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Kush was born in 1965 in Moscow, Russia. He studied at the Surikov Moscow Art Institute and during his military service in the Soviet Army he was assigned to paint murals. In 1987, Kush took part in exhibitions with the USSR Union of Artists. At the same time, he used to draw portraits on the streets of Moscow and creating caricatures for newspapers in order to support his family. In 1990, he emigrated to the U.S., first in Los Angeles and then moved to Hawaii where he worked as a mural painter. After several exhibitions all over America, he opened his first gallery, Kush Fine Art, in Hawaii. Two more galleries followed in Laguna Beach and Las Vegas. His oil paintings, also available in digital prints, made his art very popular. In 2011, he was awarded First Prize in the category of Painting at the "Artistes du Monde International".
Following the path of Salvador Dali, Vladimir Kush, this surrealist or "metaphorical realist" (as he prefers to call himself) painter and sculptor, managed to create inspired artwork and a style of his own. As a new artist, he experimented with different styles of art, from Renaissance to Impressionism and Modern art. Apart from Dali, German romantic landscape painter Caspar David Friedrich and Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch (the "pre-Surrealism Surrealist") had a big influence on his work, too.
His incredible surreal paintings are mainly inspired by events and images that catch his eye while travelling or original ideas he comes up with. Kush mostly paints on canvas or board, seeking perfection in every detail, in an on-going game with the objects' sizes, constant transformations and symbolisms full of life and vibrance. In his paintings, we distinguish the merger of animated forms with unanimated objects which results in a creation of a fantastic imagery. Blowing clouds in a vivid blue sky, unavoidably remind us of the artwork of Magritte, and all kinds of combinations of visual elements result in a superb outcome, which excite both the eye and the soul. Butterflies are also featured very often in his paintings, as well as in his book "Metaphorical Journey", because, to his mind, butterflies symbolize travelling, beauty and soul.
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- significantly enhance students' awareness of global, national, and local challenges
- foster a basis of Christian ethics, leadership, and empathy to accompany students' roles as engaged and active citizens
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The uniqueness of our degree is not simply based on a desire to make something new or different. Rather, it is based on stakeholder and scholarly feedback about what it means to study politics in the 21st century.
An additional aspect of Concordia's mission to "develop Christian leaders" did much to inform the foundations of the degree. While many of those who were consulted (especially those in academia) thought a more traditional and consistent approach was appropriate, others thought that the traditional approach was developed for another time and students from the past. Contending that we live in an age where facts, data, and complex concepts can be revealed at the touch of a button, they challenged us to expand beyond the traditional constraints of just focusing on processes and light research.
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- A commitment to developing Christian leaders. In pursuit of Concordia's mission, the program seeks to help students navigate a secular world while retaining their Christian ideals and worldview.
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So which is worse? Exposure to the sun's rays or exposure to the chemicals added to most sunblock lotions?
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Vitamin D is most efficiently produced in the body through sun exposure. Although it is also available through certain foods such as salmon and mushrooms, many cases of vitamin D deficiency can be attributed to not getting enough exposure to sunlight. When the sun's UV rays penetrate a person's skin, a complicated reaction occurs that creates vitamin D in the body, which helps boost the person's ability to absorb calcium and phosphorous. This is particularly important because this helps regulate our bone-calcium metabolism, and an insufficient amount of vitamin D in the body can result in bones that do not form properly. Vitamin D deficiencies in children can be especially apparent, as it can cause rickets, a disease characterised by skeletal deformities, often resulting in legs that are curved or bowed.
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Spending too much time under the sun can result in deep burns that can penetrate the skin several layers deep, and result in serious skin damage. Although the burns themselves may seem temporary, they do long term damage by destroying the elasticity in our skin, thus increasing the number of wrinkles and age spots that appear down the road, not to mention weakening our skin so that its ability to heal becomes much slower. Sun burns also don't only occur on hot days, as they are a result of radiation penetrating the skin, rather than heat from the sun. So don't be fooled into thinking you can't get a sunburn during the winter season. If you're spending hours outdoors and the sun is out, it's still wise to protect your skin.
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Also, please don't be one of those people who claim tanning beds won't put you at that same risk. A UV light from a tanning bed is the same as UV radiation from the sun, and can be equally or even more harmful, considering people just "bake" inside these beds so they can tan as much of their body as possible.
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Sunblock, although not as effective as avoiding the sun altogether, is a great way to protect your skin against UV rays when you're outdoors. Most chemical ingredients in sunblock lotions effectively absorb UV radiation before it reaches your skin, while physical ingredients effectively block the radiation so that it is reflected away instead.
The SPF numbers on sunblock bottles indicate how much longer you can spend under the sun without burning if you use the product. For example, if the bottle claims it has an SPF of 15, you should be able to get sun exposure 15 times longer than you normally would without burning. If the bottle claims it has an SPF of 50 of more, then you may be able to spend 50 times longer under the sun without burning.
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Sunblock lotions themselves can be harmful to the human body beyond just causing rashes or other allergic reactions. Some scientific studies claim that the chemicals added to many sunblock lotions can disrupt the body's metabolism and hormone production. In fact, some of these harmful ingredients accumulate within the body after long term daily application, and may even contribute to various types of cancer once absorbed through the skin.
So should we or shouldn't we be using sunblock?
For me personally, whether or not I use sunblock depends on the situation. Usually, the only exposure to direct sunlight I get is during my commute to and from work during the day, and I don't feel like these short blocks of time under the sun are putting my health at risk. Being a fair-skinned person, I feel I am getting just the right amount of sun exposure during my commute (perhaps even not enough!), which is why I choose not to use sunblock on a daily basis. However, if I know I will be under direct sunlight for an extended amount of time, and/or if I am walking about outdoors when the sun is highest (usually between 10am-2pm), then I will apply sunblock onto my skin.
