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Every year, Nowruz, the Iranian festive season, feels like releasing millions of coiled springs all at once. People, particularly employees have been looking forward to the long break of the Nowruz holidays, almost from the beginning of winter. Bloated with yearend bonuses and aroused by scents of spring, Iranian families are unstoppable. Traffic is choked up and hotels are packed to the brim, and there is bitter rivalry in making the most out of the only long vacation if the year, to re-charge batteries for whatever is in store in the coming year. Amidst all the excitement, authorities are spent making preparation to ensure a safe and pleasant break for all involved.
Travel Services Headquarters
A central coordination headquarters for travel services will be convened from March 20, IRNA reported.
The headquarters will be cooperating with 18 organizations and institutions. In an official announcement, all responsible bodies are obliged to inspect the services offered to travelers, including accommodation, transport, and security. They are to receive and collate traveler's complaints and critiques in a systematic way.
The secretariat of the headquarters is located at the tourism department of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO). It has requested travelers to be on the lookout for its notifications, useful information, and updates.
Tehran's hotels are offering 40% discounts to Nowruz tourists, the head of Tehran Hotels Association Mohammad-Ali Farrokh-Mehr told ISNA. The tariffs on auxiliary services offered by hotels are defined by the association. Inspections on hotel services will be conducted by inspectors from the government organizations, hotels association, chamber of trade unions inspection office, and ICHHTO.
Zanjan will be fully prepared for the tourists from March 5, director general of the provincial ICHHTO Yahya Rahmati told ISNA. Chalbi Oghli historical complex will open after seven years. There are accommodations and restaurants near the complex, offering services in a traditional environment.
The visiting hours of Soltanieh historical site have been extended to six hours. The pathways, signboards and other means of guidance are being prepared to help tourists move around the site knowingly. This way, tourists will not limit their visits to Soltanieh Dome, while there are other attractions around, such as Salar bath-house, mausoleum of Molla Hassan Kashi, Shah Bolaghi spring, and the stone temple of Dashkasan.
Tourism development in Zanjan will not end with the holiday season, Rahmati said. In the region of $145,000 has been allocated toward restoration of Katalekhor cave and nearby historical monuments. There will be oversight of drinking water in the cave, while monuments like the Seljuq fortress of Garmab will be restored.
Mellat Park and beginning of Tabriz road are where tourist camps have been set up. The camps are under safety protection. Around 300,000 handbooks have been published and are to be distributed to visitors introducing them to the main attractions of the province.
Official hotel and accommodation capacity of Qom is 8,500 beds. There are in addition 500 schools, college dormitories, gyms, shrines, mosques, and other public facilities that are being prepared to give shelter to visitors and pilgrims, director general of the provincial ICHHTO Issa Rezaee told ISNA.
Travel brochures, providing information on tourist attractions, are to be printed and distributed among tourists upon arrival. Red Crescent Society stands have been set up to provide travelers with additional information on health and safety. Information centers have been installed in the vicinity of Fatma Masumeh (AS) shrine and Masjid Jamkaran, and information guides will be available in hotels, inns, and motels.
Qom is privileged to have the highest number of quality motels in the country. Fourteen parks have been considered and prepared as camping sites. There will be a constant supervision of the services of sanitary facilities.
Nowruz preparations of Isfahan's historical sites have been underway since January, cultural heritage deputy of the provincial ICHHTO Nasser Taheri told ISNA. The monuments are visited by about 2 million tourists each year.
Restoration and conservation of the most famous sites will be reduced to minimum during the holiday period. Heritage protection will be coordinated electronically and under the direct supervision of police and tour guides.
The provincial ICHHTO is training tourist and museum guides. They will be distributed and arranged throughout the province. Due to the overwhelming surge of visitors to certain monuments, the visits will be scheduled and the visitors divided into separate groups.
The newly constructed apartments in Qazvin Province will house Nowruz travelers, director general of the provincial ICHHTO Mohammad-Ali Hazratiha told ISNA.
Since Qazvin is situated at the crossroads of the north-south and east-west axes, it receives up to 2.5 million travelers cross the province over the holidays. The majority of the visitors require overnight accommodation.
To accommodate the slew of incoming visitors, schools, pilgrim centers, and Hosseiniehs are equipped and prepared for overnight stays; even some newly constructed buildings, not yet inhabitable, are being considered as temporary lodgings with collaboration with proprietors. Travelers will be given contact telephone numbers to book the flats.
Every measure is being taken to keep visitors from camping in public parks, Hazratiha said, although certain green spaces have been officially prepared and secured for setting up tents. Other services impacted by the cohort of visitors such as medical services, bakeries, repair shops, and service stations are being stocked up and kitted out.
A free mobile application will be launched March 11 at Qazvin's cultural heritage, handicrafts and tourism website (qchto.ir). The application will introduce Qazvin Province in both online and offline modes.
Three technology development companies are building mobile applications of different functionalities. Upon arrival in the province, travelers will be sent a message and asked what info services they would like to be offered. The information is interactive.
Information posts have been set up at entry points to provide travelers with maps, brochures, and lists of attractions including historical, natural, and anthropological sites.
Nowruz accommodation is now 70% booked in Yazd; and it is estimated that the remaining capacity will filled by the end of winter, head of Yazd Hotels and Accommodations Association Mohammad-Hossein Mohtajollah told ISNA.
Hotels of the province have a total of 4,000 beds. There are 30 traditional hotels in Yazd, and 10 modern hotels ranking between two and five stars. The hotels started taking reservations from January 21. "We hope that hotels be fully booked through the end of summer," Mohtajollah said.
Travel agencies have been accommodating in helping shift foreign visits from the first months of spring to other times of the year. This was a great help to avoid space shortages for foreign visitors. Mohtajollah advised travelers choose the low season for visiting Yazd; this way, they will enjoy more satisfying services; and likely receive special hotel discounts.
Each double bed room costs between $36 and $108. But the tariff in traditional hotels is something between $36 and $289.


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Are you letting your phone ruin your life?
Researchers in Canada have shown that mobile phone use is making us distracted, distant and drained. Diminishing our intellect and the quality of our personal relationships and putting our mental health at risk. We've now become so addicted to our smart phones, unlocking them an average of six to seven times an hour (that's 80 times a day), that just having your phone in sight, even if it's switched off, is enough to diminish cognitive capacity such as memory, empathy, reasoning and decision-making skills. If you've got to the point where you're phone is controlling you, instead of you being in control of it, here are three ways to enjoy the benefits of having a smart phone, without it ruining your life…

