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If you are not a US citizen by birth or did not acquire citizenship automatically after birth, you may still be eligible to become a citizen through the normal naturalization process. If you are are 18 years and older, you use the "Application for Naturalization" (Form N400) to become naturalized. If you acquired citizenship from parent(s) while under 18 years of age use the "Application for a Certificate of Citizenship" (Form N600) to document your naturalization. If you are an adopted child who acquired citizenship from your parent(s) use the "Application for a Certificate of Citizenship on Behalf of an Adopted Child" (Form N643) to document your naturalization.
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- Age: applicant must be at least 18 years old;
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Persons who are born in the United States are citizens at birth unless they are born to foreign diplomats.
A person who is born abroad to TWO US citizens is a US citizen if both parents were US citizens at his or her birth and at least one parent lived in the US at some point in his or her life.
For those born abroad to only ONE US citizen, if you are born outside the United States after November 14, 1986 and only one of your parents was a citizen at the time of your birth you may qualify for citizenship if: (1) Your citizen parent lived at least 5 years in the US before you were born, and (2) 2 out of 5 of these years were after his or her 14th birthday.
If you were born outside the United State before November 14, 1986 and only one of your parents was a citizen at the time of your birth you will qualify for citizenship if: (1) Your citizen parent lived in the US for at least 10 years before you were born, and 2) 5 out of 10 of these years were after his or her 14th birthday.
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One way in which citizenship may be achieved is by birth in the U.S., or birth to parents who are U.S. citizens. If neither of these situations applies, one may pursue naturalization: the process that one undergoes in the pursuit of citizenship. In addition, in 2000, Congress passed the Child Citizenship Act (CCA), which allows any child under the age of 18 who is adopted by a U.S. citizen and immigrates to the United States to acquire immediate citizenship.
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Another week, another bout of speculation over whether Tim Ream will make his Bolton debut.
At the very least, he appears destined for a place on the bench for the first time since making his move from the New York Red Bulls to the Premier League.
Manager Owen Coyle confirmed on Bolton's website that Ream will make the matchday roster for the first time, but he stopped short of proclaiming him a surefire starter for Saturday's FA Cup battle against Millwall.
"I think it's fair to say that Tim Ream will definitely be involved in the matchday 18, as will (fellow new signing) Ryo Miyaichi," Coyle said. "They have a bit of training to do before that game, but we will pick the best team available to us to go and win a difficult FA Cup tie. We have a squad of very good players and we may make one or two changes. We will have a look, see how we train today and Friday and make a decision from there."
Here are a few more items involving Americans Abroad:
West Ham's first team is off until next weekend, but George John got another chance to prove himself for the club's technical staff by playing in Friday's reserve match. John started West Ham's 2-1 victory over Queens Park Rangers and "looked solid throughout" according to a West Ham match report. West Ham's first team plays on Tuesday, the next chance John has to make his official debut as time ticks away on his loan from FC Dallas.
American youth international Sebastian Lletget appeared as a substitute in the reserve match for West Ham, which is a curious development considering that sources confirmed to SBI on Thursday that he had recently broken his nose and suffered a concussion and was being held out of action as a precaution with the concussion.
Jozy Altidore's AZ Alkmaar got the best of Sacha Kljestan's Anderlecht in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League Round of 32 tie on Thursday, holding serve at home with a 1-0 victory.
Altidore appeared as a 76th-minute substitute, while Kljestan started and went the distance for Anderlecht.
Jermaine Jones made his temporary return to Schalke's lineup, starting and playing 90 card-free minutes in Schalke's 1-1 draw with Viktoria Plzen. Jones is still in the midst of his eight-game domestic suspension for his stomp on Borussia Monchengladbach's Marco Reus, but that suspension does not include European competitions.
Steve Cherundolo and Oguchi Onyewu both started and received yellow cards in their respective matches. Hannover 96 came from behind to top Club Brugge, 2-1, a game in which Cherundolo was subbed off in the 76th minute.
Onyewu played the entire 90 in Sporting Lisbon's 2-2 draw with Legia Warsaw, as the Portuguese side got an 88th-minute equalizer to pull level on aggregate and take two away goals into the return leg.
What do you make of these developments? Hope to see Ream against Millwall? Curious as to how Lletget played in a reserve match despite coming off a concussion? What did you think of the Americans' Europa League performances on Thursday?
Share your thoughts below.
Putting Ream in against a lower side would seem to be a good way to work him in.
From the beginning I've said I don't see how a CB comes into the PL and starts games without building up any relationship of communication and timing with a partner back there.
Yeah, he won't play
makes a lot of sense. I for 1 advised him to head to PSV. There's EL games for sure. But let's see ho it goes
Jones played 90 and did not get a yellow card. 2012 – believe
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Dude, so what'd he say?
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so uh….hows robbie rogers doing?
"Hope to see Ream against Millwall?"
As a Millwall fan, yes!
