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Toronto, Sept 29, 2015 – Ontario's 28,000 doctors go to work every day to put our patients first. For us, it's simple: there's no job more important than the health of our patients.
CIHI's report release today shows that Ontario continues to have one of the lowest doctor-to-population ratios in the country, lower than all provinces except Manitoba, Saskatchewan and PEI.
With a growing and aging population, it's no secret that Ontario's publicly-funded health care system will be put under immense strain. The strain caused by the complex health care needs of our aging population is not captured in CIHI's analysis.
The decisions we make today will impact patients' access to quality care in the years to come.
At a time when Ontario is growing, when demand for quality, patient-focused care is up, the government's approach of cutting the funding needed for the increasing demand for physician services is not the way we solve the serious problems facing our health care system.
Ontario's doctors are committed to working together to protect the quality, patient-focused care Ontario's families deserve.
Our patients deserve nothing less.
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The Eastleigh Mela is back again and celebrating cultural fusion!
The Eastleigh Mela will be on the 22nd of July 2018, from 11am to 6pm on Leigh Road Recreation Ground (and the Market Place)
It will have live acts from Abba's Angels, Sazia Judge, Fijian Dancers, Kasbah, Jan Belly and Coco P – As well as a surprise VIP guest!
It'll also feature music and food from around the world! Irish dancers, lion dancers, Falconhigh, garba, climbing wall, kite making and much more!
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Paul Dennington is a rare talent who takes the DIY ethos to new creative heights, setting himself apart from the herd with excellent self-directed videos, gigs in exotic locations and some great tunes to match.
After several years as the drummer (and producer) in Edinburgh band The Dark Jokes, Dennington is back with a solo project entitled Wolfnote and an eponymous album will be released on Thursday. An atmospheric, sometimes haunting collection of songs which combine a slightly folky vocal style with electronic effects, acoustic guitars, harp and spacious bass, they are perfectly suited to Leith's Ukrainian Church on Dalmeny Street, where the launch will take place on 7 December. We also recommend checking out his videos, shot in locations as far flung as São Paulo and Glencoe at http://bit.ly/PDVid1 and http://bit.ly/PDVid2
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Thursday 7 March 2019 at 6-7.30pm
Professor Mark Edwards
The brain and nervous system allow us to sense what is going on in our bodies. But disruption of that process can lead to genuine and disabling physical symptoms.
Neurologist Professor Mark Edwards will lead an evening exploring how complex conditions such as Functional Neurological Disorder are diagnosed and treated - and the challenges they present to patients.
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A Pastoral Response to Prophetic Sensationalism
The shemitah (sabbatical year cycle) has become a hot issue, beginning with Jonathan Cahn's book, "The Harbinger" and (more recently) "The Mystery of the Shemitah", and "Four Blood Moons" by Mark Biltz. I am more familiar with Pastor Cahn's books, and have great respect for him. Some aspects of his recent books are certain to raise the anxiety of many believers.
There are some concerns that merit a "pastoral response."
While American culture may well be ripe for judgment, it is important to accurately handle what the scriptures say (2 Timothy 2:15). Here are my top three concerns about The Harbinger and The Mystery of the Shemitah: The 3,000 Year-Old Mystery That Holds The Secret of America's Future.
FIRST: Pastor Cahn applies scripture out of context. If you have read Harbinger, you may have noted that he develops his argument around Isaiah 9:10 — "The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars." He then applies it to America, the events surrounding 9/11, including the planting of a specific tree at the 9/11 memorial. He provides corroborating evidence from current events and statements by various politicians.
But what is the context of that prophecy?
Isaiah 9:8 clearly identifies the recipients of the prophecy as Israel. Not America. Not Britain. Not any nation or culture other than Israel, God's covenant people. Isaiah 9:8 — "The Lord has sent a message against Jacob; it will fall on Israel." This is important because, if we were to apply this same method of try-to-make-it-fit interpretation to other parts of the Bible, we could reshape any passage to make it fit our preference. But that would ignore the Lord's intent behind the passage in question.
Several commentators in evangelical & Messianic congregations have expressed the same concern about Cahn's books. It puzzles me that he feels at liberty to apply to America a prophecy that God clearly directed at Israel.
SECOND: in The Mystery of the Shemitah, Cahn cites the 7-year sabbatical cycle and asserts it to be a general principle for the economic cycles of the world. The shemitah (Hebrew for "release") was a seven-year cycle, at the end of which Israel was to allow its fields to lie fallow, and all debts would be forgiven. (See Exodus 23:10-12 and Leviticus 25:1-7.) Israel would ultimately go into the Babylonian exile for 70 years because they had failed to observe 70 cycles of the sabbatical year (shemitah). But God gave this ordinance specifically to Israel and no other nation.
There is no justification in his application of it as a general principle for the United States or any other nation. Add to that the fact that his "data" does not take into account that the observable economic cycles in our current history are not always 7 years. There have been 4-year cycles, even 10-year cycles. If it were a true prophetic principle, it would not vary. Furthermore, no one knows when the Jewish sabbatical years actually fell. Various groups, even within the Jewish community, have calculated this differently. Any claim to know the exact timing of the 7-year shemitah cycle is based on speculation.
THIRD: Cahn (and other authors such as Biltz in Four Blood Moons) strongly suggests that he has inside information regarding this "mystery". If so, then this is an entirely novel assertion, bordering on "new revelation". One of the principles that any serious student of God's Word must remember is, "If you see something in Scripture that is 'brand new', you may be wandering onto thin ice." Though I don't consider Cahn or Biltz to be heretics, they are, nevertheless, skating toward dangerous territory.
I do not doubt the sincerity or salvation of Pastor Cahn or Mark Biltz, but my fear is that they are popularizing and marketing prophetic sensationalism. America may well be on the cusp of God's righteous wrath, but not on the basis of the shemitah.


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Excitement about Cuba continues to grow. There's the culture, the rum, the cigars, the incredible warmth of its people. And of course, there is this sense that Cuba has been a forbidden fruit for so long, and everyone wants a taste. As the CEO of a Cuba tour operator I find myself in Havana frequently for work rather than play. No matter how many meetings I have, though, I can't resist sinking in and immersing myself. Likewise, Americans traveling on a people to people license are required to have a full schedule of educational activities, leaving little downtime. But with all the go-go-go, you will never really "feel" the place until you slow down and soak up the atmosphere. With that in mind, here are my favorite ways to enjoy a little downtime during my busy days in Havana. And yes, even on a people to people tour you can make time to stop and smell the rum.