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Secret" video and soon made the natural progression to making music of his own. His first single, "Cunty (The Feeling)", was released on Strictly Rhythm in 1996 as 'Rageous Projecting Kevin Aviance'. It garnered enough notice to get him signed to legendary DJ François Kevorkian's Wave Music. His next single was a remake of George Kranz's 1983 dance hit "Din Daa Daa". It quickly went to the top of the Billboard Dance Chart in 1997, and also hit #65 on the UK singles chart in 1998. It is likely his best remembered song. His next single was a remake of "Join In The Chant", a 1987 dance hit by EBM group Nitzer Ebb. Kevin's version managed to reach #8 on the Billboard Dance Chart. The success of the singles led to the album A Box Of Chocolates, released in 1999. That same year he performed in the film Flawless. The first single "Rhythm Is My Bitch" climbed to #2 on the Billboard Dance Chart, though the next single, "Dance For Love", failed to chart. Interestingly, that was the first single that Kevin actually sang on, as his signature style was spoken word. He signed to Centaur Entertainment a couple of years later and released "Alive" in 2002, which once again hit the top of the Billboard Dance Chart. The album Entity soon followed, as did the single "Give It Up", another #1 hit and his biggest to date. This album had Kevin singing on all of the tracks, and is much better than his first, IMO. After leaving Centaur, Kevin released another single, "Strut", which managed to reach #13 on the Billboard Dance Chart in 2006, a couple months after Kevin was robbed and gay-bashed by a group of up to seven men. This resulted in his jaw being wired shut for a month, as well as a fractured knee. He persevered and discussed the experience on The Tyra Show. Since then he has returned to the stage and reamins a drag icon. He has released a few singles including "Hold On Me" with Tom Stephan vs S-Man in 2007, a remake of Britney Spears' "Gimme More" in 2009, and most recently "Bang, DaBeat" with Samuri in 2017. Obviously Kevin will not be going anywhere anytime soon, and the gay world wouldn't have it any other way.
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3 The Need
4 Chocolates
5 Do You Know Me
6 Dance For Love
7 Everyday
8 The Beats
9 Cunty
10 Robots
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2 Alive
3 You've Got The Groove
4 Give It Up
5 Interlube Chant "Love"
6 Freak It (Live Out Loud)
7 Power
8 Seattle
9 Twirl (Don't Bring Me Down)
10 Fire
11 Ready Set Go
12 Alive (Victor Calderone Vs. The Tribalist Remix)
Hi all! Due to life events, I will not be posting or reupping albums very much in the future. If I do have time to reup albums, I will reply to your comments in the posts themselves. Some of the albums might be available on the Facebook group mentioned below. Thanks for understanding!
For Facebook users, please check out and join my new sharing group Trashy Treasures, featuring 70s, 80s and 90s music pleasures!! A lot like the Isle, but with everyone able to contribute and discuss the tasty old music we love!!!
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Pelvic Physical Therapy for Men, Women, and Transgender
What is pelvic physical therapy?
This is a highly specialized part of physical therapy specifically for the pelvic region, external as well as internal. This region is often overlooked and takes special skills to assess the muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia of the pelvic floor muscles. Pelvic floor physical therapists treat issues ranging from incontinence, frequent urination, overactive bladder, constipation, pelvic pain, and sexual dysfunction. The causes can be just as varied as the symptoms and can be caused by abdominal surgery or something as simple as a person's posture.
Men's Pelvic Health
Men are 28 years behind women when getting their pelvic needs met. June Alison was the spokes person for Depends back in 1984 with Depends for Men arriving on the market in 2012. Now there are alternatives for men besides pads, pills, injections or surgery, it is called physical therapy. Men have been suffering in silence for many years for various reasons. One of those reasons is the lack of therapists who treat men with sexual dysfunctions including Peyronie's disease, testicular pain, penile pain, painful erections, as well as incontinence after prostatectomy.
How did I get involved in men's pelvic health?
I am one of you. I am one of the many men who have a pelvic floor dysfunction that I ignored for many years until I finally saw my doctor. We tried conservative measures but they failed and I was off to see the urologist who discovered I was retaining 2.1 liters of urine and diagnosed me with a neurogenic bladder. Needless to say, I will never complain about the dentist's "goodie bad" ever again! The urology "goodie bad" introduced me to a line of urological products for later discussion. The testing soon began with urodynamic studies, cystoscopies, MRI, etc… My urologists encouraged me to pelvic physical therapy therefore I started working with Herman and Wallace to get the training I needed to treat men and women with a variety of pelvic floor dysfunctions. My mission is to bring men out of the pelvic closet!
What can physical therapy do for you?
LOTS!! Physical therapists are the guru's of mobilizing the joints and soft tissues of the body thereby getting the bones aligned properly, calming down and releasing tight muscles as well as strengthening the muscles that need it we can restore normal function without pain


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I consciously did not fill this page about me….until I blogged 72 posts….
I wanted my poems to speak about me …..I prefer to hide in my writing ….I like reinventing my self , because I die often…….Because I believe life as transient….It is precarious …
I liked a mystery book , but I wanted a plot that revealed more and more of life …..and not clues of a death….
I spent a lot of time in an alternate reality created in my mind , I learnt to take a health walk down the lanes of memory….learnt to be choosy holding on to some like parachutes. ..
I some times wrote when I was most misunderstood and liked the paper for being able to clearly " Show" me that there were words , for lots of experiences that were indescribable…..I have dabbled at all forms of self expression , various forms of art… music, dance , theatre , cinema , therapy ……..searching desperately to find that medium which unites all aspects of me…..
Then I realized I was always writing….I even wrote on the concrete walls sometimes….I would go to great lengths to find a place that was invisible…it took me a long time to be comfortable with truths… and to acknowledge that truth was not vulnerable….it was my strength….so here I am changing the silence ….changing monologues in to dialogues….Thank you for reading.


