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To the editors:
As an Evanston resident, I was impressed with your treatment of the Evanston racial steering incident recently reported in the Neighborhood News column [March 3]. After living in Wilmette for six months, my husband and I moved to Evanston with the hopes of finding a more diverse, liberal group of neighbors. There is nowhere in the Chicago metropolitan area I'd rather live. This is why I take great issue with a comment made by Judy Jager, a staff organizer for the Evanston Neighborhood Conference, who you quoted in your article.
Ms. Jager is quoted as saying, "I hope we [Evanston] don't become a community of selfish, childless couples." It seems rather ironic that Ms. Jager, who obviously tries to present herself as a liberal, enlightened citizen fighting against discrimination and racism, is herself quite prejudiced. What gives her the right to deem every childless couple "selfish"? And how dare she send a message to the citizens of Chicago (through the Reader) that Evanston doesn't want childless couples living in their community?
My husband and I are probably what Ms. Jager considers "selfish, childless couples." We are what most people consider YUPPIES. We also consider ourselves quite compassionate; we worked for the Presidential candidate I bet Ms. Jager endorsed, give a lot of money to very compassionate charities, and in general, spend a considerable amount of time caring about our families, friends and community. We've worked incredibly hard for what we have, and we are not ashamed of it. Because we don't have children we have more money to spend on selfish things like taking my parents to Hawaii last Christmas, taking my sister to London, and throwing a catered dinner for 150 of my husband's parents' friends in honor of their 40th wedding anniversary. But, I guess none of this matters to Ms. Jager, because WE DON'T HAVE CHILDREN. And wait, here's more--WE DON'T HAVE CHILDREN BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE CHILDREN! Now that you have lots of incongruent information about us, here's another piece of "data" to try to use to fit us into your stereotype of "selfish, childless couples"--we always vote to increase Evanston taxes which go toward the Evanston school system.
I think Ms. Jager owes an apology to the childless couples of Evanston, and those throughout the Chicago area who may have read her comments. And she should clearly reevaluate her own values; she may be working to eliminate prejudice in one domain, but she is clearly contributing to it in another.
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This was the 4th time Rishab played holi with same friends at the same place. Sadly this could be the last time as we are moving to Houston.
Compared to previous years, this year general games were not organized, but we did end up playing volleyball.
Checkout posts and photos of 2009, 2010 and 2011.
As always it was fun for Rishab and all of us to get together with our Louisiana friends. Rishab went home and dad went back to Houston to join his office next day.


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My friend and I had one of the best days ever last week.
The weather was incredible, the sky was blue with fluffy clouds, and the air was hot with a chilly breeze. We spent the morning in class and did better than expected on our tests/quizzes, ran a few errands, ate lunch at Chipotle, and headed to our favorite coffee shop to study. Suddenly 1:00 in the afternoon turned into 6:00 and the employee was asking us to leave. We got in the car, drove back to campus during golden hour, and decided to take the long way home after we parked.
We could not stop talking about how perfect the day had been. We had to tell everyone. I texted my mom and told her how happy I was, we went to a friend's house and spread our jolly cheer with them, we ran into a friend en-route and told him all about the events of the day, we posted about it on our Snapchats, and then stopped by another friend's dorm. He played guitar and I sang some of my favorite songs. We finally decided that it was time to head home at around 10:00 and spent the rest of the night studying together and talking about how happy we are to be living this life.
Even though my friend gives credit for her perfect day to the weather, I think that we could have had just as much fun in the rain.
Too often, we let little things take over our day. We see one thing that isn't going the way it is supposed to, and suddenly the day is not perfect. We let a rainstorm or a bad grade on a quiz or sleeping through the alarm or our favorite restaurant being closed dictate the course of our day. By doing this, we are letting the enemy have his way. We are letting him creep in by being disappointed when things don't go as we expected.
When I received my test grade that morning, I immediately thanked Jesus. When I walked out of the building and felt a cool breeze whisk through my hair, I thanked Jesus. When each song playing in my headphones at the coffee shop ended, I thanked Jesus. I continued thanking Him for the things that made that day perfect. Psalm 118:24 says that this is the day that the Lord has made. God has His hand in everything that occurs in our every day.
Every cool breeze, every spilled drink, every golden sunset, and every failed quiz. Just as He was all up in the middle of my perfect Wednesday, He will be all up in the middle of the worst day that I experience.
We have the opportunity to be light in a world that is often overcome by darkness. We have the ability to make the most of every day by being thankful for it. Wake up and thank Jesus for another day on His beautiful earth because each day comes with an incredible number of chances to build His kingdom. Our lives on earth are a gift and we have been put here to be used by our Creator.
Why aren't we taking advantage of this incredible gift each and every day? He has placed us in cities near beaches or mountains or in the countryside surrounded by dogs and squirrels and dolphins. He has given us communities and families and swarms of people that love us. We get to live as bright lights for the kingdom and as children of the Creator of it all.
The greatest love of all is ours and the victory is won. Hallelujah because our God is alive – what a good reason to be happy! That should be the determining factor instead of all of the things that make up a "bad day". Adopt a new mindset and make every day your best day ever.


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Four Americans murdered by Somali pirates.
Middle East countries on brink of civil war.
Ghadafi shoots and bombs his own people.
World economy in shambles.
Homeless and unemployed at record levels.
Consumer debt exploding.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but seems to me that we're on the verge of some catastrophic event. The s..t has hit the fan and it's about to spread around the world. Look out folks, we are living in a time of monumental change. It's a juggernaut of epic proportions and the good life is about to irrevocably change. Crazy? Maybe so, but let's review this in a few months and see where we are.


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You can find tacky flag-themed souvenirs anytime you like in London, but here in Cambridge, they're generally confined to the cheesiest of tourist shops. Not this time around. It's the rare shop window that doesn't have a Jubilee display with all kinds of patriotic merch in it, ranging from the minimalist to the completely over-the-top. It's been quite amazing to take them all in!
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Armenia: art, culture, eternity
This introductory gallery provides an overview of Armenian culture from antiquity to present-day Armenian experience here in the United States. Over fifty objects are on display, illustrating Armenia's origins in the Asian continent, the invention of a unique Indo-European language and alphabet, the early adoption of Christianity, Armenian medieval illuminated manuscripts, interconnected trade routes, and the tragedy of the Genocide.
For viewers around the world, Yousuf Karsh defined the photographic portrait in the twentieth century. Specializing in the creation of iconic images of the world's leading figures—statesmen, writers, actors, artists, musicians, and scientists—Karsh made images that resonated deeply with his audience.
