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South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that North Korea fired several projectiles off its east coast on Thursday, June 8, 2017. The North in following weeks launched a solid-fuel midrange missile that can be fired on shorter notice than liquid fuel missiles, and also what it described as a new "precision-guided" missile, which experts say is designed with a maneuverable terminal stage meant to frustrate missile defense systems like the U.S. Lire la suite »
Trump Offers to Mediate Qatar's Diplomatic Crisis
Trump's own comments on Tuesday heightened the dispute when he tweeted that his recent visit to the region prompted Saudi Arabia , the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt , Libya, and several other countries to cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of funding radical terrorist groups. Lire la suite »
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Updates iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro
Instead of the miniDisplayPort connections seen on previous iMacs , the new models will boast USB-C with Thunderbolt 3 , supporting all of your USB-C capable accessories, and opening up high-powered options for RAID storage and external 4K & 5K displays . Lire la suite »
Washington on edge ahead of Comey testimony on Trump, Russia probe
National television networks are breaking into regular programing to cover the blockbuster hearing. The subject matter, I was talking about matters that touch on the FBI's core responsibility and that relate to the president-elect personally. Lire la suite »
Rappel de yogourt à boire de marque iögo nanö
Cette mesure ne concerne que les produits dont la lettre C est accolée à l'heure de production sous le code de péremption. Aucune plainte de client n'a encore été reçue en lien avec cet incident. Quant aux autres produits de la famille iögo, ils ne sont pas concernés par ce rappel. Les commerçants sont ainsi priés de retirer les produits visés de leurs tablettes. Lire la suite »
European Central Bank keeps stimulus in place
By tweaking its policy statement and dropping the easing bias on interest rates, it was a nod at the recent improvement in the euro zone economy. Yet rate setters did not even discuss winding down the ECB's 2.3 trillion euro ($2.6 trillion) asset purchase scheme, kept rates below zero, and pledged very substantial accommodation. Lire la suite »
Oil rebounds but jitters keep Treasury yields, dollar down (AMZN, WMT)
The yen and gold gained as caution prevailed and ahead of testimony from the former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a British election and the European Central Bank's next move, which all happen on Thursday. The greenback has been firmly on the defensive since Friday´s weaker-than-expected USA non-farm payrolls report prompted investors to pare back expectations of future interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve. Lire la suite »
Un record de ventes en trompe-l'oeil — Voitures électriques
Relativisons: les voitures fonctionnant à l'électricité ne sont encore que deux sur mille dans le monde , et le secteur dépend toujours des aides publiques. Comment se porte le marché de la voiture électrique? Malgré l'augmentation de l'offre des constructeurs et de nets progrès technologiques, les voitures électriques ne rivalisent pas encore avec leurs homologues thermiques en matière d'autonomie et de coût. Lire la suite »
Investors Purchase High Volume of Rite Aid Put Options (RAD)
The stock declined 0.15% or $0.01 reaching $3.4 per share. About 4.12 million shares traded. Sumitomo Mitsui Holdings has invested 0.04% of its portfolio in Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD ). portfolio. Kcg Holding Incorporated invested in 0.01% or 66,739 shares. British Columbia - Canada-based Pacad Investment Limited has invested 0.08% in Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD). Lire la suite »
Les casques bluetooth interdits sur Air France
Une interdiction qui n'est pas nouvelle Ces derniers jours, une information a fait le buzz sur Internet: Air France interdit les casques Bluetooth dans ses avions, ainsi que dans les avions des compagnies KLM, Transavia , et HOP! qui appartiennent au même groupe. Lire la suite »
NewLink Genetics Corp (NLNK) Receives News Sentiment Score of 0.20
The firm had revenue of $2.76 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.68 million. SunTrust Banks, Inc. raised NewLink Genetics Corp from a hold rating to a buy rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $12.00 to $30.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 30th. Lire la suite »
Attentiste, Wall Street ouvre en légère hausse
Les investisseurs ont fait preuve d'un certain attentisme à la veille d'une journée cruciale sur le plan politique et géopolitique. En fin de matinée, le Dow Jones avance ainsi de 0,1% à 21.195,7 points tandis que le Nasdaq Composite grignote 0,1% à 6306,1 points, après avoir établi un nouveau record à 6311,9 points. Lire la suite »
United Kingdom polls open after campaign marred by attacks
Two weeks earlier, a suicide bomber killed 22 people as they were leaving a concert in Manchester, and five people died during at attack near Parliament on March 22. "Coupled with hopes that turnout will grow from 66 per cent in 2015 due to former non-voters taking part, Labour can cling to some limited optimism", Mr Williams said. Lire la suite »
Champions Trophy 2017: Afridi Warns Critics Against Ruling Out Pak
However, the partnership had put Pakistan ahead of the D/L target and it was a position they did not relinquish before the skies opened, forcing the players off at 7.41pm - with play eventually called off two hours later. A win for Pakistan seemed fanciful at the start of the day but, having brought in Junaid Khan and Fakhar Zaman, they came out with plenty of goal in bright and breezy conditions. Lire la suite »
John Wood Group PLC (WG) Price Target Cut to GBX 850
Lonmin Plc is a producer of platinum group metals (PGMs). The stock decreased 0.32% or GBX 5.3 on May 26, reaching GBX 1640.7. About shares traded. Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ:IMMR) has risen 32.89% since May 30, 2016 and is uptrending. Lire la suite »
The Scotiabank Raises Dominion Diamond Corp (DDC) Price Target to $14.50
The stock of Dominion Diamond Corp (NYSE:DDC) earned "Overweight" rating by Barclays Capital on Wednesday, September 21. Royal Bank of Canada set a $10.00 target price on shares of Dominion Diamond Corp and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, February 23rd. Lire la suite »
ECB to keep taps open as economic outlook uncertain
The euro was steady against the dollar to trade in a range around $1.1260 during the Asian session as investors turn their focus to the ECB's monetary policy announcement due later today. That came after the European Union statistics agency Eurostat earlier revised up its estimate of first quarter growth to its fastest rate in two years, saying the economy of the 19-country euro zone expanded by 0.6 percent quarter-on-quarter and by 1.9 percent year-on-year. Lire la suite »
Today United States Steel Corporation (X) Stock Rises
Cowen and Company reiterated a "market perform" rating and set a $7.00 price objective on shares of AK Steel Holding in a report on Friday, May 12th. (NFLX) have 425.29 million outstanding shares now held by all its shareholders, including share blocks held by institutional investors and restricted shares owned by the company's officers and insiders. Lire la suite »
ICC Champions Trophy 2017
As India take on Sri Lanka to book a semi final spot for them, Virat Kohli has revealed who will have his support for the job. Though Sri Lankan bowlers tried to get back to the match, but failed to pick the wickets at the right moments and the Indian batters kept on taking advantage of the same. Lire la suite »
Eurozone growth revised up to 2-year high
Against this backdrop, the European Central Bank is widely expected to keep policy unchanged on Thursday, including its 2.3 trillion euro (S$3.576 trillion) bond-buying programme and sub-zero interest rates, despite resistance from cash-rich Germany . Lire la suite »
Stockpile Hike Leads to Plunging Oil Prices
The disappointing USA stockpile numbers - a 3. 3 million barrel increase rather than an anticipated decrease - sparked a frenzy of selling on Wednesday. Shortly after 1 p.m. ET, the July contract for West Texas Intermediate crude, the North American benchmark, was down $2.31 to $45.88 USA a barrel. Brent is 7 percent below its open on May 25, when OPEC said they, along with producers outside of the group such as Russian Federation, would extend their oil output cuts through to the first ... Lire la suite »
Esure Group PLC's (ESUR) "Sell" Rating Reiterated at Shore Capital
Standard Chartered PLC is an worldwide banking company. Rbo & Co Llc holds 2.81% of its portfolio in Westamerica Bancorporation for 151,108 shares. Schroder Investment Mgmt Group Inc reported 270,911 shares. 12/04/2017 - Electrocomponents had its "Buy" rating reiterated by analysts at HSBC. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 4,941.56 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 4,631.96. Lire la suite »
Wall St slips with eyes on UK vote, ECB, Comey
Any damaging revelation in Comey's testimony could dampen already flagging momentum for Trump's pro-business fiscal agenda. USA stocks opened lower on Tuesday as investors shunned riskier assets ahead of what is expected to be a busy Thursday, when Britain goes to the polls and former Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey testifies before Congress. Lire la suite »
Police seeking London attack victim find body in Thames
Counter-terror police arrested the pair during an operation on a street in Ilford , east London , Scotland Yard said. Police have arrested at least 14 people in connection to the attack, though most have been released without charge. Lire la suite »
Trump Taps 11 For Federal Bench In Bid To Reshape The Courts
Eid had been on a short list of potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees that Trump had circulated during his presidential campaign. Yet Democrats, so blinded by the light of #TheResistance, appeared oblivious to the approaching Tsunami of Trump lower court nominations . Lire la suite »


