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Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, November 17, 2012 - February 15, 2013. Traveled to Grey Art Gallery at New York University, New York, NY, September 10 - December 7, 2013 and The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY November 14, 2013 - March 9, 2014; and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, July 24, 2014 - January 11, 2015. ... [details]
Issue edited by Michelle Kuo. Essays "Editor's Letter: Forms and Functions," by Michelle Kuo; "Passages: Lynne Cooke on Louis Bourgeois;" "Passages: Arthur C. Danto on Arakawa," by Arthur C. Danto; "Books: Graham Bader on Gerhard Richter," by Graham Bader; "Media: Cory Arcangel on Internet Links Pages," by Cory Arcangel; "Film: Steven Watson on Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's 'Howl,'" by Steven Watson; "Film: Tom Gunning on the Oberhausen Film Festival," by Tom Gunning; "Dispatch: Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy Reports from Mexico City," by Sofía Hernández; "Slant: Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer on Stephen Kaltenbach," by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer; "Performance: David Velasco on Ann Liv Young," by David Velasco; "Top Ten," by Michael Rother; "Fall 2010 Exhibitions: 40 Shows Worldwide;" "Rachel Harrison on Paul Thek;" "From the Vault: Alastair Wright on Paul Gauguin," by Alastair Wright; "Questions of Style," by Ina Blom, Tauba Auerbach, Alexander Nagel, Ryan McGinley, Peter Saville, Sturtevant, Partha Mitter, David Bordwell, Francesco Vezzoli, Denise Scott Brown, Haegue Yang, Donald Moffett, Tom Burr, Adrian Piper, Fia Backström, Jil Sander; "Public Options: The Art of Charlotte Posenenske," by Christine Mehring; "In Conversation: Lucy Raven and Thom Andersen;" "The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things;" by Mark Leckey; "1000 Words: Alice Creischer, Max Jorge Hinderer, and Andreas Siekmann," by André Rottmann; "Unspeakable Desire: The Films of João Pedro Rodrigues," by Dennis Lim; "Openings: Simon Fujiwara," by Jessica Morgan. ... [details]
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry
On the piazza in Cagli. My favorite hang out while I was staying there. Warm nights, wine, and gelato…great memories.
This entry was posted in Weekly Photo Challenge and tagged Cagli, Italy, lines, photography, photography 2, piazza, postaday.
31 thoughts on "Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry"
November 3, 2012 at 2:16 am
What really makes this shot good is the warm light on the lower left hand side of the photo. It's a great angle, and it's great composition. You got the focus in just the right spot. And the warmth of the tiles that are close to the front really take it to the next level. You should be proud of this shot.
November 3, 2012 at 2:35 am
My Girlfriend got into photography very recently. She works at a dance studio and takes the pictures, so she was taking photos at minimum once a week, but nearly every day. And her learning curve was extremely sharp. I was actually starting to get jealous. And then it occurred to me that nothing is stopping me from taking photos every day.
So that's when I started my daily challenge. When I really have a case of "don't wanna's" I give in from time to time. I give myself a leeway of once a week I can not do it.
I aim for new subjects every day, although I've had a few repeats.
I've been doing it for six weeks and the sharp uptake in my skills is amazing. I can't wait to see what my skills will be in 6 months or a year.
I'm not setting a time period for how long I'm doing a daily challenge, I wanted to do it for at least 3 months every day and then see where the mood takes me.
If you try something like this you will start to see the world differently. You will be amazed at how much you can find in your own home and back yard.
November 3, 2012 at 2:48 am
I think I will try that…though I may not post every day. Thanks for the idea and advice!
November 3, 2012 at 3:32 am
I like your stuff, keep at it! We can encourage each other and be photo buddies!
November 3, 2012 at 4:10 am
Let's do it 🙂
December 2, 2012 at 4:24 am
I totally didn't notice the light there at first, but now that u mention it, this picture would be way less effective without it. 🙂
December 2, 2012 at 4:26 am
🙂 thank you!
November 3, 2012 at 4:33 am
I'm shaking my head as I'm looking at it, it's just beautiful. Probably one of the best photos I've seen in the WordPress blogosphere. I cant believe it's a sidewalk. Two thumbs way up.
November 3, 2012 at 3:10 pm
And again a marvelous photo, you are really talented and have 'the eye' 🙂
November 3, 2012 at 7:18 pm
Excellent perspective and composition. I'm also glad to see someone else who's willing to get down on the ground for a shot 🙂 Well done!
November 3, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Nice! You can come take pictures with me any time! I've been known to get more than a little wet, muddy, and cold to get the shot. And I survive to photograph yet again 😀
November 3, 2012 at 10:54 pm
As do I! 🙂
November 3, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Nothing like a little "outside the box" thinking to get the creative juices flowing.
November 7, 2012 at 11:45 pm
As everyone has said its amazing… To me it's full of personality, I don't know how to explain. It's like you saw this when everyone else just walked by and I love it.
Honestly your amazing and I totally have a girl crush on you ; )
(a harmless one of course)
November 8, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Of course… It's quite pleasant to giggle
November 12, 2012 at 2:20 am
Reblogged this on choose my wɐy and commented:
I love this photo. I've talked my wife's ears off as to why it's a great photo, I think it's only appropriate that I share it with others that may have not seen it. In my humble opinion, it's one of the best images in the WordPress blogosphere.
December 2, 2012 at 2:55 am
This is a great shot, very artisitic, and perfect for the theme!


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07 September 2016
The Apartment Association takes positions on State and local voting measures that impact the rental housing industry. This November, there are 17 State propositions, but only one of which will have an impact on rental housing. That ballot measure is Proposition 51, which authorizes $9 billion in general obligations bonds for school construction and modernization. The Apartment Asso ciation supports the measure, not only because the measure is necessary to fix and modernize California's broken public schools, but it also takes a common-sense approach to paying for the construction by using bonds instead of local parcel or property taxes. The Apartment Association is not taking a position on the other 16 State propositions because they are unrelated to the rental housing industry.
The following are descriptions of each of the statewide propositions to be voted on, on November 8, 2016:
1. Proposition 51: Authorizes $9 billion in general obligation bonds for school construction and modernization:
2. Proposition 52: Requires a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to amend laws that require hospitals to pay fees that are used for obtaining federal matching funds for Medi-Cal.
3. Proposition 53: Requires voter approval for the State to issue more than $2 billion in bonds to finance a single project.
4. Proposition 54: Requires bills to be in print for 72 hours before being acted upon in the Legislature.
5. Proposition 55: Extends Prop. 30 (of 2012) income tax rate on high earners for an additional 12 years.
6. Proposition 56: Increases the tobacco tax by $2 per pack.
7. Proposition 57: Requires judges, instead of prosecutors, to determine if criminal defendants under 18 years of age should be tried in juvenile court.
8. Proposition 58: Amends 1998's Prop 227 to allow public school students who speak limited English to be taught in languages other than English.
9. Proposition 59: Seeks voter opinion on whether the Legislature should use whatever influence or power it has to overturn the Citizens United decision, which prohibits the government from restricting independent political expenditures by nonprofit corporations.
10. Proposition 60: Requires adult film performers to use condoms.
11. Proposition 61: Prohibits the State from paying more for prescription drugs than prices paid by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
12. Proposition 62: Repeals the death penalty, and replaces it with life without the possibility of parole.
13. Proposition 63: Prohibits the possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines; requires background checks for ammunition purchases; requires lost or stolen guns to be reported to law enforcement.
14. Proposition 64: Legalizes marijuana use beyond medicinal purposes, and institutes a tax on marijuana sales.
15. Proposition 65: Redirects money collected by retail stores from selling carry-out bags to a fund administered by the Wildlife Conser vation Board.
16. Proposition 66: Sets time limits on State court death penalty reviews, and requires appointed attorneys who take non-capital appeals to accept death penalty appeals.
17. Proposition 67: Referendum to overturn SB 270: the plastic bag ban.