Armenians are an ancient people, with a rich complex history and culture spanning 3,000 years. In 1971, community leaders founded the Armenian Museum of America in Watertown. Today Watertown is the "Little Armenia" for generations of Armenian-Americans.
Although Armenians are famed for their beautiful religious art: church architecture, illuminated manuscripts and intricate khatchkars (stone crosses), the most common form of artistic expression was through their textiles, a far more ephemeral medium. From time immemorial, Armenian women have created and ornamented clothing and created works that delighted the eye of the wearer and viewer. A bride's worth and reputation was judged by her hand skills.
Metal objects in Syria and throughout the Middle East had important and widespread use; cooking was done in metal vessels, the hands of guests were washed in metal ewers, the literate used metal inkwells, wealthy women used metal toiletries such as metal-back mirrors and cosmetic containers. These metal works were noted for their function, inventiveness of form, and fineness of surface treatment. Because Muslim tradition was disinclined to trade, many of the more creative copper pieces of the Ottoman period were made by Armenians, as revealed by their interesting inscriptions that often mixed with Green and Christian crosses.
The exhibit is a stunning visual narrative of the events of the 1915-1923 Genocide, and the continuing aftermath and denial by the Turkish government over generations. The visitor will find a chronological narrative of the tragic events leading up to World War 1, the years of Genocide (1915-1923), and the continued denial to the present.


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Signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 (Stat3) is a transcription factor expressed in many cell types including osteoblasts, osteocytes, and osteoclasts. STAT3 mutations cause a rare human immunodeficiency disease that presents reduced bone mineral density and recurrent pathological fractures. To investigate the role of Stat3 in load-driven bone metabolism, two strains of osteoblast/osteocyte-selective Stat3 knockout (KO) mice were generated. Compared to age-matched littermate controls, this selective inactivation of Stat3 significantly lowered bone mineral density (7–12%, p < 0.05) as well as ultimate force (21–34%, p < 0.01). In ulna loading (2.50–2.75 N with 120 cycles/day at 2 Hz for 3 consecutive days), Stat3 KO mice were less responsive than littermate controls as indicated by reduction in relative mineralizing surface (rMS/BS, 47–59%, p < 0.05) and relative bone formation rate (rBFR/BS, 64–75%, p < 0.001). Furthermore, inactivation of Stat3 suppressed load-driven mitochondrial activity, which led to an elevated level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cultured primary osteoblasts. Taken together, the results support the notion that the loss-of-function mutation of Stat3 in osteoblasts and osteocytes diminishes load-driven bone formation and impairs the regulation of oxidative stress in mitochondria.


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Thank you for taking the time to visit my website. I am an emerging abstract artist from South Africa, living in Canada. I am also a busy mom of two girls (one of my lovely girls is in the photo with me above).
I have been an artist my entire life, although I have expressed this in different ways. I first worked as a professional make-up artist for over 12 years in the beauty and fashion industry and I loved working with diverse and creative teams. After that I worked as a beauty, lifestyle and travel blogger and writer for a variety of magazines and websites. I have only started painting full-time about 3 years ago and I am mostly self-taught.
My art work is based on emotions, nature and people. I have traveled and moved a lot and lived in many different countries. I see similarities everywhere I go, in nature and in different cultures. I enjoy working with different materials and with fluid art mediums, like watercolours and inks. The reason I love these mediums are because they give me an opportunity to work more organically, since the paint and inks naturally flow and form shapes. I find colour, composition and luminosity intriguing.
In life we go through many different emotions, many ups and downs. Our emotions are like the different seasons, constantly changing. When things get hard, we need to remind ourselves that the sun will shine again. My aim with my work is to plant a seed of positive thought in the viewer's mind. I hope that this will give hope, joy and happiness to everyone that views my work.
Exhibitions I have participated in:
- Learn. Create. Live - Group Exhibition: July 20 - August 17 2017 at Port Moody Arts Centre
- Unity Art - Group Exhibition: October 21 - 25 2017 at Inlet Theatre in the Port Moody Civic Centre
- In the Blink of an Eye - Group Exhibition: May 3 - 31 at Port Moody Arts Centre


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Burger King, Pfizer, Medtronic, Chiquita, AbbVie, Mylan and Walgreens, among many other companies, have attracted considerable attention over their plans to (or in some cases the mere announcement that they were evaluating whether to) relocate overseas. Due to significant business opportunities offshore, inversions have become a popular strategy as merger and acquisition activity increases. The United States' outdated tax system which includes worldwide taxation of corporate income and a high corporate tax rate, arguably puts U.S.-based multinationals at a competitive disadvantage. The hype surrounding inversions could serve as the catalyst to encourage Congress to eventually take action on much-needed tax reform. In the near term, however, election-year politics, combined with disagreements about the appropriate policy response, have thwarted any congressional action. With congressional action on tax reform before 2017 unlikely, the U.S. Treasury Department on Monday released Notice 2014-52, which takes action to curb some of the tax benefits of inverting and limits certain structuring approaches to inverting. While the Treasury Notice likely will impact the economics of some pending and contemplated deals, it is just an incremental step towards slowing down inversions. The Notice does not (and cannot) address the core problem. Benefits of inverting remain, and likely will continue to remain, absent congressional action to reform the way the U.S. taxes multinational businesses.
I. Background
What is an inversion?
An inversion is a transaction that results in an existing U.S. company becoming a foreign company or becoming a subsidiary of a foreign parent. Historically, inversions involved U.S. companies redomiciling to tax havens. Since the enactment of anti-inversion legislation in 2004, however, inversions generally have involved a merger between a U.S.-based multinational and a foreign company, creating a new parent company located in a foreign jurisdiction. The transaction allows the U.S. company to become foreign-owned, even if all executives remain in the U.S.
Why do companies invert?
An inversion can lead to meaningful tax synergies, driving down the effective tax rate of the combined entity. By creating or combining to form a foreign parent, the companies reduce their tax liabilities. Some inversions result from a U.S.-based corporation purchasing a foreign competitor, often paying a premium reflective of the resulting inversion benefits. In other cases, U.S.-based companies are targeted by foreign-based corporations in a position to pay a premium reflective of the tax benefits that result from the U.S.-based target no longer being headquartered in the United States.
What are the tax benefits of inverting?
