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Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Global Robot Expo Tickets available
Tickets are now available for Global Robot Expo which will take place from the 28th to the 31st of January in the "Pabellón de Cristal de la Casa de Campo", Madrid. This professional event will transform Madrid into the venue of the most innovative robotics technologies in Europe, representing first class international companies and conferences lead by recognized technology experts.
The event tickets (that can be purchased through Ticketea and through their web page) range from 35 to 100 Euros for professionals. There are also pass tickets and special discounts to be able to access the tradeshow the four days of exhibition, with 8.000 m2 available for exhibition. GR-EX seeks to bring together different personalities of the robotics sector into the same landscape. On the last day of the fair, the exhibition will be open to general public. The ticket price is 15 Euros (for students) and 20 Euros for adults.
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By happenstance we ran into an old friend Monday who told us from behind a face mask six feet away that he had recently recovered from COVID-19, and been given clearance by his doctor to start running into people again. He further informed us his wife, also a friend of ours, who already had plenty of serious health problems, was still recovering in a nearby hospital but had at least been taken off the ventilator.
We have other friends who stubbornly insist that the seriousness if not the existence of coronavirus is a hoax promulgated by an alarmist fake news media as another witch hunt against President Donald Trump, and they like to ask if we even know anyone who's gotten sick. The aforementioned friends are the second and third people we know who have been among the nearly two and a half million COVID-19 cases, and although we don't yet know anyone among the more than 120,000 Americans who have died from the disease we're inclined to regard the coronavirus as a truly serious problem.
Politics and other weaknesses of human nature have proved ineradicable throughout history, though, and those instincts overwhelm a dispassionate assessment of the data. The coronavirus is indeed a pressing political problem for President Donald Trump, and his most ardent admirers feel obliged to somehow explain why it's all fake news. Some still cling to the theory that all the federal health authorities and and the state and local health authorities and all the doctors and nurses on duty in America's hospitals are in on a "deep state" plot to make Trump look bad, but most attempt more reasonable arguments. The coronavirus does indeed exist and has infected a couple of million or so and killed more 120,000 or so, they acknowledge, but they argue that in the grand scheme of things that's not so bad, and no reason to continue any anti-coronavirus measures.
After all, this is in a country of more than 330 million people, with some 47 or 50 million of them unemployed and eager to get back to work, and pretty much everyone is itching to get back to going to concerts and sporting events and campaign rallies and social justice protests and running into people within six feet and without face masks. Federal and state and local restrictions on personal behavior for public health reasons are predictably widely unpopular, and it's understandable why Trump has seemingly staked his reelection on flouting those rules and encouraging others to do so as well.
For now, though, it seems a losing argument. All the polls show most Americans are taking the coronavirus quite seriously, Trump's handling of the problem has majority disapproval, and a mere 6,200 of his most ardent admirers signed a form waiving the Trump campaign's liability for any sickness or death to attend an indoor rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Trump is hugely popular but coronavirus cases have lately been doubling every day, The fans in attendance loved it when Trump drank from a glass of water with one and not spilling a drop on his silk tie, but his rally speech in a time of coronavirus didn't do him much good with any potential new voters.
Trump had plenty of people to blame for the current sorry state of affairs, but at his first coronavirus rally he didn't outline any specific plan to resume economic activity while keeping the coronavirus in check. To be fair, none of the damned Democrats have done so. Which leaves us worried, and wondering what might come on Election Day, if that happens. In the meantime, we'll be praying for all of our friends, and everyone else.
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From start to finish, the Bible indicates that there is an immediate connection between God's long-term vision and our immediate calling. Using Ephesians 4:1-6 as a base, award-winning Bible study writer and educator Janice Catron skillfully uses Old and New Testament passages to explore six aspects of our calling as Christians (relationship, choice, new identity, way of life, competence, and ministry) and how this calling relates to God's vision. Ideal for individual as well as group study, God's Vision, Our Calling includes reflection questions at the end of each chapter and the added feature of a pronunciation guide for Hebrew and Greek words. This concise and accessibly written book earnestly challenges us all to recapture God's vision for the world, the church, and ourselves.
Janice E. Catron is a former Communications and Public Relations Associate for Presbyterian Women, a national women's organization of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She has also served as Editorial Director of Geneva Press and has taught courses on Hebrew language and Hebrew Bible at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She is the author of the award-winning Bible study, Job: Faith Remains When Understanding Fails.


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"No Power BI for Office 365 License" Error
Hi folks,
Yesterday I added Power BI to my E3 subscription. My trial was on a separate tenant so that shouldn't be getting in the way.
The Sharepoint app seems to work, as does the gateway and data source setup.
However, when trying to "Sign In" (from the Power Query tab in Excel) I get the error:
"No Power BI for Office 365 License"
I have opened a support request via my admin portal however they are unable to support Power BI and have directed me here.
Has anyone seen this before?
Thanks in advance,
We just rolled out a service update which should resolve this issue, please try logging in again using Power Query and let us know if you run into any issues.
We are still looking into the issue you identified, and will update you as soon as we have more data.
Thanks for your patience!
Zafar Abbas
- Marked as answer by JHunter Thursday, February 20, 2014 8:39 AM
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I have the same problem. I can access everything else fine, but when I sign in on the Power Query tab, I get the same error:
"No Power BI for Office 365 License"
"A valid license is required to access enterprise features. Please contact your organization's IT administrator."
I verified that my user has a Power BI license assigned.
Did you actually assign a Power BI license to the user who you are trying to log in as? You need to ensure that in the Administration Portal, you assign Power BI licenses to the users who need to have Power BI capabilities.
Faisal Mohamood | Program Manager | Data Platform Group - Microsoft
Glad (unfortunately) to see someone else is having issues. My support query was escalated on Friday but so far nothing good to report back.
Faisal, the first thing I did was assigned the licenses to user, I was then able to play around with all the SharePoint functionality. The problem only happens when trying to "Sign In" from power query :(
I am able to authenticate with the oData source directly, so it has to be something to do with the Sign in functionality.
Hi Jamie,
There is an issue with the service that is preventing users from signing in through the Power Query Excel Client and accessing enterprise features. We are working on a high priority fix and it should get rolled out as soon as it is ready.
Thanks for your patience!
Zafar Abbas
I have the same problem as Jamie
I added Power BI to my E4 subscription. However, when trying to access Power BI link on the left side of the screen, i get "No Power BI for Office 365 License" ask your admin.
I'm one of the office 365 admins and have a license assigned to myself already. I have deleted the app and re-added it with no luck so far.
Can you help please and suggest how to fix this?
Thank you so much in advance for your help
Hi Srinath,
Could you please clarify where do you see the error : "No Power BI for Office 365 License".
Do you see it in when logging in through the Power Query client, or SharePoint Online?
When did you add the Power BI subscription? Did it work for you previously?
Zafar Abbas
Hi Zafar,
After logging into our companies Portal for sharepoint, i navigate to Sites/Team site.
Here i See on the left side links to Home, Notebook, Documents, Power BI and Site Contents.
I click on Power BI link. This is the first time i'm adding this app to our site and running into license issues.
I'm an admin, So i went to Share Point Admin center and clicked on apps and manage licenses. I see Power BI there and license type is free. also the purchaser name is listed as i:firstname.lastname@example.com.
After clicking the Power BI link it displays "Working on it" and then displays "Loading Sharepoint documents" and then goes on to display this message
"No Power BI for Office 365 License"
looks like you don't have a user subscription license for power BI for office 365.
want to finout what you are missing? Learn more about Power BI for Office 365.
Here are a few ideas:
Ask your Office 365 admin to assign you a user subscription license for Power BI for office 365.
If you have a different account, try signing in with that account.
We just rolled out a service update which should resolve this issue, please try logging in again using Power Query and let us know if you run into any issues.
We are still looking into the issue you identified, and will update you as soon as we have more data.
Thanks for your patience!
Zafar Abbas
- Marked as answer by JHunter Thursday, February 20, 2014 8:39 AM
Thank you for your reply!
