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Port Of Call – Stuart, Fl – The Manatee Pocket
Throughout the blog we love to go into greater depth in filling you in on a few places we've really enjoyed along the way. One of those places was the Manatee Pocket.
We pulled into Stuart, leaving the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway for the first time since entering Florida on our journey south from upstate New York. Stuart is the first major boating hub you encounter when traveling south on Florida's east coast with a host of marinas and service yards that can handle virtually anything boat/yacht related that you could imagine. We had been in search of a yard to install our new davit which we had been carrying aboard since Beaufort, South Carolina, as our original plan was to have it installed there. The weather and other circumstances eliminated that possibility. So upon reaching the Stuart area we turned west into the St. Lucie River and almost immediately turned to the south to enter the Manatee Pocket, home to a handful of boatyards including Hinckley Yacht Services which was going to be our home for the next six days while our davit was being installed. Manatee Pocket (The Pocket) is a sheltered bay that is about a mile long and about 1/5 of a mile wide.
Partly because the weather was warmer than we had generally been experiencing and partly because of the heavy concentration of boating activity that was now upon us we started to really feel like we had found a big part of the vibe we had been seeking on this adventure. While we weren't going to have the experience of staying at a true marina with all of the requisite amenities, Hinckley is a decidedly comfortable boatyard and they do make staying aboard while you're having work done as pleasant as possible. There are clean restrooms, great wifi, and everyone is super-friendly and helpful and always happy to see Jasper who had plenty of grass on-site and lots of places to walk just outside the gates.
The shoreline just across from Hinckley is dotted with waterfront restaurants and other facilities with relatively easy dinghy-dockage, allowing us to explore and dine out despite the fact that we don't have a car. One of the things we enjoy the most is dining waterside so when we find a spot that offers that possibility we get excited. There's something about jumping in your dinghy and heading out to lunch or dinner at a place you will tie-up to rather than park. In The Pocket there are three of those places just a short ride across the small bay. From where we sit, all three looked like festive island hangouts. The area is considered the Historic Port Salerno Waterfront District at Manatee Pocket.
Bright lights and music trickled across the water as we sat that first night on our top deck. It was, at long last, warm enough to sit up top. We had deployed our dinghy and were eager to explore so we made a plan for a late dinner. The small harbor is filled with boats on moorings but even in the dark, with a little care, our crossing was uneventful! There are a few areas to tie up your tender but they aren't immediately obvious so we puttered in and out of the rows of docked boats wasting more of the evening eyeballing them. We decided on the Twisted Tuna once we tied up. There was quite a crowd, the live music was happening and it was a fun night with good food. You must try the conch!
We also hit two other restaurants. One was Shrimpers Grill and Raw Bar where we had the pleasure of listening to some steel drums by the very talented steel drum musician, Mr. Hot Pepper!
We also had a great lunch at the waterfront Manatee Island Bar and Grill where we sat under a thatched roof and watched for manatees.
If you're looking for a place to kick back and relax, a place with plenty to see, a great vibe and a vibrant taste of the island life you can find it in the Manatee Pocket in Stuart, Florida. We had a great stay there and along with the excellent hospitality from Hinckley while our boat was being worked on it was a perfect spot for us. We'll be back again.
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Wonderful weather, wonderful day out for Jasper! Know he took a lonnng nap after that day. Looks like the new york city of boats, so many! Hope boat repairs go well 👍🏻 Looking forward to your next adventure ☺


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Project Gutenberg was the clear winner at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, picking up seven prizes, including best film, as well as best director and best screenplay for Felix Chong.
The Hong Kong-China co-production, about a team of money counterfeiters, also picked up awards for cinematography, editing, art direction and costume & make-up design. Going into the ceremony, the film had 17 nominations, making it the second most nominated film ever, behind Bodyguards And Assassins in 2009.
However, Project Gutenberg lost out on the best actor award, which went to Anthony Wong in Still Human, from first-time director Oliver Chan Siu-kuen. The film, about a wheel chair-bound man and his Filipina maid, also won best new director for Chan and best new performer for Crisel Consunji.
A film from another first-time director – Jun Li's transgender drama Tracey – picked up awards for best supporting actress (Kara Wai) and best supporting actor (Ben Yuen). Best actress went to Chloe Maayan for her role in Fruit Chan's Three Husbands.
Still Human and Tracey are representative of a new generation of filmmakers in Hong Kong, who are making more socially conscious films that are not necessarily aimed at mainland audiences. Another first-time director in this group is Sunny Chan, whose Men On The Dragon won awards for best original film score and best original film song.
The other multiple award winner of the night was Dante Lam's action drama Operation Red Sea, which took home three prizes for best action choreography, best sound design and best visual effects. Dying To Survive, about a man illegally importing cancer medications into China, won best film from the mainland and Taiwan.
- Best film: Project Gutenberg
- Best director: Felix Chong, Project Gutenberg
- Best screenplay: Felix Chong, Project Gutenberg
- Best actor: Anthony Wong, Still Human
- Best actress: Chloe Maayan, Three Husbands
- Best supporting actor: Ben Yuen, Tracey
- Best supporting actress: Kara Wai, Tracey
- Best new performer: Crisel Consunji, Still Human
- Best new director: Oliver Chan Siu-kuen, Still Human
- Best cinematography: Jason Kwan, Project Gutenberg
- Best film editing: Curran Pang, Project Gutenberg
- Best art direction: Eric Lam, Project Gutenberg
- Best costume & make-up design: Man Lim-chung, Project Gutenberg
- Best action choreography: Dante Lam, Operation Red Sea
- Best original film score: RubberBand, Men On The Dragon
- Best original film song: RubberBand, Men On The Dragon
- Best sound design: Nopawat Likitwong & Sarunyu Nurnsai, Operation Red Sea
- Best visual effects: Inho Lee, Operation Red Sea
- Best film from mainland & Taiwan: Dying To Survive
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Patrick Tse Yin
- Professional Achievement Award: Lau Wan

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Introduction: The Young People and Agriculture 'Problem' in Africa
Sumberg, James
Anyidoho, Nana Akua
Leavy, Jennifer
te Lintelo, Dolf J.H.
Wellard, Kate
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In introducing this collection of articles we argue that policy framing and policy responses to the 'problem' of young people and agriculture in Africa are hampered by a lack of research and evidence that is theoretically and historically informed, conceptually sound and context sensitive. The result is policy that is well intentioned, but unlikely to address the underlying social or agricultural concerns. To address this we outline a research agenda that places the notion of 'opportunity space' at centre stage. We suggest that an analysis of the changing structure of opportunity space for young people in agriculture and agri?food in the context of broader agrarian transitions will be particularly useful. Social difference as it affects young people's ability to exploit the agri?food opportunity space must be central to this analysis.
CitationSumberg, J., Anyidoho, N., A., Leavy, J., te Lintelo, D., J.H. and Wellard, K. (2012) Introduction: The Young People and Agriculture 'Problem' in Africa. IDS Bulletin 43(6): 1-8
Is part of seriesIDS Bulletin Vol. 43 Nos. 6
Rights holder© 2012 The Authors. IDS Bulletin © 2012 Institute of Development Studies
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Praised by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as "impossible to resist, captivating with lyricism, tonal warmth, and boundless enthusiasm," violinist Giora Schmidt has appeared as soloist with many prominent symphony orchestras around the globe including Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Canada's National Arts Centre, Toronto, Vancouver and the Israel Philharmonic.
In recital and chamber music, Giora has performed at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, San Francisco Performances, the Louvre Museum in Paris, and Tokyo's Musashino Cultural Hall. Festival appearances include the Ravinia Festival, the Santa Fe and Montreal Chamber Music Festivals, Bard Music Festival, Scotia Festival of Music and Music Academy of the West. He has collaborated with eminent musicians including Yefim Bronfman, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Lynn Harrell, Ralph Kirshbaum and Michael Tree.
Born in Philadelphia to professional musicians from Israel, Giora began playing the violin at the age of four. A graduate of the Juilliard School, his teachers have included Geoffrey Michaels, Patinka Kopec, Dorothy DeLay and Itzhak Perlman; with additional guidance from Pinchas Zukerman. Committed to education and sharing his passion for music, Giora is currently Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music (CCM) and on the artist faculty at New York University (NYU Steinhardt.) He was previously on the faculty of the Juilliard School and the Perlman Music Program. Through technology and social media, he continues to find new ways of reaching young violinists and music lovers around the world.
He is the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, The Classical Recording Foundation's Samuel Sanders award, and was a Starling Fellow at the Juilliard School.
Giora plays a c. 1830 violin by Giuseppe Rocca and strings kindly sponsored by Thomastik-Infeld, Vienna.
