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20 Ways To Feel Good About Yourself Right Now!

Easy Tips On How To Have A Better Today

20 Ways To Feel Good About Yourself Right Now!

Parents are funny creatures. We spend our days making sure our children are happy and content. But when it comes to ourselves, though?

Ha! Who has time for that?!

You have time for that.

Trust me, you really do.

You need to.

Because you owe it to yourself and your children to be happy. And it’s not really so hard. It doesn’t have to take a long time or be odious or cost a lot.

There are many easy and simple things you can do TODAY to feel good great freaking fantastic about yourself:

  1. Book yourself in for a haircut or blow-dry. It’s impossible to feel anything but happy when your hair looks fabulous. Shiny, gorgeous hair? Yes, please!
  2. Dance. It’s just like exercise, but much more fun. Take a few minutes, turn on your favourite tunes, and let loose. Heck, even the kids could join you. You’ll feel like you’re back in the club scene, bottles and all.
  3. Nap. Self-explanatory. Everything is better when you have enough sleep.
  4. Call up an old friend. Parenting is busy work and we don’t always make time for our friendships. Very little brightens up your day quite like a good conversation with an old friend.
  5. Get outside. Go for a walk. Smell the flowers. Bask in the sunlight. The fresh air will rejuvenate you!
  6. Read a book. A book that isn’t written by Robert Munsch or Dr. Seuss. With actual chapters.
  7. Paint your nails. Better yet, go get a manicure and pedicure. Your pretty hands will bring you happiness for at least a week.
  8. Smile. That’s right, fake it till you make it. Because the funny thing is, it works every single time.
  9. Eat a doughnut. I bet you’ve never seen anyone look angry while eating a doughnut. That’s because it’s not possible.
  10. Write a list of things you’re grateful for. Focusing on the good in your life and seeing it written down will do wonders in lifting your spirits.
  11. Go for a drive. Roll the windows down, turn the radio up, and cruise. Not to get all Florida Georgia on you, but there’s merit in what they say.  Who doesn’t love a good, long drive?
  12. Meditate. Everyone who meditates is happier. It’s just the way it is. It’ll help clear your thoughts and any negativity you might be feeling.
  13. Write a letter. An actual pen to paper letter. Handwritten for bonus points. Do you remember how good it feels to actually write something down? It’s everything.
  14. Wear a dress. The simple act alone will make you feel all fancy. And fancy is fun! Nancy had it right all along.
  15. Drink water. You’ll feel better. No one feels good when they’re dehydrated.
  16. Take a bubble bath. With candles. And wine. Wait until the kids are asleep, though. Mommy Dearest isn’t a good look for anyone.
  17. Buy yourself an extravagant coffee. A latte or frappe or something. Anything that’s more than your basic coffee. You’ll feel decadent and indulgent. And it will go wonderfully with your doughnut.
  18. Watch an episode of The Facts of Life. Or Beverly Hills, 90210. Lose yourself in nostalgic bliss for a while.
  19. Sign up for a class. Something you’ve always wanted to take. Beginner’s French, horseback riding, Italian cooking, the basics of HTML. Whatever floats your boat. Nothing feels better than a sense of accomplishment.
  20. Blow bubbles outside. Colour with crayons. Do a puzzle on the floor. Take a lesson from your kids and do something mind-numbingly fun.

So, go ahead and get started.

Take a few minutes for yourself and I guarantee you won’t regret it. You’ll be surprised how the simplest of joys often bring the greatest of pleasures.

If you liked this, you might also like: "If You Are Sleep Deprived, You Need To Read This Right Now" or "Me-Time in the Morning Makes the Day a Little Brighter."

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How To Successfully Raise Daughters In A Hypocritical World

When Hair And Makeup Become A Parenting Dilemma

How To Successfully Raise Daughters In A Hypocritical World

I like myself best with makeup on and hair done. And it worries me more than just a little.

Truth be told, I never thought about it before. I never gave it a second thought, because it was just another thing I did and didn't have to think about.

That's who I was.

I was the sort who never wore flats, never left her house without makeup on, and definitely always did her hair. A ponytail? Oh my, not I!

I enjoyed getting dressed up and putting on my face.

I still enjoy it.

But now, it worries me.

See, the thing is that I have daughters.

And it scares me that I am teaching them something I do not want to teach them.

That maybe I am not good enough without makeup on. That women only look pretty with perfectly curled hair. That they only look beautiful when dressed up.

That’s not what I think. That’s really not what I think at all. And that’s definitely not what I want my daughters to think.

But I fear I am a hypocrite of the worst kind.

I am worried that my actions speak louder than my intentions and words.

What if all my actions, contrary to what I say out loud, are being literally interpreted? More powerfully than what I say to them each night.

That they are beautiful. That beauty is on the inside. That they are perfect just the way they are.

Is it true that no matter what I protest, my made up face will undo all my words every single time? Because that's what I can't help but worry about.

Tell me you feel this way too? I can’t be the only one thinking about this, can I?

Having to now rethink every single action that went unnoticed before.

Before children.

Before it became our responsibility to raise strong, confident daughters and mindful, self-assured sons. Before makeup became so much more than just makeup. Before every single action became susceptible to becoming another parenting dilemma to think about.

So, tell me, do you feel this too? Do you feel this pressure that has reared its head for me?

How do you bridge the gap between actions and words? And more importantly, what do you do?

If you liked this, you might also like: "Hey Moms! Sometimes It's Okay To Be Less Than Perfect" or "I'm Not Sure I Want A Mini-Me."


