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Mini-Grant Program Taking on Detroit's Vacant Lots, One by One/
Detroit has become something of a Petri dish for experimentation in philanthropy. Over the past five years, foundations have helped bail out the city government, built a light rail line, supported entrepreneurs of color, and launched a number of other interesting projects—sometimes with mixed success. Detroit was also where JPMorgan Chase embarked on its ambitious urban anti-poverty work in 2014 with a five-year, $100 million commitment. And late last year, we reported on a new $50 million, foundation-backed initiative to make Detroit a leader in early childhood education.
Land use is yet another challenge that philanthropy is seeking to tackle in the city. And it's worth paying attention to how this has been unfolding.
Detroit is in the unique position of having to shrink its physical footprint in acknowledgment that its population has significantly declined and will never return to its 1950s heyday. Part of that task involves figuring out what to do with the tens of thousands of vacant lots that pepper its neighborhoods. That's created a unique opportunity for parks philanthropy, a force that is often connected to big, high-concept city projects and surrounding development.
One grantmaking program that came out of an extensive city planning process is asking community groups to turn some of those lots into assets that serve their neighborhoods. The nonprofit Detroit Future City, which came out of the planning process of the same name, just gave around $100,000 to 10 grassroots groups, bringing its total to $227,500 since the grant program started in 2015.
The creation of Detroit Future City's strategic framework was unusually democratic in asking residents what the city's future should hold, conducting hundreds of meetings, and collecting tens of thousands of surveys and comments in a variety of settings. The vacant lot grant program, just one of a number of efforts the nonprofit is managing, is similarly looking to distribute the job of converting unused land to improve quality of life in the city.
The Working with Lots Mini-Grant program its funded by the Kresge Foundation, which has proven to be one of the most active and creative funders when it comes to tackling poverty in American cities, with a longstanding focus on its notably struggling neighbor Detroit (Kresge's based in Troy, Michigan). Detroit Future City has also received philanthropic support from the Knight Foundation, the Erb Family Foundation, the Americana Foundation, as well as the state's housing development authority and the city's economic development organization.
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The grant program followed the creation of a Field Guide to Working with Lots that the nonprofit released in 2015, a document to help people in communities create plans to repurpose vacant land. It outlines 35 possible lot designs, including landscaping options like a butterfly meadow, tree nursery, maple syrup farm, stormwater management, and more. One new feature this year invited non-residential property owners to install green infrastructure to manage stormwater in exchange for credits from the city. The group received 38 applications in total this round.
There's a lot to like about this program. For one, the Detroit Future City framework is admirable in its own right, and has been praised for not following the status quo of championing development above all else. Economic growth is part of the plan, but so is right-sizing the city, and improving quality of life and sustainability.
It's also refreshing in that so many philanthropy-fueled parks and land use projects seek to create a big, signature project that will put an area on the map, but don't necessarily prioritize benefits for current residents. This program is very decentralized, paying for small neighborhood projects proposed by community groups that want to directly improve the landscapes where they live.
Detroit is still facing some of the stark inequality issues we're seeing in many city recovery stories, but as a model of parks philanthropy, Working With Lots is an encouraging approach to moving funds into neighborhoods and allowing them to reimagine their own land use.


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Growing up in the suburbs, I never used public transportation. When I went to college in a city, I still didn't use or need public transportation. The first time I tried navigating the tube in London during my study abroad was a confusing jumble of colored lines on a map, and if it weren't for my friend Nicole's common sense, I probably wouldn't have made it anywhere.
When I moved to Washington, DC for a summer I took the metro with friends upon arrival for the first few days, but when the time came to ride it alone, I got a little nervous. However, I hopped on and I got where I needed to go.
And it was SO easy.
For the rest of the summer in DC I would swiftly walk through the station, tap my card on the scanner and glide through the turnstiles. I would confidently hop on the metro, switch lines if needed, and get to my destination with ease. This experience helped me when I went back to Europe and rode the metro in cities like Milan, Budapest, Munich, and Istanbul.
If there are any beginners out there who need some guidance on navigating a metro system, here 4 easy steps to learn how (using examples with the DC metro):
1. Figure out which station is the closet to you, and which one is closest to wherever you're going.
Let's say you're in NoVA (Northern Virginia) at the Clarendon station and you want to spend some time at Georgetown University, which is closest to the Rosslyn station. Clarendon and Rosslyn are both on the orange line. You will get on at Clarendon and get off at Rosslyn.
2. Make sure you choose the correct direction.
Look how on the left end of the orange line, the farthest station is Vienna, and on the opposite end, New Carrollton. When you're going from Clarendon to Rosslyn, you're going in the direction towards New Carrollton, so you need to get on the orange line for New Carrollton. If you're in Rosslyn coming back to Clarendon, then you will get on the orange line for Vienna.
3. To switch lines, use the transfer stations. These are designated on the map as the larger circles.
Now let's say you are at the Clarendon station and you want to hang out in Chinatown, so you will need to get off at Gallery Place. Gallery Place is in the center of the map.
For this you will need to start on the orange line towards New Carrollton. To get on the red line, you'll see that the orange stops at Metro Center, which is a transfer station. Get off at Metro Center and switch to the red line going towards Glemont. Get off at Gallery Place.