1. People Watch: The Malecon
Havana's Malecon is the place where lovers come to meet, where political debates are hashed out, and where hundreds of Cubans mingle each night, the sun setting on the span of sea that stretches between Havana and Miami. To stroll the Malecon is to wade into a sea of Cuban culture and swim with all facets of life there. People from every walk of life show up on this sidewalk edging the sea, each for their own reasons. Without many other forms of entertainment or open gathering places, Havana's families use the Malecon as a sort of community center and a way to escape the tropical heat in their apartments. Fisherman cast lines, and girls flirt with passersby. It is the city center in some ways, and yet it stretches the outer edge of Havana, like a bracelet of stone.
When I visit Havana I come here to watch the sunset and set my pace along with the rest of Cuba. Classic cars, crumbling colorful buildings, and watching the world go by make this one of my favorite authentic spots to just be.
2. Chill Out: Patio at the Hotel Nacional
The service may be slow, but there is no better place to kick back on a shaded couch overlooking the Atlantic, sip a mojito, and smoke a cigar. Once the haunt of Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, Nat King Cole and Marlon Brando, this is the place where Havana's stylish movers and shakers mix amongst tourists smartly outfitted in the latest adventure wear.
Getting a reservation to stay at the Hotel Nacional these days is not an easy task. If you aren't staying at this iconic hotel, do make a plan to unwind one late afternoon on the patio. Take a break from the heat and enjoy the scene, as Havana's worldly future evokes sophisticated and sultry days gone by.
3. Eat: HM7, Atelier and La Guarida
Until the mid-1990s privately owned restaurants were banned, leaving only subpar state-run eateries, which lacked both supplies and creativity. With the birth of the paladar, Cuba has unleashed decades of pent up culinary innovation and each day that passes brings more to the table. Some of my favorites are Habana Mia 7 (HM7), Atelier and the famed La Guarida. The atmosphere rivals the food in these upscale paladares, making them great places to relax and enjoy. HM7's sleek, modern lines, open kitchen and outdoor patio feels young and fresh, like their gazpacho and tuna tartare. Atelier is sophisticated and breezy, with patio dining and plantation shutters. The seafood salad is worthy of a repeat visit, as is the friendly service. La Guarida epitomizes shabby chic, and the food is innovative and exciting. Reservations are highly recommended at all three restaurants.
4. Get Around: Take a Coco Taxi
While the lure of a classic car is something that brings many to Havana's streets, I enjoy getting around Havana by Coco Taxi. These bright yellow, partially covered scooters will swing you through the city's busy streets while the wind blows through your hair. Rather than experiencing the streets of Havana through the glass windows of a car, why not enjoy the sights and sounds of Havana up close? Be part of the action, with the added benefit of a little breeze to wash away the humidity. A bonus: Coco Taxis are metered, so you don't have to endure an intimidating fare negotiation.
5. Wander: Make New Friends
In Cuba people are so open and warm that acquaintances quickly turn into friends and friends into family. Tuck away your introverted inclinations and open your heart to some irregular stops, like a game of soccer in the middle of a city street, or dinner at a local's home. Now THAT is true people to people travel!
Tamar Lowell is CEO of Access Trips, a culinary tour company operating licensed people-to-people tours in Cuba.
All images courtesy of Access Trips.


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Andris @ 2019-09-15 04:11:33
This is a worrying article and only serves to sugar coat a serious problem. The 2019 data shows Latvia ranks 9th globally in suicide rates. While you keep talking about about stress as something a vitamin might fix, you are missing the dark underbelly of the predator that is mental illness, emotional crisis, suicide ideation, self harm and suicide. Where is the voice of mental health promotion and prevention. The Latvian health system need to get smarter about this and i don't mean building more psychiatric institutions. mental health is a community problem. Lets get some decent services out in the community.
Justs @ 2019-09-13 11:38:44
Istanbul? Yea, Latvia can learn lessons from the Turks about how to treat women - fertility rate for Turkish women is 4, Latvian women 1.
Justs @ 2019-09-13 11:37:14
Physically remove Russians and their Soviet relics from all of Europe.
jj @ 2019-09-13 08:51:00
Why don't you check for yourself instead of inventing numbers? It is around 340 euros in Latvia - not 200 euros !!
Justs @ 2019-09-12 12:17:41
What is it in Latvia? 200 Euro? Latvia is yet again the worst and poorest country in Europe. An embarrassment to the E.U. and all Europeans, really. Let Russia annex you already and you can be like Psov oblast - poor and abandoned.


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API Call Limit in Cloud Infrastructures
Along with the rise of the popularity of the Cloud Infrastructures rise the popularity of using/accessing Web APIs from these new "fancy" infrastructures. Accessing the Web APIs from these infrastructures is more or less trivial job but unexpectedly it brings new challanges that have to be overcome.
For more details about the experiment read the following article: Cloud Computing May Decrease Your API Call Limit.
The experiment was led by Tomas Vitvar and supported by me and Jaroslav Kuchar.


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A Fundamentally New Way to Invest
On this site I have introduced a new approach to investing called Dynamic Investment Theory (DIT) and a new investment type called Dynamic Investments (DIs). DIT does not simply "tweak" Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), today's standard for portfolio design; it is a completely different way to investing. And when the constraints of MPT are removed, the entire world of investing is free to evolve as it must in order to cope with today's market dynamics.
On this page I discuss just a few of the major changes that will exist in the DIT-based future of investing. They will surprise you. You have probably been taught that many of them are not possible. But once the fundamental way we invest changes from MPT to DIT, the impossible becomes the normal.
To understand how these changes are possible you need to know how Dynamic Investments work. If you need a refresher, go to this link.
Ten Fundamental Changes (Plus One)
The future of investing will not look like it does today. It can't. The MPT portfolio design methods that are in universal use today simply no longer work in modern markets. At it's no wonder; they were introduced in 1952 when markets were a far different place. This is about to change. Dynamic Investment Theory (DIT), that you are learning about on this site is the first approach to portfolio design and investing in general designed specifically to work in modern markets. And extensive testing by the NAOI shows that it works far better than decades-old MPT methods.