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On Dec. 12, the new County Executive heard clear messages from Howard County community members, businesses and organizations: our community wants $3 million in funding for the Bikeway, we care deeply about healthy, green, equitable transportation options and we are organized! Add your voice of support.
Check out testimony from Horizon Foundation CEO Nikki Highsmith Vernick from the budget hearing.
Hello, my name is Nikki Highsmith Vernick and I am the President and CEO of the Horizon Foundation. As you know, we are Howard County's health foundation. We work to help everyone in the county live a long, healthy life – and believe nobody should be left behind because of who they are or where they live.
First of all, congratulations on your new role as our County Executive. You have always been a champion of health throughout your time as a public servant and we look forward to working with you in the many years ahead. We appreciate how often during your campaign you named biking and walking as something you want to work on.
We appreciate that you joined us at our October Walk Audit in Guilford, and that you walked through the grass with us and saw how a lack of sidewalks, bike lanes and safe intersections kept residents separated from their parks, schools and neighbors.
We are here tonight because we want to you to take bold, ambitious action on biking and walking, and we want you to know that you'll have strong support. Tonight we ask for $3 million for the Bikeway in the FY 2020 capital budget as the start of that bold action. Could all supporters with us tonight please stand up? Thank you.
Horizon cares about biking and walking because we know that the leading causes of deaths in Howard County are from preventable chronic diseases like heart disease and diabetes. There are two main ways we can prevent these diseases: improve our nutrition and increase our physical activity.
People in our community are not getting enough routine, daily exercise – and we think one reason is they often can't walk or bike in their own neighborhoods! You know the problems. Many of our bike paths are short, disconnected, and unprotected. They are impossible for families and kids to use.
The county needs miles more of sidewalks and they need to be better connected to parks and schools. The lack of sidewalks especially impacts members of our community who rely on the bus and walk to and from bus stops. Many of our bus stops are just a sign stuck in
There have been a few pedestrian deaths in the county this year. We can and should be doing more to keep people safe. We need to address these problems and start investing in a brighter, greener, more equitable future. That's why tonight we stand together, to ask you to budget $3 million dollars in the 2020 capital budget for the Bikeway.
As you know, the Bikeway is a network of bike routes that
With a $3 million allocation, you could make fast, significant progress on this project. Our hope is that you don't stop there. We want to work you to pass a strong Complete Streets Policy and Pedestrian Plan this spring and to craft a bold vision for biking, walking
You can build the Bikeway and connect neighborhoods, parks, schools
Better walking, biking and public transportation will also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and it will help lower income residents of the county, disproportionately people of color, safely access all our county has to offer. Invest in the Bikeway and complete streets and it will help you reach your environmental and equity goals too.
If you invest and lead, we will celebrate every step of the way. Our community is mobilized. The County has received more than 2,000 letters from supporters and hundreds of phone calls asking for $3 million of funding on the Bikeway.
Over the last two years, we've gathered support from more than 40 businesses and civic organizations. I'll leave their letters with you tonight. We'd like to recognize some of our supporters that are present tonight including FIRN, The Sierra Club, Transition Howard County, the American Heart Association, the Local Health Improvement Coalition, and the Wilde Lake Village Board.
We'd also like to recognize and support advocates from Guilford and Jessup who will testify for complete streets in their neighborhood. We ask you to fund the Bikeway at $3 million, but more importantly, we ask you to make biking and walking a priority of your administration and to dream big. I know you do.

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Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives — That's Entertainment!
by HelenHighly
The opening night film at Tribeca Film Festival 2017: Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, directed by Chris Perkel – in his directorial debut. The new film premiered at Madison Square Garden, followed by a live performance by several of the musical greats featured in the film – Aretha Franklin, Jennifer Hudson, Earth Wind & Fire, Barry Manilow, Carly Simon, and Dionne Warwick. Quite a splashy opening for "downtown" Tribeca. First question is always: Why is this the opening night film and is it justified? I have previously found fault with such choices, because they are often made with profit-making motives taking precedence over artistic merit or relevance of subject, but in this case, I am surprised to report: Yes, this was a good choice, and worthy.
Helen Highly Recommends this film despite some red-flag causes for concern. First, the film, named Soundtrack of Our Lives is based on the Clive Davis autobiography titled Soundtrack of My Life. When a documentary biopic is essentially written by the subject, one does not expect much serious investigative journalism, and honestly, we do not receive much (or any) investigative reporting, nor shocking revelations or even new insights. Not even any fresh, gossipy tales. But I will concede that just because there is no groundbreaking news in this film, it does not mean that a powerful truth is not represented. Nor… well, sometimes really good entertainment is more the right answer than "real art."
"He discovered Earth Wind & Fire – not the band, the elements." – Bill Maher
I might snidely refer to this as a "fan film," with nothing but laudatory gushing, but what stops me is the immensely true statement in the press release, calling this movie "ceaselessly entertaining." And what becomes interesting is that the biggest fan in this film is the protagonist himself; he became the all-time greatest music man by being one of the all-time great fans of his musical clients. This is a story of a truly legendary man with "golden ears," who touched nearly every stage in the history of modern American music, in a story that largely takes place in New York City, which is important in qualifying the film as appropriate for opening the Tribeca festival, which is quintessentially a New York institution. Clive Davis' Arista Records was the center of New York life at a critical time in the development of the city and its artists. At one point in his career, Clive was being pushed out of Arista – the company he created and built, and in this movie, we hear Carly Simon speak about that, saying:
"Taking Clive Davis out of Arista is like taking Manhattan out of New York."
Hell, even one of the most tough-minded and beloved New Yorkers, the profound, "punk poet laureate" and truth-speaking goddess of rock, who penned the anthem "People Have the Power," Patti Smith, is in this movie, expressing admiration and gratitude to Clive Davis. And we get to hear her sing, "Because the Night." Right there – that's worth the price of admission.
And here is the bottom line: MUSIC! Lots and lots of lots of fascinating and spectacular and wondrous and truly historical and genuinely joyous musical footage by seemingly all of America's greatest musicians and singers. And really, who needs to know if Clive Davis had any seedy sexual or even business encounters in his career? Who needs an understory to be dug up? This is more than a tribute film; this is a Legacy Movie. And Man, this man has created a legacy to define the word legacy.
The first shot in the movie is of Janis Joplin singing. That surprised me! I really had no idea that it was Clive Davis who "discovered" Janis Joplin. In fact, last year I wrote rather in-depth commentary about a documentary about Joplin, Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue, which Helen still Highly Recommends, and that film talks about how Janis joined Big Brother and the Holding Company, and when she played with them at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, her rendition of "Ball and Chain" made her an instant sensation (and in my words, "blew the collective minds of the audience.") But that movie did not mention that Clive Davis, the newly-named head of Columbia Records – a lawyer (from NYU) who essentially came out of nowhere, with no musical background, to be handed that title, was in the audience (wearing white pants and a tennis sweater, if anyone doubts his good-boy, straight-guy image), and he signed Janis to a contract the next day – Clive's first artist.
In this movie, unlike in the Janis doc, we actually get to hear Joplin sing that all-time-great rendition of "Ball and Chain," as well as "Piece of My Heart." In this film, Clive describes how "she was hypnotic," and "I felt my arms tingle," and most importantly, how he recognized Joplin – and rock 'n roll – as a musical revolution – far ahead of some important others who wrongly predicted that rock 'n roll would be a short-lived trend and who were still focusing their attention (and backing) on traditional, middle-of-the-road music.
The movie ends with the death of Whitney Houston, who we all know was "almost like a daughter" to Clive. We get to read a heartbreaking letter he wrote to Whitney, trying to persuade her to get help for her addictions. And we also get to see Clive first introducing Whitney on The Merv Griffin Show, when she was a mere child. The rise and fall of Whitney Houston to some extent serves as the arc of the story of the film, and it adds some needed gravitas. I thought they handled her story with appropriate sensitivity and yet didn't get too bogged down in it.
But, sentimentality aside, the true story of Clive Davis' life is the story of five decades of American music – from the 60's to hip-hop. The list is crazy-long – not just stunning for whose career was touched (and made, or re-made) by Clive Davis, but for who the filmmakers got to appear in this movie and/or what musical footage they were able to include. The list starts with Janis Joplin and includes Simon and Garfunkel, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Santana, Blood Sweat & Tears, The Kinks, Barry Manilow, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Brooks & Dunn, Bob Dylan, Chicago, Carly Simon, Whitney Houston (of course), The Thompson Twins, Sean "Puffy" Combs, and even the Grateful Dead. Yup, Clive was determined to be the guy who would finally bring some commercial success to this cult-band, and he did. And there is Bob Weir (!) talking about it.
And then there is Barry Manilow. Who knew Barry Manilow was ever sexy or seemed hot? Well, apparently, he was, in the old days – after Clive found him and persuaded him to sing some songs he didn't write himself so that he could make some hits. There is a clip of Barry Manilow singing "I Can't Smile Without You," and watching it, I myself could not stop smiling.
There is also one amusing clip of Bill Maher, who says of Clive, "He discovered Earth Wind & Fire – not the band, the elements." Ha! And what is so much fun about this movie is that there is a film clip of almost everyone who was anyone, including some real gems of little-seen musical footage. They pulled together an impressive list of Who's Who to do interviews for the documentary, but they smartly chose to cut those interviews into short quotes, squeezed in between a relentless songbook of great music. So, while there is actually no "story" per se, the movie is fast-paced and bright and uplifting – all about the tremendous potential and love and enthusiasm that Clive Davis saw and recognized and felt and brought to the world.
At one point, Simon Cowell, a star-maker in his own right, says, "Deep down we all wanted to be Clive Davis – to turn a singer into a superstar." Clive could miraculously pick the truly special songs and singers, and he could turn them into chart-topping hits and all-time-greats. With his renowned passion and perfectionism, and a modest amount of magic, Clive served as a conduit between us and the talent of artists that even they had not recognized. Tired of Donald Trump depression? Go see this joyful film! It will renew your faith in humanity.
News: There is so much great music in this film, it's no surprise that Apple has purchased the Clive Davis Documentary Soundtrack of Our Lives


