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Today is July 12, 2020 -
"You shall love the stranger, for you were once strangers in the land of Egypt." (Deuteronomy 10: 19)
A Few More Needs Requested by Wednesday, February 27
On Sunday, February 24, the apartment for the incoming refugee family came to life. Furniture was put in place, bedrooms were assembled and the kitchen was set up. Thank you to everyone who stepped up to donate items! The apartment looks beautiful! During the move-in process, team members discovered that additional items were needed. If you are able to help, please sign up below. This list also includes the few remaining unclaimed items from the first list. All items must be at Beth El Synogogue by Wednesday at 4:00 pm. Thank you for your help welcoming our new neighbors to our community.
Donations Requested by Sunday, February 24
Please join us as we welcome our new refugee family to Omaha! Our job is to fill their apartment so the family of four can comfortably begin their new lives in their new home. All items can be new or gently used unless specified. Note that our time frame is short, and the deadline to bring items to Beth El Synagogue is Sunday, February 24, unless noted.
Click here to see the list of items needed and to sign up for the items you'd like to donate. Cash donations are also welcome.
Thank you for your help in this worthwhile mission.
Karen Family Arriving in Omaha on February 28, 2019
Beth El is sponsoring a Karen family (Burmese) of four that will be arriving in Omaha on February 28. Dad is 28 years old, mom is 21 years old and two children, a daughter almost 6 years old and a son just shy of 2 years old.
LFS is working on housing accommodations and expects to identify a 2 bedroom apartment. Our role will be similar to what we did with the Aljasem family from Syria. We will divide up into 4 teams. A procurement team will source and collect furniture, appliances, accessories, kitchen utensils, linens, towels to furnish the apartment. A second procurement team will source and collect culturally appropriate groceries, toiletries other household items and clothing. A third team will arrange for welcoming at the airport on day of arrival and introduction to Omaha, as well as arrange for a culturally appropriate first meal. The final team will offer post arrival support. This will consist of mentoring, friendship and support and organizing weekly visits with the family for the first 3-6 months.
If you have any questions about how you can help, contact Chair Allan Murow at email@example.com. Once again, we have a short window and welcome all of your participation.


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Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin. He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury, for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."
Mark 12:41-44 (WEB)
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is reportedly the world's richest person, with a net worth in the neighborhood of $60 billion. If you remember, Microsoft started in a California garage as several young men struggled to build primitive computers. Now it's one of the world's premier corporations, with operations across the globe and influence in every aspect of society.
Bill Gates now supports a well-funded charitable foundation interested mainly in HIV/AIDS relief in Africa and science and math education in the U.S. He speaks often of his passions for relief and education, and has added to his voice many billions in these and other charitable efforts. Surely his advocacy and generous financial contributions make him one of the most effective philanthropists in history.
Society rightfully celebrates benefactors who give copiously to charity. But what of those "poor widow's mites" given sacrificially--in the deepest sense of the word--by those least able to afford their gifts? What about their level of giving?
Jonah Goldberg's recent column in the Minneapolis StarTribune reports Arthur Brooks, author of Who Really Cares? as saying that the group giving the biggest share of its income to charity is the working poor. Surprise! And here most of us thought it was the rich who did that, followed closely by the middle class. But no, it's the working poor who sacrifice the most for charity.
In a society that recognizes only bigness, dollars, and influence, charity given by the poor merits almost no consideration. But forget for a moment the excesses of society and think about what God sees when people share generously and even sacrificially from their meager share of the world's riches.
What God perhaps sees is first of all someone who believes and acts on what He has said concerning kindness and charity. Knowing God and in love and faith doing what He says is perhaps the highest calling of human beings. Remember the words of Jesus on this matter: "Why do you call Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things I say?"
I'm certain that God also recognizes someone who has not elevated mammon to a position of lordship in their life. The more money and investments we have, the less we need to depend on God for a secure future. The poor widow had all her hopes on God, so therefore she could be generous in her poverty. Contrast her view with those of us who begrudge God every dollar because every bit given to Him means a bit less for us. That's why Scripture maintains so adamantly that excessive dependence on wealth is idolatrous because it draws us away from God.
But however much society may laud generous charitable contributions, it is not so rewarding to those who advocate against the systems causing poverty and oppression. And it is downright punitive to those who take physical action against oppression. In other words, society celebrates charity, generally ignores advocacy, and punishes overt action by labeling it "revolutionary," thus eliciting police or even military attention.
Give to charity and society will love you. Advocate against the systems of domination creating poverty and society will either ridicule or ignore you. Take to the streets against poverty and oppression, and society will often arrest and imprison you. The real message is: Don't mess with the systems that create prosperity for the few in society; be satisfied and happy that the upper classes return a small percentage of their wealth in the form of charity. And don't ask for more, because, after all, don't the poor create their own problems, and aren't they thus responsible for whatever befalls them?
But that isn't what the Bible says. God knows that most poverty arises from age-old systems of domination and oppression that the Scripture calls mammon of Babylon. Charity, wonderful as it is, will never solve the problems associated with poverty as long as these systems exist. God loves those who both advocate for justice and depend upon Him for ultimate sustenance and inspiration.
Perhaps it's like Gandhi said about protest: "At first they ignore you; then they ridicule you; then they fight you; and then you win!" That seems to be the experience of many who take the word of God seriously in their attempts to increase charity and to struggle against injustice and exploitation.

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Experts selected to help prepare the UN Decade of Ocean Science
UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) has announced the composition of the Executive Planning Group (EPG), tasked with providing advice on preparations for the upcoming United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). The Decade is a ten-year global framework to foster scientific research and bolster technological innovation toward a healthier, more sustainable ocean.
The newly established Executive Planning Group will advise the Decade coordination team and help guide Decade preparations, ensuring a wide gender, geographic and sectoral inclusiveness. The Group covers over fifteen countries from all regions (and ocean basins) of the world, and strikes a good balance of geographical diversity and interdisciplinary expertise in the fields of ocean science and management.
"We are delighted to have such a diversity of profiles and expertise coming together to support the preparatory work for the Decade," cheered Vladimir Ryabinin, IOC Executive Secretary. "We received a lot of nominations, which reflects the broad swath of interests and actors already mobilized around this initiative."
The Decade of Ocean Science is set to begin on January 2021, but it has been taking shape rapidly since its official proclamation by the United Nations General Assembly on 5 December 2017. The Assembly requested UNESCO's IOC to coordinate a three-year preparatory phase (2018-2020), through which regional and global consultations with various sectors of the ocean community will feed into an Implementation Plan. The Plan will cover the scientific, capacity development, resource mobilization, and communications aspects of the Decade.
"We are launching this preparatory phase with limited resources, and though the IOC Secretariat is fully mobilized to raise extra-budgetary funds and in-kind support to implement the many activities foreseen in the next couple of years, I am confident that the members of the Planning Group will add an extraordinary value to our efforts," commented Julian Barbière, Lead Decade Coordination within the IOC Secretariat.
The members of the Executive Planning Group will hold their first meeting at UNESCO Headquarters on 17-19 December. They will review the Decade strategy and kick-off preparations for the various consultations planned for 2019, including a first Global Planning Meeting and several regional workshops.
Meet the members of the Executive Planning Group: complete list and biographic details
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In the last two parts, we talked about the basics of dental insurance. I'm definitely ready to move on with another topic but as promised and per the request of many, this last post will get into some details on the costs associated with dental procedures and what your insurance can do for you.
Its often been said that medical providers over inflate their prices and never expect to get paid what they bill out anyways…..it begs the question, how do dental providers determine their fees? Here's how:
Systematic monitoring and surveying of dental practices is being done by companies such as National Dental Advisory Service and actual UCR fees (explained in previous post) in use are compiled based on zip code. The published self reported fees are set by the supply and demand of the market and the report shows their yearly fluctuation pending economic factors. This data is used by new and existing dental practices to set and adjust their fees to get them inline with their geographic competitors. And yes, they actually consider these fees standard for their area. Also, federal law prohibits any organization or group of dentists from conspiring to set fees or monopolizing dental services.
So, if dentists aren't just arbitrarily charging crazy-high fees, why is dental care "so expensive"?
This topic has been visited several times and quality dentistry is actually very expensive for many reasons beyond the control of the dentist and many of these reasons have been stated by others who have spent the time to investigate it. But to summarize, a quality dental practice, even when run very efficiently, still has a 60% over-head. In other words, the significant majority of fees charged for a procedure really goes into covering the cost of that procedure such as laboratory fee, rent, staffing, equipment…etc. Cutting cost by, for example, sending off your crown to china to have it fabricated at a fraction of the cost, or cutting corners to save time so that a doctor can see more patients in a typical day could improve the overhead to profit ratio, but the quality of care and ultimately the patient will suffer.