Edwin in LA
At this point I just want George John playing SOMEWHERE? Either for West Ham, or in a Championship side or FC Dallas hopefully leading their defense to being one of the best again and making FC Dallas a force to be reckoned with like the last 2 years before the falling the had the last 3 months last season…
If David Ferreira can handle his psychological doubts and get back to where they were…with Shea on the left and Blas Perez plus Fabian Castillo up top they can do some damage if you ask me, no CCL but that lets them concentrate more on MLS & US Open Cup to make both of those more competitive!
The Imperative Voice
They switched coaches on him within days of acquisition. Stuck himself in a bad spot IMO.
The Imperative Voice
Except Bolton is in 19th place in the EPL (relegation territory) and Coyle probably can't afford to lose a cup tie with a lower division team on top of that. Ironically your better play is probably to run him out vs. Chelsea when at best you squeak out an unexpected point and at worst you lose like most will expect. But if they lose to Millwall he might get fired before the final whistle.
Frankly, if Bolton gets relegated, it might well be the best possible thing for Tim Ream. He's still got potential, but last season showed all too clearly just how far he still has to go; the last thing he needs is to get spit-roasted almost constantly next season by the merciless sharks who play striker in the EPL, which could very well be the case. A year or two of seasoning in England's still-competitive second tier would only help him, especially coming off a year where Murphy's Law stalked his every move on the field! We've never seen a sophomore slump this bad from any highly regarded MLS newcomer not named Rookie of the Year the previous season – Ream could stand to rebuild both his acumen and his confidence for a spell, and the Prem is really not a good place for that!
"Coyle probably can't afford to lose a cup tie with a lower division team on top of that. "
Bolton will try to beat Millwall but avoiding relegation is the number one priority. Winning the FA Cup means almost nothing if they get relegated. In fact, getting knocked out of the Cup would mean they can focus on the relegation battle.
There are no guarantees but Coyle is exceedingly popular with the fans and with the management in Bolton, who have made it clear that they are unlikley to fire him even if they get relegated. After all, who better to lead them right back in that event. They realize Bolton is in deep because of injuries and their inability ot hang onto players. Very few blame Coyle for the current situation.
"Stuck himself in a bad spot IMO."
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Wintersong Village in Knox is hosting a fundraiser on Thursday they hope will support Starke County's law enforcement officers.
A "Back the Blue" chili cookoff will be held at 4:30 p.m. at the Nancy J. Dembowski Community Center, and will pit the best of Starke County against each other. Starke County Sheriff Bill Dulin and Knox Police Chief Harold Smith will be among the judges.
Jodi Wagner with Wintersong Village says the "Back the Blue" event is a way to bring all parties in the community together.
"It's just a way to support our local law enforcement for all that they do and sacrifice to help all of us in the community," says Wagner. "It's our way of getting the community involved so they can show their support as well."
Providing assistance for the Knox K-9 unit will be the cause being backed by the funds raised. The police department recently purchased a vehicle to better house the dog while on patrol.
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Big wuss! The floor is only an inch below Pickle, they can get down safely.
So. Left hanging around again, am I?
The minute Kal thought this, as well as the immediate wave of remorse for even allowing such a bad joke head-space, he heard a groan from below him. Pickle had chosen that inopportune moment to wake up and begin to thrash about.
"Hey! Why am I upside-down? What's going on? I say, Kal old chap, what's up?"
Kal could feel his wrists splintering. Not only was he supporting his own weight, but that of the ranger and the mage as well, and now Pickle was awake it was even worse.
"Hold still, moron, or I'll let go and plunge us all into the deep, dark pit below," he groaned from between gritted teeth, trying to shift his grip without actually releasing his grip, or causing all his fingers to spontaeneously snap in two.
There was a short pause, and then Pickle spoke up again.
"You do know that the floor's only a few inches below me, don't you, old chap?"
There was another short pause, this one filled with a mixture of embarrassment and rage.
"Fine," Kal said eventually, and let go.
It was quite a hard floor, being made of rock strewn with sharp bits of other rocks and prickly sand made of ground rocks. Luckily, Kal's landing was conveniently cushioned by both a ranger and a mage, and he came to no harm. Rolling off his makeshift landing pad, he rubbed some feeling back into his abused arms and clapped his hands a couple of times.
"Right, then, up we get!"
Falcon and Pickle groaned a little, showing no signs of getting up, so Kal took a certain sadistic delight in hauling them both up by the scruffs of their necks and banging their heads together.
"I said, up we get!"
"I say," Pickle mumbled dizzily, stumbling back and rubbing his forehead. Falcon, who obviously had a harder head, blinked a couple of times and frowned.
"That's not the sort of behaviour I'd have expected from a brave adventurer like you," he observed. Kal beamed at him.
"I'm very sorry," he lied, "But it's important to get up and running as soon as possible in case we come across any monsters. I mean, how will you kill them if you're lying in a groaning heap on the floor?"
Falcon's brow furrowed as he tried to fit this in. It seemed he could see nothing immediately wrong with it, as he shrugged and picked up his bow from where it had fallen. Pickle, apparently now suffering from a splitting headache, retrieved his hat and leaned against the wall, whimpering slightly. Kal laid a friendly arm around his shoulders.