Oboist, Jacqueline Leclair, is Associate Professor of Oboe, Woodwind Area Chair, and Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs at the Schulich School of Music. She is a member of the ensembles Signal and Sequitur, and can frequently be heard performing solo and chamber music concerts internationally. Dr. Leclair was on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music (NYC) and was Assistant Professor of Oboe at Bowling Green State University (Ohio) 2007-2012. During her last two years at BGSU she also served as the Director of the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music.
Summer festivals for which Dr. Leclair has served as faculty and/or performer include the Lincoln Center Festival (NYC), Chamber Music Conference at Bennington College (VT), June In Buffalo (NY), Chamber Music Festival of Aguascalientes (Mexico), East/West Festival (Kazan, Tatarstan), and the Sebago Music Festival (ME) among others.
In addition to performing a variety of classical and other musics, Dr. Leclair specializes in the study and performance of new music. She has premiered many works, and regularly presents classes in contemporary music and its techniques at schools such as UCLA, the Eastman School of Music, Brigham Young University, The North Carolina School for the Arts, and the University of California in San Diego.
Dr. Leclair has recorded for Nonesuch, CRI, Koch, Neuma, Deutsche Grammophon and CBS Masterworks, receiving critical acclaim in particular for her premiere recording of Roger Reynolds' Summer Island. She is the editor of Universal Edition's Sequenza VIIa by Luciano Berio. And her recently published, and already acclaimed book about the oboe is: Oboe Secrets: 75 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Oboist and English Horn Player.
Originally from Syracuse NY, Dr. Leclair presently resides in Old Montreal, Quebec. Her musical studies were at the Eastman School of Music and SUNY Stony Brook where her oboe mentors were Richard Killmer and Ronald Roseman.
As an active recitalist, he has been featured on the Boston Celebrity Series, Mohawk Trail Concerts, Electric Earth Concerts, and Longy School of Music's Modern American Music Concert Series'. As featured soloist with orchestra, Mr. Eng has performed with the Hart House Orchestra of Toronto, Cornell Symphony Orchestra, and the Lyrica Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Mr. Eng has collaborated with world-renowned artists including Elmar Oliveira, Eugene Drucker, Terry King, and Victor Rosenbaum. He has made festival appearances at Spoleto, Orford, Domaine Forget, Killington, the Scotia Festival, the Quartet Program at Bucknell University, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar at Stanford University. He has performed and taught in Bermuda, China, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, and all over North America.
In 1998, Andrew received his A.R.C.T. Performer's diploma from the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Canada, and then in 2003 and 2005 respectively received his Undergraduate Diploma in Performance and Master of Music in Modern American Music at the Longy School of Music as a student of Laura Bossert.
Israeli musician Michal Schmidt has been a double major instrumentalist throughout her career. Her early musical training took place in Israel at the Rubin Academy of Music/ Tel Aviv University and the Royal Academy of Music in London England. There, she was the only student in the history of the school to receive Artist Diplomas for two instruments in one year. In the US, Michal studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and at the University of the Arts (Masters Degree). She earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts at Temple University.
Ms.Schmidt won numerous awards and scholarships in both piano and cello including stipends from the American-Israeli Cultural Foundation and the Israeli Arts Council; she received the Harold Samuels and Tobias Matthay piano awards of the Royal Academy of Music and more.
She currently teaches in the Philadelphia area; at Haverford and Bryn Mawr colleges as well as at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Philadelphia Network of New Music, the Hildegard Chamber Players as well as Trio Camille and Piano4. Michal has established a yearly recital series named TRIBUTE with the goal of performing solo and chamber music being written now. Many of the works are by composers with whom she has collaborated closely. Among those represented in the series are Osvaldo Golijov, Richard Wernick, Margaret Garwood, Jay Reise and Sylvia Glickman. Michal spent numerous summers teaching at NEMC and recently joined the faculty of SummerTrios in Pennsylvania and the Lakeside Chamber Music Workshop in Illinois.
Pianist Sara Laimon is an active performer in both solo and chamber music. She has performed in Canada, the United States, England, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and Poland, and has represented the U.S. Information Agency as an Artistic Ambassador in India and Nepal.
Sara is founding member and co-artistic director of the acclaimed New York based group Sequitur, former pianist for Ensemble Contemporain de Montreal, and has been guest artist with numerous other ensembles and festivals. As a sought after performer of new music, she has worked with such composers as Ligeti, Berio, Bresnick, Kirchner, and Matalon as well as performing and recording music of many younger composers. The NY Times has hailed her "a commanding and confident player with a strong technique and an ability to find the drama and wit in works that often had daunting surfaces", and a performer with "a sense of knowing exactly where she wanted to go: music-making as intelligent as it was technically proficient." Ms. Laimon has recorded for CRI, Capstone Records, North/South Recordings, MODE records and Albany Records. Her most recent recording on Disques XXI/21 features the Horn trios of Brahms and Ligeti with colleagues Jonathan Crow and John Zirbel. Her repertoire ranges from the Baroque through to the 21st century. Recent projects have included Ives' Concord Sonata, Rzewski's De Profundis, Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire (in a staged version) and Brahms Piano Concerto #2. She is a frequent performer on CBC and has also been heard on radio broadcasts from summer performances at Marlboro, Tanglewood and Banff. Born in Vancouver, Sara is a graduate of the Vancouver Academy of Music, the University of British Columbia, Yale School of Music and SUNY Stony Brook where she received a DMA under Gilbert Kalish. Ms. Laimon was a member of the piano faculty at the Yale School of Music (1990-2000) and the University of Manitoba (2000-2001) before joining the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in 2001 where she is currently Associate Dean, Professor of Piano, and a Resident Faculty Fellow with IPLAI (the Institute for Public Life of Arts and Ideas). She lives in Montreal, Quebec with her husband and two daughters.
Sunghae Anna Lim has performed extensively throughout the United States, Central America, Europe and Japan. She is a founding member of the Laurel Trio and, as violinist of the New Millennium Ensemble, Ms. Lim won the Naumburg Chamber Music Award and gave a debut recital at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. She is actively involved in contemporary music, premiering and recording numerous works by living composers. Recent highlights include the premier performance of the Second Violin sonata by the late Donald Martino and a recording of Alexander Steinert's violin sonata of 1921. She has worked with conductor Robert Craft to record chamber works of Webern for the Naxos label.
Clarinetist Jo-Ann Sternberg leads a diverse musical life in the New York area as a chamber musician, orchestral player, music educator, and interpreter of new music. A member of Borealis Wind Quintet, Sequitur, the Saratoga Chamber Players, Wind Soloists of New York, the Richardson Chamber Players and the Riverside Symphony, she also regularly performs and tours with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra, the American Symphony, Mark Morris Dance, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and Musicians from Marlboro, and can often be heard playing in a number of different Broadway musicals.
Following her undergraduate years in the combined Tufts University/New England Conservatory dual degree program where she was mentored by Peter Hadcock, Ms. Sternberg continued her studies at Yale University with David Shifrin and at The Juilliard School with Charles Neidich.
Currently, Ms. Sternberg serves on the faculty of the Music Performance Program of Princeton University, the Music Advancement Program at the Juilliard School, and maintains an active teaching studio from her New York home. Additionally, she serves as an advisor for New England Conservatory's Entrepreneurial Musicianship Program and coaches chamber ensembles for the New York Youth Symphony. In the summer months, Ms. Sternberg lives in Maine where she is the founder and artistic director of The Maine Chamber Music Seminar, teaches and performs at the Chamber Music Conference & Composers' Forum of the East at Bennington College, and participates in numerous performance residences throughout greater New England. Ms. Sternberg resides in Manhattan with her husband and two children.
Colin Carr appears throughout the world as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and teacher. He has played with major orchestras worldwide, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, The Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, the orchestras of Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, Philadelphia, Montréal and all the major orchestras of Australia and New Zealand.
Michael Lowenstern, widely considered one of the finest bass clarinetists in the world, has performed, recorded and toured as a soloist and with ensembles of every variety.
Lowenstern has written music for concert, film, dance and various other new media over the span of his 25-year career. His performing credits include tenures with groups as diverse as the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Steve Reich Ensemble and The Klezmatics. To date he can be heard on over fifty CDs, including six solo recordings of his own.
Not satisfied with the status-quo in music education, Michael's irreverent and somewhat controversial YouTube series has become a source of information and edutainment for millions of viewers across the globe. And when he's not teaching via the internet, he's traveling regularly as a guest lecturer at universities across the world. When he's stuck in New York, Michael serves on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School.
He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Katherine. His kid is somewhere in Michigan attending some state school with a big blue football team.