So what other big things might you need to know about how a dental insurance carrier may misrepresent their product?
The ever so sneaky "fee schedule" or "maximum allowable fee" scheme is a big one for sure. More and more dental insurances are selling their product as PPO, which means you pay a higher premium than an HMO policy, but in return, you can choose your own provider, as long as that dentist is willing to work with that insurance. At time of purchase, the insurance company will say that they cover certain things (for example cleanings, check ups, and xrays) at a 100%. But when you go to your dentist to use your benefit, you realize that you have a patient portion to pay for these same services. How is that possible? Is your dental office overcharging you? Most likely, you are victim to this "fee schedule" or "maximum allowable fee" insurance company scheme. You see, though the insurance company sells their product as 100% coverage, they actually will cover 100% of their own "fee schedule" or "maximum allowable fee" and they make you responsible for the difference. These fee schedules uses are often well below the market fees for your area and the insurance company simply does not care and will not be able to explain why they pay out at the fee that is so much below Usual and Customary Reimbursement rates. I may give you some real life experience and numbers on what these policies really payout in a future post.
In short, be aware that dental insurance is a very different beast than medical insurance. The coverage you are offered should be investigated well to make sure that at minimum, your policy would not cost you more than they would pay out. That said, there are good dental policies (typically offered by large employers), and they make oral health possible for many Americans. You just want to make sure yours does not end up being a junk policy.


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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Summer on a plate
I'm most of the way through my SPRING break today, and guess what my family spent the afternoon doing? Yes, shoveling. AGAIN. This longest, coldest, snowiest winter is taking its toll...kids have cabin fever, adults are crabby, roads are cracking, vehicles are groaning.
So I declared war on winter with our dinner tonight...in fact, I skipped spring and went right to summer!
Strawberries! Chips and guac! These awesome taquitos that Tracey posted, interestingly, the day after my hubby bought a bag of frozen ones because he'd been craving them for weeks. Seasoned black beans.
The taquitos were a huge hit. Hubby was in seventh heaven, declaring them way better than the frozen variety he's been craving. And both kids loved them, which shocked me. I made both corn and flour varieties, figuring that hubby would like the corn (more traditional) and the kids and I would prefer the flour (what we usually eat). Interestingly, the little guy and I both preferred the corn tortilla ones. Hubby and the little girl liked both equally. I made a huge batch of filling, which made about a dozen taquitos for dinner (we had a couple left over) and another dozen and a half to freeze.
My favorite guacamole
adapted from America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook
3 avocados
1/3 cup chopped cilantro
1/3 cup diced red onion
1 jalepeno, seeded and minced
1/2 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp salt
1 lime
Coarsely mash the avocados in a medium bowl (you still want to see some chunks). Add the next five ingredients (through salt). Squeeze the juice of the lime onto the guac. Stir to combine. (It's best the day it's made, but will keep for an afternoon or a day; just press a layer of plastic wrap onto the top, refrigerate, and give it a stir before you serve it.)
Baked chicken taquitos
adapted from Our Best Bites, via Tracey's Culinary Adventures
8 ounces cream cheese
3/4 cup salsa verde
1 tbsp lime juice
2 1/2 tsp chili powder
1 1/2 tsp cumin
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tbsp minced garlic
2/3 cup chopped green onions (tops and bottoms)
5 cups roast chicken, shredded
3 cups grated cheese (I used a combination of sharp cheddar and pepperjack)
3/4 tsp kosher salt
corn and flour 6-inch tortillas
1. Preheat oven to 425 F. Spray a jelly roll pan with cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, stir together all ingredients except tortillas. (I actually used my hands and mixed it like a meatloaf.)
3. (If using corn tortillas, warm them a couple at a time in the microwave, under a damp paper towel; mine took 22 seconds.) Spoon 3 tablespoons of filling onto tortilla and roll as tightly as you can. Place seam-side down on the pan.
4. Spray the taquitos with cooking spray and sprinkle with kosher salt. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until crisp and golden (ours took about 25 minutes to get there).
(I baked one pan immediately. For the rest, I made the tortillas through step three, placed them on a jelly roll pan, and stuck them in the freezer for about an hour. Once frozen, I put them in a freezer bag. When we want to eat them, we pull out however many we want, place them on an oiled pan, spritz them with oil, sprinkle with salt, and bake for about 16 minutes at 425º or until the filling is just barely starting to pop out of the end.)
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If this is war, I want to enlist! All of this looks delicious...and those strawberries are making my mouth water like crazy. Surely this snow is on it's way out of Dodge City by now, right?ReplyDelete
The chicken taquitos recipe makes my mouth water!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2011 at 3:43 PM
Good for you, Abby! That certainly looks summery and light! Hope warm weather comes for you soon...ReplyDelete
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Black Butterfly – Rosena M. Hill Jackson – vocal, piano and Jason Jackson – trombone. Written by Cynthia Well & Barry Mann
Black Butterfly
- Post author By Jason Jackson
- Post date July 3, 2020
Black Butterfly – Rosena M. Hill Jackson – vocal, piano and Jason Jackson – trombone. Written by Cynthia Well & Barry Mann
Rosena M. Hill Jackson sings a medley of Disney Classic "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes," and Sound of music's "Over The Rainbow" live with her band. Rosena M. Hill Jackson – Vocal, Jason Jackson – Trombone/Arranger, Barry Danielian – Trumpet, Michael Karn – Bass, Jeremy Clemons – Drums, Jeb Patton – Piano, Saul Rubin – Guitar, Composed by: Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston, Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg.
Rosena M. Hill Jackson – Vocal, Jason Jackson – Trombone, Neal Smith – Drums, David Wong – Bass, Cyrus Chestnut – Piano, Don Braden – Tenor Sax, Greg Gisbert – Trumpet, perform "Moanin'" on the Sounds Of Sarah Vaughan show at SOPAC January 27, 2012
All weekend I get to play with the legendary Earl Gardner at A Bronx Tale on Broadway in NYC. I also get to dust off the tuba and play some sweet baselines in the book.
I performed last night with Michael Feinstein and the American Song Book Big Band conducted by Tedd Firth for a tribute to Nat King Cole at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Appel Room. Great concert!!i
Tonight I'm at the South Orange Performing Arts Center in South Orange NJ with the Seaton Hall Faculty Jazz Ensemble. Concert starts at 7:30pm.
There are strict rules governing when a substitute musician is allowed to play on with a Broadway orchestra. One of the rules is that in a given section, if there is a 1st time sub, all the other musicians in that section must be a regular member OR a substitute that has been designated "as good as the regular player."
Usually a person is not designated until they have played the show quite a number of times. In my case, I've played the show three times and tonight I was playing in the section with a first time lead trumpet player.
Although playing with a 1st time lead trumpeter can be nerve wrecking, I took it as a compliment to my playing. All went very well.
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra performing "Cherry Juice" by Thad Jones
Monday night with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Join our weekly gig at the Village Vanguard.
We will perform the compositions of Thad Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim McNeely and others from our library of over 300 tunes!
Sets 8:30pm and 10:30pm. Door open 7:30
Age limit: All ages
Composers Concordance
Gene Pritsker, Dan Cooper – Directors
Milica Paranosic, Peter Jarvis, Melissa Grey, Svjetlana Bukvich – Associate Directors
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Friday, March 3rd, 2017 at 7:30pm The Cutting Room
44 East 32nd Street, NYC
Featuring: Vesselin Gellev – violin, Melanie Mitrano – voice, Gerson Galante – clarinet, Sebastian Pritsker – voice, & Charles Coleman – conductor.
CompCord Big Band: Livio Almeida, Gerson Galante – alto saxophones;
Andrew Gould, Jay Rodriguez – tenor saxophones; Mercedes Beckman – baritone saxophone; Franz Hackl, Wayne J Du Maine, Peter Oswald, Jonathan Finlayson – trumpets;
John Clark – horn; Jason Jackson, Mike Seltzer – tenor trombones; David Taylor – bass trombone; Gene Pritsker – guitar; Carlton Holmes – piano; Laurence Goldman – bass; & Joe Abbatantuono – drumset.
