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8 young women in fashion design empowering women in need
While the fashion industry is known to take advantage of the poor, these women are using fashion to empower
Most of these women are under 30 years of age. When they kick-started their businesses, profit was not the only thing on their minds. In fact, solving pressing social causes was their main concern, and their stories prove that fashion brands are about more than just empowering the women who wear them.
Although the fashion industry has been relentlessly criticized for taking advantage of poor minorities, fashion can also be an empowering savior for many women in need if it's used as a means to that end. Through their brands, each of the following women combines their need for looking beautiful with their human instinct of helping others in need. Ultimately, they bring their passion for fashion and their love of philanthropy together for the well-being of themselves and society at large.
1. Sarah Beydoun of Sarah's Bag
Sarah Beydoun's bags are distinctive statement pieces – as is the cause behind her whole business. The women behind the masterpieces of Sarah's Bag are underprivileged women who have just come out of prison. Sarah had initially met these women while conducting research for her master's degree in Sociology before starting her business in 2000.
Since then, she has been providing many women with a sustainable source of income after they have served their time in prison – offering them not only financial independence, but also social integration. Sarah's Bag spices up contemporary fashion with their unique designs that follow traditional techniques and the craftsmanship of old artisans. When asked about her advice to young women thinking of launching their own startups, she states that the most important thing besides being unique is supporting a social cause to "increase the notoriety of the brand."
2. Noura Galal of Rafeya
Noura partners with underprivileged women to make customizable outfits for women to suit every preference. Her brand, Rafeya, creates everyday ensembles with a touch of ethnic detail and involves customers in the process of design. She met her now partners in an underprivileged neighborhood in Cairo where she works for Educate Me, an educational NGO, as an Operations Manager. This inspired her to start her own social enterprise.
The women of Rafeya could already sew. They even used to have some products of their own, but their problem was that they could not develop their skills or market their pieces. Noura started Rafeya with the aim of giving each woman up to 20% of Rafeya's profit instead of a paycheck at the end of every month. Although Rafeya is still young, it might be starting a ripple effect. Rafeya's women are already dreaming big and feel driven to have a place of their own and start their own model of Noura's Rafeya.
3. Lama Hourani of Lama Hourani
Lama prides herself on her esoteric lines of fine and silver jewelry pieces that steer clear from mainstream trends. Her silver line, for example, draws from Peruvian Inca, Maasai, and Arabian native art and has earned her an international following of culturally curious clients. The Lama Hourani brand is all about "connecting the world, building bridges and creating a cultural mesh", and the impact of Lama's business extends inwardly to her own society as well.
The team behind her exquisite jewelry collections are a group of women who have been with her for more than 15 years. She outsources jewelry assembling and embroidery tasks to underprivileged Jordanian women and provides work and training for the disabled. For her efforts, she was appointed one of the Young Global Leaders at the 2012 World Economic Forum.
4. Shannon Keith of Sudara
In 2005, Shannon took a trip to India only to find herself appalled by the miserable conditions women were facing in impoverished societies. Out of abject poverty and squalor, she witnessed one too many families were selling their little girls into sex trade. She felt a personal connection with the children and mothers stuck in this heartbreaking situation, and in cooperation with a group of partners in India, Shannon started to save as many women as she could from a dismal future of sex slavery.
The women of Sudara are first taught how to sew and then are employed to make beautiful Indian design inspired apparel like these PUNJAMMIES. Over the years, Sudara has been able to employ more than 200 women across various sewing centers in India and has managed to free them and their 300 hundred children from sex slavery.
5. Heba Fares of Naomi Hanem and Ehky Ya Shahrazad
In collaboration with an Egyptian charity organization, Heba Fares launched a fashion line under her brand Naomi Hanem and called it Ehky Ya Shahrazad. The initiative is about helping women in prison pay off the debts they have been imprisoned over. Heba felt she could do something to help with this very common situation in underprivileged Egyptian societies. Within these situations, poor women, who are often the breadwinners for their families, have to sign off on big checks to help marry off their daughters or help their husbands. Being unable to pay back the debts, they are put in prison.
Heba wanted to make sure that by the time the women pay off their debts and get out of prison, they have learned and mastered new skills that would help them start a new career. The work is done entirely from inside the prison and supervised by Heba remotely, so the women are able to produce beautiful and high quality pieces featuring unique hand drawings and cues from bedouin designs after receiving intensive training.
6. Zeina Abou Chabaan of Palestyle
Fed up with the corporate world, Zeina left her three-year-old corporate job and started looking for a vocation that was more meaningful to her. In 2007, she got the idea of helping Palestinian women in refugee camps in a way that empowers them without making them feel like a subject of pity or deserving of charity. She combined her love for fashion design and her country women and started Palestyle in 2009 with her brother after visiting the Al Baqaa refugee camp in Jordan. Zeina couldn't forget the inhumane living conditions she witnessed in the camp and how the women couldn't find job opportunities despite being well educated.
So far, Zeina's social luxury fashion label has empowered over 400 Palestinian women within the refugee camps of Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine by giving them a percentage of sales. The clothes, handbags, and accessories the women make are all signed off with Arabic calligraphy, distinct Palestinian embroidery, and inspirations from the Palestinian culture.
7. Reese Fernandez-Ruiz of Rags2Riches
Reese is one of the most successful and most recognized social entrepreneurs in the Philippines and Asia. She started Rags2Riches a little after completing university to help village women artisans lift their families out of poverty by crafting urban artisanal home and fashion accessories from recycled and indigenous materials.
Before Rags2Riches, the women of Payatas, one of the Philippines largest dump sites, had been scavenging waste to find and recycle scrap pieces of fabric to make rugs and sell them. However, middlemen came in to control the women's supply of fabric and access to the market, thus diminishing their profit to less than 20 cents USD per day. In collaboration with her partners, Reese started Rags2Riches not only to help the women reclaim access to the market, but also to offer them financial and hands-on training as well as health care. This has provided them with the means to long-term financial and personal success.
8. Ayesha Mustafa of Fashion Compassion
In 2011, Ayesha started Fashion Compassion as an online fashion retailer for socially responsible brands that empower women from marginalized communities. Every time an item is bought from Fashion Compassion, part of the money goes to feed a schoolgirl in a developing country. Ayesha showcases the products of brands mentioned above as well as many others on her website and says she finds inspiration in each of the founders of these brands.
According to Ayesha, combining fashion and philanthropy ignites her soul. She has always loved both fields but never knew what to do with them until she interned at the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh when she was 16. Seeing how the bank changed the lives of thousands of marginalized women and, in turn, their societies, she got the idea of using her passion for fashion to alleviate poverty stricken girls and women in Pakistan and the Middle East where she grew up.


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Three Elements of Authentic Learning Projects
Our traditional view of a classroom would show a professor speaking at a podium or a teacher at her desk. Students would be diligently taking notes as the instructor explained some process, model, or historical event. In a week, students would take a test over the topic, where they would demonstrate that they knew the appropriate dates, people and significance of the topic. Traditional models have their place in education, but with increased technology and access to the internet at our fingertips using smart phones, adjustments need to be made to reflect our changing world.
One movement in education is to increase the number of AUTHENTIC learning modules, where students look at real-world problems, and work out solutions. This is often done in a collaborative environment where students work in small groups to produce an artifact or presentation that demonstrates their mastery of the topic. There are many names for this: project-based learning, authentic learning, inquiry based learning..etc. The idea can be daunting for some teachers because it requires us to be a little more flexible and allow students to take paths that we might not have thought of. Instead of a "sage on the stage" of the traditional model, the teacher must become the "guide on the side." While most teachers might deny it, if we are honest with ourselves, we recognize that is is hard to give up control.