DIT and the use of DIs introduce dozens of fundamental changes to how investing works today. You can read about these and others the Amazing Future of Investing Book that can be purchased in the NAOI store. Below I list ten of them just to illustrate the types of changes that are coming. Prepare to be amazed.
1. Dynamic Investments (DIs) Have a Universal Goal. - In today's MPT world of investing portfolios are created to match the risk profile of each individual investor. This is a very unscientific and error prone process. In contrast, DIs all have the same goal of searching for and capturing positive returns where ever and when ever they exist in the market. This is a universal goal that works for all investors regardless of risk tolerance level. This fundamental change sets the stage for the productization of investing discussed below.
2. From "Static" Investing to "Dynamic" Investing. - MPT portfolios are meant to be bought and held for the long-term. This makes them "static" investments that have no ability to react to market changes. In contrast, DIs embrace a buy and sell management strategy. They constantly monitor market trends in an effort to hold only ETFs that are moving up in price and selling or avoiding those that are moving down. This makes them "dynamic" investments that are far better able to cope with today's dynamic markets.
3. Introducing Time-Diversification and Market Sensitivity. Adding diversity elements to a portfolio is always a good thing. MPT portfolios are both company and asset diversified. DIs are company and asset diversified as well. But they also are "time-diversified" by being able to automatically signal when changes need to be made to profitably respond to market changes. And whereas both company and asset diversification only reduce risk, time diversification reduces risk AND enhances returns.
4. Higher Returns with Less Risk. - MPT portfolios must hold both winning and losing investments at all times to reduce risk. Because DIs are dynamic and time-diversified, they are designed to hold ONLY winning investments. This results in significantly higher returns with less risk than is possible with MPT portfolios.
4. DIs "Productize" the World of Investing. Modern Portfolio Theory shows how to combine assets to reduce risk. That's it. MPT has nothing to say about how a portfolio is to be managed. In contrast, DIT not only shows how to select ETFs to work with in order to meet a specific goal, it also provides strict rules for ongoing management. Thus, unlike MPT portfolios, DIT portfolios are comprehensive investments that can be seen as portfolio "products". This means that they can be bought "off-the-shelf" from a variety of vendors and simply held for the long term. These are active investments that are passively managed. The implications of the productization of investing are huge!
5. Ease of New DI Product Creation. Today the creation of new products such as Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds is a complicated, time-consuming and expensive process. In contrast, creating new DIs easy. DIs are created by simply combining existing ETFs in the NAOI-defined Dynamic Investment structure and defining a few variables as discussed here. Companies and individuals can create an unlimited number of powerful DIs virtually overnight with little cost and effort. Read how in the Amazing Future of Investing book.
6. Reducing the Human Risk Element. A major problem with the way we invest today is that virtually all portfolio design and trade decisions are based on subjective human judgments that leave the door wide open to all manner of bad things such bad data, bad analysis, sales bias and even investing fraud and scams. The "human risk" element is a huge negative. This risk element goes away using DIT methods. In Dynamic Investments and DI portfolios all trade decisions are based on objective observations of market trends. In other words, the "market" triggers trades, not people. And history has shown that the market is a lot better predictor of future price trends than any one or group of analysts/advisors.
7. Automatic Changes in Asset Allocation. As mentioned above, in the MPT world of investing portfolio asset allocation is determined by the very ambiguous concept of an investor's risk tolerance. And then the goal is to simply maintain this allocation for the long term. DIT-based portfolios have the built-in intelligence to automatically change their asset allocation based on current market trends. Thus, using DIT methods, there is no need go through the almost impossible process of trying to determine an an up-front allocation that will work for the long-term.
8. The Introduction of Dynamic Portfolios. Single Dynamic Investments have many of the characteristics of today's multi-investment portfolios. They are asset, company and time diversified which gives them the risk reduction elements needed to qualify as a portfolio. In fact one DI can be a person's total portfolio. But DIs can also be combined to meet specific goals. Such Dynamic Portfolios take the world of product development to a whole new level. They are essentially portfolios of portfolios. And the possibilities that are opened by this fact are astounding. Read more at this link.
9. Customization at a Different Level. DIT creates Dynamic Investments that have a universal goal of maximum returns with minimum risk as discussed above in point one. They don't care about an investor's risk tolerance level. In the DIT world customization is used to meet specific goals, one of which can be lower risk. But this is not done at the DI creation level. Rather it is done at the Dynamic Portfolio level by deciding which DI portfolio building blocks to combine. This is a far easier and more effective way to meet the unique needs of an investor than trying to determine their risk tolerance level.
10. The Introduction of a Portfolio Benchmark Standard. Because MPT portfolios are customized creations for each investor, there is no way to compare them to determine how well they work and/or the competency of the portfolio designer. Today there is no "benchmark" that could give us this information. Well, that's about to change. The simplest Dynamic Investment rotates only between holding a total Stock ETF and a total Bond ETF based on market trends. This is called the NAOI Core DI. It is so simple and so easy implement and manage that any MPT portfolio that produces lower returns or higher risk must be seen as an inferior investment. Thus, the NAOI Core DI can be used as a standard benchmark against which the quality of all MPT portfolios can be measured. As you will see on the Home Page of this site the NAOI Core DI earned +26.7% per year for the decade from the start of 2008 to the end of 2017! When investors compare their MPT performance for the same period against this Benchmark they will have to wonder - "why not just buy and hold the NAOI Core DI?". And advisors will need to answer the question. This is a HUGE development in the world of investing. Read about it in the
11. Built-In Wealth Protection. Ten changes is a nice round number and pleasing to the eye. But, even though this is intended to be a partial list I couldn't stop without including this Point 11. MPT portfolios typically have no automated protection from major market crashes such as the one we saw in 2008. As a result they are vulnerable a major loss in value in short periods of time. In contrast, Each Dynamic Investment has a built-in Trailing Stop Loss order that automatically sells the ETF held if it drops by a certain amount while held. The ETF held will then be replaced at the next Review Period as described on this page. Thus any one DI or a group of DIs in a Dynamic Portfolio are at all times protected from a significant drop in value.