The U.S. has the highest effective corporate tax rate in the world. The ability of an inverted company to earn or shift income outside the U.S. tax net creates a benefit and is a driver for inverting. There are three basic tax benefits of inverting:
- Territorial Corporate Tax and Reduced Rate: Most jurisdictions around the world have a territorial tax system under which income earned outside the parent company's jurisdiction is taxed in only limited circumstances. Inverted companies benefit from a territorial regime and typically grow their foreign operations out from under the U.S. worldwide tax net.
- Access Trapped Cash: As a result of being outside the U.S. worldwide tax system, inverted companies can access cash trapped offshore without incurring significant tax and can deploy offshore cash more efficiently or distribute it to their shareholders. This access to cash trapped offshore can also have financial accounting benefits.
- Earnings Stripping: Inverted companies can reduce the amount of income subject to tax in the U.S. by introducing debt into the U.S. companies, giving rise to interest deductions and reducing the effective tax rate paid on their U.S. income.
What are the tax costs of inverting?
There are a number of tax considerations that must be taken into account in connection with an inversion transaction:
- If the historic shareholders of the U.S. entity take back 50 percent or more of the stock of the new foreign parent, the transaction may be taxable to the shareholders.
- If the historic shareholders of the U.S. entity take back at least 60 percent and less than 80 percent of the stock of the new foreign parent and the company does not have substantial business activities in the foreign parent's jurisdiction, the utilization of certain tax attributes (such as losses and credits) is limited for 10 years, which could impact the ability to move foreign operations out from under the U.S. A 15 percent excise tax on certain stock-based compensation of insiders also applies.
- If the historic shareholders of the U.S. entity take back 80 percent or more of the stock of the new foreign parent and the company does not have substantial business activities in the jurisdiction of the foreign parent, the resulting foreign parent is treated as a U.S. company for tax purposes – in other words, the inversion fails.
How do the tax benefits of inversions manifest themselves?
Tax benefits are one among several "synergies" that can be identified in a cross-border merger. The tax synergy can be quantified and frequently becomes part of the acquisition currency for the transaction. Most of the inversion transactions to date have involved premiums to the foreign target shareholders, with the tax synergies contributing to the premium. The effective tax rate of inverted companies is considerably lower after the inversion, which provides shareholder value.
Where do companies generally go when they invert?
Companies frequently (but not exclusively) relocate to European jurisdictions such as Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom due to their territorial tax systems and competitive tax rates. Business drivers, such as the existence of plants and operations, can also help narrow the choice of jurisdiction.
II. Treasury Action, September 22, 2014: Notice 2014-52
On September 22, 2014, Treasury released Notice 2014-52 to address certain tax benefits of inverting and structuring approaches. In particular, and as is relevant to several pending transactions, Treasury will issue regulations limiting the inverted company's ability to access trapped cash. The guidance will also tighten the existing anti-inversion rules to address specific transactions, making it more difficult in those situations to avoid "failing" the 60 percent and 80 percent thresholds. These new rules will apply to inversions completed on or after September 22, 2014 – not retroactively to already completed inversions.
Notably, the Notice does not provide specific rules dealing with earnings stripping, although it does state that Treasury is considering future guidance to address earnings stripping. Further, the Notice indicates that such guidance will apply prospectively except with respect to already inverted companies, in which case, as for the rest of the Notice, the effective date would be September 22, 2014. This indicates that any future guidance may not be limited to inverted companies and may represent generally applicable rules addressing "base erosion and profit shifting."
How does the Notice affect repatriation and access to trapped cash?
Under the U.S. worldwide tax system, a U.S. parent company is not subject to current taxation on the active earnings of its controlled foreign subsidiaries ("controlled foreign corporations," or "CFCs") but is subject to tax when the CFCs repatriate the earnings – this is referred to as "deferral." The U.S. tax serves as a disincentive to repatriate foreign earnings.
For inversions completed prior to the effective date of the Notice, after the U.S. group became owned by a new foreign parent, the cash and assets accumulated offshore by the CFCs could be accessed by the foreign parent and foreign sister companies under the foreign parent through loans or equity investments "hopscotching" the U.S. parent, joint venture investments or certain cross-chain sales. In addition, the new foreign parent could transfer assets to the CFCs in exchange for a sufficient interest to give the foreign parent control of the foreign subsidiary, thereby causing the foreign subsidiary to cease being subject to the "anti-deferral" rules applicable to CFCs, which can tax the U.S. parent currently on certain passive income of the CFCs.
The Notice provides several rules that limit the new foreign parent's ability to access the cash of the CFCs without incurring U.S. tax or its ability to avoid the application of the anti-deferral rules. The first and second rules would apply to an inverted U.S. company where former shareholders own at least 60 percent but less than 80 percent of the new foreign parent. Under the first rule, a debt or stock investment by a CFC in the new foreign parent or a foreign sister company during the 10 years following the inversion would cause the inverted U.S. company to recognize a taxable constructive dividend up to the amount of the loan or equity investment.
Second, the Notice addresses specified "decontrolling" transactions, among others, involving CFCs of the inverted U.S. company. As an example of a decontrolling transaction, after an inversion, the new foreign parent could make a stock investment in a foreign subsidiary of the inverted domestic company such that the new foreign parent owned 50 percent or more of the stock of the foreign subsidiary. Absent the Notice, the foreign subsidiary would cease to constitute a CFC and would therefore cease to be subject to the anti-deferral rules, and the foreign subsidiary's cash could be accessed without triggering U.S. tax liability. Under the new rules, specified transactions occurring within 10 years following the inversion will be recast so that the foreign subsidiary will remain a CFC and will remain subject to anti-deferral rules.
Finally, the guidance will preclude a specific method of accessing CFC cash through an intragroup sale of stock. Absent the new rules, if after an inversion the new foreign parent sold stock of the inverted U.S. company to one of its CFCs, the CFC could be treated as paying a dividend directly to the new foreign parent, and the constructive dividend would not be subject to U.S. tax. Under the new rules, the CFC will not be treated as paying a dividend to the new foreign parent and the CFC's earnings will remain at the level of the CFC and will remain subject to U.S. tax.
How does the Notice impact inversion structuring techniques?
The Notice also would tighten the existing anti-inversion rules, making it more difficult for the new foreign parent to avoid failing the 80 percent and 60 percent thresholds. Generally, under the existing rules, the 80 percent or 60 percent thresholds can be avoided if the value of the foreign merger partner exceeds 20 percent or 40 percent, respectively, of the value of the new foreign parent after the inversion. Under the new rules, first, if 50 percent or more of the assets of the foreign merger partner are "passive" assets, such as cash or marketable securities, the value of the passive assets will not be taken into account in applying the 80 percent and 60 percent tests.
