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There isn't much that stumps Toronto Raptors' star Kyle Lowry, on or off the court. But one question put forward by a 13-year-old reporter ahead of Game 5 managed to do just that.
Lowry had been answering questions at a media conference after training on Sunday when Arjun Ram, a kid contributor with CBC Kids News, came forward. At this point, Lowry had been answering with his usual professional stoicism — but when Ram asked him what it felt like to be an "icon all over Canada for kids" Lowry had to give take a moment.
"That's a crazy question, I ain't never been asked that one," Lowry responded, clearly astonished.
But, after a few seconds, he gave Ram, and Canadian kids across the country, a winning answer.
"I'll put it this way, man, I was once a kid," Lowry said. "I was once in your shoes, and to be able to know kids one day will want to be like me, I hold myself to a super-high standard."
He said he hoped Ram and other kids saw a man that's "really professional, really about his business" but still "fun and loving it."
This isn't the first time Lowry's shown himself as a great example. After a spectator shoved him during Game 3 of the NBA Finals, he remained calm.
He said later that he kept his composure because he wanted to be a good example for his kids.
Lowry also made sure Ram knew how he felt about the question before moving on to the next one.
"That's a crazy question right there, boy," he said before looking at the next reporter. "You can't beat that question ... You can try, but you can't beat that question."
Ram has skills in both asking and answering the tough questions. He was a contestant on "Canada's Smartest Person Junior" when he was 12. Besides being able to solve complex math problems, debate, and interview, Ram's bio says he's also poised to become Ontario's "next rap superstar."
A bit of an icon in the making, you might say.
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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story referred to Arjun Ram as a young reporter with CBC Kids. In fact, he is a kid contributor with CBC Kids News.


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The politicians want Obama buried partly because of a health plan that dares to give care to many, but the anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks speaks to how many medical people did just that on that day - went into the fires and climbed and carried and did it with no regard for the nation the people came from or what their wallets contained.
Watch now to understand the horrid job the medical people had to do. Dr. William Cole is in cardiac at NYU Langone Medical Center. He spent every minute after the attack in the emergency room with its smell of dead flesh. There were 400 or 500, who knows, who were rolled into the emergency room at Downtown Hospital, the downtown branch of NYU Langone. Cole's hands went to the bodies on the table in the lights, put there by ambulance people who carried in the dead or living - the dead only taking Cole's hands for such a short time, and for the living, he gave his brain and sympathy and the strength of hope to keep so many breathing.
The rest comes to us from notes made 10 years ago by Cole during the day and a half after the attack. Speaking of the notes now, he says, "I just had to sit down and document what happened."
Some of his notes:
"The first sense I had that something was wrong was in a cath lab where a tech was listening to an AM talk-radio station. He told us to be quiet because he heard something about a plane crash. They sounded as if they were joking.
"As I was going up in the elevator, some people were talking about a plane crashing into a building. On the 15th floor, large groups of people were standing in the solarium looking out the window, so I joined them. That's when I saw the two buildings fully in flames with the billowing black smoke going eastward."
Cole's father was an assistant chief of the New York Fire Department and had raised a family in Flatbush in Brooklyn.
"The fireman father in me just started to run. I ran down 11 flights and grabbed my bag and ran. I was yelling at the cab driver to drive faster and demanded he pull over to let me drive. He stopped at Allen St. I knew I could get there faster if I ran. I threw $10 at him, yelled again and ran. I was looking up at the buildings in disbelief. Crowds were either running away or staring up with open mouths or tears in their eyes. I got to the ER to find about 10 injured people being worked on. A sense of both pride and quiet intensity was felt.
"I saw Tony Dajer, and we acknowledged each other. I found Suko working alone with a horribly burnt woman. She was lying there clearly alive but motionless. She had all her clothes cut off and was intubated. Her skin was hanging off her arms, hands and fingers. She was bloated, and when I tried to feel a pulse, [I] found her skin as thick as leather. I told her she would be okay, but I knew she was as good as dead already. Things happened quickly and were like a blur. She was rapidly transferred to an NYU burn unit.

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Over 20 companies to convene at University as part of the ICTSA Industry Expo
Over 20 companies and organisations will be at University as ICTSA hold their Industry Expo for another year.
The Expo is an annual fixture which is being organised in collaboration with the Faculty of ICT. It is a great opportunity for students to survey the commercial aspect of the current career landscape and to network with their potential future employers. Attending companies will be demonstrating their business operations and the technologies they use, while explaining available and prospective vacancies and trends.
The Expo will take place on Thursday, October 18th at the Faculty of ICT's Lower Lobby (Level 1), from 11:00 till 17:00. It's open to the public, but students who are studying in ICT or related fields are especially encouraged to drop by.
Nationalist Party MP Therese Commodini Cachia will also be in attendance early in the afternoon, ICTSA have informed.
In a statement, the organisation said;
As ICTSA, we believe in building dynamic and holistic teams made up of individuals from various academic backgrounds and specialties. This serves them in the short term for the various activities and initiatives we organise, and more importantly in the long term where these developed soft skills and talents are then used at the workplace. Activities like the Industry Expo fulfil our mission to bridge the gap between students and industry.
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CHICAGO -- A 16-year-old boy shot and killed on the city's Northwest Side is the second homicide the area has seen in a matter of days.
The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. Monday near Rutherford and Barry in the Montclare neighborhood, after the teenager got into an argument with someone he knew.
The person he was arguing with walked away, got into a car and drove past the teen while firing shots.
The 16-year-old was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at Loyola Hospital. The Cook County medical examiner's office has identified the teen victim as Jose Alvarez.
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Jami and Keri's wedding took place on October 7th at Firehouse Chicago, one of my all time favorite U.S. wedding venues in the quaint neighborhood of Andersonville. Jami's pale blue and lace wedding dress was handmade. Kerri wore a dapper suit from J. Crew with a handsome bow tie and boutonniere. Hillary Bullock officiated their outdoor ceremony under the ivy where Jami walked down the staircase to meet Kerri and a knot tying ceremony was included to signify their union.Read More


