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Welcome to another edition of the OrvisNews.com Friday Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing footage available. This week's collection bounces all over the planet; in fact, just three of the eight videos are from the good old U.S. of A. The rest come from such far-flung locations as Wales, Japan, Russia, and Lithuania. Who knew that there were great fishing opportunities for urban seasbass in Tokyo or big Atlantic salmon in a country many folks don't think of as an angling destination? As a bonus, there's a little bit of how-to here, as well: you'll learn how to remove a giant popper from an angler's shoulder with maximum efficiency and minimum blood loss. (It's all in the sharpness of the tug.) Remember, we surf so you don't have to. But if you do stumble upon something great that you think is worthy of inclusion in a future FFF, please post it in the comments below. See you next week with a fresh set of films!
We kick things off with a gorgeous video from northern Wales, combining stunning scenery, beautiful rivers, and some cool wildlife shots. As a small-stream nut, I would love to spend time on these tumbling waters catching native browns.
There aren't a lot of fish in this video, but that's kind of par for the course when you're talking about fly-fishing for muskies. The lack of fish (notwithstanding one heck of a smallmouth) doesn't mean there isn't plenty of action, though, starting with some in-the-boat surgery. Try not to wince.
October 15 from www.salmosalar.lt on Vimeo.
I love it when we get to introduce new countries in the FFF, and here's some two-handed salmon action from Lithuania, which I've certainly never thought of as an angling destination. (I'll wait while you Google its location.) Judging from the beautiful Atlantic caught at the end, it might be an undiscovered fly-fishing gem.
From there, we move on to another FFF first: saltwater fly fishing from Japan. This is urban angling at its finest, casting an 8-weight for seabass around some sort of huge pier in Tokyo Harbor. It looks a lot like striper fishing in Boston or San Francisco. There are some cool splashy strikes, as well as a rockin' soundtrack.
2011 Fishing Compilation from CP Flyfishing on Vimeo.
Here's a season's worth of great action from Alberta, Canada. So great trout feeding shots, as well as jumping rainbows are on display. Stick around for a couple of lunkers at the end.
Bringing it Home: Fly Fishing the Kenai Peninsula from Outside Bend Productions on Vimeo.
Travel to Alaska's Kenai Peninsula in September for some great trout, Dolly Varden (those of you who took yesterday's quiz now know where this name comes from), and silver salmon. With millions of sockeyes in the river, the egg-bite is on!
We are really busting out the new adventures this week: Here's a cool small-stream trout video from Russia. If I hadn't told you where it was filmed, you might assume that this is somewhere in the Northeast or Midwest of the U.S., though. The video follows an angler drifting streamers from browns, and his experience is familiar to all of usa tough day of fishing rescued by a small fish at the end.
toxic from Yukon Goes Fishing on Vimeo.
We finish with another installment from our friend Ivan at Yukon Goes Fishing. There's more great cinematography than fish here, but it's a lovely glimpse of Montana in October. The brown he lands at the end is just perfectly formed, the very image of the ideal trout. Have a great weekend!


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Guitar is just an instrument, but music is infinite.
Get to know Gilad Hekselman, the Israeli jazz guitarist from New York who visited Sweden for his concert during the Guitar Feast at Dunkers kulturhus in Helsingborg, where Musik i Syd Channel met him for an interview.
Gilad Hekselman has established himself as one of the leading innovators of today's jazz guitarists and has shared the stage with many of the leading players in New York's jazz scene, where he also lives.
The concert with Gilad Hekselman and Amir Bresler from Helsingborg on February 29 can be seen on Musik i Syd Channel and also available at Swedish Radio P2


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Alzheimer's researcher Dr Ashwin Venkataraman shares first-hand insights into how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected patients and ongoing research.
Dr Venkataraman is an Alzheimer's Society Clinical Research Fellow at the UK Dementia Research Institute at Imperial College London. His research focusses on using imaging to understand how the brain changes during the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
In a recent letter published in The Times as part of a campaign jointly led by the Alzheimer's Society and Alzheimer's Research UK, Dr Venkataraman was one of 300 academics to call for "urgent government action" in the face of a severe funding shortfall in dementia research.
The day before the publication of the open letter, a report from the London School of Economics and University College London showed that people with dementia accounted for a quarter of all COVID-related deaths in England and Wales, and three-quarters of all deaths in care facilities globally.
In light of this, we spoke to Dr Venkataraman to better understand how COVID-19 has affected people living with Alzheimer's and its impact on ongoing research into the condition.
Following a report published earlier this month, why is it that people with Alzheimer's appear to be more vulnerable to the disease?
Around 850,000 people are living with dementia in the UK. Alzheimer's is the biggest cause of dementia. There is no clear evidence at the moment that dementia in itself increases the risk of contracting COVID-19. However, many people living with Alzheimer's have other health conditions, and it tends to affect people in later life. These factors essentially mean that they are more vulnerable to developing COVID-19 infection and its effects, and often in a more severe form.
Also, the cognitive difficulties associated with the condition make it more challenging for someone with Alzheimer's to comply with safety measures. Relatives of my patients often tell me that their loved ones don't understand lockdown and that they can't go out and about as they normally would. It's often hard for someone with Alzheimer's disease to retain new information because the condition affects short-term memory. This makes it difficult to learn and remember new rules like maintaining a two-metre distance and washing hands for twenty seconds. This is partly why this group has been more vulnerable to COVID.
How has lockdown affected people with Alzheimer's, in terms of the daily management of their health and care?
A proportion of people with dementia are in care homes, and they tend to be older and have severe Alzheimer's with multiple other health conditions; this setting has been hit particularly hard by COVID. At the peak of the pandemic, there were significant staff and personal protective equipment shortages in hospitals, care homes and for community carers. There was difficulty in accessing medical care in the community with closures of day centres and other facilities. People were also scared to access help. All of those things combined would have significantly affected people with Alzheimer's disease and reduced the level of care they would normally receive on a day-to-day basis, for example, reminders to take medication and regular feeding and washing. Social interaction with family, carers and healthcare staff is also beneficial, and many people have become lonely, isolated and depressed without it.
How has the pandemic affected your research and Alzheimer's research more widely?
"Dementia is more deadly than COVID and more deadly with COVID. Dementia is the number one cause of death in the UK and in combination with COVID it leads to greater loss of life and comorbidity." Dr Ashwin Venkataraman Clinical Research Fellow
It's been devastating to Alzheimer's research. I was one of 300 signatories on an open letter published in The Times. One of the key messages was that the disruption caused by COVID-19 will lead to the loss of a generation of dementia researchers. Major Alzheimer's charities are not approving any new projects and a freeze on funding is set to continue until at least January 2021 due to a huge fall in income. Currently, only about 15% of dementia researchers have been able to resume work at more than 50% of original capacity. It will take years to recover without new investment. My colleagues and I are very concerned about the future, as a significant number of researchers are now leaving the field.
A few clinical studies have weathered the storm, but the day-to-day reality of running these projects is now very different. Mine is one of the few Alzheimer's patient studies to have resumed, but a lot has had to change. We've had to adapt and learn how to make things a lot safer. We've created a new COVID protocol given the higher risks posed to our patients. At the moment, we're trying to increase our research activity while we can in anticipation of a second wave of infections and potential national or local lockdowns.
Our research environment has changed significantly, and this has affected our work on a very fundamental level. Our patients and their families are, understandably, under a lot of stress. Practically, we also have to wear full protective equipment – gowns, masks and visors – and for patients with Alzheimer's disease, that poses a lot of challenges. It makes it difficult for them to do cognitive tests, understand emotions and gestures and to hear what we're saying. So, it isn't ideal, but we're coping.
I think it's important to remember that dementia is more deadly than COVID and more deadly with COVID. Dementia is the number one cause of death in the UK and in combination with COVID it leads to greater loss of life and comorbidity. That's why increased and sustained investment in dementia research is so important, for now, and in the future.
World Alzheimer's Day takes place on 21 September and is part of World Alzheimer's Month. For more information and resources, please visit the Alzheimer's Society website.
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Village of Vallet. Vines planted in 1974.
Bedrock of micaschist and gneiss with two micas. Plot officially registered under the name Vera Cruz. According a history, a sailor stranded in our lands gave the name of Vera Cruz to this place.
Spring soil preparation has been performed in a traditional manner (earthing down and hoeing) throughout the entire estate since 2009. We treat and take care of the vines with natural preparations (no chemical products) and sow cover crops such as pulses and cereals at the end of summer, with close attention to the needs of each crop. We stimulate soil life with one or two applications of horn dung; (preparation 500) in spring and apply a horn silica (preparation 501) after bloom and before harvest if necessary.
Vines are short cut pruned (single guyot) during winter. Vine density is 6,500 plants per hectare.
Careful sorting is carried out in the vineyard by grape harvesters.
Grapes are pressed in a pneumatic press, strength and length of pressing is adapted to each vintage.
Spontaneous fermentation using only natural yeasts. Fermentation and maturation on lees in underground glass lined vats for seven months, without racking until bottling in summer time 2020.
Serve at 12˚C
Tartare of mackerel and sea bream, snacked langoustines, pan-seared scallops with citrus fruits.
Despite the abundance of wines, the estate preserves an amazing consistency in the range, from the very carefully made 'Froggy' and other ever-more thirst-quenching but more serious wines (La Grange vieilles vignes, Clos des Allées), to the brilliant plot-based wines Les Pierres Blanches and the latest creation Vera Cruz.
Revue des Vins de France, Guide 2017
Karine Valentin didn't want anything from Provence when electing her wine. She loves Muscadet which, for her, is an appellation of the future; she brought in one of her favorites whose minerality she hopes will pair with the soup. This one, aged 10 months on lees and made exclusively from the Melon de Bourgogne grape variety, a cousin of Chardonnay. She wanted a wine with texture, not too smooth to counterbalance the liquid aspect of the fish soup.
Cuisine et Vins de France, September October 2017 Bien Accompagner
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The worst global economic turmoil seen since the financial crisis of 2008 has inspired a forceful response from Canada?s monetary policymakers at the Bank of Canada. And it may be the first of at least two moves coming from the central bank to keep the country?s economy from sinking into a recession during this period that?s marked by volatility and uncertainty.
As Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz watched COVID-19 panic begin wreaking havoc on financial markets around the world, he and his team announced a significant 50 basis point cut to its mortgage-market influencing overnight rate on March 4th. This was a major event, as the bank hadn?t moved the overnight rate in 17 months and hadn?t cut the rate since 2015.
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While many experts had anticipated the Bank of Canada would cut rates this year following the country?s lacklustre economic growth in late 2019 and early 2020, the increasingly dire COVID-19 outbreak and its wide-ranging economic impacts forced the bank to move swiftly and make some trade-offs.
Read Also: How real estate is boosting Canada's economy
Capital Economics? Stephen Brown wrote late last week that he believes there will be an additional 25 basis point cut in April or possibly sooner as policymakers settle in for what may be a long battle to keep economic growth pointing in the right direction. The Bank of Canada follows a schedule of rate announcements, adhering to eight fixed dates every year. It can, however, act outside those fixed dates if circumstances require a speedy response. This could be one of those times that ad hoc action is considered appropriate.
BMO?s Chief Economist Douglas Porter wrote last week that the Bank of Canada ?left the door swinging wide open to further cuts.?
Read Also: Toronto home sales see February rebound after 2019?s 10-year low
?The reality is, it all depends on how the virus develops, and how consumers and, yes, financial markets then respond to that news. We suspect that given the heightened sensitivity to any bad news on that front, today?s move is unlikely to be the last cut. One scenario could see the Bank trim rates by 25 bps [basis points] in each of its next two decisions (in April and then early June),? wrote Porter.
How these moves affect the Canadian housing market really depends on how dire the COVID-19 situation becomes. It?s a global public health emergency with a huge human and economic toll. That said, many economists believe that so long as a ?worst case scenario? is avoided and concerns are relieved by the summer months, most economies hit hard by the virus will be back up and running with some semblance of normalcy relatively quickly. Some may even be booming.
Read Also: Canadian interest rate cuts expected in March and April: Oxford
Brown wrote that the SARS outbreak that hit Toronto in 2003 caused a 10 percent dive in home sales over two months. Once fears over the disease passed, sales leaped to a record high in the summer.
?The Bank?s rate cut and forthcoming changes to the mortgage stress tests mean that buyers will soon find they can bid 5% ? 8% more for a home than they can currently. So if the worst-case scenario does not materialise, the housing market will likely be booming in six months? time,? wrote Brown.