Second, extraordinary "skinny-down" distributions by the inverting U.S. company made within the three years preceding the inversion will not be taken into account in determining its value for purposes of applying the 80 percent and 60 percent tests. Such distributions also would not be taken into account for purposes of determining the taxability of any U.S. shareholders of the inverted U.S. company in connection with the inversion. Distributions for these purposes would not be limited to distributions that are treated as dividends and would include distributions of subsidiaries in "spin-offs" occurring within the three-year period. Finally, so-called "spin versions," in which a part of a U.S. company is spun off in connection with an inversion, would be precluded.
III. Does the Notice Shut Down Inversions?
Are there any benefits to inverting in light of the Notice?
The Notice will have a direct impact on certain aspects of inverting but is not sufficiently comprehensive to prevent inversion transactions from proceeding or to stop the trend because meaningful benefits remain. First, many of the transactions that have occurred, are pending, or are being contemplated reflect a strategic business combination of which the inversion tax synergies are merely one consideration. In addition, not all inversion transactions are done to access trapped cash offshore, and even those strongly motivated thereby may have alternative financing or structuring options. The benefits of moving to a territorial tax system with a lower rate remain. In other words, an inverted company can still benefit from removing its future foreign growth from the U.S. worldwide tax system. In addition, the earnings-stripping benefits that allow a reduction in tax on U.S. earnings seemingly remain, although future regulatory action could limit earnings stripping and could apply retroactively.
What are the ancillary considerations that should be taken into account?
On the one hand, corporate boards have an obligation to deliver shareholder value. As a result, so long as the current U.S. tax system remains unchanged, inverting will be a consideration. On the other hand, public perception is a factor, especially for companies that have direct interaction with consumers or regularly contract with the government. The president has branded inverted companies as "corporate deserters" and unpatriotic. In short, both tax and non-tax considerations must be weighed carefully.
Is corporate tax reform on the horizon?
Tax reform remains unlikely in the near term; however, legislative proposals have been introduced, largely in the Senate on the Democratic side, which would curb inversions and build walls to keep U.S. companies from moving overseas. These proposals have not been successful to date and are subject to political resistance among policymakers who intend to use inversions as a catalyst for needed fundamental tax reform.
Will inversions continue until tax reform is enacted?
Yes. Under current law, the Treasury Department is limited in its ability to fully address inversions. Congressional action is necessary for that, and the long-term solution is best addressed through comprehensive corporate tax reform. Tax reform takes time, and in the current political climate, is unlikely to occur before 2017.
What Questions CEOs and Board Members Should Be Asking Themselves About Tax Inversion
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.


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There Is Always a First For Everything
Ok there is always a first for everything; this week I found myself pulling for Tiger Fucking Woods! Ever since he went pro (in what 1996?), I have rooted against him. I didn't care who won each weekend as long as it wasn't Tiger. When he did win anything, it would put me in a bad mood. This week things have changed, now I can relate to this guy! Before, Tiger appeared perfect and untouchable in his personal life and on the course. He was almost not human. Now, these long affairs with porn stars and waitresses surface and all of a sudden he is just like every other guy out there. He has made mistakes and isn't perfect. Welcome back to the human race Tiger.
I am sick of people bashing him for what he did and then hearing people say they can't forgive him. C'mon! Michael Jackson invited little boys to his house for sleepovers, showed them his junk and probably a whole lot more. How soon you forget this, you run out and have a parade for the guy when he dies. You want to build statues of him in the city. Wake up! What MJ did was against the law. Michael Vick goes to jail for organizing dog fights, Kobe Bryant is charged with rape and Ben Roethlisberger charged twice with sexual assault. The last time I checked these are all against the law and everyone brushed them off like they were nothing. Tiger's antics may be morally wrong but not against the law, and you can't forgive?
Golfers are the most boring people in the planet. They walk around for 4 hours on the course and barely say a word to anyone but their caddy. Real chick magnets, right? Then Tiger comes along. He's not the best looking guy in the world, but he is in shape and his persona is larger than life. Tiger doing what he did this week shows me even more that he is the best golfer to ever play. Taking 4 months off and coming back to play like he did is just sick. (The only thing he really did wrong was rush the one putt late in the round to make bogey.) This week was just amazing and the rest of the golf world should be kissing his ass. They are only making the money they do because of him; this sport was dying before he came along. They need him more than any sport has needed a figure. Phil Mickelson is just a nice guy. Fuck being nice. I want an attitude on the course and if Tiger wasn't in the hunt today people would have tuned out by mid afternoon. All I kept thinking was if Tiger can win this, what is he going to do afterwards? Go back to his hotel and have ambien sex with a bunch of hotties? I do fault Tiger for one thing only- he could have at least picked hotter chicks to mess with. Tiger, thanks for making me a fan.


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Hey everybody,
a couple of weeks ago I posted about how my interview with the Gutter Twins had gone bad, 'cause I wasn't allowed to film them. This is what I made out of it. I think it's funny, especially Greg who sings "California Über Alles" as his favorite love song. I really like their debut "Saturnalia". It's been on my car stereo for weeks and weeks non-stop.


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Five Points South: The Intersection That Fuels Birmingham's Food Scene
It's the place where three streets intersect to become five points. And not only do the streets intersect at Birmingham's Five Points South, but so does a world of food and drink that is fueling the city's eclectic dining scene.
Vulcan Park and Museum hosted the owners of some of Five Points South's most popular establishments in their Birmingham Revealed: A Talk With Frank Stitt & Friends. Chef Stitt, (Highlands Bar & Grill, Chez Fon Fon, and Bottega), George Reis (Ocean and 5 Point Public House & Oyster Bar), Jerry Hartley (the J. Clyde), and Harinam Khalsa (Golden Temple Natural Grocery and Café) spoke to an eager audience about the past, present and future of the Five Points South Neighborhood.
These Five Points innovators talked about the spark that initially drew them to this area of Birmingham.
Frank Stitt who grew up in Cullman, trained in France, and has been named one of the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America said, "It was a little bit of a Bohemian urban environment, that was not suburbia. [It] had maybe some problems, some challenges but that it had a diverse group of people of different colors, of different religions, of different backgrounds. And I believe that that still is one of attractive things about this [area]."