This year, I am going to make an effort to add these authentic learning projects to my classes. I don't expect that every day will be group projects and labs, there will still need to be the lectures and powerpoints to provide students with the basics, but I'm looking at ways to engage students more and move away (at least part of the time) from a lecture based model. I have three very different classes to work with: introductory physics, anatomy and physiology, and AP Biology. There's not a lot of crossover within those classes and the type of student in each is very different. Creating collaborative inquiry based learning projects is not a ONE SIZE FITS ALL scenario. I have however, developed a list of common elements to these projects that can apply to any class.
1. Real World Applications
The goal of the project is to solve a problem that could or does exist in the real world, thus bridging the gap between what students do in class and what they experience and see outside of class. The scope of the problem can be large, such as cleaning up an oil spill, or small, such as developing a recycling program in their community. As long as the end goal has a real application, then it probably qualifies as an authentic learning experience.
2. Collaboration
The project involves collaboration with peers. Very few us in the world work in a solitary fashion, we have coworkers, bosses, and family members that contribute to our daily decision making processes. Collaboration allows for students to express and share their ideas and in doing so, gain a broader understanding of the topic. How often do we notice that we learn something better when we are required to teach it to others? Students often don't get this opportunity to talk about what they have learned and to discuss and build upon the ideas of their peers. An authentic learning project should include this element.
There are also online tools available for collaboration, such as sites.google.com/ or wiggio.com
3. Artifact or Publication
The project needs to include an artifact of some kind to demonstrate knowledge. These artifacts vary depending on the nature of the project. It could be a portfolio, power point presentation, web site, wiki, 3D model, scientific research paper, poster. This part of the project is given a group grade, and often it may be good to include an individual assignment, such as a reflection paper or journal for individual assessments.
Digital Artifact Ideas: Museumbox , WikiSpaces, Flickr, WebPoster, Youtube,
Here are samples of a projects I've used in biology class.
Biome Webquest : Students investigate a biome, the goal is to present the area as a vacation package as if your were a travel agent:
Cicada Summer: Students create a museum exhibit showcasing cicadas found in their area, cicada species emerge at different time intervals and this project is best completed in the summer.

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If these statements are correct then Olderelv Camping may be the answer.
Olderelv Camping is located in Skibotn, a village with a population of about 500 people. The village is approx. 110 km from Tromsř or 50 km from the border to Finland along E 95, the Northern Light Route.
The climate is very special considering the location this far north. Precipitation is about 300 mm a year and average temperature during summer is around 13,5 deg C (July). Skibotn provides you with a beautiful view of the famous Lyngen Alps. Marked tracks are available just a few 100 metres from the Olderelv Camping entrance.
Olderelv Camping is a family run facility with 40 years of experience. The Norwegian Caravan Club awarded the 2007 "Camping site of the Year" to Olderelv Camping site. It is the fourth generation that runs the facilities to day, but the grand old lady Hanna at the age of 80+ is still active.
The camping site is screened by pine trees and enjoys a nice and quiet atmosphere.
Olderelv can offer 4-star ground for caravans, mobile homes or tent. All sites have access to electricity, cable-TV, internet and waterposts with clean drinking water. A modern café serves light meals and there are facilities for shower, and washing machines may be rented to wash your laundry.
Folderol offers cabins in different sizes and standards. Large cabins may sleep 6 people in two bedrooms and is equipped with shower and toilet. Also, you may do your own cooking. The Norwegian Camping Guide rates these cabins as 4-star cabins.
Medium size cabins facilitate living room, one bedroom (4 people) and a small kitchen area.
Small cabins contains living room included a kitchen area and may sleep 4 people.
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The Harvest System is an Internet of Things (IoT) solution covering a range of applications, to protect your crop and assist with efficient management of resources. In most situations, our systems are totally standalone, utilising solar power and the cellular network to send data to the Harvest servers. Wireless UHF radio remotes can also be used to collect data from around the property. The live data can be viewed on a webpage using any computer or smartphone.
Harvest systems, typically set up to include a weather station, give hourly updates to a Harvest web page. Once the temperature drops below your customisable frost threshold, text and voice call alarms are triggered and the web page updates every minute. Parameters that are typically monitored include air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, wind speed and direction, leaf wetness, and solar radiation (for evapotranspiration calculation).
Sensors can also be connected to wireless remotes to cover particularly frost prone parts of the property. If any of these sensors drop below your frost alarm thresholds then frost alarms and minute updates will be triggered. Frequent updates in frost conditions is particularly helpful for measuring frost fighting effectiveness.
Soil moisture and temperature sensors can be used to collect reliable real-time soil moisture readings from around the property. We are now predominantly using Acclima TDR and TDT sensors, installed at varying depths to give multi-level readings. You can read more about our soil moisture monitoring in our brochure and white paper, or contact us for more information.
For even further reading about soil moisture sensing technologies, see the Irrigation NZ soil moisture monitoring booklet.
Harvest devices can provide real-time readings and configurable alarms for water and irrigation systems. Common applications include flow meter monitoring (optional transfer of data to council), water tank level, well/bore level, pipe pressure, and pump control. Alarms (txt message, email, or voice call) can be set up for any of the measured values e.g. max daily water usage exceeded, low tank or bore level etc. Remote control can be a secure virtual switch on the Harvest web page or based on a measured value e.g. if block temperature drops below X°C, start the frost fighting pump.
Wind machine monitoring can be retro-fitted to provide online diagnostics and automated alarms for startup failure. Parameters that are typically monitored are status (on/off), battery voltage, RPM of the shaft, and wind speed. Once your customisable frost alarm thresholds are met, the data updates every minute. For more information about our wind machine monitoring, please contact us or see our brochure.


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Meet Cerlina Lin! This summer, Cerlina joined the PENCIL team as a Communications Intern. The position came about because she was a student in our PENCIL Internship Program as part of the Ladders for Leaders Program in partnership with the NYC Department of Youth & Community. Passionate about studying management and leadership at SUNY Buffalo, she strives to understand the qualities that make a great leader. She also loves sketching portraits, doing arts and crafts, and is beginning to dabble in photography. Thank you for sharing, Cerlina!
Name: Cerlina Lin
Year: College senior
School: SUNY Buffalo
What was your first day in the PENCIL office like?
The first day of the internship was amazing. Everyone in the office was extremely welcoming and the atmosphere was easygoing, which definitely helped calm my nerves.
What are your responsibilities in your internship this summer?
My main responsibilities as an intern this summer are to help with upcoming events, make posts on social media, and design banners. I will also be helping out with any projects that need an extra hand around the office.
How have PENCIL's training and your internships helped you think about future opportunities?
PENCIL's training and internship helped me think about future opportunities by helping me build my professional network and connect with inspirational individuals. Training has helped me learn how to make good first impressions and how to start building my personal brand.
What are your thoughts on your future career?
I strive to have a future career in the management field. My internships have helped me realize this career path as I am always surrounded by people who inspire me to raise my standards and achieve greater goals. My internships have taught me that in order to be seen as a leader, interpersonal skills are just as important as the technical skills you have.


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A single Potion may be selected upon entering a Dungeon. A Potion can not be brought back of the maze if is NOT consumed.
Ingredients are used to feed gumballs, upgrading their stats and skills. Well fed gumballs have more energy in airship battles.
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Alchemy MaterialEdit
Alchemy Materials are obtained primarily through the Alchemy Workshop.
Other GoodsEdit
Relic Fragments, used to create/upgrade/repair the three main basic types of Artifacts.
Celestial GoodsEdit
- Misc Supplies
- Contracts
Sky Contracts are used to open temples in Sky exploration.