I do not see a license there for Power BI against my name and no option to assign a license either. when i click on my name i see
Assign License (looks like a header and NOT hyperlinked)
check marked for all of the below
Microsoft Office 365 Plan E4
Yammer Enterprise
Windows Azure Active Directory Rights
Lync Online (plan3)
Office Professional Plus
Lync Online (Plan 2)
Office Web Apps
SharePoint Online (Plan 2)
Exchange Online (Plan 2)
Save and Cancel option buttons at the bottom.
Thank you for your time and help
That means that you don't have the Power BI offer. If you wish to take a trial, you can signup for a trial on PowerBI.com or you can go into purchase services and add a trial of PowerBI standalone.
Post adding the trial (or purchasing) you can assign a license, and then you should be able to use Power BI features, including BI Sites.
But under Sharepoint Admin center/apps/Manage Licenses,
i can see Power BI and is listed as Free app (possible because we have Office 365 E4 enterprise which is the most expensive of all e365 subscriptions offered to us"
under "People with License" it reads
"This app has been purchased for everyone in your organization. Everyone can use this app.
and Under License Managers i see my username
any helping pointers to resolve this would be greatly appreciated
Thank you,
Is there a chance you can confirm if "Power BI" is indeed included as part of subscription or not!?
our license says it is "Office 365 Enterprise E4" 22 licenses for all our employees.
Since i'm getting conflicting information between sharepoint Admin and Office 365 admin i'm getting massively confused and spending too much time on activating it than using this.
If sharepoint admin screen thinks all our employees are eligible for a free license of Power BI (it declares it with a statement and i can send you screenshots of it) and it is ready for usage and Office 365 does not recognize that, where else i should look and what am i supposed to do now!?
Thank you for your patience in answering. i think Galroy gave me a wishy washy response of "Go and buy more licenses"
i don't think you are correct to advice me to go buy more licenses.
I have found what is included in our subscription
if you look in that link "Self Service BI" is part of what is included.
I would appreciate if you can find the correct answer for me.
Thank you,
Srinath, E4 is not including Power BI. You can purchase Power BI add-on as discounted price to add to your E4 subscription. The page you listed above does seem confusing and I will follow up on that. If you click on self service business intelligence, it will bring you to power bi page. Then if you click on buy now, you will see the page for E4 add-on price.


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Chess tournaments provide many benefits. Players have the opportunity to test their playing ability against complete strangers and see how the best handle pressure and competition. Tournaments also provide a wonderful time to socialize and engage in a common interest. Organizing a successful chess tournament requires some preparation, but the benefits are on par with playing in the tournament. You learn the value of organization and delegation, and you have the satisfaction of providing players with a learning experience.
Select the type of chess tournament you wish to host. Chess tournament organizers commonly use the Swiss format, matching players based on a ranking devised by the tournament director or a chess organization. The Swiss format prevents the highest ranked players from playing right away as well as avoiding a mismatch between the highest and the lowest ranked player.
Select a venue for the chess tournament. Elementary schools are ideal locations for chess tournaments. The gymnasium provides ample room to accommodate all the participants. Individual classrooms are perfect places for players to rest and relax in between matches, and the cafeteria is a perfect location to serve refreshments.
Secure the necessary materials. It is the tournament director's responsibility to ensure that enough chess boards and pieces are available for each chess match within a round. Use a computer to pair the players up and assign them a board number. Number the chess boards in the playing venue so players know where their next game is located. Players are usually responsible for providing their own chess clocks.
Announce the dates of the chess tournament. A good rule of thumb is to announce the dates six weeks in advance. This will allow chess club and team presidents to determine the number of participants from their organization.
Assemble a tournament staff. The staff's purpose is to patrol the playing venue during a round and be available to resolve disputes concerning the tournament rules. Staff members are also responsible for issuing penalties for any rules violation.
Review the rules of the tournament with the players before the first round begins. Make sure the players know how much time they have to finish their game in each round. Some tournaments operate with a "touch/move" rule meaning that the first piece a player touches is the piece he must if move if he can do so without breaking the basic rules of chess.
Things You'll Need
- Chess sets
- Computer
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The U.S. Postal Service's network was designed to deliver First-Class Mail in 1 to 3 days. If you drop a First-Class letter going to a local address in the mail, you can expect it to be delivered the next day.
These basic delivery standards date from a time before e-mail and other electronic methods of of communication. Now, as some First-Class Mail shifts to electronic alternatives, are these service standards worth the cost?
The overnight First-Class Mail service standard requires the Postal Service to keep its processing plants open through the night and on Sundays. The Postal Service needs more labor, machines, and facility space to meet the compressed time schedule. Two trips are often needed to take mail to the delivery unit so that carriers can start sorting manual mail while machines at the plant finish sorting automated mail. In addition, the tight transportation windows required by the overnight service standard limit the size of plants' service areas, reducing the Postal Service's ability to consolidate the network.
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The 2-day and 3-day standards for First-Class Mail and Priority Mail can also add to costs. Often the need to meet service standards means that First-Class Mail and Priority Mail have to travel by air rather than less expensive ground transportation.
Some of the Postal Service's largest business mailers have stated they value consistency over high speed and would tolerate slightly slower service to save costs. As the Postal Service examines many different alternatives to improve its financial position, could relaxing service standards be an option?
The OIG asked Christensen Associates to examine the costs that could be avoided by relaxing service standards by 1 day. Christensen estimated the Postal Service could save up to $1.5 billion if service standards were loosened by 1 day for its higher speed products (First-Class Mail, Priority Mail, and Periodicals). To learn more, read the recently released white paper Cost of Service Standards.
What do you think? Should the Postal Service relax the overnight service standard? Should it continue to use air transportation for First-Class Mail?
This blog is hosted by the OIG's Risk Analysis Research Center (RARC).


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This webinar discusses:
- How regions are growing and what types of universities different geographies in MENA need
- How growth varies by location, course offerings, and between expats and local students.
- Drivers of growth in the region are and how they are expected to change in the coming years
- How regulations and events like Expo 2020 have the potential to effect changes in growth in higher education and how to benefit from these changes.
- Student preference and the qualities that are most preferred in an institution and opportunities for increasing international student enrolments.
- How operators and investors can best apply these lessons to improve their institutions or to decide how and where to invest.
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Amit Garga, Partner, International Education Practice, The Parthenon Group
As a Partner with Parthenon's Education Practice, Mr. Garga has worked closely with the leadership of various companies on market-opportunity assessment and sizing, growth forecasting, pricing strategy, competitor analysis and market share evaluation. Mr. Garga has led teams on the evaluation of potential acquisition targets for education companies as well as investors. He has advised a number of large private equity companies on investments in the education sector across segments. Case examples include investment prioritization, and due diligence and integration. Mr. Garga holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore
Danish Faruqui, Senior Principal, International Education Practice, The Parthenon Group
Mr. Faruqui is a Senior Principal with The Parthenon Group's Education Practice. He has led cases across geographies on topics such as market potential, growth and market-entry strategy, investment decisions and revenue- and profit-uplift strategies. His experience spans the globe, with a special focus in the MENA region, having covered education segments across UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar. Mr. Faruqui a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business


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William Edwin 'Bill' Ralph, 87, a resident of Port Orchard, died of natural causes at the family home on May 3rd. He was born in Pistol River, Oregon on November 27, 1920 to Enos Austin & Minnie Susan (Melville) Ralph. He married June Merchant on September 10, 1942 in Portland, OR.
Bill served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of the Curry County Historical Society, the Knights of Pythias, and the American Legion. He primarily worked as a logger most of his life. He was an avid hunter and fisherman who enjoyed the outdoors. He loved ranching and growing his own food by gardening.
He leaves behind a loving family; sons William J. Ralph (Pat) of Texas and Charley E. Ralph (Terri) of Port Orchard; daughter Susan M. Ralph of Port Orchard; 9 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren.