It is also worth mentioning that many cosmetic products, especially foundations and daytime moisturizers, contain chemicals — such as titanium dioxide — normally found in sunblock lotions. That is something you should also take into account if you normally wear makeup.
If you are fair-skinned like I am, then it's probably prudent to be more careful about the amount of sun exposure you get, especially if you don't wish to apply chemical-laden sunblock onto your body. If you are dark-skinned, you are luckier and can probably spend more time under the sun sunblock-free without worrying too much about any health risks
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Sperling Vineyards extends its line
Winemaker Ann Sperling
One: the vineyard in
East Kelowna
includes some of the most mature vines in the Okanagan, including a plot of
Riesling planted in 1978 and a block of Maréchal Foch planted in 1964.
Two: Ann Sperling, one of the owners and the winemaker, is the most capable winemaker to ever grow up in
Kelowna. She has been a winemaker since 1984,
with a successful track record in B.C., Ontario
and Argentina.
Winegrowing is her blood. Her ancestors on her mother's side were immigrants from
called Casoro. You might guess at their importance from the fact that a Kelowna street is named
for them.
Giovanni Casorso came from
Italy in 1883 to work at Father
Pandosy's mission before striking out on his own (he was once the Okanagan's
largest tobacco grower). His sons started planting grapes in 1925. Formerly
known as Pioneer Ranch, the 18.2-hectare (45-acre) Sperling Vineyards was
planted initially in 1931 with grapes and apples by Louis and Pete Casorso.
When Pete retired in 1960, Bert Sperling, his son-in-law and Anne's father,
switched to entire property to vines, both wine grapes and table grapes.
Ann began here winemaking career with Andrés (now Andrew Peller Ltd.) in Port Moody in 1984 after studying food sciences at the
. She moved to CedarCreek
where she was the winemaker from 1991 to 1995, when she moved to University of British Columbia Ontario.
"I have always wanted to make wine with my parents' vineyard," she said later. "I got to make wine with some of the grapes when I was at CedarCreek, but not anything extensive." She realized that ambition when, with other family members, Sperling Vineyards was opened in 2009.
Taking advantage of the vineyard, she began making an Old Vines Riesling in 2008. The wine vies with Tantalus Old Vines Riesling as one of the Okanagan's best Riesling wines. The two vineyards have similar aspects in
East Kelowna. The vines, clone 21B from the
Mosel, were planted on the same day in 1978.
Since Sperling Vineyards had opened, the portfolio has been augmented to include sparkling wines and Pinot Noir table wines. In 2014, Ann began making orange wines or natural wines (Pinot Gris fermented on its skins without sulphur or any other additive). Something of a curiosity, these wines occasionally are served from kegs in select restaurants.
"Why make an orange wine?" she told me last year. "I am learning about winemaking by doing it. But also, there is an interest in things that are done differently."
She has also begun to make small lots of premium wines, primarily for restaurants. So far, two have been released in bottles with edgy labels meant to suggest the winery is looking ahead. "This label is about the future – a vision, looking ahead, and working somewhat with varieties that are new to the site," Ann says. "We are looking at styles, not going with what is established but what suits us and our terroir."
She continues: "What we have for release right now are the Vin Gris Pinot Noir and the Chardonnay. The winemaking is similar: whole cluster pressing with barrel fermentation; wild ferment; full malolactic, all in puncheon barrels. These were about 12 months in barrels."
Here are notes of currently available wines from Sperling.
Sperling Vineyards Pinot Gris 2013 ($19). Crisp and dry, this terroir-driven wine has aromas of herbs, with flavours of pear and with anise on the finish. 90.
Sperling Vineyards The Market White 2014 ($17). This is a lovely aromatic white with spice and citrus aromas and flavours of lime and ripe cantaloupe. The finish, which is off-dry, lingers. 90.
Sperling Vineyards Sper … itz 2014 ($22 for 750 ml; $12.99 for 375 ml). This is a light (7% alcohol)
wine; the actual grape varieties here are Perle of Csaba and Bacchus. It
delivers flavours of tropical fruit including mango, papaya and peach. 90.
Sperling Vineyards Old Vines Riesling 2012 ($32). A few years of maturity have allowed this wine to begin showing classic petrol aromas. It has flavours of honey and lime with a hint of botrytis. With good weight and with a tangy finish, this is a wine that will age well. 92.
Sperling Vineyards Old Vines Riesling 2014 ($32). This wine was fermented with wild yeast. It has aromas and intense flavours of lime and grapefruit with a good mineral backbone. 90.
Sperling Vineyards Chardonnay 2014 ($30). The wine has aromas of citrus with a toasty note from lees aging. On the palate, there are flavours of peach and apple with a subtle oak expression. 91.
Sperling Vineyards Orange Wine 2014 ($NA). Made with Pinot Gris fermented with whole clusters or on its skins, this is an unusual wine. It is bronze in colour, with flavours of apple and pear. The texture is firm and the finish quite dry. 90.
Sperling Vineyards Orange Wine 2015 ($NA). The wine's hues recall blood orange or pink grapefruit. It begins with floral aromas and spicy grapefruit flavours. The texture manages to be firm and juicy at the same time. 90.
Sperling Vineyards Vin Gris of Pinot Noir 2014 ($30). The wine has a subtle blush from skin contact. It has aromas and flavours of apple and strawberry, with good weight on the palate. 90.
Sperling Vineyards Pinot Noir Rosé 2014 ($19). Dry and crisp, the wine has aromas and flavours of raspberry and strawberry. The texture is full for a rosé and the finish lingers. 90.