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Grantham court: Row with ex led to physical fight
When a Grantham man went to collect his belongings from his ex he ended up committing criminal damage and assault, the court heard.
Paul Smith, 44, of Kingscliffe Road, admitted damaging a TV and mobile phone and to assaulting a woman by beating on September 28.
Prosecutor Daniel Pietryka told magistrates that the incident happened three days after their relationship ended. Smith had returned to their home to collect his belongings, expecting his ex to be out at work. However on finding her there a row ensued which developed into a physical fight, during which he damaged a small TV and her phone. He also grabbed his former partner by the back of her neck.
Sonia Bhalla, defending, added that a retraction statement had been made since the incident, and asked for the case to be adjourned for a pre-sentence report.
Smith remains on conditional bail not to contact the complainant.
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Culberson and Schiff Push For Bipartisan Planetary Exploration
Representatives John Culberson (R-TX) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) have been champions for NASA's planetary science funding. Typically being a consideration for cuts in previous fiscal years, planetary science has seen significant increases in allocations. In recent times before cuts, planetary science funding has hovered around $1.5 billion and current efforts through the 2015 FY omnibus have reinstated an operational budget of $1.44 billion.
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Original intentions of robotic asteroid redirect missions (ARM) indicated goals of moving an entire asteroid into lunar orbit. However, this mission may be amended to only have a smaller chunk of the asteroid transported. NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot postponed the official decision until sometime in January.
Space Debris Still an Issue, Lacking Concrete Support From Countries
International efforts on space debris mitigation have been focused on a drafted EU code of conduct. The policy would set certain guidelines and regulations for space operations resulting in potential debris. Language is currently vague and large space faring countries such as China, India, and Russia have still not claimed to be official stakeholders in the proposed code.
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Pork Barrel Trophy Standing Tall, Proud, and Unused
NASA's $349 million A3 test stand at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi was featured in a Washington Post article revealing how bureaucratic and governmental influences can serve interests back home rather than America as a whole for space exploration. The test stand was completed 3 years after the cancellation of the J2-X engine, which was the purpose for the stand's initial construction. $700K per year will be required to maintain the test facility for future use.
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text: Since the founding of her haute couture fashion house in 1912, Madeleine Vionnet became world-renowned as 'Queen of the bias cut' and an 'architect among dressmakers'. After Vionnet closed in 1939, it was formally resurrected in 2006 and has once again become a major haute couture house of fashion. Paying homage to the luxurious fabrics, bias cuts and cascading, draping textures on which the brand was based, Vionnet have resurrected the art of quality dressmaking. This collection of Vionnet shoulder bags channels the glamour of Madeleine Vionnet's original vision. Subtle use of folded fabrics, angel-hair straps and elegant colour palettes nod to early 20th century femininity and art deco architecture, but with a modern, updated twist.


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"Style is knowing who you are, what you
want to say, and not giving a damn." -Gore Vidal
Brooklynites have a pride that is unmatched, and while the borough has gone through many changes as of late, one thing holds true, Brooklynites from the '70s and '80s have style, and we know it. This style was exhibited in many ways, from the way we dressed, walked (with a knowing swagger), talked (despite mythology, there's more than just one Brooklyn accent), made a stoop our own, or how we wrote on subway trains, walls, and later, canvasses.
While street-art is often referred to as a worldwide movement — and it truly has has become one, co-opted by small commercial interests and big business alike — the art-form got its humble, ink-stained start in the five boroughs of NYC, kicked-off by city-kids for city-kids. The County Of Kings can lay claim to breeding and nurturing many a talented and acclaimed urban artist, hailing from places as diverse as Red Hook, Coney Island, Park Slope, and Bedford Stuyvesant.
The Brooklyn Yes Indeed show intends to highlight an art movement and subculture that has grown leaps and bounds from its insular D.I.Y. origins, by showcasing artwork that shows the trajectory of a clutch of Brooklyn artists who have taken their work from the trains and walls of our great city onto the next level. In addition to canvas and sculpture work, the exhibit includes photography in an effort to give a context as to where the art was birthed, and by whom.
Brooklyn Yes Indeed — featuring artwork from legendary Brooklyn artists
JOUST (pictured), Mr. KAVES, KEO, RIBS, Jamel Shabazz, and TRIKE — opens
July 27th at Urban Folk Art Studios and runs through the end of the Summer.
The show was curated by David "Chino" Villorente and Lee Greenfeld.