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Festive Drinks At L'Escargot
On Monday 11th December we invited all of the Adoreum club members, clients and friends to join us for an evening of christmas drinks and canapés.
We hosted the Christmas drinks party in the stunning Salon Noir, at L'Escargot on Greek Street. We partied the night away with the fantastic Rockaoke band who got us all up dancing and singing our favourite songs.
A huge thank you to everyone that could make it and the team at L'Escargot for the delicious cocktails and canapés.


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IOP Award winners 2016
Isaac Newton Medal of the Institute of Physics
Professor Sir Thomas Kibble
Imperial College London
For developing the theory of symmetry-breaking in quantum field theory, which has led to quantitative models for the origin of the masses of elementary particles, together with experimentally verified applications to soliton formation, and models for structure formation in the early universe.
Dirac Medal and Prize
Professor Sandu Popescu
University of Bristol
For his fundamental and influential research into nonlocality and his contribution to the foundations of quantum physics.
Faraday Medal and Prize
Professor Jenny Nelson
Imperial College London
For her pioneering advances in the science of nanostructured and molecular semiconductor materials.
Glazebrook Medal and Prize
Dr Hugh Elliot Montgomery
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
For his leadership at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and distinguished research in high-energy physics.
Swan Medal and prize
Dr Graeme Malcolm
M Squared Lasers
For his role in founding M Squared Lasers, and his contribution to the design and manufacture of transformative award-winning photonics products.
Maxwell Medal and Prize
Dr Alexandra Olaya-Castro
University College London
For her contributions to the theory of quantum effects in biomolecular systems – in particular, to the understanding of exciton-vibration interactions and the emergence of nontrivial quantum behaviour in photosynthetic complexes.
Moseley Medal and Prize
Dr Jacopo Bertolotti
University of Exeter
For his contributions to the understanding and exploitation of light scattering both in natural and in artificial materials.
Paterson Medal and Prize
Professor Malte Gather
University of St Andrews
For inventing a way of generating laser light within live cells and pioneering the application of this concept for the life sciences, and for his work on organic LEDs, which find applications in the display industry and in biophotonics.
Bragg Medal and Prize
Stuart Farmer
Robert Gordon's College
For outstanding contributions to enhance both the teaching and the public image of physics, making classroom science more relevant, attractive and visible.
Kelvin Medal and Prize
Brady Haran, Professor Michael Merrifield and Professor Philip Moriarty
University of Nottingham
For innovative and effective promotion of the public understanding of physics through the Sixty Symbols video project.
The Appleton Medal and Prize
Professor Giles Harrison
University of Reading
For his outstanding contributions and leadership in the field of atmospheric electricity, including the discovery of new global-scale atmospheric interactions, and his leading public outreach on the meteorological effects of the solar eclipse of 2015.
The Franklin Medal and Prize
Professor Raymond E. Goldstein
University of Cambridge and Churchill College Cambridge
For revealing the physical basis for fluid motion in and around active cells and its importance for the evolution of multicellularity, cell differentiation, and the synchronicity of eukaryotic flagella.
The Gabor Medal and Prize
Professor Martin Dawson
University of Strathclyde
For his vision and leadership in applied photonics, including pioneering contributions to optically pumped semiconductor lasers, diamond photonics and gallium nitride optical microsystems, and for fostering the international development and commercialisation of these technologies.
The Hoyle Medal and Prize
Professor Sheila Rowan
University of Glasgow
For having devised and implemented a range of refinements in precision laser interferometers, pioneering aspects of the technology of gravitational wave observatories
The Rutherford Medal and Prize
Professor John Simpson
STFC Daresbury Laboratory
For his outstanding leadership in the development of new detector technologies and systems for experimental nuclear physics research within the UK and Europe, and for his seminal contributions to our understanding of the structure of atomic nuclei, especially in revealing new properties of nuclei at the limits of angular momentum, deformation, and stability.
The Thomson Medal and Prize
Professor Jeremy Hutson
University of Durham
For his pioneering work on the theory of ultracold molecules, which has provided fundamental insights into ultracold atomic and molecular collisions and which underpins recent experiments to create molecular quantum gases.