To sum up this scenario, you go: Clarendon, Metro Center, Gallery Place. On the way back, you'd do the opposite: start at Gallery Place, get on the red line towards Shady Grove, switch at Metro Center to the orange line going toward Vienna, and get off at Clarendon.
4. What if I miss my stop?
If you miss your stop, you can get off at the next one and then ride the metro going back in the opposite direction.
Other useful tips:
-When taking the escalators, the right side is for standing and the left side is for walking. Don't stand still on the left side and block the people walking up. You will look like a tourist and people will get annoyed.
-Save money by getting a metro card if you're staying your destination for a few days or longer and will be using the metro often. There is usually a fee for buying the card (typically around $5) but you'll save more overall than if you buy a bunch of individual tickets. You can reload the card if needed.
-Download a metro app onto your phone if there is one. Some apps also include schedules and updates on construction or delays.
-The GPS on your phone shows where the stations are. This way, you can figure out which one is closest when you're walking around. I use Mapquest or Bing Maps.
-Some metro systems don't run 24 hours. If you're out late at night, take this into consideration and call a taxi or an Uber if you can't ride the metro.
-Before your trip, do a little research on public transportation to see if you can find any helpful hints specific to that city.
The above tips are exactly how I've navigated transportation in DC, Milan, Munich, Budapest, and Istanbul. I haven't used the subway in NYC, which I hear are a little different. If you have any additional tips, please feel free to add them in the comments below.
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Competition could be overheating in the US auto industry.
Ford reported second-earnings on Thursday, and they missed analysts' expectations. In a statement, the carmaker noted that it "now sees risks challenging achieving guidance."
Ford's shares plunged Thursday.
Business Insider spoke with CFO Bob Shanks right after earnings were released, and he said that while issues surrounding Britain's vote to leave the European Union and challenges with the struggling Brazilian market might have looked like major problems for the quarter, Ford had actually planned for them.
"Last quarter was so strong that analysts may have overadjusted for this quarter," he said, noting that Ford had turned in its best-ever six-month period for profits.
But he did point to a red flag for the entire auto market: There has been an unexpected acceleration in the pace of incentive spending.
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Incentives, such as discounts and cheap financing, spur sales of new cars but can undermine profits and cash on hand. When the entire industry piles in — out of fear of losing market share — automakers can essentially compete away their profits.
In this case it is coupled with a slowdown in sales that has come on faster than anticipated. Shanks said Ford had predicted a 2016 sales pace of 17.4 million to 18.4 million in deliveries of new vehicles but was downgrading the high end of that to 17.9 million.
"Sales are plateauing," he said. "And incentives have continued to rise, which is frankly not what we expected."
Rising incentive spending in a tapped-out US market for sales growth is an issue that industry observers have been fretting over for months. But Shanks cautioned against pushing the panic button prematurely.
"We're not saying, 'Oh no, it's the Wild West again,'" he quipped, alluding to the rampant incentive spending increases that characterized the previous sales boom, before the financial crisis. "It's small increases, month-to-month."
He stressed that with challenges finally appearing in the US market, which has been surging for several years, all the major automakers will be trying to optimize their mix of vehicles on sale, focusing on the ones that can bring in the highest profits.
Investors aren't pleased at all.
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Life unfolds ... some of it here. This blog began as a way to focus on the good things in the midst of a crisis and be a connection to friends and family when it seemed to take all of my time just to weather the storms. It seems to have transformed into a sanctuary of musing and inspiration. Feel free to join me!
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This image showed up on the highlights Facebook page for TOP Branson Nationals today ... WOW! I'm proud of Miss M! She received an Elite Top First rating and placed 2nd in her division (across all dance categories in ages 9-12)! I'm using a lot of exclamation points!
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Continuing on with last year's poetry read, Max Egremont's Some Desperate Glory: The First World War the Poets Knew, I came upon this wonderful poem by Edmund Blunden. I wrote about Egremont's book last May while posting a on an Isaac Rosenberg poem. I had never heard of Blunden, but apparently a poet of some renown both during and after the war. He was a friend to the more well know Siegfried Sassoon.
Blunden entered the front in 1916 shortly before a planned spring offensive. Egremont describes Blunden's arrival.
The western front was now full of rumours about the coming offensive. Constant activity was thought to be vital and officers led parties to reconstruct damaged trenches, repair wire and bury the dead. This was what Edmund Blunden found when he arrived in France in May.
Blunden was already a poet of immense fluency. One long pre-trench poem, finished in March, was a disquieting account of cruelty's consequences called "The Silver Bird of Herndyke Mill." A dark atmosphere threatens an English churchyard, stream and wood in the kind of Georgian scene that always inspired Blunden. Early in 1916, with artillery rumbling from across the Channel, death must have seemed near, even in tranquil Kentish fields.
