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BRAC USA Staff
Donella Rapier is the President and CEO of BRAC USA, the US affiliate of BRAC, a global leader in creating opportunities for the world's poor. She joined BRAC USA in July 2016, bringing more than 30 years of experience in finance, fundraising, and strengthening and scaling nonprofit organizations.
Before joining BRAC USA, Donella served as the Chief Development and Administrative Officer at Accion, a pioneer and global leader in microfinance and financial inclusion whose work spans nearly two dozen countries. Prior to that, she was the Chief Financial Officer at Partners In Health, a global healthcare organization working in remote places where healthcare alternatives are limited or otherwise nonexistent, such as Haiti, Rwanda and Malawi. Earlier in her career, Donella spent more than a decade in senior leadership roles at Harvard University, including Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development and Chief Financial Officer for Harvard Business School. Donella received her MBA from Harvard Business School and began her career at Price Waterhouse.
Donella is an active alumna of HBS. She has served on the Advisory Board to the HBS Women's Student Association since its founding in 2007, when she served as its inaugural Chair. She is a Board Director and Treasurer for Kepler, a nonprofit university program based in Africa and designed for the developing world. She also serves as a Trustee and Treasurer for the Lake Titus Protective Association in the Adirondacks, where her family vacations.
An outdoor enthusiast, Donella enjoys running, bicycling, hiking and kayaking. She lives in Boston, MA, with her husband, Andy Pickett, a practicing attorney. They have three successful grown children.
Vice President Sharad Aggarwal works with the President and CEO to guide and strengthen all BRAC USA activities related to programs and development. He joined BRAC USA in September 2015, after more than 15 years with the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR).
As Director of International Programs at UMCOR, he identified and implemented strategies for program, organizational and resource development, while overseeing staff and program operations in the Balkans, Caucasus, Africa and Asia. He also led program alignment with headquarters business development, monitoring and evaluation, human resources and finance and risk management units, while ensuring systems promoting program quality were developed and applied consistently at UMCOR's country offices.
Sharad has almost 20 years of experience in overseas and domestic PVO relief and transitional development programs, serving previously with the International Rescue Committee in Washington, D.C., Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and with Mercy Corps/Scottish European Aid in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
He holds a master's in Public Administration from New York University's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service with a concentration in International Public and Non-profit Management and Policy. Sharad completed his undergraduate studies at Brown University, where he concentrated in International Relations as well as Modern Literature and Society.
Whitney Reichenbacker is the Director of Finance and Administration at BRAC USA, where she oversees finance, operations, benefits, HR and technology.
She has more than 10 years of experience in finance and operations in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.
Whitney earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Evansville in Indiana.
As the Director of Advisory Services, Lara leads a team of Ultra-Poor Graduation experts to design and implement graduation models in different settings across the globe.
Previously, Lara was the Director of Financial Inclusion at MIX, where she led the development of the first global financial inclusion data platform, the FINclusion Lab. Lara brings rich experience in financial inclusion and client-centered microfinance from her work as Director of Youth-Inclusive Financial Services at Making Cents international, Client and Market Research Manager at Pro Mujer, and as Microfinance Accreditation Specialist at Catholic Relief Services.
Prior to entering the world of Financial Inclusion and Social Protection, Lara was an analyst at Fitch Ratings. Lara's passion for development sparked during a two-year assignment for a travel company in Ecuador where she witnessed the desire of local communities to build inclusive economies and opportunities for all.
Lara holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Geography at the University of California, Davis.
As Communications Associate and Hilton Prize Coalition Fellow, Sarah helps build brand awareness in North America and mobilize resources to support BRAC programs, with a particular emphasis on digital marketing. She also contributes to business development efforts by identifying new institutional partnership opportunities and supporting donor cultivation and stewardship.
Sarah previously worked with Outreach360, an NGO focused on education and youth empowerment in Latin America, and with Community Empowerment Network, a nonprofit implementing economic development programs related to financial inclusion, agriculture, and community-based tourism in Brazil. She has also worked in the education sector as an early childhood educator at a bilingual school, and as an English teacher in Querétaro, Mexico and Jinotega, Nicaragua.
Sarah graduated summa cum laude from Western Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and minors in Spanish Language and International Business.
As the Program Associate for the Health and Agriculture team, Annie provides strategic program support in the areas of health, nutrition, WASH, agriculture and rural livelihoods.
Prior to joining BRAC USA, Annie was a Global Health Corps fellow at Save the Mothers in Uganda. During her one-year fellowship, she designed, implemented, and evaluated projects for ten partner hospitals, including a research study to evaluate the effectiveness of a toll-free hotline on maternal and child health outcomes.
Annie is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist. She holds a Master's in Nutrition with a concentration in Public Health as well as a Bachelor's in Nutrition, both from Saint Louis University.
Emily Coppel is the Communications Manager at BRAC USA, where she oversees outreach, communications and public fundraising to garner support for BRAC in North America.
Emily brings a background in multimedia journalism and non-profit program management of youth education programs, with previous experience in New York and Johannesburg, South Africa. Her work has been featured in the Mail and Guardian newspaper, the Guardian, KBIA radio (an NPR affiliate) and NextBillion. She has contributed to publications in the Harvard Business Review.
Emily is passionate about finding engaging ways to tell stories that empower disadvantaged communities.
Aissatou Diallo is a Program Manager at BRAC USA, where she focuses on promoting BRAC's financial inclusion and adolescent development work in Sub-Saharan Africa. Aissatou leads BRAC's global adolescent portfolio and manages its resilience-based project targeting women entrepreneurs in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Aissatou has more than seven years of experience working across sectors to promote international development, with focus areas around immigration and women and children. Prior to joining BRAC USA, she worked with Zenith Bank in Ghana, and at the African Services Committee where she addressed immigrant rights. Previously, Aissatou also held positions with the Sirleaf Market Women Fund (Ministry of Gender Affairs in Liberia) and with the National Immigration Law Center.
Aissatou possesses an academic background in finance, public policy, communications and law. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of Ghana Business School. She also holds a Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law and a Master of Arts in Communications from New York University, where she was a member of the inaugural class of Reynolds Fellows, a fellowship that encourages social entrepreneurship.
A native of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Aissatou is deeply passionate about creating a more equitable world. She is a member of the New York Bar Association and was editor for the UCLA Journal for International Affairs, as well as UCLA's Women's Law Journal and National Black Law Journal.
Emily Gosselin the program manager for agriculture and rural livelihoods at BRAC USA.
Emily previously served at One Acre Fund in Kenya, where she worked with teams across eight African countries and the United States to support the adaptation and roll-out of innovations, best practices, and systems in agriculture and financial inclusion. She also worked with the Council on Foreign Relations, where she managed digital publishing projects.
She holds a Master's degree in development administration and planning from University College London and a Bachelor's in international relations from the University of Southern California.
Meghan Greene provides senior level advice and support to BRAC USA in the continued roll-out of its goals and objectives as it seeks to expand its base of donor support.
Previously, Meghan spent five years at Accion, a global pioneer in microfinance that works to expand economic opportunity around the world. As Director of Institutional Partnerships, she grew and managed relationships with foundations, corporations, and government partners.