"Come now, Pickle, surely you've got something in that spellbook of yours that cures headaches?"
The mage shook his head, and then looked as if he wished he really hadn't. Kal gave him a light and superficially friendly shake, just to see him go green.
"Well then, you'll just have to live with it, won't you?" he purred, and leaned in to whisper in the mage's ear.
"Throw up on me and live to regret it."
The way Pickle snapped his mouth shut, it seemed he wouldn't be throwing up anywhere ever again. Or indeed speaking, eating or breathing. Kal smiled genially and patted him on the back.
"Right. On we go. Which way n-owwwwwwwwwwwwwww!"
Something had bitten him on the ankle. He looked down through watering eyes and saw what appeared to be a piebald rat, which was grinning at him.
"Hey guv'nor, wanna know where the treasure is?" it called up, twitching its whiskers. Kal looked at it.
Talking rat. Right. Magic gets bloody everywhere these days...
"And you know where the treasure is, do you?" he said aloud. "Any reason why I shouldn't just stamp on you?"
The rat looked affronted.
"I said I knew where the treasure is, didn'n I? An' I c'n tell you where the treasure ain't as well. Ain't that good 'nuff?"
"It might be," Kal admitted, glancing up at Falcon, who shrugged. "So where is it then?"
"Uh-uh, I ain't tellin' ya right now. I want somefing in return."
"And what's that exactly?"
The rat's little black eyes gleamed excitedly, and it swished its bald, rather scabby tail.
"I wanna be an adventurer! Lemme come wiv you, and I'll take ya to the treasure. 'Ave we got a deal?"


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Nuno Mendes
Chiltern Firehouse, executive chef
Portuguese-born Mendes is the chef behind the transformation of this former fire station. He has set Londoners' tastebuds on fire with his modern European food full of delightful surprises — from crab-stuffed doughnuts to short rib with hazelnut purée. Mendes, formerly of Viajante in Bethnal Green, is backed by US business partner André Balazs, who has created the trendiest spot in town.
André Balazs
Chiltern Firehouse, owner
American hotelier Balazs has set the restaurant scene alight with the hottest opening the capital has seen in years. Everyone from the Beckhams to the Camerons has beaten a path to the Firehouse to sample its fine comfort food, beautiful design and secret smoking room. He is set to bring a London version of his New York Standard hotel chain to Camden's Town Hall Annexe.
Jamie Oliver
This year has seen two new Jamie's Italian restaurants in London and three more abroad. Last year's projects included cook book Save With Jamie, another chart-topper, and the accompanying show, Money Saving Meals. Following the launch of his food channel, Food Tube, on YouTube, now comes a follow-up, Drinks Tube. "I basically look at brands as commissioning editors," says Oliver, as he sidesteps TV broadcasters to work directly with online sponsors.
Christopher Corbin
Jeremy King
The powerful pair behind The Wolseley, The Delaunay, Brasserie Zédel and most recently the Austrian-inspired Fischer's in Marylebone were both made OBEs in the New Year's Honours List. This autumn, they turned to the north end of Mayfair, near Marble Arch, to open a grand hotel, The Beaumont, complete with a special suite called The Room, designed by artist Antony Gormley.
Russell Norman
Polpo Group, restaurateur
A stupendous year for Norman has included the opening of The Ape & Bird gastropub, the successful re-launch of Polpetto and the new Polpo Notting Hill. His shrewd, sensible approach to Italian food brought in an average of 1.6 million viewers for the BBC2 programme The Restaurant Man. The Spuntino cookbook is in production, as is a 5,000 sq ft restaurant in Soho.
Karam Sethi
Jyotin Sethi
Trishna Group, co-founders
The brothers — former Rainer Becker employee Karam and ex-Barclays banker Jyotin — are co-founders of the Trishna Group, which backs James Lowe at Lyle's and Bubbledogs/Kitchen Table. In 2008, they launched Trishna in Marylebone, where their sister Sunaina is both general manager and sommelier, and went on to open Gymkhana in Mayfair, which deservedly won its first Michelin star this year.
Dan Doherty
Duck and Waffle, chef
As the chef of London's hottest 24-hour restaurant, O'Doherty has seen everything atop the Heron Tower — from revellers stumbling in at 3am to City workers photographing the panoramic view over a power breakfast. He describes his cooking style as "often traditional, sometimes playful" and likes to say he takes beautiful produce and cooks it with love. His first recipe book has just been published.
Justin Gellatly
Bread Ahead, co-founder
The former head baker and pastry chef at St John, who was also responsible for setting up the St John Bakery and making the restaurant's famous custard doughnuts, started his own business, Bread Ahead, in Borough Market at the start of the year. The doughnuts are still pulling in the crowds and his book Bread, Cake, Doughnut, Pudding was published in May.
Richard Caring
Caprice Holdings, chairman
The impeccably turned-out restaurateur who owns Le Caprice and The Ivy as well as Annabel's via his stake in the Soho House Group. Made his money in clothing. Runs on Hampstead Heath to keep fit and owns an impressive art collection. Last summer relaunched Daphne's, 50 years after its launch by theatre agent Daphne Rye.