Sperling Vineyards Sparkling Brut 2010 ($40). Thirty-six months on the lees have give this wine a creamy mid-palate. It has toasty aromas, flavours of green apple and a crisp finish. This is 100% Pinot Blanc. 91.
Sperling Vineyards Brut Reserve 2010 ($49.95). This wine is price like
because it tastes like Champagne.
It is rich on the palate, with toasty brioche aromas and flavours. This is 75%
Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay. 92.


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What is Love Anyway? (Part 1)
We've been beating around this bush for a while now, so I figured this might be a good time to pop the question: What is Love anyway?
You see, how we think of love impacts everything - how we view others, ourselves, relationships, even God. Especially God.
Ryan's post on freedom reminded us of this, when he pointed out that love of self - aka selfishness - is ultimately something that enslaves us. Or at least, that was his premise. We saw a wide range of responses because we have a wide range of opinions about what love really is.
On the one hand, love might be a matter of simple mutuality - you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. Now, I'm not denying that much of life works this way. In fact, I will even admit that there are times when it seems to work pretty well - in work, in friendships, in relationships. We tend to "love" people who are like us, who want something we have and who are willing to give us something we want in return.
There are two fundamental problems here though.
First, it only works when you have something people want. I can guarantee you that if you can play basketball like Michael Jordan or have great breasts like Angelina Jolie, people will lavish their affection upon you. They won't just love you, they will lust for you, adore you, worship you. We see it all around us, and quite frankly, that's what I'd like from others, because in my heart of hearts, I already worship me.
There's just one minor glitch. I can't play hoops to save my life, and most of you women just don't measure up to what we see on TV or the internet.
Sorry, but it's the truth.
So what do we do? We try to compensate. Cosmetic surgery to enhance our looks, new skillsets to improve our resumes, a better job, a bigger car - you name it, we will try it. We do whatever it takes to make ourselves more attractive to others, because when love is conditional everything depends on it. If you don't have the goods, you won't get the love.
But you can only reinvent your game so many times.
And this brings us to the second problem. You see, even Michael Jordan gets old. Our centers of gravity shift. Things sag. Fat cells multiply like rabbits. There was a time when I was very buff, and had lots of hair. But you don't stay 21 forever (and to be brutally honest, by the time you hit 25, you are on the downhill slope in terms of your looks and your physique). Sorry, but it's the truth.
Yet if Love is simply a functional thing, a matter of mutual parity, then this state of affairs is the best we can hope for. When you are 18 and immortal and all the world is your oyster, you may think you can make this system work, but sooner or later you will face the music. It's inevitable.
When Love is conditional, it will only last as long as you can deliver. And the reality of life is that at some point, sooner or later (probably sooner), you will no longer be able to deliver the way you used to.
At the end of the day, conditional love will leave you feeling shallow, cheap, empty and used because when your worth is defined solely in terms of what you have to offer, you will always come up short in the end.
I think God uses the hardness of this life to strip us of our vanity, to point out the foolishness of the external things with which we would commend ourselves to others. We are all in the process of dying, of losing our youth, beauty, strength, innocence. And at the same time, even when we manage to crawl into a real loving relationship, the reality of who we truly are constantly percolates to the surface and threatens to undo everything from within.
This is why Conditional Love ultimately comes up short - because the strength of the glue is only as strong as our ability to measure up to the expectations.
And everything in life is reminding us that we are all inevitably losing our grip.
Fortunately, this is not how God treats us. This is not the type of love he offers. But if his love is not "conditional," then what's the alternative?
The answer may surprise you, and I'll tackle that tomorrow in Part 2...


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Salesforce acquires Assistly – What does this mean for Freshdesk?
Written by Girish Mathrubootham on September 22, 2011
Today's big news in the Customer support world is Salesforce acquiring Assistly for $50MM. First, we would like to congratulate Alex Bard and the entire team at Assistly for their fabulous exit. It's stories like these that fuel entrepreneurship around the world.
Salesforce buying Assistly validates something that we have believed all along – Customer Support on Social Networks like Twitter and Facebook is very real and is expected to be even bigger in future. Here is our whitepaper on Improving customer support using Twitter.
According to the Techcrunch article –
Salesforce already offers the Service Cloud to companies, which helps businesses connect with customers across both traditional and social channels. But Assistly extends this offering to the small business community, and helps Salesforce reach this audience.
This again validates our assumption that Social customer support is not just for large companies like Dell or Comcast but is equally important for smaller companies who care about about their customer experience and brand reputation. So I think that the whole game of social customer support is ahead of us and in that sense, Assistly may have exited early (it's just about a year since they launched) but who am I to comment on that?
Congratulations to the fine folks at Assistly, we are happy for you. We are also excited about the terrific opportunity ahead of us. In case you didn't already know, we just announced our 100th customer (in as many days) today!


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King of planets
Night fell at Thousand Island Lake. The windy never stopped, if not gaining strength. And I was terribly worried that the wind may blow away my cameras on the tripods. Meanwhile, the gusty gale meant that capturing reflections of Mt. Ritter was completely out of the question. So, I decided to focus on other elements, such as the rock in the foreground, the rocks and the pines in the middle ground as well as Mt. Ritter and the Milky Way in the background. Jupiter, named by the Romans and also called Zeus by the ancient Greeks, ascended high as if it wanted everyone awake to know that it was the king of the planets (largest planet in our solar system). Soon, a band of light, aka the Milky Way by the ancient Greeks, slowly rose from the southeast sky.