After some training in the camp at Etaples—where a sergeant major was killed by a faulty grenade—Blunden joined his battalion of the Royal Sussex regiment at La Touret, not far from Béthune. It could seem idyllic until heavy guns and mines exploded, let off by both sides. Festubert was within reach, where Sassoon and [Robert] Graves had been at the end of 1915, and Blunden looked for the local orchards, finding a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, a peaceful place away from the guns. Like Sassoon, he went off on a course; then saw the La Bassée canal, a Red Cross barge on it, the rich summer landscape and the now ruined village of Cuinchy, near the treacherous brickstacks. He was close to Neuve Chapelle by the end of June. (pp 113-4)
That chapel in Festubert became the subject to this poem. Some more background before you get to the poem. Festubert is a little town in northern France and was the focal point of The Battle of Festubert in 1915, the year before Blunden stumbled on the chapel. The town was destroyed but the chapel, despite taking on projectile fragments, survived, and Blunden apparently taking a diversion looking for apple orchards stumbled upon it and found it would make a fine subject for a poem. And so now you are ready to read the poem.
The Festubert Shrine
by Edmund Blunden
A sycamore on either side
In whose lovely leafage cried
Hushingly the little winds —
Thus was Mary's shrine descried.
"Sixteen Hundred and Twenty-Four"
Legended above the door,
"Pray, sweet gracious Lady, pray
For our souls," — and nothing more.
Builded of rude gray stones and these
Scarred and marred from base to frieze
With the shrapnel's pounces — ah,
Fair she braved War's gaunt disease:
Fair she pondered on the strange
Embitterments of latter change,
Looking fair towards Festubert,
Cloven roof and tortured grange.
Work of carving too there was,
(Once had been her reredos),
In this cool and peaceful cell
That the hoarse guns blared across.
Twisted oaken pillars graced
With oaken amaranths interlaced
In oaken garlandry, had borne
Her holy niche — and now laid waste.
Mary, pray for us? O pray!
In thy dwelling by this way
What poor folks have knelt to thee!
We are no less poor than they.
I doubt Blunden was Catholic—perhaps he was high Anglican—or if he was even religious, but the appeal to the Blessed Mother is moving: "Pray, sweet gracious Lady, pray/For our souls." I particularly like the image of the stone front scarred with shrapnel. He refers to it as "War's gaunt disease," as if it were the remnants of a pox. The final image of poor folks kneeling, and he and his fellow soldiers being just as poor reduces the gallantry of war to resignation.
I'm going to count this as a Faith Filled Friday post in addition to a poetry. Blessed Mother pray for the war dead.


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Emilda, Deti (2006) ETIOLOGI PSIKOSA MANIK-DEPRESI PADA PASIEN RSJ LAWANG. Other thesis, University of Muhammadiyah Malang.
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Aetiology of manic depressive psychosis is generally not known for certain but there are several trigger factors such as the environmental stressors that can cause affective disorders. Patients with manic-depressive psychosis disorder is very rare in Indonesia and this situation occurred in many European countries. Aetiology of manic-depression is one type of affective disorder in the form of extreme emotional disturbance, which occurred a period of mania alternating with depression or vice versa. This study aims to determine the etiology of manic-depressive psychosis in patients Lawang Mental Hospital. Based on research results that no patient families who have experienced mental illness, so it can be seen that the factors leading to the occurrence of manic-depressive psychosis in patients Lawang is due to psychosocial factors such as family upbringing and disappointment toward men. Supported by economic factors which the patient experienced the pressure of needs that must be met and because of factors pendidikkan where the subject intelligent, has ideas that are ridiculous, and the presence of delusions and hallucinations. It can be concluded that the etiology of manic depressive psychosis in mental hospital patients Lawang is not because of heredity, but because of psychosocial factors is supported by economic factors and patient education factors.
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Hope this find you well in in your stamp room and ready to go stamp. Today card is like the video I share Tuesday video HERE but this time it's the ones in Cherry Cobbler. If you look at the top one the little Merry Christmas is from the stamp set Petite Pair and YES this is one that is at 20% off till Monday so not much time to take advantage of the sale but you still have time 🙂 To view the flyer of what is on sale CLICK HERE please note that this is done Monday Oct 6 so only 2 more days to save and stock up. I would say that this flip card would be easy enough to make lots and lots of them so perfect for the one that make lot of Christmas card it look fabulous and it is easy. If you miss the first video that I done with the Wondrous Wreath you can click here to view I would say that video is a must watch if you plan on getting the set or if you have it. This bundle stamp and framelites has that little notch in the stamp and framelites for easy match super easy to make this set. I sure love this set and plan on doing more and more with it. The wreath could be decorated for all occasion not only Christmas. I have a class in the mail with the Wondrous Wreath for detail CLICK HERE.
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This Sunday is the Nashville Perfect Wedding Guide (#NashPWGShow) show taking place at The Music City Center. The PWG shows started in 2011 and have quickly became the "must attend" show in the Nashville market. The winter shows have over 1,000 brides coming through the door. As a vendor I personally find these shows a tad overwhelming. If I find them overwhelming and I am in the business and already married….I KNOW YOU as a bride must feel overwhelmed. The summer shows offer a more intimate experience to connect with the vendors and we will try to alleviate some of the headaches by offering you 5 Bridal Show Survival Tips. Lace up your heels and get ready for action, we plan on getting you through this weekend like a hero!