There will be a graveside service Thursday, May 8th at 1 p.m. at Knights of Pythias Cemetery in Port Orchard. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Knights of Pythias Temple No. 17, P.O. Box 496, Port Orchard WA 98366 or American Legion Post No. 30, 615 Kendall St, Port Orchard WA 98366. Online memorial and guest book at www.rill.com.


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How to Set Up an IT Training Business
Constantly changing technology requires trained personnel to install, maintain and upgrade systems. Setting up an information technology training business typically involves assessing your community's needs and creating a business plan that describes how your company can provide sought-after courses and programs. A typical IT training business provides instruction on topics that include operating system usage, office application tips, programming techniques, network security and database management.
Obtain the necessary training to provide instruction on specific topics. For example, apply to become a Microsoft Certified Trainer. You must earn Microsoft certification and demonstrate effective instruction by submitting a case study that demonstrates your ability to identify specific training needs, design a learning solution, develop customized materials and evaluate the effectiveness of the courses you deliver.
Write a business plan. Using the resources available from the Small Business Administration website, generate a document that includes an executive summary, a short description of each course you plan to offer, a market analysis and financial information about what it will take to run your IT training business. Provide details about instructors you plan to hire, including specifics about their qualifications.
Prepare instructional presentations, job aids and study guides. Plan to offer classroom lectures, workshops and self-paced materials, including web-based training. Use resources from training organizations, such as the American Society for Training and Development, to help you analyze needs, define learning objectives, develop content and market your IT training sessions. Prepare brochures, newsletters and post cards to promote your business. Use free templates such as those provided at the Microsoft Office Templates website.
Create a website to advertise your offerings. Publish a calendar and arrange a mechanism for obtaining payment through credit cards or PayPal. If you plan to offer classes using distance-learning technology, such as web-conferencing software, state the system requirements for participating in your classes.
Choose a location for your classroom training sessions. Select a hotel or other meeting space based on the number of participants you anticipate. Some community centers or schools in your area may also be suitable sites for running your training offerings.
Conduct online surveys after your sessions are complete. Evaluate participant satisfaction, instructor effectiveness and the impact on job performance. Use free online survey development tools to create your questionnaire. Analyze the results and prepare action plans to improve your IT training business offerings.
Use the resources available from websites such as the Small Business Administration to structure your business, adhere to federal, state and local regulations and pay taxes. You can also use the Small Business Administration Training Network to develop your skills and expertise in running a small IT training business.
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"The Hormone Whisperer"
"The woman that'll fix your balance"
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Worried your hormones are out of balance?
If you're concerned about your sex hormones and suspect something isn't quite right, run through Kay's FREE checklist to help understand which hormones might be out of balance and help you on your way to hormonal harmony.
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Hormone Balance
Scientific. Targeted.
Menstrual issues
Hormonal mood swings
Hormonal skin & hair problems
Cycle syncing. It's the most empowering practice for women. At least that's what we think. It's a tool that maps your symptoms every month alongside your menstrual cycle, helping you to understand your body better and ultimately transform your life. But how exactly does it work?
Put simply, combined with Nutritional Therapy, we view your body systems as a whole. We don't just address your symptoms individually; we work hard to identify the underlying root causes of them. And through years of clinical practice, we recognize that many issues women face are often grounded in hormone imbalance. This can be low moods, menstrual cramps, heavy periods, missing periods, acne and even excessive facial hair.
We're very transparent. Cycle syncing is quite complicated work. Sometimes, the hormonal imbalance itself can be the result of an imbalance elsewhere in the body. This may include digestive issues, poor detoxification, nutritional deficiencies and much more. Either way, our aim is to go straight to the source of your problems and establish harmony.
What's Cellular Alchemy®?
Our bodies are made of 50 trillion cells. As if that's not impressive enough, every single cell acts just like the human body as whole. What does that even mean?
Our cells have their own reproductive, respiratory, immune, cardiovascular, skeletal and detox systems. In fact, they even have their own brains! The cell membrane. Just as our own sensory system sends signals to our brain that determines how we act and feel, our cells have their own too.
In science talk we call them receptor sites. But we like to think of them as the cells' eyes, ears, hands, noses and mouths.
Why does this matter? Well, in short, we believe it's the key to unlocking your health and vitality. Our cells come together to make tissue, which come together to make an organ. Organs join together to make a system, which all come together to make you. By understanding what stimulates our cells' sensory system (or blocks them), we might be able to influence how they behave and in turn support our health.
What excites us most is that new science has shown this shapes how our genes express themselves too. Pretty cool, hey?
Minerals, vitamins, chemicals, hormones and energetic fields. These are the images, sounds, words and flavours that tell our cells how to act. Change them and your cells might just function differently. Get the change right and you might just shift your body towards better wellbeing.
This is why Kay's method primarily focuses on genetic testing and hormone balance through nutritional therapy and lifestyle practices. It's transformative.
This is cellular alchemy.
What's more is, it's a personalized process. We humans are all different; so it's only right that our healthcare considers our unique selves first. We listen to your story and analyze your medical history. And we recommend tests to help us understand what's going on before making any dietary and lifestyle changes.
We don't claim to treat your hormonal conditions. But we can certainly support you. And the results can be pretty astonishing. Using scientifically proven whole foods and supplements we target your underlying imbalance and aim to restore it. So you can feel your best. Again.
"I have at my disposal the best medicines and pharmaceutical treatments. I can send patients to the best surgeons and specialists anywhere in the world. But time after time, I find the most powerful, fastest acting, and most dramatic results come from using food as our main medicine."
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Be cool. Be happy.
It's not always easy. We understand. But eating healthy food targeted at hormonal balance may offer you some comfort. There are tons of clinical trials that show certain whole foods and natural supplements support a happy and sharp mind. We'd love to guide you.
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Our services are so personal that no two client experiences are ever the same. Generally, each
consultation lasts an hour, held every six weeks. The amount you'll need depends entirely
on how much support you'd like. What else can you expect from our services?
Before your first consultation, we'll send you a questionnaire and food diary to help us assess your health. This way we can scope the most up-to-date scientific research before we see you to get the most out of your consultation.
In a nutshell, we'll guarantee
Client confidentiality. Operation 007. Always.
Cooperation with your doctors and healthcare professionals. We want to help shoulder the hard work doctors do. No rifts here, only bridges.
Compliance to both the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine and the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council codes of conduct and ethics. We follow all the rules.
Nutrition Guides
Simple and achievable recommendations. Targeted to your personal health needs. It's easy peasy.
Functional tests
Clinical tests that investigate your genes, nutritional status and health concerns. No airy fairy nonsense here.
Supplement plans
Safe and strategic suggestions made just for you. Backed by science. Oh, and they're super pure. Only the best will do.
"We believe Integrative and Functional Medicine holds the key to solving this global [health] problem with its upgraded operating system that empowers the patient to play a role in their own health and addresses the root cause of chronic disease."
Dr James Maskell, MD
US Functional Medicine Doctor & Founder of Evolution Medicine
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It all began 16 years ago. Like many young teens I was fed up of my period. Every month I experienced what my mother called "mini labour". My body would turn cold white, head over the loo throwing up and I endured the most excruciating stomach cramps that no amount of pain killers could cancel out. It was awful. And as you can imagine the anticipation of them every month was even worse. Especially as they were infrequent and I could never fully prepare myself for when my period 'hit me'.
But that wasn't all. I suffered with cystic acne well into my 20s and experienced terrible mood swings too. It was obvious to everyone around me that they were particularly bad in the wake of menstruation. Our early adult years can be challenging itself as we try to discover who we really are. But with all of these issues lurking in the background, life was much more stressful.
The turning point
It took one Teen Vogue article and I had my 'ah-ha' moment. The article explained common symptoms experienced with Polystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). I ticked almost all the boxes and begged my mother to take me to the doctors for diagnosis. My hunch was spot on. One blood test and an ultrasound later, it was confirmed that I had excess testosterone and cysts on my ovaries that resulted in hormonal havoc every month.
