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In 1992 Tim Braheem at the age of 25 unassumingly entered the mortgage industry as a part time loan originator while also working as an assistant manager in the super market industry. Mr. Braheem achieved immediate success in his first six months in the business earning over thirty thousand dollars in personal commissions. In January of 1993, Mr. Braheem left his managerial position to become a full time loan originator. In his first full year he earned over one hundred thousand dollars at the age of 26. His early success was based upon his commitment to creating systems of world-class customer service, evolving his sales and presentation skills, marketing and database management. Soon it became clear that starting his own company was the appropriate next step - and First Rate Financial was formed in 1995 when Tim was only 28 years of age. "There was so much opportunity to do something great. My goal was to create a unique boutique mortgage company that would become the standard in Ventura County."
And indeed by 1998 First Rate Financial was the top mortgage company in Ventura County and per capita one of the highest producing mortgage companies in the United States, lead by Braheem as their top producer. From 1997 to 2004 Mr. Braheem was recognized each year as one of the top fifty producing loan originators in the United States reaching a peak in personal production in 2004 when he personally closed a staggering 676 loans for a total of $236,000,000 in loan volume, ranking him 26th in the United States out of over 400,000 loan originators. In 2004 Mortgage Originator Magazine inducted Tim along with only seven other originators into its Hall of Fame, recognizing his career achievements
Braheem's career as an educator and public speaker began in 1999 when major banking institutions such as Bank of America, Suntrust and Wells Fargo hired him to train their staff on sales, marketing, systems of customer service, database management and time management.
In 2001 Braheem, along with his founding partner Richard Katz, founded Loantoolbox.com, an online educational website for the mortgage industry. As founder, CEO and Head of Faculty, Braheem quickly became one of the top educators in the mortgage industry and by 2006 Loantoolbox had over 11,000 paying members who looked to Tim as their coach. Loantoolbox became the standard for education within the mortgage space. That year, Tim was one of three finalists for CEO of the year as recognized by the Technology Counsel of Southern California. Also in 2006 Loantoolbox was recognized by Inc. 500 Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing companies in the United States.
In 2007 at the age of 40, Braheem retired and moved with his family to Italy to enjoy a year abroad. Upon his return Tim enrolled at the University of Santa Monica as a full time student seeking a Masters of the Arts Degree in Spiritual Psychology, which he completed in 2011. "I've always been passionate about understanding what inhibits people from fulfilling their dreams in business and their personal life. My education at USM has been invaluable in helping me understand on a deeper level how to help people remove the barriers that prevent them from having what they want in their life. I'm so excited about the skills that I now possess as a coach and teacher that will allow me to make a meaningful impact on people in transforming the results in their life. The coaching system that I have designed with Performance Experts is applicable to all business professionals as the objective of our model is very simply to ensure that people address the areas in their life, both business and personal, that they feel they are underperforming. The bottom line is that performance is inhibited in ones life due to limiting beliefs that they have about themselves. My commitment is to engage on a deep level, with my clients to uncover the barriers that they have placed in the way of them having the success that they want in both their business and personal life. When I work with a client, we have one directed objective, to remove barriers to enhance performance, resulting in more income and a more vibrant quality of life," explains Braheem.
Currently Tim is the founder, CEO and head coach at Performance Experts, as well as lead facilitator of the L360 Signature Program and L360 Masters Program and currently coaches in excess of 30 of the nation's top producing Loan Officers.
As an Executive Coach with Performance Experts, Julie coaches and supports our Leadership 360 clients in achieving extraordinary results in their businesses and lives. As co-facilitator of the L360 Signature Program and L360 Masters Program, she leads our clients in deepening their self-awareness and business skillsets to effectively produce results and achieve goals. She coaches 30+ of the Nation's top producing Loan Originators.
With a business degree and 15 years experience working for a Fortune 100 company, Julie brings extensive experience in leadership, team management, communication and problem-solving skills to clients and their teams. She is passionate about helping people bring their best selves to work and drawing upon team members skillsets to produce excellent results. Her experience in corporate change management, where she redefined and rolled out business process change to large teams, enables her to easily understand complex business situations, provide clarity, and create a successful path forward for her clients.
She earned a Masters of Arts degree in Spiritual Psychology in 2014 and received a concentration in Consciousness, Health and Healing in 2016 from the University of Santa Monica. She is a Certified Coach through the Newfield Network International Coaching School, located in Boulder, Colorado. Her coaching experience combined with her ability to ask thought-provoking questions enables her to uncover challenges and resistance to support clients in finding success in both their businesses and interpersonal lives.
Working for Performance Experts since 2013 has provided her with extensive knowledge of the mortgage industry, which she applies to support clients in achieving success. The integration of her corporate leadership experience, along with her education, enables Julie to help clients achieve powerful results in areas that are important to them, creating lives they love.
Julie lives in Los Angeles, California and enjoys playing tennis, hiking and yoga. She loves to travel and explore new cultures. Spending time in Costa Rica and speaking Spanish with locals brings a huge smile to her face.
Scott Bertone has weaved a path of successes by being willing to persevere in spite of fear, as he lives by the principle that fear is the gateway to greatness. In addition to his coaching career, he has started a mortgage and real estate business, an online portal, and even a motorcycle superstore. He has also worked with the Clinton White House and the Department of Defense, and he has served on the boards of companies in the worlds of technology, finance, and personal development.
While he's had some extraordinary successes among his many ventures, he credits much of his coaching insight to what he calls the "outrageous failures." He is able to bring into each of his client interactions a diversity of experience in technology, business, politics, real estate, and finance as well as coaching and personal growth.
As a young man, Scott worked his way through college as a Network Operator maintaining computer systems for hotel reservation systems, rental car companies, and travel agents. This experience gave him the opportunity to explore networking, programming, computers, and the Internet several years before the dot com revolution. It also led him into the world of politics.
After acquiring his Bachelor's in Business Management in 1995, he parlayed his technological experience to work on President Clinton's National re-election campaign as a member of the "President's Advance Team," traveling across the country creating events with audiences, some in excess of 20,000 people, often done on very short deadlines. He was responsible for coordinating, planning, and executing logistics for the President's visits, all in coordination with Secret Service, the White House Communications Agency, and local as well as foreign government leaders.
From there, he became one of just ten people selected by the President as a White House Defense Fellow assigned to the Pentagon, where he further enriched his professional life from 1997 to 2000, working for the Department of Defense, first as Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary for Industrial Affairs and Installations, and then as Country Director for Bulgaria in the Office of European and NATO Policy, and finally as Special Assistant to the Director of Global Affairs.
Driven to return to his business and technology roots, he co-founded his first Internet business in 1999 ― Motorcycle USA & Motorcycle Superstore ― and for the next several years dedicated his life to growing that business.
By 2003, ready to take on a new challenge, he co-founded First Equity Direct in Del Mar, CA. Serving as its Chief Operating Officer for the next 8 years, he focused on creating a national presence to become a full- service national residential mortgage lender, successfully growing its operations and developing a hard-working team of real estate/mortgage professionals closing transactions in 32 states.
Scott believes that everyone is capable of BOLDLY LIVING their dreams, but living BOLDLY was something that did not always come easy for him. "I was filled with fear, self doubt, and a negative voice that many times stopped me from reaching for what I truly wanted. After a life-altering accident no longer allowed me to ignore these feelings, a whole a new chapter of my life began as I shifted my focus away from trying to prove my worthiness to the world, opened up about my fear and doubts, and began seeking guidance and counsel to help me find happiness and life's purpose."
Graduating from a life-changing Masters Program in Spiritual Psychology and earning his Certification in Soul Centered Professional Coaching, Scott found and embraced his passion for teaching and began coaching others by sharing his experience.
Before joining Tim Braheem and the Performance Experts Team, Scott established Bold Action Coaching, and he worked with John Assaraf at his company NeuroGym, serving as the Director of Programs and learning the business of coaching as well as the latest techniques in Internet marketing, sales and digital content delivery.
Scott has coached a wide variety of extraordinary people from the ages of 22 to 73, including CEO's, Doctors, Corporate Executives, Housewives, Actors, Writers, Filmmakers, and College Students. "It is my passion to help those that are COMMITTED to breakthrough and take their lives to another level in areas of business, self-acceptance, intimate relationships, families, careers, and health. I thrive on finding solutions to challenges and feel great pleasure when I can help others break free of limiting beliefs, identify their passion, and take massive action on a personal internal commitment."
Nicola guides achievers, executives, athletes and organizations to redefine succcess, create results and actualize their full potential. With experience as a businessman and an athlete, combined with an artistic approach to work and life, Nicola brings a seasoned yet unique perspective to personal growth, as well as, leadership and performance development.
After spending most of his life in Italy, where Nicola earned a law degree, served as a former president of the Young Entrepreneur's Association, and co-owns an international business (Freight Fordwarding), he moved to the United States where he was mentored by preeminent coaches.
Nicola's credentials include an M.A. in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica, Advanced Professional Coaching certification with Steve Chandler and Robert Holden, extensive NLP and enneagram training, and Conscious Leadership Group affiliation.
Nicola currently serves on the board of Raincatcher, a non-profit organization committed to providing clean drinking water to impoverished regions around the world. When he's not coaching executives, leaders or elite athletes, he's writing articles on success, performance and personal growth for the Huffington Post, or planning for his next V.I.P. coaching retreat.


