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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a comprehensive model of customer trust in a retail service setting. Three levels of the customer‐to‐store relationship are simultaneously taken into account: customer to sales associates, customer to store branded products, and customer to the store itself.
Design/methodology/approach – Using partial least square (PLS) on a sample of 393 customers of an Italian supermarket retailer, a model linking customer trust (in the store, in store branded products and in sales associates) to overall perceived value and store loyalty intentions and behaviors is tested. Subsequently an expanded model to determine the influence of managerially controlled antecedent variables (salespeople's trustworthiness, store environment, store assortment, and communications) is estimated on the various trust levels.
Findings – Trust in the salesperson and trust in store branded products have positive effects on overall store trust. Store trust, in turn, increases perceived value and loyalty intentions. Looking at the drivers of the three levels of customer trust, salesperson trustworthiness positively affects only trust in the salesperson. Store environment has a positive impact only on overall trust in the store. Store communication fosters all three levels of customer trust, while store assortment increases both overall trust and trust in store branded products.
Practical implications – Findings of the study suggest an alternative perspective to the dominant strategies in grocery retailing services. To foster store patronage, retailers have typically invested in price cuts, promotions and loyalty schemes. Store managers may rather use sales associates, the store environment, store assortment, store branded products, and communication to foster customer trust and increase customer loyalty. Managing store brands with the goal to build trust, as opposed to increase immediate profit margins, may call for a completely different approach to private labels. Similarly, the potential relevance of interpersonal trust may suggest retailers to devote more resources to selection, recruitment and training of sales associates, and may stimulate changes in evaluation criteria, incentive schemes and reward systems.
Originality/value – The study aims at filling two important gaps in the literature: the scarcity of comprehensive store patronage models and the lack of exploration of the operational means of improving customer trust in retail services.
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© Emerald. Final version published as: Guenzi, G., Johnson, M. D., & Castaldo, S. (2009). A comprehensive model of customer trust in two retail stores. Journal of Service Management, 20(3), 290-316. doi: 10.1108/09564230910964408
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Financial Times
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"Social engineering is about influencing someone to take an action that may or may not be in their best interest," says Ian Harris, a computer scientist at the University of California Irvine. These techniques are not new, he adds. "Now we have the technology that makes it easier to reach people."
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Kryalos SGR has accomplished on behalf of the Camelot Fund the acquisition of a logistic portfolio composed of four assets located in the cities of Oppeano (VR) and Cameri (NO) with a total area of approximately 160,000 square meters. The assets have been sold by Ippocrate Fund managed by IDeA FIMIT SGR.
This investment represents the second acquisition of the Camelot Fund which last march acquired from Castello SGR a first logistic portfolio consisting of six assets, located in Northern Italy too.
With the acquisition of this new portfolio, the Camelot Fund comes to manage ten properties for an area of over 300,000 square meters.
"Thanks to this new operation" said Paolo Bottelli, CEO of Kryalos SGR "we are consolidating our leadership in the Italian real estate logistics market within which, considering the investments made over the three-year period 2015-2017, we got to manage a portfolio of more than 1.5 million square meters."
Kryalos, founded in 2013 by Paolo Bottelli, operates in the fields of Fund Management, Asset Management and Advisory with a team of 36 professionals and with over €3.7 billion of assets under management (office, retail, logistics and hotels). Kryalos SGR S.p.A. started its business activity in August 2015 following the acquisition of Henderson Global Investors SGR S.p.A. and after changing the name of the latter. In addition to the Camelot Fund, Kryalos SGR has 16 funds under management in the office, retail, logistics and hotel sectors with € 2.5 billion of AUM.
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A promising young filmmaker perfectly toes the line between fun filmmaking and bleak subject matter in his colorful new short film, Manila Death Squad.
Dean C. Marcial was born in the Philippines and raised in the United States. He returned to his family's country with nothing but a script to take on the troubling phenomena of vigilante death squads that the Human Rights Watch reports have murdered over 12,000 people since Rodrigo Duterte was elected president in 2016.
Marcial tackles the disturbing issue with style and taste. He gives the short a rosy bar glow with energetic, likable characters who look at Instagram, take selfies, and alternate between Tagalog and English. "It'd be easy to make a movie that moralized what we already knew: extrajudicial killing is wrong, and wars on drugs don't work," he told VICE. "But it's a lot harder to confront the why and how—how did we get here, electing strongmen all over the world? Why did we let it happen? How complicit are we?"
The story is a vibrant war of words and wits between an American journalist named Olivia (Annicka Dolonius) and a deadly group of homicidal vigilantes led by the flamboyant Rufio (Sid Lucero). Marcial sourced all the actors and production staff from the Philippines and scored the film with Pinoy rock act Flying Ipis. He described his aesthetic as "pop-y eye candy with strobe-y ADHD visuals… mixed with underground comic book aesthetics and a Hanna-Barbera soundboard."
Marcial is inspired by plenty of western filmmaking, like Quentin Tarantino's story structure, Edgar Wright's clever editing, and Aaron Sorkin's whip-fast dialogue. But he also developed the look and mood with Lino Brocka's Oropronobis in mind, and the bittersweet tone from Mike DeLeon's Batch '81. In a callback to Italian filmmakers like Sergio Leone, he calls the style "Sweet Spaghetti Western" after a popular Filipino noodle dish.
Manila Death Squad is flashy and fun, but the final moments are a punch in the gut. The characters transform from dark-humored swashbucklers who play drinking games and take selfies into the death squad in the title. The dramatic change in tone is all part of Marcial's plan to bring this distant issue close to home for Americans.
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Technical Service & Compliance Coordinator
Under direct and general supervision, Technical Service & Compliance Coordinator will support the organization and record-keeping of company-wide quality, regulatory and third-party certification standards (e.g. Organic, Fair Trade, Vegan, etc.) to ensure that all technical and regulatory related issues are addressed in compliance with written procedures and/or applicable regulatory requirements and support new market expansion and new product development. The Technical Service & Compliance Coordinator will also coordinate the submission of regulatory applications to domestic and international agencies (e.g. FDA, KFDA, etc). Working closely with the cross-departmental Technical team, and liaising routinely with colleagues from R&D, NPD, Quality, Operations, Logistics, Sales, and Marketing, the Compliance Coordinator will support the maintenance of company-wide technical, regulatory, and controlled files.
To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The following duties and responsibilities are those considered to be essential but do not represent all job functions that may be required to be performed by this position. Other comparable duties and responsibilities may be assigned as needed.
Compliance Support
- Prepare renewal and inspection documentation for regulatory, third-party company-wide audits, and annual registrations.
- File documentation updates with third-party certifiers (e.g ingredients, suppliers, labels, etc.).
- Maintain and organize document management system for all regulatory and company-wide third-party certifications. (e.g. COA's, SDS's, allergen reports, organic certifications, safety assessments, and packaging documentation.)
- Complete customer or third-party questionnaires to demonstrate compliance with various federal or country-specific regulations (e.g. FSMA).
- Prepare documentation for domestic and international product registrations.
- Maintain internal label, ingredient and formulation databases.
- Coordinate and prepare documentation for regulatory submissions for new and existing products to ensure compliance with domestic and international registration requirements (e.g. FDA, Health Canada, EU, Korea, etc.).
- Other administrative duties such as a file, maintain compliance databases and obtain documentation for inclusion with regulatory submissions (e.g. Certificate of Free Sale, Apostille, etc.)
New Market & New Product Support
- Review new ingredients, formulas, and labels for compliance in new markets or in support of new product launches.
- Collect and evaluate information on the safety and environmental impact of raw materials by reviewing supplier documentation, peer-reviewed research and ingredient databases.
- Support claims substantiation for products; review domestic and international regulations and standardized test methods; coordinate with a lab in house and with third-party labs for contracting out standardized test methods.
- Research and evaluate new and current raw materials and material applications through technical review of product ingredient listings and networking with raw material suppliers.
- Administrative support for new material record-keeping, vendor setup, and meetings.
This position will interact closely with the OSI department, Certification & Compliance Manager, Document Control & Regulatory Affairs Coordinator, Senior Quality, Sustainability, & Innovation Manager, Production and Operations Administration teams, Sales & International Marketing teams, Customer Service.
- Required: Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Food Science, or similar technical field, or demonstrated equivalent experience.
- Required: 2 years' experience in a fast-paced, collaborative office environment.
- Required: Knowledge of FDA regulations in cosmetics, food, and/or ISO 9001.
- Preferred: Familiarity with ISO 22716.
- Preferred: HACCP and/or ISO certified operation experience.
- Preferred: Natural, Organic and/ or fair trade food, cosmetic, and/or personal care industry experience.
- Preferred: International business experience.
Any combination of education and work experience that would be equivalent to the stated minimum requirements would qualify for consideration of this position.
- Extremely organized with outstanding attention to detail;
- Demonstrated passion for social and environmental justice;
- Energetic team player with top-tier customer service skills and problem-solver attitude; the ability to advance compliance and document control systems in a fast-paced company;
- Work always with a spirit of flexibility, enthusiasm, teamwork, fun, and cooperation;
- Possess and maintain the desire to create impact through creativity, innovation, persistence, and feedback;
- Ability to communicate and collaborate constructively with a wide range of diverse colleagues and stakeholders;
- Ability to reason and analyze, to multi-task in an efficient, thorough, and prioritized manner, to work quickly, accurately and independently, and to anticipate needs and solve problems;
- Ability to take direct feedback and instructions, as well as work independently and as part of a team.
- Maintain a high degree of confidentiality over all matters in the course of business operations and employee information.
- Good working knowledge and advanced skills in Access, Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, and Internet search.
- Fluent in English with the ability to correspond with a high degree of professionalism in verbal and written communication.
- Preferred: Fluent in additional languages such as Spanish, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, German, or French.
- Preferred: Familiarity with FDA regulations, EU cosmetic regulations, HACCP, SQF, BRC, ANSI, INCI and/or ISO standards and systems.
Tools and Equipment Used
Computer, label printing system, lab equipment, and standard office equipment.
Must have reliable transportation and possess and maintain a valid driver's license including proof of personal vehicle insurance coverage and insurability under the Company's insurance carrier standards.
The physical demands described here are representative of that which must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly must:
- Perform work in a climate-controlled office setting;
- Sit, stand, walk, reach above and below shoulder heights, climb stairs, bend and stoop, crawl, kneel and use hands, arms and legs for dexterity and balance requiring the use of both arms and legs frequently.
- Experience frequent interruptions and work under pressure of time with multiple priorities.
- Occasionally lift, carry and balance objects weighing up to 35 pounds.
- Pull and push such objects as file drawers, loaded carts, pallet jack, computers, and similar office equipment and supplies.
- Prioritize and multi-task work and projects requiring good memory, concentration, and analytical thinking.
- Occasionally perform the safe operation of a vehicle, office equipment, and machines, and recognize and abate safety hazards within the workplace.
- Frequently work alone but is occasionally required to interact or perform and communicate with others.
- Be able to hear, see including the distinction of colors, read, and communicate verbally and in writing frequently with a wide range of people from diverse socio-economic backgrounds and origins.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, and hearing of normal conversation is required.