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The 6 Most Amazing Hotels in Las Vegas

It is easy to forget that the glittering metropolis of Las Vegas is a city of around 650,000 inhabitants. For most tourists, the “normal” Las Vegas with its regular streets, schools, and low bungalow houses is not the reason for their trip to the desert city. They want to celebrate, they want to have fun, they want to play, and they want to see the most amazing hotels in the world! Let’s check them out.

1. Bellagio

Every visitor in Las Vegas comes to Bellagio, if not for checking-in than at least for visiting it. The huge complex consists of numerous entertainment areas:

  • A hotel with 3,950 rooms
  • A shopping arcade
  • A lake
  • A show theatre
  • Numerous restaurants
  • Two wedding chapels
  • A 10,800 m² casino

Bellagio is the heart of Vegas, and it is not only one of the most famous hotels, but also one of the most well-known casinos in the world. Every day in front of the hotel, which is even one of the largest in the world, water and light show takes place several times. Playing, at least once, at the Bellagio Casino is also part of a visit to the city. If you’re coming from the UK, you can practice online starting with a bet365 bonus code. But honestly, almost nothing beats the feeling that you can get when playing in this prestigious casino.

2. MGM Grand

The MGM Grand Hotel has a total of 5,044 rooms including 751 suites, various lofts and private villas. Even shows are held regularly here, like for example, Cirque du Soleil, concerts of famous pop stars like Lady Gaga and Cher, or star magicians like David Copperfield. Like any hotel on the Strip of Las Vegas, the MGM has its own Casino, which was one of the central locations in the movie “Ocean’s Eleven”. The MGM Grand is the largest casino and entertainment complex in the United States.

3. Caesar’s Palace

Caesar’s Palace is the most luxurious hotel on the Strip, modelled after a Roman palace. The hotel has 3,976 rooms, and the suites are located in six towers. Of course, restaurants cannot be missed, in particular, Chinese ones for the wealthy Asian gamblers, regular guests in here.  The casino area of the Ceasar’s Palace is 15,422 m², which features a 24-hour poker room. As a special highlight, visitors can find a “sports arena” in which they can bet on sports events while following them live.

4. Mandalay Bay

Also, the Mandalay Bay is a massive complex with 3,209 rooms, a 12,500 m² casino, a 190,000 m² Convention Center, a 12,000-seat Events Center, a pool area with waves and a small waterfall, and even a special tram connecting the Mandalay Bay complex to its other properties, Excalibur and Luxor. The Mandalay Bay is designed in tropical style and invites you to relax, even after gambling in its casino, one of the most famous in the world.

5. Venetian

The Venetian is more than just a hotel and casino complex. The shopping area of the Venetian is designed in the style of the Venice Market Square, with a stunning artificial sky and a real canal. Visitors can even let themselves be driven by singing gondoliers in a typical gondola, feeling as if they were in the real Italian Venice. An amazing experience, and not only for Italians.

6. Golden Nugget

Unlike all previously listed hotels, the Golden Nugget is not located on the famous Las Vegas Strip. We find it on Fremont Street, the old nightlife district of Las Vegas. This was the area of gambling and celebrating before the mid-1990s when the events increasingly shifted to the Las Vegas Boulevard. The hotel has a total of 2,419 rooms and suites, and its casino is one of the oldest in the city. The casino area of the Golden Nugget is with 3,500 m² relatively small, but an absolute cult. Indeed, the casino appears In James Bond and other Hollywood movies, as well as in poker TV formats.


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Kieth Carradine and Darryl Hannah Play Psychotic Parents in This 1990’s Thriller

Desperate parents, a broken world, a veteran actor gone grizzled, and an American actress out of her element and playing crazy.  All culminating in the senselessly tragic burning of a remote farmhouse.  No, it’s not exactly Tarkovsky- though The Tie That Binds does share the above-listed similarities with the great Russian director’s swan song, The Sacrifice.

Granted, this is a good nine years later and a Disney movie.  Though, considering the amount of violence and disturbing themes in The Tie That Binds, that latter information about the identity of its home studio may prove particularly shocking to some.  And even so, sadly, only devoted cinephiles are likely to make the former (Tarkovsky) connection, anyhow.  Odds are that more people have seen and are familiar with The Tie That Binds over an oblique Russian art-house classic.  They’ve also probably long since forgotten The Tie That Binds; but then, that’s why we now have the Blu-ray edition.

Keith Carradine plays a standard ‘90s movie psycho; top-billed Daryl Hannah is his hopelessly devoted moll.

Is this film worth discovering or revisiting?  That depends on one’s penchant for the once ubiquitous, now defunct 90’s Hollywood thriller.  Midrange to a generic fault, 1995’s The Tie That Binds followed the success of Curtis Hanson’s The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (itself a veritable offshoot of Adrian Lynne’s zeitgeist rattler, Fatal Attraction, nearly a decade earlier) in a glossy string of mutated Neo-Noirs depicting the dark trials of suburban parents under duress.  (Also see: Alan J. Pakula’s Consenting Adults).  The aftermath of the consumer-centric “morning in America” Reagan/Bush era had given way to the saline morality of the Clinton era, a sociological shift perhaps most pronounced onscreen in this sub-subsection of cinema.  Long gone are the foundational evolutions apparent in the illicit and decadent tensions of popular, earlier Neo-Noirs such as Chinatown and Body Heat, wherein gloriously convoluted plots generated steam, with not a child in sight.

Keith Carradine threatens a victim in THE TIE THAT BINDS.

With The Tie That Binds, we have a full-blown and somewhat amplified catch-all Neo-Noir with most of the fixin’s.  The villains are hair-trigger maniacs, the camerawork is needlessly showy, the violence is over-the-top brutal, and the central “nature versus nurture” questions the story asks are unintentionally uncomfortable.

