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Leonessa is a very fast, comfortable cruiser/racer with an excellent racing record meticulously cared for by her owner who bought a larger vessel. The bottom has been fared and painted with Interlux VC offshore antifouling paint smoothed to a 600 grit finish. This vessel has undergone many recent upgrades and replacements with numerous extras.
12 Volt-2 Gel Tec 12volt batteries (new 2012&2016)
Rewired interior and replaced electrical panel (new 2016)
LED light bulbs (new 2016)
Engine Intake & exhaust hoses replaced (2016)
Cockpit scupper hose replaced (2016)
Double stainless steel sinks in galley
Freshwater foot pump
Cool box stainless steel
Jabsco mini head
holding tank with valves for straight overboard(offshore) and deck pumpout
Selden aluminum mast & boom
Selden aluminum spinnaker pole
Forespar carbon fiber spinnaker pole
Harken Main traveler
Harken Mark III roller furling
2 Halyard winches - Anderson #28 two-speed self-tailing(New 2014)
2 Primary winches - Anderson #46 two-speed self-tailing
2 Secondary winches - Anderson #28 two-speed self-tailing
10 Spinlock XTR halyard/control clutches (New 2015)
UK Cruising mainsail
Quantum Racing mainsail (new 2014)
1- Quantum Racing Genoa 155%(new 2015)
2-150% roller furling Genoa
1-105% roller furling headsail
1-North 1.5oz spinnaker (new 2013)
1-Doyle .75oz spinnaker
1-Piranha .75oz spinnaker
Main Halyard - Endura Stripped cover (new 2017)
Spare main halyard - Crysaline (2012)
2 - Jib halyards V-100 (2013)
1 - Spinnaker halyard V-100 (2013)
2 - Jib sheets Sta-set (2012)
1 - Mainsheet Sta-set(2012)
2 - Spinnaker Guys
2 - Amsteel check stays (2015)
4 - Life lines 3/16" STS- WR2 Dyneema Line(2018)
Raymarine MFD Chart Plotter E7 (2013)
US sailing Polars/Performance Data Installed in chart plotter
Raymarine SR 15 Sirius XM weather receiver (2014)
Raymarine AIS class b transceiver (2015)
Raymarine AIS 100 active splitter (2015)
Raymarine ST 2000+ tiller pilot (2012)
Raymarine i50 tridata display (2017)
Raymarine i60 wind display (2017)
Raymarine i60 analog close hauled wind display (2017)
Raymarine RAY55 VHF DSC radio (2013)
Raymarine Depth sounder
Raypilot Fluxgate Electronic compass (2017)
Raymarine ST60 short arm wind vane (2015)
Raymarine GPS Sirius XM weather and AIS antennae
Ritchie Bulkhead Mounted Compass (2013)
Nav. Station with fold up desktop & cushioned seat
Scandinavian Teak Decking in cockpit (2014)
Custom made two-piece full storage cover - Kinder Industries (2016)
Custom made Interior cushions (17pc) - Sunbrella & new foam (2013)
Fusion stereo
Bose stereo speakers (4)
Lewmar #60 Ocean forward hatch (2012)
Non-skid main deck
Berths - 1 quarter berth, 1 double forepeck berth, 2 single berths
Factory Build 2 leaf folding table
Forespar aluminum light weight anchor (2017)
Anchor rode & chain
Propane 4 burner stove/oven
10 gal. Propane tank/Solenoid switch
4 dock lines/3 fenders with covers
1 aluminum boat hook
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Like many of you, I grew up a Toys 'R' Us kid. Every time I saw that orange giraffe I would cheer with glee. That's why when I heard that Toys 'R' Us is closing, my inner child hoped they were just "toying" with us. Sadly, Toys R' Us will be closing, along with it one of the biggest "incubators" for new toys and toy startups.
The Toys 'R' Us brand is so strong that even though I've only taken my young daughter once to the store, she knows exactly what it is and can recognize the logo, despite not yet being able to read. Of course, the fact that she's only gone once to Toys 'R' Us may be part of the problem--people just aren't going to brick and mortar toy stores anymore. And certainly, the toy industry has changed tremendously in the past decade, and classic toy companies like Mattel and LEGO know they have to be innovative to stay relevant.
In honor of losing a toy store giant, here are 4 innovative toy startups poised to take up that orange giraffe-sized hole in our heart.
Sometimes innovation takes the form of new-fangled technology, but other times innovation involves taking what you know works and simply just giving it to your audience. GoldieBlox founder Debbie Sterling found success by making the toy that she always wanted as a little girl, even though others kept telling her it wouldn't sell. Well, guess what? She ignored them and the toys are award-winning hits.
GoldieBlox features STEM-inspired (science, technology, engineering, and math) kits that feature a character, like Ruby Rails, a cool contraption that you build yourself, and a book that brings the toy to life. So far my construction-minded daughter has created a spinning machine and she is next eyeing the zip line, made from washers, string, and blocks.
Sure, I may try to get my kids to play with classic blocks and shapes, but for better or worse they gravitate toward those dastardly digital screens. While screen time isn't always all bad, studies do suggest that time physically manipulating objects helps children develop important motor skills. Enter Tiggly, a toy that connects real toys to the shapes and images on the screen. Co-founders Dr. Azadeh Jamalian, Phyl Georgiou, and Bart Clareman innovate the future of toys by finding creative ways to help kids connect real-world toys with a virtual app--an approach based on educational research. As a result, Tiggly has been used in over 4,000 schools and engages even my own app-interested zombies (um, I mean, kids).
Tiggly and GoldieBlox target the preschool and early childhood market, but there's plenty of toy innovation happening for older kids (and grownups, too). Like Tiggly, Osmo combines tangibles with a digital application and helps you do everything from code your own games, make music, or draw a digital masterpiece. The founders, Pramod Sharma and Jerome Scholler wanted to find a clever way to teach an important skill--coding--while also appealing to the digital crowd. They found that letting their customers be creative was the key to making a successful product.
Do you (or your child) want to build your own personal Star Wars-inspired droid? You can with littleBits, a company that sells a kit to make your own R2-D2, complete with all the bells, whistles and beeps. This clever company just won Toy of the Year for 2018 by tapping into the Do-It-Yourself trend. Their hands-on, user-friendly electronic block kits feature fun missions and real-world applications, where you can create your own instruments, games, and gadgets, or even your own smart home devices.

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Benefits Of Getting The Right Aqua Item
Have you ever experienced certain tranquillity when you are by a river or watching the sea? This tranquillity has to do with watching how the aqua passes by and the sound it makes as it passes by. Also, this kind of a flowing aqua source often adds a certain beauty to the environment it is in. Not every one of us gets a chance to live nearby the sea or even a river. Therefore, we have to find other ways of adding this tranquillity and beauty to our lives.One of the ways of doing that is adding garden water features. Once you make the right choice with regard to these items you get a chance to enjoy a number of benefits.
Adds Calmness and Tranquillity to Your Space
As we all know, the right kind of an aqua item which comes in the form of a fount or a waterfall can add the calmness and tranquillity you seek to have. You can even add fish to the basin where this aqua falls. Then, you also get a chance to find some peace of mind watching the fish swim while listening to the sound of the aqua. This is one of the main reasons for most of the establishments adding such an item to their yard. The beauty they have to offer is another main reason.
Can Be Installed Anywhere You Please
You can easily fit these aqua items which you select into any space you have without much effort. You can select between interior and exterior aqua items just as you can choose between an interior and exterior egg swing chair Melbourne. However, you should keep in mind not every seller will have items which fit both of these spaces or items which will fit in nicely with the kind of surroundings you have.
Comes in Different Styles
There are a number of different aqua items to select from. There are ones which add an ancient or traditional vibe to the environment. There are ones which have been created following modern thoughts and artistic ideas. You will also find these items in different sizes which allows you to select one in the most suitable size for the space you have.
Receives Help in Making the Selection
If you are shopping for these items at a great seller you will get help from the very beginning to select the right item for your use.
The right aqua item can offer you all of these benefits and make you proud about the choice you made.


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Acute Myeloid Leukemia . Hematopoietic Stem Cells . SOX2 . EVI1 . Zebrafish . NSG Mice
Stem Cells and Hematopoiesis
Stem cell pathways in development and oncogenesis
Various tumors have been shown to contain subpopulations of so-called cancer stem cells (CSCs), which are thought to be responsible for disease initiation, maintenance,metastasis and relapse after conventional anti-tumor therapies. We hypothesize that pathways that regulate stem cells during development can reactivate expression during oncogenesis and specifically in CSCs. For example, we show that enhanced expression of the pluripotency-related embryonic proteinSOX2 associates with stemness, disease aggressiveness and therapy resistance in putative ovarian and breast CSCs. In breast carcinoma, SOX2 protein expression strongly relies on pAKT activity, suggesting AKT-inhibitors as promising drugs for targeting SOX2-expressing CSCs.
