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Year-End Update
October 6, 2016
LAPP 2017 Contribution Rate Advisory
The LAPP Board advises LAPP members and employers that there will be no contribution rate increase for 2017 and none is currently proposed for 2018, based on expectations of how economic and demographic factors will impact the Plan over the next two years. The decision is part of the Board's unanimous approval of its 2015 valuation, which will be posted to the website as soon as the document is completed by the actuary.
The Board's practice is to set rates far enough in advance to allow employers and members time to budget. As such, there is some small possibility that 2018 rates might need to be modified in a future valuation if the funded position of the Plan varies significantly from what is currently projected. However, that does not appear to be an issue today.
Contribution Rates
The rates for 2016 (current rates) along with the proposed rates for 2017 and 2018 are as follows:
- LAPP Contribution Rates 2016 2017 2018
- Members' Rate up to YMPE* 10.39% 10.39% 10.39%
- Members' Rate over YMPE 14.84% 14.84% 14.84%
- Employers' Rate up to YMPE 11.39% 11.39% 11.39%
- Employers' Rate over YMPE 15.84% 15.84% 15.84%
*YMPE refers to the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings level determined by the Canada Pension Plan annually. In 2016, the YMPE is $54,900.
Software Updates
This past weekend we implemented a number of fixes into the Compass system which will improve the reliability and processing capabilities of the Employer Portal, the Ariel database and our back-end financial system. We are confident that these improvements will address a large number of the issues that are preventing the processing of transactions in the Employer Portal and prevent them from not completing in the future.
When you have a moment, please review any of your data collections and remittances that have not processed to re-validate them. For data collections and remittances that remain in a certain state and are not progressing, we will continue to address them through running scripts. Your Employer Services Representative will communicate with you once this has been completed.
Please reference the "What's New" section of the e-guide for a list of the software updates.
Year-end Training
Year-end Training is now underway. Our trainers are brining you informative fall sessions to help you feel more comfortable with the new year-end processes. Registration dates have been published in the Employer Portal.
Topics covered in the fall sessions include:
- Employer Portal Updates
- Annual Reporting Process
- Reports
- Audit Prep
- Compliance
- Leave Reporting
Throughout the sessions, we will be gathering Frequently Asked Questions, and will share the most common with you here, on Pension e'news.
Please don't hesitate to contact your Employer Services Representative with any questions or concerns.
Sincerely, TROY DIAKOW Executive Director, Client Services


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In short…2 hours and about $100 (for 3) well spent! Having visited Walt Disney World many times, we have the luxury of bypassing some of the attractions without feeling slighted in exchange for some of the other many unique experiences that Disney theme parks have to offer. In this case, the Family Magic Tour offered at the Magic Kingdom. We chose this particular tour over the others, because we were traveling with our 10 year old daughter. This tour, unlike most others, does not require participants to be age 16 and older. In fact, I would say it's ideal for ages 12 and under. Teens, in general, may find it a little childish. There was one older boy with our group (about 14) who attended with his younger siblings and parents. He seemed to have a good enough time, but I doubt he would have chosen to do this had it not been for the younger ones in his family.
We, as adults, enjoyed it because it was a family experience and we had fun getting down and dirty on a treasure hunt throughout the Magic Kingdom in search of clues to find Mickey and his friend's personal "stuff" stolen by the Pirates! Our 10 year old thought it was cool and laughed along WITH us as we galloped through Frontierland on imaginary horses. At 13 or older, she may have laughed AT us.
It's not our intention to spoil this tour with too many details as we do recommend you do it and experience it for yourselves. What follows are basics of our experience and our overall thoughts.
All tours booked at the Magic Kingdom meet at the Chamber of Commerce. This is the building on the left side of Town Square as you walk under the train trestle. You'll see the sign pictured above. Check in at the desk in there and retrieve your name tag. You are offered a FREE bottle of Dasani water as part of the tour. As our guide Taylor suggested, "you don't get many FREE things at Disney, I would take it." So, we did.
Our group was a total of 23, we huddled outside and were told the back story of our treasure hunt adventure and introduced ourselves to the group. We got our first clue and we were off. Each clue lead us to another clue for a total of 10 throughout all the lands in the Magic Kingdom. You will be walking for about 2 hours, so wear appropriate shoes. The time goes fast and your interest stays peaked.
Along the way, we were treated to the front of the line on an attraction (in search of a clue of course), met a rare character, took a 15 minute bathroom break, played follow the leader and ended with an amazing finale! Taylor, our tour guide, was wonderful with the children. He kept them on task, focused and made certain all the kids participated, had fun and always addressing them by name. There was a particularly shy child in our group and he took extra care to keep her involved. He didn't leave the adults out either!
It's helpful, but not necessary, to have a working knowledge of the more popular Disney films, (most kids and adults visiting Disney do) as the clues involve different Disney characters and searching for something that is important to them. Remember, we were looking for stolen "stuff". We strongly suggest bringing your cameras and autograph books.
Other than the 15 minute bathroom break, there is no time to shop during this tour without possibly losing the group. The bathroom break was near a concession stand however, so you could get a quick snack if needed.
We took this tour on the morning of our departure day and it was a wonderful way to end our visit to Walt Disney World. Many thanks to Taylor for being such a fun and knowledgable tour guide!
Please feel free to post a comment about this article, your personal experiences with this tour or your suggestions on our Facebook post containing the link to this page. If you would like to know specifics of our tour such as what attraction we visited or which characters we met, email us here. Have a magical day!

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Like a lot of men of his generation, Henry's loss of his wife of 43 years left him without visible means of feeding himself.
In short, Maggie had always done the cooking,
Bert could just about make himself a cup of tea.
Our FoB cooking specialist, Mary Parkin, gave Henry a series of cookery lessons over a period of 12 weeks. She noted the recipes that Henry especially enjoyed, so she put them together into a booklet which she printed off from her computer.
In the course of these lessons, Bert learned to create a shopping list and to buy everything he wanted for the week in one shop.
This was something he also had to learn, and he did so in the company of Brian Webster, who ran him down to Tesco on a Friday afternoon, showed him where things were, showed him how to identify value brands – and resist offers!
Henry says he still misses Maggie's cooking, especially her baking, but there's no mistaking his pride in his achievement.
It's given him a feeling of control which we feel has gone a long way to reducing his acute sense of loss.