While at the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion, she served as the founding staff member of the Microfinance CEO Working Group, a collaborative initiative by the CEOs of 10 international organizations working to strengthen the industry. In this role, she led the creation of foundational strategic plans, established processes and procedures, coordinated group-wide communications, and conducted research on emerging issues in the microfinance industry.
Earlier in her career, Meghan gained research, analytical, and strategic planning experience with Root Capital and FINCA International. She also brings a background in grantmaking, philanthropic program management, and direct marketing.
Meghan earned a bachelor's in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA in public and nonprofit management from Boston University.
Faiza is a Finance and Administration Associate at BRAC USA, where she contributes to its financial and organizational management, provides support to the office of the CEO and the Board of Directors, and enhances its day-to-day operations. Previously, she was part of the Google Community Leaders Program, where she partnered with local businesses, community organizations, and nonprofits to address the digital literacy divide in New York City.
Faiza has a breadth of internship experience in the international development sector, including an internship with BRAC USA in the spring of 2015. She holds a bachelor's degree in Public Policy from New York University.
As a Senior Associate for the Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative, Julie supports promotes global advocacy, technical assistance and research around the Graduation Approach. Before joining BRAC USA, Julie was a consultant at the General Systems Consulting Group & The LEAD Institute in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Previously, she worked with CARE International in Sri Lanka to develop and implement a handloom weaving entrepreneurship program for women-headed households in post-conflict regions. She also worked with the International Water Management Institute in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to design a livelihoods survey and participatory mapping project for smallholder farmers.
Julie has extensive consulting experience, including with Ten Thousand Villages, the Liberian Consulate of Georgia and Sagal Radio in Atlanta. She holds a master's in Development Practice with a concentration in Business Planning and Management from Emory University, as well as a bachelor's in Human Development and Social Relations from Kalamazoo College.
Matt Kertman is the Senior Communications Associate at BRAC USA, where he finds creative ways to tell the BRAC story to a North American audience.
A returned Peace Corps volunteer (South Africa, '10-'12), he brings a decade of experience in nonprofit outreach, development and communications to BRAC USA. Matt cut his teeth producing documentaries for veteran journalist Bill Moyers at New York's WNET and today retains an interest in how we all tell our stories.
Matt earned his bachelor's from Wesleyan University. You can find him on the trail, most weekends, punishing his Nikes.
Scott works as a senior advisor for BRAC USA with a focus on knowledge management and dissemination. He manages BRAC USA's portfolio of research grants along with other special projects.
As a writer and former journalist, his work has taken him to over 50 countries. He covered the transition from communism as a business journalist in central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s, then worked as an editor and freelance writer in the Middle East in the 2000s. His stint as a travel writer took him to Southeast Asia, China, India, and Africa. He joined BRAC USA in 2011.
Scott earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Amherst College. His work has been published in Slate, The Boston Globe, and The Chicago Tribune.
Devon McLorg is the Education Program Manager at BRAC USA where she supports BRAC with technical assistance, public engagement and strategic fundraising.
Previously, Devon was the Head of Global Education and Workforce Development at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York, where she advised CGI members on planning, designing, and partnership brokering for their education and workforce development projects. Devon also worked for USAID's Office of Education as an Education and Youth Development Specialist, where she worked across the agency's education portfolio to design, monitor and evaluate equitable access for children and youth worldwide.
Prior to completing her graduate studies, she lived in Mexico City, where she worked in educational advising at the Institute of International Education, and taught Latin American History and Creative Writing at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, a Mexican preparatory school and university. She earned her master's degree in International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, with a concentration in Economic and Political Development. Devon also holds a bachelor's degree in Latin American and Latino Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Devon is fluent in Spanish and has worked on development projects extensively throughout Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia.
Nazia joined BRAC USA in October 2016 to promote the global advocacy of the Graduation approach and provide technical assistance to existing clients, particularly the Government of Kenya. Nazia has previously worked on the Graduation pilot in Yemen as a Research Associate with BRAC.
Prior to joining BRAC USA, she was a consultant at the World Bank, where she worked on a technical advisory project to improve access to water, sanitation and hygiene among the extreme poor in Bangladesh and Tanzania. She has worked with various organizations including Human Rights Watch, the Middle East Institute and BRAC Development Institute in Bangladesh.
Nazia also has extensive experience in technical assistance, quantitative analysis and program evaluation in issues ranging from social protection and gender to water and sanitation. Nazia holds a master's in International Trade and Development Economics from the George Washington University and a bachelor's in Economics from Colgate University.
As Senior Program and Development Associate, Linda Patentas works closely with BRAC USA's CEO and senior leadership to design and execute strategic business development frameworks and engagement strategies across BRAC and BRAC International's 11 countries in Africa and Asia.
Linda also manages the Digital Ready-Made Garment Factory Mapping initiative in Bangladesh in collaboration with BRAC University, and supports other programmatic areas, including Property Rights, Human Rights, Legal Empowerment, Agriculture and Livelihoods.
Prior to joining BRAC, Linda was a research associate for a New York-based private equity firm, where she furthered her understanding of investments and market-based solutions to complex global development challenges. Linda has more than five years of professional experience working in international development and related fields, including finance, strategic programming, community engagement and communications, at a variety of institutions including the World Bank, the United Nations, the Synergos Institute and Slum Dwellers International.
She holds a Master of Arts in International Affairs from the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at The New School, with concentrations in Economic Development and Urbanization & Social Justice. She also holds a dual bachelor's degree in Global Affairs and Spanish Language & Literature from Loyola University Maryland, where she was inducted to the Alpha Sigma Nu honor society for scholarship and service.
Dr. Adam Schwartz is the Health Program Manager at BRAC USA where he helps oversee the organization's health portfolio. His current portfolio focuses on a variety of projects, including efforts to rebuild health systems in Liberia and Sierra Leone in the wake of the Ebola epidemic.
Prior to joining BRAC USA, Adam worked as a researcher and clinician in Botswana and India, with a focus on health systems strengthening, primary care expansion and mHealth implementation. A physician by training, Adam splits his time between BRAC USA and Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City, where he is a primary care doctor. He is also on the faculty at the New York University School of Medicine.
Adam received his M.D. from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed his residency training in internal medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He holds a bachelor's degree from Stanford University.
Walid is the finance and administration manager at BRAC USA, where he is responsible for managing the revenue and expenses for the organization, contributes to donor reporting and budgeting, and maintains local, state and federal registrations.
With previous roles at several educational organizations in New York City, Walid possesses more than seven years of experience in non-profit finance and accounting. He brings direct knowledge of day-to-day financial management of non-profits, including state and federal grants management, payroll, financial reporting, and budgeting.
Walid earned a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from the City College of New York.
As a Senior Associate with the Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative, Dristy promotes advocacy and supports communications and technical assistance delivery. Previously, Dristy was a Consultant at World Bank Nepal, where she conducted field research to investigate factors affecting individuals who are eligible to receive but unable to access social protection allowances.
She has extensive fieldwork and consulting experience, including with Pact on Sajhedari Bikaas, a project funded by USAID that aims to improve local governance in Nepal. She also supported AmeriCares on their emergency response efforts after two major earthquakes hit Nepal in April 2015. Dristy has worked as the technical officer at Root Change, where she supported the design and implementation of various development projects in Mexico, Nepal, and Nigeria.