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Gloomwrought – House Treyvan We had survived the collapse of the tower, so in the confusion that ensued we hurried back to House Treyvan with Garnik. Although we were all still alive, Illikan and Nalla had been seriously wounded and would require several days of rest to mend their wounds. Once things had calmed down, …
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No matter the mainstream theology, the message is much the same…God Created You. And like the flowers in the field, we are all different, it's the differences in the field of flowers that makes the whole so, so magnificently beautiful. Ergo, you were created to be different. Not to conform.To be self-responsible and figure out the sum of life yourself, not copy the answer from someone else's book.
Sure, there are others in history who have walked a pathway and through their walk we can see guidelines, signposts. But, the world is always changing and the panorama of existing that they saw is not the same as today.The circumstances of experiencing change through time as our own colouring of perceptions changes.
If you would truly be you, if you would truly honour God that is in you, then treasure your uniqueness – there is not another soul-diamond in the whole of eternity that is as you are at this moment.


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We do not have a pre-designed plan to sell your home. We take the time to listen to your goals, address your concerns, and utilizing our experience and knowledge of the area to develop a customized and personal plan to sell your home for the best price obtainable. We are committed to the highest standards of professionalism, service and integrity. Our primary goal is to represent our client´s best interests while maintaining these standards. Our clients work directly with us, rather than an assistant, and our main priority is to be accessible to our clients whenever they may need us. We specialize in working with both buyers and sellers with residential home transactions in Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon and Brentwood areas.
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Lake Saif ul Malook is a famous tourist resort, well known for the associated story of a Persian Prince Saif ul Malook. No trip to Kaghan Valley is complete without a visit to the legendary Jheel Saif ul Malook .The best time to visit Lake Saif ul Malook is between May and the end July. It remains covered in snow during winter, and the road to the lake stays closed due to heavy snow fall.
The lake is also famous for being habitat of large size Brown Trout fish, which weigh up to 7 kilograms. Lake Saif ul Malook also provides a marvelous view of Malika Parbat , which is the highest peak of Kaghan Valley .
The lake with its majestic and mesmerizing natural beauty, pleasant atmosphere and associated tale and history, attracts thousands of tourists each year from all around the country during the summer.
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"travel brings power and love back into your life."
Story Of Lake Saif ul Malook :
The classic story of Lake Saif ul Malook is written by Sufi poet Mian Muhammad Bakhsh. It is written in the form of poetic verses. The story is about a Persian Prince named Saif ul Malook who fell in love with a fairy named Badi ul Jamal (transformation in English: Glory of the moon), whom he saw in his dreams. The prince thus started his journey to find his beloved fairy Badi ul Jamal. He was clueless in his restless journey until he met a Devish (holy man), who told him how he can find her. Devish also told him that he had to go through many exams before he could find and marry Badi ul Jamal, because she was a fairy and prince was human. The prince then starts his journey for the impossible in the name of his love. The rest of the story chronicles the challenges he faced during his journey and the spiritual lessons he learned on the way.


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Café Bella invites diners to explore its tantalizing, weekly-shifting menu of contemporary American/Latin fusion fare engineered by former Ambria alumni chef Cesar Casas and Owner Hector Pena tinged with Latin, French, and Italian influences. Fresh made to order menu of Sandwiches, Salads Coffees & Entrees that rival any downtown bistro. We also take great pride in not serving any fried foods.
Café Bella's exposed-brick walls boast eye-catching pieces from local artists, and the eatery's hardwood floors and dark-stained tables catch airborne morsels as diners dig voraciously into their fill. As a free BYOB establishment, the cafe invites diners to sport their own favorite bottles to pair with a meal or to enjoy on the casual street-side patio, which offers shaded shelter during the summer.
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Stone & Sky Music & Art SeriesStone & Sky Music & Art Series
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Recognized by Canadian Heritage as a nationally significant performing arts presentation tradition, Stone & Sky is an eclectic and growing series of curated artistic events encompassing a Greek Revival Theatre Festival, multi/inter-art concerts, Festiva Regionalista, and a grand finalé performance featuring music, dance, puppets and kites. Showcased in The Quarry, the only natural limestone amphitheatre in Canada, this acoustically superb and matchless environment is festooned with mid-Devonian fossils. Hosting more than 75 resident professional artists, musical guests this year represent everything from grand chorale and acid jazz to Inuit throat singing.
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David Kraus, an Essex District Biology and Science teacher, will take you on a tour of his impressive created ponds and habitats on what was flat farmland only a few years ago. Hear how and why different features of this site were built, look at important plants for restoration and think what you could do on you own land! Meet at Victoria Road just south of Homeward Road at 1 pm. Register through peleebuzz.eventbrite.ca
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Massage therapist Andrei Kovalevskii brings his healing arts to Pelee Island with steam sauna by the lake. This is a movable feast, please text for locations throughout the summer (519) 254-8393.
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When you purchase outdoor furniture, you should think about the following aspects to maximize comfort and style when minimizing maintenance. You should make sure that you choose outdoor furniture which won't cost you much about the price of maintenance. Outdoor furniture is readily available for the folks that are looking for something special seating arrangement. In the event the outdoor furniture still appears dirty, try different solutions depending on the furniture's material. If you want to store your outdoor patio furniture over the winter season, you're likely to want to take a few extra measures.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Salad
- When my friend Melissa was planning her The Very Hungry Caterpillar party for her daughter, she asked me for some food ideas. I created this pasta salad based on the book just for the occasion. The fusillis became the caterpillars, the peas the heads, and the cheese shreds the little antennae. I have made it twice now, and the caterpillar party goers loved it as well. Here is the recipe:
- One pound of fusilli pasta
- One cup frozen peas
- 7 oz. prepared pesto, or more if you like
- One 15 oz. can of garbanzo beans
- One small box of pear or cherry tomatoes
- One red pepper, chopped
- Shredded parmesan cheese
- Black pepper, optional
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MEAL/COURSE Lunch
SEASON/OCCASION BBQ/Potluck
COOKING METHOD Stove-Top
CUISINE American
DIETARY NOTES Make-Ahead, Vegetarian, 20-Minute Meal, Quick & Easy, Healthy
- Boil one pound of fusilli pasta.
- Toss in the frozen peas when the noodles are almost done. Drain the pasta and mix in your favorite prepared pesto, one can of drained garbanzo beans, one small box pear tomatoes and one chopped red pepper.
- Cool in the refrigerator, and then toss with shredded parmesan cheese and optional black pepper.
- Enjoy, but don't get a stomach ache like that hungry caterpillar!