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Main Point
You can trust God no matter what.
Memory Verse:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6
Bible Story:
Joseph Forgives His Brothers
Genesis 42-45
Welcome / Intro
"Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the greatest show on earth, the Motion Circus! I'm your ringmaster ___your name__, and I am happy to see you've returned for this final show, playing one day and one day only! If you've been to the Motion Circus before, you know that we've walked the high wire, tested our flexibility, and put our balance and poise to the test. Why take these risks? Because we are daring to trust this month! Take a look at the screen and repeat after me:
(refer to the screen)
Trust is putting your confidence in someone you can depend on.
We've been following a man named Joseph as he's had to learn to trust God through a lot of difficult situations. Joseph's older brothers had sold him as a slave and let their father believe he was killed by wild animals. Though Joseph had faced many difficult years in Egypt, he continued to trust God, even when it seemed like he was forgotten. Let's find out what happens at the end of Joseph's life and find out how God has taken care of Joseph. Take a look at the screen!"
Video Host Intro
252 Story
Connect Questions / Dismissal to eGroups
"All throughout Joseph's life with all the twists and turns, there were plenty of times that he must have been wondering what in the world God was doing. But he trusted that God had a plan, and that God's plan was much bigger and better than Joseph could have ever imagined. Joseph could trust God no matter what, and you can too! When you are facing something you don't understand, you have to remember that:
(refer to the screen)
You can trust God no matter what!
Before you head back to your eGroups, I want you to circle around your eGroup leaders because I've got a few questions I want you to answer. Take 10 seconds and circle around them now.
(give kids time to circle around eGroup leaders)
First question: Do you think Joseph should have forgiven his brothers after what they did to him? Why or why not? Discuss that now.
(give kids two minutes to answer the question)
Second question: When have you had to forgive someone who did something mean to you? Discus that question now.
(give kids two minutes to answer the question)
Final question: Even though Joseph didn't understand God's plan, he trusted that God would be there for him. What do you need to start trusting God about in your life?
(give kids two minutes to answer the question)
Great job, everybody! I heard some incredible answer coming from your eGroups today. Right now it's time to head back to our eGroups, so when I call your eGroup leaders' name, you can stand up and follow them back."
(dismiss kids back to eGroups)
VIP Welcome
"Welcome back from your eGroups! Before we dive back in to High Wire, let's take a moment and welcome a special group of people who are here for the first time today. Motion, help me welcome our VIPs!
(initiate applause)
If it's your first time here, we consider you a VIP – a very important person! VIPs, turn your attention to the screen because I've got some special instructions just for you.
(refer to the screen)
This is a VIP lanyard. If you're a VIP, you're wearing this around your neck right now.
[VIP Slide – Lanyard]
When you leave Motion, you need to take that lanyard to the orange tent called the Welcome Area.
[VIP Slide – Welcome Area]
Once you get to the Welcome Area, show them your lanyard and they will give you a gift!
[VIP Slide – Gift]
Let's review.
[VIP Slide – All Combined]
VIP Lanyard + Welcome Area = Gift."
Worship Intro
"Now Motion, it's time for us to sing and worship God. The Bible is filled with amazing promises, and one of those is that God is for us. Every single day we can hold on to that truth. Let's sing and celebrate that God is on our side. Stand to your feet as we sing 'Alive!'"
Worship Song – Wake
Worship Song – Grace Like A Wave
Game Setup – The Human Cannonball
"Great job, Motion! Everybody can have a seat as we prepare to play today's game.
(wait for kids to be seated)
Everyone knows that the circus is the greatest show on Earth. It's got high flying acrobatics and death defying stunts, but none as amazing as one of the most classic circus tricks, the Human Cannonball. In this act, a person gets launched out of a giant cannon and hurtles through the sky at insane speeds and crashes to the Earth while, hopefully, landing safely. Let me show you what I'm talking about – check out the screen!
(refer to the video on the screen)
Now I left my giant cannon at home, so I can't launch any of you out of one, but we can launch these little guys
(hold up one of the finger launchers)
towards the pool of water across the room. Each kid in line will receive their own acrobat and when it's your turn, you'll try to launch him towards the target. If your acrobat lands outside the board you won't receive any points. If he lands on the board you'll receive 3 points and if you can land him aside the pool of water at the top of the board, you'll receive 10 points and the cheers and applause of your teammates.
After you launch your acrobat, you'll have to go retrieve him and come back to your eGroup's line before the next person can take their shot. eGroup leaders will keep track of their teams' points as we put a 2 minute timer on the screen and see which eGroup can earn the most points in the time limit.
Everyone stand up, form a line with your eGroups facing the targets, then we'll hand out your acrobats and get started. Stand up now and let's get ready play!"
252 Movie Intro
"Great job, Motion! Everybody have a seat.
(wait for kids to be seated)
Motion, throughout High Wire we learned…
(refer to main point slide)
You can trust God no matter what.
It's one of the most important things you can know about God, and it can change how you face every difficult situation in life. Truthfully, most of us will never face ferocious lions or terrifying tigers, but we will face scary situations in life, like moving, or one of your parent's losing their job, or someone you love gets really sick. And believing that truth that you can trust God no matter what will help you be brave and have peace, no matter what you face!
As we close out our series called High Wire, let's take one final look at the life of Joseph and see if we can learn one more great lesson about what it means to trust God. Take a look at the screen for a 'unique' way of telling the lessons from Joseph's life."
252 Movie
High Wire Video Outro
Bring It! Challenge Setup
""It's been a fantastic month here at the Motion Circus, but like all great circuses, the show has to come to a close. Next week we begin a series called Fear Inc., so make sure you're back for what's sure to be an incredible experience.
Motion, it's time for us to circle around our eGroup leaders for the Bring It! Challenge. Take 10 seconds and circle around your eGroup leader now.
(give kids 10 seconds to circle around their leader)
For the Bring It! Challenge, you'll be saying your memory verse and finding it in your Bible for your eGroup leader for a chance to play the High Wire Disk Drop. If you've got your Bibles, open them now and let's begin!


