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What do Margaret Mitchell, Mark Twain, and Shaquille O'Neill all have in common? None of them like paying taxes, that's what! Here's a collection of tax quotes to start your day.
"Death and taxes and childbirth. There's never any convenient time for any of them."
Margaret Mitchell
"Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt."
Herbert Hoover
"You know we all hate paying taxes, but the truth of the matter is without our tax money, many politicians wouldn't be able to afford prostitutes."
Jimmy Kimmel
"The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect."
Sam Ewing
"Basic tax, as everyone knows, is the only genuinely funny subject in law school."
Martin Ginsburg (Professor, Georgetown University Law Center)
"You'd be surprised at the frivolous things people spend their money on. Taxes, for example."
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"If you sell your soul to the Devil, do you need a receipt for tax purposes?"
Mark Russell
"I shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes."
Mark Twain
"Last time I looked at a check, I said to myself, 'Who the hell is FICA? And when I meet him, I'm going to punch him in the face. Oh my God, FICA is killing me.'"
Shaquille O'Neill
"The invention of the teenager was a mistake. Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out late but don't have to pay taxes — naturally, no one wants to live any other way."
Judith Martin ("Miss Manners")
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ABC's "Charlie's Angels" and NBC's "The Playboy Club" are casting long shadows over the drama scripts stacking up at the broadcast nets for the 2012-13 season.
Those quickly canceled series may be prompting second thoughts among development execs who purchased plenty of pitches based on high-profile intellectual property, like "Angels," or re-creating a bygone era, like "Playboy."
Scripts based on so-called pre-sold titles are coming from everywhere, including the bigscreen, from recent Lionsgate fare like "The Lincoln Lawyer" to older audience favorites like "Romancing the Stone"; comicbooks (The Incredible Hulk); classic books ("Jekyll and Hyde"); and more contemporary tomes such as "The Carrie Diaries," an adaptation of which could revive a younger version of "Sex and the City's" Carrie Bradshaw on the CW.
Period pieces are still in fashion, particularly Westerns; each of the Big Four nets has at least one such script in development. But other potential projects could bring TV back several centuries if one of three different dramas about pirates gets a greenlight. A more recent but no less flamboyant era may be resurrected if NBC OKs a Jerry Bruckheimer TV script set in the world of pro wrestling during the 1980s.
While drama development for the 2012-13 season is filled with the usual array of detectives, doctors and district attorneys, it's not difficult to see why adaptations and period pieces would be seductive. Series like CBS' "Hawaii 5-0" have proved that a reboot brings built-in awareness that drives sampling. And a little dive into history wasn't such a bad thing for AMC, which put itself on the map with the Emmy-friendly pop-culture phenomenon "Mad Men."
The remake boom is far more prevalent in drama than comedy, though there are a few on the half-hour side. CBS has brought in producers of the Nicole Kidman-Will Ferrell feature "Bewitched" to try to restore Samantha Stephens to her former TV glory.
With the movie world already chockablock with sequels, perhaps it's fitting that TV dramas are banking on films as the biz drifts in the same creative direction.
In addition to "Lincoln Lawyer," bought by ABC, and "Romancing the Stone," which 20th Century Fox TV and Shawn Levy's production banner, 21 Laps, are developing for NBC, films as recent as this year's Jake Gyllenhaal thriller "Source Code" could end up as fodder for CBS, courtesy of ABC Studios and Mark Gordon Co.
Gordon, whose ABC Studios-based banner is fielding a slew of projects this season, believes the movie will get him only so far with viewers. "I don't think people will overwhelmingly tune in because of the title," he said. "A brand is helpful, but I'd take a good show with no brand over a brand that lacks good storytelling anytime."
Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment has teamed with Sony Pictures TV to adapt his 2005 hit "Hitch" at Fox. Cinematic success isn't even necessary to get in the door at ABC, as "Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino is teaming with the Weinstein Co. and Ryan Seacrest Prods. to adapt 2007's "The Nanny Diaries." The unheralded 2009 indie "The Joneses" will get a second chance from the producing team behind CW series "Life Unexpected."
The biggest curveball on the film front may come from NBC, which is eyeing a new spin on the 1967 cult classic "Valley of the Dolls," from "Precious" helmer Lee Daniels and Chernin Entertainment. The movie previously inspired short-lived attempts at TV revivals in 1981 and 1994.
Katherine Pope, prexy of TV at Chernin Entertainment, admits that remakes can be something of a double-edged sword.
"You can't alienate the audience who loved the original, but you can't stay so strictly within it that you don't create something new," Pope said. "It's a deceptively difficult thing to do, which is why you hear more about the failures than the successes."
Other potential series may not trade on a particular title but seek to put a new spin on an enduring legend. There's plenty of loglines out there with the phrases "modern-day retelling" and "loosely based" thanks to numerous attempts to dust off and update icons from Frankenstein to Sherlock Holmes. "Jekyll and Hide" has inspired more than a few series reinventions, as has "Beauty and the Beast," which could pop up on CW, or in a far grittier version for ABC.