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Saturday, October 28, 2006
This post is in reply on someone sent mail on Second grade (FCI-H) group and other groups, he announced a course actually Web Development course its cost is 2300 L.E.
So, WHY course in Web Development and Why 2300 L.E.? Does it deserve?
Let's talk logically, how it would cost you, if you search in "eMule" on "AppDev ASP.NET" spend 3 days (Maximum) downloading it if you have ADSL if you have not tell your friend (htksb swab 7'litoh ugeeb 7aga tfido) give him a 2 CDs (2 L.E.) after that spend a weeks (Maximum) study (AppDev ASP.NET is video learning you won't read, too) spend another week (Maximum) to make sure you studied well, spend a month (Maximum) reading in MSDN; ASP.NET walkthroughs, advanced features and how to get most performance in your website and etc… (I swear (bee ALLAH) you will be professional in web development) would this story cost you 2300 L.E.???!
If you are interested in MOCs you can search in eMule, too
I am talking as you do those 3 hours per day; sure we all have 3 hours to study!
Sorry, that's not for COMPUTER SCIENCE or INFORMATION SYSTEM students, those are higher than taking courses in such matters.. those GIVE not TAKE courses.
And about certification, who minds to take it as self-paced training (self-study) and take exam to take the certification?? I think that's better or someone stuffs your mind with information (take it as it) to be tested??!
So, I see there are 2 reasons to take courses, the first take courses in any language because you need someone to converse with, to higher your skills in it and the second if you are working and you assigned a task in something you do not know and you've not time to study it, you want someone to figure your task out, If you have not a friend can help you, you compelled to take a course ( I am not satisfied this reason but it may be)
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There is another reason to take courses, if the course will enhance you significantly, like Management courses, etc.
Because these courses if educated by experts, they would give you great experience that is very difficult to be gained from reading about them concepts.
Please, do not respond to any course announcement, it's fake thing no more no less
Thank you for reading,
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sa ramy,
i think you are right and there's people can do this but i think you are wrong in 2 points:
1 - you saied "Sorry, that's not for COMPUTER SCIENCE or INFORMATION SYSTEM students, those are higher than taking courses in such matters.. those GIVE not TAKE courses."
i think this is very racial speech, any one need to be stronger in some subjects and he can study it by himself or he can ask for the help from some one have alot of experience( and as you know not all we learn are used in the real life).
2 - i agree with you that you can be profdessional in any field by self-study and reading , but not all people able to do that (sawab3ak mesh zy ba3daha) w ana shayef ennak baset lelmawdo3 dah mn ganeb wa7ed ( don't always think that all people think like you).
alsalam 3alykom w ra7mato allah w barakatoh
- Mohammad Alaggan
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- Mohammad Alaggan
You said " and as you know not all we learn are used in the real life", I just want to comment on that. This is not a finite fact! These stuff we learn was not created to not be used. If no one "in Egypt" is using them then this is our fault. I believe that we are not using them cuz we don't understand them nor the power they give to us. I am sure that once we become active in this stuff and actually use them (to generate other stuff that we just used b4), this is the first step in becoming a 1st world country.
- Ramy Mahrous
@Ahmed Abdelmoneim
wy 3likom el salam,
I said in such matters and as I am computer science student I am dealing with most of them inside and outside my faculty (FCI-Helwan) and post graduate really they higher than taking courses in web development
To be stronger you do not need to take course, contrarily, selfstudy widen your knowledge (I'll explain it the next comment)
Ask for help, do not ask for course!
who said asking for help is underestimate who asks?
"And as you know not all we learn are used in the real life" sorry that's the difference between professionalism and el fhloaa!
"but not all people able to do that" they have to be.
today was course ASP.NET 2, tomorrow course ASP.NET 3, after tomorrow course C#.NET 2, and also today course J2SE, yesterday was course Oracle 10G,errrrrrrrrrrr, when you will depend on yourself ????? technology is a fast train catch it yourself no one will help you catching it forever.
tb enta shaif aih el gaaneb ely ana shaif bih el modo3 dah, momkn abaa ana 3'ltan
wy 3likom el salam wy ra7mt ALLAH wy brkatoh
- Ramy Mahrous
@Ahmed Abdelmoneim 2
My second comment how will selfstudy will make you stronger more than you expect
I'll talk about web development
The story
You asked someone you want to be web developer, he told you to download AppDev ASP.NET video learning or download book called "Syngress ASP.net web developers guide" you said Ok, downloaded and started to study.. then while studying you read about XML WebService, CGI, Perl, PHP, SQL Server, MySQL etc you decide to read a simple introduction about each..you liked PHP and MySQL while studying ASP.NET and SQL Server, after while you finished ASP.NET and SQL Server and you decide to begin PHP and MySQL the result you became very professional Web developer (ASP.NET and PHP) without paying 1 L.E.
that's a small story you can imagine more than that
Selfstudy is the perfect solution for professionals


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A team of surgeons at the Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services in Yazd used local 3D printing technology in an oral and maxillofacial surgery for the first time in the country. The surgery costs and duration were also found to be lower.
At times, oral and maxillofacial surgeries require the removal of part of the jaw bones, which is replaced with specially built "plate". Plates have to be built as compatible as possible with the hosting face to avoid facial malformations. Building such a plate is a time consuming surgical procedure. Close observations and removing the damaged bone, as well as plate implantation are only possible during anesthesia.
Thanks to a 3D printer manufactured in Iran, a team of surgeons from the university led by Dr. Alireza Navvab Azam produced a close replica of a 48-year-old patient's jaw; the patient was suffering from mandible Squamous Cell Cancer (SCC). The surgical procedure for replacing the damaged bone structure with the plate also cut time by 35-40%, besides costs of the procedure.
In humans, the mandible is the largest, strongest and lowest bone in the face forming the lower jaw while holding the lower teeth in place.
Shenasa, a private venture capital fund founded in 2011 with the objective of identifying and supporting innovative and profitable enterprises, supported the first domestic producer of 3D printers – 'The Smart Technologies of the Third Millennium Company' (in Farsi: Mashin-haye houshmand-e hezaare sevvom), where experts produced the mandible model with errors below 32 micron. Shenasa is part of the Pasargad financial group.
The previously practiced method of stereo lithography (SL), an additive manufacturing or 3D printing technology used for producing models, prototypes, patterns, and production parts one layer at a time by curing a photo-reactive resin with a UV laser or another similar power source, was expensive and the equipment itself was impossible to purchase for clinics, making it only practical in manufacturing laboratories. "3D printers and their modeling services on the other hand, are affordable and practical for clinics," said Navvab, adding that "the technology is especially convenient for facial joint asymmetry surgical procedures," Jamejam reports.