Renowned as a musical pioneer, cellist Matt Haimovitz is praised by The New York Times as a "ferociously talented cellist who brings his megawatt sound and uncommon expressive gifts to a vast variety of styles" and by The New Yorker as "remarkable virtuoso" who "never turns in a predictable performance." He has inspired classical music lovers and countless new listeners by bringing his artistry to concert halls and clubs, outdoor festivals and intimate coffee houses – any place where passionate music can be heard. Alongside a relentless touring schedule, he mentors an award-winning studio of young cellists at McGill University's Schulich School of Music in Montreal.
Haimovitz made his debut in 1984, at the age of 13, as soloist with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. At 17 he made his first recording with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for Deutsche Grammophon. Haimovitz made his Carnegie Hall debut when he substituted for his teacher, the legendary Leonard Rose, in Schubert's String Quintet in C, alongside Isaac Stern, Shlomo Mintz, Pinchas Zukerman and Mstislav Rostropovich.
The solo cello recital is a Haimovitz trademark, both inside and outside the concert hall. In 2000, he made waves with his Bach "Listening-Room" Tour, for which, to great acclaim, Haimovitz took Bach's beloved cello suites out into the clubs across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Haimovitz' 50-state Anthem tour in 2003 celebrated living American composers and featured the cellist's own arrangement of Jimi Hendrix's "Star-Spangled Banner." He was the first classical artist to play at New York's infamous CBGB club, in a performance filmed by ABC News for Nightline UpClose.
Haimovitz' recording career encompasses more than 20 years of award-winning work on Deutsche Grammophon and his and composer/producer Luna Pearl Woolf's own trailblazing independent label Oxingale Records, now in collaboration with PENTATONE. Haimovitz revisited the Bach cello suites in 2015 with the release of The Cello Suites According to Anna Magdalena, which was followed by 2016's Overtures to Bach, featuring six new commissions that anticipate and reflect each of the cello suites. Both albums were among the credits for David Frost, for his 2016 GRAMMY® win for Best Classical Producer. Recent recordings for the PENTATONE Oxingale series include TROIKA, an all-Russian program from Rachmaninoff to Pussy Riot, with his longtime duo partner, pianist Christopher O'Riley, and ISANG YUN: Sunrise Falling with the Bruckner Orchestra and conductor Dennis Russell Davies, commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the composer's birth. Haimovitz's recordings of Philip Glass's Partita No. 2 for Solo Cello, and Cello Concerto No. 2, "Naqoyqatsi," with the Cincinnati Symphony and Dennis Russell Davies, on Glass's Orange Mountain Music label, have been widely acclaimed.
In 2006, Haimovitz received the Concert Music Award from ASCAP for his advocacy of living composers and in 2004, the American Music Center awarded Haimovitz the Trailblazer Award. Born in Israel, Haimovitz has also been honored with the Avery Fisher Career Grant (1986), the Grand Prix du Disque (1991), the Diapason d'Or (1991) and was the first cellist to receive the Premio Internazionale "Accademia Musicale Chigiana" (1999). Haimovitz studied at the Collegiate School in New York and at the Juilliard School, in the final class of Leonard Rose, followed by cello studies with Ronald Leonard and Yo-Yo Ma. In 1996, he received a B.A. magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard University. Matt Haimovitz plays a Venetian cello, made in 1710 by Matteo Gofriller.


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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has previously hinted interest in launching an Airbnb airline, and this article considers one business model already proposed by industry designers which would come close to an Airbnb-style disruptor airline.
The Poppi concept, developed by the Seattle-based design firm TEAGUE, would be a membership-based airline service which would wet-lease planes and staff, compensate middle seat passengers for their hardship, has already designed special onboard luggage to fit into the seat-shell, customer service would be automated with instant-alerts to smart devices to manage and re-coordinate disruption and all customer interactions would be digital including luggage pickup. First introduced in 2015, many Poppi service elements are already in use today.


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INDIA: Dedicated Freight Corridor Corp of India Ltd has awarded a consortium of Larsen & Toubro and Japan's Sojitz a 66·7bn contract covering civil and track works, freight terminals and bridges on the 626 km Rewari – Iqbalgarh section of the 1 483 km Western DFC, which will link Delhi with Jawaharlal Nehru Port near Mumbai.
The contract is the largest to be funded by an official development assistance loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency. Japanese input is required, and consortium leader Sojitz will undertake overall project management and procure Japanese-made head hardened rails.
A consortium of Ircon, Leighton Contractors and Mitsui had also bid for the contract.
Scheduled for completion in mid-2017, the double-track DFC will be electrified at 25 kV AC and suitable for 25 tonne axleloads and 100 km/h double-stack trains.


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She was born and grew up in Hanoi, Vietnam. Her grandfather is notable teacher Đặng Đình Huân who is well known in Haiphong. She entered the 2010 Miss Vietnam contest and won while studying department at the Hanoi College of Fine Arts.
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Himesh Reshammiya in conversation with team Box Office India
Box Office India (BOI): After The release of The Xposé, how are you feeling?
Himesh Reshammiya (HR): I'm feeling good that the film has received good reviews and has made money also. You see, after Aap Ka Suroor, there was this question mark about whether a film of mine would work or not at the box office. I am relieved and happy that a film of mine has worked.
BOI: How confident were you on the eve of its release?
HR: I was confident from the moment I decided to give it all I had. The character of Ravi Kumar had to be performed with… I mean, the whole focus was that it was Ravi Kumar's film. That motivated me and I was completely committed to the project. I even lost 20 kilos. I did about 8-10 months of workshops. My earlier films didn't have the kind of commitment that I give my music. That's why I decided to give it my best.
Then, of course, as a producer, I focused on the budgeting of the film and we shot the film in a schedule of 39 days. We also shot in Paris and we launched a new cameraman and a lot of new talent. That is why we were able to make this film so quickly. Each one of us was determined and there was a hunger for success. It was my experience as a producer during Khiladi 786 that there is a lot of wastage while making a film. I used that knowledge while planning and executing this film. We worked on the Mahesh Bhatt module.
BOI: There is a very old cliché in the trade that films don't fail, budgets do.
HR: (Cuts in) I agree. But, today, I think everyone is aware about budgets, yet they try to give their films a rich look. So the class, aesthetics and look have to be up to the mark. If a big film overshoots its budget, it is not really a problem but it is when a small film exceeds its budget. We have to make sure we work within our budget.
BOI: Wasn't it a risk to opt for a new cameraman and new technicians?
HR: It was but then we didn't have the budgets. We worked on the budget knowing how much we could recover. Music is a very important part, then satellite rights, and we knew that if we got around Rs 8-10 crore lifetime box office, we would sail through and make profits. So the proposal was planned in advance.
And then the character Ravi Kumar came into play. So the budget and the quality of the film were both important. Working with new technicians was a risk but, as a director, Ananth Mahadevan has superb aesthetic sense. There was a lot of detailing that went into production design because it was a small-budget film and we wanted to make it look grand. Sunil Jaiswal, who worked as the production designer, did a lot of ground work with us and this took 8-10 months of planning. We used just one set but it looks big because it was grand. That's where we spent our money. Most of the other scenes were shot on location and they were not very grand locations. Then we went to Paris for eight days and we chose a local unit and shot with barely any lighting equipment because we had beautiful light there.
BOI: So, this time, you worked backwards?
HR: Completely!!! Otherwise budgets would have failed. The audience liked the trailer thanks to the songs and music of the film. The music was on top of the charts and that's why the film worked.
BOI: You are the producer, actor and composer on this film. How did you wear three hats and still keep each role separate?
HR: I started as a producer on television at the age of 16 so it was easy for me to wear the hat of a producer. I had produced many TV serials before becoming a movie producer. Music is in my blood. Acting happened to me naturally and since my first film was a hit, it completely changed the line of action for me. But, again, my other films didn't work so I went back to music and relied on it and did five films for music and they did well. After that, I produced Khiladi 786, and then I did four films. With this film, I felt the characters had to be brought to life and I had decided that if few months of planning can be done, I could come back as an actor also besides, as a producer or a composer. So everything fell into place. It took around a year for me to do this. As an actor, I want to do one film a year.
BOI: When you're getting ready for a shot, are you also thinking ki kal ke permission ka kya hoga?
HR: No, no, I have my team in place. My production team is very efficient. We made even Khiladi 786 in record time. I believe a film should be made in five to six months even if the planning takes over a year.
BOI: Usually, actors decide to beef up but you decided to lose weight. Why was that?
HR: Because I was quite plump before this. In Khiladi 786, my role didn't require me to look a certain way. But, here, I had to play an ex-cop-turned-superstar. I wanted the transformation to have shock value.
BOI: Most people said your character was an amalgamation of veteran actors Rajkumar and Rajinikanth.
HR: Yes, Rajkumar but not Rajinikanth. But since he was a star-turned-ex-cop, this character was inspired by Rajkumar. He was known for his dialogue and that is what has worked in the film. Bunty Rathore worked very hard on the dialogue and retrieved all those lines used by actors of that time.