Sometimes it's not as simple as capitalizing on the built-in awareness of familiar titles and concepts. In the case of congloms that retain the rights to specific IP, launching a TV show can be the leading edge of a cross-platform extravaganza ringing cash registers everywhere from toy stores to theme parks. NBC, for instance, wouldn't just reap ad revenue if the Bryan Fuller reboot of "The Munsters" ends up a hit on its primetime schedule; the property's place in the Universal Pictures library could guarantee a multipronged money machine.
That logic was key to Disney's purchase of Marvel Entertainment last year. No wonder ABC Entertainment chief Paul Lee has made a priority out of getting some Marvel IP on his development slate, which could yield a series version of comicbook heroes the Hulk or Jessica Jones. CW is also keen on leaning on its Warner Bros. sib DC Comics, which will help the net develop its "Deadman" asset for TV.
Period pieces can be risky business — precious few have worked on primetime over the past few decades. Nevertheless, AMC's "Mad Men" has made it an irresistible challenge, as have some successes in a genre that was a specialty of broadcast TV in its early years: the Western.
There are at least seven entries walking into studios with their cowboy boots on, ranging from an oater set in 1960s Las Vegas to be produced and directed by "Walk the Line" helmer James Mangold to a Western procedural from Sony and Ron Moore, an exec producer who pulled off one of the unlikelier reboots of all time with Syfy's "Battlestar Galactica."
Pirates may be the next Western, judging from interest from ABC, Fox and NBC, which all have variations on that theme in the works (as does cabler FX). Otherwise, period pieces are all over the map, harking back to a Civil War project that "Lost" exec producer Carlton Cuse has at ABC.
With "Playboy" gone and "Pan Am" hitting some ratings turbulence, it'll be interesting to see whether the nets still have an appetite to go retro. ABC has at least nine drama scripts in the hopper set in various decades in the past few centuries, including a project set at a 19th century hotel shepherded by "Grey's Anatomy's" Shonda Rhimes.

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There was also information on the areas importance at the time it was built especially its vulnerability during the time of the Spanish Armada...
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Outside there are panels focusing on the the local flora, fauna and wildlife conservation all of which helps make the barns relevant to today...
|Wildlife exhibit inside the barn
All in all a stunning place and one that deserved to be rescued from neglect and certain destruction in the 90s. There is a cafe for visitors and the local beach is quite for those seeking some solitude and huge Norfolk skies. It even has its own local legend of the Devil himself and an 18th century lord of the manor, Sir Berney Bograve. The story goes that every new years eve he held a feast for six of his ancestors whose ghosts would eat with him until midnight. Not only that but on another occasion he was mowing alongside his farmhands and he boosted that he could out mow the Devil. The Devil appeared and challenged him to a race for his soul. Sir Barney accepted but strew the Devil's field with stones so that his scythe was blunted and he gave up with the words, "Barney bor, them stones do cut damm hard". So even a bit of local dialect at Waxham Barn!
|There are nice touches like the sheaves in the window slits to keep out the weather
I didn't see the Devil when I was there but I did add some stories of Old Hob to my set. And if you look closely at some of the photos of panels you will see a strange figure from long ago lurking in the here and now!
Thanks to the cafe staff at Waxham for the warm welcome and to Paul and the pupils at Acle Academy for making it a fun day.


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Former Lions WR Titus Young sentenced to five years of probation
Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Titus Young was spared a state prison term but was sentenced to five years of probation by a judge on Tuesday, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Young was also sentenced to one year of inpatient treatment and therapy at a substance abuse rehab center and mental health facility in Escondido, Calif., according to the Free Press. He has already been there for 99 days, which will be credited toward his sentence.
Last summer, Young was accused of knocking out his former attorney and faced five counts of battery, including one felony count. In May 2013, he pleaded not guilty to four felonies and seven misdemeanors after he was arrested in San Clemente, Calif. on burglary and assault charges. Those arrests followed separate arrests for suspicion of driving under the influence and trespassing.
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Tea, one of the best things to come out of Britain. A cup of tea is a remedy for almost anything – a bad day at work, splitting up with a boyfriend, being poorly. I'm also a big fan of elevenses, a sneaky biscuit (or three), dunking it in my tea and savouring the flavour.
When I saw Mowielicious' magazine I finally got hold of his cornflake condensed milk ice cream recipe I'd be dying to try. It was absolutely divine, and the thing that I really enjoyed most was the malty flavour that had infused into the milk. I started thinking about malted milk biscuits…mmm malted milks. Tasty, apart from the 3 second dunking rule. Any longer than that and it ends up at the bottom of the cup and you inevitably forget about it and end up with grainy biscuit crumbs in your mouth as you drink the last dregs of tea. I wanted the malted milk softness and taste after it's been dipped in tea, not as biscuity bites in the icecream. Could this be done? What the hell, I was up for an experiment anyway.
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I wanted to share something with you today that I think you can probably help me out with. It's about Phorm, the controversial behavioural ad company that's partnered with British ISPs, including BT. We've written about them quite a bit in recent months.
