and private artist in me simply desire carving out a special little corner in the world all to myself.  A kitchen, bath, and living space to call my own.  And while I'd move into a well-priced one-bedroom in a heartbeat... efficiency apartments are easier on this college budget.

Second, I don't require that much space.  Well, my furniture might.  (But that's a whole 'nother blog post!)  Blame it on Apartment Therapy's annual Small Cool Contest or whatever, but I find the challenge of decorating and organizing a small space oh-so-appealing.  It sounds like fun.  I like to get crafty and creative.  Decorating a separate living and bedroom would just be too easy. ;)

So here's where the Studio Living series comes in.  I'm actively searching for my next apartment and really hoping to find myself in an efficiency this fall.  So I'm going to be scouring the internet for nifty small space ideas and real, inspiring studios to share with you. Cheers to tiny living!

Megan C. Stroup said…
I live in a studio and I LOVE IT! I chose it because I wanted to live alone, too. It's plenty of space for me and all my stuff, even though I don't have an oven and only a mini-fridge. Pinterest is great for finding slow-cooker and stovetop recipes. :) Good luck with your search!
Claire Peucker said…
I've just recently bought a studio apartment similar to this which will be ready to move into next year and I've been wondering how I can decorate it so I'm really looking forward to reading more about your adventures with this! Part of me is nervous about living on my own, but there's another part of me (like you) that's looking forward to being independent and living on my own for at least a while :)
Nick Klaus said…
I've been in a studio for about 9 months now and I love that I have a space that's entirely MINE. The downside is that you really realize how much stuff goes into an apartment.

I'd recommend using a website called Padmapper in your search; it puts all the apartments in a google map, so you can see exactly where they are, only show ones within a certain price range, certain number of beds/baths.. it makes it a lot easier to see all your options.
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ICYMI: I gave up Cotton after deciding that after trying so many things, my two adopted cats Dahlia and Cotton were just never going to get along. Long story short: I missed her. And Cotton's back. And Dahlia's not going anywhere. My heart is big enough to keep trying. And my apartment is big enough that if I need to keep them separated long term (or permanently), it can be done.
I'm going to write-up a separate post about some of the solutions I've tried, how they worked, who they worked on, and what I'll be trying next. But in this post, I wanted to share the main 'piece de resistance' of having both cats in my apartment: an un-climbable, un-jumpable, see-through barrier to separate Cotton and Dahlia.

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Starting this week, every Wednesday on The Lovely Side will be devoted to wardrobe, hair, and beauty content.  With summer internships right around the corner and interviews for real world jobs looming as well, I thought now would be a good time to delve into the world of office fashion.
Sarah, a reader, recently emailed me asking about how to style a pencil skirt for her "somewhat casual, somewhat professional workplace full of fashionable co-workers."  She's been lusting after pencil skirts at several stores, but been hesitant to purchase one for fear of looking bad in it and not knowing what to wear with it.

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HarryPotterGobletNewtown High School of the Performing Arts, a school in Sydney, Australia, has just amended its dress code allowing students to wear the uniform of their choice, regardless of gender. Jo Dwyer, a year 11 student, told the Sydney Morning Herald:

Our aim was to remove the un-inclusive gender labels from the school uniform, and make it so that anyone could wear any aspect of the uniform without having to go through a long and difficult process.

Before the changes were implemented, students had to go through the school with parental permission and notes from psychologists before they were allowed to wear the cross gender uniform, and that wasn’t really a possibility for some students whose parents aren’t supportive of their gender identity.

While the campaign was met with some resistance, notably by spokeswoman for The Australian Christian Lobby, Wendy Francis, who called it a “retrograde idea” and said “[encouraging] a guy to wear a dress would just be setting him up for bullying,” the change will hopefully encourage other schools to follow suit. Newtown High graduate Cassidy McDermott Smith said she was “so proud” of her school, and advocacy group Safe Schools Coalition Australia shared their resources on making an inclusive dress code or uniform policy.

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Christmas Tree Cookies With The Easy Ingredients

Jingle bell, Jingle bell, Jingle all the way…” Pfiouuhh The Christmas will be coming very soon and Had you already prepare something for the Christmas?? Not yet?? What?? It’s Okay, I would like to share my Idea with you. How about we make the Simple Christmas Tree Cookies just with a few easy Ingredients??

Christmas this year, I decided to make something new, something nice and something different that I had never done before in my early Christmas time since I married. I Would like something different on me and my little family for this sweet moment.

So, I decided to prepare some easy and simple cookies also everyone will like it especially the kids. and I plan to make more and bring this for my French family while we visit them later for Christmas.

why cookies? is it already common to make the cookies?

Christmas Tree Cookies
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Because, one day I found my empty Nutella jar, on that, was written a simple recipe of cookies (that was the Nutella jar in Christmas edition last year!!) and it makes a curious to try it out and Tadaaaaa!! I did it and the result is amazing for me. you know what I never made any cookies (without my mom’s help) and the result was Good.

Since then, I try it more often till I remember the recipe and this time, I would like to make my own creations of these cookies with making it in shape Christmas Tree.

Christmas Tree Cookies

and I think everybody will be like it as it’s light, not too sweet and it really good accompanies the coffee or tea. more than that, why I decided to make this is I could get also my Quality time with K by doing the cookies together.

Read also: How to get the Quality Time with your toddler

Like usually, all my recipes usually are really easy (as I don’t like the complicated thing and I’m not really good enough to be a chef LOL). if you want the other easy baking recipe you can read these: Easy Cream Cheese Filling Pastry and French toast (Pain Perdu)

Christmas Tree Cookies

Christmas Tree Cookies

Original cookies recipe in ( US Version )

Preparation time: 15 mins
Resting time:30 mins
Cooking time: 12-15 mins
Decorating time: 15 mins
Servings for 10 pieces of Christmas tree

80 gr Icing Sugar or confectioner’s Sugar
220 gr Flour
130 gr Butter
1 Egg yolk

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  1. Mix all the Ingredients until it becomes the cookies dough, you can use the mixer, for me, I use my hand to mix it all.
  2. Resting the dough for the 30 mins in the Fridge.
  3. Roll out the dough with the thickness as you want with your rolling pin. usually around 4 mm.
  4. Pre-Heat your oven at 180°C for 10 mins.
  5. Start to shape your cookies with your favorite Cookies cutter. I have 4 shapes ; 3 different size of flower shape, and 1-star shapes
  6. Prepare the baking sheet and put all the cookies dough that had been shaped.
  7. Bake it in the oven for 12-15 mins.
  8. When it Finish you can start to decorate it.

  1. Spread a little Jam or Nutella on the cookies
  2. Stack on it till it gives the shape you want. for me, it’s the Christmas tree
  3. Put on the Plate and spread the icing sugar on top the cookies to give the impression the White Christmas Tree.

Christmas Tree Cookies

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Theology courses at The Montfort Academy are not meant to be treated only as academic classes but are also meant to teach the students about the way to live their lives. By the time each course is finished, students will have a better appreciation of the Faith and a deeper relationship with Our Lord.

Theology I (9th grade) – Old Testament & the Prefiguring of Salvation

Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them (Mt 5:17). These words of Our Lord show us the importance of knowing and understanding what is written in the Old Testament. This is something very much lost among Christians in the world today. By learning to read Scripture in context, students will learn how Our Lord and the Church are foreshadowed in the Old Testament, and how they came to be fulfilled in the New Testament; they will see the very whole of salvation history. This will be accomplished by focusing on Covenantal Theology and how each of the Old Testament covenants is used to begin to draw all of mankind back into the one Family of God. The main books used as the focus of the course will be Sacred Scripture (Revised Standard Version which has been translated directly from the original Hebrew and Greek scriptures) and Understanding The Scriptures: A Complete Course on Bible Study which is authored by renown theologian, Dr. Scott Hahn.