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In mid October sleep experts from around the world travelled to the 2018 Research Conference on Sleep and the Health of Women, which was held to bring awareness to the importance of sleep for the health of women. The goal of the meeting was to showcase the research advances in understanding health risks, societal burdens and treatment options for those with sleep deficiencies or disorders.
After attending the conference himself, Michael Twery, Ph.D., Director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (NCSDR), speaks up on new research findings.
We asked Twery to share his experience at the conference as well as discuss the latest pressing research findings on sleep.
Q: What are some key biomedical research findings on sleep?
A: Science now shows that sleep is not optional. Sleep is essential to the health of nearly every organ including our hearts, lungs, immune system, and fat cells. Short sleep duration, irregular sleep schedules, and untreated sleep disorders (sleep deficiency) are associated with a growing number of health problems, including heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, obesity, and certain cancers.
According to the CDC, insufficient sleep is linked with many chronic diseases and conditions—such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and depression—that threaten our nation's health. Not getting enough sleep can be a hurdle to doing the best on the job and increases the chance of accidents and motor vehicle crashes.
Q: How do sleep deficiencies affect the whole body?
A: Sleep deficiency and untreated sleep disorders interfere with how some genes and hormones work to protect our health. Researchers have linked these problems with many medical and mental health problems, including heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, obesity, depression, dementia, and certain cancers.
Q: Do you think people are now more receptive to changing their sleep habits in order to improve their overall well-being than they were 10 or 20 years ago?
A: Public interest in the problem is increasing. Hopefully, public awareness will follow suit, and lead to changes. People are beginning to understand how insufficient sleep affects their family, their careers, and home life. NIH's medical research is helping people understand how important sleep is to their health.
Still, 20-30 percent of adults report insufficient sleep, in every state. And about 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep problems.
Q: Are there studies showing differences between women and men when it comes to sleep disorders?
A: Sex differences in sleep begin at a very early age, and women report poorer sleep quality and have higher risk for insomnia than men do. Some of the differences that have been reported by scientists include:
- Women are more likely than men to get injured working graveyard shifts.
- Weekday sleep deprivation affects cognitive ability more in girls than in boys.
- Women are just as likely to develop sleep disordered breathing as men after menopause.
- Women with sleep apnea are at an increased risk for heart failure and death as compared with men.
Q: What are some of the most exciting advances you've seen in the field thus far, and where do you see the sleep research heading over the next decade?
A: The discovery of the genes in chemistry that regulate sleep was a huge discovery about how our internal clocks and biological rhythms – also known as circadian rhythms – govern our bodies. Three scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in 2017 for this discovery.
With that scientific foundation, researchers are now evaluating how sleep deficiency may be contributing to serious public health problems such as Alzheimer's, diabetes, and cancer.
Q: What is the need to have a sleep conference of this magnitude? What is the goal of it?
A: Recent scientific advances in sleep research help us understand health risks, societal burdens, and treatment options associated with sleep deficiency and sleep disorders in women. This conference was another step in the process of translating research findings and discoveries into real world application. With the 2018 Research Conference on Sleep and the Health of Women, the National Institutes of Health are sounding a wakeup call throughout society about the importance of sleep for women, families, and society.


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Shares of some Internet infrastructure companies lost ground in pre-market trading Tuesday after an analyst downgraded the shares, citing expectations of weak spending in the information technology arena.
EMC EMC, +1.83% got knocked $2.50 lower to $64 in Instinet. Analyst Dane Lewis at Robertson Stephens lowered his rating on the shares to "long-term attractive" from "buy," saying the slowdown in IT spending in the first quarter, and most likely into the second quarter, of 2001 is expected to be "more pronounced" than previously anticipated.
Among other stocks downgraded by Lewis, Inktomi INKT trimmed 38 cents to $17.50, Veritas VRTS, -0.36% fell $1.87 to $85.88, VeriSign VRSN, -2.80% gave up $4.38 to $69.81 and Network Appliance NTAP, +1.28% dropped $1.56 to $62.63.
Adaptive Broadband ADAP, +0.99% moved $1, or 16 percent lower, to $5.13 in the pre-market. The data networking company said revenue for its fiscal second quarter would be below expectations, as a result of a deferral of contracted shipments from a "major" domestic customer. The company says revenue should be approximately $8 million for the period, compared to previous forecasts of more than $31 million.
Carrier Access CACS tumbled $3, or 33 percent, to $6. The provider of broadband access equipment said late Friday that it expects to report a fourth-quarter loss of 2 to 4 cents a share on revenue of $26 million to $27 million, below Wall Street expectations. Analysts surveyed by First Call were looking for a profit of 16 cents a share. The company attributed the shortfall to reduced shipments to two large customers.
Open Market OMKT rallied 22 cents, or 20 percent, to $1.31 over the Island ECN. The provider of e-business services said it has entered into a customer financing agreement with IBM's IBM, +0.88% global financing unit. The agreement allows Open Market's clients to finance e-business initiatives.
Tegal TGAL rose 25 cents, or 15 percent, to $1.88 over Island. The company said that it has agreed enter a non-exclusive patent license agreement with Applied Materials AMAT, -0.87%. As part of the deal, Applied Materials will pay Tegal an undisclosed one-time sum. Applied Materials shaved off 6 cents to $38.13.
Intel INTC, +0.12% advanced 25 cents to $30.31. The component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.08% had fallen 9.3 percent in the previous 5 trading days. The stock hit a new 52-week low of $29.81 in intraday trading on Friday.
Fellow high-tech Dow stock Microsoft MSFT, -1.11% gained 12 cents to $43.50.
Among other high-tech heavyweights seeing activity, WorldCom WCOM, +0.21% added 31 cents to $14.38, Cisco Systems CSCO, +0.49% was unchanged at $38.25 and Oracle ORCL, -1.67% stepped up 19 cents to $29.25.
Stock futures are pointing to a mixed open to the first day of trading in 2001. March S&P futures slipped 0.50 to 1,334.50. That was about 2 points below fair value. Nasdaq 100 futures tacked on 15.50 to 2,390.00.