Harinam Khalsa, who moved from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham in the early 1970's to teach yoga was inspired by an issue his wife discovered. "She told me that she went shopping and was looking for brown rice. And she couldn't find any brown rice in the whole city. This was in 1973. And so I thought about it a little bit and I said let's open a health food store. So we opened up in Homewood on Reese Street in 1973 and were there for 2 years. We lived over on 16th Avenue and would drive by and drive through Five Points South everyday on my way to work and would drive by Vulcan on my way to work in Homewood and at that time Five Points South was the closest thing to Greenwich Village in Birmingham. It had, exactly like Frank said, it had an eclectic mix."
George Reis, who was raised in Upstate New York and lived in Atlanta before coming to Birmingham recalled, "The area you went to when you came to Birmingham was Five Points South back then. In, you know, late 90s early 2000s you went to Five Points South if you wanted to go out, if you wanted to go to a restaurant or anything like that. That is where you went. Everybody kind of knew that about Birmingham. So then when the opportunity presented itself to come here and open my own place. It was fantastic. I fell in love with the space, fell in love with the neighborhood."
Jerry Hartley, whose beer bar, The J. Clyde, recently celebrated it's 10 year anniversary told the sold out crowd, "I grew up in Irondale so I grew up in this town. Left to go to college in Virginia and sort of saw the world, I lived in Germany for five years. That's where I saw a lot of beer in a community and breweries in towns. When we came back in 2005 our mindset was we want to move, buy a house where we can walk to Bottega, walk to Ocean. Before I started The J. Clyde I moved to Five Points and I live there now and I love it. I don't think there's any place in the city like it. The diversity is incredible and we get to talk to people who think differently than we do."
When an audience member commented on the national recognition the Five Points area was receiving, the panelists offered their thoughts about the area's culinary renaissance. Hartley responded, "When I look at the reputation we have around the country I think many times people see what we've done and go 'Really? This place in Birmingham has all these different beers?' I never envisioned ten years ago that we would have the kind of selection on the wall that we have now. We have 60 taps that are from around the world and beers that I was fawning over ten years ago 'Wow I wish I could get that' and now it's just one of so many options. And I feel like shaking off that reputation of being backwards and I think the culinary environment that we have in town has started that. It took a long time. I think Highlands [Bar and Grill] opened up in the early 80's but that was kind of the thing in my opinion what sort of kicked off moving into a good direction. Even with the beer movement that we've had recently, it's all been a part of that. I think that the reputation, especially with Frank and the accolades that he's accomplished is exceptional and I think people see that around the area, around the country.
Stitt added, "You know I think about places like Charleston, SC where tourists come from all over the country, all over the world to visit there. I certainly do see Birmingham as a big potential of growth of people coming here for that and I do think we've been somewhat challenged with hotels, accommodations, that's getting a little bit better. I think that more and more people will be traveling for food, for unique food, just like people have done in New Orleans for a long time."


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bellend test
how many of these have you done? / would never do? / don't think are that bad ?
which is worst?
1. do a runner from a restaurant
2. get given too much change in a shop and don't hand it back
3. have more than 1 pint or equivalent and drive home
4. park in a disabled spot
5. cheat on a gf/bf
6. prank call a stranger
7. punch someone in the face (not in self defence)
8. tout a ticket (sell it for a profit)
9. break or lose something of somebody else's and deny all knowledge
10. take cash in hand work while on benefits / fiddle a tax return / public sector expenses or similar
1. No
2. £20 too much change (by a real sneering utter bellsniff of a barman who'd just spent 5 minutes ignoring us and chatting to his cock friends) #winner
3. don't think so
4. No
5. Nope
6. In my youth
7. No
8. No
9. Don't think so
10. Wouldn't really have any qualms, but haven't.
Of those, I have only done 2 and probably 9 when I was a kid.
They're all a bit scummy, but drink driving and attacking people are probably the worst.
I've done number 6 before, when I was a kid.
(usually freephone numbers like insurance companies, and using the Amiga Speech programme)
I've done none of the others, and would never consider doing them.
I have done 2 and 6
the worst is probably 7, 3 or 4.
3 6 8 9
Not for quite some time though.
This can't be right.
Apparently I'm not a bellend.
i do drive and i reckon i'm on 6/10
feel free to add your own
I think I've probably done 2 at some point.
Did 6 when I was younger, I may have done 9 (I didn't check to see if it was broken), and I have done 5 once.
2 and 9
surely. cant remember an particular example of either though.
and 5, too. though i didnt cheat on anyone, i was the one with the cheater. (not that that necessarily makes it any better.)
did 6 and 7 in school
have done 2 if it's under a quid extra
1 isn't great, though one of my friends did a runner from a curry house once when her and her bf saw the curry they'd ordered being delivered to the restaurant from a nearby takeaway, which fairly took my breath away
3 is not even remotely on
4's pretty off
5 is pretty terrible, especially if it's a conscious decision, as it were
8 for profit is nasty
9 is cowardly
10 is nasty. though my experience of a variety of public sector organisations and tiers suggests it's incredibly hard to fiddle any expenses. it's hard enough to even get expenses in line with organisational policy
1. No
2. Of course
3. Only once or twice. Car drove itself home once. I really hate this. A lot - living in a rural area, a few of my friends have died cos of drink driving. Never ever ever again.
4. Nope
5. Yes. :(
7. Nope
8. No comment
9. yeah!
10. No
1. Nope
2. Many times - I decide on a case by case basis whether to hand it back
3. Yes, although only over a long period of time (ie two pints in 5 or 6 hours)
4. No way
5. Not proud, but yes. Maybe karma, but I haved been the cheated more often
6. Of course - surely everyone should try this growing up?
7. No way
8. If Ebay counts then lots of times - what else are you supposed to do with a spare?
9. Err, yeah - recently
10. Mmm, my tax returns have been known to be...a little creative in the past
So 7/10. I would say that number seven is the worst, probably followed by number five, as these both affect people quite directly.
- unfamiliar this'd this
11) Is your name Theo?
12) Do you wear a fleece?
- unfamiliar and penny_racer this'd this
I think those that score 0 /10
are ultimately the worst of the lot. ;)
came off
only 8
I had a couple of tickets to see The Cure a few years back, needed to offload them...£70 quid profit!
if people are willing to enter into bidding wars and inflate the price of tickets, it doesn't make the seller a bellend. unless the seller was never intending to go to the gig.
That's totally fine if you couldn't go.
It's the people who do it routinely for 'pocket money' that are the sub-human scum.
1 & 7
We got caught for #1 though. She was like a chinese T-1000 chasing us through the streets of Edinburgh
Nope. I gave her my clothes, my boots and my motorcycle,
and we parted on good terms.
I've done four of these things
1 was because we were in a pub where they insisted on table service rather than us just coming to the bar, and then no one could be arsed to serve us.
nah, except
2. can't remember doing so. probably have in some minor way at some point though.