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Sports to Watch This Weekend
There are six bowl games on Saturday, two of which have teams in the top 25 of the playoff rankings. (All times Eastern.)
In the Independence Bowl, No. 13 Brigham Young takes on Alabama-Birmingham (📺: Saturday, 3:30 p.m., ABC).
In the New Orleans Bowl, No. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette meets Marshall (📺: Saturday, 9:15 p.m., ESPN).


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Walmart Workers Manifestly Reject Big Labor's Class-Warfare Propaganda — And With Good Reason
Today the union-boss front group Our Walmart staged its third annual nationwide "Black Friday" protests against America's largest retailer at more than 1500 store locations across the country.
This year, once again, only a tiny fraction of the protesters were actual Walmart employees, and among the 1.3 million Americans who work for Walmart the overwhelming majority did not participate in or otherwise support the demonstrations.
As University of Michigan-Flint economist/American Enterprise Institute scholar Mark Perry and Employment Policies Institute Research Director Michael Saltsman explain in a joint op-ed for Investor's Business Daily (see the first link below), Walmart w0rkers have ample reason to be skeptical about Big Labor's "Black Friday" message that ever-intensifying class warfare is the surest path to higher living standards for them:
What is overlooked or ignored by labor unions and anti-Wal-Mart organizations is that it takes highly compensated, superstar-level managerial talent to efficiently run a retail giant like Wal-Mart.
These activists then make an even bigger mistake by assuming Wal-Mart's top leaders are highly paid at the expense of lower wages for part-time hourly workers.
Consider: Wal-Mart employs roughly 600,000 part-time employees. If the company's executive team were replaced by lower-paid managers who forfeited 25% of a $71 million total compensation package, the extra take-home pay for part-timers would total just under $30 — per year, that is.
Assuming a 25-hour work week for 50 weeks a year, the pay cut at the top of the company yields less than 3 cents an hour in extra pay for Wal-Mart's part-time associates — and that's before taxes.
Even if we assume that Wal-Mart's executive team takes a 100% pay cut and distributes those earnings to employees — forfeiting salary, stock options, and everything else — the net benefit for the part-time workforce would be a pay bump of roughly 10 cents an hour before taxes.
Of course, the ultimate goal of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), AFL-CIO, and other Big Labor bosses who are leading the charge against Walmart is not to secure higher pay and benefits for Walmart employees, but rather to secure a nationwide forced-dues contract compelling all of the company's front-line employees to pay union dues or fees, or be fired.
Big Labor monopoly control would almost certainly leave employees worse off, not only because they would be forced to bankroll a union whether they joined or not, but also because the company's productivity and growth would be undermined and its ability to offer advancement opportunities for employees would diminish.
As Walmart has pointed out on its web site in a statement quoted by an NPR news story on Friday (see the second link below), roughly 75% of Walmart store managers "started as hourly associates, and they earn between $50,000 and $170,000 a year — similar to what firefighters, accountants, and even doctors make." Last year alone, roughly 170,000 Walmart employees received promotions "to jobs with more responsibility and higher pay."
Big Labor and its apologists do not question the accuracy of such information. Instead, union propagandists hope that millions of people who don't know the facts will simply accept as a given the very dubious assumption that corralling Walmart employees into a union would help them financially. Ultimately, mounting public pressure could sway the company to cease resisting Big Labor efforts to unionize their employees, even if the consequences would be bad for the employees as well as the company.
Fortunately, the public education efforts of economists like Perry and "think tankers" like Saltsman are making it more difficult for Big Labor to fool people who commendably want to help retail industry employees raise their living standards, but don't have a clear idea about how that might best be done.
Black Friday Wal-Mart Protesters Miss Mark With Pay Gap Lament


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Nov 25, 2020
The seventh episode of The Briefing discusses the Hate Crime Bill, and explores explores how legislation can be used to tackle misogyny in Scotland.
Alys and Amanda are joined by Engender's Emma Ritch and Andrew Tickell, Lecturer in Law at Glasgow Caledonian University.
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Nov 6, 2020
[Content Note: contains quotes from news reporting which describes sexual assault and other forms of violence against women]
This episode of On the Engender, recorded in collaboration with Gender Equal Media Scotland, shines a light on how the media has been reporting on domestic abuse and other forms of violence...