1. Bring Decision Makers With You
Most of our clients have more than one person making the decisions for their wedding. Those people could be your fiance, mom or dad, aunt, maid of honor and the list could continually grow. Regardless of how many people you have helping you make decisions, a second opinion is always a good thing to hear. We do not encourage anyone to rush into any decision, but we do encourage them to weigh their options. Sometimes an additional voice can speak wisdom into your choices and may not be as emotionally tied to those decisions. On the opposite side of bringing decision makers…we would caution you on bringing little ones. I personally have two small children myself and I recognize they can tend to tire out and unintentionally create additional stress. That could potentially lead to poor decisions.
2. Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace (in regards to vendors)
Plan on reserving your favorite vendors or priorities the day of the show. I can speak for our business alone and we have multiple days already filled in 2015. Why is that important? People are booking further and further in advance every year. They are not waiting for a free weekend to come book their vendors; they are booking them sometimes as soon as they get engaged. Recently we booked with a client as we had the pleasure of DJ'ing her two older sisters weddings. She got engaged on a Saturday evening and had phone messages with our staff on Sunday morning. She did not even have a venue or photographer booked, but she knew she wanted us to be a part of her event. Speak now for your vendors or you may have to move to "plan b". One more thing to consider…many vendors will have special pricing if you book with them at the show. Saving $100 or $200 here and there will add up in the long run. Choose your priority services/vendors and book them on site.
3. Use Your Smartphone Camera
For me personally, I am a very visual person. I thrive off stunning imagery and I remember just about everything I see. I will rarely, if ever remember "that booth on aisle 3 with the cool guy wearing a bow tie?". Grab some literature from the vendor, take notes, but most importantly, take a picture of their setup. After seeing multiple vendors, a plethora of setups and countless conversations it is simply difficult to remember what you liked or what you did not like. Pull out that phone, snap away, I promise you will be glad you did after the show
4. Plan Accordingly Around Those Fashion Shows
Nearly every bridal show incorporates fashion into every production. I consider myself a snazzy dresser and I appreciate the latest in fashion as much as the next person. However, these shows can be critical opportunities to connect with those key vendors. My two tips for planning the shows are as follows. One, get there early for the first one and grab a good seat. Check out the dresses. Investigate the formal wear for men. (I promise you will like Street Tuxedo, ask for John.) Secondly, when the next round of fashion shows hit during the wedding show…that is the time to strike those vendors. Typically the crowd thins out a little during this time and it can give you some extra moments to connect. Ask questions, get curious and maximize your time that day. The extra five minutes just may be enough to make up your mind.
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This is probably a rule I would have in general for just about everything. Do not forget the reason you are actually attending the bridal show…you are there to prepare for one of the best days of your life. Instead of viewing every vendor as a salesperson, view them as a potential partner for an incredible day. Lean on their experience and advice to possibly avoid mishaps. Just like your mom and dad get smarter everyday…the successful vendors are successful for a reason, and I doubt luck is the main reason. Smile, enjoy the goodies and celebrate the moment. When you think about it; if planning the biggest day of your life is such a pain…why bother? Just elope and be done with it. I vote to embrace the energy and celebrate life together with those closest to you!
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Royal paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa), also known as the royal empress tree, empress tree or princess tree, is one of the fastest-growing trees in the world. It has been used for centuries not only as a landscape tree, but for medicinal and commercial uses as well. Large, tropical leaves and heavy, tubular blooms that cascade in springtime are attractive, but the invasive qualities of this species outweigh the benefits.
Native to China, written descriptions of the royal paulownia date back to the third century B.C. Leaves, fruits, and other parts of the tree were used both medicinally and as beauty treatments; a document from 1049 details the cosmetic uses of the royal paulownia. The tree was much respected in China, Japan and other areas in Asia. Traditionally, parents planted a royal paulownia when a baby daughter was born. When their daughter was old enough to marry, the tree was cut down and made into furniture, dowry chests, or other items. The legendary phoenix would land only on the royal paulownia, and then only during the reign of a righteous emperor. The wood was valued in Asia for its durability, and it was easily carved or formed into musical instruments, furnishings, and other household items. Paulownia lumber is still valued today, and plantations of the fast-growing tree now exist in North America, Australia, and other countries.
Introduction to North America
Introduction to the United States occurred in the 19th century. In the 1800's, the light, springy seeds were used to pack china and delicate goods imported from Asia. The seeds often escaped when cargo opened, and trees sprung up along rail lines and other places along the Eastern seaboard. Around 1840, the tree was deliberately imported as a landscape ornamental by the Dutch East India Company. Many early growers cut down or pollarded the royal paulownia in autumn, like a perennial flower, but this did not prevent the tree from spreading.
Large, heart-shaped leaves and pale lavender-blue flowers hanging in large clusters give the royal paulownia tree a tropical air. The spring flowers appear before the leaves, and mature into seedpods shaped like large acorns or a child's toy top. The leaves themselves are leathery, and the leaf's underside is covered with small hairs. There is no strong taproot. Varieties do exist, but the most commonly seen is Paulownia tomentosa.
