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Dear Tom,
Thanks for your thoughtful and erudite response to my statement: "It's the Jews, stupid."
I don't disagree with your history, but imperialist support for Zionism is not the problem. Of course the Jews had help in the process of bringing the Jewish state of Israel into being. My reading of the history of the twentieth century shows that it was pretty complicated. But the ultimate cause of the "problem" in Palestine is the Zionist Jewish project to establish a Jewish homeland (Jewish state) in Palestine for Jews, of the Jews by the Jews. If Jews had not decided to rob Palestinians of their land and dignity as human beings there would be no problem. The Jews as immigrants could decide to live side by side as equals with their indigenous neighbors. But by insisting on a Jewish supremacist state the Jews have become (were and are) the problem.
I am actually hopeful that my admittedly provocative (crass?) statement (It's the Jews, stupid!) works on multiple levels:
1. the obvious: it's Jews who are doing Zionism. (there wouldn't be a Jewish state of Israel if there weren't Jews. This sounds sort of "over-obvious" just reading it, but I still think it's important and ties to my main argument, see below).
2. it's not only the Israeli Jews who are producing the Zionist project and persecuting the Palestinians: a majority of the Diaspora Jews actually support Israel's oppression and criminal persecution of the Palestinians. Why? Because they're Jews! (this is one of Atzmon's main points: the sense of Jewish identity and Jewishness plays the key role in the world-wide (Diaspora) support of Jews for the Jewish state of Israel.)
3. part of the "problem" is we can't say what the problem is: it's the "Jews". If you're gentile (Oy Vey! I'm goy!) you can't even use the word "Jew"! Calling a Jew a Jew is an insult and anti-Semitic unless you are a Jew, then you can say the word. So it becomes chilling to the discussion of the problem of Palestine – and I also admit that this actually attracts me -- I enjoy the confrontation of calling out what I believe is evil Jewish racism. I object to the usual apology: "it's not the Jewish people who are doing these bad things, it's the government, or it's the Zionists, or just those ultra-right-wing guys." Nope, it's the Jews. (Not all Jews, right?! But a good portion.)
4. (an extension of #3) it becomes critically important to the discussion of the problem: the "Jewish" state of Israel. If you can't say the word "Jew", how on earth can you talk about a one-state solution, for instance? When I say abolish the Jewish state of Israel, I don't mean push the Jews in to the Mediterranean Sea – but I do mean Jews should not have some privilege in human rights over Palestinians as citizens of Palestine-Israel. Abolish the Jewish state of Israel has to do with eliminating the apartheid and Jewish-supremacist institutionalized racism that exists in Israel today.
5. Why do I use the phrase, "it's the Jews"? Cause that's where the power is. (e.g., why did Dillinger rob banks, "cause that's where the money is.") I see the Palestinian struggle to end Israel's crimes of ethnic-cleansing, occupation, colonization and apartheid as a struggle against the Israeli Jews and their Diaspora supporters! Israel as the Jewish state is all about Jews – just ask Bibi Netanyahu. And this is who must be confronted with their awful crimes against the Palestinians.
6. #5 leads directly to this: addressing the Jews personifies an effective strategy in the struggle for Palestinian justice. Here's an example of what I'm talking about: When I started the CU-Divest! campaign I attempted to reach out to the local Jewish community (I had the naïve notion that I could actually persuade (progressive) Jews to join an effort to resist Israel's blatant crimes and not support Israel is its on-going oppression of Palestinians.) I talked to a local Rabbi and asked for support of our campaign to get the University to divest from Israeli apartheid. The reaction was swift and unequivocal: don't use the word apartheid and you can't criticize Israel: it's offensive and implicitly anti-Semitic.
I have come to believe that in a non-violent strategy to defeat Israel in its war on Palestinians, we must confront not only the state of Israel (Israeli Jews) but in our BDS efforts here in the USA, we must also confront Diaspora Jews who support Israel. My reference point for this salient is my experience growing up in apartheid Mississippi in the 50s and 60s. The "good" white people who acquiesced and pretended not to be racist bigots, in fact supported the the Jim Crow laws and segregation, they were part of the problem. Likewise with Palestine, the "good" Jews are part of the problem and must be confronted – the Diaspora Jews who support the Zionist project or simply remain silent are complicit.
Which leads to a couple of points from the Palestinian manifesto from "Nahida the Exiled Palestinian":
* Palestinians are under no obligation to hold back their march for freedom, to curtail their aims or to smother their rights for the sake of accommodating and not offending their Jewish supporters.
* Palestinians are always grateful and appreciative of the hard work and dedication of all their supporters whomever they are, however, Palestinians have NO obligation to adopt the aims and objectives of the anti-zionist Jewish supporters instead of their own.
Tom, you are correct: "It is difficult to witness the cruel oppression of the Palestinians and the support rendered that oppression by many Diaspora Jews without feeling anger at the Jewish community as a whole." But my statement, it's the Jews, stupid, stands as simple statement of fact. It doesn't say all Jews and doesn't mean that we or anyone should "hate" Jews. But step one is to recognize what the problem is. Jews have created the racist, Jewish-supremacist state of Israel are responsible for the ongoing crimes against the Palestinians.
As for being tarred with the usual epithet of anti-semitism and playing into the hands of Zionism -- I am well past that. That's sort of the whole point. See # 5 & 6 above. Anyway, at this point in my life and where I am in my support for the Palestinian cause, all I can say is, too fucking bad.
