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Blue-chip stocks are headed higher on the first trading day of June following strong monthly sales figures from the nation's largest automakers. With roughly an hour left in the trading session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) is up by 86 points, or 0.57%.
Of all the sectors that suffered during the financial crisis, few came so close to the brink as American carmakers. But the monthly sales figures from May, released by the various vehicle-manufacturers this morning, paint a picture of a recovering industry.
Ford (NYSE:F) led the way, reporting a 14% year-over-year increase in domestic unit sales. Its signature F-Series pickup trucks were the star of the show, coming in 31% higher than in the same month last year and making for the strongest May sales results since 2005. Chrysler also had a strong showing, reporting 11% growth in overall sales. And General Motors (NYSE:GM) rounded out the top three, with total U.S. sales improving by only 3% compared to 2012. GM's comparatively disappointing performance is largely attributable to lagging sales of its Chevrolet brand, which were up by only 1% over the same time period last year.
According to The Wall Street Journal, forecasters expect total vehicle sales in the United States to have grown by roughly 7% last month -- although during Ford's conference call today its executives estimated that the figure would come in around 9%.
While optimism about these figures appears to be underlying the market's performance today, a number of other economic reports hit the wire that investors should be aware of. First, data analytics company Markit released (link opens PDF) the final reading of its May purchasing managers' index, which came in at 52.3 last month compared with 52.1 in April. Second, the Institute for Supply Management published figures this morning suggesting that national manufacturing activity contracted in May for the third month in a row. And finally, the Department of Commerce estimated (link opens PDF) that construction spending rose by 0.4% in April after falling by 0.8% in March.
In terms of individual stocks, shares of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) are among the best-performing Dow components this afternoon, up by 3.3% at the time of writing. The chip maker has been criticized over the past few years for being late to the smartphone and tablet market, but now appears to be making up ground quickly. On Friday, Reuters reported that Samsung had selected its chips for the upcoming Galaxy Note 3 tablet. Those rumors were officially confirmed today. As my colleague Anders Bylund observed earlier, "This is Intel's first design win in a major mobile product, outside of a few not-so-relevant smartphones and tablets made by Chinese vendors for the Chinese market."
On the other end of the spectrum, shares of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are currently turning in the worst performance among blue-chip stocks, off by 1.7%. The nation's second-largest bank by assets is in the midst of a critical legal hearing in New York to determine whether an $8.5 billion settlement related to faulty mortgage-backed securities will be approved. While it's difficult to predict what would happen if the parties were sent back to the drawing board, it's not unreasonable to conclude that investors in the bank would be displeased, given the additional uncertainty that would then weigh on the stock. To read more about this, check out fellow Fool Amanda Alix's take here.
John Maxfield owns shares of Bank of America and Intel. The Motley Fool recommends Ford, General Motors, and Intel. The Motley Fool owns shares of Bank of America, Ford, and Intel. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


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Well I have finally found a great weight loss
program that I am starting. I have been on the
Weight Watchers plan now for 5 days. I have lost 4 pounds.
I am so proud of myself. I have been wanting to lose weight
for a while now and finally found something that works.
I love the Weight Watchers Plan. I don't have time
to attend the meetings but I am doing the program online.
I get 29 points a day plus another 49 a week for
treats, snacks and desserts. Wow!! i thought I would
feel hungry and deprived but I don't feel that way at all.
I can still eat regular food and even go out to eat. I love
the way you just log on and add your foods. Then
your food is automatically calculated. I know I should
have been eating healthier and now I finally found
something that truly works. I even got to eat ice cream today.
Weight Watchers has some yummy frozen treats at the grocery store and I also stocked up on the Smart Ones Meals which I love.Weight Watchers is about portion size. It gives you so many points for whatever foods you are choosing to eat. I never new losing weight could be so easy and fun. They also
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A still life was not a particular genre of the West-European paintings
in the XV--XVI centuries. Painting separate objects, including fruit
and flowers, was intended to compliment composition of the scene.It
was only in the art of the XVII century that a still life was widely
spread as a particular type of a painting due to the growing interest
for the material world and its various specific forms.
Above all, this particular genre was also subdivided into several variations of a
still life. There were the so-called "breakfasts" with table settings
and food; still lives with trophies of hunting or fishing; and a whole
number of other still lives.
The most widely spread ones in the XVII
century, especially in the art of Flanders and Holland, were the still
lives with fruits and flowers. Here we present replicas of this
particular kind of still lives, painted by Flemish, Dutch, German,
French and Italian artists of the XVII--XX centuries.
The displayed range of exclusive examples allow us to see different peculiarities of
painting styles, nature and choice of subjects for different artists.
Jan Fyt, one of the main representatives of a Flemish still life, used
his typical integrity of coloration in "Fruits and a Parrot" (1645)
and managed to gently combine the polychromy of depicted objects with
the help of the light golden colour: the blue pattern of the household
faience and subdued green colour of the leaves, yellow and reddish
hues of the ripe and juicy fruits - peaches, grapes and pears. This
small painting is filled with cheerfulness which is typical of all
Flemish paintings and intended to praise gifts of the generous nature.
A little different tendency is revealed in the work of a Dutch artist
of the first half of the XVII century, Balthasar van der Ast. His
"Still Life with Fruit" is very close to the previous one in its
subject. Different fruit and flowers, positioned in seeming disorder,
are painted with great accuracy which communicates every shape, its
coloration and texture. Author's urge to make a close study of objects
and discover their diversity for the viewer come into the picture
In a much later "Still Life with Fruit" (1681), painted by Willem van
Aalst, one can see the increase of picturesque elements which was
typical of all Dutch paintings at the end of the XVII century: many
light spots of colour stand out effectively on the dark background of
the painting; big peaches and a large bunch of grapes are placed next
to a gilded vase of a bizarre shape.
Neat still lives with luxuriant bunches of flowers were painted in
Holland in the second half of the XVII century. Every leaf and petal
was depicted with exceptional accuracy in such paintings. Examples of
such paintings are "Flowers in a Vase" by Jan Davidsz de Heem, and
"Flowers" painted at the beginning of the XVI century by Jan van
These still lives are notable for their light colours and even
deeper attention to the smallest details (ants and flies on the
flowers; blades of grass and a bird's nest next to the vase).
The still life genre developed considerably (though less than in
Holland) in German art. The initiator of this genre in Germany was
Georg Flegel, who worked at the end of the XVI and the beginning of
the XVII centuries.
A great example of his works with the "dead
nature" is his "Still Life with Flowers and Snacks". It is
characterized by its clear, slightly hard pattern, emphasized
arrangement of the composition and author's attempt to understand the
objects philosophically by choosing and comparing them (food, required
to sustain a human life; flowers, being a pleasure to his/her eye; and
a sand glass, which reminds us about the transient time, and about the
perishable nature of our life on Earth).
Another example of a German still life, "Flowers in a Vase" by Abraham
Mignon, closely reminds us of Dutch paintings of the same genre
because the artist himself worked in Holland for the most part of his
life and experienced great influence of the Dutch painting style of
the second half of the XVII century.
Still lives are relatively rare in French art of the XVII century. All
the more it is interesting to note the decorative peculiarities and
picturesque skill of the painting called "Flowers and Fruit", created
by an unknown French artist who lived in the XVII century. The artist
placed few bright, colourful, big flowers and fruits on a brown
background in a very artistic way.
One of the exceptions in French painting at the beginning of the XIX
century, when classicism prevailed and imposed images of antique art,
was a modest and simple "Still Life with Apples" (1823), signed by L.
Barbier, whose artistic biography is still unknown.
"Flowers" (1856), created by a French artist Simon Saint-Jean, whose
specialty was painting such still lives, seems to be very well painted
at first sight. But as a matter of fact this superficial work is
created under the great influence of the undemanding public.
Henri Fantin-Latour was a famous French painter of the second half of
the XIX century. His small-sized painting "Bouquet of Flowers in a
Clay Vase" (1883) draws attention with its surprising freshness of
colours and ingenuousness of master's perception.
The still life genre plays an important part in the artistic work of
one of the most famous French artists, Paul Cezanne. In the early
period of his creative work he created his "Bunch of Flowers in a
Vase" (painted through 1873--1875), which already reflected master's
main goal: to achieve the highest completeness depicting material
objects without subduing the colours.
Cezanne came to a conclusion that shape should be conveyed through colour itself. For example, in
this painting the vase's volume is conveyed not through dull and gray
shades, but with the help of a whole range of blue hues. The
coloration of the flowers is also as delicately depicted. In Cezanne's
later, more mature work, called "Still Life with Drapery" (1898--1899),
one can see numerous colour transitions in every painted object. All
shapes are void of small details. They acquire substantial materiality
and generality of outline and volume. However, these unquestionable
artistic achievements lead to a certain loss of accuracy - it makes it
hard for the viewer to say which fruits exactly twinkle with yellow
and orange hues.
Henri Matisse, a great French artist, paid special attention to using
highly intensive coloration in his attempt to develop a new painting
language. His small early sketch "Vase of Sunflowers" (1890) indicates
that the young artist developed a free wide stroke which he used to
depict what he saw in nature fast and with confidence. The typical
painting for Matisse's painting style, which formed in the 1900-s, is
his "Bunch of Flowers" with its bright and loud colours which create a
happy and festive atmosphere.
This range of colour quests promoted creative works of Othon Friesz
("Flowers" (1910), with their partially subdued but still rich
coloration) and Charles Manguin (see "Flowers" (1915), with a simple
subject, but pleasant freshness of the colours).
A still life "Peonies" (1906) painted by a French painter Pierre
Girier, who was less significant than previously mentioned masters,
creates an impression of ornamental embroidery or a carpet with the
help of author's typical contrast color matching and an emphasized
image outline.
Picasso, one of the greatest painters of the XX century, was the
creator of "Vase with Fruit" (1909), painted in a cubical manner.
Trying to expose plastic qualities of objects and their pure
geometrical shape, Picasso refused to use real accuracy to portray
true reality.
The latest painting among the works of this genre is "Flowers" (1928),
painted by an Italian artist, Filippo De Pisis, who gained great
popularity for his still lives with light-coloured, subtle hues and
light, free strokes.


