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We're in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution — a fundamental shift in the business and social landscapes resulting from a fusion of technologies blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres.
But what's at the heart of the Fourth Industrial Revolution? Can it deliver on its promise to drive productivity gains, economic growth, and business success? Or can it do harm, like push the boundaries of inequality even further? And what should businesses do now to prepare?
If this rapid innovation fails to connect people to high-quality education and jobs, everyone will feel the repercussions. Joe Kaeser, CEO at Siemens AG said that "we must use technology to narrow the gap between the haves and the have-nots and lead the world to a net-net growth of GDP." This is the only way to ensure dynamic job growth and productivity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
At the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Salesforce Chairman and CEO, Marc Benioff convened a panel of experts to discuss how the Fourth Industrial Revolution will increasingly impact our economies, societies, and daily lives. Panelists included:
Customer expectations will drive innovation and growth
The pace of technological change in the Fourth Industrial Revolution isn't likely to slow down any time soon. Diane Greene, CEO of Google Cloud pointed out that what programmers can do today wouldn't have been imaginable five years ago — and then in another five years, the technologies we'll be embracing will be very different yet again.
"I think there's gonna be an awakening," will.i.am said. "There's gonna be products — just like the iPhone is a device made for the internet. There isn't a device that's made for AI yet, and that will happen five years from now. And hopefully, they will empower people and communities."
Customer behavior and technological innovation are evolving alongside each other. For example, today's customers now have access to products, services, and experiences any time, anywhere, and on-demand. This has forced businesses to adapt how they design, market, and deliver products and services.
To win in this environment, companies must focus on offering unforgettable and personalized experiences in addition to their core offerings. The smartest businesses will harness emerging technologies — virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and intelligent agents — to help deliver fully immersive experiences to large numbers of customers at lower costs.
"Over the next five years, B2C [business-to-consumer] is going to be the growth engine of the world," said Joe Kaeser. "The middleman will be cut out of a complicated process as empowered consumers, supported by technology, drive innovation and growth. The technology is already here — people just need to get used to it."
Businesses will need to support a new kind of workforce
Businesses also face the danger of the skill sets and competencies of employees becoming obsolete faster as technology advances. To thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, they will need to build a workforce predisposed to a relentless pursuit of innovation and change. They will also need to foster more nimble cultures where employees can continuously learn and develop new skills.
According to Greene, workers are already recognizing that lifelong learning is the key to career sustainability. The idea that individuals have a career imperative to learn — and companies an imperative to help them do so — will be more widely accepted in the coming years.
Promoting diversity will help businesses thrive
A world where disruption is the new normal requires extraordinary insight and agility. Businesses can enhance both by promoting diversity and inclusivity, especially knowing that diverse workforces perform better in the realms of creativity, engagement, and innovation.
As the technologies underpinning the Fourth Industrial Revolution become more ubiquitous and easy to use, more women will be encouraged to work in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. "We may even start to see more balanced numbers of men and women working in these sectors, with previously underrepresented minorities embracing and shaping technology in very powerful ways as well," said Greene.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution will give businesses an opportunity to embrace new values
It's time for business leaders to spark conversations about change in an effort to prepare their organizations for the future.
For Lorrana Scarpioni, CEO and Founder at Bliive, this means identifying more inclusive ways for businesses to support entrepreneurship. How can companies open up their corporate social innovation programs to support mass engagement? How can these programs contribute both social and economic value while tapping into the intelligence and creativity of whole populations?
"As we live through the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we also need to bring about a revolution of morals and new values to meet its challenges," said Scarpioni.
New organizational models that leverage these emerging technologies could include the development of smart platforms to help startups and microbusinesses reduce costs and simplify processes. Other examples could include blockchain-based "sharing economy" models to help businesses retain value within their local economies.
Closing the inequality gap will boost global productivity
Greater income inequality, increased unemployment, a growing dependence on government handouts, and more mass migrations are just some of the problems that could arise if businesses and governments fail to train employees how to navigate the new digital economy.
"Technology now commands much greater capital investments, with the returns going much less to labor and more to the owners of capital," said Al Gore. "At the same time, intelligence added to automation is causing apprehension and fear. We have to address that. We have to make sure the benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution reach the largest number of people around the world."
This article is part of a series on the Fourth Industrial Revolution — a concept introduced by Klaus Schwab at the World Economic Forum. For this series, we've interviewed a number of chief executives and thought leaders about the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on the business world. Check out the other posts in the series:
How the Fourth Industrial Revolution Is Reinventing the Future of Jobs
How Continuous Learning and Skills Development Are Essential to Success Today
Why it Makes Good Business Sense for Companies to Become Change Agents in Society
The Pursuit of Unbiased AI: Ethics in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
CEOs Talk Shop: Future-Proofing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution


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Shanghai FC Forward Elkeson De Oliveira Cardoso (R) fights for the ball with Jiangsu FC Defender Hong Jeongho (L) during the AFC Champions League 2017 Round of 16 match between Jiangsu FC (CHN) vs Shanghai SIPG FC (CHN) at the Nanjing Olympic Stadium on 31 May 2017 in Nanjing, China. Photo by Marcio Rodrigo Machado / Power Sport Images
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The wedding reception should be the time when everyone can relax after the ceremony and enjoy each other's company. However, wedding speeches can sometimes mar an otherwise perfect reception for a number of reasons including shyness, a language barrier and inappropriate content. Instead, it may be more appropriate to subsititute speeches with other forms of honoring the bride and groom.
Musical Tribute
If someone is not particularly confident in public speaking, but can sing or play an instrument, they may prefer to celebrate the bride and groom by singing a song or playing a piece of music. Choose a piece or compile a medley of songs or music that has sentimental significance to the couple.
Photo Montage
Anyone with computer skills can put together a PowerPoint presentation featuring the couple in photos. A few weeks prior to the wedding, you can ask the couple's families and friends to share pictures with you that you can compile into a slideshow set to music. If possible, find photos from their childhood and college days, as well as more recent pictures.
Leaves of Love
Place a potted tree with bare branches at the entrance to the reception. Place a table next to it, where you have left supplies of pens and cardboard leaves attached to ribbons. Encourage guests to write messages on the leaves and tie them to the branches. Instead of giving a speech, the speaker can read messages from the tree.
Personalized Poems
Those with poetic abilities may enjoy writing a personalized poem, as opposed to a regular speech. You can even find professional writers online who will compose a poem for you, if you send them details about the couple.
Absent Guests
Special family and friends that are not able to attend the wedding can be asked to send voicemails and taped messages that can be made into a compilation tape to be played during the reception.
Children's Choir
With a little planning and rehearsal, the kids in the family can be gathered to perform a song for the couple. Try to gather the group together a couple of times before the big day to practice their song.
- "Complete Wedding Planner": Elizabeth Lluch; Alex Lluch: 2006


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1 At the end of the Critique of Practical Reason ( a longer, 'critical' development of the ideas we have read ), Kant wrote the following lines, later inscribed on his cenotaph in Königsberg:
Zwei Dinge erfüllen das Gemüt mit immer neuer und zunehmender Besunderung und Ehrfurcht, je öfter under anhaltender sich das Nachdenken damit beschäftigt: der bestirte Himmel über mir, und das moralische Geset in mir.
Two things fill the sensibility with ever new and growing admiration adn awe, the more often and more persistently reflection occupies itself with them: the starred heaven above me, and the moral law within me.
To me at least, the appeal of these ( famous ) lies suggest ( somewhat contrary to the official, 'speculative' doctrine about the structure of the 'starred heaven' in the Critique of Pure Reason ) that Kant saw something comparably ideal, almost numinous about both the macrocosmos 'above' us and the microcosmos 'within' us.
How might one account for such a view, in terms at least roughly compatible with the arguments of the Groundwork? does the view seem tenable? Morally relevant?
Would it have ( perhaps acknowledged by Kant himself ) accounted for the realisability of his 'metaphysics of morals' in 'immanent' terms ( those accessible within 'the' boundaries of 'determinate' human experience )?