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A Lie of the Mind
by Sam Shepard
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(from the Dramatists Play Service, Inc. catalogue)
Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award.
The Story
Involves two desparate families connected by the marriage of the son of one (Jake) to the daughter of the other (Beth). As the play begins Beth, brain-damaged from a savage beating that Jake has given her, is being tended by her parents, Baylor and Meg. Jake sends his brother, Frankie, to Montana to see if she is dead or alive, but Beth's father, mistaking Frankie for a poacher, shoots him in the leg and takes him prisoner. Thereafter the tensions and enmities that motivate the two families grow increasingly disturbing and dangerous. Frankie falls in love with Beth, but her brother, Mike, is bitterly determined that she no longer have anything to do with her husband or his loathsome family.
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Healthy sexuality is often defined as the ability to take delight in and feel empowered by one's sexual feelings and interactions. Many experts in healthy sexuality believe sexual activity isn't limited to the activities that can occur before, during, or after sexual intercourse. Instead, they believe that sexual activity can encompass all activities that help to build an intimate relationship, where trust, respect and affection are shared. Healthy sex allows both partners to feel that they are freely consenting to any sexual interaction that may take place, and that each partner enjoys an equal measure of personal empowerment in the situation. Both partners should ideally enjoy mutual trust and respect, and both partners should feel safe emotionally and physically during the sexual interaction.
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Sprite's Fen Shawl
Blithe, wise, and sparkling with vitality, sprites play with the power of elemental forces. Their task is to animate nature, to take lifeless matter and breathe joy into it. They watch over the forests of earth, dance on the winds and sing through fire, but the most famous sprites of all are the water sprites. Some rule the oceans as sirens, others frolic in fresh water springs and pools as naiads and nymphs, but a few choose quieter waters, making their homes in shallow marshes and fens.
The idea of an animating spirit taking up housekeeping in a peaceful wetland is not as strange as it may seem. Beneath the surface, these are rich, fertile, often-overlooked scraps of wilderness. The Sprite's Fen Shawl honours the breath of life that runs through the apparently calm waters of a fen. A generous semi-circular shape, it is rich with texture and interest. Garter ripples and streams of eyelet bubbles alternate with the gentle waves of a beautiful, deceptively simple lace stitch. The pattern is written to work with fingering-weight or lace-weight yarn, giving you plenty of options for a lovely, lightweight summer shawl. Choose a lovely gradient to reflect the shifting shades of water under light, or go with a rich solid to call to mind the still waters which run deep beneath the water lilies. With a sprite's passion for colour and beauty, it's hard to go wrong.
Guarded by a loving sprite, a fen works its magic as a place of safety and refreshment for small living things. It is a nesting spot, where new life can dabble in the shallow water and the shelter of reeds. It is also where water, tainted by its travels through the mundane world, is filtered and cleansed by an intricate lacework of roots. There is a thrill to be found in this quiet alchemy, something we discover again with each new project we attempt. A fistful of yarn becomes a treasured object. A grey afternoon becomes a cherished interval of stitching and dreaming. As knitters and makers, we know the sprite's joy in taking something that is purely potential and transforming it into something full of life and love.
Julie Asselin Merletto [75% Merino, 15% Cashmere, 10% Silk; 732m/800yds per 115g skein]. 1 x 115g skein.
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October 2016 Departure from Normal Rainfall - areas in yellow to red-oranger received well below normal rainfall in October 2016
October 2016 Observed Rainfall - Areas in green received one inch or more of rain in October. Was this enough for seed germination?
Based on the reports I have been getting from various locations, I am beginning to wonder if the less than normal rainfall in October has had more of a negative impact than first thought. Most of our spring wildflowers including most of the bluebonnets germinate during the fall months from mid-September through mid-November (before the first freeze). We had good rainfall in most areas for September and November, but nearly all locations received less than normal rainfall during October. Late September through October is usually the wettest time during the fall. When the soil temperature drops below a certain level in November germination slows or comes to halt. So, the best time for germination is during that usually wettest time from mid-September through October. The question is: Did the less than normal rainfall in October result in fewer plants? Given the warmer than normal November, did some additional seeds germinate late? Did these late seedlings in November get pushed out by winter grass or other vegetation? I do not know, but I would think it is possible.
When I scouted the Hill Country the end of February, it was not difficult to find bluebonnet rosettes along all of the roads I traveled. I believed then that I saw sufficient plants to produce good displays. Johnny Boyd's scouting trip seemed to confirm what I saw. However, recent reports of blooms do not seem to match what Johnny and I saw. It is still too early? Perhaps. The temperature in the first two weeks of March was closer to normal, so that might have slowed things down to more of a normal time schedule. Last year when I check on the Hill Country on March 28th, I saw several locations with roadsides covered with bluebonnet plants in full bloom. I am thinking if we do not see those same locations or others in full bloom by the first of April then we might not see much at all this year in the Hill Country. Fields did not show up until after the first of April last year, and the usual time frame for the Hill Country is closer to the first two weeks of April. Mason County fields always run a bit closer to the 10th to the 15th of April.
Bottom-line: I hope I am wrong, but I am getting concerned that the less than normal rainfall in October might have had more of a negative impact on our spring wildflower show than first thought. This could mean we will have a less than average showing of bluebonnets and other wildflowers at least in the Hill Country. The closer to normal weather in the first two weeks of March has probably put us back closer to normal schedule. Just saw a report from Larry White that indicates there is good coverage of plants along Texas 29 and parts of Texas 71. This seems to be the opposite of what others are seeing, but not sure why the conflict at this point. One thing is certain. we need a couple more rain events to keep what is out there growing so it will bloom. With normal temperatures and normal rainfall, we should still see some displays of wildflowers. We always do!
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Orders issued by District Magistrates in pursuance of the directions given by the Provincial Government were enforced in certain places by the prosecution of the offenders.
On 12th June 1952, the Ahrar announced that a public meeting would be held at 8 o'clock on the morning of the following day, which was a Friday, in Municipal Park, Sargodha. The District Magistrate banned the meeting by an order under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, promulgated in pursuance of the policy laid down by the Government in the letter of 5th June 1952. Thereupon the Ahrar made another public announcement that the meeting would be held on the date fixed in the Juma mosque. But the District Magistrate lost no time in having it proclaimed that his order under section 144 was equally applicable to public meetings in mosques and that the holding of the proposed, meeting would be a contravention of that order. The meeting was, however, held at 10 o'clock and was presided over by Sheikh Husam-ud-Din. Speeches of the usual type against the Ahmadis were made by Master Taj-ud-Din Ansari, the President, and Sheikh Husam-ud-Din, the General Secretary, of Majlis-i-Ahrar-i-Pakistan, and Muhammad Abdullah, the President of the District Majlis-i-Ahrar, Sargodha, and slogans "Zafrullah murdabad," "Mirzaeeat murdabad", etc., were raised while the meeting was in progress. Mian Muhammad Ishaq, the Magistrate on duty, warned the audience and the organisers of the meeting that their act in attending the meeting was contrary to law, but nobody heeded him and the meeting continued till 11-45 a.m. For this contravention of the order under section 144, Master Taj-ud-Din Ansari, Sheikh Husam-ud-Din and Muhammad Abdullah were prosecuted in the Court of the Additional District Magistrate, who by his order, dated 14th July 1952, convicted them under section 143 and sentenced them to six months' rigorous imprisonment each. On the basis of the same incident, two separate complaints were also field by the District Magistrate in the Court of the Additional District Magistrate under section 188 of the Pakistan Penal Code. These complaints came up for hearing on 14th July 1952 when the Prosecuting Sub-Inspector made a statement withdrawing the cases under the instructions of the District Magistrate.