Theology II (10th grade) ‐ New Testament and Sacramental Theology

In the words of St. Augustine, In the Old Testament the New Testament is concealed; in the New Testament the Old Testament is revealed. Building upon what was learned and studied in the Old Testament during Freshman Theology, students will focus on the life of Christ as it appears in the four Gospels, and the life of the early Church through the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles. Students will also do a study of Sacramental Theology as it is presented in the New Testament and the writings of the early Church Fathers. The main texts used as the focus of the course will again be Sacred Scripture (Revised Standard Version) and Understanding The Scriptures: A Complete Course on Bible Study. In addition to these, we will use the writings of the Early Church Fathers (St. Athanasius, St. Iranaeus, et. al.).

Theology III (11th grade) ‐ Church History and Doctrinal Theology

This course traces out the major events and ideas in the history of the Catholic Church. Along the way, it looks at how the Churchʹs great theologians formulated the doctrines of the Church in response to both Revelation and to these events and ideas. This course will give students the opportunity to understand how the Catholic faith was received by the Apostles, formulated by the theologians, taught and defended by the hierarchy and practiced by the faithful. At the end of the course, students ought to have a grasp of the following: the major time periods of Church history, the significant personalities who were its architects, and the development of doctrine in the context of the Churchʹs historical issues. In addition, students should understand not only the outlines of the history of the Catholic Church but also a sense of doctrine as alive and permanent. The course will use H.W. Crockerʹs Triumph as a guiding text but will also draw on other histories such as Thomas Bokenkotterʹs A Concise History of the Catholic Church, Fr. John Lauxʹs Church History, and Philip Hughesʹ A History of the Church to the Eve of the Reformation. Students will also read selections from primary sources which detail various doctrinal controversies. For this, we will rely on the series edited by William Rusch, Sources of Early Christian Thought as well as Robert Louis Wilkenʹs The Spirit of Early Christian Thought.

Theology IV (12th grade) – Moral Theology and Apologetics

The senior year theology course, Moral Theology and Apologetics, is the culmination of the first three. This course seeks to articulate and defend the Church’s view of the best way to live. With an understanding of Scripture and the sacraments as well as the historical development of doctrines, fourthyear students are now in a position to explore the moral implications of what the Church believes to be true. Moreover, they will carry the apostolic responsibility of making this view intelligible and appealing to others. In the first place, then, this course will examine how one is to live as a Catholic, particularly in the modern world. Secondly, it will introduce students to the foundations of Apologetics such that they might themselves be capable of making a compelling case for the Christian life. This course will require research, writing, debate, and oral presentations. Particular topics will generally be selected by the instructor, but sometimes determined by student interest. They will include: 1) the problem of evil; 2) arguments for the existence of God (with a focus on Aquinas’s “Five Ways”); 3) the authenticity of Scripture; 4) the role of Tradition in Catholic doctrine; 5) the Church’s moral teaching (especially on controversial topics); 6) the nature of Faith and its relation to the motives of credibility; 7) objections to Catholicism from natural science. Key texts will include Aquinas’s Summa Theologica, C.S. Lewis’s essay The Abolition of Man, The Bible, The Catechism of the Catholic Church, St. Justin Martyr’s First Apology, St. Irenaeus’ Against Heresies, and Mortimer Adler’s Ten Philosophical Mistakes.


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Wrapping Up 2017: Most Anticipated Movies of 2018 with a Special Guest Writer

[The following article is the transcript of a previously recorded exchange between main writer Nathanael Molnár and special guest writer Rob Giachinta, as they talk about their most anticipated movies of 2018, as part of their Wrapping Up 2017 editorial series. You can read all of the entries into this series here. This was recorded on Sunday, January 14th]

Nathanael: Hello, and welcome to The Movie Paradise. I'm your host, Nathanael Molnár, and today I'm joined by special guest writer, Rob Giachinta.
Rob: Hello.
Nathanael: Today, we're going to be talking about our most anticipated films of 2018. In this first installment in our Wrapping Up 2017 series, we're going to be looking ahead to films coming out later this year.
Rob: Out of all the lists we are going to do, this one was actually my most anticipated.
Nathanael: Oh great. This was a tough list to do. I had a difficult time making it.
Rob: I was sweating making this list.
Nathanael: I always sweat.
Rob: Yum.
Nathanael: Okay, so how this list is going to go is I will list my #10-6. Then Rob will do his #10-6. Then I'll do my #5-2. Then Rob will do his #5-2, and then we will both talk about our #1 most anticipated movie for 2018, but first we will start off with three honorable mentions.

Nathanael's Honorable Mentions:

Nathanael: My third honorable mention is Ready Player One. This was originally my spot for The New Mutants, until it was reported that it had been pushed back to February 2019. So now it is Ready Player One. I love Steven Spielberg as a director. I thought the trailers have been really cool. I have not read the source material, so I was not super invested at first. But the people they have behind it, and the look and the feel of it from the trailers, have made me very excited for it. My second honorable mention is Aquaman. This probably would of been a lot higher if Justice League hadn't been a disappointment. It just wasn't that good, so my anticipation has dipped a little bit. James Wan is a good director. He has done a great job with The Conjuring franchise and Furious 7, so I don't think Aquaman is going to be bad per say, but I can't get myself too excited for it. And my first honorable mention is Creed 2. This movie would have been a lot higher on my list had Sylvester Stallone ended up directing this. While I am excited to see Stallone and Michael B. Jordan back together, and [I am excited to see] the next chapter of this story, I just don't know much about the director, Stephen Cable Jr., and I just don't know if it's going to be any good. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it got pushed to 2019.

Rob's Honorable Mentions

Rob: My third honorable mention is Lean on Pete. Lean on Pete is about this young boy who moves with his family to a small farming town where he meets a character, played by Steve Buscemi, who owns a racing horse named Lean on Pete which is going to be sold. The young boy forms a bond with the horse, and decides to steal him and hit the road with the horse. This was originally supposed to come out last year, and I thought potentially it could have nabbed Steve Buscemi his first Academy Award nomination. Now, it has been moved to March, and the early buzz on this movie is extremely positive, so I'm excited for it. My second honorable mention is the untitled Halloween sequel. I am a big fan of David Gordon Green, and what he did with a film like Stronger last year, and I'm interested to see what Danny McBride does with writing the script. From the looks of it, it seems like the two of them are big fans of John Carpenter's original film. Also, [it] being produced by Blumhouse means a lot to me, because I usually enjoy most of the films that they put out. And my first honorable mention is Solo: A Star Wars Story. This would have been in my top 10 had it not been for the disaster that has happened behind the scenes, with Chris Miller and Phil Lord being fired and [them being] replaced with Ron Howard. While I never asked for a Han Solo movie, the idea off bringing in Lord and Miller to do it intrigued me heavily, and I was excited to see it. And I loved the entire cast. But then, after the firing happened and we ended up getting Ron Howard... now it just seems like this project has a lot of bad buzz floating around it, so now I am trepidatious.
Nathanael: Yes, I agree that is was never really a film I needed to see, but I do love the cast so we'll see what happens.