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Spanish gays and lesbians will welcome Pope Benedict XVI to their country at the weekend with a massive homosexual kiss-in to be staged in front of Barcelona's cathedral.
Organisers have invited gays and lesbians from around Spain to congregate in Barcelona during the papal visit on Sunday to form what, on their Facebook page, they call a "queer kissing flashmob".
The plan is for participants to meet at the city's gothic cathedral and start kissing as soon as the pope steps out of the building at 10am.
"No placards, no flags, no shouting and no slogans. Only kissing allowed," the Facebook page reads.
"When Benedict XVI passes in front of us we will kiss, man-to-man and woman-to-woman," Marylene Carole, one of the organisers, told the Spanish news agency EFE.
A whistle or horn will mark the beginning of a two-minute period during which couples are expected to maintain mouth-to-mouth contact. "Once the kiss is over we will go on our way as if nothing had happened," she said.
Some 1,500 people have pledged, via Facebook, to take part in the event. Invitations have been sent out via the social networking site to 12,000 more.
The planned kiss-in has provoked the fury of some Spanish Catholics, and even saw the group's page temporarily erased by Facebook.
"It is strange that such a noble act as kissing can still be considered revolutionary today, in the 21st century," said Carole. "This is a battle for sexual and affective rights, based on passion rather than violence."
A Facebook spokesman explained that the page and event have been reinstated after being taken down last week.
"The Spanish team took down the event and pages because of the use of the slur 'queer'," a spokeswoman said. "Since the term was used in a self-referential manner – the only instance in which we allow slurs against protected collectives – Facebook have reinstated both the event and the page."
The pope will be visiting a country that is fast shedding its traditionally tight embrace of Roman Catholicism.
The number of 20- to 24-year-olds who define themselves as practising Catholics is just 7%, with a further 51% saying they are non-practising Catholics. Civil weddings outnumbered church weddings for the first time last year.
Spain's prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, an avowed secularist, has clashed with the church over divorce, abortion and education.


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Archive for January, 2009
Energistics – Tech Architecture Work Group Meeting
Energistics Launches Second Phase of the Technical Architecture Work Group
and invites you to attend the
Energistics Technical Architecture Work Group Meeting February 5, 2009
to provide background on the first phase work to new participants,
to provide background on current Energistics Web Services / Data Exchange industry standards, and
to engage in discussions leading to agreement on the scope and timing of the next phase work deliverables and milestones.
Purpose and Intended Participants
WITSML for drillng, completions and maintenance
PRODML for production operations, optimization and reporting
RESQML for earth models and reservoir models
Continuing and prospective new participants in the Technical Architecture Work Group are invited to attend.
– Web Services Interoperability Standards v1.0
– WITSML Version 1.x Services Specifications / Data Specifications
– Adjourn
Event Location
24 E. Greenway Plaza
Suite 1315
Houston, Texas 77046 USA.
Gartner's Top Strategic Technologies For 2009
IT research firm Gartner Inc. says companies should pay particularly close attention to any strategic technologies that can impact their long-term plans, programs and initiatives. Gartner has compiled a list of what it considers the top 10 technologies and trends enterprises should be considering. Among them:
– virtualization,
– cloud computing,
– the evolution of server technology,
– Web-oriented architectures,
– the "enterprise mashup product environment,"
– heterogeneous server systems,
– social software and networking,
– a reduction in "the number of different communications vendors with which a typical organization works,"
– business intelligence tools, and
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And it's finally done with! Lewis Hamilton won his second Formula 1 drivers' championship at the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix over the weekend. The Briton narrowly – but deservedly – edged out his teammate Nico Rosberg to the title, as the Mercedes AMG Petronas team dominated the entire season in fine fashion.
Lewis' comfortable win at the Yas Marina Circuit was his 11th of the year and 33rd of his career, with the latter giving him one more than fellow double world champion Fernando Alonso. It's worth noting, however, that Alonso had won his two titles before Hamilton even entered F1 in 2007, and only managed 17 victories since.
The German-owned, Malaysian-backed and British-based team ended the season with 16 race wins out of 19 Grands Prix – a new record. Previously, McLaren – with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost on board – famously won 15 out of 16 races in the 1988 season, while Ferrari had also won 15 races in 2002 (out of 17 GPs) and 2004 (out of 18).
Hamilton's 11 wins, meanwhile, put him a joint third in the record books, with only Micheal Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel having won 13 races in 2004 and 2013 respectively. Nico Rosberg ended the season with five GP wins, giving him eight in total, which is three more than his father, 1982 champion Keke, managed.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo took the first three wins of his career – being the only non-Mercedes winner in 2014 – in his first season with the team. The popular Australian thoroughly beat his highly decorated and four-time champ teammate Sebastian Vettel, who suffered through his first win-less season in Formula 1.
That may have had a factor in Vettel moving to Ferrari next year to replace Fernando Alonso, who is more than likely to join McLaren for the 2015 season. Sadly though, the latter move may spell the end of 2009 champion Jenson Button's F1 career, who has yet to confirm his seat for 2015.
In happier news, rookie Daniil Kvyat – who showed impressive form in his first F1 season – will move up to the big league next year, joining new team-leader Ricciardo in Red Bull Racing. Taking up his Toro Rosso seat in 2015 will be 17-year-old Max Verstappen, who has yet to receive his driving licence back home in the Netherlands.
The rejuvenated Williams team finished the season in third place in the manufacturers' championship standings – a huge leap from ninth overall in 2013. Drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas both had hugely successful tours, racking up nine podium finishes between them.
In the end, hats off to the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula Team for a season well done, and more importantly, for allowing its two drivers race each other to keep things interesting. Congratulations Lewis, we enjoyed it all. With so many changes to come in 2015, we can't wait to see what's in store for us racing fans.


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National Skin Cancer Action Week is the 19th to 25th of November in 2017.
The theme this year is #SunSmartGeneration as the younger generations have been brought up with our Sunsmart message. This has led a decrease in the number of melanomas in this age group. The older generation however, continue to have an increase in the number of skin cancers, including melanoma. This age group have also shown a decrease in the number of adults using sun protection. #SunSmartGeneration is encouraging all generations to use all 5 forms of sun protection this year throughout Spring and Summer.
Slip – slip on a long sleeve shirt
Slop – slop on some sunscreen
Slap – slap on a hat
Seek – seek some shade
Slide – slide on some sun glasses
Most skin cancers are caused by UV exposure, so by following these 5 forms of sun protection, we can prevent most skin cancers.
National Skin Cancer Action Week is the 19th to 25th of November in 2017.


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Our Chief Nurse chats to Prince William about improvements in the NHS as she picks up her OBE
Our Chief Nurse Kathryn Halford picked up her OBE for services to nursing on Thursday 29 November.
Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, presented her with the honour at Buckingham Palace, and the proud 55-year-old took along her family, husband Roland, daughters Rebecca and Freya and son Olli for the special occasion.
She said: "It was a really lovely day and you're made to feel so special.
"Prince William was really nice and asked all about the Trust and my career in nursing and we chatted about how we manage change and improvement in the NHS. He was very attentive and you get to have a personal conversation, just you and him."
After collecting her OBE Kathryn, who spends the week living in Harold Wood, returning to her family home in Gloucester every weekend; was joined by the rest of her family, including her parents and two sisters, for lunch.
Before collecting her award, nerves kicked in when she was the next in line to meet the prince.
Kathryn added: "I wasn't nervous at all until I was next in line, but Prince William was so easy to talk to that put me at ease.
"They tell you what to do beforehand and there's no rush so you really have the time to enjoy it. And you're very well looked after."
Kathryn was just 18 when she started in nursing and her varied career has included caring for victims of the London bombings in 2007 as well as looking after some of the first HIV and Aids patients.
She was among 64 NHS staff receiving awards in the Queen's Birthday Honours this year, marking the 70th anniversary of the NHS.