Michael Rabb
Palestine Liberation Activist
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Polaroid Summer is the combined talents of two well know Houston bands, Lost Element and VerseCity. Polaroid Summer is comprised of lead vocalist Micaiah Walker former lead singer of VerseCity, drummer Brian Barrett formerly of Lost Element, guitarist Trace Sisson formerly of Lost element, and bassist Kenneth Conlon formerly of Lost Element. After years of touring, writing, and tirelessly supporting their previous projects, both bands decided it was time to for a fresh start. The guys from Lost Element were introduced to Walker through a manager they had both previously worked with. They played a string of shows together in the Fall of 2016 where Walker filled in for former Lost Element lead singer, Omar Lopez. It was there that things really started to gel between the former Lost Element members and Walker. It didn't take long before they started writing and forming the new project, Polaroid Summer. They spent the winter of 2016 at Mix star studios in Virginia Beach, VA with Producer Bryce Bordone, the nephew of 11 time Grammy award winner, Serban Ghenea. After writing and working with Bryce, the group quickly developed their new age alt pop sound that gives them cross genre appeal. Channeling both electronic and organic elements combine with big propulsive beats, catchy guitar licks in resemblance to the 1975, and hook driven lead vocals gives them a lavishly layered sound appealing to mass audiences. Delivering hook after hook, the bands debut EP features everything from powerful message songs like "The Giant" to heart felt emotionally centered tracks about loss and healing like "Feeling Connected" all the way to millennial generation sing along anthems like "American Gold". Polaroid Summers first single, The Giant, which was mixed by Ghenea, will be released February 24th and their 8 song debut EP will be soon to follow. They are launching the new band with a big hometown show in Houston at Fitzgerald's, Friday March 3rd.
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Two days after Narendra Modi ended his trip to China at the weekend, the state-run Global Times ran a critical article on Modi's Make in India campaign, saying that the "private business sector skeptical about the whole idea" and that "even if New Delhi keeps persuading investors how promising it is to do business in India, the current situation is far from reassuring".
This damning verdict, albeit from a newspaper that ran a critical piece on border issues last week, underlines the failures so far of Make in India which, with its strange lion logo made of old fashioned engineering cogs, has been the main slogan drummed out by Modi and his ministers and bureaucrats for many months.
It surely time for India's prime minister to adopt a personal slogan to Make Things Happen because there will not be many foreign investors responding to his call until he personally focuses on making India's rules and regulations operate more easily.
That thought must have been in the minds of many people who played a part in Modi's three day trip to China at the end of last week, and maybe also on his visit yesterday to South Korea as part of a three-country tour that included the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Mongolia.
"For the moment, there is little evidence of success for foreign investments from private enterprises," the Global Times stated in an opinion piece titled Economy a dilemma for globe-trotting Modi. "In the end, if any country tries to encourage investments to India, most of the programmes will be led by the government itself, with most of the private business sector skeptical about the whole idea," .
Modi spent the first anniversary of his general election victory on May 16 doing one of the things he does best – wowing a huge crowd of several thousand adulating overseas Indians in a foreign country. Previously he's done this in friendly places like America, Australia and Canada, but this time he was in potentially enemy territory – Shanghai, China's commercial capital, where some 5,000 Indians had been encouraged to flock to hear the political rock star perform.
He was a little more restrained than his earlier shows that began in New York's Madison Square Gardens with some 20,000 people last September. He was also more soberly dressed in a buttoned up dark Indian style formal suit instead of the salmon pink sleeveless jacket and yellow shirt he wore in New York. That reflected his more conservative style since he was mocked for wearing pin stripes with his name stitched in gold when he met President Obama in Delhi four months ago.
Foreign trips to some 17 countries have been the high spots of Modi's first year. His energy and focus, and the charm and friendly informality that he displays on these tours, has broadened India's international relationships.
Conversations, including those with Chinese leaders, are more direct, and personal relationships seem to be stronger, though there is little to show yet in terms of concrete outcomes.
A Delhi businessman said to me last week that the only significant result so far from all the trips was uranium supplies from Canada that are urgently needed for India's power reactors.
The China visit tested Modi's skills of mixing tough diplomacy, especially on the two countries disputed Himalayan border, with his main target of rapidly expanding business links with Chinese infrastructure and other investment in India. As usual, a multi-billion investment target was rolled out – $22bn on this occasion for 21 projects, which was slightly more than the $20bn when President Xi Jinping visited India last September, but far less than the $46bn Xi promised Pakistan on a visit last month, and less than the $50bn-plus that Brazil expects on a visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that began today.
Indian sources said that Modi did some straight talking about India's unease over aspects of China's foreign policy, telling Beijing that it should "reconsider its approach on some of the issues that hold us back from realising the full potential of our partnership" – by which he mainly meant the two countries' disputed 4,000km (2,500-mile) Himalayan border that Chinese troops frequently cross.
India formally complained on the eve of the visit about the $46bn Pakistan investment because it includes infrastructure for a trade route through territory that India officially claims. That complaint may have been in response to an authoritative Chinese writer complaining that Modi in February had visited Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian state that China claims, two days before he went to Beijing. This squabbling did not seem to do anything to spoil the visit, but it enabled India to show more toughness than it might have done in the past.
There was no real progress on the defining the border, despite expectations among some China watchers in Delhi a few weeks ago that Xi had a dramatic new proposal to unveil. There was however agreement on military exchanges and expanding direct links between both sides' army commanders. There also seems to have been no change on China's intentionally provocative way of only issuing visas stapled into passports of Indian's from Arunachal.
Modi did however surprisingly agree to introduce e-visas for Chinese visitors, making it the 77th country to get that facility. Modi announced it addressing students and faculty at Tsinghua University in Beijing even though, just a few hours earlier, his usually well-informed foreign secretary, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, had briefed journalists that "no decision has been taken yet". Jaishankar chooses his words carefully and the "yet" maybe should have led journalists to realise that it was still possible Modi would over-rule objections from security officials in the Home Ministry. It is not clear however what if anything he got from the Chinese in response to the controversial decision.
Like the oratory and official statements, the dollar investment figures do little to indicate how many projects will come about, and statements during the visit implied that there is little sign yet of the ease of doing business in India really easing.
