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CABSAT Embedded Dialogue on Satcoms Covers “Competitive Threats” and “Technology Disruptors”

Key GVF Hub Summit Themes Focus on Big Issues, Big Business, Demanding Verticals

LONDON, U.K. – The Satellite Hub Summit @ CABSAT 2019 – GVF’s prominent MENA platform for addressing and analysing evolutionary and revolutionary transitions in satellite technologies, services, applications, and markets – which was a central feature at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre/Dubai World Trade Centre over 12th to 14th March once again provided an essential and incisive value-added experience for hundreds of exhibition attendees.

Martin Jarrold, GVF Chief of International Programme Development and Chair of the Hub Summit, commented “This is the fifth year that GVF, in partnership with DWTC, has presented our Hub format embedded within the exhibition space and physically present on the hall floor, and it works very well, offering the perspectives of an excellent assembly of key speakers to an audience that appreciates the immediacy and accessibility of important dialogues underway adjacent to the exhibition content.”

Riaz Lamak, GVF’s South Asia Liaison for Training, Benchmarking, Validation & Product Quality, added “The Hub programme started-off with the first of two important keynote addresses. Xiuqi ‘Ellie’ Wang, Head, Data Treatment Section, Space Publication & Registration Division, Space Services Department, Radiocommunication Bureau, International Telecommunication Union offered the International Keynote.” In her important address, Ms. Wang covered the details of the preparatory processes in the build-up to the World Radiocommunication Conference in November 2019 including February’s CPM19-2 consolidated report that will serve as the basis for discussion at the WRC-19 through providing detailed background for each of the agenda items.

Opening the first of four main programme sessions, Mr. Jarrold introduced the moderating team who brought a wealth of insight and informed perspectives to the management of the programme: Virgil Labrador, Satellite Markets & Research; Riaz Lamak, GVF; Stéphane Chenard, Euroconsult; and, Torsten Kriening, SpaceWatch Global.

“With just 15-minutes each to deliver opening remarks on their selected topic within the overall session theme, the panellists had a demanding job”, added Mr. Jarrold. “The opening remarks set the stage for moderator-led interactive discussion amongst the panel members and the Hub Summit audience.”

Day One of the Hub programme tackled some broad strategic themes with a total of 11 speakers across two distinct sessions – Global Satellite Focus… “Big Ticket” Issues on the Industry Forward Agenda and Global Satellite Business is Big Business. New Space Making It Bigger. The speakers represented GVF Members ArabSat, Hughes, Intelsat, SES Networks, INSTER, LeoSat, Methera Global Communications, ND SATCOM, Talia, and others, including the Satcoms Innovation Group and PTScientists GmbH.

Day Two opened with a National Keynote address from Khalid Al Awadi, Manager, Broadcasting & Space Services, Spectrum Management Affairs Department, United Arab Emirates Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. Mr. Al Awadhi’s speech covered all facets of the TRA’s policy position preparations for WRC-19 in November, with reference to all communications platforms and technologies; and, the development, under the leadership of the U.A.E. Space Agency, of national satellite and space programmes and collaborations with other national agencies.

The alliteratively entitled, and mobility market vertical-focused, themes of ‘Maritime Morning’ – To the Wider Market and Service Horizon and ‘Aero Afternoon’ – It’s Not Just About the IFEC! featured as the main programme for Day Two. Across these two sessions attendees heard from representatives of GVF Members Newtec, SES, iDirect, Comtech EF Data, Integrasys, Kratos Communications, Mission Microwave Technologies, and from Northern Sky Research.

Mr. Jarrold, in further comment on the main programme topics noted, “The topical range over these two days was extensive, covering satellite operations excellence, space traffic management and sustainable space best practices; satellite and terrestrial networking; new broadband provisioning solutions and communications on the move; data dependency and LEO market disruption; investing in innovation and interoperability, multi-provider/multi-waveform/multi-technology, and 5G standard connectivity architecture; disaster response satcoms; maritime VSAT trends and satellite network complexity; evolution in solid state ground terminals; VSAT auto-commissioning; and, satellite industry competitive threats and evolving business models.”

On the third day of CABSAT, and supported by ArabSat, the Hub Summit concluded with the Satcoms Insights & Capacity Building Workshop, featuring a special address by H. E. Dr. Riyadh Najm, former President of the General Commission for Audiovisual Media & Current Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Arab Radio & TV Academy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Other contributors to the dialogue on human, technological and processes capacity building included ArabSat’s Director of Transmission Operations, Yasir Hassan; GVF’s South Asia Liaison for Training, Benchmarking, Validation & Product Quality, Riaz Lamak; the Executive Director of the SatComs Innovation Group (SIG), Martin Coleman; and Guido Baraglia, Director of Business Development & Sales with Kratos Communications.

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Finally, Mr. Jarrold added, “Next on the GVF events calendar is the Newtec Satcom Hub at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, U.S.A. David Meltzer, GVF Secretary General will be speaking on: Upcoming Spectrum Battles at WRC-19; Satellites – A Ubiquitous Solution for Communications Needs; and, Sustainable Space Operations, at 16:00 hours on 10th April 2019.”

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Inside the Russian Revolution

TitleInside the Russian Revolution
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1917
AuthorsDorr, Mrs. Rheta Chil
Number of Pages243
PublisherThe Macmillan Company
CityNew York

Rheta Louise Childe Dorr (1868–1948) was an American journalist, suffragist newspaper editor, writer, and political activist. Dorr worked as a European correspondent for the New York Evening Mail, with her writing syndicated to numerous other papers. In addition to her journalism, Dorr wrote two popular books on the European situation, including an account of the overthrow of the regime of Tsar Nicholas II entitled Inside the Russian Revolution.

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Sensing and recognizing affective touch in a furry zoomorphic object

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Over the last decade, the surprising fact has emerged that machines can possess therapeutic power. Due to the many healing qualities of touch, one route to such power is in haptic emotional interaction, which in turn requires sophisticated touch sensing and interpretation. We explore the development of affective touch gesture recognition technologies in the context of a furry artificial lap-pet, with the ultimate goal of creating therapeutic interactions by sensing human emotion through touch. We design, construct, and evaluate a low-cost, low-tech furry lap creature prototype equipped with 2 types of touch-sensing hardware. The first of these hardware types is our own design for a new type of touch sensor built with conductive fur, invented and developed as part of this research. The second is an existing design for a piezoresistive fabric pressure sensor, adapted to three dimensions for our robot-body context. Combining features extracted from the time-series data output of these sensors, we perform machine learning analysis to recognize touch gestures. In a study of 16 participants and 9 key affective gestures, our model averages 94% gesture recognition accuracy when trained on individuals, and 86% accuracy when applied generally across the entire set of participants. The model can also recognize who out of the 16 participants is touching the prototype with an accuracy of 79%. These results promise a new generation of emotionally intelligent machines, enabled by affective touch gesture recognition.

Mason N McLary

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Date 2012
Pages 58
Publisher University of British Columbia
Location of Publication Vancouver, British Columbia
Department Science
Degree Computer Science
DOI 10.14288/1.0052123
Language English
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  1. Animal-assisted activities
  2. Animal-assisted therapies
  3. Animal roles
  4. Animals in culture
  5. Emotions
  6. Health
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  8. Pet ownership
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  10. robot assisted therapy
  11. robots
  12. Service animals
  13. Social Environments
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How to Secure your WordPress Site

You hate malware right? Of course everybody does. It’s not just because it can harm your visitors but it will potentially harm your website’s reputation so it’s always good to regularly check your website for vulnerabilities to avoid future headaches!