1.) Groove From The Louvre – John Clark
2.) ADDIYO * – Alon Nechushtan
3.) Vav Hey Vav – Dan Cooper
4.) Three Paintings 'Bout New York by Kostabi * – Gene Pritsker 5.) Waltz Heteroclite – David Taylor
6.) Forgotten Peoples – Anthony Branker
7.) Meu Adorado * – Melanie Mitrano / Gerson Galante
8.) Resist * – Joseph Martin Waters
9.) CLIMATE (a nasty woman's guide to surviving the apocalypse) * – Marie Incontrera 10.) 139th Street – Kinan Azmeh
11.) New York, New York * – John Kander / Lyrics: Fred Ebb / Arrangement: Gene Pritsker
(* denotes a premiere)
The picture shows me sitting next to Scott Wendholt (Trumpet,) and Chris Byars (Sax,) packed in a passenger van leaving the hotel on our way to the 50th Elmhurst College Jazz Festival with the Grammy Award winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
The band was in rare form last night. The students and teachers gave us a rousing ovation after our set.
I'm standing next to the lead player with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Nick Marchione. One of the best lead trumpet players around.
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A gala evening with amidst soulful Jazz music led by Grammy nominated producer, composer and pianist Migiwa Miyajima, premium sake by Sake Master, Kinoshita Kazuhiro and sumptuous food by much celebrated city chef Daniel Chavez Bello!!
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Broadway vocalist Rosena M. Hill (Come Fly Away, The Color Purple) and her husband, Grammy-winning trombonist Jason Jackson (Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band), pay tribute to the legendary vocalist Sarah Vaughan.
With jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut, saxophonist Don Braden, bassist David Wong, drummer Neal Smith, and trumpeter Greg Gisbert the couple together known as "JACK&HILL MUSIC" present a unique musical experience of Jazz, Blues, Broadway, Cabaret, Standards, American Songbook, Spirituals, Latin, and original arrangements into their performances, telling the story of Sarah Vaughan through the music she recorded.
Certified jazz royalty, the late, legendary Vaughan (b. 1924 in Newark, NJ) was nicknamed "The Divine One." Jazz critic Leonard Feather called her "the most important singer to emerge from the bop era." Ella Fitzgerald called her the world's "greatest singing talent."
The Sounds of Sarah Vaughan keeps her musical legacy alive and introduces new generations to Vaughan's take on clasiic tunes.
Preforming at my regular Monday show with the Grammy Award winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra in NYC.
Director / John Mosca
Orchestra Manager / Douglas Purviance
Artistic Director / Dick Oatts
Composer in Residence/ Jim McNeely
Project Director / Thomas Bellino
Associate Producer / Migiwa Miyajima
Nick Marchione (lead)
Tanya Darby
Terell Stafford
Scott Wendholt
John Mosca (lead)
Luis Bonilla
Jason Jackson
Douglas Purviance (bass trombone)
Dick Oatts (lead alto and soprano saxophones, flute)
Billy Drewes (alto and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet)
Rich Perry (tenor saxophone, flute)
Ralph LaLama (tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet)
Gary Smulyan (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet)
Jim McNeely (piano)
John Riley (drums)
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This has nothing to do with torture or any other form of intimidation. In fact, the funny thing about candlesticks and Forex trading is that they are a useful instrument in creating visuals related to market activity.
They were originally invented by Japanese rice traders back in the 17th century and the popularity of using them as a trading tool has since grown in the West with the Forex markets. The way they are used has changed how traders look at and analyze certain types of data when researching potential trades and picking the time for those trades.
How Candlesticks Differ From Other Trading Data Tools
Bar and line charts that are typical in trading circles basically record just two pieces of data: the open price and the close price during a session. Candlestick charts are said to be far more useful as they "represent the psychology and supply and/or demand" of a market.
Where a candlestick chart excels is in the graphic display that shows the price activity when compared to previous candlestick bars. The body of the candlestick is used to represent the opening and the closing prices and to an experienced trader, just glancing at the candlesticks – their size and shape as well as additional patterns that groups of them can form – can make an informed trading decision.
Candlestick Patterns Tell The Tale
Just like a good bedtime story, candlesticks can give you a lot of comforting information if you know how to use it. The key is behind the patterns created by the candlesticks. A more advanced charting system can utilize patterns that are created by more than a single candlestick. These patterns are generally known as birthday cakes. Actually, that was meant as a joke. Multiple patterns are just called Double Candlestick or Triple Candlestick with descriptive names for each of the actual patterns.
Single Candlestick Patterns Also Exist
A solo candlestick can form what is called a single candlestick pattern. There are two main 'single' patterns and they are called the Hanging Man and the Hammer. The Hanging Man candlestick pattern comes off of the top of an upward trend with the Hammer forming at the bottom of a downward trend. You have probably noted that in Forex trading the use of opposites is a huge part of the system. Plus, it is opposites that come into play with trades, trends and just about anything else related to Forex trading.
Are Candlesticks An Effective Trading Tool?
There is no doubt that candlesticks provide a quick visual indicator of market activity. They can identify trends and as a result can become a valuable tool for any trader. The most colorful part about candlesticks actually comes from the names of the patterns which include The Morning Star and Dark Cloud Cover. Whether or not they can make you a great trader depends on how you use them, provided you truly understand the data they reveal in their interesting patterns and shapes.


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Construction challenges in South Africa
The South African property market is oversupplied leading to more competition for fewer projects in the construction industry. Nationally vacancies in the office market exceed ten percent and the developer-led retail market continues to slow. Meanwhile, market insiders suggest that the residential market will be more resilient than in the recent past but will remain relatively flat.
The figures do not look that bright. South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) recorded the national vacancy rate at 11.2 percent in the final quarter of 2017, with rental growth at 2 percent. The economics consultancy Medium Term Forecasting Associates projected an average 6.1 percent increase year on year in construction tender pricing. Meanwhile, SAPOA research indicated a fourth consecutive quarter of slowing growth in respect of trading performance in the retail sector.
This highlights the difficulty in reaching the sort of numbers on viability for developers that would attract capital to new projects.
Tendering is currently very keen in the commercial construction market, due to a downward trend in active new projects since 2015 and the number of planned projects stalling over several months at feasibility stage. Many professional practices in South African have reported a tough trading environment with projects being shelved by developers in the past year.
The picture isn't universally poor, some locations are bucking the trend. Cape Town recorded the lowest office vacancy rate of the major centres, while Sandton, within the Johannesburg Municipality, now accounts for roughly a third of national office development.
Factors that are depressing activity in the market include political uncertainty with the ruling political party and other parties promoting land expropriation without compensation. This understandably unsettles the entire real estate sector.
As always with the South African story it is not all bad news. The appointment of the business-minded Cyril Ramaphosa as the country's new president has created cautiously optimistic sentiment amongst the South African public, property investors and foreign investors alike. The clampdown on fraud and corruption at all levels over the past several months has also contributed to positive sentiment. However, uncertainty regarding our political stability remains.
While few developers are rushing to break ground on major new developments, due to oversupply in the market, there is an element of positivity among larger developers that was absent in 2017.
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So since I became employed full-time I have not had nearly enough time to write reviews on TV shows I keep up. In fact I have not had enough time to even watch said TV shows. I have only managed to keep up with one or two TV shows a week, however Merlin was first on my list to catch up fully on. The only reason I have not managed to watch it on TV is scheduling conflicts with The X Factor. So now that I've FINALLY caught up, I thought I'd write something about how the series is progressing so far.
It is fair to say that Series 5 has definitely been the best season of Merlin so far, full of drama, suspense, action and that classic Merlin humour. The series has progressed with Merlin keeping a watchful eye on Mordred, as his true loyalty is constantly questioned. Whilst Merlin believes he is a threat, an even more real lies outside of Camelot in the form of Morgana, constantly cooking up schemes to get to Arthur to finally reclaim her throne. It seems this series Morgana is coming closer than ever to finally getting what she wants, and the series takes unexpected twists and turns, playing out the classic Arthurian legend.
Some stand out moments from this series include the third episode where we see the welcome, brief return of Anthony Stewart Head as Uther Pendragon, terrorising the inhabitants of the castle as a ghost, and the episode 'The Dark Tower' which sees Morgana capture Gwen and haul her off to the mysterious Dark Tower. After the events of this episode Gwen is different, and it doesn't take long for Merlin to realise that something terrible happened to Gwen when she was with Morgana. Now that Morgana has her very own puppet in Arthur's circle, the attempts on Arthur's life are far more perilous and the last episode saw Merlin and Arthur journey to try and break Morgana's powerful spell. With the help of magic and the power of true love, Gwen was reversed back to her true self however with only 4 episodes left of Merlin; the path is certainly being laid out to an explosive finale.
