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Dubrovnik: England, Wine and Wool
Today (apart from Slovenia, which is already a member,) all the countries of the former Yugoslavia are engaged in negotiations on entry to the European Union. These involve, of course, lengthy chapters regarding trade. What is easy to forget is that, despite inevitable ups and downs, the region has always traded with the rest of Europe. In the Middle Ages Dubrovnik, or Ragusa, was the pre-eminent trading city of the region. In his history of the city Robin Harris describes its trade with England, which began in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and peaked in the early sixteenth:
Ragusan ships would arrive in England at Southampton or Margate – the former near the heart of textile production in Hampshire and with the benefit of its double tide, the latter with its deep harbour and convenient proximity to London. They carried wine from Crete, soap for use in the textile industry, olive oil, wax, currents, oriental carpets, cotton and costly Italian fabrics. The Ragusan ships were then reloaded with "broadcloths" and "straights", but above all with prized "kerseys", to be made into garments for well-to-do people in the Balkans. They also carried away tin, pewter vessels, tanned hides and some wool for Italian cloth manufacturers.
Ragusan ships were big says Harris, and trade was "intense and extremely valuable" but, "in the 1540s it was dramatically cut short by international politics":
The long sea-route from Dubrovnik to England could only function profitably in conditions of reasonable security. But a combination of war between England and France in the channel, North African piracy in the Western Mediterranean and fighting between the Spaniards and Turks off Dalmatia made it impossible. Insurance rates accordingly soared. Attempts to shift much of the commerce overland via Antwerp or Hamburg were only partially successful. Moreover, this change deprived the Ragusans of the profits their ships had earned in the carrying trade. By the mid-sixteenth century the previously important Ragusan colony in London had greatly dwindled.
Dubrovnik: A History. Robin Harris. 2006.
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WINSTON-SALEM � Wake Forest is a few points away from what could be a three-game winning streak.
�That�s learning the hard way,� said coach Jeff Bzdelik, whose team has lost the past two games by a total of four points.
Then there�s Miami, winning the hard way. The first-place Hurricanes are on an historical roll in the Atlantic Coast Conference, albeit a couple of possessions away from losing their last couple of outings.
Yet here comes another opportunity for Wake Forest, with second-ranked Miami visiting this afternoon. The Demon Deacons tangled with then-No. 1 Duke earlier this season.
Now it�s an opponent that looks even more imposing.
�We need to mainly worry about us and what we�re doing and what we can do a better job of,� Bzdelik said. �We�ve been very competitive in games.�
And while the results have yielded occasional success, nothing on a regular basis that has pushed the Demon Deacons into the upper tier in the ACC.
�Definitely frustrating,� guard C.J. Harris said. �You just have to learn from it.�
The lessons have been difficult to digest, but the team has had a week since a one-point loss to Georgia Tech to regroup.
�We can�t hold our heads over this,� forward Travis McKie said.
As much as Miami has relished the late-game success that has produced a chance to clinch a share of its first regular-season title in the ACC this weekend (if Duke were also to lose to Boston College), the Demon Deacons have been on the other end of the spectrum.
�This will test the mettle of a young basketball team, but I�m sure they�ll respond in a great way,� Bzdelik said. �Close losses will test one�s resolve. � No pity parties. Our resolve will be tested and they�ll pass that test. They�ve been knocked down (in recent games), but they�ll rise again.�
Bzdelik scheduled a couple of recruiting trips during the layoff, though pointing the current team in the right direction was also on the agenda.
Since Wake Forest�s last game, Miami has won twice with final-minute dramatics, defeating Clemson and Virginia.
�The competitive spirit is tested in each one of us,� Bzdelik said. �It�s what makes you win games or lose games.�
Maybe someday the Miami blueprint can apply to Wake Forest.
�I think they�re very confident,� Bzdelik said. �� Their swagger, and it was born out of the fact that they just started winning and finding ways to win. They�re fearless now with their swagger.
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WILSON, N.C. – Despite a Herculean effort from sophomore forward Rachel Thorpe, the King University women's soccer team fell in an overtime stunner 3-2 to Barton College on Saturday afternoon.
Thorpe netted both Tornado goals in the contest, scoring twice in the first half to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 advantage. It was her third multi-goal match of the season and second in the last three contests.
The game started inauspiciously for the Tornado, who are now 4-9-2 on the season and 1-4-2 in Conference Carolinas play. Barton's Kathryn Smith netted her third goal of the season less than three minutes into the match on a pass from Taylor Parrish that she shot from near the goal on the right wing.
But the Tornado would come roaring back moments later. Lindsay Curtis played a long cross into the box for Thorpe, who placed a shot just inside the post in the 14th minute to tie the score at one goal apiece.
Thorpe would find the net for the second time in the game and tenth time of the season in the 38th minute. She drove down the field from the midfield stripe and fired a shot from 30 yards out that eluded the goalkeeper and gave King a 2-1 advantage.
It was the third straight game with a goal for the sophomore from Ontario, Canada. In an eight-game span dating back to a September 28 win over Virginia Intermont, Thorpe has scored in six different matches, totaling nine of her ten goals on the season. The Tornado are 3-3-2 in that eight-game stretch.
Barton (11-5, 5-3) had many chances in the first half but only came away with one goal. The Bulldogs held an 11-6 advantage in shots in the first half, but a combined seven saves between Nicole Dagher and Morgan Lawson in the period allowed King to maintain its lead.
The Tornado came out in the second half looking to pressure Barton's defense, firing off three quick shots early in the period. But it was the Bulldogs who would get a goal to draw even, scoring on a Parrish shot from inside the box that came off a pass at midfield from Adrianna Jimenez. The 69th-minute equalizer tied the score at two and gave Barton new life.
In the 12 minutes after Barton tied the match, King took five shots, forcing Bulldog goalkeeper Carson Moore to make three saves. But the Tornado were unable to take the lead and the game went into overtime.