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Beautiful 4 Bedroom House in Half Moon Bay, Barrhaven in Greely, Ontario
# Bath
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OPEN HOUSE: Sunday January 25th from 2 to 4 pm
Welcome to this lovely Mattamy Summercliffe model with over 2600 square feet and lots of upgrades! This home is set back from Cambrian Rd. on a crescent. Half Moon Bay in Barrhaven offers parks, playgrounds and scenic ponds right in the neighbourhood providing a greater connection with the outdoors.
- Walking/Biking Trails
- Parks
- Jock River
- Minto Recreation Complex
- OC Transpo Transitway
- Chapman Mills Marketplace for shopping
- Stonebridge Golf Course
- Highway 416 is 5 minutes away
- schools
Main Floor
Enter to a spacious foyer and living room which could also easily be used as a den. The dining room is great for entertaining! The open concept great room, kitchen and eating area are perfect for family and guests to hang out! The kitchen has granite counters with a break fast bar and lots of cabinetry. There is also a two piece bath on this level.
Upper Level
You will be the envy of your friends when they see this beauitful master suite. The master bedroom is spacious and has double walk in closets leading to a huge five piece ensuite with separate shower and soaker tub. The second bedroom has a vaulted ceiling and large Palladium window. The other two bedrooms are large and have generous closet space. The main bathroom is also on this level as is the convenient second floor laundry room.
Lower Level
This beautifully finished recreation room boasts a home theatre with a 120 inch screen, games area and wet bar! The upgraded carpet is truly luxurious. There is also a bedroom/hobby room and a three piece bathroom. The workshop is convenient and there is lots of storage.
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Date Posted : 2015-08-19
Category : Farm Garden By Owner
For sale is a black bull. He has been a wonder breeder to our heard for over the years. The 9nky reason we are selling him is that we just need new blood lines. Very easy to keep in the fence and stayes with his girls. We have had very good luck getting top dollar for for his off spring. Just a all around good and easy bull.
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but manage very well with my trusty old Raleigh.
Ah, the London Omnibus.
Banish from your mind dear reader any nostalgically sepia tinted images of scarlet route masters with their cheery drivers and sympathetic conductors.
The modern incarnation of the London bus is a far less amiable one. My experiences with London buses to date have been almost uniformly bad. Most recently a driver stopped in the middle of a bank of bicycles, forcing me to walk (with my baby in her pram) down the road along Oxford Street into oncoming traffic in order to remount the pavement. On another occasion, after failing to tell me that my Oyster card was depleted (I, wearing headphones had missed the accusatory beep) the driver stopped the bus after driving me for 20 minutes into darkest St John's Wood and unceremoniously threw me off, miles away from a cash point or newsagent. I had to walk for half an hour to get to my destination. Of course, if he had simply told me when I attempted to get on that I was out of funds, I would happily have disembarked, topped up my card and awaited the next bus, but this particular driver seemed to derive some sadistic pleasure in abandoning me to my fate.
Using the buses with a pram is especially difficult. I have of course, never attempted to mount a bus with my gorgeous Silver Cross Kensington,
being rational enough to see that it would be far too cumbersome and bulky to be convenient to myself, or other passengers, but I do have a smaller modern "travel system"
(the excellent Linear Freeway, also by Silver Cross) which I take out on occasions which necessitate the use of public transport. The drivers generally park about half a mile from the kerb, making it terribly difficult to get on and off without the aid of fellow passengers. Once you're on the bus, the driver seems to delight in pulling away the moment the last Mollusc has been swiped. For anyone who has ever tried to negotiate a moving bus with a cumbersome buggy on swivel wheels, I cannot recommend the experience. The drivers are almost always surly and unhelpful. The atmosphere throughout the average bus ride unites its passengers with the Blitz spirit historically reserved for periods of enemy bombardment.
Generally I find that one bus ride per outing is more than enough to send me into a flap like that of a pigeon trapped in a lift and usually for my return journey I resort to flagging a Hansom Cab. What a difference the experience proves. If my experiences with buses have been uniformally bad, those with the ubiquitous black cab have been universally excellent. I have never had to wait with outstretched arm for more than a minute, even with the titanic Kensington. The drivers always manouver the car as close to the kerb as possible and hop out immediately to open the door and help load baby and buggy in. They are always polite, respectful, friendly and fluent in English. I always consider it a treat after a day in town (particularly after the descent into the lowest circle of hell that is Oxford Street) to take a taxi home and really I don't think there can be any sight more comforting to a weary Londoner than that of a black TXII with it's light on.
If I didn't have the reassuring option of taking one, I would probably venture out rather less than I do. And so I raise an ethereal glass to the much maligned London Cabbie. Gentlemen (and occasionally Ladies) Thank you.


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Microsoft Corp. is facing class action lawsuits for allegedly using its monopoly power to overcharge customers who bought its Windows operating system in California, Arizona and now in Minnesota. More states are expected to be added to the list soon, attorneys filing complaints said.
Most recently, a Minnesota state court judge on March 30 ruled that a consumer antitrust suit could move forward as a class action case, according to Joanne Cicala an attorney with the law firm Kirby McInerney & Squire LLP in New York, which is representing a Minnesota plaintiff.
Microsoft has said accusations that it has overcharged for Windows are false.
In January a U.S. district judge in Maryland sided with the company when it dismissed 38 of 62 antitrust suits filed against Microsoft under federal law, saying the Redmond, Washington, company could not be sued by consumers who bought Windows through a third-party vendor. Those customers' new computers had arrived with the operating system already installed by hardware manufacturers. The customers are appealing the Maryland judge's ruling, Cicala said.
Unlike federal antitrust law, Minnesota state law lets indirect purchasers sue for damages. The Minnesota class action suit has four named plaintiffs and will seek other parties that have similar overcharging complaints following acquisition of Microsoft Windows or MS-DOS software since May 1994, Cicala said. The suits address overcharging complaints regardless of how they purchased the operating systems and do not focus solely on third-party purchases, she said.
Nine lead law firms are working on the overcharging claims against Microsoft, Cicala said. They are seeking class action status in Maine, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Michigan, she said. The list is expected to grow to include Florida and West Virginia, Cicala said.
The filing of lawsuits alleging Microsoft overcharged customers for its operating systems began after U.S District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's November 1999 ruling that the company did have a monopoly with its Windows operating system. Based on the notion that a monopoly would allow Microsoft to overcharge for its software, over 150 cases were filed in both federal and state court against the company, Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan said.
Microsoft's pricing is in line with what other vendors like Apple Computer Inc. charge for their operating systems, Cullinan said, adding that the company spends heavily on research and development to keep its OS up to date.
"Basically, they are saying Microsoft is charging a monopoly price for Windows, and we don't think that is even close to the truth," said Cullinan. "Any suggestion that Microsoft is overcharging is simply false," he said.
None of the cases has gone to trial at this point, and Cullinan does not expect any to reach trial until 2002.


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Trousers have been worn in the Western world since ancient times. They are now the most common form of lower-body clothing for men. Practical and comfortable, there's no wonder that they've been adopted by both sexes as part of their everyday dress.
Trousers were first invented because robes are uncomfortable to wear on horseback. In fact, those who wore trousers in battle had the upper hand over those who wore robes. For this reason, civilisations all over the world adopted this form of dress to survive battle.