A New Era of Investing Is Dawning
The above listed advances to the world of investing, and others discussed in the Amazing Future of Investing book, will usher in a new era of investing that is superior in every way to the MPT-based investing environment that investors are forced to struggle with today.
Investors who read the Book can enter this better world of investing and begin profiting from it immediately. Financial organizations that read the Book can begin preparing for it immediately and by doing so gain a massive competitive advantage as the world of investing evolves.


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Amazon Cuts Off Affiliates In Hawaii And Rhode Island... Who Else Wants To Try?
from the you-might-make-them-angry deptLast week, Amazon decided to cut off North Carolina affiliates due to proposed legislation that would have affiliates (really, advertisers) be considered as local "employees" for the sake of proving that Amazon had a business "nexus" in the state, and thus need to collect state sales tax there. It appears similar legislation is popping up across a bunch of states, and Amazon is cutting off affiliates one by one. Affiliates in both Hawaii and Rhode Island have been told that they can no longer sell via Amazon over this issue. It'll be interesting to see if any states back down. Pissing off a bunch of small business owners who make money selling products via Amazon probably isn't a particularly wise thing to do in the middle of a recession.
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Last Tuesday, the 14th of December, we flew to Indianapolis from McAllen. On Wednesday we checked in with Terry's cardiologists in Indy, then drove on up to Goshen. We stayed at the storage condo for a couple nights and checked in with our manager, then went on to La Porte. That is where we attended the wedding of our nephew, Brad and his bride Nicole. La Porte made the national news just a few days before with record snowfall that resulted in 80 travelers being marooned on SR 2 due to the blowing and drifting snow, aka, blizzard conditions. Fortunately when we arrived there on Friday, the roads were clear and the entire time we were in Indiana the roads were clear. Thank goodness for that.
At the hotel we caught up with Mom and Dad and as the afternoon rolled on, other friends and relatives arrived. It sure was great to see them all and to get to visit with them. This picture is my sister and I and Mom and Dad. Brandon and Megan arrived with another wedding party attendant. Their wedding will probably be in September, but nothing definite has been set. We all kept our room doors ajar so we could run between them and visit. We attended the rehearsal and dinner afterwards and enjoyed the buffet that was laid out for us.
Saturday was the wedding at 4:30, so we had the day to get ready. Nita did a lot of running around and was her "super" self at getting everyone taken care of. The biggest malfunction occurred when son Brandon put on his suit jacket for the wedding. He was one of the groomsmen and, wouldn't you know, the store failed to remove the security tag. You know, those big white clunkers that spray ink everywhere if you try to remove it! Grrrr. He had exchanged the jacket for a smaller one just the week before and the clerk had put it in the bag and tied it all up for Brandon. Nothing happened as he went out the store and he was none the wiser. So, what's a person to do? We searched the internet on how to remove one safely, but no one had a Dremel tool in their suitcase. The desk clerk called a tux shop in town, but they didn't have the tool. She called the manager at Wally World and they said they would remove it, but Brandon and the guys didn't think they had time to go there. So the desk clerk found a piece of black cloth and I used safety pins to cover it. Luckily the venue was dark and I don't think one person even noticed. Brad, the groom, thought it was funny. At least with the dark colored suits, it was not noticeable in any of the pictures. Hah.
The wedding was a great time. We got to sit at a table with my nieces and their husbands, Staci and Kevin and Michelle and Rod. It was great to visit with them. We don't get to see them enough when we are in the area, so it was good to catch up with them and their families.
Sunday after the wedding, we drove back to the Indy airport with Brandon and Megan. We had a room for the night, but they had to catch an evening flight back to Orlando. So we found a Japanese steakhouse for supper. Megan ordered the sushi and it turns out she was the only smart one in the group. The rest of us ended up with food poisoning. It started to hit us about the same time, 7:30 p.m. Monday night. Brandon is pretty much back to normal now as is Terry, but for some reason, it is lingering with me. The food actually was good and nothing tasted suspicious. Terry said there may have been something on the grill or in the oil/seasonings they used, because we were sick, sick, sick. Fortunately it waited until we were well back to Texas and back home before it hit.
Mom and Dad arrived late yesterday afternoon. They love the new tile in their place. It does look good and they are very pleased with the way it turned out. We are glad they like it. We got them all unpacked. Mom had an unfortunate mishap and scraped her arm up pretty good. Her skin on her arms is very thin and it just peeled back. We dressed it, but I was glad this morning when she thought she should have the doctor look at it. The doctor cleaned it and gave them instructions for cleaning it daily and then said the dressing they were using was good. So she feels better. We all went to the hall tonight to eat "breakfast." Since Christmas and New Year's are both on Saturday, the hall will not be putting on breakfasts on those days. Since the meals are fund raisers for the park, they decided to have them another time so people could still come and enjoy. I couldn't eat very much, but I was able to eat a little. Everybody is glad to see Mom and Dad finally.
We will be here through the weekend, then Monday we have to go back to Houston. Don't know how long we will be there, but it may be a long haul.
Till next time. . .
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
A Wedding in the Family!
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K Sree Kumar is an alumnus of two of the premiere educational institutions in India, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He has over 25 years' global operating and leadership experience, in professional services and consulting, and in executive roles, in mainstream banking and consulting as well as development and donor-funded work.
He spent several years working for Indian IT service providers Tata Consultancy Services and Cognizant Technology Solutions; and for international Big Four firms Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers, working across industries and spending two years on secondment to a multinational bank. Part of that time was also spent in supporting DFID and World Bank-funded Public Sector Reform and private sector development work, including assessing the social and environmental impact of privatisation and restructuring in countries of the former Soviet Union and in Africa. He spent nearly sixteen years living and working outside India, much of that period in countries undergoing significant economic restructuring, across Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, East Asia, and the Middle East, where key accomplishments included helping establish telecom regulators in two countries, restructuring the water utilities of a number of towns, running a World Bank-funded Enterprise Development Fund, and running the local component of a global anti-AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria programme in two countries in Africa.