The next contravention of an order under section 144 occurred when a public meeting was held in Juma Masjid, Sheranwala Bagh, Gujranwala, after Friday prayers on 20th June 1952. This meeting had been announced a day earlier by means of printed posters and loudspeakers in the streets of the town. While the khutba was going on, Muhammad Amin, General Secretary, Majlis-i-Ahrar, announced that Master Taj-ud-Din Ansari and Sheikh Husam-ud-Din, who had come from Lahore, would speak at the meeting. The meeting began after the prayers when several people had gone away. It was presided over by Sahibzada Faiz-ul-Hasan and the proceedings started with such slogans as "Mirzaeeat murdabad", "Zafrullah ko hata do", "Mirzaioon ko aqaliyyat qarar do", and two resolutions were passed. Nine different persons, including Master Taj-ud-Din Ansari, Sheikh Husam-ud-Din and Sahibzada Faiz-ul-Hasan, were prosecuted for this violation, but on 16th July 1952, when the cases came up for hearing, the prosecuting officer made a statement withdrawing the cases under the orders of the District Magistrate. The prayer was granted and the accused were all acquitted the same day,
The Ahrar now began to confound the issue by making it a grievance that for purely religious activities inside the mosques the worshippers were being arrested and prosecuted and that the Government was thus encroaching on people's religious beliefs and observances. The amusing case mentioned below is illustrative of the propaganda that began to be carried on against Government.
One Maulvi Muhammad Shafi, khatib of Jami' mosque, Sargodha, together with certain other persons, was arrested for an offence under section 143 for having defied an order of the District Magistrate under section 144. He offered bail and was released. He, however, took advantage of his release by making a virulent speech in the form of a khutba in Idgah, Sargodha, on 24th June 1952. He asserted in that speech that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who claimed to be a prophet, was a kafir together with those who believed in him, that his claim to prophethood was false, that false prophets had been killed in the past, that Government should declare whether the Government in Pakistan was Islamic or non-Islamic, that if it was an Islamic Government, Muslims had the right to discuss religious matters in mosques but that if it was not an Islamic Government, Muslims shall stop discussing such matters in mosques and in that case mosques will have to be closed down. He went on to announce that he had nothing to do with politics but that so far as his religious beliefs were concerned, he shall not refrain from saying things which pertained to religion. We are mentioning this case not because it has any importance of its own, but because of the ostensibly plausible argument employed to establish an unqualified right to do whatever the Ahrar liked in a mosque in the garb of religion and also because of the ludicrous position in which it put the prosecution and of the subsequent secretariat noting in which the real issue arising from the application of section 144 to mosques was brought out. Maulvi Muhammad Shafi was already on bail in another case of breach of section 144 order when he made the speech mentioned above. Because of that speech, he was arrested for a fresh offence but he gave bail and was again released. It appears that under a direction of the Majlis-i-Ahrar at this stage persons accused of breaches of section 144 orders by making speeches in mosques were to prefer jail to bail, and in pursuance of this direction Maulvi Muhammad Shafi appeared before the Magistrate and had his bail cancelled. In the case of maulvis of the type of Muhammad Shafi, who was not a prominent member of the Ahrar, the policy of the Government was that they should be released if they apologised; but this maulvi would neither apologise nor give bail. When Mr. Qurban Ali Khan was consulted about the embarrassing position that had arisen by the extension of section 144 orders to mosques, he brought out the precise issue which the Government had to face when he remarked in his note of 2nd July that unless it was conceded that a mosque was a sanctuary for those who defied the law, the Government could not absolve itself of the responsibility to see that the law of the land was enforced.
Having come across two posters expressing resentment over the application of section 144 to mosques and announcing a public meeting in the Barkat Ali Muhammadan Hall on 13th July to consider the situation arising therefrom, Mr. Anwar Ali on 3rd July 1952 wrote a note complaining that much mischievous propaganda was being done by the Ahrar and their friends against Government, that it was being given out that section 144 had been applied to mosques and the right to worship abrogated and that unless something on a big scale were done by the Public Relations Department to check this propaganda, popular ill-will against the Government would be the natural result. Mr. Qurban Ali Khan agreed with this, remarking that the Director of Public Relations was their only source. The Home Secretary expressed himself as follows on 4th July 1952:—
The Home Secretary had called and addressed some newspaper editors on 1st and 3rd July also with a view to explaining to them how it had become necessary for Government to ban public meetings in mosques organised by the Ahrar and seeking their co-operation. He thought he had succeeded in clarifying the position but to his disappointment he discovered only a few days later that his optimism was misplaced and that in entertaining a feeling of satisfaction he had not taken into account the lack of conscience in many of the newspaper men.
It was at this stage that the Ahrar enlisted the support of the ulama by calling a convention of all Muslim parties at Lahore on 13th July 1952 and giving out that the doctrine of khatm-i-nubuwwat had become a general issue for all creeds and sects of Muslims. To consider the situation arising from a announcement of this Convention a conference of District Magistrates of all important districts was held on 5th July 1952, which was presided over by the Chief Secretary and attended by the Home Secretary, Inspector-General of Police, D. I. G., G. I. D., and the Director of Public Relations. This conference took the following decisions:—
The same day some Ahrar leaders saw Mr. Anwar Ali, D. I. G., C. I. D., and threw before him the bait of not making public speeches which were likely to disturb the public peace provided orders under section 144 and prosecutions for breach of such orders were withdrawn. Mr. Anwar Ali recorded his reaction to this offer as follows:—
Mr. Qurban Ali Khan's matter-of-fact remark on this was:
The Home Secretary congratulated himself and said:
Effectively to enforce the decisions that were taken in the conference of 5th July, instructions were issued by Mr. Anwar Ali D. I. G., C. I. D., to all Superintendents of Police in the Punjab, on 19th July 1952, requiring them to keep themselves informed of the speeches which were made in mosques or outside, and to detail intelligent persons who could keep mental notes of speeches.
The decisions of the conference were approved by the Chief Minister on 8th July. While the Chief Minister was in Nathiagali in the first week of July, Moulana Suleman Nadvi, who was also in Nathiagali in connection with a constitutional sub-committee, mentioned to him his concern in the application of section 144 to mosques. On 10th July 1952, three Maulvis saw the Home Secretary in his office and put him certain questions which were subsequently repeated by Maulvi Muhammad Ali Jullundri on 11th July by means of a letter asking clarification of the following four points :—
The Home Secretary, after consulting the Inspector-General of Police replied to this letter saying that the orders promulgated under section 144, Criminal Procedure Code, applied only to those public meetings which were organised by members of Majlis-i-Ahrar-i-Pakistan or the Ahmadiya community and that, apart from this, Government had never imposed any restrictions on mosques or other places of worship or on worship and religious ritual. He further said that besides the Ahrar and the Ahmadis all other political and religious bodies were at liberty to hold public meetings. As already stated, the Director of Public Relations had also been directed to intensify his propaganda with a view to explaining the correct position regarding the application of these orders to gatherings in mosques but all that is known is that he also addressed some newspaper men after the Home Secretary had, done so in the first week of July and that some time before 11th July he issued a poster under the heading 'Ihtiram-i-Masajid' explaining that there were no restrictions on visits to mosques or on assemblies in and outside the mosques for the performance of religious rites, or on religious addresses or on the exposition of the doctrine of khatm-i-nubuwwat or any other religious doctrine and that the object of issuing orders under section 144 was to stop people from preaching violence or lawlessness and from causing provocation or creating occasions for disorder, violence and breach of peace between different religious sects under the garb of religion.
One of the points raised by Mr. Cheema, Deputy Commissioner, Montgomery, and supported by the other Deputy Commissioner in the conference of 5th July 1952 was that the Central Government should be requested to express its views on the situation by issuing an authoritative statement on the subject. It was felt by the officers that such statement would completely clarify the situation and considerably strengthen the hands of the Provincial Government in carrying out whatever policy was enunciated by the Centre. But by now Secret letter No. 4/9/52-S. (I), dated the 2nd July 1952, from the Secretary, Ministry of the Interior, Government of Pakistan, to all Provincial Governments and local administrations had been received which was as follows :—
The Home Secretary also thought that a reference to the Centre had become necessary and, therefore, on 4th July he recorded the following note:—
The following was the Chief Secretary's view on this :—
When the file came to the Chief Minister at Nathiagali, he observed :—
The matter rested here when the ulama, gathered in Lahore for the All Muslim Parties Convention to be held on 13th July 1952.