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The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating gender inequalities around the world. Equality Now is sharing insights from our team experts about how women's and girls' lives are being affected by the pandemic and what can be done to address the challenges.
This week we hear from Equality Now's Americas Regional Coordinator Bárbara Jiménez-Santiago about how Mexico's government is failing to protect women from gender-based violence during the pandemic.
Countries globally have experienced sharp increases in violence against women since the start of the COVID-19 crisis. What is the situation in Mexico?
Despite incidents of gender-based violence spiraling in Mexico since the introduction of lockdowns measures, the Mexican government has announced it is slashing funding to women's services as part of an emergency decree redirecting money to programs it deems a greater priority. This is on top of prior cuts to funding over the past few years, with the government now using COVID-19 as a justification to extend its austerity program.
In a country where almost nine out of 10 women do not report gender violence, the scale of harm against women is alarming. Mexico was already one of the most dangerous places for women in the region and the situation has worsened during the pandemic. In April 2020, an average of 11 women were murdered every 24 hours, while in May, Mexico's National Shelter Network reported an 80% increase in calls for help.
Deeply disturbing are recent comments made by Mexico's President Obrador to the press. When asked about the surge in domestic violence calls, Obrador retorted, "Ninety percent of those calls that you're referring to are fake," and in response to a question about the high number of women being murdered, he claimed this has "been manipulated a lot in the media." Meanwhile, his government launched a misjudged public education campaign urging abusive men to "not lose patience" and "breathe and count to 10."
How are Indigenous and Afro-Mexican women being impacted?
Indigenous and Afro-Mexican women are particularly vulnerable as they face multiple layers of discrimination and disadvantage. Language and cultural barriers can make it difficult to file complaints about rights violations, and those who do speak out may receive minimal support.
Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Women Shelters (CAMIs) are located in poor, remote areas and provide local women with vital specialist support including sexual, reproductive and maternal healthcare; assistance in cases of physical and sexual violence; and translation services.
Mexico's 2020 federal budget to address gender violence has been reduced by around one third, and eight states with the highest rates of femicide and disappearances of women have been left entirely without funding. Many CAMIs are at risk of closure and numerous shelters have already been forced to halt services. This is putting vulnerable women in life-threatening situations.
What is Equality Now doing?
Equality Now and our partners in Mexico are concerned that the Mexican government is using the pandemic as an excuse to cut funding to women's services and we have requested that the Inter-American Commission and the UN Working Group on the Discrimination Against Women and Girls investigate the defunding of the CAMIs as a breach of international human rights law. We are also calling on the Mexican state to increase funding for women's services and prioritize gender-based violence in its measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Visitors Flock to Our Annual Birding and Wildlife Festival
by Neta Harris
The Shuttle program put Brevard County on the map 50 years ago as we welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors with each launch. While Kennedy Space Center was making national headlines, the Space Coast's entertainment and attractions offerings continued to grow. With inherent natural resources as the driving force, the Brevard Nature Alliance is actively engaged in promoting Brevard County as a top tourist destination including the establishment of one of the area's most successful festivals.
Over the span of 15 years, the Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival (SCBWF) has grown into a world-renowned event visited by thousands from around the world. Many people, even Space Coast natives, are surprised to learn that we are home to the largest birding and wildlife festival in the United States. The Brevard Nature Alliance, a nonprofit group that serves as a catalyst for environmental development and appreciation of local natural systems, handles the business activities of the festival.
This event is important because it generates awareness of the abundant natural resources of our area, not just during the event, but also throughout the entire year. These connections to quality of life, excellence in environmental education, coexistence with high technology, cultural heritage significance and business community involvement provides a focus that has placed the upcoming 2012 festival on the Southeast Tourism Society's 'Top 20' list. This marks the second year in a row the festival has been featured, a rare feat in the industry.
Making the Top 20
While offering a structured opportunity for residents and visitors to view the abundance of birds, wildlife and plant species (many of them endangered) in our community is a main goal, the ancillary benefits derived from this event are ones that contribute to our overall economic health. To better measure the impact from an event of this scale, the Brevard Nature Alliance commissioned an economic impact study in 2000 and each year thereafter sharing information each year with the Space Coast Office of Tourism.
Highlights of the January 2011 report reflect a huge boost to the community from this annual festival:
- Over 4,500 guests attended last year's event, 42 percent of which came from outside of Florida. Nine countries were represented including Ecuador, Ireland, South Africa and Panama.
- The festival's estimated effect on Brevard County's economy amounted to $945,239 in sales output.
- The estimated impact of $945,239 is equivalent to the creation of about 10.8 new and/or part-time jobs, and generated almost $360,000 in labor income.
- Government revenues produced by festival economic activity, at the federal, state and local levels, were estimated to be about $125,000 in tax receipts.
Multiplying the Impact
With an economic impact study to confirm it, we know that this event produces tangible results for our community.
While the above direct numbers tell a story of success, the indirect effect is likely even higher. Registered attendees of the festival were surveyed regarding additional plans for a return visit to the Space Coast and many responded with future plans to enjoy our beaches, shopping, cruises, Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex and additional cultural activities. These findings could lead to increased spending in our community at hotels, restaurants and retail providing a potential lift in visitors for other local attractions.
The SCBWF adds to the community on many levels. For the Brevard Nature Alliance, funding derived from this event, in combination with grants and corporate sponsorships, allows our organization to continue to promote Florida's Space Coast as a top ecotourism destination.
With the Shuttle program taking its rightful place in history, we must continue to offer unique tourism opportunities to the public and welcome visitors to Brevard County from across the globe. Whether through this festival or the hundreds of cultural and nature-based activities throughout Brevard, tourism leaders are working together and looking toward the future, ensuring that Florida's Space Coast remains in the national spotlight.
Neta Harris is executive director of the Brevard Nature Alliance, a community partner of the Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast.


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Photo Credit: Freddie B. Photography™
SpecialNeeds.com was able to attend several of the locations where the games were being held, ranging from USC, Los Angeles Equestrian Center, and Alamitos Beach in Long Beach. I will take you on a brief tour of the competitions, where assigned photographer Freddie Bommer was able to capture the human spirit at its finest.
Every photographer has different motivations for taking pictures. Freddie's happens be a sincere compassion for the very special individuals involved in the Special Olympics. I am dedicating this piece to the best of what he caught on camera. Thanks to his heartfelt work, they will convey a message to the world: "Love one another, and the joyous celebration of sport!" These are historical moments that you will only find, here on SpecialNeeds.com, a website dedicated to support the intellectually and physically challenged.
Charlotte MacDonald of Great Britain (pictured right), was excited to have won the gold in the Equestrian event! Once she caught her breath she introduced me to her two heroes, her brothers, William and James MacDonald. They both told me how fantastic it was to see all of their little sister's hard work pay off. Her mother and stepfather were also in attendance and you could see the pride on both faces when Charlotte explained just why her brothers were her heroes. "My brothers protect me, they are my guardian angles!" Her mother's message to other parents of special needs children is: "Go for it! The Special Olympics gives these children and adults an opportunity to live their lives in a positive light and if they just take one step at a time, it will be well worth it!"
Walking through the USC campus was like being at a world fair! All around us we could hear so many different languages and watch a parade of colorful and unique clothing from all the corners of the earth. Entire families of the participants, from grandparents, parents, to the smallest grandchild, showed up to support the athletes in this, the largest sporting event of its kind. I was fortunate enough to have a chance to meet and speak with them. It was unanimous; everyone agreed that they were treated extremely well. "We are all in this together and their actions truly reflected a wonderful sense of unity among the families of the athletes participating at Special Olympics."
It was another perfect summer "Sunny 16" day in Southern California. For those unfamiliar with that term, it's when you have no clouds in the sky to hinder sunlight. It's takes real skill to take good photographs on days like these. Freddie's photos really shine, as you can see yourself.
Dain Blanton and Lynn Carico, both Olympians, participated right along side the athletes in an exhibition of skill, energy, and team spirit. Having fun while maintaining professionalism was the theme out on the sandy courts. Rafer Johnson, founder of the California Special Olympics, Sam Perkins, former NBA star and seven year veteran on the Special Olympics board, were among the spectators who enjoyed meeting the athletes that they have so inspired. Celebrities, spectators, and athletes enjoyed a day of sportsmanship and friendship, and perfect strangers got along as if they were lifelong friends!
Freddie Bommer, who has been the assigned photographer for SpecialNeeds.com in this year's Olympic games, is a great example of hard work and perseverance. Freddie has his own personal reasons for supporting this years world games: both he and his son have been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. A picture of his son, Joshua, hangs around his neck, right alongside Freddie's media credential. When TV personality, Johnny Bananas, from MTV's "The Challenge," saw the picture, he insisted on showing it off, as the Special Olympics is a place to celebrate individuals like him!