In our developmental studies, we previously identified the BMP-WNT-CDX-HOX signaling pathway as an essential regulator of embryonic hematopoiesis. Later on,involvement of CDX genes was demonstrated in human leukemia. Gene expression arrays performed on CDX2-modified leukemic cells confirmed HOX genes as targets but also revealed the transcription factor EVI1 (Ecotropic viral integration site 1) as a putative downstream molecule. EVI1 has been mostly studied in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), where high expression predicts adverse clinical outcome. We showed that EVI1 also expresses in lymphoblastic leukemia cells where it regulates apoptosis sensitivity, and furthermore plays important roles as an oncogene in breast as well as in prostate carcinoma, where it regulates cell growth and migration independently of estrogen and HER2 signaling, and respectively appears to control disease progression and therapy resistance at the stem cell level.
Using zebrafish to study hematopoiesis and tumor biology
EVI1 also plays important roles during development, amongst other regulating nascent hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Using in vivo live imaging studies on transgenic zebrafish embryos, we could show that evi1 suppression impairs HSC emergence by altering Notch levels in endothelial cells of the ventral dorsal aorta (VDA;the fish equivalent of the mammalian aorta-gonado-mesonephros region) and thereby impairing their transition to hematopoietic fate (Konantz et al., 2016). Zebrafish are also used to xenograft human tumor cells and monitor tumor-induced angiogenesis, invasiveness, and response to a range of treatments in vivo and in real time. Moreover, our laboratory aims to generate transgenic zebrafish leukemia models by influencing EVI1, RAS and p53 expression in specific cell types of the hematopoietic compartment; these models are currently being characterized in detail on the functional and molecular levels and in the near future shall be used for drug screens. Finally, in a project sponsored by the Roche Postdoctoral Program(RPF), we recently showed that double transgenic gata1/globin zebrafish can be used to model erythroid lineage toxicity and regeneration; a small molecule screen is planned to further validate the model for a screening setting and to potentially identify new compounds that interfere with erythroid regeneration and maturation.
Characterization of murine AML xenotransplantation models
Repopulation of immunodeficient mice remains the primary method to functionally assess human AML. We recently developed in our laboratory an experimental approach that enables engraftment of ~95% of AML (instead of 40–60% as reported by previous studies), especially also successful with disease subtypes so far considered non-engraftable. We show that this model faithfully mimics human disease,since xenogeneic human AML cells derived from engrafted mice retain immune phenotypic and genetic characteristics of corresponding pre-transplant patient samples. Importantly, molecular risk subgroups established in patients were shown to predict time to engraftment/leukemia also in mice (Fig. C–E). We currently use this model to understand processes governing leukemia initiation.


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The Power of 360!
This set of 360 degrees cameras coupled with the Google Expedition headsets will allow stude ntsto share knowledge, experiences and perspectives with others. This will help to engage higher level thinking, real world applications and 21 st century skills.
Color Poster Printing System
The eColor printer is a system that allows teachers to make documents on the computer using Google Docs or Microsoft Word, and then blow them up to poster sized anchor charts. Will benefit many areas of learning such as Math, Reading and Language studies.
Character Education through Picture Books
This project will enhance a classroom library with a collection of picture books that reflects positive character traits. The books will help students develop empathy for others, perspective- talking skills and social problem-solving skills.
Brain Stimulation Sensory Focusing Chair
This Wobble chair will give students the opportunity to get their "wiggles" out during instruction time in the class without disrupting the entire class. This will benefit some students that need the extra support to reach their full potential.
School Counseling Department
The school counseling department utilizes various techniques to foster social/emotional development of students. These will be implemented in group counseling sessions as well as inside the classroom.


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Sydney Bergen, Executive Director
Sydney has found that working with children has been in a constant her entire life and has served a variety of roles by being a nanny, a volunteer tutor for refugee youth and a teacher in the Denver Public School system. She believes that children are our greatest teachers and enjoys their natural spirit of play, forgiveness and compassion. Sydney has her Masters degree in International Relations and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Colorado. Her nonprofit experience started in 2012 forming a nonprofit with proceeds benefiting school systems and providing scholarships for girls in sub-Saharan Africa. Originally from Iowa, Sydney has made her home in Colorado over the past 15 years and enjoys snowboarding, yoga, hiking, music and adventuring around the world. Her experiences traveling to more than 40 countries have given Sydney a unique perspective on life; she gets the most joy out of igniting the curiosity of the young people at Realities for Children and empowering them to take on the world!
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Income equality in selected countries
Country/Overall Rank
1. Sweden
2. Norway
8. Austria
10. Germany
17. Denmark
25. Australia
34. Italy
35. Canada
37. France
42. Switzerland
43. United Kingdom
45. Egypt
56. India
61. Japan
68. Israel
81. China
82. Russia
90. Iran
93. United States
107. Mexico
125. Brazil
133. South Africa
Note: These figures reflect family/household income, not individual income.
Source: Central Intelligence Agency (2010).
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Jack DAsk people in China, Russia, and Iran if they would rather live in the US or those countries. Just because they have a better income equality does not mean that their quality of live is better. The other countries on this list have a better… score on the income equality because most of them are closer to a socialism type of gov't and with socialism you have a lose of liberties no matter how you slice it. The more a gov't is involved in the lives of its citizens the less liberties those citizens have. This has been prove time and time again through out history.12 hours ago · LikeUnlike
Michael Ruark come on now, 80% of the population holds less than 20% of the wealth. That has been the down-fall of societies from the beginning of time. The ultra rich try to control the people and then the empire falls.
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Jack DAnd how are you going to re-distribute the wealth? The gov't? The Gov't and the Big Public Unions are all in this also and some of the most corrupt entities we have today though they want you to think they are there to help you in your cause. The bottom line is that too many people in this country have quit relying on themselves and have come to expect the the handout and bail out from Big Gov't. And when people start becoming not productive then you start to see what we have today, a society that thinks everything is a right and should be given to them instead of standing on their own and working for what they want and need.11 hours ago · LikeUnlike
Yeah, like the Wall Street blood suckers who want a bail out. Is that who you are talking about? Because it is not the everyday people, they have had most programs cut or they have had thier houses taken because thier job has been out-sou…rced to another country or thier health insurance has been whittled down to nothing because corporations would like to squeeze a penny more in profit. Why blame the people – why not blame the white collar criminals and corporate greed.
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Jack DI blame the Gov't because they have regulated the companies to death. And whether you want to live in reality or in some world where profit is a bad thing, companies are in business to make a profit not to supply jobs so so everyone has a j…ob. If Gov't would get out of the way with so many regulations then you would have more companies that keep the jobs here in the USA which we all want. To completely ignore the role that Gov't has played and is responsible for in this situation is completely fool hardy. The Gov't has been responsible for a lot of the issues we are facing today. Are there some bad individuals in corporations? Absolutely there are! But for me this is a Gov't created situation. I believe that a limited Gov't is the best way to go.10 hours ago · LikeUnlike
Deregulation was the reason for the $900,000,000 bailout of Wall Street. Deregulation assumes that all people will respect Americans and our country. Regulations keep our country from becoming all other countries. We are supposed to be better than them and we base our government on the founding principles of all men are created equal. To say that deregulation will cure the ills that befall our country these days is living in a dreamworld that no one has greed. I believe America should take care of Americans, there should still be benefits to being born in this country. Why do we pay into a system that does not care about our well being?
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Jack DThe Gov't puts out these regulates and then does nothing to protect the companies in the Global economy. If the Gov't makes it more expensive to produce and manufacture in the US and then also sets up trade agreements that hurt American com…panies and make it impossible to compete with other products in the world economy, there is no wonder why they go overseas with their jobs. Because our Gov't creates a situation where they have not choice if they want to stay in business. We actually agree on most things but we lay the blame on different entities. You go towards the occupied crowd and I towards the tea party crowd. So I guess we agree to disagree.10 hours ago · LikeUnlike · 1 personSandra D likes this.
Hey, I am not against corporate profits, I agree corporations should profit – that is the beauty of the US, but when corporations put profits before country and the welfare of thier own employees or the tax payer that they utilmately ask to pay the bill, I don't see the justification in that. As far as having no choice but to send jobs overseas, I believe that in alot of cases it is based upon the want of the corporation to make more profit – not because they can't compete in a global market. And if the global market would have America go bankrupt – then I say – screw the global market and take care of home.
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I often share free eBooks with you, like I did here and here. Amazon often has kindle books from your favorite publishers for FREE and you don't even need a kindle.
And you can also get 2 completely free Audio books with your Audible free trial.
But, I know that a lot of you prefer print books (I do too!) I have shared before how I get free and frugal books, but today I want to give you a simple, step-by-step guide for getting a free book from Tyndale House.
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Sign up at Tyndale Rewards
How to get your book from Tyndale completely free.
- The very first thing you'll need to do is to sign up for tyndale rewards. Use this link to get a bonus 25 points.
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- Bible Survey, 15 pts.