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This is a top fact to avoid to do. Do not use or install any nulled/cracked themes or plugins on your site. These themes might have some malicious coded embedded into it which you are not aware of. The attacker will use these codes to freely enter on your site and do as he please. If you can’t afford to buy the product then don’t use it! Period.

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Security plugins might help attackers from trying to hijack your website. Plugins like WordFence will alarm your email if someone tries to login on your WP-ADMIN dashboard it can also blocked Countries and particular IP’s. Monitor your webiste 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Very useful if you ask me.

A plugin called IQ Block Country is quiet a handy tool for blocking countries. What I like most on this tool is that it can blocked all countries from browsing your wp-admin login page and whitelist your country. This makes your wp-admin login page inaccessible on all countries but you.

Exploit Scanner plugin will help your find exploits on your WordPress themes. These exploits might be useful for attackers so basically it will help you choose the most secured theme available.

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Online scanner like on is a very basic online scanner. It will only scan your website on the front-end not like Plugins that will check your website up to back-end. This scanner will only check if your website is Google Malware passed, javascript errors, and simple front-end security issues.

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No. 6 Nebraska Ready to Trust Its Training Ahead of NCAA Tournament

December 2, 2019

Nebraska received one final reminder of last year’s season-ending heartbreak on Sunday night as the NCAA Tournament Selection show opened with some highlights from last year’s national championship.

“It didn’t feel good,” junior outside hitter Lexi Sun said. “I guess it was just another reminder. We’re always remembering that game and looking back and using it as motivation.”

The final stretch of Nebraska’s climb back to the college volleyball mountain top begins this week as the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee rewarded the Huskers’ work this season with the No. 5 overall seed. The Huskers will take on Mac champion Ball State at the Devaney Center on Friday.

The AVCA released its final coaches poll of the regular season on Monday and the top six remained the same with the Huskers at No. 6. Nebraska also finished at No. 8 in the RPI, dropping two spots from the previous week. Even so, the committee valued Nebraska’s resume enough to put the Huskers ahead of one-loss and second-ranked Pittsburgh on the seed line.

Baylor, the top overall seed in the tournament, was also No. 1 in the poll with 43 of 64 first-place votes. Stanford is No. 3 in both the poll (10 first-place votes) and in the tournament while fourth-ranked Texas earned the No. 2 seed from the committee. Big Ten champion Wisconsin is No. 5 in the poll but received the No. 4 seed for the tournament.

Penn State and Minnesota flip-flopped at Nos. 7 and 8 after the Golden Gophers beat the Nittany Lions to close out the season, and both received national seeds (Minnesota 7, Penn State 11). Purdue moved up two spots to No. 14 and also received the final national seed in the tournament at No. 16. Michigan held steady at No. 22 but Illinois dropped out of the poll after losing to Northwestern on Saturday. Both made the tournament.

Creighton (24-5) dropped from No. 10 to No. 15 after losing to St. John’s in the first round of the Big East Tournament. The Red Storm went on to beat Marquette in the final, giving the Big East three bids. San Diego (24-5), who Nebraska could potentially see again in the Sweet 16, held its spot at No. 20. UCLA (18-11) dropped one spot to No. 23. Missouri (21-7) is second among other teams receiving votes with 34 points. If the Tigers and Huskers both win on Friday, they’ll face off against each other in the second round at the Devaney Center.

Sun said Coach John Cook’s message to the team after they learned their draw was to trust in their training and focus on the basics. He said this week of practice is going to be big for the Huskers.

“This week we’ve got to train and get better at the fundamentals, make sure we’re really solid on that part going in,” Cook said. “Our serve, block and defense — some of these teams are not going to be used to seeing that so we have to make sure were really good in that area.”

Nebraska’s serve and pass has been up and down this season, but their defense has been among the best in the country all year. Nebraska played 13 matches against NCAA Tournament teams, winning nine of them, and it went 17-3 in Big Ten play.

“Just play with confidence and belief,” Cook continued. “I told the team they’ve paid their dues — they’ve been to Asia, they’ve worked really hard, we’ve been through a brutal conference schedule, we’ve won some big matches, they’ve played really high-level volleyball at times, we’re the No. 1 defensive team in the conference, we’re second or third in attack. We were No. 1 last year in defense but we weren’t even close in attack last year. Jazz [Sweet] and Lexi, their stats are 100 points higher than last year in attacking. Our team’s attacking is way up. We’ve probably, statistically, played a higher level of volleyball this year than last year. I want them to believe and know that they’ve worked hard.

“Those are some things that we can point out that are real examples of we’ve played at a high level. But I also think there’s a lot of really good teams too that we’re doing that against so that's a pretty good accomplishment.”

After everything the Huskers experienced this season, Sweet, a junior who played a key role two years ago on the 2017 national championship team, wasn’t surprised but their seed.

“I just think I was really grateful for it,” Sweet said. “Last year in 2018 we got seeded seventh, so five is a big accomplishment.”

Nebraska has four players who were on that 2017 title team and five more who helped the team make it back to the championship match last year. It also has two freshman starters — outside hitter Madi Kubik and libero Kenzie Knuckles — who were in the crowd watching when the Huskers lost that match to Stanford last year.

Sun’s message to the freshmen is simple: lean on the veterans.

“Just looking up to the older players who have been there before and done it,” Sun said. “We have some players on the team who have won national championships and done it and I think just looking up to them and relying on them and trusting in them.”

Cook doesn’t expect the moment to be too big for Kubik and Knuckles, who have improved quite a bit throughout the season.

“They’ve prepared for this,” Cook said. “This is why they came early, this is why we went to Asia was to play our best volleyball this time of year.”

Sun said she’s hoping for another crack at taking down the Badgers who handed Nebraska two of its four losses this season. But the Huskers have to take care of business in the first three rounds first, and that starts this week in practice.

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Dave Grossman

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Hometown: Grand Junction, Colorado.

What type of paddler are you? Whitewater, Flatwater.

Where is your favorite place to SUP? The Colorado River through the Grand Valley of Western Colorado.

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Marlyn Lestage-Laforet

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Marlyn joined the Obstetrical and Gynecological team at Jacobi Medical Center in 2004. She continues to provide full- scope midwifery care to women and adolescents in the Bronx.

In 1985 Marlyn started her nursing career in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She subsequently immigrated to New York where she quickly enrolled in ESL classes to further her education. In 1988 Marlyn obtained her license as a Practical Nurse in New York. The following year she passed her licensing exam as a Registered Nurse and joined St Barnabas Hospital Nursing Workforce.

Marlyn has always been able to balance work, family, and education. Married with two children, she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the College of New Rochelle in 1997. Eager to pursue her education, Marlyn enrolled in the midwifery program at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) while working as an Inpatient Obstetric Nurse. She successfully completed the midwifery program in 2000.

In 2002, Marlyn embarked upon a career in midwifery after nineteen years of service at St Barnabas Hospital as a Registered Nurse. Marlyn believes that midwifery is her calling. “There is no greater joy than to be present at a birth.” Marlyn also believes that midwifery, the art of the birthing process, has taught her patience, calmness, perseverance and endurance. These attributes are arguably the most important traits of a midwife. Indeed being present at a birth is a great privilege and midwives strive to enhance the woman’s experience and to optimize outcomes.

Seventeen years full scope midwifery practice including but not limited to Adolescents Health, Newborn Circumcision, and Surgical First Assistant at Cesarean section, and limited Obstetrical Ultrasound.

Marlyn also, manages and provides care to patients within protocols and standards of practice throughout their pregnancy and beyond. Marlyn evaluates findings, makes assessment and develops appropriate management plan and treatment. It is important to note as a midwife, Marlyn seeks consultation and collaborates with other members of the health care team in a timely manner.