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The Residents as Educators (REds) program aims to provide you with a variety of resources to develop your skill set as clinician educators.
At the Jacobs School, we recognize that you will play a critical role in teaching our medical students. We are pleased to welcome you to our educational team and value your involvement as Clinical Assistant Instructors.
Through a series of educational modules, the REds curriculum design strives to enhance your teaching skills in both the clinical and non-clinical setting. This curriculum is a mandatory component of your training.
Access Brightspace with your UBIT name and email password.
All incoming residents and fellows are required to attend GME Orientation, which includes instruction on teaching.
In subsequent years of training, all residents and fellows are required to complete one online teaching module per year. In addition, training programs are required to conduct one interactive teaching workshop per year. Compliance with these requirements is tracked by GME.
Residents/Fellows who meet expectations outlined above are considered "certified" and receive a REds certificate of completion prior to graduation.
Please check out our training programs that offer specialized training for residents to pursue a career in academic medicine at the links below.


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About Hole Park Gardens
Hole Park is a family owned estate which has been in the Barham family for the past four generations. Formalised gardens combine with natural woodland. These extensive gardens were developed, laid out and planted by Colonel Barham, the great-grandfather of the present owner, in the years between the two World Wars.
The garden has been planted for colour throughout the seasons and in summer visitors can look forward to the scented roses and colourful herbaceous borders. In late summer see the unique late flowering Hole Park Blue agapanthus and the exotic border with its vivid colours and exotic blooms.
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Children: £1.00
Groups: Group visits are available on any date. Conducted tours of the gardens by the Owner or Head Gardener by prior arrangement.
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|2 - 3 hours
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|The gardens are open 11am to 6pm.
Spring 14th March to 7th June - Open daily for spring
Summer - 10th June to 31 October - Wednesdays & Thursdays
Autumn Sundays - 4, 11, 18 and 25 October 2014
All other times by appointment.
4 - 6 June - Wealden Times Midsummer Fair. Separate entry arrangements apply.
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KOLAŠIN – State secretary at the Ministry of European Affairs of Montenegro Marina Vujačić said that EU financial support was essential for the preparation of the Montenegrin society for the benefits and challenges of accession and membership in the Union. The support is being provided during EU integration and implementing a series of reforms in Montenegro.
In this way Vujačić opened two-day conference "Experiences in receiving EU funds – challenges, opportunities and models of good practice" which is being held in Kolašin.
As pointed out during the conference, Montenegro has received financial support from the EU since 1998. It represents a significant boost to the efforts made in order to achieve European standards in key areas.
"Montenegro has been very successful in getting the funds, achieving over €165m non-refundable financial assistance from the EU for national projects in 2007-2013. In the perspective of 2014-2020 there is €270.5m available for national projects. It the only country in the Western Balkans that has been granted a 10% increase of funds," it is said at the conference.


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Ugandans will be heading to the polls in February as the East African country prepares to choose its president for the next five years.
The long-time incumbent, Yoweri Museveni, is looking to win his fifth term in office and thereby extend his already 30-year rule. He faces eight opponents in the race, although the election is being touted as a three-horse race between Museveni, his seasoned opponent Kizza Besigye, and his former ally Amama Mbabazi.
With just over a month to go before the elections on February 18, Newsweek profiles the key candidates.
Yoweri Museveni
Uganda's current president removed two former leaders of the country on his way to power in 1986. Born in 1944 into a family of cattle keepers in western Uganda, Museveni was a founder of the Front for National Salvation, a rebel group that helped overthrow military dictator Idi Amin in 1979. After claiming elections held in 1980 in Uganda were unfair, Museveni launched a six-year guerilla struggle, eventually seizing power with his National Resistance Movement (NRM) in 1986.
The first elections under Museveni were not held until 1996. Since then, however, the 71-year-old statesman has won four elections, the latest in 2011 with a massive 68 percent majority. This is despite Uganda's constitution originally only permitting two presidential terms—after vowing to stand down following his second term, Museveni amended the constitution so he could stand again (successfully) in 2006.
Museveni's campaign has been built on the dual prongs of highlighting the successes of NRM governance while dismissing the credentials of his opponents, according to Phil Clark, an expert in African politics at SOAS University of London.
Uganda has experienced a period of sustained economic growth under Museveni, averaging 7 percent GDP growth per year in the 1990s and 2000s, although this slowed to around 5 percent between 2000 and 2010. The country met its Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015, while also reducing hunger and improving equality in Uganda. "Predictably, Museveni is going with a mandate of no change and continuity and trying to point to the various virtues of NRM governance over the last 30 years," says Clark.
The ruling party has, however, come in for criticism for the heavy-handed tactics used by authorities in cracking down on opposition parties. Amnesty International released a report in December claiming that Ugandan police have tortured opposition activists, while a January report by Human Rights Watch claimed that journalists were being intimidated by government authorities if they expressed support for the opposition.
Kizza Besigye
Besigye is nothing if not persistent. The candidate for Uganda's main opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change, has stood against Museveni in the past three elections and lost each time.
A trained physician, Besigye actually served as Museveni's personal physician while the Ugandan president was plotting the overthrow of Milton Obote's government in the early 1980s. He reneged on his support for Museveni in 2001, accusing the NRM of corruption and running against the president for the first time in 2001.
According to Ahmed Salim, an East Africa analyst at political risk consultancy Teneo Intelligence, Besigye's doggedness has been a constant factor in winning over voters. "He still manages to capture a lot of admiration amongst Ugandans. His perseverance, his tendency to really fight the establishment—he does have a strong base [and is] perhaps even more popular than Mbabazi," says Salim.
Besigye's own personal story adds to his appeal: he has been arrested numerous times during previous campaigns, including on charges of rape and treason in 2006 that were only cleared long after the polls closed. "That on its own creates a narrative and a very strong support base with individuals who are not too keen on supporting the NRM or Museveni," says Salim.
The campaigns of both Besigye and Mbabazi have been beset by a degree of confusion, says Clark, which Museveni is taking full advantage of. The two opposition candidates originally planned to field a single candidate from an opposition coalition, but failed to agree and ended up running separately. "Both Mbabazi and Besigye have been quite confusing in some of their messages and Museveni is a master at capitalizing on any incoherence in the opposition message," says Clark.
Amama Mbabazi
The new kid on the block in 2016's presidential election, Mbabazi served in Museveni's government for more than 20 years and was prime minister between 2011 and 2014, when he was sacked by the president. The move was seen as a check on Mbabazi's ambitions to be the NRM's presidential candidate and Museveni said it was because the former premier was involved in " divisive activities."
In June 2015, Mbabazi announced via a YouTube video that he would be running for the NRM nomination, saying he wanted to breathe new life into a government that had become "weak and inefficient". Confusingly, however, Mbabazi later announced he would be running for president on an independent ticket while remaining an NRM member, alleging that the NRM's voting system was illegal.
Mbabazi's experience in power is both a blessing and a curse, says Clark, as the independent candidate simultaneously tries to point to his experience while distancing himself his past in Museveni's inner circle. "Sometimes he's able to pull off this merry dance but sometimes these end up being counteracting messages," says Clark.
In the course of his campaigning, Mbabazi has made several ambitious promises, including creating four million jobs within five years and reducing the State House budget by 60 percent. He has also claimed that his supporters have been "assaulted, arrested, 'disappeared' and even killed" in a public statement on Thursday, drawing the ire of Uganda's police, who reject the claims.