Keith Carradine (Altman’s Nashville) plays a standard ‘90s movie psycho; top-billed Daryl Hannah is his hopelessly devoted moll.  When they’re not roaming around flamboyantly terrorizing and murdering innocent people, they raise their precious little daughter, Janie (Julia Devin).

After plot mechanizations remove Janie from their care, she’s adopted by a young childless couple played by Moira Kelly (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me) and Vincent Spano (Alive).  She might just be the darling little girl they always wanted- were it not for some disturbing behaviors she exhibits.  Since back then, the adoption agency couldn’t offer any answers to the identity of Janie’s biological parents, their need to know propels them closer and closer to the awful truth.

Not far away, the psychotic parents want their baby girl back!  Falsified identities and sharp objects only get them so far so fast, though.  They spend the bulk of the film’s running time murdering their way to Janie’s new parents, who eventually figure out that they’re coming, and opt to go live in their still-under-construction dream house out in the woods.  Still-under-construction meaning, still basically a wood frame with plastic sheeting stapled up everywhere.  It’s a desperate situation, sure, but this solution- hiding alone in a house with no walls that’s far away from anything or anyone- seems like a particularly poor one.

(l-r) Vincent Spano, Julia Devin, and Moira Kelly are a happy new family.

When the crazy baddies inevitably do arrive, the showdown turns epic.  Hangings, stabbings, painful falls (often through plastic sheeting) running around on high narrow planks, physical assaults… all, naturally, while the whole place is on fire.  The seemingly endless skirmish spills out into the woods, at times taking on a fairy tale-like visual tone that is not uninteresting.   In the end, though, the settling of the dust has been long coveted by the viewer.  It’s safe to say that no one at the time probably expected The Tie That Binds to end in a exhaustingly prolonged knock-down/drag-out.  All the while, the viewer is left to wonder, is little Janie evil, too?  Can she be trusted?  She is, after all, a weird horror movie kid…

Kino Lorber Studio Classics’ new special edition blu-ray of The Tie That Binds is well stocked enough to give any fan of this film reason enough to pick it up.  Director Wesley Strick, best known as a screenwriter (Scorsese’s Cape Fear and Arachnophobia back then; The Man in the High Castle now) this his one and only theatrical directorial effort- with a screenplay not by him, but by Michael Auerbach (this being his only produced feature screenplay; he’s more of a reality TV editor these days).  This strange professional do-si-do doesn’t negatively impact The Tie That Binds, at least not in any markedly perceptible way.

More transparent are these creators’ needs to prove themselves.  On his newly recorded audio commentary track, Strick shares that he was able to study Martin Scorsese’s directorial skills while Cape Fear was in production- which explains the frequent implementation of showy camera action.  He also confides that, at the time, he considered The Tie That Binds to be a “secret remake of Night of the Hunter”, replacing Robert Mitchum’s vile man of the cloth with Carradine & Hannah’s trailer park Joker & Harley Quinn.  Apparently this is an angle he sticks to after all these years, though to gently point out to him that it’s not exactly a one-to-one comparison would be beyond generous.

The Blu-ray looks good, even if it’s A/V may never set the world on fire.  Other bonus features include mercifully brief vintage publicity interviews with various members of the cast, a “production story featurette”, the trailer, and a few minutes of forgettable “b-roll” footage.

Whether The Tie That Binds evokes The Sacrifice, Cape Fear, or Night of the Hunter, the fact of the matter is that it can’t survive in comparison.  Whether its similarities were natured or nurtured, this potboiler built on adoption fears feels misguided at best, tasteless at worst, and ridiculous no matter what.

The images used in this review are used only as a reference to the film and do not reflect the image quality of the Blu-ray.


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Never Trust A Failing Empire

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by Tyler Durden
Wednesday, Dec 18, 2019 - 0:05

Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation,

The Washington Post, through documents released through the Freedom of Information Act, has published a long investigation into Afghanistan. Journalists have collected over 400 testimonies from American diplomats, NATO generals and other NATO personnel, that show that reports about Afghanistan were falsified to deceive the public about the real situation on the ground.

After the tampering with and falsification of the report of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), we are witnessing another event that will certainly discomfit those who have hitherto relied on the official reports of the Pentagon, the US State Department and international organizations like the OPCW for the last word.

There are very deliberate reasons for such disinformation campaigns. In the case of the OPCW, as I wrote some time back, the aim was to paint the Syrian government as the fiend and the al-Qaeda- and Daesh-linked “moderate rebels” as the innocent souls, thereby likely justifying a responsibility-to-protect armed intervention by the likes of the US, the UK and France. In such circumstances, the standing and status of the reporting organization (like the OPCW) is commandeered to validate Western propaganda that is duly disseminated through the corporate-controlled mainstream media.

In this particular case, various Western capitals colluded with the OPCW to lay the groundwork for the removal of Assad and his replacement with the al-Nusra Front as well as the very same al-Qaeda- and Daesh-linked armed opposition officially responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

As if the massaging of the OPCW reports were not enough in themselves to provoke international outrage, this dossier serves to give aid and comfort to jihadi groups supported by the Pentagon who are known to be responsible for the worst human-rights abuses, as seen in Syria and Iraq in the last 6 years.

False or carefully manipulated reports paint a picture vastly different from the reality on the ground. The United States has never really declared war on Islamic terrorism, its proclamations of a “War on Terror” notwithstanding. In reality, it has simply used this justification to occupy or destabilize strategically important areas of the world in the interests of maintaining US hegemony, intending in so doing to hobble the energy policies and national security of rival countries like China, Iran and the Russian Federation.

