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The rolldown gate of the Garment Center Congregation has not risen in months, the lights are out, the menorahs and Torahs are gone, the vestibule is full of refuse.
By the end of the year, demolition will begin on the six-story building at 40th Street and Seventh Avenue that housed the congregation. It was also the former fashion campus of the Parsons School of Design. In its place a 29-story hotel will rise.
But what could have been the synagogue's demise has instead led to its rebirth, thanks to an unconventional lease signed nearly 40 years ago and an unexpected landlord better known for a very different religious project.
"My eldest daughter, Sara, she asked me recently, 'Poppy, are you the first Muslim to build a synagogue?' " said Sharif El-Gamal, the developer of the controversial, and eventually scaled-back, plan to build an Islamic community center about two blocks from the World Trade Center. "I said: 'No, honey, I'm sure there were others before. But maybe in New York I am.' "
The synagogue Mr. Gamal wants to rebuild for the Garment Center Congregation will be brand-new and somewhat anachronistic. Manhattan has a history of congregations that served not just communities but also entire industries, such as the Wall Street Synagogue and the Actors' Temple.
But as the garment industry has shrunk in New York, so have the synagogues serving it. The Millinery Center Synagogue on Avenue of the Americas, established by hatmakers, has been struggling after a plumbing-related flood, and the Fur Center Synagogue — perhaps following fashion trends — closed in the 1990s.
The Garment Center Congregation began in 1931 in the back of a barbershop before relocating four years later above a tobacconist across 35th Street from Macy's Herald Square. Three decades later, the congregation marched up Seventh Avenue, its Torahs in tow, to a new home on 40th Street, where the temple took up the first floor of a six-story complex built by Albert List, an industrialist and a congregant.
In the 1970s, Mr. List donated the property to the New School, which includes Parsons. The Parsons fashion program was based there, and it was the set for the reality television show "Project Runway."
The synagogue, meanwhile, was given a 99-year lease, with an annual rent of $1. "I don't think we would have made it even this long if not for that," said Arnold Brown, the synagogue's co-president.
Last year, the New School decided to sell the building to Mr. Gamal's Soho Properties for $61.5 million. In order to build his planned Dream Hotel, developed with Murray Hill Properties, Mr. Gamal had to negotiate with the congregation. And so he and the synagogue signed a contract that contains almost as many covenants as Genesis.
The new hotel project will include a 300-seat sanctuary, a 75-seat chapel for daily services, a kosher kitchen, a community room and even a small terrace for a sukkah, the ceremonial tent erected each fall for the harvest holidays.
"We're kind of thinking it could be a package deal with the hotel, for weddings and bar mitzvahs," Marc Abramson, the synagogue's executive vice president, said on Wednesday, only half joking. Afternoon services had just concluded on the second floor of 1384 Broadway.
There, near the corner of West 38th Street, a former office space was converted by Soho and Murray Hill into a temporary chapel, which will be used for the next three to four years while the hotel and synagogue are under construction. Providing the chapel was another stipulation of the deal.
A new ark was built to contain the Torahs, but everything else, including the blue velvet pews and the bronze memorial plaques on the walls, was brought from 40th Street.
Only about half of the Garment Center Congregation's regular members today work in the fashion industry, according to the rabbi, Norman Listokin. The rest are professionals from nearby office buildings, including financiers, real estate types, accountants and engineers.
Their commitment to both God and work is evident, as many shift between their prayer books and their phones, some even answering calls during services. Sometimes a tourist or two can be counted on to help make a minyan, the quorum of 10 people required to hold services.
Rabbi Listokin, who has led the congregation for decades, is a legend among the roughly 400 congregants. Many of them said he, even more than the convenient location, was their main reason for coming.
The comedian Jackie Mason used to attend the High Holy Days services to hear the rabbi speak, and the rabbi would bring Mr. Mason to the hospital, to cheer up sick congregants.
The rabbi's own wit was on display during Rosh Hashana services last week at Gotham Hall, a venue on Broadway and 35th Street. When a congregant in a green skullcap was called to the ark, the rabbi snatched it from his head and called out, "In case you didn't know, we're also celebrating St. Patrick's Day today." (Because of swelling crowds during the High Holy Days, Soho, as part of the agreement, is paying for the use of Gotham Hall for the next few years.)
"The rabbi is the glue that holds the congregation together," said Richard Smith, who began attending the synagogue six months ago, after his father died.
His experience is typical of most congregants', since tradition requires that after a parent dies, observant Jews should find a minyan each day for a year to recite the Mourner's Kaddish, or hymn. Once the year is up, many find themselves so drawn to the congregation, they cannot stop coming to services.
"I don't care where we are — it's the people, not the building, that make this place," Steve Fine, another congregant, said.
There are also those who have been connected to the congregation for most of their lives.
Among the memorial plaques that now hang inside the temporary sanctuary, Stephen Milstein has many belonging to his family, who once owned Burlington Coat Factory. "I think we've got 10 here," he said, pointing out his great-grandparents, grandparents and parents. "Wait, no, there is my aunt and another, so that's 12."
"Even the family bookkeeper is here," he added.
Eventually, those plaques will move back to 40th Street, to a new building that Mr. Gamal sees as more than just a hotel with a synagogue.
"That's what excites me so much about this," he said. "It sets a real example of the cooperation and the brotherhood and the coexistence that has always existed between us."


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Digital artist Erik Wernquist created this animated short for none other than NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) about the spectacular ending of the Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn. It is meant as an inspirational and informative piece about what happens in the last months of the mission, and as a celebration of all that this historic spacecraft has achieved from its launch in 1997. The world will be looking to the skies in wonder on September 15 when Cassini becomes part of Saturn.
30 April 2017
Cassini's Grand Finale
Labels: Cassini Huygens Mission , Life in Space , Rings , Saturn
Have a Look
William Garratt calls these his bits and bobs which he usually posts on his Instagram account. However, the spirit recently took him to put them all together and upload them to Vimeo. I have to confess that some of these I just don't 'get'. However, that is more than made up by the ones that I do. My particular favorite is the snail – just wait, you'll see…
Labels: Funny , Instagram , Shorts , William Garratt
29 April 2017
Downward Dog
Labels: Comedy , Depressed Dog , Downward Dog , Movie , Short Film
Arrival: A Short and Very Sweet Coming Out Film
If that's the case then no one told the Chechen authorities who seem, currently, to be paving the way towards a new dark-age for those who do not identify as hetero.
Rare was the person, ever, who was able to spring blithely and fully-formed from the metaphorical closet but in many countries it is still almost impossible to do so without some form of repudiation, denunciation or reprobation.
So this short film, for me, was something of a breath of fresh air. Arrival tells the story of a young man who has a close bond with his mother. Yet when he moves to the big city and not only discovers himself but also the love of his life, he is unable to share this amazing happening with his mother. To see how this is resolved you will have to watch this beautifully made animated short film, written, directed and animated by Alex Myung.
At the same time this is also (and predominantly) a very, very sweet story about the relationship between a mother and son and how, ultimately, their bond overcomes the obstacles that the social order puts in its way.
Labels: Animated , Animated Short , Arrival , Coming Out , LGBT , Short Film
28 April 2017
Who Wants to be a Multibillionaire? Or, how to Choose which Lottery will (inevitably?) Make you Rich
Who doesn't love playing games? And it's no secret that people love games they can win at, especially if they can win a considerable sum. Look at the gamification trend in general, for instance, or even the achievements trend in video games - they're all little prizes promised to their players for their efforts, and help motivate and entertain them. And then there's games you can actually win big prizes at. Hope and wishful thinking are traits we all share, so perhaps this collective optimistic predisposition is to account for the popularity of lottery games and the like. But are our hopes unfounded? Exactly how many chances have you got of purchasing the golden lottery ticket – and how much could you actually win?