This series has seen everyone up their game – from the effects, to the writing and also the acting. Colin Morgan has blossomed into the young sorcerer Merlin, he now has a maturity and presence on screen and he effortlessly carries the show's lead role. Bradley James is also much more regal and serious in his role as King, but still shows some vulnerability; he and Colin Morgan still have a great chemistry and they both bring an excellent comedy factor with their timing, facial expressions. Katie McGrath oozes anger and frustration as Morgana, but does so understatedly to added effect, making her an excellent villain and a pleasure to watch on screen. Angel Coulby also has a chance to really shine, especially during the episodes Gwen is under Morgana's control – you barely recognise the sweet natured Gwen that viewers know and she does a tremendous job in those few episodes. Supporting cast including Gaius and all the knights are a joy to watch (particularly as some of the knights are quite fit.)
Sadly, 2 weeks ago it was announced that this series of Merlin would be its last; the creators Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy always said that they felt Merlin was a 5 series story arc that they could tell and they have stuck to their guns and brought a series to a dramatic close with the 2-parter which will air over Christmas. It didn't mean I wasn't wholeheartedly disappointed (I'd grown to really love Merlin as a shoe, and was even looking forward to this series more than the start of Doctor Who) however, I respect their decision to leave now bringing the story to its natural end, rather than being pushed out. I look forward to the final few episodes of this fantastic British series (and also for when X Factor ends so I can watch Merlin as it airs).
"If I lose her, I lose everything" (Arthur, Merlin 5.09 'With All My Heart')


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M&A plays a major role in the world of finance. This path is to accompany my class notes on the topic. Enjoy:
Mergers and acquisitions ( M&A) are transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations or their operating units are transferred or combined. As an aspect of strategic management, M&A can allow enterprises to grow, shrink, change the nature of their business or improve their competitive position.Edit Remove Move
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A merger occurs when two separate entities combine forces to create a new, joint organization. An acquisition refers to the takeover of one entity by another. A new company does not emerge from an acquisition; rather, the smaller company is often consumed and ceases to exist, and its assets become part of the larger company.Edit Remove Move
Mergers and acquisitions are a natural part of a business life cycle However, nearly two-thirds of all mergers fail because the organization is not prepared to understand the people, process and technology issues surrounding the merger. Learn how to make an acquisition successful and recognize the synergies of both organizations, and discover how IT can help the business recognize the value.Edit Remove Move
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WHY mergers and acquisitions (M&A) come in waves is not fully understood. Companies' fortunes are affected by the economy's ebb and flow, but this does not seem enough to explain why merger activity crests and breaks so dramatically. Yet crest and break it does.Edit Remove Move
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Desiree Lyon is the Founder, Executive Director and Global Director of the American Porphyria Foundation. She serves as President of the Howewrite Publishing, Inc and holds 30 years of experience working in rare diseases.
She also worked as President of Wealdstone Corporation and Agro Finance.
As a lifelong advocate for patients, Ms. Lyon has served on the boards of the National Prostate Cancer Coalition, National Organization of Rare Disorders, Alliance of Genetic Support Groups, Council of Regional Genetics, Marshall Pann Charities for Afghanistan, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and the University of Texas Medical Branch.
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Giant Swede Max Salminen drove home his advantage in the eye of the storm in the Bay of Aarhus on Wednesday to win the last race of the day in the Finn class and establish a potentially decisive eight-point lead for medal race tomorrow.
A hot and humid day seven at the Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018 saw us coming to the business end and some of the big names are rising to the occasion, but there are some notable absences from the top 10 qualifying for the medal race.
The 29-year-old Salminen, who won gold in the Star class at the London 2012 Olympics, was sixth after moving to the Finn in at the Rio 2016 Olympics and won his first class world championships in the Finn last year. He will have enjoyed the final downwind in the lashing rain - arriving 20 minutes ahead of the forecast - as the wind jumped from single digits to 23 knots, gusting 35.
But the top six are all in with a realistic chance of winning in the winner-takes-all medal race, where points count double. Four points separate Hungary's Zsombor Berecz, New Zealand's Josh Junior, Canada's Tom Ramshaw and the Dutch rivals Nicholas Heiner and Pieter-Jan Postma (fourth and sixth respectively).
There will, however, be no Jorge Zarif, the Brazilian, who just missed out on a medal in Rio and has been the dominant force in the Finn this year. He has had a disastrous last two days. America's Caleb Paine, the bronze medallist in Rio, had looked well set after sixth in the first race of the day, but a 33rd place in the last race left him 12th.
The same fate nearly befell Great Britain's Ed Wright. At the start of the day, Wright, had a seven-point lead on three sailors close behind. With the potential for no races in the light airs that kept them on shore for most of the day, he was looking at a healthy lead going into the medal race tomorrow. A 27th and 19th place put paid to that and almost saw him miss out completely.
Denmark has no one in the top 10, but the Finn will be followed very closely by a knowledgeable home crowd in tomorrow's stadium race. It is the class their Olympic legend, Paul Elvstrøm - who won four Olympic golds - made his and Denmark's own in the 1950s and 1960. Danish sailors have won the Finn Gold Cup ten times.
Great Britain took under that mantle under their own colossus, Ben Ainslie, and then Giles Scott. But the absence of the Scott, the Olympic champion and four-time winner of the Finn Gold Cup (the world championships), away on other projects, has seen others rise and Salminen will be seeking to prove that it is his and Sweden's time.
There were fewer surprises in the men's 470, who completed the final race of their gold medal fleet series today. The Swedish 2018 European Champions, Anton Dahlberg and Frederik Bergström, could only manage eighth place and saw their lead cut to six points over two chasing crews. They are in touching distance of their first world championship title but will have their hands full watching Japan's Tetsuya Isosaki and Akira Takayanagi, who finished second yesterday. France's Kevin Peponnet and Jermie Mion are third, but level on points with the Japanese.
All three will have to be careful that they do not get so wrapped up in their own battles that they let Australia's Mat Belcher and William Ryan, the silver medallists at the Rio 2016 Olympics, slip past. The Australians could only finish tenth and are 13 points behind the leader, but if anyone knows how to win a medal race it is Belcher, who won gold at the London 2012 Olympics, and the 2011 World Championships in Perth and 2014 World Championships in Santander.
The fleet could only manage one race and will to race once more tomorrow on the reserve day to finish the series ahead of the medal race on Friday. Pavlos Kontides, who became the first-ever Olympic medallist for Cyprus (in any sport) with his silver at the London 2012 Olympics, is leading after finishing second. Australia's Matthew Wearn is three points behind, able to discard his 15th place today, and his compatriot, the Rio 2016 Olympic champion, Tom Burton is a further two points back. New Zealand's Rio bronze medallist, Sam Meech, the long-time leader, slipped further back with 13th today and is 13 points off the lead. But the last race tomorrow could still change everything.
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The fleet could only manage one race and will to race twice more tomorrow on the reserve day to finish the series ahead of the medal race on Friday. In difficult and shifting conditions before racing was abandoned, there were some big double-digit scores at the top of the leaderboard. Just one point separates the top three. Leader Paige Railey (USA) finished 37th out of the 60 boats and third-placed Anne-Marie Rindom, Denmark's Rio 2016 bronze medallist, 44th. The flying Dutchwoman, Marit Bouwmeester, lies fifth, 19 points behind the leader. But no one will be writing off the woman who won gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics and the 2011 World Championships in Perth and 2014 World Championships in Santander.
Women's 49erFX
Austria's Tanja Frank (the Rio 2016 Olympics bronze medallist in the Nacra) and Lorena Abicht were serene in the rapidly shifting winds and fortunes as others in the leading group faltered. They finished top overall after winning the last of the first three races in the gold fleet with three to come tomorrow.
Local favourites, Ida Marie Baad Nielsen and Marie Thusgaard Olsen started the gold medal fleet races today 10 points ahead overall, but a penalty turn on the first upwind left them near the back. They managed to finish 18th in the 30-strong field, but lost the lead it was a sign of things to come as they slipped to fourth overall.
The first race was abandoned no racing was possible. They made it in just as the storm front hit the Bay of Aarhus.
Men's Kite
Kiteboarding races were streamed live today. All three spots in the Men's Kiteboard remain the same as yesterday. Full results can be found here - https://aarhus2018.sailing.org/results
Women's Kite
Slight change in the Women's leaderboard, Daniela Moroz (USA) now leads, while Elena Kalinina (RUS) sits in second and Alexia Fancelli (FRA) in third.
They said:
Max Salminen - Sweden - Finn (leader)
"I'm tired after today, but it's a huge relief to qualify my nation and go into the medal race as the leader.
"I can see the Olympics in my vision. It's nice to have a chance to defend my World title after a long week. So far, the competition in my fleet has been great and it's a shame that we're missing Giles Scott.
"It's always good to have a buffer, especially on a tricky race like this, but there is not much of a game I can play - I just have to sail my best."