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Are you as nosy as I am?
You may remember that my hobby is street-walking…that is, walking around the city staring and spying on people. I love to wear sunglasses so that people don't know I am giving them the eye. But often I just saunter close to people, trying to overhear.
I have heard many fascinating snippets that make me wonder what in the world could be their whole story.
In less than an hour I heard these tantalizing tidbits:
"I'm really sorry to hear that, Mom, but…."
WAIT! Don't cross the street! I want to hear more! Really sorry to hear what?? What happened to Mom? And why isn't her daughter more willing to help? What is that "but"? Is she trying to get in her own story? Is she telling Mom that Mom's story is more of the same oft-told tale? It didn't sound as if she was actually "really sorry". Why not? Am I going to like this daughter, or am I going to decide she is an entitled brat. Oh, did I tell you I am also very judgmental?
"I have a question and I want you to be completely honest."
Uh oh! We have heard that one before, haven't we? It is code for the recipient of such a request to RUN! This cannot end well. HEY - SLOW DOWN! I can't keep up with you! I want to hear more! What is the question? I'm sure I can answer it completely honestly for you.
"Who are these people who write ten page restaurant reviews?? I'm unemployed and even I don't have time to write such stuff!"
LOL! Well this person had a point. And who wants to read all that anyway? Either the restaurant is going to make my lactose-intolerance catch fire, or it isn't. That's all I need to know. What kind of person writes long, long restaurant reviews? And what could they possibly say that takes all those pages? Even a description in a novel of a restaurant meal would not be that long. An editor would take the red pen to that!
Now you see the torment of a nosy person. The people who are having these phone conversations will cross a street, rush ahead like a marathoner, or slip into a store – leaving me salivating to hear more but having to fill in the blanks all by myself!
Life is so unfair to a nosy person.
©2018 Margery Leveen Sher
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Family Outdoor Music Concert
On Friday 24 November 2017 the Music Department, in conjunction with the Music Parent Support Group, will be holding a free Music Concert in the outdoor amphitheatre adjacent to the Performing and Visual Arts Centre at Rossmoyne Senior High School.
Gates open at 6:00pm for performance commencing at 6:30pm. BYO picnic dinner and rug/pillow. Sausage sizzle and soft drinks will be available for purchase. Cash sales only.
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Samsung still hasn't come completely clean with its forthcoming Instinct HD, but it might as well. A recent Sprint Premier Connection newsletter not only introduced the Any Mobile, Anytime plan that was detailed this morning, but it also let slip a staggeringly pixelated image of the Instinct HD. Sprint tells us a few things we already knew -- like how the phone has a 3.2-inch display that's decidedly not high-def, a 5 megapixel camera and an improved web browser -- while leaving us to wonder about things like price after rebate. We'll take "Coming soon!" to mean "within the next month or so." Right, Sprint?
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January 28, 2018
The Single Cask is excited to announce that the new SMWS outturn has arrived at the bar!
Having initially taken delivery of 16 expressions from the very first outturn, we have now taken delivery of a further 11 expressions from a number of well-known distilleries.
The expressions are as follows:
- 4.238 "Surrender Your Soul" 15 Years Old (Highland, 59.7% abv)
- 10.115 "Free The Imagination" 10 Years Old (Islay, 62% abv)
- 29.216 "Moonlight Night At The Beach" 20 Years Old (Islay, 51.9% abv)
- 29.218 "Charred Fruit On An Open Fire" 18 Years Old (Islay, 58.1% abv)
- 29.227 "Elegant And Refined" 22 Years Old (Islay, 54.9% abv)
- 35.189 "Spiced Fruit On A Treacle Tart" 15 Years Old (Speyside, 57.7% abv)
- 36.129 "Sweetmeats In A Bedouin Tent" 14 Years Old (Speyside, 57.2% abv)
- 39.150 "A Tropical Breakfast" 9 Years Old (Speyside, 59.9% abv)
- 46.52 "A Storm In A Barrel" 14 Years Old (Speyside, 59.6% abv)
- 71.47 "Citric Spicy Whisky Lassi" 10 Years Old (Speyside, 60.5% abv)
- 93.76 "Beurre Blanc And Blue Steak" 11 Years Old (Campbeltown, 61% abv)
These expressions are available by the dram and will eventually be made available as a part of a number of whisky flights, so please keep an eye out for them!
SMWS Members will be able to purchase these drams and flights at a 10% discount and the prices can be found at the bar itself.
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Idea to establish Przedsiębiorstwo Handlowo-Usługowe Przemysław Kąkol, a company operating in the textile industry, was established in 1999. Within a few months the company was registered and was ready to conquer the market. The first big step in our history is 2005 and the transfer of production from the insufficiently large halls in Barcin to the purchased and prepared for work plant in Krotoszyn near Barcin, which allowed to acquire new contractors and increase not only production but also employment. We are developing further and in May 2010 we are buying sewing room in Pakość.
The year 2014 brings a new concept for expanding the company's activity to the production of stretch film, which will allow us to develop not only in the textile industry, but also plastics. The newly created packaging wholesale takes over the halls in Pakość at Inowrocławska 12. Significant demand on the market allows for quick development of activities and gradual widening of the range. As of today, Packaging Wholesale PHU Przemysław Kąkol is one of the most dynamically operating companies of this type in Poland.


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Syria records its millionth child refugee. UNICEF says the global community has failed in its responsibility to the children displaced by the violence in Syria.by Mark Tran
The Syria crisis reached another grim milestone as UN aid agencies reported that the number of registered child refugees had reached 1 million, most of whom were under 11. Within the country, more than 2 million children have been displaced, they said.
World Hunger News
For the past 40 years, since its founding in 1976, the mission of World Hunger Education Service is to undertake programs, including Hunger Notes, that
- Educate the general public and target groups about the extent and causes of hunger and malnutrition in the United States and the world
- Advance comprehension which integrates ethical, religious, social, economic, political, and scientific perspectives on the world food problem
- Facilitate communication and networking among those who are working for solutions
- Promote individual and collective commitments to sustainable hunger solutions.
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Geometric Cabins on the Steep
Anytime an email from Reiulf Ramstad Architects (RRA) shows up in our inbox that mentions the Oslo-based architect and "cabin" in the same sentence, we are all ears. He had us as "preserving the surrounding landscape"... again.
This time, RRA has designed a set of two cabins in Røldal, Norway. Once again, Ramstad's architecture stands simple yet bold. The Røldal family vacation home is recognizable for its compact, defined, and geometric shape. The objective of preserving as much of the surrounding landscape as possible resulted in the design of two volumes: a main cabin (63 square meters; 678 square feet) and a much smaller annex (11 square meters; 118 square feet) that keep a dialogue with the encompassing nature.
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Infinity bank was one of the 10 largest banks in the UK with over 1800 retail branches. However, due to the change in the nature of the banking industry since the 1980's Infinity bank had seen a consistent drop in its profitability. Deregulation of the industry had been one of the major changes that had taken place during this time which had increased the competition in the industry. Even though Infinity had followed other major banks in responding to this challenge by cutting costs, closing branches and making use of information technology, its results were far worse than others.
Since retail banking was a major source of their costs as well as revenue, they conducted a branch efficiency review which pointed out issues …show more content…
Can this data also give some insight into why current accounts are so unprofitable?
Even though averages can be misleading, they can provide some insight. To find some information why current accounts are so unprofitable I took averages of the costs and revenues for profitable and unprofitable customers. What is evident from this data is that because unprofitable customers keep a lower average balance in their accounts and are more expensive to serve, they tend to drive the revenues down. Also, if the sample is an indication of the real pattern amongst consumers then just 30% of the current account customers are somewhat profitable.
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DIY Modern Adirondack Chair Plans
DIY Modern Adirondack Chair Plans
With these plans, I'll show you how to build this gorgeous DIY modern Adirondack chair! The plans include a 13 page step-by-step PDF document and a SketchUp file.
I'll show you how you can turn a pile of dimensional lumber into a beautiful, modern Adirondack chair!
The DIY Modern Adirondack Chair plans include a 13-page detailed PDF document including a detailed cutlist and a SketchUp file. If you have any questions during the build, you can email me and I'll do my best to help.
What materials do I need to build this Modern Adirondack Chair?
For the Modern Adirondack Chair build, I used some dimensional lumber, glue, and screws. That's it! The cost of the wood on this build would be roughly $40, at least in my area. With the other items and finishing supplies added, the total cost is roughly $60. This is still much, much cheaper than purchasing a chair like this.
What are the dimensions of the Modern Adirondack Chair?
This stool is 30 ¾ inches wide by 27 ½ inches deep by 31 inches high. This sizing is totally adjustable though and, with the included SketchUp file, you'll be able to adjust the chair to suit your needs.
How do I build a Modern Adirondack Chair?
The plans have a list of all of the materials I used, including the finish and materials. The build video below will also walk you through step-by-step, so you can build this Modern Adirondack Chair for yourself!


