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Over the past 30 years Ron Tarver has built a successful career in photography. He received a B. A. in Journalism and Graphic Arts from Northeaster State University in Oklahoma. His work has been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Inquirer Sunday Magazine, National Geographic, Life, Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, and Black and White Magazine. He is co-author of the book We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, published by Harper Collins in 2004, which was accompanied by a traveling exhibition that debuted at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
Aside from establishing a successful career in photojournalism, he has built a distinguished career in fine art. Tarver is a 2001 Pew Fellow in the Arts. He has also received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and a 2007 Independence Foundation Fellowship. He was named one of the Delaware Valley's "50 Rising Stars in the Arts" by Seven Arts Magazine and is a 1999 alumni of the Center For Emerging Visual Artist. He currently serves as visiting instructor of photography at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA.
His photography has been exhibited nationally and internationally in over 30 solo and 50 group exhibitions and is included in many private, corporate, and museum collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, Oklahoma Museum of History and the National Museum of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. His work is represented by the Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Robin Rice Gallery, New York, NY, The Packard Reath Gallery in Lewes, Delaware, Soho-Myriad in Atlanta, GA and Grand Image in Seattle, WA.
See news page for a listing of his lastest exhibitions.
Tarver Resume:
Robin Rice Gallery, 325W. 11th St., New York, NY
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA Visiting Instructor of Art
Photography Instructor, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial.
Philadelphia, PA.
Photography Instructor, Perkins Center for the Arts. Moorestown,
Staff Photographer, The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia,
Founder and Director, PhotoSession photography conference.
Philadelphia, PA.
Photography Instructor, Drury College. Springfield, Missouri.
Staff Photographer, The Springfield News and Leader. Springfield,
Staff Photographer, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix. Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Invisible, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Unstructured, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
The World in a Grain of Sand, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Packard Reath Gallery, Lewes, DE
Havana: A Place out of Time, Silva Gallery of Art, The Pennington School, Pennington, NJ.
Art/Place, Southport Railroad Station. Southport, CT.
What the eye Doesn't See, List Gallery, Swarthmore College. Swarthmore, PA.
Trees, Sande Webster Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.
Deep Deuce and Beyond, Governor's Art Gallery, Oklahoma State Capital, Oklahoma City, OK.
We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA
Homesteads, Sande Webster Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.
Trees, Awbury Arborteum. Philadelphia, PA.
A Sense of Place, (Installation). Philadelphia International Airport. Philadelphia, PA.
Homesteads, Edward Carter Gallery. Lewes, DE.
Havana: A Place Out of Time, Monique Goldstrom Gallery. New York, NY.
Havana: A Place Out of Time, Sande Webster Gallery. Philadelphia PA. Soho-Myriad. Atlanta, GA.
The Unseen Landmark, Eastern State College, Devon, PA.
Fleisher Exhibition No. 1, Samuel S. Fleisher Memorial. Philadelphia, PA.
A Retrospective, Beaver College. Philadelphia, PA.
The Long Ride Home: the African American Cowboy Experience in America, YWCA of Brooklyn,
Brooklyn, NY.
The Long Ride Home, African American Museum of Dallas. Dallas, TX.
The Long Ride Home, Connoco Gallery. Oklahoma State University. Okmulgee, OK.
Walt Whitman Center for Cultural Arts. Camden, NJ.
Group Exhibitions:
Divergence, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Third Woodmere Triennial of Contemporary Photography, Woodmere Art Museum,
Philadelphia, PA
Emerging to Established, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Pa
Art & the City, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Kandy Project, Jane & Bert Gallery, Lumeria Gallery, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia,
Viajeros: North American Artist/ Photographers' Images of Cuba, Lehigh University, (traveling exhibition), Lehigh, PA
Noteworthy, 25 Years of Photography Exhibitions, Perkins Center fro the Arts,Moorestown, PA
Sande Webster Gallery, "Black and White"
Impregnable Direction, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY.
Photography: Ten Years of Acquisitions, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
A Pairing of Peers: Artists Invite, Fleisher Art Memorial. Philadelphia, PA.
Havana/Venice: Mirrors of Nostalgia, (two person exhibition). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA.
Queensborough Community College Art Gallery. Bayside, NY.
America the Beautiful, Edward Carter Gallery, Lewes, DE.
Photography 19, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ.
Committed to the Image, Brooklyn Museum of Art. Brooklyn, NY.
Photo 2001, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY.
Network Group Exhibition, Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA.
Fin de Siecle, (three person exhibition), Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA.
Recently Acquired Works, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
People and Places, Atlantic City Center for the Arts, Atlantic City, NJ.
Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840- Present,
Smithsonian Institution, Anacostia Museum, Washington, DC.
The Discriminating Lens, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA.
Art of the State '99, Harrisburg and Philadelphia, PA.
Photography 17, Perkins Center for the Arts. Moorestown, NJ.
Shutter, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Creative Artist Network Group Show, Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia, PA.
Photography 16, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ.
20 x 12: A Generation of Challenge Artists, Samuel S. Fleisher Memorial, Philadelphia, PA.
Through the Heart of the City, Philadelphia Art Alliance. Philadelphia, PA.
Photography 15, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ.
Photography: Contemporary Prospect '96, Historic Yellow Springs, Chester Springs, PA.
Hidden in Plain Sight, The Philadelphia Art Alliance. Philadelphia, PA.
National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA.
Penn Charter Arts Festival. Philadelphia, PA.
1993 Photography: Contemporary Prospect '96, Historic Yellow Springs, Chester Springs, PA.
Philadelphia Photographs Philadelphia, Borders Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA.
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA.
Eye Witness 93, Exhibition featuring winning photographs from the annual World Press Photo Awards. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (traveling exhibition)
Photography Without Captions, Community Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Altered States-Alcohol And Other Drugs in America, Strong Museum, Rochester, NY. (traveling exhibition, acquired by the Smithsonian Institution as part of permanent collection)
Visa Pour L. Image International Photojournalism Festival. Perpignan, France
Ruben V. Burrell Photography Award. Hampton University Museum.
Hampton, VA.
Pew Fellowship in the Arts
Margaret Danby Visual Arts Award. Black Liberated Arts Center.
Oklahoma City, OK.
Jurors Award and Purchase Award. Perkins Center for the Arts. Moorestown,
Jurors Award and Purchase Award. Perkins Center for the Arts. Moorestown, NJ.
Silver Metal. Society for Publication Design. New York, NY.
Jurors Award and Purchase Award. Perkins Center for the Arts. Moorestown, NJ.One of the 50 Artists to Watch, Seven Arts Magazine. Philadelphia, PA.
Best of Show. Penn Charter Arts Fesitval. Philadelphia, PA.