Josh Junior - New Zealand - Finn
"It was pretty rough in the end. We went out there and had about 7-8 knots all day and right at the last turning mark we got a squall of about 40, which is almost double the racing limit. I went from sixth to 20-something and I'm pretty gutted about it, to be honest. It was a tough day but I'm still in the hunt so happy with that."
Pavlos Kontides - Cyprus - Laser
"I'm feeling good. I had a good race and I'm leading. I am confident in tomorrow races, if we get any. I still don't have a big discard, so I can keep my focus on the medal race and double points."
Matthew Wearn - Australia - Laser
"It'll be nice to race tomorrow and get another opportunity to make some points up. Quite a lot of waiting today on the water. First race was abandoned, and the second race was an okay race for me."
Sam Meech - New Zealand - Laser
"[A 13th] would be OK but, unfortunately, the people who I need to be in front of did really well in the race. If I didn't have a bad race yesterday, I would be more than happy with that.
"It's not quite where I wanted to be. We still have one more race tomorrow so there are a lot of points on the line. I will try to get myself back into a good position before the medal race."
Tanja Frank and Lorena Abicht - Austria - Women's 49erFX (leaders)
"We're not really trying to count the points because the girl's fleet is just half way through. We have a full new day tomorrow and we are just looking forward to racing again."
Natasha Bryant / Annie Wilmot - Australia - 49erFX (second)
"We were chipping away with all the boats today - it was really tough race course, so we were just trying to make sure that we didn't have any issues.
"We're happy with the way today has gone. It's one of our first gold fleet races and we've only been in the class for a year now, so we are pushing hard. Everyone around us is so good.
When they were told that they are second overall:
Oh wow! That's a surprise! (laughing) That's exciting. I'm sure the points are really tight."
By Matthew Pryor
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Held every four years, the Sailing World Championships is one of the biggest global sailing events in the world and the principal qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition.
Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus Denmark 2018 will include all 10 Olympic boat classes. Kiteboarding will be added to the programme for the first time. The ambition is to make the championships in Aarhus a unique and spectacular event, where sailing is made more popular and accessible than ever before.
The Championships will be held from 30 July to 12 August 2018 and 1,400 sailors from up to 85 nations will race in up to 1,000 boats.
Held simultaneously with the Sailing World Championships in Aarhus, a large festival will provide opportunities visiting families to get out on the water. The event expects to draw 400,000 visitors to Aarhus.


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Dive Brief:
- New data released by KidsData and the Public Policy Institute of California indicate that improvement in California's economy has resulted In a drop in the percentage of children living below the state poverty line, from 24.4% to 22.8% since 2015, Ed Source reports.
- The poverty threshold in California is $30,000 for a family of four because of the state's higher cost of living; roughly 2 million children in the state still live below that threshold.
- Statewide, only 5.1% of children now live in deep poverty — below half of the poverty income threshold —compared to 5.8% in 2013, an indication that social safety nets are working, some experts say.
Dive Insight:
Recently released U.S, Department of Agriculture data on poverty indicates that the rate of child poverty in the U.S. dropped 3% from 2015 to 2016 — small progress, but progress just the same. There are geographical differences, however. About 25% of rural children are poor compared to about 20% of urban children and at least 41 counties in the U.S. had more than 50% of their children living in poverty.
Poverty is also still a grave concern for educators, who must deal daily with the effects of poverty on learning. There are direct effects of poverty, such as homelessness and lack of proper nutrition, but the indirect effects as well. These may include unintended racial segregation and trauma.
Schools can take measures to lessen the impact of poverty, but most of these efforts take strong community support and partnerships in order to be successful. One approach is to partner with community colleges or other organizations to offer English as a Second Language classes and GED classes in their classrooms after hours. In this way, parents may be able to improve their job skills at a more convenient location. Ultimately, the best thing schools can do to improve poverty long-term is to provide a good education for students and put them on the pathway to success.


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Review & Giveaway! Worth the Fight by Vi Keeland
Worth the Fight (MMA Fighter #1) by Vi Keeland
Vi Keeland (September 30, 2013)
Heroine: Elle James – Lawyer, Abuse Victim
Hero: Nicolas "The Lady Killer" Hunter – MMA Fighter, Broken
Elle has a good life. A job she loves, a great apartment, and the guy she's been dating for more than two years is a catch and a half. But it's boring…and she strives to keep it that way. Too many emotions are dangerous. Her own past is living proof of what can happen when you lose control.
Then Nico walks into Elle's office and everything changes…for both of them. But what can the tattooed, hard-bodied MMA fighter and the beautiful and always steady attorney have in common? A lot more than they bargained for.
***Author's note*** THIS IS A STAND-ALONE NOVEL. Due to strong language and sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18.
First things first… Nico Hunter! There is nothing like an incredibly sexy alpha, MMA fighter covered in tattoos, that fucks and talks dirty in the bedroom, and fights like Superman in the ring. He's also a sweet and loving man that cooks and snuggles. You must meet this breathtaking man who stole my heart. I'm on Nico cloud nine! I LOVED everything about this story!
"When we met, we were two injured souls. But keeping the real out of our lives for fear of what we might find. But nothing could have kept us apart. I never believed in destiny. Thought that was a bunch of crap for people who read too many books. Until you."
Elle James is cool, calm, collected; living her neat and organized life. She is a beautiful and successful attorney, casually seeing William Harper, a former law school classmate. He's handsome, educated, smart, and punctual. There are no strings-attached or emotional ties. He's perfect for her… More like perfectly boring. But her life is exactly the way she likes it. So why does she feel like she's suffocating in this well-constructed life? Elle's perfect life soon changes when William needs Elle's help with a client who wants out of an endorsement contract. The moment Nico walks into the office, Elle is drawn to the smooth, gorgeous man with amazing green eyes and a devilish grin.
Nico "The Lady Killer" Hunter is a very talented MMA fighter, compassionate, smart, utterly sexy and... damaged. Over a year ago, Nico was fighting in the MMA championship fight when he killed his opponent with an underlying head condition. He hasn't been the same since; guilt-ridden and unable to move forward. The only ring he's been in since then is the one in his gym. The moment he meets Elle, sparks fly and he wants her. This woman, who he has fallen hard for, brings out a side of him that has been numb ever since that one fateful night. She makes him feel pumped and excited about life again. He's ready to get back in the ring.
Elle had a traumatic childhood. She's numb by it all and doesn't let anyone in. But meeting Nico flipped a switch inside her. Nico has awakened her passionate side, one that she didn't even know existed. He makes her crazy with lust and desire. There is no way Elle can deny the all-consuming passion between them. Elle was Nicos' the moment they met but their first sizzling kiss cemented it. She knew immediately it was time to let William go.
When Nico goes back in the ring for the first time, thinking he's ready, something inside him changes and the guilt and shame come barreling back to the surface. He shuts down. Elle wants to help Nico. She understands the complexity of the situation and decides it's time to tell him her secrets; terrible, gut-wrenching secrets that had me choked up. Poor Elle went through hell and back but she's healed now. And, because of Nico, she feels more alive than ever. So, when this couple is faced with another challenge that could rip them apart, there is no doubt in Elle's mind that she will fight for the man she loves. The same man who saved her is definitely worth the fight.
I love this couple. Let me say it again… I LOVE this couple. They are fiercely sexy and charming together. The chemistry between them is stellar. From the very first date, they struggle to keep their hands and lips to themselves. And let me tell you, Vi Keeland sure knows how to write steamy sex scenes that sizzle and possibly fried my Kindle. (Seriously, my Kindle quit working shortly after I read this book. lol) I really loved how this couple faces their problems head on, maturely. They accepted one another – flaws and all. There isn't a whole lot of over-the-top drama and misunderstandings between them. Hallelujah! Sometimes you just need a romance story where the couple comes together effortlessly and fight together as a team.
Worth the Fight has so much emotion and an underlying beauty in the writing. It has heart and soul. It was just so easy to fall in love with Nico and Elle and to become invested in their lives. It's such an incredible feeling to be wooed and wowed by a story. I'm looking forward the next story in the MMA Fighter series, Worth the Chance. The next book is about Vinny, Nico's protégé. I'm dying to meet Vinny all grown up.
About the Author
Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn't change for the world. She is a bookworm and has been known to read her kindle at stop lights, while styling her hair, cleaning, walking, during sporting events, and frequently while pretending to work. She is a boring attorney by day, and an exciting smut author by night!
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First of all we were going to revert to pretty pictures this week, then suddenly Britain had a new Prime Minister and we were going to write about her, and then she unleashed Boris from his kennel and we were going to write on that. And then finally, we had the appalling assault on the Promenade des Anglais just an hour away from us in Nice and it raises issues that need discussing. So forgive us if we are slightly more sombre and heavyweight than usual and talk about them.