Powerball makes history
On January 13th, 2016, the US Powerball jackpot awarded a staggering 1.6 billion USD – making it the largest jackpot in the world. The winning amount was split three ways, among two couples and 70-year old Maureen Smith of Melbourne Beach, Florida. She reportedly played the lottery for years, always betting on the same six numbers, before she struck gold.
Source: Powerball, via Facebook
Granted, Maureen's story proves that sometimes all it takes is patience and devotion before you can be rewarded. But statistically speaking, what exactly are your odds of winning the US Powerball Lottery? Launched in 1992, Powerball was the first ever lottery game to use two drums to draw numbers from, allowing for more complex prize levels, low overall odds of winning and high jackpot odds. Powerball draws take place twice a week, and players are asked to choose five numbers from 1 to 69 and a "powerball" number from 1 to 26. Powerball itself explains that the overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.87 –fairly easy, right?– but the chances of winning the Grand Prize are 1 in 292,201,338.00. But don't be disheartened – past winners come from all walks of life, so who knows if you're not the next in line?
A Merry Spanish Christmas
If you find yourself on the other side of the pond, then keep this in mind: the Spanish surely know how to celebrate Christmas. The Spanish Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad (Spanish Christmas Lottery) or simply Lotería de Navidad is held annually since 1812. It even continued uninterrupted during the Spanish Civil War, when the lottery draw was moved from Madrid to Valencia, where the Republicans were forced to relocate their capital. After the overthrow of the Republican government by the Spanish General Franco, the lottery continued without break under the new regime that lasted 36 years, making it the second longest continuously running lottery worldwide.
Source: Lotteria de Navidad via Facebook
Source: Lotteria de Navidad via Facebook
Nowadays, families around Spain gather around their TV sets each year on December 22nd to find out who is the lucky winner – set to have an unforgettable Christmas. It is widely considered to be the largest lottery game in the world, as measured by the largest prize payout and the largest first prize/jackpot. In 2015, the maximum total prize pool would be €2.52 billion Euros and the total prize for the first place jackpot –affectionately nicknamed El Gordo ("the Fat One" or "the Fatty")– would be a €720 million Euros. In 2016, the total amount available for all prizes was a whopping $2.310 billion Euros – or 2.414 billion USD.
Whichever basket you choose to put your eggs in, remember – folk wisdom claims that there is nothing like the enjoyment you get when you've earned your money by working hard. Now go, prove them wrong!
La Geria: Lanzarote's Volcanic Vineyards
Settled only three thousand years ago, the island's volcano could still erupt again.
Although the last major eruptions started in 1730 over a period of six whole years and the volcano has been dormant since 1824, even today agricultural exploitation of the island is a difficult process.
Yet in the La Geria region of the island, farmers have come up with an ingenious way to grow their grapes.
Cambodia – Aerial Cinematography
Roberto Serrini was recently in Cambodia and so took the opportunity to explore the country's truly cinematic beauty from the air – using Phantom and a F550 drones.
What he has captured here is truly wondrous to watch, particularly the looks on the faces of the children as the drone takes flight overhead. This is a truly outstanding piece of film-making.
Labels: Aerial Cinematography , Cambodia , Cambodia from the air , Video
World War II – Timeline
Abhinav Nikam, it serves up the pivotal events up to 1942 in a very modern style incorporating photos, film and imagery from this global conflict. If you like your history you will probably love this.
Part 2 to follow soon, we hope!
Labels: Animation , Second World War , Timeline , World War 2 , World War II
The End
Ted Evans (no relation) one of the most touching and thought-provoking shorts I have seen for a while.
The film starts in the past and ends over thirty years from now. It charts the lives of four young people from 1987 – 2046. They are different: not telepathic mutants or alien fifth columnists, however. They are deaf. The End envisages a cure for deafness and then follows the consequences of such on the lives of the protagonists and, indeed, on deaf culture.
Created in a documentary manner (very similar to those you see which visit their subjects once every decade or so) the four children grow to adulthood and their decision whether or not to take The Treatment has a profound effect on their lives. The End raises questions not only about the nature of disability but our compassion as a species and our willingness to cleanse what frightens or disturbs us.
Labels: Deaf , Deafness , End of Deafness , Science Fiction , SciFi , Short Film , The End
Gone in a Split Second
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This Taiwan Blue Magpie, taken at Yangmingshan, Taipei City did not appreciate this dog trespassing in its nesting areas. Needless to say, the plucky bird was perhaps mistaken in its attempt to shoo off the excitable intruder.
Labels: Amazing photography , capture the moment , Cool Pictures , Gone in a flash , Photography
20 April 2017
Warsaw: 24 Hour Timelapse
Maciej Margas gets up high in the city and shoots his film from buildings such as Cosmopolitan, Złota 44, Marriott, Millennium Plaza, Rondo 1, and the tower of the Saint Augustine's Church. The result is a compelling portrait of one of Europe's most intriguing and historic capital cities.
Labels: Poland , time-lapse , Timelapse , Warsaw
Joe Russ over a period of six year, working in the evenings and weekends. Inspired by both the death of his father and his commute from Brooklyn in to Manhattan, Fathom follows Sam, Evan and Hippo the cat as they struggle to survive in a world changed beyond recognition.
Labels: Animated Short , Animation , Fathoms , Joe Russ , Post Apocalyptic
The Haiku Stairs: Hawaii's Forbidden Stairway to Heaven
Labels: Haiku Stairs , Hawaii , Photographs , Stairway to Heaven , USA
14 April 2017
The Campbell–Stokes Sunshine Recorder
A variety of sunshine recorders were invented, with the Campbell-Stokes Recorder quickly becoming the most popular. In fact many are still in use to this day.
Labels: Campbell , Campbell–Stokes Recorder , Cool , Heliograph , How do you measure sunshine , Measure , Measure Sunshine , Optics , Physics , Sphere , Stokes , Sunshine , SUnshine Recorder
The Reinvention of Gucci
It hadn't really occurred to me, until I read The Watch Gallery's very interesting piece today, that a company like Gucci would find it necessary to adapt to the times: one would assume, surely, that brands such as this would never go out of fashion.
Yet that is not the case, even for a company as widely known and successful as Gucci. Perhaps a modern-day Darwin could write a new evolutionary tract about how companies, like species, must adapt to survive or otherwise perish.
As such, some companies have undergone complete transformations. Nokia, known today for the mobile technology used to propagate stories like this on social media started off selling rubber boots. The name of the oil and gas company Shell gives away its origins by its name. In the 1830s it was an importer of ornamental sea shells to the UK. Nintendo was originally a manufacturer of playing cards. The latter organisation's evolution makes some sense: it takes something of a leap of the imagination to accept the development of the first two.
Gucci, of course, has persevered with products that its customers of a century ago would probably recognise. However, its most recent manifestations have been a daring combination of self-reference (such as the comeback of the famous double G logo) and the artistic freedom of its new clutch of designers.
The piece, How Luxury Stays Ahead in the Digital Age, written by Emily Seares, focuses on the last two years, during which Gucci has undergone possibly the largest organisational transformation of its history thanks to two men, Alessandro Michele (above, with the beard) and Marco Bizzarri. The turnaround has been staggering considering it has been brought about in such a short amount of time. As renaissances go, this is quite something.
Image Credit Daniel Marchand
13 April 2017
Are You Lost in the World Like Me?
follow the link and vote for it. You could also take a look at the rest of Cutts' work on his Vimeo channel – as darkly humorous as it gets, your rose-tinted spectacles may need replacing once you have taken a dip in to his recent oeuvre.