BOI: These lines were used by yesteryear actors?
HR: Not all of them but most of them were used by Rajkumar saab and many other superstars. Dialogue like this is larger than life and we don't speak like that nowadays.
BOI: It is not unusual for a writer to become a director but not for a composer to turn producer, actor and writer. How does music help with this transition?
HR: I don't know, I think I am blessed to be able to do all this. I want to act in one film a year, compose four to five projects and produce a few films. Direction is not on my mind as it's a tough job. So, apart from that, I am doing everything else.
BOI: Production is time-consuming and acting requires one to be present on the sets full time. Do these other roles take away from your quality time when composing?
HR: As a composer, my capacity is a minimum 35 films a year. But today I do not more than four or five films. I work on a song for 20 days till I am satisfied and have options at hand. Expectations are very high and I have to deliver every time. Like the Caller tune from Humshakals is very different from the Hookah Bar in Khiladi 786. I keep trying out and doing different kinds of songs.
BOI: How different will you be with Sooraj Barjatya's film?
HR: Soorajji's film takes you back to your roots after a long time. As the title suggests, it is a very traditional, family film. It's going to be one of the biggest films ever made in our industry and the emotional connectivity will be very strong. It is a very universal film and everyone will be able to connect with it. And I don't think anyone can carry a film like Salman bhai can.
BOI: You have seen many ups and downs in your career. How well do you take criticism?
HR: I take criticism as someone's point of view. If I agree with it, I work on it and if I don't agree with it, I evaluate it in terms of success. If someone is saying something and it's not workings then he or she is right but if someone is saying something and still if it is working then you know that he or she is wrong. Everyone, including myself, has a point of view on someone else's work.
BOI: How do you keep track of what the youth wants and what's working as a trend?
HR: Every year, I look at which song is a big hit during that year. Like, when Pritam's Tum hi ho bandhu from Cocktail did very well, I knew I had to do something on that level. So I created Hookah Bar. When Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's Jiya dhadak dhadak was topping the charts, I wanted to do better than that and I created Main jahan rahoon. It's not the same tune or and the lyrics are different but it's in the same zone. That's the formula my dad used to talk to me about …Laxmikant–Pyarelal used to follow Shankar Jaikishan so it becomes very challenging. Agar kisi zone mein koi gaana bahut popular hua hai toh usi zone mein create karna comes as a challenge. So I always try to create songs in the same zone and, to date, they have all become hits. During my entire career, I have never gone back to what I have created before. Every song and melody is very different.
BOI: It's very difficult to predict a song with lyrics like Ice cream khaungi, Kashmir jaungi becoming a chartbuster. Do you get an inkling about which song will become a superhit?
HR: When the song Monica oh my darling was created, no one thought it would become a superhit. And Ice cream khaungi is a very cheesy line, Monica oh my darling jab bani thi uss waqt bhi waisa hi laga tha… jis tarah woh cabret ko create kiya usi tarah we wanted to create Ice cream khaungi. Just like Vishal-Shekhar created Ooh La La, we didn't intend to make a song that was a spoof but I had to create the same era. That's what made the song a chartbuster.
BOI: The Dard dilon ke reprise version is a very interesting combination of melodies.
HR: Dard dilon ke is an all-time melody and once can never go wrong with it. We used to hear melodies like this 20-30 years ago, even Nadeem-Shravan used to create music like that. Only the voice and arrangement changes, the rest remains the same, the soul is same. We use a fresh voice and unplug it. I think it's a timeless melody. Years later, a song like that still has a lot of appeal.
BOI: You spoke about voices changing. There is quite a controversy about performers' rights. What is your take on it?
HR: Javed (Akhtar) saab told me was interpretation of singers rights has to be understand well. I don't know, as I am not really aware of it. Maybe Sonuji (Nigam) will be more aware of this. It's the interpretation that has to be worked out and I believe it will be sorted out easily because, like music rights mein, jitney bhi queries thee woh solve ho gaye. I don't think anyone will object. Because nothing is clear and that's why music companies and singers have their own queries.
BOI: Given the success of The Xposé, where do you go from here as an actor and a producer?
HR: Like with my music, I used to do around 300 songs and 35 films, now I do 400 songs, progress is constant. Similarly, I will keep on making films. I will do more films as an actor and will concentrate on quality. I think script, budget and music are the only three elements that have to be striking in a film, apart from the look of the film. The Xposé, was spot-on with its look, music and script although the budget was very low.
BOI: How clued in are you to the trade?
HR: I am completely clued in. I believe that the numbers are on the decline because we have so many more films releasing. 2015 will be a much better year as 2013 saw a big dip. If Khiladi 786 had released six months earlier, it would have done Rs 30 crore more of business and it would have done Rs 30 crore less if it had released four months later. 2012 was very good as it was the year the cinema was changing and even hardcore, single-screen entertainers were accepted by multiplexes. Things are very different now.
BOI: Your movie has done well but, before its release, do you think The Xposé was a make-or-break film for Himesh Reshammiya as an actor?
HR: 100 per cent! And by the grace of God, I have got a very positive response from the audience and critics. Some of the top critics have liked my work a lot. Ravi Kumar stood out in the film and people liked him unanimously. That was very important from the day we started. Varna kya ho jata ke I would have become a liability for the film.
BOI: What made you cast Yo Yo Honey Singh in the film?
HR: Honey Singh is a friend and he was the perfect choice when we were casting for the role of Kenny Damania. We wanted a lovable villain. Anyone else would have been very routine. The story was based on the film industry and the setting and characters in the film, which was a murder mystery, needed to be very different. That's why, when we were casting for Kenny Damania's character, I felt Honey would be perfect for the part.
BOI: You mentioned that you had taken inspiration from yesteryear actors for the dialogue of the film. Where did the inspiration for holding a cigarette and not lighting it come from?
HR: I got that from Salman (Khan). He had quit smoking but used to hold a cigarettes between his fingers. I used that for Ravi Kumar's character.
BOI: But you too used to do the same thing.
HR: Yes, I used to do the same thing after I quit. I do that even in real life (Laughs).
BOI: What next for Himesh as an actor, as a producer and as a music director?
HR: Right now, we are working on scripts but I am still composing one song every day. Music is my core competence, and there are expectations that I have to fulfill. Films can be made in four to five months, it's all about planning.
BOI: Will we see Ravi Kumar on the big screen again?
HR: Absolutely! 100 per cent! And, next time, we will take it to another level.


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Four separate arrests led to the seizure of $6,452,000 worth of various narcotics at the Pharr, Anzalduas and Rio Grande City International Bridges in Texas.
On Saturday morning, March 8, 2014, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers approached a white 2001 Volkswagen Beetle at the Rio Grande City-Carmago International Bridge. After presenting his U.S. passport, the 20-year-old driver was referred for a more thorough inspection. Upon searching his vehicle, officers found 6 packages of cocaine concealed within the Volkswagen. The cocaine weighed in at 14.62 pounds with an approximate street value of $468,000.
That same morning, officers at the Anzalduas-Reynosa International Bridge came across a 2007 Honda CRV driven by a 43-year-old citizen of Mexico. The driver presented his Mexican border crossing card and was referred for further inspection. A search of his vehicle uncovered 18 packages of methamphetamine, 9 packages of cocaine, and 5 packages of heroin hidden inside the Honda's seats. The methamphetamine weighed 65.12 pounds with an estimated street value of $2,084,000. The cocaine weighed 22.5 pounds with an estimated street value of $720,000, and the heroin weighed 10.58 pounds with an estimated street value of $1,058,000.
Later that same Saturday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers along the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge encountered a 2011 Chevrolet Cruz driven by a 34-year-old Mexican citizen. The driver was referred for additional inspection after producing his Mexican border crossing card. Subsequent search of the Chevrolet's interior led to the discovery of 26 packages of cocaine, weighing 65.04 pounds. The estimated street value of this find is $2,082,000.
The following evening, Sunday, March 9, 2014, officers at the Anzalduas-Reynosa International Bridge came across a 2014 Ford Taurus driven by a 27-year-old U.S. citizen. The driver presented his passport and was referred for further inspection. A search of the Ford uncovered 3 packages of methamphetamine concealed within the driver's luggage. The find weighed in at 1.25 pounds with an estimated street value of $40,000.
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In today's competitive automotive market, there are many reasons why dealerships are seeing decreasing hours per repair order and less routine maintenance. If yours is one of these dealerships, I challenge you to ask the question, "Why?"
"Is our staff improperly trained?"
"Are we failing to hold people accountable?"
"Do we have enough people in appropriate places, such as technicians and service advisors?"
While these may all be factors, I can assure you that the "Why?" is NOT for lack of vehicles of more than four (4) years old with 60,000+ miles. Increasing your service profitability begins by shedding the excuses and focusing on actionable change.