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What an amazing weekend we all just had at Saint Hill!
Friday 15th October
In a specially erected enormous marquee, thousands of Scientologists gathered for the IAS Anniversary Event, presented by Chairman of the Board, David Miscavige. We saw what amazing achievements have been made over the past year, what plans are in store for the coming year, and 3 individuals (actually 4 in this case because one of the awards was presented to a husband and wife team) who have made outstanding contributions to the aims of Scientology, were each presented with an IAS Freedom Medal. For me, the highlight of the evening was the launch of a new Scientology TV advert that demonstrates the extent of the help that Scientologists give others, soon to be on www.scientology.org and playing on TV channels all over the world. The applause for it seemed like it was never going to end!
Saturday 16th October
During the IAS Patron Ball, those members who have made a significant financial contribution to the IAS are acknowledged. The meal was exquisite and the entertainment superb. It began with a concert and ended with dancing. Everybody had such a good time as you can see!
Sunday 17th October
The Saint Hill Gala Charity Concert continues the tradition that L. Ron Hubbard began when he lived at Saint Hill Manor in the 1960s. He supported local charities, and this concert, every year, donates funds to selected causes. This year, the East Grinstead Museum, The Mayor of Crowborough's Charity and The British Engineerium Trust each received a cheque for £12,500.
Backed by the Golden Era Musicians, with Hollywood actress Anne Archer as the MC, the performers were:
- 3D - Woody & Danny Woodmansey, the father and son drumming duo
- Soul singer, Michele Henderson
- The world's greatest swing band, The Jive Aces, accompanied by the legendary Kenny Ball (who told the audience that The Jive Aces are a great band to work with), actress and singer, Rebecca Grant, and dancers, the Hollywood Hotshots
- Rapper and humanitarian, Chill EB
- Gospel singer, Jesse Stevenson
- Italian jazz singer, Elena Roggero
Elena Roggero singing "This Is My Life"
If you did miss this year's concert, I hope that clip of Elena Roggero singing "This Is My Life" will inspire you to come to next year's! It is always such a fabulous occasion.
More photos taken over the weekend can be seen here (if you have a Facebook account).
What is the IAS?
The International Association of Scientologists (IAS), formed at Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead in October 1984, is the official membership organization of Scientology. Its members support a great many endeavours toward the achievement of the Aims of Scientology, which are:
A civilization without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where man is free to rise to greater heights, are the aims of Scientology.
Examples of its international campaigns, funded by IAS donations, include:


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FeatureNewsOpinionPoliticsState Capture
The current ANC, ANC Veterans & stalwarts, Rupert, Oppenheimer, UDF and Save South Africa
By Mxolisi ka Nkomonde
The ANC adopted the Reconstruction Development Plan(RDP) as a blueprint to liberate the Black majority from the chains of colonialism and apartheid in 1994, but that revolutionary spirit to liberate the people was short lived.
The Apartheid state was a socialist state but only for the white minority and RDP was an instrument to extend the social and industrial benefits to Black majority while re-integrating the South African economy to the global economy at a measured pace.
A faction within the ANC largely from United Democratic Front and exiled ANC leaders decided to turn against the people they claimed to represent with the imposition of a policy called Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) through cabinet without any consultation with ANC, the Alliance and NEDLAC.
GEAR, later dubbed "the 96 class project", was essentially colonialism and apartheid 2.0 without the racist ideology hence South Africa still has 10% of the population, mainly White, that controls 90 – 95% of the wealth and receives 55-60% of all income.
The imposition of GEAR was no accident as the history behind it goes back to the beginning of institutionalised racism called Apartheid ·
- The National Party(NP) got into power in 1948 (same year the state of Israel was established with British assistance) with the help of the British through the NP's Cape "verligte" faction to introduce Apartheid
- In 1958 the Transvaal "verkrampte" faction of NP dominated and took over leading to Henrik Verwoerd becoming prime minister
- Verwoerd was a pure Afrikaner Nationalist but his racism was no different to the "verligte" or liberal faction of the NP. They only differed on economic policy with Verwoerd's faction advocating for dirigist economics (state intervention to uplift Afrikaners) while the verligte were advocating for "free market" fundamentalism which is a code for the state subsiding British & emerging Afrikaner capital
- The "verligte" faction of NP and the British founded South Africa Foundation (SAF) in 1959 as a counter force to the Verwoerd government and dirigist economics. The main focus was to promote Apartheid as paradise to the global community in order to quell sanctions and global resistance in trading with the Apartheid regime while consolidating British & emerging Afrikaner capital through Oppenheimer and Rupert within the South African economy
- South Africa Foundation together with Royal Institute of International Affairs also called Chatham House or Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) moved the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIR) in 1960 to Wits University to concentrate on influencing the Transvaal faction of the NP on various policy issues with major emphasis on economic and international relations
- The South African founders of SAF namely Ernest Oppenheimer and Anton Rupert then joined forces with Rick Menell to establish Urban Foundation in 1977 to pursue their economic objectives on the "Urban Black" population and later within the Apartheid government since it had refused to be linked to this shadow unelected government for more than 30 years
- Ernest Oppenheimer from SAF then funded United Democratic Front(UDF) after it was founded in 1983 since efforts to change policy direction of the NP were not happening at the required pace. He then identified the oppressed Black majority as a useful tool and major force in changing the economic trajectory for British and Afrikaner capital through a select group of leaders from UDF and exiled ANC leaders educated in Europe
- Soweto Committee of Ten was founded in 1977 at the same time as Oppenheimer founded and funded Urban Foundation. This Committee of Ten sought to elect a new community board that would have total autonomy in Soweto including the powers to levy taxes and to control education, the police and local elections. But it was merely a ploy to test SAF and Urban Foundation policy objectives on the Black population through collaborators. The Apartheid regime rejected this programme outright and kept the Bantu Administration Board as the authority
- In 1986, select leaders and members from the UDF and the Committee of Ten formed an initiative called South African Centre for International Co-Operation (SACIC). They joined forces with an Israeli group called the Israel Centre for International Co-Operation(ICIC) and their objective was to increase anti-Apartheid activities in the Middle East, United States and South Africa with the aim of "training" future leaders for post-Apartheid South Africa. This clandestine initiative was funded by USAID and it trained 600 graduates who later occupied positions as members of parliament, NGO activists, trade union leaders, mayors and the cabinet under ANC government
- Within a month after former president Nelson Mandela was released, the ANC, led by OR Tambo issued a report on 14 March 1990 called "Report of the Commission on the Cabal" which stated the following: "The problems of disunity within the ranks of the Mass Democratic Movement(MDM) due to the manipulating role of certain Indians and Whites regarded as leaders in the struggle, has reached a level of seriousness that it is clear that we need to address it immediately and decisively." It went on further to say: "We firstly discussed the effect of the existence of the cabal within the UDF and were unanimous in our belief that it manipulates strategy, lacks democratic practices and stifles free and open debate necessary for the advancement of the struggle"
- The ANC adopted the Reconstruction and Development Programme as an election manifesto and Economic Policy for the 1994 elections. The RDP was based on dirigist economics where the state would drive economic policy to uplift the Black majority since Blacks had no capital to begin with. It was therefore agreed upon by the dirigist economics faction within NP, ANC and the Alliance (COSATU and SACP)
- South Africa Foundation together with Old Mutual publishes an economic policy document called "Gowth For All" which drives the same policies that the Apartheid regime refused to implement for 36years because they would impoverish Afrikaners and escalate the racial conflict which was already in place due to their evil Apartheid system
- Growth For All later appears in cabinet through UDF and exiled ANC leaders as GEAR then imposed by the Mandela led government with Thabo Mbeki saying "Just call me a Thatcherite" since he was actually the head of government while Mandela was busy implementing the "rainbow nation" project which was a political programme to to soften Black rage and quell White fears at the same time
- After Mandela retired Mbeki took over the reigns as state president. And soon thereafter, the South Africa Foundation was rebranded Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) with new fronts such as the Oppenheimer founded and funded Brenthurst Initiative
- Thabo Mbeki was re-elected in 2004 and be began a programme that dismantle GEAR because Blacks were getting worse-off . He therefore selectively answered the call of the ANC and the Alliance for a Developmental State which requires state intervention. Soon after taking this stance Mbeki became the demon in the white controlled media largely controlled by BLSA
- Mbeki was ousted as President of the ANC in December 2007 by a united force from SACP, COSATU, ANC "leftists" and ANC "reformers" who had gained substantially from Mbeki led GEAR which came with mega BEE deals but these "reformers" were unhappy with Mbeki's inability to impose GEAR in full since their shares depended on it otherwise they sat with massive debt
- Jacob Zuma takes the reigns as ANC president in 2009 then halts further implementation of GEAR but not without Trevor Manuel advancing some aspects of GEAR. Trevor Manuel then leads a Planning Commission which produced the National Development Plan(NDP) chaired by Cyril Ramaphosa who is a product of Urban Foundation
- NDP is basically GEAR 2.0 so the Zuma administration has not implemented most parts of it besides the massive infrastructure programme and has chosen to implement elements of the dirigist policies inherited from Mbeki administration and improved by cabinet which has a lot of SACP and COSATU influence. This has created a situation where the Zuma administration has been demonised by the SAF controlled media using self inflicted scandals such as Nkandla and lately the Gupta allegations to conceal the real agenda. The demonisation of the Zuma administration has increased since the ANC held a National General Council in 2015 which outlines the ANC's policy direction for its next policy and elective conference in 2017
- A new initiative called Save South Africa has been established with support from ANC veterans and stalwarts who are largely beneficiaries of GEAR through BEE. Leaders of SaveSA & ANC veterans such Cheryl Carolus and Mavuso Msimang serve on the boards of Rupert's World Wild Fund which is another front linked to Council on Foreign Relations and South Africa Foundation since the 60s. The Save South Africa campaign is the reincarnation of the UDF which OR Tambo raised an alarm about as early as 1990. So who should we Save South Africa From If We Want Prosperity for ALL irrespective of which political party governs.