Labels: Animation , Are You Lost in the World Like Me , Moby , Steve Cutts , Video
12 April 2017
Rangoli: Welcome Mat of the Gods
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Dance With Me
Written and Directed by Cristina Molino, Dance With Me is a Think Mol & BalletBoyz film for the UK's Channel 4 UK in association with Arts Council England. It is exquisite, elegant and elegiac.
Labels: BalletBoyz , Christina Molino , dance , Dance With Me , Video
Sail Away
ESMA in Toulouse, France, we can witness one of them. Wonderful!
Labels: Animation , ESMA Montpelier , Robert Louis Stevenson , Sail Away , Youth
How the Ancient Greeks Shaped Modern Mathematics
12foot6 and the Royal Institution. It may blow away a few cobwebs for you if you don't engage (consciously) with math on a daily basis with lots of great, pithy facts about dead Greek guys such as Pythagoras and Archimedes. Sounds a bit dry? Take a look – it's great fun.
Labels: Ancient Greeks , Greece , Mathematics , Modern Mathematics
7 April 2017
30 Photos that will Make you Look Twice
Labels: Double Take , doubletake , Look Twice , Photographs , Photography , photos
4 April 2017
If You Have Never Wanted to Visit Barcelona, You Will After You Watch This
Kirill Neiezhmakov. If you are new to the cosmopolitan capital of Spain's Catalonia region this will probably make you want to visit Barcelona in the very near future. This video shows off two things – first the beauty and diversity of Barcelona and its architecture: secondly, Neiezhmakov's consummate skills when it comes to the art of the hyperlapse.
1 April 2017
National Autistic Society: Make it Stop
The Magnetic Fields: 85 Why I Am Not a Teenager
Alexander Petrowsky.
Labels: Magnetic Fields , Music Video , Why I am not a Teenager
Valley of the Kith
Jumbla, using primarily using Adobe products.
The intriguing, high-adrenaline video-game-style piece extends the capabilities of animation by pushing the boundaries of Element 3D, while capitalising on the available resources of After Effects and other Adobe products.
Labels: Adobe , Animated Short , Animation , Jumbla , Valley of the Kith


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BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox left-hander David Price was placed on the 10-day injured list Thursday after an MRI revealed a cyst on his left wrist.
The team announced Thursday that the 33-year-old Price was treated with a shot of cortisone in the wrist. Price is 7-5 record with a 4.36 ERA over 21 starts this season.
He most recently pitched Sunday against the New York Yankees after being reinstated from paternity leave.
Right-hander Hector Velázquez was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket to take Price's spot on the 25-man roster before the series opener Thursday night against the Los Angeles Angels.
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Canton v. Colesville: Anagram Challenge
Six days in, Google Maps v. Reality: The Battle of Canton-Colesville rages on. The day after a few Northeast Ohio media outlets ran with it, the Associated Press picked up and abbreviated the Repository's piece.
I propose the city's name be decided through a contest of relative anagram coolness.
In one corner, Canton, Ohio, which, among other permutations, offers us "Hi-Noon Taco." (To me, "Hi" in this case not being the greeting, but a faux-catchy usage like "krazy" or "nite" or "thru.")
The challenger: Colesville, Ohio, which can be remixed into "Loose Chili Love."
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The Blizzard will return to the Resch to take on the Sioux Falls Storm in a week 15 matchup.
Sioux Falls is coming off of a bye week, but have already clinched a playoff berth. However, the game against the Blizzard will prove to be pivotal in determining the final seeding for the playoffs.
In their last game, the Storm needed to a late surge to push them past the Cedar Rapids Titans 56-45. Running back Marques Rodgers ran for 111 yards and had two touchdowns on the night. Quarterback Lorenzo Brown was effective on the ground as well with 34 yards rushing and three touchdowns. In the air, he threw 13 times for 70 yards and a touchdown, but also had an interception.
Jabari Gorman and Trey Wafford lead the team with seven tackles, and the team recorded three blocks. The team did well to fend off the passing attack of the Titans, holding Jake Medlock to under an under 50% completion rate and also sacking him twice. Sioux Fall was hurt by 11 penalties and kicker Miles Bergner went 2 for 4 field goals.
The Blizzard are coming off a tough 41-14 defeat against the Iowa Barnstormers, in which the team could only muster 141 total yards. B.J. Hill only had seven rush attempts for 10 yards and Bryan Hicks went 12 for 22 with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Chris Malott caught his team leading seventh touchdown of the season and Tim Lukas got his first in a Blizzard uniform. Robert Metz lead the team defensively with an incredible 12 tackles and Manny Asprilla got his first interception of the season.
Green Bay will look to rebound in front of the home crowd and will need to take advantage of the energetic atmosphere of the Resch Center. Lorenzo Brown of the Storm will be the player to watch as he can beat defenses in both the air and on the ground. How the Blizzard deal with him will be the key to if Green Bay can get their third win of the season.
It is Public Safety Night and kickoff is at 7:05 p.m.!


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My mother-in-law is in the hospital and after visiting with her all day, my father-in-law stopped for some dinner at a local restaurant. A 92 year old man, eating alone, he ate quietly and spoke to no one. When he went to pay his check he was told it had been taken care of by the couple at the next table. He was utterly amazed. Yesterday was his 92nd birthday. Though unfortunately we weren't celebrating as planned, that was a beautiful, random act of kindness!
Our world is chaotic and often lacking in common courtesy and kindness. Imagine a world where we each paid it forward and did one small act of goodness a day!
At this season of joy and gratitude, I'd like to say how much I appreciate your support, your business and your friendship. In honor of you, my clients, I have made a donation to St Jude Children's hospital. May this season of light and hope be one of peace and care for humankind.
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Gregory "Gig" Brown, 59, of Wellston, passed away, surrounded by his family, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, at the Holzer Medical Center in Jackson. He was born on Jan. 9, 1960, in Logan, Ohio, son of the late Dwight Brown, Sr. and Annabelle (Potts) Brown.
An avid outdoorsman, Greg had a lifelong passion for hunting and fishing, and enjoyed sharing his love of the outdoors with family and friends. He also enjoyed coaching and spent many years donating time to youth football and baseball organizations. Although he could be quite stubborn, he had a strong sense of humor. He adored hosting family gatherings and having outdoor bonfires or barbeques. His lively spirit, sense of humor, and optimistic outlook will be dearly missed by many.
He is survived by his loving family: wife, Penny Brown; sons, Tyler (Emily) Brown and Joshua (Lisa) Brown; daughters, Jonda Brown (Richard McKinney) and Tara Brown (Ryan Curtis); five grandchildren, Braxton, Channing, Colton, Ryleigh, and Gabe; a brother, Brian Brown; as well as several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, Greg was preceded in death by a brother, Dwight Brown, Jr.
A private family gathering will be held at the convenience of the family. In accordance with Greg's wishes, cremation will follow.
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Boca-Boca is the restaurant that took over the sweet spot in Rosenlund Gothenburg, which Fee Fi Fo Fum used to house in.
The place, formerly known for it's very crowded and sweaty dance floor, has been remodeled and is now designed to get you as many square metres as possible dedicated to dancing. However, this has been done without losing the intimate and dungeon-like feel that this venue is known for.
Picking up where Fee Fi Fo Fum left off would be hard for anyone but despite this, Boca-Boca has managed to stay true to their own concept and keeps on throwing parties basically every weekend. So far they've hosted basically every known underground DJ of Gothenburg and just recently collaborated with Wave Festival, which had its pre party arranged at Boca Boca.
This place's forté is definitely its terrace and outdoor area. It's big, well distributed and nicely lit which makes it a great place to grab a beer at in the summer. It's also very close to Yaki-Da and Pustervik (or the trams to any alternative club adventure out in the forests for that matter).