Anyway, last week I got an email from one of BT's PR guys. As you can expect, we've had some fairly robust discussions with them recently. This time he was pointing out some comments from the Guardian's director of digital strategy, Simon Waldman, who said recently that industry needed "intelligent discussion" about the issue of behavioural ads and that "scaremongering" was no good.
BT's point, I suppose, was to suggest that we were stirring up exactly that sort of trouble and being hypocritical to boot.
Fortunately, I have no problem with making trouble if it's required. I don't feel an overwhelming need to be neutral about things that are opposed to our civil rights. But I can try to be fair.
So, in that spirit of fairness, I responded by sending back an email laying out an argument showing why I think Phorm is problematic, and why BT should spend more time worrying about why it's doing this than it does badgering its critics. I didn't get a response back from them, but I've included the text below because, to my mind, it articulates the problem pretty clearly.
However: I want it to be better, because I think this is very important issue. And that's where you can help. I've tried to explain why people have a problem with Phorm and what the controversy is really about. But have I got it right? Do you disagree? Is there a way we can make this argument clearer, or more accurate?
Read on for the relevant part of the email, and then leave suggestions, disputes or advice in the comments.
Here's my problem with Phorm, in a nutshell, which might explain why I don't think we're going to stop writing about it any time soon:
If you monitored the phone calls I made - not necessarily what was said in them, but who they were made to and when - and then sold my number on to cold callers for a commission, I'd get pretty pissed off. And most people, I'm sure, would feel pretty similar.
Not just because cold calls are annoying - they are - but because it's an abuse of your privileged position as service provider.
BT is not running a website that users choose to visit. It's not running a service that users can switch away from easily.
You're the gatekeeper. It's your job to protect your customers, not use what you know about them for commercial advantage. And it helps to be straight with them too, rather than this feeling that you're trying to get everything past them when they're not looking.
It might not be against the law, but that doesn't mean it's not against the spirit of doing right by your customers.
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Krepsko, international mime theater ensemble founded in 2001 in Prague around a group of graduates and exchange students of nonverbal theater department of the Academy of Performing Arts Prague. With its quirky humor, following in the footsteps of quality craft of Czech mime and physical theater techniques of modern day, the group soon got popular throughout Europe. It comes to Prague after several years as a part of Small Inventory Festival with the successful production of Mad Cup of Tea. We can look forward to it 16th February in Varnsorf in the Municipal Theatre, 18th February in Ostrava Cooltour or 20th February in Prague NoD. What happened since we last saw Krepsko on our stages, we asked the director of the ensemble, Linnea Happonen.
You have not performed in Czech Republic for few years... why? What have you been up to?
There is no dramatical why and because - very simply, we have been performing and making new performances there where we have been invited to. Last year for example we performed in Estonia, Israel, Poland, Germany, Denmark and Finland. In past years we also made three new bigger productions, which didn't play in CZ yet, as well as small spontaneous events.
You bring here again the succesful Mad Cup of Tea... has anything changed in the shpw throughout the years since the premiere? Responding to the different audience reaction for example?
This year is the 10th anniversary of Mad Cup of Tea! I think the essence of the show is still the very same - tea, tango & trapeze. It changed most in 2007 when we had to re-cast the performance, and added for example three musicians instead of two. Otherwise the performance is the same, and always a bit different. As all of our performances, it is always alive, and to keep it alive, little changes occur constantly.
What are your future plans... new projects? Are we going to meet you more often in Prague?
Hopefully! We are very happy to be back performing where it all started. There are all the time new ideas bubbling under... next step will be trying some of those in a rehearsing-residence in France. And mainly, next year it's 15 years of Krepsko - hope there will be some celebrations in the near future!
You can get your ticket here: http://bit.ly/krepskoovaeng
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What is My Contribution?
A Devotion to the Truth Regardless of Where It Goes (A Brief Summary)
Here are some truths that many people reject because they do not find it nice enough or because it is politically unacceptable.
1. The universe is around 14-15 billion years old. (Many conservatives get offended at this because it doesn't agree with the Bible.)
2. The theory of the evolution of life is absolutely true. (Many conservatives reject this truth.)
3. The social sciences are largely based on a lie, because all too many of the social scientists reject that evolution applies to human beings and even to their brains and thinking. Starting with a lie, they end with many untruths. (They invented a myth of the all importance of culture to replace the myth of Adam and Eve.)
4. Most people don't care about the truth -- a truth based on the hard sciences, and especially evolution. As any book marketer might tell you, there is no market for the truth. You can write conservative lies, "objective" lies or liberal (even communist) lies, but you can't write the full truth because no one wants to hear it. Many believe that the truth is immoral and should not be written about. In a sense, they believe that anyone who tries to follow it fully is morally irresponsible.
5. Much of the rejection of the truth is based on religious grounds. The world's religions are very primitive religions, because they are used to approve the greatest cruelties of humans against other humans. A true Moses would have brought down twenty commandments and not just ten. The second ten would make it a sin to be prejudiced and discriminatory against other groups of humans based on their religion, ethnicity, race, sex, sexual preference, age, social class, etc. It cannot be true that the liberal version of the constitution of man should be or are more humane than the God of the Christians, Muslims, etc. Many humans sin in the name of God, because it is an unjust version of God that they worship.