6. only the operator a couple of times when a youngling.
7. not in direct self defence, as such. it was a melee of sorts. and more head than face. didn't feel good, but he was being a proper mentalist.
10. never had the opportunity, but nah. i've worked cash in hand whilst not on benefits, though.
The actual bellend test is only one question long:
1. Do you drop litter?
possibly 2, i imagine this is the case for everyone
6 - who hasn't? We used to ring up people and pretend to be British Gas, we used to pretend that they had rung us and then we threatened to report them for time wasting. The way i see it, if you get that annoyed at something like that then you probably deserve it anyway
the test doesn't really work
if you ask people who have never done *anything* with their lives
I dunno, none of them have ever appealed to me, sorry.
I think my mum had to do cash in hand cleaning jobs occasionally in the early 80s when she was on the dole but that's because she was a single parent under Thatcher and, y'know, we had to eat...
I've done a few of them.
I just figured you needed to have done most of them to 'pass'. Perhaps if I could drive ...
In fact, I think it'd only be fair to offer non-driving alternatives.
I've had more than one pint and then shoved half-eaten jam doughnuts through a Quaker's Centre postbox AND used a disabled toilet only to find a disabled person waiting outside when I'd finished. Can these be non-driving equivalents of 3 and 4?
There's nothing wrong with using disabled toilets
if there's a queue.
Yes because I didn't realise until I was at home
No I don't drive
No I don't drive
Yes, I've done that
No wouldn't do that
Yes I've done that, but it's in context
just one
and it's one that definitely makes me a bellend.
Just the one for me as well
1. Nope
2. Nope
3. Can't drive
4. See above
5. Nope
6. When I was 12-13
7. I would end up doing more damage to myself than the person's face. A 'no'.
8. Nope
9. Nope
10. Never
Not that much of a bellend.
Sorry, I'm being a bellend.
Done them all apart from park in a disabled space
but thats because I'm a bellend AND a pussy.
Done 4 of those.
Not too bad.
I think 9 is the only one I'd do
Although I accidentally did 1, but it's not a runner if it's accidental.
1. do a runner from a restaurant
Yes, but it was £3.95 for a chocolate brownie and I went in and paid for it the next day. I was really drunk.
2. get given too much change in a shop and don't hand it back
Must've done it at some point. Probably done 'the right thing' more often than not though. An old girlfriend handed £10 I found in the pub's cash machine to the barstaff once, the bellend.
3. have more than 1 pint or equivalent and drive home
On more than one occasion, when I was much younger. This is the one I feel horrible about, and haven't done it for a long time since one incredibly stupid occasion.
4. park in a disabled spot
5. cheat on a gf/bf
6. prank call a stranger
I guess, when I was young.
7. punch someone in the face (not in self defence)
Yes. Accidentally though.
8. tout a ticket (sell it for a profit)
Don't think so.
9. break or lose something of somebody else's and deny all knowledge
Probably. I'm bored now.
10. take cash in hand work while on benefits / fiddle a tax return / public sector expenses or similar
2 and 8
Probably 9 as well. In fact, definitely 9, but I did it on purpose and it was rewengey so not sure if it counts.
1,2,3,8 & 9
I think...
...that's probably a 'yes'
3 (in the bad old days when everyone did....its pretty bad though)
5 (Although I would say there were mitigating circumstances.....havnt strayed once whilst married....closest was hofo trying to kiss me)
6 when I was at school....to nasty schoolteacher
i've done 1, 2, 6 and 8.
i've done a runner from a restaurant twice. i'm easily led.
love prank phone calling though
Done #2.
That is all. I'd do it again if it were from a chainstore, not so much a smaller place. No 10 I've almost done, but the cash in hand work fell through. Sigh.
No 5 is by far the scummiest. I'm tired of it being seen as excusable by wider society, especially when in the context of total dick phrases like, "I was drunk", or "It only happened once".
I would have done #1 too, once
when the waitress didn't bring me milk for my tea despite me politely asking numerous times. Had there not been a line of about 15 coppers outside.
I'm not a Tory!
1. yep, but only cos we didn't have enough cash so left a variety of denominations (US/UK/ARG) and ran.
2. yep
3. don't drive
4. don't drive
5. yep
6. yep
7. yep (but it was kiiind of in self defence and also 'defending the honour' of a female friend)
8. yep but for a friend who was going through a divorce and ex-wife has bought the (expensive) ticket for her so i was kind of the good guy in that one.
9. yep
10. yep
Me in 'being a bellend' shocker.
Would have managed 1 as well but someone I was with pussed out and paid at the last minute. It was at Pizza Hut too and the meal wasn't even very good.
never done any of those
except the prank call one, except they called me.
i'm such a great person.
imo cash in hand work on benefits is nowhere near as bad as fiddling expenses
but what do i know i'm a scrounging pikey.
2 is fine btw. if the shop didn't give you enough change and you didn't realise they wouldn't have to give you any more
so why would it work the other way round?
I've done 6 (lots of times when I was a kid) and 7 (when I was in a drunken fight)
would possibly do 2. Wouldn't like to do 7 again.
I've done #2 obvs
Technically I've done #4 as well but only because the car park at my work is so overcrowded that they tell us to basically park anywhere where you're not going to block too many people in. Most days I have to mount the path to the front door. I'm not sure anyone disabled actually works there anyway.
As the youngest of the family I'd imagine I probably did #9 a bit when I was a kid.
Worst is probably #3 or #7.
the worst is 5
what is wrong with you?
drink driving is definitely worse than cheating
definitely.Icarus-Smicarus and untrue this'd this
cheating is worse.
Imagine you're a small child. I'd rather be scared of being run over, than have my life ripped to shreds and have serious psychological issues in the future, thanks to my parents divorcing due to cheating.
Cheating in a relationship is the worst thing one human being can do to another. Full stop no grey areas.
sadly, no.
have you?
lap it up bro.
you've never been in a relationship.
is that due to being run over?
thats fucking shocking. i dont even know what to say. Sadly I posted the long spiel below before this...Jesus.
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Drink driving is stupid and inexcusable, and sadly too many lives are lost because of it. It's a tragic fact, and I know fundamentally decent people who've been suspended from driving for it. It was a drunk mistake in every single one of those cases and they were incredibly regretful afterwards. They'll never do it again; you don't get serial drink drivers.