In the two overtime periods, King was unable to muster a shot while allowing five to Barton. Lawson, a first-half replacement in goal for Dagher, made three saves in overtime, but was unable to stop Smith's second score of the match that was sent across the goal into the upper left corner with less than two minutes remaining in overtime.
"It was a very gutsy performance for us," said head coach Simon Duffy after the match. "We were solid all over the field, but lacked focus on all three goals. They did a good job to capitalize on our mistakes. Giving up the last one with less than two minutes to go is a killer. But that's a very good Barton team we played today, and now we have to pick ourselves up and win these last two games to guarantee a spot in the conference tournament."
The Tornado return to action on Wednesday afternoon, traveling to Spartanburg, S.C. for a 5:00 p.m. match against Converse College. King will then hold its Senior Day festivities as it hosts Mount Olive on Saturday at 1:00 p.m., potentially with a postseason berth on the line.


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George Washington is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland when the event kicks off in less than 48 hours.
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The RNC 2016: Official App, available for smartphones and tablets, features a map of the area where the convention will be in Cleveland, details of the venue, videos and a schedule of events for the gathering, which begins Monday and runs through July 21. The app, available for download on iTunes and Google Play, also includes a list of speakers.
But, other than Washington, the speakers list page remained "under construction" as of Saturday afternoon. Its schedule of events section also appeared to not be finalized, displaying "Official Schedule Coming Soon..." on the page.
A spokesman for the RNC said Saturday that the app will be fully updated and operational by Sunday night.
"We wanted to have it ready to go before the convention begins Monday morning and we're right on schedule," spokesman David O'Neill said. "We anticipate a glitch-free app tomorrow."
As for the nation's first president speaking, O'Neill said Washington isn't going to show up this time around.
"I've been asked that a couple times already," he said. "It's simply a placeholder."
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Seeds of a new obsession
I started seeds for the first time last weekend.
My favorite blogger, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, the Yarn Harlot, has a marvelously Canadian expression: "arse it up" — meaning, to screw something up almost irretrievably. Now, when Stephanie does it and writes about it, it's hilarious. As in, e-mail-your-friends-the-link, guffaw-so-loudly-your-spouse-thinks-you're-choking, hold-your-gut hilarious. You Harlot readers, you know of what I speak. You know that roller-coaster-ride through McPhee's mind as an insanely intricate sock falls off of her needles, or as she wonders how stupid and frivolous she's going to sound on the radio as her interview for a knitting book follows a colon cancer expose. You know she is going to make you laugh so hard your abs will need Ben-Gay.
Last Sunday night, I knew the Harlot's obsess-a-thon tendencies had taken up permanent residence in my own cranium. First there was the pre-obsess-a-thon, shopping for seed-starting equipment online, in friends' basements and in local garden stores. Loose media or jiffy pots? Capillary matting or no? Shop lights from Home Depot or a real grow light in a fresh new box? And when the heck will I get the actual time to play with all the fun neon veggie seeds I'd collected and ordered and traded with friends?
Sunday night at least the time question got an answer. As the slow-cooker braised me a pork shank in tomatillo salsa, I unwrapped a 70-cell jiffy pot starting tray complete with capillary matting and got to work.
You know, there are 1,001 ways to obsess about putting some dang vegetable seeds into jiffy pots. Pop them in a bowl of water or let them expand on their own as I fill up the tray with water? Are they too dry or too wet? Will the little devils be warm enough? How many of each veggie should I start? Is the peaty stuff in the jiffy pots "fluffy" enough? Are the seeds deep enough? and have I forgotten what I was doing with which little pot and labeled the poblanos as parsley? When will they germinate? What if they germinate all at different times? Should I prop the clear plastic lid up when the first little sprouts come up or wait until more show their faces? Will I have enough room under this one enormous light rig once they've all got big enough to be repotted?
And, of course, most haunting and daunting of all, will I, at some critical moment yet to be revealed, completely arse this up and have it turn out to be a humiliating waste of time and money?
It's a roller coaster, like any project. There's the imagination phase, the forking-over-of-commitment-signifying-dollars phase, the asking-of-too-many-questions phase … to the point that if you don't get a hold of yourself, the doing phase can get to be actually anticlimatic. Especially if you've been waiting on a five-pound pork shank to fall off the bone in a slow cooker so you can break for dinner. (Two crispy tacos to the rescue. Seeds require humidity; fighting off obsession requires crispy tacos).
Seventy jiffy pots is an awful lot of tenuous hope, an awful lot of messing about with "fluffing" the pots with a toothpick and then popping the tiny seeds into holes of a specified minuscule depth. But the grow light — which I am directed by seed-starting authorities (Bugbabe, you know who you are) to have ready and waiting for when the seeds pop their heads out — is now rigged. A little nearby heater is keeping the tiny, expensive little twits toasty. The plastic lid is constantly fogged up as if there's some secret and illicit seed congress going on in there, and I can't see inside unless I break into their private humidity preserve. I feel like the parent of naughty teenagers. It's frustrating, the waiting.
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The chiefs of several key movie and television industry trade groups are scheduled to meet with Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday to discuss possible measures they can take to help curb gun violence in entertainment in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting.
The White House guest list includes former Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd of the Motion Picture Association of America; National Cable Television Association CEO and former FCC Chairman Michael Powell; Comcast lobbyist David Cohen; National Association of Theatre Owners CEO John Fithian; Directors Guild of America Executive Director Jay Roth; and National Association of Broadcasters CEO Gordon Smith, a former GOP senator from Oregon.
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Only Rob Stoddard from the NCTA responded to requests from POLITICO to confirm his group's participation. He also confirmed the expected attendance of Dodd and Smith. The meeting will be at 6 p.m.
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The Entertainment Software Association, which lobbies for the video game industry, is not a part of Thursday's meeting but will get an audience with the vice president on Friday at 2:15 p.m., when Biden meets with the group and other members of "the video-gaming community." That industry has been singled out by many, including NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, as culpable for encouraging and desensitizing young Americans on gun violence. The gaming meeting was going to be combined with the entertainment-industry gathering, but the sessions were split after so many groups were interested in attending, an administration official said.