6. The social sciences (cultural anthropology, sociology, political science, history) are not devoted to the truth but rather to the currently acceptable liberal version of the truth. The social sciences are liberal "moral philosophy" rather than science or truth. They believe that it is more important to support a liberal version of moral philosophy than to search for the truth.
7. The politicization of the social sciences makes most of the writings of the social scientists suspect. They want a "moral" social science rather than a true one.
8. A true social science needs to be created because a "moral" social science that is not based on truth is not worthy of respect. Most of what is published in the social science is politically acceptable lies. The social sciences need to start accepting evolution as applied to man and this means accepting that humans are very morally weak as a result of this evolution. Social scientists prefer to believe that most of the evil in man is brought about only through bad culture and bad social structure and not at all by the natural evolutionary nature of humans.
9. The social sciences must reject writing and research done in a politically acceptable way. They have to make a commitment to the truth wherever it takes them.
10. Some of the most glaring lies of the social sciences deal with the nature of the political nature of our societies. They deliberately reject a truer estimation of the great influence of such forces as race, ethnicity and class. I have worked primarily on illustrating the importance of race and racial prejudice and discrimination in affecting the very nature of societies in such countries as the United States, Brazil and Mexico. In essence, there is an agreement among both conservatives and liberals to deny the harsh truth that race has deeply, completely affected these societies and others. It is not a "conspiracy" but rather a culture of accepting what is only politically acceptable. As one of my supporters wrote to me, the truth, unfortunately, is very ugly. (Yes, and that's why people prefer the lie.)
11. I think I successfully combined the social control and social change/revolution models. There is a connection between the different elements of society and a sort of social equilibrium because that is the way the societies and institutions are designed. Social control is strictly maintained in societies by those who rule or govern them. This equilibrium is not the result of natural forces, but the result of deliberate designs so that social institutions maintain themselves as those in control so desire them to be. But in all societies there is always some form of injustice that is inherent there. There is a constant struggle by those who are disadvantaged against those who are very privileged. So there is this constant flux between social control and social change, which are both present in societies.
12. It is my "moral" obligation to speak up for the truth because, frankly, liberal and conservative truth is not very "moral" at all. It tolerates a great deal of cruelty of humans to one another by being like religion and having a primitive view of what is "moral". (I have heard from some social scientists that they cannot write a truer version of the truth because they want to remain employed in the universities. So we must count coercion as one of the liberal tools used to defend the primitive version of truth.)
It's not so much that the social scientists can't handle the truth, but that they won't even consider it, preferring their lies and justifying it as the "moral" thing to do.
Patrick Louis Cooney, Ph. D.
January 3, 2010
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Camel, approx. 690–750. China, Shaanxi or Henan province. Tang dynasty (618–906). Glazed earthenware. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60S95.
Camel, approx. 690–750. China, Shaanxi or Henan province. Tang dynasty (618–906). Glazed earthenware. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60S95.
Central Asian wine peddler, approx. 618–906. China, Henan province. Molded and sculpted earthenware figure with three-color glaze. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60P521.
Dancer, approx. 618–700. China Tang dynasty (618–906). Painted earthenware. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60P305.
Four seated musicians, approx. 700–750. China Tang dynasty (618–906). Earthenware. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60P316, B60P317, B60P3186, and B60P319.
Hermit in landscape, approx. 1618–1652, Chen Hongshou (1598-1652). China; Ming dynasty (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1912). Hanging Scroll; ink and colors on silk. Museum purchase, B79D8.
A woman disguised as a man holding a parrot, 618–906. China; Shaanxi province. Glazed low-fired ceramic. The Avery Brundage Collection, B65P52.
Flowers, 1615, by Xue Susu (1564-1637). China; Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Handscroll; ink on paper. Museum purchase, B66D22.
Li Bai viewing the waterfall at Mt. Lu, by Soami (1485–1525), approx. 1500-1525. Japan. Hanging scroll; ink on paper. The Avery Brundage Collection, B62D11.
Ritual vessel (zun or gui) in the shape of a rhinoceros, probably 1100–1050 BCE. China; Shandong province. Shang dynasty (1600–1050 BCE). Bronze. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60B1+.
"Scripture of the Hidden Talisman", Characters of the signature of Chu Suiliang, 596–658. China; Tang dynasty (618–906). Album, ink on paper. Gift of the Yeh Family Collection, F2002.49.1.


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Fritz G. Melbye
(Danish, 1826-1869)
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Notes: Other names for this Mountain are Fujisan, Fuji-san and Mount Fuji.