Might Kant have sketched a conceptual framework for ethics which makes 'the utterly good will' a kind of fixed point, for ( allegedly ) convergent insights and intuitions we will never possess?
If so, might it have heuristic, even pragmatic value nonetheless, as an infinitely receding ideal ( cf. his allusion at 462 to "vernünftiger Glaube", best translated as "reasonable faith" )?
2 An argument can be made that Kant developed, in effect, an eighteenth-century, pietist and 'enlightened' version of stoic ethics, in which he posited that the problem of 'freedom' Chrysippus struggled to solve 'must' have a solution, however 'regulative' and "incomprehensible" ( cf., e. g., 461 ) the limiting ideal of such a 'solution' may be.
Now that you have read both a sampling of the stoic texts and the basic text of Kantian ethics, do you agree? Do you see any potentially interesting parallels or contrasts, for example, between Chrysippus's putative rationalisation of human 'freedom' ( cf., e. g., pp. 108-109 of the Saunders anthology ), and arguments that appear in the Groundwork?
Might one draw further natural parallels between the strengths and limitations of stoic ethical prescriptions, and the problems which emerge ( once again ) when one tries to 'realise' Kantian ethics?
Might Stoic attempts to "live according to nature", in particular, have posed a task almost as elusive as 'enlightened' attempts to live in the "Verstandeswelt" ( "conceptual world" ) of the "realm of ends" -- and conversely?
3 I suggested at one point in class that a strain might exist in Kant's assimilations of the "practical" Verstandeswelt" ( "conceptual" or "intelligible" world ) to the noumena of his "theoretical" philosophy, in that the characteristic of the latter (in the Critique of Pure Reason ) is their conceptual underdetermination and openness to plurality of interpretation(s), in obvious contrast with the implicit unicity Kant posits in his ethics for the 'realm of ends'.
What do you think? Might Kantian insights about 'the' Reiche der Zwecke remain useful, in some regulative way, even if one waives his a priori assumption that such 'realms' are unique?
4 At 445, Kant writes of his ethical theory that
Wer also Sittlichkeit für Etwas und nicht fur eine chimärische Idee ohne Wahrheit hält, muß das angeführte Prinzip derselben zugleich einräumen.
Whosever considers morality to be something, and not a chimerical idea without truth, must conced the principle we have advance.
Is this a ( merely ) hypothetical meta-imperative, which tacitly begs ( as I think most of Kant's 'transcendental' arguments do ) the assimilation of consistency ( interpretability ) and 'truth' ( unique interpretability )?
And if it is, will it be any use to us if we have to confront a very serious and consequential moral skeptic -- a moral pyrrhonist, say, who defends some anarchic, quasi-Hobbesian version of 'moral' egoism, but insists that this defense is merely epistemic and prudential, and thus fundamentally amoral, "like everything else in the world"?
5 Kant provides four "examples" of the categorical imperative's more pragmatic implications at 422-424 and 429-430, and there is a certain consensus that they are not uniformly successful.
Do these examples perhaps exemplify in an unintended way his remark at 419, about the categorical imperative ( still officially forthcoming at that point ), that
es durch kein Beispiel, mithin empirisch auszumachen sei, ob es überall irgend einen dergleichen imperative gebe . . . .
It's not to be made out through any sort of example, and thus empirically, whether there is an imperative of the kind. . . .
Or might there be some other 'ascriptive' interpretation(s), in these four cases, of their 'maxims'--'the' definitive conditions, in effect, in which the imperative is to be applied --which would yield more sympathetic conclusions, or even the same ones, but with more convincing grounds?
Since every moral dilemma we are likely to encounter seems to come trailing clouds of background conditions and boundary assumptions, might a more plausible, 'immanent' Kantian (meta)imperative simply enjoin us to project ( 'merely' hypothetical ) 'good-fairy-approximations' -- to autonomy, self-legislation and the like
-- and then hope for the best ( presumably with the aid of "reasonable faith )?
6 At 452, Kant refers to a self-referential "reine Selbstätigkeit" ( literally, "pure self-activity" ) of reason.
I would agree that such reflective ( and reflective ) 'activity' is essential to moral as well as epistemic 'identity'.
Might one also view Kant's autonomy of "freedom" and the "purely good will", in part at least , as a kind of individualisation or 'personalisation' of traditional 'first' and 'self-cause'-characterisations of 'god', eventuating in this case in a secularised quaker / pietist "inner light" ("The kingdom of god is within you"? Rather than ground or subsume regressive chains of 'causes', "reasonable beings"' autonomy, self-awareness and mutual respect ground hierarchies of alternating 'means' and 'ends' (and becomes "Selbstzwecke", or "ends in themselves" ).
In any event, one might also elicit from Kant's attempts to provide 'transcendental' grounds for more autonomy a self-referential 'practical' paradox, of the form
Each 'reasonable being' 'must' be able to will that
ɾ each 'reasonable being' 'must' be able to will that
ɼ ... ɼ ... ɿ ɿ ɿ .
(Compare William James' claim that his first 'freely willed' act was to believe that he had a free will ).
7 At 461, Kant briefly adumbrates a doctrine he later called the "primacy of practical reason" in the Critique of Practical Reason ( 215-219 ). This "primacy" means more or less what the word suggest: that 'practical' ( ethical ) reason is to be given some sort of priority over its theoretical or speculative counterpart(s).
If one does not beg the issues of hermeneutic plurality and self-referential underdetermination of 'practical reason', raised above in 3 and 6, might assent to this "primacy" still be 'reasonable' -- as a form of quasi-Kantian "respect", perhaps, for the unknowability of 'reason' to itself, and for the concomitant pathos of its 'fate', described in the famous passage from the opening of the Critique of Pure Reason ( A VII ):
Die menschliche Vernunft hat das besondere Schicksal in einer Gattung ihrer Erkenntnisse: daß sie durch Frage belästigt wird, die sie nicht absweisen kann; den sie sind ihr durch nie Natur der Vernunft selbst aufgegeben, die sie aber nicht beantworen kann; den sie übersteigen alles Vermögen der menschliche Vernunft.
Human reason has the particular fate in one aspect of its cognitions: that it is harassed by questions, that it cannot brush off; for they are posed for it by the nature of reason itself, but that it cannot answer; since they transcend all capacity of human reason.
Might one 'reasonably' seek, in other words, to formulate a 'dialectical' version of Kantian ethics, marked (among other things ) by
7.1 more thoroughgoing assimilation of the two 'noumenal' realms, as in questions 1 and 3 above ( keeping in mind the original 'conceptual' Greek sense of the word "noumena" );
7.2 more evenhanded respect for 'reasonable beings', as ultimately unfathomable but worthy sources of insight into them both ( ". . . the starred heaven above us, and the moral law within us" ).


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10th November: Tonight was a waxing moon, a little over half-full, and Torre Abbey was glowing with multi-coloured lights and crowded with people - and their dogs – for the Eyeview Wavelength festival, an open-air celebration of light and sound and creativity. A perfect night for us to sing in the Spanish Barn.
With Chris, our Musical Director, on a sabbatical, we had Isobel to direct us. We had a lot of discussion beforehand about which songs to choose for our short set. We wanted to start with a boost, so Deke Shannon's arrangement of Best Day of My Life won the vote. Then a couple of Beatles classics – In My Life and Can't Buy Me Love.
The choice of the last one was obvious, in keeping with the 'moon' theme of the night – Moon River. We love it, and it's always a crowd-pleaser.


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The 20th anniversary Cornell University Pro-Dairy Junior Dairy Leader class will graduate 31 students at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019, at the 2019 Empire Farm Days at Rodman Lott and Son Farms in Seneca Falls.
The graduating class includes Madison County student Erin Curtis Szalach of Cazenovia.
Since 1999, the Junior Dairy Leader program has graduated a total of 468 youth. The September-to-August program builds personal, communication, teamwork, problem-solving and leadership skills; networks the students with industry professionals and provides exposure to dairy internship opportunities.
Under the guidance of program leader and Cornell Pro-Dairy youth
development specialist Deborah Grusenmeyer, each year's class participates in
eight hands-on workshops, attends the National 4-H Dairy Conference and World Dairy
Expo in Madison, Wis., and tours farms and agribusinesses.