That is something that Japanese companies are complaining about after Modi's apparent failure after he visited Tokyo last year to set up a special investment management team, with two Japanese nominees, in his own Prime Minister's Office – the team has been moved to the industry ministry's investment promotion department.
This all indicates that, while Modi has done well on his foreign trips, he has failed in his first year to work hard enough in India to clear investment blockages and ensure that bureaucrats at all levels implement the changes that have been made. He was elected a year ago primarily to make India work better. As I wrote here on May 11, he now needs to have fewer grandiose trips abroad and personally focus on running India.


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On Friday March 20th 2015, Loaves & Fishes was awarded the 2015 Innovative Partner award by Second Harvest Food Bank. The award was given in recognition of Loaves & Fishes' strategic development in reaching more of those in need of a free hot meal. In February 2014 we served 8,284 hot nutritious meals, in February 2015 we served 19,775 hot nutritious meals. This is thanks in part to our strong partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank.
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Consideration of a 19-home addition to the Homestead subdivision by the Jefferson County commissioners has been postponed until April 14.
The hearing was originally scheduled for March 31, but the developer has requested more time to work out an agreement to pave more road than zoning regulations require.
The proposal, submitted by Norm Lewis of Buffalo Park Development Co., seeks to subdivide 48 acres off U.S. 285 and South Homesteader Drive into lots for single-family houses.
The Evergreen Metro District stands to gain a possible bonus from the federal government's economic stimulus program.
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Power Development Authority has notified the district that it qualifies for a possible zero percent interest rate on $2 million the district is borrowing to build a new roof on the water treatment plant in Evergreen.
The project is competing with dozens of other project for $40 million in state money, so it is not a done deal. But officials are hopeful because work on the roof is ready to go forward.
The district has been acquiring land for Buchanan Park for about 10 years as part of a long-range master plan that includes a combination arts/community center and outdoor amphitheater.
The privately owned acreage is in the center of Buchanan Park near Windom Drive on Evergreen Parkway.
Landowner Tammy Bullock of Evergreen told the Canyon Courier the district agreed to buy the land for $750,000 and $250,000 in a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado.
The Evergreen Park and Recreation District board voted 4-1 to expand the weight room at the Wulf Recreation Center by sacrificing one of two racquetball courts.
"I wish that remodeling the existing space would be sufficient," said Peter Eggers, a former avid racquetball player who now almost exclusively plays golf for recreation.
"During the 2005 bond campaign, we really did make a promise to the voters to expand the weight room," said Allan Casey, board president. "I feel we really do need to honor it."
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For as long as we can remember, the news has been filled with stories of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The ongoing strife in this tiny region of the world dominates the global airwaves. How much do we really know about the people born into these circumstances — the individuals whose lives are defined by the geography of their birth? The Evergreen Players takes on these questions in the regional premiere of "Sixteen Wounded," which opened March 6 at Center/Stage Theater.
Tuesday, March 17, was St. Patrick's Day, of course, but it was also the first day of spring in Evergreen. The day started with a meadowlark on the lawn at Evergreen Lake, reported very early by Deb Calahan and not seen after by any others. It probably had continued on northward.
Barely three months into his first term as congressman in Colorado's 6th Congressional District, Republican Mike Coffman already has two challengers gunning for his job in 2010.
The latest contender is Democrat David Canter, a Highlands Ranch resident who says his 20 years as a lawyer have given him the skills necessary to not only win the Democratic nomination but to beat Coffman.
You had to have seen this coming, right?
"It" of course, refers to the more than a foot of snow dumped on us March 26.
Every year around this time, just as we're entering the thick of the spring sports season, Mother Nature not-so-kindly reminds us that while the calendar may say its spring, she's not through with us just yet.
Granted, the snowfall was much-needed as we had a very mild winter. But, typically when it snows, it is bad news for area sports teams.
Not so, this year.
When she started out in gymnastics, Mandy Flesche didn't like the beam.
To be more specific, she hated it.
Despite her aversion to it, Flesche continued to practice on the discipline, and her time on the apparatus only increased when her father built a beam for herself and older sister, Marnie, to practice on in their own home.
"My dad used to spot me on it all the time," Mandy Flesche said.
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I believe in God
The power of God is that he made earth and us
The power of God is that he loves us
And cares for us if we need help.
But I don't believe in drugs.
I believe in the saying, "Don't use drugs."
I believe that people do drugs
But I think that people are dying from drugs.
I believe in happiness,
But I would never be bad.
My family, friends, skating are important to me
But family, dreams, the future are priceless.
The one thing in life I would never sacrifice is skating, friends and family
Because they are important to me.
More than anything, I believe in my dreams and future
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We will be in New Orleans at #HostingCon2016 this month (July 24-27th.) HostingCon is a conference and trade show for the web hosting and cloud community and we're looking forward to seeing everyone once again this year! Some of our events include;
Sunday at 5pm is the HostingCon Game Show. Aaron Phillips of #cPanel is hosting a trivia contest and Family Feud game. The winning team gets dinner at Shaya, the James Beard Award winning best restaurant for 2016!
On Monday at 10am, join us for the panel, "How Service Providers Can Raise Money for Business Growth". The focus will be on financing tools available to small to mid-sized companies including options such as SBA financing and leasing.
Tuesday at 9am will be an Acquisition panel with some of the big buyers in the industry focusing on how they evaluate companies and things sellers can do to help their valuations.
Please let us know if you'll be coming as we'd be happy to get together.
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Establish a model community that provides services now and for future generations promoting tolerance, diversity and unity with which Allah is pleased.
Our mission is to provide religious, social, and educational servicesto inspire the Muslim community to fulfill its responsibilities and contribute to the betterment of society by following the principles of Quran and the noble life of our Prophet Muhammad.
- We strive to work in harmony with other Muslim and non-Muslim groups and civic organizations to meaningfully contribute to charitable causes and enhance our collective future
- We provide a full spectrum of valued resources and services to our diverse community
- We aim to provide a safe place for people of all ages and backgrounds to connect, pray, learn, play and grow in accordance with Quran and Sunnah
- With love and compassion, we hope to inspire and build the future generation of responsible Muslims in America.