Marlyn’s passion for learning also motivated her to persevere in pursuing advanced degree. In 2008 Marlyn received a Master of Public Health from Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY.  Also, in 2015 she earned a Master of Arts, Nurse Executive, from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Moreover, Marlyn has more twenty five years of comprehensive nursing experience in different specialty- units such as  Medical- Surgical, Psychiatric, Step-down-Telemetry, Ventilator, In-patient Obstetric

Marlyn participates in the development of healthcare programs- Adolescent Education Programs: Sexual Education, Diabetes and Pregnancy, Sickle Cell Disease and Pregnancy, Hypertensive Disorder and Pregnancy

Marlyn enjoyed being a Clinical Adjunct Instructor at Monroe and Nyack College, School of Nursing and a Clinical Preceptor for medical students, nurse-midwifery students, nurse practitioner students, and nursing students in the U.S and abroad.

In 2016 Marlyn receives the “Best Clinical Practice Preceptor Award” from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the “Outstanding Preceptor Award” from New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing.

Marlyn is a member of Toastmasters International and a Competent Communicator. Marlyn sees herself as a perpetual learner- in the workplace, academically and in life. She is currently the President of the Haitian American Nurses Association of Hudson Valley, New York, Inc.


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The Hellenic American University and Mentor join forces with HandsUp in order to jointly create short-term study abroad programmes specialised in and specific to Ancient Greek culture, especially designed for deaf and hard of hearing international students. It is an ambitious partnership that offers premium educational opportunities, combined with routes focused on Ancient Greek culture (with a vision to covering the whole time frame of Greek culture). The aim is for experienced Sign interpreters and staff of HandsUp innovative organisation provide accessible services to the deaf and hard of hearing students from around the world, through making the best use of the academic experience of the Hellenic American University and capitalising Mentor’s expertise in developing interactive cultural routes.

Passionate about connecting Ancient Greece’s culture and philosophy to today, οur bold mission is to enhance the appreciation and comprehension of students around the world about the astonishing so-called birthplace of Western Civilisation in an interactive, stimulating and most importantly, inclusive way.

With an emphasis on experiential, interactive learning, the intriguing credit-bearing seminars and workshops are conducted in International Sign and are especially designed for students. The programmes are the following:

The Origins of Theatre-Ancient Greek Drama 21-31 May 2018
Homeric Routes 4-14 June 2018
The Minoan Civilisation 18-28 June 2018
The 5 Sacred Cities of Ancient Greece 2-12 July 2018
Alexander the Great & the Hellenistic Age 16-26 July 2018

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Why Fan Fiction proves Richard Stallman wrong

When I saw this summary of part of Stallman’s talk in Barcelona, it irked me:

When a work embodies practical knowledge you’re going to use for your life, it should be free and it should be free to be modified. It’s not the case of art. Art should be shareable, but not modifiable.

Caveats: this is a summary of what Stallman said by an audience member, not a direct quote.

But as stated, the distinction doesn’t hold water.

I’d have to do an entire blog post series to enumerate the many ways such a distinction is untenable, but here’s a quick example:

Say I find a book that tells me how to use a spreadsheet to better compute inventory, and as a small business owner, I modify that document and publish pieces of it into my employee handbook. That’s practical, I guess, and therefore free. Why should I have to rewrite something that’s already been written? Better to build on the work already done, and move things forward from there.

And I suppose the spreadsheet information should be still free to me even if my business does something “impractical” like publish novels. By bettter managing inventory, we can bring better art to the public more cheaply, and it would be wrong (morally wrong in Stallman’s world) to set up policy to prevent that.

Here’s another way to bring better art more cheaply to the public though — a fan fiction approach. As a publisher of books, if I could publish the best fan fiction for say, Doctor Who, then from the point of view of my publishing house, that’s incredibly practical. Making Doctor Who and its related characters “free” would unleash a ton of untapped creativity, and like the best open source sofware, would allow people with a talent in one area (plots and dialogue) to put their effort into a larger frame they couldn’t create by themselves (characters, backstory, world creation) but can certainly extend.

Now, can someone show me how a concept of “practicality” clarifies this situation, making the rights in the first situation fall toward society whereas in the second situation they fall towards the author?

I’m not saying, incidentally, that all art should be absolutely “open”, or that fan fiction should be freely publishable by for-profit publishers. I really don’t know how to make sense of the new world of copyright (though I would start by making no copyright last longer than 20 years — which would give you access to seven of the ten Doctors anyway — and I would vigorously protect all non-commerical distribution of fan fiction).

I am saying that Stallman’s take on Art, if the quote is accurate, is strangely static — and seems to not acknowledge that art builds on past work in ways that are not unfamiliar to software engineers. There may be a way to separate software from hip-hop, fan fiction, and that Christian company that clips all the bad bits out of movies — but I haven’t seen it yet.

I agree that we have to start thinking of the ways in which Art is different from software and recipes. Only the most committed monist would deny that. But like most issues in Art, picking this apart is bound to be a messy endeavor no matter what, and my guess is “practicality” is the wrong string to start pulling on.

(h/t OLDaily for pointing me to the summary)

2 thoughts on “Why Fan Fiction proves Richard Stallman wrong

  1. Hi Mike

    You’re actually missing the more radical part of his speech (mainly in the Q&A session) as it was too fast (and weird) to take down notes on.

    The rationale behind my quote of his about art (not actually a literal quote, but actually faithful to what he said) was that:
    – if we’re talking about content/works/software that are needed, as tools, to reach other goals, they should be free
    – art did not fall in the previous category
    – art, as a subjective expression of one’s ideas/feelings, should not be changed by any means (e.g. Richard M. Stallman would not allow any derivative works of his writings not to go out of context, or find he’s being attributed things he did not actually said 😉

    The shocking part to me, indeed, was not the tool/art disctinction (which was shocking: where’s the line that separates one from the other one?) but the exceptionality that he granted to the medicaments industry.

    Whenever I hear to Stallman, or to Eben Moglen (http://ictlogy.net/?p=737), I always think we share the same visions, and we desire the same kind of future, but they don’t really care (or know) how to pave the path to these visions and future.

    And, well, practical issues do matter if we’d to achieve that future.

  2. Thanks — I was half hoping the trackback might draw you over here to fill it out.

    I agree I was more shocked by the medical patents statement – but I actually agree (somewhat) with it — I don’t think that medicine can be done like say, linux (or gnu). For one thing, no one is trying to cure cancer on the way to getting something else done. Unlike a printer driver, the cure for AIDS won’t be a side effect of something you else you were trying to get done that day.

    I actually typed quite a lot in this comment to talk about the art angle — but it got too big so I moved it to a post — it’s the new post up above.

    Thanks so much for commenting…

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IMG_3704There is a wonderful interview,  by David Marchese, with Frances Moore Lappé in the The New York Times that is informative, thought-provoking and shares with us just the kind of attitude that we need to make the (human) world a better and more livable place. Her work is part of what prompted me to become vegetarian decades ago and her ideas of effective political action on the individual level inspire me. Rock on, Citizen Moore Lappé!

“Participating in democracy is the essence of a good life.”