Since returning to India he has served as CEO of Intellecap, a boutique advisory firm for the social enterprise sector, and as the interim CEO of AgSri, itself a social enterprise focussed on reducing the water footprint of the agriculture sector, and in scaling agricultural innovations. He is currently head of the USAID-funded India-Africa Agricultural Innovations Bridge program at TechnoServe.
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Faith-based Approaches to
Preventing and Addressing LGBTQ Youth Homelessness
The numbers of youth experiencing homelessness can only be estimated, but we do know for certain that LGBTQia youth, transgender youth especially, are much more likely to experience homelessness than their peers.
These are youth whose very survival depend on being hidden, often in plain sight. One youth slept in a tree, in an urban area, next to a busy hotel. Others find empty building to squat in, or sleep under bridges. Some sleep hidden in parks. You may see their tents. You probably won't.
Youth homelessness happens for many reasons, often poverty and family disruption are primary factors. LGBTQia youth homelessness often happens because parents kick their kids out. Best estimates are that 42% of youth experiencing homelessness identify as as queer or LGBT, and 50% of those youth were kicked out by religious parents or families.
Click to read or download now, the next volume in Parity's FaithForward series, Faith-based Approaches to Addressing and Preventing LGBTQ Youth Homelessness.
An excerpt, 5 Quick Projects for your church or faith-based organization
From the introduction:
Every youth experiencing homelessness has a unique story and the reasons youth find themselves on the street are varied. Many LGBTQia youth become homeless for economic reasons - their families simply don't have enough money to provide shelter and food for them. In some cases, adolescent youth are driven from their home of origin by the feeling that they are a burden on an already economically stretched family.
Some LGBTQia youth run away from physical, sexual and verbal abuse the may or may not be related to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity and expression. Others are kicked out by their parents or caregivers, told "Come back when you have straightened up." Let's pause here. This is unbelievable, right?
Parents don't kick their kids out for being LGBTQia, right? Parents DO kick their kids out for being (or even appearing as though they might be) LGBTQia. About half of the youth experiencing homelessness that we have worked with had been kicked out by parents from traditional (not LGBTQia-affirming) religions and faiths.
Two important and unexpected points to note: First, none of these parents hated their child. In fact, all of the parents we worked with thought they were doing the best thing they could for their child. Some had been advised by a religious leader to kick their child out (often to minimize contact with younger, "easily influenced" siblings), others simply thought it would impress upon the child the need to "straighten up", to "get over it."
Second, not a single one - not ONE - of the hundreds of homeless youth we worked with ever expressed anything but love and longing for their parents and families. Even after being physically or sexually abused, or being told horrific things, like "I wish you had never been born," youth defend their parents. In fact, youth often said that they didn't want anyone to know they had been kicked out, they didn't want their parents to get in trouble! The irony, of course, is that in many states that value parents rights over children, a parent will not get in trouble but the kicked out child can be arrested.
The good news hidden here is that often, with education and support, families can learn and grow together, becoming a facilitator of positive development for their LGBTQia youth. Faith communities are uniquely positioned to provide this education and support to families. For other LGBTQia youth, positive interaction with their family of origin (or foster family, extended family, etc.) is not possible. For these youth in particular, contact with accepting, affirming, and empathetic adults is absolutely critical. Creating a community and safe space for these youth literally saves lives. And you have the ability to do just this. Keep reading. Click to read or download now.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Background and Need
Chapter Three: Why Churches and Faith Communities?
Chapter Four: Preventing Youth Homelessness
Why is prevention so important?
What can faith communities do to prevent LGBTQ youth homelessness?
Chapter Five: Addressing Youth Homelessness
Part 1: Quick Tips & Easy Projects
Project 1: Assemble Hygiene Kits
Project 2: Hold an Educational Event
Project 3: Offer LGBTQ Affirming Family Counseling
Project 4: Connect & Create Community for Parents & Families
Project 5: Host Monthly Meals and/or Events for Youth
Highly Recommended Groundwork
Coming next in the FaithForward Series:
Faith-based Approaches to Preventing and Addressing Youth Homelessness Parts 2 & 3
Part Two: Creating a LGBTQ Youth Ministry
Part Three: LGBTQ Youth Curricula and Programming
Click to read or download now, Faith-based Approaches to
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Viriato Soromenho-Marques
Viriato Soromenho-Marques (1957) teaches Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Nature and European Ideas and Policies in the Departments of Philosophy and European Studies of the University of Lisbon. He is correspondent member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences and from the Portuguese Marine Academy. He was Vice-Chair of the European Environmental and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils network (2001-2006). He was member of the EC High Level Group on Energy and Climate Change (2007-2010). Currently he is Special Adviser of the Board of the Blue Ocean Foundation (Fundação Oceano Azul). He is a prolific writer and speaker on Philosophy, Environment and European Union matters.


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U Pinkasů Restaurant
The "U Pinkasů" restaurant, founded by Jakub Pinkas in 1843, was the first restaurant in Prague to serve the bottom-fermented lager Pilsner Urquell on draught. It has been one of the most popular Prague establishments throughout its more than 170 years of continuous operation.
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- capacity >100
- lounge
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Opening hours
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- Whole week
- 10.00 – 23.00
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The restaurant offers traditional Czech dishes, using recipes dating back to its origins and is spread over all three floors of the building.
In addition to several themed areas (At home, The Upper- and The Lower House of Parliament), there is the Pinkas cellar and a unique
Gothic garden, which was established in the adjacent grounds of the Franciscan garden.
Beers on tap: Pilsner Urquell, Velkopopovický Kozel dark, Radegast Birell (alcohol-free)
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- Jungmannovo náměstí 16
- 110 00 Praha 1- Nové Město
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In Romania at the Black Sea [Umbrela&Vama Veche] one month ago. The kid and the gipsy family in the same period, but somewhere in the est of Romania. It was a minilux with 40mm
Agree with Johne. Very special shot. Best I like tones and grain.
Grain makes the shot. Well done.
Sorry about this. The problem is that the horizon is not straight. The barrel looks great, and I love the tones, but I can't help looking at the horizon!
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Bitcoin, Ethereum Prices May More Than Triple in 2018, Survey Finds
According to a survey conducted by popular comparison website Finder and published in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), various blockchain industry participants expect the price of the top two cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Ethereum, to more than triple by the end of the year.