Growth Rate
The growth rate of the royal paulownia may tempt landscapers. Suckers from existing roots can grow 15 feet in a single growing season, and the mature height can be between 30 to 60 feet. When shade is wanted quickly, a royal paulownia may seem to be a perfect choice. However, the rapid growth will overtake most suburban yards and can result in a weak, easily broken limb structure. This, combined with tough leaves dropping in autumn, surface roots, and numerous seeds, makes the royal paulownia a nuisance. Add the invasive tendencies, and most gardeners will avoid this tree.
The royal paulownia is considered invasive in many states. It is surprisingly tenacious; trees can be cut down seasonally for six or more years before the root system is exhausted, suckers from consumed trees sprout rapidly after forest fires, and even bulldozing a royal paulownia will not prevent this tree from regrowing. This tenacity is valued in the lumber industry; once a tree is cut for sale, a new tree will sprout and rapidly grow from the old stump. Although the royal paulownia can grow from roots and buried branches, the majority of the unwanted plants come from windblown seeds. Twenty million seeds form in the seedpods of a single tree and are carried long distances. The seedlings quickly adapt to most soils and displace native vegetation.


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Posted by Marta on February 01, 2002
Hi everybody!
Pleased to meet you. I'm a Spanish free-lance translator and I'm just happy that I've found you ;-)
I hope you can help me with this sentence:
"Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does need, is dear at a penny".
I think I've understood its meaning (perhaps: superfluous things are always expensive; necessary things are not). But I wonder if it is a phrase used in specific situations and even if I have undestood it correctly.
Thanks in advance.


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Here is the listing of 10 prime medical websites like Nationwide Institutes of Health, WebMD, Mayoclinic, cdc also natural health information web site Mercola and top health information website like MyFitnesspal, weightwatchers, menshealth and extra. The study, by unbiased analysis company Datamonitor, says that for this reason health sites should make greater efforts to enchantment to ladies by overlaying their health issues. This evaluate of literature regarding shopper online health-information seeking mirrors health info on the Internet; the literature usually has little proof base for its claims.
Meeting that problem requires creating discerning and significant usership among shoppers, persuading health care professionals of the importance of collaborating in that facilitation and use, and offering each parties with the strategies, skills, packages, and programs to take action. Assembly that public health challenge requires an evidence base that matches the character of the phenomenon.
Web site for the Middle for Disease Control, a company that seeks to promote health and prevent disease and different health threats by way of research, promotion of healthy behaviors and environments, and advocacy for sound public health policies.
Viewers refers to targeted customers (e.g. consumers or health professionals), whereas context refers to a site's matter and intended makes use of (e.g. informational, advisory, business) ( Adelhard and Obst, 1999 ). A website's appropriateness, relevance and usefulness must be readily discernable; content and design ought to match targeted audiences (e.g. reading and language ranges) and contexts ( Adelhard and Obst, 1999 ).
Kozlowski and Sweanor reviewed a number of main health websites — including the CDC, Mayo Clinic, American Cancer Society, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the National Most cancers Institute — and located three sorts of examples of information on smokeless tobacco, but no-to-modest efforts to tell customers of the significantly decrease risks in comparison with cigarettes for lifelong users," the researchers write.


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LONDON, Dec. 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) (the "Company") announced today that due to market conditions, it has chosen not to proceed with its previously announced secured notes offering at this time. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements provide the Company's current expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements include statements about the Company's expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, intentions, assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts. Words or phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "ongoing," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "will" or similar words or phrases, or the negatives of those words or phrases, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that may be incorrect, and the Company cannot assure you that the events or expectations included in these forward-looking statements will come to pass. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the factors described in "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F and the factors and risks the Company describes in subsequent reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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These 5 Women Are The Last Living People Born In 1800s
People have always been curious about the secret of longevity and what makes some people live even longer than 100 years. It may be hard to comprehend, but there's still a few people among us, who were born in 1800s.
These amazing women lived through many major events in our world's history, such as the two World Wars, the Cold War, the development of airplane, the invention of television, and, eventually, the age of Internet. These centenarians might be the closest that one could get to unlocking the secret of longevity.
There's no magic recipe for long and fulfilled life, but these charming ladies have some golden rules for their own longevity. According to them, if you want to stay fit and healthy till venerable age, you have to get enough sleep, stay active, exercise every day and eat things you like regularly. It's also very important to treat people right, be nice to everyone, follow the laws, don't worry about anything and be obedient.
115-Year-Old Susannah Mushatt Jones From United States (Born On July 6, 1899)
Source: time.com
116-Year-Old World's Oldest Living Person Misao Okawa From Japan (Born On March 5, 1898)
Source: reuters.com
Source: japantimes.co.jp
The Second-Oldest Person In The World And Also The Oldest Person In America Gertrude Weaver (Born On July 4, 1898)
Source: reporternews.com
The Oldest Person In Europe Emma Morano From Italy (Born In November 29, 1899)
Source: lastampa.it
Jeralean Talley From United States (Born On May 23, 1899)
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Will You Jump or Recycle?
Channelled via Louise Reiss-James of Ascension Explorers © 2009-2017
Not to be distributed without permission from us. Thank you.