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I really enjoy Books On the Nightstand, although I got a little behind on their podcasts over the summer. But at one point I heard about Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks on BOTN and then serendipitously, the book's publicist heard about The Mindful Reader and asked if I'd like a copy to review. Dicks lives in Connecticut (a little beyond the column's geographic limits), and my "to read" shelf is stuffed, but I told her about bookconscious and said I'd heard good things about Memoirs and would love to read it. (Thanks, Aleks!)
So this amazing story made its way to me and last night I did something I haven't done in months: stayed up too late to get to the end. If you can't imagine how a book narrated by a kid's imaginary friend (Budo, friend of a boy named Max) could be so compelling, try it. It's an imaginative story with very well developed and interesting characters — who readers meet through Budo's eyes, mind you.
Max is "on the spectrum" (of autism) although his dad keeps saying he's just "a late bloomer." He's very smart and very creative, so he's imagined Budo as smart and creative as well, and older than many imaginary friends. He also didn't imagine he'd need sleep, so as Budo says, "I have more time to learn." His understanding of Max and the way his mind works, and of all the human relationships he observes, is just incredible. With no need for rest, Budo is also able to hang out at night with Max's parents or at an all night gas station, so he knows a good bit about the adult world.
Which is good, because Mrs. Patterson, a disturbed aide at Max's school, decides she knows better than anyone what Max needs. I don't want to give away the page-turning plot, so I won't say more, except that Budo, who no one but Max and other imaginary friends can see and hear, is on to her very quickly, thanks to Max's imagination and his own curiosity about the world.
When children grow up, they forget about their imaginary friends, who then disappear. Budo loses Graham, his best friend other than Max, when her little girl no longer needs her. Dicks writes beautifully about the "death" of imaginary friends. And he sets up the central problem of the book: if he helps Max defy Mrs. Patterson, Budo will end up hastening his own disappearance.
It's not easy to imagine what I'm describing, but Dicks manages it perfectly. Imaginary friends and their world became completely believable to me (just as rabbit culture did when I read Watership Down). And Mrs. Patterson is quite the villain — the last bit of the book had me completely drawn in and feeling I HAD to know what was going to happen.
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend ventures into some very adult issues even though the central characters are a nine year old and his imaginary friend. Max's parents are struggling to deal with their son's differences and also with secondary infertility. Budo can tell that at Max's school, some of the teachers are very good and others "play school." There is bullying and crime and illness and injury in this book. It's definitely not simple just because it deals with childhood. Budo's insights into human nature and our tendency to misunderstand each other are very perceptive.
So if you're looking for a book that will keep you glued to the page, maybe touch you with some very poignant observations about the human spirit, and perhaps even bring back some memories of imaginary friends (I know I had one, although I can't recall too much about that, and my kids both did as well), check out this book. But allow for the fact that you may not want to put it down once you start.


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It's always exciting to see how wedding stylists/planners/designers style centerpieces and place settings. They come up with the neatest and coolest ideas.
Every year brings something new to the industry...something trendy or completely unique. Remember when mason jars were the IT item!? Every other wedding had a mason jar, clear glass or painted up. Loved that trend! However, trends die and we look for the next great creative idea.
One design element that I will never tire of, is fruit. Fruit creatively used throughout the wedding is timeless to me.
Check out some of these fruity ideas:
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Stories from the hood
Watergraafsmeer because…
Watergraafsmeer polder is a former lake, town and district of the municipality of Amsterdam in the Dutch province of North Holland. Since May 1, 2010 it is part of the Amsterdam Oost. For January 1, 1921 it was an independent municipality with about ten thousand inhabitants.
Watergraafsmeer consists largely of polder, formerly "Water Graft More" called (graft = canal). The Diemer- and Watergraafsmeer polder was created in 1629 after drainage of the Diemermeer that the connection formed between the Amstel and the Nieuwediep. On March 5, 1651, however, broke the dike between the Zuiderzee and the Nieuwediep, the Diemerzeedijk, and also broke the polder dike and flooded Watergraafsmeer (see below St. Peter's Flood). The following year the polder was drained again. Watergraafsmeer is now among the lowest-lying parts of Amsterdam (about 5 meters -NAP).
built in the 17th and 18th centuries, many wealthy Amsterdammers estates in Watergraafsmeer, which only Frankendael remains. The main roads are Middenweg and Kruislaan dividing the polder into four almost equal parts. In the 20th century are also Gooiseweg and the East Ring Road (A10) built in the Watergraafsmeer.
In the Watergraafsmeer was the stadium De Meer of football club Ajax, which was in use until 1996. The most famous player of Ajax, Johan Cruijff, grew up in nearby Concrete Village, a neighborhood in Watergraafsmeer which, however, officially "Tuindorp Watergraafsmeer" hot. Also, the writing brothers Gerard Reve and Karel van het Reve grew up in Betondorp.
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Avenor proudly supports the most successful Wipeout Dementia to date - Last month, Avenor Director, Peter Clemesha once again led a team of surf-loving property industry counterparts in the 10th edition of the Wipeout Dementia surf competition. Read More
Avenor lines up for the 9th edition of Wipeout Dementia - We're proud to once again be a part of the Wipeout Dementia campaign which is riding a wave of momentum after exceeding its fundraising target of $150,000 last month. The event raises much-needed funds for The Dementia Momentum initiative at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW, Sydney and is now in its third year. Read More
Avenor assists Penrith City Council - Our Development Services team has recently been assisting Penrith City Council in Western Sydney in providing development and project support. We work with many private, public and government organisations around Australia, helping them to determine the most optimum use of their land and property assets. Read More
Avenor enters into exclusivity on Mascot site - Avenor has recently entered into an exclusive due diligence period on a commercial development site located in the Mascot town centre in Sydney. With capacity for a 15,000sqm office building, the site is well located to provide quality accommodation at an affordable price point. Read More
Avenor featured in The Urban Developer - Did you see our feature in The Urban Developer recently? It covered the constraints facing the development industry and outlined how the Avenor development services team plans ahead to optimise its clients' commercial objectives, while minimising costs and exposure to risk. Read More
Avenor continues to grow its industry-leading team - Our team is growing! Introducing Andrew Kyriacou, the newest addition to the Avenor Project Management team. Andrew brings to the team a finely tuned set of skills acquired over the past 22 years at AECOM/Davis Langdon and multinational investment firm Mulpha Australia. Read More
Avenor appointed to Urban Taskforce Steering Committee - Our Director, Peter Clemesha, has re-joined the Urban Taskforce Steering Committee. The working group focuses on public policy issues and comprises senior members of the development industry from a range of different perspectives, including lawyers, developers and planners. Read More
Walker Street, North Sydney – Project Update - Avenor's proposal for a landmark residential tower in the east of North Sydney CBD is progressing to the Sydney North Planning Panel. After extensive engagement with the community and Council, the proposal for a 29-storey tower includes new public open space, and a revitalised streetscape that will reconnect the neighbourhood back to the CBD. Read More
Check out our new digs! - We've moved! You'll now find us at 15 Castlereagh Street, Sydney. As the first move for the company since setting up shop in 2016, it's an exciting milestone and signifies the growth of the team and the next step in the Avenor success story. We look forward to you coming in for a visit! Read More


