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That's not to say the music is soft. The opposite in fact, these guys rip. There's a layer of theatrics on everything and it makes it feel so much larger than life. Right from the opening intro the song Save Me From Myself comes in with some haunting synths then a vocal chorus, then everything comes in with the guitar riff, the bass line, and the drumming, all backed by those synths. The lead single All Used Up is one of the best songs from this EP, it has the theatrics of My Chemical Romance, the heaviness of From First To Last and the quirkiness of The Used all in one song. The closing track To Whom It May Concern is probably my favorite track, the guitar riff is memorable, the chorus is easily the catchiest, and it's still heavy at the same time.
Again I find myself with another short but sweet EP from a newer band. The only thing I don't like is that it's so short but that's a selfish criticism because it's only because I want to hear more from this band. Every member contributes something unique. They're doing something not a lot of other bands do, at least not successfully, and walking the line between heavy and catchy, dark and over the top. They make it work on this EP. If you interest in bands like The Used, From First To Last, Chiodos, My Chemical Romance, Greeley Estates, or Get Scared you need to hear Misery Loves Company.


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Next gen James Murdoch's burning rift with father's media empire, revamped Musgrave Group snaps up drinks distributor and the World Economic Forum hails Henkel as frontrunner in the fourth industrial revolution.
Next gen James Murdoch's burning rift with father's media empire
James Murdoch, heir of Rupert Murdoch, has publicly criticised his family's media empire for climate change denial as lethal bushfires blaze in Australia.
For the first time, legal persons and other entities are obliged to declare their Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBO) to the Central Register of the Ministry of Finance (MFA).
A fair-trade plastics recycling company in Kenya is the latest social investment of patient capital by the entrepreneurial investors of a Dutch family of wealth.
Family-controlled Hermes will be relieved that it notched up a 25% growth in sales in 2010 as it will bolster its defence from the predatory arch rival LVMH.
Family-controlled Hermes will be relieved that it notched up a 25% growth in sales in 2010 as it will bolster its defence from the predatory arch rival LVMH.
In a statement, the Paris-based company said that full-year sales increased to €2.4 billion from €1.9 billion the previous year. The growth was attributed to strong business in all regions, with sales in America and Europe recording growth of 25% and 16% respectively.
Stock buybacks have returned to prominence of late, but what are the reasons for family businesses to go down this avenue? Darrell Delamaide invesigates
After last year's dramatic decline, stock buybacks have surged in 2010 as companies bank on the fact that their stock is a good investment. It is also a way to return money to shareholders, because it juices earnings per share by reducing the denominator, which, all other things being equal, will then lift the share price. At the very least it can prevent dilution when shares are distributed for stock options or other purposes and it is this aspect of stock buybacks that is particularly important in family-controlled companies.
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*******BLOG TOUR – THEY ALL FALL DOWN by Cat Hogan*******
'At that exact moment she knew she was going to die. It was the same moment she stopped feeling terror. Nothing mattered any more – her time had come.'
I am delighted today to be taking part in the September leg of the Blog Tour for Cat Hogan's book They All Fall Down.
Published by Poolbeg Press, They All Fall Down is Cat Hogan's debut novel, published earlier in the summer and what a debut it is…..


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Derek Coy currently serves as the Veterans' Health Officer at the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) where he focuses on expanding veterans' access to community-based services and leveraging external funding to increase resources available to returning veterans in New York State. For more than a decade, he has served as a thought leader, convener, and advocate to improve the health of returning veterans and their families.
Prior to joining NYSHealth, Mr. Coy was a nonprofit consultant, where he used his experience in advocacy and the nonprofit sector to help clients diversify their fundraising efforts, modernize internal structures to adapt to changing environments, and reinforce their brands through targeted messaging and social media. Previously, Mr. Coy served in a variety of different roles at leading nonprofits, such as The Doe Fund, American Civil Liberties Union, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
Mr. Coy has considerable experience working in the veteran space and has used his passion and understanding of the community to advocate for changes in our nation's capital. He has appeared in numerous television, print, and radio outlets, including CNN, NBC, ABC, and SiriusXM Radio. He is a regular contributor to Task & Purpose, and has had pieces shared by the Obama White House.
Mr. Coy received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Houston Clear Lake, and his Master of Middle Eastern History degree from the City College of New York, where he focused on 20th century Iran. He is also a former Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and served a yearlong deployment to Iraq's Anbar Province in 2005, as well as another aboard the USS Essex in 2007. He currently resides in the Bronx.


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So for today's nails I wanted to try out some different things. I started with two coats of Zoya Cynthia; to date this is the only Zoya polish I own. There are a few reasons behind that, this is sort of a "new" obsession for me; there is NOWHERE around where I live to buy Zoya; and I kind of dislike ordering polish online unless I have seen it before in person or a swatch. At any rate, I have this one and it is a very deep teal shade that pretty much looks black in most lighting.
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Zoya Cynthia and a stamping experiment
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Tagged by Inan:Rules:
1. Share what's your favorite lip products, you could show pictures, swatch, ANYTHING !
2. Tell us why they're your favorite & is there anything interesting you've noticed from your pick?
3. Tag 7 people randomly
4. Let them know you tagged them : )
#1 is really number 1 but the rest are in no particular order:
1. MAC Tinted Lip Conditioner in Petting Pink: keeps my lips very soft the whole day. It has SPF 15 and is slightly tinted pink with a light vanilla scent. This pot has been with me more than a year (my mom gave it to me) but I haven't reached even half the pot. MAC has newer jars for this in probably half the size as this original one. Beats any lipbalm I've tried hands down. I still keep buying other lipbalms but I keep going back to this one.
2. Silk Naturals Lipgloss in Seedy - Bobbi Brown Blue Raspberry Clone. Sheer reddish hue on me and moisturising.
3. Aromaleigh lipgloss in YUM - original formula and packaging. This was my very 1st AL product that has gotten me hooked on the brand. IT is not sticky and stays on the lips longer than most glosses. This is so much better than their newer formula of gloss.
4. Maybelline 3D in Absolute Plum: gorgeous shade when worn. I need to wear a lipbalm under it though but it's the shade that I really like.
5. Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush lipgloss in Oatstanding: love the scent so much! Not sure if this is LE in the VS site but my cousin gave this to me early this year. A bit sticky but it gives a sheer shiny tint on the lips. It's the scent that makes me want to put it on all the time.
6. NYX Megashine gloss in Nude: got this from Lili's give-away before. It is a bit sticky but it stays on the lips long. Also one of the nicest MLBB nude glosses I've tried.
7. EG Minerals Pigmented Lip Cream in Bellaire: this smells like VS Oatstanding. Stays on long on the lips and is not too shiny like other glosses.
I noticed that there are more glosses here than lipsticks but that's because I do prefer glosses to lipsticks. Also, the swatches show how almost similar the shades I chose were.
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I love philosophy. I genuinely enjoy learning about the thoughts and opinions of other peoples and cultures. Philosophy is what makes everything happen. No matter what a man does there is one helm which he obeys and that helm is his mind. If you can peer into his thoughts you can see into his very should and learn what makes him do the things he does. Understand his thoughts and you can understand his actions, change his thoughts and you can change his life.
During your perusal of my other pages and posts you have no doubt read what is only a fraction of my vagabonding adventures. I have many friends who would think to embark on a journey of their own, but they feel that they cannot and they have elevated me and my travels on a pedestal. I say the only difference between they and I lay in the realm of thought; our philosophies are different and our world views guide us to different places.
Motivational speaker Anthony Robbins says, "Change your Physiology, change your life."
I say, "Change your Philosophy, change your life."
It all starts here, in the mind. What kind of person are you? Did you know that the word person comes from the Latin 'persona?' Per- 'through.' Sona- 'sound.' It refers to the megaphoned masks worn by the Greco/ Roman actors. The megaphoned mask was worn to amplify their voices in an open air theater and the dramatis persona refers to the list of 'masks' to be worn on stage.
People wear many masks in life and they all have a philosophy behind them. I have family members who are Realists, but they don't know what a Realist is so they aren't very good ones. If they'd crack open a book by Plato, they could gain insight into thoughts and ideas that they resonate with and they could become more evolved versions of what they already are.
So I challenge you to ask yourself what thoughts and philosophies guide your actions and thus your life. "How we spend our days, is how we spend our lives."
Under the heading of philosophy at the top of the page you'll find a drop down list that links to various pages expressing my philosophical interests and ideas; I'd love for you to read them and chime in.
Bear in mind that under no circumstances do I seek to change minds or convert anyone to a way of thinking. Philosophy is entertaining for me kind of like music, there is no purpose for the music except the music; likewise there is no purpose for the conversation but the conversation itself and the best conversations are had over the most controversial issues and that's what makes a conversation worth having. So provided we can all be civil about our discussions, I think we can have great fun.


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True or False: Advertisers can use call-to-action overlays (CTAs) for free.
A) False
B) True
The correct answer is:
B) True
Explanation: Using CTA is absolutely free. But if someone clicks on the call-to-action overlay, the advertiser has to pay for that click and publisher get a certain % of that amount that is being paid by the advertiser.


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95 reasons to support U.S. grain & red meat exports
If that isn't enough reason to support exports of U.S. products to other countries all over the world, I don't know what is. Now, with low commodity grain prices this year and expected into next year, our best resources are spent right now supporting exports and international trade, which could lead to fast growing markets and more demand.