Greetings, dear ones, we are The Council of the many Councils within that which is your recognition of the Galactic, the Brotherhood of Light and many, many others. We greet you this night to bring with you this confirmation, this conjecture, this perception of time, of the folding of time, of the creativity and the annihilation of all that you perceive to be a reality.
Understand that you have had multiple messages, multiple inclinations and teachings to bring you to this place of understanding that there is nothing and yet everything to behold. Nothing because everything has had its time, its use by date to bring you to this point of reference, this point of Being. You are in a place where you know that you are about to walk into the energy, the fluctuations, the creativity, the emptiness and yet the utmost fullness of Being of a new way of structure, a new way of Being, a new way of understanding, of conceptualisation. Everything that you think you have learned will be undone, and you will step into the newness that is the now.
Everything that you have right up until this breath, dear humans, will be re-evaluated. Your attachments, your creations, your knowledge. Is it ready? Is it viable? Is it correct to take into the new space, the new continuum, the new era of Being? And if it is then you are instinctively and intuitively going to know how to transition it from point 'A' to point 'B'. But if it is not you will also know to release yourself as a jetpack off your back. Do not dally with the decision-making of releasing yourself from those things that will prevent you from your future moment of Being.
Now, these things are in various forms, various identifications, different labels. And only, only you are able to give a name to these things, these objects, these works that you have brought into this moment and once you are able to label them, you will be able to define the relevance of them going forward or remaining. Because understand dear ones, you are on the edge; you are on that which is the precipice of greater expansion, of more excellent knowledge. Yes, you will say to me 'but we know this, but we have been informed about this'. So we The Council would then tell you, 'why are you still on the precipice, why have you not proceeded into the abyss or what seems to be the abyss before you?' Understand the abyss is not the fear factor of that which is the human mind, this abyss is that which will take you into the new place of Being. So why, if you have the knowledge, why if you have that which is before you the understanding of where you are at are you still in this place of contemplation? What is preventing you from stepping through? Is it yourself, is it something you are attached to you are fearful of giving up because it is your identification.
Identification of Self
Is your identification so valuable that it is too valuable to allow you to recreate who you are? Because understand this concept. What you leave here on this side of the doorway will be magnified to you back on that side of the door because the Universe will not leave you floundering, the Universe will not leave you naked or undone. A spider when it sheds its skin is not vulnerable. It is not desolate for very long because like its other family members in a similar gene pool, once it gives way to that which is encroaching it and keeping it small. Once it splits itself from that and enters into a new place of Being, it is given, or it creates for itself that hard outer shell again of its protection, its shell which is bigger, brighter, more defined, easier to use. Why? Because as it outgrows its old shell, its old skin, it steps into a new strength, a new way of being.
You may not see it with your naked eye but when you perceive the knowledge of what the nature of what is going on is happening you will begin to understand the dynamics of what you are seeing. If you remain in the smallness of where you are on this side of the parameter, you will never experience the fullness of what you are to be here, on the other end of the mirror, on the other side of the parameter.
Humans, why are you so small minded? Why do you allow yourselves to be kept in the fields? Corralled by perceptions, when there is the power and authority within yourselves to send out a physical wave of energy to flatten all the boundaries, fences and walls that would hold you in. To allow you to step out of your own shadows and into the bigger picture of who you are. Let us tell you why you do not do this. You are fearful of who you can be, and still, you are unsure of what your potential is. You have lied to yourself for so long that you cannot be who you know you can be, without such and such, and such and such coming with you. These are the lies that keep you where you are.
Release yourself
Know it is time to release yourself. To begin to shrug off the old skin, the old outer casing and step into the moment of nakedness, the time of vulnerability. Allow yourself to see the perfection of who you are so that as you reconnect to Universe as the naked being that you are and by this we mean you are open of heart, open of pineal, open of creativity. You are vulnerable because yes, you are exposed for the Universe to see you. But in that exposure, you are stronger than you have ever been before because there is nothing to hide behind. Therefore you are facing head-on, that which is your potential. You are facing head on that which is your creativity, your plan, your destiny, that you have set up for yourself, there is no denying who you are, at that moment.
But you rob yourself of these moments. You allow your human mind to tell you; you are unable to take the step because you are frightened. That nobody will accept you because you do not have what it takes, because if you do this who will want you, you are too powerful, too forceful, you are too unwomanly, unmanly, ungainly, etc., etc. Whatever excuse and label you put yourself through or on, this is your excuse for staying where you are.
Now we the Council would say to you, 'will you waken out of your slumber, will you rise out of your stupor and will you put away from you the distractions and the addictions that have kept you in this small human form. Will you step up to that which is your precipice and will you jump once and for all?'
Yes, we are a little overzealous in our message to you because if you could see the timeline of the Universe as we see it, you would understand – for the first time, we would say this to you – there is a running out of your time. If you do not jump now, if you do not commit to what your plans are now then the wheel will go past you and your abyss, your precipice will go with it, and you will be remaining on the edge until it recycles around to see if you are ready. Who knows how long it will take you to recreate the moment because if you doubt yourself now and you cause the effect of that doubt to close yourself up, the next time it comes around you will not only have to fight again your doubt. BUT you will have to pierce through the doubt that you created in the first place, which is a double whammy as you would say in your language. The more times you put it off, the harder it is until you succumb and you settle for nothing.