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museums as problematic

IMG_7003I often listen to podcasts while doing rote or simple tasks and this morning, while carving on a linoleum block, I listened to one of my favorites, CounterSpin from Fairness and Accountability in Reporting, or FAIR, @ The program interviews  a lot of sources that do not commonly get approached by corporate media reporters and talks about how corporate media often under- or mis- represent very important issues, policy or cultural trends to the detriment of citizens. The show I listened to today was an interview with Amin Husain, an organizer with the cultural activism group Decolonize This Place. The show’s host and interviewer, Janine Jackson, asks us to consider, “Cultural institutions are important sites of public conversation, but the public doesn’t have much say in who gets to lead that conversation, or the stories they tell. Activists are asking us to talk about what that means, and what it would mean to change it.” Her interview with Amin Husain discusses a lot of good points about colonization, ethnocentrism, wealth and equality. And it poses really important questions about the value of art, as culture, as manifest spirituality and as something that we assign monetary worth. It’s a really good listen, even if you’re not particularly interested in art and museums.

10/13/19   Here’s another interesting radio show about the role of museums in history and art: Fred Wilson Uses the Museum as His Palette on

From the interview page: A New York-born conceptual artist and MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, Wilson has spent a lot of his career examining the way art and artifacts are chosen and exhibited. He wants everybody — the curators and the visitors — to reconsider how and why artwork makes its way into museums.

Thank you for your work.

Artist/activist Shan Goshorn has died and she will be missed. She was a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and, although her basket work received a lot of attention, she was an accomplished multi-media artist. I admired her work and her way of being an artist on her own terms.

In her own words from her website,, she says this about her work and her ideals:

My intention is to present historical and contemporary issues that continue to be relevant to Indian people today, to a world that still relies on Hollywood as a reliable informant about Indian life.

It was a thrilling accident to discover that the vessel shapes of baskets are a non-threatening vehicle to educate audiences.  But even more exciting, I am observing viewers literally leaning into my work, eager to learn more about the history of this country’s First People which can lead to the next wonderful step of engaging in honest dialogue about the issues that still plague Indian people today. America has believed a one-sided history for too long. Acknowledging and addressing these past atrocities is movement towards true racial healing… which has always been the goal of my work as an artist.

Shan Goshorn

July 2016


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Quick Cook Polenta and Our “Three Sisters” Dinner

Summer has finally arrived in San Francisco, but given that it is the middle of October, I find myself instinctually craving cool weather foods. Polenta came to mind immediately, being a hands down favorite. My girls especially love what they call “soupy polenta,” the soft melty version that you make from scratch. I’m sure images of hovering over a stove, stirring endlessly, come to mind immediately. But alas! Let me introduce you to the quick cook polenta technique, which takes nothing more than about a half hour and a working oven.

Before we get to the preparation, a few more words about polenta. It is an incredibly versatile side dish, it compliments almost any dinner, meat-centered, vegetarian, or vegan. Of course it is healthy, not to mention nourishing in that way that only a good porridge can be.

I decided to try something different this week, serving the polenta alongside Rancho Gordo’s Good Mother Stollard Beans that my friend Elizabeth (who writes a stunning blog called Pastry Break) recommended. They had been languishing in the cupboard for months now, but after my recent post about homemade beans I was motivated to put them to good use. Topping things off with the last of the summer squash from our garden, sautéed with lots of garlic, I realized that I created the culinary version of the traditional Native American agricultural trinity known as the Three Sisters: squash, maize and beans.

It was hearty, delicious and simple to pull together quickly on a weeknight if you have the beans prepared in advance (which will just need defrosting and reheating time). Any beans will work. I also recommend drizzling a bit of simple tomato sauce over the polenta if you happen to have some on hand.

Preparation: Quick Cook Polenta

Adapted from the San Francisco Chronicle Cookbook Volume II

Preheat over to 350°

Boil at least 6 cups of water in a kettle or pot. In the meantime, heat a few tablespoons of olive oil in a medium to large ovenproof pan over medium-high heat. Add 1 cup polenta, and stir to coat with oil. Cook until heated through. Gradually stir in 6 cups of boiling water to the polenta – be very careful of backspray when the first cup of water touches the pot.

Return to a boil (should be almost instant) and add 1-2 teaspoons of salt. Cover the pan and place in the warm oven. Cook undisturbed for 35-40 minutes. Take care as you remove the pan from the oven, as it will be VERY hot. The mixture will look somewhat separated at this point, so whisk the polenta until it is well-blended to determine if it is done.

No stirring until its ready!

Mix in 1-2 tablespoons of butter, and a cheese of your choice (or skip both in favor of more olive oil for a vegan option). Serve immediately to enjoy its softest and creamiest texture. Or, chill to transform into a hard polenta dish.

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  1. Summer has finally arrived in San Francisco, but given that it is the middle of October,

    Great recipe, but I think you meant “Fall has finally arrived in San Francisco”, correct?

    Great source of you ideas, I love your blog….

    Beatriz Ciceri

    • Thanks the love, Beatriz! Keep sending me feedback as you put the ideas to use.

      It may be fall on the calendar, but here in SF, we are enjoying what is our summer! The real summer months tend to be foggy, gray and cold. Then September and October arrive with warm days and sometimes even nights!

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Profile: Nosey

All chickens have their own unique chickenalities, but some chickens distinguish themselves more than others.  Nosey has been her own bird from a young chicken, and unlike everyone else, is rather tame.  She got her name from always being excessively interested in my business, and always really into being near me.  She’d be the first at the door, have her beak up in whatever I was doing, sit on my shoulder, and generally tag along or be underfoot.She’s all grown up now, and her first adult summer has seen her create some real habits of behaviour.  She’s still excessively interested in my movements, popping out of nowhere anytime I come out the door, following me down paths, literally underfoot all the time, as I frequently trip on her or accidentally kick her while walking, as she darts in front of or between my swinging feet.When I prepare their food, stirring water into the bucket, all the hens gather and stretch their necks over the edge, but Nosey runs laps around the bucket, then stands on top of my feet to stretch over the edge of the bucket.  Then she follows me to platter after platter as I fill the “trough”s, and dives into each one, then darts to catch up with me at the next serving, as she has to be the first beak in.  Sometimes she’ll follow me all the way back to where I put the bucket away at the end of lunchtimeShe walks with me like a dog heeling, right next to me on the trail, and her pace is a little faster, so she’ll get ahead of me, then pause for me to catch up, then walk right next to me, get excited and get ahead, then pause again.  I’ve never had a chicken do something like this before.  It’s very pet-like, very trying to please, or connect.

She’s very interested in the house, hopping up and watching me through the screen when the door is open.  She just seems more connected to me than she is to the other chickens, although she’s part of the main “hangs out around the house during the day” chickens.

She’s the only one that allows me to touch her, and I do almost every day, stroking her chest.  She gets all uncomfortable about it and it’s clear she doesn’t like it, but she lets me.  The other hens will leap and squawk when I try a stunt like that.

When other people say pretty much anything starting with “There’s this one chicken”, I know they mean Nosey.
“This one chicken is out here looking in my boot!”  Nosey.
“There was one chicken that came right up to me”.   Nosey.

I heard this one go down:  My husband was outside, and from inside I heard his yelp, and then indignant complaining out loud.  His tale of woe – he was standing outside, eating an apple, pensively watching the chickens, and as he stood between bites, with his arm relaxed at his side, “this one chicken” leapt up and knocked the half eaten apple out of his hand.

Of course, Nosey had the apple.

Early morning perching practice

The fuzznuggets have started perching.  They all keep the same schedule; I’m so used to seeing moms raise their chicks now.  First, there’s very close to home chickergarten, where scratching is strongly emphasized – Mom shows them vigorous scratching in loose material, clearly for practice.  Good fling.  Look at how well Daisy is kicking.