Giles Coren
The Times, restaurant critic
Witty and clever, with a surprisingly large female fan club, Coren's influence has now spread to Canada where he has been filming The Million Dollar Critic series and another, Pressure Cooker. Coming too is a new BBC2 series, Dinner Times, and a documentary about fruitarians. Known for firing off furious emails to sub-editors who tinker with his prose.
Heston Blumenthal
Not content with fronting a Western Australian food festival last year and Channel 4's Great British Food, the indefatigable chef was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Sciences, announced The Fat Duck's temporary relocation to Melbourne, opened The Perfectionists' Café in Heathrow Terminal 2 and is releasing a revised version of his book Historic Heston.
Heston Blumenthal
Fay Maschler
Evening Standard, restaurant critic
No critic has been in the job as long as Maschler, which is why everyone reads her. Her five-star review of Dabbous changed the restaurant for good. This year has produced two coveted, equally high-achieving write-ups, of the Indian restaurant Gymkhana and of the Spanish tapas restaurant Barrafina Covent Garden — both of which have now been given Michelin stars.
Ollie Dabbous
The chef who worked with René Redzepi, Heston Blumenthal and Raymond Blanc before setting up alone in London and being honoured with a Michelin star and a five-star review from Fay Maschler. Opened his low-key restaurant Barnyard on Charlotte Street in March and launched his first cookbook last month.
Des Gunewardena
David Loewi
An integral part of the high-end and casual London dining scenes, this pair have sharp business ideas. This year has been typically busy, with five pop-ups, the acquisition of Madison rooftop bar and restaurant in the City and the contract to redevelop the historic German Gymnasium in King's Cross in spring 2015. They have also relaunched Quaglino's.
Fergus Henderson
Chef, restaurateur
The stoic chef who pioneered nose-to-tail eating with his St John restaurants loves tripe but draws the line at eating bull's penis. Despite losing his head pastry chef, who then took off to Borough Market, Henderson opened a larger output of the Maltby Street bakery, the St John Bakery Rooms this summer.
Ruth Rogers
River Café, chef
Co-founder of London's Michelin-starred riverside Italian restaurant, which was once responsible for hand delivering a picnic to Downing Street on Tony Blair's first day in office, and whose alumni include Jamie Oliver, Moro's Sam Clark and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, is relocating to a new site at Thames Wharf next year.
Gizzi Erskine
The unstoppable, photogenic chef has a weekly recipe column in the Sunday Times, took part in Jamie Oliver's Big Feastival this summer, joined his Food Tube, and hosted the Chef's Club at Blackheath Festival last month. Currently working on a new book, following on from the success of Skinny Weeks and Weekend Feasts.
Sabrina Ghayour
Chef and author
The London supper club host who has helped to make Persian food accessible. Her cookbook, Persiana, was recognised by many as one of the best debut cookery titles of the year for its down-to-earth approach to Middle Eastern food. An avid tweeter, she has also cooked with chefs such as Anna Hansen and Bruno Loubet.
Petra Barran
London's most prominent street food star whose collective Kerb, which started off as a rotating traders' market in King's Cross, has since collaborated with The Gherkin, Spitalfields Market, and Canary Wharf. Barran is also a judge for the Young British Foodies Awards.
Petra Barran
Dom Cools-Lartigue
Jonathan Downey
Street Feast, founders
A well-partied pair with backgrounds in the hospitality and legal industries (Downey's members' clubs Milk & Honey in London and New York have a fashionable audience). They have expanded their street food parties from Dalston to Battersea, Lewisham and Tottenham, with an upbeat mix of quality food, drinks and good music.
Ole-Martin Hansen
Hansen & Lyderson, founder
Norwegian musician who started his Stoke Newington smoked salmon business by lugging 40kg of fish from Billingsgate Market on the bus at 4am. Now gets it delivered from one of Norway's best salmon farms, and smokes it following his grandfather's recipe as closely as possible. Chefs Ottolenghi and Nuno Mendes are fans.
Jenny Dawson
Rubies in the Rubble, founder
The 28-year-old former City worker has scaled up her chutney-making business to work directly with large fruit and vegetable growers, taking surplus by the ton to process into preserves. A new entry on The 1000 a year ago, she won Veuve Clicquot's prestigious New Generation Business Woman of the Year award this year and now sells to about 150 independents and department stores. Looking to develop a new product range.
Chris Pople
Restaurant blogger
Still very happily installed as a market researcher by day, his Cheese and Biscuits blog pulls in 30,000 unique visitors each month and he has eaten out more than 200 times over the course of the year. Was awarded the Best Online Restaurant Writing prize by Fortnum & Mason in June.
David Buttress
Just Eat, chief executive
If you haven't seen a Just Eat sign on a high street, you must have been hiding under a rock. Founded in Denmark, the online takeaway food concierge whose headquarters were moved to London in 2006 now has more than 22,500 outlets in the UK and more than 80,000 Twitter followers. Floated on the London Stock Exchange this year, with a seriously chunky valuation of £1.4 billion.