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- After completing these quick activities, you'll have earned a total of 105 points, and you can choose a book valued at 105 or less. Complete your request, verify your address, and your book will be on it's way!
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The books available are always changing, but here are some of my favorites that are available right now:
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- Busy Mom's Guide to Parenting Young Children (65 pts)
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- Faith that Sticks activity books (20 points)
- Several Bibles to choose from (avg. 125 points)
- Belonging Journal (80 points)
- Adventures in Odyssey Compilations (75 points)
- Spanish resources
There are many more selections, these are just a few I thought you might be interested in. They have Bibles, audio Bibles, fiction, devotionals, etc.
Some Notes:
There are some additional ways to earn points as well, but I didn't include those because they aren't all instant. Some need to be verified, etc. Earn more points by:
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Rewards start at 10 pts and 15 pts and are changed frequently, so if there is something you want, earn the points for it now. It's nice though because if there isn't something you want, new things are always being added. Check out the full list of books at the Tyndale Rewards Site.
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And I'd like to believe you, I really would.
But we've been here so many times before
and I just don't think I could.
Sometimes things are better left unsaid
but this time you'll get what you give.
At least we like to think that.Yet sometime we put a lot in and the other person gets way more out.
Thank you so much for stopping by my page and for the like! I'm clicking around your site and, from one writer to another, I absolutely love your poetry! Two published collections before 25 is incredible. Write on 🙂
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text: Based in Baltimore, Maryland, the Event Organizer will support the design, logistics, planning, and implementation of CDM's fundraising, community and advocacy events in different U.S. and Mexican cities in order to advance migrant worker justice, increase overall support for our work, and expand our donor base. Click here for the full job description. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, and writing sample as attachments in Word or PDF format to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The journal Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, published by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, has provided a forum for presenting the results of extensive work by teams of Polish archaeologists and related specialists, associated with the PCMA and with various other research institutions in Poland and abroad. For the past quarter of a century it has grown and evolved, including not only regular reports on fieldwork, but also studies on specific topics related to the fieldwork, reflecting the scope of work undertaken under the aegis of the PCMA in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa. Developing cooperation with countries in the region, such as Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Armenia, among others, has given impetus to a broadening of studies of the ancient world, if not in the temporal sense, then at least territorially and thematically.
Reports on current work continue to form a major part of each issue and this is true of the PAM 23 volume, published in 2014. The first of the two fascicules making up the volume is traditionally devoted to articles detailing the results of archaeological excavations and survey work, as well as extended conservation projects conducted on sites that cover a range of time from the Bronze Age to late medieval times. Eleven of these sites are in Egypt (Alexandria, Marea and Marina el-Alamein on or near the Mediterranean coast, Tell el-Retaba, Tell el-Farkha, Tell el-Murra in the Nile Delta, Saqqara, Naqlun in Fayum Oasis and Deir el-Bahari in Upper Egypt, the Oasis Dakhlah and the Red Sea harbor of Berenike), three in Sudan (Old Dongola, Banganarti and el-Zuma) and one each in Cyprus (Nea Paphos), Lebanon (Beirut) and Syria (Palmyra), as well as the region of Al-Subiyah in northern Kuwait.
A growing part of the fascicle is taken up by studies related territorially and/or topically with research objectives of the PCMA. Authors in this section are recruited from among team members, but are also independent scholars invited to study the material. In the current volume, authors with affiliations in 24 institutions are among the contributors. Three of five articles are devoted to a study of pottery, ranging from technological issues in the Early Bronze Age (Tell Arbid in Syria), through a contextual review of a horizon of more than 600 years of ceramic production at the monastic site of Naqlun in Egypt, to a preliminary typological assessment of clay basins from early Islamic Bijan Island in Iraq. Typological and distribution issues are discussed on an assemblage of marble vessel fragments from Jiyeh in Lebanon. The fifth paper discusses the construction of Hellenistic fortifications, the only substantial defenses with confirmation in the archaeological material from the Ptolemaic Red Sea harbor of Berenike.
The electronic versions of all articles from this volume are available in full color from the CEEOL online archive.


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A LEADING property figure believes resilience is the order of the day in the housing market in Coventry and Warwickshire.
Harvey Williams, Coventry and Warwickshire regional spokesman for the RICS – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors – said the latest Council of Mortgage Lenders figures, which showed a low number of mortgages, had come as no great shock.
And he believes government attempts to increase mortgage funding for home buyers could see a rise in house purchases in the first quarter of 2009.
Mr Williams said: "What is very noticeable and relevant is the fact the rate of the drop from November to December slowed on the previous month. When you consider December tends to be one of the quietest months, this should bode well for the beginning of this year. The measures announced by the government this week are very similar to those which RICS and several other bodies have been calling for as a vital move to release the funding log jam and provide desperately needed mortgage finance."


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An enticing mouthwatering medley. Top notes of Sicilian lime, and zesty bergamot blend into a juicy heart bursting with ripe mandarins, aquatic white florals, peppery basil and caraway seeds. Base notes include soft velvety patchouli and sharp green vetivert.
Hand poured by Kendall & Co, this candle comes in a 120ml recycled glass ointment jar with a screw lid to keep out any dust. Each candle is finished with a cotton wick to prevent black smoke. The Kendall & Co bag also makes for the perfect companion to transport your candle in style or could be reused for your small precious things.
£1 from every jar is donated to Crohn's & Colitis UK
Burn time appoximately 30 hours
Lime, Basil & Mandarin Soy Wax Candle - 120ml


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Homes for sale in Swampscott MA should have a home inspection. Home buyers should receive a brochure, Home Inspectors Facts for Consumers Sheet, from the seller or seller's agent.
According to the Home Inspectors Facts for Consumers Sheet; At the conclusion of the home inspection, the buyer should:
- Be well informed of the condition of the home
- Know if there are visible, apparent problems
- Know if repairs are required
- Know whether or not there are any risks of concealed damage
- Know whether further investigation is recommended or required
A Standard Home Inspection in Swampscott MA is performed to the MA Home Inspector Standards of Practice. The best home inspectors in Swampscott MA perform inspections to the Standard. Excellent home inspectors exceed the Standard. Ask your home inspector how they exceed the standard.
Swampscott MA Home Inspectors List
WAVE Inspection Services
Home Inspections
Continuous Radon Monitor Testing
Water Quality / Quantity Testing
Aerial Photography (UAV, Drone)
Swampscott MA Home Buyer Resources
Swampscott MA Information Links
Swampscott MA Licensed Professionals


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Ronnie Milsap had so much fun on his visit to Branson during his 'Farewell Tour,' so guess what...he's coming back! Country superstars don't come much bigger and better than Milsap; he's been a fan favorite since the 70's, and a music industry darling for just as long. The Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music (ACM) have honored him with several awards, including Male Vocalist of the Year nods from both associations, and the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award from the ACM. He's also been blessed with four Grammy Awards, including for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.
Every singer hopes for the ultimate in success -- to see their song hit the top of the charts -- Ronnie Milsap has witnessed more than thirty of his songs achieve that mark of a truly successful artist. He's also had more than ten additional songs hit the Top Ten on the country charts. His #1 songs include; "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me," "Pure Love," "Daydreams About Night Things," "Any Day Now," "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning," "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night,)" "Snap Your Fingers," and "Make No Mistake, She's Mine," a huge hit Milsap had with Kenny Rogers. He's had big hits written by some of music's most legendary songwriters, including Kris Kristofferson, Burt Bacharach, Don Gibson, Hank Cochran, and Eddie Rabbitt, and heavily influenced many of today's biggest country artists.
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A country superstar of epic proportions -- heck, few stars of any music genre ever reach the career success enjoyed by this country crooner with the blue-eyed soulful sound! Make plans to be in Branson on October 19 so you won't miss what may be his last concert in Branson -- make sure you don't miss Mr. Ronnie Milsap!


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Roll Out the Green Carpet: Nissan Leaf Limo to Shuttle Hotel Guests in Tennessee
A company in Missouri has stretched (pun intended) the passenger-hauling capabilities of the all-electric Nissan Leaf, by converting the EV into a limo. Commissioned by Embassy Suites hotel in Nashville, Tenn., the Leaf limo will shuttle green-conscious guests around town.
"The Leaf will be primarily VIP car service, anybody who is looking for that special treatment to get around in the area," said director of sales for Embassy Suites Nashville South Trevor Goulding.
Since most destinations in the area are less than five miles from the hotel, the Leaf Limo can operate without many drivetrain changes. The EV is still powered by one battery pack, though the unit is moved further rearward for balance. Around 400 pounds was added to the center of the car in order to accommodate seating for eight adults. Also adding to the weight is the leather upholstery, interior mirrored surfaces, and cedar paneling.
As we previously reported, the Leaf limo is stretched by about 48 inches over the standard car's 175-inch overall length. There's still no word on how the car's range is affected by the addition of 400 pounds, plus the weight of four additional bodies, but if the EV is relegated to just making short trips in town - and serving as a quiet, rolling advertisement for the local hotel - it may not be an issue.