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A $1 million grant from a China/Hong Kong NGO The UN jumpstarts solar-electric boat transport in Tunisia for the benefit of the Middle East/North Africa region.
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With a $1 million grant, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs jumpstarts solar-electricity small-vessels transportation in Tunisia for the benefit of the Middle East and North Africa.
Project for solar-powered vessels receives $1 million UN Energy Grant
A partnership working to promote solar-powered electric vessels in Tunisia and in the Middle East and North Africa was awarded the one million US dollars 2016 Energy Grant from UN DESA on 14 December 2016. The project "Solar Fueled Electric Maritime Mobility" by SINTEF, an independent non-profit research institute based in Norway, seeks to demonstrate the feasibility and the social, economic and environmental benefits of solar-fueled electric boat transport in Tunisia and the wider region.
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The project aims to generate the data and evidence needed to replicate sustainable transport in the region. It seeks to demonstrate the benefits of low cost electric vessels as key transport between coastal cities in the region, with a view to encouraging other stakeholders to implement such transport on a larger scale. This would in turn benefit in particular the low and middle income parts of the population. The project will also contribute to the avoidance of transport related greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, and it will help to prevent and reduce marine pollution.
Furthermore, the project will conduct capacity development workshops for Tunisian and other regional stakeholders, the preparation of a Tunisian Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) to be submitted to the UNFCCC portal, as well as public outreach activities to spread knowledge of this low-cost, sustainable transport solution.
SINTEF has extensive expertise in solar and wind energy, energy regulation and storage, grid integration of renewable energy, maritime transport and maritime technologies.
"The transport sector is responsible for nearly a quarter of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. It also has significant public health impacts," said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the award ceremony. "The answer is not less transport – it is sustainable transport.
We need transport systems that are environmentally friendly, efficient, affordable, and accessible," he said.
UN General Assembly President Peter Thomson said the "Powering the Future We Want" programme is a "creative initiative that promotes and funds innovative activities related to sustainable energy – an issue that goes to the heart of achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development." He added, "it is vital to our efforts to move towards a sustainable future that we establish transport systems that are smart, clean, affordable, and powered by clean energy."
Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo expressed deep gratitude to all of the finalists, the China Energy Fund Committee, the High-level Steering Committee and the Advisory Council of the Grant. "This Energy Grant is an excellent example of global partnership. Working together, we can make a difference. Today's award bears vivid testimony to that success," he said.
"We firmly believe that energy belongs to all of us, today and tomorrow. And each and every one of us has the duty to use energy sparingly, wisely and responsibly. By partnering with UN DESA in making this grant possible, the China Energy Fund Committee is sending out a most sincere message of collaboration and partnership to work together finding solutions for energy security by achieving energy sustainability for the entire humanity," said Dr. Patrick Ho, Secretary-General of the China Energy Fund Committee.
The "Powering the Future We Want" initiative
The UN-DESA Energy Grant is a capacity building initiative launched and managed by UN DESA, in collaboration with the China Energy Fund Committee, a Hong Kong based NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. Titled "Powering the Future We Want", this initiative offers a grant in the amount of one million US dollars to fund capacity development activities in energy for sustainable development. The grant is awarded to an individual, institution or partnership based on past and current achievements in leadership and innovative practices in advancing energy for sustainable development. The 2016 cycle of the grant had as focus "Energy for Sustainable Transport".
In 2016, the UN DESA Energy Grant received over 150 applications. The winner has been selected through a rigorous review and objective assessment of these applications, undertaken in multiple stages, guided by an Advisory Council and a High-level Steering Committee. A grant will be awarded annually from 2015 until 2019.
The eight finalists of the 2016 Grant Cycle, in alphabetical order: Ms. Fiza Farhan; GerWeiss Motors Corporation; KPIT Technologies Limited; Medellin Mayor's Office- Mobility and Transit Department; Motor Development International SA (MDI SA); South Asian Forum for Environment (SAFE); SINTEF; SNV Netherlands Development Organisation.
Winner of the US$1 million 2016 UN-DESA Energy Grant: SINTEF
The $1 million come from a China/Hong Kong based NGO.
For more information: UN-DESA Energy Grant.