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Frost visited the Garden of Misfit Glass, blanketing the shine and catching a rainbow.
Sending you love
When things break, you can throw away the pieces or gather them together to build something better.
The rainbow inside this heart was created from broken little pieces of glass too small to save. Sending you love this morning.
In a week where my city gave a voice to all members of our community then said, "oops, never mind," it felt good to finish my #welcomeblanket. Made with yarn purchased from three locally owned shops, using a stitch I first learned from my grandmother. This blanket is headed to Chicago to join 2,000 miles of warm welcome before finding a home with a new immigrant to the United States.
It's not too late to knit, crochet or sew a blanket for this project--deadline November 4. Details at www.welcomeblanket.org.
Open House this Saturday!
Ready to see 2,000 degree clear glass transformed into something else entirely? Stop by DC GlassWorks (5346 46th Ave, Hyattsville, MD, 20712) this Saturday from 12:00 to 5:00 pm!
As part of the annual Gateway Arts District Open Studio Tour you can get a behind the scenes look at it all and chat with some fab local artists. I'll also have a community craft project going in my studio and I'd love your help with it!
It was a beautiful night for a motorcycle ride, so I took myself on a little monument tour on my way home from Artomatic. The FDR Memorial was looking a little worse for wear, but the words of a leader never fade.


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Global Market Research Report on Electric Heating Cable Market Professional Survey Market 2017 is a professional and in-depth complete study on the current state of the Electric Heating Cable Market Professional Survey worldwide.
Deerfield Beach, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/03/2017 -- An Electric Heating Cable is a wire cable that produces heat, also referred to as heat trace cable amongst the industry. It is used for a wide range of applications including heat loss replacement, pipe tracing, freeze protection, viscosity control, temperature process maintenance, roof and gutter, and much more.
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Dear Petarians Brothers,
We had the Middle Petarians and their families Get Together today 11, March 2016. I want to thank you all participants and their families who took out time to spend entire day.
Especially children who enjoyed immensely.
I must thank you Senior Petarians Afzal Bhaijan (383 LF) who have ill health but still able to participate for the sake of Petarian Brotherhood and stayed till late evening. Thank you Bhaijan.
I would like to also thank you Qamar Soomro Bhaijan (8606 MQ)who take out time despite his mother-in-law passed away this week and participate for Petarians brotherhood. Fateh was observed and May Allah give her choicest place in Jannah ameen.
Akram Soomro Bhaijan also especially arrived earlier to attend this event from London. Thank you Sir.
I would like to thanks committee members namely: Raheel Bhaijan (7743 J), Obaid Bhaijan (79109 J), Manzoor Bhaijan(7816 LF), Asim (8983 IQ), Junaid (9022 LF), Dr Rajesh (9031 J), Ahmed (93103 J), Imdad (9924 J), Junaid Anwar.
I would like to say thank you to Raheel Hashmi Bhaijan (8762 L), Kamran Turk (9553 IQ), Najeeb Bhaijan (8876 LF) to be on time. They were the first ones to arrive at the venue.
Special thanks to Manzoor bhaijan for always taking out time and giving his valuable advices from his busy schedule.
I must thank you Ahmed Ali Shah for his wonderful work in hotel arrangements and follow ups. You were great.
Souveniers distributed to Nasir Mehmood Bhaijan (79113 IQ), Khalid Ranjhani Bhaijan (82125 J) by Afzal Bhaijan for their immense work and contribution to Petarians Community all over the world. We at UAE are proud to have these kind of role models based in Dubai. Both are wonderful leaders for our Petarians Community. Thank you both.
Souvenir also given to Junaid Khan (9022 LF) who regretted to attend due to official business trip but it was collected by his batchmate Dr Rajesh. Junaid has done wonderful job for the past several years for UAE Petarians and his efforts are recognized and this noble cause is always appreciated. Thank you Junaid and he was missed today 🙁
Venue: Golden Tulip Resort & Hotel, Ghantoot, U.A.E.
10:00hrs Gathering started at Garden side (Breakfast served)
Played Football 10 minutes each half :)-
12:00hrs Leave for Jumma Prayers
13:00hrs Gathering back at Banquet hall
13:30 Start the formal session
10 minutes – Wajeeh (89160 LF) – President of UAE Chapter did welcome note and Quran Recitation by Usman s/o Salman Javed bhaijan (88 Entry -LF)
15 minutes – Wajeeh – President of UAE Chapter talk about objectives of UAE Chapter objectives and achievements
15 minutes – Wajeeh invited few petarians randomly to address the audience and talk about Petarians and how we can support, connect, excel in better way. Following speakers namely Imdad, Manzoor Bhaijan, Dr Rajesh, Raheel Bhaijan shared their viewpoints. Due to lack of time we couldn't invite everyone. Sorry Qamar Somo Bhaijan.
10 minutes – Shield distribution for years of achievement by honorable petarians
14:15: Lunch was served (Ladies & Gentlemen Bismillah Ar Rehman Ar Raheem)
15:30hrs We played Cricket (2 matches played)
Evening tea & Coffee
– Next annual Middle East Petarians Get together event date was revealed that will be held on 3-February, Friday 2017. This is for everyone to schedule their meetings and their meetings accordingly and from other GCC countries Petarians can also participate.
– Quarterly one event will also be arranged and Eid Milan Party.
End of the wonderful event
Photos will be uploaded on facebook shortly
Thank you once again to all participants and we want to double this number in next event. I wish we all Petarians all over the world can establish to nurture this strong brotherhood, unity, and extend this bond forever Ameen.
God bless us all.
Warmest Regards,
Wajeeh Ahmed
President, UAE Chapter of TPA
(Connect, Support, and Excel)