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As she so often does in photographs, Martha Stewart looked relaxed and confident when she walked out of the front doors of the New York State Supreme Court building in Lower Manhattan on March 5, a hint of ironic amusement shadowing her smile as she looked out at the swarm of photographers gathered on the steps. She had spent the day testifying in the matter of Macy's versus J. C. Penney and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, the public company that she founded, runs, and controls. The courtroom was packed, the wooden benches filled with spectators and the press, who had come for Stewart's turn on the witness stand. Loved, hated, debated, and hugely influential, she was still, after some 30 years in the public eye, one of the most famous women in America, and one of its most successful.
The case, in which the judge's decision was pending at press time, is a bitter contract dispute involving more than $200 million, replete with accusations of secret dealings, betrayal, and deceit. In late February, the chairman and C.E.O. of Macy's, Terry Lundgren, had testified that the last time he had spoken to Martha Stewart, on the phone, he told her that he was "shocked, appalled, and disgusted" at her behavior, and that he'd gotten so upset he'd hung up on her and had been "literally sick to [his] stomach." But Stewart was cooler. Dressed in a sleeveless taupe Lanvin suit, her blond hair worn in its trademark style—loose and tucked behind her ears—she was wry, witty, crisp, curt and irritated at times, but never rattled. The whole matter was a simple dispute over "what is written on the page," she told the judge. "And it just boggles my mind that we're here sitting in front of you, Judge." She testified for about four hours and almost seemed to be enjoying it. Afterward, smiling as she made her way through the crush of paparazzi toward her chauffeured black Suburban, she whipped out her own camera and started taking photographs of the photographers.
It's been that same confidence on display in the last few months, as if nothing were amiss. Famous for her almost manic devotion to her work—she sleeps about four hours a night—Stewart seemed to be everywhere. In late April, her dating life, or lack of it, hit the headlines after she announced on the Today show that she was looking for a man. "I'd like to have breakfast with somebody," she told Matt Lauer. "I'd like to go to bed with somebody. Sleep with somebody"—which was translated, in a screaming front-page headline in the New York Post, as: MARTHA: I NEED A MAN—FOR SEX. She then signed up for Match.com on-air, and with Lauer scrutinized the profiles of several of the 1,000 men who responded, then selected two—Stan, a filmmaker, and Larry, a steel trader—met them on the show, and, accompanied by NBC's cameras, went out on a date with each one. In the process, millions of viewers learned that "so far Aquarius and Sagittarius have worked out pretty well" for Stewart, that she liked public displays of affection, and that she was looking for an "intelligent, established, and curious" man who "relishes adventure" and "can teach [her] new things."
The months after her testimony also brought a flurry of other TV appearances, including on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live, where she continued with her personal revelations: that she had sexted and had had a one-night stand. She also denied she'd ever had a lesbian experience or dropped acid, and left up in the air whether or not she'd had a threesome. She appeared on the covers of Parade and Amtrak's magazine, Arrive, and traveled around the country as she publicized her latest book—her 79th—Living the Good Long Life, on aging well. In these public appearances she would stride onto the stage, sit confidently, legs crossed, and, in that austere, Waspy lockjaw voice that has become her trademark, do what she does best—sell order and beauty, aspiration and a sort of perfection.