Second comes explorer time, where the moms take their chicks off, to some distance, for I don’t know what, world acclimation and exposure to strange and unusual things.  That is the type of caterpillar that tastes disgusting, but go ahead and try it.  We also do not eat slugs.    This stage gives me palpitations because they go off in the woods and I fear for them.  This is the stage they’re in.

Next comes morning perching.  I don’t know why it tends to be first thing after breakfast, and the chicks tend to do it on their own without demonstration.  They move higher and higher in the tree and on their rack as they age.  It started today.

Eventually they move into being more clubby with the other chicks their age and needing Mom less, then they break up with Mom, or she quits.

These are Velvet and Ghost‘s chicks (Sidewinder is still around, too). I gave Velvet several eggs, and then Ghost seemed just as determined, so I split the eggs with her.  They were a mixed batch, so it’s really wild that the chicks ALL seem to be more Cheekslings.

Whoa, WHOA! This balancing thing is hard!
I’m grooming too!

Notice the other one gone for a post-perch warming in Mom’s fluff.

New dimension

There was a death in the family yesterday.  One of the red layer hens died in the coop.

They do that.  They go in the coop (not the nest box), hunch up, pull in their feet and their heads, close their eyes, and go to “sleep”- really a pre-death trance.  Their combs go pale, and they depart slowly.

The whole transition seems very peaceful, and like death happens by degrees.  You can look at them in the last hours, and they aren’t dead yet, but they aren’t all there either.  They’re mostly dead (couldn’t resist).

Usually I find them stretched out, one leg extended, and head stuck out, like their last act is one last stretch.

Yesterday HW alerted me there was a “chicken emergency” in Bravo coop, and it was a chicken on her way out.  She’s old.  I got generic red layers on three occasions, when others were getting rid of them (this is a chicken rest home), so I can’t be sure what set she’s from, but she’s somewhere upwards of 6 years old.  She was already sprawled, and she onlybriefly opened her eye when I pet her.  We left her to finish her departure at peace in her home.

What was new, though, is that in the morning, other chickens were holding a wake.  Five of them skipping breakfast to stand around her in the coop.  I’ve never seen that before, but it’s possible I just missed the time of the ceremony.  Cheeks flipped out once over a dead hen.  Ravens are known to hold wakes or funerals – I’ve seen it.  But not…chickens.

Guinea on the loose

Not too long after I let all the birds loose into their fenced enclosure, I’m outside and I hear a godawful clamor go up from the guineas.  Which isn’t by itself at all unusual.  But I knew right away it meant one or more was out.  OMG, we’re not TOGETHER!

Sure enough, there’s a lone guinea circling the fence, looking forlorn, and furtive, at the same time.I opened the fence, started chasing her/him around the GH to go back in.They never want my help though, and always go streaking off into the woods as soon as they get close to the opening welcoming them back in.

This one ended up pushing its way back in where the fence meets the GH, probably just like it got out.  It seemed to remember.

The most accomplished flyers, the guineas are always able to escape the fence and mesh tent intended to protect them.  I know they’ll at least return at night, and don’t worry about them.  But they do make an unholy racket when separated.

Silkies being odd.

I had a persistent little guest in  the layer coop the other day.  I was cleaning it out – bagging up the thick accumulated layer of hay and crap for relocation to the garden (my chicken mulch cycle), and along came Granny.

img_5402I lifted her out a couple of times, because she was definitely in the way, but she came right back in.  She was determined to do something, but it wasn’t clear what.  She just sort of dottered around, and I had to relocate her to work around her.  I think she might be losing her vision.

All the contents removed from mesh floor
Oh, is that the goal? A good nest box?

Ahhhh. I stay here now.

Then, for more bizarre behavior, along came a Silkie rooster, who got all worked up scratching and wiggling down in the clean hay in a corner, gurgling and clucking for all the world like a hen that’s very pleased with finding an awesome place to lay an egg.  He was just giddy with his burrowing.  WTH?  There’s hay all over to wriggle in.  He was really excited about this corner, though.

What a weirdo!img_5414

Granny’s all What the heck are you doing over there?
Now here comes a hen: I live here! That’s my nest box, and what’s with the dude in the corner?

Guineas in the greenhouse

The guineas are growing like weeds.

I’ve put them in the greenhouse to run wild, since they outgrew the chickery in about a week.

They let me know they were ready to move up in the world by escaping from the chickery.  How they did so was and remains a complete mystery, because the chickery is covered with a piece of nylon bird mesh tacked down on the four corners.

First, there was one bird walking around on the outside.  Then  there was two.  Three.  Then there were three perching on the top edge, all on the wrong side of the mesh, mesh still intact.  Is mystery!  Like Houdini.

Since this willy-nilly mystery escape is not safe for them – they do not seem as adept at getting back in, and they could get in trouble not being able to reach water or food.

So I set them free in the greenhouse. 864 square feet to play Wild Jungle Fowl in.  When I first released them they were so funny, running with their necks stuck out, all of them chirping excitedly BurBURburBURburBURburBUR!20160926_083921

They travel in a dense little pack, like a school of fish, always tightly together.

They can fly too!  They have big old wings already, and have taken confident flight off of my hand.

At night, I’ve been stowing them in with the broody hen I tried and failed to adopt them to.  She’s boxed up, on her eggs, and at night I bring the guineas, drop them in the box and they snuggle up around her, or hide in the corner of her box under her butt.

Surrogate mom is surprisingly tolerant.  The first couple days she growled at the evening introduction, but in a couple days, it turned to a (resigned?) greeting purr.  The chicks would cheep anxiously about the trip in the box, she’d purr reassuringly, and in less than 20 seconds, silence had fallen.

In the morning she’s ready to get rid of them though.  They are full of beans and sprint around the box shrieking, running laps that run right over her back.  They perch on her back too, sometimes two at a time.  She seems pleased to see them go then.  She never moves off her eggs.

I was plucking birds out from her broody box one morning and one chick ran to her, thrust his head (only his head) under her wing, and froze.  Can’t see me!

Since moving them into the greenhouse from the chickery, the chicks are harder to find at night.

The greenhouse is a multilevel jungle of tomatoes creeping across the top, and squashes growing in all directions.  At night, they find a big squash leaf on the floor and all pile up under it, totally hidden.

Unlike chickens, they find a new place to sleep every night, so I have to poke around looking under the big umbrella leaves.

It’s like having ghosts in the greenhouse.  When we go in there we might see them at work, but when they see us they all dart away.  One was so busy picking bugs off the underside of a leaf it didn’t see the others depart and I got right up to it.  EEEEEP!  It shrieked and raced away.

If you stay in there longer, you’ll see them slowly work their way through a perimeter sweep, or hopping up to reach the kale leaves.

Zoom zoom!

You’ll hear them cheeping around, but turn around and you might see a shadow scuttle by behind the tomatoes.  They are so funny!  Always in a little huddle.  SO FAST!  They streak around, their bodies stable and little orange legs ticking like a chihuahua, necks long and bright orange beaks stuck out.

When they get separated from the pack, even a little distance, they make a sound like a very small car alarm, and the pack shouts back a softer sound, until they’re reunited.  I experimented with this.  I was trying to teach them to go in the broody box by themselves at night, so I cut a door in it.  Poked them all out through the door in the morning.

In the evening, but before it was dark enough for them to have settled down completely, I started to encourage them towards the box, or at least that end of the greenhouse.  I grabbed a couple and put them in the box (happy cheeping).  The rest did the car alarm sound, then stopped to listen.  Cozy, subdued response cheeps.  The outside chicks listened to where the others were, then set off at a run, and ran right past the box with the door in it.