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Looks like ye only brought me a bit o' the torso, though. Next time, make sure to get the arms and head too. Lots o' good meat in there.
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Bradbeers is a well-established family run chain that operates department stores in Romsey and New Milton, it has been in operation for over 175 years in the Hampshire area.
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The Hertiage of Bradbeers
The family heritage of the Smith Bradbeer brand dates back to 1837 and the establishment of a small drapery shop in Southampton by Mr R S Smith. According to a 1933 edition of the Southampton Echo, 'he was a man of broad outlook who gave careful attention to detail'. During the 1800s, the business changed name a number of times to reflect the partners with whom Mr Smith ran the business. In 1892, Mr Bradbeer entered the business although this was in fact after the death of Mr Smith. It is interesting that the two men never met but the name lives on!
The company experienced a major setback during the Blitz when the Southampton store was directly hit by a bomb in November 1940. However, within two weeks, the business resumed trading from sites in Shirley and New Milton. Plans were submitted to rebuild the Southampton store but these were rejected by the local Council and Smith Bradbeer ultimately left the city where it had been trading for over 100 years.
Although initially a drapery store, over the ensuing years, fashion, furniture, homewares and fragrance have all been added to the core business and the centres of trade moved to the current locations of Romsey, New Milton & Hedge End. Removals & Storage and Furniture Rental are also key parts of the business operating from Romsey.
Mr Smith was obviously a retailing pioneer. His desire to see the expansion of independent retailing on the High Street still motivates the company's plans today. We continue to enjoy popularity as a local, independent retailer and expansion & development is always at the forefront of our mind.
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Trapezius (Figure 1) – The trapezius is a large bilateral pair of muscles commonly associated with the shoulders and upper back. Each of the trapezius muscles attaches at the superior end at the occipital bone and then spans down and medially to the lower thoracic vertebrae. The muscles also spread laterally to the superior aspects of the scapular spines. Being large and superficial, the trapezius covers many deeper muscles.
Although the muscle is largely categorized as a prime mover of the shoulder and upper arm, its attachments to the skull and cervical vertebrae make it a prime mover in cervical extension, lateral flexion, and rotation as well.
Splenius capitis and cervicis (Figure 2) – The splenius capitis lies under the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid. It is attached to the mastoid process of the skull and spinous processes of the seventh cervical and first three thoracic vertebrae. Its orientation facilitates cervical extension, lateral flexion, and rotation.
The splenius cervicis is lateral and contiguous with the capitis, attaching to the first two cervical vertebrae and spinous processes of the third through sixth thoracic vertebrae. It has a similar function to the capitis: cervical extension, lateral flexion, and rotation.
Levator scapulae (Figure 2) – The levator scapulae also lies under the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid. It is attached to the transverse processes of the first four cervical vertebrae and superior medial border of the scapula. As the name suggests, the levator scapulae elevates the scapula, but it has specific functions at the cervical vertebrae if the scapulae are held stable, namely cervical extension, lateral flexion, and rotation.
Semispinalis capitis (Figure 3) – The semispinalis capitis attaches to the nuchal line of the occipital bone of the skull then courses down along the vertebral column. It attaches to transverse processes of the four lowest cervical vertebrae (C3-C7) and to the highest thoracic vertebrae (T1-T6). As it has all attachments fairly close to midline, it is mostly a cervical extensor but can contribute lightly to lateral flexion and rotation.
Longissimus capitis – The longissimus capitis is lateral to the semispinalis capitis. It attaches to the posterior aspect of the mastoid process of the skull, to the transverse processes of the four lowest cervical vertebrae (C3-C7), and to five thoracic vertebrae (T1-T5). Its orientation facilitates cervical extension, lateral flexion, and rotation.
Longissimus cervicis – The longissimus cervicis lies lateral to the capitis but does not attach to the skull. It has superior and inferior attachments to the superior aspects of the transverse processes of the first five cervical vertebrae (C1-C5) and posterior aspects of cervical vertebrae two through six (C2-C6). Its orientation facilitates cervical extension, lateral flexion, and rotation.
Multifidus (Figure 4) – The multifidus is found deep to the trapezius and semispinalis muscles. A pair of these muscles spans longitudinally across three vertebrae (or four), from medial to lateral, along the length of the vertebral column. The pair attaches to the spinous process of a higher vertebrae and attaches to the transverse process of a lower vertebrae. Rather than acting as primary movers in vertebral extension, these small muscles stabilize the vertebral column when they act in concert.
Rotatores (Figure 4) – The rotatores are multi-segment muscles that attach to two sequential vertebrae, joining the adjacent spinous process of the higher vertebra to the transverse process. This arrangement repeats along the entire vertebral column. Like the multifidus, this is a small muscle, and although capable of contributing to rotation, lateral flexion, and extension, its primary function is to stabilize the vertebral column.
Interspinales (Figure 4) – This muscle connects two adjacent spinous processes of the vertebrae along the length of the vertebral column. Located posterior and precisely midline, the muscle series can contribute to extension of the vertebral column but acts primarily as a stabilizer.
Intertranversarii (Figure 4) – Each sequential pair of vertebrae has two of these muscles, one on each side, which connect the transverse process of the superior vertebra to the transverse process of the inferior vertebra. The intertransversarii can minimally contribute to rotation and extension and more so to lateral flexion, but it primarily acts as a stabilizer of the vertebral column.
Additional Reading
- Cervical Muscles, Part 1
- Muscle Basics, Part 1: Cells, Proteins, and Sarcomeres
- Muscle Basics, Part 2: Anatomy of Muscle Contraction
- Muscle Basics, Part 3: Hypertrophy
- Muscle Basics, Part 4: Atrophy & Sarcopenia
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Principle of Providing Value to Your Clients
How to Provide Real Value to Your Clients?
"Value" is a relative term, but it depends on your clients, not you. As an independent insurance agency owner, you might consider many things valuable, but none of that matters unless your clients think the same way.
Insurance is not something you buy because you want it. People buy insurance because they need to protect themselves from potential loss. It is not necessarily an exciting purchase, but it is an important one.
When you open an independent insurance agency, you have to provide value if you want to stand out from the competition. People are crazy about finding the best price, but price and value are not always related. Real value goes beyond what money can buy. To make it a good experience, independent insurance agents need to offer their clients value they can't refuse instead of focusing just on prices or products.
Being passionate about your work and the products you offer is essential. If you don't value yourself and your agency, your clients won't either. But what is the trick to deliver real value to your clients? Knowledge. Knowledge of your products, yes, but most importantly, knowledge of your clients.
To even attempt to provide value to your clients, you first need to understand who they are and what they truly need. —How? —Ask them. Get to know your clients. Find out what they want, what they need and what they hope for. There's nothing wrong with that. You are not expected to read their minds, but you are expected to show interest in them, so you can provide the kind of service they need.
Through this exercise, you will find out how infinitely simple some clients' expectations are and how complex others might be. This information is gold. It's the insight you need to develop strategies and create opportunities. Take time to ask, carefully listen, respond, and provide solutions as needed.


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Praying today for peace, patience, and trust. And let there continue to be rejoicing!
"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in meâpractice these things, and the God of peace will be with you." (Philippians 4:4-9 ESV)


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12 Masters. 12 Desires. 12 Fantasies Come to Life.
Meet the Masters of Blasphemyâ¦
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About THEIRS TO TAKE (Blasphemy #4, 9/26/17):
12 Masters. Infinite fantasies. Welcome to Blasphemyâ¦
Sheâs the fantasy theyâve always wanted to shareâ¦
Best friends Jonathan Allen and Cruz Ramos share almost everythingâa history in the Navy, their sailboat building and restoration business, and the desire to dominate a woman together, which they do at Baltimoreâs exclusive club, Blasphemy. Now if they could find someone who wants to play for keepsâ¦
All Hartley Farren has in the world is the charter sailing business she inherited from her beloved father. So when a storm damages her boat, she throws herself on the mercy of business acquaintances to do the repairsâstat. She never expected to find herself desiring the sexy, hard-bodied builders, but being around Jonathan and Cruz reminds Hartley of how much she longs for connection. If only she could decide which man she wants to pursue moreâ¦
As their attraction flashes hot, Jonathan and Cruz determine to have Hartley for their own. But the menâs erotic world is new and overwhelming, and Hartleyâs unsure if she could really submit to being both of theirs to takeâ¦forever.
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Racial Equality Programming
Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020 | 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Power Center
Elsinore Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice and the Center for Catholic Faith and Culture are hosting a reading of poetry and prose by six formerly incarcerated men. The six authors--Fly, Faruq, Khalifa, Malakki, Oscar, and Shawn--met at the State Correctional Institution in Pittsburgh and came together in 2013 to form the Elsinore Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice. The men met weekly for years, along with writers, activists, and political leaders, and bonded over the creation of this book, a hybrid of prison memoir, philosophy, history, policy document, and manifesto.
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This course is based on Florida Law as it pertains to Massage Therapy and the practice of Massage Therapy in the State of Florida.
Law is pretty straight-forward. There are activities that are legal and others that are illegal. There are rules and regulations that apply to therapists that live and are licensed in Florida, as well as for therapists who wish to become licensed in Florida. There are certain standards that must be maintained and adhered to, even for the newly-licensed therapist.
This course discusses what those rules and regulations are for massage therapists practicing in Florida. You will discover what the requirements are for licensing a massage establishment and how to go about obtaining that license. There are education requirements, both for initial licensure and for established therapists that must be taken and reported to specific boards. There are also disciplinary actions that are taken when a therapist does not meet or adhere to these requirements in Florida.
Florida Law is mostly common sense. Keep your license current and up to date, report your education credits to the proper boards, and practice ethical, safe massage. This course will give you the specifics on how to do exactly that.


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Nov 13, 2019
A keynote session from the 2019 Transform Summit
More and more companies are setting ambitious sustainability targets to decarbonize their supply chains. These targets are not only important from an environmental perspective, but they make business sense too. Hear how companies are designing and implementing sustainable strategies with their suppliers.
Speaker: Jeroen Scheepmaker, Associate Director Sustainability Solutions Energy, Navigant
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ONCE0914 - Haunted: Modern Stories (book discussion)
Course Description
Haunted by love, by the past, by yearning for what is desired and what is lost. All stories are ghost stories, said the late Barry Hannah. Join us as we read about literary hauntings: a house holding a secret crime, in Sarah Water's The Little Stranger; a late husband's ghost, in Laura Van den Berg's The Third Hotel; an ex-husband, in Rachel Cusk's Outline; the racial past, in Jessmyn Ward's National Book Award winning novel, Sing, Unburied Sing, and the sexual psyche of a married couple in Clare Fuller's Bitter Orange. Feel free to bring a snack or bagged lunch.
This course is held at the Temple University Ambler. Course is led by Miriam Camitta.
Class meets on Tuesdays, February 5, 19, March 5, 19 and April 2, 2019
Choose the morning section (10 AM to 12 PM) or the afternoon section (1 to 3 PM).