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Jewish History: Israel
Sarah Aaronsohn
A leading spy for the Nili ring during World War I, Sarah Aaronsohn fought to free Palestine from Turkish rule and withstood torture for her ideals; she committed suicide after arrest by Turkish authorities and was later described as a Jewish Joan of Arc. The semi-military role Sarah carved for herself, her activity, and her voluntary death made her an icon and a model of a new "Hebrew" femininity.
Academia in Israel
Women faculty members in the higher education system in Israel share with their sisters in other Western developed countries characteristics regarding proportions, promotions, and positions. They constitute a small minority of the total tenure-track faculty, with somewhat larger minorities in the humanities and social sciences, and very small minorities in the physical sciences and engineering.
Orit Adato
Adato enlisted in the IDF in 1973 and in due course served successively as commander of the two central Women's Corps training bases (1994–1997), commander of the Women Teacher-Soldiers unit, and commander of the women in Nahal, where she directed the assistance given to immigrants from Ethiopia and the USSR. In 1997, she was promoted to the position of head of the Women's Corps as a brigadier general at a time when the corps was in the process of being radically reorganized.
Chava Alberstein
Chava Alberstein is a singer-songwriter (both lyricist and composer) who by the end of 2004 had recorded over fifty albums, not including singles and song collections.
Ruth Aliav-Klüger
She was the only woman among the early members of the Mosad, which smuggled Jews out of Europe and into Palestine in an attempt to circumvent the aliyah restrictions of the British Mandatory authorities. Late in World War II Aliav-Klüger was among the first representatives of the Yishuv to meet with Holocaust survivors on European soil and come to the aid of the she'erit ha-pletah (surviving remnant). In early 1949 Aliav-Klüger returned to Israel and, like many of her Mosad comrades, joined the Zim national shipping company. In 1974 she was selected as Woman of the Year by the National Council Of Jewish Women in the United States in honor of the release of her book, The Last Escape, describing her activities with the Mosad le-Aliyah Bet between 1938 and 1941 (published originally in English and translated into Hebrew).
Hedva Almog
During her term of office, Almog stressed the importance of appropriate training for new recruits and established the base at Julis for absorbing them. The number of annual officer courses was increased, a training course for women officers in the Operational Branch was established, new occupations, such as airborne doctors, were opened for women officers and institutional posts increased.
Shulamit Aloni
Passionate, principled, provocative, and above all path breaking, Shulamit Aloni has left a greater imprint on Israeli political life and public discourse than any woman to come of age after Israel's independence.
American Jewish Congress
Women have played an important part in the American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) since the organization was first established after World War I.
Established in 1925 to create vocational schools for religious girls in Palestine, AMIT, an American-based religious Zionist organization, has helped shape the educational and social welfare landscape in the State of Israel for eight decades.
Mia Arbatova
Edna Arbel
A justice on Israel's Supreme Court since May 2004, Edna Arbel was born in Jerusalem on June 22, 1944.
Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino
Like the biographies of other figures prominent at the time of the establishment of the state of Israel, that of Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino parallels the history of Zionism and the founding of the state, from her childhood in a traditional Iraqi family and membership in the Zionist underground in Iraq, through her immigration to Palestine and the founding of Kibbutz Neve Or, to her term as a member of the Knesset and her services as Israel's Minister of Health.
Artists: "Second Generation" in Israel
A number of studies from the mid-1980s onward have demonstrated the impact of the Holocaust on visual art, in particular for artists who themselves experienced the agony of the Holocaust, but also among their contemporaries. These artists portrayed the Holocaust's atrocities and responded to the horrific trauma through various forms of expression. Now, more than sixty years after the Holocaust, it is apparent that its impact has carried over into the works of so-called "second generation" artists as well.
Artists: Israeli, 1970 to the Present
The 1970s were a conceptual and political period in Israeli art. Art during these years expressed the plural form—of the nation, the society and of modern art.
Artists: Yishuv and Israel: 1920-1970
Until the 1970s women were always a minority among Israeli artists and most of them either followed the men or worked outside the leading artistic movements. Although the early twentieth-century Yishuv (the Jewish settlement in Palestine) was a pioneering society with egalitarian ideals, it was (like every society in the world) ultimately led and directed by men, and so too were the various artistic groups.
Miriam Baratz
Miriam Baratz was a founding member of Deganyah Aleph, the first socialist Zionist farming commune in pre-state Israel. She advocated for communal childcare and education, and for a cooperative and egalitarian economic structure. The gender paradigm she helped establish at Deganyah set a precedent of egalitarianism for the entire kibbutz movement.
Patricia Barr
An "out-liar," as she called herself, Barr was an activist in multiple worlds: breast cancer, feminism, Judaism, education and the Israeli peace movement.
Children's Literature in the United States
Cochin: Jewish Women's Music
Community Dance Practices in the Yishuv and Israel: 1900-2000
In order to examine the subject of women in ethnic dance in Israel (as well as pre-State Palestine), one must define the various categories that come under this heading and explain what distinguishes and what unites them. The unique mode of ethnic dance in Israel is more properly referred to as dances of various ethnic communities, encompassing both Jewish and non-Jewish ethnic groups. This article, devoted to the role of women in ethnic dance, may be divided into two primary topics: the first concerns the role, state and function of women in the dances of the various ethnic communities, and the second, individual women who contributed to the cultivation and development of ethnic dances through their work in creating, studying and organizing this field.
Contemporary Jewish Migrations to the United States
In the largest Jewish immigrant wave since the 1920s, nearly three hundred thousand Soviet Jews settled in the United States after 1970. More than two-thirds of all Jewish immigrants to the United States since 1980 have been from the (former) Soviet Union. Women, who comprised fifty-three percent of those who arrived during the wave's peak, between 1970 and the 1990s, came to the United States with an unusually high degree of professional and technical skills. In contrast to the 16.5 percent of American women who worked as engineers, technicians, or other professionals, over two-thirds of Soviet Jewish émigré women had worked in these occupations prior to their arrival. As is consistent with their occupational status, these Soviet Jewish women immigrants were also highly educated. Their average number of years of schooling was 14.2. Despite their high degree of educational and occupational attainment, women's salaries in the USSR were only fifty-seven percent of those of men.
Dance in the Yishuv and Israel
Until 1920, dance—like other artistic activities—was virtually nonexistent in Palestine, then a neglected province of the Ottoman Empire. The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (founded in 1906) operated in Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv had two modest music conservatories, Shulamit (founded in 1910) and Beit Ha-Levi'im (founded in 1914). Attempts were also made to set up small symphony orchestras and amateur theater, but these soon folded. There were no dance or drama schools or even auditoriums. Under the more liberal administration of the Mandate for Palestine given to Great Britain by the League of Nations in April 1920 to administer Palestine and establish a national home for the Jewish people. It was terminated with the establishment of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948.British Mandate which went into effect in 1920, waves of immigration increased until, by the middle of the 1920s, the Jewish population reached about ninety thousand. (There were 83,790 Jews in Palestine according to the first British census in 1922). The character of immigration also changed: while previously most of the immigrants had been young idealists who arrived as individuals, most of those who arrived during the third Lit. "ascent." A "calling up" to the Torah during its reading in the synagogue.aliyah (1919–1923) were entire families, primarily from eastern Europe. They increased the population in urban settlements, built on the sands of Tel Aviv, and gave momentum to the development of the arts, particularly dance.
Devorah Dayan
"All the links in the chain of Devorah's life cast a light of great activity and influence on her surroundings, both near and far. Love of her motherland was the main force behind all her writings (and actions) and intermingled with everything: home, village, motherhood, the farm, teaching new immigrants and their children, the fate of her sons in battle and her bereavement." Thus Rahel Katznelson-Shazar eulogized the new Hebrew woman as exemplified by Devorah Dayan.
Barbara Dobkin
Barbara Berman Dobkin is the pre-eminent Jewish feminist philanthropist of the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first century. Her vision, dedication, generosity and financial commitment have contributed significantly to changing the landscape of Jewish women's organizations and funding in both North America and Israel. In her central pursuit of the full equality and integration of women and women's issues into every aspect of Jewish life, Dobkin co-founded Ma'yan: The Jewish Women's Project and has served as the chair of The Jewish Women's Archive and the ten million dollar Hadassah Foundation. She has also been a pioneering donor-activist on Jewish gay and lesbian issues, in progressive Israeli organizations, and in the U.S. women's funding movement, and has garnered a national reputation as a speaker on issues of women's philanthropy and leadership.


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a signature like yours...
growing up i used to watch you sign your name. that signature, that flourish, that name was all you. i don't think it gets much better than Zane Fricke. you would sign receipts, sign important work papers, sign letter to me, your daughter, and i wanted a signature just like yours. i wanted to sign my name with the same importance and conviction that you had. i wanted to be just like you. and now that i'm a grown, married woman i have found myself and found my signature. i am confident in who i am and what i stand for. now i have my own flourish...just like my dad!
this is really one of my favorite pages i've made in awhile.
its something i've been wanting to get down on paper...i'm so glad i did.
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Update: it's been over three hours since I started trying to rotate my wheels, but I finally have two slightly-larger sockets, and plenty of new lug nuts. Time for round two!
It's finally the weekend, so after I finished housework I went out to rotate the Volvo's tires. Unfortunately the lug nuts are in such bad shape that I'm stuck now, so I need some advice. Help!
My main problem is that one of the lug nuts has swelled somehow, enough that it no longer fits in any of my sockets (19mm or 3/16"). Is there any trick, or do I need to go get a 20mm or 7/32" socket? Should I look for hex or triple square?
My secondary problem is that one of the other nuts that was also a bit bigger got stuck in the shallow triple square socket I had to use instead of the deep hex one, and now I'm not sure how to separate them. Does hot water get you enough thermal expansion, or do you need a torch?


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Btw updated my previous posts as they needed to be corrected.
Bottom line is when running Intel Burn Test and maxing cpu usage I was hitting the 72 degrees Celsius level at times on different cores when going for 3.7+ GHz and I told it to not let it go past 72 degrees Celsius or set the warning for that with Real Temp 3.70. Still I completed the test and it said the cpu was fine and passed the test. :Z
I am going to download and use what you use and let you know what I get.
... nightmare ... temps into the 90s degrees Celsius quickly with both software monitoring programs you use when I was running Intel Burn Test ....
However decided to run a game that uses 1 core max 45 % and the other cores at like 25% max and running at 4 GHz and no issues thus far in regards to temperatures.
So yeah I need to address the cooling situation in the long run with the pc but it seems like in many games I can oc to 4 GHz and even higher maybe and game for awhile but going to see what the situation will be with more cpu intensive games. Btw to make things cooler the aftermarket HSF solution I have for my i5 2500k build is the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 Direct Touch 3 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 LGA775 S754 S939 S940 W 120MM PWM Fan. I have to use a back plate to make it work with the socket 1155 board. I haven't been anxious to tear the rig apart to get this installed but I guess it has to get done finally. That aftermarket HSF was intended to be used on my son's old socket 775 pc but never got around to it as I would have had to tear apart that rig too to install it. I bought the HSF like 2.5 years ago.


