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BREAST CANCER

AWARENESS

Saluting the Warriors

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he Breast C a n c e r Awareness Month, marked in countries across the world every October, helps to increase attention and support for the awareness, early detection and treatment as well as palliative care of this disease.

There are about 1.38 million new cases and 458 000 deaths from breast cancer each year (IARC Globocan, 2008). Breast cancer is by far the most common cancer in women worldwide, both in the developed and developing countries. In low- and middleincome countries the incidence has been rising up steadily in the last years due to increase in life expectancy, increase urbanization and adoption of western lifestyles.

Currently there is not sufficient knowledge on the causes of breast cancer, there-

fore, early detection of the disease remains the cornerstone of breast cancer control. When breast cancer is detected early, and if adequate diagnosis and treatment are available, there is a good chance that breast cancer can be cured. If detected late, however, curative treatment is often no longer an option. In such cases, palliative care to relief the suffering of patients and their families is needed.

The majority of deaths (269 000) occur in low- and middle-income countries,

A section of those who attended the annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

where most women with breast cancer are diagnosed in late stages due mainly to lack of awareness on early detection and barriers to health services. A situation that can be reverted if adequate public health programmes are put in place.

The World Health Organisation promotes comprehensive breast cancer control programmes as part of national cancer control plans.

The recommended early detection strategies for low- and middle-income countries are awareness of early signs and symptoms and screening by clinical breast

examination in demonstration areas.

Mammography screening is very costly and is feasible only in countries with good health infrastructure that can afford a long-term programme.

In Guyana, a lot of headway has been made in the fight to raise awareness to breast cancer as well as other cancers.

During the month of October a plethora of activities are held to raise awareness as well as screen for new cases.

However, there are no specific statistics as it relates to breast cancer in Guyana.

Launching of GTT’s Pinktober activity which aims to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer treatment as well as honour breast cancer survivors

FLASHBACK: 2017’s Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

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Feature

“Don’t be ashamed because you did not give yourself cancer”

By Lakhram Bhagirat

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eople choose not to share their experiences for a number of reasons and one of the major ones is to escape society’s judgment.

The feeling of being judged is too much for some people to deal with and it quite often deprives some people of the help they really need. Not everyone is willing to share that they are suffering from a disease so deadly that it requires a great deal of courage to beat, and even that is not guaranteed.

However, Christine Jardim is of the belief that we should embrace what is going on in our lives and share our experiences in order to help and get the help we need to deal with those issues.

Jardim was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago and says that she finds talking about what she is going through has helped her to encourage as well as help those in similar situations.

“Don’t be ashamed of it; you didn’t bring it on yourself. Don’t be afraid to talk to people. Reach out to people to help you. You need to do that.

It is good to share it because in sharing we get help, because there is always somebody going through it and by sharing they would tell you how not to treat your body and stuff like that,” she advised.

The 47-year-old mother of two discovered a lump in her right breast in 2013, and immediately became aware that something may be wrong. She would usually check herself and never found anything so it sparked her curiosity and that led her to the Woodlands Hospital. She was examined and a lump was discovered after which she was referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital for a biopsy.

The sample was sent overseas to be analysed and it came back with a ‘nothing to worry about’ letter.

“They said that I could take out the lump and the doctor took out the lump at Woodlands. Two years after, I felt another lump in the same right side and I decided to go to Trinidad and when I went to Trinidad, they did everything there and took out the lump and there it was, it was stage two cancer.”

She had her procedure done at the West Shore Medical Private Hospital in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and her right breast was removed along with the lymph nodes off the right arm. She then began receiving chemotherapy right at the Hospital.

Jardim completed eight rounds of chemo along with 16 sessions of radiation, and has been cancer-free for almost three years. She remembers travelling back and forth between Trinidad and Guyana so that she could receive her treatment. She remembers being scared and feeling all alone even when her family and friends were right there holding her hands. She remembers how much she needed her family’s and friends’ support to get through session after session of chemotherapy and radiation.

Her extended family has a history of breast cancer, but she never thought that she would have been the next victim.

“I would cry and so, because after I started my chemo, one day I noticed that my hair was falling off and then my eyelashes and the hair went. It is hard to adjust to a change like that, because one day you are okay and the next day everything is haywire. I would get depressed and I would stay like that and cry, because you know when you take chemo, you would get bad feelings and you want to throw up with the medication,” Jardim explained.

She said throughout it all her family has been her rock and her daughter was there every step of the way.

Jardim said that a support network for someone battling cancer was integral, and that was why she would encourage persons to speak about their experiences because of the mere fact that your experiences could help someone who is just as scared as you

were.

Cancer has changed the way Jardim looks at life now.

She is much more conscious of the decisions she makes

as well as what she puts into her body. Exercise is integral so is ensuring that the right amount and type of food is eaten.

Now she basks in helping her family and those less fortunate as well as sharing every little thing she did during her battle.

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he strength of a thousand soldiers is not even close to the amount of strength and courage it requires to fight a disease so deadly that it is among the top five killers in the world. The strength of a thousand soldiers is not comparable to the strength it requires to watch that disease ravage your family, taking two loved ones. The strength of a thousand sol-

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“Cancer runs in the family, but we are fighters”

diers is insignificant when compared to the strength that is required to beat cancer.

Rosaline Clarke is a strong woman, a fighter, and a survivor. She lives to tell the tale of how she kicked cancer’s proverbial backside and is now an inspiration to many out there.