Dristy holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, with a certificate in International Development focusing on Social and Political Change, from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a bachelor's in Psychology and Economics from Middlebury College.
Rosa is the Program Associate on the Learning, Empowerment and Adolescent Development (LEAD) team at BRAC USA, where her responsibilities include proposal development and project design, implementation, and evaluation to support education and girls empowerment programs, with a focus on early childhood development, primary and secondary education, skills development, and empowerment and livelihoods for adolescents.
Prior to joining BRAC USA, Rosa gained experience on the development and communications teams at the British Council, Human Rights Watch, and C4Q. While at C4Q, Rosa led grant writing, grant management, and event planning efforts, including launching the organization's inaugural HackFemme conference to support women pursuing careers in technology.
Rosa earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Columbia University, where she focused her studies on international relations and human rights.
Ashley Toombs is the Manager of External Relations at BRAC USA where she supports technical assistance efforts, public engagement and strategic fundraising initiatives.
Previously, Ashley was part of the fundraising team at the Nature Conservancy's New York office. She also spent four years working with the Peruvian Environmental Ministry first as a Peace Corps Volunteer and, after, as a technical facilitator specializing in community-based environmental management and youth development.
She holds a master's in Public Administration from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, with a concentration in Environmental Science and Policy. Ashley completed her undergraduate studies at Fairfield University, where she majored in International Studies and Spanish, with a minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
As Program Associate for the Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative, Isabel focuses on business development while providing support on communications, advocacy, and technical assistance delivery.
Isabel also supports communications for the BRAC microfinance program. She spent two years based at BRAC's headquarters in Dhaka, where she led communications and knowledge management for the program, working alongside the research and development team to pilot new financial products in Bangladesh.
Isabel has also conducted several field assignments for BRAC in Myanmar, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Externally, she represents BRAC on the Microfinance CEO Working Group's Microfinance Communications Council as co-Chair, and she is Director of the Microfinance Network.
She possesses formal competencies in knowledge management and human-centered design, and has participated in the Boulder Microfinance Training program. Isabel completed her undergraduate degree in Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, and earner a master's in International Public Policy from University College London.
As a Technical Specialist with the Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative at BRAC USA, Lauren promotes the global advocacy of the Graduation approach, provides technical assistance for existing and emerging clients implementing the approach, and contributes to proposal development and management of research work streams for programs throughout Africa and Asia.
Prior to joining BRAC USA, she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to design program evaluations, baseline research, and additional programming related to livelihoods, social and economic empowerment and financial inclusion targeting the ultra-poor with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Ecuador. She has worked with a number of for-profit and nonprofit organizations in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa, including Accion International, Mercy Corps, the Inter-American Development Bank's Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), d.light design, InterAction's Alliance for International Youth Development (AIYD), HelpAge International, Tomorrow's Youth Organization and others.
She possesses a background in evaluative research, program design and fundraising, with a focus on livelihoods, financial inclusion and programs designed for vulnerable and marginalized populations such as women, youth and refugees.
Lauren holds a master's in Global Human Development, with certificates in Refugees & Humanitarian Emergencies and Global Social Enterprise & Development, from Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and a bachelor's in Spanish & Portuguese, with minors in Latin American Studies, Near Eastern Studies and Theater & Dance, from Princeton University.


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"One day it will be over. But it's not about how long I have left. It's about how I spend the time I do have."
Pastor Ed, who has been on a journey with ALS, a deadly disease without cure, said so in his short films, "Ed's story" I saw recently in the adult education class at the church.
He feels he is getting close to death day by day. In spite of that, he's found the purpose to live and hope in Christ.
When he learned that he would be in a wheel chair depending on tubes for nutrition and breathing, and eventually become unable to speak and die in 2-5 years, he, who had given hope to so many as a pastor, fell into dark bottomless pit.
He was neither able to open the Bible nor even pray.
Yet from there, dragging his heavy heart, he began to copy a Bible verse on a card. On the first card he copied the verse:
"' I will never fail you. I will never leave you.' So we can say with confidence, 'the Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear.'" ( Hebrew 13:5-6)
He had to read this verse, every day, many times a day.
When his youngest son was deployed to Iraq, Ed gave the card to him, whom might not come back again alive. Ed had to give his son's life and Ed's future to God over and over.
After a while, his son came back safely. Ed, who thought he would not be able to make it to next Christmas, losing a job, future, purpose, hope–everything, is also still alive 10 years after his diagnosis.
"When we worry about tomorrow, we often miss out on the beauty, richness, and fulfillment of today," but,
"' Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are?'" (Matthew 6:26)
" God is taking care of me. It's not over until it's really over."
From ground zero, where he lost everything, Ed wanted to follow Jesus and live like Jesus again. As he began, people who had ALS like Ed, came to him one by one.
At the place of desperation, God gave Ed a new assignment, and Ed found the new purpose to live; new hope in Christ.
In front of the great fear of death, human beings are so helpless, but with God, who gave his only Son Jesus to defeat death, we never lose hope! Even if our body deteriorates, the love continually feeds and strengthens us!
" Fear not! For I am with you."
I want to remember God's powerful promise until the very end, just like Ed.


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What is a Credit Record?
Your credit record contains a detailed history of the credit you have. Your debts and the repayments you make for these are tracked by credit reference agencies in the UK such as Experian, Equifax and Callcredit. Whilst each agency operates in slightly different ways, these agencies compile your credit history by gathering information from various places including your bank and other credit providers. They collect information on your payment history, credit limits, high and low bank balances, overdraft usage, how much of your available credit you use and even changes in your address and work history.
Each credit reference agency compiles this personal financial information to give you a credit score which can then be used by lenders to work out how much of a risk you represent if they lend you money. Bad credit loan providers generally use a 'rate-for-risk' pricing policy. They use your credit score to determine the interest rate at which they are prepared to lend to you so if you have a low credit score, you may be charged a higher interest rate.
If you have a bad credit rating then don't worry, there are things that you can do to improve it and repair your credit rating. You can clean up your credit history by managing your debts and not missing any payments. After six years, any negative data that degrades your credit score is removed from your record, allowing your score to increase – but this depends on you keeping your finances in order.


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Good NUTRITION and a HEALTHY lifestyle
Strike exercise on stress and obesity?
Bender: "Strike rally
off-road and sloppiness"
I. Ilf, E. Petrov,
"The Golden calf", part 1, Chapter VI
If cage the elephant read the inscription
"Buffalo," don't believe your eyes.
Kozma Prutkov
As one of the epigraphs to this Chapter, the author has chosen to call famous literary character, which became a classic. Note that this character wanted one blow (the rally) to end immediately with two evils (road system and sloppiness). And we with you, dear reader, try one blow (physical activity) to end with two troubles: the impact of stress on the body and obesity (completeness).
The reader may recall that in previous chapters we have tried to overcome obesity by increasing physical activity and found that such attempts are usually unsuccessful.
However, even at the highest scientific level, one can often read Continue reading
22 reasons to practice yoga
Flexibility is one of the basic motor qualities – associated with the elasticity of muscles, ligaments, joint mobility, with age, the flexibility is lost that has more to do with the aging process. "As long as the spine is flexible, young man, but disappears as soon as flexibility – people get older," said the Indian yoga. Indeed, neither the strength nor endurance, nor the speed does not decrease with age so much as flexibility. Regular Yoga will not only help to maintain flexibility, but to some extent to develop it at any age.