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Settlers filmed shooting at Palestinian protesters
An Israeli human rights group has released a video that appears to show Israeli soldiers standing by while Jewish settlers open fire on stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in the West Bank, wounding one of them, reports the BBC's Rupert Wingfield Hayes.
It is the sort of incident that we often hear about, but almost never get to see. This time, thanks to B'Tselem, we have graphic video evidence of what happened.
The picture the videos paint is disturbing. It appears to show Jewish settler youths attacking a Palestinian village; later heavily armed Jewish settlers shooting at, and wounding, a Palestinian man, and most disturbing of all, Israeli soldiers standing by and doing nothing to prevent the shooting.
The incident happened on Saturday afternoon just outside the Palestinian village of Asira al-Qubliya.
In the first video a large number of young men from the nearby Jewish settlement of Yitzhar can be seen descending a mountainside towards the Palestinian village. The young settlers can be distinguished by the white cloths wound tightly around their heads.
As the settlers approach the village, young Palestinian men from Asira al-Qubliya can be seen coming out to confront them.
One Palestinian man runs towards them up the hill. He throws a rock at the approaching men, who reply in kind.
One important detail is that, at this stage, there is no sign of any burning fields.
In the second video the scene has changed.
A group of men in white T-shirts, carrying assault rifles, is standing just outside the village. These are older settlers from Yitzhar.
The fields behind them are now burning. A group of Israeli soldiers enters the scene from the right.
The Palestinian youths start throwing stones at the soldiers and the armed settlers.
Two of the armed settlers aim at one Palestinian youth just metres away and open fire. He falls down behind a rock wall.
As the settlers retreat other Palestinian villagers rush in to drag the injured man away. He has been shot in the side of the head. Fortunately, the wound is not serious.
The third video shows the same scene from a different angle.
This time a third armed settler, armed with a handgun rather than a rifle, can be seen taking aim and shooting at the Palestinian youths.
Standing right beside him as he does so are two Israeli army soldiers, who make no attempt to stop him.
In this video the injured man can be seen more clearly, blood pouring from the side of his head.
As he is carried back to the village the other young Palestinian men shout in defiance.
In a telephone interview with the BBC a spokesman for the Yitzhar settlement, Avraham Binyamin, claimed the incident had been started by the Palestinian villagers who, he said, had deliberately set fire to their own land in order to try and burn down the Jewish settlement.
"We know for years a phenomenon that we call 'arson terror'," he said. "This year it is the third consecutive Saturday that Arabs set fire with the aim that the fire would reach homes in Yitzhar as it did in the past."
He said the settlers had gone down the hill to try and extinguish the fire, and that was when the confrontation with the Palestinians began.
"Once they arrived on the scene they were attacked by hundreds of Arab rioters hurling rocks at them," he said. "The fire was already on when the young men came down from Yitzhar."
But the video shows that there was no fire burning when the young settlers came down the hill.
It's impossible to tell from the videos who started the fire. But the villagers of Asira al-Qubliya point out that it was their own fields that were burned, and that the fire was much closer to their own village than to the Jewish settlement.
"Sometimes twice a week the settlers come down and start attacking us and damaging our farms," says Fathi Nijem Asayrah, the father of the young man shot in the side of the head in Saturday's incident.
Sitting beside his son's hospital bed, he is angry at the settlers, but even more angry at the soldiers.
"The settler who shot my son did it right next to a soldier, but he did nothing to intervene."
It is this fact, clearly visible in the videos, that has most disturbed B'Tselem.
"It is the Israeli military's responsibility to protect all civilians from violence, not to favour one population at the expense of another," says its spokesperson Jessica Montel.
"What we saw again on Saturday is that the Israeli military did not intervene even when the settlers began shooting."
The Israeli military meanwhile has released a statement.
"During the confrontation, live fire was used," it said. "The incident is currently being investigated by the division commander. It appears that the video in question does not reflect the incident in its entirety."


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When you factor in back-to-school stress, a lack of holidays, and swampy levels of heat and humidity, the dog days of August can make you feel loopy. You could try to get all those errands, meals, and piano lessons done while meditating your way to inner peace, but we prefer to take the opposite approach: let yourself go a little bit crazy. In honor of our Crazy 8s Club, we're bringing you 3 wild water games to squeeze the last drop of fun out of summer with our latest free downloadable printable.
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Location:St. Aidan's Club
The parish BBQs have always been a wonderful way for everyone to get together. Usually we are blessed with sunshine and this year we hope that is no different. There will only be ONE Mass this Sunday and that will be at 11am in St. Aidan's. The BBQ will follow in the club.
Please bring a plate of food, some burgers or something sweet to share on the shared table. However, as Fr. Anton always tells us, the most important thing to bring is yourselves. We would love to see as many of you as possible.
There will be raffles, Bingo, musical entertainment and more... as well as opportunity to be together!
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Are you now up to over 300 individuals in your family tree? Over 3,000? It is amazing how quickly your family tree grows as you dig for treasure about grandparents and their grandparents! Hopefully you will have remembered to add the source details to support all the information you have added to individual ancestors. This will help you explain to other relatives why you have written one Grandmother's name as Eleanor even though she was always known as Ellie and her children thought her real name was Ellen! There are many such small issues that you will find as you look at original documents about your ancestors. And you will certainly find weird and wonderful spelling in the pre-1850 era! Keep copies of the original documents you find, and attach the document copies to each individual it relates to. That way, other relatives can see the same information you did, plus get excited about neighbors, or the value of their real estate, or exclaim about how many horses they had on their farms, and so on.
But the most wonderful additions you can make to your tree are VISUAL: photographs, maps, newspaper clippings, and more. As a beginner, you can contact as many of your relatives as possible in order to search through their photograph albums, boxes of slides and videos, etc. Perhaps your parents have their grandparents' ship arrival information, or their parents passports or birth certificates. Perhaps one aunt kept funeral cards of all relatives – wow, what a treasure those would be. They often had details of the person's life, including travel, association with organizations, education, and more. Adding all those boxes of information to your tree may look like a daunting task. However, you can break the task down into manageable chunks… like the old adage of how can you eat an elephant (one bite at a time).
This is where you need to be amazingly organized: Keep a Master List of all photographs, documents, cards, slides, and more. You may find it easiest to keep the master list organized by "who" owns the data so that you can add the detailed information into your tree, copy the photographs and slides, photograph or scan the documents, then finally give them all back to the owner. One person at a time, one document at a time.
Perhaps this month, you are going to copy those 38 photographs of your grandparents and their homes, relatives, cars, children, and more. Next month, you will scan the birth certificates and passports. Another month, you will photograph momentoes particularly if the item has engraving (do a close-up if possible). This summer you will add photos of gravestones and maps. And – always carefully and safely label each and every item: full name of the individuals in the photograph, place, date, and other details. Keep photos carefully in acid-free envelopes which are labeled by the owner's name, so you can hand them back in the same shape you received them.
Almost all family tree software programs have ways of allowing you to add your photographs and copies of documents to individuals in the tree. Open up a Sample family tree and experiment with how to add a photo to Uncle Joe, or a scan of a map of a county that your Great Grandparents Kuhn lived in, showing their farm and nearby towns. With a little courageous trial and error, you should find it quite easy. If you keep having difficulties with adding images, call up the Support line and ask them to walk you through the process until you are successful. Adding visual items to your family tree will make your tree so much more exciting to relatives including your grandchildren.
Here are a few ideas of what could be added – try to limit yourself to a few key items:
– photos (and photos of slides) of family members at work, at play, at home, at celebrations
– photographs of baby books, baby gifts, bronzed baby shoes
– newspaper records of births, engagements, marriages
– newspaper articles of their 60th wedding anniversary celebration
– newspaper social articles
– newspaper obituaries, funeral cards
– photos of gravestones, with cemetery maps
– organization symbols: e.g., Masonic Lodge symbol and specific Lodge information
– military attestation records, or draft registration records
– military service in detail, any particular medals or battles
– if one particular piece of music is/was the #1 favourite, then a photo of that music (try online)
– school records, photograph of photo in year album, graduation photographs, prom photographs
– scans of registration certificates for birth, marriage, divorce, death
– scan of passports, of plane or boat passenger lists/tickets
– scan of naturalization documents
These are just a few ideas of visual additions to your family tree. The basics would likely be one or more personal photos of each individual at different stages of life, special events photographs (marriage, new baby), plus obituaries, gravestone. Keep yourself organized and tackle the visual additions in small chunks, and you will be amazed at how much you can achieve in a year. Enjoy your genealogy hobby.