The Post investigation lays bare how the US strategy had failed since its inception, the data doctored to represent a reality very different from that on the ground. The inability of the United States to clean up Afghanistan is blamed by the Post on incorrect military planning and incorrect political choices. While this could certainly be the case, the Post’s real purpose in its investigation is to harm Trump, even as it reveals the Pentagon’s efforts to continue its regional presence for grand geopolitical goals by hiding inconvenient truths.

The real issue lies in the built-in mendacity of the bureaucratic and military apparatus of the United States. No general has ever gone on TV to say that the US presence in Iraq is needed to support any war against Iran; or that Afghanistan is a great point of entry for the destabilization of Eurasia, because this very heart of the Heartland is crucial to the Sino-Russian transcontinental integration projects like the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Belt and Road Initiative. In the same vein, the overthrow of the Syrian government would have ensured Israel a greater capacity to expand its interests in the Middle East, as well as to weaken Iran’s main regional ally.

The Post investigation lays bare the hypocrisy of the military-industrial complex as well as the prevailing political establishments of Europe and the United States. These parties are not interested in human rights, the wellbeing of civilians or justice in general. Their only goal is to try and maintain their global hegemony indefinitely by preventing any other powers from being able to realize their potential and thereby pose a threat to Atlanticist preeminence.

The war in Iraq was launched to destabilize the Middle East, China’s energy-supply basin crucial to fueling her future growth. The war in Syria served the purpose of further dismantling the Middle East to favor Saudi Arabia and Israel, the West’s main strategic allies in the Persian Gulf. The war in Afghanistan was to slow down the Eurasian integration of China and Russia. And the war in Ukraine was for the purposes of generating chaos and destruction on Russia’s border, with the initial hope of wresting the very strategically area of Crimea from Russia.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and this has been on full display in recent times. Almost all of Washington’s recent strategic objectives have ended up producing results worse than the status quo ante. In Iraq there is the type of strong cooperation between Baghdad and Tehran reminiscent of the time prior to 1979. Through Hezbollah, Iran has strengthened its position in Syria in defense of Damascus. Moscow has found itself playing the role of crucial decider in the Middle East (and soon in North Africa), until only a few years ago the sole prerogative of Washington. Turkey’s problems with NATO, coupled with Tel Aviv’s open relation with Moscow are both a prime example of Washington’s diminishing influence in the region and Moscow’s corresponding increase in influence.

The situation in Afghanistan is not very different, with a general recognition that peace is the only option for the region being reflected in the talks between the Afghans, the Taliban, the Russians, Chinese, Indians and Pakistanis. Beijing and Moscow have well known for over a decade the real intent behind Washington’s presence in the country, endeavoring to blunt its impact.

The Post investigation only further increases the public’s war weariness, the war in Afghanistan now having lasted 18 years, the longest war in US history. Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Post, is a bitter opponent of Trump and wants the president to come clean on the Afghanistan debacle by admitting that the troops cannot be withdrawn. Needless to say, admitting such would not help Trump’s strategy for the 2020 election. Trump cannot afford to humiliate the US military, given that it, along with the US dollar, is his main weapon of “diplomacy”. Were it to be revealed that some illiterate peasants holed up in caves and armed with AK-47s some 40 years ago are responsible for successfully keeping the most powerful army in history at bay, all of Washington’s propaganda, disseminated by a compliant media, will cease to be of any effect. Such a revelation would also humiliate military personnel, an otherwise dependable demographic Trump cannot afford to alienate.

The Washington Post performed a service to the country by shedding light on the disinformation used to sustain endless war. But the Post’s intentions are also political, seeking to undermine Trump’s electoral chances by damaging Trump’s military credentials as well as his standing amongst military personnel. What Washington’s elite and the Post do not know, or perhaps prefer to ignore, is that such media investigations directed against political opponents actually end up doing irreparable damage to the political and military prestige of the United States.

In other words, when journalist do their job, the military industrial complex finds it difficult to lie its way through wars and failures, but when a country relies on Hollywood to sustain its make-believe world, as well as on journalists on the CIA payroll, on compliant publishers and on censored news, then any such revelations of forbidden truths threaten to bring the whole facade crashing down.


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April 2011 (Previous release)

Following two months of little change, employment rose by 58,000 in April, mainly in part time. The unemployment rate edged down 0.1 percentage points to 7.6%. Compared with April 2010, employment has grown by 283,000 (+1.7%).

There were gains in finance, insurance, real estate and leasing as well as in business, building and other support services in April. Employment was essentially unchanged in the other industries.

In April, Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador were the only provinces with notable employment gains. At the same time, employment declined in Nova Scotia and Manitoba while there was little change in the remaining provinces.

The number of employees rose in both the private and public sectors in April. Over the past 12 months, employment in the public sector has grown by 2.8% compared with 1.6% in the private sector, while self-employment was little changed.

Employment in part time increased by 41,000 in April, and it edged up in full time. Over the past 12 months, full-time employment grew by 1.9% compared with 0.8% in part time.

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Unless otherwise stated, this release presents seasonally adjusted data, which facilitates comparisons by removing the effects of seasonal variations.

With April's slight gain, full-time employment has returned to the level of October 2008 for the first time. The total number of hours worked, however, remained 0.6% below its October 2008 level.

Employment was up among women aged 55 and over in April, while it changed little for the other demographic groups.

Unemployment rate

Service sector leads employment gains

The largest employment gains in April were in the service sector, led by finance, insurance, real estate and leasing (+19,000) and business, building and other support services (+17,000).

In the goods sector, employment in natural resources (+6,600) edged up in April.