Source: Nissan


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Corinth – Reaching the Hard-Core Lost
We have been looking at biblical regional centers or apostolic centers as found in the New Testament…
We have looked at Jerusalem, Antioch, and Ephesus… The forth one of five is found in the city of Corinth
Today – the Lord is stirring something in the harvest fields. He is placing a hunger in people's hearts for a reality – a spiritual reality leading to a new physical reality – beyond anything they have previously seen or experienced.
- He is preparing His Church for a great end-times harvest that will soon be upon us.
- He is preparing us to receive that harvest as well as be labourers in the harvest field bringing the harvest into the Kingdom and the Church
- He is planting "new wineskin" churches in nations around the world
- He is renewing existing churches that are willing to move into a new future
And, I believe, He is walking away from churches who determined to continue to hold to their lifeless traditions and religious rules that hold people in bondage and control them.
We have been looking at the early Church as seen in the Book of Acts and have noticed that the first disciples of Jesus reached the known world in one generation.
One key to their success was the establishment of regional apostolic centers that enabled new churches to be planted quickly, grow rapidly, and be built following the biblical model.
Each of the apostolic centers – Jerusalem, Antioch, Ephesus, Corinth, Rome – had its own focus.
The distinction of the apostolic center at Corinth was that it broke through to reach what we could call the "hard-core unsaved."
What are the hard-core unsaved?
In many nations today most people who get saved are individuals who grew up in the church – often second and third generation church attenders. They already share a somewhat Christian world view and understand the basics of the Christian faith. They have read some of the Bible. They have been taught the Christian standard of morality. The are familiar with their local 'church culture'
They just never experienced a personal encounter with God and thus do not have a personal relationship with Jesus. People in the Church or who are familiar with the life of the Church need to get saved as much as the people who are living in the world. But, if we only reach those who have heard the message and even experienced the lifestyle, we will not impact the nations.
There is a large segment of society that the Church today is not reaching at all. These are the ones we are calling the "hard-core unsaved."
- These are people who have never been inside a church building.
- They are ignorant of the Bible.
- They have no moral standards
- They often ridicule anything connected with the Church or the true Christian faith.
- They are usually enthusiastic sinners, revealing in immorality, and viewing drunkenness and drug use as great forms or relaxation and entertainment.
- They make up a large, rapidly increasing segment of our world no matter what nation you live or work in.
To see what it means to reach this segment of society – there is no better place to look than the Church at Corinth.
Corinth was one of the most important cities in the ancient world of New Testament times
Founded in the 10th Century BC, it was the riches port and the largest city in ancient Greece
Corinth was partially destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC, but was rebuilt by Julius Caesar in 44 BC as a place to settle freed slaves from Italy, Syria, Egypt, and Judea
The city thrived
When Paul arrived in AD 51, the Corinth he saw was only about 100 years old, yet it was already five times as large as Athens, and was the capital of the province
It is apparent that there are several reasons why God chose to establish an apostolic regional center (church) in Corinth
If you look at a map of Greece, the country was divided into two parts, northern Greece and southern Greece
The two parts were connected by a narrow isthmus of land less than four miles wide
This is where Corinth is located
So, all north-south trade in Greece had to go through Corinth
Some interesting history:
Early sailors, plying the east-west trade routes across the northern Mediterranean, had a problem
This problem was Greece
Greece is a 300 mile long peninsula extending halfway across the Mediterranean
East-west shipping had to take a long and dangerous (treacherous) detour around the southern tip of Greece
But in 600 BC, a man named Periander built a marble tramway across the Corinthian isthmus so ships and cargo could be wheeled over land by oxcart.
This shortcut cut two hundred miles off the east-west route
This shortcut was so significant that in modern times a canal was cut across the isthmus, following the same route
Periander's tramway was so profitable that the city of Corinth was able to eliminate all taxes
As a result people wanted to move to Corinth
Corinth ended up with two major sea ports: One on the eastern side of the Isthmus, and one on the west
So Corinth was truly a crossroads city. All north-south traffic in Greece went through Corinth; all east-west traffic in the northern Mediterranean went through Corinth
As a result, Corinth became one of the wealthiest cities in the ancient world
Like major cities in our nations today – it became a very expensive place to live
The Greek writer Horace said, "Not everyone can afford to go to Corinth"
Corinth was an expensive place to live, yet Corinth was a gathering place for the world and it was home of the Isthmian games, second only to the olympics
These games were held every two years and people from all over the world came to see the games
Corinth was a place with worldwide influence in many areas
One of the city's contributions to architecture was the Corinthian column
You see these columns in the White House and the American capital buildings
Corinth was a thoroughly pagan city
The Temple of Apollo was there, along with the temple to Octavia and a sanctuary to the god of healing
At the outsets of the city stood a huge temple to the god Poseidon
The most significant temple in Corinth, however, was the massive temple of Aphrodite perched on the hill above the city
A thousand sacred prostitutes operated out of Aphrodite's temple
This played a large part in the city's reputation – it was the "sin city" of the ancient world like Las Vegas is to North America today
The reputation of the city for licentiousness even made it into the Greek language
The Greek word for "fornication" is Corinthiazomai which means "to act like a Corinthian"
Throughout the Roman Empire calling a girl a "Corinthians girl" meant she was a prostitute
If someone was diagnosed with "Corinthian sickness," it meant the patient had venereal disease
Immorality was an accepted and celebrated part of their culture
In the temples of Corinth, drunken orgies and visits to prostitutes were considered to be acts of worship
So Corinth was not just a pagan city – It was a place of depravity and debauchery
It was a center for the hard-core lost
In that wealthy, immoral, pagan worship center, the gathering place of the world, God chose to build an apostolic regional center that would influence and impact the entire country
And through the tourist trade and commerce – influence and impact other parts of the empire
Let's see how God established this fourth apostolic center…
The apostolic center in Corinth was established by Paul, the apostle, during his second apostolic journey
Paul set out from Antioch and was ministering across Asia Minor, but when he arrived at the port of Troas, God spoke to him in a dream
The Spirit of God told him to leave Asia and cross over to Macedonia. So, Paul boarded a ship heading west
It was a momentous journey. On this short sail from Troas to Macedonia, Paul crossed the dividing line between Asia and Europe
The Gospel came to Europe at the Macedonian city of Philippi
In Macedonia, Paul planted churches in three cities: Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea
It is interesting to see how Paul planted churches
A lot of people think it is a hard and complicated thing to plant a church. Paul had a different philosophy to this important ministry
Paul would come to a town, win a few concerts, and start a church
The whole process could take as little as a month. Then he would go on to the next town. He would, of course, stay in touch with each church either by letter or in person.
And, team members in Paul's ministry would also go to these churches and help them to be healthy and growing
How do you plant a church so quickly?
He would start, most times, in the synagogue
The "core group" in the churches Paul planted was usually Jewish. These were people who already knew the Scriptures – the Old Testament. They knew about the one true God. They just needed to meet Jesus and they were ready to go.
Adult Jews already knew how to conduct worship services in their homes. They did it every Friday night at Sabbat. Paul's new converts took that format, repeated it on Saturday night and called it "church."
Most homes in the ancient world were built around an open courtyard of at least 20 square feet which would easily hold 20 or 30 people, so they didn't have a problem finding facilities.
When one house filled, the church multiplied to two houses. As believers were equipped to minister in the power of the Spirit they experienced rapid growth.
So, it was not a complicated thing to start a church
Paul planted churches this way in Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea. Then he moved south through Greece until he got to Corinth.
In Corinth Paul did something different
In Corinth Paul did more than just plant a church
He began in the synagogue as was his practice
Even the leader of the synagogue was saved
And, a new church was formed
But in Corinth Paul did not just set up the church and move on
In Corinth, he established a training center, and for a year and a half he taught and trained the new believers
What was Paul doing?
He was establishing an apostolic center in Corinth
This was to be a very significant center as it was established in a city known for wealth and immorality
In Jerusalem, the new converts were all Jews who had studied holy Scriptures since they were children
They already believed in the God of Israel and wanted to please Him
In Antioch, where Gentiles were first added to the church, they were primarily Gentiles who were hungry for God and already attending the synagogue
In Ephesus, although most of the converts were from the occult the initial 12 were originally Jewish disciples of John the Baptist and thus believers in God.
When Paul brought the Gospel of the Kingdom to Corinth, he was confronted by the "hard core unsaved."
In Corinth, he found a city of committed, enthusiast sinners, much like most cities we now take the Gospel to
Corinth was a place the true power of the gospel could be revealed
In Corinth God would rescue a totally pagan people out of the world
They had been cut off from God and in bondage to the devil
They were entrapped in every kind of sin, perversion, and false philosophy
But, out of that group God would raise up a holy people for His own possession
Interesting to note for today and our work in spreading the Gospel…
This church plant was not an easy process
A lot of people are shocked when they first read about the church in Corinth
When you read the book of 1 Corinthians, you think, "Oh my! What was going on there?"