Participating students are mostly from New York state, but over the years have also come from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Vermont, where no similar program exists. Past graduates credit the program for influencing their decision to pursue dairy-related careers. A list of the 2019 class of graduates is posted at empirefarmdays.com.


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The Annabelle Inn knows that saving energy means saving money.
Business owners looking to improve their energy efficiency often ask one question: which project saves the most money? For Annabelle Inn, the answer was adding variable frequency drives (VFDs) to the hotel's hot water circulation pumps, a simple move that's projected to save the hotel almost $2,500 annually.
Most commercial buildings have motor-driven fans and pumps that behave much the same as they have for years: the motor turns on and stays on, running at a constant speed regardless of the work being performed. Technological advances brought the VFD, a device that controls the motor speed, allowing it to ramp up and down to deliver the amount of power needed in the moment.
Running a motor without a VFD is essentially like a car with the gas pedal glued to the floor using only the breaks to control your speed. Using the gas pedal to match your engine's speed with the speed of the car makes a lot more sense, both in terms of fuel efficiency and for proper care of your car. So it's only logical to make sure your building's systems are operating the same way: using VFD controls to match the speed of the motors to meet the demands of the building. This will reduce electricity bills and also to reduces maintenance issues by properly "throttling" your motors instead having hard stops and starts.
Adding this little box to your equipment is a plug and play way to save energy. Source: Wikimedia Commons
What's more, they are simple to install, ensure same quality performance and work automatically. Brad Davis, CORE's energy programs manager, says "most older systems were installed without VFD controls, adding them now is an easy way to start saving energy." VFDs have a lot of common applications; they can be attached to hot water pumps (as in the case of Annabelle Inn), refrigeration units, exhaust fans and rooftop HVAC units, among others.
A big chunk of a business' utility bill comes from these motor-powered machines, which means they also represent a big opportunity for lowering that bill. Between energy savings and cash-back rebates from CORE and utilities, VFDs pay for themselves. Without any rebate funds, Annabelle Inn's VFD project was estimated to have a payback of under five years. Thanks to the City of Aspen's Small Lodge Preservation Program, which aims to revitalize and support the longevity of certain hotels, the project was completely paid for.* That meant the Annabelle Inn started saving energy and money right away.
Are VFDs the right fit for your building? Our energy advisors can help you out. We offer one-on-one guidance and free site-visits to evaluate opportunities for VFDs and other energy-saving projects. Davis emphasizes that a site-visit isn't a big time commitment for you but has a big payoff: "we can spend an hour or two at your business and you get a priority list of the best energy-saving projects." VFDs are just one example of energy efficiency projects that are simple and help your bottom line.
For a limited time the City of Aspen is offering a bonus rebate of $2,500 for businesses on City of Aspen Electric grid that install VFDs. That's on top of the $5,000 that's always available from the City and CORE to support your energy improvements. The rest of the Roaring Fork Valley — don't worry, we've got you covered with cash-back rebates too. Call Brad Davis to get started: 970.925.9775 ext. 506.


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"Code-Cademy" has been great. I'm still on the HTML+CSS instruction and built a Airbnb website page as directed. Too easy. But... it's a start. Not even halfway yet. Late night free time is pretty much next to nothing these days. But I can easily pick up where I left off. I love my Mac with all the automatic log ins.
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Multi-Platinum Duo DVBBS and Hip-Hop Recording Artist & Producer, blackbear, Release Music Video for Summer Anthem "IDWK"
The video made its digital premiere on Complex alongside a broadcast debut on MTV Live and mtvU
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Innovative, globe-trotting Canadian duo, DVBBS released the music video for their hit summer anthem "IDWK" with blackbear via Ultra Records.
The visual, directed by Zac Facts, illustrates a deviant narrative of jealousy and revenge between blackbear and his girlfriend. From its start, we find blackbear covered in scantily clad women, unfazed by his girlfriend's concerns with his indiscretion. Fed up with his unfaithful ways, her revenge fantasy comes to fruition with the help of masked strangers, DVBBS.
The track and visual combination play on the insecurities faced in a relationship that result in a realization of self empowerment and need for independence.
'IDWK' debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot Dance/ Electronic songs chart following its June 1st release and has since reached over 10 million streams. The single was first performed by DVBBS with Blackbear during his Coachella set this year and soon after in Lollapalooza Chile. Remixes from both Loud Luxury and Yellow Claw are coming soon.
About DVBBS:
Exploding into popular consciousness five years ago with a Dance Music pedigree and well-earned reputation for head-banging live performances, the Canadian duo DVBBS has rapidly evolved into one of dance music's most innovative, globe-trotting, chart- topping acts. Comprised of Ontario-born brothers Alexandre and Christopher van den Hoef, the group broke into the major leagues with the smash single "Tsunami." Since then, they've dropped a string of hits including "La La Land," "Gold Skies" "Not Going Home," "Parallel Lines" and the No. 1 breakthrough "Angel" — achieving worldwide success and over one billion streams. Chris and Alex structure their new music around sunny melodies, catchy vocal tracks and even feel-good guitars, connecting the dots between trap beats, future house and electro. They have performed with Tiësto, NERVO, Steve Aoki, Martin Garrix, Showtek, Sander Van Doorn, DJ Snake and have amassed over 20 million followers across all social media platforms. The duo have played the main stage at Tomorrowland (festival), Ultra Music Festival, and Creamfields, among others.
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Matthew Tyler Musto, known professionally as blackbear, is an American hip-hop recording artist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His roster of successful collabs includes G-Eazy, Mike Posner, Justin Bieber, Hoodie Allen, Machine Gun Kelly, Childish Gambino, Billie Eilish, Pharrell Williams, Miley Cyrus, Linkin Park and more. His credits include Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" (co-writer) which debuted at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the title track from G-Eazy's album These Things Happen (producer).
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I'm still obsessing over the Simple Seasoned Eggplant Steaks that I made a couple weeks ago. The tangy flavor and toothsome texture of the eggplant were so tasty, I just couldn't pass up using the steaks in another recipe. So here you have it: Vegan Eggplant Burger Stacks!
All the goodness of a lettuce-wrapped burger with no meat — and being a meat-eater myself, I promise you won't even miss it. After your first crunch of the lettuce "buns" with a delicious assortment of burger toppings, you'll be a believer. I used tangy red pepper slices, baby spinach leaves, Clean Caramelized Onions (nomz), and creamy avocado slices instead of spread. Feel free to top your burger with your favorite gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, or Paleo toppings. The best part about this recipe is how completely customizable it is!
Whether you're vegan, detoxing, or just looking to get more veggies in your diet, this simple "burger" stack is a perfect, healthy option.
Vegan Eggplant Burger Stacks (serves 4-6)
grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, casein-free, soy-free, sugar-free, nut-free, Paleo, vegan
- 6 Simple Seasoned Eggplant Steaks (about half an eggplant's worth)
- 12 leaves lettuce (like red leaf or butter)
- Toppings of your choice:
- Clean Caramelized Onions
- Baby spinach or other leafy greens
- Red pepper slices
- Avocado slices
- Tomato slices
- Mushrooms
- Sprouts
1. Stack it all together as desired. That's all there is too it. Enjoy!
What's your favorite "burger" topping? Have you tried burger substitutes before?
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Top hung window - caravan windows for sale also for camper!The advantages of plastic top hung windows compared to a fixed window are obvious:
• on hot days, cooling can get into the caravan or camper
• smells of cooking quickly go out
• available in combination with a fly screen
• available in combination with a blackout blind
• safely closable from the inside against unauthorized opening
• better insulating against heat and cold by two plastic discs lying one above the other
• a forced ventilation provides on request for permanent air exchange, without drafts
Manufaturer of top hung windowsYou can get plastic windows for caravans and motorhome in a very high quality from the manufacturer e.g. Seitz. Aluminium windows by Parapress and Polyplastic are exclusively available at Reimo. The top hung windows by Polyplastic and Parapress impress by there very narrow window frames. This ensures more light and larger ventilation cross-sections with the same cut-out size. Compared to Seitz windows, they have no integrated blinds. But these can be retrofitted in many sizes.