Nathanael's #10-6

Nathanael: My #10 is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. I actually really like the first Jurassic World, and I'm a big fan of the original Jurassic Park. While I wasn't that impressed with the first trailer, I'm looking forward to it a lot because we're getting J.A. Bayona as the director, who did an outstanding job on A Monster Calls, and I think he can do a really good job with this world. The cast is great, and I think this film has a lot of potential.
Rob: Me personally, I want to see something new with this franchise and not a bunch of people running from dinosaurs.
Nathanael: That's why I thought the trailer was poor, because it did not show anything new to stand out from the rest of the franchise. I am hoping there is a lot of new things to see when Fallen Kingdom hits theaters in June. My #9 is Ant-Man and the Wasp. I really liked Ant Man; it wasn't one of the greatest Marvel movies, but it was serviceable. With this one, however, I'm getting excited because we are getting Evangeline Lily as the Wasp, and she was really good in her role in the first one, and now she gets more action scenes to work with. Laurence Fishburne also make his first appearance in the MCU as Goliath, and he's basically a superhero from the old days when Hank Pym was Ant-Man and Michelle Pheiffer's character was the Wasp, and it's kind of like the older version of the Avengers.
Rob: The geezer Avengers.
Nathanael: Yes. You also get Walton Goggins as the villain, which should be great. While it might not [end up being] one of the greatest Marvel movies, I do think it'll improve upon the first one, and offer some new things for viewers. My #8 is Mission: Impossible- Fallout. I really liked Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol, and I thought Rogue Nation was a step down, but it was still really good. I'm interested to see Henry Cavill in this one, and I just really like Tom Cruise in these action type movies.
Rob: I'm not a fan of the franchise, but I thought the last one was not bad.
Nathanael: Good for you. My #7 is the untitled Halloween sequel. Unlike Rob, I have seen the first Halloween, and it's one of my favorite horror films. It's fantastic. I've heard, however, that all the sequels are not as good as the original, or are just down right awful, but what excites me about this one is that it will be acting as the official sequel to the original, and that's what really gets me interested. I do not believe this would be happening if John Carpenter wasn't on board with David Gordon Green's idea for the film, and I really liked what he did with Stronger like Rob. My #6 is The Incredibles 2. I love the first Incredibles movie. It's a great, fun film, and you get all the original voice actors returning with Brad Bird coming back to direct. If this movie comes out and is underwhelming, I am going to be upset, because we've been waiting for this movie for over a decade, and it should be incredible (no pun intended).
Rob: Do you think they should have picked up in today's year or right when the film originally left off, which they are doing?
Nathanael: It depends on the story they tell, but I would have preferred them pick it up in today's day and age. Alright Rob, it's time for your #10-6.

Rob's #10-6

Rob: My #10 most anticipated movie of the year is Isle of Dogs. I'm a big fan of Wes Anderson, and he's directing his second stop motion animated movie, after the brilliant Fantastic Mr. Fox. You have a great voice cast in this one with Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, and many more. The only thing is I hope it's not too out-there, because with Anderson's last film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, I found it to be too awkward to really get in to.
Nathanael: I thought it was good, not great.
Rob: Have you ever seen Moonrise Kingdom?
Nathanael: No, I have not.
Rob: That, in my opinion, is his best film, and a great watch. I recommend it. My #9 is Thoroughbreds. I liked the trailer, and the two leads, Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy, are great actors who, in this film, have deadpan personalities and decide to have Taylor-Joy's character's step-dad murdered. I don't know about you, Nathanael, but I love watching hot women trying to kill someone.
Nathanael: It looks like a spin-off of Tragedy Girls.
Rob: Personally, [I think] this one looks better than Tragedy Girls. It looks like it has a bigger budget, and a more talented cast. It will also be nice to see Anton Yelchin in his last on-screen role. My #8 is Venom. This film would probably be in my top 3 if it wasn't for the director, Ruben Fleischer. I am, however, a big fan of the character of Venom, and the way he looks on screen. Also, Tom Hardy is one of my favorite actors along with Michelle Williams, and Woody Harrelson in a role to be determined.
Nathanael: I think he'll play Carnage.
Rob: That would be awesome. Hopefully this movie is great. I just hope Fleischer brings the effort and care he gave to Zombieland, and not deliver something as horrendous as Gangster Squad [was].
My #7 is A Quiet Place. I remember hearing about this a while ago, but didn't know anything about it until we got the first trailer, which was great, and it sets up an interesting premise for a movie. The trailer was so quiet; I thought the volume was broken on my phone until the lamp gets knocked over in the trailer. [laughsJohn Krasinski is a great talent, from being in The Office to directing The Hollars, and getting to see him work with his wife Emily Blunt should make for a good pairing in this horror movie. Have you heard about the Cloverfierld crossover potential with this one?
Nathanael: No, I have not. Is it the same studio?
Rob: Yes, it's Paramount Pictures
Nathanael: Oh shit. Yeah, maybe it's possible.
Rob: That would be interesting. My #6 is Annihilation. This is the new film from Alex Garland, director of Ex Machina. I would have had this a little higher on my list, but I find it strange that it's coming out in February, because it seems like it has blockbuster potential and a well known actress in Natalie Portman. I will be optimistic, though, because I love the shots we get in the trailers, and the fact that they don't spoil the movie or show you any major plot details. Hopefully it [won't end up being] a disappointment.

Nathanael's #5-2

Nathanael: My #5 most anticipated movie of the year is one you already talked about, and that's A Quiet Place. I'm excited for this one because I love John Krasinski, especially from The Office, and I'm very excited to see what he does with this new chapter in his career as a director.
Rob: Well did you see The Hollars?
Nathanael: No, but I really wanted to though. I'm interested to see how he handles directing and acting alongside his wife, Emily Blunt. And the trailer is fantastic. My #4 is also another film you talked about, and that's Venom. The director doesn't bother me as much as it bothers you, because you have Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, and Woody Harrelson, who could be playing Carnage and, if he does, it could be a Heath Ledger's Joker kind of performance. While I'm not sold on this movie being awesome, my anticipation lies with how awesome this film could [potentially] end up being. And with it looking to be rated R, it could be the Logan of this year, in that it's a highly profitable R-rated superhero movie. My #3 is Black Panther. I can't wait to see this, because you have Ryan Coogler, who directed Fruitvale Station and Creed, directing this film. Also, it has an excellent cast, maybe even the best cast of the year--or just behind Infinity War--highlighted by Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan. This movie looks to be delving into the mythology of Wakanda, and its people, and I just hope t doesn't turn in to a Thor: Ragnarok where everybody loves it and we don't care for it. But I think Coogler is a proven director, whereas I feel Taika Waititi was not.
My #2 is the same as yours, and that's Deadpool 2. I love the first Deadpool. It was one of my favorites of 2016. I am, however, a little nervous that Tim Miller isn't directing this one. But David Leitch of John Wick and Atomic Blonde fame is stepping behind the camera, and I enjoyed both of those films a lot. Josh Brolin as Cable looks really cool, as does the rest of the new cast members, as well as the returning ensemble cast from the original.
Rob: While I did not like Atomic Blonde, I'm not that worried because I know he can handle action well, and as long as the screenwriters write a script as good as the first one, the movie should be great.

Rob's #5-2

Rob: My #5 is the aforementioned Black Panther. The reason I'm so excited about this is because Ryan Cooler has directed some of my favorite movies in Fruitvale Station and Creed, and I was excited to see what he [did next], regardless of how big or small it was. Also, I very much enjoyed the Black Panther character in Captain America: Civil War. I thought he was one of the best parts of that movie, and I'm curious to see where they take his character. My biggest fear is that it will be too jokey, like some other Marvel movies. My #4 is Creed 2. I feel the original Creed is a movie that stands on its own... that you don't have to be up-to-date on the Rocky lore in order to enjoy it as a movie. With this one, I feel like we're going to get darker elements surrounding the story, with Adonis Creed's (Michael B. Jordan) dad's killer, Drago (Dolph Lundgren), coming back for this film, along with his son (Florian Munteanu), who is also a boxer. So it looks like they will eventually confront each other. The unknown director does scare me, but I feel like Ryan Cooler did help out at least a little bit in getting the sequel off the ground and picking the next director, so I feel it's in decent hands. My #3 is Ready Player One. While I'm not the biggest Steven Spielberg fan, I  must say that, when this trailer dropped, I lost my mind with excitement over how cool it looked. To think that you're going to have all these pop culture characters and figures from different movies all in one movie sounds crazy, but in a good way. [It has a] great cast lead by Tye Sheridan and Olivia Cooke, among others. Ready Player One looks like one of the more creative and original movies of this year. My #2 is the same as yours, and that's Deadpool 2. Like Nathanael said, I hope this movie is more of the same as the first one, and it doesn't try to be something that it's not. I'm very excited to see the return of the merc with a mouth to the big screen.