"It's not something that can be treated", the doctor said. "We don't know what causes it and we won't know whether you can have kids until you start trying. But the good news is, Victoria Beckham has it and she's got two". Every word he said crushed me and they've stuck with me ever since. I left the clinic with a prescription for the contraceptive pill at just 15 years of age and an unanswered question that would frame my future and career. Why? Why was my body doing this to me?
"My mission is simple.
I want to help women feel their best. I believe it all
starts with hormonal balance."
Starting over
Of course, conventional medicine has its place and it's something I still recommend and respect. But the pill offered nothing more than a crutch. It masked my symptoms for a couple of years, but every time I came off it, my symptoms came back with a vengeance. This never sat well with me. I wanted to address the underlying cause and be done with it once and for all.
What came next was many years of trial and error. Self-study and seeking out alternative therapies and solutions. I became my own master of hormones and mapped every month to every minute detail and noticed changes depending on what I ate and how much stress I experienced every month. What I didn't realise then, was that I had started cycle syncing at a time when scientific research was just starting to gain momentum in this area of health; validating the results I was seeing in my own life. Cycle syncing helped me to get in tune with my body and work with it, rather than against it. I can honestly say it changed my life forever and helped establish health and vitality.
It was only a matter of time before I connected the dots and realised my life's purpose. In my early 20s I retrained in Functional Nutrition at the renowned Institute for Optimum Nutrition and committed myself to the study and application of lifestyle and nutrition science for hormonal health.
Transforming lives
Today I use my experience to help balance women's hormones for happier lives. I have given talks up and down the country to help re-educate and empower women about how to master thier hormones. I've worked with large corporations like Facebook and Net-a-Porter. And pinch myself every day, for the recognition I've received. The Evening Standard says that I'm "the women that'll fix your balance" and Stylist Magazine calls me "The Hormone Whisperer". But I like to think of myself as an everyday woman who's mastered her hormones with an evidence based approach to lifestyle medicine. And now my team and I help so many other women, from menarche to menopause, master their hormones too.
Kay Ali
Functional Hormone Nutritionist
mBANT, rCNHC, Associate Member of the Royal Society of Medicine.
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Hudson Hospital Birth Center Announces First Baby of 2018Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Emily and Tyler Kerber, River Falls, Wisc., welcomed their daughter Eliana Edith into the world on January 1, 2018 at 7:56 p.m. The New Year's baby arrived 8 pounds, 4 ounces and 20 inches. "Eliana, our second baby, joins big sister, Adeline (21 months old). She came significantly faster than our first (7 hours vs. 42 hours!). She is perfect and beautiful!" says Emily. "We loved Sara, our nurse midwife, and all the nurses at the Hudson Hospital Birth Center. Once again, they were kind, caring, supportive, and knowledgeable and lighthearted! We are so thankful for a healthy baby and growing family."
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What is Soft Verdict?
Well, Soft Verdict is not a real group,it doesn't work like a traditional rock band formed by people collaborating in order to create their own music. In fact I never worked in that way because I'm very bad in collaborative work in term of composition. So my compositional work since May 1981 was always done alone. Normally I write down a lot of music and afterwards I look for the musicians who will perform it. It's only six months now that I formed this duo with Dirk Descheemaecker and we play this kind of derivate school music or in french "musique derivée". The pieces are still the same but they are arranged for a duo.
Dirk Descheemaecker & W.M.
So , may we affirm that in reality Soft Verdict is Wim Mertens ?
Yes, in some ways. It's one of the projects I'm developing.I already edited three different works under this name. A cassette which is something......
Completely different....?
No, not completely, I mean in terms of sound yes, but not in terms of what I think about music. In reality it's a mixed media project including video and flippers ( manipulated using fingers). We removed the upper part of the flippers and obtained sounds simply touching (playing) the devices of the game field.We recorded these sounds using a 16 tracks recorder (I always use 16 tracks recorders). The other project featured was conceived at the end of 81 as I came back from NY.
In 1979 I first visited the "New American Festival" and I was impressed by the quantity of composers who were working on this kind of expression.
Musicians like Meredith Monk, Philip Glass, Peter Gordon, Glenn Branca , Harold Budd.........
At the moment I'm also working on a project called "Four Cantos" coming from a series of poems written by Ezra Pound the American Poet. I'm using Latin texts (as I also did during the concert). I took these poems, which are composed by 104 cantos, and I separated Latin text from the rest.At present I'm developing with other musicians a new way of singing, based on Latin texts. I really enjoy performing music using my voice. I think this project will be completed very soon.
Did you have any classical training?
Well, I studied musicology and followed lessons at the conservatory. Anyhow I'm not a virtuoso as you should have realized tonight. In fact I'm a classical guitarist. I studied classical guitar for some years when I was younger and I started playing piano rather late.
I'm really not a good player, that's why I'm always using this Crumar Piano, which is an Italian Piano. The model I use is the smallest of the Crumar series. I'm using it because my music is based on " tschh-tschh-tschh" and this model permits you to easily change the speed. But the sound doesn't come entirely from the piano, in fact I'm also using a base amplifier for electric bass that gives me an extremely wide range of sounds.So I can use very low sounds but also very high ones depending from this system.
Which are your roots and influences?
I'm influenced by classical music but also by Philip Glass (I like his music very much), Michael Nyman and lesser by Steve Reich. I also listen to a lot of popular music. So I'm somewhere between classical and popular music, I think. But where exactly this is, I don't know.So the only way to find out is to continue to produce the music I like.
What relationship do you have with Les Disques Du Crepuscule?
Oh Crepuscule was quite important to me. I was with them at the beginnning.But not as a performer.I'm a music producer for Belgian radio, it's my job. So I had connections with people like Gavin Bryars and Michael Nyman in
also with some American musicians.That brought me to be a kind of adviser for
Crepuscule. I also made some productions like the Gavin Bryars album and a few
other things. England
I collaborated on the cassette "From Brussels with Love" and I contacted some of the artists participating to it like Brian Eno.
Well, Crepuscule also gave me the opportunity to start writing my music. The very first piece I ever wrote was "Circular breathing" and the second "Multiple 12" and they are both featured on the "Vergessen" album.
What will be the title of your next album ?
"Struggle for pleasure"
How do you chose the musicians you are collaborating with?
It's doesn't depend on friendship, not so personal. I'm more thinking about the capacity of musicians. In most part of the music we do now as a duo, it's really a matter of survival for the clarinet and saxophone player.It's really a hard job! This was only the fourth concert for our duo and Dirk is a very good player.
My desire of a music physically so strongly performed by the soloists doesn't give me possibility to have a large choice of musicians.The music, in reality, doesn't sound so "difficult", and that's probably because I'm working on the global sound. But the musicians I worked with all said "it's very difficult!". For example the reed player has to use the technique of circular breathing because he can't normally breath while playing.This means that he is not opening his mouth,but he is pushing the air from the mouth into the instrument while breathing through the nose and so it goes on.This technique comes from the States and a lot of musicians of Philip Glass are using it, even singers.This depends on the fact that there are a lot of long pieces where the climax has always to be maintained at the same high level. So no moments of relaxation! It's going on with energy and sustained climax is always there!
But recently I also started to write very slow pieces. Surely I started to work less conceptually than before: I think. I am getting freer writing music without any reference to a specific compositional system.
What about the musicians who participated to "Vergessen"?
There are some jazz musicians , like John Ruocco who is a great saxophone player.He went back to
USA after one year in . He is
a classical trained clarinettist normally playing jazz.Marilyn Maingart from Belgium playing
Piccolo on the album is a full-time classical pieces performer. And the
Vereertbrugghen brothers playing bass and percussion are pop musicians. Recently
I've started working wit electronic bass lines synchronized with a Roland
rhythm-box. So the way my music sounds is a little bit amusing and that's why
it's not appreciated by classical musicians. So it stays in an in-between
position. Miami
John Ruocco
Do you think as Dominique Lawalree could be placed in this mid position?