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Spinach Mashed Potatoes
What you need:
3 pounds potatoes, peeled and chopped
5 ounces spinach
1/2 cup vegan margarine (I used Earth Balance)
1 cup nondairy milk (I used hemp)
salt and pepper, to taste
What you do:
1. Boil potatoes until soft enough to mash. Strain most of the liquid out, leaving about 1/2 cup in the pot. The potatoes should be steaming hot.
2. Add the spinach (it will start wilting right away), margarine, and milk. Salt and pepper, to taste.
3. Mash or blend to desired consistency. I used an immersion blender which makes them silky smooth.
Source of recipe: I made it up based on mashed potatoes I had at a restaurant.
Preparation Time:
30 min, Cooking time: 20 min
Cooking Time:
20 min


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My card features stamps from 2 of the new sets in Uniko's September Release:
Background Blocks: Scattered Polka Dots
Simply Said Blocks
Great staple sets in the Uniko repertoire - ideal for making coordinated backgrounds and many useful sentiments.
The rest of the Design Team have lots more ideas using these stamp sets.
Saturday 9 September is the day of the full release when you will get to see the products in their entirety and purchase them HERE on the Uniko website.
There will also be a DT blog hop with a big GIVEAWAY of all the new stamp sets!
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by Bill DiFilippo / @bflip33
The Big Ten is arguably the best basketball conference in the country. It had the most Sweet 16 teams last season with four, and it had more teams in the final USA Today poll of the season than any other conference with five.
With all the love the conference frequently gets, you think you'd be able to name its top returning scorer, right? Its top four scorers—DeShaun Thomas, Trey Burke, Brandon Paul and Cody Zeller—all went to the NBA. So…who's the top returning scorer?
OK, so you probably read the subhead of this story and deduced it was DJ Newbill, a 6-4 guard for the Penn State Nittany Lions. Newbill averaged 16.3 points per game as a redshirt sophomore for the defending Big Ten Cellar Dwellers. But before you read that, did you know it was Newbill? Probably not. And that's fine, just don't forget the name.
Newbill's path from three-star recruit to one of the top players in the one of best conferences in America has been unconventional to say the least. He was originally supposed to attend Marquette and play under coach Buzz Williams, who offered him a scholarship and received a verbal commitment from Newbill shortly thereafter. Then, well…
"After the school year was over, it was time for me start with the paperwork and getting into the school," Newbill said, "then I got a phone call and Buzz was telling me…actually he called my high school coach and he told me that they were gonna take my scholarship and use it to go another route. They wanted me to go to prep school and recruit me all over again for the following year because they had given out too many scholarships."
Newbill, who at the time was upset but now views the entire situation as a "blessing in disguise," decided to take his talents to Southern Mississippi and play under coach Larry Eustachy with Dwayne Davis, a friend and teammate at Strawberry Mansion High School.
Newbill spent one year at USM, where he started all 32 games for the 22-10 Golden Eagles, was third on the team with 9.2 points per game and second on the team with 6.2 rebounds per game. Newbill was named to the Conference USA's first-team All-Freshman squad. In that year, Newbill said his defense and decision making improved and credited that to his coaches, who, "did a good job of preparing me for what was about to happen, going to college. I had no clue."
Most players, when on the verge of breaking out, come in the next season and dominate, especially in a mid-major conference like the CUSA.
Instead of doing that, Newbill transferred to Penn State.
"I was so far away from home, and I was a young kid coming out of the inner city," Newbill said, "I'm going in the country, and my team that I was supposed to be running with, Dwayne Davis, he was in JuCo when we both committed, but he didn't make the grades to be permitted into the school, so I was down there by myself."
Enter Pat Chambers and his staff. Chambers had just been hired to be the new coach at Penn State in June of 2011 after the school's former coach, Ed DeChellis, left to become the head coach at Navy. Chambers had Philly roots—he was an assistant under Jay Wright at Villanova—and decided to put them to work as he recruited Newbill.
"I knew of DJ when I was in Philly when I was a Villanova coach," Chambers said, "and then I left and went to Boston (University). We heard whispers, but nothing concrete, that he might leave Southern Miss, so during that time we did our research just to be prepared if he did in fact leave, and we developed a pretty good relationship once he got his release."
Of course, per NCAA rules, Newbill had to spend his academic sophomore year redshirting. In that year, Newbill sat out and worked. Teammate Ross Travis saw Newbill's work ethic, seeing him working after hours in the gym and the weight room to better himself.
Associate head coach Keith Urgo, who calls Newbill his "favorite kid in the world," saw Newbill transform physically, as well as a basketball player.
"He was just known as a scorer. First and foremost," Urgo said, "his body completely changed. He came in a little bit more cubby, less in shape. Now he's chiseled, every bit of 205, 209, something like that…his strength, his athleticism and his quickness have completely changed. That I think was the most important thing for him when he first arrived, but he was known just as a scorer who could only go right, so since he's developed…a pull-up, a mid-range game, and he developed his left hand, his weak hand."
Teammate Tim Frazier also noticed changes in Newbill's game, something he credits to Newbill's work in the gym.
"He was able to work on his game every day," Frazier said. "He wasn't able to travel, so when we traveled, besides watching our games, he was getting extra workouts in and just really trying to get ready for this season, and he grinded almost every day to become the player that he is today."
Newbill watched on the sideline as the Nittany Lions went 12-20 (4-14 in conference). According to Newbill, sitting out let him, "see the Big Ten from the bench. I got to see how guys prepared for the games, it's much different from Conference USA."
Unfortunately for Newbill, his mother, who Chambers called Newbill's "best friend," passed away shortly before the season started, something that Newbill believes helped him grow.
"When my mother passed," Newbill said, "I had a choice whether to dwell on the situation, let it bring me down, or I could rise above it and use it as fuel to my fire and keep on pushing. As a person, it helped my attitude and it helped me grow stronger and be more of an individual person. It helped me find myself more."
Newbill's first game as a Nittany Lion came on November 9, 2012 against Philadelphia University. Newbill, who, "had butterflies before the tip," had 16 points and 7 boards against the Rams in his debut.
During the team's fourth game of the season against Akron, Frazier went down with a torn Achilles' tendon. Frazier was a first-team All-Big Ten selection the year before, averaging 18.8 points, 6.2 assists 4.7 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game. He was also averaging 16.3 points per game prior to his injury.
Of course, when your star goes down, the team needs to adjust. Newbill was already going to log some minutes as the team's point guard, Chambers said about "six to eight minutes."
Newbill ended up averaging the second most minutes per game in the conference at 36.5 mpg.
Both Frazier and Travis saw Newbill take on more of a leadership responsibility, both on and off the court.
"He became one of the sole leaders on the team until other guys stepped up," Frazier said, "and I think he did a tremendous job taking that on and becoming the person that we needed him to be."
Newbill accepted his new role as the team's PG, even though he said the experience, "wasn't as easy as I thought it was gonna be." By season's end, Newbill either led or co-led the Nittany Lions in assists in every game and averaged 4.0 APG, good for fifth in the Big Ten.
While Newbill certainly had some growing pains, like his 8 point, 3 assist outing on 3-15 shooting at home against 5th-ranked Indiana, he did show flashes of a potential All-Big Ten guard. Newbill ended his season with 15 consecutive double-digit scoring outings, including 17 points at home in an upset of No. 4 Michigan and 18 points in a road victory over Northwestern, Penn State's first conference road win in two years.
Newbill called his performance against Indiana his best game of the season. Chambers, however, disagrees.
"It would be Indiana," Chambers said, "on the road at Indiana. It could have been a massacre, could have gotten ugly…it never really got out of control. But what he did in that game was prove to a lot of people that he's a heck of a player and he's tough. It was the hardest I've ever seen somebody play on the road no matter what arena it was. And we lost. But I felt like, That's the player he's going to be. They ended up beating us by 20, but Cody (Zeller) was exhausted after the game, (Victor) Oladipo was exhausted after that game because he played DJ man up the whole time and DJ went right back at him."
The Nittany Lions ended up going 10-21 (2-16) on the season. Newbill averaged 16.3 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and teammate Jermaine Marshall were named honorable mention All-Big Ten by the coaches and the media. Newbill, along with teammate Nick Colella, also won the Spiritus Leoninus award, an award given out for "outstanding performance in athletics, academics, leadership and community service."
But there is optimism next season. The conference is going to be slightly down next year. Frazier is back and healthy. Travis is the Big Ten's second best returning rebounder. The team is bringing in a top-60 recruiting class. Chambers said he doesn't want to put the pressure of calling this team an NCAA Tournament team, but he anticipates they will be competitive.
In the end, it comes down to Newbill. He has been in the gym, working on extending his jumper out to 20 feet and developing his left hand farther. He epitomizes "Philly Swagger," something Chambers made up to describe tough players from Philly who are used to grinding and working hard for everything on the court. He and Frazier, who Chambers called the best backcourt in the country prior to last season, should form one of America's most potent 1-2 punches. For Penn State basketball to be a nationally recognized team next year, it will be an uphill battle.
Luckily, Newbill has not only fought uphill battles his entire career, he's overcome them.