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Pretty slow week at work so far. New boy started yesterday and has so far born up well to the torrent of abuse that passes for our team dynamism. He just took a picture of me and two of my colleagues with our bellies' exposed and a 4th colleague's name written on the aforementioned exposed bellies. So as I type I have a big 'A' hidden under my t-shirt. He's still managed to eat lunch too. I guess it's only tuesday though, so goodness knows what horror will strike in the next few days.
Life outside work has been pretty exciting though. You don't end up like this by playing it safe you know.
I went to give blood. I really should stop doing that but it was World Blood Day and they'd sent me a postcard saying the blood stocks always plummeted during a World Cup so I thought I would. Plus they had a big cake. It was good. I got through the iron test and listing current meds with flying colours and she found a vein straight away too. Possibly over confident following my assurances that something usually goes terribly wrong she said "Here we go.......................Um...............................SHE'S BRUISING!!!!!!! SOMEONE GET ME A SWAB!!!!!". I took great pains not to look, since that's what lead to my fainting last time I went. It doesn't actually hurt but I have to wait four weeks for it to heal and then they'll try again.
Do you give blood? The two main disqualifications are being a gay man (so backward but there you go) and having had a blood transfusion since about 1980. If neither of those apply to you then you really should. Click here to find your nearest donation point. There might be cake.
So apart from that....I've become mildly obsessed with the look of my blog and with having weird dreams. I've really got to write down that one about the crab. It's not even like I've been eating cheese. I have been compiling tutorials for crafty goodness and have added another page to this blog to keep track of them. I was thinking about this in the bath last night and got quite annoyed with Pooch for not earning enough to make it possible for me to sit at home crafting more often. But then he came in and said something sweet and I remembered he was ok again.


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Please take note of the ARL V39 Tier 6 tank destroyer in a tier 6/7 battle. As lower tier TD, your job is to stay hidden and to support the mediums who are pushing right. Unfortunately, ARL V39 made the incorrect choice of spot to start sniping the enemy. If you are tier 6 and do not know the correct spot for a TD in Oasis Palms, please refer to map guides by the usual WOT Blitz Youtubers. We won because the SU-152 did 3k+ damage. I guess he knew the correct spot for a TD in the map.
Of course the alternative explanation is that he actually knows the correct spot for TD but this was deliberate "suicide" because he wants to troll the team. He of course got 0 dmg. If players like this get multiple 0 dmg in a row, I think there's a serious argument for some sort of automatic ban for a period of time, or at the very least to force him to play the tutorial from start to finish again. It is NO FUN to play a game where you are 1 teammate short, whether due to deliberate suicide or afk.
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New Brand Launch
Client:: Marietta Square Market, Creative Culinary Ventures & Concordia Properties | Atlanta, GA
Marietta Square Market is an inspired food hall featuring twenty restaurants and retail merchants located in the historic Downtown district of Marietta, GA (known as the Marietta Square) just north of Atlanta and is the first food hall style development to be undertaken outside Atlanta's city Perimeter and in a more traditionally suburban address. As a first of its kind project, Marietta Square Market presented both a unique marketing opportunity and challenge – calling for a marketing campaign that could both excite and engage a broad audience for this unique new destination as well as capture the heart and spirit of the proud downtown Marietta community in which it is located.
Hand in hand with the Market's developers, Clementine Creative Agency started early to brand Marietta Square Market as a one-of-a-kind new destination soon after its initial approval and announcement. The Market's location right next to Marietta's iconic train tracks became the inspiration for its brand story – celebrating the unique history and legacy of Downtown Marietta. The logo design features two nestled M's connected by a central square element, directly evoking the name. At the same time, the strong vertical lines, doubled, call to mind the image of the train tracks with the central point of the larger M creating a birds-eye image of a train engine headed down the tracks. Surrounding lettering and a stylized spoon and fork make clear the food and dining connection.
Developed as a flagship presence for the Market, the central website for Marietta Square Market carried forward the brand's story with links to historic Marietta artfully blended with a crisp presentation of the Market's merchants and food offerings. The train theme continued to pull through the website from imagery to history content to a unique interior transit-style map of all the Market's offerings. Promoted through social media and free media only, the website racked up more than 3000 visitors in its first day and more than 28,000 visitor sessions in its first month and continues to draw a steady and engaged audience.
Social media proved a powerful force to carry the Marietta Square Market brand story to the community. Carefully curated content was meticulously created to bring the Market's vision to life and to maintain engagement and interest over the construction period leading up to the project's opening which lasted more than 11 months. In one year, Marietta Square Market organically amassed a following of more than 11,000 on its social accounts with no use of paid media at all. The Market's Instagram account pulled in 6675 followers with an average growth of 556 new followers per month while the Facebook audience grew to more than 5215 in that same one-year period. Strategic audience growth was sustained over the Market's under construction period to yield a broad and engaged audience at the ready when Grand Opening time arrived. Learn more about the Marietta Square Market social media launch here.
With no paid media budget whatsoever, public relations and free media played a critical role in bringing the Market's story to its target audience. From Marietta's still widely-read local newspaper to food and dining publications to local television reporting and food bloggers, free publicity coverage generated tens of thousands of dollars in media value for the Market. As Grand Opening approached, a strategically coordinated series of events brought everyone from local VIPs to dozens of social media influencers and bloggers to the Market in the days leading up to its public opening, generating a growing wave of publicity and anticipation that culminated in thousands of customers streaming into the Market from the very first day its doors were opened. At every turn, the project's unique brand story remained central with everything from event invitations styled like vintage train or streetcar tickets to branded photo opportunities incorporating the Market's iconic historic trolley car, prominently displayed at its entrance.
Thanks to its wide awareness reach and thoughtful brand story, Marietta Square Market was not only recognized but embraced by its target audience. The project was 100% leased prior to the completion of construction and opened in March of 2019 to enthusiastic crowds that quickly made it one of Marietta Square's favorite places to be.
Recognition: Gold, Hermes Creative Awards (Logo Design)
Recognition: Gold, Hermes Creative Awards (Integrated Marketing Campaign)


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It's fairly easy to figure why Donald Trump uninvited the Philadelphia Eagles to visit the White House…no one was coming anyway.
The Eagles were scheduled to visit the White House Tuesday to be celebrated on their Super Bowl victory. However, many players did not want to attend.
Per NFL Media's Mike Garafolo, Eagles' owner Jeffrey Lurie allowed the team's players to decide if they wanted to attend. A small group of players decided to go. Just how small of a group? Garafolo says it was going to be fewer than 10 players representing the team.
Potentially most damaging to the NFL — Trump's invitation reversal falls in line with the theory of collusion advanced by attorneys of Colin Kaepernick, Mark Geragos and Ben Meiselas. According to Article 17 of the collective bargaining agreement, Kaepernick can only come out victorious in his collusion grievance if he proves that two or more teams, or the league and at least one team, conspired against him to keep him out of the NFL. Here, the conspiracy would refer to an agreement or understanding to deny him an opportunity to sign with a team.
While the NFL has no reign over Trump, if at least two owners and / or the league aligned to appease Trump by ostracizing Kaepernick, this could spell doom for the NFL.
Carolina Panthers wide receiver Torrey Smith, a member of the Philadelphia Eagles last season, wants to set the record straight about "lies" coming from the White House.