Slowly traversing heavenly body
On my way to Island Pass from Thousand Island Lake, I had noticed this particular off-trail spot that I later called the best lookout point. The view of both the lake and Mt. Ritter was clear of pretty much everything. So, I had promised to myself that I would stop here on my way back. So, I stopped. What I learned though was that it was a very rocky slope. At first it wasn't easy to find a patch of flat surface to pitch my tent. After roaming up and down the area for quite a bit, I found a patch that was small but clear of rocks. It was the first time ever when none of my tent stakes was used. Instead I used a heap of big and small rocks to tie it down. A whole lot of stones. The wind wasn't calming down at all, so I had to make sure that the tent would stay put. Night fell. But it felt like the gale of winds seemed to have gained more strength. Meantime, Jupiter was hung high, just like the night before. And the galaxy was slowly traversing the heavenly body in the company of Saturn. The extremely choppy lake bored nothing of reflection. Nonetheless, no trace of a waxing crescent moon let the galaxy lit up the night sky.
Time to count stars in water
As it got dark, the stars started coming out. And it didn't take long for the sky to be strewn with thousands of them. The bright Jupiter was hung high in the sky, which meant that the Milky Way was about to rise from the east of Mt. Ritter. I loved the way that the mountain was still irradiated in the afterglow of the sun. The galaxy slowly faded in. It was one of the moments where everything on earth would be swallowed up by darkness under the new moon. And it was time to count the stars in the water.
Eerie and fantastic
As I had promised to myself that I would capture the Milky Way rising over Rush Creek Waterfalls upon exiting the creek, I hiked back up to the lookout point, carrying my gear and sleeping bag once night fell. Because it was 1 ¼ mile hike each way in the dark and it'd be really late, I decided to sleep there. I composed my shot and waited. As I expected, the galaxy rose over the falls. And soon Jupiter went out of sight and Mars appeared. My eyes were fully adjusted to the surroundings in the dark. As the deafening sound of the waterfalls continued, and yet, my eyes couldn't discern the subtle light spillage from the resort at the foot of the slope. And this created such an eerie and fantastic light painting effect that I had never expected.
Night was very young
After a long day of lugging my heavy backpack under the intense sun, I arrived at my destination for the night - Thousand Island Lake. And I was excited to unload almost 20 lb of camera gear off of the pack. It was a night before the new moon night, and as typically is, it was dark with no visible sign of the crescent moon. I didn't notice much of light pollution either. Jupiter rose east of Mt. Ritter first, which meant the Milky Way would be visible above the mountain ridge line as soon as it was dark enough. Although it was quite windy when I set up my cameras, with no clouds whatsoever in the sky, within a couple of hours it calmed down, and I was able to get the reflections of both the mountain and the galaxy in the tranquil water. And the night was very young.
Clustered with hoodoos and lone pine
Thousands of stars glittered above my head as it got darker and darker. As though it were the cue, the temperature dropped like sand bags. My lungs soon filled up with the crisp arid air. Then, the Milky Way rose over the echo chamber clustered with hoodoos and a lone pine. The same galaxy that inhabitants from Paleo-Indians to the Paiute Indians had enjoyed for the last 10,000 years.
Into another dimension
As the night got darker, more stars came out and got strewn all over the heavenly body. Jupiter, largest planet in our solar system, rose high. Although it was the third brightest object in the night sky (second brightest planet, in fact) after the moon and Venus (brightest planet), a new moon night without a single speck of cloud in the sky let it gleam in the southeast sky just like Venus. It was still way early to see Mars follow suit. But, Saturn, second largest planet in our solar system, rose along with the Milky Way, which was already rising vertically toward Mt. Ritter. The reflection of our galaxy and the planets in the water appeared as if they were traveling across the lake into another dimension. Outer space with thousands of stars was that much closer.
Tranquility of wilderness
One of the shots I always attempt to take while in the wilderness is a campsite under thousands of stars. And what better opportunity is there with the Milky Way and Mt. Ritter as a backdrop when there was so much openness to it? I was able to frame the shot with Jupiter still lingering above the snow clad, 15th highest peak in California. The wind almost calmed down, and I just simply took my time bracketing the shots. Tranquility of wilderness was set in with a distant echo of frogs singing under the countless stars.
Clear sight of peak before rain
One of the shots that I was anticipating to capture at Mobius Arch was the view of Mt. Whitney at a starry night. Since the view of the tallest peak in the contiguous US through the arch was facing west, framing a shot of the peak with the Milky Way was not even in the cards. Besides, the weather didn't cooperate with me. So my focus was shifted rather quickly to capturing the clouds traveling across the sky instead for timelapse purposes. In the end I was simply glad to be able to capture the clear sight of the peak before the rain started coming down.
I was happy camper
Once I left Mahogany Flat, I drove straight to the Racetrack, one of the most iconic landmarks in Death Valley, which I'd been wanting to visit for quite some time. My last attempt was over a year ago. Particularly known for its 1.5-inch-a-year sailing stones, this racetrack-shaped dry lakebed lay about 25 miles beyond Ubehebe Crater. Once night fell, thanks to, probably, the almost freezing temperature, no one was around. Literally, I had this enormous floor filled with mud cracks all to myself while the Milky Way was slowly moving across the heavenly body. I was a happy camper.
Once the moon was set, it was quite dark in my bare eyes. But the light pollution from the El Centro and Imperial area was quite severe in long exposure. As though another moon was about to rise. Initially I wanted to frame a shot with the Serpent's head in the opposite direction of the light pollution while the Milky Way was shooting up vertically behind the head. But the clouds grew thicker and the galactic core was no longer visible. So, I came around the head and framed it with the end of the galaxy dropping in the northeast. Which meant the light pollution was unavoidable. Two 30-second exposures and two 31-second exposures moderately light painted with a headlamp were stacked with a 183-second exposure. Also, the head support metal pole was removed in Photoshop for aesthetic purposes.