One of the beauties of yoga is that it opens the door in front of everyone, at any age. Never too late to start. Therefore, there is no harm to anyone from yoga, and there is no excuse not to do it. But how helpful it could only be understood by practicing it. "Young, old, sick and weak – all can turn to yoga and to benefit by means of constant practice. Success is achieved by one who is engaged, not the one who is not engaged".
Soft impact. Muscle tone
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Anastasia Lubin about fitness on the verge of dance
"Buzz like a bee to move quickly, to be tipsy" – as translated from the Colombian jargon the word "Zumba" which gave name to the whole fitness areas with the twenty-year history.
The Zumba Fitness program is not the first year there is in Samara and is very popular with patrons of sports clubs. About the prospects of a fun-filled fitness in our city told the portal Sportsamara Anastasia Lubin –
Zumba instructor with 4 years experience.
Anastasia, what. in Your opinion, the secret of the popularity of Zumba. More and more sports clubs Samara to discover this fitness direction. The classes are always full house.
I'm sure it's all in her special philosophy that teaches people with a smile to see the world and reduces stress, which every day we have to face.
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A methodological proposal for describing the somatic practice. Video documentation of the intervention of Isabelle Ginot, professor at the dance department of Paris 8 University. The communication took place within the two-days conference "For another intelligence of disability. Somatics, artistic and creative practices", organized by SOMA in Paris on November 16/17, 2013, during the second transnational mobility of the Sparks project.
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4/ Tuscania, April 2014, Mobility #4, « Tuscania Transnational Meeting »
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5/ Budapest, January 2015, Moblity #6 « Budapest Transnational Meeting – focusing on 'Dance with disabled' «
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Stop the Highland Mega-Quarry.
Soupstock is a one-day culinary celebration on October 21 2012 that will feature tasty soups from more than 120 of Canada's top chefs.
The culinary mega-event follows last year's hugely successful Foodstock event, which drew more than 28,000 people and 100 chefs to a farm adjacent to the Highland Companies' proposed Mega-Quarry site, 100 kilometres northwest of Toronto.
By bringing the event to Woodbine Park, in Toronto's Beaches neighbourhood, it is hoped that this celebration of good food will inspire thousands more to join the inspiring movement to stop the Mega-Quarry and protect the Melancthon region's prized farmland and precious headwaters.
Hosted by the Canadian Chefs' Congress and the David Suzuki Foundation, all funds raised will be used to continue building a community of support for stopping the controversial Mega-Quarry and for other environmental and food-related issues.
Find out more about Soupstock, the controversial Highland Comapanies' Mega-Quarry, and the groups and generous chefs involved. To keep posted on all things Soupstock, join our mailing list and join our Facebook event. You can stay tuned on Twitter by following ccc_2012 and DavidSuzukiFDN. Use the #Soupstock hashtag to promote the event.
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DJ ESO - Back to the future Episode 002
Just seen the movie, and wow was it good, a must see movie
anyways gotta a new production almost ready :) will post a sample soon
catch ya all later :)
I been promising to post a sample of one of my productions well here it is, it's a sample of my newest finished work called avenge.
why did I call it avenge, well sounds revengefull i bet, well at the time I was angry at something I can no longer remember, everything I produce comes out with emotion, this track definately helped me get over those angry negative feelings, which we all experience there and there.
Hope you enjoy it :)
Well it's been a while since my last post, but it's been quite of an interesting month
Today was quite a nice day, decided to go for a crazy walk downtown from Islington and Bloor, took me and my buddy about 3 hours, but it was hell of a walk, we went to texas style of restaurant forgot the namefood was great, but the highlight was trying tequila shots for the first time, well tequilla is the only hard liquor I liked, we wound up having two rounds
Last month I got fired, wrongfully, but not much I can do about, a well I'm job hunting right now, butI needed change in my day job anyways
well Feb 18th i had a really fun gig in waterloo, great people with a great energy which equals great vibe, I decided to play one of my productions, and was in for a surprise the crowd reacted beyondmy expectations, the feeling i felt was unexplainable, definately motivating. I know I promised to postsome samples, and I'll try to do it by tomorrow
"The Notebook"
One of the best love stories I've seen, definately touched me, great acting too, it's been a really long timesince I've seen such a good love story one of those that makes you cry
Ladder 49 however wasn't the greatest good acting but a week plot, everything happen to fast and the ending wasa bit too obvious
cheers everyone
Well it's been an interesting weekend, seen "The Aviator" finally, been meaning to check it out for a while now, it was an interesting and good movie.
I've finally finished my track called zen, and started on two new ones, one called avenge, other just sampler (haven't figured out what I'm going to name it), I will try to put a link to a sample of zen tonight :)
Finally it's here :)
My new production zen is officially complete, I'll try to have a link to a sample by tonight, oh, and en-Trance, which is our promotion alias, have just annouced a weekly show residancey on www.etn.fm Internet Radio and www.2hp.ca, you can check ok the sounds of myself and Richard Taylor, plus we'll be having lots of great guest mixes, the show is 3 hours long and airs every wednesday starting at 9 pm(Eastern GMT-5). You can check out www.en-trance.ca.
Well I've seen another movie couple days ago "The wake of death" with Van Damme, no need to beworrying about spoiling it here, the movie was terrible!, bad acting, really bad story line, I have no clue what I was thinking when I rented it


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Just past km 38 along the road to Pak Song is Tad Fane - a picturesque twin set of waterfalls spilling 200 metres down into a deep gorge, located in the jungle of Dong Hua Sao, which is a National Biodiversity Conservation area.
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We did a day long tour of waterfalls in the vicinity. First of all the 120m high Tad Fane. We only got as close as a viewing platform but we talked to a French couple who were going on a trek to the top of the falls, which sounded like an adventure.
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We thought we'd continue renting the bike and our explorations but that night, over dinner at Mama's, we talked to another traveler who had gone on some of the roads we were thinking of taking. Apparently there was a lot of construction and rough roads with deep dust and dirt. He'd spilled and showed us his injuries. We decided that we weren't ready for that adventure yet.
We loved staying where we were. It was the most mellow place we'd been yet. We met lots of great people there, some who'd been there for weeks, soaking up the easy lifestyle. For the casual visitor, pretty much all you can do is look at them. You can choose trekking tours to the top of waterfall. This is another good example of how the Lao government is wisely developing the tourist infrastructure -- local villagers are allowed to sell handicrafts to tourists only if they promise not to engage in illegal hunting and logging which has been having a negative impact on the ecosystem. So, save a tree and buy something.
Getting a feel for the real experience, ACTIVETRAVEL LAOS can arrange a trekking tour in Dong Hua Sao protected area for you. Visit http://www.activetravellaos.com/trekking-in-dong-hua-sao-protected-area-pakse.html


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It was one week ago that we celebrated good healthy living in the Downtown Eastside at the 7th Alley Health Fair on Columbia Street! The team has been reflecting on all the awesome people and organizations who contributed to this amazing day…
Thank you to the DTES Street Market team for set-up / tear down, the VCC Nursing volunteers, AIDS Vancouver volunteers, all of the organizations participating, the local businesses on Columbia Street, the donations from the Food Bank, the cooking and serving from WATARI, the smoothies from the DTES Neighbourhood House, bicycle repairs from Our Community Bikes… on and on! And did you see those amazing hair stylists and massage therapists from Beauty Night?!! Wow. Not to forget the funding from VPL Foundation and City of Vancouver. So grateful.