National Newspaper Magazine Society Award for Documentary Photography
National Society of Professional JournalistNational Press Photographers Association
University of Missouri Pictures
of the Year
in Selected Collections:
Johnson & Johnson corporate collection, Skillman, NJ
Independence Foundation Fellowship
Gap Grant, Pew Fellowships in the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts Grant in collaboration with Black Liberated Arts Center,
Oklahoma City, OK
Pew Fellowship in the Arts
Creative Artist Network, Philadelphia PA
National Geographic Magazine, Development Grant for Documentary
Photography, Washington, DC
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship
Artist-In-Residence, Children's Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Sickle Cell Camp for Children
Philadelphia City Paper, " The Road Not Taken", Robin Rice, August 14, 2010
Philadelphia Inquirer, "A 'Divergence' of photographic nuance", Victoria Donohoe, August, 2010
Philadelphia Inquirer, "Two Toasts to Philadelphia Photography," Edward J. Sozanski, October 4, 2009
Wilmington News Journal, "Photog's Work Puts Different Spin on Universe," Christopher Yasiejko,
Cover Features Section, July 8, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer, "Swathmore's List Gallery", Victoria Donohoe, October 22, 2006
Art Matters Magazine, The Inquisitive Lens of Ron Tarver, February 2005, p. 9
Co-author of the book " We Were There, Voices of African American Veterans,NewsWeek Magazine,
The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Searching for Home," Edward J.
Sozanski, November, 15, 1996, Weekend Section, p. 41
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Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson is recovering after a serious cycling accident earlier this week on the Caribbean island of Virgin Gorda.
In a blog post on Virgin Group's website titled "My life flashed before my eyes," Branson recounted the crash, which took place while the billionaire was training for his company's "Virgin Strive Challenge" charity event.
Branson suffered a cracked cheekbone and a few torn ligaments as well as cuts to his knee and shoulder.
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"I really thought I was going to die. I went flying head-first towards the concrete road, but fortunately my shoulder and cheek took the brunt of the impact, and I was wearing a helmet that saved my life (however, perhaps they should build bike helmets that protect the side of the face too — does anyone know of one?).
"My bike went flying off the cliff and disappeared. We've since recovered the crumpled bicycle, completely destroyed. My cheek has been badly damaged and my knee, chin, shoulder and body severely cut."
The first person to come across Branson after the crash was his assistant, to whom Branson said, "I'm alive! At least you've still got a job!"
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3 Passes — wait, make that 28 Oct
Finally, it was time for us to go over our first pass – Kongma La which was at 5535 meters. It was a beautiful morning, though unfortunately it did not stay that way all day… that is also the day my camera battery died….
So – we make it over Kongma La — it was clear on the way up, but clouded over by the time we reached the pass — you can see in the picture above that there was this awesome lake up there — but no real summits in view.
Coming over the pass, we dropped down to the Khombu side — meaning we had to cross over the Khombu glacier into Lobuche – which is where we met up with the Everest Base Camp trek folks. We were so use to quiet – most people do not go over Kongma La — so the wave of people going to EBC was kind of crazy (and it wasn't even busy season yet!). Crossing the glacier was kind of cool — it was just so huge – and the moraines on either side were huge rock piles we had to cross. It wasn't dangerous where we were – but it was cool to hear the rockfall into the glacial pools that were forming where the ice was melting.
Once we dropped into Lobuche we could go to the actual base camp and Kala Pattar – which is a summit that people climb in order to see Everest. We did go to both places. Actual base camp isn't all that exciting — though it is cool to see a place I have read so much about. There were two parties there preparing to climb — though it is a heavy snow year (we ran into another group that had tried to go up Lobuche Peak and were stymied from all the snow). It was pretty cool to see the Khombu Icefall – which I have also read so much about. But you cannot see the summit of Everest from base camp – so it is just a mass of tents, really.
Kala Pattar was beautiful on the way up. We started up at 4:30 in the morning – hoping for clear skies. It was clear on the way up — but just about the time we reached the summit – it clouded over…. of course. I did get a glimpse of Everest and there will be pictures coming. We ran into Scott up there and he had some good pictures and Katherine has some as well.
I can't say we were sad to leave that scene — it was definitely kind of crazy — everyone trying to get to base camp — which is strange because there are just so many amazing other places to go up there.
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Healthcare is being inundated with a deluge of big health data, 80 percent of which are invisible to current computing systems because the data are unstructured, according to Ginni Rometty, chairman and CEO of IBM.
New cognitive systems will enable the industry to "see" unstructured health data that previously has been hidden from sight.
Traditional structured health data, which "fits into rows, columns and tables," is visible, but the vast majority of big data—consisting of doctors' notes, wearables, X-rays, social media, the weather, sensors and sound—is unstructured and invisible to healthcare organizations, Rometty said In her keynote address Tuesday at the World Health Care Congress in Washington, DC.
"Today, systems can hold all that data, but they actually don't know what it is," she told the audience, "You couldn't program enough systems in the world to understand that data." However, with the advent of cognitive computing, clinicians can gain new insights from unstructured data at both the individual and population health levels, empowering clinicians to make more informed patient diagnoses and enabling proactive and preventive interventions.
She sees cognitive systems, such as IBM's Watson, as a "learned colleague and an informed second opinion that looks at hidden connections" in the data, forming hypotheses and rapidly testing them to achieve better health outcomes.
"Some people shorthand this capability, calling it artificial intelligence. That would be doing it a disservice," Rometty added. "These new cognitive systems understand, reason and they learn. They never stop learning."
Rometty says the IBM Watson Health supercomputer uses natural language processing and machine learning to provide actionable insights from large amounts of unstructured data. While electronic health record systems are more than capable of storing both structured and unstructured data, she contends that Watson can help summarize and analyze that data and incorporate—for example—doctor and nurse notes to give a more complete picture of patients and individualized treatment plans.
IBM's Watson Health Cloud, which is HIPAA compliant, was launched last year to help store, sort and analyze both structured and unstructured data as a service offering. IBM is hoping that healthcare organizations tap into this cloud-based data to take previously disparate data sets—structured and unstructured—and combining them together to create unique insights.
IBM is "betting its future" on healthcare, Rometty says, having spent $4 billion on healthcare data companies, including Phytel, a health management software vendor, and Truven Health Analytics, a $2.6 billion acquisition that was completed last week. IBM also has partnered with Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic to make it easier for healthcare organizations to store and analyze patient data by leveraging Watson's cognitive capabilities.
Apple has solidified its partnership with Watson Health Cloud, which will serve as a secure cloud platform and analytics for Apple's health-tracking software HealthKit and ResearchKit, a new open source software framework expected to revolutionize medical research by turning iPhones into powerful diagnostic tools for gathering health data.
Last month, IBM and the American Sleep Apnea Association announced the launch of a SleepHealth app designed for iPhones and Apple Watches, which will be used as part of a study to help identify connections between sleep habits and health outcomes. The study, which leverages Apple's ResearchKit framework, involves the collection of data on both healthy and unhealthy sleep behaviors that can be shared with other researchers in an open source format. The back-end data solution is provided via Watson Health for ResearchKit and will enable researchers to combine data collected throuh the SleepHealth app with a plethora of data sources, such as medical literature, treatment guidelines, and claims and clinical data.