The world markets offer momentous growth opportunities for U.S. agriculture. The Nebraska Corn Board and other grain checkoffs in our state and across the U.S. work with the U.S. Grains Council to develop export markets for our American farmers and agribusinesses. With the most modern, innovative and productive agricultural system in the world, the U.S. enjoys a longstanding and significant comparative advantage in agricultural trade.
We also know that corn is value-added when first fed to livestock, then exported as red meat. Another reason the Nebraska Corn Board (and other commodity checkoffs – grains and livestock together along with industry support) supports the U.S. Meat Export Federation. USMEF opens up export markets for U.S. read meat – beef, pork and lamb – and leverages checkoff dollars with federal dollars to influence more markets and prevail on more of the 95% consuming U.S. meat.
Beef exports in October were up 2% from a year ago with variety meat exports increasing 14% in volume. Although pork exports were down 2% in volume they still achieved a 5% increase in value. These results were also bolstered by strong variety meat exports, which were up 24% in volume.
The top export customers for U.S. corn (for Sept-Oct '14) were Mexico, Japan, Colombia, South Korea and Peru. By establishing good relationship and continuing to produce high quality corn, the U.S. can grow these markets and develop new ones like Egypt and others in the Middle East who see the value of U.S. corn for feeding their livestock.
So the next time someone asks you why we don't keep all of our food here for Americans to eat, tell them there are 95 reasons.
View other Nebraska Corn Kernel blog posts about why we promote exports:
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LIMA, PERU--(Marketwired - Oct. 23, 2015) - Minera IRL Limited ("Minera IRL" or the "Company") (TSX:IRL)(AIM:MIRL)(BVLAC:MIRL) announces that it is convening an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM"). A Notice of EGM, Management Information Circular (the "Circular") and Form of Proxy are today being posted to shareholders and will be made available on SEDAR and the Company's website at www.minera-irl.com. The EGM will be held on the 24th Floor at 333 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2T6, on 26 November 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Toronto time (3:00 p.m. GMT).
On October 7, 2015, the Company received a requisition (the "Requisition") to convene an EGM of the Company from two of its shareholders, Compañia Inversora en Minas S.A. and Cavali S.A. I.C.L.V. (the "Requisitionists").
The Requisition was made under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the "Jersey Companies Law"). The Requisition proposes a series of resolutions relating principally to the removal of the existing directors of the Company and their replacement with persons proposed by the Requisitionists.
The purpose of the Circular is to:
The key information from the Circular is included at the end of this announcement, including a recommendation from the Board that shareholders VOTE AGAINST all resolutions proposed at the EGM.
Forms of Proxy
A form of proxy for use at the EGM will be enclosed with the Circular and should be completed, signed and returned in accordance with the instructions thereon as soon as possible but in any event so as to be received by the Company's registrars, Computershare Investor Services (Jersey) Limited, c/o Computershare Investor Services PLC, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 6ZY, United Kingdom, by not later than 10:00 a.m. Toronto time (3:00 p.m. GMT) on 24 November 2015. Shareholders on the Canadian Registry may instead return their proxy (so as to be received within the same deadline) to Computershare Investor Services Inc., Attention: Proxy Department, 100 University Avenue, 8th Floor, North Tower, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y1 Canada. The completion and return of a form of proxy will not preclude shareholders from attending and voting in person at the EGM should they wish to do so.
No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained in this news release.
On October 7, 2015, Minera IRL Limited (the "Company") received a requisition (the "Requisition") to convene an extraordinary general meeting ("EGM") of the Company from two of its shareholders, Compañia Inversora en Minas S.A. and Cavali S.A. I.C.L.V. (the "Requisitionists").
The Requisition was made under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the "Jersey Companies Law"). The Requisition proposes a series of resolutions relating principally to the removal of the existing directors of the Company and their replacement with persons proposed by the Requisitionists.
The purpose of this circular is to:
The EGM will be held on the 24th Floor at 333 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2T6, Canada on 26 November 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Toronto time (3:00 p.m. GMT). The Board recommends that shareholders VOTE AGAINST all of the resolutions proposed at the EGM.
On March 6, 2015, the Company's Executive Chairman, Mr. Courtney Chamberlain, took a medical leave of absence and asked a non-executive Director, Mr. Daryl Hodges, to assume the role of Executive Chairman with immediate effect, a recommendation which the Board approved. Mr. Chamberlain sadly passed away the following month. In May 2015 Mr. Hodges recommended, and the Board approved, the appointment of Mr. Diego Benavides, the president of the operating subsidiaries in Peru, as Interim CEO.
Following the appointment of Mr. Benavides, it became apparent to the Board that he was unwilling to cooperate with Mr. Hodges in his role as Executive Chairman; the Board believes Mr. Benavides took a number of steps to undermine Mr. Hodges authority as discussed more fully below. These actions were a major factor in the Board's decision to remove Mr. Benavides from his role as Interim CEO on August 24, 2015.
In September 2015 Mr. Benavides took de facto personal control of the Company's two wholly-owned Peruvian subsidiaries in violation of his fiduciary responsibilities and international standards of corporate governance.
The extraordinary actions taken by Mr. Benavides include the following:
This led to a press release on September 21, 2015 announcing the temporary compromise of control of the subsidiaries and the suspension of trading, a necessary but unfortunate step that prevents shareholders from dealing in the Company's shares.
The Company sought the intervention of Mr. Armando Lema who, following the passing of Mr. Chamberlain, is the only other Director of Minera IRL S.A. besides Mr. Benavides, to assist in the Company's efforts to regain control of its subsidiaries and call a shareholders' meeting. Mr. Lema has served as a director of Minera IRL S.A. since 2010. He failed to cooperate. Mr. Lema is one of the persons that the Requisitionists propose be appointed to the Board of the Company. Mr. Lema is currently a Partner at Thorne, Echeandia & Lema Law Firm in Lima. Mr. Lema was formerly a Partner at Lema, Solari & Santivañez Law Firm (LSS S.A.C.). LSS S.A.C currently has an outstanding tax debt for approximately US$1 million (including principal, interest and penalties), a debt that is owed to the Peruvian Tax Authority, SUNAT, and is under enforced collection, as shown in SUNAT's public registry.
The Company has also sought a meeting with Mr. Enzo Defilippi, the President of COFIDE, the Peruvian Development Bank and underwriter of the $70 million bridge loan finalized in June 2015, to discuss the serious transgressions of corporate governance outlined above. To date, COFIDE has ignored these requests for a meeting. Mr. Jorge Ramos, General Manager of COFIDE, is one of the persons that the Requisitionists propose be appointed to the Board of the Company.
The Board is of the opinion that, as a Peruvian and an official of COFIDE, Mr. Ramos would be unsuitable as a member of the Board because of provisions of Peruvian law. The Board considered article 161, paragraph 4 of Peru's Corporation Law, which reads:
"Article 161. Impediments. Cannot be members of a Board:
(4) Officials and public servants, that render services in public entities whose activities are directly related to the economic activity in which the corporation carries out its entrepreneurial activity, except in the case were they represent the State's participation in such corporations."
Although this is a matter of analysis under Peruvian law, the Board feels strongly that there would be a conflict of interests in appointing Mr. Ramos to the Board of Directors of Minera IRL Limited. While the relevant law in respect of the Requisition is the Jersey Companies Law, the Board believes that Mr. Ramos is not an appropriate person to be appointed given that the Company's operations are located in Peru.
The Directors are of the view that Messrs. Benavides, Lema and Ramos, would most likely be determined by the stock exchanges on which the Company's shares are listed, to be unfit to serve as Directors of the Company.
The Company's Nominated Adviser, Canaccord Genuity, was not consulted by the Requisitionists in advance of the Requisition being made and Canaccord Genuity has not been offered any due diligence information on the proposed directors in addition to that set out in the Requisition. In order to fulfil its duties as Nominated Adviser to the Company, Canaccord Genuity would be required to undertake full due diligence on each such director and be satisfied with the constitution and efficacy of the Company's board (as stipulated in the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers). Canaccord Genuity has informed the Company that in the event that it is unable to fulfil these obligations in its absolute discretion, it would have no choice but to resign as the Company's Nominated Adviser with immediate effect. In this instance, under the AIM Rules for Companies, the Company's shares will remain suspended from trading on AIM and if a new Nominated Adviser is not appointed within one month of the previous Nominated Adviser ceasing to act, then the admission to trading on AIM will be cancelled.
The Board therefore recommends that shareholders vote against the appointment of Messrs. Benavides, Lema and Ramos to the Board. Furthermore, the Board recommends that shareholders vote against the other persons that the Requisitionists propose be appointed to a board which includes Messrs. Benavides, Lema and Ramos. One of them, Mr. Francis O'Kelly, has been a long term consultant to the Company and would most likely not pass the definition of an Independent Director.
Accordingly, the Board recommends that shareholders vote against all resolutions, the effect of which would be to retain the current Board.
Robin Fryer and Douglas Jones were elected to the Board by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on August 27, 2015 and Jaime Pinto, a prominent Peruvian lawyer, was appointed by them after due consideration more fully described below, to fill a vacancy on the Board. These three Directors should remain in office until the next annual general meeting in accordance with the Company's Articles of Association (the "Articles").
The Board recommends that shareholders vote against all resolutions, the effect of which would be to retain the current Board.