All terrorist attacks are, by definition, horrible, but there was something particularly diabolic – and we use the word in every sense – about Thursday night's attack. Nice is not the sort of place that you associate with terrorism: at least in the imagination, it is a happy city dedicated to culture, art and pleasure, surrounded by dazzling blue sky and sea and conveniently tucked away at the very corner of the hexagon that is France.
Indeed the Promenade des Anglais (along which we seem to drive on average every six weeks) takes its name from the British who in the 19th century flocked to Nice to escape London's cold, rain and smog. To launch such an attack just after the fireworks for the great national festival of 14th July, deliberately targeting families and children, is particularly evil.
The priority at the moment is of course compassion and practical and prayer support to those who are suffering as a result of this outrage. Reflection may seem out of place. Nevertheless because such attacks generate intense reactions, some of it very unhelpful, the issues raised need considering. With this third attack in France – and the related one in Brussels airport – it is now clear that we in the West are engaged in a war. Yet to use that little word war is problematic because it raises images of guns and soldiers and bloodshed and armies. In fact the real war is subtler and deeper: it is that of belief systems.
On the one side we have what we might call secular or liberal post-Christian Western values. Such a position – two centuries old in France – says that all that human beings really need is some sort of democracy, some sort of capitalist prosperity and some sort of freedom to do what they want. Although its origins are firmly rooted within Christianity it is a view that has long since been uprooted from that soil. It is a position typified by the three-word summary of French values: Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. This secular, liberal viewpoint is attractive for several reasons but most of all because, at least superficially, it works.
There are however two problems with the creed of the modern West. The first is that it is not fully satisfying: deep down we all know that we are meant to be more than simply consumers. A more profound problem is that it completely lacks any solid intellectual or logical basis. Why democracy? Why capitalism? Why freedom? And – in the case of France – why liberty, equality and fraternity? These are questions that are rarely asked because without any underlying biblical Christianity to give a basis there can be no answers. The West's worldview may work, but it lacks any underlying foundation.
On the other side we have what we might term Islamic fundamentalists or jihadism. (Here it is worth pointing out, not least for the benefit of those inclined to follow Donald Trump in putting labels on people, that many who would call themselves Muslims are in fact functionally followers of Western secular liberalism.) The Islamicist position is strong specifically in those areas where Western secularism is weak. So, it offers a spiritual view of the world that goes beyond consumerism and it has a firm underpinning: a stern, inflexible vision of a society governed by a God who rules and judges. These two aspects are sufficiently strong to outweigh the fact – more significant to us than them – that jihadist position doesn't seem capable of producing a society that anybody wants to live in.
Seen in these terms it should be obvious that jihadism is not going to be countered by Western states adopting ever greater security measures, generating more prosperity, building more shopping malls or even offering more education. For all its works, Western liberalism is too insubstantial and shallow to pose any challenge.
It seems to us – and it's not a novel thought – that the only way to defend those cherished Western values of liberty, equality and fraternity is to go back to the soil of Christianity from which they sprung. Although many in the West prefer to despise the Christian faith, our society needs to have the humility to admit that the very values that it upholds are in fact the practical outworking of that faith it derides. Indeed even within secular France there are those who have seen 'liberty, equality and fraternity' as being fundamentally Christian values, not far removed from St Paul's 'faith, hope and love'. They certainly would not arise from of any other worldview or faith.
Ultimately, these appalling attacks raise fundamental questions to all of us about how we live our lives and on what basis we live them. In this respect France, having begun the West's doomed experiment of trying to create a civilized society without relying on God, may be leading the way out of this particular wasteland. So for instance, evangelical Christianity in France is now growing so rapidly that reliable figures claim a new church is being planted every ten days. If modern Western culture can be reconnected to the soil that gave it its values then we may see something powerful and attractive enough to effectively challenge the sort of beliefs that have given rise to these recent attacks. But only if …


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Maryland moves to finally scrub 'Northern Scum' from state song
The tune is familiar — it's "O, Tannenbaum"/"O, Christmas Tree." But the words to Maryland's state song are anachronistically odd:
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I hear the distant thunder-hum,Maryland! The Old Line's bugle, fife, and drum, Maryland! She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb — Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum! She breathes! She burns! She'll come! She'll come! Maryland! My Maryland!
It's a Southern Civil War anthem. The "despot" in question is President Abraham Lincoln. And the "Northern scum" are the Union and its army.
Calling it a crude Confederate cri de coeur, Maryland lawmakers have tried and failed to dump "Maryland! My Maryland!" several times, the state Department of Legislative Services said.
But state icons are big deal in Maryland, which also has a state dinosaur (Astrodon johnstoni), a state insect (the Baltimore checkerspot butterfly) and a state crustacean (the blue crab, of course). And each time — in 2001, 2002 and 2009 — the measures were voted down in committee.
RELATED: Mississippi keeps Confederate emblem in state flag
Now, they're on the verge of finally scrubbing the poem, which was written in 1861, became a Confederate marching song during the Civil War and was adopted as the state song in 1939.
The state Senate voted 38-8 Thursday to approve a compromise bill that would keep the song — but with the lyrics from an alternative version that has often been used at functions across the state. They're about trees, streams and hills, and they hammer home the point that Maryland sure is pretty.
Some lawmakers, led by Democratic state Sen. Cheryl Kagan, had sought to ditch the whole song — which she has called "shameful" — and hold a statewide contest for a new one. But Kagan said Thursday that she could live with the compromise.
"It's not the solution I sought, but this legislation will finally address the Confederate-era lyrics," she said.
The House must still consider the measure.
This story originally appeared on NBCNews.com.


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GastroAdvisor - Blockchain-based gastro platform
GastroAdvisor wants to help people around the world to easily find restaurants and venues that match their personal taste, making it easier for the gastronomic businesses to find new customers and to grow in the web market. The token of GastroAdvisor (FORK) will be used as a reward for the users who, by booking and reviewing, contribute to the GA community, while some rewards will be donated to the hospitality employers who will affiliate to GA, contributing to get proper information and accepting tokens at the counter. In addition to the search browser of the gastronomic venues, the first gastronomic social network (SocialFood) will be created. This will make it possible to discover, with...
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- Token: FORK
- Price: ICO STAGE 1: 0.25 USD (+20%); ICO STAGE 2: 0.28 USD (+10%); ICO STAGE 3: 0.30 USD (+0%);
- PreICO start: 3 Nov 2018
- PreICO end: 15 Dec 2018
- ICO start: 16 Dec 2018
- ICO end: 30 Jan 2019
- Country: Switzerland
GastroAdvisor wants to help people around the world to easily find restaurants and venues that match their personal taste, making it easier for the gastronomic businesses to find new customers and to grow in the web market. The token of GastroAdvisor (FORK) will be used as a reward for the users who, by booking and reviewing, contribute to the GA community, while some rewards will be donated to the hospitality employers who will affiliate to GA, contributing to get proper information and accepting tokens at the counter. In addition to the search browser of the gastronomic venues, the first gastronomic social network (SocialFood) will be created. This will make it possible to discover, with just a couple of clicks, news and activities of all the users of the community.
GastroAdvisors first mission is to help restaurateurs and users to make their online experience better by introducing them to FORK token use and Cryptocurrencies. The problems in this sector are plenty, from the fake reviews spreading the web to the few restaurateurs and gastronomic oriented solutions online. Nowadays the main Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin or Ethereum, are traded and
accepted by thousands of online websites but it is almost im possible to use them for daily purchases or real activities. Thousands of companies will be able to take advantage of the reward system putting their own business on the website, activating the online booking service and accepting BTC, ETH payment or FORK vouchers.
The difficulty of the blockchain system and Cryptocurrencies is their implementation in everyday life. We believe simplicity can be the solution. For this reason, our vision is to realize a blockchain and digital currency application, making the booking system easier and guarantee a unique review. The FORK token will have a concrete role and it will be the vehicle the users
will be able to book with, make use of bonuses and reviews. The users, by logging in on the platform to search and book a restaurant, will have access to the wallet (integrated) and through the tokens they will be able to make use of the platform utilities. We will build a platform to book, pay and recommend restaurants, which has never been used before, working alongside the users to provide high quality, clear and trustworthy informations.
1. Specialization in the Gastronomic Sector
There are over 15.000.000 gastronomic businesses in the world, including new restaurants opening and shutting everyday, 3.000.000 of them just in Europe.To sustain such an amount of information about the food business is very complex. Google Places and many other services have been trying to sustain this database over the years, but timesheet adjustments, name changes, businesses closings, wrong GPS positions and countless problems make it very hard for the database to guarantee trustworthy informations. However, average users find themselves lost when they visit a new country and seek restaurant recommendations because they are not familiar with local services. Currently, both Google Places and TripAdvisor offer restaurant search capabilities all
over the world, but these services are not specialized in the restaurant discovery industry.