Employment in both manufacturing and construction was little changed in April. Over the past 12 months, however, these industries had employment gains of 3.3% and 2.7% respectively.

Despite little change over the last few months, the fastest employment growth since April 2010 was in transportation and warehousing (+7.7%). The second fastest year-over-year growth was in health care and social assistance (+3.6%), continuing its long-term upward trend.

Employment in Ontario continues upward trend

Employment in Ontario rose by 55,000 in April, driven by gains in part time (+46,000). As a result, the unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage points to 7.9%, its lowest level since December 2008. Despite April's part-time gain, Ontario's employment growth of 157,000 (+2.4%) over the past 12 months was all in full time.

Newfoundland and Labrador was the only other province with a notable employment gain in April, up 3,100. Over the past 12 months, the number of workers rose by 15,000 or 6.9%, the fastest rate of growth of all provinces. In April, the unemployment rate fell by 1.3 percentage points to 11.1%, its lowest rate since 1976, when comparable data became available.

In April, employment fell by 5,500 in Nova Scotia and by 3,300 in Manitoba.

In Quebec, employment was unchanged in April, and the unemployment rate was 7.8%. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment in the province was up 1.2% (+46,000).

Fastest employment growth among women 55 and over

Employment rose among women 55 and over, up 29,000 in April. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment among these women increased by 102,000 or 7.9%, the fastest rate of growth of all demographic groups.

Among youths aged 15 to 24 and core-aged workers (25 to 54), employment held steady in April. Over the past 12 months, employment among youths and core-aged women was little changed, while it was up 105,000 (+1.7%) among core-aged men.

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School of Biological Sciences

Professor Paul Sunnucks

  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

This unit will investigate what's hot in the science of ecology and how we got there by following the history of ecological ideas and the people behind them through to the big questions that remain unanswered in ecology today. The ecological dimensions of space and time will be a common theme running through the unit as we explore the ecology of fitness, interaction networks and the four 'M's - metacommunity ecology, metasystems, metabolic ecology and macroecology. Underpinning all of this will be the recognition of the interplay between ecology and evolution that is blurring the distinction between the two disciplines. Each topic and its core concepts will be covered in lectures and the relevance of these topics to the changing world and to conservation will be discussed. Material presented in lectures will be supported by practical and tutorial sessions. Together we will read and interpret 'hot off the press' ecology research papers, debate controversial topics in the field, delve into live data and design experiments to answer unsolved problems.

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Explain and describe current topics in ecology and their core concepts;
  2. Discuss the development of ecological ideas and current questions in the field;
  3. Gather, analyse, interpret and discuss primary data and research publications in the topics covered;
  4. Design experiments and develop hypotheses to test contextually-relevant research questions;
  5. Present and debate unanswered questions and controversial ideas in the field;
  6. Work effectively in individual and peer or team contexts.

Final examination: 50%
Continuous assessment: 50%
Note that the continuous assessment will include onine quizzes, analysis of data, design of experiments, presentations and structured debates during tutorial sessions, as well as the evaluation and discussion of publications during tutorials.

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Two 1-hour lectures and one 3-hour practical or tutorial per week

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Locked inside the DNA of every species that ever lived are endless stories – about origins, ancestors, fate, and much more. Until recently, these secrets were completely inaccessible. But with the help of new technologies, scientists are now reading the hidden history of DNA, making remarkable discoveries about ourselves and our fellow species. Your gateway to this treasure trove of information is Unlocking the Hidden History of DNA, 12 informative and accessible lectures delivered by New York Times best-selling author Sam Kean. Assuming the viewer has no prior background in science, these detailed but delightful half-hour lectures cover the fundamental properties of DNA, the techniques that have unraveled its mysteries, the exciting revelations that have resulted, and the very human stories of the scientists involved – many of whom won Nobel Prizes and sparked fierce controversies along the way.

You start in the mid-19th century with Austrian monk Gregor Mendel, who pioneered the science of genetics with experiments on pea plants, and the almost-forgotten discovery of DNA by Friedrich Miescher. Proceeding briskly through decades when the connection between genes and DNA were pieced together, you learn about the discovery of DNA, the race to determine its structure, and the Human Genome Project, which mapped all three billion base pairs of our DNA. Then you dig deeply into our genome to mine its secrets, including our surprising relationship to Neanderthals, when we first started wearing clothes, genetic influences on language, and our kinship with viruses. You also excavate new historical details about King Tut, Genghis Khan, King Richard III, and Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Warren Harding. Finally, you examine today’s cutting-edge DNA technology, notably a genetic engineering technique called CRISPR heralded as holding the potential for science fiction-like manipulation of our species. Genetics has come a long way since Gregor Mendel’s humble pea plants.

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Watch_Dogs, Ubisfot’s upcoming sandbox game, and one of the big launch titles for the Xbox One and PS4 this season has officially been delayed until 2014.

WatchDogs delayed

If your first big purchase for the new consoles was going to be Ubisoft’s new franchise, Watch_Dogs, you’re in for a disappointment. Ubisoft have announced today that the game, scheduled to launch along the next-gen consoles, is going to be delayed until spring 2014.

In Ubisoft’s very own words, taken straight from their blog, “our ambition from the start with Watch Dogs has been to deliver something that embodies what we wanted to see in the next-generation of gaming. It is with this in mind that we’ve made the tough decision to delay the release until spring 2014.

We know a lot of you are probably wondering: Why now? We struggled with whether we would delay the game. But from the beginning, we have adopted the attitude that we will not compromise on quality. As we got closer to release, as all the pieces of the puzzle were falling into place in our last push before completion, it became clear to us that we needed to take the extra time to polish and fine tune each detail so we can deliver a truly memorable and exceptional experience.”