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Nick Butcher at The Empty Bottle: June 30!
June 27, 2010
posted by Caroline Picard
Newcity published a blurb/interview that I pulled together with Nick Butcher. I've posted it below. He's playing at the Empty Bottle this week. Which is rad. Go here to see the article in its original context–
Nick Butcher is always working. He works across fields, with a visual art practice, he co-runs an independent print shop, Sonnenzimmer, with his ongoing collaborator Nadine Nakanishi, and he makes music. When he performs, he sits at a table with a plethora of curious objects: the guitar is the most recognizable, the others—electronic boxes, sticks, static surfaces—he collages together, creating walls of changing, textured sound. His two records, "The Complicated Bicycle" and "Bee Removal," are available on Hometapes and in commemoration of a five-year anniversary since the release of "The Complicated Bicycle," Butcher is re-releasing the record with a bonus disk containing new tracks, and performing at the Empty Bottle.
"For me the best art and music just happens," he says. "It happens in that space where you weren't thinking, that could be a doodle or it could be a few random notes played on a guitar. There is something that happens in that unconscious moment that I can't quite put my finger on. There is an utter honesty to it that I find really cool. For me, this intuitive approach is the closest I can get to understanding how the world works. Because for that brief moment, I feel connected to something larger, outside of myself. So, for me, making music is a way to harness those moments and shape them into something further. To do this I use the crappiest equipment around. A cheap sampling keyboard (Casio SK-1) and a few cassette-tape recorders with handmade cassette tape loops in them. For source material, I use an acoustic guitar, or found sounds. Doors closing, coins spinning, etc…This allows me to record snippets of sounds intuitively onto the loops which, when played back, arrange themselves into repetitive patterns, unveiling the underlying structure. From there I add and subtract accent notes on the keyboard or guitar, then record another loop to play along with the first one. There's not really an end point in mind, just a continuous morphing song cloud that shapes and shifts as it moves along. For my recordings, I take the same approach, but dump stuff onto a computer to be further edited into more focused compositions, which also allows room for incorporating beats, key changes, etc. For this reason, my performances and the recordings are two different yet connected things." (Caroline Picard)
Nick Butcher plays the Empty Bottle, 1035 North Western, (773)276-3600, June 30 at 9:30pm.


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Firefighters battled a 4-alarm blaze in Newburyport, Massachusetts on Monday afternoon.
The fire was first reported around 2:30 p.m. at 155 High St., fire officials said. Upon arrival, they found heavy fire showing on the second floor of the wood-frame structure. The blaze engulfed the second and third floors of the building, partially extending to an adjoining building at 157 High St. before it was brought under control around 4:30 p.m.
There were no reports of injuries to any residents or firefighters.
In-depth news coverage of the Greater Boston Area.
Aerial footage from NBC10 Boston's Sky Ranger helicopter showed smoke pouring from the building, located in a densely populated part of the city just outside of downtown.
More than a half dozen emergency vehicles surrounded the scene and firefighters could be seen working on top of the building. In all, firefighters from 16 neighboring communities either responded to the scene or provided station coverage.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.


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Urban India is on the move and mobility is slowly becoming the key driver of every decision that people take. Whether it is purchasing their groceries or even seeking an appointment with a doctor, we need nothing more than a few taps on our smartphones and voila! Everything is taken care of!
A point to ponder is why the presence of this all-pervasive mobile technology in education and learning is still in its nascent stage. In fact, most of the mobile applications merely contain information and is usually programmed to lead the user to the online learning portal.
As the title suggests, mobility in the Indian Education Technology Space has the potential to transform the way working professionals view the entire specialized learning space. According to a Forbes article, large corporate houses are increasingly using mobile learning and assessment technologies for their field sales employees. While this is no doubt a significant stride in the adoption of mobility in education, it falls short on other working professionals who are keen to pursue higher and professional certification education but do not have the benefit of being supported by their employers. There is a massive potential for this to be leveraged by the corporate sector for their employees in upcountry and remote locations. In fact, some of the biggest corporations in India are already leveraging the technology provided by India's largest and leading direct-to-device ed-tech platform to reach employees and salespersons operating in different geographies, and even across boundaries.
According to a recent study, Indians, on an average spend between 3 and 4 hours every day on their smartphones. Any e-learning platform that leverages this user behaviour would no doubt be a breakthrough for those seeking a specialized certification or even a general higher education without the time or the availability to pursue them.
According to industry experts and eminent academicians, the next generation of the mobility of education will go far beyond just linking mobile phone browsers to websites or containing forms that the user can submit information on. They will be integrated and natively interactive. User communication will be native, not remote, and will include various real-time assessment of the user. This will be as close to actual interactive classroom education as it gets.
Another facet is the reach of the education content through an increased adaption of mobility in different territories like tier2 and 3 cities all across the country. This is another transformative dimension since it brings a great degree of coverage to career-oriented education, especially higher learning certificate courses. For example, a salesperson who aspired higher learning but is currently deputed to a remote location need can now overcome the problems of schedule availability and distance from a reputed institute, even without having a laptop. Imagine a scenario where he can access all his course resources over his smartphone or tablet. And it doesn't end there, the app also conducts its regular tests and has contained all his reference materials.
No wonder the horizons of education technology are being reset by Talentedge, India's leading ed-tech platform. Being the first to bring live, interactive learning in digital formats, they have brought a new dimension to mobility in learning with a mobile app that gives its students access to all their course materials and lectures from their android smartphones and tablets.


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Santa Cruz County has issued an evacuation advisory in response to a tsunami expected to hit the Bay Area this morning as a result of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan that struck at 9:46 p.m. Thursday Pacific Standard Time.
Residents who live in an inundation zone, or coastal or low-lying areas, are being told to evacuate their homes and move to higher ground, county spokesman Enrique Sahagun.
Reception areas are established at Davenport Fire Department Community Center, Jade Street Park in Capitola, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium at 307 Church St. in Santa Cruz, Resurrection Church at State Park Drive, and Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds off East Lake Avenue, Sahagun said.
For assistance or for further information call (831) 458-7150.
Santa Cruz police reported that roads to Santa Cruz Beach Flats area, including the Boardwalk and Wharf, are closed due to the tsunami warning.
The closures include Beach Street at the Wharf, Riverside Avenue at Third Street, Laurel Street Extension at Third Street, and Pacific Avenue at Center Street.
Roads will reopen once the warning has lifted, officials said.
● See updates from Santa Cruz Sentinel.
● U.S. Geological Service information on the earthquake in Japan.