The book of 1 Corinthians reads like a grocery list of the church's sins
Some people in the Corinthians church were guilty of drunkenness. But, they didn't get drunk down at the local pub. They were getting drunk in church at the Lord's Supper.
Some of them were engaged in gross immorality
Many were divisive – out of order
Some were into false teachings and doctrine
You might think, "What a horrible church!"
The Corinthian Christians were not backslidden believers – they were simply baby Christians
They loved Jesus but had not grown yet. God was changing them but change is a process and a journey
The Corinthians Christians had come out of the world, but the world had not yet come out of them
They didn't know it was a sin to get drunk at church because in the pagan temples this was normal practice and an act of worship
They didn't know that God doesn't like immorality – in the temples this was part of the standard, daily practice of religion
These new believers simply needed to learn and grow…
But as Paul taught them, they grew.
Corinth eventually became a very healthy church
Just a year after writing 1 Corinthians, Paul writes 2 Corinthians rejoicing in the news that the Corinthians had repented of their sins (2 Corinthians 2:6-15)
He speaks of his confidence in them (2 Corinthians 2:16) and how others would praise God when they heard of God's surpassing grace among them (2 Corinthians 9:13-14)
So Corinth became a testimony to the power of God's grace
It was a place where those who were messed up by the world could come and let God put their lives back together
It was a place where people could be saved out of hard core sin, built to maturity, and equipped to minister in the power of the Spirit
God used the church at Corinth to teach us many things
Because the Corinthians had so much to learn, the books of 1 and 2 Corinthians are filled with some of the most important teachings in the New Testament
1> God teaches what it means to live as a Christian
Paul begins 1 Corinthians by reminding them, "You are saints. You are holy ones." They needed to know they had been made holy the moment they got saved.
Their problem was that they didn't know who they were yet. They needed to grow to maturity in Jesus so they could begin to live like saints
Paul later tells them…
- You are new creatures in Christ
- You are ambassadors of the Kingdom
- You are ministers of reconciliation
2> He shows us how to set the spiritual gifts in order (1 Corinthians 12:4-11)
He gave them instructions on tongues and prophecy
3> He defined the foundational roles of apostles and prophets and teachers
4> He gave us the signs of a true apostle
5> He showed us the pattern for discipline and restoration
6> He taught about giving and about unity, warfare, and demolishing strongholds
7> He showed us how to relate to the world and still be holy
8> He taught on the centrality of love
9> We learn more about God's plan for the Early Church in 1 Corinthians than any other book of the Bible (see body ministry in 1 Corinthians 12:12-end)
1 Corinthians, chapters 10 to 14, is almost like walking down the street in ancient Corinth and visiting a first century house church
We join with the Corinthians as they eat together and as they cerebrate the Lord's Supper
We see their problems, but we see good things too
Paul writes that when the church assembled, the power of the Lord came and was present with them
We watch the Holy Spirit moving among them as they assemble as a family of believers
The Spirit releases His gifts and ministry takes place
It is a joyful celebration – someone leads in a song, someone reads a psalm, another brings a teaching, there are prophetic words and tongues
As they pray for each other, miracles and healings take place
Fivefold ministry has equipped every believer to minister
It is the clearest picture we have of how the early church functioned
God chose the church at Corinth to be our window into New Testament Christianity and the daily life of the early Church


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Dr. Eric Conway writes:
Friday, November 30, 2018
Morgan Choir sings Antigone in Ferguson on University of MD - College Park campus
Dr. Eric Conway writes:
Hello everyone,
Last night, the Morgan State University Choir performed Phil Woodmore's Antigone in Ferguson at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. This performance was under the direction of the composer with musicians and chorus members from Ferguson, MO who premiered this piece over two years ago. Woodmore adapted Sophocles' Greek tragedy Antigone to highlight the civil turmoil after the killing of Michael Brown. The Morgan choir learned this piece at the beginning of this semester for our Performing Arts Convocation on October 4, 2018.
The group from Ferguson, MO has performed this piece all over the country since the premiere. The company just returned from a five-week run in Harlem, New York. This performance was very different from our Morgan performance. The composer has since decided to have the choir sing Gospel songs as the audience entered the auditorium prior to the formal start of the piece to get in a receptive spirit. During our rehearsal, Phil asked the chorus on stage, in the best sense of the typical Greek chorus, to react to the lines spoken by the actors on stage with total abandonment. The actors were professionals, including Baltimore native Tracie Thomas from the musical Rent, vividly brought the Sophocles' text alive. The soloists who at this point had scores of performances under their belts, sang all the songs from memory and with conviction. The band made up of saxophone, piano, Hammond organ, guitar, and drums was quite effective.
After the formal performance was over, topics in the tragedy were discussed in a town-hall meeting fashion. After five panelists shared their unique perspectives on how this piece impacted their lives, the floor was open to the audience and choir members to discuss what the performance meant to them individually. Other related topics were including pride, misogyny, responsibility, love, among others. After an hour-long impassioned discussion with fairly riveting personal expressions of how Sophocles' Antigone was still relevant in 2018, the choir sang "Thank you Lord," where the first line in the piece was appropriately: "Tragedies are common place". . .
On so many levels, this may be one of the choir's most fulfilling performances of the year — with a great musical as well as humanistic experience. See attached photos, program, and video from the evening. If you get a chance, please listen to the entire performance, but especially the profound discussion and comments based around the topics at the end of the evening.
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Link to Antigone in Ferguson Presentation:
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Link to entire concert:
Rick Robinson: CutTime Newsletter - Noel Night at La Palma Dec. 1, 4:30 PM
Rick Robinson writes:
November 30, 2018
Dear Friends,
It's been awhile since I wrote to you. CutTime® had a rather wild August followed by a disappointing 4th quarter. Upcoming gigs and some new plans promise to make us irresistible if a bit less public next year.
Thanks to grants from ArtOps to some Highland Park (MI) non-profits, CutTime Simfonica was invited to perform more than a few times in my hometown with our new project partners, the Urban Requiem Project. My compositions, and some improvisations based them, dramatically supported the street poetry of Claretha (Peace) Bell and Kevlar Afrika.
Live music and spoken word knock classical music into the Highland Park! We performed for Literacy in the Park, Nandi's Knowledge Café, Detroit Repertory Theatre, the Boys and Girls Club and 333 Midland art gallery. URP Founder Virgil Taylor caught some great video. Watch Can You Hear Me Now and Art As a Weapon.
By GK Photo
My hopes ran even higher when Bedrock Detroit and Library Street Collective invited CutTime Players to perform for the launch of the colorful new light display of artist Phillip K Smith on the Detroit Skybridge. We were asked to play mostly slow classical to enhance the slowly-changing colors of the display.
For the occasion I composed two short, new works; a deep, colorful, breathing meditation, plus a rather exhilarating prelude about Henry Ford (Model-T Magic) cranking up the very first car engine and flying off into the future (since the theme was reinvention). Sadly, it drizzled most of the first hour we were to play on Spirit Plaza downtown. The sound system malfunctioned as a result and our shortened concert was missing critical bass and percussion.
In September, CutTime Simfonica finally debuted in Ann Arbor, at U Mich Hospital's main lobby for the Thursday lunchtime series, Gifts of Art. They gave us some video I've been posting on our YouTube channel, and invited us back for Valentine's Day at noon.
Specially requested to return, the weather prevented us from playing October's Open Streets Detroit event in Corktown/Mexicantown. It was slightly too cool to play under the train overpass at Michigan Depot. At 60-degrees, it's neither fun nor healthy to play strings with cold fingers. Here's a cool video, however, from the year before.
While we made the final round, the Urban Requiem Project ultimately lost a Knight Foundation Arts Challenge grant this month. Our grand proposal was to compose a full-length, URBAN REQUIEM commemorating the industrial century of Detroit (and Highland Park) with our poets, classical and soul musicians, gospel choir and old footage of Detroit's people, factories and life. Numerous community and popup concerts would have led up to and inspired the process. On to plan C.
In December, CutTime Simfonica plays its 3rd annual Noel Night (Dec. 1) at the Mediterranean restaurant La Palma 4:30-5:45 featuring lots of Baroque favorites, Charlie Brown music and MOT Concertmaster Eliot Heaton. The food is great and you might as well get a table if you're around.
And CutTime Players returns to Rocky River Senior Center Auditorium (near Cleveland) for its 2nd Christmas concert on Thursday Dec. 6 at 7:30. This is our 4th CutTime concert there in 2 years; they love CutTime® so much! For Players, I recruit and rehearse Cleveland freelancers there. For Simfonica lately, I've been bringing my A Team from Detroit, as we will again March 24 (Su) 3p to Rocky River Presbyterian.
Besides a number of private bookings so far, in 2019 around Detroit, Simfonica will play a full-length public concert at Birmingham Unitarian Church on Feb. 8 (Fr) 7:30.