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May I just say here and now, throughout the last few months of not blogging, I've only lost two followers, and that says a lot for you guys, I think. You're loyal friends, good and true, (at least, those of you who actually check your subscriptions regularly, =D ) and I'm grateful.
Okay, a few quick announcements:
Queen Rocks! FREDDIE MERCURY FOREVER!
*ahem* Moving on...
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The Olympics! Did you watch? The world's greatest atheletes and some great painkillers got me through my latest hospital stay with my sanity intact. London, you did yourselves proud, and your most wayward offspring (namely, us bloody defectors here in "the Colonies") still love you all.
Fellow Geeks (and those who love us despite our Geekiness), behold some of my three-year-old SuperToddler's current favorite toys--
She chose them herself, and would not let them out of her hands for hours after they were bought! Her Geeky training is coming along beautifully, and my motherly Geek cup of joy runneth over! (If you're thinking that C3PO looks slightly terrifying, I agree with you--he's oddly made, but she loves him, anyway.) If you're thinking that the picture is blurry, you are also correct. I'm still learning to take pictures with *drumrollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll*
THE WONDERFUL NEW iPOD THAT MY EVEN MORE WONDERFUL HUSBAND BOUGHT ME as an (early) 35th birthday present! I have named her Casilda (I'll give you a moment to Google that name of one of my favorite Roman Catholic saints...*Jeopardy theme plays in background*...), and she is one of the highlights of each day, as I discover all the things of which she is capable. I use a PC laptop, I love my iPod--I know, I'm "bi" where my computing is concerned. =0) My Mac-loving husband cannot understand why I cling to my PC, but he puts up with it, bless him.
And finally, for all my fellow book bloggers--
throughout my recent trials, I have continued to read, and am excited to announce that I have acquired and am getting ready to read my first Georgette Heyer novel! It was a two-fer, actually, a beautiful, hardback double edition that I found in the Bargain Books at Barnes & Noble. I LOVE shopping their Bargain Books; finding a book like this one for $9.95 makes me feel like I just discovered the Rosetta Stone or won the Nobel Prize or something much cooler than what I actually did, which is give Barnes & Noble $10 of my money. It's the little things that make life worthwhile, you know? After all my troubles, however, I'm giving myself a free pass on any review backlog, and am just going to enjoy reading and blogging as time permits for a while. Thank you all for your patient faithfulness, and I hope you swarm me with comments--I've missed you all.
Oooooo! Very important P.S.
MOCK THE WEEK! If you haven't yet discovered this rib-crackingly hilarious BBC show, search for it on YouTube--you won't be sorry!


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I hate it when someone call me a jack of all trades. Its not their fault, but I am very specific words that describe me. I hate commonly used terms or expressions established with my name, for I believe they dont apply. I am saying I feel above or higher than anyone, but I know for a fact I bring a different set of attributes than certain others or the norm. Am I wrong for feeling so? Have you ever been called that is not associated with you, and only called that because others only know of such words?
Ok here are my skills, roles and jobs I do on a weekly basis:
Short Film Director
Blogger / Writer
Graphic Designer
Fitness Consultant
Talent Manager (Model and Music Artist)
Website Designer
Casting Director
Spoken Word Artist
Video Editor
Branding & Marketing Consultant
Social Media Guru
And more….
In addition to…
Gym goer
Movie Goer
And having a 9 to 5
In a nutshell, don't stand being called something you are not. Be you, define you and stand out being different. I work hard and train everyday at my skills because those are the skills I want and that defines me being Richardo
Thanks for reading
Richardo Wilson


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With automakers offering lavish sales for the Memorial Day weekend, industry-watchers are optimistic May will end on an upbeat note. But even before the annual holiday event, sales of new vehicles have been rocking along this month, with analysts predicting May will see a significant upturn from year-ago sales.
New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are expected to hit 1.52 million units, up 5.5% from May 2013 and a 9.5% increase from April 2014, according to TrueCar, which is predicting that the Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate, or SAAR, will reach 16.1 million when the books are closed on May, a 6% year-over-year increase.
Spring car sales generally are some of the year's strongest, but industry observers are particularly relived considering the unexpectedly sharp slide in demand during this past, cold Winter.
"The industry is back to the level we expected at the beginning of the year," said Larry Dominique, President of data tracking service ALG, and Executive Vice President of TrueCar. "Chrysler, GM and Nissan are all benefiting from increased demand. They are showing higher sales and are able to pull back on incentive spending," he added.
The upbeat sales represent good news particularly for General Motors, which is been engulfed by a controversy over defective vehicles that continues to grow. So far, however, the recall crisis has had little impact on the maker's sales.
The surge in May sales has been especially strong on the retail side of the business, noted John Humphrey, senior vice president of the global automotive practice at J.D. Power and Associates. May appears to be on track to show the strongest retail sales performance in 10 years, he said, noting that consumers are demonstrating a willingness to spend on new vehicles.
(GM likely to continue the flood of recalls. Click Here for the latest.)
With strong new light-vehicle retail sales anticipated over the Memorial Day weekend, the selling rate in May is expected to be at the highest level of the year, according to a monthly sales forecast developed jointly by J.D. Power and LMC Automotive.
J.D. Power estimates that consumers will spend more than $37 billion purchasing new vehicles this month, surpassing the previous May high of $34.3 billion set in 2004. May is the eighth consecutive month that consumer spending on new vehicles increased on a year-over-year basis.
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"The record level of consumer spending reflects a combination of record transaction prices in May—which, at $29,600, are up $800 from the previous May high of $28,795 set in 2013—and the best retail sales since May, 2004," Humphrey said.
The share of retail sales is expected to be up 0.6% compared to May 2013 and up 1% from April 2014, with fleet and rental sales expected to make up 17% of total industry volumes for May 2014, according to TrueCar.
TrueCar estimated the industry average incentive spending per unit will be approximately $2,677 for this month, an increase of 0.7% from May 2013 and up 3.5% from April 2014. GM remains the industry leader in incentive spending, according to TrueCar's estimates.
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Meanwhile, LMC Automotive's forecast for total light-vehicle sales in 2014 is holding steady at 16.1 million units, up 3% from 2013. Retail light-vehicle sales are expected to drive the growth, with a 4% increase from 2013 to 13.3 million units.
"Three consecutive months of solid growth has returned the market to the expected trend level on a year-to-date basis," said Jeff Schuster, senior vice president of forecasting at LMC Automotive. "As we move toward the second half of the year, the selling rates are expected to continue improving, but the growth rates will begin to flatten out, increasing competitive pressures for all brands."
LMC Automotive also expects second quarter production to hit 4.25 million units, which is flat from the same time period in 2013. However, this represents more than a 1% gain from the first quarter of this year. Manufacturers that are expected to achieve a year-over-year gains in the second quarter are BMW, General Motors, Honda, Renault-Nissan and Tesla.
Overall, LMC expects production for the full year 2014 to increase 3% to 16.65 million units. During the past few months, manufacturers have cleared a significant amount of inventory, which has been reduced from its peak of 88 days' supply at the end of January to 69 days at the end of April. That's closer to the industry's historic norm, helping stabilize production.