- Airship Materials
Airship Materials are used to upgrade airships.
- Runestones
Runestones are used before entering an airship battle.
- Energy Crystals
Energy Crystals are primarily obtained from sky colossus battles and as rewards for sky mazes.
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- Uranium Ore Storage Device
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- Sabnock Coin
- Time Fragment
- Competent Cell
- Accelerators
- Super Dragon Ball
- Space Transitioner
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1. Jerry Gray is the new defensive coordinator of the Tennessee Titans for several reasons, not the least of which is much more money and a title. But he also left his position as Longhorns secondary coach because he and boss Mack Brown never thoroughly vetted each other or felt comfortable together.
No one made Gray leave the Seattle Seahawks and accept the Texas job. Gray truly wanted to come back to his alma mater and help it win another national championship, but he didn't know his $425,000 salary would be so low on the current staff — tied for fourth with offensive line coach Stacy Searels — and that he would make $200K less than defensive coordinator Manny Diaz despite being more qualified.
Gray also worried privately that Brown is still trying to bring back his football ops director Cleve Bryant, who has earned about $80,000 from the university since he took paid leave in October during the school's internal investigation of accusations made by a former female employee.
Gray is a terrific coach, and I think if Brown had made him defensive coordinator, Gray would still be in Austin today. But he started to have misgivings about the Texas program and began talking to new Titans head coach Mike Munchak two weeks ago, even before Munchak had the job.
But remember this: Mack is all about family, and Gray was looking after his family. I know it hurts the Longhorn Nation, which feels betrayed, but this is probably the best outcome for all parties. I'm told former Horn Van Malone will be high on Brown's list of possible Gray successors.
2. Fran Fraschilla, the best color analyst in college hoops, told me Saturday that Texas not only is the best defensive team in the country, but Cory Joseph is becoming a shutdown defender. "He's Darrelle Revis," Fran said of Joseph and the freshman's lock-down defense.
3. A belated 80th happy birthday to former Longhorn baseball coach Cliff Gustafson, still one of the best coaches who has ever worked at Texas and a pure genius at in-game strategy and thinking ahead. Hope you had some Blue Bell, Gus.
4. Vinny Cerrato, the former Redskins general manager whom Mack Brown hired to evaluate his Longhorn players, is very high on cornerback Aaron Williams. "I like him a lot," Cerrato said. "He can play physical, he's got good eyes, he can run, he can press. If he runs well in workouts, I think he can end up as a late" first-round NFL draft pick. Cerrato also sees defensive end Sam Acho as "an overachiever who's smart and plays hard," and can wind up in some NFL team's defensive rotation.
5. Kudos to the late Willie Wells, Austin's own who was one of the greatest shortstops who ever lived and was inducted last week by the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. His delightful daughter, Stella, accepted the honor on his behalf. When pitchers used to deliberately bean Wells, he took to wearing a coal miner's helmet, and in doing so popularized the modern-day batting helmet. "He just loved baseball," Stella said. "He lived it, he ate it, he breathed it."
6. Ran into former Texas basketball guard Drew Gressett, who is thoroughly impressed with the jobs that freshmen Tristan Thompson and Joseph are doing and their overall unselfishness and maturity. Gressett is the owner of Hat Creek Burger Co., which will soon add a second location at the corner of Bee Cave Road and Loop 360. He and wife Shelby have partnered with Mobile Loaves & Fishes through Austin Ridge Bible Church and, with one of the volunteer-based organization's 17 trucks, our church hopes to feed more than 6,000 meals to the homeless this year.
7. Over the last two weeks of February, the Texas Stars will make or break their season by playing eight games and traveling more than 3,800 miles, with stops in Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Milwaukee and Peoria. In the last two weeks, six Stars have been called up to the parent club in Dallas, and three of them — Travis Morin, Colton Sceviour and Tomas Vincour — made their NHL debuts.
8. Watched one of my favorite movies Friday night. But didn't know until now that the husband of Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" was supposed to have been Gene Hackman, but director Mike Nichols thought he looked too young.
9. When Texas Sports Hall of Fame inductee Donna Lopiano was the Longhorns women's athletic director, she used to tell her coaches they needed to have their teams in the top 10 or leave. Asked if she'd still subscribe to that philosophy, Lopiano said, "Absolutely. Programs go as their coaches go. You hire great coaches, you get great results. You make mistakes early, you make changes and you have to live with your mistakes."
When I asked current women's AD Chris Plonsky about that approach, she said, "Top 10 is not an unreasonable standard. I don't know if I have a longer leash. It is a different environment. Like when (Texas soccer coach) Chris Petrucelli won a soccer national championship at Notre Dame, there were 80 teams. Now there are 280. The competition is stiffer and deeper."
Plonsky also said she knows "where we're going" in women's basketball and expects a much, much better team next year with a healthier Cokie Reed and a strong recruiting class.
Lopiano was joined in the TSHOF by eight other inductees — including 2000 Olympic gold-medalist diver and former Longhorn Laura Wilkinson, who is expecting a child with her husband in May and also hopes to adopt a child from China.
10. One crazy prediction: Baylor's basketball team will find itself and reach the Elite Eight this season.


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Italy and pizza, Spain and paella, Greece and moussaka: countries across the world have flagship dishes synonymous with their culture and, for many chefs, these aren't just items on a menu – they're art. Authentic local food is a vital ingredient of any holiday and can have a lasting impact on your diet and eating habits. To get the best overseas dining experience, authenticity is key and, with this in mind, here are the dishes you can't miss next time you are on holiday!
Turkey: Home of the kofte – a dish you need to meat
Initially popularised in Iran and other areas of the Middle East, kofte was reimagined by the Turkish. They introduced a mix of tasty new ingredients, renamed it from kofta to kofte and produced hundreds of variants.
The recipe is open to interpretation – all the term 'kofte' refers to are the meatballs! A signature kofte dish is a badge of honour for many restaurants, so chefs usually play with different spices and ingredients. Be sure to sample the many succulent and creative takes on Turkey's flagship dish.
The Dalyan kofte is served in a large loaf with carrots, peas and eggs. Perfect for those wanting a hearty meal. The Sulu kofte consists of minced meat, rice and parsley to offer a lighter soup-like dish, perfect for lunch. Be sure to get stuck into as many different versions as you can on your next Turkey holiday.
Vegetarian & vegan alternatives
Gozleme is a fantastic alternative for both vegans and vegetarians. Looking a bit like a pancake, this dish is actually hand-rolled dough containing delicious potatoes and vegetables.
The Rokka Restaurant in Antalya proudly specialises in vegetarian and vegan versions of traditional Turkish food and is happy to create custom dishes for specific diets and allergies.
Gluten-free alternative
The pilav is a more-than-worthy replacement for kofte. Featuring a delicious mix of rice, spices and vegetables, it's a shining example of Turkish cuisine and is served in most restaurants.
Recommended restaurants
Zaruri in Antalya serves up a wonderfully spicy kofte, whereas Antik Akdeniz puts together a deliciously juicy alternative in Bodrum.
Paella: Part of the tapas-try in Spain!
Indisputably the signature dish of Spain, you'll be more than familiar with paella, but did you know it was historically a lunchtime meal for farmers?
Farmers from Valencia were the first people to introduce the meal to the world and, even now, a 100% authentic paella Valenciana is a mix of chicken, rabbit, snails, green and white beans. Today, paella has evolved quite a lot. It still is one of the most sociable foods in the world – two or more people can share a paella. The key ingredients, however, have changed slightly – they are simply rice, red and green peppers, and saffron (vital to achieve paella's distinctive golden colour).