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Ambient tones and ghostly "oohs" greet listeners before hypnotizing them to "Move" to downtempo rhythms and gripping guitars on Maggie Miles' lush debut album, Am I Drowning or Am I Just Learning How to Swim?.
The album – released on Aug. 26 via Warehouse West Entertainment Records – encapsulates the heightened emotions erupting from the growing pains of adulthood. With inviting instrumentation evoking joy at first listen, each repeat play reveals ever-more poignant lyrics about the heart and hurts of the human condition.
"I'm feeling an overwhelming amount of gratefulness and I've tried to message everybody who was involved with the project, which is a lot of people, to tell them how grateful I am. I in no way could have released this album alone," said 21-year-old Miles by phone from Nashville on the morning of Am I Drowning or Am I Just Learning How to Swim's release. "I feel like I gave birth or something – not that I would actually know what giving birth feels like – but it's out there now. It's super cool that it's not really mine any more."
The album is full of standouts, from the late add "Hilary Duff" – complete with sonic nods to the early aughts – to "Shiver," which concludes with Miles singing of loneliness a capella. "Move" is that perfect blend of pop and rock anchored by a funky bassline and highlighted by a clean, cool guitar solo reminiscent of Prince.
"Compared to the rest of the guitars on the record it's really different because the other solos are super grungy and really rock, where as this one is groovy and clean," said Miles of "Move." "That was such a blast to record."
When it comes to songwriting, Miles finds inspiration in every step of the process. Sometimes, like with "Move," she starts with a bassline, while elsewhere the process begins with a lyric. She's even been known to fall in love with the aura of a soundscape before conceptualizing a theme or story.
"Piano is usually where everything starts for me," explained Miles. "If I'm alone, in my room, writing, I get a Logic session going, find a patch that is inspiring and I start writing. When I'm alone, I write very differently than when I'm with someone else. When I'm with a producer, I'm so excited about the soundscaping that I feel like that tells me more what the song is about because of the way it's making me feel. It evokes out of me the things I've been pushing down or what I've kept inside."
Miles wrote and recorded the bulk of the album before March and the era of COVID-19 quarantines. She has been coming up with creative ways to connect with fans in the wake of its release. She recently hosted a small listening party, and Hellooo TV is sharing her full band record release show – recorded last weekend – via YouTube at 8 p.m. CT on Aug. 28.
"The production is awesome. There's smoke and lights. It was super cool and I can't wait for people to see it," said Miles. "I miss being on the road so much, and this definitely gave me that bug back."
Click here to stream Am I Drowning or Am I Just Learning How to Swim? and be sure to follow Maggie Miles on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to keep up with all her latest news.


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|November 15, 1895
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|Lincoln, Lincolnshire
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|Mrs. Jane Markham (mother), Third Street South, Kenora, Ontario
|Trade / Calling
|Church of England
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|15th Battalion
|Canadian Expeditionary Force
|Canadian Infantry
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|Kenora, Ontario
|Date of Enlistment
|February 27, 1915
|Age at Enlistment
|Theatre of Service
|Prisoner of War
|Survived War
|Death Details
|Date of Death
|June 3, 1916
|Age at Death
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|Valley Cottages Cemetery; commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
Private Frederick Markham enlisted in February 1915, at age 19, and served with the 15th Battalion in France and Belgium. He was killed at the Battle of Mount Sorrel in June 1916.
Frederick was the youngest son of Philip George Markham and Jane Dowse. Philip and Jane were married in Yorkshire, England in 1875 and they had at least ten children, six daughters (Sarah, Jane, Elizabeth, Lucy, Alice and Frances) and four sons (Philip, William, Thomas and Frederick). Frederick was born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire on 15 November 1895. His father was an ironstone miner and he died in 1903 when Frederick was seven years old. Over a period of about fifteen years most of the Markham family immigrated to Canada and they settled in and around Kenora, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The war started in August 1914 and Frederick enlisted in Kenora in February 1915, when volunteers were being recruited for a third overseas contingent. He was 19 years old and working at a flour mill at the time. The local volunteers were briefly attached to the 44th Battalion but when the 52nd (New Ontario) Battalion was organized in mid-March they were transferred to the new unit. The 52nd was based in Port Arthur and in June 1915 the Kenora recruits were sent to there to join the rest of the battalion. While they were training the 1st Canadian Division was fighting in France and Belgium. Men were needed to replace casualties in front line combat units and battalions in Canada were asked to send reinforcements. Frederick was sent to England with the 2nd Reinforcing Draft in September 1915, one of 250 men from the 52nd Battalion. In England he was assigned to the 12th Reserve Battalion for a few more months of training. In February 1916 he was transferred to the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada) and sent to France. He joined his new unit in Belgium in March.
That spring the Canadian Divisions were in the Ypres Salient holding the front line between St. Eloi and Hooge. The Battle of Mount Sorrel started on the morning of 2 June with an intense bombardment of the Canadian lines followed by the explosion of underground mines. After the barrage German infantry advanced and captured Mount Sorrel and part of Observatory Ridge. A counter-attack was planned for 3 June and additional units were brought in including the 15th Battalion. The 15th was to push up the south side of Observatory Ridge with Mount Sorrel as their main objective. The assault began very early on 3 June and the men faced intense artillery and machine gun fire as they advanced.
From the War Diary of the 15th Battalion, 3 June 1916: ' 'the Officers and men behaved most courageously immediately getting out, forming line and rushed forward in the face of a perfect HELL of Artillery and Machine Gun fire. It did not seem possible that anything could live through it . . .' When it became apparent their objective could not be reached the men were forced to fall back to their starting position. They were relieved the next day and in the operation of 2 to 4 June the battalion suffered 290 casualties. Frederick was one of the fallen, killed in action on 3 June. He was reported to be buried near Valley Cottages, a tiny hamlet on the road between Zillebeke and Observatory Ridge. The area was heavily shelled later in the war and when the war ended his grave could not be identified.
Frederick is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium. The memorial bears the names of over 54,000 men who were killed in the Ypres Salient and have no known grave. Frederick is also commemorated on the Kenora Cenotaph, the Kenora Legion War Memorial and the St. Alban's Pro-Cathedral Memorial plaque.
His mother Jane died in 1942 and she's buried in Lake of the Woods Cemetery in Kenora, along with other members of the family including his sisters Sarah (1876-1942), Lucy (Mrs. Horatio Duncan, 1890-1972), Alice (Mrs. Sam Coppard, 1897-1981), Frances (Mrs. Thomas Francis, 1900-1999) and brothers William (1887-1960) and Thomas (1892-1961).
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With a descending Sun at the Doddabetta peak behind me, I remember that one evening as I frantically try to climb down the hilly road, snaking the mountain and reaching towards a lesser known Toda settlement. Todas, the ethnic group from Nilgiris, have inhabited Udagamandalam, otherwise adored as Ooty, from time immemorial. In a red … Read more