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The sector should drops any ideas of rebranding itself and instead focus on delivering a good service. That's what tenants really care about, says Paul Taylor
During last month's Inside Housing Twitter chat on the subject of whether the sector could get better at making its story heard, an interesting question emerged: does social housing really need to be a 'brand' at all?
In even debating the issue of brand it might be that we are wasting time, energy and resources that would be better spent addressing far more important issues.
Those with long memories may recall the controversial "in business for neighbourhoods" rebrand by the National Housing Federation in 2003.
Rather than change the face of the sector, it became better known for its rather expensive price tag, and was instead dubbed "invisible for neighbourhoods".
Unfair? Perhaps. But let's be honest. Rebrands are only ever truly popular in the boardroom and within marketing teams. Everyone else only really cares about the quality of the end product or service.
Despite this, the housing sector has a long and distinguished tradition of navel-gazing about brand awareness.
Do people understand us?
How can we make our message stand out?
How can we improve our image and reduce the stigma of social housing?
It's often unclear what particular problem these questions are aimed at addressing, which is probably why we've never actually answered them.
I've recently seen suggestions that the term 'social housing' should be dropped altogether because of the negative connotations of the word social. It's ironic that these debates take place on 'social' media which seemingly has no such problem.
I've long thought that any issue with the image of the sector lies a lot closer to home.
Too often the stories we tell are framed in a deficit mindset. A focus on worklessness, debt, digital exclusion, anti-social behaviour and domestic violence. When you continually make the link between 'social housing' and 'social problems' and imply that the only way out of this is a programme, project or model run by well-meaning professionals, you can't really blame others for any stigma.
And is it even possible for such a varied and broad sector to have a singularly understood brand in the first place?
There is an argument to say that a distinctive brand is needed to get the attention of investors or politicians.
Similarly there's a case to be made for shared ownership and sales, which operate in a genuine marketplace and have to compete against the best of the private sector. And perhaps an employer brand is needed to attract people to want to work for you.
Everywhere else, though, brand is increasingly meaningless.
Smart organisations know that it's now customers rather than communications teams who own the brand. Those who think otherwise are deluding themselves.
"I'm willing to bet that there isn't a single tenant in the whole of the UK whose first waking thought in the morning is 'I must check what my landlord is saying on Twitter'. It's just not important to people"
Like it or not, tenants, employees and even competitors can now use any one of the numerous social media outlets or review sites to build, maintain or ruin your reputation.
Believing in an organisation based on what it says on its own website is as foolish as recruiting someone solely on their LinkedIn bio. And I'm willing to bet that there isn't a single tenant in the whole of the UK whose first waking thought in the morning is "I must check what my landlord is saying on Twitter". It's just not important to people.
If you deliver something useful, then you don't need to worry about what people say or think about you. Branding is about simplicity and usefulness.
You brand is weakened every time you miss or change a repairs appointment or let a customer
down. Your brand is weakened further when you pump out good news stories or satisfaction scores that say everything is OK when everyone knows that doesn't reflect reality.
Us just saying "everyone should value and appreciate social housing" isn't useful. It's advertising, which doesn't work anymore because nobody believes it.
Coming up with meaningless, interchangeable taglines and changing your font improves things for no one.
Let's drop talk about the sector image. Let's work for authenticity. Let's work for positive change.
Let's work for transparency.
Forget what social housing is called. Let's work on what it can do, and what it should be.
Paul Taylor, innovation coach, Bromford


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By Devika Jyothi
With the fast growing demand for accessible and quality healthcare as well as higher education in East Africa, Healthcare and Higher Education have been identified as emerging sectors with significant potential for internationalisation. India, with its rich diversity of talent and capacity, is an emerging leader in both sectors. India has an edge over many other countries and can significantly impact sector development in Africa through knowledge, technology and skills transfer enabling human development and growth.
SITA, Supporting Indian Trade and Investment for East Africa, is exploring possibilities in the healthcare and higher education sectors for enhanced cooperation between India and East Africa enabling symbiotic growth.
As a first step towards this, SITA representatives led by Mr. Govind Venuprasad, Coordinator, met with members of the Healthcare and Higher Education panels of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – Coimbatore on July 22, to explore the avenues for possible collaboration between Indian and East African institutions towards developing the Healthcare and Higher Education sectors in East Africa.
Mr. Venuprasad presented an overview of SITA for participants to understand and explore the potential areas of collaboration. 'In charting out the way forward for promoting healthcare cooperation between India and East Africa, measures beyond patient recruitment will have to be looked at,' Mr. Venuprasad said, setting the tone for the conference.
Discussions on the Healthcare sector were led by Dr. Raja Sabapathy, Convenor (Healthcare Panel), CII Coimbatore and Director, Ganga Hospital and Dr. R. Veluswamy, CEO, G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital.
'Health problems in India and Africa are similar, so India's knowledge base can be effective in providing appropriate solutions for African countries, said Dr. Sabapathy. 'While Coimbatore has its distinctive expertise in several specialisations and super-specialisations like cardiology, oncology, microsurgery and such, the capabilities are not promoted well. This is an area to focus on,' he observed.
'While we may work on long term plans like mutual recognition of university degrees, promoting partnerships between organisations, and investment possibilities, in the short term we could focus on talent exchange programmes for trained doctors where they can be further trained in specific skills enabling capability building,' remarked Dr. R. Veluswamy. 'This will create the necessary awareness and trust. We presently have doctors coming in from Japan and China for short term training programmes – provided free of charge. We could replicate that with East Africa.'
'And, to recognize the comparative capabilities of hospitals in India, an outcome-based database needs to be created which will bring to the fore the expertise of hospitals in globally lesser-known cities like Coimbatore, Dr. Veluswamy stated.
Discussions on the Higher Education sector were led by K. Senthil Ganesh, Chairman, CII Higher Education Panel and Managing Trustee, RVS Educational Trust; Dr. Vijila Kennedy, Director, KCT Group and Dr. N.R. Alamelu, Principal, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College.
Commenting on the possibilities in Higher Education, Mr. Ganesh said, 'Facilitating collaboration between educational institutions in East Africa and Coimbatore for improved student recruitment remains the primary interest. However, the scope can extend to setting up institutions in East Africa, facilitating research collaborations and offering management development programmes, among other things.'
'Opportunities for public-private partnerships as industry education service providers as well as in skills development for the realization of the potential of Africa's workforce will have to be explored, added Dr. Kennedy.
'Towards de-risking the investment proposition, it is important that we approach the opportunity in a phased manner,' Mr. Ganesh commented. The immediate focus areas would be looking for partnership opportunities, with India transferring knowledge and East Africa providing infrastructure; research contributions and collaborations as well as capability building in engineering, particularly in specialisations such as data analytics and artificial intelligence.
Once we have a success story established through a partnership, other Indian institutions will be willing to invest in East Africa, Mr. Ganesh stated.
Going forward, SITA will work out a plan of action, in consultation with the respective stakeholders in the two sectors, to develop greater exchange and partnership opportunities between India and East Africa, Mr. Venuprasad said. SITA can help prioritise the activities, facilitate the discussions between governments, institutions and other stakeholders, enable due diligence as well as provide necessary aftercare for the successful operation of partnerships, he added.