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STAMFORD, CT – April 16, 2007 – Indeed.com, the most comprehensive search engine for jobs, has been added to four additional industry-leading applicant tracking and job distribution systems. Employers and recruiters may now include their jobs on Indeed directly from the systems they use every day, while also benefiting from critical applicant tracking metrics. The four partners that have recently added Indeed are:
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o (-• o o O <X> X X r- oo m m CiTOO 3 X CC < X M C m m '.■■■ r- 3 -t 3> O XI < <"> ;ape artists in groove — Page 3 Trackster takes fourth at state — Page 5 L mherst News-limes Amhorst. Ohio I Lift off While standing in the courtyard near the Palace Theatre in downtown Lorain, newly gra duated Marion L. Steele High School alumni toss their caps in a group celebration. Parents and friends helped seniors bid farewell to their public school education during the ceremony on Sun day, which also marked the retirement of school superintendent Howard Dulmage. Local kids top inventors in national test by QLEN MILLER News-Times reporter Austin Meggitt and Amber Lewandowski are Amherst's versions of Thomas Edison or Eli Whitney. The Harris Elementary School students are inventors whose creations have been chosen the best in a national ' competition sponsored by The Discovery Channel and Media One. Austin, nine, was chosen national grand prize winner in the Ultima's Inventions contest sponsored by The Discovery Channel and Media One. He created the "Glove and Battie Caddy," a device that lets kids carry their baseball glove and bat on bicycle handle bars. Amber, 10. was selected one of three national grand prize finalists for her invention, the "Wheelchair Step Assist" She created folding steps that can be added to the front of a wheelchair to help people get in and out of it. Both fourth graders were presented with awards by Discovery Channel and Media One officials last Thursday during the school's annual awards ceremony. HI knew something big was £but I thought somebody would win," Austin Hid following the announcemenL ' Hie inventors' proud parents, Steve and Anne Meg- and Andrew and Kelly had been in- but kept the honors a until the ceremony. Inventors Austin Meggitt, the national grand prize winner, and Amber Lewandowski, a national finalist, show off their inventions, the Glove and Battle Caddy and the Wheelchair Assist, to presenters from the Discovery Channel and Media One. ily. While there, the Meggitts will (our the nation's capital, its monuments and museums and visit members of Congress. They also plan to make a stop at ihe U.S. Patent Office to start the patent process in motion. Amber won $100 and also will pursue a patent, but more likely through a patent attorney, according to her mother. There was one other prize. Both young inventors were featured on WJW's (Channel 8) early morning news and talk show June 12 and will be seen nationally oa the Dis covery Channel's "Assignment America" in the near future. Austin and Amber are enrolled in the school district's Horizon Class, a program for 14 gifted and talented children taught by Rosemary Hesmond. It was she who heard about the Ultimate Inventions contest and incorporated it into her class late last year. The surprising inventions were among several entered into an Independent Study Fair held at the Lorain County Joint Vocational School. The criteria called for stu- 10 would help solve a problem. Austin got his idea while riding to a little league baseball game several months ago. It was when he discovered it was hard to manage his ball glove and bat while bicycling. He dropped them and a car whizzed by while he was attempting to retrieve them. "It was on the other side of the road, Im it really scared me," he explained. "It made me think ttat* my away. He found similar devices didn't exist. As part of his research, Austin visited several area bicycle shops and searched through a list of about 100,000 bike accessories to make sure his idea was original. He received encouragement from the proprietors of Dale's Bike Shop, who said it could prove quite useful. Soon afterward, he began stretching a rough design that was improved upon by his rather before the two ventured Into the family basement to the tllove and Battle Caddy." b cost S8J2 to build. The rest is history and possibility a lucrative financial resource for a college education if the device receives a patent, according to his father. Amber also researched her idea. As part of the Horizon Class project, children were told to ask people about problems they encounter in their work or daily lives that could be resolved by an invention. Among those she interviewed was a physical therapist working at the Childrens' Development Center in AmhersL Through her, the young inventor learned therapists and aides can strain themselves trying to help disabled children or people in and out of wheelchairs. The folding stairs enable "a child to push up with the wheelchair almost by themselves or maybe they won't need anybody," Amber explained. 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As Vancouver Fundamentals Remain Solid, German Firm Makes $263M Office Play
- May 22, 2009
It's certainly no secret that the global investment market has been severely hampered by the economic downturn. In markets across the world, both sales velocity and pricing are way down from the halcyon days of just a couple of years ago. All of this makes the $263 million sale of a Vancouver office tower all the more noteworthy. The transaction had a truly international flavor. German investment firm Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH made an unsolicited offer to SITQ, a real estate subsidiary of global institutional fund manager Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, to acquire Bentall V, a 33-story, 583,000-square-foot office complex in Downtown Vancouver. SITQ accepted, and made a tidy C$300 million (US$263 million) for its trouble. For the buyer, the property was a good fit for its acquisition strategy. Deka managing director Thomas Schmengler noted that the Bentall V buy "stabilizes the fund's high occupancy rate, which currently stands at 98 percent, and increases the proportion of [Deka's] global portfolio allocations to North America from 12.6 percent to around 20 percent." And Deka seems to have picked a good market in which to ramp up its North American holdings. Vancouver is expected to benefit from a dearth of new office space scheduled to deliver in the near future. Unlike many markets that over-developed during the recent real estate boom, new construction remained limited in Vancouver. Indeed, first quarter-vacancy in the city's Downtown area was just 1.7 percent, according to Colliers International. Class A and AAA properties, meanwhile, fared even better, with 1.0 and 0.2 percent vacancy, respectively, during the quarter. The upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics is also expected to buoy the Vancouver market through the continuing worldwide economic downturn. he Bentall V complex was developed by SITQ in two phases, with the first delivering in 2002, and the second in 2007. The property is among the most energy efficient in the area market, having been awarded "BOMA Best Certified" for environmental performance and management. Property manager Bentall L.P. will be retained under the new ownership. Deka was represented by CB Richard Ellis Inc. executive vice presidents Tony Quattrin and Jim Szabo in the deal.


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And now I'm back with an awesome valentine idea from Karrie at the Happy Money Saver! {she's so awesome!} This is so adorable, healthy, and inexpensive to do for Valentine's. You don't have to feel guilty at all for not giving out candy, as kids and adults love to eat cuties. I find that you can buy them cheaply at Costco and sometimes they go on sale at Target for $3.99. The clear cello bags are 4×6 inch bags that you can get at Michael's, Joann's or even the dollar store. I find that this is the perfect size for the square tags without having to trim anything extra off.
ANNNDD…this is a big and, she has FREE printables for them on her site! So hop on over there and download and print! You can thank me now. All you need is some of those clear bags and if you feel like getting creative, get the kids to put some stickers on the bags or even write their own names on the tags, {yup, that's right! get them to do some work!}
And if you feel like getting creative, you can use the tag line for different items to give, like bananas or even apples!
And that's what it looks like when you ask two little toddlers to pose for you while taking photos! Happy Valentine's Day!