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Me and my friend Pepa travelled around Iran for the last eight days. We started in Teheran, then moved to Kashan, visited Abiane on our way to Isfahan and finished in desert city Yazd. We have seen only a tiny fragment Iran and I don't think it was enough. But I'm still impressed, so I would like to share some thoughts and feelings about our trip with you.
How it Started
While in Argentina a couple of months ago, I was talking to my friend Pepa. He told me there were really cheap flight tickets to Teheran from Prague at the end of February. Without hesitation (it really took me only half an hour) I told him to buy them, anxious to see Muslim country for the first time in my life. I also asked my wife if she wanted to come with us, but she said no, scared for her (and subsequently for my) safety. At this point, I told her it would be ok, and that there was nothing to fear. But I obviously did not know – I could only read blogs similar to mine about how cool it actually was to travel in a country where women must wear hijab and have their own female sectors in buses and in metro trains.
Flight tickets cost around 170 Euros and when we arrived, we had to pay another 75 for the visa (directly on the airport). It took around two hours. There were some people paying less (girl from Malta for 45 Euros) or even not paying anything (people from friendly countries like Syria and Turkey). But after that, we had no other reason to contact or deal with authorities.
So what is so great about Iran? First of all, people are extremely COOL, helpful, and relaxed. Being a white guy with almost two meters was one of the biggest advantages while travelling in Iran – people, or I should rather say men, spontaneously approached us (not in great numbers, but still on a very regular basis) and asked where we were from, and if we needed some help. Sometimes they even accompanied us, especially when they spoke some English. But even if they knew only a couple words, they still tried to engage in a conversation with us. And for no other reason than just for the pleasure. No begging, no selling, nothing. That's not bad and it made me feel like I can trust Iranies (except for taxi drivers ofc). When has this happened to you while travelling around Europe or Americas? Not very often, right? And even less in Eastern Europe. Generally, people were smiling and only the most turistic places had something like professional sellers trying to convince us to buy something (usually overpriced handmade carpets). But they left as soon as we told them that our goal is not to bring 10×10 metres big carpet from Isfahan. Me personally I don't like carpets that much. I don't like to buy anything haha. If it wasn't for my friends, I would not go shopping our last day to the Tehran Bazaar.
Women, on the other hand, were observing and only occasionally started talking by themselves. But when we talked them, they were always willing to help us. In some occasions, this led to interesting meetings. We were invited to a dinner by one of our acquintances and could chat with a whole bunch of university students (mainly women). And they were all extremely nice, polite and intelligent. Their kind attitude almost forced me to behave as a normal person.
We felt dissapointed by some Iranians only a couple of times – especially when they wanted money after giving us a ride. We obviously had money, but wanted to hitchhike for the sake of the experience. But in Iran, drivers sometimes mistook us for passengers and wanted money – even when we told them the magic sentences: Ama na taxi, pul nadaram (meaning: No taxi, I don't have money). On one occasion, chofer wanted five dolars for giving us ride inside of a small city Natanz. He became a little aggressive so we gave him something like 0,50 cents and abandoned his car in a hurry. One general rule – never put your belongings into the car trunk. It can easily be used against you. And if there is some problem, just run into the desert. Majority of our hitchihiking experiences were positive, especially truck drivers proved to be friendly guys, able to maintain long conversations without even speaking English.
But after a while, we became more aware of the possible taxi price and paid more attention to the drivers. Our subsequent hitchiking was thus more succesful and we did not pay anything. Also if using taxi, we always stated the fixed price for both of us beforehand. On our last drive to airport, our taxi driver did not understand that and tried to get another 5000 thousand Toman. We used our middle finger instead. As my more experienced friend said, these are typical strategies of taxi drivers, so fuck them. Don't hesitate, just get out of the car and bye bye.
Other means of transportation were absolutelly flaweless. Trains were fast and cozy, buses had drivers who were driving and not playing with their cellphones etc. Prices were excellent. For 10 euros, you could travel for some 8 hours by train.
Monuments and Historical Sites
Entrance fees are generally overpriced for tourists. Also, there is often nothing inside. Like for example Zoroastrian temple in Yazd – what a scam. We have dealt with that in our way – by paying somewhere, entering for free somewhere else or more often not entering. I can assure you that walking around the old neighbourhood in Yazd or the main square in Isfahan were much more interesting than paid entrances to some of the historical sites we have tried. So don't get pulled in and rather spend your money on something else, especially if you are on a tight budget.
I noticed one strange thing – Iranians don't care about their historical sites as we do. For them, it is absolutely OK to build a children's playground next to old walls. Or they even repair damaged monuments, as for example in old abandoned village in Kharanaq or in old and still habitated village Abiane. Their concept of conservation of history is probably different from ours, but I have not inquired more into this topic.
Anyway, it is always interesting to go to the historical places, and you can find them almost everywhere across the country. Holy shrines, mosques, half destroyed settlements and so on. Everything available for you. If you have enough time.
One of the best surprises, more bizarre than real, was the Museum of Martyrs in Isfahan. There were almost no English descriptions inside, but it was visually impressive. Both in artistic expression and in political propaganda it provided. I cannot judge the accurateness of it, so I will just post some pictures:
Obviously, martyrs were only men. All the women that died in the conflict with Iraq probably didn't qualify.
I obviously can't ignore the politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Let's skip the history lesson, everyone can find that on Wikipedia. So how does it feel now? As an etnographer, I became immediatelly alert when word politics was used. But the truth is, I was not very successful in developing longer conversations about politics. People usually stated they didn't understand it and were not interested in it. What a pity, myself being a political scientist and not being able to discuss such an important matter. I was also discouraged various times by some of my fellow travellers to talk politics with locals. I did not want to cause trouble to anyone so I rather shut my mouth.
But I can at least try to make some analytical remarks. I noticed that when people evaded the topic, they did it in a way that left no room for further discussion. No opinions, no ideology, nothing about changing the regime to something that would not bare characteristics of a hybrid regime, dominated by a powerful military. On the other hand it was apparent that many of them want to leave the country – go to Germany, Australia or somewhere else (in Western world). Dissident information was widely available. Many Iranians are already abroad, broadcasting their own news, TV shows, and having a radio station called Farda (based in Prague). Everyone we asked knew about them. So something must be going on under the surface.
The not-ok-state-of-things is best observed on the women politics and the systemic violence that stems from it. At one point of conversation with one female friend, she said that she wouldn't marry, because then she would have to obey her husband. WTF? My liberal self wanted to scream at this point, but I didn't say anything. Islamic religion obviously works well to justify women's obedience to men. Women can't do speak with strangers (they do!) or laugh out loud in public, female university students have to go back to their dormitory before 9 p.m., and all have to wear hijab and so on. Stuff like this makes their lives less independent from the male world, which is restricted as well. Feminism is yet to reappear and cause some deeper stir in the traditional society.
There is a big potential in the Iranian women and I hope it will subsequently work in their struggle for equality with men. Right now, I see more of auto-censorship, and fear of punishment. Obviously, it is easy to be hero from my position, but it is much more difficult to do something as in (male or female) insider in a system based on a belief of inferiority of women both formally and informally.
I will have to read something more about that topic – do you have any suggestions, except for Bourdieu's La Domination masculine?
Being a vegan, it was extremely easy to find something to eat. I could easily avoid meat stuff all along and still eat extremely well. My biggest support was provided by Felafel, which was delicious and also cheap. For 50 cents, you could fill your stomach with delicious chickpea felafel. If not, there was the traditional soup called Āsh, providing you with enough energy for the whole day. We also tried some other meals, but I don't remember their names. They usually contained eggplant, very common in Iranian cuisine. Also other vegetables are rather common for an average European – zucchini, tomatoes, pickled cucumbers, corn and so on. I also ate two pizzas in restaurants, both of them quite good, even without cheese. I don't think there are enough vegans in Iran to support for a wider variety of products, but it seems natural that people eat meals without cheese, milk, eggs, or meat. Maybe a chance for a future investment?
One of the crazy things we have encountered were some kind of frozen noodles ice-cream with sweet sirup on them. We did not finish it and threw it away, because it tasted like shit. I have came across vegan shop only in Teheran, and it was a part of a big vegan restaurant, which was quite good.
Enough for today, to be continued…