Jason Atherton
Chef, restaurateur
First British chef to work with Ferran Adrià at El Bulli, and opened Maze while working at the Gordon Ramsay Group. Has since opened the Michelin-starred Pollen Street Social and City Social, as well as a string of other successes including Little Social and Berners Tavern, plus more abroad. Also backing the Typing Room in Bethnal Green Town Hall.
Matt Hill
Cobble Lane Cured, co-founder
Hill and his co-founders Matt Atkinson and Adam Brudnowski are former Jamie Oliver employees who have ended up supplying his Italian branches with their own British bresaola and sausages, as well as 60 London bars and restaurants. Producing on average 600-700kg of meat per week, sales for the second quarter of the year were up a meaty 30 per cent on the best quarter from the previous year. Hill starred in London Live TV show Food Junkies.
Des McDonald
New restaurant mogul, previously head chef at The Ivy and chief executive of Richard Caring's Caprice Group, who set up alone in 2012 and now owns three Fish and Chips, the Holborn Dining Room and Q Grill in Camden. He's got plenty more fish to fry.
Jackson Boxer
Cook and restaurant owner
His lauded fried chicken and frozen margarita joint Rita's Bar & Dining is now permanently located in London Fields. Following the continued expansion of his acclaimed restaurant, Brunswick House, he has spent this year establishing his own vegetable garden in West Sussex to supply his kitchens. Part of the food dynasty that includes the founder of the Campari pop-up, Frank, and food writer Arabella Boxer — his godfather is also the co-founder of Pitt Cue Co.
Richard Johnson
British Street Food Awards, founder
His continued commitment to the country's street food scene has seen him launch an app and win the Guild of Food Writers prize for Food and Travel Journalism for his Radio 4 Food Programme on Southern Food. This autumn he expands the street food revolution to Camden Market, and launches the British Street Food Academy.
Club owners and party people
Guy Pelly
Club owner
Known for being an ultra-loyal friend of Princes Harry and William (he organised the latter's stag party) and has run some of the capital's hottest nightspots, including Mahiki and Whisky Mist. Tonteria, his latest in Chelsea, has been dubbed "London's louchest club" as cat-suited waitresses bring out hand-held firecrackers to cheer each high-spending customer who splashes out on a big bottle at the Mexican-themed spot. Harry is said to slip in often, through a private side entrance. Party-loving Pelly got disqualified for drink-driving this summer.
Nick Jones
Is there no end to the rise of Jones's Soho House empire? This year the group opened its biggest house to date in Chicago, which even has its own boxing ring. Istanbul follows this December as well as Farm House in Oxfordshire and Barcelona in 2015. The next continent Mr Kirsty Young is looking to conquer is Asia.
Nick Jones
Michael and Charlotte Sager-Wilde
Sager + Wilde, owners
Wine buffs as well as husband and wife, Charlotte and Michael became one of the coolest couples on London's bar scene when they opened Sager + Wilde on Hackney Road last August — their USP being to offer premium, unusual wines by the glass. A second site, Mission, has opened under the Bethnal Green railway arches.
Robin Birley
5 Hertford Street, owner
From English drawing-room grandeur at the top to a Hawaiian-style dancefloor in the basement, his Mayfair members' club, spread over three floors, has been an instant hit since it opened two years ago and vies with Chiltern Firehouse as the place to be. Birley, married to Bryan Ferry's ex, Lucy, is clubland royalty — Annabel's is named after his mother and his late father, Mark, had a string of other clubs. You won't get much change from £20 for a G&T at 5 Hertford.
Sam Galsworthy
Sipsmith distillery, co-founder
Set up the first copper distillery to launch in London for 200 years back in 2009, and now Galsworthy and business partner Fairfax Hall are moving from Hammersmith to a more grown-up space in Chiswick where their copper still, called Prudence, will gain two sister stills, as well as a lab and bar space. A pioneer in London's revival of artisanal spirits, Sipsmith is now sold across the capital by the likes of Selfridges and many bars, including their own pop-up earlier this year at Kettner's.
Mystery blonde BarChick gets around and is always first in line at the capital's coolest new bars. Now with a gang of more than 100 dedicated boozers worldwide, in over 65 cities, BarChick has launched a new events business to bring the party to you — whatever the budget. Next up is a new website, an app refresh and a recruitment business. Knows absolutely everyone.
Matt Whiley
Nicknamed the Talented Mr Fox, experimental barman Matt Whiley was doing weird and wonderful things at the One Leicester Street bar before he started his own project, Peg + Patriot, earlier this year in the Old Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green, next to Lee Westcott's Typing Rooms. He's known for his wacky cocktail concoctions such as Bin Juice, Salt Beef Sazerac and Marmite Martini. He distils his own spirits (using pig blood and the like) and vermouths, consults in many restaurants including Claridge's and does events.
Charlie Gilkes
Duncan Stirling
Club owners
"Best mates" with Pippa Middleton and London's general Sloane population, the posh founders of the Inception Group have continued to expand their group of themed nightclubs that includes Bart's, Maggie's, Mr Fogg's and Disco. This year, they jumped on the World Cup/Brazil bandwagon and opened Cocobananas, a beach-shack in Battersea, and have plans for a new Chelsea dance saloon based on winter cowboy log cabins called Beaver Lodge.