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Waist Training VS CorsetingOne of the most common questions that will be asked regarding this topic is that if it is the same as wearing corsets. Experts say that they may be related but not exactly the same thing at all. Waist training is defined as the natural and gradual process of reducing your waist size by wearing corsets consistently while corseting can be done only as a form of fashion statement, or even for fun, costuming and also for medical purposes. With women somehow crazed over the ideal body type, it is not hard to perceive as to why they would prefer to opt for waist training and see if they can attain the same waist training results as that of other women who have successfully tried it. The concept is for you to wear the corset on a regular and consistent basis. While the ideal would be to wear it daily, a few times per week can also lead to noticeable results in the long run.
Top 5 ways to see waist training resultsWearing a corset as often as you can is not enough, as there are still several things that you need to do and consider to make sure that you will be getting your desired results as you go about it. Here are some tips and tricks that are proven to be effective so you can see visible results as soon as possible:
- Buy the right corset.
- Watch your diet
- Don't stop exercising
- Wear your corset longer
- Maintain your corset


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LOS ANGELES – Last week, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) and Wage Justice Center secured final approval of a $5 million class action settlement brought on behalf of over 400 Latino and Korean immigrants against a port trucking company comprised of related corporate entities. Port truck drivers are the backbone of a $450 billion industry in Southern California.
"We are proud that with this settlement, hundreds of drivers will be rightfully compensated, and we hope this case sends a strong signal to other drivers that they can win if they fight back. The settlement is the first to successfully attack a dual scheme of misclassification and corporate shell games that is endemic in the port trucking industry," stated Nicole Ochi, supervising litigation attorney from Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles. "Unfortunately, misclassification is the port industry norm. Nearly two-thirds of all port truck drivers nationally are misclassified as independent contractors, resulting in an impoverished, mostly immigrant workforce."
The company, QTS, Inc., and its related entities, including LACA Express and Win Win Logistics, misclassified their drivers as independent contractors in order to deny them their rightful compensation and then hid behind purported bankruptcy protections to avoid liability for wage theft and other exploitative business practices. By classifying the drivers as independent contractors but controlling them like employees, companies are able to evade taxes as well as shift all the costs of operating their businesses to the drivers, including the cost of trucks, gas, maintenance and repair, and insurance, leaving drivers with poverty wages. These high weekly deductions operate like debt bondage, forcing the drivers to work dangerously long hours to eke out a living.
"The company took money from my paycheck to pay for the truck lease, gas and insurance. Some of my fellow truckers even owed money to the company at the end of a hard week. But over 50 of us drivers stuck together for the last five years despite being fired and intimidated," says Samuel Talavera, a former driver for QTS, Inc. "We knew we would help our fellow truckers if we stayed together down this long road."
Judge Elihu M. Berle of the Los Angeles Superior Court ruled on the motion for final approval of the class settlement. Of the 423 drivers contacted, 243 filed claims representing 82.8 percent of the total work weeks where violations occurred. Drivers will receive an average of $13,502 each. The settlement also includes up to $7,500 to drivers who the companies retaliated against for asserting their legal rights. Forms of retaliation ranged from refusing to repair drivers' trucks, being assigned less lucrative routes, and outright firing. For those drivers publicly involved in the litigation, who risked being blacklisted in the industry, an additional $6,500 will be awarded for their efforts.
During four years of litigation, QTS, Inc. filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, nominally to "reorganize" its debts, but in reality to frustrate the ongoing litigation and evade any responsibility for its debts. "The defendants in this case filed for bankruptcy to try to avoid paying our drivers their hard-earned wages," said Jay Shin, Directing Attorney at Wage Justice Center. "But we were not ready to concede the millions of dollars stolen from our drivers. We doggedly followed them into bankruptcy court and used innovative legal theories to hold the companies liable."
In a novel move, the drivers transferred their state court litigation into bankruptcy court by suing the non-bankrupt entities as creditors of the voluntarily abandoned and bankrupt entity. They asked the bankruptcy court to consolidate the assets and debts of all the entangled business enterprises. The parties reached the current settlement after 18 months of litigation in bankruptcy court entailing the subpoena of the defendants' major customers, review of tens of thousands of pages of documents and deposition of the officers of the business entities.
Randy Bunnao, (213) 241-0227, [email protected]
About Advancing Justice - LA:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) is the nation's largest legal and civil rights organization for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (NHPI). Through direct services, impact litigation, policy advocacy, leadership development, and capacity building, Advancing Justice-LA focuses on the most vulnerable members of Asian American and NHPI communities while also building a strong voice for civil rights and social justice. The Wage Justice Center has been serving low-wage, immigrant workers in Southern California, including in the trucking, janitorial, construction, car wash, garment and homecare industries for nearly a decade. The Wage Justice Center uses innovative legal theories and tools to enforce wage judgments against the types of unscrupulous businesses that are far too common in the industries that employ low-wage and immigrant workers. Since its founding in 2007, the Wage Justice Center has helped thousands of workers collect millions of dollars in unpaid wages. Now, through a partnership with the California Labor Commissioner, the Wage Justice Center is helping workers throughout the state. The Wage JusticeCenter aims to effectively utilize the legal tools, strategic litigation and policy advocacy necessary to collect unpaid wages and empower long-abused workers to assert their basic economic rights.
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LEED Silver Certification
- Originally built in 1985, the original character of The Crescent was maintained. The landscape design sought to enhance the pedestrian experience and refresh the buildings' exterior environment. Trees line driveways and pedestrian paths, creating a European-inspired retail piazza.
- The site offered certain challenges because everything was installed on structure. Every tree had to be placed in a tree well.
- Materials worked with those existing on-site, melding colors and textures.
- 187 trees were saved.
- 125 trees were planted, including highrise live oaks, shumard oaks, river birches, and allee elms.
- The project avoids annual planting.
- Low water usage planting was used on-site.
- The irrigation system was converted from overhead sprays to drip irrigation using 40% less water.
- Trees have the potential for intercepting 193,500 gallons of water which are equivalent to the water usage for 193 American residents for one day.*
- The planting strategy reduces temperatures in urban areas.
- More than 7,000 LED light bulbs replaced on the exterior provide energy efficiencies.
- The trees sequester 46,800 pounds of carbon annually, which is the equivalent to a standard car driving 63,380 miles.**
- There was an increase in the property value due to project installation.
- Maintenance savings were considered in the design. A low-maintenance lawn and plants not requiring regular trimming were used.
- The design favored social spaces over parking, reducing the amount of parking. This was achieved by turning surface parking into restaurant terraces and opening retail up to the exterior of the property.
* The tree average for water interception is 500 gallons. (EPA's water trivia facts) The colloquial volume of an Olympic pool is 660,000 US gallons assuming the depth of 2m.
** 120 pounds of CO2 per tree annually (This number is based on an average from the National Tree Benefits Calculator) One car produces an average of 8,320 pounds of CO2 per year. Each vehicle drives an average of 11,318 miles per year. (The Code of Federal Regulations - 40 CFR 600.113)
Originally built in 1985, and design by famed architect Philip Johnson, this 1.2M-SF mixed-use property has always anchored the uptown district with its high-end shopping, distinctive restaurants, Class A office space, and a 191-room 5-star hotel. Due to the fast changing dynamics of uptown, The Crescent is looking to redefine itself by becoming more pedestrian friendly and opening itself up to the now pedestrian-friendly streets. The interior motor court, which serves as the front door to the office and hotel, will be reconfigured to limit the amount of surface parking providing areas for restaurants and shops to spill out into the spaces.
Tree groves, ornamental plantings, water features, and movable seating will be provided to give the court a green garden-like atmosphere. Retail along all sides of the property will be opened up creating a strong street presence. The north end will boast a new glass architectural facade reestablishing the prominent front door. The interior court will be reconfigured and closed-off to the garage below in order to encourage special events and offer a greater flexibility of program. A park being designed at the corner of Pearl and McKinney will create a green oasis on the property.
Location: Dallas, TX
LEED: Silver Certified