Milky Way slowly traversing stars-strewn sky
With the entire lake all to myself, I literally walked to every corner of this mud crack filled lake floor, as long as the Grandstand was in the frame. While composing a shot of the mound of this monolith with the Milky Way slowly traversing the stars-strewn sky, a vehicle with headlights on zoomed by the lake. Contrary to my initial thought about this unintended light painting work, I decided to stack it with other exposures. And the result was satisfactory.
Largest known land predators
Night fell in the desert, but the moon was out and bright. I knew it wouldn't set till 11 pm, so I decided to do star trails. What was cool about it was that the size of the T. Rex sculpture was probably a baby size of what actually roamed around about 67 million years ago. Can't imagine how scary it must've been upon encountering one of the largest known land predators then. Once I got my shots, it was time to pack up and leave for the stallions sculptures.
View of Milky Way from Mars
I recently read the Martian by Andy Weir. There was a part where Mark Watney, our hero, drove the modified rover through a valley, which he named Lewis, after one of his crew members, and I tried to picture in my head the valley that may have been clustered with hoodoos and pinnacles. While strolling down the trail, I wondered if this was what could have been the view of the Milky Way from Mars.
Circling around North Star
Night fell in Alabama Hills. But it was almost bright as day because it was a full moon night. I knew there was no point in trying to capture the Milky Way, let alone the galaxy wouldn't rise till around 3 am. So, I focused on star trails. Hiked into the little canyon and searched for some good rock formations that I could work with while having Polaris. It was quite windy, so as soon as I got the camera ready, I had to find myself a little shelter. The heavenly body started circling around the North Star. Although the stars faintly shone, I was just glad that they sky was clear.
Poignant reminder
After leaving the T. Rex sculpture, I found my way back to the Stallion sculptures. There were many of them but I had specifically scouted this pair earlier. By the time when I set up my camera, the wind picked up and the temp dropped to about just mid-30s. The moon was already set, but the city lights from Borrego Springs were apparent. Again, it was a poignant reminder that the galactic core of the Milky Way wasn't visible since it was late December. I may come back and try again, but for now, I was glad that the sky was clear.
Still filled with stars
As the night got late, I noticed that the Milky Way grew faint and that what was surrounding me was getting brighter. I soon realized that it was the Moon slowly rising in the west and spilling its bright shine all over the place. Cirque Peak was radiating under the slowly fading heavenly body while High Lake was still filled with the stars.
Stars trailing into night
Night photography continued at Precipice Lake. Since capturing the Milky Way was out of the question once the moon rose, I turned to the North Star, which was rising over Mt. Stewart. It was a bit tricky to frame both Polaris and the whole lake together because there was not much of shore I could walk around to. Remember, there's the sheer cliff that just dropped into the water. Besides, I wanted to have a bit of that precipice in the frame as well. I traveled as far as I could comfortably hop over all the rocks. In the end I chose more of the precipice. Once I settled in, I locked the camera in place and let it roll.
Just how I like it
Night fell at Rae Lakes. With that dropped the temperature like raindrops in the company of the gales of winds that never seemed to stop. Thankfully, the sky remained clear, letting me capture the Milky Way without a single clump of clouds. While my 15 degree sleeping bag certainly kept me warm, the howling screams of the winds were deafening at the edge of this rockbed jutting into the water. Meanwhile, the galaxy rose above Painted Lady and Glen Pass. Just how I like it.
More than ready to take shot
This particular Juniper, standing upright in the slanted slope, caught my eye. While composing a shot, I realized that the Andromeda Galaxy, aka M31, was shining above this handsome evergreen. Of course, it was! It was November! Super excited, once framing the conifer in the center with the painted rocks strewn all around it at the bottom and our neighboring galaxy at the top, I was more than ready to take the shot. Then, I gently pressed the remote shutter.
Stars dancing above magnificent falls
Once night fell, I headed out to Mooney Falls by myself. My original plan had been to climb all the way down to the bottom of the waterfall, but considering how slippery it was while climbing down and up the ladders earlier during day, I figured it could've been more dangerous at night. And of course, the story of how James Mooney died came to mind. So, I decided to stay near the cave. From there I was able to see the Andromeda galaxy slowly rising above Mooney Falls. How cool is that! Since I had already captured the northern part of the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy over Havasu Falls the night before, I decided to do star trails instead. What a calm night to witness the stars dancing above the magnificent falls.
What Havasupai people saw in fall night sky
I hiked up to Havasu Falls, where it felt like more stars came out in the sky. Being far enough from the campground and yet still surrounded by the tall canyon walls, let alone being in one of the least polluted parts of the country, really increased the visibility of the stars with my bare eye. Facing northeast, I captured the typical north tip of the Milky Way along with Cassiopeia that rose above Havasu Falls. Because it was late September, I was expected to be able to see the Andromeda galaxy (in fall, and best in November). And there it was - M31, our neighboring galaxy. It is a bit misleading though because the galaxy,4 billion years younger than our own, is technically 2.537 million light years away. Wondered what the Havasupai people saw in the fall night sky over the span of at least 800 years of their occupancy across the Grand Canyon.
Sea of stars through canyon window
Night fell at Havasupai Campground. The elongated campground stretched far along the shallow Havasu Creek through a narrow section of the canyon felt cozier. As our visibility dropped, the sea of stars in the sky started glittering through the canyon window. The tall trees created wonderful shelters like canopies. It was late September, we were no longer in the company of frogs singing non-stop. I missed their pleasant music.