Even a very unfortunate fire in Chinatown did not deter the event! Although, a bit strange to have poor air quality at a health fair… At least the wind was in our favour!
We've had some excellent feedback both from guests (due to the feedback table hosted by the UBC Learning Centre) and from organizations attending. It sounds like Columbia Street was appreciated as a site, so this is good to know.
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Country music star and actor Tim McGraw has teamed up with Operation Homefront, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and Chase to give away dozens of mortgage-free homes to U.S. military veterans during his summer tour.
Entertainment Tonight reports that McGraw, 48, feels connected to America's veterans, and first teamed up with Operation Homefront and Chase three years ago.
Together, the group has awarded more than 100 homes to vets, and they aren't finished.
"[These are] people who have given us security for a lot of years," McGraw told ET, "and we're able to do that back for them in a small way."
"The heart and soul of commitment, loyalty, service, and honor — that kind of dedication in generations of service is a rare and exceptional beauty," he told Operation Homefront of his love for veterans. "I want to be an American and I want to be free. You make me proud to be an American and because of you I am free."
Throughout his Shotgun Rider Tour this summer, the singer and his partners plan to award a total of 36 homes to vets in need.
In addition to having an uncle and numerous friends who have served in America's military, McGraw told ET: "My sister is a veteran; she was in the first Gulf War."
Ross Brown, the director of Military and Veterans Affairs at Chase, said in a statement obtained by the site: "Everyone who is part of this program is working toward one goal — ensuring a bright and successful future for veterans and their families."
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It's both tough and rewarding to start your own business. The more time you invest, the better it will turn out. In time, your business will come into its own, but in the beginning, you may feel like you are failing. Just like any other business, it takes effort to get things started.
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Lara Bingle is single again, saying she's too busy for love.
The long distance and a hectic work schedule have taken a toll on her budding romance with American DJ Nick Cohen.
Confidential can reveal the pair split after a final fling in Paris a few weeks ago.
"Nick and I have been close friends beyond our romantic relationship and will continue to be always," Bingle said of Cohen, who is based in New York and previously dated Keith Richards' daughter Alexandra.
"Unfortunately the distance got the better of us but my schedule for work will surely keep me busy."
Bingle, 26, has most recently been focused on building her own fashion and beauty empire.
Dubbed by some in the industry as the next Elle Macpherson because of her fresh face and healthy image, Bingle will soon release her own fashion range.
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What is Montessori
Montessori education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori. Montessori education is characterized by an emphasis on independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child's natural PSYCHOLOGICAL development, as well as technological advancements in society. Although a range of practices exists under the name "Montessori", the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) and the American Montessori Society (AMS) cite these elements as essential:
- Mixed age classrooms, with classrooms for children aged 2½ or 3 to 6 years old by far the most common
- Student choice of activity from within a prescribed range of options Uninterrupted blocks of work time
- A CONSTRUCTIVISM or "discovery" model, where students learn concepts from working with materials, rather than by direct instruction
- Specialized educational materials developed by Montessori and her collaborators
- ASSOCIATION MONTESSORI INTERNATIONALE: Official Website of the International Montessori Society. The Association Montessori Internationale was founded in 1929 by Dr. Maria Montessori to maintain the integrity of her life's work, and to ensure that it would be perpetuated after her death.
- AMERICAN MONTESSORI SOCIETY: Official Website of the American Montessori Society AMS is a non-profit, non-discriminatory service organization dedicated to encouraging and supporting the use of the Montessori teaching approach in private and public schools.
- THE MONTESSORI METHOD: The full text with illustrations from. The Montessori Method (1912) by Maria Montessori, translated by Anne Everett George. Hosted by UPenn digital library.
- THE MONTESSORI PHILOSOPHY: Website devoted to Montessori schools in California, but with a good summary of Montessori Philosophy and Method.
- MONTESSORI FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: FAQs from the Michael Olaf Montessori Company. Dr. Olaf is a world renowned expert in Early Childhood Development, and has written frequently and extensively about Montessori Method.
There are several excellent videos describing and discussing Montessori Education available on the World Wide Web. On the Greater Atlanta Montessori School, we've included links to a few, but we'd recommend you search sources like Youtube for additional videos. Seeing children in action and hearing a dedicated teacher narrate an episode often conveys the Method and Philosophy of Montessori education in a subtle and eloquent way that mere prose can't convey. Here are the links to the videos we have included in our web site:
Our History
Montessori education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori. Montessori education is practiced in an estimated 20,000 schools worldwide, serving children from birth to eighteen years old. Maria Montessori began to develop her philosophy and methods in 1897, attending courses in pedagogy at the University of Rome and reading the educational theory of the previous two hundred years. In 1907, she opened her first classroom, the Casa dei Bambini, or Children's House, in a tenement building in Rome. From the beginning, Montessori based her work on her observations of children and experimentation with the environment, materials, and lessons available to them. She frequently referred to her work as "scientific pedagogy". Montessori education spread to the United States in 1911 and became widely known in education and popular publications. However, conflict between Montessori and the American educational establishment, and especially the publication in 1914 of a critical booklet, The Montessori System Examined by influential education teacher William Heard Kilpatrick, limited the spread of her ideas, and they languished after 1914. Montessori education returned to the United States in 1960 and has since spread to thousands of schools there. Montessori continued to extend her work during her lifetime, developing a comprehensive model of psychological development from birth to age 24, as well as educational approaches for children ages 0 to 3, 3 to 6, and 6 to 12. She wrote and lectured about ages 12 to 18 and beyond, but these programs were not developed during her lifetime.


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Disney is close to buying assets from 21st Century Fox, and it could mean Disney ends up owning 30%-40% of the US box office, and 60% of Hulu.
On Tuesday, CNBC reported that Disney was close to a deal to buy large chunks of 21st Century Fox. Such a deal could lead to quite a concentration of power in media.
CNBC reported that Disney could pick up "Fox's Nat Geo, Star, regional sports networks, movie studios and stakes in Sky and Hulu, among other properties." Disney would leave Fox's news, broadcast network, and sports intact (except the regional sports networks).
This would be a mammoth deal for media, and could set Disney up for a coming war with Netflix (as my colleague Mike Shields and I looked at yesterday). The competition with tech is key, as it's likely the argument Disney would make to the DOJ. Disney would probably say that the DOJ should allow the deal to go through because Disney needs the new assets to stand against the vanguard of Silicon Valley giants invading Hollywood, from Netflix to Amazon to Facebook to Apple. It's the same basic argument AT&T has made in favor of its proposed purchase of Time Warner, which owns properties like Turner, Warner Bros., and HBO.
That argument hasn't exactly been a slam dunk so far for AT&T, though the extent to which President Trump's animosity toward CNN has affected that particular deal isn't entirely clear.
Still, the threat from Silicon Valley to many media incumbents is undeniable, and should be a factor when deciding the antitrust implications of combinations like Disney-Fox. On the other side will be an evaluation of how much power such a deal would consolidate in the hands of Disney. And according to the CNBC report, it would be quite a lot.