Top hung windows are available in many sizes and are always being opened to the outside. This is because the interior space of the camper or caravan is very limited. An inward-opening window would unnecessarily reduce the interior even more, therefore, not only the Seitz windows, but also the top hung windows for caravans, camper and motorhomes of Parapress and Polyplastic open to the outside.
Caravan windows for sale made of modern and robust materialsThe Seitz windows are made of a very hard and robust plastic, which does not fade even in long and intense sunlight and thus has a long life. The top hung windows close tightly and provide maximum safety in wind, rain and cold. The opening and closing mechanism is smooth. These are secure closures that can not be opened from the outside and thus also provide security indoors. Children usually can not open the opening windows easily. If they are to sleep alone in the caravan in the evening and the parents are still sitting outside for a little while, there is the highest possible safety.
Retrofitting side windows for caravans, motorhomes and camperTop hung windows for caravans, motorhomes and campervans can be used retroactively in every model. This makes it possible to replace older top hung windows with new and modern aluminum or plastic windows. Even older caravans and motorhomes are upgraded by new windows and get high functionality. A roller blind for protection against insects and a blackout blind is integrated in the window box. Both roller blinds can be combined and they are easy to operate with one hand. On many blackout blind models there is a reflective exterior. So it is possible to close the Seitz windows on hot days during the day. The heat can not get into the caravan or the motorhome and it stays nice and cool inside. If the top hung windows for caravans and motorhomes are then opened in the evening, before going to bed, fresh and cool air enters the interior of the motorhome, campervan or caravan, and there is always a pleasant atmosphere.
The opening windows for caravans, camper vans and motorhomes can be installed in almost all camper models, as they are available in many standard sizes for the side wall.
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Turkey leading country in tobacco taxation at 87 pct
Following a series of hikes to tobacco taxes since the beginning of 2019, Turkey leads the world in taxes levied for cigarettes, which now register at up to 87 percent, left-wing news site Artı Gerçek reported.
This year's hikes mean that a pack of cigarettes previously sold for 15.5 lira ($ 2.79) will cost 18.5 lira ($ 3.33) and up to 15.67 percent of the retail price is comprised of taxes, the site said.
Turkey in April announced a 20 percent price increase on cigarettes following its January move of increasing special consumption tax (ÖTV) on cigarettes to 67 percent from 63 percent. July saw yet another hike in ÖTV taxes.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, Slovakia and Bulgaria follow Turkey with tobacco taxes that can go up to 85.07, 85, 84.8 and 84 percent, respectively.
Turkey saw its highest figures of cigarette consumption to date in 2018, according to a study published by state-run Anadolu News Agency. Accordingly, 1400 cigarettes were consumed for every person in 2018.


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By Jacob Stockinger
This weekend, the critically acclaimed Madison Choral Project (below) will give two performances – in two different venues this year — of its seventh annual holiday program.
The MCP was founded and is directed and conducted by Albert Pinsonneault (below), who taught at Edgewood College and now works at Northwestern University. The group's stated goal is to inspire, enhance and improve life through music. (You can hear them singing the Octet from Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
In keeping with a format that you often find in places of worship — think Scripture and hymns — the MCP once again uses a holiday formula that remains popular and works very effectively by combining the spoken word with choral music.
This year's theme is "Finding Our Path" and features music and texts on the theme of feeling adrift, seeking guidance and finding our path.
Performances are on this Friday night, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Atrium Auditorium of the First Unitarian Society of Madison, 900 University Bay Drive; and this Saturday afternoon, Dec. 14, at 3 p.m. in the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1609 University Avenue, near Camp Randall Stadium.
Noah Ovshinsky (below), the news editor at Wisconsin Public Radio, will once again serve as the narrator.
Unfortunately, The Ear has seen no word about the works or composers in the musical part of the program, except that two commissions, including a world premiere by MCP composer-in-residence Justin Merritt, will be performed.
PREFERRED SEATING has a limit of 20 per concert. A reserved seat is in an acoustically "prime" spot in the house (center, about a third of the way back from the stage) and costs $40.
GENERAL ADMISSION is $28 purchased in advance and online or $32 at the door.
STUDENT TICKETS are $10 and can be purchased in advance or at the door. Please show valid student ID at will-call to redeem the ticket.
To purchase tickets online, go to: http://themcp.org/tickets
For more information, including a list of other concerts this season as well as recordings and videos, go to: http://themcp.org/concerts-2
This Friday night, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. the Madison New Music Ensemble (below) will perform a FREE concert at the Capitol Lakes Auditorium, 333 W. Main St., in downtown Madison, two blocks off the Capitol Square.
Parking is available in the ramp across from Capitol Lakes.
The concert features music by Joseph Koykkar (below), a Madison-based composer who teaches at the UW-Madison; Gabriela Lena Frank; Gareth Farr; Astor Piazzolla; and Paul Harvey.
Performers in the Madison New Music Ensemble are: Danielle Breisach, Amy Harr, Xinyi Jiang, Elena Ross, Joseph Ross and Bethany Schultz.
For more information, go to the Madison New Music Ensemble on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madisonnewmusicensemble/
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By Jacob Stockinger
If you missed the free 40th annual Karp Family Labor Day Concert on Tuesday night in Mills Hall, you missed more than music. You missed the kind of event that makes for long and precious memories.
Sure, you can nitpick the program and the performers, who also included daughter-in-law violist Katrin Talbot (below right) and guest violinist Suzanne Beia (below left), who performs with the Pro Arte Quartet, the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.
You could ask, for example, which cello transcription worked better – the Violin Sonatina, Op. 100, by Dvorak or the Violin Sonata No. 10, Op. 96, by Beethoven. (The Ear votes for the Dvorak.)
And you could also ask which performer stood out the most. (The Ear thinks that is the great-grandmother and matriarch pianist Frances Karp playing in a Mozart piano quartet. At 90, Frances still possesses beautiful tone, the right volume and balance, and the necessary technical chops. They say there is nowhere to hide in Mozart, but Frances Karp did need any place to hide. Her Mozart was, simply, sublime.)
But, in the end, those kinds of questions and critiques really seem beside the bigger point.
What mattered most was the sheer enjoyment of hearing a family perform live some wonderful music by Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak and Schumann (the passionate Adagio and Allegro in A-flat Major, Op. 70, played by Lynn Harrell in the YouTube video at the bottom).
And what mattered more as The Ear thought about it was the kind of time travel the concert involved.
There were two kinds, really.
One had to do with having watched the various performing Karps – clearly Madison's First Family of Music – over four decades. It was touching to realize that The Ear has seen cellist Parry Karp, to take one example, evolve from son to husband to father to grandfather. And through it all, the music remained.
In today's culture of short attention spans, that kind of constancy and persistence — through the inevitable ups and downs of 40 years — is something to celebrate, admire and cherish.
Time travel happened in another way too.
The Ear first watched Frances Karp accompany her son Parry (below top), then watched son Christopher Karp accompany his older brother Parry (below bottom). And it called to mind the days when – before radio or recordings – families made music together in their homes.
Historically, that's how many great composers and much great music got started. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Felix Mendelssohn played piano duets with their gifted sisters, Nannerl and Fanny, respectively. Jean Sibelius played duets with his sister. And there were surely many more. Hausmusik, or "house music," played a vital role.
And this is how it felt at the traditional Karp family concert. We felt invited into a loving, close and gifted musical family who were performing as much for each other as for the audience.
We could use more of that.
The musical and the familial mixed so beautifully, so convincingly, that all one can say after the event is "Thank you" with the ardent wish to hear them again next year.
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On this Sunday, Aug. 4, at 2 p.m. the Madison-based Quartessence string quartet (below, in a photo by Ralph Russo) will perform a rare public concert of classical music at the Little Brown Church in Richland County. (The group usually performs at private events.)
Performers (below, from left) are: violinist Suzanne Beia; cellist Sarah Schaffer; violinist Laura Burns; and violist Jennifer Clare Paulson. Beia, Burns and Paulson are members of the Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and the Pro Arte String Quartet. Schaffer has a career in arts management and organizes the annual summertime Token Creek Chamber Music Festival.