At Cottonwood Lake No. 5, a nonstop gale of winds made it extremely difficult to stay put at the lake shore while taking some long exposure shots. It eventually forced me to retrieved to my tent for shelter till the sky actually got dark so that I could shoot the Milky Way. Upon returning back to the lake, I wrapped myself in my 15 degree sleeping bag the whole time. It turned out to be, although I didn't make the connection then, the peak night for the Perceid Meteor Shower. While counting 7 meteors with my bare eyes, I caught 4 of them on this 2 exposure (33 sec and 184 sec) stacked shot.
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A successful businessman and community leader in Atlanta, Arthur Blank is a cofounder of the Home Depot corporationAtlanta Falcons football team. He is also well known for his philanthropy, and his Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has donated millions of dollars to community causes since 1995.
Arthur M. Blank was born in the Queens borough of New York City in 1942 to Molly and Max Blank. In 1963 Blank earned a business degree from Babson College in Massachusetts. After working for a few years at an accounting firm, he went to work for his father's small pharmaceutical company. The family business was bought in 1968 by Daylin, the parent company of a drugstore chain, and Blank stayed on with the new company. Daylin sent him to Griffin to be the controller for their discount drugstore chain, and in 1972 he became president and chief executive officer. Two years later he was promoted to controller of Handy Dan, the largest subsidiary of Daylin, and he relocated to Los Angeles, California.
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At Handy Dan, a home improvement company, Blank met Bernie Marcus, a fellow executive. After the two men were fired from the company in 1978, they decided to merge their assets and create the Home Depot. Blank and Marcus envisioned a chain of home-improvement warehouses, larger than any of their competitors' facilities, filled with a vast array of products and staffed by customer-service experts. After securing sufficient capital and searching nationwide for a suitable location, they opened two stores on June 22, 1979, in Atlanta, which made the city the official home of the Home Depot.
The Home Depot revolutionized the home-improvement industry and has been enormously successful. The company—which in 2010 was the world's largest home-improvement retailer and the fourth-largest retailer in the United States—has more than 2,200 stores in North America. In 2014 the Home Depot reported $83 billion in sales.
The NASCAR racing team. The next year Tony Stewart—wearing the company's familiar orange and white colors—was named the Winston Cup rookie of the year.
The Home Depot has donated more than $200 million, including time and labor, to the communities it serves. The Home Depot Foundation, established in 2002, supports a variety of community projects, including Habitat for Humanity; City of Hope, a cancer-treatment center; and KaBOOM!, a playground-construction organization.
Blank retired as cochairman of the Home Depot in 2001. Although he has enjoyed great professional success and acclaim, he has also faced some setbacks. The Home Depot has long been a target for environmental groups that claim the company (and other home-improvement chains) buys and sells wood products obtained from endangered forests; others have complained that the massive size of the company (known in some circles as "Wal-Mart with a hammer") makes it impossible for smaller retailers to compete in shared markets.
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In February 2002 Blank bought the Atlanta Falcons, a National Football League (NFL) team, for $545 million. The Falcons had endured an up-and-down existence for thirty-six years under the ownership of the Rankin Smith family. The highlight of the Smith family's ownership came in 1999, when Atlanta played in Super Bowl XXXIII; the Falcons lost to the Denver Broncos, 34-19.
When Blank bought the Falcons, his twin missions were to upgrade the team's talent and to bring fans back to the Georgia Dome, the team's home stadium. He made the unprecedented move of lowering ticket prices on nearly 25,000 seats in the Dome, which gave the Falcons their first sold-out season in more than two decades. He also purchased land to ensure that Falcons fans had parking spots in downtown Atlanta, and he helped turn Falcons' games into exciting events, with pregame and halftime concerts from such entertainers as Georgia native Travis Tritt. In short, Blank injected some of the customer-service principles that had worked so well for the Home Depot into the Falcons organization and quickly won acclaim as an NFL maverick.
In 2003 Blank settled a federal lawsuit filed by a former Falcons employee who claimed she was fired after complaining about sexual harassment experienced by the organization's female workers. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. In December of that year Blank hired former Tampa Bay Buccaneers executive Rich McKay, and less than a month later named former San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Jim Mora Jr. as the new Falcons coach. During the 2004-5 season, those decisions paid quick dividends as the Falcons finished the regular season with eleven wins and five losses, coming within one game of Super Bowl XXXIX before falling to the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10 in January 2005.
Another aspect of the Falcons' newfound success lies in Blank's charitable works and his insistence that the team become part of the fabric of the community. The team established the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation, which has donated millions of dollars to community nonprofit organizations.
In August 2004 Blank bought the Georgia Force Arena Football League (AFL) team from Virgil Williams, becoming the seventh NFL owner also to own or operate an AFL team. One of Blank's first decisions as owner was to move the team's home games for the 2005 season from the Gwinnett Arena in Gwinnett County to the Philips Arena in downtown Atlanta, where the team played its inaugural season in 2002. The team folded in 2009 after the AFL canceled its season for that year.
Blank has twice been named Georgia Trend magazine's most respected chief executive officer in the state. He serves on a number of boards, including those of the Carter Center, the Commerce Club, the Cox Enterprises, Emory University, and Staples Inc. In 2001 he was named the first Distinguished Executive in Residence for the Roberto C. Goizueta Business School at Emory University. In 2014 the Georiga Historical Society and the Office of the Governor named Blank a Georgia Trustee.
Blank chairs the capital campaign to fund the new Atlanta Symphony Center for performances of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and he was cochair for a similar campaign to construct the Centennial Olympic Games Museum at the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead. He is also involved with the philanthropic family foundation that bears his name.
Media Gallery: Arthur Blank (b. 1942)
Further Reading
Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank, Built from Scratch: How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion (New York: Crown Business, 2001).
Chris Roush, Inside Home Depot: How One Company Revolutionized an Industry through the Relentless Pursuit of Growth (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999).