The first step in finding more profits is to figure out where we are gaining and losing it. One of the best methods is to develop a 100-customer survey. Recently, four of my 20 Groups (three Toyota groups and one VW group) performed a 100-customer survey regarding customer-pay repair orders, and every group was shocked at the results. In my Toyota groups, each dealership varied between 52-55% of the 100 customer-pay repair orders being on vehicles from 2013 or older, with 43-50% of those vehicles having 60,000+ miles. After studying these results, does it look like hours per repair order or effective labor rates have dropped? Absolutely not!
What does a vehicle that is four (4) years old with 60,000+ miles need?
Do these services equal 1 hour or less per repair order? No! So why are we accepting the results we are producing? I encourage you to do a simple, 100-customer analysis of your customer-pay repair orders and discover your own results. I'll be shocked if they differ from my 20 Groups' outcome.
After conducting your survey, you may wonder what to do with the results. Based on the feedback from my 20 Groups, here are some changes that are easy to implement in any dealership, without adding expense to your bottom line:
The reality for most dealerships is that they don't have enough people to handle the customers coming through the door. You need to staff your department appropriately and provide the tools necessary to drive profit.
Most successful dealers agree that the F&I department should see no more than 60 customers per month, as this allows them to maintain a higher per-car average. Why does this average not apply to service advisors? The optimal work rate for service advisors is 12-15 customers per day while effectively supporting 2-3 technicians. I frequently hear that "We don't have room to add another service advisor." However, what I never hear is a dealer tell me that he/she has no room for another salesperson. Again, why shouldn't this apply to your service advisors? Do you need a computer or a desk to write a repair order? No! Then why do you treat sales and service so differently? Do you hold your salespeople accountable for the ups they handle? If so, why not your service advisors?
I guarantee that if you pick two or more of the above suggestions or processes, and faithfully adhere to them, your hours per repair order and service profitability will rise without increasing any expenses!
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Great suggestions! Holding the leadership accountable is the key issue to implementing the recommendations. Everyone at the non-management level would likely do a better job if their manager supported them in accomplishing the goals. It is up to the GM or Dealer to have a goal setting session with the management team and then support them in accomplishing the chosen targets. Be wary of just saying I want ELR to go from X to Y. Maintenance mix can lower or raise it. Instead, target the sample mentioned by increasing maintenance sales on cars over 4 years old or 60k miles. Be sure that pay structures are driving the desired results also.


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Seattle's hottest restaurant is … a gas station?
According to TikTok, that's at least partly true. The Beacon Hill Shell Station, on Seattle's southeast side, has long been a local favorite, but now it's getting some nationwide bonafides.
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Food influencer Ken Tran is at least partly responsible for that. The Seattle-based foodie posted a review of the gas station on his TikTok account, and it immediately went viral.
The clip highlights a few things that make the spot — which again, is a literal chain gas station — so special. For one, it's famous for its fried catfish, which Tran claims is made fresh throughout the day.
The Shell station specializes in other fried foods as well, including chicken gizzards and garlic-flavored wings. Even more exciting is that the food is available all day and night.
There's plenty of local fanfare around the eatery, with local news outlets praising its dishes. Seattle residents were quick to give their thoughts in Tran's comment section too.
"Best hidden gem," one user wrote.
"The catfish is fire," another added.
"The secret is out," another claimed.
Others were defensive of their city's food scene, writing that the Shell station is not the best Seattle has to offer.
"Yeah. no. We have better restaurants in Seattle than gas station food. That's not it," one user wrote.
Regardless, plenty of new customers are learning about the spot. Tran's video has racked up more than 100,000 views in just two days.
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Dutchman Tree Farms
Situated amid the sprawling wooded regions of Northern Michigan, Dutchman Tree Farms, LLC, specializes in individual, wholesale and customized orders of Christmas trees and shrubbery. They provide balled and burlap trees, container-grown trees, wreaths, shrubbery and accessories to diverse buyers ranging from large retail vendors like Home Depot® down to local corner tree lots. The company uses TrueCommerce EDI for Microsoft Dynamics® GP that integrates into the accounting system to manage its continual influx of orders, improve the traceability of outbound product and facilitate further growth into new areas of the industry.
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Dutchman Tree Farms was founded in 1972 by Steve VanderWeide and his wife Deborah, making their start by retailing trees at a farmers market in Atlanta, Georgia. The company was very small at the time, with Steve, Deborah and a few seasonal workers handling the day-to-day responsibilities for nearly 10 years. In the late 1970's, The VanderWeides decided that they would transition their company from retailer to wholesaler. The reasoning behind this big move was simple – they wanted to open their business to greater opportunity in the tree farming industry, as well as offer their affiliates the ability to retail Dutchman Tree Farm trees with ease of mind.
The Situation
Dutchman used a homegrown EDI solution for some time. The problem the staff faced was that the solution did not have the ability to integrate to the company's Active Accounting system. With this shortcoming causing serious strain on their growing business, the company's leadership saw an imminent need to purchase a solution that would better facilitate their accounting practices and save precious time and money for their business.
TrueCommerce EDI for Microsoft Dynamics® GP
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Having identified TrueCommerce EDI for Microsoft Dynamics® GP as a forerunning solution during their research, Justin Bartlett and Pam Vanderwall attended a product demonstration given by HighJump Senior Consultant Steve Norris. Soon after the demonstration, the Dutchman team decided that TrueCommerce EDI for Microsoft Dynamics® GP was the perfect fit their company. With the approval of, Chris Maciborski and Joel Hoekwater they made the final decision to purchase the product.
Dutchman Tree Farms is currently using TrueCommerce EDI for Microsoft Dynamics® GP for sales order processing and exchange of invoices and purchase orders with their largest partners on a daily basis.
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I love my family. We have fun together, create memories together, and all of us have unique gifts and personalities which we recognize in each other and encourage each other to develop. I met Daylene when she was in nursing school and I was a junior at CSU. Our relationship began as a friendship during my junior year, and developed into a deep love for her over the course of the next year, and we married on August 3, 1983. We've enjoyed living in California, and Texas, but our hearts are here in Colorado! We have two sons and a new daughter-in-law who we dearly love. Andrew, 23, married Shea, also 23, in October 2012. They live in Vancouver, WA, where Andrew works as a full-time case manager for a family shelter. Shea is pursuing a counseling ministry. Tyler, 17, is a senior at Rocky Mountain High School, and plans on pursuing some kind of ministry as well. He has his sights set on a few different Christian universities. Daylene is an R.N. with Kaiser-Permanente. I own my own glass and windows business – The Glass Guru.
Personal Vision:
To align my life with the Holy Spirit daily, and allow Him to direct my paths into the areas of life and ministry where I can be most effective. I desire to be a blessing to others in whatever I do every day. Although I do make business goals, I have discovered that life is much more than a job, a career path, or a specific plan for the future. I have discovered my greatest joys in the unscripted roles that I find myself in, whether in my business, my home, my relationships, or in my current ministry as an elder and a life group leader for the college guys. God's surprises are the best.
B.A. in Technical Journalism & Business, Colorado State University.
Interests and Favorites
- Places: I traveled all over Europe, and then traveled and worked in developing countries worldwide, working with a USAID project right out of college for a few years. That was a great experience for me. Currently, I enjoy traveling with my family and we've had some great vacations together all over the country. The best times are sightseeing, swimming, skiing, or just having meals together where we love to visit.
- What's on your iPhone: I don't have a lot of music but I enjoy Pandora, which allows me to enjoy 70's classic rock. I have a good collection of Kindle books and a few games that I enjoy. The necessary evils of email and all apps to help me run my business are on there as well.
- Books: Besides the bible I enjoy authors John Eldridge and CS Lewis. I'm a huge fan of WW2 novels – Unbroken and Lost in Shanghai are a couple I have read recently. My interest was sparked by my grandfather who was from Germany and worked at a German POW camp. I also enjoy John Grisham legal novels, and Patricia Cornwell mysteries.
- What do you DVR: I always DVR Broncos games, and more recently, Duck Dynasty and The Big Bang Theory. I don't spend my time watching anything I don't enjoy.
- Sports Teams: Denver Broncos; the Colorado Rockies, and the Colorado Avalanche hockey (during their glory years). As I have gotten older I have enjoyed watching football purely for the joy of watching good players, good plays, and good teamwork.
- Movies: The Shawshank Redemption, the Lord of the Rings series, and any movie that is well-written, and well-plotted, and makes me laugh or even cry!
- Hobbies: Golf, skiing, reading, and anything that I get to do with family or friends. I enjoy coffee shops with anyone along with good conversation.
- Pet peeves: #1 – Speaking without thinking first. (This would solve many of the world's problems, not to mention problems with the evangelical church in general. Ha-ha) #2 – see #1. #3 – see #1.