Ruth Spivey
Street Vin Wine, founder and wine consultant
She was once the star of a Diet Coke advert but now former model Spivey is fast becoming the go-to-girl of the London wine world. As part of her effort to change how we see wine (and the tasting of it), she set up Wine Car Boot in 2013 to promote independent shops. Her Street Vin Wine bar does the rounds at foodie markets like Street Feast and hosts tasting nights called Flight Club. Also looks after the wine list at Stevie Parle's new Hackney restaurant Rotorino.
Jordan Gross
Daniel Sylvester
Oval Space, owners
Fabric has lost its crown to this Bethnal Green venue. Both 30, Sylvester, who started out in property, and Jordan, a former tech entrepreneur, have created one of east London's coolest clubs, pulling sell-out line-ups from the world's most in-demand dance labels. No one-trick pony, Oval Space in Bethnal Green is very much a multi-arts venue with film nights, a creative co-working space, an organic café, fashion markets and guest residencies on its terrace from hot local restaurants such as Rita's.
Steve Ball
The Columbo Group, founder
Ball, now 39, started throwing parties in his student days, was in on the launch of Fabric in 1999 and now owns and directs venues all over London, including Paradise By Way of Kensal Green, XOYO in Shoreditch, The Nest in Dalston and most recently the new Blues Kitchen and the revamped Cat & Mutton in Hackney
Ryan Chetiyawardana
He studied biology at Edinburgh University, so it's not surprising the founder of White Lyan in Hoxton, and Henry in New York, is one the hottest innovators in the cocktail world. At the former they use no ice and no branded spirits, creating pre-made libations which are now sold in Selfridges. Chetiyawardana is also writing a book and will head up the bar, Dandelyan, at the South Bank's new Mondrian hotel as well as working on a new project with Virgin clubhouses.
Pippa Middleton
The Duchess of Cambridge's sister is carving out a media career, writing for Waitrose Weekend magazine and Vanity Fair. Her book on party-planning tips was mocked for being overly simplistic, but La Middleton's royal connections mean she will always be in demand.
Mark Wadhwa
A Soho property mogul and party animal with a penchant for good jackets and old industrial buildings. Wadhwa bought a struggling EMI vinyl pressing plant in Hayes and began pressing limited edition records by Bryan Ferry and Florence + the Machine. He DJs at the best parties with his itinerant Vinyl Factory Fun Palace and also owns the Poland Street and Brewer Street car parks where he hosts hip events. And Soho House's new Bauhaus outpost in Berlin? He owns that too.
Mark Wadhwa
Sam Young
The globe-trotting son of photographer Richard Young is the capital's most sought-after DJ, spinning the tunes at George Clooney's Italian wedding last month and running hip record label The Nod Factor. His previous A-list gigs have ranged from Sir Elton John's birthday to the Brit Awards, from a Beats By Dr Dre thrash in Las Vegas to Lord Frederick Windsor's nuptials.
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A competitive exclusion principle for pathogen virulence
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For a modified Anderson and May model of host parasite dynamics it is shown that infections of different levels of virulence die out asymptotically except those that optimize the basic reproductive rate of the causative parasite. The result holds under the assumption that infection with one strain of parasite precludes additional infections with other strains. Technically, the model includes an environmental carrying capacity for the host. A threshold condition is derived which decides whether or not the parasites persist in the host population.
Key wordsCo-evolution Commensalism Evolution of virulence Myxomatosis Extinction Persistence Multi-strain epidemic model Stable endemic equilibrium
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The state's highest court will hear a challenge to the recall election targeting Senate President Russell Pearce.Read More »
Arizona Supreme Court to weigh transfer of Pearce recall case
Arizona's top court on Wednesday considers whether to accept a transfer of a case on whether to hold the Nov. 8 recall election for state Senate President Russell Pearce.Read More »
Don Cardon, Arizona's million-dollar man
The CEO of the fledgling Arizona Commerce Authority will collect a base salary that will nearly double his pay compared to when he was the director of the now-defunct Arizona Department of Commerce.
The salary package, approved today by the Arizona Commerce Authority board of directors, came over the objections of House Speaker Andy Tobin and Senate President Russell Pearce.
Lewis has right priorities for Arizona
People may wonder why a politically conservative, LDS member of the Sons of the American Revolution would support a challenger to Sen. Russell Pearce in the recall election on Nov. 8, 2011.
It is a fair question.
Mesa: Another Pearce challenger ordered to remove signs
Olivia Cortes, one of the challengers in the recall election targeting Senate President Russell Pearce, has been told by Mesa officials to take down her campaign signs.
The city sent Cortes a letter last week telling the candidate she had until 5 p.m. Monday to remove her campaign signs. The city will begin taking them down today if they're still standing.