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2019 Canadian International Air Show. Red Arrows Over Lake Ontario (4K, images)
Toronto is one of the 6 Canadian cities in biggest-ever Red Arrows tour to North America. Aviation fans have a unique opportunity to see the Red Arrows take flight over Lake Ontario during the Canadian International Airshow in Toronto over the Labour Day weekend.
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You'll know her best as the happy, kinder Strictly Come Dancing judge, but things haven't always been easy for Arlene Philips.
The former dancer and choreographer has recently spoken out about some of the tough times she's faced in her life – namely, the backlash she received for becoming a mother for the second time at the age of 47.
The 74-year-old had been with current partner Angus, since 1985, and has an older daughter Alana, now 38. But when she became pregnant with her second daughter Abi in 1991, Arlene admitted that it wasn't without it's difficulties, as people flocked to let her know they didn't approve.
She spoke about how, admittedly, her second child wasn't planned – "We didn't discuss it [another child], it just wasn't on the menu. I already had Alana, and Angus soon saw her as his own.
"No one could have been more stunned. I thought I was heading for the menopause and here I was expecting a baby. It was such a blessing."
But she's said that not everyone felt the same was as her. "I was told I was some kind of freak, that I would find it hard to bond with my baby when I could be the grandmother.
"I'm so vociferous if anybody says something to me that I find offensive. But I was so vulnerable. I let all these remarks go by with tears in my eyes."
She also spoke out about how attitudes have changed since the early 90s. "Nowadays, being an older mother is very common. When you let all those things go you see the absolute joy of having a baby when you're older. You really do feel like you've been given a gift."
Arlene also finally gave her verdict on the Strictly controversy that has hounded her since she was fired from the show back in 2009. She was part of the original judging panel line-up, alongside Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, and Craig Revel-Horwood, and the move came as a shock to fans of the programme.
And she's admitted that it was equally a shock to her. "I've never really been given a real reason. I don't think I will ever know the answer.
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"Certainly after Strictly I was in a very vulnerable situation. Prior to finding out that I was not going to be on the panel I had lost my manager of 30 years to cancer. I couldn't think about fighting,
Her departure sparked such outrage at the time that even Harriet Harman, equality minister at the time, spoke up in her defence. She said, 'I think it's asolutely shocking that Arlene Phillips is not going to be a judge on Strictly Come Dancing. And as equality minister, I am suspicious that there is age discrimination there,' Harman said at the time.
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Arlene has maintained that it was one of the last things she could concern herself with at the time, saying "I couldn't think about losing a job. I was in despair and grief-stricken. I didn't stand up or make my voice heard. I wasn't in a place to be able to do that.
"But I have a 48-hour rule – it's what I tell dancers and it's what I tell my children – give yourself 48 hours to moan and groan, then just get up and get on with it."pp


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Marvel Legends House of M Set (Iron Man, Hulk, The Inhuman Torch, The It)
This Marvel Legends set features four highly detailed, super-poseable action figures from Marvel's House of M crossover. All figures are super poseable with about thirty points of articulation. Iron Man comes with a gun and energy packs, while the Inhuman Torch has "flaming" wings. The set also comes with a special House of M handbook.
This set is new inside a very good box with a few small creases on the edges or scuffs on the window (both of which are normal for a box set of this size). The blister tray might have begun tinting slightly due to age.


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In my experience, these words, whether spoken aloud or not, are representative of a fear that many of us have as people who use the Internet: at some point in the future, something I wrote or a picture of something I did will make me look stupid, if not worse (and as a result I will lose an election when someone digs it up). I did my undergrad in the Government Department, so I've probably heard this as much as I'm ever going to.
As someone who has wanted to write for a while, I've always been paranoid that something I write will later look horrible and have negative ramifications for me. But I've written a book, so I'm holding a bag and I don't even know where the cat is at this point. However, my novel is fiction, and that puts a lot of distance between the words on the page and me. They are in their own world, and what they say does not necessarily reflect what I would say. A lot of what I want to write now, though, is not fiction.
I think most people, especially writers, have this fear at least a little. My identification of that is not groundbreaking. I am restating it for my own benefit, and in thanks to those who write anyway and allow me to learn from them. I owe the vast majority of my own learning to time spent alone with books. If the great women and men who wrote them had thought that They Might Run for Office Someday, and allowed that to sink in too deeply, the world would have lost a great deal of treasure, and I would have lost my best teachers.
Writing commits someone to that which they have written. On a relevant note, Atticus Finch once said that "[It] forces a man to make up his mind and declare himself about something. Men don't like to do that. Sometimes it's unpleasant." He was referring to juries, but the idea is the same. It is possible that the things I write will look immature, undeveloped, or wrong to others at a later date. Worse, they might look that way to me. But I love that my mind grows and changes as it acquires new information. I don't expect to think the same way in the future that I think now, and I will not fault myself for having less knowledge in the past than I do in the present.
To close, I will attach a picture of me in high school. I look silly, and I cringe slightly when I look at it. But I don't regret the picture, because I was being silly in a benign fashion. However, this is the exact kind of picture that I wouldn't want plastered on my rival's campaign commercials. Oh well. With this picture and these words I formally relieve myself of the fear that I Might Run for Office Someday.
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Aaron Hernandez's Former Fiancée Shayanna Jenkins Announces PregnancyAaron Hernandez's former fiancée Shayanna Jenkins announced on social media that she is pregnant.
Court Will Weigh Rule That Vacated Aaron Hernandez's Murder ConvictionMassachusetts' high court will consider whether the state should get rid of a centuries-old legal principle that erased Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction after the former New England Patriots tight end killed himself.
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Hurley: Aaron Hernandez Story Isn't As Simple As Many Want It To BeMaybe it's a function of the modern times, or maybe it's an inherent flaw in our existence as human beings, but there seems to be a rushed desire these days to boil every bit of news down to a single, easily-digestible sentence.
Belichick Shoots Down CTE Questions: 'I'm Not A Doctor'When asked about CTE, Belichick reminded reporters once again that he's just a football coach.
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Don Jazzy Net Worth & Biography 2019 – Michael Collins a.k.a Don Jazzy is a Nigerian record producing artists, singer and songwriter.
He's about the biggest and richest music producer known to denizens of the Nigerian clime and sub Saharan Africa.
Whenever he's behind the beats and the entire record production, you just grab a wine and sip to satisfaction because he never delivers below the fantastic benchmark.
From the days of Dbanj's "fall in love" to the "Dorrobucci" era, he has kept his top notch production skills as solid as the rock.
He has no solo album or track of his own, he does just fine collaborating, so when it comes to music in Nigeria, he's the best partnership prospect around.
The dizzy eyed Don Jazzy has through his influence as the boss of defunct Mo Hits records and seasoned production skills, helped a lot of upcoming artist get off the ground, made their way to fame and grace domestic and off shore rostrums.
He's the boss of "The Mavins" a music group and label imprint, arguably the most successful music team of that size in West Africa.
His record productions don't rake in nickels-and-dime which is why he's among the richest musicians in Nigeria at no 2 spot even though he has little business vocalizing, the dept of his baritone voice will call it a day even before it starts.
However, the Don has been active in the music empire since 2002.
Below is more things you need to know about Don Jazzy Net Worth and Biography:
Full Name: Michael Collins Ajereh
Nationality: Nigeria (Abia State)
Source of Wealth: Music Producer, Entertainment
Net Worth: $100,000,000.00
Birth Profile
He emerged from his mother's birth canal on the 26,November 1982.
Born and Christened Michael Collins Ajereh in his hometown, Umahia, Abia State, Nigeria but was breed in Ajegunle, Lagos.
He went to Federal Government College Lagos and furthered his education at the tertiary level in Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria.
Music Career
His incipience into music was as a kiddo drummer at age 12.
While playing the drums he ostensibly eyed the bass guitar a lot and soon began flirting with the strings too.
Presumably, he'd honed his drum skills so impeccably that he was invited to play the drums in London by his uncle.
While off shore, he met a fellow Nigerian who was into music and they allied to float the "Mo Hits" group and label on emigration back to Nigeria.
He would later ditch drumming to glean record productions from one Emeka Infiniti.
Back in Nigeria, the Mo hits ensemble became a household name, with the likes of DBanj, D'Prince and Wande Coal in the make up. Great singles were been churned out by the group, thanks to the boss himself at the background of it all.
In 2012 there came a storm in form of a rift that severed the bonds between Don Jazzy and D'banj(the most successful act in the group) hence, the exit of D'banj.
Subsequently, the group disbanded and Mo Hits is now archived in history.
Mavin Dynasty
Same year Mo Hits got archived, Don Jazzy announced "The Mavins" as his new music squad.
The new ensemble had his brother"D'prince", bodacious diva "Tiwa Savage" and "Dr Sid" as members of the music dynasty.
Wande Coal went solo and as the group burgeoned, promising acts like ",Koredo Bello", "Reekado Banks " and second lady "Dija" were recruited.
With the release of "Ada obi", "Dorrobucci" and "Arise" the music empire became unrivalled in Africa.
Just to suffice the record, all the songs done by the group, including that of the upcoming acts signed into the label owe production credits to Don Jazzy.
For the records, the new recruits are now super stars with awards to call theirs.
Albums to his credit
D'banj – No Long Thing (2005)
Run Down, Funk U Up (2006)
The Entertainer (2008)
Mo' Hits All Stars – Curriculum Vitae (2007)
Dr SID Turning Point (2010)
MAVINS – Solar Plexus (2012)
The Headies 2014 – Producer of the Year for Dorobucci
The Headies 2011 – Producer of the Year for Over The Moon , Mr Endowed and Pop Something
Nigerian Music Awards (2006) – Producer of the Year.
Nigerian Entertainment Awards (2007) – Music Producer of the Year.
City People Entertainment Award (2015) – special recognition award.
Don Jazzy's Net Worth
Don Jazzy net worth is valued at an estimated $100million making him the second richest musician in Nigeria's showbiz.