In the survey, nine blockchain industry participants were asked about the potential price trajectory of the world's top 12 cryptocurrencies. The study interestingly found that the participants were more bullish on Ethereum than on Bitcoin, as they expected Ethereum's market cap to increase by 212 percent. Bitcoin's market cap is expected to grow by 194 percent, while Bitcoin Cash is expected to grow 123 percent.
The survey, according to the SCMP, was based on price levels seen on February 27. At the time, Bitcoin was above $10,00 and Ethereum was at $870. This means that, according to respondents, by the end of the year, Ethereum's price would be at $2,550. Bitcoin would hit $29,533, and Bitcoin Cash would be at $2,721.
The survey's projections would mean both Bitcoin and Ethereum would see their value more than triple within nine months, as recent price trends saw Bitcoin drop to $8,800 at press time. Ethereum is currently trading at $670.
The expected growth in Ethereum's market cap is reportedly driven by the applicability of its network, and the growth of initial coin offerings (ICOs) As covered by Hacked, ICO fundraising has topped $1.2 billion in February, bringing the total amount raised this year to $2.7 billion.
Per the SCMP, Ethereum's price dip is seeing investors buy more, so they can then participate in more ICOs. Si Oh, vice-president at Octagon, a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency broker, revealed his firm has been seeing interest in Ethereum pick up, although he revealed interest in Bitcoin is still prevalent.
He said:
Kevin Loo, co-founder and chief strategy officer at CryptAM, a Hong Kong-based digital asset management firm, also told the news outlet he expected Ethereum to have a bright future. Loo pointed out that the cryptocurrency, just like Bitcoin, faces scaling issues, although he believes these are being properly taken care of.
To prove his point, he pointed to the CryptoKitties craze that temporarily congested the network. He stated:
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North Kern Golf Course Number Two Green – Bakersfield, Ca
Number 2 Green at James C. Haggerty North Kern Golf Course in Bakersfield, Ca…this course is one of 3 Kern County owned public golf courses. North Kern is a fun course to play and to practice your short and mid iron game. They also have a very large driving range and putting green. Practice areas also for bunker and pitching practice. I'd Go Back to North Kern…that's for sure!


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THANG 1: the Seattle Viaduct
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Last Days of the Seattle Viaduct
This painting was done for a Seattle resident (you can see her building off to the side) who wanted to combine the destruction of the Seattle Viaduct and Godzilla. For those that don't know, one of Seattle's favorite landmarks, the Viaduct, is being torn down over to make way for a tunnel. It was a great combo and perfect for those living in Seattle right now.


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Isabella Eklöf 's "Holiday" is the winner of the 18th New Horizons.
Here is the news from the horses mouth or almost 😉 – https://www.nowehoryzonty.pl/akt.do?id=5403. Please read at your ease.
Awarded were also An Elephant Sitting Still by Hu Bo and Cut-out by Zuzanna Grajcewicz. Hu Bo died last year. Rest in peace.
By the way, here's an informative article about Polish film festivals: https://culture.pl/en/article/culturepls-guide-to-polish-film-festivals.


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The piece below on the left is a perfect example. What a beautiful interpretation done by one of our students.


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Lohri: Famous Festival Of North India
Lohri is the famous festival celebrated in North India. This festival is celebrated by the people of Punjab and Haryana state. In the state of Punjab, there is an official gazetted holiday. Every year this festival falls on 13th of January and primarily celebrated by Sikhs and Hindus from Punjab region of India. People believe that this festival is celebrated the passing winter also.
On the occasion of Lohri people send happy Lohri Shayari to loved ones. It is the best time when families sit together to sing their traditional songs. The night before the Makar Sankranti, the festival of Lohri is celebrate also called magh also. According to the Bikrami calendar, Lohri festival falls on the same date every year i.e 13th January.
The festivals also mark the celebration of sowing the rabi crop, its celebrate the arrival of a new month and the new season. Bonfire is the main part of the Lohri festival because worship the fire is the main tradition followed by the people on Lohri festival. People believe that bigger the bonfire bigger the Lohri celebration.
At the day of Lohri small children visit door to door singing Lohri song and ask sweets and money. One of the famous Lohri songs is "Sundar mundriye ho! Tera kaun vicharaa ho! Dulla Bhatti wala ho!". Dhulla Bhatti was one of the famous characters like Robin Hood. People believe that Dhulla Bhatti was the boy who arranged poor girls marriages with boys with Hindu rituals and provided them a dowry. He was the hero of all Punjabis, by singing his songs on Lohri festival, Punjabi people give tribute to him.
In the evening of the festival people lighten up the bonfire and family, friends and neighbors stand around it, do parikrama and offer prayers to the flames of a bonfire. People offer mungfali, ghajak, reveri, popcorns to the Agni. People believe that fire of Lohri indicates the spark of life and good will prayers and abundant crops. They also sing their folk songs and perform their traditional dance. At the night they have their traditional dinner included Makki Di Roti and Sarson Da Saag.
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Happy Lohri Quotes
Enjoy this Lohri to the fullest and don't forget to put Rewri, moongfali and popcorns in the Lohri fire. This will definitely bring good luck for you.
The sound of dhol is in the air, so dance to beats and share and care, May the rythms keep you always happy this I wish for you on Lohri! Happy Lohri.
Ring out the cold… the old and the sad… ring in the warmth and love of the season… hope and cheerfulness… within you Happy Lohri!


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This week also features Toni Brogan, a New Zealand artist based in New York with a studio in the Catskills, where she creates soft, sculptural works in the woven medium.
Aotearoa is the Maori name for the country of New Zealand. The literal translation of Aotearoa is Land of The Long White Cloud.