Lewis also silent on immigration views
While Senate President Russell Pearce has been largely missing on the illegal immigration front lately, Republican Jerry Lewis, who is challenging the incumbent in a recall election, isn't eager to talk about the subject either.Read More »
Lawyers say Parraz has uphill climb to prove defamation
Lawyers familiar with First Amendment issues and campaign laws said Randy Parraz, one of the organizers of the recall drive targeting Senate President Russell Pearce, would have a tough time proving he was defamed by signs that say he supported the boycott against Arizona and he pines for open borders.Read More »
Pro-Pearce group will take down controversial signs
The group fighting the recall election of Senate President Russell Pearce will remove signs it posted in Mesa that attack one of the organizers of the recall drive.Read More »
AZ high court urged to accept Pearce recall case
Lawyers fighting over the recall election for Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce say they need the case decided within a month.Read More »
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Canada's Hottest Housing Markets Still Skewing National Numbers
Written by Wayne Karl
Housing activity in Toronto and Vancouver continues to skew the Canadian home sales picture, as these two markets experience characteristics that are very different from the rest of the country.
Statistics from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales declined further in June 2016, by 0.9 per cent month-over-month in June 2016. Monthly declines in each of the past two months have left sales activity 2.6 per cent below the record set in April 2016.
"While national sales activity remains strong, there are still significant differences in housing market trends across Canada," says CREA President Cliff Iverson. "While home sales activity and price growth are running strong in B.C. and Ontario, they remain subdued in other markets where homebuyers are cautious and uncertain about the outlook for their local economy."
"June sales extended trends observed the previous month," adds Gregory Klump, CREA's chief economist. "As was the case in May, the monthly decline in national sales activity was led by the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and markets in or around the GTA. In keeping with the law of supply and demand, exceptionally low inventory combined with high demand continues to translate into strong price growth in these housing markets, where year-over-year price gains have been running in double-digit territory since late last year."
The number of newly listed homes rose by 2.2 per cent in June 2016, compared to May. New supply climbed among a broad majority of all local markets, led by Greater Toronto, Oakville-Milton, Montreal, Quebec City and B.C.'s Fraser Valley. The return of activity in Fort McMurray following its evacuation in May also contributed to the national increase in new listings.
As for average home prices, the Aggregate Composite MLS Benchmark rose by 13.6 per cent year-over-year to $564,700 in June 2016, the largest gain since December 2006.
For the fifth consecutive month, year-over-year price growth accelerated for all Benchmark property types tracked by the index.
Two-storey single-family home prices continued to post the biggest year-over-year gain (15.5 per cent), followed by one-storey single-family homes (14 per cent), townhouse/row units (13.6 per cent) and apartment units (9.8 per cent).
While prices in nine of the 11 markets tracked by the MLS HPI posted year-over-year gains in June, price growth continues to vary widely among housing markets.
Greater Vancouver (32.1 per cent) and the Fraser Valley (35.5 per cent) posted the largest gains, followed by Greater Toronto (16.0 per cent), Victoria (15.7 per cent) and Vancouver Island (10.6 per cent).
By contrast, year-over-year prices were down -4.1 per cent in Calgary and -1.4 per cent in Saskatoon.
Home prices gained further traction in Regina (3.6 per cent year-over-year), Greater Montreal (1.9 per cent) and Ottawa (1.0 per). Home prices in Greater Moncton recorded their eleventh consecutive year-over-year gain, rising 7.9 per cent.
The national average price continues to be pulled upward by sales activity in Vancouver and Toronto, which remain two of Canada's tightest, most active and expensive housing markets. The actual (not seasonally adjusted) national average price for homes sold in June 2016 was $503,301, up 11.2 per cent year-over-year.
If these two housing markets are excluded from calculations, the average price is a more modest $374,760, and a 8.4-per-cent year-over-year gain.
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After that, Finn and I made it part of the daily popsicle ritual to go and see Mr O'Malley in the hedge. Sometimes he was out, or plain passed out, but most of the time he'd greet us with a smile and a 'And what flavor do we have today?'. I think in hindsight I was a little scared of the man, but of course I couldn't show it. I was six, after all. Practically a grown-up. Finn and I had come to an unspoken conclusion that it would be a bad idea to tell our parents about Mr O'Malley. We weren't sure why, but there was a feeling that they would probably disapprove.
Since I'd sneaked a quilt from the airing cupboard and given it to Mr O'Malley, the hole behind the hedge had become a lot more inhabitable. It no longer stank, and Finn had taken his mother's jewelry box for Mr O'Malley to keep his needles in. O'Malley said he was a naughty little thief and that he should take it back right away, but it was a nice gesture. Finn explained that it was the one she always complained about because the catch was broken, and she wouldn't miss it. This seemed to make it okay. O'Malley never injected himself around us again, but he did continue to tell us war stories. Finn and I used to retell them in order to give ourselves nightmares, but neither of us had the panache for story-telling that Mr O'Malley did.
'I was one of the last Americans left in that goddamn country. They insisted I stay and help the wounded until the bitter end. Oh, and there were so many wounded. Did you know that I once had to help keep a man's guts inside his body whilst they tried to sew him up? All the time he was screaming for his mommy…Poor kid, couldn't have been more than nineteen.'