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If you work in legal marijuana, there's a good chance you've heard of the so-called Rosin Technique. It's a method of extracting resin from plants, including cannabis, and it offers a safer, healthier alternative to traditional approaches.
THC , one of the most important chemicals in marijuana, is found in the form of a sticky resin that coats the bud of the plant. THC gets users high and helps with numerous medical conditions.
Resin isn't just smoked along with bud. It can also be extracted from the plant, providing potent doses of THC known as hash oil. Typically this is done by soaking ground cannabis in a chemical solvent, which strips the resin off the bud. The solvent is then boiled off, leaving only resin.
Extracting with solvents is problematic
There are serious problems with this method. First, butane is usually the solvent of choice, and it is highly explosive. More than a few homes have been reduced to rubble in recent years as negligent extractors let the fumes ignite.
Second, even safer solvents, such as isopropyl alcohol, are flammable and dangerous. Also, these chemicals can leave behind residue that might be harmful when smoked.
The Rosin Technique, on the other hand, is a relatively new extraction method that does not require the use of solvents. It produces a solid resin by subjecting plant matter to heat and pressure, which vaporizes liquid terpenes found in plants. It's also cheap, at least by comparison to other methods.
What is the Rosin Technique?
The technique was not created for marijuana. It was originally used to draw sap from pine trees, but it can be used to strip resin from many other plants, including cannabis.
And it is becoming increasingly popular for that use. It's low-cost, it's simple, and it produces a solid product. Yields are also higher than with other methods.
The Rosin Technique is simple enough that amateurs will be able to safely make high-quality hash, hash oil, and CBD oil. It takes just seconds. Here's how to do it:
First, break the plant matter down in increments of 0.2-0.5g. Take a sheet of parchment paper and cut it into 10-20 strips measuring 4″ x 8″. Then preheat a flat iron to between 200 and 340 degrees Fahrenheit, with lower temperatures providing a better-tasting product.
Next, take one of the small piles of ground bud and place it in the center of a 25u micron screen. Wrap the cannabis in the screen. Then place the screen on a strip of parchment paper and fold the paper so the plant matter is in the center. Put the strip of parchment paper on the flat iron, apply pressure for 3-5 seconds, lift the hot iron, and remove the paper.
Now remove the paper and unfold it. The bud will be surrounded by resin, or "rosin." Remove the marijuana but not the rosin. Finally, use a hash oil dabber to gather up the rosin. This thick, oily substance is the final product.
Benefits of the Rosin Technique
Rosin extraction has several key benefits. Of course, it's safer than involving flammable butane and other solvents. It's also more cost-effective, and it leads to a high-end product that rivals the best butane hash oil.
Just as important, this method is easy enough for patients and recreational users to use in their own homes. Aside from the iron, there is no risk of fire or explosion. And the end oil is cleaner and purer than solvent products.
There are limits: Home extraction produces a relatively small amount, and industrial heat presses are needed for larger quantities. But many patients only need small doses, making this ideal for them – and for anyone else seeking to turn bud into oil.