The location is 29864 Brown Church Road at the intersection of Highway 130 and Highway B, approximately five miles north of Highway 14.
Tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for students, and will be available at the door.
The program includes: music by baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi; the "Brook Green" Suite by Gustav Holst; the String Quartet in G Major, K. 156, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; "Household Music: Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes" by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (originally written for organ, one of the preludes can be heard in an orchestral arrangement in the YouTube video at the bottom); and "Painting the Floors Blue" and "Thanks, Victor" by the contemporary American composer John Harbison.
The concert is sponsored by a family, and proceeds will be used by the Friends of the Little Brown Church for maintenance of the building. The donors are happy to be able to provide this opportunity to music lovers in the community.
The refurbished building is air-conditioned, so you can take a break from the hot weather while you enjoy the music.
Here is some background from Harriet Statz (below, far right), who organizes the event because the Little Brown Church is special to her:
"Last year we started what is turning out to be an annual event (maybe) at the Brown Church (below) in Richland County. That's up the road (Highway 131) from where I lived in the late 1970s.
"Since then Julie Jazicek and I have been in contact about fencing for this historic place, as she is sort of the manager and deserves much credit for keeping both the building and grounds beautiful. Over the years some concerts have been held in the church, but until 2018 nothing classical. So we fixed that!
"Last year's concert by the Quartessence Quartet was a resounding success. An audience of about 60 people encouraged us to keep going, so we did, and hope for even a larger turnout to fill up the place. As it turns out the acoustics are outstanding!
"The location is west of Spring Green and north of Lone Rock. It's a lovely drive. So I invite you to mark this Sunday Aug. 4, on your calendar and come out to the country for a lovely afternoon of music. Bring friends! Share rides!"
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By Jacob Stockinger
Many individuals and groups, large and small, like to program neglected works and new music.
But no one does it better than the Willy Street Chamber Players, who are now in the middle of their fourth annual summer season.
So what is the secret of the Willys?
Some clues were given at the outstanding and thoroughly successful opening concert last Friday night, when the Willys, with guest mezzo-soprano Jazimina MacNeil (below), played new music by Caroline Shaw, Colin Jacobsen and Michael Kelley – all to a very enthusiastic reception from the large audience.
More chances to experience such success and figure out the reasons behind it are coming up.
Tonight from 4 to 7 p.m. – and again on next Thursday, July 19, at the same time and place — at the Art and Literature Laboratory, 2021 Winnebago Street, the Willys will hold an open rehearsal. Admission is FREE, and you can bring something to eat and have a drink, including beer ($5 donation), as you listen and wander around to explore the space.
Then on Friday from noon to 1:30 p.m., during the Community Connect Concert for the whole family at the Goodman Community Center (below top) at 149 Waubesa Street, the Willys will perform "Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout" by the contemporary American composer Gabriela Lena Frank (below bottom) and the rarely performed "Procession of the Military Night Watch in Madrid" by the Classical-era composer Luigi Boccherini. (Starting at 11 a.m. there is also an instrument "petting zoo.")
(You can hear an excerpt from the work by Gabriela Lena Frank in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
On this Sunday from 5 to 6 p.m., the Willys will perform the same program — which also features some string quartet selections by Romantic composer Robert Schumann — for FREE on the Union Terrace (below).
Other regular series concerts include the rarely heard String Quintet in A Major by Alexander Glazunov on July 20 and "Light Screens" (2002) by Andrew Norman (below) on July 27.
For times, place and details about series and special concerts, and for other information, go to: http://www.willystreetchamberplayers.org/calendar.html
Anyway, the way The Ear sees it there are several reasons to explain the Willys' success with new and neglected music.
One can start with the basics: The impressive musicianship of all the Willys, who are remarkable for both technique and interpretation.
Another reason is the players' unflagging ability to project energy and enthusiasm, suggested by upbeat and exciting tempi and by even such a small gesture as the two violinists and two violists playing while standing up, as was the custom in the Baroque era, rather than seated.
The Willys also introduce the pieces, providing not only information but also some humor, often self-deprecating. They prepare you for liking the music, not just for listening to it.
They often choose shorter and easily digestible pieces, so it is never an ordeal that overwhelms you. Sometimes you want a musical short story, not a musical novel.
But most of all the Willys do what more proponents of new music should do: They seem to keep their listeners in mind when they choose the pieces they will play.
Never do you get the feeling that listening to new or neglected music is some sort of aesthetic obligation imposed on you. It is there to be enjoyed, and you are there to be pleased, not just instructed or preached to.
Too often new music seems chosen as a gesture of R&D – research and development – that feels more important to the performers rather than to the audiences.
Maybe there is more to say? What do others think? The Ear looks forward to hearing what you think.
In the meantime, The Ear suggests you take in as much as you can of the superlative music-making of both classics and new music by the Willy Street Chamber Players.
He doubts you will be disappointed and is pretty sure you will be as pleased and impressed as he is.
By Jacob Stockinger
Today is April 22, 2018 – Earth Day.
A lot of classical music is appropriate to the occasion, from the sound paintings in oratorios by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn and Felix Mendelssohn to the chamber music and songs of Franz Schubert; from the symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak and Gustav Mahler to the contemporary award-winning environmental music by John Luther Adams, much of whose work can be found on YouTube.
But of special interest this year is the one-hour "Symphony for Our World." It is a five-movement symphony that was commissioned from two different composers – Austin Fray (below top) and Andrew Christie (below bottom) — by National Geographic to celebrate the planet.
The presentation premieres TONIGHT at 6 p.m. on the TV channel National Geographic WILD. (In the Madison area, the Spectrum/Charter cable channel is 147, 707 for HD.) Here is a link to a search engine that finds the channel where you live. Just plug in your ZIP code and your television provider:
The performance tonight also marks the beginning of a national orchestra tour with the music. (You can see and hear the first two minutes in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
Here is a link to a story with more information, including a trailer, the dates and places of the world tour, and quotes from the composers about the composition and which instruments evoke which natural phenomena:
What composer or piece of classical music do you think best celebrates Earth Day?
Leave your answer with a YouTube link, if possible, in the COMMENT section.
The Ear wants to hear.
By Jacob Stockinger
This weekend, the Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO), with music director John DeMain conducting, will present the third concert of its 92nd season.
"Troubadour: Two Faces of the Classical Guitar" features Grammy-winning guitar virtuoso Sharon Isbin (below) playing two works: one written for Isbin by American composer Chris Brubeck; and the other by the Spaniard Joaquin Rodrigo. (Isbin will also give a FREE and PUBLIC master class on Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon in Morphy Recital Hall on the UW-Madison campus in the Humanities Building on North Park Street.)
In addition the MSO will perform two 20th-century ballet suites — The Three-Cornered Hat by Spanish composer Manuel De Falla and Billy the Kid by American composer Aaron Copland.
The concerts (below, in a photo by Peter Rodgers) are in Overture Hall at the Overture Center, 201 State Street on Friday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 19, at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets are $18-$90. Details are below.
Invoking a sense of the American heartland, Billy the Kid was written by Copland (below) as a ballet following the life of the infamous outlaw. This piece is most well-known for the memorable "cowboy" tunes and American folk songs that paint a vivid picture of the Wild West.
The virtuosity and versatility of multiple Grammy Award-winner Sharon Isbin is on display in this program of contrasts: the jazz idioms of the American composer Chris Brubeck's "Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra," written for Sharon Isbin, alongside the lush romanticism of the Spaniard Joaquin Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez." (You can hear Sharon Isbin play the beautiful slow movement of the Rodrigo concerto in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
The piece by Brubeck (below) contains strong hints of the jazz influence of his father, noted pianist and composer Dave Brubeck. Inspired by the gardens at Palacio Real de Aranjuez, Rodrigo's composition attempts to transport the listener to another place and time through the evocation of the sounds of nature.