- Odd Facts: I'm a brain aneurism survivor – 9 years now. My son and I both proposed to our wives on two different Roosevelt Bridges without any knowledge of the other. Me in the Poudre Canyon, Colorado, and Andrew in Fort Pierce, Florida.
Life Scripture:
"I can do all things through Christ Who gives me strength." Philippians 4:13.


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Holiday Festival set for Dec. 14
The annual Lake Mills Holiday Festival is set for Saturday, Dec. 14. Some of the events include:
• Free holiday movies at 'The Mills'
• Free pictures with Santa
• Drive-thru light display
• Gingerbread House activity
• Retail promotion activity
Downtown businesses will be encouraged to decorate a tree in their storefront (if possible).
The LMCDC will be collecting donated and borrowed Christmas decorations for the LM Girl Scout drive-thru light display. Anybody interested in helping to build or set up displays are welcome to participate.
Volunteers may be needed at various activities, including the gingerbread house building activity at the library and free photos with Santa.
If you have any items (decorations, lights, paint, etc.), skills, or time, that you would like to give back to your community this holiday season, please contact the LMCDC.


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Akron-Canton Airport is beginning to see a gradual increase in business this month, President and CEO Ren Camacho told an Akron Roundtable virtual audience Thursday.
The uptick comes at a time when the airport is trying to climb out of a months-long and massive decline in passenger traffic and revenue.
"We saw a drastic reduction in the number of passengers coming through," Camacho said during a question-and-answer session. "I would say in the month of April, mid-April, we were averaging less than 100 passengers a day where we normally average over 2,000 a day."
Camacho said he expects month-to-month increases through the summer.
"We're slowly picking up here in the month of June, [and] we expect more in July and even more so in the month of August," Camacho said.
In July, he said, the airport will complete phase two of a $34 million gate modernization project. The new gates will include a two-level, 41,600-square-foot concourse, with a target completion date of July 13.
In the final phase of the project, the old gate complex will be demolished.
Camacho said he began to realize the implications of the coronavirus crisis when he was returning from an aviation conference in mid-February. At an airport in Chicago, he saw passengers at an airport in Chicago wearing masks.
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He realized it was a more serious issue than the news was reporting at the time and needed attention at the Green airport.
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That included masks for front-line employees, social distance markers, Plexiglas at the ticket counters and virtual meetings with airport management.
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Monthly Akron Roundtable events typically are presented as luncheon talks; Thursday's installment was its first "virtual forum," allowing the series to continue online while its gatherings are on hiatus amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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If months got their own mantras, we like to think that August's would be "no regrets." It's the last month of the summer, and it's worth a few sleepless nights to cram every last happy hour, beach barbecue, and pool party into your schedule before PTA meetings and other fall activities take over. And truthfully, when we live our lives without regrets, that includes a few superfluous beauty purchases — as long as they can stand up to the challenge of a carefree, action-packed lifestyle. Keep reading: our editors have rounded up some of our favorite formulas for the dog days of summer, including a travel-friendly shampoo and conditioner bar, crease-proof liquid eyeshadow, fuss-free self-tanning serums, and many more.
Who: Lauren Levinson, Editorial Director
What: Goop® G.ToxTM Malachite + AHA Pore Refining Tonic ($75)
Why: When I found out I was pregnant, I knew it was time to resign my beloved Biologique Recherche® P50 1970 to the back of my shelf (it's not advised to be used by expecting ladies). So, I was left with the dilemma . . . what magical pore-eliminating toner could replace it? Thanks to Gwyneth Paltrow's mission for cleaner offerings, I found an option from her Goop line. This recently-launched tonic features a medley of ingredients to combat my hormonal breakouts and clogged pores without the banned stuff (such as salicylic acid and retinol). It contains exfoliating fruit acids, as well as nourishing hyaluronic acid, vitamin B3, and seawater from France (known for its skin-benefiting minerals). Now, the tonic does contain glycolic acid, which is considered to be preggo-safe, but it's always recommended to talk to your doctor if you have any concerns.
[Editor's note: Retinol shouldn't be used by those who are pregnant, considering getting pregnant, or nursing. Please consult with your doctor before use.]
Who: Lauren
What: Shu Uemura® Muroto Volume® Hydro-Texturizing Mist ($39)
Why: Steamy August is not my favorite time of year for heat-styled hair. As I embrace my natural waves, I plan to enhance them with this fresh spray from Shu Uemura. It contains seawater from Japan, which adds hydrating minerals and nutrients to your strands. This gives hair that just-walked-on-the-beach, airy texture — the kind of look that's difficult to create without a boardwalk nearby. It's not sticky, so you can use it post-shower (to air dry) or on styled hair (for some added oomph). And yes, it smells all beachy and floral. Unlike most volumizing sprays, it's not meant to be applied on the roots, but rather the middle-to-end of your mane as a styling tool.
Who: Joslyn Winkfield, Senior Visuals Editor
What: Herbivore® BakuchiolTM Retinol Alternative Smoothing Serum ($54)
Why: I'll admit, I have been hesitant to try retinol (on my list of goals for fall) due to my already sensitive skin, so an all natural retinol alternative sold me pretty easily. The result? One of my new favorite serums that has a special place on my bathroom shelf. It glides on like silk, and is a great base before moisturizer. I also really like knowing that I have amethyst extract on my face every day — giving my skincare routine some added luxury.
Who: Joslyn
What: L'Occitane® Purifying Mask ($34)
Why: For me, New York in August is the muggiest, grimiest month of the year. That means my face never feels truly clean (thanks sweat) and my pores feel constantly clogged (hello pimple in a place I never get pimples). The moment I applied this cooling, pleasantly green-colored mask to my face, my skin felt instantly soothed and less irritated. While so many people seem to be in Europe for the summer, I truly enjoy letting this mask's fresh-cut thyme and olive leaf powder from Provence give my skin a little vacation of its own.
Who: Emily Orofino, Senior Beauty Editor
What: Moodcast® Fragrance Co. SoloistTM Scented Candle ($42)
Why: I don't know about you, but when I light a candle, it's because I'm feeling — or hoping to feel — a certain vibe, not because I want my apartment to smell like gardenia or freshly baked bread (though I'm not against that either). Moodcast's gorgeous collection of scents is designed to celebrate different sides of your personality with fragrances inspired by aromatherapy, so you can burn a candle in line with whatever you're feeling to indulge and enhance that mood. I have yet to find a votive by this brand that I don't love, but I'm particularly fond of Soloist, which is meant to be burned during reflective, introspective moments. It's a blend of Turkish rose, black currant, and Muhuhu wood that smells soft, sultry, and cozy, and just begs to be lit while I'm shuffling my tarot cards.
Who: Emily
What: R+Co® Balloon Dry Volume Spray ($32)
Why: I have fine, straight, slippery hair that won't hold anything — volume, a style, a hair accessory — even when the grittiest texture spray is added to it. But Balloon somehow defies all styling logic, pumping up my strands to give me sexy, Brigitte Bardot-level body that lasts, without ever making my hair feel crunchy, sticky, heavy, or tangled. While it's especially amazing when added into freshly curled hair, I also love spritzing it on throughout the day for a little boost.
Who: Emily
What: Stila® Cosmetics Suede ShadeTM Liquid Eye Shadow ($24)
Why: I'm a big fan of the brand's Glitter & Glow® liquid shadows, but as much as I love glitter, I just can't get away with wearing a thick coat of it on my lids every day. This new formula features subtle iridescent pearl to add dimension to lids, while creating a soft, sueded finish that won't crease. Depending on how much you layer on, you can create a very professional look or a super sexy one. I'm particularly fond of using the shade SassyTM on the lid and Midnight EspressoTM in the crease for the world's laziest smoky eye. Plus, the formula has serious staying power — I found it lasted through a work day, a sweaty SoulCycle® class, and a shower.
Who: Julie Ricevuto, Senior Beauty Writer
What: Love Beauty & PlanetTM Shampoo Bar ($5)
Why: I am not a "beauty bar" person, meaning I hate bars of soap, facial cleansing bars, and body wash bars because, ironically, I don't feel like they are very clean. Thus, I was super skeptical when trying this shampoo bar for the first time. I figured it wouldn't wash my hair efficiently and I wouldn't get that foamy lather that I enjoy during my showers. Lo and behold, I was completely wrong. Not only did this bar lather into a foam as I rubbed it in my hands and across my scalp, it cleansed my hair just as well as any regular shampoo would. Plus, ingredients like Amazonian murumuru butter moisturize your strands with every use. And as a bonus, it has a light, floral scent. Consider me a beauty bar convert.