Nathanael and Rob's #1- Avengers: Infinity War

Nathanael: So Rob and I's #1 is Avengers Infinity War. Wow, that trailer was awesome.
Rob: I thought that was so cool!
Nathanael: This has to be the greatest Marvel movie.
Rob: If it's not, I'm going to be disappointed. We've been building to Avengers 3 and 4 for 10 years!!
Nathanael: You have all the characters in one movie. That's insane.
Rob: I'm excited that the Russo Brothers are directing this.
Nathanael: Yes, they did a great job on Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Civil War, two of our favorite Marvel movies. I just hope they don't have all there characters split apart. I want them to at least have one scene we're they are all together. I also don't want this to be all just a set up for Avengers 4. I hope it's more of a stand alone movie.
Rob: I agree.

Nathanael: Okay, so here is a rundown of my list. My honorable mentions are Ready Player One, Aquaman, and Creed 2. My #10 is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, my #9 is Ant-Man and the Wasp, my #8 is Mission: Impossible- Fallout, my #7 is the untitled Halloween sequel, my #6 is Incredibles 2, my #5 is A Quiet Place, my #4 is Venom, my #3 is Black Panther, my #2 is Deadpool 2, and my #1 most anticipated movie of the year is Avengers: Infinity War.
Rob: And for my list, my honorable mentions are Solo: A Star Wars Story, the untitled Halloween sequel, and Lean on Pete. My #10 is Isle of Dogs, my #9 is Thoroughbreds, my #8 is Venom, my #7 is A Quiet Place, my #6 is Annihilation, my #5 is Black Panther, my #4 is Creed 2, my #3 is Ready Player One, my #2 is Deadpool 2, and my #1 most anticipated movie of the year is Avengers: Infinity War
Nathanael: Alright, that's going to do it for our most anticipated movies of 2018. Once again, I am your host, Nathanael Molnár, and I'd like to thank Rob Giachinta for joining me today.
Rob: No problem.
Nathanael: Make sure to keep your eye out for the other installments in our Wrapping Up 2017 editorial series coming soon.

What do you think? Do you agree with our picks for our most anticipated movies of 2018? What are some other movies you would add to the list? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.

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A kaleidoscope of migration on Bulgaria's borders

Kapka Kassabova returns to Bulgaria’s borders to meet people on the move

Kapka Kassabova, Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe. Courtesy Granta/Portobello Books
Kapka Kassabova, Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe. Courtesy Granta/Portobello Books

In 2014, Kapka Kassabova made a return pilgrimage to her native land, Bulgaria. She then ventured out on a journey along that country’s border with Turkey and Greece. “I became curious about my Balkan peripheries,” she writes in Border, her remarkable account of the eventful trip. “I wanted to know what was happening there 25 years after I had left.”

At the start of her book, she explains why this frontier region “hums with an especially siren-like tone”. “One, because of unfinished business from the Cold War; two, because it is one of Europe’s great wildernesses; three, because it has been a continental confluence ever since there have been continents.”

Starting at the Black Sea coast, Kassabova explored previously militarised border towns and villages, ancient forests, rivers and mountain ranges. It was forbidden territory in her childhood, and for many today, it remains terra incognita. However, her focus was more on people than place – “the human story” – and so her travels are peppered with tales from those whose lives have been affected by the border and the lie of the land.

When I speak to her, Kassabova is in Edinburgh for the International Book Festival. She has lived in Scotland since she was 30. “It absolutely feels like home,” she tells me.

Living in Scotland, “a borderless country”, gave her the incentive for her border journey. Did it not feel like a homecoming? “It was an ambivalent homecoming,” she answers. “I have a difficult love for these places.”

Growing up behind the Iron Curtain instilled in Kassabova “a kind of hyper-awareness of borders and that feeling of being on the right side of one”. In an early chapter of the book, she remembers being 10 years old and playing on the beach in a Black Sea resort – “the red Riviera”. She learns of a nearby electrified barbed-wire fence – its purpose, to prevent Bulgarian holiday-makers from entering Turkey. She realises she is living in “an open-air prison”.

“I think all children are sensitive to imbalances and injustices even at that subconscious level. I had a strong instinct to cross a line. If there is a line drawn in the sand I will want to cross it. I think it is curiosity, a kind of innocent impulse in people to want to do that. If you don’t want to do that, then perhaps you’ve internalised the border.”

Kassabova endured six more years of “twilight totalitarianism” until she was free from that prison. When the Berlin Wall fell, the family crossed “some other imaginary border over the Pacific”, and made a new life in New Zealand. At the age of 18, she began writing in English. “I came late to the language. I was reading a lot of [Russian-born novelist] Nabokov at the time and thought: ‘Well, if he can do it…’”

In New Zealand, Kassabova published her first book of poems. Since then she has written novels and several books of genre-juggling non-fiction. Border, her most acclaimed book yet, is also a dexterously woven patchwork of genres; a fusion of memoir, history, folklore, travelogue and reportage. “The multi-faceted nature of the border dictated the form of the book,” Kassabova says.

The motley range of people she encountered and the multi-voiced testimonies she recorded adds further variegation. We meet psychic healers and ritual fire-walkers, shepherds and lighthouse-keepers, hunters and rangers, border guards and treasure hunters, people smugglers and migrants. “I discovered a huge spectrum of personalities and destinies,” she says. “The good ones are for me the unsung heroes of the border.”

Not all were good. Kassabova spoke with a former Bulgarian State Security bigwig who complained about the “gypsification” of his country, boasted about the treatment of snared fugitives (or “trespassers”) and, in the end, issued a warning: “Don’t go around digging up old graves, my lovely.”

“He was a particularly sinister sort of human manifestation of that system which has gone away,” Kassabova says, before adding: “But has it really?”

She also relates a story about an East German couple who were “liquidated” while trying to cross into Turkey. “Killing was the norm on this border, from about 1945 until really 1990. This case was one of hundreds, possibly thousands. The numbers are unknown. Former East Germans have access to their own Stasi files, but the Bulgarian State Security destroyed a vast amount of documents because some of these people are still in power. It is chilling that this information is not still available.”

The book’s subtitle is A Journey to the Edge of Europe. Kassabova introduces the area as “the last border of Europe”. A more trenchant description, however, comes from a woman who declares: “We are the back door of Europe.” Kassabova met many migrants desperate to get in.

“You see them on the road in all three countries of that border, carrying their possessions in plastic bags, wearing sandals in the middle of winter, arriving at places where they are not wanted.”

As in the Cold War, the border was a danger-zone. “If you go there, if I go there, we’ll be OK. But if you’re a refugee trying to cross illegally you might get raped or shot at or beaten up. People do – I’ve heard this from border guards and refugees.”

On many an occasion, Kassabova came up against unsympathetic locals. “I was amazed to find so many people are afraid of migrants from the Middle East. The Balkans is not Western Europe. Incomers are not so different from people in the Balkans. I talked to many locals who were descendants of refugees and today they have refugees knocking on their doors. Some help, some don’t.”

One individual who tried to help was Ziko, an ex-people-smuggler. Unlike many traffickers who scam refugees and dump them on the wrong side of the border, Ziko only took money if people had it and delivered them safely to their destination along what he termed The Road to Freedom.

Since Kassabova made her trip, the region has seen some drastic changes. “A new wall has been built between Turkey and Bulgaria and some of the places I visited are not accessible any more – they fall within a new border zone. The Greeks built their wall first and the Bulgarians followed. And the Turks are building the same wall with Syria. So things repeat themselves in this border zone.”

The return of hard borders here and elsewhere in the world has prompted Kassabova to speak out. “New borders will fail just as old borders failed,” she wrote in The Guardian.

Have borders really never been effective? “I suppose it depends on how you approach it,” she says. “If you want to stop certain groups of people coming in and crossing the line, then temporarily, a big roll of barbed wire will be successful. But I question that success in human terms. And actually if you look at the history of all borders, the Iron Curtain was a particularly hard border. But it fell. Those of us that were on the east side of it, we thought the Berlin Wall would be there forever, it cast such a long shadow into people’s lives. But it fell.”