Isbin's performances of Chris Brubeck's "Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra" have received wide acclaim: "The concerto takes off with Isbin delivering rapid-fire virtuosity with infectious themes. The slow middle is a tender jazz-based tribute to Dave Brubeck, and Isbin played with heartfelt warmth and tenderness. The finale was an infectious rhythmically driven journey through myriad styles. It was as intriguing as it was moving … Isbin is much more than a virtuoso; she is an artist of depth."
The Three-Cornered Hat by De Falla (below) is based on a story written by Pedro de Alarcón about a Corregidor (magistrate) who tries, without success, to seduce the pretty wife of the local miller.
One hour before each performance, Michael Allsen (below, in a photo by Katrin Talbot), professor at UW-Whitewater, MSO trombonist and writer of MSO's program notes, will lead a 30-minute Prelude Discussion in Overture Hall to enhance concertgoers' understanding and listening experience.
For more background on the music, please read Allsen's Program Notes at: http://www.allsenmusic.com/NOTES/1718/3.Nov17.html.
The Symphony recommends concert attendees arrive early for each performance to make sure they have time to pass through Overture Center's security stations, and so they can experience the pre-concert talk (free for all ticket-holders).
Single Tickets are $18-$90 each and are on sale now at https://www.madisonsymphony.org/singletickets, through the Overture Center Box Office at 201 State Street, or by calling the Box Office at (608) 258-4141.
Groups of 15 or more can save 25% by calling the MSO office at (608) 257-3734. For more information, go to: https://www.madisonsymphony.org/groups
Student rush tickets can be purchased in person on the day of the concert at the Overture Center Box Office at 201 State Street. Students must show a valid student ID and can receive up to two $12 or $18 tickets. More information is at: https://www.madisonsymphony.org/studentrush
Seniors age 62 and up receive 20% savings on advance and day-of-concert ticket purchases in select areas of the hall.
Discounted seats are subject to availability, and discounts may not be combined.
Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique, and versatility, Sharon Isbin has been hailed as "the pre-eminent guitarist of our time." Recipient of numerous prestigious awards, her debut concert with the MSO comes after over 170 solo performances with orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony, London Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Orchestre National de France, and the Tokyo Symphony.
Isbin is the subject of a one-hour documentary presented by American Public Television. Seen by millions on over 200 PBS stations throughout the US, it is also available on DVD/Blu-ray and won the 2015 ASCAP Television Broadcast Award. "Sharon Isbin: Troubadour" paints the portrait of a trailblazing performer and teacher who over the course of her career has broken through numerous barriers to rise to the top of a traditionally male-dominated field.
The following is a dedicated website where you can view the trailer, read rave reviews, and see detailed broadcast dates: www.SharonIsbinTroubadour.com
Major funding for the September concerts is provided by: NBC-15, the Madison Symphony Orchestra League, and Elaine and Nicholas Mischler. Additional funding provided by Scott and Janet Cabot, John DeLamater and Janet Hyde, Steven Weber, and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.


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- Sanitiser or wipes provided for customers
- Sealed or wrapped utensils used
- Limited number of seated diners
- Distancing maintained in common areas
- Extra space between tables
- Sick staff prohibited in the workplace
- Waiting staff wear masks
- Diners must wear masks unless eating or drinking
Food always amazing! Fresh and delicious! Service is friendly and servers know the menu . Great wine!
Love this place. They always have a seasonal menu that utilizes farm fresh produce and proteins. Creative dishes that are great for sharing. Their cocktail list is great and also seasonal. Their old fashioned menu is the best on long island. So happy they're open for dining again. Very clean and distanced. Can't wait to go back.
I was so looking forward to trying this place but was highly disappointed. The food was way too salty and the gnocchi wasn't edible. The short ribs and mussels were ok. Very good drink selection and they followed all covid safety precautions.
I love this place! It was our second time dining there. We had an issue with one of our meals and they were very quick to fix it. The food is always amazing!!!!!!!
Blackbird Kitchen never disappoints! We absolutely love this restaurant. It seems to get more delicious every time we go. How is that possible? If you love expertly crafted cocktails and mind blowing food, you should be there right now.
Chris once again has out did himself. The new chicken meatballs were heavenly. As usual. All was amazing. Franks a good guy too no matter what people say about him 😂
Our first visit absolutely unbelievable! food! service! Covid precautions etc. will be back again soon!
Always a great experience... The food is amazing. You can't go wrong with anything you order... Tasting menu is a favorite
Our third time at Blackbird and our first time out since Covid! As always they never miss a beat, and everything was wonderful, from the food to our waitress who was so sweet and attentive. Looking forward to returning again, with friends! love this place!
Loved it there, food was delicious! Our waitress was great very informative! Love the atmosphere!
This was our first night out since the pandemic and it was amazing!! The food and the environment is always wonderful here but the effort they put into cleaning in between guests and dividing the space so that each table has its own area was so well thought out!! Amazing place, amazing service, amazing food!!! Every time we come here it's a 10/10!!
It was clean, friendly and the food was out of this world tasty! Will frequent!
Not sure how I've gone this long without leaving a review! My husband and I love coming to Blackbird. The menu is unique and delicious and the drinks are amazing! My husbands favorite cocktail is an Old Fashioned and said the Dutch Kills is one one of the best he's had. He always has to have a 2nd. Their Whipped Ricotta is our favorite and now their new version, the stracciatella on the new menu is so good. We also love their desserts! Frank is such a nice guy, makes you feel very welcome!
Best meal of 2020. Walked in and plexiglass dividers between tables. Service and food was amazing. Also drank 2 of their signature drinks. I will definitely be back.
We have the best time ever . excellent food we arrive a little early and yet they allow us star enjoying their delicious food
One of my favorite restaurants!! A hidden jem❤We felt incredibly comfortable with all the new restrictions. The restaurant was immaculate. The food was delicious service impeccable and the milk and honey old fashion is something I always enjoy!!!! So glad they are back and incredibly safe 🙏
Great experience, delicious food. Partitions up between each table. Staff was great. Did Chefs Tasting & loved the tuna, scallop & short rib plates.
The tuna appetizer was amazing! The burgers were also so good. Definitely don't regret finding this little spot! A classy place with incredible food and even better cocktails!
The food at Blackbird never disappoints. We went with several reliable favorites (chicken wings, whipped ricotta, meatballs, scallops) which were delicious as usual. We also tried the little gem salad which had an awesome dressing on it, the sweet potato anolini (suprisingly light and very delicious), and marinated cucumbers (these had a surprising kick of heat). We followed that up with the maple bread pudding with cinnamon ice cream and the cheesecake both of which were delicious. You really can't go wrong with the food here. The service was very good as usual.
Absolutely our Favor Local Spot !!! Probably Top 3 on long Island. Great Food, Amazing Old fashioned cocktail, Warm environment & Excellence Service. Frank the owner treat you like your part of the family. Highly Recommend if you are in the area or passing by ... 5 Starzzzzz
Always a great experience. One of our favorite spots for dinner.
Small place, small menu, big drink menu, excellent food & service! Definitely will return soon!
Very nice dinner
Drinks were skimpy for the price
Overall nice
Great atmosphere, staff were friendly, professional and accommodating. Food was fun and fabulous!
It's always a pleasure to go to this wonderful restaurant
Though not extensive, the menu is fresh, deliciously prepared and definitely worth a try.
Great food, great service, people friendly place. Just an FYI... I would lessen the drink menu/booklet. Too many speciality cocktails, so it takes a while to read & choose.
Do a small plates dinner amongst your party. You will not be disappointed! Best dinner I have had in a long time - each dish is unique and special!
Great neighborhood eatery with creative cuisine. We've been here a number of times, some visits terrific, others less so. This time we decided to try the Chef Tasting Menu. We were not disappointed. We loved the Smoked Gouda Greuyere bites followed by the whipped Ricotta with honey on grilled bread. The marinated cucumbers were tasty as well, and the individual servings of both the scallops and tuna were spot on. My favorite was the sweet potato ravioli/anolini! As usual, their rigatoni over veal bolognese was really good, as were their meatballs. By the time the mains arrived we were almost stuffed, but we soldiered on, and finished up with orders of Cod over greens with a broccoli pesto and Filet Mignon with a mushroom bordelaise sause. The ONLY complaint I had was that the medium rare Filet was just a touch too rare for me. Just when we thought it was time for the check, we were served a slice of cheesecake and a slice of chocolate cake, both with ice cream on the side! A sweet end to a wonderful meal. Kudos to Chef Chris! Will definately be back again. Thank you Blackbird!