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Normally, articles that claim there's some special tactic to engaging millennials make me rather irritable. They're all over business networks like LinkedIn, guru upon guru offering a magic formula of gimmicks and hashtags that is bound to bring in the next wave of decision makers.
I don't believe the answer is that elusive, and yet, politicians especially are getting it so incredibly wrong.
Why is political advertising to millennials such a big deal?
As of March 31st 2016, roughly 2,879,760 Australians on the electoral roll were aged thirty or below. Out of the enrolled population of 15,468,329 that's 18.62%. Almost a fifth of voters in this election are Generation Y or later. The ever-elusive millennial market.
With those sorts of numbers, this demographic may well decide the outcome. And unlike their more traditional parents and grandparents, they are less likely to vote for the party their family does.
Aren't millennials politically apathetic?
It's an unfortunate assumption. Millennials are largely swing voters, far more likely to change who they vote for based on past performance, policy, and media representation. This means that awareness of what the politician has done, and is planning to do, is incredibly important in helping millennials make their decision at the ballot box.
Right. So advertising is still important. Isn't that what the Coalition's advert was for?
I would assume first that it wasn't targeted at millennials, or at least–I hope not. But even as we break it down in terms of what millennials look for when confronted with advertising campaigns, there are a number of things that still ring true no matter what generation you're from.
Advertising in general has entered a stage where audiences are too skeptical and too analytical to accept adverts at face value. Overwhelming streams of advertising messages shoved under our noses every day mean we've learned to pick, choose, and decide for ourselves what rings true.
Millennials especially have grown up native to this environment. They're ready to spot the flaw in your message.
Breaking it down: #FakeTradie is… well, fake.
Two things are truly starting to shine in advertising: humour and authenticity. Spots that entertain will be memorable and shared, while spots that are authentic will allow a connection to the audience by passing 'authenticity' filters that digital natives have created to help them deal with the onslaught of advertising messages.
The Coalition's advert isn't (supposed to be) funny. To resonate with millennial audiences especially, it must then be honest, straight-forward, only make claims that can be tested and proven, and the tone of the message must be one that is positive if it really wants to drive a call to action.
Millennials do not respond well to scare campaigns. Typical political adverts that seek to discredit the opposition are largely ignored the way their parents ignored them trying to get their siblings in trouble. You'll say anything if you want someone else to look bad.
They're also more likely to fact-check before forming an opinion. Not only that, where they find discrepancies in the claims, they will speak up. The internet has given digital natives a platform for revealing truths that shouldn't be underestimated.
The largest issue with what has been dubbed the #FakeTradie advert is that from the set, to the script, to the appearance of a man claiming to be a tradesman outraged by Labor's policies, nothing felt authentic enough for the message to come through.
They used an actor though. That's what actors do! They act!
Actually, that was an incorrect assumption. The alleged 'actor' is a metalworker in Sydney–a real tradesman! Unfortunately, he's become the face of a campaign that tried so hard to be relatable it became a mockery of itself.
Builders across Australia were quick to point out the safety hazards visible on set, the lack of dirt on his clothes, and even the ceramic mug which 'would be hard to get on a real building site'. All of these clues took away from the sense of the actor being a true tradie (even though he is!), and increasingly the impression was left of a government trying to put words in tradie's mouths.
And the words were…
For anyone who wasn't put off by the visuals in the advert, the script offered a whole new layer of fake. It was like watching an alien try to mimic human contact for the first time.
That Malcolm Turnbull and his party are largely made up of wealthy white Australians that attended private schools and wouldn't know how to catch a real tram is no secret–the game is up! We know!
The Coalition's attempts relating to, and 'understanding middle class Australians', have been nothing short of horrific. From catching public transport with a mob of cameras to prove how 'normal' he is, to claiming that children should be able to ask their parents for loans into the housing market, Turnbull has proven time and time again the disconnect between himself and the average Australian.
Which honestly wouldn't be so terrible if he just accepted it, and stopped trying to force something he clearly isn't.
If he stood up tomorrow and said, 'Average Australians, I really have no idea what your life is like, so these advisors here are going to help me make decisions on what is best for you.' I would applaud that. I would applaud a Prime Minister who stood up and admitted that he didn't understand something but was making a move to try.
Admittedly… only if those said advisors were people who did understand what life is like down here.
Phrases like 'stick with the current mob for a while' are so bizarre and almost stereotypical to what foreigners believe Australians sound like that once again, the Coalition's advert does little more than underline the vast disconnect between their lives and ours.
Those were not the words of an authentic tradie. The advert failed the authenticity filter, and earned itself a spot in #auspol ridicule, even gaining its own hashtag: #faketradie.
What could have been done better?
Aside from everything, and taking the Coalition's policies out of the equation (this article is about millennials and political advertising, not a political view point. The Coalition is not the only party to get this wrong!), a few basic steps could have been taken to improve the authenticity of the advert.
Rather than putting scripted words into a perfect set, interviews 'on the street' with tradesmen at work would have gone down much better. Close up shot of a tradesman, still grubby, busy building site in the far view (far enough away that everyone is safe!). Voicing opinions in their own words, just as they would to their mates.
More clarity on the tradesman's issues with the Labor party would definitely have improved the message, rather than vague phrases like 'go to war' that are designed to wind people up without explanation. Millennials especially want to know facts.
How is Labor going to war on our banks? How does the Liberal/National Party plan to do things differently?
Political advertising needs to shift, and fast, if it wants to capture new voters as they enroll.
Attack-based advertisments are (thank goodness) going to lose effectiveness as the younger generations systematically ignore or research the truth of them.
Political adverts will need to adapt the way that other advertising has adapted in response to regulations on false claims, by either entertaining the audience or by connecting in a meaningful and honest way.
Oh. And by advertising the actual policies with facts and figures, so we know what we're voting for. That… would be rather nice, I think.


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I think everyone who owns a blog should write a post like this. I don't know if I'm writing it too early, but I thought it'd be a cool thing to write about.
I blog because I enjoy talking about things that interest me. I don't even talk about all those interests because the purpose of this specific blog is to not have to be serious about anything I do. I write because I want to on here, not to advertise or make a profit, but to build up a network of bloggers and friends to talk to about the things we love and maybe one day work on a viable venture that could lead to some income.
Many people have made it big blogging, and I'm not looking to create the next Huffington Post or Gawker, I just want to create a blog that generates at least a decent readership of people who love entertainment.
Do I hope to one day make money writing? Well, that would be the easiest job for me to do and I would enjoy doing it. But right now, it's not about the money, it's about the blog, and the content. Just because I don't make any money doesn't mean the blog shouldn't make quality posts. Everybody has their humble beginnings, and I'm hoping that That's What I Like can be my very own beginning. The blog's not going to be around forever, that's for sure. I'm going to want to move on to other things, and blog about other things one day, but I hope that if I ever do become a well known writer, that people can remember this blog, and think of it as my humble beginning.
This blog can very easily fail. Without dedication, it will be nothing. But with dedication, the blog can mean everything. And I think anyone who has a vision for the world, or just a love for something, they should create a blog. Those are the people who inspire me. They want to create something where they can share their voice and be heard on the topics that they care about. I care about their opinions more than I care about some movie critic's opinions, or any mainstream news media's opinions.
Power to the people, and the blogosphere attest to that. I created a blog to be heard and to create a network of people that I may one day be able to work with. Why do you blog?


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I've been single most of my life so the holidays are not that bogey man they can be for newly single people.
Deep winter is a precious, short moment that can fly away without being noticed if I spend all my time with people. This is the first solstice in decades that I have not been in the city. All the madness of urban Christmas is missing here on my village homestead. I have snow, beautiful winter-black lakes and rivers, a woodstove talking quietly all the time and excellent neighbors to connect with daily. Yes, the roads are icy and there's wood to chop and the cabin's not finished and I NEED a job etc. but it's good. I'll make a point of being outside and alone on the solstice so that the power and beauty of this planetary cycle can sink in. Then it will be time to hit Christmas, with family and friends in the big city. That will be fun too. We go so far back and have been through so much together, and will go through so much more.
In all of this my emotional needs will be met. It's in the depth of the connections: with my self, my planet and my people. Learning to be present to all this is deep work and deeply satisfying. I'll still eat too much chocolate though.
I'm catching up with this group. Thanks for all of your postings! There are way more of us than I realized!