Along with paella Valenciana, paella mixta (meat, chicken and seafood), paella de marisco (seafood only), paella vegetariana (entirely meat-free) and paella negra (cooked with squid ink) make up the five types of this iconic taste of Spain. Intrigued yet? Why not read all about the flavours of Spain?
Vegetarian & vegan alternatives
Even though it sounds suspiciously like a certain fish dish, calamares del campo is completely meat-free. Comprised of breaded and fried onions and peppers, it's a perfect representation of Spanish cuisine. If you're visiting Barcelona, be sure to try Vegetalia for a wide assortment of suitable meals.
Gluten-free alternative
Cordero asado, a roasted lamb dish filled with spice and flavour, is a fantastic option for those with a gluten intolerance. It is often served with roast potatoes, garlic and herbs.
Recommended restaurants
As the home of Spain's number one dish, restaurants in Valencia cook up outstanding paella, with La Pepica on Valencia's seafront promenade offering authentic options cooked in traditional ways. The eatery was even a favourite of seminal novelist Ernest Hemingway. Over in Barcelona, Arrosseria Xativa shouldn't be missed, serving up 28 separate types of paella!
Greece: Home of the eggcellent moussaka!
Moussaka is deeply entrenched in Greek culture and is sure to whet the appetites of travellers from across the world. Typically made up of layers of eggplant, meat and white sauce, this stomach-filler is served in a number of different ways across the Balkans. Whether you're interested in chicken, turkey or pork, restaurants pride themselves on cooking up many versions of this timeless recipe.
Some chefs add courgettes, potatoes and mushrooms. The papoutsakia variant is a smaller take on moussaka. Think an eggplant stuffed with ground beef and tomatoes, finished off with the classic white sauce topping. Discover even more of our favourite Greek dishes.
Vegetarian & vegan alternative
For both vegetarians and vegans, dolmades is a perfect substitute for moussaka. Made up of vine leaves stuffed with rice and vegetables, there are many varieties available. George and Maria Art of Falafel in Rhodes is a fantastic restaurant for meat and dairy-free customers, with a welcoming atmosphere and stunning art.
Gluten-free alternative
While salads in the UK are often small and underwhelming, the Greeks do the dish justice with generous portions, creative recipes and plenty of flavour. Whether you're looking to taste the country's delicious seafood, grilled meat or something completely different, expect to have a host of gluten-free options to choose from.
Recommended restaurants
The Kerasma Restaurant in Rhodes Town offers a wonderfully traditional Greek dining experience, with authentic moussaka and a charming atmosphere. Elsewhere in Lardos, Valentina's sizeable take on the classic meal cannot be overlooked if you're in the area.
Portugal: Don't miss bacalhau – there is a recipe using this ingredient for every day of the year!
We all know countries tend to be extremely proud of their signature cuisine, but Portugal takes it one step further with more than 365 dishes of bacalhau!
Yes, you can indeed eat a different version of this salted-cod dish for every day of the year. The total number of ways to prepare this meal is unknown and the Portuguese love it so much that it's become a part of the traditional Christmas dinner!
Bacalhau can be grilled, boiled, fried, braised or eaten raw, and chefs have incorporated it into some delectable meals. Expect it alongside potatoes, carrots and chickpeas, or shredded in the bras style with eggs, parsley, olives, onions and potatoes. Not a fan of fish? Lucky that Portugal has a lot more great cuisine to offer.
Vegetarian & vegan alternatives
Acorda is a magnificent and authentic meat-free Portuguese dish. This mix of bread, garlic, coriander and white wine served with beans and vegetables offers a deliciously doughy taste, sure to boost your energy levels. Caldo verde is often served to accommodate vegans, with the meat replaced with potatoes and crunchy vegetables.
There are several vegan restaurants across Lisbon, too, with AO26 serving up an incredible menu of local and international cuisine.
Gluten-free alternative
Cozido à portuguesa, a stew of fresh meats and vegetables, is a highly popular meal across Portugal and is often gluten-free. Just be sure to check with the waiter before ordering, as it can be cooked using contaminated ingredients.
Recommended restaurants
The eatery Bacalhau in Porto is unsurprisingly a phenomenal option for trying Portugal's national cuisine, with a wide assortment of mouth-watering dishes based around the salty fish. Frade dos Mares in Lisbon is another stunning establishment, where guests can devour many tasty and unique takes on the classic recipe.
Croatia: Be sure to try brodet – a dish with an ever-evolving list of ingredients!
Croatia has always had a fondness for seafood. The brodet, one of the country's flagship dishes, was originally introduced as a stew featuring any fish that could be caught, alongside olive oil, salt, pepper and vegetables. This resulted in a variety of recipes from all over the coast, containing locally-sourced ingredients and sprinkled with a strong sense of local pride.
To this day, the fundamentals of the meal largely remain the same. Local chefs take inspiration from other cultures and their own imagination to put their own stamp on a tried-and-tested formula. As a result, two brodets almost always taste differently. Many chefs serve the same recipe as their fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers. While the texture and flavour will vary, with a brodet you are guaranteed a proudly-presented dish with a wide spectrum of flavours and a rich history.
Vegetarian & vegan alternative
The prevailing influence of Italian culture across Croatia means there are plenty of pizzerias to choose from, serving meat and dairy-free pizza, pasta and more. Vita Bella in Dubrovnik plates up vegan and vegetarian pizzas in the city's stunning Old Town.
Gluten-free alternative
Dalmatian-style rib steak is a tasty alternative to brodet. Grilled in the trademark Croatian style and served with a selection of vegetables and boiled potatoes, it's served across the country. Just be sure to ask about any potential contaminants before ordering.
Recommended restaurants
Nautika in Dubrovnik cooks up a wonderful, locally-sourced brodet and a host of other delightful seafood, whereas Gostionica Marenda cooks up a brodet with delicious homemade bread.
Italy: Eat a pizza Italian culture one slice at a time
Pizza began life in Naples in the 1700s as a favourite of the working class and eventually grew into the national dish of Italy. Italians who moved over to the US in the 1940s then introduced the meal to the rest of the world. It then wasn't long before Chicago's deep dish style and New York's thin, crispy variants emerged. However, Italy (and Naples in particular) is the undisputed birthplace. Neapolitan pizzas are prepared with care and pride in order to do the classic dish justice. The recipe simply calls for dough, raw tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese, basil and olive oil.
There are pizzerias all over the country, but to make sure the slices you're tucking into are 100% authentic, look for the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana (AVPN) symbol. The non-profit organisation exists to maintain the historic traditions and cooking techniques of Neapolitan pizza.
Vegetarian & vegan alternative
A staple of Sicilian cuisine, Sicilian Panelle shows a different side of Italy's food culture. Although viewed by some as a street food, these fried chickpea fritters can be turned into a main and are usually served with a selection of vegetables.
Gluten-free alternative
Knowledge of celiac disease has grown across Italy in recent years and, as a result, visitors can look forward to gluten-free lasagne in many restaurants, including Pantha Rei in Rome.
Recommended restaurants
Trattoria e Pizzeria 'O Vesuvio cooks up a divine Neapolitan pizza in Naples with charmingly homely decor. Pizzeria Nerone shouldn't be missed if you're in Rome. Discover pizza deviating from the classic formula to incorporate different dough, toppings and styles. Just as tasty.
Cyprus: A delicious pick and mix from the Mediterranean coast
Perfectly designed for social situations, meze is a selection of delicious foods served in small plates, ranging from meatballs and sausages to octopus and eggplant salad.
Traditionally, the dish is served in Greek restaurants as an appetiser to accompany drinks, but Cyprus has reinvented the meal as a main in its own right. With the ingredients customisable to suit your own tastes, it's perfect for a whole host of diets.