Other related events are the orchestration premiere of my Elegy (2009) by Colour of Music Festival Orchestra in Pittsburgh (PA) on Feb. 13, and that of Highland Park, MI: City of Trees by Michigan Philharmonic in Canton (MI) Apr. 6.
With the repeated failure of my efforts to work the edges of the non-profit world, I'm resigning myself to hit more commercial buttons in 2019, adding visual projections, songs, a dancer and some "purple cows."
Have a great holiday season and stay tuned for surprises in the next newsletter. It's time to cut classical music loose!
- Rick Robinson (Mr. CutTime)
Thursday, November 29, 2018
NewRepublic.com: Mychal Denzel Smith reviews the film "If Beale Street Could Talk"
If Beale Street Could Talk
(Annapurna Pictures)
The New Republic
For the December issue of The New Republic, New York Times best-selling author Mychal Denzel Smith reviews If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins' film adaptation of the James Baldwin book of the same name.
The film deals with many emotional subtleties, Smith explains in "Finding A Way." "It took a delicate hand to ensure these somewhat competing truths did not break the narrative apart." That has something to do with Jenkins's talents: "He provides space for his character's flaws while never allowing those flaws to define them."
You can read the entire piece here.
Eric Conway: The Morgan State Marching Band Show - Sat. Dec. 1, 2018 at 4 PM
Dr. Eric Conway writes:
On this coming Saturday, December 1, 2018, at 4 PM, the Murphy Fine Arts Center will present The 2018 Marching Band Show! Over the years, this event has grown and grown and grown. Many of you have never attended an indoors Marching Band show, but it is something to behold. Beyond the great music one would expect to hear from Morgan's Magnificent Marching Machine, one will also have a feast for the eyes. You will find spectacular marching band formations as well as great dancing, all undercover in the beautiful Gilliam Concert Hall at the Murphy Fine Arts Center. If you do not have a previous engagement, please consider coming out to see this show — and bring your children as well, they will love it!
Sergio Mims: Sony Classical releases Black Composers Series on CD for first time
Sergio A. Mims writes:
This is some very exciting news.
Sony Classical has announced they are finally releasing for the first time and remastered on CD their acclaimed Black Composers Series from the 1970's. The set provided the opportunity for many listeners to hear for the first time music written by such great black composers as Jose Mauricio Nunes-Garcia, Jose White, David Baker and George Theophilus Walker and the greatness and lasting legacy of the music, many works of which are conducted by Paul Freeman.
The 9 disc CD set is available for pre-order on Amazon.
Composers in the set include:
Olly Woodrow Wilson
Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Thomas Jefferson Anderson
William Grant Still
Talib Rasul Hakim
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Adolphus Hailstork
Ulysses Simpson Kay
Hale Smith
George Theophilus Walker
Roque Cordero
Jose Mauricio Nunes-Garcia
Jose White
David Baker
Fela Sowande
The artists and orchestras included on this series are:
Paul Freeman (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Faye Robinson (Soprano)
Betty Allen (Mezzo Soprano)
William Brown (Tenor)
Matti Tuloisela (Baritone)
Richard Bunger (Piano)
Natalie Hinderas (Piano)
Robert Mann (Violin)
Earl Carlyss (Violin)
Samuel Rhodes (Violin)
Miriam Fried (Violin)
Jaime Laredo (Violin)
Claus Adam (Cello)
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Minority-Owned Tech Startup Mixtroz Raises Over $1M for Networking Software
Black mother-daughter tech team is among the first minority and woman-owned
startups to hit million-dollar funding mark
startups to hit million-dollar funding mark
Birmingham, Ala. – November 27, 2018 – Mixtroz, a minority and woman-owned tech startup specializing in connecting people at live events in real time, has reached the historic fundraising mark of $1 million. Kerry Schrader and Ashlee Ammons, the founding mother-daughter team behind Mixtroz, have joined the exclusive circle of only 40 black females to close $1 million in seed funding.
"Achieving this milestone is a huge success for us, especially considering we are black, female, non-technical tech founders," comments Kerry Schrader, Mixtroz co-founder, CEO and a former HR executive. "As a startup, Birmingham has proved to be a perfect homebase for us. They have figured out how civic, corporate and tech ecosytems must come together to breed success, and we attribute a lot of our accomplishments to the supportive business community here. In fact, we would not have reached this milestone without the active support from Innovation Depot's Velocity Accelerator; Bronze Valley, a Birmingham-based fund and online resource; as well as local corporations who have become Mixtroz customers; and of course Birmingham's robust investor community."
Mixtroz has an impressive track record: In May 2018 they pitched to a panel of judges, including AOL co-founder and Revolution CEO Steve Case, as part of Revolution's Rise of the Rest bus tour stop in Birmingham. They won the competition, securing a $100,000 investment from Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and a coveted place in their portfolio as the only business from Alabama thus far. This kicked off their now fully funded $1 million seed round.
The Mixtroz networking software can be used anywhere where 25 or more people gather. The team focused its intial efforts primarily on events hosted by enterprises, institutes of higher education, and conferences and conventions. The app-based technology drives attendees from phone to face-to-face meetings, creating diverse groups in an effort to spark dynamic conversation. At the same time, event hosts gain valuable data on those interactions to quantify a networking ROI. Ashlee Ammons, co-founder, COO and notably first intern to NBA star LeBron James, says: "The fact that we were able to acquire prestigious clients clearly shows that there is a real need for our product. People attend events to make valuable connections. In the digital age, if the main motivation was to consume content, we'd all just livestream at home. Mixtroz is a way to make the most of your time when you have decided to make the effort to leave the house and attend an event."
Mixtroz allows the organizer and/or sponsor to tailor specific questions capturing unique data from event attendees. It eliminates the need for antiquated "icebreaker" games as well as the arduous task of matching people by hand. "It's a win-win for the attendees and the organizers," states Ammons. "The attendees are guaranteed to meet people of interest at events, and the organizers and sponsors can gather valuable information about the event participants in real time."
Mixtroz is leveraging the secured funding to support the growth and continued evolution of its newly launched SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) platform and grow its core team.
About Mixtroz
Founded in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2015 by mother-daughter duo Kerry Schrader and Ashlee Ammons, Mixtroz is a tech startup that creates community anywhere 25 or more people are gathered using the power of technology coupled with face-to-face engagement.
In May 2018, the duo won an $100,000 investment from Steve Case's Rise of the Rest® tour, which kicked off their now fully funded $1 million seed round. Impressed by the city's progressive and inclusive approach to startups, Mixtroz has recently relocated its headquarters to Birmingham, Alabama. Learn more at www.mixtroz.com
The New Republic: "Battle Lines" by Gordon S. Wood
The New Republic
For the December issue of The New Republic, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood considers how two books—No Property In Man: Slavery and Antislavery At The Nation's Founding by Sean Wilentz and The War Before The War: Fugitive Slaves And The Struggle For America's Soul From the Revolution to the Civil War by Andrew Delbanco—offer new perspectives on the events leading up to the Civil War.
As Wood writes in "Battle Lines," Wilentz sets out to demonstrate that the Constitution did not enshrine slavery as abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison had claimed. Meanwhile, Delbanco focuses on the fugitive slave laws that hastened the breakup of the Union. Wood notes that both writers "hold out the hope that the Constitution, flawed as it may be, can be the instrument for doing the right thing."
You can read the entire piece here.
Southside Friends of Chicago Sinfonietta: "A Magical Holiday Breakfast" Dec. 8
Join the Southside Friends of the Chicago Sinfonietta for a magical holiday breakfast, fantastic silent auction, live music and much more!
This event raises critical support for the Chicago Sinfonietta's education outreach programs.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
TheLaker.com: Pianist Nyaho in Concert on Dec. 2 [Wolfeboro, NH]
Dr. William Chapman Nyaho
November 26, 2018
Wolfeboro Friends of Music heralds the winter season and coming holidays with a spectacular program by pianist Dr. William Chapman Nyaho, to be given on Sunday, December 2 starting at 2 pm. Dr. Nyaho was last heard in the area in 2011. The concert will take place at Anderson Hall, Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro.
The sonorities of Brewster's Yamaha concert grand will sound forth as Dr. Nyaho opens with Bach transcriptions including "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" in the Myra Hess version. More transcriptions are slated in an enticing group of Gershwin songs embellished by the scintillating pianist Earl Wild published as "Seven Virtuoso Etudes".
Dr. Nyaho promises selections such as "Fascinating Rhythm", Embraceable You", "The Man I Love". Centerpiece of the concert will be Beethoven's final piano sonata when we may expect these words of one reviewer of Nyaho, to be revealed: "Effortless technique, splendid rhythmic grasp and fullness of tone allowed his performance to reach great heights…" (The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA.). Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 demands a dedication of purpose and wondrous attention as the final Arietta rises through a multiplicity of figures to end softly in a heavenly transcendence.