She advocates for early checkups and ensuring that you do not wait too long before you visit the doctor’s office for your examination.

The 59-year-old mother of three comes from a family with a history of cancer. In order to understand how strong the family is we would have to go back a bit in time and get to know younger Rosaline. She grew up in a big family that valued and respected everyone regardless of background.

She called Princes Street, Georgetown home along with her five brothers and four sisters. Their father was employed with the then Works Ministry while their mother took care of the family. Clarke did not grow up in the most ideal of circumstances, but their family was always contented with whatever little they had.

As a child, Clarke and her siblings would rummage through an incinerator after the Food Inspectors would have dumped expired goods seized from the shop owners.

They were especially happy when they found corned beef and it would make a delicious meal. Potatoes were also a staple, and checking at the incinerator was a way of life for many families at that time.

She attended St Stephen’s School and remembers coming home for lunch and then having to walk all the way to Kingston, Georgetown to deliver lunch for her father and then back to school.

“Sometimes, when you

go home, it don’t have anything to eat and you would get a handful of biscuits and some water and a spoon of sugar and you would add lil’ essence and be contented. We were contented with whatever we had and never envied anybody,” she tells me.

So now that we know Clarke was a fighter since her small days, let us see how she would have continued fighting all the way into adulthood.

She got married at 19 years of age and had three children, but would go on to divorce her husband after a decade of marriage. She then remarried Brentnol Langford and their union lasted for 28 years until he died in May 2018.

Clarke vividly remembers the events that led to her diagnosis. She explained that she was visiting her sister in New York when she began experiencing a sharp pain in her breast.

“It was in 2016 and you know Guyanese, how they does be when they go to the US, they does carry everything for everybody and I thought it was because of how heavy my suitcase was, but the pain did not go away. I spoke to my sister and she encouraged me [to get checked out],” she said.

Clarke explained that she had lost a brother and a sister to cancer and she has three other siblings who were cancer survivors. The sister who she was visiting was also a breast cancer survivor.

“She was the one who en-

couraged me to be checked out and told me to be strong and I watched at her: how she was going through her chemo and radiation and it was not easy to watch her and it was not an easy thing to see the other two pass away.”

Her sister insisted that she got checked out when she returned to Guyana and when she landed in September 2016, one of the first things Clarke did was to visit the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) and have an examination done.

The GRPA’s doctor examined her and referred her to a private institution for some additional tests which confirmed that she had a potentially cancerous tumour in her breast.

She immediately checked herself into another institution to have the tumour removed; a lab analysis confirmed that the tumour was cancerous and the doctors there wanted to perform surgery immediately. However, Clarke wanted a second opinion, so she went to the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Oncology Department, where they ran a series of tests and laid out her options.

“They sat my husband and I down and asked him if he wanted one breast less or to lose his wife and I immediately told them to take off the breast since it was in its early stages. I did my mastectomy on November 21, 2016.”

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Rosaline Clarke

covered early, Clarke was given the option of using a pill called Letrozole instead of having to endure chemotherapy and radiation.

Letrozole is an oral, anti-estrogen drug that is used for treating postmenopausal women with breast cancer.

She has to use the pill for five years and is currently in her second year and says she feels optimistic.

“Being a Christian helped give me strength and I work at the Open Bible Day Care and being among the small children gives you a lot of inspiration and when you go in the morning and you hug them and kiss them, you forget all about your condition, because they are so loving and you have no time to worry.

It gives me the strength not to think about cancer,” she said.

Clarke keeps herself active and ensures that she lives every day to its fullest.

She thanked her family for their unconditional support and love, because it is they who gave, and still give, her the courage to fight with the strength of more than a thousand soldiers.

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By Lakhram Bhagirat

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ancer is one of the most feared illnesses throughout the world and the fact that there is no cure in sight compounds that fear even more. For Janalyn Fraser, she was paralysed with fear when she was diagnosed with breast cancer almost two years ago.

“When they first told me that I had cancer, I felt my world collapsing and I didn’t know what was happening after, but I placed everything in God’s hands and I have been guided and is still being guided,” she said.

Fraser said following her diagnosis, her life immediately changed and she began thinking about all the ramifications. She remembers feeling as though someone had plunged a dagger through her body repeatedly, knocking all the air out of her lungs.

“I was so speechless and it was a good thing that I had a friend there to comfort me and make sure that I got home safely and I started to plan my life and look at the treatment options,” Fraser said.

The 56-year-old mother of four grew up in New Amsterdam, Berbice in Region Six (East BerbiceCorentyne). She remembers her childhood as one she thoroughly enjoyed. It was filled with fun, and she enjoyed having Sunday lunch with her family and her days as a tomboy running around the village.

As she grew up, responsibilities

took over and she remembers working in a garment factory in New Amsterdam and then moving to Georgetown when she got married.

While in Georgetown, she worked with another garment factory and then at National Hardware for some 18 years. The last four years of her working life was spent at the Footsteps Mega Mall.

Going back to Fraser’s diagnosis, she said that it was actually a girlfriend who inspired her to go get checked out. She remembers vividly it was during the month of October in 2016 when she finally decided to go and have herself checked out. She went to the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) and was initially told that there was nothing to worry about.