Dear humans, this is not an easy message for us to give you because we enjoy to encourage you, we enjoy to calm and well with you and uplift you and to make you feel invincible. But there is an urgency within the Universe, there is an urgency among humanity and when these urgencies co-join there is a reason for it. Each one of you that is hearing this message whether it is this night that we speak audibly, as you would say 'real time'. Or you are hearing it at a later moment of your 'real time', but for you, it is the perfect time because that is when your precipice is ready to be left.
Go on Jump
Do not misunderstand us! We are the wind that is pushing you. We are the ants beneath your feet eating away and removing the gravel to cause the forward motion. We are also this, the safety net, we are also the steps beneath your feet as you tumble, that you fall and your feet have a place to land.
We are in co-creation with you. Yes, we are able to see from a vantage point of non-linear time. We are able to see your past, your present, your future simultaneously. We are able to perceive when you will step off or when you will not. We know when you nearly did, if only you had believed in yourself enough. So to prevent you from not stepping off, we say to you 'jump' because if you don't you know you will regret it.
Not because we say you will regret it, but you instinctively know you would have missed – how do you say this? – You would have missed the train, missed the boat. And yes there will another opportunity arise, but it will not be as potent as this one is now. Now you may say 'but why, why will it not be as potent? Surely there is no time and no difference and no judgement in the Universe? Absolutely correct, but the reason it is not as potent and as ripe is because you will have brought it around a second time with the Universe at a lesser potency, so it does not scare you as much. But lesser potency, less power, less power, less vibrancy, less vibrancy, less of everything.
The time you asked for is now. This timing is in your agreement, or if you wish to use the word your 'contract', that you said 'push me'. You said come and tell me this is my time to jump whether I believe that I am ready or not, whether I have six balls and chains around my ankles or not. Remind me this is my time to make my move.
So we are here, we are here. Many of us have gathered and sat at the tables with you. We have shown you the plans, we have discussed ad infinitum, the possibilities, the outcomes, the potentials and there has been a unilateral agreement that this is your best time. So what happens when you jump? Why is it the best time? Because this is the moment of portal openings, this is when there are going to be the sweetest, strongest downloads from Universal connections through the different portal openings around your global situation.
In this particular time that you on your planet know as the Lions Gate, there are going to be more than you have ever experienced in portal openings. The downloads of energy coming into your planetary system but what they need is they need a jumper. They need somebody to leap off energised to act as a grounding point to draw the current through. You are those definitive moments.
Portal Connection
Now the unique thing about these portal entry points is normally you are told 'oh it is here for this moment and then it closes, then the next moment it opens, and then it closes, and the next moment it opens then it closes.' But these energy points will remain active. Now there is a difference between being 'open' and being 'active'. Because if the connecting point has not yet jumped it has not open but the minute the jump happens and the ionic rays know that there is a counter-point of attraction it opens and it jumps, it connects, and at that moment that download enters into the global connection. It bypasses your grid lines, bypasses all of the old energy situations around your planet.
You are the grounder of that download and what better way to prevent that download from happening, for the enemy of your soul, the enemy of your Being, the enemy of your growth to convince you that you are not ready. That you cannot jump this, you cannot jump off the precipice. You cannot grow any further because you still need to complete this, you still need to sort this problem out, you still need to look at this situation, you still need to progress here, you still need to sort, sort, sort.
We say to you, 'is it not time to look at where you are at and say I am done, why am I continually distracted by, why am I constantly brought back in a circular motion to this point, why am I constantly back at this place?' Yes, it may look different, it may even smell different it may even have a different texture but damn it, it feels the same because, inside the outfit, the outer imagery the centre of that is the sense of what keeps you back.
And yes for some of you it may be three feet forward, two feet back. Why is it two feet back, why is it not three feet forward, three feet forward, three feet forward? Why do you allow yourself to be drawn back to this place, to this moment, because it is time to take the sheath and withdraw from it the sword and to sever that which is holding you in this place of abeyance.
Now, you may say to me, 'are you asking us to leave behind our families, are you asking us to leave behind our works, our this, or that?' We say nothing of the kind. We say as The Council, look at your energy and ask yourself 'what is no longer required for me to progress forward', and release yourself from it. How you free yourself from this is your choice and your decision but know this, as you step into faith of self. As you step into your decision-making; as you become the light and you start to work on the separation of the energy that is holding you, if it is related to a being, another person or a creation of yours, you will note a change in that particular department, that energy. Because there are times, let us be very blunt. There are times when, if a human is attached to you, and you look at the feeling of what is going on or what is holding you back, and you detract from the human and you say 'well what else is to be' and it is still the feeling. It is not the human; it is the energy within the human, it's the energy within the creation, it's the energy within because energy will at times hide itself from view. As you begin to penetrate into that energy and you address the energy, and you look at the energy. You turn that energy around, and you withdraw it, and you send it out to the Universe and you disconnect from it you may see this happen – a reboot in that which you thought was dragging you down. Now do not use this description and this example as the last choke hold.