This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 10:00 p.m. on January 9, 2013.
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They asked me to show it to them, so I fished out the hand-held 15 milliwatt from my backpack and gave it to them. They shined it on the floor and flinched as they noticed how eye-hurtingly bright it was. I could easily tell they were going to confiscate it, but there was also a restrained curiousity about them wanting to play with it.
My passport was taken and I was lead to a room where I had to fill out some paper work and sign a document stating they were going to destroy my laser:
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For the past week, Bryant has been pulling kokanee salmon and a few arctic char out of the frozen southeast corner of Summit County's Dillon Reservoir, where the Snake River comes in and the fish stage for spawning. It's not uncommon to pick up a few trout lurking to poach the salmon eggs as well.
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Bloody Murder is a play that "will slay you," according to Bay Weekly theater reviewer Jane Elkin.
Do you care? Is 2nd Star Productions on your radar?
Jane's opinion matters a lot to 2nd Star and the dozen community and professional theater companies whose plays are routinely reviewed in our pages. Davina Grace Hill, Bay Weekly's other regular theater reviewer, and Jane damn or sanctify months of effort with their opinions.
This time around, Jane went home laughing, which is what you want when your play is a comedy. Her judgment that "this is far and away the best non-musical I've ever seen under this roof" will boost ticket sales, swell the hearts of company and actors and add to their collection of good clips, which are as good as gold in theater currency.
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That question is a big deal to all of us who make the paper, because we invest a lot of ink in local theater. There's a play review in our pages most weeks of the year. Summer used to be the quiet time in theaters, but no more, as resident companies extended their seasons. With plays to review for children as well as for adults, many weeks Bay Weekly felt and read more like Variety.
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Bay Weekly's editorial motto — many fish bite if you've got good bait — covers more than The Sporting Life.
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At the same time, we're fattening our coverage of art galleries because artists are as common in Chesapeake Country as authors, fish and actors. This week, I've visited Annmarie Garden and Calvert Marine Museum to see a pair of shows featuring the watermen and women of Chesapeake Country. Like Jane and Davina — who reviews Colonial Players' Bell, Book and Candle for next week's paper — I hope you'll enjoy the story I've brought back for you. But even more, I hope you'll see these illuminating shows with your own eyes.
This weekend opens a window of opportunity. Saturday and Sunday Annmarie Garden throws its annual Artsfest, with artists from all over the country setting up along its woodland paths. While you're at the Garden, save enough energy to climb upstairs to see Marc Castelli's The Art of the Waterman.
Calvert Marine Museum, where the photo exhibit Endangered Species: Watermen of the Chesapeake opens this weekend, is just a hop, skip and a jump away. I promise you'll want to see it, too.
Whatever direction you turn in Chesapeake Country, you'll find art and fun this weekend. At Bowie Playhouse in White Marsh Park, you can nearly die laughing over Bloody Murder. At Greenstreet Gardens in Lothian, you can see the art of Muddy Creek Artists Guild's fall show. In Crownsville, you can time travel at the Renaissance Festival.
Whatever your reading taste — and I do hope you'll tell me what you read and why — you'll find plenty of events to satisfying your tastes in Chesapeake Country. Let 8 Days a Week guide you.
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Adjei, Kwame A. Socioeconomic characteristics of small farmers in Carroll County, TN. TSU thesis, 1980. 46 pp.
Biographical directory, TN General Assembly, 1796-1969 (Carroll County, Preliminary # 8). Nashville, 1969. 48 pp.
Carroll County Homecoming '86 Historical Book Committee. History of Carroll County, TN. Paducah, KY, Turner Pub. Co., 1987. v.1.
Carroll County, 1980-1987: an economic analysis. Nashville, TN Dept. Employment Sec., 1988. 12 pp.
DeVault, Mary R. Carroll County sesquicentennial booklet. McKenzie, McKenzie Banner, 1972. 192 pp.
Goodspeed's history of TN (Carroll County, pp. 797-813, 847-888). Goodspeed, 1887.
Hershey, Robert. Mineral resources summary of the Seventeen Creek quadrangle, TN. Nashville, TN Div. Geol., 1966. 24 pp.
Holley, Peggy S. Williams Chapel Church of Christ, 1879-1982, Carroll County, TN. Austin, TX, the author, 1988. var. pp.
Null, James M. Aboriginal structures in Carroll County, TN. (In Smithsonian Institution Annual report, 1882, pp. 768-769.)
Raskopf, B.D. Improving incomes of small farms in area 6, west TN. TN Ag. Exp. Sta., 1948 (its Rural research series monograph #237)
Rothrock, Mary U. "Family letters: home life in Carroll & Gibson counties, TN, 1868." WTHSP 25 (1971), pp. 107-134.
Rothrock, Mary U. "Family letters: home life in Madison & Carroll counties, TN, 1864-1867." WTHSP 23 (1969), pp. 110-128; 24 (1970), pp. 106-129.
Smith, Gerald P. An archaeological overview & management plan for the Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Gibson & Carroll counties, TN. N.p., Woodward-Clyde Consultants, 1984. 1 vol.
Smith, W.A., ed. "The autobiographical sketch of Thomas Hamilton." WTHSP 16 (1962), pp. 127-132.
Soil survey, Carroll County, TN. Washington, D.C., US GPO, 1984. 83 pp.
TN Dept. Employment Sec. Occupational survey Carroll County. Nashville, TN Dept. Employment Sec., 1964. 6 pp.
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Thompson, Betty A. A survey of the vascular flora of Carroll County, TN. MSU thesis, 1974. 107 pp.
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Wingfield, Marshall, ed. "The diary of Williamson Younger, 1817-1876." WTHSP 13 (1959), pp. 55-77.
Newton, James A. "Early history of Bethel College." WTHSP 9 (1955), pp. 119- 137.
Community information, Huntingdon, TN. Jackson, Carroll County Chamber of Commerce & West TN Industrial Assoc., 1987. 34 pp.
Milam, Josephine. History of Macedonia, 9th district, Carroll County, TN. McKenzie, McKenzie Banner, 1989. 99 pp.