Similarly, IBM last week announced a research collaboration with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to develop remote monitoring solutions aimed at transforming how clinicians deliver care to patients suffering from Parkinson's disease. By leveraging a system of sensors, mobile devices and machine learning, the companies will provide real-time, around-the-clock disease symptom information to clinicians and researchers, with the goal of better understanding patient disease progression and medication response to help inform treatment decisions and clinical trial design, while also speeding the development of new therapeutic options.
In its latest partnership, IBM and the American Cancer Society announced on Tuesday that they are joining forces to create the first patient advisor for people fighting cancer, powered by Watson's cognitive computing capabilities. Still in development, the advisor will anticipate the needs of patients with different types of cancers, at different stages of the disease, and at various points in treatment, becoming "smarter" each time it's used.
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One of these principles is that adults learn best when they have a need and/or a desire to learn. When an adult learner is ready to learn it is never wise to delay their training. In fact, delaying the learning process only tends to frustrate the adult learner and your window of opportunity to make training stick closes each day you delay.
Now while I have always understood this principle, I have recently become impatient with a delay in my own learning process. While the experience of being asked to wait is frustrating, it has also allowed me to personally feel the aggravation of being an adult learner that is being delayed from learning. I am ready to learn and so therefore I should be allowed to learn now.
I recently purchased a travel franchise, and while I know a lot about the travel industry, I have a lot to learn about the back office and booking side of the business. Because I am on a different time table from the training function, I find it kind of funny to be sitting on the other side of the fence this time waiting on getting the training I need. Even though I am not working in training this time, I am still learning about the results of poor implementation. I guess I will never get completely away from the world of learning development.
For those reading that come from the training world, you may have picked up on another adult learning principle that has always been one I remember, and that is that adults learn best through experiential learning activities. They can learn from lectures, discussions, group work and research, but getting into the role is still the best way to lock down the learning. By having to wait for my own training when I want it now, I have experienced a frustration that reading about never locked down as well as feeling it has to this point.
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Although they're among the simplest organisms, bacteria are some of the most creative life forms on earth. Just ask molecular biologist Chobi DebRoy, director of Penn State's Gastroenteric Disease Center. "We receive bacterial samples from all over the world—from veterinary clinics, medical centers, zoos, farms," DebRoy says. Her lab works to identify disease—causing strains of E. coli and to determine whether they are antibiotic-resistant.
Bacteria such as Escherichia coli can alter their genetic makeup with astonishing rapidity. They do this, says DebRoy, "through mutations in normal cellular genes, by acquiring foreign-resistance genes from the environment, or by a combination of those mechanisms."
Consider an animal—a human or a cow, say—with the usual suite of bacteria in the gastroenteric system (the stomach and intestines). If a strain of bacteria starts to overcome the body's immune system, a doctor or a veterinarian may administer an antibiotic to fight the infection. But if not enough of the antibiotic is given, or if treatment is stopped too soon, the drugs may fail to kill all of the bacteria. Low levels of antibiotics are sometimes given to patients (so they won't develop infections) and to animals used for milk and meat production (so they won't get sick and so they'll grow faster). These "subtherapeutic levels" of antibiotics may also help antibiotic-resistant bacteria to emerge.
Some antibiotics work by binding to the cell walls of bacteria, breaking down the walls and killing the microbes. Resistant bacteria change their cell walls slightly, so the antibiotics cannot attach, or they produce enzymes to disable the antibiotics. Other drugs target the ribosomes of bacteria—particles of RNA and protein inside the unicellular organisms that help in the synthesis of proteins necessary for reproduction. Some bacteria evolve slight changes in their ribosomes so that the drugs cannot bind to the particles.
A strain of E. coli may acquire genes from a highly resistant Salmonella strain in the same environment. The genetic material may arrive through plasmids—circular, double-stranded units of DNA. Of it may be transferred inside a phage, a virus that infects bacteria. Recently, scientists have discovered a previously unknown vehicle, dubbed a "gene cassette" or an "integron," that bacteria use to acquire and disseminate the genes conferring antibiotic resistance.
When a bacterial sample comes in the door at the Gastroenteric Disease Center, DebRoy and her colleagues use serotyping analysis to examine the kinds of O and H antigens present on the surface of the bacteria—antigens that spell the difference between a bacterium that's benign or one that's virulent. "Bacterial genes have been widely mapped, cloned, and sequenced," notes DebRoy. "Scientists have determined the sequences of the genes that encode for virulence. We can detect the presence of those genes by using a technique called Polymerase Chain Reaction."
Recently the Center has participated in surveillance studies to detect the presence of pathogenic E. coli in meat, fruits, and vegetables. The Center helps petting zoos and other facilities draw up guidelines for human/animal interactions. Says DebRoy, "Our center is one of the largest repositories of E. coli strains in North America. We have more than 70,000 isolates, collected over the last forty years from a variety of hosts, including humans, cows, pigs, birds, and the greater environment." Scientists at Penn State and elsewhere use samples from the collection to establish relatedness between strains of bacteria—and to chart the frightening trend toward antimicrobial drug resistance shown in recent years by these adaptable life forms.
Chobi DebRoy, Ph.D., directs the Gastroenteric Disease Center, part of the Animal Diagnostic Laboratory in the department of Veterinary and Biological Sciences. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Despite my numerous reports regarding the dumping of scrap in Carnarthen Street, Camborne outside or near to Simms scrapyard it's obvious no-one other than myself are interested in resolving the issues. This latest proves my point because by the time Cornwall Council read this email almost a fortnight has passed since the dumping of this particular fridge/freezer. Either Simms management or Cornwall Council or probably both couldn't give a 'damn'. I am now at the end of my patience over this. Unless something positive is quickly done to rid our streets of this problem I fully intend to escalate this issue further.
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The birth of Christ is Good News for all the nations! This is a 20-minute celebration of the birth of Jesus as seen through the eyes of children from many different countries. This simple musical presentation illustrates the familiar scripture, God so loved the world... in a way kids can readily understand. Simple narration and familiar carols in unique musical settings make Christmas Around the World the perfect presentation for your children to share the wonder and excitement of the Savior's birth.
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With SharePoint 2013 we had the Information Management Policies to allow for complex Retention policies for Content Types. And when using these with a ContentType hub .
With users having OneDrive for Business Storage readily available makes that Companies should have Enterprise Level Control on Retention.
Hence the new Compliance Policy Center in SharePoint 2016. Although this feature is available in the On Prem version of SharePoint, I believe this is already available for to Office 365 too.
Office 365 has recieved some updates these last few months:
- Office Video
- Groups
- and Next Gen portals are on their way
And the way these new Features are built, having policies on Content Types will not be enough.
For now for I would like to show how you can control some Policies for Rentention with the new 2016 SharePoint Server. In the new Compliance Center for SharePoint Server 2016, you can manage and apply Deletion Policies on Site Templates and Site Collections.