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Arguably, no other artist has designed his own celebrity as thoroughly as Marcel Duchamp. The French-born artist, who drifted to New York around 1915 and took U.S. citizenship in 1955, made cultivating his outsized image his biggest artistic project. Toward that end, Duchamp turned a coterie of collectors, artistic fellow travelers, and female counterparts into his collaborators. Throughout Inventing Marcel Duchamp, the National Portrait Gallery's current exhibition, curators Anne Collins Goodyear and James W. McManus make clear how Duchamp relied on others, converting them into enablers or co-conspirators in the creation of his own personal myth.
Duchamp began as a controversial painter, responsible for an abstract piece with an odd title: Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2. Thanks to that work's inclusion in the 1913 Armory Show in New York—and to one critic's description of it as "an explosion in a shingle factory"—Duchamp became, for many Americans, synonymous with the leading edge of the European avant-garde. By the time the artist arrived on these shores two years later, he was already famous and sought after for interviews by magazines like Vanity Fair.
While in New York, Duchamp happily played the part of the bored modern dandy. When asked what he did, he famously replied: "je suis un respirateur" ("I am a breather"). But in the background, Duchamp appears always to have been thinking about his artistic endgame: who needed to own his works, how they (and he) would be understood, and where all of his products would ultimately reside. Certainly most professional artists consider these issues, but few have managed the process as thoroughly and successfully as Duchamp—who, by 1954, was able to oversee the installation of many of his own major works at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in what amounted to a permanent retrospective.
A show of portraits of Duchamp, then, makes good sense, at least in theory. Inventing Marcel Duchamp features 100 examples illustrating how and why the art world has consistently fallen under the spell of the breather. The works also show that, since Duchamp's death in 1968, artists have continued summoning his mojo by either imitating his best-known pieces or simply appropriating his likeness. The former works are fascinating, if familiar; the latter, unfortunately, are a mixed bag, not necessarily helpful in sorting out this major artist's legacy.
In a clever touch of exhibition design, Duchamp's ghost appears to be watching over the show: In the center of the main gallery, a washed-out, silent, black-and-white film appears on a large monitor, offering a close-up of Duchamp's face. Over the course of a four-minute loop, Duchamp grins, puffs on his cigar, and looks intently to his left and right—appearing to ogle gallery-goers as they pass, or to scrutinize the prints hanging on the corridor walls.
This loop is one of Andy Warhol's famous "Screen Tests," carried out through the mid-'60s. In them, sitters typically stare into the camera and remain silent and more or less still. Duchamp seems unable to contain himself, though, gleefully eyeing or speaking to various distractions off camera, and, at one point, holding a finger to his own lips to show that he realizes he's misbehaving.
In a similar fashion, Duchamp seemed to exert some sort of influence or control over every portrait of him made with his direct knowledge, with few exceptions. One such special case is artist and arts writer Brian O'Doherty, whose Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, 3 leads (1966) is a kinetic light sculpture, made to look like an oscilloscope registering the artist's heartbeat in real time. A moving light inside a shallow wooden box steadily traces the peaks of Duchamp's heartbeat, which O'Doherty recorded in an electrocardiogram. In the show's catalog, the artist recalls at one point having to resist Duchamp's input: "I wasn't going to let him participate in the creation. His heart had done its work."
More often, artists became Duchamp's assistants, enabling him in various forms of role-playing. In a 1945 photo shoot by an unknown artist, Duchamp literally projected himself into the future, wearing makeup designed to make him appear much older. The two pictures from that shoot included here, both titled Marcel Duchamp at the Age of Eighty-Five and falsely dated to 1972, depict an age that Duchamp would never actually live to see.
In 1921, Man Ray was enlisted to help Duchamp create his feminine alter ego, named Rrose Sélavy—a bad pun on "eros, c'est la vie". In one of the photos, another collaborator is present, albeit without the viewer's knowledge. Artist Francis Picabia's second wife, Germaine Everling, loaned Duchamp not only the hat and fur-lined coat that he wears in the photo but also her dainty hands, which she uses to push the coat's collar around the artist's face while hiding the rest of herself from view.
Rrose Sélavy seems like an obvious precursor to the kind of role-playing and gender-bending taken for granted in contemporary photography, but she also serves as an example of Duchamp's elusive concept of the infra-thin—a nearly invisible distinction between two complementary elements. In his notes, Duchamp would sometimes describe infra-thin separations as being like "fire without smoke, the warmth of a seat which has just been left, reflection from a mirror or glass." "When the tobacco smoke smells also of the mouth which exhales it," Duchamp once wrote, "the two odors marry by infra-thin."
Infra-thin, then, implies frustrated erotic desire—as do Duchamp's best-known pieces. In the Large Glass (1915–23), Duchamp depicted a mechanized bride, separated from a group of bachelor machines whom Duchamp would describe as locked in a cycle of automated masturbation. L'Etant Donnes (1946–66), Duchamp's final work, is essentially a peep show: a life-size diorama in which the viewer glimpses a splayed female nude through two small holes in a wooden door. Neither work is on view here; Rrose Sélavy's coquettish glance barely hints at the artist's penchant for dehumanized flesh.
In the case of Duchamp's career, he required women to physically complete certain pieces, claim responsibility for them, or to at least stir his imagination—so much so that, in the form of Rrose Selavy, he could become a woman, as needed.
In the show's catalog, essayist Janine Mileaf specifically explores the possibility that the creative contributions of certain women in Duchamp's life have gone either unrecognized, or at least underreported. Fountain (1917), which British art historians recently voted the most influential work of art of the entire 20th century, offers one example. Fountain was a readymade: an ordinary object chosen by the artist as worthy of aesthetic consideration and given a title, and thereby transformed into a full-fledged work of art. In this case, the object was a discarded toilet.
In a note that Duchamp wrote to his sister, Suzanne Duchamp, he claims that Fountain was actually conceived by a female artist using the masculine pseudonym R. Mutt. This could very well be typical Duchampian misdirection, but some have suggested that Louise Norton, who helped produce the journal The Blind Man, in which the piece was explained and defended, may have actually been the instigator of Fountain.
However, it must be said that many portraits of Duchamp painted by the women artists around him offer little insight into anything but the admiration he enjoyed. Katherine Dreier, the collector who purchased Duchamp's major work, The Large Glass, created Abstract Portrait of Marcel Duchamp (1918), a scruffy, blocky, opaque piece that seems completely out of sympathy with Duchamp's own oeuvre.
Even less helpful are some of the contemporary tributes to Duchamp present in the National Portrait Gallery show. Many artists have admired and appropriated Duchamp's Wanted $2000 Reward poster from 1923, in which the artist pasted his own photo over the image of fugitive George W. Welch. Nearly identical tributes made by artists Richard Pettibone, Sturtevant, and Gavin Turk establish each artist's interest in Duchamp but add little to the original premise. Sure, Duchamp opened the floodgates for appropriation in 20th-century art, so appropriating the appropriator is irresistible, but it is not always productive.
Jonathan Santlofer's bas-relief-like portraits carved in hydrocal offer even less to the conversation. The fact that Santlofer's Portrait of Richard Mutt (1996-98) shows both Duchamp and his trademark toilet sculpted from white, porcelain-like material is almost interesting—except that Santlofer has used hydrocal for portraits of folks whose art is not toilet-based as well.
There are notable exceptions: Douglas Gordon's Proposition for a Posthumous Portrait (2004), essentially a skull in a mirror chamber, is one. Whereas Duchamp once shaved a shooting star into his hair as a fleeting gesture for the camera, here Gordon carves that star into bone and presents the skull as an infinitely reflected, grinning, trepanned Duchamp. This alludes to an earlier postcard portrait of Duchamp in which the artist was shown facing multiple reflections of himself. But it also suggests how Duchamp has become endlessly re-imagined and imitated at the same time he's become a fixed point in the landscape of art history—as fixed as, say, Dutch vanitas painting or Counter-Reformation religious imagery, both of which the skull recalls.
While much effort is made in the show to identify a broad range of specific instances in which the image of Duchamp has been employed, less time is spent illustrating how the creation and reproduction of that image has changed how artists now work. After all, an entire generation of Neo-Realist and Pop artists in the 1960s viewed Duchamp as their immediate ancestor; arguably Duchamp succeeded in radically changing the American cultural landscape—and the international avant-garde—forever.
Duchamp changed the rules of the art game, showing how artists could make careers not out of countless hours spent slaving in the studio but through ideas, play-acting, and positioning. Too often Inventing Marcel Duchamp loses this fact and looks more like an archivist's roundup than a coherent art-historical argument. Still, regarding questions of gender and collaboration, the show happily gives the viewer food for thought and drives home just how strange and how human this particular walking, breathing masterpiece could be.


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Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is making final preparations for his June 9th comeback but has taken some time out to respond to one Tony Bellew.
Bellew produced one of the best performances of his career last time out and stopped former heavyweight champion David Haye for the second time, back to back.
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"I don't want to fight Tony Bellew. The reason being he's a family man and has a wife and kids and I want him to stay healthy and stay boxing, earn a few quid and go home safely to his family. But if he steps into the ring with the Gypsy king and I unleash hell's fire on him – I could damage him and hurt him properly. You ain't messing with a David Haye who's twenty years out of date. Your're messing with someone 6'9, 19 stone, in the prime of my life – who could knock a wall down."
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Experience the cleanly minimalist beauty of Yamaha hi-fi design with with the R-S202. Its easy-to-operate, richly-textured, aluminum front panel with a silver hairline finish contrasts elegantly with the cool, black body. Plus, this care and attention to detail is also showcased on the included remote. Intuitive operation is at your fingertips.
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Since 1997 we have been administering barcode compliance programs for major retailers and there is always a significant increase in logistical barcode infractions during the fall. Due to apparent training challenges, the recent volume of non-compliant barcodes and subsequent offset expenses has been astronomical.
Many suppliers view barcode compliance charges as a "profit center" for retailers but as an unbiased testing center, we can attest that the infractions we are processing are very much valid. The retailers that utilize our compliance administration services, empower us to support the compliance offsets and protect their suppliers' interests against inaccurate barcode reporting. Their supply chains are dependent on automated receiving processes, which require suppliers to be in 100% compliance with their carton label requirements.
The most effective way to reduce and/or eliminate offset expenses is to focus on improving performance. Recommended steps include:
- Routinely review your trading partners' requirements. Convey this information to key personnel at your company. For example, JCPenney suppliers are encouraged to visit their web portal weekly.
- Do not assume your company is in compliance. Confirm your company's compliance by certifying your GS1-128 shipping labels. New personnel and system changes require updated certification for each retailer whose business you value. A $75 testing/certification fee can prevent unnecessary compliance offsets. We consistently see an increase in label defects from previously certified suppliers who made changes to their label material.
- Emphasis the importance of GS1-128 Shipping Label Placement to all personnel responsible for handling cartons. Placement requirements vary among retailers so education is key. Over 25% of all label offsets in the last quarter involved incorrectly placed GS1-128 labels.
- Perform routine maintenance on printing equipment and confirm supplies are suitable for your application. If you are having issues with print quality, changing your print heads may solve the problem. We also recommend you always have spare print heads in-house at all times. Print quality infractions account for the largest percentage of GS1-128 issues and can be eliminated by proactive quality control that ensures consistent label compliance.
For the retailers that we partner with, we're able to promote and guide suppliers to certification immediately after any shipping label related compliance issues. In some cases, re-certification is simply built into the compliance process – if a label fails in the supply chain that means you automatically need to certify a corrected sample.
For the retailers who we aren't integrated for compliance, we still test those labels but it depends on a supplier taking the initiative. Every day we test labels from retailers like Dick's, Target, and Macy's. These are from suppliers that are taking control of their compliance and focused on reducing offsets.
Last but not least, if you've received an offset for your shipping labels that was a little sparse on details or just didn't seem right, certification will help build your case that an offset was taken in error.
Retailer suppliers are highly encouraged to read our 2019 GS1-128 Shipping Label Implementation Report.
Bar Code Graphics is a leader in barcode print quality and is the largest North American barcode testing center for POS and shipping labels. Please feel free to call us at 800.662.0701 x310 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Information on our in-house barcode testing group can be viewed at www.identificationlabs.com.