However, be sure to try some of the the island's delicacies as part of a meze. Souvla, large chunks of skewered lamb or pork, is a favourite of locals and goes perfectly with fresh vegetables. The more adventurous could give karaoli yahni a try – tiny snails prepared in delicious herbs and tomato sauce.
Vegetarian & vegan alternative
Cypriot food is heavily influenced by the Lebanese, making tabbouleh an excellent alternative to Meze. Made of tomatoes, mint, onion and olive seasoning, it's the perfect dish if you want to sample local cuisine without the meat and dairy.
Gluten-free alternative
Another one of Cyprus' classic dishes, Louvi can be prepared without using gluten-containing ingredients. It traditionally contains black-eyed beans and vegetables served with oil, salt and lemon, though chefs often put their own spin on the recipe.
Recommended restaurants
For food that will leave you salivating, and a breathtaking sea view, Saint George Fish Tavern in Paphos is the place to be. The menu at Atlas in Ayia Napa includes a luscious meze and a selection of other local favourites.
Try Israel's take on the wrap – the flavourful shawarma
Israel was only established in 1948, but what its national cuisine lacks in age it makes up for in diversity. Imaginative dishes blend together unique tastes from the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean.
Recipes are constantly evolving as chefs find increasingly creative ways of putting their own spin on traditional recipes. The shawarma reigns as one of the country's iconic dishes.
Every national dish has a story and the shawarma is no exception. Originating among communities who migrated from elsewhere in the Middle East, it's made up of slow-roasted spiced meat served in a laffa wrap alongside a variety of sauces and vegetables. It looks similar to a gyro, another popular dish in Israel. But shawarma is a spicier showcase of Middle Eastern flavours, including ingredients like chummus (hummus) and techina.
Vegetarian & vegan alternative
Anastasia in Tel Aviv is the perfect place for a vegan meal. Everything from tasty dips, colourful salads and sweet cakes are what define this place. There's no wonder it's been voted as one of the best vegan restaurants in Israel's capital.
Gluten-free alternative
Roasted eggplant with Tahini is naturally gluten-free (though be sure to check with the waiter before ordering) and delivers a scrumptiously crunchy taste. Falafel Hakosem in Tel Aviv serves the dish along with several other options.
Recommended restaurants
Since its opening in 1952, Keter Mizrach in Tel Aviv has served up outstanding shawarmas and create its own distinctive flavour by adding pistachios. The Shipudei Eilat in EIlat is another option, cooking up tasty and enormous portions to suit all manner of tastebuds.


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The aim of this study was to identify the form(s) of cytochrome P450 (CYP) responsible for the biotransformation of zolpidem to its alcohol derivatives which, after rapid conversion to carboxylic acids, represents the main way of metabolism in humans. In human liver microsomes, zolpidem was converted to alcohol derivatives. Production of these correlated with the level of CYP3A4 and with cyclosporin oxidation and erythromycin N-demethylation activities, but not with the level of CYP1A2 nor with ethoxyresorufin O-deethylation or S-mephenytoin 4'-hydroxylation activities. Liver microsomes from CYP2D6-deficient patients exhibited normal activity. Production of alcohol derivatives was significantly inhibited by anti-CYP3A antibodies and by ketoconazole. Antibodies directed against other CYP forms (including CYP1A1, CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2B4, and CYP2C8), and CYP-specific substrates or inhibitors (including propranolol, coumarin, mephenytoin, sulfaphenazole, quinidine, aniline, and lauric acid) produced a moderate or no inhibitory effect. cDNA-expressed CYP3A4 and CYP1A2 generated significant amounts of one of the alcohol derivatives, whereas CYP2D6 generated both of them in similar amounts. In human hepatocytes in primary culture, zolpidem was extensively and almost exclusively converted to one of the carboxylic acid derivatives, the main species identified in vivo. Treatment of cells with inducers of CYP1A (beta-naphthoflavone) and CYP3A (rifampicin and phenobarbital) greatly increased the rate of production of this metabolite. We conclude that the formation of alcohol derivatives of zolpidem is rate-limiting and principally mediated by CYP3A4. Both CYP1A2 and CYP2D6 participate in alcohol formation; but, because of their low relative level of expression in the human liver, their contribution is minor.
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Particular religious beliefs influence people's attitudes to euthanasia, study finds
PEOPLE'S attachment to particular religious beliefs influence their attitudes to euthanasia, academics have found.
Attitudes to euthanasia also influenced how people valued health, including health states considered worse than being dead.
The study by researchers from NUI Galway and Queen's University Belfast was published in the journal, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes.
Information was collected on a group of 160 individuals' attachment to religious beliefs and their attitudes to euthanasia in Ireland.
Those who attended religious services frequently were less likely to be in support of a doctor ending a person's life due to having a painful incurable disease, in comparison to those who attended religious services less frequently.
People who were less likely to support euthanasia were subsequently less likely to consider any health state as being worse than dead, regardless of severity.
Luke Barry from the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at NUI Galway was one of the lead researchers of the study.
"Ireland has undergone significant social and cultural changes in recent decades, this research points to the potential ramifications of such changes including in less obvious quarters such as the allocation of healthcare resources," he said.
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By Kaleb Roedel – Northern Nevada Business View
This article is a follow up to Katie Hoffman's appearance at NCET's Cannabis Commerce 2.0 luncheon on May 23, 2018.
It's no secret — cannabis is one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States.
This year alone, the U.S. cannabis sector could pump up to $33.8 billion into the nation's economy, according to the Marijuana Business Factbook, an annual publication produced by the Marijuana Business Daily.
Further, the Factbook predicts the total economic impact of legal marijuana sales will increase by 234 percent over the next five years, from $23 billion in 2017 to as much as $77 billion by 2022.
These projections are key indicators why many entrepreneurs are rolling into the cannabis ecosystem in Northern Nevada.
Navigating state and federal laws, however, presents challenges for those eager to leap into legal cannabis, said Katie Hoffman, attorney at Fennemore Craig.
"Really, there are a couple of layers," Hoffman said in an interview with the NNBV. "You've got your state issues, you've got your local issues, so you kind of have to make sure you're working through all of those to get to the end result of opening up a cannabis business."
It starts with the application process. The state requires companies to show liquid assets of $250,000, Hoffman said, and application fees are $5,000, plus an additional licensing fee if the company is awarded a license for the following: retail store ($20,000), cultivation facility ($30,000), production facility ($10,000), testing lab ($15,000) and distributor ($15,000).
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Welsh War Surgeon receives Honorary Doctorate
Welsh war surgeon, Mr David Nott OBE, has today been awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Science) from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Carmarthen.
Welsh war surgeon, Mr David Nott OBE, has today been awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Science) from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Carmarthen.
David Nott is currently an NHS consultant surgeon in London and works at three London hospitals providing cancer surgery, general surgery, vascular surgery and trauma surgery. As well as being a busy NHS consultant, his passion is helping people involved in conflict around the world. For the past 24 years he has taken unpaid leave to work for up to 3 months per year in various war zones. His missions have taken him to Bosnia, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Chad, Darfur, Iraq, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, Nepal, Haiti, Gaza and Syria.
More recently, he and his wife Elly have developed a charity called the David Nott Foundation which is an educational foundation which assists surgeons to come to the UK for training by David and his faculty for a week at the Royal College of surgeons of England.
Presenting the award to Mr Nott, Gwilym Dyfri Jones, UWTSD Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor said:
"The whole of Carmarthen rejoices in the achievements of this amazing and totally modest individual; The university is proud of the fact that it has an opportunity today to recognize the courage, determination and perseverance of one of the area's brightest sons, celebrating and appreciating with admiration his fantastic humanitarian work worldwide."