This Compliance Policy Center is a new Site Template you can use to create a Site Collection: "POLICYCTR#0"
New-SPSite -url ($portalUrl + "/sites/CompliancePolicyCenter") -OwnerAlias $owner -Language 1033 -Name "Compliance Policy Center" -Template "POLICYCTR#0" -CompatibilityLevel 15
The site will look like this:
As you can see, we can Manage Deletion Policies, and assign these to Templates and Site Collections. This allows us to apply Deletion Policies to Site Templates, even OneDrives.
A Deletion Policy holds one or more Rules. And a Rule defines the Retention duration and an Action. These are, for now, a little more simpler than we can configure with the Content Type based Information Management Policies:
Once you have created a Policy you can apply this to existing Site Collections or on Site Templates (OneDrive and others).
In the backgroupd, there are also some Timer Jobs running, for each of your WebApplications:
- Unified Policy OnPrem Sync Job
- Unified Policy Sync Status Update Job
These will actually enforce and apply the Deletion Policies to the Site Templates and Site Collections and make sure your Documents get deleted.


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This new hotel is well placed if you want to spend a lot of time at the nearby golf courses. If you're a golfing widow, the hotel is adjoined to a new shopping centre. Rooms are warm and welcoming. The Crowne Plaza is a slightly cheaper option to its sister hotel next door – The InterContinental – but since it's so close, you can easily walk over to the spa and restaurants there.
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The quality of insulation in your walls and ceiling, the materials used in constructing your walls, floor, ceiling and roof, as well as the construction methods used will all have an impact. Unfortunately, without invasive testing these factors cannot be evaluated properly.
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As we are installing secondary glazing against your existing windows and doors, the age of and quality of these must be taken into consideration.
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I was born in Mexico City and raised in Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco, land of tequila. This is my own version of salsa borracha ("drunk" salsa). Most recipes call for beer or tequila for the drunk part, but I like using mezcal for its delicious, lingering smokiness. The rest of the ingredients are simple, but yield rich, powerful flavors. Toasting the dried chiles adds another, more subtle smokiness and activates the oils from the seeds. I call for 1 tablespoon of mezcal, but feel free to adjust up, depending on your mood. More mezcal equals more happiness!
This salsa goes very well with carne asada or grilled chicken or fish, or just by itself, with chips.


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Swedish Leaves
Create a wonderful warm happy feel in your rooms with this stunning wallpaper Swedish Leaves by Camilla Meijer.
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UFC on FUEL 7: Barao vs. McDonald airs tonight, February 16th, 2013 from the Wembley Arena in London, United Kingdom. The event features UFC interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao vs. Michael McDonald. The main card airs on FUEL TV following prelims on Facebook.
The official results begin at approximately 12:15 p.m. ET (9:15 a.m. PT) for the preliminary card and 3 p.m. ET for the main card.
Dennis Siver was expected to face Cub Swanson at the event. However, Siver was forced out of the bout, and was replaced by Dustin Poirier. Justin Edwards was expected to face Gunnar Nelson at the event. However, Edwards was forced to pull out of the bout citing an injury, and was replaced by returning veteran Jorge Santiago.
The official results:
Renan Barao def. Michael McDonald via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 4, 3:57
Cub Swanson def. Dustin Poirier via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Jimi Manuwa def. Cyrille Diabate via TKO (injury) – Round 1, 5:00
Gunnar Nelson def. Jorge Santiago via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
James Te Huna def. Ryan Jimmo via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Matthew Riddle def. Che Mills via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Renee Forte def. Terry Etim via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Danny Castillo def. Paul Sass via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Andy Ogle def. Josh Grispi via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
Tom Watson def. Stanislav Nedkov via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:42
Vaughan Lee def. Motonobu Tezuka via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Phil Harris def. Ulysses Gomez via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)


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Trudy and John Dean are the perfect married couple, or so their family and friends believe. The truth is something very different. His lucrative legal practice and her high-profile life as a TV chef mean they spend more time apart than together. It's not the physical distance that's the problem, the emotional void is also increasing, and Trudy knows that something's got to give.
Shocking John out of his complacency regarding their relationship is the only way their marriage will survive. Trudy's desperation to rekindle the passion she and her husband have lost calls for drastic measures and a final ultimatum that leaves John reeling.
Will John accept Trudy's challenge, reigniting their passion and reclaiming his wife's heart, or have time and outside influences driven an immovable wedge between the couple?
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What sort of man had he become? A neglectful one. One obsessed with work. One who'd begun to doubt his ability to please and satisfy Trudy on any level. However, he never meant for this to happen. His anger eased to a mild simmer. He'd been wrong to ignore what was going on between them—or not going on as was the case. They'd both neglected each other over the last year, maybe longer if truth be told, but how could she leave him? But that was Trudy. Tell the truth, hit him in the face with it if she had to—and she had.
As he exited the elevator, John spotted the last man he wanted to see. Jake Munroe, owner of Rubens nightclub and client to his firm, headed down the hallway toward him. John scowled at the man harboring his wife. Maybe that was too harsh, but he'd played a role in making it easy for Trudy to leave.
"I don't think you'll be welcome in there," Jake stated, indicating the door to Trudy's apartment. "Given the raised voices I heard as I walked past, I don't think things are going well with the kids."
Good. John hoped they weren't going well. Trudy deserved for them to take the news badly.
"She's my wife, and they're my kids. I have every right to be there." John attempted to storm past Jake only to feel the man's hand grip his arm firmly.
"I'm sorry, John. This whole mess sucks big time," Jake admitted quietly. "Sally had Trudy entrenched in the apartment when I got home from work last week, and from the state of Trudy, how upset she was, I didn't have the heart to turf her out. I hope you two can work things out."
John sneered at the man he called friend, spitting his angry words out without thinking. "I'm too pissed off with you right now to even discuss this, Jake."
He attempted to snatch his arm free only to have Jake seize it harder.
"You're pissed at me?" Jake glared at him angrily. "You might want to redirect that anger to someone who deserves it. Like the fucking dickhead who failed to notice his unhappy wife walked out on him a week ago."
With that, Jake released him and headed for the elevator.
John stared after him. Nothing like a good friend to tell you the truth—no matter how much it hurt. He stared at the apartment door and breathed deeply before opening it and walking inside. Yes, courtesy would dictate he knock, but he wasn't feeling the love right now, so civility could bite his ass.
A chill went through him as the room fell silent. He'd braced himself for an onslaught of anger as he entered the room, but nothing prepared him for the cold, blank stares that greeted him. He felt like a leper on day release from the colony. What on earth had Trudy told his kids? They'd normally greet him with warmth and love, but then maybe Jake was right, he was the fucking bad guy in all this. At least, in everyone else's opinion.
Trudy broke the silence. "What the hell are you doing here? I told you I wasn't free today."
Her accusing tone and glint of anger in her eyes riled him up more than he imagined possible. It was time to end this shit and get back to life as he knew it. With kids who didn't stare at him like he was a stranger and a wife who—although she might not be happy with him right now—was home where she belonged.