While that’s disappointing (we were really looking forward to it!), we’re glad that the company is all about quality, because in the end, that is what matters the most.

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Allright, I've been kinda of 'gone' this week (not that many people noticed. I don't post all that much). And well.. My uncle died. I didn't think it would hit me very hard because on some level I didn't like him very much because of how much pain he's put my family through. And I thought of his pretty much fully self inflicted death as another chapter in that story. But I cried like a baby last night at the funeral home and today at the funeral.

This is the third funeral I've been to in the past couple weeks.

My great-grandmother on my mom's side.
My grandfather on my dad's side.
And now this one.

This was my mom's brother and both my grandparents are alive on her side of the family so you can only imagine how hard it is to lay your son in the ground.

He was also a divorced father of two. He hadn't seen his kids in about 6 years.. and I hadn't seen them in about that long either. And they showed up..

My grandfather had very mixed feelings about that. But that's to be expected I suppose.

But yeah, he was a very big pain pill user, and basically killed his body.

I was a pallbearer which means I had to carry to casket with my cousins and helped with various other tasks. But the single hardest thing for me was pretending I thought he was in 'heaven' because I don't believe in it. And most of my family doesn't know that.

I don't know.. I'm leaving out alot of big details but I don't want to ramble on for too long.

Thanks for reading. =

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Yeah, Funerals ... aren't fun.

Honestly I've only been to one, when one of my old best friend's dad had fallen off of a ladder, and basically landed on his head. He made it through for a couple of weeks, but the damage was way too much to handle ...

I felt so bad for my friend. His mom didn't really have a job, so financial support would be hard ... he was a trouble maker kind of kid too, and well, he was only like 12, and to lose your own father at that age it's gotta be hard.

I went to the funeral with my mom. I almost cried, but I made it through, but the instant I saw my friend in the back room it felt like I was stabbed with a sword in my heart or something.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of Funerals either. =

But I do kind of believe the saying, as Passing for people come, it shouldn't be a time of sorrow, but a time of celebration for that persons life.

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I've never been to a funeral. My dad wanted me to go to my grandmas funeral but I didn't want to. I barely knew any of the people that were going to be there I didn't really care. It's kinda sad but I'm a rather apathetic person in that respect. There are very few peple in the world that I'd actually miss if they weren't around anymore.

But despite that. *picks up his beer* A toast Jin to those you've lost in the recent past. I believe a proper toast is a must to send them off. *takes a pull of Guiness*

And in case you're wondering I really do have a beer and I did toast them.
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I am a cold hearted bastard and have been to multiple funerals without dropping a tear. Granted, these people wren't my uncles, but still I'm relieved I haven't gone through that kind of pain yet.

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*Hugs Jin* I'm sorry, Mike. I really am horrible with these sort of things. I'll be honest with you, I know it hurts. All I can say is I'm here if you need me.

I remember the first time I was at a funeral. I was completelty untouched by teh enitre thing until I looked over at my granmother and she was crying. I wasn't hurt by the death itse'f but to see that it hurt someone I loved hurt me.
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I've been to one, and that was my father's.

Not very pleasant, must I say.

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*huggles Jin*

I am sorry for your loss and for you having to pretend to believe, I know how hard that is to do.

I've been to a lot of funerals, I had a lot of great uncles on my dad's side and they were dropping like flies for awhile... I think there might be one left, not sure. But yeah, I never cried at any of them because I didn't know them. It made me feel really sad, that I didn't care when I felt that I should, but that is life for you. I've only cried twice over a person's death: my grandmother (which took me 5 years to even cry about it), and my next door neighbor (because she died alone). Didn't get to go to grandma's funeral because it was in Missouri, but I went to my neighbors and I didn't cry then... I felt sad but I didn't cry. I suppose if someone really close to me died I would be balling like a baby, but I won't know until that happens.

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Thanks guys, I really appreciate the kind words and understanding on your part. =)

Death is never easy for the family involved but luckily my mom is taking it pretty well right now.

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Wow, if that story doesn't slightly depress you, you aren't human.

*wonders why he isn't affected by story...*

Anyway. That stinks man, but then again, if you believe in karma, three good things will happen for each of thos deaths. Everything balances in threes.

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**hugs Jin** It's alright. It really is.

I've been to three funerals and didn't cry at any of them. First was my great-grandmother. I was 10 when she passed away and EXTREMELY close to her. But that's the thing...I was also equally obedient to her as well and her last words were "I'm 83 years old, and I'm dying surrounded by my family. I lived a good life and the way I'm dying has proven it. Don't be sad and don't cry." (Yes I remember those word for word being as I was there.) and you know what? I wasn't sad. I miss her greatly, but wasn't sad and I didn't cry. Even if I tried I couldn't have, and I believe that was because she said not to, and everyone says I was always automaticaly obedient to her even without realizing it.

Then it was my aunt Hannah's funeral and it was basically the same. Not as dynamic last words, and I wasn't even there when she passed on, but I love her greatly and I know she loved me and she was happy too.

The point of telling you that Jin, is that there are some good stories about death. The third death that occurred in my family was devastating and still to this day devastates me as though it just happened yesterday....expecially with a 5th year anniversary of it comming up April 2nd...but thinking about those two before him helps a bit because I don't go into a state of mind that it's all one big horrible thing that no good can come from or whatever. I'll admit that it only helps a little, but every little bit helps, I believe, and I like to share what helps me in hopes that it can help someone else.