Then they stopped, shrieked, listened, and sure they knew now where the others were, ran back the other direction, right past the door in the box.  I caught a couple more and put them in the box (more happy cheeping).  They go right to sleep cuddled up to the big cozy hen.

The back and forth car alarming, listening, and running past the box continued.  They never got it.  I had to catch each one and put them in the box.  They didn’t figure out the door from the inside either.   Although they failed this IQ test,  in other ways they seem very clever.  They are extremely difficult to catch.

HW has taken to calling them the Africans.  To distinguish them from all the other chicks floating around.  The teenagers, the smaller chicks, the new chicks, and the Africans.  There’re several series running around right now.

In the morning they have a favorite spot on the Southeast corner of the greenhouse, and to get there they have to climb up the hay bales and the squash vines climbing up them, and they perch on the vines or cuddle up in a pile in the first sunbeam on top of the hay.  They’re up there, at eye level, when you first come in the door, relaxed in their fort and returning the gaze.


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Milk Thistle

Milk Thistle

It’s been a while since I posted about the benefits of spirulina and I promised to write about some of the other organic powders I use and why – so here I am and today we are talking about the mighty milk thistle 🙂

Milk thistle is part of the Asteraceae plant family which includes sunflowers and daisies and has strong anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant benefits and is widely used to detoxify the body and more specifically, the liver.

The liver helps defend us from toxins that are common in everyday life, acting like a filter and removing harmful substances from the body. Milk thistle assists this process and works by drawing out the nasty toxins that can cause disease and illness and has been shown to decrease, or even reverse signs of damage to the liver.

Milk thistle also helps protect the body from all kinds of free radicals due to the Vitamin C and E content, and these also help to slow down the ageing process! Hooray – sign me up!

Benefits of taking milk thistle

  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Anti-ageing effects
  • Helps to detox the liver
  • Promote healthy digestion
  • Can lower cholesterol
  • Can help to prevent or control diabetes
  • Helps protect against cancer and other diseases

Milk thistle supplementation is not known to cause any major side effects however, as with any herbal medication, it is always best to seek professional medical advice if you are on any form of medications as it could interfere with them.

With love, Tash ❤ x

Sources: Dr. Axe / Web MD /British Liver Trust

  1. We have this growing on our hill. Never knew it was good for you…

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    1. How amazing!! Yes very good for you 👌👍😋😙

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Hillary Clinton’s Top Ten Reasons for Losing the Election

crazy-hillaryRemember when Hillary Clinton was going around giving speeches and appearing on TV, telling everyone why she lost and who was to blame (certainly not HER).  Well, Hardwired News research department has analyzed all of her public statements and identified the top ten reasons Hillary Clinton gave for losing the election.  Here you go:

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Top Ten Reasons Hillary Actually Gave for Losing the Election:

10 The Russians were supposed to help ME, dammit

9  That pink pantsuit made my a** look fat

8  Bill’s drooling, stammering and slack-jawed leering on the trail were a distraction (should have divorced him 20 years ago)

7  The polls were wrong, at least the ones I believed

6  Staff forgot to tell me I had to appeal to actual mainstream voters

5  Too tired from fundraisers to campaign in swing states

4  Federal Election Commission unfairly and illegally allowed my lifetime of lying, scamming, and money grubbing to be used against me

3  Vote rigging was botched allowing actual election returns to be used

2  Did I mention the outrageous persecution over my secret server and illegally deleted e-mails

And the Number One Reason why Hillary Clinton lost the election:

1  Okay, okay—voters actually preferred whacky Donald Trump to me

At last we know what the heck really went wrong!

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Istanbul’s Bazaars: Beyond Commodities

Europe, Turkey

The Grand Bazaar

“Are you okay?” a young shopkeeper of an antique shop asks Alexander, probably taking the heed from the walking stick on his hand.

“Yeah, I’m fine. Where are you from?” Alexander replies.

“I was born in Afghanistan and raised in Pakistan” the boy answers nonchalantly. “But my parents and I now live in Istanbul.”

People from all over Turkey and other countries come to Istanbul for the very same reason with the Afghan boy, looking for a better living. For centuries, Istanbul – then Constantinople – has been one of the most thriving trade ports connecting East and West. Exotic commodities, exquisite fabrics and other highly sought-after goods fill the bazaars of the city.

In the covered labyrinth of the Grand Bazaar, a multitude of colorful textiles, rugs, silverware and souvenirs tickle or assault the senses, depending on one’s preference of a market or bazaar. First built in the mid-15th century not long after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, Grand Bazaar was further expanded and modernized over the centuries. From a throng of textile traders, now with more than 3,000 shops and 26,000 employees Grand Bazaar is one of the world’s largest and oldest covered markets.

Another man named Bekir stands in front of his clothing stall. His face signifies Eastern European features. Curious with his facial features, Alexander poses a question.

“Are you from Turkey?”

“I am” Bekir answers. “But my grandparents moved to Kosovo once, before coming back to Turkey and residing in Istanbul” he quickly adds.

However, not everyone left their homes for Istanbul merely to search for a better living. A man in his early 30s called Aydin who owns a rug store in the bazaar came to Istanbul from his hometown in the heart of Anatolia.

“I left my home when I was still a teenager” Aydin says. “I wanted to live on my own. But no one would hire me because I was too young. Fortunately I finally managed to convince one shop owner to employ me. We got really close over time and he really trusted me.”

But suddenly his voice gets deeper and his eyes speak a confounding message. “One time he decided to move to the States, to the D.C.”

“He wanted to take me along and I agreed. But before leaving for the States, we had a transit in Istanbul. During our short stay here I went to the Grand Bazaar. And I fell in love with it.” Aydin cannot hide his smile, the smile of contentedness, a true one.

“I decided not to come with my boss, because my heart says I belong here. I love seeing the vibrant life in this place and the warmth of the people.”

Some people moved to Istanbul to find a better living, leaving the ordeal back at home. But some others find it their calling to settle in this corner of the world, out of love and passion.

Geenie Lamp?

Exquisite Traditional Patterns

Rose Tea

A Vestige from the Past

Tea or Coffee?

Colorful Tulips

Traditional Lamps

An Ottoman Jug

Alleys of the Grand Bazaar

Spices to Die For

Dried Spices and Vegetables, the Spice Bazaar

Give Your Body Some Love

Traditional Snacks

Soap Bars

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  1. What a beautiful post, Bama! All those lamps, spices and alleyways certainly bring out the magic of Istanbul. The story is wonderful too, I especially love how you included the bits of dialogue – sounds like Alexander would make a very good journalist!

    • Thanks James! The ambiance of the Grand Bazaar was truly magical as you can imagine the same trade activities have been carried out for centuries. I have to give the credit to Alexander as he did most of the conversations, and apart from a good journalist I think he would also make a brilliant photographer. You should see his photos!

      • alexander sriewijono says:

        So kind of you Bama. Thank you. 🙂
        It’s a beautiful trip, indeed. I love the way you write those interesting moments.
        As you probably notice, Rumi really inspired me to “be wide as the air to learn a secret”. And it’s true, I got some insightful “secrets’ of life from Aydin and Bekir. We still keep in touch. They are happy to welcome the Spring, soon. -alexander-

      • I thank you Alexander! 🙂
        I really love your article on Istanbul with Rumi’s poetry for the magazine. It’s a very interesting and amazing way to see the lives of the Istanbulites combined with the perspective of a great poet. In many ways, that particular piece of writing inspired me so much how to write richer and deeper posts in the future. As for Aydin and Bekir, I really enjoyed interacting with them. They’re such nice people, indeed.

  2. Your photos and description are superb! The colors and intricate detail on all the artwork…people’s creativity and patience involved is astounding. I can almost smell those spices!