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Make sure your employees' professional qualifications are recognised in countries they are doing business. EEA (EU and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) or Swiss qualified professionals working in UK-regulated professions will need their qualifications recognised by the relevant UK regulator.
UK professionals working in the EEA or Switzerland will need their qualifications recognised by the relevant regulator in the country they want to work in. Check if you need to take action on gov.uk/brexit and search 'providing services to the EU'.
2. Signpost the EU Settlement Scheme
Employers can help their EU, EEA and Swiss staff get the information they need to apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme. This will enable them to secure their rights in the UK. Applicants have until at least 31 December 2020 to make an application. Visit gov.uk/brexit and search 'EU Settlement Scheme Employer Toolkit' for more information.
3. Act now to continue legally receiving personal data from the EU/EEA after Brexit.
Check how you can legally continue to receive personal data such as names, addresses or payroll details from organisations in the EU or EEA after 31 October. You may need to update your contracts or take other steps. An example of a personal data transfer from an EU/EEA partner is a UK company that receives customer information from an EU/EEA company, such as names and addresses of customers, suppliers or partners to provide goods or services.
Find additional information at gov.uk/brexit-personal-data or visit the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) guidance at ico.org.uk and search for 'data protection and Brexit'.
4. Check requirements to operate in EU member states
Check the regulations for EU/EEA countries to ensure you can still operate there, as UK businesses, service providers, employees and self-employed persons may face additional legal, regulatory and administrative barriers, including visas or work permits. Visit gov.uk/brexit and search 'providing services to the EU'.
5. Prepare for new customs and VAT procedures at the border when trading with the EU
To continue importing from and exporting to the EU after 31 October there are changes you need to make now. Make sure you have an Economic Operators Registration and Identification (EORI) number that starts with GB, it's quick, easy and free to do on gov.uk/Brexit.
For businesses that import there's also the option of applying to make this easier with transitional simplified procedures (TSP). This streamlines the process and is ideal for those new to customs procedures.
Find step-by-step guides to importing and exporting, as well as more information at gov.uk/brexit-traders.
6. Check whether any EU funding you receive will be guaranteed
The government has guaranteed that UK organisations will continue to receive funding over their projects' lifetimes if they have successfully bid into EU-funded programmes up to the end of 2020. Payments can extend beyond 2020.
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AFP/Reuters /United Nations
A Russian-backed regime offensive in northwest Syria has displaced 900,000 people since the start of December, and babies are dying of cold because aid camps are full, the UN said yesterday.
That figure is 100,000 more than the United Nations had previously recorded.
"The crisis in northwest Syria has reached a horrifying new level," said Mark Lowcock, the UN head of humanitarian affairs and emergency relief.
He said the displaced were overwhelmingly women and children who are "traumatised and forced to sleep outside in freezing temperatures because camps are full.
Mothers burn plastic to keep children warm. Babies and small children are dying because of the cold."
The Idlib region, including parts of neighbouring Aleppo province, is home to some 3mn people, half of them already displaced from other parts of the country.
The offensive that began late last year has caused the biggest single displacement of people since the conflict began in 2011.
Lowcock warned yesterday that the violence in the northwest was "indiscriminate."
"Health facilities, schools, residential areas, mosques and markets have been hit.
Schools are suspended, many health facilities have closed.
There is a serious risk of disease outbreaks.
Basic infrastructure is falling apart," he said in a statement.
"We are now receiving reports that settlements for displaced people are being hit, resulting in deaths, injuries and further displacement."
He said that a massive relief operation underway from the Turkish border is has been "overwhelmed.
The equipment and facilities being used by aid workers are being damaged.
Humanitarian workers themselves are being displaced and killed."
US President Donald Trump on Sunday called for Russia to end its support for the Syrian regime's "atrocities" in the Idlib region, the White House said.
The Syrian army said yesterday it had taken full control of dozens of towns in Aleppo's northwestern countryside and it would press on with its campaign to wipe out militant groups "wherever they are found". The advances were made after President Bashar al-Assad's forces drove insurgents from the M5 highway linking Aleppo to Damascus, reopening the fastest route between Syria's two biggest cities for the first time in years in a big strategic gain for Assad.
Assad said his forces' rapid recent gains presaged the eventual defeat of the nine-year insurgency that sought to oust him from power.
But in an appearance televised by state media, he also cautioned that the conflict was not yet over.
"We know this liberation does not mean the end of the war or the crushing of all plots or the end of terror or the surrender of the enemy, but it definitely rubs their noses in the dirt," Assad said. "This is a prelude to their (opposition forces') final defeat, sooner or later."
Backed by heavy Russian air strikes and aided by militias, government forces have intensified since the start of the year their campaign to recapture the Aleppo countryside and parts of neighbouring Idlib province in the far northwest of Syria where anti-Assad insurgents hold their last strongholds.
Russian and government air strikes yesterday hit Darat Izza, near the Turkish border about 30km north of Aleppo city, wounding several civilians and forcing two hospitals to close, according to hospital staff.
Witnesses also reported air strikes in southern areas of Idlib province in what the opposition said was a "scorched earth policy" that has left dozens of towns and villages in ruins.
The advances sent hundreds of thousands of Syrian civilians fleeing towards the border with Turkey in the biggest single displacement of the nine-year-old war.
Turkey and Russia began a new round of talks in Moscow yesterday after several demands by Ankara that Assad's forces should back down and a ceasefire be put in place.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that militant attacks on Russian bases and Syrian positions have continued and "it is not possible to leave this unanswered".
"Troops from Russia and Turkey on the ground in Syria, in Idlib, are in constant contact with each other, looking at changes in the conditions.
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Kuwait registers 723 new virus infections, eight deaths
Protests held in West Bank against annexation plan
Libya's UN-recognised govt claims full control of Tripoli
Libya's UN-recognised govt claims full control of Tripoli
Joy in Gaza as mosques reopen after virus closure
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Writerly Update 4/30/08
The casting call for my podiobook brought about very impressive results. Almost all the female roles are taken, and there's only a few male roles left. There's only one major character left open, and he might be getting snapped up very soon. Stay tuned for a "role call" of all contributors involved. I also plan to interview most (if not all) of them on my show.
Four submissions sent, and a very pleasant rejection from Alien Skin which also included an apology for their late reply. Some of you Maniacs who've been with me a couple years may recall that Alien Skin zapped one of my stories once. Heh. I still remember that. They were so witty about it, I LMAO'd for a week. I still wear the T-shirt they gave me from time to time. I wore it at MARCon last year.
Speaking of conventions, I've registered to be a panel guest to a couple of them–one of the local cons here in Columbus and one of the big ones. So here's crossing fingers.
Last but certainly not least, I need to mention a column article and a blog post. My blog post, "Divine Inspiration in Secular Media?" can be found at The Misfit Christian Network. And my review of Midnight Syndicate's The Rage Soundtrack is up at Fear and Trembling.
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Kudos for your submissions and registrations and such. I'll cross my fingers for you when I'm done writing…little hard to type with fingers crossed, ya know. 😉
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Eccentric or well known as 'hippie' is actually one of the fascinating kind of fashion. It is more likely about festive colors, patterns, accessories and layering. This is actually the third concept for my lookbook. While I was flipping through my closet, I was choosing between a patterned maxi skirt or a printed square pants for my bottoms. I ended up wearing a black skater skirt since I decided to just keep the idea of this look simple. Pairing it with a neon midriff, denim jacket, accessories and the logic of making it look more hippie, the chucks. The fun color is there, accessorizing and layering which came up to a simple hippie get-up.
This is one of my favorite since it doesn't look overdressed and I feel comfortable wearing the ensembles. I just like the idea of it's simplicity and effortlessness.
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Lush Typeface is an all-caps font with each lowercase letter features a sweet leafy detail. Lush would be a perfect fit for a health-conscious brand, or a brand based in organics and natural products. Each of the leaf details is clean + crisp, which gives it an excellent minimalist look & feel.
Because Lush Typeface is an all-caps font, the lowercase characters have been programmed with the leaf details, so you won't need to do anything special to access those lovely characters!
Lush features:
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The perfect professional Monopod + Fluid Head combo for run & gunners on the go!
-5 section telescopic design
-Suits almost all heads (professional Fluid Head included)
-Lightweight but incredibly well-built
–1810mm Full Height (WHOA, That's high!)
-470mm folded size
-Lock-in-place feet or free them up for smooth motion shots
-Ultra-precision lightweight aluminium build, extremely sturdy
– Suits most cameras: DSLR, Mirrorless, Full Frame, Cinema cameras etc.
-Comes with a handy, shoulder strap carry bag which perfectly fits the Monopod and Fluid head still attached. (Super convenient)
The Professional 10KG fluid head also mounts perfectly on our Slolly and Tony Tripod.
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"Life is unbearable!"
Assalamu Alaikum.
Other variations include:
"I can't take it any more!"
"The pain is unbearable"
And on and on we go…..
These are very common statements.
And these are also very dangerous statements.
Why? Because they contradict the words of Allah.
Allah says:
"Allah burdens not a person beyond his scope." [Surah Al-Baqarah (2) : 286]
"Allah puts no burden on any person beyond what He has given him. Allah will grant after hardship, ease." [Surah At-Talaq (65) : 7]
What does this mean?
Simply put, it means that your life will NEVER be unbearable, and you will not be tested beyond what you can actually handle.
So, don't ever say: "Life is unbearable!"
Rather say: "Life is bearable, alhamdulillah!"