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When Mad. Ave. was the center of the universe
Mary Wells Lawrence recalls 'A Big Life (in Advertising)'
(CNN) -- In the 1960s, there were a handful of hip fields in which to be employed.
There was the music business, catching the sound waves of the Brill Building, Motown, Southern California and the British Invasion. There was the space program, so square it was smart. And there was the advertising business, home of some of the brightest creative minds in the country.
If that seems inexplicable now -- when advertising is so prevalent, so jazzed with computer graphics and zippy typefaces that it seems to retreat into sheer noise -- then you just weren't there, says Mary Wells Lawrence, author of the memoir "A Big Life (in Advertising)" (Knopf).
"You had the feeling youth was taking over the world," she says in a phone interview from New York. "They had a willingness to do things in a new way. It was very heady. ... And the advertising industry was part of the total change going on in the culture."
Lawrence was at the vanguard of that change. She had worked for Bill Bernbach at Doyle Dane Bernbach, the ad agency behind Avis' "We Try Harder" effort and Volkswagen's legendary no-frills campaign, the latter which calmly positioned the utilitarian car against Detroit's big, glitzy boats.
Then, in 1966, she co-founded her own agency, Wells Rich Greene, which quickly became advertising's "hot shop" of the time.
At WRG, she was instrumental in creating such campaigns as Alka-Seltzer's "Plop plop fizz fizz," "I can't believe I ate the whole thing," and "Try it, you'll like it"; the Benson & Hedges 100s' "America's favorite cigarette break," with bent and broken cigarettes sticking out of doorways and elevators; and "I love New York," the latter still going strong 25 years later.
Through it all, Lawrence and her agency tried to maintain an iconoclastic attitude.
"[Advertisers] used to look at products as created by God," she says. "Cutting through tradition, like mutilating cigarettes -- that was something nobody had ever done. We learned that breaking through tradition was something new in campaign techniques, and we became the coolest agency in town."
Putting herself on the line
Lawrence got her start in the theater world before turning to copywriting, and her agency brought theatrical flair to advertising. Television was largely "print that moved" before WRG and other new-style shops brought their creativity to the medium, she says.
She also wasn't afraid to use herself to trumpet the agency. Early articles on the firm tended to focus on Lawrence, then Mary Wells; in the 1960s, a woman heading an ad agency was an anomaly. It's still uncommon almost 40 years later, though she's hopeful that will change.
"I think it's an industry that welcomes women, and I think a lot of women are doing very well in it," she told CNN in an earlier interview. "There aren't a whole lot of women running advertising agencies today. But there will be."
Once it began, Lawrence's ride to the top was swift. Within 10 years, WRG was billing in excess of $100 million a year and was known as one of New York's top agencies. But the bigness sometimes got in the way, she says.
"It was hard to sustain when we became very large," she says. "I don't believe in bigness. ... The closer your people are, the better the product can be."
Size cost WRG one of its early accounts, American Motors. In the late '60s, when WRG earned the account, AMC was a struggling company, a lame fourth lagging behind the Big Three.
WRG redid its advertising, doing head-to-head advertising comparing vehicles such as AMC's Javelin with the Ford Mustang, and sales blossomed. But the two firms grew distant, and AMC eventually took its business elsewhere.
"We stopped working with the head man," she says. "If you're not dealing on that level, then people are not in a position to take risks. ... Ideas that make people change their ways often make companies change the way they operate."
A lot to lose
That kind of risk-taking is lacking in advertising today, she says.
"I think what's happened is that companies have gotten very, very big," she says. "So the movers and shakers ... are not paying attention to the advertising. The people who make the decisions are lower down, and they have a lot to lose by making a mistake."
So gone are the days when WRG could take a staid airline like Braniff -- and airline accounts were the ultimate in class in those pre-deregulation days -- and be given carte blanche to completely redesign the brand, not just the advertising.
WRG dressed up Braniff's staff, painted its planes bright colors, and introduced the whole thing with the line "The end of the plain plane." People would hang around airports just to look.
Within a few years, at least one competitor was dressing its flight attendants in miniskirts and using the come-on, "I'm Brandy, fly me."
The Braniff campaign was one of Lawrence's favorites. Another is the "I love New York" effort, because it came at a time when the city was down and almost out, having narrowly avoided default in the mid-1970s.
Lawrence wasn't buying the stories about the death of New York, then or now.
People would often speak of New York with fondness, she says. So all the campaign had to do was "remind businesses and people and vacationers how much they loved New York. And because they did, we were able to enroll all kinds of talent."
Dozens of Broadway casts participated in ads; so did Frank Sinatra. The campaign came back strong in the aftermath of September 11.
In the early '90s, WRG fell victim to the merger mania that took over the advertising business, like many other industries. The combined agency, according to its clients, became impersonal. It closed its doors in 1998.
Its closing was one reason Lawrence decided to write "A Big Life (in Advertising)."
"What I really regret was, when the agency was allowed to slide, that the news was about the people who bought it -- strangers," she says. "It seemed to me, when it died, I felt the least I could do was write a book about what was wonderful."
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Hey there! Today I'm excited to show you a few designs I did using one of It Girl Nail Art's new stamping plates, IG108. I've reviewed a few It Girl Nail Art plates before (here, here and here) and her quality is still fantastic. She has three new plates on the market (IG107-109) and the one I received is inspired by Art Nouveau. Honestly, I'm not that knowledgable about the art world so I don't really know how "art nouveau" these images are but I do know that they're beautiful and they stamp easily...and that's all it takes to make me happy.
Each It Girl Nail Art plate measure 6 x 12 cm and has 10 2.25 x 2.25 cm square images which is large enough for most nails. Her plates seem to be made out of a slightly different metal than others. They seem heavier and look more matte than most plates. The designs on this plate are really intricate but, even with all the fine lines, they all stamp great.
The first mani I did uses one of those fine-lined images. I stamped over Serum No. 5 Snow In Love with Mundo de Unas Navy Blue and matte'ed it with Essie Matte About You.
Look at how perfectly those thin lines transferred!
For my second mani, I decided to play around a bit. I used two coats of Connie, You Saucy Minx and stamped with Color Club Angel Kiss. I then painted ~1/3 of my nail with Sally Hansen Black to Black and added a piece of purple striping tape. It's a different look for me but I like it!
For this one, the image reminded me of fancy globes so I did a smoosh base with green and blue (China Glaze Four Leaf Clover and Man Hunt) over a white base to represent Earth's colors. I stamped it with Mundo de Unas Gold and finished with KBShimmer Clearly On Top.
Apologies for the dry skin in this mani. Good old Alberta air mixed with forgetting to moisturize...
For my final mani of the day, I made decals with Mundo de Unas Silver and a few color-shifting flakie polishes (Dance Legend Bite Tonight, Color Club Snow-Flakes and Indigo Bananas Reign). I applied them over a black base and matte'ed with Essie Matte About You. I wanted something dragon-like but I don't think I quite succeeded so I'll have to try again with this one.
The other product that was included in my package was this awesome scraper. At first I wasn't too excited at the thought of another scraper but, let me tell you, I haven't put this scraper away. The clear windows in this scraper are so handy! My nails tend to be smaller than most brands so it's nice to have an easy way to see how much of an image will fit. I have some metal templates which are great for picking up certain parts of images but I'm lazy and don't like to dig them out. I always need a scraper anyway so this is really handy. It it quite thick and stiff so, if you like a really flexible scraper, you might not like this one but I think it's great.
If you're interested in either of these or any of It Girl's other stamping plates, you can find them in the links below.
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"Jews are prohibited from wearing leather on Yom Kippur."
The site continues by stating:
"Jewish Vegetarians of North America President Richard H. Schwartz explains "One reason is that it is not considered proper to plead for compassion when one has not shown compassion to the creatures of G-d, whose concern extends to all of His creatures." (see his website)
They further assert:
"Many rabbis through the ages have shared this view. Rabbi Moses Isserles (c. 1528-1572), aka the Rema, said, "How can a man put on shoes, a piece of clothing for which it is necessary to kill a living thing, on Yom Kippur, which is a day of grace and compassion, when it is written 'His tender mercies are over all His works'?" (Psalms 145:9)."
I came across this while researching my Fall 2011 Jewish Action column on the misconception that it is prohibited to wear leather items, such as a leather belt or yarmulke, on Yom Kippur and Tisha B'av (see here). Actually, as I show in that article, there is no general prohibition against wearing leather on Yom Kippur. Furthermore, there is not even a prohibition of wearing "leather shoes." Rather, the prohibition on Yom Kippur and Tisha b'Av is wearing "shoes", which in normative halacha are defined as leather shoes, although not everyone agrees to that and many authorities assume the prohibition is to wear any protective shoe.[1] Thus, not wearing leather shoes has nothing to do with compassion to animals, but is rather an innui for us, not compassion for animals. In addition, these rules also apply on Tisha B'av when there is no "pleading for compassion" and when we also wear leather at Mincha – when we put on tefillin.
But most intriguing was this "quote" from the Rema that PETA cited from Richard H. Schwartz. It did not sound like the Rema, and indeed it does not exist. So I proceeded to track down its origin. (It seemed unlikely that Richard Schwartz would simply fabricate a quote.) The Rema (OC 223:6, cf KSA 59:13) does quote that verse, but in a different context. He records that it is customary that when someone acquires a new garment people wish him well by saying "tivale v'tichadash – may you wear it out and get a new one", however some people say not to say that on leather garments because then another animal will need to be killed and God is merciful on all his creatures. Amazingly, the Rema then rejects that argument as weak. Thus, in the only place where the Rema cites that pasuk he rejects it as a reason.
So where did PETA find this "quote"? In Schwartz's book Judaism and Vegetarianism (p. 21 in the 1988 ed.) he includes this -
- and in footnote 34 he tells us that his source for this amazing quote is Samuel Dresner, The Jewish Dietary Laws (p. 33-34, 1966 ed). Unfortunately, Schwartz misread Dresner, misunderstood where quotes ended, did not look up Dresner's source, and thereby fabricated a quote from the Rema.
Dresner's point of departure was the law cited above regarding the good wishes offered upon putting on a new garment. He then cites a novel reason for the prohibition of leather shoes, but does not give much detail about his source. It turns out that this reason is found for the first time in Toldot Esther, a commentary by Rabbi Shlomo Tzvi Shück (1844-1916) on the Siddur haMinhagim of Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Tirna (64a in the 1880 ed. link).
Dresner may or may not have understood where the quotes end, but it is indeed confusing in his English rendition.
He quotes the Rema regarding leather clothing along with the pasuk from Tehillim (and following Shick, leaves out the Rema's rejection). He then quotes the Rema regarding no shechiyanu on shechita and, without opening or closing quotes, proceeds into Shick's novel reason for not wearing leather shoes on Yom Kippur.
Rav Shick (see scan below) was very clear in how he explained himself. He wrote that he had his way of explaining the prohibition of wearing (leather) shoes on Yom Kippur. He then cited the Rema on new clothes and the Rema on shehechiyanu on a first occasion, and based on those asked rhetorically how on Yom Kippur which is a day of chesed v'rachamim one can wear a garment that necessitated killing an animal. He had no fabricated quotes, but he does offer a perplexing explanation for something that was not looking for one. As noted above, the prohibition on Yom Kippur is to wear shoes, which some people understand to mean leather shoes. But the prohibition is derived from the fact that going shoeless is an innui. It also therefore applies on Tisha b'Av and to mourners, obviously unrelated to chesed v'rachamim. Furthermore, leather may be worn on Yom Kippur.
Thus, a novel, difficult to understand explanation for a straightforward prohibition has spawned a fabricated quote from the Rema that is now fairly widespread on the web.
[1] Safrai, Mishnat Eretz Yisrael, demonstrates that the earliest prohibition was to wear any shoe, leather or otherwise. They point to the Tosefta which prohibits "even empilia of cloth." They understand that to mean a cloth shoe. The Yerushalmi, that distinguishes between leather shoes is modifying the original prohibition, as found in the Tosefta, that prohibited all shoes. According to this, it is somewhat understandable how one could shun all shoes today.
[2] Another source does give a reason why specifically leather shoes are prohibited. Shu"t Maharshag (#110 in 5743 ed.) (Rav Shimon Greenfield, 1860 – 1930; one of the leading rabbis in post-Word War I Hungary. A student of Rav Moshe ("Maharam") Shick, a cousin of Rabbi Shlomo Tzvi Shick) parenthetically quotes that the Pri Eitz HaChaim quotes the AriZal gave a kabbalistic reason why on Yom Kippur specifically leather shoes are prohibited. Again, it has nothing to do with leather or compassion to animals.
Rav Yehuda Aszod (1796-1866; Shu"t Yehudah Ya'aleh 1:164) was asked whether one may shecht on Rosh Hashana. It is clear from Tanach (Nechemia 8:10) and the Mishna (Hullin 5:3) that meat was commonly eaten on Rosh Hashanah. Nonetheless, Rav Aszod noted that all shechita includes an element of tzar ba'alei chaim and without the Torah's explicit permission would be prohibited. On the yom ha-din when we are asking for mercy it is inappropriate to shecht an animal.