Border catalogues tragic tales of persecution and failed escape, but it is counterbalanced with happier stories. There is harmony in the Rhodope Mountains, the heartland of the Pomaks, indigenous Balkan Muslims. Mosques and Orthodox churches stud the hills; people of both faiths coexist. In a town in the border plains of Thrace, Kassabova witnessed komshulak, or neighbourliness, during a midnight Easter service: half the congregation were Christians, the other half Muslims. Kassabova enquired about one man’s nationality. “Don’t ask me what I am,” he replied. “I’m a human being. Isn’t that enough?”

Take away the border, Kassabova says, and it feels like you are in one country. “It’s like what it was at various points in the past. For example, the Ottoman Empire, where borders did not exist and people were more intermingled, the only difference being religion and language. On all three sides, I found people were telling similar stories, but in three different languages. They were singing the same songs about exile and displacement – from the Greek-Turkish War; from the Balkan Wars; from more recent events.”

I mention the inevitable: we are living in a time of looking inward and shutting out, of breaking down bridges and building up walls. “Things do look bleak at the moment,” she agrees, “but this is the paradox of the border for me. Meeting all these people left me feeling optimistic. I set out to write a book about a border which divides, but what I was left with at the end of the journey and at the end of this book was an overwhelming sense of human connectedness. And that gives me hope.”

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Abu Dhabi, UAETuesday 26 March 2019

Cristiano Ronaldo fires late winner as Real Madrid end Barcelona’s 39 match unbeaten run

Andy Mitten was at the Camp Nou to witness Real Madrid's come-from-behind victory against Barcelona.
Cristiano Ronaldo wheels away after scoring the winning goal for Real Madrid against Barcelona/ Josep Lago / AFP
Cristiano Ronaldo wheels away after scoring the winning goal for Real Madrid against Barcelona/ Josep Lago / AFP

Cristiano Ronaldo scored an 85th minute winner as Real Madrid came from behind to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou and end the Catalans 39 game unbeaten run.

Zinedine Zidane’s side finished the game, which came to life with Gerard Pique’s opening goal in the 56th minute, looking like they were the best team in Spain, not the one 10 points behind with eight games remaining.

That gap has been reduced to seven points and while Madrid’s prospects of winning the Primera Liga remain remote, it was Zidane’s greatest moment as a coach so far.

Pique is public enemy No 1 among Real Madrid fans thanks to his off the pitch comments, and he celebrated as he gave his side the lead against an obstinate foe.

But Karim Benzema equalised with a super volley from a deflected Toni Kroos cross for his 21st league goal of the season.

The winner came when Dani Carvajal surged forward and passed to Gareth Bale, who crossed to Ronaldo who controlled the ball on his chest before firing home a low shot from a narrow angle to silence the biggest crowd in football so far this season.

Until the goals the game had been average, with more emphasis on events before the match.

Eight minutes before kick-off, a hush had descended on Camp Nou and an emotional homage to Johan Cruyff began on the two huge scoreboards. Former Barca legends spoke of the Dutchman, all finishing by thanking him. It utterly enraptured the 98,000 crowd, who didn’t stop applauding until a ‘Football Club Barcelona’ chant enveloped the vast arena.

Fans then held up placards to read ‘Gracies Johan’ before a minute’s silence.

Cruyff won’t have approved of the football which followed, but while they live up the hype more than any game in football, not every clasico is a classic.

Cruyff wore No 14 and fans applauded throughout the 14th minute. By then, Barca had enjoyed the best chance to take the lead after nine minutes, but Luis Suarez, the Catalans’ top scorer with 28 league goals, failed to connect sufficiently to even hit the target.

Wearing black, both coaches stood on the edge of their area, intense and increasingly. Luis Enrique was furious when the referee refused to award a penalty — or issue Sergio Ramos, who had already been booked, a second yellow card — after bringing down Lionel Messi after 24 minutes. As white hankies of protest proliferated in the stands, the referee brandished a fourth yellow with less than a third of the game played when Javier Mascherano felled Bale, the Welshman playing with purpose.

Madrid were not dominating, but they were competing and Keylor Navas only had one save to make in the first half — a low 21st minute shot from Ivan Rakitic. The tempestuous, fractured opening finished with Daniel Alves blasting a shot over after 41 minutes and Benzema, the least effective of Madrid’s front three, volleying the ball towards the mountain of Tibidabo rather than Claudio Bravo’s bar a minute later.

Madrid were stung by November’s 4-0 home defeat to a Barca side who had moved 10 points ahead of them with eight games to play, but a repeat became implausible as Barca continued to pass the ball where they couldn’t hurt Madrid and Zidane’s side defended manfully.

Not since November 2002 has a clasico finished goalless, but when Messi hit another free-kick over the bar at the start of the second period, Barca were no closer to scoring. Navas made a second save after 53 minutes, pushing Messi’s curling chip wide before Pique’s buried his 56th minute header from a Rakitic corner to open the scoring, only for Benzema to equalise audaciously.

The game opened up. A Suarez volley from a tight angle with 11 minutes to play invoked a roar, but Madrid were more dangerous. Bale, one of the best performers on the pitch, thought he had scored with a header 10 minutes from time which was disallowed for pushing, Ronaldo struck the bar with a shot and before getting the winner, even though Madrid were reduced to ten men by Ramos’s dismissal.

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UN Textbooks in Palestinian Schools Strongly Anti-Israel, Anti-U.S.

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Textbooks provided by the United Nations Refugee and Works Agency (UNRWA) to Palestinian schools have been found to contain strongly anti-Israeli and anti-American sentiments. Experts testified on the content of the textbooks last Wednesday on Capitol Hill, prompting some to once again call into question the United States’ financial support of the UN.

UNRWA, opened in 1950 following the Arab-Israeli war in 1948, is responsible for the health, education, and social services of over five million refugees. According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the United States has been the largest donor to the agency since its inception, contributing a total of approximately $4 billion — with the amounts increasing steadily over the past decade.

Arnon Groiss, the author of the study on the textbooks provided to the Palestinian children, advised the State Department that the books' content is questionable at best. His report, “Teaching the ‘Right of Return’ in UNRWA Schools,” was commissioned by the Council for Religious Institutions in the Holy Land, an association of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian leaders.

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The study shows, for example, that on the cover and on page 7 of the National Education textbook for Grade 2, the image of a Palestinian stamp has a blank square where the Hebrew script that is on the stamp has been removed.

In the same book (p.16), a map is entitled “Arab and Muslim Nations.”

Groiss noted, "Israel does not exist on the map."

In addition, the textbook provided for Grade 9, Reading and Texts, asks students to “reconcile between the following poetical lines and the feelings they express”: “The morning of glory and red liberty watered by the martyrs’ blood … the hope for the Liberation of Palestine.”

National Education, the version for seventh graders, indicates the following:

The Zionist colonialist greedy ambitions in Palestine started in 1882. ... The coming of the Jewish throngs to Palestine continued until 1948 and their goal was taking over the Palestinian lands and then taking the original inhabitants' place after their expulsion and extermination.

Another 7th-grade textbook, Our Beautiful Language, features this excerpt from a poem entitled "The Martyr": “Hearing weapons’ clash is pleasant to my ear and the flow of blood gladdens my soul/ As we as a body thrown upon the ground skirmished over by the desert predators/…By your life! This is the death of men and whoever asks for a noble death — here it is!”

Similarly animosity-provoking language appears in the 8th-grade version of Reading and Texts: “Your enemies killed your children, split open your women’s bellies, took your revered elderly people by the beard and led them to the death pits.”

The 5th-grade version of Our Beautiful Language includes a poem entitled “We Shall Return,” which discusses the Palestinian “Right of Return”"

"Return, return, we shall return/ Borders shall not exist, nor citadels and fortresses/ Cry out, O those who have left:/ we shall return!/ [We] shall return to the homes, to the valleys, to the mountains/ Under the flag of glory, Jihad and struggle/ With blood, sacrifice [fida], fraternity and loyalty/ We shall return/ ... To jihad in the hills; [to] harvest in the land."