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Giulio Pugliese
King's College London, War Studies
Jan 09 , 2019
The Trump administration is systematically targeting the Chinese economy, well beyond Trump's fixation on trade imbalances. China has responded by launching an expansive fiscal policy, by loosening its monetary policy and doubling-down on home-bred industrialization in key sectors. While the two governments have recently agreed to a ceasefire, prospects are not good and additional measures should ameliorate bilateral tensions while negotiations continue.
Oct 31 , 2018
Abe has just concluded a visit to China and Xi is expected to reciprocate with a state visit to Japan next year. The warmth of the summit suggests that both governments are trying to smoothen Sino-Japanese relations in the face of Trump's trade pressure.
Sep 26 , 2018
To the consternation of Chinese policymakers, the United States has enhanced its commitment to the security of Taiwan at times of Cross-Strait tensions. Recent initiatives aimed at strengthening U.S.-Taiwan ties point to a broad consensus in Washington in favor of deeper engagement with Taipei – but at the same time, Trump's "America First" instincts are getting in the way.
Aug 31 , 2018
Along with military goals, the "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" initiative serves a variety of economic purposes with strategic undertones. Japan and, to a lesser extent, the United States, Australia, and India are seeking to increase their regional political leverage, favour their export industries, and shield regional countries from economic dependency on China.
Mar 29 , 2018
The "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" strategy is aimed at deterring Chinese coercion by deepening alliances and strategic partnerships. To this end, Japan has enhanced military cooperation with partners such as the United States and India to balance against Beijing's more assertive foreign and security policy under Xi Jinping.
Feb 09 , 2018
Following the opening salvos of U.S. tariffs on solar panels and washing machines, the Trump administration may now also push for a more muscular China policy, to the benefit of Japan's dealing with China. Make no mistake: while Japan and China relations show signs of a minor détente in the making, this year will witness continued strategic rivalry and the fleshing out of opposing visions of regional, if not global, order.


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Monday, October 7, 2013
(AF) MY COMPUTER IS FIXED.... Yay!!!!
At this moment, I am fighting with one of my cats. I have had to erase and start over so many times just trying to type this far. She is insisting on sitting on my mouse pad and playing with my mouse (I know, that does sound kind of funny). Didn't have to worry about that with the old laptop.
So, what was wrong with my desktop computer?
Well, a year ago I went in to Staples and asked them about it. They said that they were certain that it was a virus and would cost at least $150 to $200 to fix. I just could not come up with that kind of money to get it fixed, so .... it just sat here collecting dust for the past year. I did at least have a back up to use on occasion.
But then, Dave's computer finally met its end and he HAD to get a new one (and then he had to wait for ever to get his new Internet installed, but that is another story). With the new computer came a service card for the Geek squad. So, for no extra cost, I got to take my computer in to have it checked out and repaired. Turned out, it didn't have a virus in it at all!!! Well, in a way it did.
About 2 years ago, I had let the guy at Staples talk me into getting Norton virus protection (I know, I know. I just didn't know any better then). As it neared renewal time, I started getting reminders on my computer. About 2 weeks before it was to expire, I got a notice and it asked me if I wanted to renew. I clicked on 'no', or 'don't ask me again', or something along that line. Guess that was the wrong thing to do because as it turns out, THAT is what was wrong with my computer!!!
I had tried everything under the sun, that I could do, to fix it myself, including following the advice of a computer savvy friend... took it back in time, and tried to uninstall stuff. My clue should have been that there was no longer any way to uninstall Norton! It would no longer let me click on the uninstall button. Why? Norton was mad that I wouldn't renew! And to 'punish' me, it was blocking me from the Internet!!!
Yep, because I had refused to renew Norton Virus protection, Norton itself BLOCKED me from using my Internet! At the same time, it also blocked me from being able to uninstall Norton itself. Sheesh!!! The Geek squad had to use some special disk that they have to get it out of my computer. Once Norton was out, my computer worked like a dream!!! Yep, I was just a little bit more than mad at Norton and Staples. I am sure Staples knew what would happen and just figured they would make even more money when I brought it back in and tell me it was a virus or something.
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Bad Norton...you would think they would be out of business as many computers as they have screwed up! Glad your computer is better, no more Norton!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, you would think! If I did business like that, I would be out of business in nothing flat, sued, and probably arrested! Nope, absolutely NO MORE Norton!Delete
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By EMILIA ROSALES
Martinez Tribune
MARTINEZ, Calif. – The aroma of cheeseburgers and franks filled the courtyard of the John Muir House in Martinez, as an unexpected crowd of 3,000 people showed up to celebrate Earth Day, recycling, and the birth of a man who has been dead for almost 100 years.
The John Muir Birthday-Earth Day celebration is an annual event in Martinez, with attendee rates increasing every year.
A favorite of the event is the recycled fashion show, where John Swett Elementary students have the opportunity to design an outfit strictly out of recycled materials.
"The dress took me about a week to make and it was very fun and easy," said Daniela Arenas, a John Swett Elementary fourth grader. "I like making dresses out of recycled things, with my mom."
Arenas has participated in the recycled fashion show four years in a row. This year she and her mother created a princess gown with a cape out of recycled magazines using home-made glue created with boiling water and flour, to stick it all together.
Live music and fun, educational booths and activities – and John Muir himself, impersonated by Frank Helling – were only half of the other things that took place at the 178th birthday party.
"I have a real passion for the planet and I spend a lot of time out enjoying nature," said Helling, "and to me, that is my medicine and I just see it disappearing. For me, maybe John Muir is a vehicle in which I can get out and get the message out there that we need to start taking care of this place."
Booths, ranging from the Contra Costa County Library to the East Bay Regional Park District and Friends of Alhambra Creek wanted attendees leaving with a broader sense of the value of the earth and what we can do on a regular basis to help preserve it for generations to come.
"I hope people walk away with inspiration and hope to want to give back in some shape or form, whether it's planting a tree or saving a hill," said Martinez City Councilmember Annamarie Avila Farias. "Whatever it is that inspires people to look around and take a breath and pause for a moment and say, 'This is worth preserving and this is worth fighting for.'"


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It's about time
"I had been telling people for years that change is coming. We are so ready for it. This will be life changing," said Tina.
"Are you serious? That's awesome!" were the words from Tina Lincoln when she heard that MidCentral was the area selected for the transformation of the disability support system.
"I had been telling people for years that change is coming. We are so ready for it. This will be life changing," said Tina.
Tina is the mother of three young women who all have their own aspirations and plans to contribute to society in their own way.
Her middle daughter Nikki uses a wheelchair and totally relies on people understanding her facial expressions to communicate. Nikki is going to need a range of supports placed around her to ensure these plans occur.
The largest goal for Nikki (and family) is to go flatting with her friend. "This timing perfectly lines up with the rollout of the new disability support system (Mana Whaikaha) in MidCentral," says Tina. This is a collective goal Tina has held for many years with the family of Nikki's friend.
"We asked a local provider to ensure the young adults' lives were at the forefront and support this idea and help to make this a reality," says Tina.
Living life independently
"The vision is for Nikki and her flatmate to have a life like everyone else, and the families to live like other families when their young adults leave home. I need to have Nikki's life on an ideal pathway so when I depart this earth I will have peace of mind."
Tina will be there to employ and train the staff in a way that best suits Nikki's needs while the provider will be on hand to assist with other aspects, yet to be defined. Nikki will have the flexibility to do what she wants and like many young women her age, this could include concerts, community outings, and overseas travel.
"I am hoping technology will catch up to Nikki's communication style, then she can clearly tell us what she wants," says Tina.