    • Wow thank you Marilyn! I really appreciate your kind words. Visiting a market is always an interesting experience, let alone going to the Grand Bazaar.

  3. Hi Bama, Nice to read about the people instead of just the market itself and the merchadise. And those people had wonderful story to tell. Of course love your shots of the market and the commodities. They bring back fond memories of sights and exotic smell of the Grand Bazaar.

    • Thanks Marisol! Of course the Grand Bazaar is filled with great stuff. But we often miss the story behind those things, the people and the place itself. It was truly an amazing experience being able to listen to some fascinating stories from the vendors.

  4. I would belong to the latter group if i ever migrated, even if the Grand Bazaar was not my favourite place in Istanbul 🙂 Beautiful post Bama – engaging narrative and wonderful images as always – loved it!

    • Thanks Madhu! Life is full of mysteries. We’ll never know what we’re going to get from the choices we made or we will make. But in the end there will be interesting stories along the way, if we embrace life wholeheartedly.

  5. Terrific photos. I’ve been wanting to travel to Turkey for years now, will have to go soon! Did you buy yourself anything at the bazaar?

    • Oh I know you’ll love Turkey, Lydia! I spent a week only in Istanbul and there are places that I have yet to visit. Would really love to go back one day. Actually I’m not fond of shopping. Usually I only buy things when I feel the urge or the emotional connection with them. In Grand Bazaar, however, I bought a miniature of the red tram that runs through Istiklal Street. I’ll give it to my dad when I see him again. 🙂

    • Thanks Nicole! I still have two more posts on Istanbul to go, one of them will be on the food! 🙂
      Istanbul truly is a magical city and I know you would love it!

  6. Aakkk… Istanbul is beautiful! Yak. Saving up!
    Great photos by the way. As much as markets are always inspiring, your pictures capture that inspiration nonetheless 🙂

    • Halo Mumun!
      The great thing about visiting Turkey is the fact that Indonesian passport holders don’t need a visa in advance.
      When you go to Istanbul you really need to explore the Grand Bazaar. It’s really beyond goods.

    • Thanks a lot for dropping by! I guess it’s hard not to get good photographs from the Grand Bazaar. 🙂

  7. Stunning photos! I am only going to Kusadasi on an upcoming trip, I am so disappointed I won’t get to see more of Turkey! I also loved the detail and the storytelling of the post – it is rare to find a blog post that can capture attention for the entire length of the post. Wonderful, thank you!

    • Hi Genevieve! Same here, I spent my time in Turkey only in Istanbul and I wished I could visit more places in the country. And thank you so much for your kind words. 🙂

  8. Bama, gorgeous captures! I got lost in that market long ago. 🙂 I particularly like the captures of the spices, lamps and rose buds. What kind of lens did you use?

    • Thanks Tricia! If I were wandering around the bazaar by myself I would probably have got lost as well. 🙂 I used a 50 mm fixed lens, f/1.8.

    • Thank you for all of your comments! Hopefully you’ll get to see the beauty of Istanbul soon.

    • Thanks for dropping by! Istanbul is truly one of the world’s greatest cities, and it never fails. Good luck with your future plan to visit Istanbul!

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Easy Marketing Isn’t Enough. Go Big.

Good Marketing is hard. Easy marketing, which the majority of Indianapolis small businesses do, is doing what everyone else is doing. Looking, saying and showing up just like everyone else. It’s not hard and there are tons of examples. It’s doing the same thing every year. It’s being stagnate.

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Provision of dedicated spaces for dogs forms an integral part how Council manages domestic animal ownership across the community so we are developing a plan to guide the future form and function of our off leash dog parks across the city.

Canterbury-Bankstown has a rapidly growing population and with that pet ownership is likely to increase. We want to make sure that our Off Leash Dog Parks meet the needs and expectations of our community.

An off leash dog park commonly known as a ‘dog park’ is a dedicated public open space designed for dog owners to legally exercise their dogs off leash in a secure, social and responsible environment.

We also recognise that a trip to the dog park provides a healthy outdoor activity with as many benefits for humans as well as our pets.

Exhibition Period

The exhibition period for the Off Leash Dog Park Action Plan is from 18 December to 5pm, Wednesday 15 January 2019.

Have your say

Council is now seeking your feedback to assist with the development of a new dog park strategy. You can have your say by:

  • Completing the online submission below;
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  • In writing to: Mr Matthew Stewart, General Manager, City of Canterbury Bankstown - Attn: Community Engagement, PO Box 8, Bankstown NSW 1885.

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If you would like to discuss this project, please contact the Engagement team on 9707 9602.

Off Leash Dog Park Plan

Thank you for your interest in this exhibition, please lodge your submission below.
How many dogs do you own Required
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Kreischerville Workers’ Houses, 85-87 Kreischer Street

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85-87 Kreischer Street

DATE: 1890

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The Kreischerville Workers’ Houses at 85-87 Kreischer Street, part of a group of four identical double houses, were built around 1890 on a site that was quite near to the Kreischer brick manufacturing works (no longer standing) where the first occupants worked. The structure survives as an element of the company town character that prevailed in Kreischerville, as the village of Androvetteville came to be known during the nineteenth century when the Kreischer brick works was a thriving concern.

The houses were developed by Peter Androvette, a prominent member of a local family, who participated in the nineteenth-century evolution of the hamlet of Androvetteville into the village of Kreischerville. The modest size and lack of ornamental elements of the wood-framed, shingle-clad structure, which has entrances made more private by their side porch location, are characteristic of worker housing of the time, particularly the common semi-detached cottage.

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Red Grapes Wine can ease the stress response to human health

Traditional medicine tells us that wine has refreshing invigorating, medicinal effect. Especially the elderly energy fatigue failure, moderate alcohol consumption can accelerate blood circulation, promote metabolism, enhance digestion and immunity, play a role in longevity. The latest research is that alcohol, especially drinking wine is a very important health effect is to relieve stress.

Within a reasonable drinking of wine can directly play a role in the peripheral nervous system, and central nervous movement work, gives a comfortable, euphoric feeling. The role of the sense of reflection as, before the drinking has begun.

In all kinds of alcoholic beverage, wine color is the most colorful. Show different red wine, garnet red, rose red, ruby red, purple, yellow, yellow, green, yellow, golden, such as different colors, people pleasing. The wine into the corresponding elegant glass, due to the different kinds of wine exudes a mellow, fruity, floral, rose fragrance, musk fragrance. Since then, the drinking of wine, the tongue and the mouth of taste cells are stimulated us in a comfortable, euphoric state. This is a mental state of equilibrium, can quell anxiety of mind, so as to effectively suppress or relieve stress.

Therefore, we strongly recommend that we can properly on a regular basis, but the amount of alcohol, which can be lifted in time of stress, but drinking wine is an ideal way to relieve stress drinking.

More and more research and evidence that “stress” is harmful to the bane of modern human health. But it does not need to worry too much, because the same scientific evidence, the wine can reduce the threat to human health and the lifting of the stress response.

“Stress” is a psychological and physiological terms, is anything that can disrupt the function of the body tensions and disturbances. Physical stress such as cold, heat, noise can cause a variety of human biological response; psychological stress such as frustration, deprivation, conflict can cause psychological defense reaction. In most cases, these two types of stress can exist. Stress can cause a variety of patterns of behavior, one is called Type A behavior pattern, characterized by a lack of patience, with a total sense of time urgency, hard to compete, just think of the hearts of professional and related deadlines. There are reports that such patterns of behavior of people high risk of coronary heart disease. Some studies confirm that stress is the body to produce oxygen free radicals leading to the main reason.