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Tony do you have a clue which post the video clip was in of the Republican Rep about universal health care......If I could remember his name I could find it on youtube......I can not for the life of me find it....it was only posted here today or yest.....and i think Nick posted it...
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Currently working on this enchanted session I shot April 3rd at Stanley Park with the very talented Chloe Divine aka Hellcat Beauty. Every time we do a shoot I'm super excited. We naturally frolicked around Stanley Park showing too much skin and looking crazy. All in a days work. Many spectators as usual. Most squirrels :D We ended our shoot at 3rd beach during the sunset. It was my first time putting my feet in sand this year. Loved every minute of it. Creative therapy sessions with good friends are ALWAYS needed.
March Contest
For those following along on my Facebook Fanpage, I did a March Contest. I originally was going to pick one person. But I decided to be ambitious and pick 10. Everyone was so nice and said such sweet things that I wanted to show my gratitude. If you didnt win, fear not, Ill be doing more like this for Fall sessions. Probably do them for my off times (spring and fall). Fall will be for Halloween which means gore themes (sorry I do not do cute) :D ...My favorite!
Ballet Shoot
I did a cute little shoot at trout lake May 25th, here in east vancouver, Canada . It was a funny day per usual, the weather was all over the map. Some shots were bright and some were dark. I really enjoyed doing a casual shoot for the day. It was a nice change of pace. I even walked home after with all my gear (30 minute walk). She did a really great job of your costume and keeping on point during the shoot. Lovely to finally work together
Marina Cat
This is the outcome of our shoot. I just adored working with Marina Cat. Check her out on Facebook. She is a truly talented performer and an amazing person.
Tiffany Ireland
All sessions will now be posted here going forward. Please stop by to check them out :)
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Part 11 out of 11
business, which has a certain moral effect on their relations with
my house. For a similar purpose I am a shareholder in the large
mail-order houses that buy cloaks and suits of me. I hold shares of
some department stores also, but of late I have grown somewhat
shy of this kind of investment, the future of a department store
being as uncertain as the future of the neighborhood in which it is
located. Mail-order houses, on the other hand, have the whole
country before them, and their overwhelming growth during past
years was one of the conspicuous phenomena in the business life
of the nation. I love to watch their operations spread over the map,
and I love to watch the growth of American cities, the shifting of
their shopping centers, the consequent vicissitudes, the decline of
some houses, the rise of others. American Jews of German origin
are playing a foremost part in the retail business of the country,
large or small, and our people, Russian and Galician Jews, also are
making themselves felt in it, being, in many cases, in partnership
with Gentiles or with their own coreligionists of German descent.
The king of the great mail-order business, a man with an annual
income of many millions, is the son of a Polish Jew. He is one of
the two richest Jews in America, having built up his vast fortune
in ten or fifteen years. As I have said before, I know hundreds, if
not thousands, of merchants, Jews and Gentiles, throughout this
country and Canada, so I like to keep track of their careers
This, too, is good sport
Of course, it is essential to study the business map in the interests
of my own establishment, but I find intellectual excitement in it as
well, and, after all, I am essentially an intellectual man, I think
There are retailers in various sections of the country whom I have
helped financially--former buyers, for example, who went into
business on their own hook with my assistance. This is good
business, for while these merchants must be left free to buy in the
open market, they naturally give my house precedence. But here
again I must say in fairness to myself that business interest is not
the only motive that induces me to do them these favors.
Indeed, in some cases I do it without even expecting to get my
money back.
It gives me moral satisfaction, for which money is no measure of
AM I happy? There are moments when I am overwhelmed by a
sense of my success and ease. I become aware that thousands of
things which had formerly been forbidden fruit to me are at my
command now. I distinctly recall that crushing sense of being
debarred from everything, and then I feel as though the whole
world were mine. One day I paused in front of an old East Side
restaurant that I had often passed in my days of need and despair.
The feeling of desolation and envy with which I used to peek in its
windows came back to me. It gave me pangs of self-pity for my
past and a thrilling sense of my present power. The prices that had
once been prohibitive seemed so wretchedly low now. On another
occasion I came across a Canal Street merchant of whom I used to
buy goods for my push-cart. I said to myself: "There was a time
when I used to implore this man for ten dollars' worth of goods,
when I regarded him as all-powerful and feared him. Now he
would be happy to shake hands with me."
I recalled other people whom I used to fear and before whom I
used to humiliate myself because of my poverty. I thought of the
time when I had already entered the cloak business, but was
struggling and squirming and constantly racking my brains for
some way of raising a hundred dollars; when I would cringe with
a certain East Side banker and vainly beg him to extend a small
note of mine, and come away in a sickening state of despair
At this moment, as these memories were filing by me, I felt as
though now there were nobody in the world who could inspire me
with awe or render me a service
And yet in all such instances I feel a peculiar yearning for the very
days when the doors of that restaurant were closed to me and
when the Canal Street merchant was a magnate of commerce in
my estimation. Somehow, encounters of this kind leave me
dejected. The gloomiest past is dearer than the brightest present.
In my case there seems to be a special reason for feeling this way.
My sense of triumph is coupled with a brooding sense of
emptiness and insignificance, of my lack of anything like a great,
deep interest
I am lonely. Amid the pandemonium of my six hundred
sewing-machines and the jingle of gold which they pour into my
lap I feel the deadly silence of solitude
I spend at least one evening a week at the Benders. I am fond of
their children and I feel pleasantly at home at their house. I am a
frequent caller at the Nodelmans', and enjoy their hospitality even
more than that of the Benders. I go to the opera, to the theaters,
and to concerts, and never alone. There are merry suppers, and
some orgies in which I take part, but when I go home I suffer a
gnawing aftermath of loneliness and desolation
I have a fine summer home, with servants, automobiles, and
horses. I share it with the Bender family and we often have
visitors from the city, but, no matter how large and gay the crowd
may be, the country makes me sad
I know bachelors who are thoroughly reconciled to their solitude
and even enjoy it. I am not.
No, I am not happy
In the city I occupy a luxurious suite of rooms in a high-class hotel
and keep an excellent chauffeur and valet. I give myself every
comfort that money can buy. But there is one thing which I crave
and which money cannot buy--happiness.
Many a pretty girl is setting her cap at me, but I know that it is
only my dollars they want to marry. Nor do I care for any of them,
while the woman to whom my heart is calling--Anna--is married
to another man
I dream of marrying some day. I dread to think of dying a lonely
Sometimes I have a spell of morbid amativeness and seem to be
falling in love with woman after woman. There are periods when I
can scarcely pass a woman in the street without scanning her face
and figure. When I see the crowds returning from work in the
cloak-and-waist district I often pause to watch the groups of girls
as they walk apart from the men. Their keeping together, as if they
formed a separate world full of its own interests and secrets,
makes a peculiar appeal to me
Once, in Florida, I thought I was falling in love with a rich Jewish
girl whose face had a bashful expression of a peculiar type. There
are different sorts of bashfulness. This girl had the bashfulness of
sin, as I put it to myself. She looked as if her mind harbored illicit
thoughts which she was trying to conceal. Her blushes seemed to
be full of sex and her eyes full of secrets. She was not a pretty girl
at all, but her "guilty look" disturbed me as long as we were
stopping in the same place
But through all these ephemeral infatuations and interests I am in
love with Anna
From time to time I decide to make a "sensible" marriage, and
study this woman or that as a possible candidate, but so far
nothing has come of it
There was one woman whom I might have married if she had not
been a Gentile--one of the very few who lived in the family hotel
in which I had my apartments. At first I set her down for an
adventuress seeking the acquaintance of rich Jews for some
sinister purpose. But I was mistaken. She was a woman of high
character. Moreover, she and her aged mother, with whom she
lived, had settled in that hotel long before it came to be patronized
by our people. She was a widow of over forty, with a good,
intellectual face, well read in the better sense of the term, and no
fool. Many of our people in the hotel danced attendance upon her
because she was a Gentile woman, but all of them were really
fond of her. The great point was that she seemed to have a sincere
liking for our people. This and the peculiar way her shoulders
would shake when she laughed was, in fact, what first drew me to
her. We grew chummy and I spent many an hour in her company
In my soliloquies I often speculated and theorized on the question
of proposing to her. I saw clearly that it would be a mistake. It
was not the faith of my fathers that was in the way. It was that
medieval prejudice against our people which makes so many
marriages between Jew and Gentile a failure. It frightened me
One evening we sat chatting in the bright lobby of the hotel,
discussing human nature, and she telling me something of the
good novels she had read.
After a brief pause I said: "I enjoy these talks immensely. I don't
think there is another person with whom I so love to talk of
human beings."
She bowed with a smile that shone of something more than mere
appreciation of the compliment. And then I uttered in the simplest
possible accents: "It's really a pity that there is the chasm of race
between us. Otherwise I don't see why we couldn't be happy
I was in an adventurous mood and ready, even eager, to marry her.
But her answer was a laugh, as if she took it for a joke; and,
though I seemed to sense intimacy and encouragement in that
laugh, it gave me pause. I felt on the brink of a fatal blunder, and I
escaped before it was too late.
"But then," I hastened to add, "real happiness in a case like this is
perhaps not the rule, but the exception. That chasm continues to
yawn throughout the couple's married life, I suppose."
"That's an interesting point of view," she said, a non-committal
smile on her lips
She tactfully forbore to take up the discussion, and I soon dropped
the subject. We remained friends
It was this woman who got me interested in good, modern fiction.
The books she selected for me interested me greatly. Then it was
that the remarks I had heard from Moissey Tevkin came to my
mind. They were illuminating
Most of the people at my hotel are German-American Jews. I
know other Jews of this class. I contribute to their charity
institutions. Though an atheist, I belong to one of their
synagogues. Nor can I plead the special feeling which had partly
accounted for my visits at the synagogue of the Sons of Antomir
while I was engaged to Kaplan's daughter. I am a member of that
synagogue chiefly because it is a fashionable synagogue. I often
convict myself of currying favor with the German Jews. But then
German-American Jews curry favor with Portuguese-American
Jews, just as we all curry favor with Gentiles and as American
Gentiles curry favor with the aristocracy of Europe
I often long for a heart-to-heart talk with some of the people of my
birthplace. I have tried to revive my old friendships with some of
them, but they are mostly poor and my prosperity stands between
us in many ways
Sometimes when I am alone in my beautiful apartments, brooding
over these things and nursing my loneliness, I say to myself:
"There are cases when success is a tragedy."
There are moments when I regret my whole career, when my very
success seems to be a mistake
I think that I was born for a life of intellectual interest. I was
certainly brought up for one. The day when that accident turned
my mind from college to business seems to be the most
unfortunate day in my life. I think that I should be much happier
as a scientist or writer, perhaps. I should then be in my natural
element, and if I were doomed to loneliness I should have
comforts to which I am now a stranger. That's the way I feel every
time I pass the abandoned old building of the City College
The business world contains plenty of successful men who have no
Why, then, should I ascribe my triumph to special ability? I should
probably have made a much better college professor than a
cloak-manufacturer, and should probably be a happier man, too. I
know people who have made much more money than I and whom
I consider my inferiors in every respect
Many of our immigrants have distinguished themselves in science,
music, or art, and these I envy far more than I do a billionaire. As
an example of the successes achieved by Russian Jews in America
in the last quarter of a century it is often pointed out that the man
who has built the greatest sky-scrapers in the country, including
the Woolworth Building, is a Russian Jew who came here a
penniless boy. I cannot boast such distinction, but then I have
helped build up one of the great industries of the United States,
and this also is something to be proud of. But I should readily
change places with the Russian Jew, a former Talmud student like
myself, who is the greatest physiologist in the New World, or with
the Russian Jew who holds the foremost place among American
song-writers and whose soulful compositions are sung in almost
every English-speaking house in the world. I love music to
madness. I yearn for the world of great singers, violinists, pianists.
Several of the greatest of them are of my race and country, and I
have met them, but all my acquaintance with them has brought me
is a sense of being looked down upon as a money-bag striving to
play the Ma�cenas. I had a similar experience with a sculptor,
also one of our immigrants, an East Side boy who had met with
sensational success in Paris and London. I had him make my bust.
His demeanor toward me was all that could have been desired.
We even cracked Yiddish jokes together and he hummed bits of
synagogue music over his work, but I never left his studio without
feeling cheap and wretched
When I think of these things, when I am in this sort of mood, I pity
myself for a victim of circumstances
At the height of my business success I feel that if I had my life to
live over again I should never think of a business career
I don't seem to be able to get accustomed to my luxurious life. I am
always more or less conscious of my good clothes, of the high
quality of my office furniture, of the power I wield over the men
in my pay. As I have said in another connection, I still have a
lurking fear of restaurant waiters
I can never forget the days of my misery. I cannot escape from my
old self.
My past and my present do not comport well. David, the poor lad
swinging over a Talmud volume at the Preacher's Synagogue,
seems to have more in common with my inner identity than David
Levinsky, the well-known cloak-manufacturer


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