Once there is trust in the new arrangement, Tina will take a step back and pop around and connect as Nikki's mother, not her caregiver."Some success will be seeing Nikki happy, engaging with the community, and the community connecting with Nikki and knowing her," she says.
As with most visions, roadblocks pop up along the way. The big one for the past 2 years has been trying to find an accessible property which Nikki and her flatmate can live in with ease. "In an ideal world, accessible universal builds make sense for most home owners, as none of us know what the future may hold," says Tina.
There are very few accessible properties in the MidCentral rental market. However, the provider has been able to secure a property where Nikki and her flatmate will move into in the near future. There was another roadblock with 'housing modifications' having to be done. The house has been empty since May 2018 with the projected completion time from 2-5 months from now. Nikki and her flatmate may not move into the property until 2019. "In the new system, I would like to see this time-frame decreased dramatically. We are fortunate that the relationship with the provider and their connections has resulted in a positive housing result," says Tina.
Creating change
Tina has not just been waiting for the change to the disability support system, she has been actively involved. She put her name forward to be a part of the co-design process and was successful in becoming a family/whānau representative.
As a firm believer in connecting with other parents to provide a supportive, natural network in the community, Tina has been a strong voice for families, placing an emphasis on the importance of community and capability building of disabled people and whānau. "Without new ideas to stimulate our thinking, we can often be stuck in what we have been experiencing. We know what doesn't work, we need to start thinking about what we want," says Tina.
Her involvement also led to supporting the Regional Enabling Good Lives Leadership Group in a co-facilitating role.
For more information on connecting with other families within MidCentral, contact Parent 2 Parent regional coordinator Janine Morrah on 020 4163 9455 and/or on their website.
Visit the Care Matters website
Mana Whaikaha has a strong focus on capacity building of disabled people and family/whānau.
If you are keen to know more or to make changes to your support, contact us on 0800 626 255. You can also email us email@example.com


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$ cnpm install superdev
:zap: Lightning fast MDX-based dev server for progressive documentation
npm i -g mdx-go
Create a
docs folder and
docs/index.mdx file.
import MyComponent from '../src'
# Component Demo
Start the dev server on the
docs folder:
mdx-go docs
Alternatively, mdx-go can be installed as a development dependency and used with run scripts in your
"scripts": {
"dev": "mdx-go docs",
"docs": "mdx-go build docs"
npm run dev
mdx-go is built with the idea of Progressive Documentation in mind, intended to be used anywhere as a dev server, prototyping tool, or simple static site generator. By embracing the MDX file format, the docs you create with mdx-go can easily be used in other tools. Start your docs with mdx-go and migrate to tools like Next.js and Gatsby when needed. You can even keep mdx-go around to use as a dev tool outside of other React applications.
MDX combines the simplicity of markdown with the ability to import and use React components inline.
Write markdown like you normally would.
# Hello
Import and use React components inline.
import { Box } from 'grid-styled'
# Hello
<Box p={3} bg='tomato'>
This is a React component!
To learn more about using MDX, see the MDX docs.
Each MDX file in the target directory will become its own route, with
index.mdx serving as the base route, i.e.
With the following directory structure:
mdx-go will create routes for
/getting-started, and
mdx-go also supports using React components as routes for files with the
.js extension. Be sure that the
.js file exports a default component to render as a route.
mdx-go includes a default layout that centers the document in the viewport, but custom layout components can be added both globally and per-route.
To render a custom layout for a single route, export a component as the
default from the MDX file. This is a built-in feature of MDX.
import Layout from './Layout'
export default Layout
# Page with layout
To wrap all routes with a custom layout, export a
Root component from your
index.mdx file. This will completely disable the built-in centered layout. Note: this only works in the
index route, not other routes.
export { Root } from './Root'
# Root layout for all routes
Head contents can be set per-route by using the
Head component.
import { Head } from 'mdx-go'
<title>Page title</title>
# Page with title
To set head contents for all routes, use the Head component within a
Root component.
To customize the HTML components rendered from MDX, use the
ComponentProvider in a
Root component.
// example Root component
import React from 'react'
import { ComponentProvider } from 'mdx-go'
const components = {
h1: props => <h1 {...props} style={{ fontSize: 48 }} />,
export const Root = props =>
<ComponentProvider components={components}>
Ensure the Root component is exported from
export { Root } from './Root.js'
To specify a custom file pattern for matching against, export a
files webpack context from the main
index.mdx file.
export const files = require.context('../src', true, /\.example\.js$/, 'lazy')
By default mdx-go includes virtually no styling. To customize the styles, use components to wrap MDX with a Root component and use the MDXProvider to change the default styles.
To export as a static site with HTML and JS bundles, run:
mdx-go build docs
This will export all routes as HTML in a
dist folder. See CLI Options for configuration options.
mdx-go does not use any CSS-in-JS libraries internally, and most libraries will work when using the dev server. To extract static CSS when using the
build command, ensure you have either
styled-components or
emotion installed locally in your
package.json. For Emotion, be sure that
emotion-server is also installed.
When either of these libraries are detected in your
package.json dependencies, mdx-go will extract static CSS during the build process.
The following flags can be passed to the CLI.
-p --port Port for dev server
--no-open Disable opening in default browser
-d --out-dir Output directory for static export
--basename Base path for routing
--static Export HTML without JS bundle
--webpack Path to custom webpack config
All CLI options can also be specified in a
mdx-go field in your
"mdx-go": {
"outDir": "site"
mdx-go will automatically pick up a
webpack.config.js if it exists in the current working directory. A custom path can be passed to the CLI using the
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A late night snack left cooking on the hob caused a flat fire on Dean Street in Soho.
Soho Watch Manager Stuart Beale: "The fire is believed to be caused by cooking left unattended. If you have to leave the room, turn the heat off before you do.
"The occupier was alerted to the fire by his smoke alarms, called 999 and left the flat. It's incidents like these that show how important it is to have working smoke alarms and regularly test them.
"Smoke alarms give the earliest possible warning when a fire starts and we would urge everyone to make sure they have one fitted in every room where a fire can start except kitchens or bathrooms where heat alarms are more appropriate."
Part of a third floor flat was damaged by fire. The occupier left the property before the Brigade arrived. He was treated at the scene and taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews. Another man self evacuated the building, uninjured.
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Fern Moss
These arrived in great shape and packaged nicely. I got them planted.. Can't wait to see what they look like in the spring.
Fern Moss
I love how this moss looks.
Fern Moss
This looks amazing planted around the old stumps in my yard.
Nice plants
I've had my plants for a while now. They looked great when I got them, and they still look great now. I think it's silly you have to ask them to label the plants in advance however. I didn't see that little note until after ordering them while I was tracking the package. They came quickly.
I was home when my plants were delivered and took them out and set them in a tray and watered them and kept them misted until I could plant them a couple days later. They are growing BEAUTIFUL
Good color
It has a bright, bold color!
Helpful Gardening Tips
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Shipping Information
We ship all plants usps priority mail. They arrive to most locations within 2-3 days. We package all plants to retain moisture to up to 10 days in transit. All plants ships from our warehouses in Tennessee. All plants are grown and shipped from out Altamont (zip) 37301 location. We do drop ship for re-sellers also for those wanting to resell our plants.
How We Protect Your Plants For Transit
All plants are dug and immediately taken to our warehouse and tera-sorb moisture retention gel is applied to the roots and then wrapped in plastic to retain superior moisture for transit. They are placed in corogated cardboard shipping boxes for protection when shipped
Upon Receipt Of Your Plants
Upon receipt of your plants, unpack and unwrap the roots and mist with water. Plant within 24-48 hours. If you can not plant within this time frame, put your plants in a cool location (ex- basement, garage or cellar) and water the roots daily. Cover them back up with the plastic so they will not dry out until you can plant them. After planted, water every evening after the sun goes down for 5 days.