Fritz G. Melbye (Danish, 1826-1869) - Marine Painting with Shipping off the Fuji-jama, Japan 1869 -
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Fritz Melbye received an art training by his older brother Anton Melbye before he departed in 1849 to the Carribean Island of St. Thomas, where he convinced the French Impressionist Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) to become a full-time artist and was his first teacher. Together with Pissarro he went in 1852 to Venezuela where he stayed in Caracas until 1856. John Rewald writes about him in the book "The History of Impressionism". Later he lived in Paris for two years (1856-1857) and in New York from 1861-1863 and visited China, where he stayed in Peking and Ho Yuan. He died young in Shanghai 1869. His marine and topographical paintings show - apart from some Danish motifs - a lot of most interesting motifs from his extensive stays and travels abroad. There were hardly European artists in the mid 19th Century who depicted motifs from St. Thomas, St. Croix, Cuba, Santo Domingo, Venezuela, Newfoundland, China and Japan. In Peking he was commissioned to paint the Imperial Summer Palace and in his American period he exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. From 1849 until 1858 he was an exhibitor at Charlottenborg Castle in Denmark. Several museums world-wide hold his works. During his Far Eastern period he depicted also some Japanese motifs, a marine painting in the Sonderborg Castle Museum and this Topographical Marine painting shown here.
This work shows as a background the Symbol of Japan - the Fuji - which is the highest mountain in Japan and one of the most beautiful mountains of the world. It is a scarce motif since not many Western Artists painted Japanese motifs in the mid 19th Century. Prices for Fritz Melbye paintings with Danish Motifs start at some Thousand EUR, but topographical paintings by him are highly appreciated by collectors world-wide and works of similar dimensions were sold in London, Kopenhagen and New York for as much as British Pounds 30,000 or US$ 60,000 or Danish Krons 320,000 or JPY 4,8 Million.
Following are shown some more photos of the painting (which were taken under full sunlight exposure):
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Provenance: On the backside can be found a label from Martyn Gregory of St. James in London, a leading China Trade Specialist (www.martyngregory.com). This painting was shown in his summer exhibition 1990 and had the No. 37 in his Catalogue 56.
The best viewing distance for this painting is about 8 to 10 feet and a good light on it is recommended. Suitable for an Office or Living Room or Private Library or onboard of a Yacht / Cruise Ship.


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Reeder, a popular RSS reading app for iOS (s AAPL), relies on Google Reader(s goog) for its backend. But the service will continue after Google Reader shutters on July 1, Reeder creator Silvio Rizzi said Monday. Reeder's iPhone app is $2.99, and Rizzi is making the Mac and iPad apps free for now, down from $4.99.
The iPhone app is remaining paid because it already supports services other than Google Reader, Rizzi wrote: "I'm currently working on integrating Feedbin and adding support for standalone/local RSS (still experimental). You'll get these features with the next update (3.1) which should be ready soon. That's just the beginning, the plan is to add more services you can choose from in the next weeks and months."
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I wish that I were Michael Keaton in the movie Multiplicity because this great show is on the same night as the LA Zine Fest Reading and Rock Spectacular. First and foremost, super-local band Spokenest is always a treat to see, especially in places intimate venues like Permanent Records or the band's living room. Second of all, at a show where two bands chock-full of zinesters are playing, you are probably going to either get a free zine or start your own before the night is over. That's what I call a successful night out.
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Blacktech Week Launches $50,000 National Startup Challenge For Black Entrepreneursby GDN Shared Post January 28, 2017
BlackTech Week & Arch Grants team up to help black entrepreneurs gain access to funding.
Miami, FL — Because securing capital continues to be a major barrier to entry for startups that are founded by minority entrepreneurs, Blacktech Week & Arch Grants have decided to partner together to help close the access gap. One lucky innovative & scalable startup will win a $50,000 equity-free cash grant that will also provide pro bono supported services (i.e. personal introductions to strategic business and civic leaders & access to angel investment and venture capital networks) to the company that is located in or will re-locate their headquarters to St. Louis, Missouri.
BlackTech Weekend (February 23-25, 2017, in Miami, Florida) is a weekend that highlights cutting-edge technologies and entrepreneurial innovation in the black community. This year's theme is "Access to Funding where the organization launched a Weekend version of their key program to get entrepreneurs close access and support from investors looking to invest in Minority led companies." 2017 BlackTech Weekend Speakers include (more will be added): Michael Seibel (Y Combinator-CEO); Marlon C. Nichols (Cross Culture Ventures); Lauren Maillian (LMB Group star of We TV Show Quite your Day Job); Armando Seay (Ross Technologies); Monique Woodward (500 Startups); Richard Kerby (Venrock); Nnena Ukuku (Venture Gained Legal); and Peter Walker (JamKazam).
"There is such amazing genius in the black community so the issue as to why there is not higher representation in the innovation economy is not due to a lack of ideas. It is due to a lack of real capital to take these ideas to market and then the right mentorship and support to keep them there. That is why this partnership is so important," Felecia Hatcher-Pearson, Co-Founder, Blacktech Week/Code Fever Miami, states.