Cheating is on a totally different level, in that it's preplanned and staged. I've been cheated on and been the person the cheater was with, and both are incredibly unpleasant and have formulated a lot of the problems I have now. I can't trust anyone and I don't understand basic social intentions- I always assume people are coming on to me when they're just being nice.
I won't go into it too deeply, but the parents of a close friend a few years older than me have recently divorced, messily, due to adultery on both sides. It's absolutely screwed him over backwards. He's been unable to complete college despite being easily brighter than me, has had problems in his own relationship which has been going for 3 years and is one of the most stable I've seen... it goes on. Yes drink-driving is hideous and wrong and awful but there's more than one way to fuck someone's life up. Cheating really is for the lowest of the low.
there ae many serial drink drivers...
and having a family member, friend, loved one etc killed in an accident or hving a loved one sent to prison through drink driving can cause plenty of problems in itself.
I've changed my opinion I think.
see above. That was horrid. I feel really bad about this post actually.
untrue's picture was horrific.
I think it's changed my mind for me.
mine mostly went on personal experience
I'm aware I'm being a bit of a PocketMouse about this, but my thinking tends to be pretty black and white, mostly due to laziness about looking things up.
Mine went 'cheating= definitely awful. Only done by cunts. Drink-driving= sometimes an honest error', but when I saw the picture it hit me hard.
I guess I'm just not very rational.
I know you've already changed your mind about this
but this post was remarkably stupid. "you don't get serial drink drivers"...drink driving as a drunken mistake is fine but cheating as a drunken mistake isn't...cheating is preplanned whereas drink driving isn't...yeah none of that made very much sense. I'm glad you've thought about it a bit more now.
you broke my heart/you broke my back
yeh, pretty obvious which one is worse
1. No
2. No
3. No
4. No
5. Yes
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. No
1. Actually did this before Christmas. Not my idea, but I was obviously in on it. Mate booked a table at Vodka Revs for a work get together, Friday a week before Christmas. Place was rammed (not unexpected), took very long time to be seen by waitress, long time for food to arrive, and they never came to give us the bill. There was much bigger Christmas parties on and we really just looked like ordinary punters having a drink, not a group with a booking. It was obvious they;d forgotten all about us. We decided as a group to leave without paying, and if they rang us back (which they could as they had my mates mobile from the booking), then we'd play dumb and say we got drunk and forgot. They never rang.
2. Several times. At Old Trafford, after buying a pie. At Chester Racecourse, when paying for my ticket. Can't remember more
3. Yes, several times, never more than 2 and only if I feel alright.
4. Don't think so
5. Nope, unless a quick drunken snog counts?
6. Think we did this once as kids.
7. Nope, not that violent kind of person.
8. Touting, hmm. I suppose I have ebayed a ticket but genuinely because I couldn't go and didn't know anyone else who wanted it. To balance this out I did give a Bluetones ticket to someone on here for free when I got ill on the day last year.
What I did do one that was bad was buy a ticket off eBay for gig, already at half face value. Then when the guy accidentally sent me 2 tickets (so he didn't have one anymore) I didn't say. I sold the ticket to a mate and we both paid a quarter face value. He never emailed asking...until on the day and I didn't see it until I had got back from the gig. Feel quite bad about that one.
9. Probably, can't remember. Must have been a long time ago.
10. Nope
God I'm a right twat
2,6 & 7
wouldn't do 7 again but it was worth it at the time


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Everyone wants to experience their summer with delicious foods. However, there are many summer foods that cause heartburn that you might want to steer clear of. Here's a list of summer foods that can will lead you to grabbing your chest if you aren't careful.
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Life In The Summer
Quite possibly my favorite thing about summer as a mom is the ability to unashamedly relive some of my childhood nostalgia through my two-year-old son. Cyrus and I spent the first five weeks of summer sharing a room in southern Louisiana so I could shoot video for a youth camp very dear to my heart. It was a God-sent opportunity I couldn't turn down, but it meant temporarily putting aside some of my summer plans and desires to make it happen. It also meant a collective two and a half weeks away from my husband + best friend, which is never easy.
We've been home for just under a week, and can I just say, there is absolutely nothing like coming home after being gone for a while. Even when the place you just came from is a magical oasis, I don't think anything beats that first sigh of relief when you swing open the front door and plop your luggage down. Thank you, Jesus, for a home I love coming back to.
Unfortunately, summer is never as ideal as we build it up to be in the colder months when we are daydreaming of pina coladas and the warm sun on our tan shoulders. I always make a summer bucket list filled with activities like baseball games and road trips and swimming and homemade popsicles. But when summer finally hits, I am suddenly reminded that I live in Texas, and unless I want to give my toddler a heat stroke or melt my thighs to the bleachers, outdoor events are off the table. Also, why do I always forget about the mosquitos? Every single year I convince myself that I am going to spend more evenings by the firepit, and I do it once, then spend the next four days in bug bite purgatory. This year we have chiggers, which means as much as I love the idea of Cyrus playing in the sprinklers every day and drinking smoothies on the porch, July has looked a lot more like little dinosaurs all over the house and too much Netflix.
But despite the usual setbacks, I have thoroughly enjoyed this season. Aside from taking my last two summer courses before officially being considered a college graduate, I have more free time than I am used to. This week I started waking up early to go for a run just as the sun is rising. It has been so peaceful and refreshing to have that time to collect my thoughts and listen to worship before Cyrus wakes up. Yesterday, Matt and I took a Sabbath and got smoothies and had a date night at Studio Movie Grill (Groupon currently has a $5 ticket deal). When I feel like braving the bugs, I'll take Cyrus outside to play in his kiddie pool. We just booked an Airbnb for a trip to Disneyland/the beach next month, which means I am in deep planning mode: reading all the blogs and seeking out all the best eateries and activities on a shoestring budget. But there is also an underlying excitement, knowing in four short weeks, I will be submitting my last college paper (for the foreseeable future) and packing all the beach things for our first real family trip with just the three of us.
Life is so not ideal most of the time, but that doesn't have to stop us from truly living.
It's days like these when the moments are small but so are the worries, where I wish I could slow down time long enough to capture every memory. I'm tired and distracted a lot of the time, and probably allow Cyrus to watch more movies than I should, but the curtains are open and the sun is pouring into the living room in all its colorful brilliance, and it feels like enough.
I don't know what summer looks like for you--maybe it's the usual 9 to 5 grind, only with a hotter commute, or maybe you are trying to entertain a house full of kiddos AND maintain all your normal responsibilities at the same time. But I hope you find a way to do the things you dreamt of doing all winter. I hope the mosquitos don't keep you from reading in the hammock or hosting the barbeque. Life is so not ideal most of the time, but that doesn't have to stop us from truly living. No more excuses. It's going to be hot and the kids are going to whine and the deadlines haven't disappeared just because it's happy hour, but that doesn't mean we should stop relishing the moments or trying new things. It just means we may have to fight a little harder for them.