Mr Nott's mother, was a nurse who grew up in Trelech and met his father who was an Indo Burmese Doctor at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport. David, was born in Carmarthen and was looked after in his early life by his grandparents in Trelech. His family, still all live in Carmarthen and the surrounding villages. On receiving his Honorary Doctorate, Mr David Nott OBE said:
"Being born in Carmarthen this is a great honour for me. It's the biggest accolade I've ever been given by anybody and it's from my hometown with my relatives around me. It's a shame that my mother and father aren't here with me.
Being brought up in Trelech and having that Welshness in me – and having the importance of family, love and support instilled in me from an early age – it gave me the inspiration which made me feel one could do something with one's life. Although I was very lucky to have qualified as a doctor it wasn't enough for me. I'm not sure exactly what happened but I developed a passion in life which made me want to go and help people because I hate to see people suffer.
We all have to take risks in life and I'd say to all those graduates out there – take a risk because you will get the rewards. I've been lucky to have had the opportunity to go out and help people, and I want to continue with that work as the flame in my heart has never gone out to help people."
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5th-graders May be Last Graduates of Charter School
KANSAS CITY (AP) - A Kansas City charter school that's fighting for its survival has graduated what could be its last class of fifth graders.
Thursday's event was an emotional one for many students and families.
State education officials voted last month to pull the charter of Gordon Parks Elementary School because of the students' poor performance. The loss of the charter means a loss of state funding. But soon after losing its charter, a Cole County circuit judge granted a temporary restraining order. A hearing is planned for July 26.
School officials say their children are making progress even though many live in poverty.
The University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg sponsors the school and wanted the state to issue a new five-year charter.
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Forecast | May 24, 2018
Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at an annualized rate of 2.3 percent in the first quarter of 2018, down from 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017. First quarter expansion tailed off as consumer spending growth was the lowest in nearly 5 years. We still expect spending to pick up in coming quarters as the fiscal stimulus from tax cuts further kicks in. We forecast real GDP growth of 3.1 percent in the second quarter of 2018 and 2.7 percent for the full year.
The U.S. labor market keeps chugging along, generating many new jobs. The economy has added jobs for 91 consecutive months through April 2018, helping to push the unemployment rate to 3.9 percent last month, the lowest level since 2000. However, wage gains remain elusive. Average hourly earnings increased 2.6 percent year-over- year last month. Hourly earnings growth is only a hair above the rate of inflation (2.5 percent year-over-year increase, according to the April Consumer Price Index). We forecast consumer price inflation of 2.7 percent in 2018 and 2.5 percent in 2019.
Firming inflation will put upward pressure on interest rates, including mortgage rates. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage kept climbing in May, up to 4.66 percent by the middle of the month. We expect the uptick in rates to continue. Our forecast has mortgage rates averaging 4.9 and 5.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Higher mortgage rates have not yet slowed home purchase demand. Buyer resiliency in the face of higher rates reflects the healthy economy and strong consumer confidence. We forecast modest growth in home sales over the next two years. Total home sales (new and existing) are forecasted to increase to 6.32 million (+3 percent year-over-year) this year and to 6.44 million (+2 percent year-over-year) in 2019.
Robust housing demand and limited supply continue to put upward pressure on house prices. Nationally, home prices are increasing at around a seven percent annual rate. With higher mortgage rates tempering demand, and new supply gradually coming online, home price growth should moderate. We forecast home prices to increase 7.0 percent in 2018, with the annual growth moderating to 3.1 percent in 2019.
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I've written before on how this White House is at least as interested in conducting a Global War on Transparency as it is a war on terror. It wants complete freedom of motion, and reining in an aggressive or institutionally oppositional free press is a central part of the program.
The vicious attack on Newsweek for apparently making a mistake on the story about the physical handling of the Koran in Gitmo is a case in point. Josh Marshall's got the goods on how the White House sees this story as a chance to decapitate another news organization, just as it succeeded with doing at CBS.
This isn't quite Putin-level stuff, to be sure, but even if the White House isn't actually responsible for planting the false story to begin with, this is definitely a case of the White House manipulating our mediatized "gotcha" legal culture to attack an independent and critical journalistic voice. And of course the Bushies are abetted in this by a rightwing media establishment and blogosphere that begins violently expectorating at the very prospect of taking out a member of the allegedly liberal MSM.
And even though it's obvious, it can't be pointed out often enough that these rightwing organizations and outlets that today are expressing such outrage over Newsweek's reporting mistake that may have indirectly resulted in dozens of deaths are the same ones that continue to give a free pass to the interrogation "mistakes" that have directly resulted in dozens of prisoners being tortured to death. The lack of moral proportion could hardly be starker.
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Bojan Zagrovic & Vijay S Pande. Nature Structural Biology (2003)
ABSTRACT: Recently, we have proposed that, on average, the structure of the unfolded state of small, mostly alpha-helical proteins may be similar to the native structure (the 'mean-structure' hypothesis). After examining thousands of simulations of both the folded and the unfolded states of five polypeptides in atomistic detail at room temperature, we report here a result that seems at odds with the mean-structure hypothesis. Specifically, the average inter-residue distances in the collapsed unfolded structures agree well with the statistics of the ideal random-flight chain with link length of 3.8 (the length of one amino acid). A possible resolution of this apparent contradiction is offered by the observation that the inter-residue distances in a typical alpha-helix over short stretches are close to the average distances in an ideal random-flight chain.


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Hi all,
So I'm a trophy hunter at heart, and thought I'd have a go at platinuming Trove. Most of the trophy list is totally reasonable, but I think that Blockbuster, the trophy for destroying a MILLION blocks, is a little over the top and should be brought down to something a bit more reasonable like 100,000 just so me and other players aren't slowly and boringly grinding down blocks for hundreds of hours. I think they recently changed the Pvp trophy, so why not this one too?
Any and all thoughts or dev insight would be fantastic. Thanks again.


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Michelle from Miami wants to know:
"Dear Madman,
You talk tough, but we know you're a softee deep down. Tell us about one of your guilty wedding pleasures ... and nothing pirate-related.
P.S. I think I may steal some details from your KFC-themed wedding."
Dear Michelle,
You've got me pegged: softee I am. But my guiltiest of guilty pleasures is one I don't mind exposing because I share it with over 10 million YouTube viewers. And that pleasure would be First Dance Surprise home videos.
2E's and I wish we had dance training like Brian and Katie, or the commitment to choreography like Chelsea and Daniel, the hip-hop sensibility of the Brubrakers or the eerie realism of the Thriller groomsmen. But we don't. And we're ok with that. Or at least we're working on it.
I can't promise, Michelle, that 2E's and I will partake in such merriment -- chances are we won't bust into grinding or rump shaking or kung fu fighting in the midst of our first dance -- but I did spend a good two hours this afternoon watching straight-laced couples blow the roof off of their respective reception halls with three decades of Billboard Top 40 pop sensations, and that has to count for something.
I'll let Brian and Katie take us out on this post. Brian? Katie? Here goes.
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Money makes the world go around, but interest rates help determine where the money goes.
The past several days have seen ripple effects, well, ripple, as the economy absorbs the recent Fed rate hike, and interest rate watchers (who include, of course, people who own businesses or people who invest) take stock of where key lending rates may go. The overarching question is where rates will go this year and when.
Interest rate timing can have a bit of an impact on hiring, creating new jobs or hiking salaries to keep workers relatively satisfied in their current positions. The wild card for interest rates lies with the incoming Trump administration, where we'll get the answers as to how much of the election campaign promises and rhetoric will become law.