**hugs** if you felt that you could, you can talk to me if you need someone to confide in or just rant to or whatever. People are there to help me and I'd like to return the favor by helping as well **glomps**
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South Africa to the Caribbean – day 9. Back in the Tropics

Our position at 10.00 (09.00 GMT)Saturday 28th January
22 19S
001 49E
We have 572 miles to go to St Helena and our 24 hour run from 10.00 yesterday to 10.00 this morning was 140 miles.

The wind has dropped over the last 24 hours giving us a F3 all day yesterday. It also backed further and we now have true south east trade winds. The main sail wasn’t happy yesterday. Firstly we jibed it onto the other tack but it was still flapping so we took it down completely just before sunset. This enabled us to put more of the gennies out and we were soon racing along at 6.4 kts again. Our overall speed has dropped by a knot or two overnight and this morning we were down to 4kts. There was also a shower of rain which gave the decks a nice wash off but it also sucked away the wind. I was on watch and the speed went down to 2.7 kts, I was within minutes of putting the engine on but I gave it 10 minutes to see what would happen. Gradually the wind picked back up again and after half an hour we were back to 5kts.

Norsa and Solstice checked into the the net this morning and are doing well and Antaras might leave Nimibia this afternoon. I’m going to change the net once we get to St Helena because 4036 isn’t suitable for the boats further away. We are using 8110 still and also 8164 has a good reception.

Our fresh supplies are gradually going. I ate the last nectarine yesterday and the last of the mango with my breakfast this morning. I still have 3 peppers, 8 carrots, 4 onions, 2 mushrooms, some potatoes, 6 tomatoes, half a cucumber and a lettuce leaf left – it’s a big lettuce leaf. There’s also some apples, a lemon and 3 bananas in the fruit bowl so we won’t get scurvy. I cooked tagliatelli carbonara last night with bacon and mushrooms, yum.

At midnight last night we entered 23 degrees south which is the tropic of Capricorn,maybe now it will warm up a bit but an email from my sister says it’s -5C in England so maybe it’s not so bad here.

So the journey continues. These blogs go through to our facebook page but remember we can’t see facebook or your kind comments but thank you for them, I look forward to reading them when we arrive. If you wish to contact us on passage please use mdqf6 @ (but take the gaps out) I love to hear from you. xx

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In light of a controversial proposed state tax on Yale’s $25.6 billion endowment, the University has begun significant outreach to alumni and the general public alike with the aim of defeating the bill.

Vice President for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development Bruce Alexander ’65 wrote a Wednesday email to alumni living in Connecticut, voicing the University’s concerns about the bill and urging recipients to reach out to state legislators if they share similar worries. Alexander stressed that the General Assembly has overstepped its bounds on proposing two bills this legislative session targeting the University.

The first bill, S.B. 413, aims to tax unspent returns on university endowments of $10 billion or more, while S.B. 414 seeks to clarify which property taxes Yale pays on its nonacademic buildings. Though New Haven lawmakers, Senate President Martin Looney and Rep. Toni Walker have backed both bills, Gov. Dannel Malloy’s administration denounced the bill proposing an endowment tax earlier this week.

“My colleagues and I are confident these unprecedented proposals do not pass constitutional muster and we would challenge them vigorously if passed,” Alexander wrote in his email to state alumni. “It is ironic these attacks come at a time full of much positive news to share about our university: how it strengthens access, and how it strengthens its home community.”

A YaleNews press release from the Office of Public Affairs & Communications Thursday morning reiterated Alexander’s concerns to a broader audience of current Yale students, faculty and staff. Headlined “Yale opposes legislation to revoke its tax-exempt status,” the release reiterated the University’s consistent stance that the bills are unconstitutional and go against Yale’s right of non-taxation, established by its charter in 1701.

While Alexander’s office works to rally alumni against the bill, some former students said they doubt the bill will even pass the state legislature.

T. Wayne Downey ’57, who lives in Guilford, said alumni have maintained a sense of humor about the proposal, noting Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s March 29 invitation for Yale to relocate its campus to the Sunshine State.

Alumni living in Connecticut, however, expressed no clear consensus on the bill.

Milford resident Susan Beck ’75 said the proposal is preferable to other methods Malloy has used to try to balance the budget, such as cutting state funding for individuals with mental disabilities.

“So many of the other things [Malloy] wants to do are so unpalatable, and as usual, strike at the people who always come up on the short end of the stick,” Beck said.

But Downey said the bill was unnecessary, given the positive impact that Yale has on New Haven.

In his email, Alexander noted that Yale is one of the state’s largest employers and that New Haven was Connecticut’s only major city to see job growth from 2004 to 2014, with 7,000 new jobs created during that period.

Downey also referred to other, more intangible benefits that Yale provides to New Haven, like free art museums and music recitals that are open to the public.

Lisa Beth Savitz ’88, president of the Yale Alumni Association of Greenwich, said the legislation seems to misunderstand Yale’s commitment to New Haven and Connecticut. Like Downey, she said Yale’s presence has allowed for an economic revitalization in New Haven, adding that the University is also committed to ensuring that college is affordable for all qualified students.

“I just think it’s a very cynical political ploy by [Looney and Walker] to come up with this sort of a repressive proposition at this point in the history of our country, and at this point in Yale’s relations with New Haven, which I’ve thought have been generally … very good and continuing to get better,” Downey said.

Alexander also mentioned in his Wednesday email the current annual voluntary payment of over $8.5 million Yale has made to the city of New Haven, totaling over $96 million in the last 25 years.

Rep. Pat Dillon MPH ’98, D-New Haven, told the News she has not had a chance to look over the endowment tax bill closely, but voiced a preference for tax revenues on Yale to be directed to the city of New Haven rather than to the state at large. Dillon enthusiastically backed the other bill concerning Yale’s property taxes, however.