There were two examples I found particularly meaningful: Hulu, and the box office. According to CNBC, Disney is interested in both 21st Century Fox's movie studio and its stake in Hulu.
Here's what that would mean:
These are just two examples, and they don't even touch on sports (ESPN, and so on), but they illustrate the kind of advantage this deal would afford Disney. The main question for regulators will be whether such a concentration of power is needed to allow Disney to compete against foes and frenemies in industries spanning from tech to telecom (AT&T, Verizon), or whether it's a step too far in curbing competition.


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In an casual remark, inserted in the middle of a story, New York Times reporter Matt Flegenheimer conflated Republican Presidential candidate Ted Cruz with the segregationist former Alabama Democratic Governor, George Wallace.
Mr. Cruz has sharpened his already uncompromising language, eager to retain his own hold on popular anger against the political class, and to demonstrate conservative purity amid attacks from Senator Marco Rubio over immigration and national security policies.
He has coined a new phrase, "undocumented Democrats," to describe those in the country illegally, and beefed up sections of his stump speech focused on immigration. He expressed amusement that Mr. Rubio had at last described his views on immigration "not only on Spanish-language television but on English-language television," echoing some far-right commentators who have suggested that Mr. Rubio is more willing to present himself as a pragmatist on the issue when speaking Spanish.
And in a turn that called to mind, for some, Gov. George Wallace's famous 1963 refrain in praise of segregation during the civil rights movement, Mr. Cruz pledged to oppose legal status for undocumented immigrants "today, tomorrow, forever."
George Wallace (a Democrat) was the symbol of segregation, and he carried that message to the 1972 Democratic convention. In a 1963 speech, he declared:
"It is very appropriate that from this cradle of the Confederacy, this very heart of the great Anglo-Saxon Southland, that today we sound the drum for freedom as have our generations of forebears before us time and again down through history. Let us rise to the call for freedom-loving blood that is in us and send our answer to the tyranny that clanks its chains upon the South. In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
The only people in the 2016 presidential race who had any connection to Wallace the Democrat whatsoever are the Clintons, also Democrats. As Governor of Arkansas in 1983, Bill Clinton was photographed having a beer with Wallace and then Vice President George HW Bush at an outdoor event. When Wallace died in 1998, President Clinton released the following statement:
"Hillary and I offer our condolences to the family and friends of George Wallace. I remember working with him at the Governors' conference in 1983. Governor Wallace was wheelchair-bound and often in great pain, but he rolled into the committee room to provide the crucial vote that enabled the governors to help save federal support for disabled Americans unable to work."
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The stunning 'Arabella' wedding gown by Lyn Ashworth by Sarah Barrett graced the cover of Brides magazine, also experiencing the same detailed process as shown in the documentary. Our cover highlights how every Lyn Ashworth bride will experience a luxury gown, with flattering silhouettes and opulent textures no matter what the style.
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Born and raised in Northeast TN, Jeff grew up around airplanes and always wanted to be a pilot like his father. He realized that dream and has been able to fly in a wide variety of environments and aircraft. He also enjoys working as an aircraft mechanic and loves working with his hands fixing all kinds of mechanical things. Jeff enjoys sports, the chief two being Rugby and Soccer (football) in that order. Woodworking, camping, 4X4-ing and other outdoor activities are also favorites, but with small kids, time for those is very limited! Jeff has worked as an aircraft mechanic for over 23 years, and is currently working at Dynamic Aviation in Bridgewater, VA performing maintenance on a variety of vintage aircraft. He is very much looking forward to returning overseas though, and once again getting behind the yoke of an aircraft to do some flying as well as continue to perform maintenance.
Michele grew up in Indiana and Ohio before moving to Tennessee to go to College. She and Jeff were married 2 years before she graduated. She enjoys being a Mom, toughest job you'll ever love. Her hobbies (before children) were pottery, volleyball, creating photo books and pilates. Michele thoroughly enjoys getting to know new people and making new friends. The idea of living overseas again is very exciting and a bit daunting, but she is really looking forward to living and serving in Zambia. What that looks like as a Mom and Home Schooler is yet to be seen, but she is confident that the Lord knows and that it will be great.
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Curl up and settle down for the evening on this 3-seater and compact 2-seater Clara sofa set in mink. Upholstered in soft chenille fabric, these chunky sofas have fibre cushion filling for maximum comfort and support. This package is great for kitting out the family living room.
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The Heads of the Valleys Astronomical Society (HOVAS), is a friendly society with a welcoming atmosphere operating in the Blaenau Gwent Area for anyone who is interested in studying the Moon, Plantes, Stars or any aspect of space or astronomy.
We meet Monthly and have a good selection of visiting and resident speakers, with additional observational workshops as required
The society is well equiped with an excellent Library of books, videos and various telescopes and imaging equipment for the use of by members.
We hope this website will encourage prospective new members, who are always welcome to come along and try us out.
It is with great sadness I bring the news that our own Mike Thomas has passed away.
Mike suffered a sudden illness during the week commencing the 4th December, however, he succumbed to the effects of the illness this past weekend, Sunday 10th December.
I am told he passed away peacefully.
He was a much respected and much loved member of our society and his passion, that people should appreciate the night sky and especially the moon, has been a driving force that has kept the Usk and Heads of the Valleys Astronomical societies running to this day.
He was an expert selenographer with an infectious passion for astronomy and especially astronomy education of people of all ages.
He always took the time to point out to anyone who asked about the night sky and the wonders of the universe and sometimes to those who didn't ask, but by the end of a conversation with Mike you could not walk away without a smile and maybe a bit more of an appreciation of the stars and the universe above.
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Summer is the most recent season upon us. So, what are the top color trends for this sun-filled time of year? Among the top hues named is turquoise. This blue/green mineral is all the rage. Turquoise has long been popularly known for its incomparable natural beauty. Currently, the color is proving to have a continuing impact on numerous industry movements. Whether you put on your favorite piece of turquoise jewelry or wear the color in your clothing, you're sure to be in style.
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With electricity out for a record 3.2 million of its customers, Florida Power & Light Co. expects to take "up to four weeks" to restore service to 3.2 million customers homes, apartments and businesses hit by the brief but violent fury of Hurricane Wilma on Monday.
The utility that serves 35 counties plans to offer a more precise estimate today on when it expects to resume service "to the very last customer" without power. And it aims to provide a county-by-county breakdown perhaps Wednesday and sub-county estimates later in the week, executives said in a conference call late Monday.
Most outages were concentrated in South Florida, with about 98 percent of all subscribers or 2.5 million customers in the tri-county area without service late Monday. Those affected included more than 862,800 customers in Broward, 657,600 in Palm Beach and 956,500 in Miami-Dade counties.
"We ask for patience as we work around the clock marshaling as many resources as we can," said Geisha Williams, vice president for distribution.
FPL also asked customers not to call the company to report outages, tying up phone lines. If there appears to be an emergency, such as a downed line that seems to pose an imminent danger, call 911 or 1-800-4OUTAGE.
Wilma knocked out power to more FPL clients than "any single event" in the company's history, president Armando Olivera said.
FPL has 4.3 million subscribers in 35 counties in the state, so Wilma left almost three-quarters of its customers in the dark.