"Sorry to ruin your plans, Trudz. Now, go get your things. I'm taking you home." Letting his words stand as exactly what they were—a command instead of a request—he reined in his anger and turned to each of his children in turn with a smile he hoped didn't look like a sneer. "How are my kids today?"
For an attorney who prided himself on carefully chosen words to never fail him, he suddenly realized his vocab wasn't doing him any favors today. The room turned on him. The affront he'd first expected was now in play, and it wasn't pleasant.


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For over 25 years the Rainforest Foundation has been
working to protect the rainforest in Brazil
This is where the Rainforest Foundation began, fighting for the land rights of the Kayapo people–a fight that led to the protection of 6.7 million acres of rainforest and the recognition of these acres as the ancestral lands of the Kayapo people.
For 30 years the Rainforest Foundation has been working to protect the rainforest and secure land rights for Indigenous communities in Brazil. Back then, few understood the connection between protecting indigenous land rights and protecting the rainforests.
Today it's clear: respecting the rights of Indigenous communities to their ancestral lands isn't just the right thing to do, it is the most effective way to protect our rainforests.
Brazil has almost four times the tropical rainforest cover of any country in the world. Sadly, year after year it loses more and more of the forest to cattle ranching, soybean farming, logging, and mining. Lands managed by indigenous communities, however, remain some of the healthiest and most biodiverse in the country. By helping Indigenous communities protect their homelands we also ensure that the rainforest will be there for future generations.
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Raposa Serra do Sol, a vast 6,500 square mile stretch of rainforest and savannah, is home to nearly 20,000 indigenous Macuxi, Wapichana, Ingarikó, Taurepang and Patamona people, represented by the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR). For over thirty years, the indigenous peoples of Raposa Serra do Sol struggled to gain legal recognition and protection of their traditional lands. After years of hard work and passionate advocacy, these indigenous communities gained formal recognition of their territory in April of 2005. They continue face fierce opposition from ranchers, rice and growers and miners, who have an economic interest in the traditional lands of the indigenous people and frequently benefit from close ties to local politicians.
This powerful and organized opposition has used violence and intimidation to suppress the efforts pushing for demarcation. The strength and determination of the communities of Raposa Serra do Sol, however, have made it an emblematic case for indigenous rights in Brazil and beyond.
How It All Started…
Almost thirty years ago Sting had an idea, that helping indigenous people to protect their home would also protect the rainforests. Today we know that indigenous communities protect the rainforest more effectively than anyone else.
Joênia Wapixana (Joenia Batista de Carvalho) is the first indigenous woman elected to the Chamber of Deputies (the Brazilian Congress), the first indigenous lawyer in Brazil and a recipient of the Reebok Human Rights Award in 2004. She is also a Rainforest Defender, placing her life on the line to defend her community and save our forests.
Against incredible odds in a country where indigenous youth rarely have the opportunity to complete High School, Joênia put herself through law school, becoming the first female indigenous lawyer in Brazil. Fueled on by her determination and sense of justice, Joênia dedicated herself to fighting not only for her family but for the whole indigenous population of Roraima. "I use the knowledge I acquired to benefit those from my community who didn't have the same chance to study."
Like many other community leaders, Joênia's dedication puts her at personal risk, making her a target for those who oppose the rights of indigenous peoples of Roraima. Yet it is precisely this climate of intimidation and impunity that Joênia fights to change, as fearlessly and determinedly today as when she stood up for her family as a young girl.
Joênia continues to fight tirelessly for her community, defending their interests in court cases at both the local and national levels, as well as at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. In addition to representing and offering legal council to her fellow indigenous people, Joênia has also taken up the role of teacher, leading community workshops to educate people about their basic human rights.
"From an early age," she recalls, "whenever I saw discrimination against my father or mother or brothers, I would always go in front and fight for them, which would scare them, but I wasn't afraid."
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The debate
There are many things in life that many of us debate over. Superman or Spiderman? Stairs or the lift? The squeezy mayo or mayo in a jar? The list goes on. For those who have been dealing with premature ejaculation, the question over delay sprays and delay creams will crop up at least once along the way. Are delay sprays effective? Are delay creams a better option? Which one should you choose and is there really a difference? We help you analyse the pros and cons of delay creams and sprays to make your choice easy.
What are delay sprays and creams?
In simple words, delay creams and sprays are simple and quick solutions to deal with problems of premature ejaculation in men. They are usually effective if your ejaculation problems are due to physical causes. In case of psychological causes, these sprays and creams may give a placebo effect in some cases. They are easily available over-the-counter and hence ease the anxiety of those who are too embarrassed and hesitant to speak about the problem. (Read: Causes and solutions for premature ejaculation )
Ejaculation delay spray
There are many brands available in the market today for delay sprays for men, many of which contain some form of local anaesthetic to provide that saviour numbing effect that can help you go for longer. In short, the aim of a delay spray is to make you feel less stimulation, which should then lead to delaying the onset of ejaculation. Premature ejaculation affects thousands of men, yet in many cases, it can be easily solved using such various ejaculation delay products. Try some of the best delay spray products today at ShytoBuy.
- Keeps your hands clean
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- Needs to be applied shortly before intercourse
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For those of you who really like to be in control of the application, how much you apply and where then the delay cream could be more suited to you. Many men find applying cream more natural process than spraying something on it. It allows you to become more familiar with your penis, which is also another way to become more confident about using it.
- You have more control over application
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- Needs to be applied shortly before intercourse
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Ejaculation delay sprays or creams – which is better?
Time: With both the delay cream and the spray, there will usually be a time period where you will have to wait for the product to work (this can be anything from a few minutes to around an hour). Some may see this as a mood killer; however think of all the potential foreplay this leaves room for? Landing you the perfect opportunity to not dive straight in like most men, but actually, take things into your own hands. Chances are, your partner will be pleasantly surprised and impressed.
Mess: The key difference between the spray and the cream is the mess. With the spray it only takes a few pumps onto your penis then you're done, it's back in your drawer and you're raring to go. With the cream, although it provides very similar effects, unless you want to avoid using your hands for the entire session, you will have to wash them after use. However, the smart ones among you may well just keep some handy wipes next to the bed.
Your choice: Ultimately, if you're serious about penis enhancement, it's advised to use both and see which works for you. Each individual product and brand will also work in a different way within the cream and spray categories. So do your research beforehand to discover which one really works for you best. If one variety doesn't seem to quite cut the mustard, there are still plenty of options available. So have fun and experiment. After all, that is surely what sex is all about?
How to use delay creams and sprays appropriately?
Using the right technique is as important as choosing the right product. Under or over usage of the product may not provide the same effect or help you with delaying ejaculation. Here are a few tips to use delay sprays and creams perfectly:
- Clean your penis properly before use.
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- The cream or spray must not enter inside your penis.
- Wait for 10-15 minutes before intercourse. You can use foreplay tricks and other techniques of lovemaking to get your partner aroused.
- Do not use an excessive amount of the spray or cream as it can cause desensitisation and loss of pleasure.