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Archer's Voice
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Fall in love with this emotional New York Times bestselling romance between two tortured souls who find their chance at happiness in the most unexpected way.
Named one of the "Top Romance Novels of All Time" by Goodreads! A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller!
I wanted to lose myself in the small town of Pelion, Maine. To forget everything I had left behind. The sound of rain. The blood. The coldness of a gun against my skin. For six months, each breath has been a reminder that I survived -- and my dad didn't. I'm almost safe again. But the moment I meet Archer Hale, my entire world tilts on its axis . . . and never rights itself again.
Until I trespass into his strange, silent, and isolated world, Archer communicates with no one. Yet in his whiskey-colored eyes, something intangible happens between us. There's so much more to him than just his beauty, his presence, or the ways his hands communicate with me. On me. But this town is mired in secrets and betrayals, and Archer is the explosive center of it all.
So much passion. And so much hurt. But it's only in Archer's silence that we might just find what we need to heal . . . and live.
Includes an exclusive extended epilogue from Archer's POV!
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This book was simply amazing. "Archer's Voice" made me want to learn sign language! I experienced all of the emotions while reading this book and can honestly say, this book is in my top 5 favorite books!
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Philip Cabezas has been a fitness enthusiast for over 10 years. Philip says "No matter what sport, how you train, your life can improve positively through fitness". Fitness has made him strong through trials such as overcoming Cancer, and becoming a better person to himself, and others. Over 10 years of training and observing he has found out that becoming an athlete takes dedication, hard-work, and good nutrition. According to him it's also a good habit to change training protocols so the body does not get used to the same training environment.
In the year of 2008 Philip was devastated to know he was a victim of Cancer. His busy life came to a halt. It was very challenging times, as he was attending community college with about 12 units in coursework. With the help of loved ones, and much sacrifice Philp was able to move past this stage. He states that if it weren't for fitness, he would of given up. It could be said that overcoming Cancer has made Philip more aware of his limited time on earth. In response to becoming a Cancer survivor Philip has dedicated to transform his body into an athletic machine in all ages of life, and encourage others to do the same. When Philip was young he was not aware that fitness is a lifestyle. It takes more than going to the gym in order to get results. It takes nutrition, persistence, and a strong mindset to be a athlete. Not every day is going to be a great day, and it is essential to have extra grit when life events get tough. As Philip accumulated additional years training he quickly understood that nutrition is just important as training. Eating the right types of nutrients, in the right amounts, and at the right time. "Fitness is like a limestone, it just keeps us nice and sharp" states Philip, this is the reason he continues on his fitness journey.
Philip Cabezas has endured many hardships and overcame them slowly, one day at a time. Born and raised by easy going parents, he is the oldest of three sons. His calm life was shaken, very suddenly, in 2008; when he fought his first bout of Cancer. It changed his life and mindset completely.
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Emil Jensen
Västergarn Stelor 117, 62230 Gotlands Tofta (show map)
Category: Music & Dance
Nearby accommodations
Tofta Camping - Campingpitches
Distance: 4.3 km
We offer a perfect location for sunbathing, swimming and excursions. The site is 18 km south of Visby near Gotland's best beach. If you choose Tofta as your holiday base, you have the whole of Gotland within easy reach.
Surflogiet - Luxury Tent
Distance: 4 km
Just at the beach, on the west side of Gotland you will find the small paradise Surfllogiet. At Surflogiet we want to give you the best conditions for a good night's sleep, in beds built in only natural materials such as cotton, linen and wool.
Distance: 6.9 km
Boasting a garden, Warfsholm is situated in Klintehamn. Among the various facilities of this property are a bar and on-site dining. Both free WiFi and private parking are accessible at this property. Each room has a private bathroom with a shower. A continental breakfast is served every morning at the property. Hiking is among the activities that guests can enjoy near the hotel.


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You can contact me via email, phone or by filling the contact form.
If you wish we can have a short conversation over the phone to discuss briefly your situation & expectations, and address any question you might have.
If we come to an agreement, we will book our first session together, - so called Initial Assessment or Initial Interview.
Our Initial Assessment will be the opportunity for both of us to assess if we can work together.
Ideally, I will send you beforehand my counselling and data protection agreement that you can address any concern you might have.
During the assessment, I will actively listen to what brings you to therapy, asking you notably what your therapeutic goals, expectations & fears are.
We will also discuss briefly your personal history & situation, your family structure, significant events & relationships in your life, your mental & emotional state, and any other information relevant to your presenting issues/matters.
Afterward, I will ask you if you are willing to engage in a therapeutic process with me. You will be able to tell me right away or within few days, depending on your need for reflection.
The 6th session will be the opportunity for us to review our initial work together and whether or not we wish to continue, and if we do if we want to contract for a certain number of sessions or for an ongoing therapy.
If we contract for an open-ended therapy, then reviews will occur anytime either you or I feel one might be needed.
It is important to say that the therapeutic process is collaborative, and therefore you are entitled to express when you wish to review our work, what I have been provided to you, the focus of our sessions, or when you feel you would like to change one aspect of our contract or address a new concern, or simply when you are thinking of leaving therapy.
If we contract for a specific number of sessions, I will specify if one or several sessions will be dedicated to the completion of our work together. We might decide to renew for more sessions or start an open-ended therapy.
If we contract for an open-ended therapy, both you and I can at any point address the desire or wondering whether or not we are coming to an end.
In all cases, we will meet at least one more time to process a completion of our work together. Depending on the length of time therapy has lasted, we might have several sessions dedicated to this completion.
The purpose of this completion is to review one last time our work together, but also where you were when you started to where you are finishing, and what you might have learned that you can use in the future to your benefit to keep unfolding your self-development and nurturing your well-being, mental and emotional health.