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A concept-album of music generated by deep-learning neural network algorithms trained on various datasets, inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Commissioned by IRCAM-Centre Pompidou
Used, in part, in "La fabrique de monstres", a theatrical piece by Jean-François Peyret (see here)
In collaboration with Robin Meier, with the help of Philippe Esling, Léopold Créstel, Mattia Bergomi, Giorgio Presti, NaMi Lab
Obtained via a modified version of the SampleRNN model (Soroush Mehri et al.), followed by a cherry picked selection of results and a rough montage.


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Best of MN: Brainerd Lakes represented in Star Tribune compilation
Earlier this month, the Star Tribune unveiled its first Best of MN publication, noting the state's finest food, drink, shopping, arts and outdoor fun. It's a fun collection of suggestions – although my take is the staff of more than 250 journalists need to spend a bit more time in outstate Minnesota. One can argue that many potential statewide best bets were overlooked in the Brainerd Lakes Area, but instead let's celebrate those Brainerd Lakes Area home runs! In the Outdoors & Fitness category for Outdoor Activities by Month, the first entry states – "January: Compete in the world's largest ice fishing contest on Gull Lake in Brainerd, Minn." The entry is referencing the Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza. In the State Fare category for Kitschy Attraction, runner-up honors were bestowed upon "the talking Paul Bunyan in Brainerd." The recognition is for our Paul Bunyan Land and This Old Farm Pioneer Village. And in the State Fare category for Minnesota resort for families the top honor went to Grand View Lodge. The Star Tribune ranked Best of MN in eight primary categories – Food; Outdoors & Fitness; After Hours; A&E; Home; State Fare; Kids & Family; Shopping. If you were to rank the Best of Brainerd Lakes, what would be your best bets? Let us know. – Kathi Nagorski, Communications DirectorTags: Best of MN, Brainerd Minnesota


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Doogee is ready to launch a new model with eight, full curved sides design
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The smartphone manufacturer DOOGEE has gained great worldwide success for its famous full display smartphone, Mix. Well, recently, it has announced that it will release another new model called "BL5000". The model will definitely appeal to everybody for its eight full curved sides as did the Honor 9 and Honor Magic.
Now, let's have a deeper analysis of DOOGEE BL5000. The shining glossy back cover looks like Honor 9, and it also adopts the eight curves design of Honor Magic. As for its rear camera, it is equipped with a dual camera setup, lining up vertically.
Doogee made it to the news recently after Doogee Mix was announced and it is ready to do it again with the BL5000 that is a breakthrough in smartphone design. The back cover is produced with enough luster, so it reflects glossy radiance with every movement. When you take a glance at BL5000, you may find that the radiance is similar to Honor 9. Meanwhile, both sides of BL5000 are covered with 3D glass, more rounded and bulbous than normal 2.5D glass. It is a similar design you can see in Honor Magic.
When considering its specifications, DOOGEE has not announced many details. But we are almost certain that it will feature a MediaTek CPU. Also, there will be a large capacity battery (5050mAh), a dual 13MP rear camera and an 8-core processor. A model that balances between appearance and performance. What's better, the price will also be very friendly, as always with Doogee devices. If you don't want to spend too much money on buying Honor 9 and Honor Magic, maybe you'd like to go for the BL5000.
The device is now on pre-order, and 10 free units will be given away to subscribers. Also, the popular Doogee Mix is on sale in AliExpress, and if you post the screenshot of your order the Doogee Forum will increase the chance of winning BL5000.