The eligibility requirements for this award include the following: (1) Must be 18 years or older to apply; and (2) Must be able to have at least 51% of your founding team, OR at least one founder and 51% of the full team, working full time on the business in St. Louis City for a period of at least one year. Blacktech Week & Arch Grants are looking for innovative, high growth, early stage ventures with national or international impact potential. They are not looking for lifestyle businesses or consulting businesses. Companies also don't have to be technology companies.
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- Introduction
- What is public domain?
- Sources of public domain books
- How to know and choose which public domain book to publish?
- Self-publishing PD Books ( download checklist PDF – see below )
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Alright, now let's get right into the business of publishing public domain eBooks that gets loved by people:
What is Public Domain?
Public Domain is a platform on which any articles, books, images, media, or any content that are made freely accessible to the general public to consume, edit, or make commercial usage possible.
Amazon KDP has been allowing and regularizing the publishing of Public Domain books on its Kindle platform, to allow creators to add-value to the existing old classics, and also make some money on the side doing it.
Here are some of the sources of Public Domain books:
- Gutenberg (https://gutenberg.com)
- Feedbooks (https://feedbooks.com)
- Get more sources from here: https://techlibrary.tv/20ebooks
How to know and choose which Public Domain book to publish?
Choosing a public domain book determines its success and more downloads and thus more sales and profits.
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How to differentiate public domain books and how to add more value?
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Topic: Warren Denholm takes some time out of his very bust schedule to talk to us about his career in warbird restoration, and his company Avspecs Ltd. Recognised and followed around the world for a number of past restoration projects including a P-40E Kittyhawk, several Spitfire restorations, a stunning DH89 Dragon Rapide and a rare P-40 Tomahawk, the current projects of interest in their hangar are Spitfire Mk IVXe NH799, and two de Havilland DH98 Mosquitos, the TIII in its earlier stages of restoration, and the near complete and stunning Mk. 26, serial number KA114.
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• July 2012 photos of the Mosquito and Spitfire
• Details of the Mosquito Public Display on Saturday the 29th of September 2012
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By: Abu Ahmad
About a hundred miles from Madinah on the route to Syria was an important settlement of the Jews called the Khyber. Literally "Khyber" means a fort, and the place was so named because it consisted of a series of forts. There were six or seven forts, and each was occupied by a different section of the Jews. It was an oasis in the desert, and was famous for its fields and groves of date palms. It was an important market as well. After their expulsion from Madinah, most of the Jews of Banu Qainuqah and Banu Nadhir took refuge in Khyber. In the Battle of the Ditch (Ghazwa-e-Khandaq), the Jews of Khyber had helped the Quraysh. When after the Battle of the Ditch, the Jews of Banu Quraizah were executed, the Jews of Khyber promised revenge, and they planned an invasion of Madinah on a large scale. They were seeking an alliance with the Quraish. In the meantime by the treaty of Hudaibiyah, the Quraysh had made a truce with the Muslims and were no longer free to join the Jews in an attack on Madinah. That was the first advantage that accrued to the Muslims as a result of the treaty of Hudaibiyah. Taking full advantage of this favorable situation, immediately on return from Makkah after signing the Hudaibiyah pact, the Holy Prophet sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam led a Muslim force to Khyber.
The battle
The Jews were caught in surprise at the appearance of the Muslim force. The Prophet sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam asked them to submit. They made fun of the offer and said that their forts were unconquerable, and that they would teach the Muslims bitter lesson. They shut themselves in their forts and the Muslims besieged them. The first battle took place on the fort called Naim. The Muslim force was commanded by Muhammad bin Muslimah. The battle was fierce. The Muslim Commander was martyred, but the fort was captured. In the following days they captured other small fortresses. The main fort of the Jews was Qamus, and it was regarded as invincible. The siege dragged on for twenty-one days, but the Jews held out. The Holy Prophet sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam sent a force under the command of Abu Bakr radhiyallahu ta'ala 'anh to overpower the Jews, but the mission did not succeed. The Holy Prophet changed the Commander every day, but the fort proved to be a hard nut to crack. With the
failure of successive missions, the Holy Prophet said that the following day he would entrust the command to a person who was the beloved of Allah as well as His Prophet, and who would conquer the fort. The following day when the Muslim forces assembled to lead the attack, all were anxious to know as to who was to have the honor of commanding the Muslim forces, and winning the victory that day. The honor fell to Hadhrat Ali radhiyallahu ta'ala 'anh. The Holy Prophet put the armor on Ali with his own hands. He handed him the standard, and after praying for the victory of the Muslims, the Holy Prophet commanded the Muslims forces to attack the fort in the name of God. As the Muslim forces came close to the fort, the Jew warrior Marhab emerged out of the fort, and challenged Ali to a duel. Marhab enjoyed reputation as a great warrior equivalent to a thousand men. Marhab sang the battle song: "I am Abu Ablit; My name is Antar. I am armed to the teeth. My home is Khyber. I am a lion whom none can face. "
Ali radhiyallahu ta'ala 'anh accepted the challenge with the battle song: "I am Ali, the lion of God. I fight in the name of God. Be prepared for your doom. It awaits you." That day, Hadhrat Ali appeared to have extraordinary power. He killed Marhab in no time. Thereafter another Jewish warrior Rabih bin Abu Aqiq stepped forward to challenge Ali. Rabih charged at Ali, but he missed the mark. Thereafter Ali charged at his adversary with the speed of lightning and killed him with the stroke of his sword. Thereafter another Jew warrior stepped forward. He sang as he rushed at Ali: "I am Yasir I am a ferocious lion. None can escape my claws. In reply, Hadhrat Ali radhiyallahu ta'ala 'anh said: "O Infidel, your death calls you. I invoke the aid of Allah and strike the heads of those who come to oppose me " Yasir aimed a blow at Ali, but Ali warded off the blow with great skill. Then Ali attacked and Yasir fell dead. The death of three successive Jew warriors unnerved the Jews and they ran
back to shut themselves in the fort. Before the Jews could shut the gate of the fort, Ali struck at the gate and uprooted it. Thereafter the Muslim force rushed inside the fort and massacred the Jews who resisted them. Ali performed wonders of bravery and killed a large number of the Jews. The Jews could not withstand the attack of the Muslims for long. Soon their resistance broke down and they laid down arms. Thus the fort which was regarded as impregnable fell before the might of Ali. According to legend, Ali exhibited supernatural strength that day and was most ferocious than the fiercest of lions. Without doubt, he was the "Lion of Allah".