“I went to GRPA and they checked me; I ‘ginched’ a little and he (the examiner) asked me what happened and I said I feel a slight pain when I ‘ginched’ and he said it is okay. I came home because he didn’t feel any lump and two days after I said, ‘let me check to see what the guy was feeling’ and when I checked, I felt the lump and I called them back. When I explained to him and I went and he rechecked me, and he said that he is sorry and he sent me to do an ultrasound at Woodlands Hospital and I was diagnosed then and there.”

She was told that she had a malignant tumour in her left breast.

When it was discovered, the cancerous tumour was already in the second stage. Fraser immediately started chemotherapy at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Oncology Department. She would eventually undergo eight sessions of chemo and explained that it was a difficult period.

Her hair fell out and she felt weak during her sessions. Her mo-

bility was limited after she would have completed her chemotherapy sessions.

“Only the day of the chemo I felt weak and so and after that I was okay. My tongue was black, my nails were black and face was black... [but] I never vomit or sick during the period. I lost all my hair,” Fraser explained.

She had a mastectomy on

December 12, 2017, and her entire left breast was removed along with the lymph node. Recovering from her surgery was a journey that brought her closer to family and God. She is now adjusting to life without her left breast.

“I did a CT Scan about three weeks ago and it showed that I have a simple cyst on my kidney and the other organs are clear and I have to go for radiation. I am waiting for funding to do the radiation. I have to accumulate some money to do the radiation which I am hoping to get that done for next month.”

She said that because of her unemployment, funding for her treatment is now an issue. The radiation session is $460,000, but the Government usually contributes $200,000 and the patient is required to pay the remainder.

“I have to wait, because I don’t have the funds. I do not work and I have one of my sons here and he has been assisting with the house and my treatment. I started asking a few friends for some help and I am waiting on their word now,” she said.

Now she spends her time worrying about the money for her radiation therapy as she is battling the deadly illness.

“I have trust in God and he will show me a way to getting better. I am a believer and I will overcome all of this when the time is right.”

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Tourism

The first sight of the yellow orange stage of sunrise, daybreak at Parika Stelling

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uyana is defined by its dense rainforest as well as its diversity. The name Guyana translates to “Land of Many Waters� but Guyanese often take the beauty of our rivers, lakes and creeks for granted. Water has a strange way of calming the mind and with so much water around us we should learn to appreciate the beauty of it as well as the power.

So let us explore some of the waterways along the coast line since the majestic creeks and waterfalls in the interior/remote locations are more promoted because of their tourism capabilities.

(Photos by Subhash Haimraj)

Saxacali Beach, Essequibo River

Transportation from Canal #2 to Canal #1, West Bank Demerara

A section of the beach at Leguan Island in the Essequibo River

Capoey Lake, Essequibo

The dock at Parka overlooking the mighty Essequibo

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he Sanatan Vaidic Dharma Pandits’ Sabha Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) last Sunday embarked on its second “boat cruise satsangh” which saw hundreds of individuals taking part in the numerous spiritual and cultural festivities.

The event, which materialised in collaboration with the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), the Hare Krishna Movement, the Nirvana Humanitarian Society and generous sponsors featured discourses from prominent speakers and cultural performances with many from as far as Berbice, Bartica and other sections of Guyana’s coast.

Chants and singing were accompanied by henna designing, face painting and a vegetarian food bar which covered a wide variety of dishes, beverages, sweet meats and fruits.

Whilst venturing through the Essequibo River through the islands of Leguan and Wakenaam, many were engrossed in religious hymns and addresses after which the vessel was docked at the Supenaam Ferry Stelling, where the

inhabitants of nearby communities stepped out on the harbor to welcome the ferry.

Those who were interested in the sceneries along the banks of the river proceeded to the upper deck where the Hare Krishna Movement chanted for most of the journey.

After one hour into the windy midday atmosphere, the vessel resumed its route back to Parika for a threehour journey, cruising through the calm Essequibo waters. Cultural performances of dances, skits and musical renditions were performed by local artistes along with appearances by television personality, Joel Ghansham and other accompanying entertainers. The Dymanic Tassa Troupe also took the stage to perform to the crowd’s amusement.

With the sunset yet to descend, the ferry arrived at its destined port where many good reviews could be heard as persons exited and of course, with expectations that the initiative will continue in the coming years. The organisation posited that this idea was taken up to create diversity in the way the scriptures are being delivered to capture the

attention of all and as well as to preserve Hinduism. All proceeds will also be used to fund other activities at the Sabha.

The entity is also seeking to create a centre where studies can be pursued and is seeking assistance from the business community.

They are currently in search of land as the first step towards this realization.

Chanting

Part of the cultural programme

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Literary Corner

Dear lover, these buzzing fluorescence have you looking a little pale, just a little washed out And all this antiseptic is far from complimenting that perfume This linoleum will make your most stylish pair of pumps look cheap.

Preserving our literary heritage

Sweetheart, you look, tired I’ll never understand how it is that you don’t see it How terribly beautiful you are I mean, look in the mirror I’m in all the dark spots The hallowed slopes in your eyes in beneath them Your color it’s just so delicious.

Just listen, the sound of my voice to these sweet nothings I would love your everything Every multi colored malignancy Raw, and Heaving.

Breathe with me, bleed out with me and we will waste away together Hush now, I’ll hold you through these tremors It’s just the way that we dance baby!

Listen, to the music, this mutations, so orchestral It’s spreading so symphonic.

Split cells 2 by 2 by 4 by 4 Watch our love swell.