The biggest pieces of the puzzle have to do with infrastructure spending and taxes, of course, alongside trade reform. The promises of sweeping reform and regulatory rollbacks imply that growth is meant to be unfettered in some respects, but interest rates, like stocks, tend to anticipate change before change becomes reality. Stocks are up, rates are up and that means the expectations are for growth.
What's left for stimulation, beyond the stimulus, to bring that growth around? Worker productivity, for one thing. But that comes with technology and automation and takes a bit of time to play out. The stronger dollar puts a bit more growth on the table, with a ripple effect coming from international investors. Per the Fed, three rate hikes are in the offing, yet even after those are levied, interest rates are coming off a very low base, possibly not enough to stem the tide of construction activity that relies on borrowing to help fund projects. The Fed is waiting for more information before deciding what to do next, and so is everybody else.
New PYMNTS Report: The CFO's Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments – August 2020
The CFO's Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments, a PYMNTS and Comdata collaboration, examines how companies are updating their AP approaches to protect their cash flows, support their vendors and enable their financial departments to operate remotely.


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We've been dealing with website design in the past years, but it was just recently that it gained so much popularity. Why? There is a demand for efficient UX designs and mobile-friendly websites. According to some researches, mobile-responsive web design is expected to dominate the market in the next decades.
If you are thinking of developing a responsive and reliable website, read the guidelines below. These are web design trends that can impact your online presence.
1. Great Typography
In the previous year, we saw amazing examples of creative and bold typography to make content stand out. As we progress to 2019, this trend will continue, and more and more designers will push for typography's creative boundaries. Several websites have artistic typefaces that can occupy more screen space—it functions as the primary feature of the website.
2. Font Resizing for Several Screens
More attention will also be given to font resizing. Since more people are browsing websites through their mobile phones, so the mobile web development becomes necessary to resize fonts to appear better in smaller screens, without compromising UX.
The most amazing part about this specific trend? It doesn't need additional efforts on coding because of the utilization of media queries to resize fonts for smaller screens.
3. Elongated Menus Intended for Vertical Display
If you are browsing from a small gadget, long, horizontal menus may be challenging to navigate on. It also appears unattractive. The solution to this problem? One of the most efficient approaches to counteract this issue is to show the menu in an organized, well-spaced, vertical manner to fit smaller screens. This will make the entire list falling on the menu, available for the user in a more readable and formal manner. Moreover, these kinds of menu items are easier to click on and browse through.
4. On-Screen Toggle
On-screen toggles can give your website a more organized, cleaner look. It can also help you save some space, most especially if it is being used on the menu. Furthermore, if the colors and fonts utilized on the menu are the same as the entire website design scheme, then it will make the responsive navigation a more functional and natural feel.
5. 3-Bar Menu
Even though the 3-bar menu, also called hamburger menu, hidden toggle menu or sliding drawer menu, is a disputed UI pattern, its widespread execution makes it very recognizable, thus extremely functional to the average user.
This hidden toggle menu trend was first offered in the IOS market, while including an intricate sliding animation element.
Are you planning to apply all of these to your new website? Where should you begin?
There are a lot of website design options you can use, and it will gradually grow as the years progress. It's great to have plenty of choices, but it can also be very overwhelming. Coming up with great website design elements is not an easy job, after all. But still, it can promise endless creativity in a continuously evolving digital landscape.


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Have you ever known anyone to disinherit and leave an abusive child out of their will ?
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- hace 1 mes
My grandmother did that to my mother, but my mother was certainly not abusive.
- SCATTY cLv 6hace 1 mes
Yes. A friend has a particularly nasty son, whom she hasn't seen for three years. She has changed her will and removed him from it.
My ex had a daughter who didn't want anything to do with him (mainly because of what the mother had said about him). She used to call him names and accuse him of all sorts. She was eventually removed from his will.
So, yes, it does happen.
- AnnLv 7hace 1 mes
I had a cousin who was left out of a family trust because of his hateful wife. She made his life absolutely miserable, and nobody in his family could stand to be around her because of the way she belittled everyone and was extremely sarcastic to family members. We literally had a rich uncle who had no children of his own, so he was going to leave a 1/2 $million trust fund for his nieces and nephews. One of his sisters (my aunt) hated this cousin's wife (her niece by marriage) so much, that she talked the uncle into writing the cousin out of the trust. The total amount was $560K. There were to be seven of us who received $80K each. The uncle rewrote the trust so that this cousin's part went instead to a charity. The cousin was sad and disappointed, because he was a hard worker and could have really used the money. The hateful wife was so angry that he had been left out, that she never again spoke to the aunt who had made the suggestion and tried to hire an attorney to force the rest of us to give up part of our inheritance so her husband would get the amount he would have received. The attorney told her it was perfectly legitimate for the uncle to do whatever he wanted to with his own money. She just went on to hate all of us for the rest of her miserable life. To this day (20 years later), their children won't have anything to do with any of us who received money from the uncle.
- PearlLv 7hace 1 mes
no, but i wouldnt blame them for doing that
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- AnonymousLv 4hace 1 mes
LMFAO!! You bet your life I do. In fact - I plan to spend all my money so my money grabbing ingrate children can whistle dixie about fighting in the courts for even a cent!!
- hace 1 mes
And my mother and I was never abusive but she didn't want her children and her grandchildren to have anything because she just didn't really like ***. And they are abusive I wouldn't leave him anything either so it happens.
- LetoLv 5hace 1 mes
They didn't leave them out of their will but had a really ingenious way to encourage them to improve their lives and get over their addictions.
- hace 1 mes
I would never do that. But then again we would not allow that kind of relationship to exist in our lives. Minimal contact with that person until a healthy resolution could be reached.
Like Mike K said it can poison the dynamic of the family. We do have one child who is disabled and plan on leaving the most money, but the other will get the majority of material possessions.
- BlueNinjaLoveLv 6hace 1 mes
No, but my grandfather's bio father was going to leave most of his wealth to my grandfather and his brother and to all of his estranged relatives he was going to leave only $1 each. (Someone stole the will so the money was evenly divided among many and not my grandfather and his brother since they were "illegitimate.")
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Years ago my grandfather left one of my uncles out of his will and left his estate to his two other Children. Our family was never the same after that. He was very angry when he wrote his will, he was also old and ill. I felt bad for my uncle. He was not a perfect man, but he had to have had some form of mental illness that led to his behavior and he never got the help he needed for it.


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Good airbrush for touchup with conversion varnish?3/16
Anyone have a recommendation for an airbrush for doing minor conversion varnish touchup in the client's house?
This would be for areas that we're just trying to lay down a layer of color, such as on scuffed baseboards. NOT trying to build up normal thick film layer.
C A Technologies Techline JR. . is a compact hvlp that can be dialed in to spray as fine as a marker or can be opened up to spray a few inches wide. Great for touchups.
Airbrushes arent great for conversion varnish do to the viscosity. Its hard to get the material out.
Either way you go, your still going to have the halo around your spot repair. Conversion varnish doesnt "blend in" like lacquer. There will always be a hard edge.
You're absolutely right about the halo. I've found that using really slow thinners as a fogged-on blanket overcoat, like butyl acetate, you can get a pretty good feathering-in but nothing ever sheens out as nice as a full 3 mil coat.
That only works with duller sheened items like 15-30 sheen.
I'll look up that CAT spraygun. My AAA's and gravity feeds are all Cougars and Jaguars, so I know they are good.
I suggest you take a look at the Homestead Finishing Products QS-125, and give Jeff a call as he also carries some CAT guns and might be able give a comparison of it and the Jr.