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In the Dream of Red Chamber, one of the four Chinese classics, a monk passed by Jia Baoyu and told him the fate of him and his friends in a poem. But Jia and his young friends couldn't care less about the monk. Let alone his words. They dismissed the monk as crazy.
When we're given crucial information before we are ready for it, more often than not, we won't listen a word of it. As I write this paper about my film school experience, I began to reread those handouts from my professors. All of a sudden, they make so much sense now with scripts and some level of Hollywood experience.
But one thing remains true for the whoel time. It's the attitude of writing every day. Many of my UCLA professors are quote collectors. This one amongst the others is my favorite:
You must write every single day of your life. You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads. May you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.
– Ray Bradbury
Even though I knew I should write every day, I didn't because I thought my job was more important than my words…
CUT TO a year later. I had too little credits to consider an artist visa. I then realized that crazy monk was not crazy after all.
Yours truly,


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Singapore may have much of the best 'hard infrastructure' in the world – highways, fibre broadband networks, airport – but our 'soft infrastructure' – social attitudes, national identity and values – are where most of our problems lie. To me, tangible and intangible have always been a false dichotomy, because they are inextricably bound and synergistic with each other. For instance, if we had a stronger national identity and sense of shared ideals, fewer of our best and brightest Singaporeans would emigrate and we would have more talent in Singapore to boost our GDP. If we were more considerate and gracious as a people, we would clear our own trays at food courts which would mean fewer cleaners needed, savings in business costs and possibly lower prices for our food.
The following interview with a brilliant naturalised Singaporean with great dedication to Singapore is a must-read for all Singaporeans. Our success has bred a sense of entitlement and other emotional immaturities in us. But the world doesn't stand still and the competition is always evolving; if we do not wake up and smell the coffee, we may be headed for big trouble as a nation.
From "overfussiness" and complacency to an inability to accept criticism, many things about Singaporeans' attitudes to work irk Mr Victor Mills. The Northern Ireland-born Singapore citizen, 55, who took over as chief executive of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) last June, speaks his mind in the Supper Club interview.
By Walter Sim
Q: What was your first impression of Singapore when you arrived 30 years ago?
When I graduated (with a master's in East European Political Science from the University of London), it was during a major recession and there were no jobs.
So I joined an international bank and was first posted to Hong Kong, and then Singapore in 1985.
What really impressed me about Singapore was that it preached good race relations – and actually had them.
This was different when compared to Northern Ireland (which had a lot of political violence at the time due to the Protestant and Catholic conflict) and it was the first thing that struck me about Singapore.
What also struck me, which we have since lost, is that Singapore was much more egalitarian and relaxed back then.
People didn't wear suits. They certainly didn't wear ties – even the Government or businessmen. Anybody could talk to anybody.
Q: How have things changed?
We're now going through a period I saw in Hong Kong in the 1980s.
The level of materialism – what you wear, where you live, what you drive, what you wear on your wrist – has become a key determinant of the value of human life. This is absolute nonsense.
But it's the unintended consequence of the fantastic economic success which we have enjoyed. In our headlong rush for more money, a lot of values seem to have been lost.
The ability to communicate with anybody else is less evident, and people now, generally, want to interact only with people of their own perceived social group.
So we're now a more stratified and polarised society, which is why you hear people longing for the return of the kampung spirit.
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I never heard of Oriks before but found a rather affordable kit on Gmarket for 39800 Won (about US$36 or so) containing:
-Oriental Herb BB Cream (1 + 1 free)
-Oriental Herb Foaming Cleanser
-Oriental Herb Silky Pact
-Oriental Herb Silky Face Powder
Everything is full-sized and comes in cute purple boxes with a flower print.
-Oriental Herb BB Cream 50ml:
Comes in a purple squeeze tube with turquoise cover. Very basic and simple. I'd have preferred a pump dispenser or something.
This is a pretty pale BB Cream very suitable for my skin-tone. However it's a bit darkening after 10 mins or so turning my face a bit orange. What a pity as the texture (rather lightweight) and fine herbal smell are very pleasant. The coverage is rather sheer so an extra foundation/concealer is needed.
-Oriental Herb Foaming Cleanser 100ml:
Comes in a white squeeze tube with purple cover. It creates a very dense foam and cleanses very well, it can be a bit too harsh for my skin though. I think this would be suitable for slightly oilier skin-types.
-Oriental Herb Silky Pact 12g:
I can't comment much on the texture of this as I only lightly wiped it to determine whether the color would work or not. As I expected it's way too yellow and dark for me :(
Comes in a pretty purple compact with the signature flower print.
-Oriental Herb Silky Face Powder 20g:
Translucent loose powder with very sheer coverage. This can work as a finishing powder but I am not much into loose powders and the finish is slightly cakey.
All in all it's very mediocre stuff judging the 5 products I tried. Someone slightly more tan might enjoy some of the items more but still the sheerness of the BB Cream and cakey finish of the powder won't convince really.
I don't think I will be purchasing their items again.
I don't know much about Oriks.. Please let me know any further infos in the comments section.
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Seeds are little miracles that are responsible for 99% of what we eat everyday. Come out to hear seed expert, farmer, and plant breeder Erin Shaw talk about why seed biodiversity matters, and how farmers and plant breeders conserve and create diversity. Farmers Amy and Verena of Heart Beet Organic Farm will lead a brief farm tour after the talk. Snacks, including Heart Beet kombucha will be served! All are welcome to this free event, and pre-registration is required. Please click here to register with Eventbrite.