Lover, why do you want me dead?

I will show you heaven baby.

Give you the stars and the sun those are sunspots on your lungs.

You can’t just tie a ribbon around me and cough me up.

Really now?

Did you think I’d go that easy?

That I’d ever think to up and leave you.

Rest darling Lay down.

You know how I love to lazy river through your shattered glass veins Your heart is just as big as they all said it was, but not as strong.

All of that veined pride, pumping.

I know that poker-face all too well.

You will love me!

I gave you my sun, love me.

Deadly I’ll make you an angel, love me I’ll make you feel radiance.

You will meet me there In 9 months or 6 months or 3 They try to time-stamp our love, Expiration date us, but take your time.

I’ll wait for you, quiet and patient Until you wake on night with a stitch in your side or wasp in your brain And you will know, I’ve come back for you.

I will always come back for you Darling we will look so beautiful, laid out with all the wilting lilies They will weep for everything that you were And everything that you can never be without me Lover, it is my understanding that you want me dead Fine, die with me!

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fter exploring a part of Guyana’s heartland via Stan Brock (‘Jungle Cowboy’) and Gerald Durrell (‘Three Singles to Adventure’) a few other books and their authors vied for a mention in my column. I was unable to get my hands on ‘Ninetytwo Day’ by Evelyn Waugh (an account of his travels in Guyana and Brazil) and I had already written about ‘Zoo Quest to Guiana’

by David Attenborough (his three months spent in Guyana filming and collecting animals), so I focused on Charles Waterton of Walton Hall, Guyana and of Walton Hall, England, who wrote ‘Wanderings in South America’.

I focused on Waterton mainly of two quotations; one on the man and the other about his book. Theodore Roosevelt, naturalist and conservationist, said that ‘Wanderings in South America’ is ‘the beginning of literature wherein field naturalists who were also men of letters, have described for us the magic and interest, the terror and the beauty of the far-off wilds, where nature gives peace to bold souls and inspires terror in the mind’. Gerald Durrell writing the foreword to Julia Blackburn’s book ‘Charles Waterton, 1782-1865, Traveller and Conservationist’, said Waterton ‘was a man who did no harm to the world he lived in but enhanced it by his presence and his care of it. Would that we could all have similar epitaph’.

After surviving numerous life-threatening encounters during his wanderings in British Guiana and other

parts of the world, Charles Waterton died in his own backyard, stumbling on the flora (a briar-root) he nurtured to serve as sanctuary for the fauna he revived and sustained in his park, the world’s first wildfowl and nature reserve, at Walton Hall, Yorkshire, England.

Waterton was interned on his birth anniversary, June 3, some 83 years after he was born; his coffin on its floating briar was towed on the lake surrounding Walton Hall accompanied by boats draped in black cloth. He left detailed instruction for an elaborate funeral. Yet he disapproved of mourning and wearing of black. He died at twentyseven minutes past two on the morning of May twentyseventh, 1865.

His life was replete with curious incidents; some commentators went as far as labelling Waterton ‘a curiosity’ having done a few things different to the norm like sporting a crew-cut instead of a full head of hair and healing himself by bloodletting. But he was catholic in nature and Catholic by religion, praying daily in the wee hours of the morning, sleeping on bare floor with a block of wood for pillow.

He was well-read, saturating his mind with classical literature like Horace, Virgil, Ovid, but his bible was Cervantes’ Don Quixote which he read almost every day of his life, sometimes, reading by the light of a multitude of fireflies in the jungle of British Guiana. His life and work fitted aptly to a line from Don Quixote: ‘He is mad in patches, full of lucid intervals’.

He invented the bird

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nesting box and created the world’s first wildfowl and nature reserve accommodating 17, 000 visitor in a year.

He was credited with taking the anaesthetic agent curare to Europe and taking “taxidermy from a sorry handicraft to an art” – his creations were ‘perfect and extraordinary lifelike’, taking back to England after his third trip to Guiana ‘two hundred and thirty birds, two land tortoises, five armadillos, two large serpents, a sloth and antbear, and a cayman’. He was an early opponent to pollution, successfully fighting for the removal of the soap factories around his estate that emitted poisonous chemicals which damaged the trees and waterways.

Charles Waterton was the Squire of Walton Hall, Yorkshire, and manager to Walton Hall, Essequibo, British Guiana. He first came to British Guiana in 1804 to manage his uncle’s estates, Friendship and La Jealousy, on the West Coast of Demerara, at a time when yellow fever was wrecking havoc with the population, coffins were a constant flow out of the city of Georgetown.

Between 1812 and 1824, he made four forays into the jungle of Guiana; the best days of his life ‘where a man would lose his senses, and forget the world’ and enjoy the silence and solitude of the forest.

There are many reasons for his expedition into the jungles of Guiana. One, he was a changed man, a more humane man, after dealing with the slaves on the plantations. So much so that he said one had to have

had a heart of stone to defend slavery. He taught the most important science of the day, taxidermy, to John Edmonstone, a freed African who went to England and in turn imparted the art to Charles Darwin. And the other reason for exploring the virgin forest of Guiana was bound up in the fact that an acquaintance, Sir Joseph Banks, encouraged Waterton to bring back samples of curare in order to experiment with the substance as a curative agent for certain aliments.

Waterton was born at Walton Hall, West Yorkshire, England, on June 3, 1782. At an early age he was attracted to nature, this interest was encouraged at Stonyhurst College.