2. Informations Overcharge
In nowadays societies, the internet instantly connects people, providing answers to nearly all questions, but when restaurant search services list hundreds of suggested places, the result could be dissatisfying due to the excessive amount of informations.This is particularly true in big cities, for example by searching "Pizza in Naples" you will get 1000 results, many of which will be disappointing! Many people have probably experienced to scroll through countless pages, ending up tired or disappointed being brought to a place which is not fulfilling the expectations. Having
tried every single page on the list for more details just to end up tired or being disappointed brought to a place which is not fulfilling your expectations.
3. Reviews/Rate Checks
Many restaurant search and review services evaluate user reviews based on a proprietary algorithm or a hidden formula, while others show only vague reviews or reviews from the "best" users. These systems cause indecision for people looking for restaurants and frustration for the restaurateurs "confused" by their rank or their average.
Both, the users and the restaurants, are often worried because of fake reviewers who can compromise the chart or their rate, releasing incorrect ratings or informations, not matching the reality. Until today many have tried to find the solution to have certified and truthful reviews but with poor results, thousands of business owners constantly fight against this phenomenon. A brief search on the web is enough to understand the problem of these unreliable systems, controlled and manipulated by the big internet lobbies.
1. A platform exclusively dedicated to Gastronomy
GastroAdvisor creates the first global platform specializing only in the gastronomic sector. Users from anywhere in the world can add new restaurants, update business informations, edit and add information. All the se changes and data will at first be analysed by an internal software which will verify truthful and fraudulent informations. Subsequently the data will be verified and validated by the GA team.With the purpose to provide better suggestions about restaurants to our users, the restaurant activity informations always have to be 100% precise. Restaurants change location, shut and open every day. The reality is that many, if not all, restaurant discovery services can not keep track of it all over the world alone, in real time. B y rewarding users for their contribute, updates and restaurant business approvals, through the FORK token reward system, we believe that we can create an ecosystem where informations are instantly updated.Through the GastroAdvisor platform, informations about gastronomic businesses will be constantly be monitored and updated in real time by users and restaurants. The GA platform will be able to grow and adapt depending on the market changes. This solves the problem of fake informations about restaurants and will allow us to expand our service all over the world.
2. A smart platform that learns from you
GastroAdvisor analyses restaurant ratings, the chronology of the views, likes, searches, followers and other actions of each user within the platform to learn about their tastes and match the results on SocialFood. The users actions are used by the artificial intelligence to provide feedback to every user about the restaurants and search results depending on personal preferences. GastroAdvisor's goal is to free users from the information overcharge, supplied by other sites/search services, taking advantage of the artificial intelligence to help users to find the best restaurants considering their preferences in a quick and easy way. The results of the search are personalized for every user, this means that even if you look for the same kind of restaurant in the same area you might receive different results. Referring for example to the Pizza search in Naples, through GastroAdvisor's platform, the user will still see the same 1000 venues, but the ones GA will consider/evaluate more suitable for the user will be shown first. When a user signs in for the first time on GastroAdvisor, suggestions will only be based on informations provided at the time of the sign in (zone and favorite restaurant). Recommendations will always adapt to be more specific, while GastroAdvisor learns about the users preferences.
3. Classic reviews, certified with blockchain (bronze, silver, gold) .
The GastroAdvisor team has studied simple and smart solutions that can be certain and clear. The GA platform allows to review a venue on three different levels of certification: For all of the three modes, the reviews will be based on individual ratings only, from 1 to 5 stars and 1 to 10 points for the kitchen, the environment and the service.
Galli Massimo
Digital Gastronomic Expert
Zielazinski Claudio
Partnership Relations
Nicastri Fabio
Business Innovator - Human Resource
Meo Alessandro
Project Manager
Vittorio Minacori
Smart Contracts Developer - Blockchain Expert
Donati Andrea
Social Media Creator and Writer
Porcarelli Fabio
Community Manager
Silvestri Jacopo
Graphic designer
Dezi Alessio
Lead Platform Developer
Scoleri Luca
Creative Head
Zora Zlot
Matteo Bellini
Social Gastronomic Expert and Restaurants Critic
Formichella Agostino
Falleri Mirko
Crotta Marco
Zoni Richard
Sala Marco
Contin Thomas
Miikka Saloseutu
Ismail Malik
Ratner Jesse
- Q3/Q4 2016Concept, prototype and trademark registration
- Q3/Q4 2017The implementation of smart contracts with solidity
- Q2 2018Announcement ICO
- Q4 2018Pre ICO start MVP release . Ability to create and manage a restaurant. Ability to create a user account and search restaurants.
- Q1 2019ICO, Token distribution.
- Q2 2019Booking online. Wallet creation and management. Launch token in exchange.
- Q3 2019Beta version of the platform. Ability to pay with FORK. Review system with certified review on blockchain.
- Q4 2019Social food. Beta iOS and Android App.
- Q2/Q3 2020Platform and App enhancement with ADS, menu management and more. Store and marketplace for off-chain GA services (payable with FORK).
- Q4 2020Final GastroAdvisor platform and App release.
- Platform: Ethereum
- Price: ICO STAGE 1: 0.25 USD (+20%); ICO STAGE 2: 0.28 USD (+10%); ICO STAGE 3: 0.30 USD (+0%);
- Accepting: ETH, BTC
- Token distribution: 50% - Crowdsale 20% GA Reward 13% - Team 5% - Marketing 5% - Toker Holder 5% - Advisor 2% - Bounty
- Hard cap: 22,222,500 EUR
Proof Points
Legal entity
Registered Address: Lehenmattstrasse 340 Basel, 4052, Switzerland
Did't send the proof link in the telegram.
Prehistory of project
According to the roadmap, first activities for project were at Q3 2016.No prehistory of the project were found
Product or its MVP
According to the roadmap, start of the Alpha version of the platform release is planned for Q4 2018. No MVP were found at the moment
There are only screenshots of app on the web platform and APP IOS / Android and Social Network
Blockchain experience
Project Manager Meo Alessandro – Community Manager at Unico
Smart Contracts Developer – Blockchain Expert Vittorio Minacori – CTO at AidCoin
DApp and Smart Contract Developer at FriendFingers
Advisor Mirko Falleri – Advisor at Unico
No Escrow information were found
Update 09/10/2018


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It's been almost ten years since AirBnB was founded by two San Francisco residents who couldn't afford the rent. The idea was to put an air mattress in their living room and rent the space to short term travelers. Now, the company is more valuable than any hotel chain on the planet. The idea of "living like a local" is a powerful narrative that has captured a significant piece of the global hospitality market, and to say that the founders are eating well is something of an understatement.
Meanwhile, hotels have scrambled to adjust. At times it resembles one of those marquee boxing fights with a lot of money at stake. In one corner, hotels. In the other, AirBnB.
There are few who would venture to say that hotels are winning that fight — but let's not jump to conclusions. The rules of the game are still in the process of being defined, and there are actually three big players in the mix, not two. Hotels, AirBnB, and OTAs.
AirBnB and OTAs are both concerned with curating inventory and taking a piece of the action, while hotels and hosts provide the bricks-and-mortar service. But AirBnB and OTAs are, at least for now, at odds. Every booking through AirBnB is one that OTAs don't have, and vice versa. It was only a matter of time before the spotlight shifted toward this particular conflict.
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal explores the showdown in detail, describing how OTAs are moving deeper into AirBnB territory by adding more vacation rentals to their search results.
Not that this should come as a surprise to hospitality experts. Back in 2015, former Priceline CEO Darren Huston gave a candid interview about the company's plans to accelerate into vacation rentals managed by independent owners. If you search Priceline (or any other OTA) today, you'll likely find at least one vacation rental side-by-side with traditional hotels and resorts.
In reality, this makes perfect sense. If AirBnB thought that OTAs would cower and consolidate — instead of play offense and blurring the lines — they were sorely mistaken. There is far too much money to be won and lost for this battle to play out with complacency on either side.
But AirBnB is not flying blind. They've encroached on "hotel and resort" territory by offering curated travel experiences under the "Trips" banner. A recent article in Hotel News Now goes so far as to speculate if — and when — one of the big OTAs will try to swallow AirBnB whole. The San Francisco-based company may have recently overtaken the last of the giant hotel chains in terms of market value, but Priceline is still worth far more.