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THUIDIUM FERN MOSS is and Enchanting and easy Growing Member of the Moss Family
Thuidium Fern Moss is an enchanting and easy-to-grow member of the moss family, Thuidium fern moss (Thuidium delicatulum), also known as delicate fern moss, makes an attractive ground cover or accent. This moss is appreciated for its velvety texture and distinctive foliage structure. Each stem resembles a tiny fern frond, hence the name. In growth habit, it forms a loose, spreading mat that resembles a luxurious carpet of tiny ferns. The color is vibrant and can range from an intense, deep green to a bright, yellowish-green. Widely distributed in woodlands and shaded wetland areas across North America, Alaska, Europe, Siberia, Asia, Mexico, and South America. It thrives in an extraordinarily wide range of temperature zones. Thuidium moss in the garden is appreciated by songbirds, being an excellent nesting material for species such as the barn swallow, cedar waxwing, and American robin. This content is also accessible with horticulturalists as a lining for hanging pots and a substrate for orchid raising, while the live moss is a superb addition to terrarium collections.Planted in moist, shady areas of the garden, Thuidium fern moss is an excellent choice for creating a moss lawn or accenting a water feature. This versatile moss also makes a delightful accent for logs, rocks, banks or stone walls, and can be useful planted alongside pathways, between stepping stones and around the base of trees. Fern moss establishes easily and spreads quickly. Once installed, it is a vigorous grower and can become somewhat tolerant of drier conditions. However, like all moss, it will thrive best with consistent moisture and reward the gardener with a lush green carpet year-round.
Thuidium Fern Moss Thrives in Partially Shaded Areas
It does well in partially shaded areas, as it does well in the shaded area with this Thuidium Fern Moss. This allows the color to turn in a medium green as this likes the shade. This should include a mixture of these, because there are several species to them. These are available in irregularly shaped sections, and these have been shipped in breathable boxes. This is a fast-growing fern that usually turns bright green, but it often has bright yellow. It appears to be sick or dead when it dries out, as it changes from a lush appearance. They adapt quickly back to its original shape once they are hydrated. It can handle the sun, but it does well in the shade.
These have been rescued from the high impact areas with these Thuidium Fern Moss. When you have live moss and landscape areas, we promote these. These have very little soil attached to them, but some mosses will come with the ground attached to them. When your moss arrives be sure to check the moisture levels, and you should fluff the Moses with your hands. You should keep these moist and rehydrate them as needed until they are planted. They require more attention to keep these fresh, and avoid any air conditioning or heat.
We discourage the purchase of the live mosses to be used for florists or crafters, since our mosses should be kept alive. There are used in landscaping projects or containers that feature the beautiful green moss of these. Fern Moss
Thuidium fern moss is a perennial that prefers moist, shaded soil or humus and will happily adorn rocks, logs or stumps.


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Casey is a 29 year old wife and mother of four girls ages 7 and under. Two of her four children have been diagnosed with Albinism and Sensory Processing Disorder. As a result, her life can be challenging at times, but her family tries to add "Disney attitude" on a daily basis to make the hard times easier. Casey has gone to Walt Disney World every year since she was a young child and strives to carry out this annual tradition with her own children. But in between the trips, Casey and her family do their best to bring Disney into their daily lives.


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Students Wait to Start Grad School
January 21, 2013
Taking time off is the most appealing route for the majority of Dickinson graduates after four years of hard work in college classrooms, according to the Office of Institutional Research. In the long run, however, many of them will go back to school to pursue a graduate degree.
Surveys published on the school's website show that one year after graduation, only 21 percent of the class of 2010 was enrolled in graduate school, while 57 percent said they were not planning on enrolling in a degree program. Five years after graduation, however, the figures reverse. 54 percent of the class of 2006 ended up enrolling in graduate school, compared to 32 percent who didn't.
"In the past few years we've started to hear this language from graduating seniors: I want to take some time off to get some work experience," said Associate Director of the Career Center Debi Swarner. "Students spend such a long time in school and they want some break from all the hard work of college."
Swarner is responsible for career and graduate school counseling, dealing mostly with pre-health students. She explained that more and more schools, especially the most prestigious ones, require their applicants to have worked and done some research as a prerequisite to admission.
"This is particularly true for med students. Many alumni take some time off school to do the so-called 'hands-on patient care experience' to be more prepared before going to med school," said Swarner. "This is why many people who initially wanted to apply eventually changed their mind. They may know that they want to go, but they want to wait."
Swarner said that some students in the class of 2013 are already working on their applications, although it seems that the majority of them will first take some time off to seek work experience.
She explained that the trend of taking some time off is a very recent one and would explain why the percentage of Dickinson alumni enrolled in graduate programs one year after graduation is fairly low.
"Among prospective med school applicants, two years ago 16 people started to tell me that they were taking time off, then 18 the next year, then it moved higher," she said.
It is important to keep in mind, she added, that the statistics do not reflect the experience of all Dickinson alumni in the past five years.
"Once an alum has graduated, it is up to him or her to respond to our surveys and report to us about what they're doing," said Swarner.
According to Kam Millar '11, taking time off is important not only to gather work and research experience, but also to clear one's head as to whether grad school is the appropriate choice to make.
"I took a year off after college to make sure law school was what I really wanted to do," said Millar, who is now enrolled in Suffolk University Law School in Boston. "Even though Dickinson helped me to really want to go to law school, it is still a big decision that should not be made merely based on classes."
Millar, a law and policy major, said that his college professors were a very helpful resource when he was preparing for law school.
"Dickinson definitely transformed [my high school dream] into a goal," he said. "[Its] way of teaching classes has been extraordinarily helpful in law school. Professors teach you to look at everything critically with multiple points of view and are excellent at teaching their students how to write in an organized, clear and analytical fashion which is also helpful in graduate school, especially law school."
According to Swarner, Dickinson professors strive to impress on students the importance of graduate school for a professional career.
"It's also our role as a Career Center," she said. "It depends on the profession whether grad school is absolutely essential, but for the most part it is very important to get a master's degree and we try to help students understand that."
Millar said that graduate school is absolutely vital to his career in law and that many other career paths such as medicine, teaching, social work and public policy are enriched by graduate school, or only possible by going to graduate school.
"While not everyone goes to grad school, I think [it] is important for many careers that enact change in our country and throughout the world," he said. "It is not for everyone but it does enhance our education so that we can go into our professional lives equipped with the tools to make a difference."
Some current seniors look to Millar's and other alumni's experiences when considering applying for graduate school.
"Seeing many of my friends who have graduated looking into post-grad really solidified the idea for me," said Hector Meza '13. "I had intended on doing post-graduate studies since I first came in, but talking to people who are actually do it really put perspective on it."
Meza is currently studying to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and working on his application for law school.
"Post-grad seems to be the topic to talk about once you hit senior year," he said. "I definitely think this is something underclassman (at the least juniors) should start thinking about. Times moves way too fast to hold off on something like this till the last minute."


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Get ready for Boogie on the Boulevard! On August 2nd, 9th, and 16th, the center lanes of the Grand Concourse from 161st Street to 167th Street will be closed to cars and open to a world of fun with free music, activities, and programs hosted by organizations from the Bronx and beyond, as well as local artists and performers.
*If you are interested in participating in Boogie as a volunteer, please fill out this sign-up form.
At The Bronx Museum of the Arts:
- FREE Admission to the Museum and its galleries from 11am to 6pm
- FREE Walking tour of the Grand Concourse with Bronx Bronx native Sam Goodman, an urban planner in the Office of the Bronx Borough President at 1:00pm
-Stop by the Bronx Museum's table on the Concourse during Boogie for an outdoor Family Affair!