Chris Roush, Inside Home Depot: How One Company Revolutionized an Industry through the Relentless Pursuit of Growth (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999).
Cite This ArticleStarrs, Chris. "Arthur Blank (b. 1942)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 06 June 2017. Web. 18 August 2018.
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November 2016
Issue VII
Presidents CornerRenew Your Membership
Social Gatherings & Events
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Member Update and Announcements
I attended the EPWNG Professional Speakers of EPWNG (PSOE) event at 1871, and this networking experience was unlike any other. We used electronic "connecting" badges that lit up to alert you that someone within your proximity had similar interests. The challenging part was exploring why the badge was indicating that you and your "match" had commonality. This technology added a fun "toy" to the networking experience.
While this innovative form of networking left me with a sense of enjoyment, I was more struck by the collaboration of our EPWNG PSOE Committee. Instead of sticking with the typical framework of using EPWNG members to speak at a breakfast, the PSOE committee explored another venue, collaborated with outside groups, and brought to life a whole new approach of showcasing our network. Dana Brenner, the one EPWNG speaker, is a recruiter. The EPWNG PSOE committee member supporting Dana and monitoring her time, Eynav Seinfeld Epstein, is another recruiter. Best yet, sitting next to Eynav, was a third PSOE committee member, Susie Raemer Rodriguez, another recruiter. As I watched all three women collaborate, I was overcome with pride. These three professionals, working in the same industry, were sincerely supporting each other to make this night shine for EPWNG. I couldn't help but analogize their collaboration and teaming to the Cubs clinching the World Series less than 24 hours before this event. These women, led by their fearless leader, Julie Bordo, risked doing something a little different in order to take EPWNG to a whole new level. I could not be more proud to know that EPWNG's mission of collaboration and giving is not only working for our professional women, but it is now reaching to outside organizations, showcasing our true team spirit! Thank you PSOE!!
Renewal emails have gone out! Take advantage of 2016 pricing, be sure to register before December 31, 2016! Try a membership package -- Premier or Platinum -- that offers a BIG SAVINGS! Any questions, email [email protected]
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Lisa KoenigsbergFounder of The Center for Speech & Language Development
Tell us about The Center for Speech & Language Development. What is the focus of your practice?The Center for Speech & Language Development is a boutique private practice specializing in a variety of diagnoses, disorders and delays in the pediatric population. In addition, we provide training for accent reduction and modification for adults.What are some types of projects you undertake/types of clients you love to work with?We work with all diagnoses and delays including dyspraxia, dysarthria, speech-language delays, failure to thrive, behaviorally difficult children, children who have a diagnoses such as Down syndrome, autism and autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, and a host of other diagnosis and delays. We frequently assist families with children who have feeding difficulties, present with difficulty transitioning to the next stage of food type (for example, moving from bottle feeding to purees or toddler foods) or have been diagnosed with gastrointestinal reflux (GERD).Additionally, we work with adults who present with accents to assist them in producing a more standard American accent. People often don't realize how a strong regional accent or a foreign accent can be problematic in the workplace and also in everyday life and we see remarkable results for people who have a goal of reducing such accents.What types of clients do you seek?We are seeking pediatric as well as adult referrals. We offer both home-based visits and have a brand new office in the Old Orchard Professional Building. We are happy to consult with schools/classrooms/teachers to assist in making their classrooms work best for a more complicated child. We enjoy talking with parents who have questions or are looking for support around a specific issue or a greater concern.What are some of the benefits of working with you and The Center for Speech & Language Development?My team consists of energetic, personable and caring therapists. We look at the child as a whole person. Our goal is to incorporate individual speech-language, nutritional or developmental milestones while supporting emotional development and family dynamics. Our approach is to do everything possible to minimize stress on the parents and child, to offer tremendous support to the family so that the child is nurtured and can realize their fullest potential through therapy. In what ways has EPWNG been a support to your business growth?I'm a new member to EPWNG. I see EPWNG as a group where I can support other women and in turn enjoy the same support and referral benefits as we all have a mutual goal of succeeding in our various enterprises.From where do you draw professional inspiration?I am always amazed by the strength of the families and children I work with. I have had the honor of working with wonderful families to help their children achieve their milestones.Working with the adult population is also gratifying. As I watch non-native English speaker's become more comfortable communicating in this culture it drives me to want to do more so that they are at ease socially and in business settings. |What' activities do you pursue to keep your creativity/business sharp?My team and I participate in continuing education courses to maintain our state of the art skills. We continually update our skills and obtain new credentials as appropriate.
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Godfrey Happy Hour Event
EPWNG members (and one guest) enjoyed a pleasant evening after work at the striking rooftop lounge of the Godfrey Hotel in downtown Chicago. We visited and networked over a glass or two of wine and some delicious nibbles. Both the company and the venue were lovely, and the happy hour pricing was a bonus to the enjoyable ambiance.
Anthropolgie Event
A rainy night in October. The Cubs were playing their 2nd game of the World Series at Cleveland. What better place to be than at Anthropologie with a group of EPWNG members sipping cider and learning about fun and funky fashions, from desk to dinner. The Anthropologie team could not have been more welcoming to our group of ladies. They provided appetizers, cider, a discount card and ideas on how to put together outfits for work, pleasure, travel and evening.