Chandler, Nettie W. A history of the First Methodist Church, McKenzie, TN, 1867-1954. McKenzie, Banner Print., 1954. 18 pp.
Community information, McKenzie, TN. Jackson, Carroll County Chamber of Commerce & West TN Industrial Assoc., 1987. 31 pp.
McKenzie Tri-County Centennial Corp. McKenzie's past, 1869-1969: McKenzie, TN, hub of the tri-counties, Carroll, Henry & Weakley. McKenzie, Centennial Corp., 1969. 156 pp.
McKenzie transportation study: existing conditions, phase I. Nashville, TN Dept. Transportation, 1983. 1 map.


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A few weeks ago, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen rightly blasted Pakistan for exporting violence to Afghanistan. And similar accusations keep surfacing – specifically that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has supported Haqqani network militants attacking US and coalition forces along the border.
Pakistan's behavior further weakens the decaying US-Pakistan relationship. It also lessens chances for a successful outcome in Afghanistan and erodes the internal security of both the United States and Pakistan. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent trip to Islamabad aimed to smooth relations, but also emphasize Washington's demand that Pakistan better combat terrorists and insurgent groups. Fortunately, in the face of Pakistan's misguided strategy, the US does have a few options.
To be fair, Washington has been trying to push Pakistan. In Kabul earlier this month, Secretary Clinton called on Pakistan to "take the lead" in fighting insurgent groups operating in Pakistan and help rehabilitate fighters in Afghanistan as well. But enlisting Pakistani cooperation will be quite a challenge. Some suspect that the ISI even supported the recent assault on the US embassy in Kabul, as payback for the attack on Osama bin Laden. This is not so far-fetched. While Americans took satisfaction in a mission accomplished, many Pakistanis viewed the attack as an abuse of sovereignty.
In a recent Pew Global Attitudes Survey, a majority of Pakistanis thought that killing bin Laden was a bad thing. It's fair to speculate that, consequently, many Pakistanis took satisfaction in seeing the US embassy attacked.
Then there is the Pakistanis' dislike of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has already drawn himself closer to Pakistan's archrival, India. Just that perception alone is damning to the Karzai government, because fear of India is a big hot button. Pakistan and India have gone to war three times in just 60 years. Fear of India also helps bind Pakistan to insurgent groups like the Haqqani network.
So what should the US do?
Pressure Army to rein in ISI
First, Washington must demand that Chief of Army Staff Asfaq Pervez Kayani – the key power player in Pakistan – crack down on ISI aid to the Haqqani network, Taliban, and other insurgent groups attacking US and coalition forces in Afghanistan. The Army holds great influence over the ISI. As a former director general of the ISI, Mr. Kayani knows the agency very well. And the ISI's current director general, Lt. Gen. Shuja Pasha, is a trusted ally. It's fair to say that Kayani is strong enough to rein in ISI operatives.
Then what leverage might the US apply?
America doesn't need another front in the war in Afghanistan, so sending in troops to Pakistan is unrealistic and unwanted – both by Pakistan's government and Americans back home. Doing so would probably only cause the kind of political instability that would benefit the militant Islamists. Formally labeling the country a state-sponsor of terrorism could have the same effect.
Another option, cutting off aid, would be unlikely to change the military's policies. Though Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari sides with the US in his hostility to the Taliban, the elected government lacks the power to impose its will on the military.
Urge India-Pakistan talks over Afghanistan
The challenge for US-Pakistani relations is Pakistan's relationship with India and Islamabad's concerns about Mr. Karzai moving to solidify his relations with India. Yet India and Pakistan have recently made surprising progress in talks centered on strengthening economic ties.
The US could play off that positive momentum and encourage New Delhi and Islamabad to open a dialogue on Afghanistan as well. It won't be easy, but dispelling Islamabad's fears about India's intentions in Afghanistan could go a long way toward correcting the Pakistani military's strategic calculus. (Many assess that Pakistan maintains some alliance with insurgents as insurance against Indian influence in Afghanistan.)
If the ISI ignored that signal for better cooperation with India, it should understand that such a refusal might force the US to take its own steps and consider a stronger strategic alliance with India aimed at containing Pakistan militarily. That has to be Pakistan's nightmare. The threat, which Washington must be willing to act on, may well motivate the military to rethink whether supporting the Taliban and Haqqani network serves their interests.
Pakistan needs a communication campaign at home
The US must also persuade the Pakistani government to mount a strong communication campaign at home to demonize the Taliban, Islamist terrorists, and other insurgent groups, especially the Haqqani network. Pakistan has mostly lacked the will to do that. Partly that's because public opinion is hostile to the US, which many blame more than terrorists and insurgent groups for bombings at home. Many Pakistanis feel that their country is fighting America's war and paying the price.
Still, opinions about the US are one thing. Recognizing that the terrorist and insurgent groups pose an existential threat to Pakistan is something else. The campaign should focus on what terrorist and militant group ambitions for power mean for Pakistanis.
The consequences of these insurgent ambitions have become increasingly obvious. Taliban aggressiveness in the Swat and Bruner areas of Pakistan was a wake-up call. Despite Pakistan Army chief Kayani's possibly mixed views about the US, he won't countenance the Taliban and other militant insurgent groups gaining enough influence to undermine the military establishment. His government is in a unique position to initiate a campaign that defines the threat and links the Taliban, which attacks Afghans, to the criminals that murder fellow Muslims at home in Pakistan.
Many Pakistanis refuse to believe that Muslims would murder fellow Muslims. The Taliban encourages this mistaken belief by blaming the US, India, or Israel for bombings. Pakistan must counter these fabrications.
There is precedent for military and media campaign against terrorists. When Kayani and President Zardari mounted an offensive in South Waziristan against the Taliban and Islamist militants operating in the region in 2009, they got the media, civilian officials, and the Army behind it. The Taliban was blocked from the media, while the messaging campaign framed the conflict as "us vs. them." It was able to discredit violent Islamists, as influenced by foreigners opposed to Islam and the "motherland."