Click HERE to view the official Boogie on the Boulevard map and a list All Day programs and activities, including Health Resources, Street Soccer, Biking, programming from the BxArts Factory as well as Street Games!**
**The below schedules reflect the most up-to-date scheduled classes and performances.
MAIN STAGE SCHEDULE OF PERFORMERS (165th Street)
12:00PM Spoken Word readings with Bobby Gonzalez
12:30PM Sweet Water Dance & Yoga
1:00PM Bollywood Dancing, Bharati Kemraj
1:05PM Eve's Dault
1:30PM SBK Baton Twirlers & Dancers
2:00PM Breakdancing Workshop, Museum of the City of New York
2:30PM Movement of the People Dance Company
3:00PM Breakdancing Performance, Museum of the City of New York
FITNESS AREA CLASS SCHEDULE (167th Street)
12:00PM Shape Up NY
12:30PM Sweet Water Dance & Yoga
1:00PM Sweet Water Dance & Yoga
1:30PM Silver Sneakers
2:00PM Fitness Walking, New York Walkers Club
2:30PM CrossFit SoBro: The Bronx Box
3:30PM Senior Chair Yoga, JazyFlow Yoga
FAMILIES! Don't miss The Gift to Empower's annual School Drive at Boogie on the Boulevard starting at 12PM!
On the last Sunday of Boogie on the Boulevard, The Gift to Empower will be distributing school supplies collected during the 2015 back-to-school drive in preparation for the coming school year! Supplies will be distributed directly to children, providing them with the tools to succeed in the classroom.
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Latino Commission on AIDS
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NYC Commission on Human Rights
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OASIS CATCH Healthy Habits Program, Bronx House
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Pregones + Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
RAM Foundation
SBK Baton Twirlers & Dancers
Shape Up NYC
Sweet Water Dance and Yoga
Transformation Church
Transporation Alternatives
Violence Intervention Program
Water on the Go
Zola Dube
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Labour exemptions briefing sessions with employers and employer organisations on the NMW heads to Northern Cape
The Northern Cape Province will this week play host when the Department of Labour convenes two workshops as part of a national series of briefing sessions aimed at employers and employer organisations in order to educate them on the National Minimum Wage (NMW) exemption process.
The first workshop will be held on Thursday (05 April) at Namakhoi Municipality Skou Hall, Aiport Way in Springbok, and will be followed by another briefing session on 06 April at Dawid Kruiper Municipality Tol Speelman Community Hall at corner Keimoesweg and Clarkiaweg Progress in Upington.
The NMW Bill makes provision for an employer or an employers' organisation to apply for an exemption in the prescribed form and manner from paying the national minimum wage.
The Department of Labour is in the process of introducing new regulations to guide the exemption process.
The national series of employers and employer organisations started in Gauteng on 19 March in Johannesburg and on 20 March in Pretoria. The Department of Labour plans to host 17 briefings sessions nationally. The employers and employer organisations briefing sessions follows on the heels of those held for trade unions and shop stewards on the implementation of the national minimum wage and amendments to labour laws. The 20 briefing session were held nationally from November 2017 until February 2018.
The National Minimum Wage Bill prescribes a national minimum wage of R20 per hour with the exception of sectors such as the farm/forestry, domestic and expanded public works programme workers, that have been given a longer transition period to pay R18, R15 and R11 per hour respectively.
The Department of Labour's exemptions information technology (IT) system is expected to come online by the end of the month.
More briefing sessions are planned to be held in the Eastern Cape (09 April in East London; 10 April in Port Elizabeth); Mpumalanga (12 April in Nelspruit; 13 April in Piet Retief); Limpopo (16 April in Tzaneen; 17 Polokwane in Polokwane); and Free State (19 April in Bloemfontein, 20 April in Bethlehem).
The briefing sessions start from 10:00am-13:00pm.
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E42: JFK Assassination (Part Three)
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy ushered in an era of hope in the United States, working to mend relations with the Soviet Union, refusing to invade Laos and Cuba, and promising to further social benefits for all Americans. Before Kennedy could begin to make good on his promises, he was killed while visiting Dallas, Texas, allegedly by a lone gunman named Lee Harvey Oswald. Since 1963, the world has scrutinized the assassination of JFK and the subsequent killing of Oswald, implying that the truth is far darker than what the official story alleges.
In the third part of our JFK Assassination series, we tackle many of the controversial and bizarre elements of the case that have led to the birth of hundreds of conspiracy theories. Matt and Kayla discuss the conflicting Warren Commission and HSCA reports, the grassy knoll, Umbrella Man, Badge Man, the Three Tramps, and more.
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Morning loves, today I have a little bit of a different post for you, instead of beauty I am talking food/lifestyle. Last weekend I went for Afternoon Tea at Patisserie Valerie with my best friend (hi Yasmin) and I thought I would share it with you. It was an amazing deal so I took a few snaps for you all just so you can see what it entails.
Afternoon tea is a really popular British custom, however it can get quite pricey ranging from £20+ per person. When I stumbled across an afternoon tea at Patisserie Valerie deal, I knew I had to snap it up. It seemed a little bit too good to be true as there was so much for just £19, but I decided to go for it regardless as I really like Patesserie Valerie. The deal entails: 'A selection of ten finger sandwiches, two quiches, four scones with jam and cream, two mini cakes slices, two mini cakes, two chocolate éclairs and a refillable pot of tea/coffee.'
However there definitely is a little bit of a catch, the quiche and cakes were a lot smaller than I expected. I have to admit I let my imagination run with me a little, I expected huge slices of quiche and a full sized chocolate eclair and I was a little surprised at the mini sizes. That being said, there is more than enough food for two people and we didn't even manage to finish it all between the two of us. The sandwiches were nice and fresh, and we had enough nibbles to go along with our conversation.
Although it isn't a posh high tea afternoon tea experience, this is nevertheless a really good deal. We did a bit of shopping on Oxford St/Caranaby St in London and popped in to Patisserie Valerie to quench our thirst. With cups of tea going for almost £5 around Central London, all this food for £9.50 each was a steal. It is a really nice experience as well, a chance to catch up over something both visually and actually appetising.
Overall I think it was a really good experience, something nice and relaxing that doesn't break the bank too much. If you are looking for a really fancy Afternoon Tea experience, this definitely isn't the deal for you. However if you are looking for somewhere to relax and catch up after a shopping session or something similar, I would highly recommend giving this deal a go.
You can pick up for your deal for £19 here. It is valid pretty much nationwide bar a handful of locations.
I hope you liked today's post, it is a little bit different to the usual beauty babble but I thought I would share it with you all as I can imagine it being of interest to quite a few people. If you do go along, let me know what you think of the experience. If you have any questions, feel free to pop them below. Tanzina x


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The famous consumer electronics giant, Sony has recently announced the new additions to its α (Alpha) D-SLR family – 10.2 megapixel Alpha 300 and the 14.2 megapixel Alpha 350, which are the first digital SLR cameras to feature Sony's Quick AF Live View technology. According to the company, "This all-new system fuses the convenience of live image preview with the responsive TTL phase-detection system and rapid continuous shooting that's prized by digital SLR users."
"Mainstream users stepping up to DSLRs are looking for a similar experience to their point and shoot cameras, but without compromise in speed or performance" said Phil Lubell, director of marketing for digital cameras at Sony Electronics. "Quick AF Live View gives these new models a familiar shooting style without compromising speed – ideal for the growing market of first-time SLR users."