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Earlier this month, EPWNG, along with women-owned tech pioneers, 30Seconds and Proxfinity, hosted 114 women and men at 1871, the epicenter of innovation in downtown Chicago. In a celebratory mood on the heels of the historic Cubs World Series Win, 1871 COO Tom Alexander kicked of the night with an inspirational message about the power of women in the STEM fields and how 1871 nurtures such talent. In addition to featuring our very own, supremely talented Dana Brenner who clued us in on the latest in social media networking, we heard from 30Seconds founder Elisa All Schmitz on her highly touted platform for connecting on every level 30 seconds at a time. The group was then wowed by the hip presentation of Proxfinity partners, Lisa Carrel and Christine Hutchison, after which everyone deployed Proxfinity's innovative digital light-up name badges to connect with other attendees with similar affinities. Every guest left with meaningful connections and contact information documented through the Proxfinity platform on their iPhone App or in an email.
This event was the result of the hard work and dedication of the PSOE Committee and the combined vision of its chair, Lisa Kaplin, and Julie Bordo. Integral to the event's success were our generous sponsors, North Shore Law (NorthShoreLaw.org), experienced women lawyers working to find legal solutions for you and your business, Tony Bordo Fitness (TonyBordoFitness.com) offering tailored corporate and personal training fitness solutions, and Social Enjoyments Sparkling Wine with a sweet ending of delicious bomboloni donated by Siena Tavern and Bar Siena. The event was catered by Amazing Edibles (CaterAmazing.com) that certainly lived up to its name. Many thanks to all who attended and/or supported this showcase event for EPWNG and its mission.
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I have a five year old son who has had type 1 diabetes for 3 years. I was told by my doctor that potty-training would take longer because of the amount of urine that a child with diabetes passes. So with this information, we didn't push but let him go at his on pace. He finally trained except at night at the age of four. When he was four and two months, he had a low sugar seizure in the middle of the night. About a week after that, he started having accidents with his bowel movements. It would be little at a time until he's finally finished. I still did not get concerned, but two weeks ago, he had another seizure and, since then, he also has accidents with wetting. My pediatrician says it is not connected with the diabetes or the seizures. I usually have faith in what she says, but we have tried everything to help him break this new habit and nothing works. Is there any way this is related to his condition?
It's impossible to say for certain, but it is well known that any emotional upset can set back children who are dry. They may wet at night (or daytime) for a while until they settle down. I don't think you should be worried and he will be dry again soon.
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"You are a one-man army," promises the slogan for Sega's adaptation of Marvel and Paramount's "Iron Man" movie. The problem is one-man armies need something to do besides fly through generic environments fighting hordes of generic enemies. "Iron Man" mars its solid technology and smooth controls with consistently awful level design, resulting in yet another mediocre movie-based game whose only hope for sales will come with the pic's heavily hyped opening weekend.
Electronic Arts' 2006 adaptation of "Superman Returns" was widely panned for featuring a hero with awesome powers and nothing fun to do. Sega seems to have failed to learn from EA's mistakes, however, as it repeats them in "Iron Man." At first, players will love getting their hands on the titular hero's super-powered suit. Intuitive controls make weaving through the air, shooting three different weapons or ripping the top off a tank the kind of vicarious thrill that videogames do best.
After they get used to Iron Man's abilities, however, players are faced with missions that will bore them to pieces when they're not causing fits due to wild swings in difficulty. Destroying Tony Stark's "weapons cache" that's being used for nefarious purposes, for instance, involves flying around a bland desert valley in search of gray boxes that would never stand out as a "weapons cache" if they weren't highlighted in bright orange.
Along the way, Iron Man has to take out a seemingly never-ending army of tanks, artillery and choppers. On their own, these enemies are tedious and repetitive, but when they combine, the game becomes overwhelming, with so many missiles and bullets coming at Iron Man simultaneously that it's tough to do anything besides fire blindly and hope not to die, since that can trigger as much as 15 minutes of replaying.
Iron Man himself is sharply designed, but there's little detail in the enemies, even the end-of-level bosses. Cut-scenes that unimaginatively copy the movie's storyline are just as weak. Downey does a decent job with original voiceovers, but Stark has such a small library of lame quips that his voice quickly becomes as dull as the rest of the game.


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Clay County passes 2017 mapping audit
Tax Assessor / Collector Paige Lamkin presented the 2017 mapping audit by the Mississippi Department of Revenue, and the county narrowly passed the audit.
On Monday, the board accepted a bid of $46,000 from the Golden Triangle Planning and Development District to digitize the county maps, complete the soil mapping and correct the skewed property lines as required by the Mississippi Department of Revenue.
According to the proposal, the GTPDD will redraw all parcels in Clay County at $2.50 per parcel using aerial photography from 2014 as a base map. County Section lines will be used as provided by the United States Geologic Survey, and deeds will be able to map parcels that are not identifiable by other means. All parcels will be redrawn in a digital geographic information system and stored in a geodatabase. All lots, plats and subdivisions will be incorporated into the digitized mapping, and the county land use and soil layers are completed. A map book will be created for printing purposes in Clay County. The county tax assessor and staff will be trained on how to print on the plotter in the Tax Assessor/Tax Collector office.
The timeframe for the project is 15 months.
Lamkin said the county will possibly fail the 2018 audit because the project cannot be completed in time.
Lamkin said failing the audit will cause the state to put Clay County's funds in an escrow account and hold the funds until the county is in compliance with the state's requirements.
Lamkin said the digitized mapping will be complete in time for the 2019 audit, and the board must propose a letter to the state auditor with the plans and timeframe to meet the requirements made by the Mississippi Department of Revenue.
The board unanimously voted to renew the contract with C-Spire for their government cellphones, and the board is working toward getting better cell phone reception for District 4.
District 5 Supervisor Joe Chandler said the first Pheba Fun Day will take place Oct. 7 beginning at 11 a.m. at the area located near the Pheba Walking Track with free food, games for kids and snow cones. The event is open to the public and sponsored by the Pheba community.
The Board unanimously accepted a motion to change the name of the new community center in Una to "Una Community Park and Recreation Center".