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Well done to all our super mathematicians who took part in the Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians at the end of last term. The program provided students with a series of problems to work through and allowed them to collaborate and discuss strategies in small groups. Congratulations on your effort and hard work completing this challenging challenge! Our wonderful achievements are below:
Participation – Jayden
Proficiency – Jules
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Internet2 Cloud Strategy
Time 05/08/18 01:30PM-02:45PM
Room Pacific 16-17
Session Abstract
Internet2's cloud-support approach includes integrated work across the entire Internet2 portfolio, with specific deliverables across our cloud services, network, and trust & identity activities and an intent to deliver a more comprehensive and eventually a full feature set of community and commercial cloud support activities. This cloud-support strategy is to address the needs of researchers and the academic enterprise in the use and adoption of cloud.
The session will include:
• an overview of the Internet2 cloud strategy
• a discussion about the current direction for NET+ services
• an explanation of Grants and Credits available from cloud providers such as Microsoft, Amazon and Google for researchers
• a guide to the Internet2 resources for the cloud offerings
• a description of Cloud Access, which is the combination of
Cloud Exchange allowing community members to take advantage of the peering that has been established with cloud service providers who work closely with the research and education community
and Cloud Connect allowing community members to leverage national and regional infrastructures to extend their network for direct connections to three cloud providers including Microsoft Azure Express Route, Amazon Web Services Direct Connect and Google Cloud Platform Dedicated Interconnect.
• a community update on the Cloud Research effort.
The session will allow ample time for discussion and questions.
Speaker Sara Jeanes Internet2
Speaker George Loftus Internet2
Speaker Sean O'Brien Internet2
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Forget FAANG stocks. When it comes to what hedge funds favored during the second quarter Spotify (SPOT) and Altaba (AABA) were the favorites.
Citing data from FactSet Research, Barron's reported that during the three months ended in June the most popular tech stocks for hedge funds were the streaming music service Spotify and the remnants of Yahoo, Altaba. According to Barron's, hedge funds amassed a $3.5 billion stake in Spotify with Tiger Global Management leading the charge. According to the data, it acquired $2.5 billion shares during the second quarter, representing 12.6% of its $19.7 billion in total equity assets. Tiger Global Management also boosted its stake in MercadoLibre, the South American e-commerce company by $540 million. (See more: Spotify Losing Ground In Streaming As Amazon Gains.)
Another popular stock with hedge funds was Altaba, Yahoo's remaining business after the sale of its core Internet assets to Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ). Hedge funds added $3.2 billion worth of shares to their holdings. Altaba holds a 15% stake in Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, which according to Barron's is worth around $79 billion, representing 85% of Altaba's net assets. (See more: What Is Altaba Anyway?)
Hedge Fund Reduce Exposure To FAANGs Except Amazon
At the same time that the hedge funds were adding to their positions in the two tech companies, they are moving away from Facebook Inc. (FB), Apple Inc. (AAPL), Netflix Inc. (NFLX) and Alphabet Inc.'s (GOOG) Google. With the stocks surging, hedge funds have enjoyed a windfall. But that appears to be shifting with Barron's reporting that with the exception of Amazon, hedge funds have reduced their exposure to the tech bellwethers during the second quarter.
Facebook, Netflix Exposure Down By $1.2 Billion
Among the 50 largest hedge funds, FactSet Research data shows their exposure to Facebook and Netflix have declined $1.2 billion each, while hedge funds sold about $1 billion worth of Alphabet stock during the June ending quarter. Take Bridgewater Associates as one example. It has $150 billion in assets under management and is the world's largest hedge fund. It reduced its stake in Facebook to $9.4 million from $32.8 million during the second quarter. Meanwhile, it bought a small position in Amazon and acquired shares of Chinese technology companies Alibaba Group (BABA) and Baidu (BIDU).
Amazon remained a favorite of the hedge funds during the second quarter, with funds adding $1.6 billion to their positions. It represented the biggest purchase for Millennium Management and D.E. Shaw, with Millennium purchasing $336 million worth of shares and D.E. Shaw buying $1 billion, reported Barron's.


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A BT line test broadband service will only take a few moments and if this is not the issue then the team at the BT line test number can check some other factors. If you are behind on payments this will affect your connection. The team at 0843 850 2091 will check your BT broadband bill to see if you are up to date. If not then you can make a payment at the BT helpline to bring your account back up to date. Your service should resume almost immediately once your payment has cleared. While you are on the phone with the team you can set up a BT direct debit to ensure the same problem doesn't happen again and pay your bills more effectively.
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A heavy duty belt. The belt buckles with a Austri Alpin Cobra buckle that withholds 1835kg – this belt is made to hold.
Material: Nylon 600D Strong Back
Weight: 160 g - 178 g
Wide: 4 cm
Strong Back Nylon - Is special Nylon which holds much more then 800D or 1000D Heavy Cordura. On the back there is also rubber layer which make it waterproof.
ANSI Cobra Test Report
ANSI COBRAs exceed all ANSI Z359.1 (220.127.116.11 and figure 25) requirements which stipulate that all fastening hardware and adjusters exceed a 17.8kN (4000lb) tensile load /internal frame test for one minute. To date, few companies have been able to attain this lofty standard benchmark and those that have, have utilized heavy steel, rivetted plating, and often cumbersome size and design. The AustriAlpin ANSI and NFPA COBRAs are lightweight (made of 7075 aluminum alloy) and nothing short of sexy!
Unlike other products on the market the ANSI and NFPA Cobras have no dangerous potential for accidental opening / release when under load. AustriAlpin's Patented COBRA technology and design prohibits this problem which is found universally among the competition.
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Ed Winkleman, signing books last night in Chelsea. Anyone who reads the art blogs knows that Edward Winkleman recently wrote a book, published by the Allworth Press, called How to Start and Run a Commercial Art Gallery. Yesterday I briefly stopped by the booksigning at Ed's gallery and chatted with the blogerati (blognoscenti?) who came … read more… "The nicest guy in Chelsea: Booksigning party"
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Blogger shows: Bromirski and Burket
Blogger/painter Martin Bromirski has a show at John Davis Gallery this month. Check out his blog Anaba to see installation shots of the small abstract canvases hung in an old carriage house. "I'm very happy with the show, it looks great," Bromirski posted after the opening. "I'm really into the space, and how the paintings … read more… "Blogger shows: Bromirski and Burket"
John Morris knocks on wood
"John Morris: Paintings on Panel," D'Amelio Terras, New York, NY. Through Feb. 3. Selected by ArtCal as a top pick last week, John Morris, who is known primarily for work on paper that features built up surfaces and repetitive forms reflecting his fascination with systems and patterns, has created a series of paintings on wood. … read more… "John Morris knocks on wood"