"It had a wider footprint than expected and cut a wide swath through the most populous areas of South Florida," said FPL spokesman Tim Pagel.
Initial assessments of FPL facilities point to "significant infrastructure damage," especially to transmission lines and substations that carry electricity to neighborhoods. No power plants were seriously damaged, he added.


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Travel tips for travelers to New Zealand
Bring your drivers license, The best way to tour New Zealand is in a car. Internation drivers license would be prefered as some car rental companies might have problems accepting drivers license of certain countries.
Bring plenty of sun cream and protective clothing such as sunglasses, hats etc. The Ozone layer in New Zealand is thinner than elsewhere in the world and the sun can cause burns. So if you go all day without sun cream, you will get burnt.
Credit cards are an easy way for you to pay and are very handy to have
Never leave your valuables in a car or other vehicle you are driving and lock your car when you leave. Consider Travel insurance to reduce the risk of any unwanted incedent.
Always carry a rain jacket, New Zealand weather is known to be unpredictable, there can be an unexpected downpours.
Bring a decent camera, New Zealand has the most amazing scenery and wou would want to capture it all to retain them as your memories.
Try not to prebook your tours or attractions befor ariving to New Zealand. Once you arive you can call different tour operators and you might get a better deal.
Always Visit the Information centre for any city that you are visiting. They will provide you everything that you can see and do in that city and you can plan your day accordingly.


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Cricket lovers can anticipate competitive cricketOctober 1st, 2008 - 10:27 pm ICT by ANI
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Bangalore , Oct 1 (ANI): Senior Cricket Analyst and Statistician H. R. Gopalakrishna on Wednesday said that cricket lovers can witness a competitive cricket during the India-Australia test series starting from October 9th in Bangalore .
Talking to Asian News International (ANI), Gopalakrishna said Australia team should not be underestimated for the reason that they are inexperienced.
He said that several records are in the pipeline during the series. He revealed for the first time that Matthew Hayden has scored 990 boundaries and will be the first opener batsman to score 1000 boundaries during the test series.
Gopalakrishna expressed confidence over Sachin Tendulkar and said he will continue to play good cricket in future.
The test series will begin from October 9 in Bangalore followed by matches in Mohali from October 17 to 21, in Delhi from October 29 to November 2 and in Nagpur from November 5 to 9.
The 15-member squad comprises of Anil Kumble (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, S Badrinath , MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, RP Singh and Amit Mishra. (ANI)
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In a town with about 6,000,000 special events, it takes a lot to stand out. Fun Fun Fun Fest (FFF) makes sure there's never a dull moment by booking some of the most innovative and cutting edge acts in music, comedy, and extreme sports. If you consider yourself a fan of comedy, music, extreme sports, professional wrestling, air sex, weddings officiated by hardcore legends, or just getting smashed and taking in the beautiful Austin skyline, FFF is for you.
This month, we'll be previewing Fun Fun Fun Fest 10 and discussing who we're excited to see stage-by-stage. Hopefully, we'll dissuade you from doing something lame like NOT GOING TO FFFX Nov. 6-8.
Instead of spending lots of money traveling Eurasia or whatever just go see a Gogol Bordello set. It's about the same tbh. Gogol Bordello shows are always a party, and if you don't have a good time, you're a broken person. [FFO: B.O., a great time]
If you need a decent interplanetary love story that spans 6 or 7 albums (shit, I lost count), Coheed and Cambria are probably for you. If you've never heard of them, these guys have released some of the most important rock albums in the last 10 years. Despite the extreme reactions Claudio's voice generates, they have a rabid fanbase. Once you're in, you're in. I've seen Coheed about 7 times, and I'm excited to do so again. I'm definitely going to be in my feelings during this set. [FFO: Possessed ten speed bicycles, Rush, and finally finding out what a shabutie is]
NOFX is one of the most important pop punk bands ever if not the most important. They've been doing this for almost 30 years, which is like Methuselah-level in punk years. They were my favorite band in high school, and you can probably find notebooks back home with their name scribbled in them over and over again. I first saw them at Warped Tour in 2002, and I was never the same. I stopped trying to be Jimi Hendrix, and I started trying to be El Jefe. I never stopped trying to be Jefe. [FFO: Abusive frontmen, trying to convince people they've still got it.]
If your first reaction to Drive Like Jehu's "Here Come the Rome Plows" isn't trying to fight the nearest person, I don't know if you're really alive. In this time of emo band reunions, Drive Like Jehu has been one of the last holdouts. For whatever reason, they've not yet capitalized on this perfect storm of GenX nostalgia and millennial curiosity. Well, that changed this year when they announced a reunion tour. They won't be bringing a giant organ with them, but I'll try to find a way to have fun anyway. [FFO: ROME PLOWS ROME PLOWS!!, aggressive emo swaying]
Converge makes me very aggressive. I work a lot on my aggression. A Converge set is not for someone working on their aggression issues. I will be at the Converge set not working on my aggression. Converge's set at FFF8(?) was one of my favorites of that year. They are refreshingly brutal and honest. [FFO: really great album covers, more aggressive emo swaying than before]
FFF really went all out on the emo this year. I would characterize La Dispute as Slam Dance Poetry. This is corny, but their first album Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair helped me get through so much crap I was trying to wade through. La Dispute's catalogue is the perfect ode to the emotional 20-something. [FFO: mewithoutYou without all the God stuff, small hands]
Title Fight is one of my favorite bands at the moment. They've changed so much since The Last Thing You Forget. They were angry and trying to figure out their place in the world. When Hyperview dropped this year, we had an almost completely different band on our hands. They were contemplative. They were morose. Hell, I even heard a Title Fight song in a Starbucks for the first time. Their catalogue may have multiple personality disorder, but they've always felt genuine in their musical exploration. [FFO: The number 27, secret societies]
My main goal when I see Head Wound City is to not lose my hearing. [FFO: Losing your hearing, AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!]
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If you ask most actors or directors why they love a particular writer's work, they will give you blandly polite answers, cryptic answers or, if you're really lucky, somewhat thoughtful answers. Ask Phylicia Rashad about August Wilson, whose Pulitzer Prize winner "Fences" she is directing at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven this month, and she pours forth like the daughter of a poet (Vivian Ayers) that she is.
"He understands the power of language to invoke imagery and understanding, to transport us to wherever it is the language would have us go," Ms. Rashad, 65, said of Mr. Wilson in an interview from the theater, where "Fences" rehearsals were about to begin. "He understands the power of words and rhythm and speech and the effect that it has on the listener's ears, the listener's senses."
Ms. Rashad speaks of Mr. Wilson in the present tense, but he died in 2005, shortly after completing "Radio Golf," the last of his cycle of 10 plays, each examining the African-American experience in a particular decade of the 20th century. The plays include "The Piano Lesson," "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and "Jitney."
"He also has a great love for people, and I'm not talking syrupy love," Ms. Rashad continued. "I'm talking earnest appreciation for humanity." She described Mr. Wilson's characters as "people that we would look at in everyday life and say, 'Oh, yes' and keep going. 'Oh, yes, that's the garbage man.' 'Oh, yes, that's the old lady who lives behind the red door.' Because I think that we human beings spend a lot of time ignoring each other. And in doing so, we ignore ourselves."