Who: Julie
What: Paula's Choice® Defense Triple Algae Pollution Shield ($31) - available August 13th
Why: As someone who lives in an urban environment, pollution is my skin's worst enemy. And until now, it's been pretty difficult to protect my complexion from the daily pollutants and environmental aggressors it's exposed to regularly. Luckily, this gel-textured cream does just that. It uses glutathione and grape seed to shield my skin from harmful, airborne particles, while also repairing skin cells. Simply apply it before you put on SPF each day, and rest assured that your pores will be perfectly protected. It's that simple.
Who: Julie
What: Dr. Dennis Gross® Alpha Beta® Pore Perfecting & Refining Serum ($65)
Why: I'm constantly at war with my pores. They always appear riddled with blackheads and too enlarged for my liking — which is why I was stoked when this pore-refining serum entered my life. Phytic acid pentasodium dissolves waxy plugs, while retinol increases cell turnover with every use. The result? Less noticeable blackheads and smaller-looking pores. Now, I can happily say the war against my pores has (temporarily) ended.
Who: Thia Laurain, Social Media Editor
What: Tan-Luxe® Super GlowTM Hyaluronic Self-Tan Serum ($49)
Why: As someone who is naturally very fair with cool undertones, I tend to approach all new self-tanners with a healthy suspicion. One swath of the Super Glow Hyaluronic Self-Tan Serum, however, and my skepticism was quickly quelled. The five-in-one formula boasts a heady skin-boosting cocktail of hydrating hyaluronic acid, antioxidant thwarting raspberry seed oil, and free radical-fighting cocoa seed extract — all suspended in a silky self-tanning serum that will literally make your skin glow, and provide even more radiance with daily use. Start with four drops if you're hesitant like I was, but rest assured even an entire dropper of this vegan serum will leave you with the most natural-looking tan.
Who: Thia
What: Jo Malone® Orange Blossom Hair Mist ($60)
Why: I'm a fan of all Jo Malone fragrances, but if pressed to select my absolute favorite, I'd have to choose their delicate and timeless Orange Blossom Cologne. So when I saw that the sparkling citrus and floral accord was available in a limited edition hair mist — in a stunning coral-capped bottle, no less — my heart skipped a beat. Three to six spritzes of this nourishing mist through my stands is a fresh way to wear fragrance that I particularly love for the warmer months. If you're a fan of their Wild Bluebell or English Pear & Freesia colognes, you're also in luck: the two scents have been added to the hair mist collection permanently, so your hair fragrance wardrobe can be on rotation all year long.
Who: Madisen Theobald, Social Media Editor
What: Color Wow® DREAM FILTERTM ($24)
Why: This #HotGirlSummer, I have been taking every opportunity to splash around in (chlorine-filled) pools and coastal oceans — and my hair definitely is paying the price. So whenever my hair is feeling extremely dry and faded, I reach for Color Wow's new DREAM FILTER. It takes my hair from a dull, brassy blonde to an icy, fresh bombshell blonde in just three minutes. Its non-harsh, non-stripping (pre-shower!) spray removes environmental elements that can wreck color such as iron, aluminum, and even chlorine. Every time I use this mineral-removing, miracle spritz, my light blonde hair looks like I just hopped out of professional salon chair. I have no doubt my colorist will be singing my praises by the end of summer!
Who: Madisen
What: Eva NYCTM Mini Healthy Heat Pro-Power Dryer ($48) and Mini Healthy Heat Ceramic Styling Iron ($30)
Why: This year, I have become obsessed with all things teeny-tiny because it allows for more room in my overflowing bathroom, gym bag, and, of course, suitcase. Psst . . . world travelers, this duo in particular is for you! Despite their size, the Eva NYC Mini Healthy Heat Pro-Power Dryer and Mini Healthy Heat Ceramic Styling Iron are a surprisingly powerful pair that provides a glossy, frizz-free finish to my over-processed hair. Not only do they come in a super chic pink color, but these mini hot tools also radiate far-infrared heat to lock in moisture, soften strands, and make my platinum strands extra glossy. Now, I am happily saving space and saving my hair at the same time.
Who: Sophie Wirt, Beauty Editor
What: Dior® Capture Totale® DreamSkinTM 1-Minute Mask ($75)
Why: By 5 o'clock, my skin looks flat. I brought this mask home hoping that it could revive my glow before an impending sushi soiree with my boyfriend, and it did not disappoint. The gel to cream formula is so silky and comfortable, I hadn't even realized that it's also spiked with exfoliating AHAs. After one minute (yes, that's truly all it takes!), my skin looked significantly more alluring and felt petal soft. I'm filing this one under "best ways to fake great skin in a flash."
Who: Sophie
What: Cover FX® SPF 30 Booster Drops Broad Spectrum Sunscreen ($45)
Why: Face oil and sunscreen are steadfast components of my skincare routine. So, when I caught wind of this hybrid product, I was thrilled. Not only is the oil completely invisible (no white cast!), it also consolidates two steps of my morning routine. Admittedly, the formula is a bit slick — but if you like that hyper-glowy skin look, I'd highly recommend.
Who: Cat Matta, Copy Editor & Fact-Checker
What: Glo® Charcoal Detox Mask ($48)
Why: As someone with dry skin almost all year round, I appreciate the increased oil production that the summer heat brings. But my pores only know how to work in extremes. Often, by the end of the day, after sweating in the sun and dripping in the stifling subway, my face can feel greasy and down right dirty. Instead of scrubbing it raw when I get home, I reach for this not-so-ordinary mask. It combines charcoal powder, two types of clay, and exfoliating jojoba beads with a cell detoxifier, to siphon up all the extra sebum and grime. When I wash it off only 10 minutes later, my skin feels perfectly balanced — no longer sullied, yet not dry, and silky soft to the touch.
Who: Cat
What: Kate Somerville® +Retinol Vitamin C Moisturizer | Hydratant ($90)
Why: There are days my ears won't stop ringing from how loudly we sing the praises of the gold star anti-ager, retinol. Yet, my skin has struggled to acclimate to its tune. Admittedly, a few days of flaking after a too-heavy-handed application has, at times, hampered my motivation for sticking with it. But once in a while a product will come along that piques my interest enough to give it another try. Such was the case when this triple-threat crossed my desk.
In addition to retinol, this formula contains sister superstar vitamin C for brightening and antioxidant wild gooseberry extract to fight free radicals. And there's no debate over what time of day to put it on, as it is specifically made to be worn while you sleep; the added benefit, for me at least, being that I can gauge the level of potential flaking when I wake, and concoct the proper morning skincare mixology to combat it throughout the day.
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Afghanistan's anti-Taleban alliance has claimed responsibility for a pre-dawn rocket attack on Kabul airport.
A senior opposition commander (Bismillah Khan) says two helicopter gunships took part in the operation. He said opposition forces also fired missiles at the airport.
There were no reports of damage or casualties.
The attack on Kabul airport followed a day of intensified Taleban assault on opposition forces in the north.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press reporting from Kabul says all foreigners working for the United Nations and other international aid agencies are preparing to leave Afghanistan in the wake of terrorist attacks in the United States.
Accused terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden is believed to be in hiding in Afghanistan and U-S officials have said there is growing evidence that links him to the terror attacks in New York and Washington


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What's that, you say? I am talking, of course, about using one space or two after punctuation between sentences. To read the many blogs vilifying us two-spacers, one would think this is the single most heinous grammatical sin an author can commit. Using two spaces indicates you are either an amateur, a dinosaur or that you lack class, education and good taste.
Seriously? What the hell? Come on folks, when you read my blog entries, do you cringe on the cusp of each new sentence because of an extraneous space after punctuation? Really? If, on the other hand, you have no idea what the Sam Dickens I'm talking about and are still happily typing two spaces after each sentence or perhaps even helpfully correcting your daughter's English assignments to add the additional spaces she omitted, allow me to educate you.
The two space habit is apparently a holdover from the days of manual typewriters and monospaced font, which allocated an equal amount of horizontal space to each character and made it difficult for readers to spot the break between sentences. Since few of us write on old-fashioned typewriters anymore (seriously, if any of you actually do use a manual typewriter for your first draft, I will officially create and award you a "Rockin' It Old School" medal at my earliest possible convenience), and modern digital typewriters and computers use proportional fonts which eliminate the problem that double spacing solves, that extra space is like a gallbladder. You don't need it.
Or do you? If you scroll through the comments left on the most controversial blogs on this subject, you will find at least one dissenting opinion citing the re-designation of the two space rule in the latest edition of the APA Manual of Style. "Regarding punctuation in manuscript drafts, APA suggests using two spaces after periods ending sentences to aid readability."