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About Me
- Tyler Legg
- Charlotte, NC, United States
Welcome to THFF.com! Kick your wading boots off and stick around for a while. You'll find content ranging from NC fishing reports, videos, pictures, fly fishing news from around the state/country/world, humor, and even some irrelevant, yet interesting posts.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Cabin fever had me urging to get on the water. Whether or not the streams were frozen over, I took off on Wednesday. My initial plan was to head up to the Parkway and fish a wild brookie stream I frequent that sits about 5,000 ft ASL. The Parkway wasn't bad. Snow from last weekend's snowstorm was shoved to the side of the road. Other than some sporadic ice that stubbornly sits on the roads well after the storm hits, conditions were looking good. I expected some snow on the side road that led down to the stream, but didn't expect it to be completely impassable. I was wrong. A foot or more of snow with drifts of more greeted me. 4x4 wouldn't stand a chance. Any wrong turn or slip would send the truck tumbling down the side of the mountain. The trip up the mountain wasn't a complete disappointment though. I managed to snap some photos of the surrounding Black Mountains covered in snow. Now, I wasn't fully expecting to catch fish on this trip. I had some hope, but conditions were not in my favor. The bulk of the South Toe was covered in thick sheets of ice and the fish were pretty much non existent. Didn't see a single fish. An ice auger and snow shoes were almost as important as a fly rod and a box of flies. This was the same section that I caught this wild and vibrantly colored brown trout. Looking forward to consistently warmer weather for sure. Below are a few pictures from the trip. No fish pictures this time.
So, I'll continue to tie. Speck fever is really setting in though...
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Here too. too many short days now, and too little time outside for me. fishing or otherwise. But the good news....April will be here before ya know it. sort of. hey, i tried. :)
- January 04, 2011 2:22 AM
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There is something great about creating your own work. When it was brought to my attention that Marina Tempelsman and Nicco Aeed were doing a six-month residency at The People's Improv Theater (The PIT) creating a different play each month, I knew I had to call them to find out more. Well, luckily, Marina and Nicco answered my call and filled me in on this great project!
This month's show, Unpacking: A Ghost Story Told in the Dark, takes place in the dark, with the audience lighting the stage with flashlights. With Marina and Nicco's unique brand of humor, Unpacking: A Ghost Story Told In The Dark, focuses on the common fears of being in the dark and commitment with a newlywed couple moving into a new home together, but the novelty of homeownership quickly fades as they face a sea of boxes, a major blackout, and, shortly thereafter, the ghosts of all their past relationships.
Unpacking: A Ghost Story Told in the Dark plays at The PIT (123 East 24th Street, between Park and Lexington) from February 21-26! Click the date of the show to purchase tickets: February 21 at 7pm, February 25 at 9:30pm, and February 26 at 9:30pm!
For more on Marina and Nicco be sure to visit http://www.marinaandnicco.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Funny or Die!
For more on The People's Improv (The PIT) visit https://thepit-nyc.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube!
1. You are in the midst of your 6-month residency with The People's Improv Theater (The PIT) where you develop a new play every month. How did this residency come to be?
Marina Tempelsman: Over the summer, Nicco and I did a two-week run of our eight-episode murder-mystery comedy radioplay (MURDER!) at The PIT. We've written sketch together for ten years, so prioritizing a more narrative project felt really exciting to us. Once the run ended, we met with Kevin Laibson (the Artistic Director at The PIT) to talk about more ways we could explore longer narrative projects, and he offered us the opportunity to do monthly one-act plays in the form of a residency. The PIT has been increasingly supportive of longer narrative pieces (including Puffs, Hold Onto Yout Butts, and Kapow-I GoGo), so offering us a residency was very much in line with the direction they've been moving in.
2. Let's go back to the beginning for a moment. How did you two come to work together? What do you like most about this collaboration and what challenges do you face?
Marina Tempelsman: Nicco and I met our freshman year at Swarthmore College, where we were put on the college sketch comedy team (Boy Meets Tractor) together. We both grew up in New York, and over the breaks we would meet up and keep writing. I think that's where our joint writing voice started to take shape.
It's funny, because we've always clicked writing and comedy-wise and made each other laugh a ton, but our sensibilities are really very different. After ten years of writing together, our voices mesh extremely naturally, but I think the end result is special because we're coming from such different places. Nicco's a black man. I'm a white woman. The experiences we've had and that we bring to the table when we write together are all filtered through those identities. We are genuinely interested in and care about the other's lived experience, and I really think it fuels the kinds of things we write about and want to explore.
Our partnership feels like such an essential part of me that it's hard to really say what I like most about it -- it's almost like trying to describe why I like having arms and a torso. I love having arms and a torso. They bring me enormous joy, and I can't imagine not having them.
Nicco Aeed: We had an arranged comedy marriage. It is hard to actually remember the time when we started always working together, because we were always working together. It works pretty great.
Oh man, Marina and I are writing our answers to this on a shared google doc, and I just read Marina's answer and my heart melted, my answer is good enough but I feel the same as Marina. We're the same person. We once jointly played Condoleeza Rice.
3. This month, the focus of your show is a ghost story about a newlywed couple that moves into a new home together, but the novelty of homeownership quickly fades as they face a sea of boxes, a major blackout, and, shortly thereafter, the ghosts of all their past relationships. What made you want to tackle this kind of story?
Nicco Aeed: The guy in the couple would be quick to point out they are NOT in fact married, they just bought a house together. Which, for some reason, he sees as a less of a commitment. Don't make things more awkward for him. Be cool.
I think actually the first thing we thought was it would be cool to do a play that was lit by the audience, that was in the dark. There's something spooky about being in a theater during blackouts, and having the audience use flashlights to see what's coming at them seemed like a great way to tell a story. The spookiness and flashlights led us to think of ghost stories. And I think the most real ghosts we deal with often come up when we're in relationships. Not just that we're often haunted by our exes, but also that after a certain point in your relationship you find yourself acting like your parents or playing out things you never thought you would, and it feels like you're possessed or something came over you. Relationships that last a long time seem to always be riddled with past lives or visions of your future, and it all seemed like it fit with ghostliness.
4. I love the set up of this month's show. The theatre will be dark, while the audience provides the lighting through the use of flashlights. What's it like to have the audience such a part of the show? What challenges does this present?
Nicco Aeed: I think we often try to create whatever story we're telling for the medium that we're telling it in, meaning that if it's a live show we really wanna be sure that it's an experience that could only be told live. And I think having the audience actually in the dark for this ghost story makes the whole thing feel much more present, and feel hopefully like campfire stories.
Marina Tempelsman: So much of this play is also about the things we project onto the environment around us as we're grappling with our own minds; so having it lit in ways that will vary completely from one night to another at the whim of our audience feels really right.