Effort in Afghanistan needs Pashtuns
Finally, the US must recognize that any positive outcome in Afghanistan doesn't just require Pakistani cooperation; it must also assure a central role for Pashtuns, the key ethnic group dominant in the Taliban and in parts of Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. While the Afghans must decide their future for themselves, American values mandate that Washington stand for assuring all ethnic groups a democratic voice in the future. Mediation makes sense on this issue, but the Afghans must decide who conducts that process.
In the ever-changing world of Pakistan politics, negotiations with the US, India, insurgents, or the Afghan government are always a moving target. These steps offer a realistic way forward.
James Farwell is the author of the recently released book "The Pakistan Cauldron: Conspiracy, Assassination, and Instability."


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10 January 2020
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10 January 2020
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10 January 2020
The UK has environmental problems which are contributing to and exacerbated by climate change - a serious threat to future generations. Jo explains how the College is playing its role to speak up on behalf of young people.
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I believe that University of the Pacific's Conservatory of Music does not get enough credit. From lovely recitals by graduating seniors, all free, to faculty solos and chamber music, as well as symphony concerts with a nominal admission charge, we in Stockton have a chance to enjoy classical music which, in larger cities, would be too expensive for many families.
I believe that University of the Pacific's Conservatory of Music does not get enough credit. From lovely recitals by graduating seniors, all free, to faculty solos and chamber music, as well as symphony concerts with a nominal admission charge, we in Stockton have a chance to enjoy classical music which, in larger cities, would be too expensive for many families.
A great example was the recently produced opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor," a two-hour production with symphony music, extravagant period costumes and a cast of highly trained Pacific student singers. The end result of the work of university professors, directors, conductors and theater professionals is almost unbelievable.
Those of us who attended this opera came away in wonder of how polished these productions have become.
Another praiseworthy project is Dean Ongaro's partnering with Stockton Symphony's conductor Peter Jaffe to sponsor "Stockton Harmony," which donates violins to disadvantaged youths and gets them involved in classical music.
When you add these to the many other advantages we have living in Stockton, we can easily believe in the motto: Love Stockton.
Paul Fairbrook
Stockton Unified has again managed to regain its dysfunctional propensity by the following predictable turn on a pledge by the new superintendent to justify his contract extension and raise in salary.
� "One of my goals here is to bring some stability and a clear vision of our academic programs and provide the education our kids and community deserve," Lowder said. "You can't do that without stability of leadership." (The Record, Jan. 29)
How did Mr. Lowder choose to implement this goal? By targeting 11 school sites for another upheaval in the stability of leadership.
� Eleven principals were put on notice for release on March 15, by the superintendent with board authorization.
This implementation decision was widely questioned as either outright hypocrisy or a statement that school sites are not important. Have these 11 sites ever had the opportunity to experience the support for the strong principal model so prevalent in the characteristics of high-performing schools? Were these schools consistently victims of the yearly sense of urgency to manufacture a "fix" because of the low test scores? Why have they never been given the "stability of leadership" to actually sustain a "fix"?
The job of school leader has become increasingly challenging because of expanded responsibilities and inadequate professional supports. The churn of leadership makes it difficult to sustain reform efforts in schools that will result in improved teaching practices and learning outcomes for students. It appeared in stating the goal that the superintendent knew this. Why doesn't stability go beyond the chair in the superintendent's office?
Give schools a chance.
Eugene Jackson
It is with amazement I note the level of attention bestowed upon a retiring basketball coach. Certainly Bob Thomason helped mold many young men.
I had the good fortune of playing high school basketball for the famous Jerry Tarkanian. I learned life lessons from Jerry, but I learned so much from my world history teacher and physics teacher as well.
I played four years at a large university. I learned far more from my professors and especially the T.A. who helped me breeze through calculus than I did from any of my basketball coaches. They were consumed with winning and keeping their jobs.
It is sad that so many great teachers and professors retire with not even a smidgen of the fanfare given to Bob Thomason. Our values are out of kilter.
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The movie, to be released in December 2014, is based on Laura Hillenbrand's book "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption," which chronicles Zamperini's life.
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The price of gold rings and lords a leapin' increased this year as did the pear tree – but not the partridge. Visit pncchristmaspriceindex.com for fun and educational features.
The PNC Christmas Price Index predicts True Loves will be on their merry way to a more robust and satisfying holiday shopping season this year. To purchase the gifts included in the classic holiday song "The 12 Days of Christmas," it will only cost 0.6 percent more than in 2016, according to the 34th annual holiday economic analysis.
Health savings accounts can help fund medical expenses in retirement. If you wish to retire early, they can help cover health care expenses before you are eligible for Medicare.
If you wish to retire before age 65, a major roadblock may be the ability to pay for medical expenses before you are eligible for Medicare. While premiums for health insurance other than Medicare are generally not qualified expenses, you can use HSA money for deductibles associated with the health insurance plan you do obtain as well as co-pays and prescription drug costs.
Whether your goal is to diversify while staying actively involved in the business or to execute on a complete sale of the business, an ESOP can accomplish either.
ESOPs provide owners with the ability to attain liquidity and address transition objectives in a tax advantaged manner. ESOPs provide flexibility and intangible benefits that are difficult or impossible to achieve with alternative exit strategies.
Many studies corroborate the notion that employee ownership yields positive outcomes for the company and benefits that employees can readily recognize.
ESOPs provide owners with the ability to attain liquidity and address transition objectives in a tax advantaged manner. ESOPs provide flexibility and intangible benefits that are difficult or impossible to achieve with alternative exit strategies.
There's still time to address year-end tax and financial planning. Here are nine possible tax-saving actions you can implement now.
Sometimes you don't get to your financial planning as early as you would have liked. The good news is, it's not too late to take some action. Here we provide a quick review of a few valuable income tax and estate planning strategies you might still use before year end.
More than $8.72 trillion has been invested in the United States in Responsible Investing strategies. Learn best practices.