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Hialeah-based company: New tariffs putting our 'families at risk of financial ruin'
Kevin Feig is staring at a 25 percent price hike on nearly every automotive part his Hialeah-based company sells.
That prospect took the soft-spoken businessman before an August meeting of the U.S. International Trade Commission to advocate for the company — Foreign Parts Distributors — that his father, Steve Feig, founded more than 40 years ago in East Hialeah.
Though he normally dodges public speaking, Kevin Feig felt compelled to voice his concerns about the 25 percent tariffs on $200 billion of imports set to kick in by the end of the year. The tax would likely affect more than 90 percent of the aftermarket auto parts his company sells.
"FPD has over 100 full-time employees, many of whom have been working for the company for decades," he told the committee. "The effect of all of this would be putting my company and 100-plus families at risk of financial ruin."
Despite Feig's impassioned testimony and that of about 300 other speakers, 10 percent tariffs will set in Sept. 24 and move up to 25 percent by the end of the year. About $2.25 billion in products imported to Miami will be affected, including furniture, electronics and cosmetics, according to USATrade data.
This round of tariffs is the third in an escalating trade war with China, the European Union, Canada and Mexico. Previously imposed tariffs affected the steel and aluminum industries and electronic components coming into the U.S. The Trump administration has threatened to impose import fees on an additional $267 billion in Chinese products, which would make nearly all of China's $500 billion-plus yearly exports to the U.S. subject to tariffs.
China and other countries have retaliated with taxes on crucial South Florida industries such as the live lobster trade and construction materials. China has also levied tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. imports of clothes, meat and chemicals. Affected industry leaders say that tariffs will drive companies out of business, lead to lost jobs and increase prices for consumers.
Feig is part of an industry involving 535,000 retailers, manufacturers and dealers, employing more than 4.6 million people, according to the trade group Auto Care Association. Most aftermarket parts are sourced in China. If the taxes kick in, Feig said prices will rise on a wide range of parts, such as control arms, bushings and ball joints.
Few dealerships will be affected. Most original equipment parts used at dealerships aren't from China, said spokespeople for South Florida-based JM Family Enterprises, one of the nation's largest Toyota distributors, and Kendall's Williamson Cadillac.
"We use only General Motors original parts in our service center," said Williamson General Manager Jeff Rodger, "all of it sourced in the U.S."
But other local industries expect to take a hit. Tile and furniture are among affected categories, which means local suppliers and furniture companies such as City Furniture will likely raise prices.
Air-conditioning companies — retailers, suppliers, service firms — like Miami's Refricenter are facing cost hikes, too. Operations Manager Christian Hernandez said his company will likely face a 25 percent price increase on most products.
The biggest impact will be on international sales, he said — about a quarter of his total business.
He's exploring leasing a bonded warehouse — a way to avoid paying duties on equipment he immediately re-exports. Hernandez, though, is loath to commit to additional costs — money that would be wasted if the two countries reach an agreement and tariffs are discontinued.
"Essentially, the biggest issue is we're going to pay for a lot of overhead," he said.
The impact goes beyond companies directly affected. Mechanics, installers, delivery people, packers and workers in other related fields could also see a drop in business.
"What's bad for our clients is bad for the trade and logistics industry and our company," said Ralph De La Rosa, president of Doral-based Imperial Freight Brokers. For him, the changes involve costly hours looking for supply-chain alternatives for clients. "There's pressure on us to find cheaper and better solutions for our clients," he said.
From its origin as a small Volkswagen parts wholesaler in a single warehouse in Hialeah, FPD has expanded into a sprawling company employing more than 100 full-time employees and averaging $35 million in sales a year. The firm is the biggest tenant in its industrial park with five warehouses totaling 180,000 square feet.
The Feigs pride themselves on fostering a family-like atmosphere. Julie Sanchez, FPD's logistics executive, has worked at the company for a decade, taking over the position from her mother, who worked there for two decades. Felix Hernandez, the warehouse manager, has worked for Steve, Kevin's father, for 40 years. Hernandez was 22 when he started in the warehouse as an hourly worker; he's now 62. Hernandez and Steve Feig played softball together when they were younger.
Steve is his son's foil. A stereotypical New Yorker, the 75-year-old is brash and direct. When his phone rings, the theme song from "The Godfather" plays. The headline of a framed story hanging in the company's office reads: "Feig: Like It Is."
These tariffs draw out his trademark bluntness.
"The whole thing is a farce," he said. "The Chinese aren't going to back down. There's nobody that can produce like they can.
"I don't know what's going to happen. But if I can't push off these increased costs to the consumers, we'll be out of business."
China is the largest supplier of U.S. aftermarket auto parts and accounts for 90 percent of the Feigs' inventory. The company has a small army of engineers and employees based in China. He travels there once or twice a year.
Since founding the company in the 1970s, Steve Feig has steered it through multiple recessions and the Carter-era gas crisis that kept cars off the road. But in the company's decades in business, he has never dealt with import tariffs. It's new ground, and nothing is certain.
Should he move more of his business to India? Research and development would take years. Establishing an office and staff would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. What if the tariffs last only a few months? All that money would be lost.
And what about his competitors? National auto parts chains in the U.S. could just bypass his company and buy directly from China to cut costs. Competitors in Mexico or Turkey could poach business away from FPD.
Twenty percent of the business involves exports to Latin America. FPD has been able to avoid tariffs on those exports through a mechanism called drawbacks, but he worries about Canadian competitors who could use the same mechanism to send goods into the U.S. duty-free. At risk, say the Feigs, are millions of dollars — possibly even their entire company.
What is certain is that prices will rise. That, in turn, will hit people who need to fix their cars.