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It's important to me to have a conversation with my potential clients. It may occur on the phone or over a glass of wine together, but to have a connection with my clients is something that has grown to be incredibly important to me.
When I first spoke with Brielle, I was boarding my plane to Cambodia. It was a brief chat, but there was something about our conversation that stuck with me. I instantly knew I wanted to be a part of her wedding day. I knew we would become friends.
Brielle and Will's wedding day was nothing short of gorgeous. The way they looked at one another and the laughs they shared just made it that much more meaningful. One of the best perks of my job, is the incredible people and friends that I meet along the way.


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"Map My Family Tree™ is a great addition to any genealogy database. You can publish your research in the form of a geographic map and share it with friends, relatives and colleagues. You can see how your family is distributed across the country or the world.
You can analyze migration paths, trends in name, even type and place correlations, and other interesting facts. You can spot new opportunities for research by identifying courthouses, archives, etc., in proximity to your ancestors' homes...
I have enjoyed using this program for the past few days, and suspect that I will use it again and again in the future."
Map My Family Tree: Read the full review to see how family maps can advance your genealogy research and add a new dimension to your family stories.
Quote from a review by Dick Eastman in his Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, September 14, 2006
Click here to read full review.


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World Refugee Day - Sunset Run for Refugees - 2017
On Tuesday evening, June 20, 2017, DC Capital Striders was proud to partner with H Street Runners, Team RWB and Argonaut Running Club for a sunset run for refugees.
Website: https://www.runforrefugees.net/
Meetup Event: https://www.meetup.com/dccapitalstriders/events/240005809/
Make a Donation: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/run4refugees
What is the Sunset Run for Refugees?
It's a run on the evening of World Refugee Day involving running and fitness clubs from throughout DC that will culminate in a special candle-light display and vigil at the reflecting pool on the National Mall. The basic concept for this event is rather simple.
Contribute a monetary donation that will benefit the following five (5) refugee relief organizations: the American Refugee Committee, Save the Children, Care International, International Rescue Committee, and Doctors Without Borders. All donations will be processed electronically and provided directly to the charities through Act Blue, a nonprofit payment network.
YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Q-tkGtg_I
Runners Talking about the Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjgv3X4syPc&feature=youtu.be


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Quick Take: These days, it seems like new trends and gadgets keep popping up everyday and kids of today's generation are raving all about them. In a grown man's world though, supplements that fit our manly needs are the talk of the town. In this review, let me introduce to you Modern Man – the modern testosterone and PWO hybrid, with modern ingredients, for the modern male.
- Modern Man is a company that manufacturers a handful of men's health supplements. It just so happens that their testosterone boosting product also goes by the name "Modern Man".
- Touted to be "formulated to promote the ideal male physique". Who decides what's "ideal" though?
- Also designed to be an "intense 2-in-1 thermogenic and testosterone support"
- Potent extracts of Tribulus, Fenugreek, and Ashwagandha.
- Has new but yet to be proven ingredients such as NMDA and Eria Jarensis
- Available to buy online and in retail stores including Amazon. In fact, the modern man website reroutes to Amazon if in case you wanted to make a purchase. I couldn't find it on GNC.
|IR Testosterone Elevating Complex
|Tribulus Terestris Extract 90% Saponins (aerial parts and fruit)
|250 mg
|Fenugreek Extract 10:1 (seed)
|100 mg
|Maca (root)
|100 mg
|Ashwagandha 8% Extract (root)
|50 mg
|Methyl D-aspartic acid (NMDA)
|15 mg
|Focus-XS Clean Energy Complex
|Caffeine Anhydrous
|150 mg
|Eria Jarensis Extract (whole plant)
|125 mg
Modern Man Testosterone Booster's T-Boosters & Other Ingredients
IR Testosterone Elevating Complex
- Tribulus Terestris – Popular in testosterone boosting supplements but what it actually does is boost libido without necessarily affecting test status.
- Fenugreek – Offers sexual and physical performance benefits but it also increases levels of "free" testosterone via aromatase and 5-alpha-reductase inhibition.
- Maca – Works in similar ways to Tribulus Terrestris. Maca boosts stamina and sex drive but it does so independent of testosterone.
- Ashwagandha – I call it the all-in-one man enhancer because it does so much for male health. As an adaptogen, it helps the body adapt to stress but it also helps improve sperm, libido, strength, and testosterone.
- Methyl D-aspartic acid (NMDA) – It's been making rounds in the bodybuilding world saying it's a more potent natural testosterone booster than DAA and D-AA-CC. No research seems to confirm this though.
Focus-XS Clean Energy Complex
- Caffeine Anhydrous – This doesn't need an explanation, does it? It's caffeine so it's a stimulant. I wouldn't go so far as call it a nootropic but this stimulation does get you more alert. Oh, and it burns fat too.
In the modern man's quest to building bigger but leaner biceps and pectorals, the smarter dudes flexing their brain muscles found Modern Man Testosterone Booster's last ingredient: Eria Jarensis. To be quite honest, Modern Man is the first testosterone boosting supplement I've written a review for that uses Eria Jarensis.
This plant and its active compound N-Phenyldimethylamine has been touted as "the next big thing" in the stimulant/PWO market. Given the history of powerful stimulants in the bodybuilding industry though, this may soon be banned by the FDA. For now, let's just observe how long this thing can go.
Modern Man Testosterone Booster Directions
Each serving consists of just a single capsule and as Modern Man instructs, you're supposed to take 2 servings (capsules) per day.
Take 1 capsule in the morning before breakfast and another one in the afternoon or before working out.
My Analysis
First of all, there are two blends in the Modern Man formula and thank God they're not proprietary. Props to you, Modern Man! Second of all, you're supposed to take 2 servings a day so the dosages you see here will be doubled and that's a good thing.
The good things don't stop there though. You know what else is good about Modern Man? Hella potent herbs! Now, since dosage and ingredient quality have both checked out, let's dissect this formula even further and see if it's actually worth sh*t.
Starting with IR Testosterone Elevating Complex, Tribulus and Maca are great at boosting libido but they're pretty much useless for testosterone, which leaves us with Fenugreek, Ashwagandha, and NMDA. Combined, Ashwagandha and Fenugreek look like a good pairing for active, muscle building dudes who're seeking more testosterone to fuel their growth.
The thing about Ashwagandha and Fenugreek though, is that they're effective but they're not THE most effective. You know what I mean? In the eyes of many people, DAA is the strongest natural testosterone booster and it has actual science to back it up. NMDA which is supposedly the more potent analogue of DAA, doesn't have the same scientific credibility that DAA has and even if it did, what's two doses of 15 mg going to do? Probably not much.
Moving on to Focus-XS Clean Energy Complex, it's basically a blend of two stimulants: Caffeine and Eria Jarensis. Caffeine, of course, gives you the jittery kind of energy boost (which I personally find annoying) and added focus so yeah, I don't like it but it fits the bill. Eria Jarensis on the other hand, may actually be "the next big thing" in PWO's but with the history of its predecessors, it may very likely be "the next banned thing".
Does it Work?
In my time writing reviews for testosterone boosting products, I've seen quite a few hybrids between testosterone boosters and preworkout supplements. However, I haven't seen quite as much that's designed like Modern Man. It has very limited competition in that department as far as I'm concerned.
As for the question of if it works, I do believe it does. Although, don't expect the best ball-dropping testosterone boosts because Modern Man frankly needs work in that regard.
The Good
- Potency – Highly standardized and concentrated, these herbs are legit potent.
- Hybrid – It's one of the better PWO/Test boosters I've seen.
- No prop blends – Thank you, Modern Man!
- Safe – As far as safety is concerned, I don't see any reason why taking Modern Man will result in any major side effects. The customer reviews don't seem to be complaining either.
The Bad
- NMDA – Under researched and under dosed. Heck, let's throw in Eria Jarensis here too.
- Focus-XS Clean Energy Complex – Because caffeine pretty much cancels out the "clean" part and I also don't like those jitters.
- Tribulus and Maca – They're not testosterone boosters but they're in a blend called IR Testosterone Elevating Complex. It doesn't add up.
The Bottom Line
Testosterone boosters and PWO's being merged into one supplement isn't anything new. What's new to both worlds though, is NMDA and Eria Jarensis and Modern Man has them both. For this reason, I think Modern Man is a unique formula. However, having modern ingredients doesn't make it a proven stack and like anything new, it still has to withstand the tests of both time and science. For what it's worth though, it still is a decent looking hybrid .


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"After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world." - Philip Pullman.
As our theatre company approached it's first year in being, we took a step back at the plays and material we were using and how we could improve as a performing arts group. Our focus was on retelling the classics in an accessible way to bring them to life for our audiences. As we looked ahead to the future we decided to venture into modern and contemporary plays and build an element of theatre in education.
Our next step was the desire to create a platform that encouraged and supported new creative writing in Northants, which would hopefully produce material for C&D to take to stage. The scheme would encourage workshops and close collaboration between the theatre company and aspiring playwrights and authors, including rehearsed readings of the material and actor feedback. New Voices was the answer.
One of the goals of the sceme is to create a series of locally written short plays which can be performed at a specifically created one-act festival in Kettering. Not only would it allow the writers to see their material come to life, but also give our actors the chance to play a role for the first time and flesh the character out, occupying an important role within the creation of the piece.
New Voices is open to people of all ages who have a desire for storytelling and harbour the desire to see their stories come to life and sees us working with schools throughout Northants to provide their creative students with an avenue to pursue their ambitions. Anyone interested in the scheme can get in touch via our Contact page.
Our theatre company wouldn't be here without the hard work and dedication of the people who work behind the scenes, during rehearsals and show weeks. We strive to create a welcoming and fun environment for those actors, performers and creatives that are part of our productions and the excellent retention rate of people is a testament to our team. There are many people who have and continue to help us and here is a selection of them.
Our Youth Theatre Company is the fastest growing part of the theatre group, helped by the many performing opportunities we afford to our youngsters across Northants. The performers come from all across the county, including Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough and Northampton. They have a variety of backgrounds from those interested in peforming arts and drama at school, to those with a musical theatre interest wanting to improve their stagecraft.
Musical theatre at youth and adult levels in Kettering, Northants, which features open auditions, experienced production teams and low cost committments. Onyx Performing Arts strives to allow access for all and is opposed to the high costs many groups impose. Instead the musical theatre group has princple and ensemble rates and is open to anyone regarding of experience from the ages of 5yrs+
One of our trailer for last year's Brighton Fringe, during which we took Macbeth to the Rialto Theatre. The production was very well received by audiences with a sell-out run which also saw local schools taking in performances of one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.
Signing up to our monthly newsletter is a great way to keep up to date with show announcements, upcoming auditions and special offers on tickets and events.
We'll include interviews with cast, details of our community projects and also upcoming events such as workshops which are open to newsletter subscribers only. We also have a monthly prize draw which subscribers are automatically entered into each month.
Our not-for-profit theatre company can only carry on with the continual support and assistance of our casts, audiences and other supporters such as individual patrons and local businesses.
We are always looking to link up with community groups and organisations in the areas we perform and there are many ways of supporting us. These include advertising your business on our website or theatre programmes, providing financial assistance or volunteering your time to help.


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Gunnar Montana – BASEMENT
September 5 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)
An event every day that begins at 8:00 pm, repeating until September 22, 2019
One event on September 14, 2019 at 10:00 pm
One event on September 21, 2019 at 10:00 pm
Part of the 2019 Fringe Festival
Gunnar Montana transports us once again, this time downward into the dark depths of terror. Follow one man's frightening descent into deranged madness and witness his unrelenting, visceral nightmare unfold. Graphic content.


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Recommended Books, CDs and DVDs
Below is a link to resources I recommend. I try to keep items that are current and that I believe are effective. Please note that not all of them are appropriate for everyone and that I do not claim that these items will serve as cures or be a substitute for professional therapy.
Still, I believe that reading and listening to CDs can be very beneficial to a person's emotional, mental and spiritual health.
I have added a section for therapists with books that have been particularely helpful to me over my years of practice.
I hope my recommendations are useful and that you enjoy them. – Dr. Nicola Simmersbach, PsyD LMFT