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Land & Homes for Sale Near the Ashram
Several properties near the ashram have come up for sale.
Please see the listings below:
Unique opportunity to invest in community:
La Lomita Trailer Park, located just adjacent to the south-west corner of the ashram property with beautiful views of Taos Mountain and utility hook-ups for up to 38 units, has come up for sale. Currently there are 28 units being rented in the trailer park and the other 10 sites could be developed into a tiny-home or yurt park for out-of-town or retired devotees or others who would like to live in a community of like-minded individuals close to the ashram. The land could be improved with landscaping and gardens and has the potential to become a beautiful shared space to be lived in either full or part time.
See the listing for the trailer park
Land & Homes near the ashram:
This beautiful land could be used as a place to build a home. Alternatively, it could be put under a Conservation Easement to preserve the peaceful and serene environment around the ashram for future generations. With an Agricultural Conservation Easement, the ashram could use the land to expand farming and cow rearing efforts as the need to feed more people and become fully sustainable grows. Conservation Easements and Agricultural Conservation Easements provide a variety of tax benefits.
See the listing for the adjacent land
Here is another listing for land on the other side of the ashram property which also has building, farming and conservation potential.
Here is a listing for a home for sale near the ashram.
If you would be interested in collaborating with other devotees on the purchase of any of the above-mentioned properties or would like more information about donating land or land-use to the ashram please contact the ashram office at 575-751-4080.


text: Ultimate luxury is leaving the reception, not in a limousine, getting stuck in traffic, but boarding a chopper and flying to your next destination, be it Miami-International Airport or the rooftop of any one of Miami's million-dollar penthouses for rent. Though it's not ready yet, 2017 marks the completion date for 1000 Museum, the most anticipated new residential address outside of Fisher Island. Their millionaire's concierge service isn't a perk--it comes standard. (Orders a Gibson....) If your wedding dream is to make a statement--something like an expletive with an exclamation point--then I can think of no other venue than 1000 Museum. Forget fancy ballrooms with chandeliers hanging every eight feet. Forget six-tier fondant wedding cakes. Forget djs and line dancing. Forget everything you think you want and know about weddings because none of that stuff will ever happen here. This is where you and 20 of your dearest, sit 80 floors above the surf and dine on something influential and French by master chef Pierre Gagnaire. Oprah's probably on speed dial if she's not already invited. And the gown is couture the legendary Karl Lagerfeld. And he's but two seats apart from you. Catch my drift? (Takes a deep breath and orders another Gibson....)


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IN today's celebrity gallery Perrie Edwards shows off her ring after announcing her engagment to One Direction star Zayn Malik last week. She performed with Little Mix at the Liverpool International Music Festival where JLS and Eliza Doolittle were also on stage.
Model Miranda Kerr was spotted out and about in New York before her husband Orlando Bloom's performance in Romeo and Juliet. She tweeted: Go Romeo! So proud of you.
Orlando and co-star Condola Rashad performed a preview of the play at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York ahead of the official opening next month.
Rita Ora was also out and about in New York and was snapped as she headed for the Electric Lady studio.
And finally, Eminem was the headline act on the Main Stage at Reading Festival on Saturday night.
View these pictures and more in our gallery below.


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oh ye, how cruel art thee,
that i may know of all these words;
but not enough to convey still,
about thine beauty's come to hurts.
that indescribable make thee,
elusive of a very song;
and falter at your beautied tress,
that makes me pine for thee so long.
so lost in hope that one day may,
find me words not inopportune;
that i may tell thy fleeting heart,
how learned to smile, to laugh, to swoon.
but pray never prejudice be,
that fore thine heart betrayeth truth;
how fibs be stead and fast as thee,
mar words and life be cursed uncouth.
mine flailing, desperate, grasping hands,
for perfect nouns alike thine soul:
but maybe never destined be,
thy know of this pining 'til old.
and even then, hast thou not seen?
how pretty words can misconstrue?
where failed my writ and wit are now,
i pray intent of art comes true.
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
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The Contention for Authority
Today, I would like to talk about a very important topic surrounding whether or not God can be limited in our lives or more precisely whether or not God can be limited by our lack of prayers. Firstly, I want to start out by saying that God is a just God and although this may be a conspicuous point to make, I think we need to review this attribute in light of prayer. If God is just, which He is (Psalm 7:9, Romans 3:4, Psalm 25:8), then by definition, He is a gentleman and a gentleman does not override anyone's will. Satan in contrast is a usurper and subjugator, seeking to gain authority by any means necessary for the purpose of domination, manipulation and intimidation. It is a foolish thing to know that help is available yet deny that help, but in the Bible there is a principle of asking that is paramount: asking, seeking, knocking that your joy may be full (Matthew 7:7-8, Luke 11:9-10, John 16:24). There is an onus on us to pursue and ask for assistance from our Heavenly Father.
The Ramifications of Our Decisions
If God were to move on our behalf without our asking He might be moving against our will in that area. Hence the dilemma of a loving and just God, wanting what's best for His children but restricted if they are unwilling to ask or believe He can move in their lives. Pride is often the culprit for not asking. We sometimes say: "Its okay God, I think I can handle this one on my own" much to our detriment. It was this thinking that caused serious contention in the family of Abram the patriarch. Sarai decided she had to "make something happen" outside of God's timing and volunteered Hagar into Abram's bed chamber (Genesis 16:1) for the purpose of producing a child to extend the lineage. The rest is history. Because of Sarai and Abram's decision, the lineage of two warring tribes in the Middle East was set in motion. These opposing seeds have become a huge source of conflict: Arab vs. Jew, Islam vs. Judaism and so on. Yes, friends, our untimely and disobedient decisions can have major repercussions, but God is so merciful that He blessed Ishmael (Genesis 17:20) despite his birth being caused by Sarai and Abram's disobedience.
Authority Handed over to Darkness
Adam was granted dominion over the earth within the boundaries that God gave (Genesis 1:26). One of the definitions of 'dominion' in Merriam Webster's dictionary is 'supreme sovereignty' or 'the power to rule.' In Genesis 3:6, when man sinned, he relinquished this authority to Satan. To speak plainly, that's why we have bad things occurring in the world. God owns the world (Psalm 50:10), but Satan has the lease until it runs out upon commencement of Christ's Millennial reign. Until then we have a clandestine angel gone 'rogue' with vast spiritual forces at his disposal influencing mankind. Simultaneously, man himself is predisposed to evil due to his inherent fallen nature. This is the multidimensional sin war in which we find ourselves comprised of the flesh, the devil, and demon forces. Remember, God gave the Israelites the Promised Land but they still had to drive out the people from the land and subdue it (Deuteronomy 2:24, Deuteronomy 10:11, Joshua 8:1, Joshua 10:42). By faith the land was theirs but they still needed to apply corresponding action to 'take' the land. Satan doesn't relinquish authority in someone's life until he is opposed by the action of a greater authority. That greater authority is the "name of Jesus" (Philippians 2:9) and we believers have been given the awesome privilege of using that name (Mark 16:17-18).
Satan is mentioned in Scripture as being the 'prince of this world' (John 16:11), the 'prince of the power of the air' (Ephesians 2:2) and 'god of this world' (II Corinthians 4:4) (little 'g'). The words 'prince' and 'god' are synonymous with rulership and authority. The Apostle John mentions the current state of the world in which we live (post cross):
"We know [positively] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] is under the power of the evil one (Amplified version)." – 1st John 5:19.
The Ruler of the Kingdoms of this World
Let's look at the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. In Matthew chapter 4 and Luke chapter 4, the Bible says that Satan took Jesus up to a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of this world in a moment of time, let's read it together….
"And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine." Luke 4:5-7 (KJV)
The devil said that he'd give Jesus the authority to reign over the kingdoms of this world. So clearly, satan is listed as the ruler of kingdoms of this world and John's Epistle confirms his status. You might say, "yeah, but the devil can't be trusted. He's a liar and the father of lies (John 8:44)!" That's true; however, the bible clearly states that Christ was tempted three times in the wilderness and in order for it to be a true temptation, satan told the truth in this instance and he really did have the authority to give Christ the 'kingdoms of the world' as they were already delivered unto him.
Did you also notice that Jesus did not dispute what satan said? If it was a lie, I'm pretty sure Jesus would have rebuked him, but he did not. So clearly if Satan did not have the authority and power of the kingdoms then it wouldn't have been a true temptation, and it was! In Luke 4:2, the Bible states that Jesus was tempted for forty days by the devil, so this 'transfer of authority' temptation was indeed genuine.
Sovereignty: Approval vs. Allowance
People say that God is sovereign: which is true. Yes, because His word says so, but He is sovereign over His kingdom, not sovereign over the earth. The lease has been transferred from man to a rogue angel 'Lucifer.' The salient point is this: God does not approve of everything that He allows. Does God approve of murder? No. Does He allow it? Yes. Does God approve of abortion? No. Does He allow it? Yes. Does God approve of theft and abuse? No. Does He allow it? Yes. Does He approve of accidents in the earth that randomly kill people? No. Remember that the earth is still cursed and although we have been redeemed from the 'curse of the law' (Galatians 3:13), we have not been redeemed from the 'curse of the earth' (Genesis 3:17-18) until the lease expires (shortly). Remember: the consequence of sin is death (Romans 6:23). Never forget, that in any kind of spiritual warfare, satan only has the authority that you give him through purposeful sin or disobedience. You may however be predisposed to certain addictions or weaknesses in your life through generational sin that has not been dealt with or addressed through the blood. The onus is on us to not only deny sin but break these curses and live free from condemnation. When human beings choose death rather than life, they impact not only themselves but the lives of others (Deuteronomy 28).
Until the thousand year millennial reign of Christ, God does not have full sovereignty over this earth. In his present priestly office, Jesus sits until his enemies are made his footstool (Hebrews 10:13) and we the church are influencing humanity for God's Kingdom and subduing Christ's enemies in the meantime. In the Millennial reign of Christ, God will have total rule and reign over the earth, every man will be redeemed; sin set aside and satanic forces will not be able to tempt us (Revelation 2:20). But for now, whilst Satan rules this earth: sickness, disease, child abuse, molestation, murders, rape, crime, sex trafficking, pornography, slavery to name a few… The heinous sins of this world are still in existence (much to God's disdain) with no sign of abating. Just listen to the evening news and you will know who is ruling this earth and the airwaves through which the news is sent. This is the reason that in the 20th century alone, governments around the world were responsible for killing 262 million people worldwide. The University of Hawaii, who were responsible for the study, called it "Democide" or mass genocide. Did Hitler or Pol Pot or Stalin or Lenin start out as evil men or did they yield their will to evil forces, enabling the mass slaughter of so many innocents? I think you know the answer. This is why we are admonished to pray for those in authority that we may lead a peaceable life (1st Timothy 2:1-4).
Exercising Our Authority
We as believers in Christ have authority over Satan (Luke 10:19, 1st John 4:4, Colossians 1:13) and clearly this is revealed in Scripture but it needs to be exercised! Demons are not expelled unless the command is given. We don't compromise or negotiate with the forces of evil; we must oppose them through prayer, the blood of Jesus, the name of Jesus, the armor of God and the word of God. Edmund Burke, an Irish political philosopher and statesman of the 18th century, once said, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." The author S. Douglas Woodward also quipped, "Any society that denies evil stands ready to enthrone it." These men were motivated to confront evil, and we the church should be ever ready to do so. We don't go looking for spiritual fights, but we know how to use our bestowed authority and power when we need to.
When it comes to the church even Jesus said that we should ask the Father to send laborers into the harvest (Mathew 9:38). Clearly, it wasn't happening by default, and we still needed to petition the Father. We need to break free of the shackles of apathy right now and rightfully claim the 'Zoe' life that Christ provided for us (John 10:10). It is a dangerous thing for Christ to give his glorious church so much authority and for us not to use it. What a predicament he must be in! What a gamble Jesus took on us, the church! We are responsible for enforcing his authority on this earth.
Friends, when two Kingdoms collide there is conflict. Don't be afraid of the conflict as we're on the winning side! I challenge you today to obey the Holy Spirit and ask Him where Satan has propagated his deleterious agenda into your life. It's time to command him to leave through forceful expulsion in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth! Don't 'put up' with works of darkness any longer, and let the Lord reveal to you if you've lost ground through repetitive sinful decisions as now is the time to reclaim it!
|Senior Pastor Carl Joseph desires to see God move in power in the downtown Denver area. He is joined in the ministry by his wife, Amy. In his spare time, he rides his motorcycle and plays golf.