The following paragraphs are a response to the points made by the Requisitionists in accordance with Article 17.4 of the Articles. Their statement is reproduced later in this circular.
a) Mismanagement:
As discussed below in the sections on Community and Corporate Governance, the Board believes the damage to the relationship with the Community was deliberately orchestrated by Mr. Benavides in order to destroy the prospects for Mr. Hodges' re-election at the annual general meeting held on 27 August 2015. As outlined above, the corporate governance crisis was caused by Mr. Benavides seizing direct personal control of the operating subsidiaries.
b) Community:
Mr. Daryl Hodges agreed to travel to Ollachea to meet the community leaders in July 2015 after several requests, starting in April, to Mr. Benavides that he should be introduced to the Ollachea Campesino Community ("OCC"). Furthermore, a letter from the community was received on June 2, 2015 stating concerns that they did not know the successor to Mr. Chamberlain. This was followed by a letter on June 4, 2015 requesting Mr. Hodges come to an event in July 2015 at Ollachea. Mr. Hodges did not go to the July 2015 meeting with the intention of renegotiating anything with the OCC, only to be introduced to the leadership of the OCC and to state that the company would honour its commitments with the community. It is clear to the Board that this July 2015 meeting was orchestrated by Mr. Benavides in advance. The Board believes Mr. Hodges was intentionally misinformed by Mr. Benavides and his community team as to the purpose of the visit; at the time of the visit Mr. Hodges was provided a list of points to discuss with the community, and advised he should respond to questions. The first question, from the President of the Ollachea community, was why Diego Benavides was not appointed as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hodges declined to get into details of Board decisions and affirmed to the community that Mr. Benavides would be directly involved with the community. The Board believes that the subsequent press leaks in August regarding Mr. Hodges' comments at the meeting, which resulted in the stoppage of the proposed drilling programme, was the end-objective of Mr. Benavides' actions, with a view to placing Mr. Hodges in a situation where he would not be re-elected as a director because of lack of OCC support.
c) Corporate Governance Crisis:
i) The decision to dismiss Mr. Benavides as interim CEO of the Company was principally due to his unwillingness to accept the leadership of the Executive Chairman, Mr. Hodges and to take direction from him and, in particular, his inexplicable resistance to the implementation of Good Corporate Governance (GCG) policies, internal control systems and related procedures, which were being reviewed and strengthened as part of the Company's ongoing compliance with relevant stock exchange listings rules.
For the purpose of designing and implementing the GCG the Board contracted with the consulting firm Ernst & Young ("EY") to provide independent advice on the design and implementation of these policies. The scope of the EY mandate included the implementation of the following: Ethics Code of Conduct; Anti-corruption Policy; Tax Fraud and Money Laundering Manual; Conflict of Interest Policy and Whistle-blower hotline.
To date no reasonable rationale has come forth to explain the consistent resistance of Mr. Benavides to these GCG initiatives. What is clear is that Mr. Benavides chose to disobey directives from Mr. Hodges and the properly elected Board. On the contrary the Board believes Mr. Benavides, has manipulated Peruvian laws to his advantage, effectively seizing control of the Minera IRL Limited subsidiary companies, and more particularly, physical control of all financial records of the companies, both hard copy and electronic. These actions are inconsistent with good corporate governance and entirely contrary to those expected of a professional placed in a position of responsibility with fiduciary responsibilities, in his case as President and General Manager, of Minera IRL S.A. and Minera Kuri Kullu S.A.
ii) The overwhelming vote of the shareholders not to re-elect Mr. Hodges was a consequence, the Board believes, of the manipulation by Mr. Benavides of the visit by Mr. Hodges to the OCC in the town of Ollachea and the leak of a press statement from the President of the Ollachea community, as described above. The actions of Mr. Benavides in this specific case are consistent with the undermining and harassment of Mr. Daryl Hodges (and other key employees of Minera IRL Limited), as witnessed in the build-up to the July 2015 meeting with the community.
iii) The suspension from trading in the AIM Market was a direct consequence of the material event reported in a press release dated September 21, 2015 regarding the temporary compromise of control of the Peruvian subsidiaries. The same day the Company issued a second press release: "Minera IRL Limited Announces Process of Removing Former Company Executive from Role with Peruvian Subsidiaries, Commencement of Criminal Proceedings and Corihuarmi Update". As a result of Mr. Benavides actions a further press release was required on September 29, 2015: "Minera IRL Limited Announces Delay to Publication of Half-Yearly Report". The delay resulted from the inability of the Board to access the financial records of the subsidiaries.
After Mr. Robin Fryer was appointed to the Board following the passing of Mr. Chamberlain, the Board started the process of evaluating candidates who are in Peru to strengthen the Board. After due consideration the Board decided to appoint Mr. Jaime Pinto, a prominent Peruvian lawyer who has served as an Executive Director representing Peru, Chile and Ecuador at the Inter-American Development Bank headquartered in Washington, DC, to the Board. This decision was reached after the notice of the annual general meeting was issued on July 17, 2015. The Board was advised not to appoint Mr. Pinto to the Board until after the annual general meeting on August 27, 2015, given that Mr. Pinto's election was not included in the notice of meeting. He was therefore appointed immediately following the meeting.
iv) The Board is also reviewing the bridge financing obtained by Minera IRL S.A. in June 2015 in the amount of US$ 70 million, and the way the transaction was structured, which included the participation of Inversiones y Asesorias Sherpa S.C.R.L ("Sherpa") as advisor to the company in return for fees, options, and royalties. The board had been advised by Mr. Benavides that Sherpa was an exclusive agent of COFIDE, and their role was demanded by COFIDE. It was subsequently determined by Mr. Hodges, as Executive Chairman, that Mr. Benavides' assertion was not true.
d) Increase of Number of Directors:
The Board considers the ideal number of Directors for a company of Minera IRL Limited's size to be four or five, not six. The Board has started the process of considering candidates to increase the size of the Board but the Requisition has caused the Board to suspend this process.
e) Dismissal of Mr. Benavides:
The principal cause for the dismissal of Mr. Benavides as Interim CEO was his failure to cooperate with Mr. Hodges as Executive Chairman, as well as his aggressive resistance to changes that Mr. Hodges wanted to make to improve corporate governance.
The introduction of the whistleblower hotline, for example, has proven to be effective, and is in widespread use in international corporations and is mandated under the Equator Principles. Allegations over a broad spectrum have been reported through the whistleblower hotline and provided by the administrator to the Board. Thorough investigation of these allegations has been obstructed by the actions of Mr. Benavides in not facilitating access to corporate information as described above.
The Company's legal counsel tried to meet with Mr. Benavides to discuss the whistleblower allegations against him personally. When a meeting was finally arranged Mr. Benavides failed to attend.
f) Purpose of Appointments:
The Requisitionists suggest that the proposed Board members would bring experience in developing mining projects in Peru, implying that such experience was lacking in the current Board and management. In anticipation of developing the Ollachea project, the Company hired Mr. Eric Olson, an American mining engineer with direct experience in developing open-pit and underground mining projects in Latin America. Mr. Olson serves as the Company's Chief Operating Officer and is well qualified to lead the Ollachea development.
Mr. Olson has the support of a highly experienced Board. Mr. Jaime Pinto is a Peruvian lawyer and member of the Board of Lupaka Gold Limited, a publicly traded junior mining company listed on the TSX, and has significant Board experience in Peru and abroad, including as past Chairman of the Board of Mantaro Peru S.A.C, the Peruvian subsidiary of Stonegate Agricom Ltd, a TSX-listed Company.
Mr. Robin Fryer is a chartered accountant and CPA and served as the Global Mining Industry Leader for the consulting firm of Deloitte; he is currently a Director and audit committee chairman of Shanta Gold Limited, listed on AIM. Dr. Douglas Jones is a geologist and has extensive international experience in senior management and as an executive Director of ASX-, TSX- and AIM-listed mining and exploration companies.
The Requisitionists proposed 11 special resolutions in their Requisition. Proposed resolution 1 reads as follows:
"That recognising the concerns which have been raised in respect of the management of the Company and the proposal to bring about a change in such management pursuant to the following resolutions and that it being considered to be in the best interests of the Company that the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates be preserved until such management change proposals have been considered at the EGM and notwithstanding the terms of Article 27 or any other provisions of the Articles, that during the period from the receipt of notice of the requisition of the EGM until the date of the EGM the Company shall not and shall not enter into any agreement or arrangement to, and the Company shall procure that its subsidiaries and affiliates shall not and shall not enter into any agreement or arrangement to, directly or indirectly dispose of any of its or their business, assets or operations (including without limitation any interests held in any mines) at any time, that any purported disposal is not approved by the Company and is to be terminated, save only to the extent that the Board of Directors as constituted immediately following the EGM may resolve otherwise."
This resolution cannot be properly put to the meeting because it purports to impose restrictions on the Company which relate to a period prior to the date on which the resolution would be considered by the shareholders. It is not possible for shareholders to impose restrictions on the Company which relate to a period which will already have passed. Shareholders may only impose restrictions on future conduct.
This position is supported by article 27 of the Company's Articles which provides that "no regulations made by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if such regulations had not been made".
The remaining ten special resolutions relate to the proposed removal of the existing Board and appointment of six new Directors.
The Board recommends that shareholders vote against all resolutions.