His first foreign trip, to Malaga, like many subsequent voyages was not smooth sailing; he escaped the black plague slightly wounded.

His ailment triggered his sojourn to warmer climes in British Guiana.

His adventures were captured in an immensely popular book, ‘Wanderings in South America’, published 1826. It was translated into French, Dutch and Spanish and endorsed by Dickens, Darwin and Roosevelt. It would be useful to know that ‘Wanderings in South America’ was not meant to be a text-book but as Waterton declared that he only ‘penned down a few words’ to encourage naturalists to explore.

After his wanderings, he settled at Walton Hall, England, and married Anne Edmonstone at whose christening he was present on the Mibiri Creek, Demerara River, British Guiana. The union produced one son, Edmund, who was opposite in nature to his father and at whose feet lay the blame for lost of a great deal of information on Charles Waterton.

WHAT’S HAPPENING: New Arrivals: Monsoon on the Fingers of God (poetry) by Sasenarine Persaud; Red Hibiscus (novel) by Scott Ting-A-Kee; Aftermath of Empire: The Novels of Roy A. K. Heath (literary criticism) by Ameena Gafoor.

Responses to this author telephone (592) 226-0065 or email: oraltradition2002@ yahoo.com

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Home & Cooking

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hether you rent, recently moved into your first home, or just have a limited budget, highend furnishings, and home accessories can be out of reach for many, especially if you are just starting out. But that doesn't mean your first place has to look like a dorm room.

There are several tips and tricks you can use to give your starter home or apartment more grown-u polish. Luckily, it is more about know-how than cash when it comes to adding some sophistication to your space!

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Decorate and Fill Spaces with Plants It's amazingly simple, but true. Just adding a living plant or two to will make any room feel more finished and home-y. Put a lowmaintenance plant such as a succulent, cactus or philodendron on a side table or nightstand and you'll give the impression you have your act together.

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Remove from the oven and stir in dill. Serve warm. * You may need to adjust the amount of salt. Some steak seasonings are very salty while others are salt free.

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1 ½ lb beef, cut into small cubes 1 tsp salt ½ tsp black pepper ½ tsp oil 1 white onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, crushed 2 tsp tomato paste 2 carrots cut into pieces 4 cups beef broth 4 cups water ½ tsp oregano 1 bay leaf ½ cup barley

Trays not only keep your clutter under control, they give a polished look to surfaces such as a coffee table. Fill a decorative tray with a short stack of hardback books, a box for your remote controls, a set of coasters and a pretty object or two for a grown-up, lived-in look.

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Add onions, garlic, carrots and tomato paste and cook for 2-3 minutes until the onion softens.

Add beef broth, water, oregano, bay leaf and barley.

Bring to a boil and turn the heat down to simmer.

Cook until the beef is tender, about 1 ½ to 2 hours. Add extra salt as needed and garnish with chopped parsley.

Matching Glasses and Coffee Mugs Mismatched glasses and coffee mugs can have a kitschy-cool effect if they're collected and displayed intentionally. On the other hand, mugs with different logos on them and a hodgepodge of glass and plastic drinking glasses collected over time just looks messy.

Frame Your Art It’s really no longer acceptable to hang unframed prints or posters on the wall with tape. You can, however, use unconventional methods for hanging art, such as on a grid of clipboards for a modern take on a gallery wall, or with wooden pants hangers for a vintageindustrial look.

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121 "The Bathers" painter Young Cratchit 123 Toughened Foot, in zoology 125 District Mountain lakes

126 Fridge stick Indy 500 month

127 Speech openers Prudential rival

128 Jotting down Was melodramatic

129 Viking name Eggs on

130 Applied henna Spending limit

131 Flammable gas Win over

132 Bribe, informally Golden Fleece princess 133 "-- Dinah" Like hushpuppies

Boa or python DOWN None at all

1 Breathe hard Courtroom bargain 2 "Nah!" Gives a big smile

3 Actress -- Anderson Secretive

4 Spandex fiber Bedroom slipper

5 Narrow down Sullivan and Asner

6 Sees eye to eye Friars' rooms

7 Hoodlums, slangily Kind of lettuce

8 Has a late meal Bridge guru

9 Sporty truck Axes 10 Filched

46 31-day mo.

11 Surgical tools

47 Kiosk buy, slangily

12 It merged with BP 49 Withdraw 13 Canvasback

50 Big black dogs, for short 14 Genre

51 Crux

15 Wolfman Jack

52 A thousand G's

16 Top story

54 Disdainful sniff

17 Darted about

55 Known by few

18 Nerve network

56 Craven or Unseld

19 Rara avis

59 Fleetwood - 20 Strong, as venison 60 Small lenses

30 Hyper sort (2 wds.)

61 "You mignt have a --!"