Dr. Nyaho is a productive musicologist, collector, publisher, since over the decades he has compiled and published with Oxford University Press, five performing volumes of piano pieces titled "Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora". He introduces us to Robert Nathaniel Dett, born in Niagara Canada in 1882 and who died in 1943 after a fulsome career as composer, pianist, choral conductor, organist and music professor who performed at Carnegie Hall and at Symphony Hall in Boston. Attendees of the concert also will hear Dett's piano suite "In the Bottoms (Suite characteristique)" in five movements marked Prelude (Night), His Song, Honey (Humoresque), Barcarolle (Morning) and Dance (Juba).
Further, the audience may view his five volumes of the Oxford publication during intermission, as well as obtain Nyaho's CD's 'Senku' and 'Asa' issued by MSR Classics. Chapman Nyaho's performances have taken him to Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia as well as to Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center and Princeton University. He is a frequent guest at colleges and universities and serves in the capacity of adjudicator for national and international piano competitions. He is an active member of the Music Teachers' National Association, currently teaches at Pacific Lutheran University and a beloved piano instructor at his home studio in Seattle.
Odyssey Impact Screens "The Rape of Recy Taylor" in Harlem on Friday, Dec. 7
Special Screening Event in Harlem, NYC on December 7 will Kick Off Dynamic
Initiative with Faith Communities, Universities, Women's Groups, NGOs & more
Initiative with Faith Communities, Universities, Women's Groups, NGOs & more
NEW YORK, NY [November 27, 2018] — ODYSSEY IMPACT™ will kick-off a national social impact campaign for its award-winning documentary THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR with a special free screening event in New York City, followed by a lively panel discussion, Nick Stuart, President and CEO of Odyssey Impact, announced today. The official launch will be held on Friday, December 7, 2018 in Harlem at The Abyssinian Baptist Church, one of several strategic partners across the country teaming up to host events. (To register in advance for tickets, click here.)
The event is one of many programs being planned by diverse groups and to be held in churches and on college campuses around the United States. Odyssey Impact is collaborating with an array of key organizations and influencers—faith communities, universities, seminaries and theological schools, women's groups, health organizations, NGOs, and more to help elevate the voices of Black women and all women, empower survivors to share their stories, diminish discrimination and promote equality.
"Odyssey Impact's initiative around Recy Taylor's brave but brutal story is a real opportunity to shed light on a dark corner of history and end the cycle of silence and violence that persists today around sexual assault and racial injustice—and a call to action to replace it with a positive culture of healing, support, and tolerance," said Nick Stuart, President and CEO of Odyssey Impact and Transform Films.
Directed, written and produced by Nancy Buirski and co-produced by Transform Films, THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR exposes a legacy of physical abuse of black women and reveals the intimate role of Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks in Recy Taylor's story. A 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, Recy Taylor was gang raped by six teenage white boys in 1944 Alabama while walking home from church one evening. Common in the Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Black men—the husbands, fathers, brothers of the assaulted—felt equally powerless to protect their women. Yet Recy Taylor courageously identified her rapists. The NAACP sent Parks, its chief rape investigator, who rallied support and triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice. An attempted rape against Parks was but one inspiration for her ongoing work to find justice for countless women like Taylor.
Odyssey Impact™ believes that powerful documentaries with messages of social justice can motivate meaningful social change by raising awareness, changing attitudes and inspiring people of all faiths and good will to engage their communities on important issues in their lives.
The national social impact initiative around THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR is designed to engage and inform the public about sexual violence against women and underscore the historical trauma faced by Black women during the Jim Crow South, and the structural racism still affecting women today. The aim is to encourage a new dialogue and spark positive change. To do so, Odyssey Impact has developed numerous resources and discussion guides to accompany the film, which will be available for download to help format and facilitate events by local grassroots organizations. A community toolkit, surveys and local organizing tools are additional components to assist with educational and community outreach. For information, go to www.odyssey-impact.org.
"By taking a tactical approach to connect faith leaders, congregations, students and other key audiences with tools to participate in candid conversations about rape culture and race, Odyssey Impact hopes to reframe the dialogue, promote healing for victims and spur real change," said Melissa Potter, Head of Social Impact and Communication, Odyssey Impact.
More and more women are now speaking up after sexual assault. This documentary tells the story of black women who came forward when danger was greatest, and whose noble efforts to take back their bodies led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and movements that followed. They continue to resonate today in movements and significant events that address rape culture, sexual aggression, gender violence and racial justice—such as the worldwide Women's March (2017), Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and #ChurchToo.
The film is dedicated to the countless women whose voices have not been heard. It is in memory of Recy Taylor, who is featured in the documentary, but who passed away in December 28, 2017, just days before her 98th birthday. Taylor has since been declared a Civil Rights pioneer, following the film's release and a rousing tribute by Oprah Winfrey at the 2018 Golden Globes, a few weeks after her death.
THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR has earned distinction at film festivals around the world. It was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2018 NAACP Image Awards and was awarded the Special Prize for Human Rights Award at the Venice Film Festival (2017). The film made its national television premiere when it was chosen by STARZ to lead the channel's launch of a documentary tier in July 2018.
THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR (USA, 91 minutes) is directed, written and produced by Nancy Buirski, and produced by Beth Hubbard. Produced by Claire L. Chandler and Susan Margolin. Executive producer is Regina K. Scully. Executive producers are Geralyn White Dreyfous, Amy Tiermann, Mark Trustin, CarolAnne Dolan, Derrick Harkins, Nick Stuart, Barbara Dobkin, Bobby Kondrat, Jack Turner. Editor is Anthony Ripoli. Director of photography is Rex Miller.
For more information about the film and to view a trailer, visit www.therapeofrecytaylor.com. To host a screening or download resources and discussion guides to engage in community and educational outreach, go to www.odyssey-impact.org/the-rape-of-recy-taylor/.
About TRANSFORM FILMS®
TRANSFORM FILMS INC. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Odyssey Networks, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that believes powerful documentaries with messages of social justice can motivate meaningful social change by raising awareness, changing attitudes and inspiring people of all faiths and good will to engage their communities on issues important in their lives and in society as a whole. Transform Films works with leading independent filmmakers to produce documentaries that illuminate our humanity by telling compelling, character-driven stories of compassion, hope and the quest for a more just world. Transform Films, Inc. is the affiliated production company of ODYSSEY IMPACT(TM) , which strategically builds and executes social impact campaigns around documentaries via mobilizing faith leaders, individuals and communities around issues such as poverty, mass incarceration, gun violence, intolerance, racial justice, hate crimes, and gender violence. Transform films such as NEWTOWN; MILWAUKEE 53206; THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR , and LESSONS FROM A SCHOOL SHOOTING: NOTES FROM DUNBLANE have garnered critical acclaim at film festivals around the world and have aired on broadcast outlets such as PBS' Independent Lens, America Reframed, STARZ Channel and Netflix. Recent accolades include the 2018 Peabody Award, the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival's Best Documentary Short, the 2018 UNAFF Grand Jury Award for Best Short Documentary, and the 2017 Venice International Film Festival Human Rights Award. More info at www.TransformFilmsInc.com.
About ODYSSEY IMPACT™
ODYSSEY IMPACT(TM) , a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, believes that powerful documentaries with messages of social justice can motivate meaningful social change by raising awareness, changing attitudes and inspiring people of all faiths and good will to engage their communities on issues important in their lives and in society as a whole. The organization is dedicated to strategically building and executing social impact campaigns around documentaries by its affiliated production company, TRANSFORM FILMS INC., via mobilizing faith leaders, individuals and communities around issues such as poverty, mass incarceration, gun violence, intolerance, racial justice, hate crimes, and gender violence. Films such as NEWTOWN; MILWAUKEE 53206; THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR , and LESSONS FROM A SCHOOL SHOOTING: NOTES FROM DUNBLANE have garnered critical acclaim at film festivals and have aired on broadcast outlets such as PBS' Independent Lens, America Reframed, STARZ Channel and Netflix. Recent accolades include the 2018 Peabody Award, the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival's Best Documentary Short, the 2018 UNAFF Grand Jury Award for Best Short Documentary, and the 2017 Venice International Film Festival Human Rights Award. More info at www.Odyssey-Impact.org.
Chelsea Opera: Melissa Wimbish is Josephine Baker in "Josephine" on Dec. 1
Josephine Baker (1906-1975)
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Photo Credit: Teresa Wood
Chelsea Opera
On Saturday, December 1 at 7:00 pm, Chelsea Opera presents the New York City premieres of Josephine and After Life, two one-act operas by Tom Cipullo. The performance is at Christ & St. Stephen's Church (120 W 69th St., NY, NY). Tickets range from $20-$45 and are available online. Complete details are below and at ChelseaOpera.org.
In Cipullo's monodrama Josephine, the entertainer and activist Josephine Baker grants an interview in her dressing room shortly before her last triumphant appearance. Using Ms. Baker's own words as the libretto, Josephine explores the title character's equally charming and volatile personality as she muses on sex, race, war, and her experiences in pre-war Paris. The NYC premiere features the soprano Melissa Wimbish, whom the Washington Post declared "vocally stunning and theatrically riveting" at the world premiere.