I know him ,he just had a whole new set of organ pieces, may be he is less influenced by pop music than me.
What do you think about Julverne and Univers Zero?
Dirk is coming from both of this bands , but I don't like them very much.I mean what they do is too sophisticated ,in the classical sense of the word. I find the philosophy of Univers Zero too negative.I don't feel related to these bands. I think the position of Soft Verdict is quite unique in
. The only references I see
is with some American music. As I already said my preferred composers are Glass
and Nyman. Belgium
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OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says internet service providers can recover some of the costs of helping movie companies and other copyright holders find illegal downloaders.
In a decision today, the high court sides with Rogers Communications in ruling that the companies pursuing copyright violators should reimburse service providers a reasonable amount for the effort of looking up subscribers suspected of breaking the law.
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Just two weeks after winning his third World Golf Championship title at the Accenture Match Play, Geoff Ogilvy defends another this week at the CA Championship. The super-cool Australian won the 2008 CA Championship by a single shot from the trio of Jim Furyk, Retief Goosen and Vijay Singh. Ogilvy will be among the favourites at the "Blue Monster" this time round.
Every player currently ranked in the top-50 in the world will tee it up at Doral, including Tiger Woods who makes his first start in a strokeplay tournament since last year's US Open. Others securing last minute spots included last week's winner of The Honda Classic Yong-eun Yang plus the runner-up in that event – John Rollins. Davis Love III sneaked into 50th position on the Official World Golf Ranking and gained a start.
Ogilvy may be the form horse but Tiger truly owns this tournament. He's won it six times including three straight victories from 2005 to 2007.
The current question is, who, other than Ogilvy, might challenge Tiger's dominance on his return to competitive strokeplay action?
The old guard of Singh, Mickelson and Els are still near the top of the World Ranking but Tiger has proved over the last 10 years that he can consistently beat them.
To this point, Sergio has been unable to maintain a sustained assault on Tiger's dominance, but perhaps his proximity to the Number 1 spot might spur him to raise his game to another level.
Padraig Harrington has proved to the golfing world, and himself, that he's able to win on golf's biggest stage but his 2009 form is shaky to say the least.
Young guns like Anthony Kim and Camilo Villegas look like they have the potential to worry Tiger. But it's another youngster who currently has everybody's attention. 19-year-old Rory McIlroy plays with a spark reminiscent of that we saw in a young Tiger nearly 15 years ago. We'll have to wait and see if the man from Northern Ireland has what it takes to threaten Tiger's throne.
Venue: Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Florida
Date: Mar 12-15
Course stats: par 72, 7,266 yards
Purse: $8,500,000 Winner: $1,350,000
Defending champion: Geoff Ogilvy (-17)
TV coverage:
Thursday 12th – Live on Sky Sports 2 from 6pm
Friday 13th – Live on Sky Sports 2 from 6pm
Saturday 14th – Live on Sky Sports 2 from 6pm
Sunday 15th – Live on Sky Sports 3 from 6pm
Player watch:
Tiger Woods – A six-time winner of this tournament, Tiger will be looking to roar back into action and display to his rivals that he's stronger than ever.
Geoff Ogilvy – Winner of the WGC-Accenture Match Play and defending champion at Doral, Ogilvy is playing with great confidence. When he's on his best form he's tough to beat, even for Tiger.
Rory McIlroy – The youngster is being touted as, "the next big thing." This is the perfect event for the Northern Irishman to live up to that billing. He has a good deal of experience of the course having played a number of junior events here over the years.
Key hole: 18th. At 467 yards, this infamous par 4 often ranks amongst the very hardest on the PGA Tour. The fairway is tricky to find from the tee – just 25 yards wide at its narrowest point, then the approach requires nerves of steel. The green is long and thin with water down the left side. It takes a brave man to fire at the back left pin position on Sunday afternoon.
Skills required: Beating the best. With a field featuring all of the World's top-50 players plus a number of others on good form, the winner will have to be completely in control of his game, make few mistakes and a bucketful of birdies.
Where next?
WGC – CA Championship betting guide
WGC – CA Championship: Focus on Rory McIlroy
Related WGC Tour News:
Ogilvy wins WGC-Accenture Match Play
Yong-eun Yang wins The Honda Classic
Other Tour News:
Hong Kong Open loses sponsor
Nick Dougherty to launch 2009 HSBC Wee Wonders Championships


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Transfers big part of changing times in college FB
One of my favorite shows growing up was the spectacular "Quantum Leap." In fact, give me pretty much any TV show or movie that centers on alternate reality, and I'm instantly hooked.
We get used to the world we live in and the way things are, so it's cool to see how the world could be in a different reality.
If only we had some sort of portal to take us there.
Surely, if you've been paying attention to college football lately, you've heard about the "transfer portal." No, it's not a cool sci-fi movie starring Nicolas Cage — you know, because Nicolas Cage seems to be in pretty much every movie — but rather something that very well could pave the way to an alternate reality in the sport.
Pop culture hokiness aside, make no mistake, the transfer portal, which is new this year, is something that's here to stay. And it will change the future of college football.
It already has, particularly at Penn State.
As I was writing about all this transfer stuff during the snowstorm Saturday afternoon, news broke that yet another Nittany Lion is transferring. Linebacker Jarvis Miller is entering the transfer portal, becoming the 12th PSU player to decide to transfer since the regular season ended.
Twelve players looking to transfer. Just think about that. It's a staggering number.
Even after the scandal fallout and subsequent NCAA sanctions seven years ago, Penn State lost only nine players to transfer in the initial wave.
It's possible that not all the current transfer possibilities will leave. Just entering the portal doesn't guarantee someone is departing, only that he can now be contacted by other schools and coaches.
How does Penn State stack up with other major programs in the number of players in the transfer portal? We just don't know. The portal is off limits to the media, and the only way to find out if a name is in there is if a source (coach or player) leaks it.
It's safe to say, though, that many big-time programs have numerous players in the portal. Whether they have more or even close to the number that Penn State has is unknown.
Some are calling this the beginning of free agency in college football.
True, players have always been able to transfer, having to sit out a year if they don't have a degree, or play immediately as a grad transfer. But nowadays, more and more college kids are impatient and want to play sooner, they think the grass is greener on the other side, they see that coaches are leaving left and right and figure they should try it, too, and they are beginning to understand the clout they have in the whole process.
That last part is something college athletes generally have never had.
When it comes to PSU's situation, what many fans want to know is: What the heck's going on with so many guys leaving?
After that, questions about why all of this is happening now and whether coach James Franklin has lost some level of control over the program are inevitable.
The bottom line, this is a complicated issue that doesn't have one simple answer.
We're talking about young people here, and young people make decisions for many reasons. Some players transferring just want to get closer to home, others have family issues. Each situation has to be taken on a case-by-case basis.
Penn State has recruited very well, so one answer is many of these players came to campus and believed they would get a lot of chances to play, only to find out the competition is too stiff and their opportunities are more limited than they'd hoped.
Most of the players looking to transfer are backups, with receiver Juwan Johnson being the notable exception.
So, the good news for PSU fans is there's no need to panic. The sky isn't falling because these particular 12 guys are leaving (or may leave).
But there is bad news. Taking into account the 21 players who either used up all their eligibility or underclassmen who chose not to return for their final year, plus five who declared early for the draft, plus all the transfer guys, and Penn State could be losing about 35 players off last year's team.
That's a huge number of holes to fill in your program. Not just the starters, either, but also the sheer volume of players who had a good bit of experience and provided solid depth, both in games and in practice.
That last part is key to me with regards to some of the transfers. Even if they aren't starters, you cannot lose sight of their value in practice every day, pushing the starters to get better and working themselves into position to be able to contribute if need be on a given Saturday.
Many of these guys leaving played on special teams. Now, Penn State's special teams were terrible, by and large, this past season, but it's not a good thing to lose so many guys who have at least gotten on the field.