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These 7 painted furniture trends will help you update your furniture with new and classic finishes. Spectacularly painted furniture has that extra pop, and fits in almost any style. I've written tutorials before about painted furniture using distressing, milk and chalk paint. Let's look at what is trending.
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This post covers new painted furniture trends with videos and photos below, links to tutorials and how-to-guides. From perfect flat matte, gold detail, spray paint, milk paint and chalk paint. These techniques can be used on new or old furniture to create the most amazing painted furniture looks.
A major trend is painted furniture with smooth, flawless matte finishes. In particular, dark, even black matte painted furniture is seen more and more. The wood in the mid-century cabinet above has an almost copper effect against matte black paint, but matte works well for light to white furniture as well.
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The highboy makeover below from The Richmond Thrifter using standard Behr enamel paint in a flat finish looks amazing. The tutorial includes details on how traditional lion brass pulls were converted to bright yellow lacquered pulls. Very stylish!
Source: Richmond Thrifter
The smooth matte finish makes a big difference to this highboy, while the bright yellow pulls really pop, transforming it into a high end piece. If you are a fan of gray painted walls, pieces like these really stand out and ground your room.
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Gold, copper and silver metallic paint is peeking into everything; from the top of cupcakes and desserts to hints in painted furniture. Nothing ostentatious. In fact, deliberate restrain is what is needed to highlight carved areas or ridges with the smallest amounts of gold.
This beautiful wall or hall table below, from Calling It Home has a makeover, just by adding a touch of gold with a gold leaf paint pen to the ridge.
Source: Calling it Home
Or this clever makeover from Centsational Girl using Annie Sloans Chalk Paint in 'French Linen'. You don't need to use a primer with Chalk Paint or Milk Paint (read my tutorial on Chalk Paint and Milk Paint for more tips) only if you use latex or enamel paint.
Source: Centsational Girl
Removing flat, dull gold or brass and adding gold paint can instantly update any piece.
Sometimes you need a splash of bright color to add something really special to your rooms.
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There is a great tutorial for the French Provincial dresser below at JRoxDesigns. Don't you love this daring piece? I think the white sets it off perfectly.
Source: JRoxDesigns
If you prefer the glossy look, then red is big, and stripes are huge like this chest from Petticoat Junktion, where details and how to's can be found.
"Pure Red Hi-Gloss Behr …what a beautiful color. I painted this chest red and added white glossy stripes on the drawers for contrast. Great Makeover!"
Dark to black colors are staying strong. Here is another dark painted furniture tutorial for this wardrobe at the Little Green Notebook for this piece below at How to Paint (and Even Wallpaper!) IKEA Furniture – Little Green …. It's an IKEA wardrobe, transformed, with lots of paint and wallpaper! Looks stunning and in true IKEA fashion, built for storage!
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Spray paint can give a smooth, glossy finish that makes pieces look bold and strong. These updated cabinets below were created with spray paint. The gold geometric pulls create a striking contrast. Most people are afraid to use spray paint. Like anything, there are short cuts and tricks and this tutorial makes it look easy.
As she says, "Every DIYer knows paint has the power to transform anything. Spray paint happens to be one of my favorite tools especially on small pieces of decor, but it can work really well on furniture too… The color on the body is Rustoleum's Gloss Black and the legs are painted with Liquitex Antique Gold (both spray paint). The new brass ring pulls with a diamond back plate are from Lee Valley and so gorgeous – note they also come in a slightly large size, and they are absolutely perfect for these two chest of drawers.
If you want to try out spray painting, you can find the full tutorial here.
One problem with using older pieces is finding two of the same. One way around it to to unify them by painting them the same colors. These chairs are all different but they tie in beautifully by being painted the same shade of white.
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Reposhure has the answer, 'Keep the pop of color as an undercurrent on your new piece!' The different size and style pulls at the top, pull the eye upwards, making the pieces look less heavy and serious.
Distressed furniture is a design style that is now established and here to stay. It's often called by other names like shabby chic or rustic. Most pieces are new; altered by distressing to change the look completely.
The most common way of aging or distressing painted furniture is by striking it with anything from a hammer chains. To create scratches or gouges, you can hit the furniture repeatedly with nails and screws embedded into a wood plank. It sounds a little harsh, which is probably why most people take the less strenuous route and sandpaper the edges to show either the wood or previous colors underneath.
What you do next is up to you, but the trend holding strong is the use of chalk paint and milk paint to blend old and new.
People really love working with milk paint and chalk paint and when you see the great results you can understand why. Painted Furniture is the secret to creating a whole new look.
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It's about creating interest and contrast. Here are two easy videos on chalk paint to see how you can easily transform your furniture and another two below – one on Annie Sloan's chalk paint and the second on how to antique furniture.
To look authentically aged use a combination of hammer, mallet or chain links to give your piece character. A less dramatic method is to sand pieces so they appear worn at corners, edges, near pulls and handles. This shows different layers of paint colors underneath. Flat paint colors are used, after all, glossy means new.
Distressed furniture allows paint colors underneath to show through, creating a worn layered effect. There is usually a dark undercoat. Additional coats are applied, finishing off with a final lighter, often white, layer.
When the final lighter color is painted, sand back at the edges, corners, pulls and handles to allow the dark layer to peek through. Add a final coat of wax to protect your furniture and all your hard work. Annie Sloan isn't the only chalk paint in town. There are other good chalk paint products. Don't ignore milk paint either, which can also create totally unique looks.
Tip: Let your furniture dry for at least one or two days or the paint comes off too easily.
If you're worried about color choices, surf Pinterest or Google to see a style or shade you love. Painted furniture was often lighter like light blue and white, but now from glossy red, black or lime, color is trending.
For a reclaimed wood table finish, follow the steps below. Its a little messier with an extra step to darken the wood, more than once, using a vinegar wash but this is a great look if you have the time.
To freshen your piece back to wood, simply use stripper to remove the old layers. Next sand and re-finish with a stain that matches the original wood or your other furniture. Then seal the piece, to protect it. You can use an oil finish, clear lacquer, polyurethane, or varnish for protection.
I want to update my wooden kitchen cupboards currently in a jarrah stain
To a more modern look. Also need to
Update the bench.
Could you do a segment on kitchen updates.
I'm doing my room in a mix of western and native american theme and colors. Maybe you can directly me to segments on thus style and how to refurbish my furniture in the room with chalk paint in this theme. I've collected old steer horns and old leather halters not usable on my horse but great to make wall plant hangers. (clearing out my old tack and saddle blankets has been a great help decorating) any help and suggestions would be great.
Spfld MA.
What color did you use on the dresser at the top of the page? (The greenish and white one)
Hi Christine,
I love the greenish chest with the cream swirls. I was wondering if it was a stencil that was used. If so, would you know where I could purchase it.
Thank you,
so glad I found you as retiring out to the desert & buying a large barn shed & collecting (pinterest ) ideas to save money on my existing furniture!
I opened this pin to find out what you were doing with the white wash on the table or cabinet top. Can you help find the rest of the story? I'm trying to redo my island top.
I have successful refinished wood furniture and used French polishing to restore old finishes. But I have never successfully painted furniture. I now want to find a beat up dresser with soft curves and no bric brac and curlicues. I want to duplicate a polychrome antique. French. I am rather artistic (not an artist) but I can duplicate something freehand. Where do u start…..is tempera paint or acrylics ok for the polychrome? I can use enamel for the base coat ( per your great information above)
Is there a book on techniques?