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Watercolor Valentines That Anyone Can Make!/
As a painting major in art school I never quite felt like I got a handle on watercolors, working instead in oil or acrylic. Recently I was testing ideas for a handmade Valentines story and made some super simple watercolor cards and had a tiny breakthrough.
Anyone could make these cards, simple painted hearts or stripes, but I finally practiced something that I remember a teacher telling me (and didn't listen to at the time). Let the watercolor do what it wants to do: pool up in some parts and remain dry brush-y (as the paint runs out off your brush) in others. I had always overworked the paint, layering it and covering up the pretty brushi-ness until it didn't glow as watercolors should. Simple as they are, I really like these Valentines!
A flat brush such as the one pictured is perfect for making the heart outline. I started in the center and worked my way up, around, and down to the point and then repeated for the other side. You don't need to follow that, after making a few you'll find you're technique! (By the way, you can't see it but there is wax paper covering my marble table...I don't recommend painting directly on top of marble!)
It's really important to use watercolor paper. Regular art paper will curl and buckle.
I cut it up into postcards but alternatively you could buy watercolor postcards.
If you have an inkjet printer that allows you to run paper through straight (i.e. It doesn't curl around a roller--mine has an option to top-feed instead of taking from the tray on the bottom) you can print over your watercolor-ed cards. It helps to cut your cards down to a standard size like 4" x 6" and make sure to specify the special size and that you are using specialty paper in media. Paint the heart FIRST and allow it to dry completely before running it through the printer.
I hope you'll try making these Valentines. They're super fast and fun to make. Painting them is addictive, and any leftovers will make great thank you notes!
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Erskine and Blackburn are called to give back to the community.
Learn about some of the projects that Erskine and Blackburn are a part of.
"And the King will answer and say to them, Truly I say to you,
to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me."
Matthew 25:40
Anonymous Angels Serving project
God used Mark and Blake to establish the Anonymous Angels Serving Project in 2004 by enrolling Angels to adopt 100 children at Galindo Elementary School and spend at least $100 for Christmas gifts for these children. 95% of the children at Galindo Elementary receive free breakfast and lunch.
In 2009, the Anonymous Angels provided for every child who qualified for the project according to school officials and the project was expanded to serve children at Community New Start in the St. John's neighborhood in 2010. The number of children served each successive year has grown exponentially each year and in 2010, the Anonymous Angels served over 750 children and their families at Galindo Elementary and at Community New Start in the St. John's neighborhood. If you would like to serve in this project, please email Blake or Mark.
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Taking the bus from Budva to Tirana is actually fairly straightforward.
There are, however, a couple of parts during the journey that may make your head turn. If you had done this a few years ago it would have been much more complicated. There seem to have been numerous travel and bus companies supporting access to Tirana since I last visited some 4 or 5 years ago. Let's start with the easy way.
The Easy Way
The simple way which has, in my opinion, the most convenient travel time. Old Town Hostel in Kotor has it's own travel company called Old Town Travel that offers daily direct service from Budva to Tirana for 20-23 Euros. The mini bus starts in Kotor making stops in Budva and Podgorica along the way so you could book with this company from any major city in Montenegro.
Below you can see the ticketing timetable for Old Town Travel's bus departures to Tirana. The total trip is between 6-7 hours – if you've already taken some buses in the region you know this is pretty well the norm. Download a few books on your Kindle and bring some snacks.
Now, to be honest, I wouldn't necessarily call this "direct" in the traditional sense. You are going to have to change buses a couple of times but they make it easy for you. For one of my transfers I'm not entirely sure if the transfer was meant to happen. We crossed the border into Albania and got put onto a different minibus from our break at a gas station. I'm thinking it might have been because we were the only two people on the minibus from Budva all the way to the Albanian border.
Once we made it to Shkoder in Albania we were then put on the local bus heading to Tirana. The driver of the minibus purchased our tickets for this bus and transferred our luggage. It was all quite effortless. After this we were dropped off at the Ring Center in Tirana. There was no such thing as a "center" bus station last time I was in Tirana.
The Slightly More Difficult, Cheaper Way
Okay, so you really need or want to save 5-10 euros? This is the way it used to have to be done. I'm going to break it down real quick in 3 simple steps:
- Buy a bus ticket from the main station in Budva, Podgorica, or Kotor to Shkoder.
- Once in Shkoder, catch the local bus from in front of Hotel Rozafa for 2-3 euros (paid in Albanian Lek equivalent).
- This local bus will take you all the way to Tirana.
That's it! Pretty simple right? I think most people would choose one of the "direct" transfers given the ease of them but this is still an option. Shkoder is actually a really nice, beautiful city to walk around for a bit. If you're coming from Montenegro and choose to do it this way, transferring in Shkoder, you'll most likely have 2-3 hours to wander around before heading to Tirana. This is definitely the easiest way to fit a visit to Shkoder in on your trip. Hope my post was helpful!


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Hilary B. Steinberg is a Yoga Alliance certified yoga instructor and owner of Jaya Yoga Studio in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. In addition to her hands on experience teaching diverse yoga classes to a broad based range of students, Hilary holds certifications in pre-natal yoga, children's yoga, adaptive yoga, SUP, paddleboard yoga, Pilates and Reiki. According to her students, Hilary's classes are challenging, inspiring, invigorating, innovative and empowering.
Prior to opening Jaya Yoga Studio in her hometown, Hilary spent 14 years in Los Angeles working in the entertainment industry. She brings to Jaya Yoga her versatile experience in production and talent management as well as entrepreneurial expertise.