The Final Word
The market is flooded with a range of ejaculation delay sprays and creams for premature ejaculation that promises best results. However, they may come with a lot of side effects too. If you want the pleasure without the problems, opt for all-natural products. These ejaculation products have no known side effects because of the organic ingredients present in them. So ramp up your confidence by making your choice between delay sprays and creams and get back your libido to last longer and give your partner prolonged pleasure in bed.


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There's always a handful of women who show up at the Emmy's and are dressed like it's their high school prom. I don't know what it's about; perhaps some chance to rewrite bad memories, or an opportunity to "seize the moment" and look like a princess. I think it's silly. I also don't love "Best & Worst" lists. Let's focus on the positive! How about a recap of my favorite dresses at the 2012 Emmy Awards, and my two favorite trends?
There were lots of trends this year: black and white, a range of rich yellows, ice blue, red, orange, and the ever-present, always irritating mermaid/fishtail gown (stop!). But my two favorites were the emphasis on yellow and the elegant white dresses we saw with pops of blue embellishment. Really different, really fashionable, really modern, really simple, really now, really amazing.
Leslie Mann must know that I'm a sucker for two things: pockets, and designer Naeem Khan. Her marigold and embellished lace halter-top gown was simply stunning. Claire Danes radiated Southern California cool in an easy fit Lanvin Spring 2013 Resort Collection confection that made her look elegant and pregnant (not always easy). Finally, Julianne Moore made lemony chartreuse and minimalism look easy in her delicious Dior dress (from Raf Simons' first collection for the House of Dior). Great job, girls!
My two other favorites sporting a different trend (blue details breaking up classic white) were Nicole Kidman and Emilia Clarke. Emilia showed off a gorgeous white Chanel two-layed dress with cobalt/violet embellishment and detailing down the front, ending below panels of luscious snowy white. Kidman, known for her high fashion minimalism and form-fitting column gowns, stayed true to form with an amazing creation from one of her go-to fashion designers, Antonio Berardi. The white gown was highlighted with an angelic spray of blue sequined, beaded detailing across the front, adding interest to an otherwise all-white gown. LOVE.
Photos courtesy of Refinery 29 (marigold collection, left to right Everett Collection/Rex USA; Byron Purvis/AdMedia/Corbis; Everett Collection/Rex USA), Style.Com (Nicole Kidman: Jeff Vespa/WireImage), and Style.Com (Emilia Clarke: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic).


text: On a Beautiful Day Lucy Diamond ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.93 based on 1878 ratings & 200 reviews on Goodreads.com CD PaperbackHardbackEbookAudiobook Buy Amazon Book Depository Foyles Hive Waterstones WH Smith Wordery See more book details 11 January 2018 9781509887866 750 minutes Clare Wille Synopsis Treasure every moment. Life can change in a heartbeat.What the fans say: 'Wonderful characters and the stories are always great, with twists and turns' GemmaIt's a beautiful day in Manchester and four friends are meeting for a birthday lunch. But then they witness a shocking accident just metres away which acts as a catalyst for each of them. For Laura, it's a wake-up call to heed the ticking of her biological clock. Sensible Jo finds herself throwing caution to the wind in a new relationship. Eve, who has been trying to ignore the worrying lump in her breast, feels helpless and out of control. And happy-go-lucky India is drawn to one of the victims of the accident, causing long-buried secrets to rise to the surface.This is a novel about the startling and unexpected turns life can take. It's about luck – good and bad – and about finding bravery and resilience when your world is in turmoil. Above all, it's about friendship, togetherness and hope.Exclusive to the audiobook, On a Beautiful Day contains a unique Q&A session between the author and her editor.Praise for Lucy Diamond:'A hugely satisfying read' Heat'An absolute treat' Katie Fforde, bestselling author of A Summer at Sea'Warm, witty and wise' Daily Mail Full of emotion and insight - it really makes you think Katie Fforde, bestselling author of A Summer at Sea This is about friendship and about being there for the ups, the downs and everything in between. It's warm, witty and wise Daily Mail A new Lucy Diamond book is one of the happiest highlights of my calendar. On a Beautiful Day is a celebration of family, friendship and love and a poignant reminder to make the most of every day Cathy Bramley, bestselling author of The Lemon Tree Cafe Books by Lucy Diamond An Almost Perfect Holiday Lucy Diamond Paperback Something to Tell You Lucy Diamond Paperback The House of New Beginnings Lucy Diamond Paperback The Secrets of Happiness Lucy Diamond Paperback Me and Mr Jones Lucy Diamond Paperback Hens Reunited Lucy Diamond Paperback Any Way You Want Me Lucy Diamond Paperback Summer With My Sister Lucy Diamond Paperback Over You Lucy Diamond Paperback The Year of Taking Chances Lucy Diamond Paperback The Beach Cafe Lucy Diamond Paperback Sweet Temptation Lucy Diamond Paperback One Night in Italy Lucy Diamond Paperback A Baby at the Beach Cafe Lucy Diamond Paperback Summer at Shell Cottage Lucy Diamond Paperback Christmas Gifts at the Beach Cafe Lucy Diamond Ebook Christmas at the Beach Cafe Lucy Diamond Ebook Related blogs Fiction Lucy Diamond on the life-changing effects of new starts and New Year's resolutions 17/12/2019 Fiction An interview with Lucy Diamond 15/05/2019


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The acclaimed Dutch architect, along with Anna Heringer, Jean-Phillipe Vassal and many others, brainstorm about the future of the field. An optimistic and ultimately uplifting outlook on a new practice with a view to changing lifestyles, social ideals and new environmental concerns. Deciding to create the future rather than weakly keep up with the times…


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You are toying with an idea of creating a new app. If you are not replicating functionality of some other app, you would go through the process of visualizing your idea in the form of app UI. You don't want to jump into code at this time but want to feel how information in the app will be placed and how it will look inside the screen boundaries. This process is a pre-cursor to UX development or full-fledged wire-frame creation. This process of visualizing the idea takes some time before you are confident about how you want to take your app forward and jump into some sort of coding. Paper+pen or whiteboard+marker are good way to work through fluid ideas and layout information. This is not the phase when you are working on UX or designing UI, but just laying out ideas in rough screens. I personally like drawing and love to draw on paper/whiteboard. It is difficult to work with physical media if you are going through multiple iterations and changes (owing to fluid nature of this phase), even if you are good at drawing. For the reason of sheer manageability I would rather go for some GUI authoring tool with which I can directly drag+drop shapes, connect them, group them, size them and play around with ideas. Using GUI authoring tool is cleaner and easier if you are not into drawing. There are many such tools available out there with their strengths and weaknesses. Microsoft Office Visio, Sketch Flow, Concept.ly, Balsamiq Mockups, etc are some of the popular mockup creation tools. In this post I will talk about Pencil.
[Side note] If you are into SketchFlow and Windows Phone app development, you will find my project template useful. Check it out here. In following episode on Channel 9 Brian talks about my project at 06:12 mark.