32 Med. staffers

63 Quieted

34 U of U.N. fame

64 Fender nicks

36 Comes unglued

65 Back muscle 37 Barking

67 Explains further

38 Fermented soy cake 68 West Indies native

39 Shoe-lover Marcosmates Recoil 40 Unassuming 70 Written reminder

42 Crops, as a picture 72 Decent grade

43 -- arts

73 Falcon

45 Job security

Boarded up

74 She's a Dahl

75 Reception

76 Where Asia begins

77 Like pottery 78 Navigator's dir.

79 Thick wools

80 Grand total

81 Festive night

82 Bathysphere explorer 83 Airport closer

85 Cappuccino flavor

86 Lama's melody

87 Cause a blister

90 Medieval tales

91 Lairds' households

92 Crocodile Dundee and 94

95 Blacken

96 Hydrogen-atom lack

98 Out of one's mind

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Explorer -- de Leon 101 Make shorter Cochise or Geronimo 103 Passionate Cowboy meets

104 College elective Mulled quaffs

105 Peps up Bleaches

108 Lofty abode Dads and brothers 109 Rigel's constellation Five, in Quito

110 Anagram of afire Man of the cloth 111 Bewildered Burrito kin

112 Clump of dirt Like some kisses 113 Bank on Stockholm carrier 114 Ess molding Bard's prince

115 Mr. Dithers' wife Muralist -- Rivera 116 Relative of a zither Guys and fellows 117 Split Handle with ease 118 Camelot lady Beauty pack

119 Hockey feint Entered data

122 Ultimate degree Reduce to mush 124 Hide -- hair Turn back the clock Kind of sandwich Saudi king See Solution on Pg 14

KATHLEEN SAXE

WORD GAME TODAY'S WORD -- DALLIES (DALLIES: DAL-eez: Wastes time.)

Average mark 31 words Time limit 40 minutes Can you find 39 or more words in DALLIES?

dais dale deal deli dell dial diel dill aide ailed

aisle allied allies aside lade ladies ladle laid lase lead

lied lisle idea ideal idle ides isle said sail sale

sallied seal sell side sidle sill sled slid slide

RULES OF THE GAME: 1. Words must be of four or more letters. 2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed. 3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible. 4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.

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oogle Translate’s iPhone app now includes several regional options for speech input and output. This means that someone using the app to speak English, for example, isn’t stuck listening to someone in Standard American English.

As spotted by All Things How, these new regional speech inputs and outputs for Google Translate now include US, UK, Australia, and India for English; Bangladesh and India for Bengali; France and Canada for French; and Mexico and Spain for Spanish. Having the app recognize and speak in these regional pronunciations could prove to be incredibly helpful for travel-

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ers trying to be understood as not all lan-guages are spoken the same in various parts of the world.

Google Translate is a free download from the Apple

App Store. It currently supports 103 languages by typing, and it can translate bilingual conversations on the fly in 37 languages. (The Verge)

elfie deaths are becoming a problem, according to researchers.

A study published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care calls for the declaration of "No Selfie Zones" in dangerous areas such as mountain tops, tall buildings and water bodies in order to decrease deaths.

India-based researchers found that 259 people worldwide died from accidents that occurred while try-ing to take a cool selfie in 137 incidents from October 2011 to November 2017.

The average age of the deceased was roughly 23 years old, and over 70 percent were males.

Most of the selfie deaths occurred in accidents related to drowning, fires, vehicles and falls, according to the report. Drowning was the most common cause of death, such as when someone got washed away by waves on a beach or when a boat capsized while the person tried to take a selfie. Some peo-ple also died taking

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MD Global, the company that releases Nokia smartphones, announced its new flagship product on Thursday, the Nokia 7.1, and along with it, two new accessories: True Wireless earbuds and the Nokia Pro Wireless Earphones.

The Nokia True Wireless Earbuds provide up to 3.5 hours of use time, are waterproof, and come with a case that can charge the earbuds up to three times (for a total of 16 hours of play time). The Pro Wire-less earbuds are connected to a neckband, have up to 10 hours of use, and have a built-in vibration to alert people when a call is coming in. Both accessories can be used to take calls without your phone.

Nokia is the latest brand to hop on wireless headphones, following in the steps of other companies like Apple, Google, and Samsung. Even Huawei announced its own true wireless FreeBuds earlier this year — that look a lot like Apple’s AirPods. (The Verge)

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G’s new V40 ThinQ smartphone has just been announced... again. The company previously confirmed that the V40 — let’s just ignore the ThinQ part starting now — would have three rear cameras and a 6.4-inch display. Today the full list of features is official, and the end result is LG’s best attempt to compete against the Galaxy Note 9 and iPhone XS Max. Big OLED screen?

Check. Powerful specs? Yep. The V40 also retains LG’s signature hi-fi Quad DAC and brings over the “boombox” speaker that debuted with the G7 earlier this year.

But like its top-end rivals, the V40 has a very premium price and will range between $900 and $980 from

US carriers when it’s released on October 18th in black or blue col-or options.

The 6.4-inch, notched OLED panel doesn’t have the same “super bright” mode you can find on the G7, with brightness topping out between 500 and 600 nits. But LG says the phone is noticeably lighter — more than an ounce — than both the Note and XS Max. With the move to three sensors, LG is also introducing two additional software features that take advantage of this system. A new “triple preview” feature will show you a live preview from all three cameras simultaneously, letting you quickly pick the right one for the shot you’re trying to get without having

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selfies in front of moving trains. Other deaths involved animals, electrocution and guns.

The highest number of reported selfie deaths happened in India, followed by Russia, the US and Paki-stan. Most of the deaths in the US were due to firearms, according to the study.

The massive use of cellphones and the "desire of 'being cool,' posting photos on social media, and get-ting rewards in forms of likes and comments" are causing more selfie deaths, according to the re-searchers. They recommended declaring "No Selfie Zone" because "selfies take a toll on a large num-ber of adolescents" and noted that some countries already post signs warning against selfies in dangerous areas.