Outside of the studio, Hilary teaches yoga at regional corporations, high schools and elementary schools. She dedicates her time to public service, serving on the board of Yoga Journeys, the Sergeant Jan Argonish Ride, which raises over $25,000 annually for local injured veterans and holds free yoga classes for non-profit organizations, including the musicians of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Children's Advocacy Center, Griffin Pond Animal Shelter and Lackawanna Heritage Valley.
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The Adventures of Rosetta and Philae
This new year, learn how spacecraft Rosetta and lander Philae embarked on a complex mission: navigating through the asteroid belt to reach the ancient comet 67P!Find out more »
Space Next (2D & 3D)
Space Next offers a glimpse into tomorrow, and the possibilities of what is to come by way of private space developments and national space programmes. The result is an immersive display of interplanetary excellence sure to inspire a generation of explorers, scientists, and dreamers.Find out more »
Geylang Serai Hari Raya Light Up 2019
Geylang Serai dazzles with close to 50 light installations for Hari Raya Light Up 2019.Find out more »
S.E.A. Aquarium Ocean Fest: Noisy Ocean
Come celebrate the S.E.A. Aquarium's Ocean Fest: The Noisy Ocean!Find out more »
Pesta Ubin 2019
Pesta Ubin is happening from 18 May 2019 to 30 June 2019! This year's theme is "Support Ubin Businesses" as we hope to support and preserve the unique businesses that service Ubin visitors, from bumboats and vans to the local food fare.Find out more »
KidZ & Zoology
Visit KidZania Singapore this June school holiday as the City buzzes with animal encounters and wildlife-related activities for the whole family.Find out more »
Soar into Summer at Universal Studios Singapore
Kick off the summer at Universal Studios Singapore with thrilling rides, attractions, spectacular shows and more! In addition, from 5 July to 18 August, meet the first talking Megatron in Singapore in an all-new interactive meet-and-greet programme at Sci-Fi City.Find out more »
Happy Homebodies At The Artground: Curiosity Comes Alive
If you remember draping bedsheets over chairs to create a cosy hideout when you were a child, or pretending to bake cookies with Mum's nightstand doubling up as an oven, then you have to get you and the kids to Happy Homebodies at The Artground, stat! Happy Homebodies, The Artground's sixth visual arts play space,Find out more »
Flipside 2019
Over a 10-day festival, Esplanade is transformed by unconventional performances, large-scale installation art, and pop-up arts and technology experiences. Come and explore music, puppetry, physical theatre, comedy, and visual art as they intersect in surprising ways. Expect loads of hands-on fun for the family, with special programming for young adults looking for a late night arts experience with a twist.Find out more »
Bonfire Circus
Bornfire Circus will be presenting a brand new performance, Unbox 2 - Look Inside at the Outdoor Theatre, Aerial Open Stage at the Courtyard Green, as well as a work-in-progress as part of Flipside Scratch Night.Find out more »
La Meh-Lions
Directed by Candice de Rozario, this tongue-in-cheek roving performance is a tribute to the immense popularity of the Merlion.Find out more »
Cultural Extravaganza 2019
The Cultural Extravaganza 2019 returns for its 3rd edition, and invites all to discover Singapore's evolving and contemporary Chinese culture in our everyday life.Find out more »
Gallery Children's Biennale 2019: Embracing Wonder – Imaginative Worlds Made Visible Through Art
Gallery Children's Biennale 2019: Embracing Wonder at National Gallery Singapore spreads the message of art as a way to discover and explore new worlds. This second edition of Gallery Children's Biennale features 11 artworks by 13 Singaporean and Southeast Asian artists. It is a hands-on exhibition that invites children and adults alike to embrace the wonderFind out more »
MindChamps PreSchool Welcome Day: May-July 2019
Welcome Day is offered at 35 MindChamps Centres across Singapore. MindChamps have been voted #1 for 5 consecutive years. To express our appreciation, we are offering an exclusive promotion of up to $2,607 savings when you register.Find out more »
If You Can Imagine: A Theatrical iPad Magic Show, by Alexander Y
Welcome to Alexander Y's whimsical world of digital illusions. Don't miss this opportunity to see original iPad magic presented in an artful storytelling format!Find out more »
Global Art May & June Holiday Programmes
Global Art Singapore is a leading brand that helps accelerate your child's learning from as young as age 3 all the way through our programme.Find out more »
Great Bear Rainforest
Great Bear Rainforest tells the story of one of the rarest animals on Earth—the fabled all-white Spirit Bear—and its ancient forest home.Find out more »
Peter and Blue Go Around The World Presented by Singapore Dance Theatre
This is an hour-long ballet that features engaging live story-telling and comical choreography which will inspire and incite creativity in the little ones.Find out more »
Spider-Man: Far From Home – Changi Airport
From 31 May to 14 July 2019, experience Europe with Spider-Man as he takes you to Venice, London and Prague. Channel your inner Spider-Man energy at the fun adventure playground and meet your favourite hero up close!Find out more »
Between the Lines – The Chinese Cartoon Revolution
A collaboration between Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall and the Memorial Museum of 1911 Revolution in Guangzhou, Between the Lines – The Chinese Cartoon Revolution examines the links between the 1911 Revolution in China and the emergence of Chinese cartoons in Singapore.Find out more »
Gateway Kids Club
Gateway Theatre's weekly kids programme within the Gateway Theatre Creative Arts Spaces includes storytelling, arts and crafts, free play activities, as well as featured parenting talks and workshops.Find out more »
60th Anniversary Barbie Flight at Singapore Flyer
Dream Big, Fly High on the 60th Anniversary Barbie® Flight at Singapore Flyer.Find out more »
Rewild Our Planet
Rewild Our Planet is Singapore's first Social Augmented Reality (AR) experience, jointly brought to you by WWF, Google, Netflix, ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands and PHORIA.Find out more »
Wonderland: An Interactive Exhibition
Fall down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, an immersive, playful and interactive exhibition for all ages, celebrating Lewis Carroll's timeless tale of Alice's adventures.Find out more »
Scentsational Orchids
Learn about the different smells that orchids produce and take in the scents at the Fragrance Box in Gardens by the Bay's latest orchid display in Cloud Forest.Find out more »
Spongebob at Paradigm Mall JB
Spongebob is here at Paradigm Mall JB. Just 15 mins from Singapore, Paradigm Mall boasts over 300 shops/eateries, an ice skating rink, rock climbing facility and 16 screen cinema.Find out more »
22 Stories
An immersive theatrical experience that will lead you across four magical realms and 22 experiential rooms, for both the young and the young at heart.Find out more »
School Holiday Promotion at National Orchid Garden
Enjoy free admission* to National Orchid Garden from 25 May to 30 June for students, Singaporeans, Permanent Residents and Work Permit Holders.Find out more »
I Am a Young Chemist
Conduct exciting experiments like creating a simple fire extinguisher, separating colours in candy, and making natural pH indicators. Create and take home your own slime!Find out more »
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Rose Romance
Stop and smell the roses as you take a stroll through a romantic European garden setting adorned with over 40 varieties of roses in myriad hues of red, pink, orange, yellow and white.Find out more »
8.30 pm
Interactive Brazilian Body Percussion & Bloco Bonita
In this special performance for Flipside, Bloco Singapura introduces two new groups in an interactive performance that will get you on your feet.Find out more »
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Organic foods and their healthy benefits have been increasing in popularity steadily over the last ten years. According to a Roper survey released in 2016, 40% of Americans planned on making organic food a bigger part of their diets this past year. In fact, U.S. organic food sales hit record sales for the first time in 2015, accounting for nearly 5% of total food sales in the U.S.