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I've been hooked on tabletop RPGs since I was 11 and tried Star Wars d6 for the first time. I mostly stuck to Star Wars and D&D in my younger years.
RPGs sadly fell to the wayside from the end of high school through undergrad. Fortunately, my passion for the hobby was reignited in grad school when I started a rotating-GM gaming group that focused on trying different games through one-shots.
It was then I realized that I have a preference for more narrative-based RPGs, though I still enjoy more traditional OSR and rules-lite games as well.
I'm a pretty laid-back GM. My number one priority is making sure everyone has fun. I love it when the whole group is willing together to work together and flesh out their characters through roleplaying in order to create fun and exciting stories that everyone at the table enjoys.
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Meet Daniel. He loves horses and country music. One of his favorite activities is riding horses at Autumn Rose Horse Farm in Plain City, OH. Heinzerling staff work with Daniel to help him mount the horse and ride with support. This helps Daniel to feel a sense of balance and movement that is not always possible in his wheelchair. In addition to riding, Daniel loves to brush the horses and feel their wet tongue on his hands. Going to the horse farm puts a huge smile on his face. Having this opportunity to ride means the world to Daniel!
Each year our residents go on amazing field trips. They enjoy going to Recreation Unlimited, The Columbus Zoo, and the Columbus Clippers games to name a few. During these activities our residents have fun, socialize with other people, increase sensory awareness, and improve their mobility skills. All of these things are very important to the personal development of each individual. Your support helps us fund these activities year round! In addition, donations we receive are used to purchase personal care items, therapy equipment, adaptive toys, and sensory equipment. Thank you so much for your investment in our residents. You make a significant difference in their lives. We appreciate you!


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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
As the California parents accused of starving their 13 children and holding them captive are expected to make their first court appearance, new details are have emerged about the torturous condition the victims endured.
David Allen Turpin, 57, and his wife, Louisa Anna Turpin, 49, face possible torture and child endangerment charges.
The Turpin children, who range in age from 2 to 29, were reportedly only allowed to eat only one rationed meal a day and shower just twice a year, a law enforcement official told NBC News.
Some of the children were chained to furniture inside a room filled with urine and feces, the law enforcement official added.
After their rescue, all of the children were been admitted to hospitals and are now receiving treatment for severe malnutrition. The children have been given antibiotics, vitamins and nutrients, and psychologists will eventually give them an evaluation when their physical health improves.
The Turpins, who are being held on $9 million bail, had little contact with their family in West Virginia, relatives said they were shocked to hear of the alleged abuse.
"They were just like any ordinary family," Betty Turpin, the 81-year-old mother of David Turpin told NBC. "And they had such good relationships. I'm not just saying this stuff. These kids — we were amazed. They were 'sweetie' this and 'sweetie' that to each other."
Although relatives of the Turpins have expressed their surprise, neighbors who only saw glimpses of the family have detailed several odd encounters.
Mike Clifford, a former neighbor of the family when they lived in Murrieta, would come home from work around midnight and see the children marching from room to room upstairs. The children would reportedly march in single-file for hours, according to ABC News.
Clifford's wife said she when she would sometimes encounter the children, they would speak in unison, and in a monotone and robotic way, Clifford told ABC News.
Multiple neighbors said they only saw the children when they would pile in their family van late at night. They would also only return late at night.
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In order to provide effective health care, which meets the needs of individuals, groups and populations, we first need to consider our own knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and experiences, in order for us to practice in an inclusive way. This online Short Course introduces how to reflect on your own values and how this may impact on your perceptions of others of a different cultural background.
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text: Lindy Kinn 2013-Current Supporting new teachers and encouraging reflective practice to accelerate professional growth: Lindy became an Alaskan in 1970 when her family moved from southern California to Wrangell. She attended UAF and her first teaching job was on the Pribilof Islands. She taught for a year in Anderson Alaska and then moved back to Fairbanks to teach for the next 30 years. Lindy has Masters in Education, a Masters in Ed Leadership and is Nationally Board certified. Lindy's years of experience as a classroom teacher, and in district-wide roles as a Math Support Teacher and as an Instructional Technology teacher, have provided her with many opportunities to understand the value of mentoring and being mentored. In her spare time Lindy likes to ride her bike, ski, and quilt. "I am honored be a part of ASMP with its proven record of improving teacher retention and student achievement and to join a team of exemplary educator mentors."


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Robert De Niro discusses his upcoming movie "Hands of Stone," which also stars Edgar Ramirez as boxer Roberto Duran and pop star Usher as Sugar Ray Leonard.
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I am always open to beautifully sung gothic metal, and with Lacuna Coil basically M.I.A. there's never been a better opportunity for Theatre of Tragedy to take the scene by Storm.
I have a weakness for female vocalists, Christina Scabbia and Anneke van Giersbergen being two of my favorites. After listening toStorm, Nell Sigland makes it a threesome. She's so god damn smooth. In the same way that van Giersbergen doesn't need to shout to convey the most cavernous of emotional depths, Sigland need not puncture her lungs to command attention. Her voice floats effortlessly like the subtle breeze of a light, wispy wind. Only the most pretentious of descriptions befit such a singer.
Gothic metal requires an excellent vocalist. You can fake it with thrash. Mustaine has done that for decades now. But the gothic metal vocalist is often at the forefront of the group's sound; another instrument, if you will. I am pretty easily won over by gothic metal. A good vocalist goes far for me, and Sigland could carry Theatre of Tragedy by herself. Fortunately, she doesn't have to, because guitarists Frank Claussen and Vegard Thorsen give her an excellent canvas to work with. The music drips with synth but it's never overbearing or completely obvious. Tones switch from light and thin to heavy and thick. That kind of diversity makes for a great listen, and more importantly, great repeated listening.
Theatre of Tragedy approaches songwriting in the same way that Katatonia records a few straightforward, chorus heavy songs amidst more meandering, layered tracks. The opener, "Storm," is about as straightforward as it gets, with a pop structure that stresses the catchy chorus, but songs like "Fade," with the atmospheric piano introduction and the pull of Sigland's seductive voice, require patience. Close your eyes and let its words form whatever images your brain can translate. The production is appropriately pristine, highlighting both the keys and Sigland's impressive range.
Everything works here. Very little is disjointed. I don't care much for Raymond Rohonyi's vocals, but they're rarely grating or entirely inappropriate. I wish that he had taken more of a backseat in "Silence," but that's one of only two tracks where he takes a greater role than Sigland, and on the other song, "Senseless," he actually sounds quite good. Maybe he should think about softening his voice a bit more rather than attempt to act as a tonal opposite. Aside from issues with the male vocals, this is one hell of a cohesive experience. The sextet obviously spent a lot of time putting Storm, their sixth full-length, together.
It's great to run into Storm this late in the year, when most long-anticipated albums have been released and every other good album released between now and the end of the year is a pleasant surprise. Darkest Hour's Undoing Ruin did the same thing for me in 2005. I can't promise that this will make my year-end top 10, but it's definitely one of the strongest gothic metal releases in some time. If you revel in beautiful voices and melancholy, buy Storm.