This was my first time here, and I've always been told to go. I was not disappointed. My friend and I ordered the ricotta bread, cauliflower, shrimp and tuna! All were delicious. Our server was super sweet too and was very attentive!
Blackbird Kitchen & Cocktails is a treasure. The atmosphere is perfect for a quiet, intimate dinner. The cocktail menu is extensive and unique. The menu has the perfect combination which offers several small plates to share or options for a complete meal. Definitely will return.
We had a great time. It was just my wife and I. The Tasting Menu was great, and they helped pair wine with it. I would definitely go again!!
Always consistently very good food. Full house on a random Wednesday evening in February - this sort of popularity is a real sign of a restaurant that draws people in. Relatively short seasonal food menu with tasty options, & extensive drinks menu with choices to suit varying preferences. I'll continue to return.
As always Frank is a gentleman and Chris is a great chef.
The new cuke salad was fantastic as well as the pasta and shrimp. All unique and different.
Service was great and the new cocktail list was spectacular.
The best food and great ambiance as always!
Great food! Great service! Great atmosphere!
Went to blackbird with my wife for Valentine's Day. Food and ambiance was spectacular.
Love this place!!! Great atmosphere - great food!
Outstanding food, service and ambiance.
Blackbird Kitchen & Cocktails offers takeaway which you can order by calling the restaurant at (516) 654-9200.
Blackbird Kitchen & Cocktails is rated 4.7 stars by 499 OpenTable diners.
You can book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size.


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KIPS Education System is a well-known and leading private educational system in Pakistan. It is an educational system of pre-school, school, college, evening coaching and entry tests preparation which was established in 1993. KIPS Education System has several campuses of these institutes in the entire Pakistan. According to the details, they operate more than 150+ campuses in the different cities of Pakistan.
Students can take admission in different sections such as pre-school, KIPS School, KIPS College, KIPS Entry test preparations and coaching centers. Each campus has its own faculty and staff members. According to the news, KIPS Education System is the leading and famous education center in the country. The motto of KIPS Education System is A Trusted Name for Quality Education. All campuses have a good strength of students in the entire Pakistan. If you want to know more about their system can visit their official website through below given sources.
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KIPS Education System Contact Details
KIPS Education System Address: 30/A, Johar Town Lahore, Pakistan
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Do you want to enhance your Instagram posts? Are you looking to build your Instagram following? In this article, you will discover 5 apps for your Instagram art marketing strategy, and some helpful tips that will help you to build your audience.
5 Apps for Your Instagram Art Marketing Strategy
Pictures are worth a thousand words, and Instagram is the new blank canvas.
It takes you hours, weeks or even months to finish the perfect painting.
The projects take so long for you to finish, you can't even remember when you started.
The time finally comes to add your signature and call it a day. You are finished. Your latest masterpiece is drying.
Stepping back, you feel a sense of pride, this is your best painting ever.
You feel this sense of excitement to share your story to the world.
You grab your smartphone click on your favorite app and start taking photos. The time has come to share with your Instagram followers your newest creation.
5 Instagram Apps you Must Try
How many apps have you tried and felt a little disappointed with what they offer?
I often find myself saying, "This is a good app but I wish it had…."
Do you find yourself saying the same thing?
Are you looking for an app to help you save time with your Instagram marketing?
Are you looking for an app that will have your images jump off the screen?
I have come across these 5 apps that might be what you are looking for.
VSCO Cam
Are you looking for an app that is easy to use but takes great photos?
The VSCO Cam might be exactly what you are looking for. Many artists and photographers are using this app for their social media marketing strategy.
VSCO is an easy-to-use, high-quality camera that allows you to adjust the focus, clarity, and brightness. There are not a lot of bells and whistles with this app but you can expect high-quality images every time. There are adjustable filters available to enhance your image even more.
VSCO Cam is free for iOS and Android.
- Priime
Are you looking to add filters to your image but the apps you are using are limited?
Priime might be exactly what you are looking for. Top photographers from around the world helped to create and test the filters available for this app.
Save time by using the filter recommendations Priime gives after taking a photo.
Give Priime a try, it is free for iOS
Pic Collage
Would you like to be able to share a collage within one Instagram post?
Think of all the possibilities you will have. You can take your social media marketing to a new level.
With Pic Collage you can:
- Show a collage of your latest creations.
- Provide an art-in-progress collage.
- Round up the year with images of everything you created in one collage.
Pic Collage also offers 80 backgrounds, 60 templates, and over 1,000 stickers.
It is no wonder over 100 million people are using this app.
You get all of this for free on iOS and Android.
4. A Color Story
Do you want to have the colors of your paintings pop off the screen like they do in real life?
You might enjoy what this new Apple app can do for you.
A Color Story focuses on rich colors and bright whites. There are over 20 tools and 100 filters to choose from.
Give this app a try and expose the true beauty of your art.
A Color Story is free for iOS
The last app I wanted to share with you is for creating great videos.
Videos are becoming very popular on social media networks, including Instagram.
You can now tell your story and market your art brand on Instagram with videos.
Cinefy allows you to take great videos, edit, clip, and add music right from your smartphone.
Taking great videos has never been easier.
Cinefy is free for iOS.
I hope you enjoy trying these apps.
The best thing about them is that they are free. You do not have to waste any money trying them.
What are some of your favorite apps?
Share them with us in the comment section.
How to Get Your Art Noticed on Instagram
Now that you have all the tools you need to create perfect images, it is time to work on getting your art noticed on Instagram.
In time Instagram might be one of your favorite social media networks to market on.
You do not have to spend extra time creating content to get your message across. All you have to do is share beautiful photos of your artwork.
Build your Following on Instagram
Building an online presence takes a lot of hard work.
It takes more than just uploading images.
You need to have a plan.
Here are some Instagram marketing strategies you can start implementing today.
Most people visit Instagram with limited time. They will scroll through hundreds of images before one catches their eye.
Every image you post must be perfect and tell a story.
When you are done editing and adding filters to your images, ask yourself, "Would this image stop me from scrolling past it?"
If the answer is, "no" start over.
Do not tarnish your brand with amateur images. Strive for perfection. Do not post something you are not proud of.
People on Instagram are just like you. They want to be wowed. Give them your best.
Who Are You?
Every post that you publish should build your brand. Your goal for using social media to market your art is to build an online presence.
What would be the point of sharing images that do not let people know you are the artist?
Every image you post should represent you as an artist and your brand.
Instagram is a visual storytelling site. Enhance your images with a caption.
Give a brief description telling the story behind your art. This will encourage people to share, like and comment on your posts.
Don't forget to include hashtags in the caption to help new people find you.
A great way to increase brand awareness is by including your website's URL on every post.
People might not stop what they are doing to go and visit your site, but every time someone sees your post they will know it is from you.
In time people will also start to remember your URL.
There will be a time when they are surfing the net, they will remember your URL and visit your online art gallery.
Be creative when you add your URL. You do not want it to take away from your artwork.
When to Post
Huffington Post shared some results from a study that shows when the best time to post on Instagram is.
The results say:
"2 a.m. – 5 p.m. Eastern time get the best results…"
For more Instagram statistics visit Damon Beres's article Here's The Best Time To Post A Photo On Instagram.
Engage with Artists
If you want to be noticed, you will need to take the time to notice others.
A social media site is a social media site. It doesn't matter if it is primarily images, videos, or text. Social media are a place for people to be social.
Take some time during each week to find new artists and build a relationship with them.
Engage, like and share their posts. When other artists see that you support them, they will be more willing to support you and your art.
We are all artists trying to paint a better world.
Don't Sell Your Art
One mistake I see many artists do on social media sites, is they try to sell, sell, and sell some more. People will get tired of that and unfollow you.