Moving can become overbearingly stressful if you overlook even one part of the move. That's why it's important to plan ahead for all of the moving parts that are involved with moving to a new neighborhood. When moving, you have to consider packing, halting your daily habits, adjusting to a new location, finding new favorite restaurants and grocery stores, enrolling in new schools or gyms, and much more. With all of these major considerations, it's easy to forget the little things, like thinking about who to notify about your change of address when moving.
Every year, millions of Virginians and tourists indulge in Virgina's beautiful, natural wonders. There are over 100 public and private campgrounds around Virginia, with more and more families and nature-lovers exploring the woods every year. The National Parks system operates 28 alone but private campgrounds are also growing in popularity in recent years.
Virginia has a lot to offer, which can explain the high interest level in hiking, camping, canoeing, and other outdoor activities. There are endless opportunities once spring comes around and families begin to search for campgrounds in Virginia. Different areas of Virginia offer varying activities. From hiking trails up the Shenandoah Mountains to beachside fishing, one weekend of camping is not enough to experience them all.
You might be wondering:
Is summer really the best time to buy a house? Many people think of summer and immediately think of planning a beach vacation, not home buying.
The real estate market can be tricky, and knowing the right time to buy gets you the best house available for the lowest price. With dozens of factors coming into play, you need to consider every angle before beginning your search.
People typically start the home buying process during the spring. When summer arrives, the home buying mindset has died down, leading to a quiet real estate season.
Here are a few reasons to take advantage of the summer slump and consider purchasing a home this summer.
Whether you live in a small bungalow where every inch counts or reside in a sprawling four-bedroom manor, knowing how to make the most out of your home space is important. Cluttered, dingy spaces produce a stifling, unwelcoming environment. To free up space and open more available area in your rooms, try these space-saving tips that turn your house into a more charming, inviting home.


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At English Laboratory we offer you a dynamic and innovative 2.0 method to achieve fluency. Our 24/7 service and digital content make English Laboratory the best experience for people on the go. Our method is a simple and flexible way to invest in your English.
My experience with English Laboratory classes has been truly excellent. At first you get the feeling you are not sure about your progress in the language, but thanks to the advice received, the day you need to speak English, it arises spontaneously and naturally, it's amazing.
After many years unsuccessfully trying to learn English, I've finally found in Jennifer a motivating and enthusiastic person who has given me the method and the confidence to take on this language. I recommend it!!! No doubt there will be a before and after subsequent to sharing with her only a few hours.
Jennifer is a professional with whom I am discovering the DEFINITIVE method for enhancing the level of English that I need for my work. It was time that someone used a new, flexible and, most importantly, EFFECTIVE system.
Jennifer, thanks for taking your time to develop such useful material! For non native English speakers, as myself, phrasal verbs used to be a nightmare!.
I have a low English level and I'm improving my level with the method of English Laboratory. I am very happy with this method. When I started six months ago I thought I would never be able to speak to someone in English and now I am very hopeful. My great difficulty is to understand and I think I will be able to get it. I love the classes and I think I've improved a lot. It is important for me the personal attention this method offers me. It's a flexible method and simultaneously forces me to work. I'm delighted.
I want to tell you how I improved my English with this method. My experience with this method is excellent. When I started the classes, I couldn't speak fluently but now I can make formal sentences without mistakes and I lost the embarrassment of speaking in English. I would recommend this program to all the people that want to improve their English. I have to say that Jennifer is a professional teacher and she motivates me a lot to speak fluently.
I met Jennifer through LinkedIn. From the first time I connected with her, her English method has allowed me to learn gradually without pause. She guides me through the learning process and rewards my work. She is patient but courageous. She is fully motivated and she knows how to motivate me. She is always in a good mood!!.
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Derrick Ferguson: Who is Thomas Deja?
Thomas Deja: You know who I am, you....
Oh. For the readers.
I'm a lifelong New York resident, author, and podcast celebrity.
That sounds really arrogant, doesn't it?
DF: Where do you live and what do you do?
TD: For the last 23 years, I have resided in Ridgewood, on the Brooklyn/Queens border. This seems to be my destiny, as I've lived in Highland Park, Brooklyn and Woodhaven, Queens--both on the border--during my youth. As for what I do, these days it's mainly struggle for existence.
DF: For those folks who don't know you, give us a brief history of your background.
TD: Born in Brooklyn. Moved with my mother after her divorce to Queens. Went to Hunter College in the 80's and studied Media--and oddly enough, only just recently got the degree I earned there. Was a freelance consultant and temp during the 90's. Have been writing since I was eleven, and a professional one (i.e. have been given a check for the privlege of publishing same) for almost twenty-five years off and on. And now...novelist.
DF:One question I get asked all the time is where and how did we meet. What's your version?
TD: Here's how I remember it.
When I was writing Daredevil for Bill K'Tepi's MARVEL: YEAR TWO site, I received a fan letter from you praising me for the references I made to Stu Hart's Dungeon and Derek Flint. We conversed through email back and forth and somehow discovered that a) we shared a lot of commonalities and b) we were a matter of miles from each other. One of us gave the other a phone number, and we started talking, which led to me inviting you to the Horror Writers Association of New York's private screening of Hellboy--where we sat with F. Paul Wilson, who I did not know you were a major fan of--and our friendship has grown since then.
DF: How long have you been writing?
TD: At the risk of being a cliché, almost my whole life. I used to attach a bunch of looseleaf paper sandwiched between construction paper together with brass fasteners and write 'books' which invariably featured different imitations of giant monsters beating each other into paste, although I also recall a series featuring a masked detective called 'The Curlew' and one that pitted Frankenstein's Monster against The Creature of The Black Lagoon.
As far as professionally, I began placing pieces in the seminal Brooklyn-based satire-and-stuff 'zine Inside Joke in the very late 80's. This led to my placing about three dozen stories in various small press magazines like After Hours, Rictus and Not One Of Us, and, after some bumps along the way, where I am now.
DF: What do you love most about writing?
TD: I had a friend once who would tell anyone who met me that I was 'so bardic'...and I guess that's true. I write because I am compelled to tell stories, and publishing them in little booklets and online sites for cash means you're not just a crazy person boring those around you with tales of the folks in your head. And when I connect with people, let them feel what I felt when I let those voices out, that's the greatest feeling.
DF: What's your philosophy of writing?
TD: I once interviewed Ben Manilla, a local morning DJ, for my college newspaper, and he told me there's only one reason to be a writer--because when you look in the mirror and ask yourself 'what do you want to be when you grow up,' you can think of no other thing to be.'
There are two other things I hold very dear to me regarding writing. One is that if you write to move yourself, you will move others. All too often, I read novels that come off as nothing more than script treatments that we've been asked to pay for, stories that are written because they feature what will sell, not what they're passionate about. Those stories end up having no soul. You need to put something of yourself in what you write to truly make a connection with your reader, and I try my best to do so every day.
The other thing is that the ability to write is a muscle; you have to build it up, you have to maintain it, and if you don't, you lose it. You have to write every day, you have to constantly seek out new stories to tell in your head. If you start recycling other tales, or telling other people's stories under your name...well, you've misplaced your drive.
DF: You used to work for FANGORIA magazine. What did you do for them and how was it working for them?
TD: Considering that I ended up working for them by accident, quite a lot. I started working there as the writer of their Episode Guides for The X-Files--the guy they originally assigned flaked out on them on the day my friend, and Fangoria editor, Michael Gingold and I were having lunch, and I said 'I'll do it'--but I also ended up doing book and movie reviews, author profiles and even briefly edited their online literary magazine for a while.
I had my disagreements with the magazine at times, and there were some hairy moments (some X-Files fans were so scary I wrote a story, 'Baron Wyvern Wants Your Love,' as an act of catharsis), but for most of the almost twenty years and three owners I was with them they were great employers. There was a stretch of about ten years where I didn't have something in the magazine proper. It was only until that growing belief that paying freelancers was optional that I had to stop working for them. Trust me, if it wasn't for that, I'd still be cranking out book reviews.
DF: You were involved in writing Marvel and DC fan fiction for many years. Why fan fiction?
TD: Because I went through something traumatic in 2000, and I couldn't write the horror fiction I was known for at the time. When Bill K'Tepi, who coordinated a pair of PBeM games I participated in, decided to start DC: YEAR ONE (and later MARVEL: YEAR ONE), he asked me to take on Green Lantern in one and Daredevil in the other, and I'm glad I did. Those years when I did fanfic kept those writing muscles supple during that time when my muse had crawled into a closet and cried herself into a coma. It also helped that I received some positive reinforcement, particularly due to my lesser known series such as THE SWORDSMAN and BIRDS OF PREY, that kept me from abandoning my craft thoroughly in the midst of my angst.
Plus it led me to contacts that led to my return to original fiction several years down the line...including yourself. If it wasn't for my years in the Fanfic mines, I wouldn't have created Don Cuevo--who began as a character in BIRDS OF PREY--or ONYX REVOLVER, which led to the creation of The Chimera Falls Universe.
DF: Tell us about The Shadow Legion. Who are they and why do they exist?
TD: The Shadow Legion grew out of my frustration with super-hero comics as a whole, comics in general, and DC's 'New 52' specifically. It was the news of DC's total line-wide reboot, and the anger than it engendered in me, that prompted me to write up a fanfiction proposal where I renovated a number of DC characters suggested to me by my friends. When I finished the proposal, however, I discovered that the characters had strayed so far from those characters' original conception I might as well make them original characters...which led to me sending the proposal out to some of my writer friends, which led to Ron Fortier of Airship 27 to name those characters 'The Shadow Legion' and offered to publish their adventures.
As for what the Legion are in the context of NEW ROADS TO HELL....they're a quartet of mystery men who find themselves charged with the protection of Nocturne, The City That Lives By Night. As readers will learn, Nocturne is something of a nexus for supernatural activity, and something is growing within its city limits that has attracted the likes of Black Talon and Dreamcatcher to its shores.