Pencil is an open-source and free GUI authoring tool. With Pencil you can quickly create mockups and walkthroughs. Pencil is flexible to extend. It has pre-built basic shapes and also platform specific shapes (Visio calls them stencils, Pencil calls them shape collections) like Web, iOS, and Android. But you could make a mockup for Windows Phone as well. For this post I quickly created this panorama concept with Nokia Lumia, Windows Phone-
This mockup is created with Sketchy GUI collection. Sketchy is a nice visual representation of ideation phase. In Pencil you have choice to use other standard and straight shapes. Shapes are flexible for customization to your requirement.
Pencil is a nice and simple tool. For small sized apps and quick ideation processes Pencil is very good. Pencil does not automatically generate code. Though it does generate clickable HTML but they are static HTML's, not controls. Pencil is not good if your ideation process goes large and you have more than 10 screens to mockup in a single document (you will keep multiple screens in one document because you want to link them for click-through). With more than 10 screens in a single document Pencil goes very slow, painfully slow. Also, it seems, Pencil community may not be actively updating it. Last update was in 2012. If these things bother you, look at Sketch Flow or you might want to consider Visio. You can get 90 day trial of Microsoft Office Visio for free here.
For quick and small ideation process I liked Pencil, with its current abilities. I will soon try to do a quick video on basic tasks in Pencil.


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But let's do that as Indians; rather than Hindus and Muslims
My father's best friend was a Muslim. It feels pretty darn weird to write that. And it feels like a betrayal of some kind to describe Masood Uncle as a Muslim; to see him through the prism of his religion; to reduce him to his religious identity. Especially since I never really saw him as 'Muslim'. He was just 'Masood Uncle', the tall, shambolic man who grew up with my father in Lahore in Pre-Partition India, and whose visits I longed for when I was a kid.
Masood Uncle timed his visits to Calcutta around Eid, so that his wife could spend time with her family in the city. And in the run-up to the festival, we would all be geared up for a visit from the Masood family. They always arrived unannounced, laden with gifts, and stories from across the border.
My father's face would light up on seeing the friend of his childhood joshing and joking with his children. We, in turn, would have a million questions about Pakistan, quizzing both men about their growing-up years. And once the fun and games were over, we would settle down to eat at a table groaning with food. It says something about their friendship that Masood Uncle – as dedicated a carnivore as any – showed every indication of enjoying the vegetarian fare on offer (my grandmother would not even allow eggs into the kitchen).
In all those years, it never ever occurred to me to think about Masood Uncle's religion. Yes, he was a Muslim. That was clear. But it was also irrelevant. To me he was simply another adult who showed me love and affection, who had the most amazing anecdotes about my father, and who was a link to the past that my family had surrendered when they left their home after Partition.
So, why am I describing Masood Uncle as a Muslim today? Why am I even thinking of him as a 'Muslim' rather than just a person with whom my father shared a special bond? I managed to spend four decades of my life without doing that, so why start now?
Well, it was a trending hashtag that started this chain of thought. It exhorted those on social media to #TalkToAMuslim and was accompanied by pictures of people holding up placards saying things like "I am an Indian Muslim. I'm human too. You can talk to me."
The hashtag was born out of the best of intentions: a desire to push back against the bigotry and intolerance that we see all around us today. But while I could see why it resonated with some people – both Hindus and Muslims – I couldn't help feeling a bit disheartened by it.
It also set me thinking. Can we really fight the 'othering' of Muslims by reinforcing the perception of them as the 'other'? Are we really helping by asking people to interact with Muslims just because they are, in fact, Muslim? And wouldn't the people who respond to that exhortation be the ones who interact with Muslims in the normal course of events anyway? The ones who treat Muslims as aliens in our midst are unlikely to change their views because of a hashtag, no matter how long it trends on Twitter.
That's as far as I got before another thought pushed itself into my brain. Maybe I come to this discussion from a place of privilege; maybe I don't really see things the way Muslims who deal with everyday alienation do. As author Nazia Erum tweeted, "For those who believe the hashtag…is unnecessary, you need to turn in to conversations happening in your house, your kid's classrooms and playgrounds. Otherization of Muslims is already complete. Demonization is what we are fight."
But then, as if to prove the point that Muslims are not some homogenous monolith, came the comments from those within the community who had an opposing point of view.
Arfa Khanum Sherwani of The Wire tweeted, "I think what #TalkToAMuslim does is it hurts your self respect as a Muslim and dehumanizes you as an Indian. The bigotry and hatred is real but such response to it only stigmatizes the community. Don't reduce Indians to their immediate religious identity. Don't let them win."
I could not agree more. The way to fight 'otherization' is by refusing to let people be categorized as the 'other' because of their religion identity. We need to see people as people, not as Hindus or Muslims, if we are going to battle the blatant bigotry we see around us.
I think my friend, Shahid Siddiqui, editor, Nai Duniya, put it best: "Talk to me if you respect me, if you enjoy my company, if you find me interesting, if you like me. I don't want your charity or protection. I want respect as any other citizen of this great nation called India, Bharat or Hindustan."
Shahid had a new hashtag for his tweet: #Don'tTalkToMeBecauseIAmMuslim . I have to agree. You should talk to Shahid because he is one of the brightest minds in the commentariat, the sharpest analyst of contemporary politics. And yes, he has a great sense of humour too. The fact that he is a Muslim is entirely incidental.
That's exactly the point journalist Mahrukh Inayet made as well: "Like me. Don't like me for my gender, my religion or my profession. Like me for who I am. And let's please end this nonsensical conversation."
There's just one point where I would disagree with Mahrukh. We shouldn't end the conversation, no matter how nonsensical it may seem. It is important to keep talking to each other. It is imperative to keep listening to each other. But let's do it as Indians, not as Hindus and Muslims.
Let's not worry about each other's faith. Let us instead put our faith in humanity – and in common decency.


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by RICHARD JAMES, Council of Twelve Apostles
I can remember as a small child wanting to follow Jesus. It was the main reason I wanted to be baptized. If Jesus wanted to be baptized then so did I.
It was the Jesus who had time for people, who reached out to children, to the lepers, and healed the sick who interested me. His words and actions changed people's lives. This was the Jesus I wanted to follow. He made a difference in people's lives.
I was nurtured and loved by a family and church community that were accepting of every person. I can remember our door always being open for people to come and talk with my mother, whatever the time of day or night. This is where they found someone who would listen without judgment. This is where they found sanctuary. It was this kind of Jesus, portrayed by my mother, who I wanted to follow.
Our congregation was busy reaching into the community. With our youth group, I remember visiting day centers for people with learning difficulties and homes for elderly people. We made time for those marginalized by society. This was the kind of Jesus I wanted to follow.
The congregation had wonderful times in which worship was dynamic and life-changing. It was this kind of Jesus who was present and I wanted to follow.
As I have grown in my faith I have realized how much these foundational experiences shaped who I am. I have a strong testimony of the living Christ. I have not physically seen Jesus, but I have heard his voice. Such times I cannot deny the presence of the Holy Spirit in my life.