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Diboll Gallery exhibits exciting
works by photographer Erika Goldring
The vivid work of New Orleans-based music and fine
arts photographer Erika Molleck Goldring will be featured
in an upcoming exhibit of new photos, "Performance
Portraiture," in the Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery
at Loyola University New Orleans.
An opening reception will kick off the show at 5 p.m.
on Thursday, Feb. 4. "Performance Portraiture"
will be displayed in the gallery Feb. 4 through April
6. Both the reception and the exhibit are free and open
to the public.
Goldring has developed her own unique style of performance
portraiture. Her character-driven portfolio features
celebrated artists such as Beyonce, Keith Richards,
Willie Nelson and Fats Domino, as well as breaking new
acts in genres such as jam, jazz, blues, reggae, blue
grass and alt-country.
captures the energy in a live show whether it is the
split-second a beautiful stage light falls on her subject
or the raw emotion emanating from the performer lost
in the groove," said Karoline Schleh, director
of Loyola's Diboll Gallery. "By eliminating
all suggestion of environment, her work speaks of the
sounds, vibrations and rhythmic idiosyncrasies distinct
to each performer."
Goldring studied at the New Orleans Academy of Fine
Art under critically acclaimed photographers Victoria
Ryan and Richard Sexton. Her work has been featured
in a number of publications including Rolling Stone,
Spin, Mojo, DownBeat, OffBeat, The New York Times, The
Chicago Sun-Times and The Times-Picayune.
She currently works as a staff photographer at the
legendary Tipitina's and UNO Lakefront Arena.
She also has freelanced for PBS' "Live from
the Artists' Den." Most recently, Goldring's
works were accepted into the Smithsonian-affiliated
Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans and the
Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Miss.
For more information or to schedule an interview, contact
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The Latino culture is all about family, friends, and close communities. Latinos that make the United States their home as well as those who are second or third generation Latinos maintain that strong sense of socialization.While the media sings the praises of Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites, LISTA is concerned with what web 2.0 tools can do for people in the non-profit community in order to develop a strategy for their outreach, advocacy and recruitment of volunteers.LISTA has always set up partnership of like-minded organizations who share our preoccupation.See the full agenda.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Web 2.0, Social Media, Advocacy and Being Latino: My Panel at the LISTA 3rd Annual Tech Latino Legislative Briefing
This afternoon from 1-3pm I will be presenting a Workshop at LISTA's third Annual Tech Latino Legislative Briefing. My fellow panelists include Lance Rios, President and CEO of Being Latino and Raul Danny Vargas, President and CEO of VarCom. The topic of our panel is Web 2.0, Social Media, Advocacy and Being Latino. More on the panel below:
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Tesla stock slides even as CEO Musk pledges to meet year end target
Tesla reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Wednesday, pledged to fix production issues and said it would stop burning through cash by later this year.
The company's stock initially rose -- but then fell sharply as analysts on a conference call questioned CEO Elon Musk on costs and production. Shares were down more than 5 percent after-hours.
Tesla has been wrestling with two key issues: How fast it can produce its latest Model 3 and its cash position.
On the conference call, CEO Elon Musk said he was focused on the Model 3 and bringing Tesla to profitability as soon as possible. "Our focus is on the Model 3, we need to become a profitable company -- that is a good criticism that has been leveled at Tesla," Musk said. "The truth is you're not a real company until you are. That's our focus right now."
The company estimated that 5,000 Model 3s will be rolling off the assembly line in "about two months." That was consistent with public projections Musk had earlier made in an interview with CBS News last month.
Tesla also indicated that it expects to meet the stated year-end delivery target of 100,000 for the Model S and X deliveries.
Tesla lost $709 million in the first quarter. At the end of the period, Tesla had $2.7 billion in cash, $700 million less than the start of the quarter.
In March, Moody's Investors Service downgraded Tesla's debt. "The negative outlook reflects the likelihood that Tesla will have to undertake a large, near-term capital raise in order to refund maturing obligations and avoid a liquidity short-fall," Moody's analysts said in the note.
A capital raise is a "question of when, not if," UBS analyst Colin Langan told clients recently, citing the company's aggressive growth strategy.
The company said in a statement last month that it does not need to raise capital. "Tesla does not require an equity or debt raise this year, apart from standard credit lines," the company said.
Tesla has faced operational problems, with shipping delays and slow production of its Model 3 sedan. The car, which at $35,000 to around $50,000 is more affordably priced than the manufacturer's other vehicles, is Tesla's first effort to crack the mainstream consumer market and so is considered vital to its success.
Such setbacks have dimmed Tesla's outlook on Wall Street. As of the close of trading on Wednesday, its stock was down about 5 percent this year. Short-selling of the shares -- bets the company's stock will fall -- on the rise through April 13, according to Nasdaq data.


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154th Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction Record 8 Million Euros
The oldest charity auction in the world raised 8,082,525€ on 16 November. "125 buyers from 17 countries competed fiercely on the 47 cuvees offered to realize the best sale since 1859. Numerous records were broken today" said Anthony Hanson MW of Christie's.
Since 1978 the Hospices has donated a special barrel every year for charity - this year Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru. Honorary Presidents have been invited since 1945. Descending from the towers along the balcony of the Hotel Dieu, like Rapunzel in a medieval fairy tale, the model Adriana Karembeu was escorted by fellow presidents judo world champion Teddy Riner and television presenter Michel Drucker, into the hall.
Bidding for the President's Pièce started at 2000€, racing quickly to 100,000€, the gavel took ten minutes to fall at 220,000€. The negotiant Maison Albert Bichot won on behalf of a group of six Canadian friends. The money will be shared between the presidents' charities – the Imagine Foundation for genetic disease research and Toutes à l'école Foundation to educate young girls in Cambodia.
Antoine Jacquet, Director of the Hospices de Beaune said "we are very proud that a new record has been established, for the third consecutive year." The average barrel price barrel was 13,750€, with 417 barrels of red (+3.37%) and 117 of white (+14.57%) from 33 red and 14 white cuvees – a 20% volume increase from 2013. Grand Cru whites increased 25% and Grand Cru reds 5.5%. Bâtard-Montrachet Dames de Flandres set a 70,620€ record, and Clos de la Roche - Cuvée Cyrot-Chaudron 74,900€ broke the record for any barrel sold.
The results are removed from commercial reality. The Burgundy Union of Negotiants and Burgundy Interprofession hoped, and Alberic Bichot predicted, that this sale would stabilize prices and send a signal to the market. The average bottle price has risen from 16€ to 43.5€ in ten years since Christie's has organised the auction. Anthony Hanson defended questions about speculation observing that "people don't buy to make commerce but the motivation is to buy for charity … and to drink it!"


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Indulge in a luxurious and spacious suite, with access to the Executive Lounge. Our suites include a large chaise longue, which provides another touch of luxury and is ideal for relaxing and watching TV and movies. The mini bar is located in a freestanding lacquered cabinet, again another touch that helps create that residential feel. Lacquer finishes provide more luxury and enhance the feel of the room to provide the guest with a quite unique experience.View All Suites
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Upgrade to a spacious executive room with access to the Executive lounge. Our executive rooms feature a glass-topped circular desk which not only provides a great place to sit and work, but also allows for dining for two in the privacy of your room. In the bathroom, chrome finishes are used for all tap ware and rails, and marble and porcelain tile provide even more quality and sophistication.View All Executive Rooms
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For my Lipstick Of The Week I'm using NARS Audacious Lipstick, colour Bette. £26 from ASOS.
The Verdict
I am loving this colour!! It's the perfect vampire shade. However I had to be generous, applying on a few layers to achieve the full potential of this lipstick. Retailing at £26, it is a little on the high end of lipstick prices. Yes, the packaging is slick, the lid is magnetic and snaps on in a very sophisticated way. But does this warrant spending £26? The sensible part of me says no, but the naughty side of me says this colour is banging. It's a good lipstick, it is moisturising and goes on very silky giving your lips a beautiful shine. NARS claims that this lipstick gives a full coverage in a single stroke, but I disagree with this claim as I had to apply quite a few layers to get full coverage. Although I like this lipstick, I'm not in a rush to buy more shades from this range as I feel that there isn't anything majorly special about it that makes it stand out from other lipsticks.