Victor of Khyber
As Hadhrat Ali radhiyallahu ta'ala 'anh returned to the Muslim camp, the Holy Prophet went forward to greet him, and praised him as the Victor of Khyber. There was great rejoicing in the Muslim camp at this great victory. As a result of the victory, in accordance with the Jewish law, all male Jews could be executed. The Jews pleaded for mercy and undertook to pay one half of the produce of their lands to the Muslims as annual tribute. The Holy Prophet took a lenient view. He accepted the terms offered by the Jews and a treaty was made accordingly. The Jews undertook to remain faithful to the Muslims and accepted their dominance.
A prominent Jew lady, Zainab held a feast in the honor of the Holy Prophet and his companions. At the dinner the Holy Prophet first took a morsel of meat and after chewing it threw it aside saying that the meat was poisoned. A companion Hadhrat Bashr radhiyallahu ta'ala 'anh ate a good deal of meat and he died on the spot. The feast ended in confusion. Zainab was put to explanation and she admitted her guilt. She pleaded that she had poisoned the meat thinking that if Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) was a false prophet, the world would get rid of him.
Accounts differ about the fate of Zainab. According to one account, she became a Muslim and was pardoned. According to another account she was executed.
Conquest of Fidak
After the conquest of Khyber, the Muslims marched to Fidak, another Jewish settlement, not far from Khyber. Having seen the fate of the people of Khyber, the people of Fidak did not choose to fight. They agreed to execute a treaty of peace with the Muslims on the same terms as had been agreed upon in the case of the Jews of Khyber.
Consequences of the Battle of Khyber
The Battle of Khyber was another turning point in the history of Islam. It had far reaching consequences. The Muslim rule was no longer confined to Madinah and its immediate environments. It came to be extended to other parts of Arabia and the Jews who had been so hostile to the Muslims had become the subjects of the Islamic state. The Quraysh could no longer depend on the support of the Jews. If we study the events that took place one after the other we can discern the Hand of God directing the course of things in favor of the Muslims. The Hudaibiyah pact which was apparently unfavorable to the Muslims paved the way to the conquest of Khyber, and the conquest of Khyber paved the way to the conquest of Makkah. Hadhrat Ali was the Victor of Khyber. The exploits of Ali at Khyber have attained the dimensions of legends.


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The Oak Lawn Library is located at 9427 S. Raymond Ave. For more information about the programs or events, call 422-4990, or visit oaklawnlibrary.org.
Nov. 1: The Friends of the Oak Lawn Library will be holding in-person registration from 9: 30 to 10:30 a.m. for a trip to Munster, Ind., for lunch and to see Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" at the Theater at the Center. The trip will take place Tuesday, Dec. 2 and include lunch.
The maximum number of participants is 56. Participants depart at 11:30 a.m. and return at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $68 for members and $73 for others. Members must present a current membership card or receipt to receive the $5 discount. There is a two-ticket limit per person. Trips sponsored by the Friends are not wheelchair accessible.
Nov. 3: "Camp Douglas: Chicago's Civil War Prison," will be explained by David Keller, founder of the Camp Douglas Restoration Foundation. He will detail the history of the camp, including conditions, loss of life and stories from prisoner diaries at 7 p.m. at the Oak Lawn Public Library. The current status of the site and the work done by the Restoration Foundation will also be discussed.
Nov. 4: Families have a chance to visit "Mr. Peabody and Sherman" again when the Oak Lawn Public Library hosts its free movie from 10 a.m. to noon. This 2014 movie is rated PG, is 92 minutes long and is for all ages. Registration is not required.