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How Physical Retailers can Compete on Cyber Monday
Cyber Monday, used by online retailers, has become an international marketing term across the world. It was introduced by Shop.org in 2005 in USA and now it gains popularity in the online shopping holiday. Although Cyber monday was originally used for online shopping, the physical retailers can also make huge sale with it using following tips:
Marrying the Real-Life with Digital Experiences
Retailers can make their digital and in-person brand experience consistant and work together to promote the Cyber Monday. Shoppers should be able to see mobile devices to get the content connected to in-store promotions for great deals. Adding exclusive coupon codes, creating a whole section of Cyber Monday deals can be made available to in-store shoppers. Proximity marketing can also be used to transmit special promotions to nearby shoppers.
Knowing Consumers need
Retailers should anticipate shoppers' needs while promoting the in-store deals early instead of waiting for the holiday-shopping weekend. They can use BFCM Toolbox to get set, get seen, and get selling. Stressing the importance of knowing who the customers are and offering them the right promotions. Retailers must make sure that their offers are not generic and boring, and that they are tailored to each type of customer.
Targeting Efforts
Everyone is not the right customer for Cyber Monday. Depending on their shopping habits and the deals, they might not find products that are relevant to them. Hence targeting potential and high-value customers is important. Retailers should study who buys on sale only, and offer them the clearance discounts.
More Than Just a Shop
The store should be a fulfillment center, not a traditional storefront. Retailers must focus more sharply on promoting order fulfillment, stocking and back-office efficiencies. Many consumers while making online orders also end up doing an additional in-store purchase. To bridge the gap a Cyber Monday promotion can be run.
Personalizing in-store
Shoppers are extremely distracted in doing multiple tasks while shopping, like working, talking to others or watching TV. So messaging through any channel has to be personalized, on point, and relevant to truly break through those distractions. If the right promotions are delivered to the right potential shoppers, they'll convert to buyers and that retailer will have a much better turnout from all their hard work and marketing efforts.
Highlighting Benefits of Shopping In-Store
Many shoppers want to touch, feel, or try a product while shopping. This in turn bring them to physical stores. Retailers must identify them and can customise the offers to convert them in the store.
Have Enticing Offers
Everytime while running sales, retailers must see that the sale should compelling enough to drive foot traffic. Cyber Monday is one of the biggest days for deals to offer.
Some ideas to compete for customers for Cyber Monday:
- Having a Black Friday to Cyber Monday Weekend Sale
- Buying Local Campaign
- Having Exclusive In-Store Offerings
- Supporting a Cause
Retailers can learn the biggest lessons through experience. So it is important to clearly identify Cyber Monday goals and strategies to take a look after the fact and analyze success.


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In traditional medicine,
Many patients have a condition called
Role of Thyroid
Normal Production
The thyroid gland produces two thyroid hormones: T4 (thyroxine) and T3 (triiodothyronie). Ninety-five percent of thyroid hormone produced is T4 and present is T3. T3 is active so the majority of thyroid hormone produced as a result of one iodine being cleaved from T4. T4 is inactive so the majority of thyroid hormone produced is actually inactive. Most of the T4 is converted into T3 in the liver. Hormone replacement therapy keeps your production normal for years to come.
Aid in
lowering of cholesterol
- Prevention of goiter
- Improvement in overall symptoms
- T3-T4 preparations have greater stability compared to T4
- Absorption of T4 varies from 35-67%, compared to 95% for T3
T3-T4 medications may improve the necessary conversion of T4 to T3
Many conditions inhibit the conversion of T4 to T3 making it more difficult for plain T4 to do its job. Such conditions include: aging, hormone deficiencies, T3 deficiency, stress and digestive troubles. T3 is the most important thyroid hormone and is the active hormone in target cells. Mortality studies show in general, it's the level of T3 and T4 that determines survival.
- Childhood- Typically see thick trunk, larger chest and abdomen, smaller limbs, obesity, hyper-laxity of fingers, delayed/poor sexual development, heavy birth weight, recurrent infections as a child, and learning disability.
- Adult- Normal trunk but swollen and obese, hyper-lordosis (bottom of spine curves towards abdomen), atrophic sexual characteristics.
Signs and Symptoms of Hypothyroidism:
- Weight gain, swollen all over or puffy, bloated abdomen, slow digestion, constipation
- Prone to ear, nose, and throat infections.
- Morning fatigue, feels best in evening
- Cold intolerance, poor circulation, inability to sweat when warm
- Tendency towards snoring, trouble getting out of bed in morning, sleepy during day
- Poor appetite, tendency to drink caffeine, decreased thirst, decreased urination
- Dry or slowly growing hair, hair loss, loss of outer third of eyebrow
- Headaches, worse in morning, ear ringing, hoarse voice in am
- Muscle and joint stiffness on awakening, diffuse muscle and joint aches worse in the morning
- Nocturnal feet and leg cramps, carpal tunnel syndrome, lumbar pain
- Mental slowness, apathy and lack of interest, morning depression, slow thinking and reaction, easily distracted, poor concentration, poor attention, poor memory, and school performance
- Tendency towards the following diseases: cardiovascular disease, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, heart failure, infertility, obesity, diabetes, depression, memory loss, Alzheimer's, respiratory infections, and possibly cancer
How to increase thyroid treatment:
- Eat at least 1500-2500 calories per day
- Eat organic Paleolithic type foods: fruits, veggies, modest amounts protein, meat, poultry, eggs, and, fish
- Eat foods rich in iron (beef, chicken, liver, and spinach) and iodine (seaweed, seafood, and cranberries) Iodine, magnesium, zinc, copper, selenium, and Vitamins B2, B3, and B6 are required for good thyroid function
- Get adequate rest, avoid sleep deprivation, prolonged stress, and excessive physical activity
- Avoid low calorie and low-fat diets
- Avoid processed foods, alcohol, vinegar, caffeinated beverages, milk, excess animal protein
- Fiber rich foods may decrease thyroid levels. Balancing other hormones such as growth hormone, testosterone, insulin (diabetics), DHEA, melatonin, progesterone, small amounts of cortisol.
- Inhibitors may include estrogens and high amounts of cortisol
Make Hormone replacement therapy part of your life.


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PARAMEDICS fear front line services will be hit after South Central Ambulance Service announced £30million in cuts over the next five years.
The service, which covers Bucks, Oxon, Berks and Hants, is having to make savings as part of a national cost-cutting drive.
It said it does not intend to make anyone redundant, and will try to find ways to protect front-line services.
But Jonathan Fox, a paramedic of 30 years' experience and national press officer for the Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel, fears this may not be possible.
Mr Fox said: "It's very difficult to reconcile the idea of £6million-a-year cuts over the next five years without there being an impact on patient services.
"I accept (the service) saying they're not going to make anyone redundant, but what about recruitment?
"This will impact on the trust and its ability to deliver patient care."
He said London Ambulance Service, which is facing £53million in cuts, has already had to announce redundancies and a recruitment freeze.
In a statement, the service said: "South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust can confirm that we are required, along with other NHS Trusts, to make savings.
"This will mean that we will be required to make savings of £6m per annum over the next five years. Plans for these efficiency savings are still being put together and will be released in the coming months.
"However we would like to reassure people that currently it is not our intention to make anyone redundant.
"We need to continue to improve our services for our patients, and as such are continuing to recruit to our frontline services."