After Life brings Gertrude Stein (mezzo Jennifer Beattie) and Pablo Picasso (baritone Steven Eddy) back from the hereafter to debate their legacies as well as their activities in WWII Paris. Their confrontation is interrupted by the ghost of a Holocaust victim (soprano Sara Paar) who forces them to reconsider the meaning of death. In the words of Tom Cipullo, "the real value of art comes after such horrific moments, helping us, as individuals and as a culture, make sense of the incomprehensible."
David France: #GivingTuesday for Roxbury Youth Orchestra, Boston
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For so many of our young people MUSIC is their way into The American Dream! Your gift this #GivingTuesday gives these young people a supportive community to express themselves and keeps this chance of a lifetime in their neighborhood. If you haven't yet, give to Revolution of Hope this #GivingTuesday to keep the arts in the city.
A donation to Revolution of Hope is more than a gift; it's an investment in the future of this incredible group of teenagers.
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Monday, November 26, 2018
Vanderbilt.edu: Rediscovered: A Lecture Concert on the Music of Florence Price
Florence B. Price (1887-1953)
Vanderbilt University
Nov. 26, 2018
Location: Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall • 2400 Blakemore Avenue • Nashville, TN 37212
- Audience: Free and Open to the Public
Tuesday, November 27
8 p.m.
Steve & Judy Turner Recital Hall
Douglas Shadle, lecturer
Patrick Dailey, countertenor
Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir
Tucker Biddlecombe, conductor
Rediscovered: A Lecture Concert on the Music of Florence Price
Florence Price was the first African-American woman to have her music performed by a major symphony orchestra — in 1933. Bringing together the European classical tradition in which she was trained and the haunting melodies of African-American spirituals and folk tunes, Price's music has experienced a recent resurgence in the concert hall. Joining Douglas Shadle and the Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir is countertenor Patrick Dailey from Tennessee State University, who will perform some of Price's arrangements of African-American spirituals.
John Malveaux: Composer Roy Harris was devoted to the legacy of Abraham Lincoln
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The current shaky social and political climate reverberates aspects of the 60's tension and pushing back in Roy Harris 1967 Symphony 11. Although I befriended Roy Harris after Symphony 11, we often discussed race, and politics. Roy was devoted to the legacy of Abraham Lincoln and he was a member of the first cultural exchange with the former Soviet Union. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dr_jg-hl0g
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A Curious Start. 14 "It will be as when a man who was going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. 15 To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one—to each according to his ability. Then he went away." If Matthew had used a copy editor, I am sure they would be discussing the use of "it." What will be as…? Curiously, most Matthean parables are explicit when it comes to the kingdom of heaven. The previous parable (Wise and Foolish Maidens) begins, "the kingdom of heaven will be like." (25:1). Here Matthew begins hōsper gar, literally "for just as", indicates that the same subject is under discussion.
The setting is similar to that of 24:45–51, focusing on the responsibility of servants in their master's absence, but now the stakes are higher. This is not about domestic management, but about high-level commercial responsibility with an extraordinarily large capital sum to trade with. The principle of different levels of responsibility depending on the servants' individual ability hints at the parable's intended application. The kingdom of heaven is not a "one-size-fits-all" economy. Consider the different yields produced by the good seed in 13:8. God's people are different, and he treats them differently; "much will be expected of those to whom much has been given." (Luke 12:48) In the Lucan version of this parable the point is made by the different trading results of servants who are given the same initial capital; here the principle of individuality is built into the initial distribution. It will be the servants' responsibility not to look with envy at the different hand which has been dealt to their colleagues, but to make the most of what they have, and it will be important to note that the first two servants will receive identical commendations in vv. 21 and 23 even though the sums they have gained differ, since each has succeeded in proportion to his initial endowment.
The Time Between. Immediately 16 the one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made another five. 17 Likewise, the one who received two made another two. 18 But the man who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and buried his master's money. 19 After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them. 20
The first servant eagerness is a model for enthusiastic discipleship. He and his first colleague achieve spectacular results (100% profit), but clearly there was a risk involved, which their other coworker was unwilling to face. No doubt he would have justified his action as prudent rather than lazy (his master's term for it, v. 26), but his prudence results in no benefit to his master. Of course there is some benefit to simply maintaining the status quo. A contemporary rabbinic axiom was "Money can only be kept safe by placing it in the earth." (b. B. Meṣiʿa 42a).
The "long time" in this parable corresponds to the delay in 24:48 and 25:5. There is time for life (and trade) to take its normal course. What exact course is taken depends on the servant. The settling of accounts immediately on the master's return indicates what the opening scene has not made explicit, that the master was expecting his money to have been put to good use in the interval.
The First Two Servants. 20 The one who had received five talents came forward bringing the additional five. He said, 'Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five more.' 21 His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master's joy.' 22 (Then) the one who had received two talents also came forward and said, 'Master, you gave me two talents. See, I have made two more.' 23 His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master's joy.'
Note that the master's response to the first two servants does not depend upon the initial endowment. He welcomes each of them regardless of the their abilities, what they were given to begin with, or even the final margin of gain. Consider the workers in the vineyard (20:1–16) where some did not have the opportunity to work as long as others, but all were equally rewarded. These servants are commended, like the servant of 24:45, as "faithful:" they have done what was expected of them. But the reward for reliability, as for the servant in 24:47, is not to be released from responsibility but to be given more of it. You don't "retire" from being a disciple. If so large a sum as five talents is "small matters," the great things which follow will be a huge responsibility indeed. But along with the added responsibility goes a significant change of status, the new relationship of sharing the master's joy.
In the story of the Rich Young Man, 19:28 suggests that in the "new age" the reward for faithfulness will be to share the authority of the enthroned Son of Man. Is it reading too much into our parable to envisage heaven as a state not of relaxed pleasure but of active cooperation with the purpose of God as well as enjoyment of his favor?
Matthew 25:14 It will be as when…journey: literally, "For just as a man who was going on a journey." Although the comparison is not completed, the sense is clear; the kingdom of heaven is like the situation here described. Faithful use of one's gifts will lead to participation in the fullness of the kingdom, lazy inactivity to exclusion from it. Entrusted: The verb paradidomi usually means, "to give or hand over" and seems to imply, "giving up control of." There is good question whether "entrusted" is the best way to translate this word. The slaves don't appear to give back any of the money to their master when he has returned. The one talent of the third slave is given to the first, not kept by the master.
Matthew 25:15 talents: talanton was originally a measure of weight and is variously estimated at 50 to 75 pounds. As a monetary term, its value varied depending on locale and precious metal, but it always connoted a very large sum. Some have estimated that this parable points to approximately six thousand silver denarii. This would be as much money as a day laborer could expect to earn over the span of nineteen years.
Matthew 25:18 buried his master's money: In the unsettled conditions of Palestine in Jesus' time, it was not unusual to guard valuables by burying them in the ground. There were alternatives. Temples, including the Jerusalem temple, functioned as banks and moneylenders were also common elsewhere in the Gentile world. Most people lacked capital, but those who had it could multiply their investment fivefold or even tenfold (Lk 19:16–18); doubling one's investment (Mt 25:20, 22) might be regarded as a reasonable minimum return to expect in the ancient economy Burying money at least kept that capital safe. Evidence of this is seem in Mt 13:44; and b. Bava Metzi'a 42a. money: argyrion specifically means silver or silver money.
Matthew 25:20–23 Although the first two servants have received and doubled large sums, their faithful trading is regarded by the master as fidelity in small matters only, compared with the great responsibilities now to be given to them. The latter are unspecified. Share your master's joy: probably the joy of the banquet of the kingdom.
Matthew 25:23 Come, share your master's joy: literally, "enter into the joy of your master."


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An artist collaboration, sponsored by Weekend Offender.
Shot on location at The Square Gallery, London.
With a flagship store in London's Soho, Weekend Offender have been worn by Liam Gallagher, Rizzle Kicks, Ed Sheeran, Jake Bugg, Paul Weller, and actors Tom Hardy, Thomas Turgoose, and Danny Dyer. Designs inspired by terrace casuals and the acid house scene give them a distinctly sub-cultural edge.
2016 Hammer & Tongue National slam champion, and BBC 1xtra & Roundhouse London Words First finalist, Solomon O.B is a rising star of spoken word performance.
Trained at Sotheby's Institute of Art, New York, Iona Rowland is a celebrated emerging artist, using the intersection of painting and printing to explore the death of the original and the role of technology in contemporary mass culture. Themes such as ephemeral glamour and the transience of commercial allure inform her work.
Production CompanyMike Rymer
Client/ ProducerIona Rowland
SponsorWeekend Offender
LocationThe Square Gallery
GenreArt/ Music
FormatHD 1080p
CameraCanon C100
Artist/ Producer: Iona Rowland
Writer/ Performer: Solomon O.B
Music: Thaeta
Filmmaker: Mike Rymer