Other language in the texts appears to justify terrorism. A sentence from the 8th-grade Reading and Texts exhorts, “O brother, the oppressors have exceeded all bounds and Jihad and sacrifice [fida] are imperative.”

According to U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Human Rights and co-chairman of the Bi-Partisan Coalition for Combating Anti-Semitism, the United States should take responsibility for what is in the textbooks, because it provides funding for UNRWA. “We are responsible for the content and the content has been, year in and year out, explosively anti-Semitic, anti-American and anti-Israeli,” Smith contended.

Last year, UNRWA came under fire for providing a curriculum that does not include the Holocaust. Commentary magazine reported last March:

The Union of Arab Workers at UNRWA put out a statement saying that the Holocaust shouldn’t be taught in any of UNRWA’s five areas of operation — Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank, Gaza and Syria — and that instead the space should be used to teach students about the Right of Return. That would ostensibly “enrich” sixth and seventh generation Palestinian children by telling them that some day they’ll be overrunning Israel, and it would make the lessons consistent with the rest of UNRWA’s war curriculum.

According to UNRWA, that curriculum falls in line with the Hamas government’s policy of denying that the Holocaust took place. Government officials in Gaza have encouraged school children to leave classrooms if lessons on human rights featured information regarding the Holocaust. The government said it would do everything in its power to prevent the children from being taught about the Holocaust in UNRWA schools in the Gaza Strip. Gaza Education Minister Mahammad Ashquol said that his ministry “will never allow teaching Holocaust to Gazan refugee camp children.”

This year, the content of the textbooks and the curriculum is equally contentious.

Congressman Smith believes that the United States is in a valuable position of being able to mandate that the textbooks be revised so as to remove the inflammatory content. “It would be based on a certification where the president would have to certify that the UNWRA textbooks are completely excised of all anti-Semitic hate.” Smith said, adding,

And so, if you teach kids to hate when they’re very, very young and just keep feeding them that kind of formula for violence, why are we surprised when they strap on dynamite and other kinds of explosives to kill themselves and think they’re doing a good thing? They’ve been taught. And we have to be much more emphatic — zero tolerance on hate in those textbooks.

David Bedein of the Center for Near East Policy admits that the notion of “Right of Return” is regularly promoted at Palestinian refugee schools, but as noted by Groiss, the idea involves the virtual elimination of Israel, and helps to “propagate this non-peaceful line, in absolute contradiction to the UNWRA declared mission.”

What’s worse is that according to Groiss, despite the controversial nature of the Palestinian books, they are in fact an improvement from the other textbooks found in the Arab world. Unlike the Palestinian books, which have at least some oversight from European nations as a product of the United Nations, other books found in the Arab world have none. Groiss explained,

The books of the Arab world are not financed by European countries so they are free to write whatever they want. In Syria, for example, they call for the elimination of Jews. School textbooks in Saudi Arabia are among the worst for incitement, with anti-Semitic propaganda given as fact. Even after 30 years of peace with Egypt, the name Israel does not appear on any map in Egyptian schoolbooks.

Photo: Palestinian school children show the bags they received from United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) at Al Fallujah school in Jabaliya refugee camp of the northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 19, 2004.: AP Images

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TPX (The Podcast Exchange), Canada’s podcast advertising experts, announced today a new partnership with leading U.S. publisher HowStuffWorks. The agreement gives TPX the first right to market and sell advertisements in the HowStuffWorks podcast network in the quickly growing Canadian market and is made possible due to HowStuffWork’s ability to geo-target relevant host-read advertising.

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East Meets West: To All the Woman in my Life

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East Van gives good graffiti, ranging from “having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card” or “Talk to strangers, sin with purpose”, yet the one which elicited the deepest stirring in me, simply and eloquently put  “To the woman in my life, you are everything”. Hastily scrawled Sharpie musings rarely elicit more than a chuckle from me, but this one, which stopped me in my tracks and winded me- is another thing entirely.

The palpable shift of the patriarchy being challenged in the past few years has garnered more and more attention, support, anger, unification, and love. Challenging grossly outdated notions of “boys will be boys” and the reductive and reducing stereotypes and misconceptions put on women.  I cannot imagine being void of the mélange of expressive, intelligent, curious, passionate, driven, flawed, evolving, deeply loving women in my life.

I’m learning how to be a better woman to women and for women (Cis, transgender and non-binary inclusive when I say, woman). As we observe International Women’s Day, all the work that has been done, all that’s still taking place, I implore others, just as I remind myself, to try a little tenderness. We’re all feeling pretty weary these days in one form or another.

To all the woman in my life, you are everything.

To all the woman in my life; I’m sorry.

I’m sorry for all the times that I disappointed you, betrayed you. When my own insecurity and ego left me flush in embarrassment and spurned less than noble acts toward or vehemently against you. When I allowed the infection of comparison to fester and colour my perception and interactions with you, desperately attempting to deflect the ugly pox marks of my personality I’m sure all could see.

I’m sorry for the things I said behind your back, adding to the harmonizing of negativity that lends itself to the chorus of shame you have echoing inside your head and heart. To rob you of your accomplishments or wounds because my scars burned too brightly with pain so I could not hold space for you.  To not tell you that I just couldn’t at the moment not that I didn’t care.

Because I do care. I care that you think you’re bad, or wrong or stupid or disrespectful to yourself. Or worst of all, when you believe that it’s acceptable to continue to give penance for a debt that was never yours to pay.

To all the woman in my life, rise.

Rise. Step into the magnificence that you feel throbbing in your chest so profoundly that it jolts you out of deep sleep, waking in a cold sweat. Rise and meet the day, the moments of your life, with such assurance in what you think and feel and create and love and weep for, knowing, deeply knowing their extreme worthiness. That you are worthy. You are worthy.  You will claim for yourself your path so adamantly, walking, stomping, dancing upon it with footprints so distinctly yours that the notion of questioning you as its originator, rendered absurd.

And most importantly, rise after you have tripped and found yourself jarred and shaken by the sheer effects of gravity which challenges you to stay horizontal, crumpled under the weight of expectations either real or imaginary. Rise to show yourself that above all you can.

To all the woman in my life; thank you.

Thank you for demonstrating and celebrating that womanhood and femininity are in constant flux, encompassing more and more illustrious ways to showcase power and expressiveness in a glorious array of forms.

Thank you for tenderness and ferociousness walking in tandem. For beauty, sensuality and lush magnetism posed on the tip of a tongue coaxing tides to turn in a few syllables. For protecting one another while vanquishing foes, of the internal and external nature, repairing and soothing the multitude of clever and vicious wounds.

Thank you, above all, for your resilience. For entreating one another to continue, knowing damn well it won’t be easy, but that support is imminent and unconditional.

To all the woman in my life, you are everything.


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Broad Street is where it all began for Thermocool some 45 years ago. In many ways it is fitting that our story began here because it is a place that embodies everything we stand for. Being “always there for you” isn’t just a nice tag line, it is a promise. A promise shared by many […]

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Forty-three crosses sit in a vacant lot in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago on Jan. 23, 2017. Each cross, created by Greg Zanis, represents a victim of murder in Chicago in 2017. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

For Chicago, 2016 closed out as the deadliest year in two decades.

And it seems as if 2017 may be setting up to become just as grim; the Chicago Tribune reports that shootings and homicides in the Windy City are higher than they were this time last January.

According to the report, as of early Monday, at least 228 people have been shot so far this year, a 5.5 percent increase from the 216 that had been shot within the same time period last year. There have also been at least 42 homicides, marking a 23.5 percent jump from the 34 homicides that occurred during the same period in 2016.

As the Tribune notes, Chicago closed out January 2016 with 50 homicides, the most for the month in the city in at least 16 years. The year ended with 783 homicides, the most since 1996.