Provide a story with beautiful images of your work. Be patient and stay consistent with your postings.
In time, you will see your followers grow and your sales increase.
Link to Other Sites
Selling art is all about promoting.
If you want people to know you're an artist, you need to promote yourself and your art.
If you want more traffic to your blog, you need to promote your posts.
If you want to build a larger following on your social media sites, you need to let people know where you are.
Link your Instagram to other sites including Facebook, your blog, your online art gallery, email signature and anywhere else you can think of.
Be Patient
The most important piece of advice I can share with you from my fifteen plus years of experience selling online is to be patient.
You will not see instant results.
The growth process is slow.
Most artists fail because they give up to early.
The only way to be successful is to keep trying and never stop.
Your job is to be consistent, stay true to your brand and create beautiful art. Within a couple of years, you will look back and say, "I did it!"
I hope that you enjoy the 5 apps for your Instagram art marketing strategy I have shared with you.
Don't forget to share your favorite apps with us in the comment section.
To have success selling art online, you need to spend time marketing your art.
Start implementing the strategies above and start watching the number of followers you have increase.
You might also be interested in:
- 5 Colossal Mistakes Artists Make on Their Art Blog
- How to Write an Artist Statement That Sells Art
- How to Sell Art Online in 5 Easy Steps
- How to Price Art – Ultimate Art Pricing Guide
- 6 Content Marketing Strategy Basics Artists Must Know
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For immediate release.
"Clearly the case for a congestion charge does not stand up to scrutiny, which is why only limited financial details have been released and proper democratic consultation in the form of a simple yes or no referendum is being avoided. Give us the facts, not fiction. Give us democracy, not dictatorship."


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Sweat trickled down her back. And somehow, he knew exactly where the drop was. He put his hand, right there. She leaned into his hand, the small #intimacy unseen in the jostling crowd around them. "I'll buy you all of them. You can wear a different one each day," he murmured. The corner of her lips turned upwards. "But only if you promise to wear just that." He could see her smiling. And, when she asked the shopkeeper for a #necklace of each kind, he began to sweat even harder. #instastory #shortstory #fiction #romance #love #lust #colaba #mumbai
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It was a dark night. You rarely got stormy ones during summer in #mumbai. I stood there, the sweat running down my back, rivulets tickling me by being in places they had no business being. He stood in front, gaping at me, the effect comical when you considered the cigarette dangling from his lips. His lips started to move but his eyes already shouted pity. My face flushed hotter than the weather and I mumbled something and ran inside, half hoping he'd call me back. He didn't and I tripped over a step in the dark, cursing mankind, mostly #men, and especially men who flirted with you and then pretended like they didn't understand why you now liked them. #shortstory #instastory #fiction
Date Fright – Part 4
Some stories have an unexpected epilogue.
Interior: party at friend's house.
Friend: hello, hello, hello! Come in, come in, come in!
Me: oho. In triplicate eh?
Friend: so don't be mad, but…Stoner is here.
Me: (lunge for door, unfortunately friend is standing in the way)
Me: $%#$%@!!!!
Friend: the only advantage to being pregnant. People don't knock you down.
Me: please, please, please let me go. Please.
Friend: no, no, there's someone else I want you to meet. So come on. Just avoid Stoner.
From behind us both.
Stoner: hello!
Friend and Me: $%#$%@!!!!
Stoner: hi.
Me:…hi. How are you?
Stoner: good, good, I'm Stoner.
Me: um….yes. Hi.
Stoner:…so what's your name?
Me:…we've…met. (gestures to idiot Friend) She set us up?
Stoner: who? You and me? Impossible. I'd never forget such a pretty face.
Me (stoically): well, mine IS purple right now so…
Friend (elbowing me): Stoner, you guys went out last month. You know?
Stoner leans debonairly on the wall: really? And what time in the morning did you leave?
Me: (bitch face. EXTREME bitch face)
Friend: oh, I…is someone calling me?
Me: move and you're dead.
Stoner: can I get you a drink?
Me: no. are you stoned right now?
Me: well?
Stoner: as a matter of fact no. I gave it up recently.
Friend and Me: ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Stoner: I'm a stand-up guy I swear. Let me tell you this funny story about how I fell off a bridge.
Me: dear God.
Stoner: yeah it's a good one. You know, it's so weird, but a lot of women have fallen in love with me after hearing this story. Hyuk hey can I tell you my favourite pick up line?
Friend and Me: no.
Stoner: "How do you stop your date droning on and on? Use your mouth baby hurr hurr!"
Friend and Me:…………………………..
Friend: I'm so sorry but she's gotta go. She has this thing.
Me: I love you.
Stoner: already? But I haven't told you the story yet.
Friend: shut it, Jekyll.
Me: so much love.
The lift pinged.
The doors slid open.
He stood there, coffee cup in hand.
She sauntered in, her bag in one hand and coat in the other.
"New perfume?" He was smiling.
"Maybe." She was smiling too.
"It's a little faint," he said, still looking at the floor numbers.
"Funny. Every time I breathe, I get it," she replied and took a deep, deep, meaningful breath.
Very slowly, he turned his head back. Stood stock still for a couple of seconds. And then cleared his throat.
"Ah. So its…"
"Yes," she said, quite simply. Smiling.
"Well. You always did have a flair for…finding the right…niche." He seemed to be struggling.
She bit her lip to stop from smiling even more broadly. "Really? We're going to trade pseudo entendres?"
He grinned. "I'm trying not to be indiscreet."
She grinned too. "Really? Why?"
His grin looked like it would split his face in half. "Good point. By the way, I'd really like to…take in the fragrance…you know?"
"Oh really? Here." She popped the bottle out of her bag and presented it to him.
He smirked. Took it. And sprayed it on his chest. Her jaw dropped.
"There. We're even now," he said.
She started laughing. And the lift doors opened.


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This week flew by for me. The weather in Manhattan was fantastic and I probably walked 50 miles getting around town.
The markets had a big week. Again
So did Bitcoin. By Friday, the value of all the world's Bitcoins surpassed the value of Goldman Sachs. I own them both.
The lack of volatility in the stock market continues to be the story.
I love this tweet from Joe Fahmy:
If a correction lasts longer than 4 hours, call your financial advisor.
One story that really caught on this week was New York Time's 'Frightful Five' – about how Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft are squeezing the life out of startups.
It's a good read, but I think the bigger story is the China and what I call the 'Frightfull Digital Wall' – which allows China a never ending advantage to homegrown internet companies.
Meanwhile, the largest software stocks like Microsoft are creeping to new all-time highs daily.
Adobe actually exploded to new all-time highs.
In the enterprise software space, two favorites are lurking at or near all-time highs – Workday and Zendesk. They report earnings this week.
One enterprise stock that surged to all-time highs this week after earnings was Atlassian ($TEAM).
So, despite the Chinese digital wall and 'Frightful Five' the markets continue to provide tech and software winners….for now.
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According to BabyCenter.com use of the name "Daliah" rose exponentially in the latter 2000's. Some blame me. Now hold on. "Daliah" means bough or tree branch. It also represents a flower. That sounds kind of lovely. Maybe the parents were interested in horticulture.
Yet, in 2016 alone, the name "Daliah" was used over 4,364 times. Why? Was the radio on when the mother had to pull over to the side of the road to give birth? Did she have indigestion and worse gas with this pregnancy as opposed to the others? I have a few of my own theories…..
- The child grew out of her training BRA by the third grade
- The child was born with frazzled, overly processed, BLONDE hair
- The child doesn't stop GIGGLING
- As an infant she began TALKING before she learned how soil a diaper
- Both the mother and child have a crush on Michael Fassbender
- The child likes to eat with her hands
- The child can't spell
- The child LOVES red meat
- The child adds chocolate to EVERYTHING
- The mother while pregnant suffered from severe constipation, hemorrhoids and irritable bowel syndrome.
Any of the above could have ignited the chain of events that caused one's parents to choose "Daliah" as a baby name. For any of you whom have been negatively affected by this, let me wholeheartedly apologize and suggest you consider getting your name changed as soon as possible (before the teeth stain and the upper lip hair surfaces……..)
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