The author of that HNN piece argues that hotels should see the writing on the wall and look to buy up (or affiliate with) vacation rentals. The idea would be, in other words, for major hotel players to become their own version of AirBnB. You still have flagship properties, but you have a smattering of curated vacation rentals to boot. Accor of course have already fired the first shots in this war. Following their acquisition of One Fine Stay in 2016, they have now concluded the full purchase of the French home rental company "Squarebreak" and will incorporate this and their other brand "Travel Keys" under the One Fine Stay umbrella. If the other big groups were to follow suit it could be TKO for AirBnB. The local, funky, alternative narrative simply wouldn't belong to them anymore. They would just be another hotel company with a lot of different properties on the market, managed by a lot of different people.
The thing is, I think we have become so distracted by the perceived threat of both OTAs and AirBnB that we have forgotten the distinct advantages of hotels, and with the "live like a local" routine becoming old news, hotels have a fresh opportunity to establish their relevance in today's hospitality market. Observe the fight between the other protagonists of course, but never forget that at the end of the day, guests want to stay somewhere in a value-for-money room with value-for-money service. That could be in a vacation or home rental, or it could be your hotel. Where they choose depends on you!
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Sunday morning
Light in the east
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With a light in the east
Night in the west
There's the moon, all pale and tired
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You can hear it echo
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Tearing up the city
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And leaves behind
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The smell of sex
And whiskey lies
Then comes the...
Light in the east
Time I like best
It's better when the day still has its youth
Better to walk
Better to breathe
Better to see the truth!
And that was all that he said
I'm just repeating his words
You ever talk to the dead?
I only told you the truth
It happened just as I said
What good is lying to you?
I'd get the chair anyway
I only told you the truth
What do you want me to say?
I've tried the best I know how
I told you all that I know
I only told you the truth!
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I have spent more of my life
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Bristol Aggie Spring Exposition
Bristol Aggie will be hosting their 8th Annual Spring Expo
Meet members of our local, agricultural community, promoting exciting products & services at this 1-day, free - family event. Highlights include: Vendor Expo, Live Animal Exhibits, Gourmet Food Truck, live entertainment, and more!
Just in time for Mother's Day, check out the Bristol Aggie Plant Sale, hosted by the BA Floriculture & Landscape Design & Construction students! The Animal Science Department will also be selling campus raised beef, pork, chicken and farm fresh eggs.
Interested in attending Bristol Aggie? Join Us!
A Prospective Student Tour for 6th & 7th Graders will begin at 10:30 a.m. This is a great way to learn all about what Bristol Aggie has to offer! To sign up, click here.
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"It has definitely been a whirlwind, but an amazing one," Carlos Boyd, Jr. said, reflecting back on a month filled with milestones. His 18th birthday alone would be cause for celebration, but this senior at Butler Tech's Northwest Career Center in Colerain Township added two accomplishments to his resume that are downright "presidential."
The first came in late November when he was elected president of state officer team for Ohio Business Professionals of America (BPA), an organization for students pursuing careers in business, information technology and related fields.
The second honor came few short weeks later, when the Ohio Association for Career and Technical Education named Boyd as one its five semi-finalists for the United States Presidential Scholars Program. Boyd was formally recognized during a ceremony in Columbus on Jan. 18. The program, established in 1964 and administered by the U.S. Department of Education, is described as "one of the nation's highest honors for high school students" in the U.S.
"It is a big honor just to be chosen," said Boyd. "Knowing I was able to make it to the top five in the state is a humbling experience for me."
Boyd feels fortunate that he already knows what he wants to pursue for a career, and being one of the top in his class for academics, the sky is the limit. He currently has his sights set on a career as an investment banker, possibly working on Wall Street.
"A lot of careers intrigued me like lawyer, doctor, and pharmacist, but when I came (to Butler Tech) and heard about a career path in business, I knew that was for me," he said. "I am the business type for sure, because I love the business environment. In it, I feel professional, I look professional, and that makes me feel good about myself and makes me feel confident in who I am and what I'm doing."
Boyd's Financial Services Honors instructor and BPA advisor, Peter Clark, has not only seen the leadership qualities Boyd possesses, but has also helped to develop them. "The funny thing is, I'm not sure Carlos saw this in himself last year," Clark said. "It took a little encouragement for him to run for a local officer position, and president wasn't even one of the offices he put down as a preference."
Boyd agrees, it took time for him to recognize in himself what everyone else was seeing. "Mr. Clark has really changed my perspective of what I can achieve," said Boyd. "He saw my leadership qualities and made me recognize those within myself so that I can use those qualities to help others."
"Carlos has a terrific way of making every person on a team feel important and valued. This goes for BPA, our student credit union, the marching band and soccer team, and on daily projects in class. He seeks input from every person on the team and is great at bringing everyone together to focus on the tasks at hand," said Clark.
Boyd looks to Mr. Clark as a role model. Before becoming an instructor, Clark was an investment banker for nearly 15 years, working for major firms in New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Cleveland. He came to Butler Tech in 2004, taking a teaching position at Fairfield. Within a year, he created the Financial Services Honors program at Northwest High School and has been there ever since.
Boyd is looking forward to his year as state BPA president, and already he and his team have met to begin planning for the upcoming year. In March, the state leadership conference will be held in Columbus, and in May, the national leadership conference will be held in Orlando, Florida.
In the meantime, his college acceptance letters have started rolling in. At this point, he's heard from approximately 15 colleges. He is still sorting through scholarships and what makes the most sense as he plans to major in business and minor in finance. Whatever path Boyd ends up taking, Clark knows it will be one of success.
"I'm really looking forward to seeing what Carlos ends up doing in life," said Clark. "I'm sure it will be impressive, no matter what path he chooses."


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After a short time away from the social side of things, we're back..
Just what have we been up to?
Where to begin, a mad rush of lighting projects coming in over the past month or two, with a couple of exciting ones to say the least!
Our new look website is almost at release date, for you all to see.
Floodlighting projects
As the end of the English Premier League season approached a couple of months ago, plans were already solidly in place for teams to abide by the newly updated lighting specifications set by the Premier League.
With the vast increase of 3D and HD televisions/channels recently it has become necessary for the lighting levels to be upgraded.
Our strong connections with Sports Clubs throughout Wales has meant we are currently carrying out installations at Swansea, Wrexham, Newport and Cardiff as well as many other Clubs/Schools/Universities all over Wales and England.
We are having professionally taken photographs of the lighting in full swing at The Liberty Stadium, Swansea once the job is completed, so you can see the undoubtedly fantastic job done – before the 2014/15 football season begins!
Other lighting related goings on..
More and more questions have been asked of us about LED lighting alternatives.
With the obvious positives that could arise from having LED floodlighting, less maintenance and running costs being a couple, it will only be a matter of time before they start popping up everywhere. Some high profile clubs around the country are currently enquiring about the systems, with at least one rumoured to be in place for the coming season.
We have been looking into the LED lamps as an alternative and hope to be involved in a big LED floodlighting job sometime in the near future.
Website update
The new look website is almost up for all to see at the usual address www.floodlightingelectrical.com. We are hoping to get some feedback off potential users, allowing us to better the website in any way. When it's up we will ask if you could kindly take a look and give us some helpful feedback using the comments section to this post or to our Twitter account!
We are hoping to get as many details of our projects on the site as possible. If you have a club listed in the projects section of the website and would like to give us the details of your system (i.e. number of columns & floodlights) or provide us with a picture to post on behalf of the club then definitely get in contact with us. If your club isn't listed but should be, then also please let us know and we can promote your club as a part of our work 🙂
New project
As previously mentioned the Lake Lighting & Electrical trade counter is certainly under way now, providing both domestic and commercial products over the counter. Check out their website at www.lake-electrical.com, where you can see a large selection of what is on offer. For a more in-depth look at what is available please visit the trade counter at Unit 21, The Woodlands, Coed Cae Lane, Pontyclun, CF72 9DW.
If you're a local trader in the area stop by and say hello, your business is always welcome and no doubt they can sort out some fantastic deals for you!


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☆ DescriptionThis adorable case from SWIMMER is shaped as an ice cream cone and comes apart into three separate pieces. One part of the ice cream is mint while the other piece is clear, so you can look inside of the case without opening it.
☆ Prints, materials and themesIce cream and cones.
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text: Last year, I began a special needs prom for all students with special needs in Sevier County's middle schools and high schools. Formal attire is given to students if needed, and the girls are invited to come early that day and be treated to a make-over, which includes makeup application, a hairstyling station, and nail expo. The event is really awesome, and the kids have a great time…being pampered with the royal treatment, enjoying lots of food goodies, and then dancing all night! We receive donations from many places, but Sevier County Bank is one of our main supporters and it is greatly appreciated. They have sponsored our prom cake both years, and some of their workers even come to help with the make-overs. Thank you Sevier County Bank!


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