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'What's the new thing' – how many times do we hear this? On a daily basis, right? We are a generation that is constantly craving for something new in the markets. We change our preferences overnight and expect technologies to emerge out of nowhere to meet them. And have we been disappointed till date? Absolutely not! It seems like before we even conjure up what we want, we have it catered to us, courtesy constantly innovating enterprises.
Today enterprises are buzzing and pulsating with incessant innovations. The brutal competition requires these enterprises to be on their toes and keep innovating new products, technologies and concepts to dazzle the markets.
However, this does not mean innovation should be undertaken on an ad hoc basis. In fact, innovations should follow a carefully crafted corporate strategy.
Innovation – A Discipline
Boston Consulting Group brought out in one of its report that innovation features in the top 3 priorities for enterprises. Even the knowledge-based markets today differentiate enterprises based on their capacity to innovate. So, what does this say about innovation as a business activity?
First and foremost, innovation is a cardinal function that needs to be undertaken on a continuous basis. In order to succeed in the long run, enterprises will need to maintain a constant flow of ideas and promote a culture of constant choices. Secondly, innovation is no longer the forte of techno geeks. It is now a natural extension of every single job role.
Simply put, we now need to change our outlook and view innovation as a discipline rather than a mere activity or process taking place behind glass doors of labs.
Innovation Management
Innovation is not a freewheeling task for enterprises. An innovation project consumes valuable resources in terms of human talent, capital and decision-making authority. This calls for an approach to profoundly manage these projects and account for them.
Innovation management is one such systematic method of supervising and streamlining all the processes that form a part of innovation. It starts at creating an environment that fosters generation and exchange of ideas. The next step is to handpick the executable and profitable ideas and bring them to fruition. The final stage is to introduce the innovations into the market.
Innovation management creates and maintains a stable pipeline of innovations for an enterprise.
Innovation Portfolio
Large multifarious enterprises typically have several innovation projects underway at the same time. All of these projects would not hold the same value for the business. Here enterprises can use innovation portfolio to assess the risks involved in each project and determine the high value projects. They can identify the redundant activities and strike a balance between different projects.
Innovation portfolio also helps enterprises discover hidden synergies in one project that can be leveraged across other projects to yield better results. But more importantly, it imparts improved market visibility to enterprises. It helps them better phase out the launch of their new products. Enterprises can thus be sure that at no of point of time they overwhelm or underwhelm the markets with new introductions.
Innovation Management – An Integrated Approach
Innovation is not a timeless concept that has remained untouched by change. In fact, innovation has shrugged off its historically linear course and is no longer limited to just the product. Today, it spans across strategy, business, organization, process, technology, and marketing.
With innovations taking place at the system level it is crucial that we manage them from a systemic perspective. But the traditional piecemeal approach to managing innovations bundles them up into silos. It's prudent that enterprises adopt an integrated approach that ties innovation to the very heart of the business.
Governance of Innovation Management
Although innovation is a very critical activity, it is not the only activity for an enterprise. We have seen cases in the past where companies focused so much on innovating that they lost track of their bigger goals. They came up with innovative products that were absolute works of genius. But they were not viable and conflicted with the business vision. This highlighted the need for governance.
Now, innovation management aligns the different processes that go into innovation. But governance aligns the goals of this management function to greater business objectives. It helps enterprises limit the scope of innovations to feasibility parameters and justify them to business vision.
After all, innovation cannot be undertaken at the risk of profitability or worse yet bankruptcy!


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01 Jan 07
Year End Acknowledgements
Being computerless and incarcerated, I rely on outside help to maintain this blog. Fortunately, I have the help of my mother, father, and sister. I would like to thank them for their hard work, and for putting up with my nonsense.
I am grateful as well to a number of people who have helped me in various ways: Barry-H, Guy Goo and M2, Sue Scam, Mr. D, B2 and Naomi, Babsy, Lorraine, Paula, Mr. and Mrs. Reeves (congrats by the way on your recent addition), Pat, One Tony the Cockney, Linda B, Pearl W, and Alan S.
I also want to thank my fellow prisoner Jack H without whose mentorship and encouragement I would never have submitted "Pee Tested" to Writers Digest.
Finally, I owe a big thank you to you, my readers, for maintaining an appetite for my descriptions of life in a place I hope none of you ever get to see first hand. Thank you for your letters, cards, books, emails, comments and support.
Good lookin' out, dawgs!
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In the mood for something different? The Antiquarian by Gustavo Faveron Patriau./
This is a book full of many pieces; it is a mystery and a love story; it is a surrealistic search for truth and a text on friendship; it is a story of madness, tragedy, and the bonds of sibling affection.
The narrator, a psycholinguist named Gustavo, is trying to find out what really happened with his friend and fellow bibliophile, Daniel, and the murder or murders in which his friend is involved. The dead girls include Daniel's fiancé; Daniel's mistress, a prostitute he convinced to act as his maid and live with him and his fiancé; and a girl at the mental asylum (murdered by having pages torn from books carefully pressed down her throat) Daniel's mother was able to get him in to avoid prison for the murder of said fiancé. Also thrown in the mix is the bizarre, tragic tale of the fire that claimed Daniel's beloved sister, Sophia.
When Daniel goes to the asylum, Gustavo does nothing to contact his friend. It isn't until three years later when Daniel reaches out to him with a cryptic confession and tales that are more fable and allegory than truth that Gustavo's guilt at leaving his friend behind pushes him to pursue the truth. The search will take Gustavo into a world of mental illness, strange policemen, and antique book dealers who may also trade in human body parts.
This book is Kafkaesque in that the lines between what is real and unreal are blurred to the point of being incorporeal. The stories Daniel tells Gustavo and the reality of his stay in the asylum, the murders, and even the officers investigating the death at the asylum all take on surreal qualities. A good example is this description of an unexpected encounter Gustavo has with a woman in a small room:
She also lays an egg with a fortune inside which states, "Don't believe anything." Surreal.
What this book does well is keep the mystery intact; it keeps the readers questioning who David really is, what crimes he is capable of and the lengths to which he might go to cover them up. It leaves you guessing about motives throughout the book, revisiting and revising what you know and what you think you know. What it doesn't do so well is weave the side stories the Antiquarian reads us into the narrative in a meaningful way. Also, the sub-story about selling human body parts has a purpose in the story but isn't integrated in a manner to successfully tie it all together and make it feel like it was worth the effort.
This book foremost reminds me of another I read years ago: Artificial Respiration by Ricardo Piglia. I can't accurately recall an adequate summary of its content, but I can say that it left a lasting impression and is an incredible book and I would recommend it over The Antiquarian if you were only going to read one of the two. Other books that you might like if you like these kinds of books would be Kafka's The Trial or even his short story, "The Metamorphosis." Bruno Schulz also wrote a book of short stories titled Street of Crocodiles which would offer you shorter travels in this vein of fiction.
Ultimately the book is a worthy read. The unraveling of the truth as the narrative closes is engaging and held my interest, but it didn't convince me the book was better than my initial response to it. Read Artificial Respiration first; if you like it, or any of the other books mentioned, then you'll enjoy the offerings Gustavo Patriau is giving in The Antiquarian.


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It's hard to put into words how near and dear these two have become to my heart. If I had to pick the one thing I love most about my job, it's the way it allows me make new friends--and brings me closer to old ones.
Allison and I attended college together in Cincinnati, but didn't keep in super close touch until she got engaged. After she and Nick hired me as their wedding photographer, we started hanging out regularly--we discovered our shared love of all things foodie (um, two words: Rookwood brunch) and cocktail-related! Allison and Nick are two of the kindest, most genuine, and downright AWESOME people I have ever met, and it was a delight to have a wedding planning buddy who was going through the same process as me at the same time--Allison even invited me to her bridal shower! I cherish them both dearly as friends and, even though they live in St. Louis now, I hope that we become even closer friends over the years to come.
Allison and Nick's wedding day was such a reflection of their generosity and kindness--from their intimate ketubah signing to their beautiful, emotional ceremony, the day felt immensely joyous and loving. The Phoenix's ambience lushly reflected Allison's penchant for classic, traditional elegance, and was the perfect place for friends and family to dance the night away!
Allison and Nick, I can't tell you what an honor it is to be your friend and to have been a part of your wedding day. I wish you both nothing but love, happiness, and good food for many years to come. <3 Mazel Tov!