'But, nineteen's really old, isn't it?' I asked. 'I mean, you're a grown-up when you're nineteen, aren't you?'
Finn frowned at me, as if to say 'What are you doing? He was in the middle of something.' But Mr O'Malley only sighed. I got so used to that sigh over the coming weeks.
'The thing about ages is, it's all relative. So, nineteen is ancient when you're six, but by the time you get to my age anyone under the age of twenty-five is a baby. This boy was only a year out of high school. People ain't meant to die that young.'
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MASS x VELOCITY = MOMENTUM
It was always about getting that rush of momentum at my heels that would carry me through any creative dream, financial upset or other natural or made-up disaster.
I realized something recently about momentum — it's not constant. When you have it, you can feel on top of the world. When you don't, you can feel worthless and like you'll never have it again.
There has to be something more that you can do when momentum is not on your side. How do you get that rush to come back without some chemically induced trance or forcing it unnaturally?
I'm not sure how. I think it starts with gratitude. If we can find ways to be grateful, we can quietly move mountains until the wind is under our wings once again.
But what if that's the wrong question? What if there's something that trumps momentum?
On a deeper level, Confidence allows us to stand firm, even when momentum isn't swirling around us. We may not be getting the audition, the interview or the new biz dev meeting we want. But we know our product is worthwhile, and we've betted on ourselves first and foremost. We're confident to know that eventually the tides will turn in our favor and and we're confident enough to stand in the storm.
The least that I know is: It's essential to know in our business and our lives what season you're in.
We ought to recognize the season we're in, use quieter times to work on gratitude and the nuts and bolts of things and believe firmly that we are worthy of success, love and accomplishment we're going after.
Brooklyn, NY
[Story behind the photo: A photo from taping of my sitcom developed for ABC Family called Delusions of Grandeur. The sitcom was improvised with strong outlines, so the look on Tara DeFrancisco's (a revered improv artist and teacher in Chicago, and co-star of the show) is genuine: I just took off my pants in the scene. #whoops]
Anthony David Adams is an entrepreneur, space explorer, corporal punishment activist and my former roommate. We were talking the other day about relationships and love. I credit him with much of the content discussed below. He has been on a fascinating exploration about why human beings ought to explore loving relationships even though biologically we may be wired otherwise.
As the love of a partner opens and expands our heart, in addition to the increased joy we feel, it also increases our capacity to feel hurt and pain. So, unprocessed emotional trauma from past relationships (or life experiences) starts to surface. Because our brain want to know "why" we have this pain, it needs some action to hang it on… some person to "blame."
Since the person opening our heart is in a way "responsible" for this new pain, we find behaviors in them that are similar to ones from the people who hurt us and experience disproportionate hurt or or pain from them.
In that way, we ought to recognize that what bothers us about our partners is:
A) something that is intrinsicely "ours" to deal with (and not to be a catalyst for trying to change the other person) and
B) probably a behavior that our partners have used to protect themselves from a prior trauma, so instead of complaining, we ought to use it as a way to love them more.
The least that I know is: If conscious-living happens where challenges are brought to the surface and a space of love and trust is held, we all can grow in our mastery and service of Love for ourselves, for our partner and for the world.
Brooklyn, NY
[Story behind the photo: This was the photo shoot for the promotional pic for my show Delusions of Grandeur. Love Chicago. Love the improvisation community. Love that lakefront.]
We're Antifragile.
Nasim Nicholas Taleb coined the phrase and explored the idea in his book all about how certain people and things gain momentum from disorder.
In any random system (business, stock market, wealth, fame, etc) there are 2 options:
1. a strategy with a high likelihood of moderate success and low probability of massive failure (corporate job pays well, is stable, but you can get fired and lose everything),
2. a strategy with high likelihood of moderate failures and low probability of massive success (investing in tech companies in Silicon Valley, or publishing books, creating art — you face hundreds of failures before getting a success.)
The key with #2 is the success (after so many failures) ends up being so big that it makes up for the failures.
If the game you're playing is #2, the question becomes: can you be patient enough?
Fragile things are hurt by randomness.
A stable 9-to-5 job is hurt by random changes including variability and what is considered unlikely.
Robust and resilient things are indifferent to randomness, they aren't hurt or helped as things change.
Antifragile things are helped by more randomness and variability, like evolution, the more random changes the better it gets.
By being artists, by staying true to ourselves, by risking it all, all the time, we are antifragile. We have a million different projects in process (even in just our heads) and hundreds of potential careers and new opportunities flow our way every day (often requiring extra focus in order to commit to something). Eventually, something will hit.
The least that I know is: Patience is a virtue and it's key in remaining true to our Antifragile selves. Meanwhile, we can use each moment to better ourselves and focus our potential and creativity on being of service to those around us.
Manhattan, NYC
[Story behind the photo:] This was taken when I keynoted for the ONE organization in Washington, D.C. On the plane to DC, the folks at Coca-Cola, who had passed on my substantial deal just two weeks before, had come back to the table and offered me exactly what I asked for. I was very happy.
Full interview here: