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Since 1970, President al-Asad has forcefully positioned Syria on the Middle East political map. It became obvious that a comprehensive peace could not be achieved without finding a settlement to the Syrian – Israeli dispute. Nevertheless, in a 30-year retrospective it appears as though al-Asad sacrificed most of Syria's national interests on the altar of the confrontation with the Jewish State. Hence, today Syria is one of the most isolated nations in the world. Terms such as globalization, liberalization, privatization, and even the Internet and cellphones are anomalies in daily Syrian life. The economy and related infrastructure desperately require profound modifications in order to bring prosperity to the average Syrian, who earns an annual average income of approximately $1,200. Syria's business community hopes that Bashar will succeed in consolidating a peace agreement with Israel, thus allowing the country to reap lucrative economic rewards, similar to what Jordan and Egypt previously experienced.
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As soon as i start climbing out, they start piling more dregs on top of me. Included in these dregs i'm trying to sift through are naked drunk drivers, a Brit stuck in a toilet seat, a Limey who ran himself over, a female ball biter, the Pabst Blue Ribbon Belly, the hypocritical politician (OK, the drunken hypocritical politician–OK, the arrested drunken hypocritical politician), the guy who missed the girl on girl action at Oktoberfest and should've come here instead of what he did and way more than a human being could ever shake their limp stick at. Fuck it and drink to it.
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Commoner Dregs
October 13: Real Friends Make Bomb Threats
i kicked off this post with some belated Oktoberfest festivities in honor of Daniel Ford Artley. You know how i know this guy's a loser? He called the Snowbird Ski Lodge and told them a Pakistani colleague who didn't like Americans had planted a bomb there and it was set to go off in 15 minutes. Authorities evacuated the Oktoberfest celebration and there was no bomb but at least Danny Boy was idiot enough to call from his own house so his home number showed up on caller ID when he made the threat.
He told arresting officers that he made the call because a friend of his had gone to the Oktoberfest party and Fartley thought the threat might mean the friend would have to come home early and they could hang out.
In the intro i posted the pretty side of Oktoberfest, but Daniel missed out on more than just drunken hot girls kissing each other all the time. He also missed out on this, the ugly side of Oktoberfest.
October 5: The Ride of Her Life
i wanna eat at Luigi's in Farmington, Michigan. Apparently Luigi's is called a family restaurant because the food is so good it makes people want to start a family. Or maybe sleep with people from their family, i'm not sure, because Tim Adams who's only like 54 was pulled naked from a Buick Regal that was all steamed up and rockin' because he was rocking it with Rita Daniels, 71. The Regal was in Luigi's parking lot, near the front door and i'm so jealous, not because John can leave a grandma with that kind of sweaty glow, but because he was charged with indecent exposure (sure) but also disorderly intoxication and in my 30 years of drinking, i was never accused of that. OK, legally.
October 24: He Has a Gut of Gold
For those of you out there who still believe women are interested in you for more than your liquor or your money, check this out. The Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer heir (yes, the King of the whole Trailer Park) has a beer belly but his girlfriend has 6-pack abs.
Bucks and booze be all the babes believe in.
You've been tired, sure, but have you ever been "tired"? Next time you wake up from a nap still feeling a little run down, check your back for tire tracks because maybe you were. Like maybe you were so drunk driving that you ran yourself over. What, it could happen.
It did in England, to Andrew Haimes (47). He was found by police sleeping under his car after he got drunk and got out of the van, left it in gear, passed out in front of it, and it ran him over. First off, Haimless, thanks for making everyone in the Bar None look like rocket scientists. Second, no offense, brother, but if the van rolled over your balls and popped them like grapes then you wouldn't be able to pass your dirty, old genes onto future drinkers. Just sayin'.
October 11: He Shouldn'ta Shot His Mouth Off
Curry Todd is the name of a chicken, but not a chicken meal. This official Tennessee redneck is the one who fought for your right to take your gun into a bar. Left on his own he probably would have also advocated tuna dinners in the home for blind lesbians and porcupine pocket pets, but he was stopped on his way to the top for drunk driving.
Dude was pulled over late at night and failed a road sobriety test with the honorable mention from the cops that Todd was "almost falling down at times". Todd refused a breathalyzer, which was probably his only good idea of the night because the cops also said Curry was "obviously very impaired and not in any condition to be carrying a loaded handgun."
Because, oh, yeah, he wasn't the only thing loaded. There was 38 tucked between the seat and the console.
Speaking of good ideas, here's something up Curry's alley.
Or this…
October 18: Turd Gets Stuck in Toilet Seat
If your drinking game doesn't end with someone stuck in a toilet seat, you're playing it wrong. Or you're not English.
This 26 year old bloke from Tudhoe (which is just code for "Turdhole") was with friends playing "Can You Fit This Over Your Head?" i'm sure the first thing they tried was his buddy's ass but because they're English that would not have been a problem to slip on and off, so the next thing they tried was a toilet seat. This, being narrower than an English man's ass, got stuck on the guy's body and after 2 hours of writhing (where he probably didn't get much drinking done) he waddled to the fire department where they had to cut the seat off of him. i'm sure he was flushed.
October #: She's Got Big Balls. No, Really.
Here's what happens when tea bags go horribly, horribly wrong.
In a drunken brawl, Maria Georgina Topp took her boyfriend's nutsack in her mouth, bit down and ripped that bag of tender jewels clean off. This may very well be the only time you hear me say that spitting is preferable to swallowing because the guy was able to get his balls sewed back on with 19 stitches. Topp says she was too drunk to say she remembered what happened but her attorney's are saying the man was on Topp, straddling her when the incident occurred. Hurl Grey, anyone?
Bitch is just lucky her boyfriend wasn't Wesley Warren Jr. This poor bastich has two big problems and by "big" i mean 50 pounds each. Wes has scrotal elephantiasis so he has 100-pound balls. i'd like to see Maria Georgina Topp try to gnaw those things off. Hell, ol' Wes'd probably thank her and give her a tip.
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Kicking things off here, i wanna thank John D from Crawley for become a subscribing patronizer of the Bar None. God Bless You and Give You Money, John, and may your time here be well wasted.
If you, too, would like to see your name up in lights, or like this, alls you gotta do is click on the "subscribe" button at the top of the column over there.
While i'm throwing up the thanks, i'd like to give a shout out to Bukowski's Basement, Andrea, Ingar, Raquel, and, as usual, The Rod for "Liking" The Bar None. What's a good bar without a handful of regulars?
And just because they were there first, they got to see tons of fun stuff, like my new bad habit, Drunk & Demotivated. Exclusive to the Bar None. And here. And a lot of other places maybe.
Lest we forget. As raunchy as i get here, i do have a softer side to my recovery (y'all do remember i haven't had a drop to drink since January 2011, right?). If you're interested in my journey through recovery with more friends and more support and fewer boobs, check out Al K Hall-ic Anonymous.
To tie this one off for the night, i'm going to post the Celeb Dregs pro'lly tomorrow or the day after. Will you be here?
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'Does Osborne know he's destroying lives?' Disgruntled disabled Tory sabotages website
Graeme Ellis, 58, was so appalled he quit his job and took down the entire Conservative Disability Group website.
Ellis told the Mirror the Chancellor is "destroying lives" by forcing through legislation which cuts payments to disabled people considered eligible to find work.
The Conservative Party is facing a major internal crisis over the cuts to disability payments. 20 Tory backbenchers have raised objections amid rumors of a full-scale rebellion.
Parliament passed a £30-a-week (US$43) cut to the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) after the House of Lords failed to stop it. Previous attempts to cut disabled allowances were prevented by peers.
So far the website attack by Ellis has been one of the most vivid displays of anger.
Visitors to www.conservativedisabilitygroup.org.uk are now are greeted with a statement reading: "This website is temporarily closed owing to Disability Cuts."
"The owner of the hosting package Graeme Ellis has resigned over disability cuts from the group and will no longer develop or host this site," it adds.
Ellis, who is wheelchair-bound, told the Mirror he has spoken to disabled clients who have been left deeply upset.
"I would like to say to him [Osborne] – does he realize how he's destroying lives?
"I've had distraught clients on the phone today. I've had people in tears worrying about the future. How can I morally represent clients when I remain in an organization that's doing these cuts?"
A Conservative Party spokesperson told the Independent: "The Conservative Disability Group has not deactivated its website. The owner of the domain, who is no longer a member of the Group, has deactivated it without any instruction to do so."


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Digital photography has surpassed film photography in popularity in recent years.
A fact that has relegated some amateur and professional film cameras to the unlikely task of becoming a paperweight.
In the art world, however, film cameras are coveted.
The lesson is simple: choose the tools that you need to get the results you want.
Just a couple of years ago a professional would have chosen from a vast array of film camera types—single lens reflexes, twin lens reflexes, rangefinders, and view cameras to name a few—when selecting the tools of his or her trade.
Now, with the advent of digital technology and digital software, the serious photographer can, for the most part, rely on a digital single-lens reflex camera, or D-SLR.
A D-SLR is an incredibly advanced and refined toolthat still offers the all-important ability, as in film version cameras, to view your subject through the same lens that records the image onto your sensor.
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Meanwhile, the camera's microprocessor is writing the multitude of information the image sensor has recorded to the camera's memory card.
This is incredible in itself.Now consider how incredible are the cameras used by sport and press photographers, which manage this at eight frames a second!
For all intents and purposes, there are two types of D-SLR cameras. The first is a traditional-looking camera roughly based on the 35mm film camera bodies that preceded it.
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EIA sees impacts from idling half of Northeast's refining capacity
Reduced refining activity in the US Northeast, as reflected in recently announced plans to idle more than half of the region's refining capacity, is likely to affect product supplies, the US Energy Information Administration said.
Reduced refining activity in the US Northeast, as reflected in recently announced plans to idle more than half of the region's refining capacity, is likely to affect product supplies, the US Energy Information Administration said. "The transition period as supply sources shift could be problematic for ultralow-sulfur diesel [fuel], gasoline, and jet fuel supplies," it said in a Dec. 23 analysis.
Prolonged uncertainty in the coming months over disposition and operation of pipelines, ports, storage facilities, and other important logistical assets may compound adjustment challenges, it continued. Prices could grow more volatile because of reduced short-term product flexibility due to longer delivery times and potential transportation bottlenecks from sources outside the region, EIA said. "Finally, an increase in demand for ULSD due to changing state requirements could further exacerbate supply issues," it added.
Three southeastern Pennsylvania refineries that represent more than 50% of the Northeast's total capacity could be sold, and two of them have been idled already, according to the analysis. It noted that Sunoco Inc. announced plans in early September to sell its plants at Marcus Hook (which it idled on Dec. 1) and Philadelphia, with the intent of leaving the refining business in 2012. ConocoPhillips Co. announced later that month that it planned to shut down its Trainer refinery prior to its sale, along with associated pipelines and terminals, EIA said.
It said that the three refineries produced a combined 315,000 b/d of gasoline, 194,000 b/d of distillate (including 143,000 b/d of ULSD and 51,000 b/d of home heating oil), and 41,000 b/d of jet fuel in 2010. "Production losses from the Trainer facility idling were offset, at least in some measure, by the return to full operations in October 2011 of the Delaware City, Del., refinery, which had been idled since late 2009," EIA said. "The idling in December of the Marcus Hook refinery removed 15% of the operating Northeast refining capacity."
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It said that alternative sources could be used if Northeast refinery production remains sharply curtailed. The US Gulf Coast could contribute significantly, especially since its refinery capacity is more sophisticated than the Northeast's and growing, the analysis said. "The main product pipeline to the Northeast, Colonial, would be the preferable transportation option if, as expected, additional capacity were available," it said. "Waterborne transportation via tanker or barge on Jones Act vessels is another possibility."
More products could be imported, and rail shipments from refineries in the Midwest might begin rail shipments of products in addition to propane and ethanol, although expected volumes would be relatively small, EIA said. "More output from the remaining Northeast refineries is expected, but not enough to replace lost volumes," it said. "Other refiners in the region may see an opportunity to expand or upgrade their own capacity in the longer term."
EIA noted that it plans to issue a more comprehensive analysis in January. This one came in response to a Nov. 7 request by three US House Democrats for the US Department of Energy's independent statistical and analysis service to evaluate possible supply impacts from the announced refinery sales and closures. One of them, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), who is ranking minority member of the Natural Resources Committee, said on Dec. 23 that EIA's analysis "shows that these oil companies are putting profits ahead of the people living in the Northeast."
National Petrochemical & Refiners Association Pres. Charles T. Drevna also responded to EIA's analysis. US refiners want to continue supplying proven and reliable petroleum products to consumers, but are unable to stay in business if their costs exceed their earnings because they don't receive, nor have they requested, government subsidies, he said on Dec. 23.
"Unfortunately, existing and proposed federal overregulation that has little or no environmental benefit—along with permit delays—has raised the cost of manufacturing fuels in America by billions of dollars and threatens further massive cost increases," Drevna continued. "Anyone interested in the best interests of American consumers, the survival of refineries in America, and the preservation of refinery jobs should oppose such overregulation. This would be the most effective action to prevent refinery closures."
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Peter Chiarelli and the Bruins are expected to have a lot of work to do once the 2013 summer rolls around. They jumped the gun with one item on that checklist on Friday.
The club announced that it had signed forward Brad Marchand to a four-year contract extension. Financially, Marchand's new contract will cost the B's $4.5 million per year beginning in 2013-14.
With the possibility of a work stoppage around the corner and with a bevy of contracts set to expire following the 2012-13 season, extending Marchand now makes all the sense in the world. The annual cap hit probably shades toward the higher side, but you have to assume that Marchand is still trending up in terms of talent development.
The market continues to be established with players like Marchand, as a potential lockout and eventually a new collective bargaining agreement loom. Marchand's deal, in fact, isn't unlike a few other contract extensions that have been inked in the past month or so.
Mike Fisher, Scott Hartnell and Max Pacioretty were all set to be restricted free agents following the 2012-13 season. All three now have extensions with Nashville, Philadelphia and Montreal respectively. The figures are all relatively the same for three players who are integral pieces to their teams moving forward.
Here are how the figures shape up:
Fisher: two years, $8.4 million ($4.2 million cap hit)
Hartnell: six years, $28.5 million ($4.75 million cap hit)
Pacioretty: six years, $27 million ($4.5 million cap hit)
Marchand: four years, $18 million ($4.5 million cap hit)
And here are what these players did last season:
Fisher: 24-27-51 totals, plus-11, five power play goals*
Hartnell: 37-30-67, plus-19, 16 power play goals
Pacioretty: 33-32-65, plus-2, four power play goals
Marchand: 28-27-55, plus-31, five power play goals
*Also married to Carrie Underwood. This should be noted … just because.
So what does it all mean? Well, if the Bruins are assuming that Marchand can be a 30-goal scorer type of player, this extension fits right in with other deals be given out. It may also say that Hartnell is a little bit underpaid. Then again, when you played in a lineup with the likes of Claude Giroux and Jaromir Jagr, life is a little bit easier.
The numbers are close enough when compared to each other, especially when you consider that Marchand may obviously mean more to the Bruins than other clubs.
With a player like Marchand, there are things that can't be valued strictly by stats. Marchand's role as the agitator on a rough and tough team has been detailed time and time again. He knows how to win, and he was a vital part of the Bruins team that won the Stanley Cup in 2011.
More importantly, he gets what the Bruins are trying to do, and he fits in with the core group of players that many expect will help the Bruins contend for the next few years.
However, Bruins fans hope Chiarelli is far from done. Milan Lucic, Tyler Seguin, Nathan Horton and Tuukka Rask will all be free agents in the summer of 2013. Those players are all, in at least some capacity, important in maintaining the Bruins' core moving forward.
The continued presentation of contact extensions — it seems like Chiarelli has a conference call every three weeks to announce these — should give reason to believe the Bruins aren't done in locking up their players.
The financials of a deal for Marchand do take a little bit of a leap of faith, but it also sends the message that the Bruins are willing to keep their best players in town into their prime. With uncertainty on the horizon, there's no denying that the Bruins are dedicated to keeping their core intact.


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Dupuytren's Contracture is a deformity of a finger, or multiple fingers, which usually occurs over many years. It is an inherited connective tissue disorder that affects the palmar fascia in the hand, resulting in a 'knot' that forms under the skin of the palm and eventually creates a thick cordlike deformity, which can pull one or more fingers into a stiff, bent position. This condition is also known as Viking Disease, because it originated with the Vikings who spread it throughout Northern Europe, and beyond, as they traveled and intermarried; therefore is more common in people with ancestors from Northern Europe.
The most common symptoms of Dupuytren's Contracture include firm lump that develops in palm and into one or more fingers. The lump is typically not painful, but may prevent placing the hand flat on a surface. As the condition progress, the finger(s) stiffen and become more bent making it difficult to wash hands, wear gloves, or get hands into pockets. There is no set time frame of how this condition will progress, some patients will quickly develop severe bent finger(s) and other patients may never. The most commonly involved finger is the ring finger.
Surgery to correct Dupuytren's Contracture is called a fasciectomy. This involves a zig-zag incision into the palm of affected hand and removal of thickened connective tissue. This is performed as an outpatient procedure, meaning you will be able to go home that day. You will be discharged with an Ace wrap. Following discharge please ensure that the surgical site is kept clean and dry until follow up appointment, typically 1-2 days post op. After 48 hours you may remove the bandage and shower. While showering, you may use soap and water, but be sure to pat the incision dry. It is important that you do not submerge your surgical incision in water (i.e. no bath tubs, swimming pools, washing dishes, etc.). After patting dry, you can redress with gauze and Ace Wrap. It is important to elevate your arm on a couple of pillows to alleviate pain and swelling.
At your first follow up appointment, you will be given a prescription for Occupational Therapy. It is important to immediately start ROM (range of motion) exercises to help prevent stiffening of affected finger(s) and thickening of remaining connective tissue.
Sutures will be removed 10-14 days after surgery. After suture removal, you will have scheduled follow up appointments about every 2 weeks to evaluate your recovery. You will continue your specific occupational therapy protocol during this time. During this time, no lifting anything heavier than ½ gallon of milk for 1-2 months. You may begin scar massage once sutures are removed.
You may resume your regular diet after surgery; however, you should start slow. It is a good idea to start with things like toast, Jell-O, crackers, and soup to see how your stomach tolerates food after anesthesia. Drink plenty of fluids such as water or Gatorade and limit your intake of sodas, coffee and other caffeinated beverages.
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Getting the Hen Do right can be a daunting prospect, where do you even start?
Lauren Troughton, hen specialist at Chillisauce says "Everyone wants to make sure the Bride has the best time and the pressure can be pretty overwhelming. With this in mind we have put together a list of celebrity inspired Hen Do's to help give you a kick start. Even if you can't afford a celebrity affair, the alternative is that you can always be inspired for themes and activities and bring the dream destinations to you, without having to set foot on a plane".
Kim Kardashian
Kim and co. might have headed off to Paris for a classy evening of dinner and drinks at Costes restaurant, but there are plenty of ways to bring a little Parisian chic to your hen party. Embrace the French penchant for patisseries by taking a cupcake decorating class, and wash them down with some bubbles at a champagne tasting workshop. Whilst you might not be able to splash out for Kim's sequined Balmain dress, you can always make you and your hens feel extra glam with a model makeover session or, for something truly unusual, indulge in a perfume making class and see if you have what the French call 'le Nez'…
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Kate Moss
Trust 'Queen of Cool', Kate Moss, to have her last weekend as a single girl at the Isle of White festival, turning up with three pink hummers full of some of the biggest names in modelling, Sloane-ing, and rock and roll. If you fancy a party that's more 'hippie' than 'hen', get the flower hairbands out and consider taking your girls for a weekend glamping? Ramp up the rock and roll atmosphere by glamping at a UK festival or embrace the outdoors by taking horse riding or archery lessons!
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Katy Perry
Wanting to add a bit of Showgirl frivolity to your hen do? Why not take inspiration from the Cirque du Soleil themed party Rhianna threw for Katy Perry, and revel in everything sequined, feathered, and colourful? Unlike Katy, you don't need to hit the famous Vegas Strip for a spectacular hen party; get your girls dressed in their finest show-stopping sequins and head to watch a cabaret or burlesque show, or even take a class and learn the moves for yourselves! If you fancy a flutter, round off the evening with a night at the casino - Lola's in London is the first UK casino to combine gaming tables with live burlesque entertainment!
Poppy Delevigne
Poppy Delevigne's wild hen-night at the Groucho club followed by the even wilder saucy slumber party left a lot of brides-to-be longing for the joyful simplicity of getting everyone together for a fun night on the town. Get the 90's kitsch of Poppy's hen party by encouraging fancy-dress: we're thinking bright pink wigs, metallic shades, leopard print coats, and outrageous underwear for the truly adventurous. Once you're suitably dolled up, get playful with some foreplay & flirting classes before really getting into the slumber party theme and belting out some tunes at a karaoke night. For a more low-key night with a throwback vibe, why not try a singing workshop or London life drawing class?
Lauren Conrad
We can't all jet-off to Cabo to celebrate our last days as a single girl like Lauren Conrad and her hens, but the laid-back beach atmosphere can be achieved here in the UK as well! Head to the coast and prepare to get your hair wet in a surfing or sailing lesson, even if you don't quite have your sea legs, what better way to enjoy your hen-do than by ogling those hot surf instructors? After a day riding the waves, keep the tropical theme going with hula skirts, and tiki-themed cocktails!
Jodie Kidd
Instead of following in the footsteps of Jodie Kidd who took her closest friends off to the Moroccan city for a weekend, lose yourself in the magic of Marrakech without ever setting foot on a plane. Bring the Middle East to your own back garden with lush fabrics, lanterns, candles, and shisha pipes giving you that Bedouin tent look. Go one step further for a truly unforgettable hen, and have a Middle Eastern cookery class where you can sample the spices and smells of another cuisine. Or why not give belly dancing lessons a try? Harder than it looks, but it could give your bridal party some good moves to crack out on the wedding day dance-floor!
Frankie Sandford
For all the party-girls out there like Frankie Sanford, Ibiza might seem like the perfect choice for a hen party getaway. Get the same exclusive party atmosphere with a vamped up club night: dress in neon and blast out some music on a party bus, or book a VIP table complete with drinks and dancing for star-style treatment closer to home. If you're feeling really adventurous, try a fire-breathing class to really get the rave going (this would have to be done pre rather than post alcohol!).
Check out our hen party life drawing classes in Ibiza.
Amal Alamuddin
The new Mrs. Clooney celebrated her last single weekend in classic style, with a girl's trip to Venice. For a sophisticated hen do that appeals across the ages (mum and mother-in-law friendly), take note from Amal and treat your ladies to a riverboat cruise complete with prosecco and dinner under the stars. Follow this with a slightly naughty life drawing class, or maybe a trip to the theatre. Complete the Venice vibe by dressing for the occasion in plush cocktail dresses topped off with beautiful Venetian masks.


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Category: Community Issues
Leaders try to find common ground in North Carolina
March 9, 2016
Categories: Community Issues, In The News, Public Policy
From the News & Observer BY ROB CHRISTENSEN It was a simple idea, but a surprising one in this age of political polarization, which now includes innuendo about one's manhood. Why not get North Carolinians of all political stripes together to have conversations, to better understand one another's point of view, and see whether there is any common ground about how to make life better in the state? The result was the first of a series of meetings last week at Duke University involving conservatives such as Raleigh businessman Art Pope, former state GOP Chairman Robin Hayes and former gubernatorial candidate Chuck Neely, and liberals such as MaryBe McMillan of the state AFL-CIO, former Charlotte Mayor Dan Clodfelter, and former state Rep. Rick Glazier, head of the North Carolina Justice Center. It all started when John Hood, president of the conservative John Pope Foundation, wrote a column about a year ago about how liberals and conservatives rarely talk...
White Oak School gymnasium effort receives $5,000 grant
July 24, 2015
Categories: Community Issues, Humanitarian, In The News, Press Releases
July 24, 2015 RALEIGH – The John William Pope Foundation recently announced the award of a $5,000 grant to the White Oak School gymnasium revitalization project in Elizabethtown. "Buildings like the White Oak gymnasium are the backbone of many small communities," said Art Pope, chairman of the John William Pope Foundation. "The Pope Foundation is proud to support a project that the people of Bladen County will find useful and important for years to come." The Pope Foundation receives its support from the family of Art Pope and from Variety Wholesales, Inc., owner and operator the North Carolina based Roses and Maxway stores. The White Oak school doors were shuttered years ago, and all that remains on the property is a gymnasium built in the 1940s. The property was donated to White Oak Baptist Church about a year ago and the White Oak School Reunion Committee began the process of renovating the building into a community center. The grant from the Pope Foundation...
Want to be happy? Participating in a vibrant civil society is key
October 9, 2013
Categories: Community Issues, Humanitarian, Philanthropy Updates
Who doesn't want to be happy? But often, the pursuits and pleasures we assume will bring happiness never do in the end. Writing in Philanthropy Daily, middle-school teacher Abigail Clevenger suggests that participating in a vibrant civil society — family, church, and local community — is a key ingredient for achieving personal and national happiness. She launches her argument off a recent speech by the American Enterprise Institute's Arthur Brooks on "the secret of happiness": The problem is that we try to measure happiness, both personally and nationally, with what is easily measured: money and material goods. So we quickly become a nation primed for consumption and the never-ending quest to satiate unlimited desires. The government ends up encouraging materialism and the assumption that money (or entitlements) can buy happiness. Alas, time and again, the stats clearly demonstrate that money just doesn't buy elusive happiness. Again, for an individual or society to be...
Columnist: Millennials must embrace 'creative destruction'
June 24, 2013
Categories: Community Issues, Entrepreneurship
Writing in Forbes magazine, Maura Pennington argues that Millennials (roughly those born between 1980 and 2000) must embrace Joseph Schumpeter's concept of "creative destruction" in order to thrive in hard economic times: How can a philosophy of creative destruction help [Millennials] find their way? To answer that, I offer advice from my grandfather. He would give me the greatest, pithiest piece of wisdom whenever I came home crying, inflexible in the face of opposition. He'd look me directly in the eyes and say simply, "Adjust." It was infuriating to hear at the age of twelve, but it's the word I now live by: Adjust. We have to adapt. So we majored in the Humanities and companies only want engineers. Embrace the message of Hermann Hesse's Demian: "Nothing new can arrive unless an old thing dies." Keep reading novels, but start learning a new skill. It is never too late to course correct. It is certainly not too late when in one's twenties. Creative...
[VIDEO] The economic consequences of changing family structure
May 29, 2013
Categories: Community Issues, Family Issues, Public Policy
Values & Capitalism, an initiative of the American Enterprise Institute, has released a new book discussing the economic consequences of breakdown in family structure in the United States: Since the 1950s, divorces and out-of-wedlock births in America have risen dramatically. This has significantly affected the economic well-being of the country's most vulnerable populations. In "Home Economics: The Consequences of Changing Family Structure, Nick Schulz argues that serious consideration of the consequences of changing family structure is sorely missing from conversations about American economic policy and politics. Apprehending a complete picture of this country's economic condition will be impossible if poverty, income inequality, wealth disparities, and unemployment alone are taken into consideration, claims Schulz. Click here to purchase the book, or watch the video below. Here is an excerpt from the first chapter, available in PDF download: This project was...


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We've been receiving a lot of emails lately, inquiring as to whether orders placed now will be delivered in time for Christmas. Just so everyone knows, our deadline for guaranteed Christmas delivery passed two weeks ago. We just finished running a very successful Small Business Saturday sale, bringing in quite a few additional orders. At this time, any orders placed for tool rolls or aprons, in any style, color, or configuration won't be started until after the New Year.
We don't operate like most businesses. We don't have employees. We don't contract out our work. We don't buy anything pre-made or pre-fabricated. All of our items are made by hand, every step of the way, by me. My lovely wife handles most of the email correspondence, the accounting, and the embroidery. Without her, our turnaround time would be double what it is. All other aspects of our business, the making, prototyping, social media-ing is performed by me. Heck, we are so picky about our work that I even make my own labels for our items, one at a time from vegetable tanned cowhide.
We know that our turnaround times can be long, I get it. There are times we have to shut down ordering altogether just so I can catch up on orders and keep the backlog manageable. With all of that said, I promise that the end result will be well worth the wait.
As always, thank you for the continued patience and unrivaled support. We are living the American Dream and it's all due to you.


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The new 2013 Confident Mom Weekly Household Planner is here! You can get your home cleaned and organized this coming New Year with pages to tell you when and where to clean each day. In doing it, you can keep your home cleaned all year.
This is something I have struggled with a great deal this past year and I'm so excited to implement this new planner into my day for 2013. I love the idea of breaking my day into small tasks, to me it doesn't seem as overwhelming. Also as a work at home homeschooling mom, I rarely have hours to clean my home during the week and I cherish the weekends with my husband home so this sounds like a perfect plan to me.
The planner keeps busy moms motivated and on track with all their to-do items day after day, week after week, all year long. This weekly planner breaks down household items into manageable daily and weekly tasks, utilizing smaller increments of time to keep the tasks from becoming too large and overwhelming. This also makes them easy to delegate! No stone is left unturned—it includes everything from ironing, cleaning the bathtub, vacuuming under furniture, and washing the car to taking your vitamins, exercising, meal planning, and pampering yourself! It will even help you make sure you're drinking enough water each day.
You can even buy the version that includes daily bible reading in it!
This year there is an extra supplement you can buy, this is what it includes:
*Master Family Planner to keep track of the entire family's activities on a daily/weekly basis. *Special Occasion Calendar/Gift Planner so you'll always be prepared for the next birthday or special occasion. *Holiday Gift Planner Worksheet to keep track of your holiday shopping list and purchases. *Babysitter Information Form so your sitter has all the important info he or she needs. *Quick Contacts to keep important contacts available for easy reference when you need them in a hurry as well as frequently used numbers. *Family Emergency/Medical Information Form to keep medical and insurance info easy to find and share with those that need it. *Website/App List for Kids so you can record websites/apps your kids are interested in. *Website/App List for Me so you can record websites/apps you want to visit or buy. *Account Keeper Sheet to keep track of online accounts, including usernames and passwords. *Weekly Menu Planner/Shopping List so you arrive at the store prepared and don't over-purchase.
The 2013 Confident Mom Weekly Household Planner is available for $9, and the Weekly Household Planner Supplement is available for an additional $5. For only $14 for both, this is a great value! Both are available as a digital PDF download from my website so you can begin your household transformation immediately!
CLICK HERE to purchase the PDF and be on your way to a cleaner and more organized home!
There is the code for $2 off the planner + supplemental pack which retails for $14 for The Better Mom Readers. Just enter the code BMNY2 at checkout! The $9 version is not eligible. Blessings,
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About the Conservancy
Abingdon Square Conservancy is a non-profit public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our mission is to enhance and maintain the Square as a scenic and historic landmark. The Conservancy is solely dependent on private donations for its operations and receives no public funding.
The Conservancy employs a horticulturalist to design and maintain plantings, provide gardening services, liaise with the City, and supervise maintenance in the park. A groundskeeper is employed to keep the Square clean. The Square is maintained in cooperation with the New York City Parks and Recreation Department, which collects trash and locks and unlocks the gates.
Annual Conservancy events include a spring tulip display, Tulip Celebration (a member appreciation cocktail party), a carved Pumpkin Patch on Halloween night and a winter holiday decoration and light display.


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HumanToolz: Out of the Office Park, Into the Kickstarter Wilderness
Brett Faulk spent most of his career navigating glacier-like corporate bureaucracies at sprawling office parks. These days, he couldn't be happier guiding his small, self-funded start-up through the fast-paced, flexible world of crowd-funding on the Internet.
Today, Faulk is a managing partner of HumanToolz, an accessory maker operating out of Cypress, Texas. But he led high-powered product marketing teams at Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell for nearly two decades before deciding in 2007 to leave it all behind to work as a consultant for supply chain clients.
A few years later, he made an even riskier leapteaming up with two partners to found HumanToolz for the purpose of developing and marketing their own products.
"It's a night and day contrast," Faulk said, comparing the long, drawn-out process of getting a product idea "from Powerpoint to prototype" at a giant technology company with the speed with which he's able to do so with HumanToolz.
"In a large company, there are layers of people you have to get support from to proceed. Now we can have an idea, start engaging with a supplier, and have a prototype, literally in 24 to 48 hours," he said. "So to break it down, in terms of the decision-making timeline, the prototype process goes from months to hours and going to market with a product goes from years to months."
HumanToolz's flagship product is an iPad stand that's lightweight, built to prop up Apple's best-selling tablet in either its portrait or landscape orientation, and designed to showcase the device's polished profile rather than cover it up. The startup has been pitching the iPad stand on Kickstarter (see video below) and has thus far raised more than $86,000 from 361 backers with a couple days still to go, exceeding an original goal of $80,000.
That's a nice chunk of change. It perhaps pales in comparison next to the $8.6 million raised by the creators of the Ouya game console on Kickstarter earlier this summer, but it is a certainly healthy infusion of seed money for a tablet accessory.
Kickstarter has been largely lauded by the tech press since its launch in April 2009, but this week Kickstarter faced some scrutiny over the refunding process for failed campaigns during a segment on NPR's All Things Considered. In a blog post, Kickstarter said it does not issue refunds, and in fact never handles money, but has helped guide creators through the refund process in the past.
Faulk probably has a better perspective than most Kickstarter creators on how radically different the crowd-sourced funding process is from getting an idea off the ground in a corporate environment. Starting his career in tech in 1990, he went on to leading consumer PC product marketing groups at Compaq and then HP after the two companies merged in 2002, before closing out the corporate phase of his career at Dell.
He appreciates the products produced by those companiesin fact, Faulk still speaks fondly of being on the team at Compaq that produced the world's first sub-$1,000 consumer PCs and helped make the company the top computer maker in the world for a time. But the Texan also believes that recent disappointing performances by corporate PC makers like HP and others (Apple, as usual, is the exception that proves the rule) speaks to an inability to keep up with faster-paced times.
"HP and the rest of them are still stuck in PC limbo. They're slaves to Intel and Microsoft, so for them to really innovate, it's tough. If I went back to HP or Dell tomorrow, what I might do is form a small team and let them work remotely, let them incubate ideas, let them operate under the radar," he said. "Let them develop products almost independently and work with the Kickstarters to really test their ideas and move fast on them. When you unplug from a big corporate entity like Dell or HP, there's so much additional clarity you gain on the market."
Faulk has also seen a good idea fail in the start-up world, however. He was a consultant for the developers of the Android-based iMerj smartpad, a prototype, dual-screened smartphone/mini tablet that never made it to market.
But the HumanToolz co-founder still believes there's a ton of upside for startups like his own to keep trying to create innovative new products.
"There's just so much opportunity to innovate out there. There are so many companies that are just lazy, or haven't developed their internal talent correctly. It's in smartphones, it's in accessories. There's not a ton of original design work going on these days and it's really pretty embarrassing," he said.
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The final proofs of my latest book, The Elven Comedienne, have been ordered! If all goes well, the book should be available by the end of the year.
The Elven Comedienne is my first foray into comedy, and I think it works well. It's set in the modern world, except the world is reimagined to include elves and dwarves and orcs and magic. Jana Ashworth is a human private detective from Boston who uncovers a plot to enslave the Elven Goddess of Love. Traxy Ysiel'thar is an elven comedienne who would be a victim of this plot. Jana rescues Traxy and the two team up to try to stop the plot.
I think the book is a natural continuation for anyone who has read The Dragon Kaseraak series. It doesn't have the hook of a young apprentice to make it a true YA book, but there's nothing in the book in particular that would make it inappropriate for someone about 14 years old to read. To me it's aimed at the same sort of audience as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams: a very funny book that is technically not YA but one that quickly became my favorite at age thirteen or so. There's violence and some suggested romantic interludes, but there's nothing explicit.
My humor tends toward the absurd, something that hopefully is apparent in the first chapter, as Jana takes a case from a woman who suspects her husband is cheating. It turns out that the woman cares not about "cheating" in the traditional marriage sense of having a romantic dalliance with someone outside of the marriage, but in fact is concerned with her husband's golf game. I took inspiration for the first chapter from my love of Raymond Chandler books, though as is obvious, I gave it an absurd twist. The first chapter is about getting to know Jana as a character, and I think she's a fun one.
While Jana is a fun character, she's certainly grounded in the reality of the story (which, of course, includes sorcery). Traxy, on the other hand, is not so grounded. In the second chapter, Traxy becomes victim to a ritual that will eventually infuse her with the spirit of the Goddess of Tricks and Games. I don't want to get too much into it because I don't want to spoil the book, but I will say that Traxy's approach to fighting bad guys is not one that would make any sense for anyone bounded by what we think of as appropriate and typical fantasy world tactics. An example: while Jana tosses fireballs and force spells, Traxy comes to battle armed with a pillow and a banana.
I've uploaded the first two chapters of the book to give readers a taste of the story. Unfortunately, that isn't enough time to truly capture Traxy's zaniness. That just takes too long to set up. I had a lot of fun with Traxy and especially writing dialogue between Traxy and Jana. I hope you enjoy it too.
And now I feel I have to disclose an additional circumstance for this book. For the first time in over seven years, I have submitted a query regarding The Elven Comedienne to a literary agent, in the hope that it might be traditionally published (and thus reach a far wider audience). I haven't done this in a way that might maximize success: I've chosen one agent who I think would most like the story and submitted it exclusively to her. It is, as one might say, a shot in the dark. Most such queries are rejected for various reasons and I am proceeding under the assumption that's what will happen. But to leave options open in the case it succeeds, I am not going to make the book available outside of this website and conventions I attend (and perhaps not even then under certain circumstances).
In any case, like my other books, I'm going to make the first two chapters available. You can download them here. If you like what you read, please contact me and I will be sure to let you know when the book becomes available!
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Scitex Announces 2Q Results, To Write Down $150 Million from Creo Investment
Thursday, August 09, 2001
Press release from the issuing companyHERZLIA, Israel, Aug. 8 Scitex Corporation Ltd. a world leader in inkjet technologies and digital imaging solutions, today announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2001. This is the first quarter since the April 2000 transaction with Creo Products Inc. for which Scitex is able to provide meaningful year over year consolidated comparative figures. Revenues for the second quarter of 2001 increased 27% to $66 million, compared with $52 million in the second quarter of 2000. Operating income for the second quarter of 2001 before amortization of intangibles was $4 million, compared to a loss of $0.8 million in the second quarter of 2000. Pro forma net income was $2.9 million ($0.07 per share), compared with a pro forma net loss of $3.6 million ($0.08 per share) for the second quarter of 2000. Following a periodic review of the carrying value of the Creo holding and due to recent announcements from Creo, Scitex has written down the carrying value of that holding to reflect the decrease in its valuation. Under U.S. GAAP, the net loss for the second quarter 2001 was $162 million or ($3.75) per share, of which $150 million was attributed to the write down associated with the Company's holding in Creo. The net income under U.S. GAAP for the second quarter 2000 was $126 million, mostly associated with the capital gain and charges relating to the sale of the digital preprint business. (See accompanying reconciliation of U.S. GAAP figures to pro forma figures). The geographic distribution of revenues for the second quarter 2001 was as follows: Americas 37%, Europe 32%, Far East, Pacific and rest of the world 31%. Yoav Z. Chelouche, President and Chief Executive Officer said, "Scitex Digital Printing and Scitex Vision continued to show high growth in spite of the current difficult market conditions. Our focus on the fast growing digital printing markets, combined with our unique inkjet technologies, ensured continued strong performance in our core operating businesses.'' Mr. Chelouche added, "Creo, however, has been affected to a greater degree by market conditions and has recently reduced its outlook for the coming quarters. We have consequently decided to write down the carrying value of the Creo holding on our books.'' In a separate release issued August 7, 2001, Mr. Chelouche announced that he will step down from his position of President and CEO of the Company at the end of August. Mr. Chelouche will continue to advise Scitex through mid-year 2002. The Scitex Board of Directors is currently reviewing the Company's strategy and plans. In conjunction with this process it will announce a replacement shortly. Scitex Digital Printing, Inc. (SDP) Scitex Digital Printing continued to deliver strong revenue growth. Revenues in the second quarter 2001 increased by 20% to $42.5 million (Second quarter 2000: $35.3 million). Operating income for the second quarter 2001 before amortization of intangibles was $2.7 million. This compares to a second quarter 2000 operating income of $1.7 million, a year over year improvement of 58%. Gross profit was $15.6 million (37% of revenue) for the second quarter of 2001, compared to $14.8 million (42% of revenue) for the second quarter of 2000. The decline in gross margin is a result of the recent slowdown in the market, slower than expected penetration in the U.S. market, lengthening sales cycles and pricing pressure. During the quarter, SDP concluded the sale of a new Scitex VersaMark® Business Color Press(TM) to a major reseller in conjunction with an intended OEM relationship. In addition, SDP received the "R&D Magazine 100'' Technology Award for 2001. This annual Award was given based on innovation and excellence in technology development for its Scitex VersaMark Business Color Press. Scitex Vision Ltd. Scitex Vision continued its strong performance this quarter with revenues growing by 46% to $23.9 million (second quarter 2000: $16.3 million). Service and consumables revenues increased by an impressive 64% to $8.6 million for the second quarter of 2001 (second quarter 2000: $5.2 million). For the second quarter of 2001, operating income before amortization of intangibles was $2.9 million. This compares to a second quarter 2000 operating income of $0.9 million. During the quarter, Scitex Vision announced the closing of a major deal with the German printing house, Ellerhold Grossplakate GmbH, in which this key customer signed a contract to purchase three of its Scitex Pressjet(TM) systems. These three printers will replace a conventional screen-printing line. In addition, Scitex Vision opened its new North American offices and customer demonstration center facility in Marietta, Georgia in June 2001. The new facility represents the growing importance of the North and Latin American markets and demonstrates the Company's strong commitment to these markets. * Creo Products Inc. * (Results reported with 3 months lag) * For its fiscal second quarter ended March 31, 2001, Creo reported revenues of $173 million and adjusted earnings of $12.8 million (Scitex's share: 27%). Under US GAAP, Scitex recorded $8.0 million equity loss from its investment in Creo. An additional $3.0 million loss, resulting from dilution of Scitex's holding by the exercise of options for Creo shares at lower prices than Scitex's cost, was recorded as Other Expenses. On August 2, 2001, Creo reported its fiscal third quarter results (ended June 30, 2001) with revenues of $170 million and adjusted earnings of $10.0 million or $0.20 per share (diluted). Under US GAAP, Creo recorded a loss of $8.4 million or $0.17 per share (diluted). Those results will be reflected in Scitex's third quarter results. In conjunction with that release, Creo announced a reduced outlook for the coming quarters mainly due to the economic climate. Scitex reviews the value of the Creo investment on a periodic basis to determine whether there has been an "other than temporary'' decline in value. The review concluded that Scitex needs to reduce the carrying value to reflect the decreased valuation of Creo. The resulting write down charge is $150 million. The reduced book value as of June 30, 2001 is $199 million. Cash Flow Both SDP and Scitex Vision generated positive operating cash flow for the quarter while continuing to invest in their operations.Scitex continued to expend cash in supporting a number of its investments, including the conclusion of the Karat operations that were fully provided for in the fourth quarter of 2000. The balance of cash and short-term investments at the end of the quarter was $27.1 million. Balance Sheet During the second quarter of 2001, accounts receivable decreased by $4.0 million, compared to an increase of $11.0 million in the first quarter of 2001. Inventory balances remained relatively stable. This was the result of improved collection efforts and operational efficiencies at both SDP and Scitex Vision. Outlook The Company continues to foresee revenue growth and expects margins to improve over the long-term. Price pressure and lengthened sales cycles are, however, expected in the short-term. Investments (See accompanying schedule for a full list of Scitex's investments) Conference Call Investors will have the opportunity to listen to a live simultaneous webcast of the analyst conference call in connection with Scitex's second quarter earnings. The call is scheduled for 10 a.m. New York (7 a.m. Pacific, 3 p.m. London, 5 p.m. Israel) on Thursday August 9, 2001. You can connect online through http://www.streetfusion.com or http://www.scitex.com. A replay of the conference call will be available during the following seven days on the following numbers: * US 1 (800) 475-6701 * Intl 1 (320) 365-3844 * Access code: 594108 The replay will be available until midnight on Thursday, August 16, 2001. About Scitex Corporation Ltd. Scitex Corporation Ltd., a world leader in digital imaging solutions, is building a network of leading, innovative companies focused on combining digital imaging technologies with the power of the Internet to create a world of visually rich business communications. Scitex shares trade on Nasdaq and The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the symbol SCIX. For more information, please visit our web site at http://www.scitex.com. The financial information included herein may not necessarily reflect the results of operations of the division in the future or what it would have been had it been a separate, unaffiliated entity during the periods presented. Investments US Dollars in Thousands Total Holding at Company Investment June 30, 2001 Creo Products Inc. 417,460 27.1% Aprion Digital Ltd. 3,238 19.2% Jemtex Ink Jet Ltd. 5,400 36.6% Objet Geometries Ltd. 6,000 18.7% SciDel Technologies Ltd. 3,330 26.9% RealTimeImage Ltd. 5,300 15.9% InfoBit Ltd. 1,000 21.3% XMPie Inc. 500 19.4% Dor Capital Ventures 2,000
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Common causes of pain in either big toe include turf toe, sesamoiditis, osteoarthritis or jamming the big toe into a wall or other hard surface, according to WebMD, Healthline and the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. Treatment depends on the type of injury, with the most simple injury, a stubbed toe, requiring only rest.
Turf toe involves swelling and sometime a fracture of the sesamoid joint in the big toe. Treatment for turf toe and other sesamoid injuries may include rest, padding and taping of the toe joint, oral medications, surgery, physical therapy or steroid injections, according to the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. A doctor should be consulted to identify appropriate care. Osteoarthritis treatment include steroids and rest, notes Healthline.


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Female House Finch
I've been as guilty as the next photographer in posting mostly male birds. The males are decidedly more color and popular. However, I think this closeup of the female House Finch shows she is beautiful in her own right. And if it were not for the females, there would be no males.
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University of Central Arkansas President Tom Courtway announced Thursday that Kelley Erstine will be joining the UCA executive staff effective September 1, 2014. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina, a position he has held since July 2008.
Erstine, a native of Sheridan, Arkansas, is a 1979 graduate of UCA with a degree in journalism. Previously he served as a member of the University's Board of Trustees, and also served as Vice President for Institutional Advancement. In his new position with UCA, he will serve as Chief of Staff. His salary will be $165,000 per year.
In announcing the addition of Kelley Erstine, Courtway stated, "I am very pleased that Kelley Erstine has agreed to serve as Chief of Staff. He knows the institution very well, is a proven administrator and is well known throughout the State of Arkansas. He and his wife, Leslie, are excited about returning to the state and to UCA, and he will be an asset to the university as we move ahead.


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During the International Year Of Light 2015 and within the European project 'Gophoton!', B-PHOT organised ID#2015: Discover the power of light! , an exhibition on the theme of light and lighting technology at the Atomium. More then 270.000 visitors came to visit this exhibition. Visitors experienced how animals see the world around them and in another part of the Atomium they were fully immersed in the wonderful world of light and its applications on a round to round projection system, optical illusions and 3D effects. Furthermore, NGOs showed some of their captivating initiatives around the globe. Right at the entrance of the exhibition, visitors discovered more about innovation in light technology and were surrounded by beautiful illustrations of Frank R. Paul.
This exhibition was organised with the financial support of the European Commission, Brussels Capital Region and VUB.
More information on the newsitem : B-PHOT KICKS OFF PHOTONICS EXHIBITION "ID#2015: DISCOVER THE POWER OF LIGHT!"
Atomiumsquare, B-1020 Brussel
June 4, 2015 – October 18, 2015
VUB - Campus Etterbeek
Pleinlaan 2
1050 Elsene
Building F - 9th floor


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An introduction from creator Aymar Jean Christian
Three years ago I moved to Chicago to start an exciting new job as a professor at Northwestern University. I was scared. I didn't know many people in the city and was not used to going out. While in grad school in Philadelphia, I mostly stayed in, kept sane by TV and frequent visits from my partner, who lived in New York. I got a lot of work done: over 400 articles on my blog Televisual and venues like Indiewire and Tubefilter, mostly essays and reports on web TV; six peer-reviewed scholarly articles on television and video production and politics; one 12-episode comedy web series and several passable documentary shorts; many conference presentations and a few research and curatorial fellowships.
Having little or no life outside of work and TV helped me snag a rare and competitive tenure-track position in academia. When I got to Chicago I realized I was too focused on work and forgot about community, that is to say, being a part of your city and your people. In school most of my friends were graduate students, and I didn't know Philly too well. I didn't want to make the same mistake in Chicago, so I started going to where I felt most at home, where people affirmed my identity as a queer black man. I went to performance art events, film screenings, discussions and lectures on culture and politics, and, most important, nightlife events with diverse gay and queer artists and partygoers. I could shake off stress dancing to house, hip hop and calypso. I could discuss important political issues and cultural events. Chicago welcomed me, a social newbie, with open arms.
I learned why everyone loves Chicago, even if you don't want to leave home half the year. Slip on extra layers, lace up boots, trudge through icy sidewalks and across snowy banks and people appreciate the effort. For every time I slipped on ice running to make a performance, I made twice the connections to talented, creative people.
But the season takes it toll. During the day I started doing yoga at a friend's apartment, partly to meet new people and partly to keep my body healthy since I was inside all day writing. Yoga was invigorating. I started to do poses at home alone. I could never remember the sequences, but I wasn't inspired by the tutorials I saw online. Instead I started dancing alone like when I was a kid, using basic poses to stretch after warming up my body. It wasn't very scientific, and the practice didn't last long.
Yet I was intrigued by the connection between yoga, and my dancing, inspired by my mother's praise dancing and vogue I saw in Chicago's queer nightlife.
"Nupita Obama Creates Vogua," the first episode of Open TV Presents, was born. Below is a tease of Nupita Obama with one of the three gifted leads, Erik Wallace. I met Erik as a host and performer at parties and art events in Chicago. I'm so excited to have the chance to share her talent with the world:


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Valentine's Day Flowers and Gifts. Silver Lake, Los Angeles. The Plant Provocateur supplying Silver Lake, Echo Park, and the areas of Atwater Village and Los Feliz.
The Plant Provocateur will be OPEN Valentines Day from 10am-6pm! Now for those of you that know my shop...it's a small affair. So, I have a limited number of flowers available, BUT, they're good ones. I like beautiful things. I like rich, luxurious colours, textures, and scents. I love creating with the best materials. You want something special...I'll hook you up with something. So, if you're in the hood, stop by or if parking is just not your thing, give me a call and we'll set up some curbside service.
The Plant Provocateur is located in Silver Lake at 3318 W. Sunset Blvd., LA CA 90026. Phone is 323-774-4836. Valentine's Day For The Modern Day Cupid!


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I got a pressie of a Universal Contour Body Wrap from my dearest. It couldn't have come at a better time – I booked myself in for the treatment in my local beauty salon the day before I left for my holiday.
As I'm sure many of you know, the Universal Contour Wrap is designed to help you lose inches for up to one month. The reason I selected this treatment was because of all the water storage issues I had. It involved being wrapped in warm muddy bandages from neck to toe, donning a big body suit to help contain the water loss and sitting back in a comfy chair and watching a movie for an hour. I should point out that this is by no means a luxurious treatment. I did get to select a dvd (I opted for The Queen) while I waited for the mud to do it's work.
Every inch of me was measured before the treatment started. It took about 15 minutes to apply the bandages and I requested extra focus on my hips and thighs. I then sat for an hour while it worked its magic. When my therapist returned the floor was flooded. The suit couldn't contain the water.
I found a stock image for the wrap -there wasn't a chance in hell that I was posting pictures of me wrapped in bandages.
I was then measured again and I was delighted to hear that I had lost 11 inches. Granted it's just water, but hey, 11 inches is 11 inches. My abs looked defined and most of the water loss came from my tummy and hips with a little reduction in my upper arms (aka the bane of my life). I initially thought that I would have to shower off the remaining mud but the therapist rubbed it into my skin and asked me not to shower for a day or so to allow the mud to continue to work.
I paid €75 for my wrap but it was on special this month. I remember a few years ago this wrap cost in excess of €100. It's well worth the doe but they recommend a course for the best results – a little outside my budget I'm afraid but the results from one treatment were great. My thighs and tummy looked much slimmer going on holiday. I had the treatment two weeks ago and the results have lasted.
My local beauty salon, Jule Beauty in Malahide, is the best I've been to. It feels more like a little spa rather than a beauty salon. They use Yon-Ka, Image and Dermalogica skin care – I'm a fan of all three. The staff are so professional and always make me feel at ease. When it comes to Birthdays and Christmas pressies I usually opt for a voucher. I mentioned before that I went for a pamper afternoon during the Winter. It involved hot chocolate and biscuits between sessions…heaven.
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Where should President Elect Barrack Obama concentrate his attention first? War and energy, according to renowned investor Donald Trump.
"One thing that's really important, I think he's going to get us out of Iraq, and the country can't really go forward until we stop spending hundreds of billions of dollars in Iraq, where the people don't want us there to start off with," Trump said on CNBC.


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Edutainment for Equity is traveling on tour to East Africa and the Caribbean this July and August. Follow our journey here, on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Stationhead and Streetwyze.com.
This month Edutainment for Equity will be kicking off #thenappyroadshow, traveling through East Africa celebrating Black Beauty, Black empowerment and the Natural World. The Road Show will feature live concerts, interviews, presentations, ciphers, visits to natural places, new music and amazing videography. Participants will experience excerpts from live Candice Antique Concerts, Mr Davis Classroom presentations, and extended journeys to nature. The show will also feature appearances from artists, poets and activists working in these communities. The Nappy Road Show is an exclusive project of Edutainment for Equity, sponsored by the Institute for the Future, ISEEED, Stationhead, Hip Hop is Now, MstAfrika, the Mau Mau Collective, Red Bay Coffee, Young Gifted and Black, The Roots Foundation, Streetwyze.com, and Candice Antique. Elements of this campaign will be featured at The Life is Living Festival in Oakland Ca, the Climate National Summit, The UN General Assembly, the YBCA 100, and in a host of other events and exhibitions around the world. You can follow the story on various platforms including @stationhead, @thestreetwyze, @candiceantique, @edutainment4equity and @mrdavis510.


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Rory McIlroy is the latest star to announce he will miss the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards this month.
The world No 1 golfer is the only non-Olympian to make the 12-strong shortlist after a year where he won his second Major and topped the moneylists on both sides of the Atlantic.
But after finishing his season with victory in Dubai last weekend - he played in Hong Kong and Singapore in the previous two weeks - the 23-year-old yesterday tweeted from holiday in the United States with his girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki.
McIlroy will spend most of the next month out of the UK on holiday or preparing for next season.
After his nomination was announced this week, the Ryder Cup star said: "It is a real honour to be nominated two years in a row. With it being an Olympic year, and with so many outstanding achievements in British sport in 2012, the voting is sure to go right down to the wire."
Andy Murray will also miss the BBC's celebration of the sporting year on December 16 in London as he will be undergoing training in Miami before next month's Australian Open.


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List of all Bollywood Drama Movies with starcast, confirmed release date, reviews, genre, duration and other details.
Release date: 19th January 1996
Vikram Mayur, a wealthy Indian, born and raised in England, returns to his ancestral home in Bombay, India to look up his late brothers eight-year-old son Nandu raised by his caring aunt Bijuriya in which Vikram is torn between choosing to take Nandu back to England to learn his familys business, or risk throwing it al...
Director: Praveen Nischol
120 minutes
Genre: Drama
Release date: 16th January 2004
A woman falls for a charming and mysterious businessman. The whirlwind romance turns sour when she is framed for his underworld crimes. Now, finally out of prison she is ready for sweet revenge....
Director: Sriram Raghavan
Release date: 26th August 2005
Kishen is a newspaper baron married to Kaajal, a housewife who suspects her husband of having numerous non-existent affairs. Pooja is the believing wife of ever-philandering globe-trotting businessman Prem. Kishen and Prem are thick pals. Sanjana falls in love with Prems loyal photographer Sunny and they get engaged. K...
Director: Anees Bazmee
Genre: Eastern
Release date: 1st January 2007
Since the empire of Devigarh comes apart at the seams, an ageing bodyguard efforts to guard the Regal Family, in addition to hold its darkest strategies from actually arriving at light....
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Genre: Drama
Release date: 14th September 2018
Helicopter Eela is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language film directed by Pradeep Sarkar. It features Kajol in the lead role as an aspiring singer and single mother and is written by Mitesh Shah and Anand Gandhi. It is based on the Gujarati play Beta, Kaagdo, written by Anand Gandhi. Pre-production of the film began in ...
Director: Pradeep Sarkar
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22 06 2018 The curatorial team headed by Marcus Taylor and Caruso St John has facilitated Great Britain presenting itself to this year's Architecture Biennial as an open-minded, outward-going country – with an emptied-out Pavilion and a platform on the roof. We met up with Caruso in Venice and spoke with him about extreme times, the role of façades and post-Bauhaus.
14 06 2018 The decision was controversial: The exhibition at the Swiss Pavilion "Svizzera 240: House Tour" won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the 2018 Architecture Biennale. Just an entertaining event, people were heard to say. The exhibition certainly is entertaining, but also a pointed criticism of contemporary Swiss architecture.
12 06 2018 Venice boasts more than 150 ecclesiastical buildings – and now the Biennial has spawned a further eleven. On its first showing at the world's largest architecture event, the Vatican contracted architects of world renown to erect "Vatican Chapels" on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore.
05 06 2018 "Unbuilding Walls" is the theme of the German entry to this year's Architecture Biennial in Venice. Germany has now been re-united for 28 years, exactly as long as the Wall stood. Together with Marianne Birthler, GRAFT Architects have taken this temporal symmetry as an opportunity to investigate the consequences of division and the process of healing.
16 05 2018 Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, curatrices of the 16th Architecture Biennial, had called for free spaces in the public sphere to be reconquered by architectural means, and many of the country pavilion coordinators have taken up their call. Preview of the schedule available to visitors to the Venice Biennial alongside the main "Freespace" exhibition.
08 05 2018 At last, the 16th Architecture Biennial in Venice kicks off at the end of this month. This year, architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara from Grafton are presiding over the main exhibition entitled "Freespace". A summary of what awaits visitors to the Arsenale and Biennial Pavilion.
28 03 2018 Politician Marianne Birthler and architects Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz and Thomas Willemeit from the Graft practice are overseeing the "Unbuilding Walls" exhibition in the German Pavilion at this year's Architecture Biennial in Venice. FSB in discussion with the three architects about their scheme, the Biennial motto "Freespace" and gaps as statements.
20 03 2017 These days, Jasper Morrison is one of the big names in design. But the roots of his career lie in Berlin – and with FSB. Door lever handle 1144 was one of his first creations and is also on show in the "Jasper Morrison. Thingness" exhibition being run from 22 March 2017 at Berlin's Bauhaus Archive. A conversation about Berlin, Brakel and Tokyo.
17 08 2016 Leitmotif of Alejandro Aravena's main exhibition "Reporting from the Front"? The issue of sustainability. All works being shown in the Arsenale and the Central Pavilion at this year's Architecture Biennial address facets of the sustainability debate in architecture – though in very different and often surprising ways.
26 07 2016 Detroit is looking back to the future. Three years after financial bankruptcy in June 2013 the shrunken metropolis is reordering itself by tapping into its past as a pacemaker for modernity. The US Pavilion presents twelve architectural "speculations" for discussion on four illustrative locations in downtown Detroit.
20 07 2016 UN peacekeeping missions in Africa as an urban phenomenon: architect and curatrix Malkit Shoshan researched the hermetically guarded "Camp Castor" in Mali and in her "Blue" exhibition shows how UN bases can become networked "sharing spaces".
12 07 2016 The material legacy of the 2015 Art Biennial in Venice: 14 kilometres of steel section, 10,000 square metres of plasterboard, 100 tonnes of waste all told. Waste was given a second chance in 2016, Alejandro Aravena using it to fit out two fantastic entrance spaces for the current Architecture Biennial.
28 06 2016 2016 is truly the year of Alejandro Aravena – as curator of the main exhibition at the 15th Architecture Biennial in Venice and Pritzker Prize Winner, he and his concepts are central to the global discussion on future prospects for architecture. Portrait of the Chilean architect with a rundown of his key buildings.
07 06 2016 A benign fair-weather cloud has landed in the Swiss Pavilion. Christian Kerez is exhibiting an amorphous, negotiable object at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennial that he and his team painstakingly put together. He combined digital and analogue procedures whilst also conducting pure architectural research.
31 05 2016 Germany is a land of inward migration: that's the thrust of Germany's "Making Heimat" entry for the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennial. Its organisers arranged for four big holes to be knocked through the walls of the German Pavilion, where they are running an exhibition about "arrival cities" and refugees' abodes.


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The past three weeks have been the most amazing weeks of my life.
Three weeks ago my husband and I welcomed our first child into the world - a beautiful baby girl.
Neither of us had any idea just how much our hearts would explode once we saw her. It was incredible.
Every day since just gets better and better.
Of course though, it has not been easy ... being a first time mum is very tough at times. Very tough.
My husband and I don't have any family that live near by, but thankfully my parents were able to visit us for the first week after we left hospital. Thank goodness - without them I honestly don't know how we would have got through without breaking down. It was just so reassuring to have them there to help us when we didn't understand a certain cry, or when we desperately needed coffee at 4am.
I'm currently writing this blog post while standing, rocking my daughter in her sling/carrier.
So I've decided to briefly share my top 3 (good and bad).
Sleep Deprivation - Cracked Nipples - And NO Routine
Sleep Deprivation
I thought I knew what this was. I didn't. No one knows what sleep deprivation is until they have a baby. I used to be a moody cow if I had any less than 7 hours sleep per night. Wow! What I would give for 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep these days. But it is amazing how my body has responded ... I can achieve so much after only 2 hours - thank you hormones!
Cracked Nipples
Breastfeeding is NOT easy. In fact I found it to be utterly excruciating. I cried so much in the first 2.5 weeks because it hurt so much. Thankfully after reaching out to other mums I realised I wasn't alone and I just needed to hang in there ... now at three weeks it no longer hurts. But this is one area where new mums need a LOT of support. There is so much pressure to breastfeed, and although I am able to successfully breastfeed my daughter - some mothers simply cannot, no matter how hard they try and how desperately they want it to work .... society needs to lay off with the negative judgements towards these mothers.
NO Routine
I used to be a perfectionist. I lived by routine and structure (characteristics I developed as an athlete). I had schedules and made plans well in advance ... Well all of that has completely gone out the window. The other day we had planned to leave the house at 9am .... three hours later we finally did. Newborns do not follow a routine - sure they may only sleep and eat ... but there is no order or structured time line for any of this.
Lanolin - Sling/Carrier - Coffee .. AKA Lifesavers! The only thing to help soothe the initial pain of breastfeeding. It's awesome. Available at chemists - but ask the hospital before you leave, as they may have samples you can have.
My lifesaver - My Wild Bird Sling - for obvious reasons I am slightly more restricted than other people, if I'm holding my baby in my arms I can't do anything else. This sling enables me to keep her close to me while also giving me the freedom to move my one and only hand ... this is crucial for the next item ...
Again for obvious reasons this is a lifesaver - I usually make an instant coffee at about 5am each morning, then by 10am I get around to drinking it. If anyone wants to visit the only thing I ask is that you bring me a decent coffee!
Lastly .... the lack of sleep, and sore boobs - totally worth it!


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Steps to Starting a Cooperative
An In-Depth Guide for Co-op Start-Ups and Conversions
Margaret M. Bau, USDA Rural Development
New cooperative businesses can be started by eventual member-owners or be incubated by a development group. Existing businesses can be converted to member-ownership (either of employees or the community). Regardless of who organizes a co-op, this webinar identifies the key steps in the development process.
For more information on USDA's Cooperative programs, visit www.rd.usda.gov/coop.
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Kid To Kid And Uptown Cheapskate Customers Raise Money To Build The First Of Three Schools In AfricaCategories: News
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—May 7, 2015—Customers of Kid to Kid and Uptown Cheapskate stores across the country raised $51,613 on April 25, at charity Fill-A-Bag sale events. These funds are more than enough to build one school, and the remaining amount will go towards building a second school in the near future. Kid to Kid and Uptown Cheapskate—Salt Lake City based resale franchises—have partnered with buildOn, a non-profit organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education.
"These schools our customers are helping us build will serve hundreds of children that have never attended a real school before," said Shauna Sloan, President and Founder of Kid to Kid. "We are thrilled we can contribute to such an amazing cause and provide our customers with fashionable clothes at the same time."
Kid to Kid and Uptown Cheapskate plan to raise a total of $100,000 by the end of the year, which is enough to build a total of three schools in Mali, Senegal and Burkina Faso.
At the Fill-A-Bag events, large shopping bags were sold for just a $15 donation to buildOn, and customers stuffed as much donated product into the bags as they could fit. Most of the sale merchandise was donated by customers.
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Each school will accommodate up to 150 kids and feature two classrooms, a roof, toilets, and classroom supplies. buildOn partners with the ministry of education in each country and the local villages—which provide the land, local materials, and some construction labor. buildOn contributes the engineering, special materials, skilled labor and project supervision. The village is also required to send girls to school in equal numbers with boys for gender balance and equality.
For more information about buildOn and to find participating Kid to Kid and Uptown Cheapskate stores, visit https://act.buildon.org/team/44304.