In accordance with Article 17.4 of the Articles, the Requisitionists are entitled to prepare and have circulated a statement of not more than 1,000 words in respect of the Requisition and the related business to be dealt with at the EGM. The Requisition was sent to the Company in the form of a circular which was in excess of 1,000 words. The statement of the Requisitionists (set out below) has been reduced in length accordingly.
By virtue of the Articles, this part of the circular is subject to a 1,000 word limit and the following is therefore a summary of certain of the reasons for proposing the Resolutions.
"Further to the annual general meeting of the Company held on 27 August 2015 ('AGM'), we are very concerned with the Company's current financial and trading position, the relationship with the Ollaechea community ("Community"), and the performance of the Directors of the Company.
The following issues, among others, became apparent at the AGM, as well as consequence of the recent actions taken by the Board:
(a) Mismanagement: The actions taken by the Board over the last weeks (led by its former Chairman Mr. Daryl Hodges) have damaged the relationship with the Community, have caused a corporate governance crisis within the Company and have put in serious jeopardy the development of the Ollaechea project. Said conduct has created concern and doubts among the shareholders as to whether the Board is capable of properly managing the development of the Ollaechea project.
(b) Community: The Boards' decision to have Mr. Hodges directly renegotiate with the Community caused serious distress to the relationship with the Community. This affected to the point that it denied any authorization for the Company to continue with the drilling campaign, being unacceptable.
(c) Corporate Governance Crisis: Due to the actions taken by the Board, the Company is involved in a corporate governance crisis that has generated (i) the Board's decision to dismiss Mr. Diego Benavides as the interim CEO of the Company, (ii) the overwhelming vote (more than 90%) by the shareholders not to re-elect Mr. Hodges as chairman of the Board, and (iii) the suspension from trading on the AIM market. Following the removal of Mr. Hodges as Director, the remaining Directors appointed Mr. Jaime Pinto as new Director hours after the AGM ended. While we acknowledge that the Company's articles of association provide that there should be at least three Directors at all times, a few hours is not sufficient time to adequately evaluate a candidate. The Board should have taken due time to consider additional candidates.
The decision not to re-elect Mr. Hodges and the subsequent appointment of Mr. Pinto as Director have proven insufficient to restore the shareholders' confidence on the Board. It is in the best interest of the shareholders to replace all current members of the Board with new Directors.
(d) Increase of Number Directors: Three Board seats are insufficient for the Company, as was evidenced in the AGM when the Board was left temporarily with only two Directors. The Board number of seats should be increased to Six.
(e) Dismissal of Mr. Benavides: The dismissal of Mr. Benavides as interim CEO is based on recently alleged anonymous whistleblower cases. During the AGM, the Board explained that the anonymous allegations against Mr. Benavides were not investigated or proven, but nonetheless the Board considered it appropriate to remove him from his position as interim CEO. Material questions from shareholders in connection with the dismissal of Mr. Benavides were repeatedly made at the AGM, but no convincing answers were provided. Mr. Benavides has not been given an opportunity to answer the allegations against him and has not even been formally informed of what are these allegations. Further, even after being dismissed as Interim CEO due to the alleged anonymous whistleblower cases, Mr. Benavides continued acting as General Manager and Executive Chairman of Minera IRL S.A. and CompañIa Minera Kuri Kullu S.A., which on one hand recognises his importance to the business, but on the other calls into question why he was removed from his office as interim CEO in such a manner. We feel confident that the allegations held against Mr. Benavides will be ultimately declared unfounded and we believe that he continues to be a valuable asset for the development to the Company.
(f) The purpose of these appointments is to provide the Company with a new Board with experience developing mining projects in Peru, to examine and to report on the Company's affairs and to establish a more stable management.
We propose to dismiss all current three members of the Board from their positions, to increase the number of Board seats from three to Six, and that the following new Directors are appointed:
(a) Julian Richard Frank Bavin lngham has more than 30 years of experience in mining (27 years working at Rio Tinto), former CEO and Director of Pan Global Resources and currently Director of Prism Resources and Exeter Resource Corp. He holds a MSc degree in Mineral Exploration from the Imperial College.
(b) Jorge Luis Ramos Felices has more than 20 years of experience in finance. He is the CEO of COFIDE (Peru's state-owned second-tier development bank). He holds a law degree from Universidad de Lima and a MBA from Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas.
(c) Leonard Harris Littlejohns has more than 45 years of experience in mining. He is the Chairman of Resource Development Inc. and is a former Director of Sulliden Gold Corp., Glamis Gold, Alamos Gold, Corriente Resources, among others. Holds a metallurgy degree from Mount Morgan Technical College.
(d) Frank Sidney O'Kelly Bowskill has more than 45 years of experience in mining. He previously worked for Exxon, Anaconda and Rosario Mining and served as an officer for JP Morgan and a partner of Elders Finance acting as Director for Glamis Gold, Alamos Gold, among others. He serves currently as Director in Los Andres Copper and Buena Vista Gold. He holds a mining engineering degree from Imperial College London.
(e) Diego Francisco Helge Pablo Christian Benavides Norlander has more than 36 years of experience in mining. He is currently General Manager and executive chairman of Minera IRL and CompariIa Minera Kuri Kullu and is a former Director of Minera Newcrest Peru and Minera Mount ISA Peru. He holds a Law degree from Universidad Nacional de San Marcos.
(f) Jesus Armando Lema Hanke has more than 25 years of experience attending many clients in corporate matters, being actually partner at Thorne, Echeandia & Lema Law firm. He holds an International Economic Law in the Universidad Catolica Peru (1999) with specializations in Corporate Law, Stock Market, and Foreign investment."
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information
Certain information in this news release, including information about the Company's financial or operating performance and other statements expressing management's expectations or estimates of future events, performance and exploration and development programs or plans constitute "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements often, but not always, are identified by words such as "seek", "believe", "expect", "do not expect", "will", "will not", "intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "plan", "schedule" and similar expressions of a conditional or future oriented nature identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are, necessarily, based upon a number of estimates and assumptions. While considered by management to be reasonable in the context in which they are made, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to political, legal, regulatory, business and economic risks and competitive uncertainties and contingencies.
The Company cautions readers that forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Minera IRL's actual financial results, future performance and results of exploration and development programs and plans to be materially different than those expected or estimated future results, performance or achievements and that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, results or achievements.
Forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release and Minera IRL assumes no obligation, except as may be required by law, to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. Risks, uncertainties and contingencies and other factors that might cause actual performance to differ from forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, any failure to obtain or complete project financing for the Ollachea Gold Project (including the Senior Debt Facility), changes in the price of precious metals and commodities, changes in the relative exchange rates of the US dollar against the Peruvian nuevo sol, interest rates, legislative, political, social or economic developments both within the countries in which the Company operates and in general, contests over title to property, the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development, operating or technical difficulties in connection with the Company's development or exploration programs, increasing costs as a result of inflation or scarcity of human resources and input materials or equipment. Known and unknown risks inherent in the mining business include potential uncertainties related to the title of mineral claims, the accuracy of mineral reserve and resource estimates, metallurgical recoveries, capital and operating costs and the future demand for minerals. For additional information, please consult the Company's most recently filed MD&A and Annual Information Form.
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Yes, I stopped using soap. I know what you're thinking, gross, right? No, it's actually not as crazy as you might think. If you've been following me for a while you've probably read my post about how terrible my skin was for the longest time. If you haven't you can check it out here. Your
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Los Angeles is home to 3.9 million Californians (Wikipedia, 2017). That's 15.6 million potential mani/pedi hands and feet and roughly 78 million finger and toenails to be filed, clipped painted and reinforced. And those numbers are growing! No matter what numbers you settle on, with 10 percent projected growth in demand for nail techs nationwide, it's a great time to start a career in the field.
Unsure how to become a nail technician? Don't worry! We've compiled a helpful list below of LA nail tech schools, all of which you can request additional information from to learn more about their classes, enrollment, fees and more.
Finding the right Nail Tech School
Once you've answered the question "Is there a nail tech school near me?" take the time to read through the information you receive. Once you have, we recommend narrowing your list to the top two or three schools you want to personally visit. Even if you're eager to sign up and get started, every institution is different in real life than on paper. For that reason, a nail tech school campus tour is the surest way to make the right choice.
While you're there, pay attention to details that aren't covered in the school's promotional literature. Are instructors friendly? Do students seem to enjoy their coursework? Is the environment conducive to learning? Is the school modern enough to have the latest nail tech equipment? Choosing a nail tech school is a big step in your cosmetology career; making a careful, well thought out choice will increase the chances you enjoy a fulfilling education and a successful career.
Becoming a Nail Tech in Los Angeles
Once you're licensed to provide professional manicures and pedicures, you'll earn around $23,120 annually as a Los Angeles nail tech (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017). For a quick look at the opportunities you'll enjoy once you complete nail tech school, explore these LA-area salons and boutiques:
- Nail Service
- 936 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
- (213) 683-4823
- Neihule Salon & Spa
- 607 S Olive St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
- (213) 623-4383
- Nail Place Downtown - LA
- 712 W 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
- (213) 346-9791
Today personalization is the name of the game in nail styles. That doesn't mean you can't repeat the same design twice, but it does mean you'll have plenty of opportunities to offer suggestions and try new techniques. You never know when inspiration will strike, so consider carrying a notebook in your free time to jot down ideas or images that you can tuck away for later use. Since LA is considered the "Creative Capital of the World" the artistic bar is set high. But don't let a little competition dampen your enthusiasm. Study hard in school and master the techniques that will help you earn loyal clients. In no time you'll be one of the many artists expressing themselves -- and beautifying their clients -- in The City of Angels.


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Vegan Vee is a dedicated vegan, gluten-free and peanut-free bakery with both American and European flair. They use mostly organic and fresh local ingredients whenever possible, and shun artificial colors and flavors. Though they do use nuts and soy in the bakery, nut-free and soy-free items are offered daily.
The selections at Vegan Vee include muffins, doughnuts, cupcakes, savory rolls, truffles, raw desserts, and more, and they do tons of cute seasonal items, but unlike many other bakeries, they do not take special orders.
Where to Find Vegan Vee Gluten-Free Bakery
Location: 306 46th Ave N, Nashville, TN
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For those whose heads have been under rocks / in the clouds over the extended bank holiday weekend, here are the main nuggets of news from the last three days.
– Michael Jackson's one-time manager has revealed in a new memoir that he once plotted to "kidnap" the troubled singer in order to get him into rehab. Ron Weisner, who managed Jackson in the late 1970s and early 1980s, claims to have hatched the plan with Jackson's sister LaToya in 2006. Over to Weisner, who describes the "kidnapping" as so: [I] told her, 'Let's do this. Let's get him fixed. I'll put together a team, I'll arrange for an airplane, I'll find the right [rehab] facility. I'll put everything in place, and pay for it myself.'" The scheme hit the dirt when LaToya pulled out at the last minute. [via The Guardian]
– Werk Discs bossman Actress has remixed recent Ninja Tune signing Kelis. The 'Sixinium Bootleg Mix' of 'Rumble', which appears on the singer's just-minted LP Food, is available here.
– The spirit of 1989 lives! A colossal illegal rave took place at Devil's Dyke in the South Downs, running from Sunday night well into Monday. The National Park site was taken over by around 2000 people, with police admitting they didn't have enough officers available to actually shut it down. The Telegraph were among the national papers to pick up the story, scoring some cracking quotes from peeved residents in the process (""The bass just thump-thumps away and it never seems to change one bit. I can't stand it any more. I've never heard music like it.")
– House music historian Bill Brewster will follow up his 2013 Late Night Tales mix with a second instalment in July. His sophomore After Dark mixtape, titled Nightshift, promises disco and house-leaning material from DJ Nature, Justus Köhnchke, General Lee and Mugwump, amongst others. Head here for the full tracklisting.
– Queen have announced a new compilation of previously unreleased material, tentatively titled Queen Forever. Inspired by a cache of recently rediscovered material from the 1980s, the album will see archival Mercury vocal tracks laid over freshly recorded instrumental tracks by the remaining band members. In less heartening news, May confirmed that a sequel to till-ringing stage musical We Will Rock You is in the works.
– The freshly reunited Monty Python have announced a 9xLP box set, collecting all of their full-length comedy records, remastered from the original master tapes. Python's Total Rubbish: The Complete Collection will arrive on June 30; alongside well-known full-lengths like Matching Tie and Handkerchief and the Life Of Brian soundtrack, the set will also include a 7″ of Monty Python's Tiny Black Round Thing and a new 64-page book.
– Macauley Culkin's pizza-themed Velvet Underground covers band The Pizza Underground had an absolute shocker.


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There seems to be a flurry of affection for the short story of late. Between the inaugural Costa Short Story Award and the revived publicity for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award, we're having a grand love affair with that small and mighty type of writing.
And, following my own advice, this will be a rather brief post … But what is it about short stories that we love so much? Is it the immediacy and urgency that they lend to tale-telling? Or is the idea of something brief and new to add detail to our lives?
The Sunday Times longlist and the Costa shortlist are so full of sparkling names (including one of my favourite authors of all time, Helen Dunmore) that they practically buzz with excitement off the page. In fact, it's not only inspired me to read them all (an easier job than attempting to read the long- and shortlists for the big novel prizes), but I am also inspired to write more short stories. After all – I began writing short stories before I discovered poetry and novels. You may even be seeing more short stories on the blog!
What are your feelings about short stories?
Have you ever written one and will you try now?
Sunday Times EFG Private Bank short story award longlist
Caroline Adderson – Erection Man
Junot Diaz – Miss Lora
Helen Dunmore – Spotted Dick
Adam Foulds – Tunnelling
Mark Haddon – The Gun
Sarah Hall – Evie
Cynan Jones – The Dig
Philomena Kearney Byrne – Honda Fifty
Toby Litt – Call it 'The Bug' Because I Have No Time to Think of a Better Title
Belinda McKeon – Eyes on Me, Eyes on You
Mark McNay – Ten Years Too Late
C D Rose – Arkady Who Couldn't See and Artem Who Couldn't Hear
Ali Smith – The Beholder
Graham Swift – I Live Alone
Claire Vaye Watkins – Rondine al Nido
Samuel Wright – Best Friend
Costa Short Story Award shortlist
Small Town Removal by Guy le Jeune
Millie and Bird by Avril Joy
Dislocation by Sheila Llewellyn
Trompette de la Mort by Chioma Okereke
Don't Try This at Home by Angela Readman
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Ashlee Ammons
Co-founder and President, Mixtroz
Ashlee Ammons holds a BA in Mass Communications and Public Relations from Baldwin Wallace University. She is the 38th Black Female Tech Founder to raise over $1M in pre-seed funding. Prior to Cofounding Mixtroz with her mother, Kerry Schrader, Ashlee established a career as an Events Producer working with an impressive list of A-Listers including Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jay-Z, as well as legacy brands like Moet Hennessy and Coca-Cola. Ashlee serves on the boards of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center and Tech Birmingham, is a 2019 Birmingham Business Journal 40 Under 40 recipient and a proud member of Delta Zeta Sorority where she was named 35 Under 35 in 2018.
Bill Rayburn
Chairman and CEO of mTrade
If you love what you do and do what you love, that is Bill Rayburn.
He is an entrepreneur, speaker, author and former Ole Miss finance professor. Today, he would simply call himself, "Head Storyteller" as Chairman and CEO of mTrade.
As former Chairman and CEO of FNC, he built one of the largest financial technology companies in the US. FNC sold to CoreLogic in 2016.
He is doing it again at mTrade. Ask him what it's like to build a fintech company in Mississippi while having his wife as a business partner. While you are asking, ask about his vision for Mississippi.
Mr. Rayburn received his MBA and BSBA in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1981. He then went on to receive his Ph.D. in finance from the University of Memphis. From 1989 to 2002 he was an associate professor at the University of Mississippi.
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Franchisee, Lenny's Sub Shops
Former Chief Sourcing Officer, FedEx
2019 Farrington Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year
Edith Kelly-Green retired from FedEx Express in 2003 as Vice President and Chief Sourcing Officer where she was responsible for all supply chain management strategy and activity for the organization. After retirement, she and her family formed The KGR Group focused on restaurants and real estate investments.
Mrs. Kelly-Green joined FedEx Express in 1977 as a Senior Accountant and held various positions in Finance, Accounting, and Publishing Services before becoming Vice President, Internal Audit and Quality. Prior to joining FedEx, Mrs. Kelly-Green spent four years in public accounting with Touche Ross (now Deloitte). In 2000, Mrs. Kelly-Green served as interim CEO of Aeroxchange, a multi-airline global e-commerce marketplace formed by FedEx and eleven other major airlines.
Professionally, Kelly-Green is on the boards of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. a New York Stock Exchange corporation headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio (Governance Committee Chairman and Audit Committee member), Sanderson Farms, Inc. a NASDAQ corporation headquartered in Laurel, Mississippi (Governance committee Vice Chairman and Audit Committee member) and BULAB Holdings, a privately owned corporation headquartered in Memphis, TN (Audit Committee Chairman and Compensation committee member).
Civic/Community and philanthropic activities have included Memphis In May, The Memphis Zoo, Make A Wish Foundation, Senior Citizen Services, Inc. (Meritan), founding member of the Women's Foundation of Greater Memphis and a member of the 1987 Leadership Memphis class. She was the founding Chairman of the Women's Council for Philanthropy at the University of Mississippi and a founding member of Philanthropic Black Women of Memphis comprised of seven Memphians who pool their resources to made grants to smaller, less known non-profits. She is on the board of Methodist Health Systems (Governance and Audit Committee member) and the Advisory board for Baptist Women's hospital.
Edith Kelly-Green was awarded an Accounting degree from the University of Mississippi where she has been inducted into the Ole Miss Hall of Fame and the School of Accountancy Hall of fame. She holds a Master of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Benjamin Huston
Chief Operating Officer, Carvana
Benjamin Huston co-founded Carvana and has served as the Chief Operating Officer since the company's inception in 2012. Prior to joining Carvana, Mr. Huston co-founded Looterang, a card-linking platform that enabled personalized deals to be automatically administered through consumer credit or debit cards, in 2011. Mr. Huston was chief executive officer of Looterang from 2011-2012. From 2008 to 2011, Mr. Huston served as an associate at Latham and Watkins, a full-service global law firm, where he focused on regulatory affairs. Mr. Huston holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in American Studies from Stanford University.
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The Cyborg Spiders were created by the people of Pomarius as a defence against fruit flies that threatened to destroy their beautiful orchards. However, the spiders got out of control and spun their metal webs across the planet. When the Eleventh Doctor with Amy Pond became trapped in the web, the Doctor managed to lure the spiders out into space and heading towards an uninhabited planet. (COMIC: The Steel Web)
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MANILA, Philippines – Welcome the New Year with a bang – starting with your makeup! This party-ready look is exactly what you need to pull it off. Done by makeup artist Joan Teotico, this look makes a statement with bright red lips, bold lashes.
Here's how to do it:
Fill and define the eyebrows with an eyebrow pencil.
Apply warm brown eyeshadow all over lid up to the crease and blend the edges.
Using a black liquid or gel liner, draw a subtle wing on your top lid.
Curl your eyelashes.
Swipe mascara from root to tip.
Put on false eyelashes, curl again.
Sweep contour powder beneath the cheekbones, jawline, around hairline, and down the sides of the nose.
Lightly apply a pink powder blush on the apples of your cheeks and blend up towards temples.
Add a powder highlighter to tops of cheekbones, bridge of nose, and cupid's bow.
Line the entire lip with a red lip pencil, fill it in with a red lipstick, and top it off with a corresponding gloss.
Wear this look with retro waves, your LBD, and sky-high heels, and get ready to turn heads at that New Year's Eve bash! – Rappler.com


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Making a transition to mobile application development isn't just a matter of adjusting to a much tinier display screen. If you want to get your software noticed on the Apple App Store, Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Android Marketplace, or other site where consumers and businesses look for mobile applications, you should keep these points in mind.
App stores have drastically changed the traditional view of how to market software. User ratings and reviews can steer a mobile application in a completely different direction than the developer originally intended. The community has never had so much direct control of the development process of proprietary software. Here are some tips for developers starting in the alien environment of app development.
Your approach should be: release early and often. Releasing an minimum viable product allows you to assess demand while minimizing time spent coding. "Some of the best apps in the marketplace do very simple, singular tasks. Before you create an entire complex suite, spend a weekend sprinting to do one thing very well," says Daniel O'Leary, vice president, Global Solutions at LincWare LLC, publisher of LincDoc Mobile.Your hard part is deciding when the app has reached the viable stage. Functionality and reliability are not the only prerequisites. Releasing an app with an ugly, clumsy UI may kill it in the ratings. It is important to launch with a clean UI that you can build upon. Major changes to the UI after initial release can frustrate users. Many apps get negative reviews and ratings because of unfavorable changes, despite the fact that the users are otherwise pleased with the product.Many complex apps release a free or reduced price beta. Users willing to try beta versions are often more tolerant of minor bugs, especially if they are reassured that the known bugs will be fixed in a timely manner. Changes to price are also more easily accepted. Beta testers feel like they get something of value as a reward for helping you test. That creates a more loyal user base.
Virtual devices are incredibly helpful for development, but it is still important to test apps on the actual devices before launching. This helps minimize bugs on launch day that could result in permanent negative ratings. Users who give horrible ratings are unlikely to check back later to see if the app was improved.We all are biased to see our own apps as incredibly intuitive. After all, we know how it works. You should get a pre-release version of your app in the hands of friends who are less technically knowledgeable. Ask them to test the UI (ideally without you hovering over them; tie your hands behind your back!) and see if they have trouble navigating your app. Ask them for comments and suggestions.
Feedback helps you determine if there is a demand for your app, as well as what users expect from the app. Users don't hesitate to say what they want. They may ask you to add features you never intended to add. Don't be afraid to allow the users to steer the app in a different direction. Over-attachment to an idea may cause you to miss the market entirely."Ask for ratings and reviews," says Hwee-Boon Yar, an independent software developer with MotionObj. "Play with price, with advertising and marketing to maintain your ranking." Make users feel like they have a more active role in development, Yar suggests. This leads to app improvements and satisfied customers.Tailor advertising toward your target user. Apps aimed toward businesspeople may appear less professional if they have flashy advertisements. Business users may be willing to spend more for an ad-free version. Casual users and consumers tend to be hesitant to spend any money on an app. Keep any competing apps in mind when making pricing and advertising decisions.Recently, there has been some backlash toward location aware advertising. Some privacy-conscious users refuse to install apps that use GPS location when the app has no obvious use for it. Unfortunately for these users, apps whose core features use GPS could get away with location-aware ads without the users' knowledge.
Apps aren't like fire and forget missiles. There is no such thing as a finished product. Users expect constant updates, and they will flock to competing apps if they sense a project is dead. Whether you are adding features or fixing bugs, regular updates are important. Maintaining high ratings from current users keeps ad revenue up and attracts additional users.If you make significant changes, be sure to display the recent changes listing in a prominent location on the market page. Another short, sectioned list of major changes should also show up on the first launch after updating. Added features may go unnoticed if they are not highly visible. You don't want users downloading other apps because they don't know your app has more than one feature.
"Most new developers tend to think they should only concentrate their efforts on making a good app, and let the App Store take care of the sales," says Renan Lobo, an iPhone developer for Arphix Games, publisher of Mini Wars and Star Wings. "They could not be more wrong. In fact, a commitment to an integrated marketing plan is not only helpful, but crucial to increase your visibility in the marketplace.""Launch with a big bang. If you are going to put any effort and money into marketing and advertising, focus that for day one," agrees Yar. High rankings early on can get a lot of attention from outside sources like technology news sites. New apps are practically buried under a mountain of more established apps in the market. If potential users aren't searching specifically for your new app, they are unlikely to stumble across it without outside help.
"Take a few classes in developing for iPhone, Android, and Blackberry if that's what you're getting into. It will make life a lot easier," suggests Kavi Turnbull, cofounder of AppCanny. Self-taught learning can leave holes in your knowledge without a structured approach; you won't know what you don't know. Classes can help prevent knowledge gaps, as well as create friends and business contacts in the field.Purchasing development books is another option. Typically the same material is covered, but the cost is significantly less. The Internet is a good reference source, but nothing beats having the book you originally learned the material from. A mentor can also help an app developer get started. Their experience can help with coding, development of new ideas, or career advice.More on developing mobile apps:
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Inspired by racing seats, the RC3 was designed for those seeking the thrill of speed and the relaxation of comfort, all in one great gaming chair. Adjust the backrest, two-directional armrests, or chair height and set it to just the way you like it.
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Recently with festivals has been a growing trend in the music industry and been popping up everywhere. I interviewed Alex Pinto who was co-founder of a up and coming jazz festival in the San Francisco area about DIY festivals.
What was the reason you wanted to start SF Offside Jazz?
SF Offside was started to fill the perceived programming gap in the regional jazz festival circuit that failed to provide enough quality opportunities for Bay Area jazz and creative musicians to present their own work. The major Bay Area festivals typically limit local performers to education showcases, tribute shows or matinees and most of the headlining acts would from anywhere but the Bay Area. We felt that by creating a platform, a brand, a mechanism to support the local scene, we would draw local, national and international attention to the incredible talent right in our own community.
How did you go about choosing the bands for the lineup?
We wanted to accomplish specific goals when programming the festival:
1) Hire exclusively local talent: The mission of the festival was to serve the local jazz and creative music scene. We were inspired by the food and art movement, which really celebrate the idea of buying local and supporting local enterprises and people, so our feeling were to bring that same attitude to music. We also looked to the Montreal Off Festival, Table and Chairs in Seattle and Winterfest in NYC as models.
2) Hire a diverse range of talent: We made an effort to reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of the Bay Area in our lineup plus actively sought out female band leaders and instrumentalists. This again was in response to how major festivals typically are programmed. We didn't want our festival to be a bunch of white guys playing music for other white guys!
3) Hire younger talent: Jazz as a genre is horrible at promoting young acts. We really wanted to give the young innovators in our scene a space to showcase their skills. Every other genre of music is actively seeking out the next new act and pairs established acts with up and coming ones. Jazz festivals typically program the same lineups, featuring the same people they've been featuring for the past 20 years.
4) Program only performers presenting original music: There are so many wonderful composers and improvisers in the Bay Area and we wanted to hear what they were creating. Plenty of jazz outlets are committed to maintaining the traditional canon. We wanted to offer a different experience for our attendees.
How did you go about finding the venue/venues?
Finding venues was at times simple, at times difficult. We had to balance our budget, attendance expectations with what would feel good and make for a positive experience for the bands and listeners. We could't book a 800 person room – we weren't big enough yet – but we couldn't just play at the pass the hat cafe either. We worked with venues that we already were familiar with and thought had a edge or cool factor. We did make some mistakes, but generally worked with venues that loved our idea, supported our concept and were affordable. We wanted to step away from the typical institution or concert hall vibe of many larger jazz festivals and bring the music to where younger audiences and audiences who typically don't interact with jazz and creative music had an opportunity to check out our festival.
Offside Jazz focuses on only locally grown talent, why limit the jazz festival in such a manner?
I think I got to why we programmed only local talent above.
You yourself were one of the local artist that played at offside jazz were their any difficulties associated with playing the festival that you created?
I didn't encounter any problems programming my own acts or integrating myself into the festival. I never made myself a nightly headliner, but I did see it as an opportunity to collaborate with musicians I hadn't really played with before and to step forward and present my work to a larger audience. I think it also demonstrated to the musicians and local stakeholders (press, venues) that I was serious about the festival and believed in it, to the point that I would even play at it. It also provided me with additional touch points with the press, it rounded out our festival narrative. My festival co-founder was an active promoter, music blogger in the scene so I think our involvement added a level of credibility to the festival.
What were some of the biggest difficulties that you came across starting your own festival?
The festival turned from an idea into an actual event in phases. First we had to agree on a name. Second we had to create all the online elements (website, logo, Facebook page, Twitter, etc). From there we needed to draft press releases, send those out to our contacts in the press. All the while we were locking in venues and securing bands. And not every band or artist wanted to perform. We operated on a shoe string budget. We couldn't really guarantee bands that much money because we really had no idea if we would make any! So it was mostly a lot of members of the music and creative community coming together and trusting my festival partner and me and supporting us by working for a reduced rate or offering a space free of charge or including our festival in the major write ups on the local music scene.
Our second year we did get fiscal sponsorship, which allowed us to apply for grants and accept private donations, but that added just more paperwork and legal obstacles. The festival became a legitimate business, I opened a bank account for the festival, managed all our finances, presented our books to our fiscal sponsor, collected W-9s from all our artists and filed taxes for the festival. It became too much.
I regret that we only managed to launch 2 seasons. We had a lot of momentum. We had extensive press coverage, huge support for the local musicians and creative community, but I ended up moving to India and now I'm in Seattle. Perhaps we can do one last festival to wrap it up, but I think if we could've done it for 5 years, 10 years, it would have become a significant event in the Bay Area music community.
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Andres Bonifacio, without doubt, was a hero of the masses, one who had come to understand his people not with an elitist perspective of a colonially educated leader or cacique. While he championed freedom through an armed struggle, he fell not to colonial hands but to politics and betrayal of his own men he considered brothers.
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Vancouver: Are you ready for some ssssssserious uplifting? After lighting up the Paradiso mainstage last year, Armin van Buuren is making his Pacific Northwest return this Summer!
Mark your calendars because on Saturday May 18th, The Godfather of Trance will be playing an all-ages show at the PNE Forum. A real treat for fans who will miss his (likely) set at EDC that same weekend, the trance music icon will be performing in Western Canada's biggest city for the first time since late 2017, when he closed day one of Contact Winter Music Festival.
Tickets to Armin at the Forum go on sale this Wednesday, starting at 10 AM. Prices start at $68.50 CAD (roughly $51.66 USD), plus fees. A support lineup will also be announced at a future date.
Be sure to check out the live broadcast of Armin's monumental ASOT 900, taking place this Saturday in the Netherlands. Can you say "new music"?
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Gallup: Young adults trending pro-life
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Young adults ages 18-29 who once were among the top supporters of legalized abortion now are its leading opponents when compared to other age groups, according to a Gallup analysis of survey trends since the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
Gallup examined the views on abortion of four age groups and found that in an average of polls from 2005-09, 23 percent of those ages 18-29 believed that abortion should be "illegal in all circumstances," an increase of five points from the period of 1975-79 and nine points from 1990-94. The 23 percent figure tops all age groups, ahead of those ages 65 and older (21 percent) and those ages 30-49 and 50-64 (both of which are at 17 percent).
Opposition to abortion, Gallup said in its analysis, is "growing fastest among young adults." Gallup's Lydia Saad wrote that "18- to 29-year-olds are now roughly tied with seniors as the most likely of all age groups to hold this position on abortion -- although all four groups are fairly close in their views.
"This is a sharp change from the late 1970s, when seniors were substantially more likely than younger age groups to want abortion to be illegal," she wrote.
Gallup's annual survey asks people if they think abortion should be "legal under any circumstances," "legal only under certain circumstances" or "illegal in all circumstances."
Of the four age groups, 18- to 29-year-olds were the only ones to see a decline (although slight) in total support for abortion rights since the mid to late 1970s. From 1975-79, 26 percent of young adults backed abortion "under any circumstances." That climbed to 36 percent from 1990-94 -- which was highest among all age groups -- before plummeting to 24 percent from 2005-09, a percentage that was the second-lowest. That compares to 28 percent of 30- to 49-year-olds, 26 percent of 50- to 64-year-olds, and 16 percent of those ages 65 up who said abortion should be legal under any circumstances.
"In the mid-1970s, when Gallup started polling on the issue, adults aged 18 to 29 and 30 to 49 were the most supportive of legal abortion under any circumstances, and those 65 and older the least, with 50- to 64-year-olds falling in between," Saad wrote, adding later, "the generational distinctions have blurred."
From 2005-09, 51 percent of those ages 18 to 29 said abortion should be "legal only under certain circumstances," a number that trailed all age groups: 65 and olders (59 percent), 50- to 64-year-olds (55 percent), and 30- to 49-year-olds (53 percent).
The analysis was based on Gallup surveys that polled approximately 1,000 people each time. Gallup's complete analysis is available online at http://bit.ly/c1qLQv.
Michael Foust is an assistant editor of Baptist Press.


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City of Downey, CAHome Menu
Coyote Information
As coyote numbers increase in cities, they become accustomed to the presence of people, especially if the people do not harass them. Studies of coyote attacks have revealed a predictable pattern of change in coyote behavior in these environments. This progression is accelerated when coyotes are provided abundant food, either unintentionally or intentionally, in residential areas.
Below is a coyote education and safety video prepared by the California Department of Fish & Wildlife and the City of Cost Mesa.
Control Measures to Deter Coyotes and Avoid Conflicts
- Do not feed or attempt to tame coyotes. The result may be deadly conflicts with pets or livestock, or serious injuries to small children.
- Do not feed feral animals and other wildlife. The City adopted Ordinance No. 19-1412 - Prohibiting the Feeding of Wildlife. This Ordinance furthers the City's coyote management plan efforts and will help reduce coyote encounters. The Ordinance becomes effective July 25, 2019. Click here to view the Ordinance.
- Feed pets indoors or promptly remove dishes when pets complete their meals outdoors. Store bags of pet food indoors.
- Always use a secure, sturdy leash when walking your dog. Retractable leashes are not recommended as they tend to jam and can make it difficult for you to protect your pet from a predator.
- Do not leave small children or pets (20 pounds or less) outside unattended.
- Be aware that coyotes are more active in the spring, when feeding an
- d protecting their young.
- If followed by a coyote, make loud noises. If this fails, throw rocks in the animal's direction.
- Put garbage in tightly closed containers that cannot be tipped over.
- Do not put trash cans out the night before the scheduled pick up. Put them out in the morning. Coyotes are intelligent and learn to knock them over to access the contents.
- Remove sources of water, especially in dry climates.
- Put away bird feeders at night to avoid attracting rodents and other coyote prey.
- Provide secure enclosures for rabbits, poultry, etc.
- Pick up fallen fruit and cover compost piles.
- Trim ground-level shrubbery and low level tree branches to reduce hiding places.
- Close off crawl spaces by installing secured wire mesh.
- Ask your neighbors to follow these tips.
Coyotes visit at nighttime and during the day. Please be very cautious when leaving animals and small children unattended outdoors. Coyotes can jump up to 14 feet and
Use Negative Reinforcement Each Time You See a Coyote
Residents who see a coyote in their neighborhood should stay calm and attempt to frighten it away by hazing:
- Shouting
- Waving arms
- Throwing rocks
- Squirting it with a water hose
Blowing portable air horns
- Using noise makers
- Bang pots and pans
- Do not run from the coyote
The coyote may not leave at first, but if you approach them closer and/or increase the intensity of your hazing, they will run away.
If the coyote runs away a short distance and then stops and looks at you, continue hazing until he leaves the area entirely.
After you have successfully hazed a coyote, they may return. Continue to haze the coyote as you did before; it usually takes only one or two times to haze a coyote away for good.
If you see a coyote in your neighborhood look for coyote attractants and reach out to your neighborhoods to ensure control measures are in place.
Take Special Pet Precautions
Cats and small animals (20 pounds or less) should not be allowed outside alone, even in a fenced yard. (A dog or cat can be taken from a backyard enclosed by a six-foot high fence or wall in a matter of moments.) Always accompany small pets when outside. Don't allow your dog off leash. Coyotes generally hunt between sunset and sunrise, but can be observed at all hours of the day and will not pass up the opportunity to attack.
City of Downey Coyote Management Plan
In response to coyote sightings in Downey, the City Council, at it's June 13, 2017 meeting, adopted the City of Downey Coyote Management Plan.
Coyotes Out Of Downey Volunteer Group
Building on the Downey Coyote Management Plan, the City created the Coyotes Out Of Downey (C.O.O.D.) volunteer group. C.O.O.D. assists the City in educating neighborhoods regarding coyote behavior, activity, attractants, and recent coyote sightings. The group also assists with coyote hazing.
If you are interested in joining C.O.O.D., please contact (562) 904-7284.
Coyote Reporting
If you see a coyote, please contact the City of Downey's Coyote Hotline at 562.299.6625 or use the City's online Coyote Reporting System:
Click on the map below to view recent Coyote sightings in Downey.
For further convenience, you can now also report through the City's Downey app.
Download the app here.
If you see an aggressive coyote (i.e. ears go back, fur comes up on its back, it snarls, growls, shows teeth, and charges a person) or there is an actual attack on a human, contact the City of Downey Police Department by dialing 9-1-1.