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Weed, Pray, Love: The Wanderer's Gift
After months of wandering India and Nepal, Chinmoy arrived at a small village in the Northeastern foothills of the Himalayas. He had come to hear talks on Buddhism by a spiritual master whom everyone called 'Baba.' Though Chinmoy didn't know it yet, this is where he would receive his new name, learn to smoke ganja from the chillum, and be initiated into the Nath Lineage, a spiritual tradition whose oral history goes back thousands of years.
As he walked to the ashram, an afternoon rain cooled his head and washed away the road dust from his body. Wild orchids perfumed the air, and rumbling waterfalls spilled into pools hidden from view. In the distance, the jagged, white peaks of the Himalayas reminded him of just how far he'd come.
Chinmoy grew up in the suburbs of Evanston, Illinois, in what he considers an average 1980s, middle-class upbringing—shuttling between divorced parents, basketball games in the park, music lessons, summer camp. Perhaps not so typical though, was his relationship with a Tibetan refugee from India.
When Chinmoy was ten, his mother sponsored the refugee, a Tibetan woman who came to be resettled in Chicago. "She was like an adopted big sister to me, and exposed me to Tibetan Buddhism," says Chinmoy. Inspired by his close friend, he studied and learned all he could about Buddhism, and began to use meditation as a way to explore his introspective tendencies.
He experimented with marijuana in high school, and by the time he was in college, he smoked regularly. He would walk to Lake Michigan, sit by the edge of the water, smoke and stare out. "I would relax and project out onto the water, as if I could reach out with my vision and touch the waves, feel their lapping sensation and merge with them."
When he was 20, Chinmoy traveled to Amsterdam. On the wall of a coffee shop, he saw a poster of an elderly man with gray dreadlocks, wearing a loincloth and sitting cross-legged on the front step of a mud hut. "He held a large basket full of the most beautiful, green ganja buds. Across the top, the poster said 'INDIA.'" Right then, he decided to someday travel to that holy land.
At the ashram, Chinmoy was greeted by devotees in thin robes. One of them—an American—invited him in and said that Baba was taking a nap. The American showed Chinmoy to a room where he could drop his things and rest. Chinmoy sat and took everything in—the cool, still air, wafting incense and soft prayers coming in through the door—as thoughts of his past faded away.
That evening, some devotees brought Chinmoy upstairs to the shrine room on the guesthouse roof. He looked out at the sunset and the valley below. "There were steep cliffs and lush jungles sinking into a deep river valley. All around was bamboo swaying in the breeze, eagles soaring high overhead and birds darting in and out of the jungle," says Chinmoy.
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Baba finally arrived. He wore a blue robe, had a dark beard and dreadlocks drawn up into a knot on the top of his head. In a thick Bengali accent, he asked how Chinmoy's travels had been. He poured Chinmoy a small glass of brandy and they talked for a while. Then, Baba introduced Chinmoy to the chillum ceremony.
Spiritual cannabis use in India goes back to prehistoric times. Lord Shiva himself is classically depicted as smoking a chillum (a special Indian ganja pipe) and drinking bhang (a traditional Indian drink made from cannabis). In the Nath tradition, cannabis is approached with great reverence and discipline. It's a holy sacrament, used only in rituals to facilitate meditation and heighten awareness of the ceremony.
A devotee offered the chillum to Baba, and then called out the names of Lineage Gurus and of Lord Shiva, followed by "Adesh," meaning 'Order,' and then they all chanted "Byom," meaning 'space'–invoking the quality of voidness. Baba blessed the pipe, took a few puffs and then handed it to Chinmoy.
"Channel these experiences through meditation, or another activity that allows you to get absorbed in a one-pointed focus, like music, painting or running…"
Chinmoy took the hit. "It is said in our teachings," says Chinmoy, "that psychic energy, the energy of our thoughts, is carried through smoke." They began to meditate. Soon after, Baba gave Chinmoy his 'empowerment,' a ritual in which the spiritual energy of the Guru is transmitted directly to the devotee. Later, Baba gave Chinmoy his Sanskrit name. This was Chinmoy's initiation into the Lineage, joining the ranks of Nath Yogis going back countless generations.
He stayed at the ashram for a few months, visiting holy sites and learning from Baba. And when it was time, Chinmoy returned to America, where he now lives with his wife on a small farm in the Midwest.
Once a wanderer, full of doubts and anxieties, he now has the tools and context needed to walk the path with confidence. For those who feel the soul-tug of spirituality, and believe cannabis can help take them there, Chinmoy offers some wisdom:
"Channel these experiences through meditation, or another activity that allows you to get absorbed in a one-pointed focus, like music, painting or running. One of the best things about using cannabis for spiritual development is the way it can help us focus our observation, but it's important to exercise moderation. Cannabis shouldn't be used as a crutch, and we shouldn't conflate our ego thinking that we're doing anything special or holy by consuming it. There's an old saying in the oral tradition of India: 'Drink, but don't get drunk. Smoke, but don't get doped.'"


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1955 Ford Customline is all Ford Performance with Coyote Power
Shades of the Past Best Ford in a Ford
The Best Ford in a Ford shines once again this time at the 2015 Shades of the Past Hot Rod Roundup. Gene Schwister of Sussex, Wisconsin and his 1955 Ford Customline with a Ford Racing Coyote V-8 took home the honors. Giving the engine additional "wow factor" is the Eight Stack electronic fuel injection that tops the Coyote.
David Widman of Dave's Hot Rods of West Bend Wisconsin received the nod to design and build the GT55 as the Customline is called. The Ford body sits on a Morrison chassis with the Ford Coyote V-8 topped with Eight Stack injection, a TREMEC five-speed tranny, Schott GT 18x8 and 20x10 wheels wrapped Toyo Proxes rubber measuring 245/45/18 in front and 275/35/20 in back. Working behind the wheel/tire combo are Strange shocks and Wilwood 13-inch rotors with six-piston calipers leading the way followed by four-piston calipers.
The deep black paint is accented with a black diamond single stripe down the center of the hoodvery subtle yet very effective. Body modifications are plentiful. The crown in the sheetmetal on the doors and front fenders were reduced while a -inch crown was added to the quarter panels. The front bumper is flipped, sectioned 4 inches side to side and 1 inch top to bottom with all the holes filled and "blind" mounts added. Beneath the bumper a gravel pan is fitted. The exhaust tips are fit within the rear bumper.
All of the sheetmetal residing within the engine compartment such as panels, firewall, valve covers, radiator and core support are custom shape and punched with rectangular louvers made to match the cutouts on the valve covers.
The dash is a compilation of '55 and '56 top section with hidden controls, Classic Instruments gauges, and Vintage Air heating and air conditioning. The tilt column is topped with a Billet Specialties wheel while the floor mounted shifter is another custom item. The custom bucket sets are based on '55 T-bird framework and stitched in a tan leather while all of the sill plates, shifter trim ring, console, are handmade with stainless steel rivets. More custom made items include parking lights, taillights, headlight lenses.


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Each year over 75 million+ people flock to this part of the world to be thrilled and entertained by the rides, shows and attractions these theme parks are famous for. Below is the scoop on the new rides and attractions waiting for you in Orlando this summer.
New Attractions at Walt Disney World Resort
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Starting Aug. 29, you'll have all-new ways to feel the Force at Disney's Hollywood Studios! Arguably Walt Disney World's most ambitious project to date, this expansive land will launch with the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction, plus themed shopping and dining. A second attraction, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, is scheduled to debut by year's end. Best of all, you don't have to go to a galaxy far, far away to experience it!
Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy: On March 31, the star of Disney•Pixar's blockbuster Cars franchise roared into Disney's Hollywood Studios for this fast-paced show. During the 10-minute experience, Lightning takes the stage to share knowledge from his racing career — until things go a little off track. Good thing that Mater, Cruz Ramirez and other fan-favorite characters from Radiator Springs are there to lend a helping hand!
Toy Story Land: If it's been a year or more since your last visit to Disney's Hollywood Studios, keep in mind that the park is also home to this new area. Opened in June 2018, and based on the hit Disney•Pixar films, Toy Story Land will make you feel as if you've been shrunk to the size of a toy with themed attractions, dining, shopping and more.
Learn more: Toy Story Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios
Wonderful World of Animation: Debuting May 1, this new, nighttime spectacular celebrates the 30th anniversary of Disney's Hollywood Studios — and pays homage to more than 90 years of Disney and Pixar animation.
New Attractions at Universal Studios Orlando Resort
Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure™: Opening June 13, join Hagrid™ and Fly into the Forbidden Forest is an epic new addition is coming to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™. For the first time ever, fly deep into the wilds of the Forbidden Forest, beyond the grounds of Hogwarts™ castle. As you twist past towering trees, magical creatures and wondrous surprises surround you. One misstep could drop you into an endless pit of Devil's Snare, or put you in the sights of a centaur's bow. Anything can happen here.
Learn more: Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure™
New Attractions at SeaWorld Orlando
Sesame Street: Straight from the long-running children's television series, this 6-acre land is now open at SeaWorld Orlando. In addition to eight new attractions for all ages, Sesame Street is packed with themed dining and shopping, interactive fun, and character encounters. Also featuring SeaWorld's first-ever parade, it's a must-visit for families with kids, as well as anyone who grew up watching the iconic show.
Learn more: Sesame Street at SeaWorld Orlando
KareKare Kurl: Brand-new to Aquatica® Orlando, this high-adrenaline slide attraction challenges you and a partner to climb a curve-shaped, vertical wave wall — just be prepared for the ensuing feeling of weightlessness as you make your way up. Want to see it? Check out this blog's cover image!
Infinity Falls: At SeaWorld, you can blast through the remains of a lost jungle civilization courtesy of this white-water raft adventure, which debuted in late summer 2018. The attraction also offers an engaging lesson about the importance of fresh-water conservation.
Learn more: Infinity Falls at SeaWorld Orlando
Ray Rush: Aquatica welcomed this new ride to its lineup in 2018, offering three ways to splash, slide and soar. Featuring an open-air halfpipe that resembles the wings of a manta ray, this exhilarating, four-person raft ride also boasts powerful water jets, several enclosed tube sections and a giant translucent sphere.
Learn more: Ray Rush at Aquatica Orlando
New Attractions at LEGOLAND Florida Resort
THE LEGO® MOVIE™ WORLD: Based on THE LEGO MOVIE and THE LEGO MOVIE 2: The Second Part, this vibrant new land is now open at LEGOLAND Florida! On top of three fresh attractions — THE LEGO® MOVIE™ Masters of Flight, Unikitty's Disco Drop and Battle of Bricksburg — it features interactive fun at Benny's Play-Ship, plus themed shopping, dining, character meet-and-greets and more.
Learn more: THE LEGO MOVIE WORLD at LEGOLAND Florida Resort
The Great LEGO Race: The first virtual-reality (VR) roller coaster designed just for kids — but lots of fun for adults, too — this ride will send you blasting through a virtual world comprised entirely of LEGO® bricks with the help of an optional VR helmet. It arrived in spring 2018.
Both Legacy Vacation Resorts Orlando-Kissimmee & Lake Buena Vista are just minutes away from all these HOT summer attractions and more!
Legacy Vacation Resorts brings all of the Orlando sun and fun right to your doorstep. With just minutes from the major attractions above, families can enjoy an unforgettable family getaway in the heart of Central Florida's most beloved summer vacation destinations.
Our mini suites, one bedroom, two or two bedroom deluxe condominium accommodations are designed to meet your family's needs and provide affordable vacation escapes with conveniences like kitchenettes or full kitchens and washer/dryers.
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Our products
Name cards
You can order one- or double sided business cards, with four-colour printing or using optional direct colours. Thanks to our digital equipment we are able to deliver orders with low number of copies at very good rates.
Letter papers
We use traditional enamelled or creative paper. Printing available in direct colours or using four colour printing process.
Envelopes with glue- or silicone based sealing, with or without window. Also available with run-out, four-coloured graphics.
Flyers, leaflets
Flyers and brochures may become one of the most effective message transmitters of your business. A nicely designed and printed flyer will surely draw the attention of your clients. Brochures can also be UV-coated or punched in order to ensure a unique appearance.
Self-inking papers, notepads
Self-inking papers are most typically used for waybills, invoices and unique product handover-receipt forms. We offer self-inking booklets in optional number of copies and graphics, supplied with numbering. Note pads supplied with your own logo might be a practical gift for your clients; the cardboard back piece can also be used for advertising purposes.
Brochures, manuals
Brochures and manuals may come with glue-based binding or saddle stitching, depending on the number of pages.
Books, magazines
Even if you have an order involving private publications in small number of copies, do not hesitate to contact us as due to our digital equipment pool and binding department we are able to meet your requirements within the shortest possible deadline.
Folders, ring binders
Folders or ring binders constitute important part of your corporate image; folders can be pressed on both or only on one side (in this case the internal pages may also contain information); with or without rootles, with or without name card holder.
Paper and vinyl-based self-adhesives
Make it a small-sized, paper-based etiquette or a several square metre sized vinyl self-adhesive sticker; you will definitely be satisfied with the finished product. Also available in punched version, practically in any way or form.
In standard A- and B series sizes. Up to A3 size due to the digital technology they can be produced at a competitive rate also in small number of copies.
Billboards, city lights
Billboards are typically paper-based, but if you are leasing the advertising platform they are also available on vinyl-based self-adhesive foil, which will cope with UV-radiation and weather impact for a longer period of time without fading. City light posters are produced using offset or digital technology; therefore we are able to produce even one poster at a favourable rate.
Boxes, cardboard boxes
For your products we are willing to produce individual sized and shaped boxes; point collection promotion receipt collection boxes, etc. including design and production.
Displays, attraps, pavement signs (magnetic iron boards)
Various display and attrap materials are rather compulsory accessories for retail premises or showrooms; use pavement signs to attract the attention of pedestrians to your shop.
Pens, mugs, mouse pads
Our clients love our pens, mugs and mouse pads with their individual logo or advertisement; practical promotional gifts.
Paper bags, sachets
Similarly to boxes we also offer paper sachets and bags in individual sizes and shapes, including design and production.