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Q&A: Ensuring Drop-Shipping Success
Quality delivery services have always been a key selling point in the mattress market—but it is more important than ever before, thanks to increased competition and a changing retail landscape. Not only do today's consumers look for efficient and reliable delivery, they expect clear communication throughout the process—from the moment of ordering through final fulfillment. And market research has shown that the delivery services are a major consideration for consumers when deciding where to purchase.
With this in mind, it is no surprise that drop-shipping has become an increasingly popular service offered by bedding manufacturers. A great solution for small retailers, drop-shipping minimizes inventory space and relieves them of the stress of managing their own delivery services. It's not without risk, though. While the manufacturer is handling all of the shipping and logistics, the retailer is still the one interfacing with the consumer. And that means, if something goes wrong with the delivery, the retailer is most likely going to face the brunt of the customer's frustration.
As more manufacturers are offering drop-ship capabilities, retailers need to be confident that these programs will meet the expectations of their customers before signing on.
How do you ensure a positive drop-shipping experience for the end-consumer?
Gary Gray
General Manager For Digital, Corsicana
At Corsicana, we've built a new fulfillment process with the latest technology to ensure we can fulfill the orders quickly and seamlessly. Our online retail partners hold us accountable for timely shipping, delivery and low return rates, and we hold ourselves accountable for delivering products to consumers in a nicely packaged box that arrives in good shape. Delivery has always been a pinch point in the home furnishings and bedding industry, and we have implemented a number of metrics to provide 24-hour shipping that is convenient and painless for the consumer, and ultimately, shines a positive light on our retail partners.
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Mark Owen
Executive VP Of Sales & Business Development, Classic Brands
As experts in the boxed bed business for a significant amount of time, Classic Brands has honed its efficiencies through the years. Speed of delivery and keeping consumers informed of their order status are critical to making a great impression. The first-scan technology that we have implemented in our U.S. distribution centers immediately lets consumers know their mattress is on its way. With onsite UPS and FedEx receiving stations, orders are immediately loaded onto delivery trucks for shipping, which eliminates costly errors. The entire system allows our retailers to grow their business without additional inventory or warehousing expenses. Also, we maintain high levels of inventory in both our East Coast and West Coast facilities to allow for quick order fulfillment.
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John Merwin
Owner & CEO, Brooklyn Bedding
At Brooklyn Bedding, we custom built a state-of-the-art system for the shipping department that ensures the right product is delivered to the right customer, every time. We continue to strategically partner with the largest shipping companies in the nation to make the delivery to the customer as smooth as possible.
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Looking for commercial construction loans or apartment construction loans? Are you looking to build an apartment, office building, a mixed use, retail center, industrial building, or any other type of commercial property? We've been in the commercial real estate financing business since 1977 and can help! Ocean Pacific Capital is your source for access to the best financing programs from the most aggressive apartment construction investors in the world. When you make the decision to finance your apartment with us, you ensure you are getting the best rate and terms this market has to offer.
The process to obtain an apartment construction loan can be a complex process, which involves several tests. You need our trusted expertise and years of experience to guide you through the process. The first test is the profit test, which will determine an estimate of the value of your finished project and if it will be worth more than it will cost to construct. Similarly, a Loan-to-Value Ratio test will determine, once a project is completed and the commercial property is occupied, the construction loan will be a certain percentage loan-to-value. Most construction lenders will permit up to 80% loan-to-value, which will depend on the borrower's credit, cash flow, and various other factors. Depending on the borrower's qualifications, additional equity may be obtained through a mezzanine loan.
Commercial construction lenders and apartment construction lenders often rely on the loan-to-cost ratio as they do not often trust the appraisal of the building. The loan-to-cost ratio is the calculated percentage of the total cost of the project that the construction lender is being asked to loan or cover for the construction of the project. Normally, developers cover at least 20% of the total cost of the project in the form of free and clear land. However, if the apartment construction loan or commercial construction loan is up to or more than 90% of the cost, the lender will require that the developer obtains more leverage.
The developer may obtain more leverage through a mezzanine loan. When planning construction of an apartment or a commercial property, something to consider is how much the money the property will bring in (income) to qualify for a takeout loan. If a takeout loan is large enough it may be able to pay off the construction loan, allowing the apartment construction lender or the commercial construction lender to get out of the deal. To determine whether or not the takeout loan will be large enough to pay off the apartment construction loan or the commercial construction loan, the construction lender will calculate the Debt Service Coverage Ratio. This ration should be larger than 1.25 and the net income from the project must be larger than 25% than the proposed payments of the loan. The net worth-to-loan size ratio is also important to the construction lender, whether it is an apartment construction loan or a commercial construction loan because the developer's net worth should be at least as large, if not larger, than the loan amount of the project.
For over 31 years, with the lowest and most competitive wholesale rates in the nation, rebate pricing, 80% LTV, 30 years amortization, interest only, and no balloon payments, our programs are the most desired and the first choice of borrowers nationwide. Loan amounts are available starting from $500,000 with no upper limit. We specialize in wholesale commercial loans, wholesale conduit loans, wholesale apartment loans, wholesale apartment financing, wholesale apartment lending, wholesale apartment refinancing, wholesale mixed use loans, and wholesale apartment purchase loans.
We understand what it takes to close a commercial loan because this is what we've been doing since 1977. And as always, we strive to exceed our client's expectations. Our responsibility is to get your loan processed, underwritten and closed in a timely fashion. If you are unsure about the process of obtaining a commercial loan, let us help you. Our commercial loan specialists will be more than happy to answer any questions that you may have. Call us today at 1-800-595-1474 to get started!