The PNC Institutional Advisory Solutions® Investment Strategy Team has formalized its views on responsible investing for institutional investors. This summary discusses those views and key considerations for asset owners as they evaluate integrating responsible investing into the management of their portfolios.
Cash balances continue to remain high; there's a large investment in bank products and organizations have no plans to invest in prime money market funds. Could that change?
While much of the talk around money funds asks why corporates left, AFP's survey attempted to dig a little deeper. We asked practitioners what might entice them to come back. Would it be a stable NAV? Is it a certain number of basis points? Is it the uncertainty around it?
It's important to review your plans so they reflect your current status and wishes. Use our checklist to identify documents you might easily assess on your own.
Your advisors can help you map out the provisions of your will and any trust(s) and compare them with the beneficiary designations of any retirement plans, life insurance, and any other resources that might pass by any form of contract. Compare the results to confirm that, in total, they accomplish what you want.
The 60% stock and 40% bond portfolio may no longer be sufficient to generate the returns required to meet the long-term goals of institutions and individuals.
As interest rates have decreased, investors have had to assume greater portfolio risk and asset class diversification to keep pace with their objectives. In 1995, an investor could earn a 7.5% return with a simple 100% fixed income portfolio. By 2015, investors needed a drastically more diversified portfolio, with fixed income shrinking to 12% of the total portfolio.
Are you facing international cash management challenges without uniform internal systems – and with thinly-spread local staff?
According to a 2016 Ovum survey of 200 treasurers in 23 countries, only 13% of multinational corporates can see their real-time global cash position. Treasury teams need to achieve a greater degree of centralization and regain control of their company's most important asset: cash.
We believe buy-sell funding has a "Goldilocks zone" of sorts in that parties to a buy-sell agreement will seek to find an optimal funding level.
Acquiring an appropriate amount of life insurance coverage, properly structuring ownership and beneficiary designations, and aligning the type of life insurance policy with the terms of the buy-sell agreement are critical to implementing a successful funding strategy.
A key to effective wealth management and family wealth transfer is recognizing the risks that threaten you and your family's wealth and developing strategies to minimize them.
Recognize the risks that threaten you and your family's wealth and develop strategies to minimize them. Disability, divorce and predators are just a few of the risks families face. A well-designed and well-administered trust is one of the most effective tools for managing life's risks and achieving wealth goals.
Gain market insights from research developed by PNC's Real Estate Market Analytics team by viewing this webinar.
Get an inside look at location and product concentrations; market rankings; product winners and outlook and opportunities in the market.
Trade negotiations, including changes to NAFTA and the uncertainties presented by Brexit make the need for foreign exchange risk mitigation more urgent than ever.
Evaluate current risk management practices, including the establishment of a hedge policy. Ensure that your internal policies and controls correctly account for risks. Update your management reporting systems to correctly list your FX exposures and hedging activity.
PNC's economists forecast that the Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates throughout 2017 and beyond.
In order to reduce the impact of rising rates on borrowing costs, companies should develop and implement a comprehensive plan to manage their interest rate exposure. PNC speakers provide a perspective on how external factors may affect your financing costs and what you can do to regain control.
Pension plan sponsors face a volatile landscape that presents significant opportunities and risks, especially if they have a legacy defined benefit plan, or are considering a merger.
Healthcare systems are complicated organizations, managing their liabilities to maintain credit ratings in a competitive environment. Pension risk is a liability many systems face and several strategies available are highlighted in this article.
Despite the prospect of a higher interest rate environment, access and availability in the debt capital markets remain open and attractive in both floating and fixed-rate segments.
Banks maintain a solid appetite for new loans as we enter 2017; however, it remains to be seen if banks begin to become more selective in their investment decisions in the overall context of a rising rate environment coupled (potentially) with a less rigid regulatory environment.
2016 included a number of significant political and economic events that will usher in changes during 2017.
PNC's Harris Williams & Co. subsidiary (www.harriswilliams.com) is a leading M&A advisor with experience across a wide range of industries. Bill Watkins, Managing Director, and Larissa Rozycki, Vice President, discuss results from 2016 and the rationale behind predictions for 2017 M&A activity.
As 2017 begins, stock and oil prices are moving higher and economic outlooks for 2017 are being revised.
Economic growth will be faster in 2017-2018 with assists from consumer spending, construction spending, business investment and Federal government spending, more than offsetting weakness in U.S. exports as the dollar continues to strengthen and growth outside the U.S. remains slow.
Long a trusted resource for financial institutions, SWIFT also supports corporate treasurers as they face expanding roles and shrinking resources.
SWIFT provides messaging standards that define a common means of structuring data for a broad range of financial purposes, from cash management and foreign exchange to trade finance. Additionally, SWIFT provides a highly secure proprietary communication platform and products such as SWIFT FileAct, which supports the exchange of bulk files between corporates and banks.
Stocks and bonds are expensive relative to history, growth remains sluggish, and corporate earnings have been unable to gather sustainable momentum.
We remain in a difficult market to forecast, particularly regarding the complex interactions between what we see as the weak fundamental backdrop and how current monetary policy might affect the dollar, interest rates, and investor risk preferences.
You can find relief by improving management of invoice processing through payment.
Invoice automation can help you optimize the use of employee resources, significantly decrease the cost of processing invoices, help you capture vendor discounts more reliably and increase scale within your back office.
It's clear that corporations and individuals need to understand the risks and opportunities as an uncertain situation evolves.
Britain's Brexit vote upended expectations with 51.9 % of voters backing the "leave" campaign versus 48.1% backing "remain." The result sent shock waves through the markets and created an unstable political environment in the United Kingdom in the weeks following.
Choices about caring for your elderly loved one have to be made in context of what they could mean to your long-term future.
The conflict of caregiving duties with work activities is intense: Six in 10 caregivers who worked full-time in 2015 also reported having to reduce hours or take a leave of absence. Some workers find they are able to better manage when they take advantage of workplace accommodations such as telecommuting, flexible hours and paid sick days.
Chart provides detailed information on Money Market Fund regulation considerations at a glance.