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The Best Gift Ideas For Father's Day
Dads could be somewhat easy to please, but that's no reason to lose the ball on Father's Day. A good dad will wear that nasty tie till he retires, but he deserves more. The best idee regalo festa del papà on Father's Day require a dad's personality into consideration.
The Following Work Drinker
This daddy likes nothing better than to pop up a cold one after a hard day on the job. He's never barbecued without a beer in hand. And he's got a particular refrigerator back booked for his unique brews.
A beer making kit would be your ideal gift to observe the brew that he enjoys. They are comparatively cheap and come equipped with all of the components and equipment he'll need to make his own brew. Making the beer will require less than the usual Saturday. Then perhaps in a couple of weeks he'll discuss his creation with the rest of the household.
The Workaholic
The workaholic daddy treats his job like his second family. Quality time is great, but it's consistently before nine and following five. That's since he spends all his time seeking to provide his family a better life.
A briefcase is your ideal reward for a workaholic dad who's ready to make sacrifices. It could seem like an obvious concept, but that doesn't mean it's not a good one. Get the entire family to chip in on a very lovely piece that he'll fall in love with. Whenever anyone in the workplace asks him about his new accessory, then he'll have to discuss his loved ones and the way they have the very best gift ideas.
The Hobbyist
If this daddy isn't at work or hanging out with you guys, he's at the garage. Nobody's exactly certain what he does behind closed doors daily. However he appears to enjoy it and it keeps him too busy to reevaluate the children around taking out the garbage.


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Hello Travelers,
We on the Bridge have just received a communication from Earth. Rogues Portal, an entertainment website that reviews comics, has provided the following review of Days of Dark Fire that I'd like to share with all of you:
"Days of Dark Fire is the maiden voyage of Sinopia Comics — a donation-based self-publishing platform for indie creators. The publisher was founded by Giovanni Smith, co-creator of this very book. Sinopia aims to empower both creators and readers to have a more direct relationship with one another, and to create and read exactly the kinds of comics they want. As the first book to come out of this platform, Days of Dark Fire serves as its poster child, to test the limits of what a donation-based book can accomplish…"
Read the full review by Michael Hein here:
Rogues Portal's review of Days of Dark Fire
Giovanni Smith
Founder and Captain of the Good Ship Sinopia


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I definitely told everyone that I was going to be a lawyer up until I was a sophomore in college. People actually went along with it too. I love a great argument, I did a couple of mock trial classes and I aced them. I loved watching the judge shows and could rule on the case before it ended. When I went to college, the second semester of my freshman year, I pledged and joined a co-ed pre-law fraternity. Then splat..journalism came into my life, then again..splat..social media management came into my life. And that's what I'm doing now.
Again, I was always watching the news. In a household that didn't have cable until I was in 8th grade, the news stayed on 24/7, well except for the occasional PBS 13 shows like "Antique's Roadshow" and "Keeping Up Appearances." But I mostly watched the news. The news kept me super informed and I enjoyed watching it. I also enjoyed reading it. I remember begging my mother to subscribe to the NYTimes so that I could read it on my long commute to my Manhattan high school from Brooklyn. And she obliged me (thanks mom). My teachers were impressed about how much I knew and honestly it was only because I immersed myself in the news. I started writing for the college paper near the end of my sophomore year.
At the end of my junior year, I was blessed with the opportunity to be the editor-in-chief of Her Campus Albany. I could still write, but the main focus was social media and marketing products that were sent to us etc. I fell in love with the social media aspect. Who doesn't want to be on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook all day and watch their followers and engagement grow?
I am currently in my final semester of graduate school, where I will receive my Master's in Journalism. But, I currently work in social media, save for the two small newspaper jobs that I have (WHICH I ABSOLUTELY LOVE, SHOUT OUT TO CNG). So yes, I will continue to work in social media after I graduate, managing sites, content and maybe even building websites (I do that on the side).
Thanks for listening.


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Ajax's coach Ronald Koeman had a surprising announcement in the press conference leading up to the Champions League match against Arsenal. Mido, demoted to the second team for disciplinary reasons, is back in the first team for the match against Arsenal.
The players stated they agreed with Koeman's decision to demote Mido, but asked their coach if he would consider bringing him back. With Nikos Machlas hired out to Spanish side Sevilla, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the only striker left in the squad.
,,It is in the club's best interest to bring Mido back'', Koeman said. ,,I have great faith in my players, so I was willing to listen to them. I had a meeting with Ruud Krol, technical director Leo Beenhakker, players Bergdolmo, Witschge, Chivu, Ibrahimovic, Van der Vaart, Didulica and Mido. The players told Mido what they thought, and he apologised and pledged his support to the team.''
,,This is his last chance'', Koeman said about the Egyptian striker. ,,Hopefully Mido will be as good as he was last season.''