Nov. 5: The Oak Lawn Public Library presents, "Clean Up Your Room and Do Your Homework," for parents of teens who struggle with executive functioning skills. The seminar will be held at 6 p.m. Topics will include the development of executive skills, interventions for common behaviors, parents as coaches, long term tips for practice and development, available resources and more.
Nov. 6, 13 and 20: Story Break for children ages 5 to 7 will be held from 4 to 4:45 p.m. at the Oak Lawn Public Library. Storytelling, reading aloud and games will be featured all three days. The themes are playtime on Nov. 6, fairytale fun on Nov. 13, and toy stories on Nov. 20. Registration begins 10 days before each date.
Nov. 7, 14 and 21: The Oak Lawn Public Library presents Kindergarten Here I Come for children ages 4-5. Children will listen to stories, sing songs and engage in learning activities from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Program topics will include ABC's, numbers, colors, shapes, animals and much more. The child's adult must remain in the library. Registration begins 10 days before each date.
Ongoing: The Oak Lawn Public Library's goal for "Operation Gratitude - Cards and Letters for the Soldiers," is to include several letters and colorful drawings in every care package and tell US troops "we care." Letter writers can start the note with, "Dear Hero." Once completed cards, letters and drawings can be placed in the patriotic basket located outside of the Computer Center. Library staff will send out the well wishes once the basket is full. This will continue until the end of the year.
Ongoing: Patrons of the Oak Lawn Public Library are being asked to donate their gently used books, magazines, CDs and videos to the Friends of the Oak Lawn Library Ongoing Book Sale at the library. Due to space limitations, the Friends will not accept Readers Digest Condensed Books, encyclopedias and older textbooks. The donation drop-off area is near the library's Cook Avenue entrance. Interested parties may fill out a short form at the Customer Services Desk to receive a tax letter by mail that acknowledges their donation.
The Friends Ongoing Book Sale provides an ever-changing variety of books, magazines and other forms of media at bargain prices. Hardcover books cost 50 cents each, paperbacks are 25 cents and magazines cost 10 cents each. Audio-visual items are priced as indicated. Funds collected from the book sale support library programming and purchases beyond the library's regular budget.
Green Hills Public Library is located at 8611 W. 103rd St., Palos Hills. For more information, or to register for a program, call 598-8446, or visit greenhillslibrary.org.
Nov. 11: The Green Hills Public Library Book Page Wreath Making class will be held at 7 p.m. Patrons can get in the holiday spirit by making a wreath out of used book pages. Materials will be supplied. Patrons having old books they would like to use, are asked to bring them. Registration is required and limited to 25.
Nov. 12: Green Team Time with Miss Emily will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Green Hills Public Library. Children, ages 6 to 8, can enjoy nature themed stories and activities.
Nov. 13: The Green Hills Public Library South Side Seniors book discussion will focus on the nonfiction bestseller, "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand at 10 a.m. Books are available at the Information Desk.
Nov. 14: Family Movie Time at the Green Hills Public Library presents "How to Train Your Dragon 2" at 4:30 p.m. Each person gets popcorn and juice. All ages are welcome.
Nov. 18: Homemade Holidays is the theme this year at 7 p.m. at the Green Hills Public Library. Those interested in Interested in making their holiday gift this year, will be able to go over 20 fun, easy-to-make Pinterest craft projects. Samples will be raffled off at the end of the program. Participants will go home with handouts on how to make the crafts. Registration required.
Nov. 19: All tweens and teens, between the ages of 10 and 17, are invited to the D.I.Y. Tween/Teen Post-it Note Art program at 6 p.m. Participants can come to the Green Hills Public Library to make their very own post-it note piece of artwork. They will learn how to generate their own design and translate it into actual artwork to take home. Registration is required and limited to 30.
Nov. 20: The Green Hills Public Library Family Reading Night presents a Mo Willems party from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Librarians will read patrons' favorite Mo Willems stories, while participants will be invited to share stories together with their families, complete fun crafts, and celebrate reading. Attendees will be entered into a raffle to win a Barnes and Noble gift card.
Nov. 22: Science Saturday at the Green Hills Public Library invites patrons ages 3 to 6, with a caregiver, to come to the library to do a science experiment based on a favorite story time book at 11 a.m. Registration is required and limited to 15 junior scientists.
Nov. 24: Drop-In Craft time will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Green Hills Public Library. Patrons of all ages can stop by the activity room to make some fun crafts.
Nov. 24: Patrons of all ages can join ScribbleJim and ScribbleJayne of ScribbleMonster as they present a high-energy, play-along rock concert for the whole family at 6 p.m. at the Green Hills Public Library. ScribbleMonster encourages children's creative participation in a concert where they will play, sing, dance, share ideas, and have fun with the family. Registration is required and limited to 90. Patrons are asked to register all attending.
Nov. 26: The Pokémon Club convenes at 6 p.m. at the Green Hills Public Library. Patrons can come to the library to meet and battle other Pokémon fans!. Participants should bring their own Nintendo DS, games, trading cards, books, and anything else Pokémon that they would like to share and discuss. All ages welcome.
Nov. 27: The Green Hills Public Library will be closed on Thanksgiving.


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