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TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays' offence was one of the most feared in the major leagues through May and early June.
The inevitable cold spell has arrived.
The Minnesota Twins blanked Toronto 4-0 on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre, handing the Blue Jays their third shutout loss in four games.
"That's the way it goes sometimes," said Toronto manager John Gibbons. "When you're not hitting, you're not scoring runs, you've got to match them on the mound and we didn't do that."
Twins starter Kevin Correia (3-7) threw six-plus innings and three relievers completed the seven-hit shutout in front of an announced crowd of 20,681. Brian Dozier homered as Minnesota (30-33) won for the second time in six games.
Toronto (39-27) pulled out a 5-4 walkoff win in the series opener Monday after dropping a pair of 5-0 decisions to the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend. The Twins and Blue Jays will close out the three-game series with a matinee on Wednesday.
"We just couldn't get anything going offensively," Gibbons said. "I mean that's what it comes down to. Three out of four days shut out, you don't expect that. But quick turnaround tomorrow."
The Blue Jays remained 5 1/2 games up on second-place Baltimore in the American League East standings. The Boston Red Sox blanked the Orioles 1-0.
Danny Santana opened the game with a walk and scored when Dozier homered in his first at-bat for the second straight night. He turned on an 0-1 pitch from Toronto starter J.A. Happ (5-3) for his 14th home run of the season.
The Blue Jays had some chances early on but stranded five runners over the first two innings. Correia settled down after that and retired 13 straight batters before giving up a two-out single to Adam Lind in the sixth.
"It looked like he was kind of searching to find it but once it got going he got his confidence, (he) started making pitches," said Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. "Great performance by him."
Minnesota padded its lead in the fourth inning when third baseman Juan Francisco hurried a throw to first base and launched it high, allowing two runs to come across.
Chad Jenkins relieved Happ after the play and allowed just one hit over 3 1/3 scoreless innings.
It's the first time Toronto has been shut out in three of four games since 1990 when they failed to score over a three-game stretch.
"You can't put up seven runs every game, it's just impossible," Jenkins said. "But there's no doubt that these guys will come back and we'll start scoring more runs and start winning more ball games."
Correia's night came to an end when Dioner Navarro singled to open the seventh. The right-hander gave up six hits and a walk and had one strikeout.
Happ allowed six hits, three earned runs, three walks and struck out three over 3 2/3 innings.
It was Minnesota's fifth shutout of the season and Toronto's fourth shutout loss of the year.


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|President Obama delivers his address at the 57th Presidential Inauguration, January 21, 2013 (Photo credit: Photo Phiend)
Yesterday was the 2013 Inauguration of President Obama for his second term in office. I was asked by two local news affiliates to give my thoughts on President Obama's Inaugural speech and what it meant for LGBT Americans. I am always surprised when I am just going about my business and my cell phone rings and a reporter either wants to do a TV interview or asks for a quote. I feel very comfortable speaking so it's not that. It's just still a surprise that I am a someone in the community given the opportunity to share my thoughts.
The first clip is from NBC affiliate KPNK Channel 12 News in Phoenix. I was lucky to have my partner and son join me in this one.
The second is from KTVK Channel 3 in Phoenix


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Yacht Name: Vibrant Curiosity -
Owners Name: Reinhold Würth -
Reinhold Würth is one of the richest men in Germany.
Reinhold Würth is the owner of the yacht Vibrant Curiosity. Würth is Chairman of the Supervisory board of the Worth Group.
Wurth is an art collector. He owns more than 17,000 pieces of art and owns 4 art museums, such as Museum Würth and Kunsthalle Wurth. The collection focuses on painting, graphic art and sculptures created in the time between the end of the 19th century and the present time.
His most expensive piece is Hans Holbein the Younger's "The Madonna With the Family of Mayor Meyer", a painting which Wurth bought in 2011 for US$ 70 million, but is now worth more than US$ 100 million.
Reinhold Wurth not only owns several private jets, but he even owns his owns airport: the Adolf Würth Airport in Baden-
Jets owned by Wurth include the D-
Wurth owns many houses in the world, including a mansion in Florida and a large house in Salzburg, Austria.
His yacht Vibrant Curiosity was built by Dutch yacht builder Oceanco and was delivered in 2009. The yacht has an estimated value of US$ 150 million.
Vibrant Curiosity can accommodate 18 guests in 9 suites and has a crew of 26. The yacht is designed by Nuvolari Lenard together with Azure Naval Architects.
Since its delivery the yacht has been traveling all over the world, including Curacao, Florida, Vancouver and Auckland. She has a 7 meter (23ft) swimming pool on the main deck.
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