In 1990, Dillon spearheaded a similar bill reframing the University’s taxable properties. Though that bill did not pass, the legislation was instead used as leverage by the city government to force Yale into making the voluntary payments Alexander referenced, Dillon said.

During the bill’s public hearing in front of the state finance committee March 22, committee ranking member and Sen. Scott Frantz, R-Greenwich, questioned whether taxing Yale’s endowment would lead to a “chilling effect” on donors.

Testifying in front of the committee, Associate Vice President for Federal Relations Richard Jacob said a new law regulating the University’s management of gifts would lead Yale to be concerned about both the University’s fiscal stability and the views of its donors.

Most Connecticut-based alumni interviewed by the News, however, said the tax would have a negligible effect on how they gave to the University. Likewise, alumni still living in the Nutmeg State stressed that, tax or no tax, their engagement with Yale will remain the same.

“Those are all numbers that don’t have much to do with my feeling about Yale, and what I feel is my debt both emotional and financial to the organization,” Downey said.

At least six lawmakers currently in the General Assembly have graduated from either Yale College or one of the University’s professional or graduate schools. The state legislature also includes James Albis FES ’16, a Democratic representative from East Haven.

Correction, April 1: A previous version of this article used an unauthorized quote from Jenny Chavira ’89.


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Geller Commons, a state-funded affordable housing unit in Hamden, Connecticut, opened its doors last week to homeless individuals living in the city and surrounding communities.

New Reach, a New Haven-based nonprofit dedicated to combating homelessness and poverty in Connecticut, developed the property using a $7.6 million grant awarded by Connecticut’s Permanent Supportive Housing Initiative in 2014. The grant was approved by the Interagency Committee on Supportive Housing, an organization of state committees that develops long-term housing solutions for families, individuals and young adults. Construction of the unit broke ground in April 2015, and the building welcomed its first tenants last week. In addition to providing rental housing, Geller Commons will offer its residents support ranging from counseling to transportation.

The housing unit, located on Sanford Street, comprises 33 handicap-accessible, single-bedroom apartments, 16 of which will be allocated to individuals who earn 50 percent of the New Haven metro area’s average median income. Of the remaining 17, 10 are set aside for the chronically homeless — individuals who have been homeless for at least one year or who are disabled and have been homeless at least four times in the past three years — including veterans ineligible for Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing. Seven will be rented out to youths aging out of foster care.

When announcing the grant recipients, Gov. Dannel Malloy stressed the vital role supportive housing plays in providing economic stability to those who are in need.

“These homes are a proven way to end long-term homelessness,” Malloy said in an April 2014 press release. “When we invest in housing, we invest in people, in stable neighborhoods and communities, and in our economic future.”

According to Christie Stewart, chief development director of New Reach, the nonprofit works with other organizations to identify and house those most in need. New Reach works with the Connecticut Department of Children and Families to identify youths who are no longer eligible to be in the foster care system. New Reach also partners with statewide Coordinated Access Networks to secure housing for chronically homeless individuals. CANs carry out standardized assessments and referral processes to connect homeless individuals with appropriate resources within their geographic region. Stewart said interagency cooperation ensures “that all of the tenants have been prioritized based on need.”

Dale Kroop, Hamden’s director of economic and community development, said the city worked closely with New Reach to ensure that the project reached fruition. According to Kroop, Hamden’s municipal government provided ongoing feedback to the New Reach developers on architectural design and safety features. Kroop said he collaborated with Kellyann Day, the CEO of New Reach, to help her usher the project through necessary zoning processes and educate the public about why this type of project is important.

According to Kroop, Geller Commons has attracted a number of homeless individuals around Hamden. Kroop added that this will have a positive impact on the town because these new residents will frequent Hamden’s shops and restaurants and “become a part of the community.” While Geller Commons will certainly benefit a significant number of people, Kroop said, many more such projects are needed to effectively fight chronic homelessness.

“The Hamden Housing Authority has a waiting list of several hundred people, so that alone tells me that there is a great need for affordable housing,” Kroop said.

Geller Commons is named after the late Barbara Geller, a supportive housing pioneer and former Statewide Services Division Director at Connecticut’s Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.


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“I could go on (and on!) about how much I enjoyed this show, but the simple fact is, anyone who’s had a mama – and I’m pretty sure that’s all of us – has got to see ‘Mama the Musical’… I guarantee you’ll laugh, and you’ll probably even cry. But you won’t leave disappointed.”     Patron Spotlight Review by Rusty Harding

“I am in love with this SHOW. Totally in love.” Rachael Lindley, Artistic Director, Richardson Theatre Centre.

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MAMA THE MUSICAL is an evening of Love! It is a series of vignettes and musical numbers about the joys and sorrows of mothers and daughters.  It takes the audience on a journey from a woman’s pregnancy to the growing up and leaving home of a daughter and death of a mother.  It is a celebration of the mother/daughter relationship.  Some of the vignettes are very realistic and some are quite fantastic.

MAMA THE MUSICAL is easy and inexpensive to produce! The play can be done with as few as four women, or more if you have them!  It calls for women of varying ages. The stage set can be minimal, and costumes, settings, and props can be suggestions.  Scene changes can be done quickly during musical and spoken interludes.

Samples of script:

Baby Shower

Things Were Different Then

Interlude Samples

Maude and Elaine

The Send-Off

Samples of music:

Opening – Song of Origin

Soon You’ll Forget All the Pain

How To Be a Woman

I Can Be Another Girl

Sage’s Lament

I Just Look Up

Finale – Song of Origin


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