"Fences" is, in fact, about a sanitation worker, Troy Maxson (played on Broadway 23 years apart by James Earl Jones and Denzel Washington, both of whom won Tony Awards for their performances, and at Long Wharf by Esau Pritchett, in a coproduction with McCarter Theater Center in Princeton). Troy lives and works in Pittsburgh in 1957, has a wife and children, gets drunk on payday, struggles to make ends meet and ruminates on his past.Continue reading the main story
What the "Oh, yes" people who see him on the streets do not know is that Troy was almost a baseball star. He was an outstanding player, but when he was young, black men did not play in the major leagues. (Jackie Robinson, the first to do so, played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.) Troy simmers with repressed emotion.
Ms. Rashad knows Mr. Wilson's work well. She played Aunt Ester — an almost mythical figure, a former slave said to be at least 280 years old — on Broadway in "Gem of the Ocean," the cycle's first play chronologically, set in 1904. And she has directed that play and "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" in regional theater.
It was the work of another playwright, Lorraine Hansberry, for which Ms. Rashad won her Tony Award. She was Lena Younger, the matriarch of "A Raisin in the Sun," in the 2004 Broadway revival. Ms. Rashad has always found it odd, she said, that so many people see "Raisin" as a civil rights story.
"That play is about the power of love to transcend everything," she said. "That's why it lands. And that's why it touches people."
Surprisingly, Ms. Rashad never won an Emmy Award for portraying Clair Huxtable — serene but firm, a mature and sexy lawyer, wife and mother — on "The Cosby Show" (1984-92). Even Mr. Wilson thought of her as Clair when they first met.
"He said to me: 'I didn't realize you had worked so much in theater. I just thought of you as a television actress,' " she recalled.
"I looked at him and I said, 'You know, Mr. Wilson, I am of an age now when I am not trying to convince anybody of anything,' " she said. Mr. Wilson told her that "sounded like something Aunt Ester would say." The role was hers.
It is not difficult to see why an actress who has played such take-charge characters might want to move into directing, but Ms. Rashad insists that what she enjoys about the director's job is "the expansion of ideas" and the effort to "hold a vision and galvanize all of the creative energies involved."
On the other hand, she admitted, with a laugh, "Some people just like to tell folks what to do."Continue reading the main story


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London Art Fair January 20 - 24, 2016
London Art Fair January 20 - 24, 2016
Waterhouse & Dodd will be exhibiting at the London Art Fair 2015 at the Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, London N1 0QH. The gallery will be taking a selection of Modern British and Contemporary artworks including; David Bomberg, Martyn Brewster, Michael Canning, Maurice Cockrill, Dorothy Mead, Miles Richmond, Michael Taylor, Keith Vaughan.
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Owls defender Tom Lees extended his contract at Hillsborough in August 2016 until 2021.
The 26-year-old had two years to run on his previous contract but following an outstanding maiden season in S6, the commanding stopper extended until summer 2019.
Lees made the switch from Yorkshire rivals Leeds to Wednesday ahead of the 2014/15 campaign and proved to be an excellent addition and integral member of the squad.
In total, the coveted defender made 48 appearances for the Owls in 2014/15.
His impressive performances were a big factor in Wednesday's outstanding season at the back, as the Owls registered 17 clean sheets – equalling a long-standing club record.
Wednesday achieved the same clean sheet feat in 2015/16 as the club cemented a place in the Championship play-offs, losing out 1-0 to Hull City in the final.
Lees remained a key part of the Owls backline last time out, as the club once again reached the play-offs.
The defender played 38 games and scored one goal, a towering header against Newcastle in a 2-1 victory at Hillsborough,


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F4 Corporate and Business Law
The examination requires candidates to answer 45 multiple-choice questions in Section A, worth 1 or 2 marks each, and 5 short questions in Section B worth 6 marks each, in a total of 2 hours. All questions are compulsory.
Syllabus topics on which candidates performed well included essentials of the legal system, the law of obligations and the formation and constitution of business organisations. Syllabus topics on which candidates performed inadequately included minority protection, winding up and corporate rescue and corporate fraudulent and criminal behaviour.
Section A
Section A rewards candidates who know the rules rather than those who guess the answers. It should be pointed out that in this examination, there are several Section A questions which deal with new subject-matter introduced by the Companies (Amendment) Act 2014. Most candidates appear to be unaware of the changes brought about by the Companies (Amendment) Act.
Section B
When attempting the short questions in Section B, candidates must be aware that their answers have to be clear, unambiguous and to the point. Focus on what was asked and answer it exactly to the point. No marks were given for candidates who discussed more issues than what was required in the question.
Read the full Examiner's report here.
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F5 Performance Management
Candidates preparing for the next examination of F5 are advised to work through the specimen exam, past exams and sample questions discussed here and to carefully review how each of the correct answers were derived.
Section A
Section A questions aim to provide a broad coverage of the syllabus, and future candidates should aim to revise all areas of the F5 syllabus, rather than attempting to question spot.
Section B
Section B contained 15 of the new style OT cases – with longer scenarios and 5 questions per scenario. This means that the questions are more likely to be focussed on one or two syllabus areas, again highlighting the importance of full syllabus coverage. The three main topics in Section B were risk, budgeting and target costing. Performance in the risk and target costing questions was of a high standard and showed that candidates were well prepared in these areas – both of which have featured regularly in written question in recent sittings. The budgeting questions were largely themed around flexing budgets – adjusting the original budget to actual activity level. It is an essential part of variance analysis (a key syllabus area in F5), and also demonstrates how important a knowledge of the basics of management accounting (which are covered in F2) is to passing the F5 exam.
Read the full Examiner's report here.
F6 Taxation
There were two sections to the examination paper and all of the questions were compulsory. Section A consisted of 15 multiple choice questions (two marks each) which covered a broad range of syllabus topics. Section B had four questions worth 10 marks each and two longer questions worth 15 marks, each testing the candidates' understanding and application of Singapore tax rules in more depth.
Section A
Section A questions aim to provide a broad coverage of the syllabus, and future candidates should aim to revise all areas of the F6 syllabus, rather than attempting to question spot. Further, as the questions in section A are standalone questions, the depth of the application of certain tax rules (e.g. the specific conditions that must be met for certain type of deductions to be taken) may be tested.
Section B
Candidates would need to show an understanding of the tax implications arising from a reduction of a partner's contributed capital.
Read the full Examiner's report here.


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In the age of cellphones that permanently display the date and time, you might be forgiven for forgoing a traditional wristwatch altogether. You might be forgiven, but that is not to suggest it should be done. For men looking to elevate their sense of style beyond their overtly casual peers, a stylish Rolex watch can make all the difference in the world.
With the spring here and summer just around the corner, a gold Rolex watch can elevate a casual outfit into something much more special. With a Rolex Submariner on your wrist, a light blazer and a pair of boat shoes become a classy ensemble, perfect for a night on the town or an afternoon at the beach. The small addition of a men's gold watch to any outfit is undeniable, turning even a pair of shorts into a fashion forward statement of purpose.
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Guitar World has been producing instructional content for years, but how those products get bought and sold has had to evolve.
The latest iteration is Guitar World Lessons, an app and webstore launched last week that puts the distribution of instructional content in line with the consumer demands for its consumption. Users can now get those premium guitar lessons on their laptops or iOS devices, instead of by DVD.
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