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Frank, Robert (Photographer) & Brookman, Philip (Contributor). ROBERT FRANK: LONDON/WALES. Zurich, Switzerland: Scalo Publishers, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. 208 pages. Fine/Fine.
Retrospective collection of photographs. One of Robert Frank's greatest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Steidl Project Reissued Edition. Published in a very small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now very scarce. A brilliant production by Wyndham Boulter Zurich: Regular-sized volume format. Black cloth boards with gray titles printed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Frank. Essay by Philip Brookman. Printed on thick coated stock paper in Germany to the highest standards. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, DC in 2003. Presents some of Robert Frank's finest and most beautiful images ever. "In 1951 and early 1952, Frank visited London and set out to photograph the unique atmosphere of the city. He followed British financiers around the City, capturing them in their traditional top hats and long coats, creating images that depict them in a poetic dance with their fog-shrouded environment. In 1953, before the impending nationalization of the country's coal mines, Frank then travelled to the town of Careau, Wales, to photograph the coal miners whose lives revolved around their work. He shot pictures of workers, men delivering coal, children playing on the streets, people waiting or relaxing in the parks, and images of poverty. In these photographs, he juxtaposed money and work, wealth and poverty, creating a dynamic photographic project that has never been shown before in its entirety. Frank downplayed the Modernist Movement in favor of a more provocative form that offered informal, revealing glances rather than an official document. The volume explores a stylistic transformation in his work, a period of development which saw his mode of photography move from an innovative Romanticism to a highly charged, metaphorical Realism. These two consecutive projects set the stage for his groundbreaking 'The Americans' " (Philip Brookman). Even by Robert Frank's standards, these images are stunning, prompting the great American novelist (and soon-to-be collaborator) Jack Kerouac to say, "You got eyes". An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Frank collectors. This title is a great photography book. This is one of very few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A very scarce copy thus. 90 tritone plates. Three of Robert Frank's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest living photographers. A flawless collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT FRANK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3908247675. $200.00


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By Press Association reporters
A new breed of terrorist is coming through the ranks in Northern Ireland, the detective leading the hunt for Lyra McKee's killers said.
Police have arrested two teenagers who they suspect are members of the dissident republican New IRA and were involved in shooting dead the promising young journalist in Londonderry.
(Graffiti in the Creggan area of Londonderry close to the scene where 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee was shot.)
Police Service of Northern Ireland detective superintendent Jason Murphy said terrorists were lurking in the shadows.
Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy, who is leading the investigation into the murder of 29-year-old Lyra McKee in Derry/Londonderry tells media of a 'palpable sea change in the sentiment towards community policing'. pic.twitter.com/g7WKcReYzC— PSNI (@PoliceServiceNI) 20 April 2019
"What we are seeing is a new breed of terrorist coming through the ranks and that for me is a very worrying situation."
He said there had been a sea change in community attitudes and that was demonstrated in the revulsion expressed by many at Thursday evening's killing.
A gunman aiming to kill police shot Ms McKee in the head after he fired indiscriminately during disturbances in the Creggan estate.
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While the growing streaming trend has made Roku popular, the company has had largely unprofitable growth since it was founded in 2002. Last year, the company brought in $ 399 million in revenue, but lost $ 43 million. In the first half of this year, it lost $ 24.2 million.
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According to TechCrunch, Roku had previously raised more than $ 200 million in capital since 2008. Menlo Ventures was the largest stakeholder prior to the IPO, owning 35.3%, and Fidelity owned 12.9%.
As businesses are increasing turning to the cloud for enterprise-level software and services, login management startup Okta announced today it has raised a fresh $ 75 million in funding.
Okta helps companies manage the various logins, passwords, and access to a plethora of cloud-based services they may have need of on a consistent basis. Employees enter login info to various services via Okta the first time, then refer back to Okta rather than logging in directly. (So for example, Okta could manage your login info for your company email account, task management service Asana, and the company brand's Twitter account.) The idea is to get a better sense of who has access to what services, while eliminating possible phishing attacks or other malicious ways a hacker might gain access to a company's various assets.
"We're at an important inflection point where IT leaders, product developers, industry analysts and the biggest technology companies in the world are acknowledging the critical role identity plays in connecting people, apps, devices and organizations," said Okta CEO Todd McKinnon in a statement.
The funding round itself was led by Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, and Sequoia Capital, with participation from additional existing investors. It also brings the total raised by the company to $ 230 million, and boosts its valuation to $ 1.2 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. (Yes, for those keeping track, Okta is now the latest member of the Unicorn club — aka startups with a valuation that exceeds $ 1 billion.)
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