Wait, does that mean APA suggests using one space after periods ending sentences regarding punctuation in final, published manuscripts? Who cares? The APA is the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Why in the heck does it even matter what it says? I am so confused…
The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.), which is widely considered the Gold Standard for publishing rules, "A single character space, not two spaces, should be left after periods at the ends of sentences (both in manuscript and in final, published form)." Well, there you have it. The use of two spaces is just wrong. So why, you ask, did I use two spaces between every sentence in this post? Obviously, I am a rebel without class or good taste. Which only those of you who actually read this blog will ever know.
In her sample edit, my editor, Michelle Josette, noted that the usage of two spaces drove her batty, but because she is awesome, also recognized it was still matter of personal style, so instead of fixing my erroneous spacing, actually corrected sentences where I omitted the little bugger. While she dutifully added the second space to improve consistency in my sentence structure, she also recommended we use single spacing in the final manuscript, and I will follow her recommendation. (Replacing double spaces with single is really as simple as using the Find/Replace function on your word processor of choice. It takes all of a few seconds.)
However, for now, for the purpose of this blog, I have no plans to change my evil, tasteless ways, because its my blog, and I happen to like that extra space. In fact, due to the miracles of modern technology, when I copied and pasted this blog into WordPress, it automatically corrected my spacing from double to single, and I had to edit this post to add extra spacing between every sentence just to maintain my classlessness! I make no promises I will go to such lengths to prove myself in the future.


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Tall Order For Interpon
A building set to become the highest in Buenos Aires is being constructed with significant help from Akzo Nobel.
The Torre el Faro building—situated in an exclusive financial and residential area of the Argentinean capital—will have 46 floors and measure 170 meters when it is completed.
The company's Powder Coatings business is supplying more than four tons of its Interpon® D architectural finish, which will be used on metalwork in the building.
Once it is finished, however, the Torre el Faro will still not be the tallest structure in Buenos Aires. That honor will remain with the Torre Espacial, a communications tower which stretches 205 meters into the sky (220 meters to the top of its antenna).
Akzo Nobel is not only the largest global manufacturer of powder coatings, but is also a world leader in powder coatings technology.
The company's Interpon brand has been used on a number of prestigious buildings around the world,including the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
(Released: May 27, 2003)


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Why I'm Changing my Prayers for My Kids
Lori Wildenberg, mom of four, is passionate about helping families build connections that last a lifetime. She's co-founder of 1 Corinthians 13 Parenting ministry, lead mentor mom with the Moms Together Facebook Community, national speaker, and parent coach. Messy Parenting is Lori's 5th parenting book. For more information go to www.loriwildenberg.com. Welcome, Lori!
My daily prayers for my kids have become rote, boring. Can you relate?
My consistent plea is, "Lord draw each one of my kids to yourself. Give them a hunger for your Word, a thirst for worship, and a desire to make you smile."
Not a bad prayer. I just pray it a lot. I'm bored. I wonder if God is a little weary too. My prayer life sounds like blah, blah, blah. Clang, clang, clang. It's time to change it up. Refresh my requests.
I want to pray bold and effective prayers.
I want to pray war room prayers.
I want to pray mountain moving prayers.
This week my petitions to my great big God will focus on the heart; on character traits to be developed or deepened in my loved ones and in myself. I'm committed to no more clanging.
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love,
I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains,
but do not have love,
I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.1 Corinthians 13:1-3
Without love for others or for God, we are only an annoying gong. Clang, Clang, Clang. We are nothing and we gain nothing. No matter our intelligence, natural talents or spiritual gifts, and even self-sacrifice.
Here are my short yet big supernatural love prayers for this week inspired by 1 Corinthians 13:1-8.
Sovereign Lord, Give _____opportunities to develop patience. Let my child (or me) wrestle with tenacity through life's challenges in order to learn how to lean on, trust, and hope in you.
Father, Teach _____ how to love and respond in kindness even in the face of disagreement or adversity. Train him or her (or me) how to listen, discuss, and maintain convictions while demonstrating gentleness and respect.
Provider God, Allow ________ to discover a grateful heart leads to contentment in all circumstances. When life isn't going well, I ask that you show ______ that satisfaction rests not in the external but in the eternal. When life is going well I pray that, with a heart of thankfulness, _______ gives you all honor and praise.
Lord Jesus, Give_____ an a ability to accurately assess his or her strengths and weaknesses. Create a generous spirit in _______ that will encourage and raise another up. Move _______to share credit with others and give you glory.
Heavenly Father, Un-clench my (or fill in the blank) fists of selfishness. Open my (or her or his) hand and heart to those who may need or benefit from ________ time, treasure, or talents.
My King, Forgiveness is not beneath you. It is you. Release ______ from any bonds of pride or bitterness so _____ can be fee to love and worship. Replace the unforgiving prideful heart with one that is graced with humility, repentance, and reconciliation.
Lord, I pray_______ loves the things you love and hates the things you hate. Open ______ ears to hear that still small voice. Give him or her wisdom to understand truth. Give _______ (or me) the will to live by your words and follow your way. Give _____ the discernment to identify true truth from emotion driven belief.
Love never fails.
Amen and Amen.
Connect with Lori: https://loriwildenberg.com/


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Amy (Asif Kapadia, 2015)
If you want a feel-good movie, then this ain't it. But for an insight into a brilliant artist who battled addiction, bulimia, and the perils of fame, documentaries don't get much better than Asif Kapadia's Amy.Kapadia presents Amy Winehouse's story through archival footage, audio interviews, photos, and her music. While you might not expect this to be enough to gauge a full picture of Amy's life, it works incredibly well, with the audience feeling like a fly on the wall even when all the footage used is solely from the archives. Kapadia's decision to use only audio of his interviews with Amy's family and friends is a smart one – pictures of Amy tell a much richer story than images of talking heads. While docos often make me crave a dramatic feature film that can portray those pivotal scenes that are not caught on tape, this one feels like enough, though it's hard to say whether that's the result of the sympathy this film elicits regarding her life being constantly on show.
Amy's battle with drug addiction is of course a key concern of Kapadia's film, but her artistic capabilities are not overshadowed. Viewers who may have previously decried her success will hopefully be forced to acknowledge that her talent was undeniable. Not only did she have a formidable and unique voice, she resurrected the jazz genre in the twenty-first century, bringing it back into the mainstream, and wrote profoundly moving lyrics that spoke to her own experiences. Kapadia's film demonstrates that Amy's music was her primary focus and that artistry and fame can conflict. After the enormous success of her album Back to Black she was forced to keep performing the same songs, even when their lyrics no longer resonated with her.
While Amy elicits sympathy for Winehouse herself, it doesn't hold back in painting a fair few villains out of those around her. Though Amy's parents did grant Kapadia access to her archival footage and gave their blessing for friends and family to be interviewed, it's no wonder that they have since distanced themselves from the film. They are made out to be a hopeless pair who didn't take their daughter's problems seriously. Her father, Mitch, in particular, is presented as a man more concerned with capitalising on his daughter's success than trying to address her ill health. The line in her biggest hit 'Rehab' "and my Daddy thinks I'm fine" will forever haunt me after seeing this film. Her mother, on the other hand, is barely seen or heard of throughout the film (despite being present in her life) and her own admission that both she and Mitch brushed off Amy's allusions to an eating disorder paints her as an ambivalent parent.
Worse though than her parents, is Amy's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil. It's astonishing that he agreed to be interviewed, and you could say it's to his credit that he doesn't try to deflect any of the blame from himself. His relationship with Amy is portrayed as passionate, turbulent, and ultimately damaging. It was Blake who introduced Amy to the drug scene, sending her on a downward spiral. Probably the most heart-breaking thing in the entire film is seeing how besotted they were with each other – friends said she would die for him, and in a way she did. The film serves to remind viewers, however, that Amy did not die from a drug overdose, and was in fact clean at the time of her death (when Blake was no longer in her life). Instead she died from alcohol poisoning due to a weak and fragile body.
It is the paparazzi, however, who really take the cake. Maybe it's because they're one big unidentifiable mass that makes them the easiest to abhor, but if there's ever been a time where you've felt like the paparazzi deserve to die, it's here. One even has the gall to tell Amy to "cheer up" and the blood boils. The intense scrutiny that she faced thanks to these bastards was clearly a massive contributor to her downfall. Clips of comedians using her as an easy punchline also hit home. No one deserves to be mocked for being mentally ill, no matter how famous. And yet we do it time and time again.
The complete intrusion into Amy Winehouse's privacy by the media will likely fire up viewers' emotions, especially when they see that she was just as, if not more, vulnerable than anyone else. Amy is a thoroughly insightful film in this respect, but the argument has been raised that our consumption of it may just be feeding the fire. This is an unsettling thought, however Kapadia's film seems to respect the memory of its subject, albeit treating her as a tragic figure. I for one have a newfound respect for Amy, and a whole lot of love for this exceptional portrayal of a life cut way too short.
4.5 stars