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Cala Sinzias
A top spot for families, Cala Sinzias is a lovely white sandy beach on the southeast coast of Sardinia. It has all the amenities you might be looking for with kids in tow (and even if you haven't!) Parking, lifeguards, showers, toilets, beach chair rentals, food and drink are all convenient and some of the gravel parking areas are free.
This long beach stretches for 1.7 km (about a mile) to Cappuccino Rock at the south end. Accessed via disabled-friendly wooden boardwalks, it has fine soft sand shelving gently down into the amazingly clear water that's as clean as it looks. Behind the beach there are low hills with a number of holiday resorts and camping grounds screened by native pines and eucalyptus trees.
Beach bars are more like private beach clubs with a host of services for enhancing your visit. Sun loungers and couches can be rented beneath shady palapas and food and drinks are just a waiter away!
Watersports rentals include canoes, stand-up paddleboards and boat rentals and you can even sign up for diving lessons. When the wind's onshore, you can enjoy surfing or kite-surfing.
In the evening, the pace increases with live music, drinks and DJs keeping crowds of young adults in party mode.
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Look for a nod to noted Total Warhammer 2 fan Henry Cavill in its next DLC
Toss a coin to your High Elf Loremaster
When he's not playing everyone's favourite Rivia man in Netflix's The Witcher, Henry Cavill likes to chill out with some Total War: Warhammer 2. It's a fact that hasn't gone unnoticed by Creative Assembly, either. They've only gone and put a nod to him in the game's upcoming DLC, The Warden & The Paunch. And there's even a Witcher reference thrown in there for good measure.
"When when I saw a certain Mr Cavill mentioned that he enjoys nothing more than firing up Total War: Warhammer or painting a few models in his spare time, I thought it would be fun to somehow inject him into the game, like we have with a number of developers over the years," game director Richard Aldridge told PCGamesN.
"With the Warden and the Paunch coming up, it felt like a good time to include Henry, and what better way than having a mighty Loremaster of Hoeth by your side with a few personal special traits to play with when starting a campaign as Eltharion."
Cavill's character is a High Elf Loremaster, you see. He's not hard to find - he's literally named "Cavill" and he'll be right there with you if you start the game as leader of the Eltharion faction. There's a little homage to his monster-slaying alter ego in the form of his abilities, too. The "White Wolf" trait gives him a +15 bonus against large enemies. He must've studied at Kaer Morhen.
If you still don't believe that Henry Cavill likes to kick back with some gaming, you probably missed his Instagram post where he's literally painting miniatures. Or how about that GQ interview where he literally says he prefers gaming to going out? The perfect man.
Catch a glimpse of Cavill yourself when the DLC comes out tomorrow on Steam, pitting ill-tempered High Elf Eltharion The Grim, against Grom, a warmongering Goblin.


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Pierre & Bertrand Couly Les Blancs Closeaux 2021
100% Chenin Blanc
This white Chinon reveals the delicacy of Chenin's aromas while maintaining a great freshness. Subtle aromas of white and acacia flowers with hints of honey. Beautiful mouthfeel well-balanced with a pleasant minerality.
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At Pierre & Bertrand Couly each plot is vinified separately. The wines are fermented and aged in stainless steel vats, the most neutral material. Vinification is processed without sulfites thanks to the native yeast of the grapes. In addition, their terroir wines do not see barrels, as to preserve the authenticity and expression of the soil of the plot and the micro climate of each vine. The aging is done in the bottle, to be more gentle and longer. They offer their wines for sale only after the necessary aging time, which can go up to 5 years for certain cuvées.
A second, new winery was built in 2010, an imposing structure overlooking Chinon. This building is energy efficient because it is buried. Its roof composed of terraces of vines ensures a constant temperature, summer and winter of around 15 ° C without air conditioning (the vines in terraces on the roof are planted with table grapes which giving up a cuvée of grape juice).
The harvest arrives directly above the vats, which limits the use of pumps to fill the vats and preserves the grape.
Visitors are EXTREMELY welcome at Pierre & Bertrand Couly and there is a lot to do and to see, including an art gallery, Escape Game and a mobile (segway touring). Check it out here.


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Parents, It's Time To Get On The Same Page About Teen Drug Use
Dave and Pam could feel the threads of their marriage wearing thin. They just couldn't seem to agree on what to do about their daughter, Carley. They were already dealing with the tornado of teenage hurt and confusion she brought through the house every day, but things had got worse when Carley started experimenting with drugs and alcohol.
On top of two very different parenting styles, Dave and Pam fought every night about how to respond to Carley's mess. Bail her out of jail again? Take away privileges? Put her in rehab? Dave thought Pam was too harsh and Pam thought Dave was way too lenient. How could they work together to save their daughter?
Does it Really Matter Who's Right?
Dave and Pam had been working together just fine over the last 15 years, but for some reason, that cooperation suddenly imploded, creating an insurmountable wall. What can they do to bring things back into focus and keep their daughter safely on track?
Parenting a rebellious adolescent is, by far, one of the toughest jobs on the planet. When you throw substance abuse in the mix, however, it can start to feel impossible. Suddenly, even the slightest differences in parenting styles are exposed (and exploited).
Like any other parenting issues, there's no one-size-fits-all solution or simple overnight fix. But if you're parenting an addicted teen, the two of you have to get back on the same page and back in the battle against teen substance abuse.
The following tips are a great place to start:
Play to Your Strengths
Remember, differences in styles and methods of parenting can be a good thing. While it may make shared decisions tough, it provides the broader perspective needed to handle certain situations. Listen to each other's point of view. Look for the value your spouse adds to the situation.
For example, your teen may know she can rely on Dad to listen without trying to fix, but she also knows Mom will be there in an instant to help with a practical solution to a problem. Remember, your teen likely values your differences…and you should, too.
Use each of your strengths to problem solve and support each other, as well as your teen. In the midst of a relationship-straining situation, talking these things through might even end up strengthening your marriage.
Keep the Boxing Match Private
Disagreements between spouses are inevitable, but presenting a united front to your teen is key. Discuss issues and work out solutions together – away from the ever-alert ears of your children.
Set aside time to talk, resolve your differences and come up with a plan to present your teen. If conflicting messages are sent, she may exploit the situation or simply feel less support. Work together; solidarity creates stability within your home.
Seek Help for the Whole Family
Often, parents are so focused on getting their teenager help that they miss the bigger picture. Yes, she needs treatment and rehab may be in order, but your entire family is affected by her drug abuse.
Everyone can benefit from some kind of treatment or therapy. Why not look into family counseling? If you and your spouse can't work through things or present a united front, a strong marriage and family counselor can likely help mend family fences.
Additional Reading: Knock Knock: Addiction is at Your Door


text: The NRL Review dramatically illustrates the range of research capabilities and innovative technologies that make the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory a leader in so many fields. Driving all of NRL's innovations and successes are the highly motivated people who work here. It is these people who provide the talent, creativity, and sustained effort to turn ideas into realities in support of the Navy mission.


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Stunning and Elegant Style Drawer That Your Friends Will Envy!
Keep Yourself Productive with this Anti-Clutter Desktop Apothecary Library Card Catalog Style Retro Drawer
Keep your home or office clutter free with this elegant and beautiful tabletop cabinet. This is classic and can last for years. It is a great addition to your home. Made of natural wood with elegant finish, it boasts of 9 drawers and 1 large one at the bottom. Place this on your counter, desk or table, and you will keep things organized.
Your friends will likely get one too. It's gorgeous. It has a rustic finished, but it could easily match your home décor or furniture. It is incredibly useful as well. You can place all kinds of things in it, and keep your table neat and tidy.
It is easy to avoid clutter when you are organized. You can stay on top of things, and this drawer can help you do that. You will know exactly where to keep and find things, so you can be organized and finish your work quickly.
- DRAWER SIZE - 27.5 cm width x 38 cm height x 14.5 cm thick (10.8" x 15" x 5.7")
- SMALL CABINET SIZE - 13 cm x 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm (5.11" x 2.95" x 2.95")
- LARGE CABINET SIZE - 13 cm x 25 cm x 7.5 cm (5.11" x 9.84" x 2.95")
- MULTI-PURPOSE – Great for organizing various items like medicine, jewelry, crafts, makeup, oils, office items, and others.
- 10 SPACIOUS DRAWERS – The top 9 drawers are small, but you can keep various items in it. The larger one at the bottom is bigger and is great for additional storage.
- GORGEOUS DESIGN – Multi-layered. Made of natural wood. Beautiful, elegant, and classy. Not heavy on desktop.
- GREAT FOR HOME OR OFFICE – When you need to keep things clean, organized, and tidy in your home or office, this drawer will do the trick.
Customer Reviews
Very beautiful and perfect for storing small items 5 out of 5!
The wood feels so smooth and pleasant. It feels sturdy and it does its purpose well. I have my makeup all organized inside
I have tons of furniture with the same wooden aesthetic and this wonderful drawer is a great collection
Bought this for my mom. She has a collection of herbs and spices. This wooden cabinet not only keeps everything organized but she also loved the look
Got this from a friend actually but I like it so much I felt compelled to write a review myself. I make homemade knick-knacks and hand art. it's my passion and this fantastic drawer just made things easier for me.


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The Extraordinary Problem of Medication Nonadherence in Oncology Patients And How Digital Pills Can Make a Difference
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Cancer is often highly treatable due to new therapies, especially oral agents, that have improved outcomes and survival rates, and allow patients to be treated outside the hospital setting. Yet many patients fail to take their medication consistently, despite the potentially dire consequences of not adhering to the prescribed oncology treatment plan. Nonadherence or suboptimal adherence to cancer treatment regimens must be identified early to optimize outcomes. An accurate, safe, and reliable system that patients and clinicians will trust and use can help to get cancer patients back on track.
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