Additional Resources
- Living with Urban Wildlife - Coyotes City Brochure
- Coyote Yard Audit Checklist
- California Department of Fish & Wildlife- Coyotes
- Keep Me Wild Brochure
- Humane Society of the United States- Coyotes
- Coyote Information - UC Agriculture and National Resources
- Coyotes, pets, and Community Cats
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In 2019, the University of Florida's African American Studies Program will celebrate its 50th anniversary. The program began in 1969 and selected its first director in 1970. The late Dr. Ronald Foreman was a tireless advocate for the program from 1970 until his retirement in 2000. We will host a number of programs this year and will include information on the website. Please join us as we celebrate the education of individuals about African American life and culture for the last 50 years and our plan to continue doing so in the years to come.
The theme for the year will be "Sankofa: Building Upon the Power of the Past." The first event will take place on Thursday, January 10th, from 6:30pm-8:30pm. The title of this event is "Honoring the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Using the Power of Spoken Word" and will be held in the Harn Museum Auditorium (3259 Hull Road). Several campus and local community artists will honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through the power of spoken word poetry.
On Saturday February 2nd at 6pm, the "Herstory" Program will take place at Flavet Field (off of Woodlawn Drive between Museum and Stadium Road). The UF Group, SISTUHS Inc., will provide moral and educational guidance to women through the theatrical presentation of the African-American Woman's experiences. The event will showcase black women through black art, hair, music, beauty, health, fashion, and overall the Black culture and experience, with the theme "HerRoots, HerVision, HerStory."
On Wednesday February 13th, a "Women of Color and the Law" panel discussion will take place (room tba) from 3pm-4:30pm. Attorneys Tiffani Lee, Julie Liang, and Jany Martinez-Ward will discuss their experiences as women of color in the legal profession. This event is sponsored through a grant from the Chesterfield Smith Fund at the UF Smathers Library.
On Friday, February 22nd, the annual Dr. Ronald Foreman Lecture will take place with a presentation entitled, "Women of the Black Lives Matter Movement: An Evening with Dr. Stacey Patton and Ms. Lezley McSpadden (Mother of Michael Brown)." This presentation will take place in the Rion Ballroom of the Reitz Union from 6pm-8pm.


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Hundreds gather in Gatanga for John De'Mathew's burial
Saturday August 24 2019
Mourners gathered in Gatanga, Murang'a County Saturday to say goodbye to contemporary benga musician John Ng'ang'a Mwangi, better known by his stage name John De'Mathew.
A funeral service held at Githambia Primary School kicked off at 10am. Leaders from across the country including President Uhuru Kenyatta attended the ceremony.
De'Mathew died in a road crash near Thika Town on Sunday night.
Since the news of his death broke, condolences have been pouring in from fellow musicians, fans and political leaders from across the country.
DeMathew, who was the chairman of the recently launched Tamco Sacco, was returning home from a fundraising meeting at Metro Fill bar in the town when he met his death.
His death echoes a warning in his first most popular hit Peris Nduku, which he released in 1987 and in which he narrates about his lover's death in a grisly road crash, warning that sometimes vehicles are unreliable.
In the song, DeMathew narrates how, with his lover, they were involved in a fatal crash as they went to visit his parents in Gatanga.
But their car rolled while climbing a hill thus cutting short their journey home.
They were taken to hospital where his lover Nduku died while undergoing treatment. He ends the song with farewell words to his lover, who kisses him a final goodbye as she breathed her last, telling her that he is also on the way and that they will meet in heaven.
It was a classic masterpiece that threw DeMathew into music fame which he maintained in his over 30 years singing career.
Incidentally, DeMathew died in a similar way as happened to his imaginary lover Nduku.
On Sunday, August 18, 2019, his car hit a trailer-truck from the rear as he drove up an incline near Thika's Blue Post Hotel along the Thika-Murang'a Road.
He was pronounced dead at the Thika Nursing Home where he had been rushed following the crash.


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Beginning Monday, the Black Lives Matter movement could become a curriculum topic in classrooms across the city.
A Philadelphia School District teachers' group has planned six days of action this week, encouraging educators to introduce optional curriculum and activities – from "The Revolution Is Always Now" coloring pages for very young students to a science lesson about the biology of skin color for older ones.
"This is a critical issue of our time – in our society, but also in our students' lives," said Charlie McGeehan, an English and history teacher and member of the Caucus of Working Educators, an activist group within the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. "It's important for us to dive in."
That's not a universal sentiment.
Christopher Paslay, an English teacher at Swenson Arts and Technology High School, said he's unequivocally for equal rights and justice for all of his students, regardless of race.
But he takes issue with the Black Lives Matter movement and thinks it has no place in Philadelphia classrooms.
"It challenges nuclear families, and our justice system," Paslay said. "I don't think kids should be taught that Western society is perpetrating a war on black people."
The lessons are not mandatory, and in fact not sponsored or sanctioned either by the school system or the PFT. It's up to individual teachers whether they participate and how, from wearing T-shirts to engaging students in lessons.
That the material may be controversial – even objectionable – to some is not lost on the group, which has encouraged participants to share plans with parents.
The movement has become a shorthand for antipolice sentiment, a notion McGeehan rejects.
"We all deserve fair but critical treatment," said McGeehan, who teaches at the U School, a high school in North Philadelphia. "I don't think that Black Lives Matter is antipolice."
John McNesby, president of FOP Lodge 5 in Philadelphia, said he wasn't a fan of the idea.
"We don't agree with it," he said. "We think there's a lot better subjects that could be taught."
But, McNesby said, he didn't want to make too much of it.
"I don't think many people pay attention to that group," he said of the caucus.
Paslay said he didn't know of any teachers planning Black Lives Matter lessons, and said he thought it was a "fringe thing, but attracting a lot of headlines."
The organizers want teachers to think about lessons based on the 13 tenets of the Black Lives Matter movement, from empathy and diversity to transgender affirming and unapologetically black.
They're all important themes in a district where the majority of students are black and brown, McGeehan said. (In Philadelphia, 51 percent of pupils in district schools are black and 21 percent are Latino, according to the district.)
"We have to validate our students' experiences," McGeehan said. "Many of my students have had negative experiences with police officers. To ignore that is to deny their reality in a way that doesn't make sense."
The caucus is stressing that lessons should be developmentally appropriate; it has offered curriculum resources for elementary and secondary students. Members say the themes can easily be incorporated into Common Core standards.
For teachers unsure how to handle the subject of race, the caucus notes that "issues of race are already present in your classroom," event organizers wrote.
"You can raise awareness about this omnipresent aspect of our society without triggering conflict or anxiety in your students," they wrote in organizing materials.
Tamara Anderson, a parent and associate member of the caucus, said Philadelphia's event was inspired by a recent action in Seattle, when thousands of teachers wore T-shirts and taught lessons as a way to promote racial equity in education.
In Philadelphia, the organizers used the Martin Luther King's Birthday holiday as a kickoff. They held a happy hour to bring participants together, and plan not just events during the school day but also extracurricular activities – a parent forum, a film screening.
"We need to have these difficult conversations around bias," said Anderson, whose child attends Hill-Freedman World Academy.
Anderson expects that some families, and some students, may not agree with the movement. It's OK that people are uncomfortable, she said.
"There's a lot of things I don't support for my own child," Anderson said. "But I know for a fact that my daughter is more of a well-rounded person because she is pushed to ask questions."
Organizers said they did not have an exact number of teachers who planned to participate.
H. Lee Whack Jr., a schools spokesman, said the caucus' work is not part of the district's curriculum.
"However, the district encourages teachers to responsibly engage students around pertinent issues to develop critical thinking skills and a respect for the exchange of ideas," Whack said in a statement. "The district regularly encourages schools to look to current-event topics for appropriate teaching content that is also aligned with grade-appropriate standards."
The PFT cannot promote any activity of any caucus within the union, spokesman George Jackson said.


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Every once in a while I re-read the story of Masha Gessen's grandmothers published in Granta 64: Russia: The Wild East ("My Grandmother, The Censor"). I keep recommending it to everyone. I love it. I've been planning to post the link here since early September. I re-read the story today, and I cried throughout it, thinking about Mishah's grandmother, wishing she were alive.
Masha Gessen's book about her grandmothers ("Two Babushkas") was published by Bloomsbury in May. Here's the review in The Guardian. I'd like to read it sometime. (There seems to be a separate U.S. edition, due out in October, from a different publisher, Dial Books, and with a different title: "Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler's War and Stalin's Peace.")


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On June 11, 2019, the Pennsylvania House passed H.R. 3, which would move the state off the federal health exchange platform and would instead create a state-based exchange platform that would be less expensive to operate. The federal exchange platform charges a user fee comprised of 3.5 percent of plan premiums, which in 2019, accounted for $94 million. This fee is much greater than what is required to run a state-based exchange, which is estimated to be around $30 million. Additionally, it is important for states to transition to state-based exchanges to ensure market stability in the event that the Affordable Care Act is invalidated.
H.R. 3 would enact a separate state fee that could be up to 3 percent of plan premiums, which would allow the state to devote $30 million towards the operation of a state-based exchange. The remainder of the funds, approximately $50 million, would go towards a state reinsurance fund that would reduce health care costs for consumers. This funding would be supplemented with $145 to $190 million in federal pass-through funds. H.R. 3 is supported by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and the Trump Administration, and it passed the Pennsylvania House with a 198-1 vote. The legislation is currently being considered by the Pennsylvania Senate.