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My brother first introduced this series to my family over the Christmas break. When Boxing Day came and therefore every excuse to wear pajamas all day and eat an excessive amount of leftover stuffing, an accompanying series to binge would be the perfect way to end Christmas celebrations. Within the first 10 minutes I was hooked.
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This clothing brand thought it would be a good idea to swap their usual 'Shop now' button to a 'Rape Us Now' button in honour of Black Friday.
The Singapore-based online shop Supergurl used the phrase on their homepage on Monday with an image of a young woman with her eyes closed.
Unfortunately for them, hundreds of the brand's fans spotted the wording and took to social media to protest against the use of the term 'rape' as a marketing tactic.
Calling it 'disgusting' and 'inappropriate', people were clearly outraged by the use of the term.
One woman on Facebook, called Wei Wei Gwee, wrote: 'Rape isn't an advertising angle that one can exploit when thousands of victims suffer the irreparable damage rape has caused to them everyday.
Another wrote: 'Word of advice: drop the rape-associated words from your lexicon'.
Supergurl's creative director, Jordus Lim, issued an apology on their website and said: 'As the director of the company, I have failed to review my Graphic Designer's work before approving the image to be displayed on our site.'
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'I hereby acknowledge that we have made a mistake, and that our caption does not advocate the right values to the young women community today.
'This is an honest mistake that we have made on our side, and we do know that it is indefensible.'
Mr Lim then added: 'We hope that the public will accept our apology for what we have done wrong.
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January 2, 2016
I dread the moment when someone asks me how I am cause I don't have the energy to feign being fine. It's impossible to smile and say, "Good, how are you?" Is it the winter rain? Is it the recent attacks? Why does the world feel like it's getting smaller?
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MEDWAY - Selectmen have signed a series of contracts related to a multi-million dollar parks renovation at Choate Park, Oakland Park and Medway Middle School.
The board voted to sign three contracts - totaling about $3.5 million - at its Dec. 18 meeting. The town hopes to begin the project in the spring.
The board approved contracts with Mountain View Landscapes and Lawncare ($1.9 million, for work at Choate Park), the Argus Construction Corporation ($1.3 million, for work at Oakland Park), and Vermont Recreational Surfacing & Fencing ($300,000, for improvements to the middle school's tennis courts).
Voters approved the projects at the November Special Town Meeting, funding the work with a combination of general funds, community preservation money and a state grant.
Town Administrator Michael Boynton said at the selectmen meeting that many people - including the the town's Evaluation of Parks, Fields and Recreational Areas Committee (EFRAC) - had been responsible for bringing the work to this point.
"I want to thank everyone involved in reviewing this," he said. "It was a lot of work to get these projects in play."
EFRAC had shepherded the project - intended to modernize and improve access to the parks - through the town's permitting process. At Choate Park, improvements will include the installation of a new splash pad, a new wooden pavilion and expanded parking. The Oakland Park work is intended to build a new pavilion, a new restroom/office structure and a replacement playground.
The project is expected to cost $4.7 million in total, and officials hope it will be finished by the end of 2018. The $4.7 million figure was the result of higher-than-expected bids; town officials said that without the receipt of a state grant late in the process, the project could have been in jeopardy.
Choate Park is located on Oak Street, while Oakland Park is next to the town senior center on Oakland Street.
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Hello! It's Rachel Greig here today with a tutorial showing how to use a blended distress technique with the Giraffe Background Stamp.
I used three different Distress Inks on the Giraffe Background Stamp to create a more realistic colouring effect. To see the tutorial, please click on the image below:
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Distress Inks: Rusty Hinge, Wild Honey, Scattered Straw
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Sparks! EP
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With the eight-track Sparks! EP, Alex Koenig aka Nmesh (stylized as NMΞSH) from Louisville, Kentucky obeys to the recent tendency of retrospective releases. After all, the next Throwback Thursday is about to come. This EP, however, is something more than just that, while simultaneously seeming to be even less: three full tracks are gathered in-between five frilly interludes, and even though the amount of short vignettes and sumptuous segues has risen due to shorter attention spans and the evocation of arcade jingle memorabilia, the Sparks! EP is neither a freeloader nor a copycat, let alone a ripoff, but a rejuvenating tour de force in hindsight. Originally released in March 2006 on the Sonnja-Barrum label, the CD is now available in purely digital form on Nmesh's Bandcamp section. How does the ebullient EP fare, and why has it been reissued today? Three things are of note in this regard: first, you can't complain about the panchromaticity of the front artwork and its richly alluvial gamut. While this has anything to do with the music itself, the attached 26-page digital Glitch booklet of yesteryear is still able to translate the music into petrified motion pictures. It's the colors that are moving, not the illustrations. Second, the EP may not sport the hymnic haze and thermal warmth of Dream Sequins® (AMDISCS, 2014) but foreshadows the lanthanoid interstices of tawny metallics that Nmesh is also known for. And this leads indeed to the third important pillar: the melodies! Be they aeriform, heterodyned or antediluvian, they sure as heck compliment the raging storm of hotplate welding, heating loop recirculation pumps and steel mill recalcitrance. Here's a meticulous look at all of its eight scintillating sparks.
The EP opens with Dart In Your Neck which, given the nature of the simian exclamation right in the prelude, could have been called something entirely different, more concupiscent. The opener is a filthy beast anyway, supercharged with asphyxiating tap dance rhythms of the caustic kind, helicopter-oid rhythm shifts, clan chief lariats repeating the title of the EP ad infinitum and other turmoils. In lieu of melodies, the genuine roughness of 80's turntable tracks is emitted throughout the runtime, were it not for the gorgeously twisted Rave pads in the last fifth which work as a centrifugal force and lure the listener on a subcellular level. A wondrously humane inclusion in a mephitic anathema. Coming up next, and being in the epicenter of it all: Star-Mummy, a metallic midtempo mistress sharing the phylogenetic propensities of the EP by pouring them into a bilious anhydride comprised of pitched punctilio Punk, Stadium Rock bursts, four-note Space-Age pulses and vibraphones hued in galactosamines. It is within the latter's cleavage fracture that hymnic avulsions enter the scenery, making Star-Mummy a grand dame of understanding and amethystine grace. The last third meanwhile radiates reverberated choirs, mauve-tinted polyfoil hoarfrost rivulets and – thank God – another saltatory pattern of Rave memorabilia, ultimately making this an amniotic suntrap after all.
The following six tracks aren't mere addenda, but the majority of them quite a bit shorter. They are interludes, tidbits, unused thickeners of existing micas. These belittling thoughts notwithstanding, Nmesh still manages to amplify their meaning: what they lack in length, the gain in reliability and catchiness, letting the reviewer beg for extended versions more often than not. Byzantina is an electrifying Futurefunk fusillade made of wonky two-note synth blebs, moaning coquettes, a bone-crushing beat and a runout phase similar to a longitudinal ventiduct complete with apocryphal solar winds and zestful zoetropes. Look Under The Cap meanwhile uses its 67 seconds for a diaphragmatic verglas architecture of perennial pulse percolations, bells and whistles (oh, and cats, did I mention cats?), whereas Pledge Driver throws the traveler into a hexagonal scrimshaw decortication resemblant of those crazy Dutch high-BPM stampede genres; mercilessly mechanic, it is a stokehold peritoneum of doom.
Afterwards, Torgo's Theme simulates a benthic Rave-induced Hauntology illuminant made of agglutinating beat salvos, gallium catenae, helicoidal asbestus melodies and other tooth-breaking convulsions. Don't mind the violence when you exit the track! The adjacent Victory Is Ours is the only longer track in the latter phase of almost five minutes: spawning thermal Hammond organ reticulations, handclap-infested 90's Trance pianos, blurry badger vocals and silkened percussive patterns, it is a comparatively soothing affair. I see dolphins in the sky. I feel loved. And I hear Scatman John, I swear! The finale comes in the shape of Massive Attack's Exchange, presented here in Alex Koenig's Shrunken Head Mix dress, pressing the oft-cited Rave complexion into a family-friendly orthochromatic rhizome à la Kirby… right into your glabella.
Nmesh's Sparks! EP is what you would call an IDM epithelium, and hey, if that IDM term causes your blood pressure to rise due to its omnipresence, lost meaning and overabundant use, then may I suggest the equally dissatisfying guttersnipe called Vaporwave? The Vaporwave marker everyone loves or despises so much can indeed be applied to the Sparks! EP as well, albeit with the wisdom of hindsight. What? You say nay? Labeling things is a catch–22 alright, listening to Alex Koenig's zigzag zesting, however, is not. After all, the artist himself describes this here EP with the following words: "It sounds like a koala bear crapped a rainbow in your brain." Considering the delightfully flamboyant melodies amidst the cauterized-annealed metallics that otherwise reign over the ophidian multiplex, I willfully succumb and agree. Like or loathe the term IDM, there is a shared sentiment encapsulated in the Sparks! EP, namely the tendency to enjoy the sudden appearance of a polyhedric melody; a melody which suddenly makes the steampunk riots and Shoegaze dungeons not only bearable, but conversely blissful. If you can look back to approximately 15+ years of self-crafted music, with all the stylistic contretemps, delightful throwbacks and retrogressive tendencies included, then it becomes clear that the Sparks! EP is embedded in a raging current, a superfluid of boysenberry thiazides, organic titration and moxie protrusions, all of which remain characteristics in Nmesh's polysemous productions today. A lapse of time? Sure! A lapse of taste? Nein!
Further listening and reading:
- You can purchase and stream the Sparks! EP at Bandcamp.
- On Twitter, it's official: @nmeshofficial
Ambient Review 417: Nmesh – Sparks! EP (2015). Originally published on Feb. 25, 2015 at AmbientExotica.com.