Jump! It Takes Courage
Only understand what we are saying. To jump takes courage, it takes a willingness to say 'I release myself from everything that I feel and thought was important to me and I jump'. You are not jumping to your doom. You are not jumping to your death. You are jumping into life. You are jumping into a creational place where everything is brand new, where concepts will be redefined. It is a symbolic-ness that we are speaking of, symbolic because you are jumping into new therefore you do not want old things to go with you to pollute that which is going forward. When you jump into this space, you are connecting the downloads into the new quantum area. Yes, some of it will filter back into this old area, but the majority of it will be in new areas.
That which is where you work and which you function in a functionality point of reference in this old lifestyle that you have jumped from will still be here. You are still able to connect to it, but when you connect to it, it will be in the new vibration that you are, not the struggles of the old. Do you comprehend now?
We are not asking you to forgo everything you have built within your life. We are asking you to let it go to step into a new skin, to step into a new arena of the conceptualisation of ideas and perceptions and bring that back into your connectivity of your creations here that will enhance it. But the vibration that you bring will not allow reconnection of old damaged connections that want to hold you in time and space and prevent you from moving in your own outer and inner expansion.
Council Connection
My dear humans, those of you that are here this night that have been upon The Council tables. You understand the idea of translocation, where you are in one place but you are translocating energetically to another physical place. Where you commune, and you fellowship with other beings, then you relocate back to your physical being, and in that moment of transferring back, you feel small, uncomfortable, too big. You feel as if you are in the wrong body, the wrong place, the wrong time and you yearn to return back to the tables because that's where you are the most powerful, that's where you are at you most of your energy strength, your fullest capacity.
In that small example, this is what you will feel like. You will go to a place of greater expansion of more excellent knowledge. Tapping into things that you formally felt were unable to be done, and when you return to connect to the creation that you have here, it will feel strange, different. It will not be the same coat that you comfortably wore a few days ago so you will have to adjust your creation, you will have to improve your building, your life to fit you. Now as you know when you change things some things fall off, let them fall. If they are meant to be with you, they will adjust, and they will grow to fit back upon your template, your pattern. You were not put in this place to fit somebody else's ideals. You are here for the purpose of being the ideal template maker, so others may see what it is to have a higher ideal to aim for, to know how to plan and purpose with direction.
The group that is here have varied talents. Teachers, leaders, negotiators, recorders of information, image takers. You all have various parts to play but when you allow yourself to tap into what is on the other side of the abyss of this jump, of this gorge in front of you. When you take – we rather like this saying – when you take the bull by the horns or the tiger by the tail, and you commit to what you are going to do, and you do not doubt yourself, you will begin to see how the outer attributes become the inner attributes. How the things that you thought might yet, yet be useful become useful, the strengths and weaknesses are not seen as individuals but as a oneness within yourself because from that area that you perceive as weak your strengths are now founded. You are powerful. You are compassionate. You empathise, you are able to see beyond what's here in front of you, you can see beyond it, you know the outcome. And yes, you might say to us ', but I already do this', then why are you still on this side of the precipice?
The precipice is a synonym, it is an example it is a thought pattern, it is that which is to get you to look at where you are at and ask yourself 'why am I still in the same place?' The abyss, the gorge, the gap, whatever label fits for you is that which is in your energy is the perception, the fear that is holding you back. The other side is that which you believe is out of touch for you, out of reach, and yet we say it is not because it is within arm's reach, it is here. That's all it is. Your jump is as big, as broad, as deep or as narrow and small and shallow as you choose.
If in your human mind you have perceived this great enormous abyss of energy that you need to cross over to achieve what it is that you need to do, then so be it, but if you see within your energy that yes, it is an enormous thing for you to do. That it is going to take courage, it is going to take commitment, it is going to take everything within you to do it and maintain it but it is achievable, yes, you are able to do it. Then all of a sudden that leap becomes a step and a small step at that because you have already crossed it in your energy, you have begun to achieve it by your decision-making already. And you will not be alone in your decision making, you have support.
As you are already aware, The Council is always within reach, you have your Ascended Master friends that are always within reach, they will not fail you, they will not let you fall. And if you feel as if you are falling and you have missed the edge of where you wish to be, ask yourself 'where is my safety net', and you will see that it is there. Use it as a trampoline and bounce yourself back up, grab a hold of the opposite side of the cliff and pull yourself over knowing that as you do this you will achieve. We have faith in you. We, The Council know that this is your time to connect the downloads into your space, your quantum area of creation.
So we ask this night – jump. Will you jump or will you wait for the opportunity to pass you by and recycle around to you in a different time and a different moment and a weaker energy link? Your decision, your choice. But we say, we will be there as well to support you but we say now in your linearity is the best time.
And so we are The Council, and we leave you with this, and we say 'be at peace, be at peace'.
For any help or advise on this message please contact us.


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Press release issued by Adobe:
Camera Raw 9.6.1 is now available through the update mechanism in Photoshop CC and the Creative Cloud application. Our focus with this release was to fix reported customer issues.
Thank you for all your feedback and passion for Camera Raw.
Bugs Fixed in Camera Raw 9.6.1
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