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New Practitioner: The Real Story of Falun Dafa
(Minghui.org) From my mother, who is 70, to my young daughter, we have personally experienced the goodness of Falun Dafa. The Communist Party is trying to destroy traditional values and common goodness by attacking those who believe in the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
I hope that my family's story will help more people understand Falun Dafa and the real story behind the persecution.
Mother's Experience
Since early childhood, I remember my mother always being sick. Her egg-sized gallstone shocked the doctor because such a large gallstone had never been seen before in that hospital. Coupled with a bladder tumor and brain blood vessel dilation, she was in severe pain and had to take medicine every day.
Although my mother visited many doctors and underwent several surgeries, her health did not improve much. Meanwhile, the mounting medical bills led our family into extreme poverty.
At the point of no hope, someone introduced Falun Dafa to my mother. The exercises seem simple, but they are very powerful. Her illnesses vanished shortly after she began to practice. It did not cost us a penny. Needless to say, my entire family was overjoyed.
Then we noticed my mother was becoming a better person. She told us that Falun Dafa teaches people the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I could tell she was much kinder than before, whether with our family or interacting with other people.
But, as we were embracing the the benefits Falun Dafa, a massive persecution started in July 1999. At that time, I had graduated from college and was working in another city. Seeing the horrifying scenes in television programs in which practitioners hurt themselves and others, I was scared and went back home to check on my mother. To my surprise, all the practitioners I saw, including my mother, were perfectly normal and none of them acted insane, like what was portrayed in the news media.
As I discussed this with my mother, she told me that harming others, let alone killing or suicide, is against the principles of Falun Dafa. After the staged self-immolation incident occurred at Tiananmen Square in 2001, she explained to me why it was clearly a hoax, "Look at the videos of the so-called self-immolation, would you believe the police were able to take so many professional video clips including close-ups during such an unexpected incident?"
Later I watched the award-winning documentary, False Fire, and fully understood how the communist party had been attacking Falun Dafa with hate propaganda.
My Journey
The more I heard about Falun Dafa, the more curious I became. In August 2015, I asked my mother to teach me the exercises and the positive changes came almost immediately. In the past, I was weak and often got sick. Now, I was able to stay fit all the time, even in the freezing winter and sweltering summer. I am very happy.
My 10-year-old daughter also joined me in the practice last year. Besides having better health, her character also improved a lot from studying the teachings. She is a straight A student in school and is always willing to help others.


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New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern introduces baby Neve te Aroha to the world
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Neve Te Aroha
as she prepared to leave hospital amidst an outpouring of public excitement.
Ms Ardern appeared before dozens of reporters and a flurry of camera flashes at Auckland City Hospital in her first appearance since giving birth, thanking the public for their support as her three-day-old daughter slept in her arms.
"We really just wanted to say thank you and that we're all doing really well. Sleep deprived, but really well," she said.
Ms Ardern, 37, became New Zealand's youngest prime minister when she took office through a coalition deal last year after an inconclusive election. She has now become the first woman in the country's history to give birth while in office.
She delivered her 3.31 kg (7.3 lb) daughter in the country's largest public hospital on Thursday afternoon with her partner, television presenter Clarke Gayford, at her side.
The couple had settled on the baby's first name, Neve, after she was born, he mother said, explaining that it means "bright and radiant" and "snow", which reflected that she was born in the middle of winter during the nation's indigenous Maori new year and the shortest day of the year.
Her second name, Te Aroha, which means "love" in Te Reo Maori, one of the country's national languages, was a nod to the many Maori iwi, or tribes, that had offered names as a gift to Ms Ardern while she was pregnant.
"'Te Aroha' was our way of reflecting the amount of love this baby has been shown even before she arrived," Ms Ardern said.
The island nation, with a population of 4.5 million, was in the grips of a baby-induced glow of optimism in recent days with many social media users dubbing the baby the "Prime Miniature" while they waited for her name to be announced.
"It's just something really lovely in a world where so much is unfair that we're all very excited about it," said Frances Gerbic, a music teacher living in Auckland.
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra recorded a version of Brahm's lullaby "Cradle Song" translated into Te Reo Maori, and Auckland's tallest building, the Sky Tower, was lit up pink for three nights in honour of the occasion.
Support also flooded in from around the world, with Britain's Queen Elizabeth, whom Ms Ardern met in London in April, sending an emailed message of congratulations and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeting at Ms Ardern: "Pro tip, Jacinda: Briefing notes make excellent bed time stories."
Ms Ardern will take the next six weeks off, leaving her deputy Winston Peters in charge, and return to work in early August when Mr Gayford will care for the baby full-time.
Many in New Zealand and around the world had held up her pregnancy - just the second time an elected leader had given birth in office since Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto in 1990 - as a symbol of progress for women.
"Hopefully these things that in these moments now are...a novelty...one day they aren't new any more," Ms Ardern said.
"I hope for little girls and boys that actually there's a future where they can make choices about how they raise their family and what kind of career they have that are based on what they want and what makes them happy."
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So many wonderful things are happening and I've finally got some time to sit down and share them with you. Read on for more info on what's to come for me this coming year.
Allymac Project at Rockwood + Big Beat Kickstarter
The Allymac Project's performance at Rockwood Music Hall was a success! We joined forces with my good friend Brielle Liebman for a late set last week at Stage 1. I'd like to do another show with Brielle in March. I've been thinking about a basement show. Is that something you guys would be interested in? Comment below with your thoughts.
My next show is on Sunday, February 25th, 2018 at 7:45 PM at The Bitter End. It will be a brief set but will be a chance for me to perform some of my songs in a stripped intimate setting. You can get tickets here.
Big Beat, the band that I also perform with, has launched a Kickstarter for their upcoming album. 4 songs that I've composed will appear on this album and Grammy Nominated arranger, vocalist, trombonist and educator Pete McGuiness will be producing the album. Singing with Big Beat is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me that I'm so glad to have achieved. Big Beat is a soul, power and something fresh and new on the music scene. I'm so proud to be apart of this project and I hope you'll consider donating!
The rewards are so cool! You could receive handwritten lyrics from me, a song that you'd like to hear Big Beat play or you could get the Adam Machaskee Trombone Experience. Take your pick and do something today to help the future of Big Beat.