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Presenting the SUPERB iV and CITIGOe iV – The start of e-mobility
The start of ŠKODA's electrification has begun with the SUPERB iV and the CITIGOe iV – which were unveiled during the quarter finals of the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship earlier today.
ŠKODA Auto will invest two billion euros in the development of electric vehicles and new mobility services over the next five years – The largest investment programme to date.
Investing in alternative drive systems and new mobility services such as car sharing platforms. By the end of 2022, ŠKODA will have introduced more than 10 electrified models, fully establishing the ŠKODA iV family.
In a double world premiere ŠKODA presented both the CITIGOe iV the first fully electric vehicle to the range and the SUPERB iV a plug-in hybrid.
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With your trip guide on hand, you can feel the anticipation rising. Once you grab your duffel, the real fun starts in this exciting city,. With all there is to see and do in Pretoria, you will want a vehicle to check off everything on your list. There is no better way to get your vacation going right away than to rent your own car. Below is practically all the information you want to know to ensure your car rental from Pretoria Airport (PRY) will go off without any difficulties.
CarRentals.com is the place to start planning your next Pretoria vacation. If you want to get the best price, you need to:
The minimum age to rent a car in Pretoria is 19. However, there is ordinarily an added charge if you are under 25. Also note, for higher categories, such as premium, large capacity vehicles, or SUVs, the age restrictions can be different. Check with the rental car company before you book.
You'll find one rental car company at the Pretoria Airport. With suppliers like Budget to help you get the car you want, your vacation will be off to a fantastic start
In Pretoria you do need to have insurance before you rent a car. Many of the major credit cards (Discover, American Express, Visa, and MasterCard) usually offer coverage. However, many of them have restrictions, such as not covering bigger vehicles, like premium models or some SUVs. It is best to find out exactly what your credit card will cover before you head to Pretoria. Additionally, as a U.S. citizen, you can add on Collision Damage Coverage through CarRentals.com at checkout.
You will need to bring your driver's permit and a credit card in your name.
At CarRentals.com, we recommend a full tank policy. You pick up your rental with a full tank, and you will want to fill it back up before you return. If you want to keep your expenses lower, you should find a filling station before you return the car.
Pretoria definitely has its charms, but unlimited miles means you have unlimited options of where to go and what to see after you've done all the activities in Pretoria. If you have your heart set on seeing as much as you can, you'll need as many miles as possible to take in as much as you can while on your trip.
Many rental car companies offer one-way rentals in most cases. You may find it easier to return your rental car at another location. Don't forget there may be an added charge when you opt for one-way.
That all depends on your needs and what you will be doing. Smaller automobiles are good for short commutes and are easier to park. If you are traveling with a bigger group, then a mid-size or SUV will have more room for luggage and provide a more comfortable ride on longer commutes. Those looking for a touch of extravagance on their Pretoria getaway can choose the premium category for a car like a Mercedes C-Class or Cadillac XTS or similar.
We'll get you the top deals on rental cars in the city. Why spend tons of your vacation money when you can rent a car with CarRentals.com and have cash left over for the perfect vacation souvenir? Stop dreaming about a leisurely drive in the city and make it happen.


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Welcome to the New Curbly!
Hey, are you even reading this? A huge number of our readers probably aren't, because most of you come here from Google or Pinterest searching for one specific thing, and then leave. That's exactly what we're trying to change with this redesign. We're re-branding Curbly in hopes of making it a place you trust to inspire and teach you, every day.
When Curbly launched, nine years ago, these things didn't exist: iPhones, Pinterest, self-driving cars, and my two children. Curbly was meant to be a social network for people who were into design, decor, and home improvement. And while our mission, "Love Where You Live", hasn't changed, just about everything else has.
We're not a social network.
Yeah, that part didn't pan out so much. For a while we had lots of users who contributed blog posts, and we even had Clippings (visual bookmarks) years before Pinterest did. But, we have officially become a blog and content library, not a social network. And, we're cool with that.
We make our own content.
Maybe you didn't know that? You could be forgiven, since it's not always super-obvious what we've created and what we've simply curated. But, we now have an amazing team of really talented people (Alicia, Chris, Brittni, JoAnn, Faith, Lexy, Lidy, Jeran, Jennifer, and Stephanie) who make and photograph original projects that don't exist anywhere else online. We publish more than 15 posts, with at least five original projects, every week!
If you think of Curbly as a place that just re-posts other bloggers' content, think again. Here's a link to all our original stuff.
We're social.
When it comes to social media, we were early to some (Pinterest), and late to others (Instagram). But, now we're firing on all cylinders. Check out our Instagram feed for daily updates and inspiration. Our Pinterest profile is a must-follow (I mean, I'm biased, since my wife runs it ... Hi, Alicia!). We have almost 50,000 followers on Facebook, and we love and appreciate every one of them. And, Twitter ... umm ... yeah, we're working on that too (did I say all cylinders?). Sorry, I just don't get Twitter.
Sponsored posts. We do that.
Curbly is a full-time job for three people, and a part-time job for several more. Sponsored posts allow us to pay for the content that we give away every day for free. They also let us rely a little less on annoying banner ads. We work really hard to make our sponsored content as authentic, organic and un-intrusive as possible. We hope you like 'em. Are you a brand looking to work with us? Check out our media kit site.
Hey, Thanks!
Here's my chance to say thanks. To all those readers (more than 51 million since 2006) who have done us the favor of typing in www.curbly.com in a browser, following us on a social media site, telling their friends about us, or leaving nice comments ... thank you so much. Blogging can be lonely and anonymous sometimes, but at the end of the day we're here to connect with our readers, and we're grateful for your attention.
How the new design came together
Back in January, 2015, we had our big yearly editorial planning call. One of the things that emerged from that was a sense that our existing design and branding didn't match the direction we wanted to take the site. It wasn't sophisticated enough; it didn't present our content in the most beautiful context. And, the brand wasn't well thought out. Was this the logo?
Or this?
Oh, I know, it's this one:
Very confusion. Such green.
So we hooked up with an amazing local design firm called Studio MPLS, which just happened to be right next door to the amazing Peace Coffee shop so we could get a kick-ass latte before every meeting (not that that had anything to do with it).
They helped us refine our ideas and decide what Curbly was really about. We call these our brand attributes:
Then the Studio MPLS folks started brainstorming. Here's one of the initial inspiration boards we looked at:
And, some of the initial logo sketches:
And some more logo refinements:
After many more lattes, we settled on the version we like to call, officially, "the smiley one". We agonized over the exact size of the 'smile':
We eventually settled on the logo you now see throughout the site. It's awesome. We love him/her/it. It can work in monochrome, in small sizes, with colored and illustrated fills, and with textures.
We feel like the new logo (and logomark) gives us a really solid, flexible foundation going forward. You'll be seeing lots of it (...just the right amount, don't freak out!).
So, here we are. Curbly has gone from this:
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A slightly fresher direction with this EP - No, We're Not A Couple is a funked up rolling thing with jungle subs, dubby hats and percussion, shifting textures and film score strings.
Cortisol is a stressful warehouse jam in 7/8, filtered every which way then taken to church. Pacy but doesn't really sound it.
White Mice is an afterhours, dubbed-out, drum machine samba workout for smoky basements. Slow but doesn't really sound it. Hope you enjoy em! Respect, Mosca
Early support from Ben UFO, Kowton, Pearson Sound
a1. Mosca - No, We're Not a Couple
a2. Mosca - Cortisol
b1. Mosca - White Mice