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A Model's Perspective on Media Theft
This blog post is not meant to be a rant of sorts, rather a look into what happens every day in the industry. My hope is to open the eyes of models starting out and give a perspective to the people on the other side of the camera. I hope to promote a business model…Read More
The TFP Epidemic
You may have noticed a trend in the world of modeling. Some people have spoken out about it, others stay silent. I think there is something crucial here that needs to be said. Something that needs to not only spark a conversation, but a change. It's time to speak out about the epidemic of TFP…Read More
Fashion Predictions for 2019
With the new year just around the corner everyone is frantically making their resolutions, checking their horoscope, and…updating their closet? If you're in the fashion industry, it's very likely you have or are looking to do so. But what trends are around the corner in 2019? What are some things we can expect to remain…Read More
The Deterioration of Modeling
If you judge my articles by their title you have probably already formed some strong opinions about this one. Models are becoming more diverse in size, shape, age, and everything in between. The plus-size market is stronger than ever and models with Downs Syndrome are walking runways in New York Fashion Week. There are models…Read More
When You Don't Book the Job
Throughout my time creating this blog, I've spent a lot of time writing about all the things models do. Today I'll write about the things models want to do…but don't. The runways they wish to walk, the garments they want to wear, and the brands they want to represent. Today I'm going to write about…Read More
Modeling – A Full-Time Career?
How many hours per week would you guess I work as a model? Twenty-five? Thirty? Maybe forty-five? I've mentioned this before, but many of you still may not know that I'm also a full-time registered nurse. How does that affect your estimate? Would you guess I spend more along the lines of ten or fifteen…Read More
Building A Strong Portfolio
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When to Take A Step Back
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Dropping the Human Prop Mentality
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Reviewer: Mark Clegg Hal Prince is a true musical theatre legend. Involved in some of the biggest shows of the second half of the twentieth century, Prince's credits as a producer and director encompass a wide variety of classic musicals from The Pajama Game in 1955 to 1998's Parade. Not one to shy away from self-congratulation, Prince has rounded off his ...Read More »
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Well this past week has been such an amazing experience - we vacationed all over Cali, turned another year older but most excitingly we found out the gender of our little gummy bear! Pretty soon, we might not be calling it gummy bear - ah! That's crazy to think it will have another name some day soon.
So with that, there is nothing else to say but enjoy our little reveal! Can't wait to say He or She in front of people!


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RealtimeUK were thrilled when they got the news that they were going to be working with Unknown Worlds to create a 90 second trailer for SubNautica; the beautifully aesthetic openworld, survival game, that's popular amongst the Steam community.
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It was very important to Unknown Worlds that the cinematic faithfully followed the art style and visual appearance of their game. This also had to be completed within a deadline that was much tighter than most. Unknown Worlds were incredibly happy with how the trailer performed, especially after it surpassed 3 million views within its first week!
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I was absolutely craving tomatoes today - which is strange because I don't generally crave (or like) tomatoes. I ran to the store, picked up a few Romas and decided to stick with my favorite way to eat tomatoes - caprese/margherita. I came up with this super easy sandwich loaded with heart-healthy tomatoes and olive oil and topped with one ounce of mozzarella cheese. Including the two pieces of Ezekiel bread the whole meal only had 315 calories! Yummy, filling, easy, quick and healthy? That's what I call the perfect lunch!
To make, simply slice a roma tomato, place it on bread, drizzle with a tad bit of olive oil, garnish with oregeno, garlic salt and pepper, top with mozzarella and stick in a toaster oven for 10 minutes and voila! You have a healthy lunch that tastes delicious (and only took 10 minutes to make)! Enjoy


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I'm getting recognised in the street for... wait for it... my role in the GIO TV Commercials. I've been approached in the street with "Are you the guy in the GIO ads"? I say yes, and they ALL tell me how great they think the ads are: "You see most ads and don't pay attention, but yours, I watch it every time I see it!" "I look at you in the ad and I can tell you're a great actor. You are so real." "You two are sooo married, I can't believe it." "Mate, you nailed it. I put the car one, up there with 'Not happy, Jan'." One woman was so happy to have me shopping in her store that she hugged me.
I like the attention - it means I used my talents and did something well. This is a hard industry to work in - income is sporadic, satisfaction is irregular and we're constantly criticised about our work. I found working with the Orange Whip team a real pleasure and I'm proud of the results.
See for yourself. I've done two ads for GIO and you will find them both here - Flood and Can't Argue (car).


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