Intended to preserve the benefits of money market funds while increasing transparency and strengthening investor confidence, new regulations effective in October 2016 will require a re-evaluation of your cash management strategy.
Whether you have made the decision to sell your business or are just exploring your options for the future, understanding the road ahead can mean the difference between success and disappointment.
Business sales are complex transactions that are influenced by many variables. Planning ahead can increase the likelihood of success and potentially enable you to navigate tax considerations. An experienced investment banker who is familiar with your industry can ensure that your business is positioned to achieve maximum value and that the sale process is managed properly.
PNC Healthcare commissioned Shapiro+Raj to explore changes in the healthcare environment and their impact on providers, payers, and employers. Here are the findings of that study.
Millennials will shape the future of American healthcare. They seek change throughout the system. They embrace retail and acute care clinics. They take the most responsibility for their own healthcare. They spend more time researching online, finding providers and getting others' opinions and they will force much more change compared to Boomers and seniors.
In addition to expanded opportunity, international investing helps reduce portfolio risk through diversification. Allocations to non-U.S. stocks can reduce portfolio volatility.
International equity plays a critical role in a well-balanced portfolio. International stocks are a large and growing share of the global investment universe and offer investors the potential to capitalize on faster long-term growth trends abroad. There are also investment opportunities in industry segments that are dominated by non-U.S. companies.
Professionals such as physicians, attorneys and business owners are at risk for liability and litigation. Those who are assumed to have deep pockets can become high profile targets.
Asset protection planning is an important part of a comprehensive estate and financial plan addressing an individual's risks now and in the future. Proper asset protection planning requires time, consideration and knowledge to fully integrate the planning holistically and effectively.
Your financial well-being, like your health, can benefit from regular checkups — but where to start? Here is a step-by-step plan to improve your financial fitness.
Pay yourself first. Create a budget. Pay down credit card debt. Prepare a personal net worth statement. Review your estate planning documents. Rebalance your investment portfolio. Review your insurance and your tax plan and seek guidance from a qualified wealth management professional to improve your financial wel being.
Companies are beginning to recognize the importance of having an investment policy that provides clear direction on how investments will be managed and how much risk is acceptable.
A solid investment policy include formalized forecasting and contingency plans to prepare key decision-makers for unexpected events. Contingency plans should include a scenario analysis that details events of varying risk or magnitude and how the company will react. For example — divest, stay the course, or become more conservative.
Does your company have a well-thought-out investment policy? Does your policy have clear, measurable objectives? Has it been written down and shared with the appropriate team?
Putting your investment policy in writing is the foundation of effective investing. Your policy should provide benchmarks to help you evaluate how well it is working and what changes may be needed to make it more effective. While every company is different several elements should be part of every policy.
Biases are the basis for cognitive and emotional errors when we apply them in financial markets and they often result in financial losses.
Humans have an amazing capacity for reasoning, memory, action, feelings and emotions. But capacity alone does not ensure that we will develop the proper biases to employ every day in predictive scenarios. In some cases, these biases come hardwired in our brains and work against us when it comes to predicting market movements.
Given the many reasons that companies may need an escrow account, it's important to screen escrow service providers to make sure they meet the needs of all parties.
When companies engage in mergers, acquisitions or real estate transactions, all eyes are on closing the deal. However, choosing an escrow agent — often a mandatory step in the process — is frequently low on the priority list, even though a successful close may rely on it.


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One year after, he began to work on When I Walk, a point-of-view documentary that chronicles his journey as the autoimmune disease progresses.
"I thought the best thing to do was film myself," said the 33-year-old Williamsburg resident. "Everyday is tough."
The feature-length film documents DaSilva's day-to-day experiences while he struggles to maintain a normal routine as the disease progressively takes away his ability to walk. Through personal experiences and interviews with others who suffer from the disease, it shows the ups and downs of living with MS and reveals DaSilva's tenacity to not allow the disease to steal his passion for living – and making films.
"As the story unfolds, I come to better understand the disease," he said, "and develop strategies for the future."
DaSilva has worked as a filmmaker for 11 years. His film, Olivia's Puzzle made it to the Sundance Film Festival, HBO and PBS and received an Oscar qualification. His 1999 feature collaborative Cuba Dreams made it to the Latin American Film Festival. Another film, A Song for Daniel, screened at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2005.
While struggling with the debilitating defects of MS, DaSilva noticed that around New York City, there weren't many places that offered accessibility to the disabled.
After a 2007 experience of having trouble finding a place with an accessible restroom, he decided to create an online tool called AXS Map, which is also featured in the film.
It allows users to review the accessibility of various types of buildings, such as determining whether there is a wide entry, accessible restrooms, and obstacles such as stairs.
"I thought why not create a user-generated map of all the places that were accessible to those with walkers, wheelchairs, even strollers?" he said.
The website, axsmap.com, also has a blog with latest news related to the disabled community.
When I Walk is set to be released in 2013.
DaSilva hopes that his film can offer inspiration to others suffering from the incurable disease.
"You have to keep going and treat everyday like it's a gift," he said. "It's a challenge and I hope this film raises awareness."
For more information, visit wheniwalk.com. For a preview of the film, view the trailer here.


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Please join the Chicago Alumni Chapter and other friends of Albion College for a family-friendly fall gathering at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle (www.mortonarb.org)!
Date: Saturday, October 5th
Time: Noon-2pm
Details: Join us for a fall picnic and outing at the beautiful Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois! The Arboretum permits visitors to bring in food and beverages (just no alcohol or glass), so our plan is to meet in the Children's Garden area (on the lawn, or under the tents if need be due to weather). Bring along a picnic blanket, lunches, food/treats to share, etc.! Sandwiches and things are also available for purchase at the Visitor's Center Gingko Restaurant & Cafe. Please note, however, that the Arboretum does charge an admission fee to the grounds of $12 per adult and $9 per child age 2 or older. Plan to come early or stay later and enjoy all that the Arboretum has to offer, including the Children's Garden, Maze Garden, and several miles of hiking and biking routes.