This January, the city has already seen several violent weekends. Over New Year’s weekend, 55 people were shot, five of whom were fatally wounded. The following weekend, two people were killed and seven injured in shootings.

Over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, 39 people were shot, 10 of whom were killed. And over this past weekend, 54 people were shot, six of them fatally.

The grim data came out just days before President Donald Trump sent out a series of tweets taking aim at the city, telling it to fix the “horrible carnage” going on or he would send in the feds.

Lord knows what that means, but it doesn’t sound as if it would be a solution (to use the word lightly) that anyone should look forward to.

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School warning over crisp ‘packets of pain’

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A Scarborough school has warned parents to keep pupils away from a new menace on the playground ... super-spicy crisps.

George Pindar School has taken action to snuff out “dangerous” Doritos after they left one pupil struggling to breathe.

The scorching snack has already been outlawed in the United States due to its fiery flavour.

Each bag contains multiple cooler varieties, but a handful of crisps are coated in an invisible chilli powder that’s 10 times hotter than a standard jalapeño.

And the Eastfield school has now urged children to stay clear of the crunchy treat it claims can “cause severe distress”.

The warning in the school’s newsletter comes after one pupil was taken ill after eating one, after it agitated a pre-existing medical condition.

And one parent at the school said she wouldn’t be letting her children go near them.

“You don’t want to be putting something in your children’s packed lunches that’s going to leave them unwell,” said the mum.

“It’s good the school are doing something about it.”

On Doritos website, the firm boast that the crisps “will leave you close to tears”.

And for Scarborough’s Brad Walker that prophecy came true.

The self-proclaimed crisp connoisseur, who tucks into around 35 bags a week, said: “I thought they would be tasty, but it was like eating a
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“One of my biggest gripes is when food is marketed as being hot and it’s not, but these are just ridiculous – I was in agony.”

“I usually just stick to Quavers, so I can see why they could leave you feeling a bit under the weather.”

A school spokesperson said: “In relation to the cautionary note in our newsletter with regard to the Dorito Roulettes it was placed in there after an incident with a student where they had experienced some difficulty breathing after eating one.

“The student had a preexisting respiratory condition which clearly made them sensitive to the ‘hot’ element of the Doritos chip.”

A Doritos spokesperson said the firm had been “sorry” to hear about the incident.

“We do warn people to expect a seriously spicy experience with Doritos Roulette and we make this clear on the pack and in our adverts.

“The front of the pack states “Warning: Some of these chips are ultra spicy”, while we also say that Doritos Roulette are not recommended for young children”.


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World Bank’s $325 million funding will help kick start Sierra Leone economy

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Sierra Leone’s economy is in dire need of external financial support to unlock the massive private sector investments required by the Bio led SLPP government to create jobs and put money in people’s pockets.

President Bio has promised the creation of millions of jobs, but key economic sectors with growth potential such as fishery, tourism, agro-processing and farming are in desperate need of cash injection.

Yesterday, Tuesday 12th March 2019. the World Bank Group announced a new $325 million funding package for Sierra Leone, at a joint meeting held in Washington on Monday 11th March 2019, between president Julius Maada Bio and the World Bank Group’s Interim president – Kristalina Georgieva.

The meeting discussed the country’s progress in accessing the recently announced $172 million IMF Extended Credit Facility; the government’s fiscal consolidation efforts; plans for restructuring Sierra Leone’s debts and arrears clearance, which currently stands at $1.4 billion; and support for president Bio’s $1.5 billion Medium-term (2019–2023) National Development Plan.

Interim World Bank president Georgieva praised president Bio for his bold economic reforms. She said “president Bio’s agenda will guarantee his legacy and place in history.”

Speaking about president Bio’s performance in managing the economy, World Bank vice president for Africa Region – Hafez Ghanem said: “we are impressed with your performance in just 10 months in office. So we are ready to support your government.”

President Bio expressed appreciation to the World Bank for strengthening its support for his government’s newly launched National Development Plan.

He said that his government is focusing on human capital development; science, technology and innovation; and greater private sector participation to address the country’s vast infrastructure needs, and support high growth sectors that will create much needed jobs.

He spoke about his determination to fight corruption – a fight which he said, must be won if Sierra Leone is to develop.

At the end of the World Bank’s meeting with president Bio, it was agreed that the World Bank will step up its support for the country’s energy sector through additional financing for electricity generation, distribution and transmission; rural electrification and solar energy.

Both sides agreed to engage further in a roundtable discussion on energy in April 2019 at the World Bank/IMF Spring meetings.

The Bank has committed to support women and girls through its women empowerment programme; address high maternal mortality; provide incentives to keep girls in school and support reproductive health services.

It will also support private sector growth; increase access to internet; increase budgetary assistance and additional support for social safety nets for vulnerable groups, women, and youth, including people living with disabilities.

The Bank’s increased financial support for the Bio led government comes as the SLPP government marks its first year in office.

In 2017 the International Monetary Fund suspended its Extended Credit Facility agreement with the APC government of president Koroma – worth about $248 million, after serious economic mismanagement and corruption.

  1. Your question is very fair and genuine to ask Mr. Moiba. I 100% agree with you. The point I was making and want you to know is that, Sierra Leone has been receiving foreign aid since independence and yet, we are still poor.
    In fact we have been accessed as one of the poorest if not the poorest country in the world. I might be wrong now because I don’t know the current standing in terms on which country is the poorest.

    But with all these disgusting ratings and standings, Sierra Leone continues to receive aid from the World Bank and the IMF. My worry is that, we will one day default, which will be a disaster. By then, may be, most of us would have gone to heaven or hell depending on what we did whilst we were on earth; especially, the way we squandered the people’s money whilst we were in office. Our children then just have to face the mistakes of their fathers and forefathers.

    We don’t know the conditions and the interests that are pegged on these loans. Neither the government nor the IMF or World Bank will tell us. If the public is made aware of the conditions and interests pegged on these loans, then I am very sure that most people will reject it. Sierra Leone does not have any access to any type of debt relief. At least for now.

    But, what is clear is that each country that offers aid has its own personal or Geo-political interest. Our foreign debts is now running into billions of dollars and we just keep pilling it up each time we borrow without finding solutions how to reduce it.

    If the US for example offers or give aid to Sierra Leone, they would like their own businesses to participate (to get contracts), even if the prices for any service offered will be higher than their competitors. We can never become economically sovereign if it continues like this. It will continue to be a disaster.

    In my opinion, Sierra Leone could shift to negotiating grants and live within it’s receipts (proceeds from TAXES and MINERAL EXPORTS). It is possible. No doubt about that. Grants are the best way in my opinion to attract investors because, the investors, the country and the people will benefit. The politicians, I’m afraid won’t.

    We can ask for grants by donor countries and investors alike. If the country for example wants to construct a fish processing centre, they would just have to make the necessary arrangements with potential fish processing companies. The companies will give them their conditions on how they would like to operate. The problems with these type of deals is the KICK BACK or Mr. PERCENTAGE issue. Such deals are always very good and in the interest of the country and it’s people. There are a lot of companies who want to invest, but they most times say no because of the corruption involved in setting up their businesses.

    To answer your question Mr. Moiba, I would like our country to start working with countries who offer grants like The UK. Secondly, the country should try to live within it’s receipts. Finally, if the country does not at least try to change it’s addiction on foreign debts, then we will ever remain to live in CLOUD CUCKOO land.
    GOD BLESS SIERRA LEONE. This is my best answer to you Mr. Moiba.

    • “To answer your question Mr. Moiba, I would like our country to start working with countries who offer grants like The UK.” Sahr Matturi

      Mr. Matturi,
      Sierra Leone’s relationship with the United Kingdom predates independence. Also, it is instructive that the limited resources of the United Kingdom and other western democracies have competing uses.

      Thus, it is not far fetched that given the large number of countries applying for grants from western nations, there is no guarantee that these applicants would be favorably considered.