The study was based on English-language news reports, the researchers notes, therefore reports in local language would have been missed and more selfie-death cases could have occurred. (CNET)

hough Google hasn't officially announced the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, a torrential flood of leaks -- like, so many leaks that we're starting to wonder if they were intentional -- has provided a remarkably vivid picture of what we can expect.

Russian bloggers spilled a whole lot of beans in a fullfledged multimedia showcase posted earlier this year. And then a prototype Pixel 3 XL found in the backseat of a Lyft filled in even more details. If even half of the rumors are true, Google will be hard-pressed to conjure much surprise at the phone's offi-cial introduction.

But Google may have some revelations in store. The latest version of its Android operating system, known as Android Pie, has compelling new features -- such as multiplayer AR and enhancements to its already-superior voice assistant -- that will likely be integrated in the Pixel 3.

(Apple has showed off its own multiplayer AR at the iPhone XS launch and brought Siri a much-needed makeover with iOS 12.) And the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL may be more different from one another than in previous years -- chiefly due to the iPhone-like notched design that Google is rumored to have given the larger model. (CNET)

to switch between them. And “triple shot” captures all three angles with a single press of the shutter button; it saves a GIF of the transition between them and also saves each individual shot. So I guess if you’re very indecisive about which camera is best at a given moment, this might give you more flexibility for editing later on.

Like the G7, the V40 has the same ThinQ AI camera features for automatically adjusting saturation and other settings — now including shutter speed — based on what’s in the camera’s frame, and it offers built-in Google Lens functionality.

(And yes, there’s still a dedicated Google Assistant hardware button on the phone.) (The Verge)

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he lack of a film family background and zero links with Bollywood didn’t stand in the way of Anushka Sharma’s stardom.

And 10 years after her debut, she feels a lot of “contentment and gratitude” for everything that she has got.

“I’m thankful for the films that I’ve been able to do, for the opportunities that I’ve been given and the love that I’ve received,” says the actor, who entered cinema with a bang — in a lead role opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008).

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n ex-girlfriend accused Nicolas Cage of abusing her, but the “Face/Off” star has vehemently denied the allegations.

Documents obtained

by The Blast reveal that a woman named Vickie Park accused Cage, 54, of abusing her at the Slash Film Festival in Vienna on Sept.

20. In her filing, Park alleged that Cage was “severely intoxicated” at the time of the incident.

Park, who claims she has been in an on-again-offagain relationship with the actor since June 2017, filed for a temporary restraining order against not Cage, but his estranged wife, Alice Kim. Park said in her filing that Kim has been stalking

nepotism, which heats up every time a star kid makes his or her Bollywood debut, Anushka, the outsider who hit the big league, has said little or nothing.

Her name, however, usually crops up in such a debate, alongside that of other outsiders-turned-stars such as Deepika Padukone, Sidharth Malhotra, and Rajkummar Rao, as examples of how the family name isn’t everything.

On this, Anushka says, “I’m definitely taking a break from this question, because I think this has been debated way too much. I think if

and harassing her on social media and says she’s scared to leave her home as a result.

A judge denied granting the protective order until a hearing set for later this month, The Blast reported.

However, a rep for Cage and Kim vehemently denied the accusations, telling The Blast in a statement, “Nicolas and Alice Cage categorically deny the absurd allegations listed in the filing of a temporary restraining order against Alice Cage, which was denied by the court.”

Cage and Kim wed in 2004 and are parents to son Kal-El Coppola Cage, 13.

They separated in January 2016 but have yet to divorce.

(Page Six)

there were more important debates around what actually happens in this country, then maybe we could have [become] much better, but that’s not happening.

Everybody is debating nepotism. I have nothing else to add to it.”

However, she does add something. “There are always pros and cons in everything and every situation you are in,” says Anushka. “Yes, there’s a lot of hype around star kids, while we, coming from the outside, are the underdogs. We don’t have, I’d say, that much pressure to

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my Schumer talks the talk and walks the walk when it comes to denouncing Brett Kavanaugh -- 'cause she got arrested in D.C. with a bunch of other people protesting the imminent vote on his confirmation.

Amy and other protesters were shepherded by D.C. police Thursday inside the Senate office building on Capitol Hill, where an officer asked if she wanted to be arrested. Amy didn't hesitate ... she said yes while holding a "We Believe Anita Hill" sign.

She also had a green shirt on that seemed like it might be a play on Melania Trump's tone-deaf "I Really Don't Care" jacket. Amy

perform well. Yes, the opportunities might be more for them, but at the same time, there are pros and cons to everyone’s lives.”

Anushka has worked with industry kid Varun Dhawan — he’s the son of veteran Hindi filmmaker David Dhawan — in her latest release. She sums up the whole nepotism debate by saying, “When I’m working with a star kid or non-star kid, I’m not thinking that the other person is working any less. Also, I feel you can’t blame actors for [nepotism].

You can, maybe, blame the

people who are responsible for nepotism, but you can’t blame actors or star kids for it. At the end of the day, all that people want is the acknowledgement that yes, there’s a sense [that nepotism exists], but I think beyond that it’s just a useless conversation.”

With films such as Band Baaja Baaraat (2010), PK (2014), NH10 (2015), Sultan (2016), and Pari, Anushka’s filmography boasts a spectrum of roles. Asked how she has evolved over her decadelong career as an artist and also a producer, she shares,

was later seen in a lineup against a wall, where she and others, including Emily Ratajkowski, were being detained. We don't know yet what she's been arrested for ... possibly disturbing the peace or trespassing.