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John Gardner was one of the founding members of BlueRun Ventures, which spun out of Nokia a decade ago after scoring a huge win as PayPal's first investor. But, proving you can go home again, he returned to Nokia a few years later to head the Finnish giant's growth-stage venture investing.
In this week's Elevator Pitch, Gardner talks about his change of heart and about what's ahead for his operation, which isn't affected by Microsoft's pending acquisition of Nokia's mobile-phone business.
Q: How'd you get into this racket?
A: I first came across working with startups when doing business development for Nokia in the late '90s. It was absorbing — working with visionary entrepreneurs, seeing what they accomplish over the years and getting the chance to influence them in a way that greatly enhanced their chances of success. I got really inspired and decided it's what I wanted to do full time, so I got into venture capital.
Q: What kinds of pitches are you looking for now?
A: As a group, we invest in mobile technologies, and that is really our core expertise. Under the mobile umbrella, I've been scouting pitches in applied data, analytics and advertising for the last five years. I am always on the lookout for entrepreneurs who think they can solve a unique problem in that complex space. It's an attractive field, because advertising is the primary monetization engine on the Internet for content, and mobile is key to that.
Right now, the convergence of online and offline at retail is also very interesting, and we have just done a few recent investments in entrepreneurs who are actively enabling that. As a group, we also focus on mobile technologies in local marketplaces, embedded systems, connected car, mobile consumer (mostly gaming and wearables) and mobile enterprise.
Q: What's the biggest mistake entrepreneurs make?
A: Not thinking big enough. If you start in a niche, have a big end in mind.
Another common mistake is sacrificing on quality when hiring. It might be a cliché, but it's really all about the team. If you have a strong team, you can do anything.
Q: What's the next big thing going to be?
A: The convergence between online and offline at retail will be huge. It's something that has already started to evolve, and I believe mobile will play a key role in that development. The technologies that enable that convergence are currently fragmented, and both brands as well as publishers want solutions for cross-channel and cross-device optimization. Technologies that increase visibility, performance, analytics and prediction throughout the whole marketing and retail life cycle.
In a few years, we could be walking down the street and seeing the same information on our mobile, a digital outdoor billboard and our desktop when getting to the office — and as a brand, be able to track all that. Also, the advances of artificial intelligence in all marketing and consumer services, turning masses of data into better end-user experiences, is big but will get much bigger yet.
Q: Talk about the process of leaving Nokia and coming back a few years later.
A: I was doing business development for Nokia together with (BlueRun co-founder) John Malloy and a few others; a core group of us spun out to do venturing in mobile in 1998 and founded what is now BlueRun Ventures. That group is (also) still only focusing on mobile, but they do early stage; we do later stage investments.
In 2005, Nokia wanted to back its own VC, and I saw the opportunity to be in the creation mode and build something of my own. This is my startup.
I am a firm believer in the benefits of the hybrid venture model, which consists of an independent VC backed by a sole corporate limited partner. And that conviction is only getting stronger. We have proved over the last five years that with the right execution, it is a very strong model.
Q: Describe the difference between early stage investing like you were doing at BlueRun and the growth-stage investing you're doing now.
A: Early and late stage investing are two very different ballgames. The companies in later growth stage have different needs in terms of VC support, scaling, execution, sales teams and hiring. I find growth stage interesting, as many of the companies we invest in are just about to embark on the global arena. As active global investors, we are able to help them do that with our local offices and extensive industry networks in China, India, Europe and here in the US.
Both kinds of investing are equally important to Silicon Valley, as they fuel capabilities at different stages.
Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638. Follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap.


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You art is so distinctive and colorful! It makes me smile (seriously). Where does your inspiration come from?
One of my biggest inspirations has been Mary Engelbreit. I love her happy style- the dots & cherries got me started- I used a lot of her designs when I first started painting- and now I feel that my style has emerged with still some of her influence thrown in there.
Also, my parents are a big inspiration- I was always encouraged to be creative and they are creative in the way they decorated the house- painting and wall papering everywhere. They let me pound nails all over my room and hang whatever I wanted.
What is the first painting you created?
Again- the idea for this painting comes straight from a Mary Engelbreit magazine- and I never show this painting because I am embarrassed that I copied the artist- and I cannot even remember who it was. So I am sorry, whoever you are for completely copying and mutilating your style- but this painting really opened the Pandora's box for me and my interest in the modern folk art style was born.
Where do you call home?
My home is now
Is there a project you have always dreamed of creating and what would it be?
To write and illustrate children's books. I have started one, and hope to publish it- but I look at it now and see lots of stuff I need to do differently- hopefully one of these days I will be able to read a book to my children that I made for them!
I hope your winter day has been brightened by Sara's art!
Please check out her blog and shop to check out more of her wonderful work.


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I think about this a lot, Maggie, how people die and their matter feeds something else to keep it alive...other life forms do arise because of you, but it is hard to conceive of never having consciousness again.
Sort of like how if things were a little bit off (if your parents "had a headache" one night or something) you wouldn't be alive. They might have had a kid some other time but it wouldn't be you.
Yeah. People cant' help how they feel. Although to top off the existential angst, I also think about how I don't have any real problems, which makes it even worse.
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Hey guys it's me Dawn and I'm back today with a new lesson that is going to be super cute and super fun. To start the tutorial day off I will be showing you guys "how to draw baby monkeys", step by step. Even though the monkey is an adored species, people seem to forget that they can also be very dangerous. Anyways, that's not going to be the case with these monkeys that you will be drawing because I made sure to create a pair that is safe to cuddle with, and easy to love. I had so much fun making this tutorial because I love drawing chibi style and even cute types of animals like the two monkeys you see here. It's going to be hard to choose which monkey will be your favorite, and because of this I suggest that you forget about choosing, because it's going to be an impossible decision to make. Overall the one thing that you will have a choice to do is tackle this tutorial on "how to draw monkeys" at your own pace. I do hope you have as much fun as I did when you begin this lesson. I will be back soon with more drawing fun so stay tuned in to see what else I have in store. Peace out people!
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