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Creating Affordable Housing with or without Development Subsidies
Wednesday, November 7: 10:45am – 12:00pm
Creating affordable housing in an environment where development subsidy is limited or not available is becoming more common. This poses challenges either in successfully achieving various priorities and program requirements, or in creating competitive affordable housing without development subsidies.
Session Materials:
Creating Affordable Housing Presentations (2.55 MB Adobe PDF File)
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Trevor Britton, Ohio Housing Finance Agency
Trevor Britton is a Housing Tax Credit analyst at the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) and works to score and underwrite the competitive LIHTC applications. In addition to the LIHTC program, Trevor interacts with several gap financing programs offered by OHFA including HDL, HOME, and OHTF. Prior to joining OHFA, in 2017 Trevor graduated with a Master of Public Administration from The John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University. Trevor became familiar with the LIHTC program while at Ohio State and focused his studies around cost containment measures in the LIHTC program. In 2014 Trevor graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
Dawn E. Grace, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati
Dawn E. Grace is currently the Assistant Vice President of Housing & Community Investment (HCI) at the FHLB Cincinnati, a regional wholesale bank serving member financial institutions in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. She was named to her current position in January 2018 and works with the Senior Vice President in managing the operations of the HCI department. Her responsibilities include overseeing the management and administration of FHLB Cincinnati's affordable housing and economic development programs. Dawn has over 20 years of experience working in housing development. Prior to joining FHLB Cincinnati, Dawn worked as a Senior Community Development Analyst/Program Manager with the City of Cincinnati's Department of Community and Economic Development. In her various roles with the City, she worked on many types of development projects including market rate and affordable projects, as well as single family, multi-family and mixed-use projects. Dawn holds a M.B.A in Management from the University of Cincinnati as well as a B.S. in Business Administration from Florida A&M University (Tallahassee FL). She also has certifications from the National Development Council (NDC) in Housing Development and Economic Development. She is currently a board member of Homesteading & Urban Redevelopment Corporation (HURC). Dawn and her husband Keith are "pseudo" empty nesters and reside in Cincinnati, OH.
Samantha Makoski, Ohio Housing Finance Agency
Samantha Makoski is a 9% LIHTC analyst at the Ohio Housing Finance Agency. She has a bachelor's degree from Denison University and a master's degree from Ohio State University. She has been at OHFA for nearly four years, and has worked in the affordable housing industry for nine years. She lives in Pickerington, OH with her husband, one year old son (Elliot), and socially awkward cat (Echo).
Joseph (Joe) M. McCabe, Woda Cooper Companies, Inc.
Joseph M. McCabe is Vice President of Development for Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. and has over a decade of experience in real estate development. Prior to joining Woda, Mr. McCabe was employed with The NRP Group. He supervised and completed a variety of multi-family, senior, independent living and scattered-site affordable and market rate housing development initiatives throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Mr. McCabe also served as the director of construction for The Hamister Group, Inc., a 'top-20' hotel, assisted living and senior housing developer. He served as chief representative for all new development projects while managing an annual capital improvement program for existing properties across five states and two countries. While at Cleveland, Ohio based architecture firm, KA, Inc. Mr. McCabe gained a solid footing in large-scale mixed-use and retail center development. Overseeing all aspects of the design and construction process for various commercial development corporations in thirteen states, he served a 'who's who' of retail developers including Forest City Enterprises, Simon Property Group, General Growth Properties, CBL & Associates Properties and The Richard E. Jacobs Group. Mr. McCabe attended the State University of New York at Buffalo where he obtained his Bachelor of Professional Studies, Master of Architecture, and Certificate of Universal Design.


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SAYAS is seeking to engage with various partners in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region in order to link young scientists and early career researchers to policy makers (and making) in order to strengthen the science-policy interface through a symbiotic relationship. It is hoped that such a relationship will better inform policies and assessments; at the same time, identify gaps and shortfalls in achievement of set goals so as to utilise science to find solutions. This engagement also seeks to challenge young scientists to gear their research to be more responsive to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by ensuring the accessibility of evidence-based 'research.
Food security concerns are encapsulated within the SDGs, particularly 1, 2, 3, 4 and 12 that respectively deal with no poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education and responsible consumption and production.
The workshop will be hosted in partnership with the Mauritius Academy of Science, Tanzania Academy of Science and TWAS-ROSSA from 11-13 April 2018 in Gauteng province, South Africa.
Funding for the workshop has been provided by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP)-Carnegie project small grants scheme on 'Harnessing science engineering and mathematics (SEM) to meet Africa's challenges' and the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust.
This is a closed meeting and participation is by invitation only.


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In an action that could significantly expand litigation in insider trading cases, Litton Industries filed suit Tuesday for more than $30 million against the Shearson Lehman Bros. stock brokerage and admitted inside trader Dennis B. Levine.
The civil complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in New York, said that Litton was forced to pay in excess of $30 million more for its March, 1983, acquisition of Itek Corp.--due to Levine's illegal activities while working for Shearson--than it otherwise would have paid.
Litton paid $240 million in cash for Itek, an East Coast electronics and defense firm. Under a merger agreement announced in January, 1983, it paid $48 per share for Itek. But in the fall of 1982, it had begun buying Itek shares for as little as $22.84, according to Litton spokesman Robert Knapp. In the suit, Litton charged that Levine's "illegal conduct" caused the price increase.
Gave Up $11.5 Million of Profits
Levine worked at Shearson during the Itek acquisition, but in 1985 he took a $1-million-a-year job as a managing director at Drexel Burnham Lambert, an investment banking firm.


text: Athletics 2014, a set on Flickr.It was a hot day and the whole school was out on the field for the 2014 Athletics Competition. The services academy had done a great job of setting everything up and the teams were raring to go. The whanau's marched on and performed their chants in front of everyone else. Then the competition was really on. House pride was the order of the day with the crowds yelling their support for the competitors. Family and friends came to support too, also wearing the correct colours for their houses. Kowhai took it out with a convincing win on points.


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Nicola graduated from Queen Mary, University of London in December 2012 with a Ph.D in experimental organic semiconductor physics.
Since then she has worked as a researcher, and to support researchers.
In her spare time she gets involved with science communication and public engagement with research.
Nicola has just moved back to her home county of Kent, and is currently making the transition out of academia.
Nicola is exceptionally clever, if you want to know how clever, ask her mum.
Nicola has a great talent for drawing stick men, and can chop onions very finely.