Fellow Penn State beat writer Greg Pickel from PennLive.com did good work this past week going through the roster and providing an updated scholarship count for next season. If all transfer possibilities leave, the Lions would have only 74 scholarship guys, including incoming freshmen.
That leaves 11 open scholarships. Franklin will cut into that number with some recruits, but he's not going to sign 11 more high school players between now and signing day part two next month.
The signing day part brings up an interesting element. Now that we have an early signing day in December, many programs are expecting to sign 80-90 percent of their class then. But if so many players are going to be transferring after the season, which seems to be the likelihood, then it will leave coaches scrambling to fill holes they didn't expect to have prior to the February signing day.
Or, they could bring in transfers themselves. Because of course, if we are now in an era when many more players are going to transfer, it stands to reason that teams will have to start bringing in more transfers to fill gaps.
The big question, though, is whether Penn State wants to go that route very often.
Traditionally, PSU has never brought in a bunch of transfers. Joe Paterno didn't believe it was a good way to build or sustain the program, and let's face it, Penn State's very high academic standards can hinder some transfer situations.
One concern with bringing in too many transfers is how it can disrupt overall team and program chemistry. You want to build your program from the ground up, with younger guys understanding they need to work hard so that they can push for playing time, and bringing in too many hired-gun upperclassmen as transfers can have a negative impact.
Like it or not, we have entered an alternate reality with regards to how players view themselves in college football and how willing they are to move around in order to meet their own personal goals.
Whether this whole transfer portal phenomenon is a fad or truly the start of a revolution in the sport will be fascinating to watch in the coming years.
Cory Giger is the host of "Sports Central" weekdays from 4 to 6 p.m. on ESPN Radio 1430 WVAM.
Transfer 12
PSU players who are either looking to transfer or already have announced where they are headed:
WR Juwan Johnson
S Lamont Wade
WR Brandon Polk
CB Zech McPhearson
S Ayron Monroe
TE Danny Dalton
LB Jarvis Miller
OL Alex Gellerstedt
S Isaiah Humphries
CB Brelin Faison-Walden
LB Dae'lun Darien
OL Sterling Jenkins


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Address: 32585 Concord Drive, Madison Heights, MI 48071
Phone: (248) 585-9343
ACA is dedicated to advancing the social, political and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States.
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- To help serve the Chinese American, Asian American and general community in the region with
- respect to cultural, educational, health, civic, recreational and philanthropic needs
- To help promote American ideals and civic participation in the Chinese American community
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I have a difficult relationship with Memorial Day. On the one hand, I have family and friends that were veterans of the United States military. On the other, I have family and friends that were targeted by the United States military. On that first hand, I have family and friends who regret being part of the military even while they commemorate their brotherhood with those who served beside them. On the other, I have family and friends who would not be joyful and free in their lives without U.S. military
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On 9/11, my husband and I stood in our living room. The TV was on and I remember trying to turn my body to force my eyes to look away. The second plane hit. My husband's hand covered his mouth. He felt too far away. I couldn't move closer. One of us was saying, "Those people. All the people. Why would anyone do this?" At that time, we were learning to be practicing Muslims. I helped my university Muslim Student Union set up interfaith dinners where we sat with college students and


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A collaboration of Chattanooga community and culture
I am disappointed in myself that I did not know that Juneteenth, which is this coming Tuesday, is an American holiday to commemorate the day slavery was abolished in Texas in 1865 and the day the last slaves were emancipated from the Confederacy.
I remember the Emancipation Proclamation but I do not recall this mid-summer day being discussed either in high school or college history courses.
Also referred to as Freedom Day or Juneteenth Independence day, annual Juneteenth festivals are held all over the states, especially recognized in the southern areas like Louisiana, Georgia and now in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The Past
Although different cultures are involved in diversifying the festivals, most Juneteenth festivals have some common inclusions such as Emancipation Proclamation readings and readings from the works of noted African American authors such as Maya Angelou as well as local celebrated African American authors or poets.
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1862, but with the simpler lines of communication consisting of horseback, it took several years for all the states to get the orders and Juneteenth is a moment in history when the United States were finally all on the same page.
With the Great Depression and the Civil Rights Movement, there were moments where Juneteenth did not receive the commemoration it deserved. It was not until a hundred years later in 1968, with the Poor People's Campaign, a march to D.C. organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Abernathy that Juneteenth regained its national recognition and cities began to annually rejoice.
Appropriately, Texas was the first state to legally declare Juneteenth as a holiday in 1980. Since then 46 states and the District of Columbia recognize the holiday leaving Hawaii, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota and South Dakota that do not. In 2018, Apple added Juneteenth to its holiday calendar and The National Juneteenth Observance Foundation are continuously working on getting Congressional approval to designate June 19th as a national day of observance.
Juneteenth.com does have an immense amount of information regarding how to celebrate as well as what cities are doing what. As Texas was the founding place of this historic happening, Houston and Austin have hosted huge block parties for decades.
Although many states like New York boast that they host "The largest Juneteenth celebration in the country," Missouri City, Texas has hosted a weekend-long event for the past fifteen years and it continues to grow with a scholarship golf tournament that has raised $140,000 to date.
As Chattanooga has not yet had a declared Juneteenth festival to commemorate this historical accomplishment, festival founder and Yale graduate Ricardo Morris created the six day long Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts & Ideas to "spotlight emerging and established black artists and build greater community awareness of the diversity of black arts within Chattanooga and Hamilton County."
The Present
Ricardo Morris has dedicated his life to working in the arts so building this nonprofit African American historic arts festival came naturally. With a gamut of artist experience, including but not limited to creating the Chattanooga CultureFest almost nineteen years ago, Morris is more than excited to begin another culturally diverse first for Chattanooga.
The majority of the events occur at The Chattanooga Theatre Centre (CTC) however, the cultural reach expands for miles and generations. The festival kicks off this Thursday at 6 p.m. with a staged reading of "Don't Suffer In Silence" from Chattanooga playwright Charles Patterson followed by a panel discussion with Patterson, cast members and other theatre professionals.
Friday night could be considered a Film Night Friday with a 6pm screening of the 2018 Inspired Faith Film Festival Best Short Film Award "Michael Valentine" by Live To Inspire Productions. Owner of Live To Inspire Productions, Shelia Wofford also acts, writes, directs and produces and will be available after the showing for a panel discussion focused on the film industry in Nashville and Atlanta.
Saturday is one of the longer days with activities and music going from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. all at The Chattanooga Theatre Centre. You are encouraged to bring your lawn chair, blankets and get cozy to hang out all day as there will be not only music, but local art and food vendors as well as adult beverages for sale. Located in the heart of Northshore, there will be so much to stimulate the senses, all ages will find something that is music to their ears.
The Black Music Month Celebration on Saturday will start at 11:30 a.m. on the CTC lawn with a drumming circle lead by Kofi Mawuko, and it is open to the public so bring your drum and join in! Mawuko will then perform with his Ogya World Music Band.
The beat goes on when Classical artists, violinist Tramaine Jones and cellist Spencer Brewer take the stage. Jones plays with several orchestras and has played with Maxwell, The Temptations and John Legend. Cellist Spencer Brewer, who is a member of the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra while currently teaching and producing in Atlanta, loves coming back to Chattanooga to perform.
Other featured established artists include Thomas "Tee" Bumpass playing the Blues, Hip Hop Fusion with Seaux Chill, Pop performances by Young, Gifted and Black, and mellowing out the evening around 6:45 p.m., will be Jazz with Dexter Bell & Friends.
At 9 p.m., venture in to the CTC for "Rhymez, Reasonz & Scribez," with Poetic Kama Sutra that weaves spoken word, dance and music for an incredible open mic experience. To create a collaboration of community togetherness and wrap up the wonderful day of music, CFBAI and CTC has offered their lawn to view the end of Riverbend fireworks at 11 o'clock.
Incorporated with Father's Day, the CFBAI continues at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday with a "Black Dads Matter" picnic that includes a Gospel concert as well as a clergy panel discussion regarding faith being intertwined to help progress development within the Black community. The Gospel concert will feature Enoushall M. Kilgore, Courtney D. Slocum, 3 Dreamers and Trent Williams. Food trucks will be on site but you are more than welcome to bring your own picnic items.