The mass protests in D.C. are in reaction to the FBI concluding its investigation, launched after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified last week about her sexual misconduct allegation against Kavanaugh. It appears what the FBI came back with hasn't swayed the vote of key Senators -- which means Kavanaugh is likely to be confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Millions are angry, and you can count Amy as one them. (TMZ)

ennifer Garner wants to start next year as an officially single woman.

The “Peppermint” star filed to move her divorce from Ben Affleck from the courts to a private judge in hopes of expediting the split, TMZ reported.

Garner, 46, reportedly wanted to wait until her estranged Oscar-winning husband was sober before finalizing their divorce. Affleck, 46, recently completed a rehab stint for alcoholism at the luxurious The Canyon at Peace Park in Malibu, Calif., after an intervention from Garner in late August.

Affleck first went to re-

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“It’s important to grow as a person and an actor. It’s important to reinvent yourself with each film. We’re very lucky that we’re working in this day and age where we get accepted in even films like October and Pari, and also films like Judwaa 2 and Sultan, which are typically commercial. We’re fortunate that we can strike that balance and that’s what we strive to do as actors, because it’s important to reinvent and make yourself interesting with each film. Or you’d become a very boring person.” (Hindustan Times)

hab in 2001 and went again in 2017, which he revealed shortly after he was spotted with a detox nurse. Garner’s filing comes as Affleck was spotted with his 22-year-old Playboy model girlfriend, Shauna Sexton, at his home on Wednesday morning.

Later that day, Affleck was spotted at a business meeting with Warner Bros., possibly to discuss reprising his role as Batman, followed by a recovery meeting.

A rep for Garner did not return a request for comment on the divorce proceedings. A rep for Affleck declined to comment. (Page Six)

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any celebrity kids, such as, Sara Ali Khan and Ananya Panday, are set for their Bollywood debut.

Actor Suniel Shetty’s son, Ahan, is also ready to start his own movie career. In an interview with DNA, filmmaker Sajid Nadiadwala confirmed that he is launching Ahan with the remake of Telugu hit RX 100. The producer launched actor Tiger Shroff with Heropanti in 2014.

“I have acquired the remake rights of RX 100 and it will be Ahan’s launch vehicle. The movie will release in May 2019. We chose the drama because it has gained a

cult status among the youth.

I know of youngsters who have watched the movie 10 times,” Sajid said, adding, “We are in talks with some directors, but have not decided on one yet.”

With similar hair styles and facial features (two words: chiseled jawlines), Ahan Shetty, 22, clearly takes after his father in the looks department.

Interestingly, Sajid launched

Suniel with action-romance drama, Waqt Hamara Hai, in 1993. And now 25 years later, the producer will be launching his son Ahan.

Talking about the coincidence, Nadiadwala said, “It’s an interesting coincidence that I got to launch Suniel and now, his son too.”

Ahan’s sister Athiya Shetty, 25, made her acting debut in 2015 with Hero, produced by actor Salman Khan. She has also acted in Varun Dhawanstarrer Nawabzaade and Mubarakan, which also starred Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor and Ileana D’Cruz.

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Archie

ARIES (March 21April 19)

You’ll be able to convince others to do things your way, but before you do, make sure your plan is solid and that you can deliver what you promise.

Make a commitment, if not TAURUS to someone else, then to your(April 20- self. Living up to the promisMay 20) es you make will lead to positive results and responses.

Romance is encouraged.

Get involved in something GEMINI with someone you can trust.

(MAY 28Taking chances will be risky, June 20) and allowing your emotions to overrule your intelligence will lead to a loss.

Walk away from unstable situations. Allow time for (June 21- others to settle down and for July 22) you to fully consider your options. Look for alternative ways to move forward.

CANCER

LEO (July 23Aug. 22)

Dilbert

Peanuts

If you want to discuss issues, do so intelligently. A screaming match won’t solve anything, and would leave everyone more upset and less apt to agree on a solution.

VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22)

Put your heart and soul into family, friends and togetherness. A positive act will win favors and the affection of those you love.

Romance is encouraged.

LIBRA (Sept. 23Oct. 23)

Respect an elder or someone with more experience, but don’t allow him or her to push you in a direction that isn’t right for you. Do your own thing to gain ground.

Aim to please, but don’t SCORPIO give in to someone bullying (Oct. 24you.

Only offer incentives and Nov. 22) help to those willing to work with you. Try something new and exciting.

An emotional situation SAGITTARIUS will escalate if someone is (Nov. 23not being honest. Share your Dec. 21) thoughts and feelings to avoid repercussions. Aggressive behavior isn’t the way to win favors or get things done.

Calvin and Hobbes

Invest wisely and for the CAPRICORN right reasons. Don’t let the (Dec. 22- changes others make tempt Jan. 19) you to follow suit. You’re best off taking it slow and doing what’s best for you.

Observe an endeavor beAQUARIUS fore you join in. The hype (Jan. 20- someone offers will sound Feb. 19) exciting, but in the end, it will probably not live up to your expectations. It’s best to stick to what you know.

Broaden the scope of a PISCES situation involving an in(Feb. 20- vestment before you decide Mar. 20) whether to join in or steer clear. Protect your assets.