Both of the latest Alpha DSLR cameras feature a Bionz image-processing engine; APS-C size CCD with anti-dust system; 2.7-inch tilting Clear Photo LCD screen (upwards by up to 130 degrees and down by up to 40 degrees); Super SteadyShot image stabilization technology; nine-point autofocus; internal anti-dust mechanism; spot, centre-weighted and 40-segment metering; ISO 100-3200 sensitivity and even a fast live autofocus mechanism for shooting with the LCD as a viewfinder.
The new Sony Alpha 300 D-SLR camera will hit the market by April while the Alpha 350 Digital SLR camera is expected to be available from the beginning of March.


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In his May 17 letter to the editor, Ely Mayor Chuck Novak suggested Minnesota's Fourth District Rep. Betty McCollum and nearly three dozen retired Forest Service officials were in a "rush to judgment" in opposing the proposed Twin Metals mine before the company has released an actual mine plan. In addition, he suggested that decisions on mining permits are supposed to be based on the rule of law, including proper environmental review.
I respect Mayor Novak. He's a smart guy and is willing to listen to both sides of the copper-nickel mining debate, which is more than can be said of some elected officials in our region.
And he is right that there has been a rush to judgment, and that the rule of law has been ignored.
However, it's Trump administration that has been in a rush to set aside both judgment and the law in their attempt to advance a flawed mining proposal for cravenly political purposes. Mayor Novak is correct that "historically, mining permit decisions have been made based on the rule of law," and that is actually what took place in the final years of the Obama administration.
When Twin Metals sought the renewal of its mineral lease several years ago now, it well understood that the Bureau of Land Management had discretion over whether or not to renew. They even acknowledged as much in their own financial documents.
The original 20-year lease did provide an option for three ten-year renewals, but the right to renew was plainly contingent on the start-up of mining operations within the initial 20-year lease term. The historical record on that is crystal clear and Interior Department legal counsel under both the Reagan and Obama administrations concluded similarly.
The U.S. Forest Service also exercised its discretionary authority under federal law to consent or withhold consent for mining projects within the Superior National Forest. Forest Service officials went through a public process, soliciting comment and reviewing available science, and ultimately decided to withhold its consent for renewal of the leases out of concern that a sulfide-based mine in the Rainy River watershed risked "serious and irreparable harm" to the Boundary Waters. Many of those who signed onto the recent letter from former Forest Service officials were involved in some way in that decision and know better than any of us the risks posed by the project. Federal law clearly grants agencies the authority to reject development proposals that pose significant inherent risks to sensitive areas, and agencies routinely do so prior to any environmental review of a specific proposal. The Obama administration's handling of this issue and its ultimate decision was fairly routine, and handled consistently with federal law.
It is the Trump administration that has tossed out the rules and the law by illegally reversing a final decision under the fiction that the decision was based on "legal error." That decision is now being challenged in court and rightly so.
It is the Trump administration that is also preventing the Forest Service from exercising its right to approve or reject a mining proposal within the Superior National Forest, a right that is clearly granted to the Forest Service in federal law.
Let's be clear. We don't need a mine plan to recognize the environmental risks inherent in a sulfide-based mine on the edge of the world's most spectacular canoe country. The track record of such mines, even in arid regions, is such that the risks are unmistakable to anyone with the desire to pay attention. Given the nature of the resource at risk, I have long maintained that this is, literally, one of the worst locations on the planet for a sulfide-based mine. Recent research on the hydrogeology of the region strongly suggests that transport of pollutants from the mine to downstream surface and ground water is virtually inevitable. There is no technological fix for putting a mine in such a risky location.
Just as critical is the perception problem. Like it or not, true or not, the allure of the Boundary Waters for many is based on the perception that it remains pristine. Like it or not, the construction of a sulfide mine just upstream of a major and central watershed in the wilderness will impact that public perception and affect the decisions that so many people make whether to visit, live, and invest in our area.
The suggestion that it's somehow premature to call a halt to this project is in error. This is the only practical time to call a halt because, as the mining companies well know, once a project is proposed and an environmental review process begins, it's more difficult to derail. While it's widely believed that an environmental impact statement determines whether a project can be done safely, that's a myth. An EIS reveals the likely impacts of various alternatives and lays out technological fixes that engineers tell them might mitigate those impacts to meet whatever standards are in effect at the time. The inherent bias in the EIS process is that every environmental problem can be mitigated in some form or fashion, which is why virtually every EIS concludes that a project, no matter how risky, can theoretically be done safely. When it comes to sulfide mines, however, the conclusion of the EIS is almost always wrong.
The rush by the Trump administration to begin an environmental review of a Twin Metals mine plan is clearly intended to start the train moving down the track, mostly for political purposes. While the start of an EIS process typically provides political momentum to a mining project, I believe that is less likely in the case of Twin Metals. Given the already widespread and increasingly bi-partisan opposition to the Twin Metals proposal in Minnesota, it would appear unlikely that the project will ultimately be permitted by state agencies, barring some kind a sea change in Minnesota politics. But Trump doesn't care whether the project ultimately goes forward. He's interested in the political optics, of being seen as a supporter of even the riskiest type of mining because he's focused on re-election and believes his actions will help add Minnesota's ten electoral votes to his column in 2020, thanks to votes from the Iron Range. Whether the mine happens or not is of no consequence to Trump. To him, all things, in the end, are always about Trump, and whatever benefits Trump.
As I have stated for years, the ultimate factor in any mine decision is economics and at this point there is little reason to believe that the Twin Metals proposal is going to be financially viable any time soon. Which is why I believe Ely, thanks to President Trump, is continuing to have a divisive and unhelpful fight over what, at this point, remains a pipe dream. But then dividing Americans for political gain seems to be what Trump does best.


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Dr. Anna Napoles,
Dr. Nápoles is a behavioral epidemiologist in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. She is Principal Investigator of the Center for Aging in Diverse Communities and is affiliated with Redes en Acción: The National Latino Cancer Research Network.
Her research focuses on psycho-oncology, patient-clinician communication, cancer health disparities, and community-based models of research in ethnically and socioeconomically diverse groups. Working with Carmen Ortiz of Circulo de Vida and Ysabel Duron of Latinas Contra Cancer and several other community-based providers in the San Francisco Bay Area, she recently completed a community-based randomized controlled trial testing a peer-delivered cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention for Latinas with breast cancer called Nuevo Amanecer. The intervention was effective in improving quality of life and reducing symptoms compared to women who did not receive the program. Her current research involves developing and testing community-based interventions to improve symptom management and quality-of-life among ethnically diverse breast and colorectal cancer patients.
Imagine being diagnosed with breast cancer. Imagine not knowing the details of your diagnosis or what to expect because you don't speak English. Imagine the debilitating fear you feel when the doctor says the words, "You have cancer."
For many Spanish-speaking Latina women, this is their reality. We have been working with community organizations, patients, and providers in the Bay Area to change that. Together, we developed an 8-week program called Nuevo Amanecer in which a Compañera or companion who has been through the breast cancer experience provides information and support to newly diagnosed Spanish-speaking women with breast cancer.
The Compañera delivers a program that teaches women some simple cognitive and behavioral skills that they can use to manage stress in their lives. They learn how to communicate about cancer with their families and doctors and how to ask for help when they need it. The result is that women regain a sense of control over their lives that was threatened by cancer. This short program has improved their emotional well-being, symptoms, and distress levels. The best part is that they can take these skills throughout life to reduce the chronic stress they face every day. Next, we will take this program to underserved rural communities of California where the need is even greater. Our goal is to make this program available to everyone.


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Skiing options around Eiseman?
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Skiing options around Eiseman?
We will be at Eiseman in late January. What are the skiiing options like from there for beginner/Intermediate skiers on tele gear? Without much avy risk.
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Re: Skiing options around Eiseman?
Late reply on this one - but right behind the hut. NW Facing, wide trees. There's a bowl a little further.
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