Not far from the Chattanooga Theatre Centre, visual artist and educator Charlie Newton is the residing artist at the Association for Visual Arts (AVA) until June 22nd. Extremely well known, Newton's work can be seen at The Hunter Museum as well as in public and private collections all over the world.
On Monday, Newton will host a 6 p.m. viewing of his collection, "Let Freedom Ring," including his in-process piece "The Lamentation of Ed Johnson" that depicts a historical event that occurred on the Walnut Street Bridge in 1906. This showcase will be followed by a 7 o'clock panel where Newton will be available for discussion.
The CFBAI Juneteenth Commemoration will conclude on Tuesday, June 19th on the steps of City Hall. The closing ceremony will begin with a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by educator, actor and playwright LaFrederick Thirkill.
Currently serving as the Orchard Knob Elementary principal, Thirkill was recently named a recipient of the Thurgood Marshall Award by the local chapter of the NAACP and the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award by the Urban League of Chattanooga for his efforts to address racial reconciliation, Mayor Andy Berke will then proclaim June 14th through June 19th, "a celebration of Chattanooga Black Arts and Ideas in remembrance of Juneteenth" then internationally recognized Chattanooga educator, composer and conductor Dr. Roland M. Carter will close the ceremony with the Negro National Anthem, "Let Every Voice and Sing."
For an even more detailed description of Juneteenth history, Black Art events or artists' profiles, check out Blackartsandideasfest.com or scroll through their Facebook page to find out about local artists in general or other Black art events occurring in Tennessee.
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Although this is called the Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts & Ideas, it is open for everyone to attend.
"Art is universal," says Morris, "The subject matter can appeal to all. This celebration will allow other ethnicities to better understand and embrace the concept that, while these works of art may be created by Black people and reflective of the Black condition, they more importantly speak to the human condition in ways that only the arts can do."
Raising awareness of other cultures, providing opportunities for increasing one's quality of life and creating community togetherness through art is a simple yet extremely powerful concept and should happen more than once a year. With the CFBAI expanding over five days, there is no reason to miss one iota.
If by chance, you are unable to attend any of the CFBAI, take a moment to recognize and commemorate Juneteenth then continue to be proactive in broadening your understanding of your neighborhood, your neighbor and the black community.


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By RICK SOLEM
The protest was to walk off the court right after tip-off.
The Golden State Warriors were supposedly ready to forfeit Tuesday night's playoff game if the punishment for the racist remarks by L.A. Clippers' owner Donald Sterling weren't severe enough.
"It would have been our only chance to make a statement in front of the biggest audience that we weren't going to accept anything but the maximum punishment," Curry told Mercury News. "We would deal with the consequences later but we were not going to play."
I don't believe it. It's an easy thing to say after the punishment was given.
Sterling was banned for life from the NBA earlier in the day and NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he was going to do "everything in his power" to strip Sterling of owning the team.
So, the Warriors didn't have to set forth their plan to protest. Or, maybe, they could say, after the fact, that was their plan.
And what would the walkout have proved had the punishment not been severe enough?
The fans had already paid Sterling for tickets. All it would have done was disrespect those who paid to go to the game and those at home ready to watch.
It's also hard to believe a team would sacrifice a playoff game, though they were hoping the Clippers would have done the same.
Maybe the two teams should have went to the outdoor courts on Venice Beach and played the game in protest.


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In 1839 the Adelaide Survey Association organized the surveying of two towns on Yorke Peninsula: Port Vincent and Port Victoria, on opposite sides of the Peninsula. Neither survey resulted in land being taken up, in part because of the economic downturn in South Australia in the early 1840s and also because the quality of the soil and the lack of surface water were disincentives. Initial reports had been exaggerated. However the land was seen as suitable for grazing and a number of large sheep runs were established, including that of Gum Flat Station operated by George Anstey and Thomas Giles, and to the north Stephen Goldsworthy's run which ran from Black Point to Port Vincent Bay.
Then in 1854 three blocks of land facing the bay were sold freehold; 737 acres of land some of which were sown to wheat. This freehold land would later have repercussions for the town of Port Vincent. From 1869 surveying of the Peninsula began as farmers cried out for land. Grazing leaseholds were gradually resumed as Hundreds were proclaimed and towns surveyed.
The earlier sale of freehold land meant that a government survey for a town could not be made at Port Vincent, yet this was declared by many as the best and safest port on the east coast of the Peninsula. To farmers in Curramulka, Port Vincent was the obvious port for their wheat. Ketches used Surveyor's Point, the spit at the southern end of the bay, and then in February 1877 the matter of better landing facilities was taken up privately by Mr Luke Cullen. He erected a jetty 120 feet long, north of Surveyor's Point with 10 feet of water at high tide. A cargo store was built adjacent to the jetty. Hand trucks ran along a railway line from the store to the end of the jetty. Steamers became regular visitors to Port Vincent, still little more than a jetty and grain store.
Charges on a private jetty were necessarily dearer than on government jetties, as the government could afford to subsidise costs for providing an essential service. A private jetty was required to make a profit or at least break even for its owner. The jetty owners also operated the flour mills the wheat was shipped to, and created a monopoly. The farmers who exported through Port Vincent were not getting as high a price for their wheat as those who shipped through Stansbury or Port Julia. As a result they began to agitate for the Government to buy the jetty: the government demurred until finally the lease on the jetty expired in May 1884 and it became the property of the Government. They re-leased for a further seven years, but laid down strict guidelines of operation including that the rates charged be the standard government rates. In 1889 the Government placed the jetties and wharves in the hands of the District Councils. By 1898 when the lease expired on Port Vincent jetty, the District Council of Minlaton (which included Port Vincent) decided it would operate the jetty and harbour itself. In addition they built a new storage shed for goods awaiting shipment. In 1898 Joseph Parsons built another grain store adjacent to the hotel; this however was not near the tramway and necessitated double handling. Council also acquired a stacking area between the road and the beach. Port Vincent now had the same facilities and operated under the same toll structure as all other government ports.
In the early 20th century the wharf was constructed and replaced the jetty: the idea was initially opposed by the Marine Board but Council went ahead anyway. Over a seven year period from 1902-1909 300 feet of wharf was erected. The dredged material from a basin in front of the piling was dumped behind this to form a wharf. Steamers preferred the wharf over the jetty. Loading and unloading was more direct at the wharf, and as the jetty was used less the crane was relocated to the wharf. Then in 1914 the Government resumed control of all country jetties including Port Vincent's wharf. The jetty was demolished in 1918, leaving only the inner 40 feet to be used by fishermen.
The steamer service had finished by 1949, and bulk loading facilities began operating from Ardrossan in 1953. Part of the wharf and the remains of the jetty were demolished in 1956. Bulk handling of grain began from Port Giles in 1970: the wharf area was reduced to 120 feet. Port Vincent's day as a major shipping outlet on the Peninsula was over. A stone seawall was built to replace the demolished wharf. The stacking area for grain was eventually re-developed as a foreshore recreational area.
With no road transport until the 1920s the steamer service was the port's only link to Adelaide: mail, passengers, general cargo, grain and livestock passed through it. For example in 1919, 3827 tons of wheat, 2708 tons of barley and over 5000 sheep were shipped from the port, together other livestock and 706 tons of general cargo. In the same year 919 tons of superphosphate and over 2100 tons of general cargo were delivered to the port. In 1944, 13100 tons of wheat, 4509 tons of barley and 6406 sheep were exported and 460 tons of superphosphate, 750,000 gallons of bulk and cased fuel and oil were received. The last shipment of barley (5851 tons) was made in 1968 and the last shipment of 50,500 gallons of oil received into the port was made in 1957.