DF:Tell us about NEW ROADS TO HELL.
TD: NEW ROADS TO HELL is the first book in the Shadow Legion trilogy. My hope is that the trilogy, and the ancillary CASEBOOKS, will provide a history of the heroic history of Nocturne before we hit the present day. It formally brings all four of our heroes together, provides origins for two of them, and debuts what many of the people who read the book so far feel is its breakout character...namely, the Girl With The Talent For Murder, Rose Red. And when she decides that triggering a race war is just what's needed to give her control of Nocturne's underworld, well....
DF: You've created an entire original superhero universe. How did you do it and what advice would you give to aspiring godlings who want to create their own universe?
TD: I did it by starting small. People forget that Marvel and (especially) DC didn't start out with a universe; their individual comics started weaving in and out of each other naturally until they became a coherent shared world. That's what later attempts at creating a universe like Dark Horse's Comics Greatest World failed--they forced it, presenting their universe as fully formed.
Advice? Know what you want going in and grow it slowly. I knew the kind of stories I wanted to tell, I knew the characters I needed, I knew the events I wanted in the initial trilogy and I started building my own world from there. I also planted seeds that could potentially lead to more of this universe, but I'm not going to feel compelled to elucidate them until a story comes along. A lot of the coolness of the Marvel Universe was the way Stan, Jack and Steve hinted at a greater tapestry without requiring us to learn everything. That's the sort of feel I want to capture in The Shadow Legion and its ancillary stories.
DF: Prose superhero stories is a genre that is growing in popularity. To what do you attribute this to?
TD: I think Prose Superhero Fiction is growing in popularity for the same reason New Pulp Fiction and Superhero Movies are popular--there's a large base of readers who have a taste for action-oriented, colorful, over-the-top adventure with a strong moral center who are no longer being serviced by superhero comics. They still want to read about dashing heroes and dastardly villains in crazy costumes without having one tear the head off another one. Hell, they want to escape from the tough times we're living through, and if they can't get it through Marvel or DC, they'll get it through Van Allen Plaxico's Sentinels, or Lee Houston Jr.'s Alpha, or my own stuff.
I just hope those readers enjoy my admittedly blood-splattered baby and want to see it grow in future collections and novels.
DF: Tell us about your future plans for The Shadow Legion.
TD: Well, the next thing you'll see is 'A Waltz In Scarlet,' a novella featuring The Ferryman and Dreamcatcher that'll appear in Airship 27's Mystery Men And Women V. 4. When we last see Ferryman, he's...a little disconnected from his humanity, and in the story we see what happens when his abilities bring him into contact with his human emotions. Plus, there's a big ol' scary new menace.
That novella will be collected in The Shadow Legion Casebook V. 1. If NEW ROADS TO HELL is a graphic novel collecting a major Shadow Legion storyline, the Casebooks (there'll be one appearing between each novel) represent one of those plastic bags of comics you'd find in Walmart with random issues of each Legionnaire's solo series. I already have three of the novellas, featuring Ferryman, Black Talon and Nightbreaker, in the can, so the collection may come out sooner than later.
After the first Casebook will be the second novel, which takes place in 1966. If New Roads were Nightbreaker's and Ferryman's story, then the next novel will focus on Black Talon and his relationship with Dreamcatcher. There were some things revealed about the price the Talon pays for his powers, and we're going to explore how that shakes out, and why his 'patrons' in the Circle of Life are so approving of his choice of mate. I hope that, just as New Roads was reflective of the Golden Age of Comics, the new novel will reflect the Silver Age, as a more science-fictiony menace rises to wage war on humanity and the Legion and its new allies.
DF: Any other projects you've got in the works you can tell us about?
TD: I think I can safely say that my pair of Western Heroes--the frontier exorcist Don Cuevo and the steampunk scientist Doc Thunder--will make appearances soon through Pulpwork Press' third volume of How The West Was Weird and this year's Christmas Annual respectively. There's a novella for Monster Earth 2. There's some stuff I can't talk about just yet--including another novel that's in the Chimera Falls Universe, but has a more science-fiction-y bent to it. So yeah, I'll be pretty busy.
Derrick Ferguson: Anything else we need to know?
Thomas Deja: If you buy my book, I'll be your friend. You buy enough of them, we'll have cake.
Hard to believe I'm still single, huh?


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It's an exciting time in the world of payment processing and other financial technologies. There are literally thousands of financial start-ups, each with innovative ideas and products.
Here are three that our analysts believe could have a big impact this year.
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LoopPay says its products can be used at 90% of U.S. retailers, which translates to about 10 million different merchants. Plus, Apple Pay is currently compatible with just two devices (the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus), while LoopPay can be used with any iPhone version 4 or higher and the most popular Android phones.
Apple Pay is a revolutionary product, but its usefulness will be limited until the hardware in use at merchants all over the U.S. catches up with its technology. And this is exactly why LoopPay's product could really catch on in 2015.
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Now 3 years old, TransferWise is a peer-to-peer money transfer service that charges a low fee, generally about 0.5%, and cuts out the middlemen to get you the best rate possible. While transferring money through its site won't feel different from regular money transfers, the magic happens behind the scenes. TransferWise connects you with millions of other people and businesses ready to transfer money between currencies, cutting out the banks that charge high rates.
Founded by the first employee of Skype, TransferWise initially operated between the U.K. and EU and has since expanded to other currencies, including the U.S. dollar in 2012. Its mission of low fees and transparency has attracted the backing of Peter Thiel, Richard Branson, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and other high-profile technology investors. If you ever have to transfer money internationally, save yourself a bundle of money with TransferWise.


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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs.
The bill's titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
Adam Putnam
Sponsor. Representative for Florida's 12th congressional district. Republican.
Last Updated: Feb 4, 2009
Length: 19 pages
111th Congress, 2009–2010
This bill was introduced on February 4, 2009, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.
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Earlier Version — Introduced
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