Person’s ability to cope with stress was the heart – the body’s important medical research. A person can successfully control their stress situation, their mental and physical health have a profound impact. Recent studies have found that regularly drinking in moderation, especially long-term moderate wine drinking is an effective way to relieve stress. There are reports that drinking and stress echo can be generated to reduce the formation of catecholamines, which can be released from the stress state. Because stress is the body of oxygen free radicals increase the biggest reason why, through the amount of alcohol to relieve stress and inhibition, which makes maintaining physical and mental health.

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Hello everyone! Have a great day 🙋🏻

Who doesn’t like to see a smiling face as soon as you wake up in the morning? Seeing someone smiling at you at home, office, travel everywhere you go simply lift up your mood. In fact, it is the easiest way to boost your mood, health, longevity, coping up with success, setbacks, and challenges in the life journey.

10 magical facts of smiling :

1.Endorphins: Not just a genuine smile, even if it is not so genuine, a smile can help the release of endorphins which can relieve the body from stress and pain. The natural release of endorphins helps in reducing everyday stress and anxiety. Therefore, keep smiling throughout the day, it will keep you away from stress. It will help you to keep your mood elevated.

2.Social health: We are always attracted to smiling, happy people. It is a part of social health. With genuine smiling, we can build up trust while dealing with people. Building a relationship with trust is long lasting. Smiling helps you get motivated, work harder while performing tasks and increase productivity at work.

3.Open mind: Smiling keeps our mind open, relaxed. Often stress, limits our attention to people, perceptions, thinking. But with smiling, we are open up to a wider perspective, a wider view which helps in multitasking and help in facing the challenges easily.

4.Anti-ageing: Smile lift up your face and makes you look younger. A genuine smile uses all the facial muscles of your face. In fact its a good facial muscle exercise. A good smile helps you release stress, helps your heart to keep you live longer.

5.Heart-friendly: Smiling slow the workload of heart, relaxes your body. Therefore, it helps you to reduce blood pressure (though temporarily) and also keep you away from heart diseases.

6.Boost Immune system: When the body is out of stress, in a happy mood while smiling, the immune system works better, reacts quickly against invaders.

7.Pain killer: Studies have shown that endorphins or happy hormones released while smiling can ease the pain. So that is why endorphins are called natural pain killers. Smiling can help release endorphins from hypothalamus and pituitary quickly.

8.Successful: Studies have shown that people who smile often, appear more confident, approachable, motivated hence are likely to get promoted, successful at work.

9.Infectious: Yes smiling is infectious, not only it lifts our mood but also change other people’s mood around us make it easier and happier in whatever task performed or at home. The facial expression is an unconscious automatic response so when someone sees a smiling face, they smile you in return.

10.Improves relationship: Time and again, it has shown that people always get attracted to a smiling, humorous person. People who smile tend to be more attractive and trustworthy than people with other neural expressions.

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  1. I’ve been told that I need to smile more or that I look too serious. This is a challenge for me because sometimes I feel like I am already smiling. I’m smiling on the inside, but apparently my facial expressions aren’t cooperating or the signals my brain receives that I’m smiling when I’m not. I plan to work on smiling more by training my smile hopefully it doesn’t transcend into “I keep people locked up in my basement” smile. That would be totally contrary to what I want to achieve. Smiling doesn’t only work with your mouth, it is in your body language as well.

  2. Smiling really is magical! One of the things I enjoy the most about my job is that it occasionally requires me to smile and greet people. Some people ignore me, but other times I’ve seen my smile light an answering one. Seeing a smile returned just makes it that much better! 😊

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Reporter uncovers ‘painful mistakes’ in one state’s handling of dentist errors

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Mary Otto, a Washington, D.C.-based freelancer, is AHCJ's topic leader on oral health and the author of "Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America." She can be reached at

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Over five months, Arthur Kane, an investigative reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, immersed himself in the workings of the Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners.

Kane combed through state audits and internal documents and delved into the stories of patients who were left suffering by dentists who were allowed to keep practicing. He weighed troubling allegations raised by a local dental society. In October, he emerged with a six-part series, “Painful Mistakes.” Continue reading

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Tip sheet looks at global longevity challenge

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Liz Seegert (@lseegert), is AHCJ’s topic editor on aging. Her work has appeared in, Journal of Active Aging, Cancer Today, Kaiser Health News, the Connecticut Health I-Team and other outlets. She is a senior fellow at the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at George Washington University and co-produces the HealthCetera podcast.

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What do we mean by healthy longevity and how do we achieve it? That is the focus of the Global Grand Challenge, a multi-million dollar competition to accelerate improvements and innovation in healthy longevity. In a new tip sheet, Janice Lynch Schuster highlights initial efforts by policymakers, practitioners and academics from around the world to come together, share their expertise, and diverse ideas to address their respective aging populations. Continue reading

Expert and author traces history of patient safety movement, suggests stories

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Cheryl Clark (@CherClarHealth) is AHCJ's core topic leader for patient safety, a MedPage Today contributor and investigative journalist. For most of 27 years, she covered medicine and science for the San Diego Union-Tribune. After taking a buyout in 2008, she became senior quality editor for HealthLeaders Media.

Yes, there’s a lot going on these days.

Potential war.

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In 2020, employers’ benefit plans will promote more virtual care and focus on high-cost claims

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Companies that pay for employer-sponsored health insurance are continually seeking ways to cut health care costs and improve the care delivered to employees, their family members and retirees.

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What you need to know about freelancer legislation in 2020

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Carolyn Crist (@cristcarolyn) helps AHCJ’s freelance members find the resources, tips and contacts they need to create and run a successful business. A freelance journalist and author, Crist covers health, medicine and science stories for national news outlets such as Reuters, Runner’s World and Parade. She also writes for trade and custom publications. Contact her at

By now, you’ve likely heard about the independent contractor bills in several states that could derail how freelance writers do business in 2020. In California, for instance, where AB 5 took effect on Jan. 1, freelancers are already being blacklisted from certain publications, losing weekly columns and seeing reduced contract terms. Journalists in New Jersey (S4204/A5936) and New York (S6699A/A8721A) are pushing against similar legislation in their own states.

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Yoga helps breast cancer survivors deal better with pain and fatigue

Yoga helps breast cancer survivors deal better with pain and fatigue
Yoga helps relieve fatigue and pain associated with breast cancer treatment, says the largest study on the subject conducted at Tata Memorial Hospital in Parel.

“There have been numerous studies that have evaluated the impact of yoga on the quality of life of women undergoing treatment for breast cancer.This is the first randomized controlled trial of this magnitude (850 women), which, in addition to testing the impact of yoga on quality of life, is also powered to evaluate the impact of yoga on cure rates,” said lead researcher Dr Nita Nair. The study was presented at the recently concluded American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting.

A special yoga programme, including asanas from hatha yoga and pranayam, was developed for patients of breast cancer, the most common cancer among Indian women today .

Interim results of 605 women have shown that 52% of the women who were started on yoga therapy from the day they were operated on showed an improvement as compared to 42% of those given only conventional exercises. “We found that patients on yoga had better emotional function, pain and fatigue as compared to those who didn’t undergo yoga,” she added. Yoga is a low-risk, low-cost complementary that may improve compliance to therapy as women will suffer fewer systemic side-effects, said Nair.

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“Not always wanting to be weighed but did not shy away. Exercise part has been fantastic alongside the advice. Coach has always appeared to have said in meetings what I needed to hear – always felt it was directed at me. I have been to lots of groups for weight loss and never was it personal to me and never looked at root causes of weight gain until now”

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