With the closing of the port the town lost many opportunities for employment. Many wondered whether Port Vincent would survive. But the 1960s saw a new phase in the town's development: in addition to a holiday resort it gradually became a retirement haven, as city people ceased work and decided on a change of lifestyle. New homes were built; the town grew instead of dwindling or dying.
As the land was privately owned the Government could not a survey a town: private enterprise stepped forward again, and again Luke Cullen was the instigator. He employed a licenced surveyor to lay out a township of 101 allotments between the government road and the spit. The survey was registered and the blocks advertised for sale in September 1877. Allotment 1 was larger than any others and was intended for a hotel: this was under construction by November that year.
A general store also opened in November 1877, but this closed in August 1882 and another was not opened until the early 20th century. A Post Office opened in 1878, but the telegraph was not connected to the town until 1907, many years after other Peninsula towns. At the turn of the century there were still very few buildings in Port Vincent: the hub of the town and its reason for being was the jetty and the grain store.
It was not until the early 20th century that the town itself began to develop. William Harris and his wife Maria arrived in 1903: he was the new jetty toll collector, but also opened a general store, tea rooms and blacksmithy. Another business in direct competition with the Harris's was opened by Sam Sweeney in 1908. One year later the store was taken over by Arthur Sparrow when Sweeney left the business. Sparrow did not however operate the blacksmith's business. A flour mill operated briefly from 1909. The Institute was built in 1910 and became the main venue for dances, concerts and picture shows, and the library. It has been extended three times. An agency of the Bank of Adelaide was opened in Port Vincent in 1906; the Commercial Bank operated a part-time agency from 1909, but this closed in 1930.
In 1911 land along the foreshore and on the northern side of the main road was subdivided into building blocks: not all of these sold immediately, and none of the foreshore blocks were built on until the 1920s.
Electricity in Port Vincent was supplied from 1927 through the garage run initially by Leonard Levick and later by Alfred Perry. The Electricity Trust of South Australia took over in 1953. Until 1959 residents had obtained their water from wells or collected rainwater in large storage tanks. In that year they were finally connected to the reticulated water supply through Minlaton.
Lime kilns were operated from 1908 to 1929 by Millers Lime Ltd. The kilns were built on the north road out of the town. Limestone in the paddocks was a common and ongoing problem for the farmers and kilns operated at several places on the Peninsula. A full kiln could produce up to 450 bags of lime. A processing plant for hydrated lime was built in 1963 south of Port Vincent but only operated for 10 years.
Fishing was for many years a commercial activity in the town. While many fishermen were part-time with other seasonal work there were full time fishermen as well. They were suppliers not just to the local market, but sent fish across the Gulf to Adelaide, either taking it across themselves in their cutters, or sending it across by steamer. Later in the 1950s Raptis and Sons appointed a buyer and the fish were stored in his chiller before being transported to Adelaide. SAFCOL also had a buyer in the town from about 1966. Whiting was a mainstay of the fishing, but in season snapper could be caught from the Orontes Bank halfway across the Gulf, until a decline in the stocks in the 1970s. The restrictions on licences from 1977 have seen this industry almost disappear from Port Vincent.
The district inland from the coast is concerned chiefly with the growing of barley, although wheat is also still grown. Central Yorke Peninsula claims to produce the finest barley in the world due to the gulfs on each side which create cooler conditions and allow the crops to mature more slowly. This is enhanced by the low nitrogen content of the soil which suits malting barley.
A recreation ground was acquired for the town when in 1923 Percival Germein sub-divided some of his land for building allotments and allowed a seven acre space for an oval. Adjoining this were some pre-existing tennis courts. Tree plantings were added around part of the perimeter and some additional blocks were added to the area in 1946 which have allowed for further sporting facilities. As a privately surveyed town, Port Vincent always lacked the belt of parklands of other Peninsula towns, and Germein's act in making this land available allowed the town a central area for all its sports. Bowling greens and basketball courts have been added. Another landowner gave some land for a golf course.
Sailing in the sheltered bay at Port Vincent was a popular activity but the first sailing club was not formed until the summer of 1934-35. A marina has now been built to the north of the town and a walking trail along the cliff top behind features native vegetation and splendid views of the bay.
Jones, Alan, Port Vincent: shipping port to pleasure resort Port Vincent, S. Aust.: Port Vincent Progress Association, 1994
Normandale, H To and about Yorke Peninsula [Adelaide : H. Normandale], 1986 pp.37-38


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How one sleepy neighborhood was once the height of entertainment
When car travel was brand new, and Texas roads were just getting stitched together, roadside businesses cropped up to serve travelers.
U.S. Highway 80, which includes Davis Street, was part of the Bankhead Highway system that ran from Washington, D.C. to San Diego.
One business that catered to drivers on the Oak Cliff stretch of the Bankhead was the Dal-Oak Tourist Camp. The camp was situated near what is now El Tivoli neighborhood, and was an early development on what once was dairy farms west of Hampton.
The Dallas Automobile Club, which affiliated with the American Automobile Association and was influential in the city's early development, opened the camp in 1923. It was located on West Davis Street near North Boulevard Terrace.
It featured gas pumps and cabins for travelers as well as amusement. There was a 30,000-square-foot pool, fed by Oak Cliff's artesian springs, complete with a sandy beach. Dal-Oak also had a park with picnic grounds and a golf course.
Then considered to be "about 4 miles west of Oak Cliff," the Dal-Oak Tourist Camp's amusement park was the site of community dances, banquets, concerts and fireworks shows.
Travelers to the tourist camp were assured fair prices.
"One thing a tourist never forgives is the custom of shopkeepers and gasoline men to 'stick' them with high prices because they are assumed to be one-time customers," the automobile club's manager told a newspaper in 1924. "The Dallas Automobile Club has established a commissary at the camp which sells goods at downtown store prices. The rate of 18 cents a gallon for gas in Dallas has also spread to the tourist camp and further established this city as a good place to come to."
The automobile club sold the amusement portion of the camp — the pool, park and golf course — to a private company for $25,000 in 1926.
The name also changed to Oak Cliff Country Club, which is when the golf course, tennis courts and clubhouse became private, but the pool remained open to the public for an entry fee.
It later became Cliff-Dale Golf Club and then El Tivoli Country Club.
El Tivoli nightclub or supper club opened on the golf course in 1929 and somehow survived prohibition. It was located on West Davis at Reverchon Drive.
The country club, built in the mission revival style for $65,000, drew big bands, blues musicians and showgirl revues, and it was a big player in Dallas nightlife in the 1920s and '30s.
By the 1940s, that kind of nightclub — with its pricey filet mignon and scotch highballs — was considered a bit lowbrow. Bigger, more glamorous cities at the time, such as St. Louis and Memphis, had opera houses while low-self esteem Dallas had supper clubs and ballrooms that were a little less refined.
The main Dal-Oak Tourist Camp building likely was torn down after a 1938 gas explosion, which seriously injured two employees and killed one other. Golf tournaments were played on El Tivoli course as late as 1944.
In 1945, a developer tore down the old El Tivoli nightclub as well as the original stone cottage that had been built by La Reunion colony's Reverchon family in the 1800s.
A homebuilder had purchased the golf course and surrounding acreage (some of which was purchased from the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul) to build 190 brick-veneer homes "with three bedrooms and all-tile baths."
The developer, A. Pollard Simmons, bought the land for $50,000 and spent about $1 million to build the houses. He didn't sell the homes but rented them to families in post-war Dallas.
In 1949, Simmons sold El Tivoli to another company for $1.75 million. That company put up for sale all of El Tivoli's homes.
The nine-block El Tivoli neighborhood today remains a quiet, middle-class neighborhood of well-built homes. No remnants of the old tourist camp can be found.


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On Friday, August 18, 2017, Sarkcess Music organized an exclusive album listening and video screening session for Sarkodie's highly anticipated fifth studio album "Highest".
The event was held at the plush ElectroLand Ghana Premium Showroom in Accra. Representatives from select Press and media agencies graced the event to listen to the album and watch the visuals accompanying it.
The album will be released on the 8th of September, 2017.
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