      I am not a big fan of the IMF and the World Bank. But these institutions were established primarily to facilitate international trade, tackle balance of payments problems and reduce poverty around the world.

      Thus, not only are they more specialized monetary institutions, but they are also in a better position to solve global monetary problems than independent western nations who may be dealing with their own domestic problems.

  2. Mr. Matturi, please tell me where to start with any meaningful development today in Sierra Leone without financial help from outside?

  3. Yes debt that is going to improve the life of Sierra Leone. Do you have a problem with investment in our beloved country Sierra Leone?

  4. After playing games with international financial institutions and pilfering funds from domestic financial institutions for ten years, Sierra Leone has at last found a serious and level-headed leader that is determined to create the environment for growth and sustainable development.

    In just eleven months in office, president Bio has transformed the image of Sierra Leone from a theater where corruption and diseases thrived, to one that is ready to embrace democracy, the rule of law and transformational growth.

    APC apologists criticizing the president had all the time in the world to embrace good governance and lead the country to economic progress. They refused as they were inept, incompetent, greedy and blatantly mediocre. Let the APC rot in the opposition where they belong.

  5. Another DEBT again for our children to pay. Is that right?
    OH GOD, HELP OUR CHILDREN PAY THOSE DEBTS!!! whilst we suffer the consequences.

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Boxing: Our ‘Enry Cooper would have been proud of Glyn Rhodes achievements in Sheffield

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Glyn Rhodes with Amir Khan, in London, after receiving the trophy

You could have knocked boxing veteran Glyn Rhodes over with a feather.

He'd attended the prestigious British Boxing Board of Control Awards ceremony hoping to rub shoulders with some of the great and the good in the sport.

But, out of the blue, he was suddenly summoned on stage to receive the Sir Henry Cooper Services to Boxing Award, a trophy "to honour special services to the sport of boxing."

After the surprise at the Royal Lancaster London Hotel he said: "I couldn't believe it, it was like being smacked on the chin. I think I was given it for holding a license as a boxer, a trainer and promoter and the work in the community with Sheffield Boxing Centre. To have my name associated with (the late) Henry Cooper, who we all grew up with as a hero, was an amazing privilege."

There was also recognition for Rotherham-based Dave Coldwell, who was nominated in the Trainer of the Year category. Jamie Moore was the eventual winner. And Ingle-trained Billy Joe, the WBC Silver super-lightweight champion was a candidate for Boxer of the Year, clinched by Scotsman Josh  Taylor the WBC Silver super-lightweight champion.

*Sheffield fighters Tommy Frank and Loua Nassa will both fight in Commonwealth title eliminators against Tanzanian opposition on October 12 at Ponds Forge.

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Herol 'Bomber' Graham and Henry Cooper - 13th November 1984

Super flyweight Frank, 8-0 (1), takes on Adam Yahaya, 18-2-1 (7); while Nassa will face Nasibu Ramadhan, 25-12-2 (13).

Frank, 25, trained by Rhodes, picked up his first belt - the Central Area Title - in April against Craig Derbyshire, but will face his "first real test" against Yahaya, says promoter Dennis Hobson.

Nassa – one of five pro siblings – came unstuck against Brad Watson in February, in an English Title challenge. Since that stoppage defeat, Nassa, 22, has returned with a victory in April.

“Brad Watson pulled out of this super flyweight eliminator against Tommy, and so did Hassan Ahmed for whatever reason, so we've got him matched with this Tanzanian,” said Hobson.  “We've also got Loua in a Commonwealth Title eliminator at bantamweight. These will be two smashing fights, we’ve got a decent undercard, and I’m pleased that the show will be live on Freesports as well.

Trainer Dave Coldwell

Trainer Dave Coldwell

“I've got high hopes for Tommy and Loua. They’ve both got the experience now and it’s time to move them on, and test them.”

Hobson added: “ A Commonwealth Title eliminator isn’t an opportunity that comes along every day, but we believe in them, and this is a platform to start getting them onto the world scene.

“I believe in them, they’ve both got the right aptitude and attitude for the game. This is going to be a big step for them, but I do think they both have a chance for big things.

“My track record shows that I can move fighters onto the world scene, and I just need them to play their part now between the ropes.”

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UPEI business students take second place at business competition

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – Students from UPEI’s faculty of business have earned second place at a case competition at Queens University.

The Inter-Collegiate Business Competition is Canada’s longest-running undergraduate business case competition, featuring competition in eight different events, including accounting, business policy and ethics.

After strong showings at the preliminary round in October, two teams from UPEI earned invitations to compete in the final round in the categories of ethics and business policy.

UPEI’s ethics team was comprised of Quinton Gorman and Zach Geldert who placed second after competing against teams from the University of Alberta, University of Calgary, Concordia University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Wilfred Laurier University.

“ICBC was a great learning experience and I am happy that we were able to achieve this result,’’ said Geldert. “This competition gave us the chance to put what we have learned in the classroom to use in a very practical way.’’

The team had five-and-a-half hours to prepare with access to textbooks, but none to the Internet.

They had 15 minutes to present their solution to a judging panel of industry professionals, with an additional five minutes to answer questions and defend their recommendations.

“If you want a big return, you have to be willing to take a risk,’’ said Gorman. “Even though preparing and presenting a case in a short amount of time may be daunting, it is undoubtedly one of the greatest experiences that a business student can have. You learn how to approach a business institution and provide a recommendation in a hands-on way.’’

UPEI’s business policy team was made up of Alex Dunne, Callum Wood and Sydney Gallant.

The university says the team had a great showing in an extremely competitive field, but unfortunately didn’t crack the top three.
[the_ad id=”3118″] The students will be busy with more case competitions this semester.

Dunne, Wood and Gallant will compete at the John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition, an international competition in Montreal in mid-February.

Geldert will be competing in late February at the Network of International Business Schools Case Competition, an international competition in Guatemala.

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I took it upon myself this year to build my jewellery collection, filling it with some staple pieces. The kind of pieces that get compliments on and this is by far one of my very favourites.

As a jewellery novice I thought I would see exactly what Fiyah is about, according to the good old trusty urban dictionary this is what I got.

Fiyah – A slang word for fire – Damn, that bitch is on fiyah!

I must say this next one is one of my faves.

Fiyah – A variation of the word fire. (Really?!) A slang description of anything that is hot or ‘dope’ – Dem boyz be spittin straights fiyah on the mic.

The next description is just wow!! Get ready for it.

Fiyah – Wen a female look 2 damn good – ey u know dat gurl Carli? Yea she iz FIYAH!!!

So when I actually go to explain to you who Fiyah is and why I love it so, it pretty much is all of the above in some shape or form. I sure feel like I am that bitch and I am on Fiyah. Especially when I wrap them fingers round the mic and spittin straight Fiyah on it. Truth be told this ring make dis female look 2 damn good.

Fiyah believes in creating positive energy. Embodying strength, confidence and power while expressing individuality and creativity. High fives to that.

This delightful Adjustable Plume Ring* (£22) is cast in sterling silver and coated in pure silver giving it a good old shine. It is adjustable so I did not have to worry about it fitting over my boney knuckles which is always a bonus.

The compliments I have had on this are crazy fine, with it being the envy of all the tea ladies.

Go on girls find your Fiyah and go take a peek at what they have to offer.

Love Carli x

**This is a sponsored post but my love of Fiyah is real and I just can’t wait to get myself a few more pieces. All views and opinions are my very own.

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SW020 – Elite Model. This SWO20 bronze model replaces the S992 and is an instrument for the accomplished player. It delivers a superb tonal range with an unmistakably darker edge thanks to the fine bronze body, and it also benefits from the WO series re-engineered bore and toneholes, and re-sourced and redesigned core brass material. This model also has many upgraded features exclusive to the WO series such as newly designed Front F Keys, Ride Side Keys and Right Pinky Key.

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Tom Brown took part in a panel and discussed ways healthcare companies may address cyber security needs and protect against the risk of cyber threats that can steal data and compromise systems.

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