For minor touch up I would recommend either Konig Special repair Aerosols http://www.konigtouchup.com/BuyNow/specialrepairlacquer.html
For an airbrush I like Iwata, the Eclipse or the Revolution. For spraying CV touch up I think I would go with a detail gun though. Low pressure and a lot of retarder like MAK.
just a side note on the tjr jr.... on finish systems.com in the econmy gun section you will find a gun that looks identical to the tjr gun .... just doesn't have the cat logo or come with a hard case.... much much cheaper and same gun. I bought a few of them over the years.


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Shop for fabulous handmade crafts, jewelry, textiles, food and other great gifts at our unique holiday fair featuring items from nearly 50 non-profit organizations.
All proceeds go to help local, national, and international charities!
Find a gift to give for the holidays and, in turn, give the gift of support to local and international non-profits.
What is the Alternative Gift Fair (AGF)?
The AGF is a volunteer-run arts and crafts fair where all vendors are representatives of charities and non-profit agencies.
The charities receive 100% of the funds from their sales.
The fair's operating expenses are supported by funds from the Bake Sale and the generous sponsorship of local faith congregations:
Christ the King Catholic Church
Church of the Hills, Presbyterian USA
Congregation Beth Evergreen
Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
Evergreen Lutheran Church - Also donates the use of their building.
Lutheran Church of the Cross
United Methodist Church of Evergreen
The Youth Cafe provides support to congregational youth groups.
Note from Fundacion Yo Te Amo: "Before any more time slips away, we want to thank you again for allowing us to be part of your Alternate Gift Fair. The proceeds are assisting with the cost of expanding the Buen Samaritano Clinic's water purification building which provides purified water to the impoverished community of El Floron in Manaba Province of Ecuador. We sincerely complement each of you on your organization and kind assistance we were given when we arrived to set up, during the event and also with your transportation drivers...very much appreciated!"
Note from The Colorado Nepal Alliance: "The Colorado Nepal Alliance is rebuilding a school in Kuri, Nepal, destroyed in the April 2015 earthquake. We are a small nonprofit, and have found that building an earthquake-resistant school is far more expensive than we ever imagined. We have raised enough money to rebuild approximately 60% of the school. The money we raised at the Alternative Gift Fair is helping us pay for the project foreman's salary. We raised more than four month's of his salary! We are so grateful for the opportunity you provided for our organization to raise money in support of rebuilding educational facilities in Nepal."


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The Peren unit of the All Nagaland Hindi Teacher Union (ANHTU) has expressed its grievance at the delay in the salary of Hindi teachers. It stated that it also approached the concerned DEO/SDEO to discuss the matter.
A press release by ANHTU president, Rangwam Zeliang further said that it had also submitted an appeal letter to both establishments, stating that the salary should be released on time as sanctioned and it also requested the concerned authority to take the matter seriously.
According to ANHTU despite the humble request, "the DEO did not release the salary of Hindi teacher till date." The union asked for the reason of the delay from the concerned DEO.
In the press statement ANHTU also appealed to the DoSE to look into the matter of the delay in salary even though the sanction for March-April salary was already made on June 16. It also pointed out that other teachers of the same district under SDEO have received their salaries while the salary of Hindi teachers under DEO was yet to be released.
Launched on December 3,1990. Nagaland Post is the first and highest circulated newspaper of Nagaland state. Nagaland Post is also the first newspaper in Nagaland to be published in multi-colour.
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2 medium size eggplants
2 small baby pumpkins
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Legal Team Led by LULAC and David Boies File Lawsuits Challenging Winner-Take-All Approach to Selecting Electors in Presidential Elections
Lawsuits filed in four states on behalf of multiple plaintiffs, including LULAC Texas, LULAC California and former Massachusetts Governor William Weld
Washington, D.C. – Today a coalition of law firms led by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the nation's largest and oldest Latino civil rights organization, and David Boies of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced the filing of four landmark lawsuits challenging the winner-take-all method states use to allocate their Electoral College votes. By magnifying the impact of some votes and disregarding others, the winner-take-all system is not only undemocratic, but it also violates the Constitutional rights of free association, political expression, and equal protection under the law. These suits aim to restore those rights nationwide.
The non-partisan effort will draw on the resources of several law firms in advancing legal challenges in two states that are solidly blue, Massachusetts and California, and two others that are solidly red, South Carolina and Texas. All four suits are designed to uphold the Constitution's guarantee that every vote—whether for a Republican, a Democrat, or third-party candidate—will be treated equally. The lawsuits were filed today on behalf of multiple plaintiffs in four states, including LULAC, which is joined in Texas by Reverend Joseph C. Parker Jr., a community leader whose father marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and one of the state's most prominent constitutional scholars Dr. Sanford Levinson. In California, LULAC is joined by Republican actor and comedian Paul Rodriguez. Former Republican Governor William Weld is a plaintiff in Massachusetts.
LULAC National General Counsel Luis Vera said, "The winner-takes-all system is fundamentally flawed and holds the potential to eliminate the voice of the majority vote. LULAC has always been at the forefront of the fight against voter discrimination and suppression. We are proud to lead the largest lawsuit in the country with the Boies Schiller Flexner law firm to ensure that every voice in America is counted equally in our most important political elections."
The lawsuits filed today do not challenge the Electoral College system established by the Constitution; rather they challenge the winner-takes-all method states have chosen to select their electors. The suits aim to establish a more democratic system of voting for the President – one that counts each citizen's vote equally and that creates incentives for candidates to campaign for the votes of all Americans, not just those who live in a few battleground states.
"Under the winner-take-all system, U.S. citizens have been denied their constitutional right to an equal vote in Presidential elections. This is a clear violation of the principle of one person, one vote. We filed these cases in order to uphold the rights of every citizen," said BSF Chairman David Boies, "All Americans deserve to have their votes count."
Two of the suits filed today also seek to remedy violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1964, alleging that the "winner-takes-all" system disenfranchises minority voters. The complaints show that the winner-take- all method has meant that the minority-preferred candidate for president has not been able to receive a single Elector since the 1970s in Texas and South Carolina, despite the fact that minority voters make up a significant portion of the electorate in each state.
Republican actor and comedian Paul Rodriguez said, "Regardless if you are a Republican, Democrat or any other political party, we can all agree that we want our vote to count. Under California winner-take-all method, the presidential candidate that wins the most votes in the state is awarded all of California's 55 Electors. This is true regardless of whether the winning candidate has garnered 45% or 90% of the vote. This undermines our democracy and needs to be changed."
In addition to the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and the Law Offices of Luis Roberto Vera, Jr. and Associates PC, the distinguished legal team bringing today's challenges to the winner-take-all system includes attorneys from law firms across the country: Alston & Bird LLP, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Zelle LLP, Hausfeld LLP, Wittliff Cutter Austin PLLC, Guerrero & Whittle, PLLC, and Richard A. Harpootlian, P.A.
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation's largest and oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1000 councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC's programs, services and advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of today and the future. For more information, visit www.lulac.org.


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MSX Arcomage
This exiting game is based on the famous Might & Magic minigame Arcomage. 102 cards, shop and you'll be able to save your game on PAC and/or tape.
Intruder (MSX)
Exciting shoot'em up for your MSX with plenty of unique details! 5 great stages, 2 different endings, intro, tons of musics and lot of action!
Barbarian The Duel (MSX2)
Heavily inspired on the 1987 classic Barbarian The Ultimate Warrior by Palace Software, this game is just an advance of the full upcoming game: Barbarian The Arcomage's downfall
Los amores de Brunilda
The original ZX Spectrum game ported to MSX2 by Bitvision Software & the original Retroworks team!
Don't miss is out!