5. Since this show forces the audience to face two big fears, the dark and commitment, when was a time you were afraid of the dark? When were you afraid of commitment?
Marina Tempelsman: I am afraid of the dark most of the time. When I was little I used to sleep backwards in my bed so I could keep an eye on the window of our 12th-floor apartment, JUST in case anything managed to crawl all the way up there. As for a fear of commitment: I don't think I have ever been so afraid of that as I felt when trying to buy a new pair of glasses last month.
Nicco Aeed: Yeah as a kid I used to hate to go to sleep alone. I shared a room with my brother and if he went to sleep later than me because he had to do homework or something I'd freak out and just wait till he got to the room before I could sleep. I'd have these night terrors where I thought people were watching me from inside my room, and I was nervous that just as I got sleepy and started to close my eyes a hand would grab my ankle and drag me somewhere. I dunno if I fear commitment, more like maybe I'm excited by the idea of bailing on all of my commitments. Everytime I walk by a Chinatown Bus or Penn Station I think "I could leave right now, start a new life and no one would ever find me." That's normal right?
6. What else do you fear? How do you overcome them?
Marina Tempelsman: I am so scared of flying. But with a little bit of Xanax and a whole lot of Captain Tom's Fear of Flying program, I'm doing much better on that front! (He's a pilot AND a therapist!)
Nicco Aeed: People say I'm scared of coins. I have never overcome it. I don't wanna talk about it.
Marina Tempelsman: Not just "people." Everyone. Nicco, you are definitely scared of coins. Seriously, this sounds like a joke but it's actually 100% true. Nicco will not eat on a table that has a coin on it, and if you try to hand him change at a restaurant or bodega he will look at you as though you just tried to stab him in the throat.
Nicco Aeed: I don't wanna talk about it.
7. In this show, the couple has to face ghosts of their past relationships. If you could bring back anyone from a past relationship to give it another go, who would you bring back?
Marina Tempelsman: My first crush was on "Leonardo" the Ninja Turtle, and I'd really love to know what he thinks of my work. So I'd probably choose him.
Nicco Aeed: I like Marina's answer too much to come up with my own.
8. If you could have any ghost come watch this show, who would you choose to do so?
Marina Tempelsman: Such a cool question! I would probably pick Maurice Sendak. I feel like so much of his writing is about making worlds and landscapes out of the things we love and fear as children that never quite leave us as adults, and I do think this play picks up on a lot of those same themes. And then maybe we could get a drink with him after the show!
Nicco Aeed: Yeah that'd be awesome. I love watching Maurice Sendak Youtube clips on writing. I think someone asked him once why he wrote for children and he said something like "I've always wanted to know how to prevent being eaten or mauled by a monster. I still worry about it." And I think that's a great reason to write.
9. What are some of the other topics you'll be writing about during this residency?
Marina Tempelsman: We have four more plays after this one, and we're tackling quite a broad range of topics. Our next play is about a couple trying to find themselves after the boyfriend loses his part on a hit TV show. Our third play is about a night club where the comedians try to rebel against the mafia members that own the club. After that, we have a kind of surreal, existential-crisis comedy about six black actors who realize that they've been auditioning for the same token role over and over and over. So it's a range of topics and tones that we're taking, but all of them are extremely personal to us and hit really close to home -- even when they're a little zany.
10. On "Call Me Adam," I have a section called One Percent Better, where through my own fitness commitment, I try to encourage people to improve their own life by one percent everyday. What is something in your life that you want to improve by one percent everyday?
Marina Tempelsman: Having the deadlines and requirements of this residency has been incredible, but it's also reminded me of the importance of cozy-writing. Like where you just carve out a calm little time and space, and let yourself be playful in it and just enjoy it. I love, love, love the physical feeling of putting pen to paper, so I'm trying to get better about just sitting myself down and writing in a notebook before I get bogged down in planning or logistics.
Nicco Aeed: I like Marina's answer. I'm gonna copy it:
Having the deadlines and requirements of this residency has been incredible, but it's also reminded me of the importance of cozy-writing. Like where you just carve out a calm little time and space, and let yourself be playful in it and just enjoy it. I love, love, love the physical feeling of putting pen to paper, so I'm trying to get better about just sitting myself down and writing in a notebook before I get bogged down in planning or logistics.
Marina Tempelsman: Nicco is 100% great at copying and pasting -- no room for improvement there!
Marina Tempelsman and Niccolo Aeed have written and performed together since 2006. As the duo "Marina & Nicco" they've been featured on Comedy Central and Funny or Die, and were recently finalists in the LA Film Festival Make Em LAFF competition. They perform regularly at major New York comedy theaters, having had runs at The PIT and The Treehouse Theater, as well as several shows at The UCB, and have appeared at many other venues across around the East Coast. They co-wrote the feature film Delusions of Guinevere, which was called "a surprisingly dark satire of modern celebrity" by The Village Voice and "sly and smart" by The New York Times. They have also written several pilots, a radio play series, and a number of one-act plays. They recently wrote for Morgan Spurlock's Call Bullshit series about the presidential debates, and are currently working on videos for The New Yorker. In 2016 they will begin a 6-month writing residency at The People's Improv Theater.
Prior to becoming a duo, they wrote and performed for the sketch comedy group Boy Meets Tractor (featured on MTVU and winners of Helium Comedy Club's college sketch competition) and The Disappointments (featured in the Philly Fringe Festival 2009, finalists in the Creek and the Cave's Arena Sketch Competition 2011).
Niccolo Aeed is a writer and director. Nicco has directed numerous plays across the city including, Abraham's Daughters, The ToyMaker, and W.R.E.X. He wrote and directed the short film How People Die and is currently developing the feature film Where Did You Go on Saturdays? He also writes and develops educational video games for Amplify Education which have been featured in The New York Times.
Marina Tempelsman, a New York based writer and performer, has co-written several original pilots and a feature screenplay with Niccolo Aeed. In the summer of 2010 Marina was a Guest Artist at the Kennedy Center Summer Playwriting Intensive, where she studied with Theresa Rebeck, Marsha Norman, David Ives, Jason Robert Brown, Gary Garrison, and Heather McDonald, among others. She currently writes for the UCBT Maude team Lover, as well as the critically-acclaimed Livia Scott Sketch Program (also at The UCBT).