These experiences bring peace, reassurance, and guidance. They increase my faith. As I travel to many nations I feel a strong presence of the Divine, almost as a shield. I feel secure, and it is as if Jesus is standing right beside me. This is a powerful witness to me that I am not alone.
As I renew each day my desire to follow Jesus, I look back at the experiences that shaped and molded me. I want all people to feel this love, acceptance, and continuing presence of God. This is the Jesus I want to follow, the one who invites everyone into a relationship with God, who has compassion for people, who cares about peace and justice for people and the world. This is the Jesus who develops disciples to follow and serve, and provides opportunities for people to serve people.
This is the Jesus I follow. The living Jesus who changes lives!


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Her hobbies outside the workplace include making homemade cards, baking cookies, and many more! In addition, I'm a die hard Starbucks fan, love make-up and big with using Facebook!
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i revived my polyvore account ang played around with a look i thought of wearing on those laid back days or on those days where an informal PTA meeting is set.
this is my type of look. now all i need is to find the perfect boat shoes, bag, men's watch and i'm good to go. 🙂
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Another musician I have always enjoyed working with is Chick Corea, the American jazz pianist, keyboardist and composer. A prolific recording artist as well as an unquenchable thirst for playing live has seen me putting together various CD sleeves, posters, DVD covers, tour programmes and merchandise over the last few years.
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Theconversation. When we parachute into a city, whether for work or leisure, we are more sensitive to contrasts between the familiar places we leave behind and the new places we encounter.
When I travelled from my home near Fremantle in Western Australia for a three-week stint living in Richmond and working at Deakin University, I admired the rich intensity of Victoria Street and noted how the odd junctures in the grid street pattern created a maze like a children's puzzle played by adults in sedans. However, the feature that struck me the most was the contrast between old and new Richmond. Even without my experience teaching and researching about heritage and landscape, the effects of Melbourne's property price boom would be painfully obvious.
I found the vast differences between the older and newer properties jarring. Gentrification isn't a benign process: it forces people from their homes. Invariably, on leaving King's Cross station in London every morning, the first person to speak to me is not an editor or colleague, but a complete stranger who explains they're homeless and would appreciate any change.
It's rare to see the same person twice: many homeless people sit outside the station whatever the weather. The Financial Times columnist Janan Ganesh perhaps sees a different King's Cross to me, focusing on the joys of private members bars and snooker clubs in this area. As with many places in London, King's Cross has changed a great deal in the last five years and gentrified considerably. Gentrification doesn't have to be a dirty word for business. When Reuben Wood and business partner Karl Collins opened their hair salon in Manchester's Northern Quarter in 2004, the area was full of empty buildings, and the salon itself was built on derelict land.
But Wood's hunch that the area was on the cusp of becoming fashionable proved correct: today the Northern Quarter is a bustling hub full of cafes, bars and beauty salons. "The area is booming," says Collins. Belgrade's 'top-down' gentrification is far worse than any cereal cafe. On the banks of the river Sava, at the foot of Belgrade's historic centre, Savamala was a congregation point for prostitutes for decades, who would solicit lorry drivers heading to Danube port.
In 2009, however, things began to change. The area's warehouses and defunct socialist-era firms began transforming – into bars, galleries and creative hubs. Today it could best be described as a Balkan bootleg of Hackney or Williamsburg, or indeed any other gentrified, hip quarter around the world, where cocktails are served in jam jars and the brickwork is exposed. But the trajectory of the area's revival is set to grind to a halt with the arrival of Belgrade Waterfront, a €3.5bn (£2.5bn) project between the Serbian government and the Emirati property developers Eagle Hills. The 10 most unaffordable cities for housing … and the most affordable city – in pictures.
How green is your city? UK's top 10 mapped and ranked. The story of cities. Growing mega-cities will displace vast tracts of farmland by 2030, study says. Our future crops will face threats not only from climate change, but also from the massive expansion of cities, a new study warns.
By 2030, it's estimated that urban areas will triple in size, expanding into cropland and undermining the productivity of agricultural systems that are already stressed by rising populations and climate change. Roughly 60% of the world's cropland lies on the outskirts of cities—and that's particularly worrying, the report authors say, because this peripheral habitat is, on average, also twice as productive as land elsewhere on the globe. 48 Hours on Clapham High Street – in pictures. TEDActive Blog. How rapid urbanisation is changing the profile of wildlife in cities. Globally, more people live in urban areas than in rural ones.
Africa and Asia are urbanising faster than any other regions in the world. By 2050, 66% of the world's population is projected to be urban. For example, Nigeria is projected to get an additional 212 million urban dwellers by 2050, China 292 million and India 404 million. This rapid urbanisation poses challenges for sustainable development and public health.
Getting To The Core Of Global Health In 2017. Andrew Marr's Megacities - Sustaining the City - Episode 3. Andrew Marr's Megacities - Cites on the Edge - Episode 2. Andrew Marr's Megacities - Living In The City - Episode 1. Urban Geography: Why We Live Where We Do. Overview of Political Geography. Political geography is a branch of human geography (the branch of geography concerned with understanding the world's culture and how it relates to geographic space) that studies the spatial distribution of political processes and how these processes are impacted by ones geographic location.
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Humans are rapidly becoming an urban species, with millions of people migrating to cities each year. Over half of the world's population live in urban areas and this is likely to reach 70% of the population by 2050. How will urban centres across the world keep pace with predicted continuing growth? What are the visions of tomorrow's cities? Cities. 'Forest cities': the radical plan to save China from air pollution. When Stefano Boeri imagines the future of urban China he sees green, and lots of it.
Office blocks, homes and hotels decked from top to toe in a verdant blaze of shrubbery and plant life; a breath of fresh air for metropolises that are choking on a toxic diet of fumes and dust. Last week, the Italian architect, famed for his tree-clad Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) skyscraper complex in Milan, unveiled plans for a similar project in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing. Metrolink will start work on second Manchester city crossing in January. Work on a second Metrolink line through the heart of the city centre will begin in January.
The three-year £165m Second City Crossing project will allow more trams to cross the heart of Manchester. Starting in Lower Mosley Street, it will run through St Peter's Square before turning down Princess Street and along Cross Street. After Corporation Street, it will re-join the existing line just outside Victoria station. New £350m Metrolink Line To Trafford Centre Gets Underway. TFGM has announced that preparatory works on the new 5.5km (3.4 mile) Metrolink line have now begun. Approved in October last year, the Trafford Park line will branch off from the existing Pomona stop and call at six new destinations - Wharfside (near to Old Trafford football stadium), Imperial War Museum, Village, Parkway, EventCity and the intu Trafford Centre. As Europe's largest industrial estate, Trafford Park hosts over 1300 businesses and 35,000 employees. The scheme may result in possible lane closures Expected to open in 2020, the line will increase the Metrolink network to more than 64 miles over 99 stops and reportedly comes after 89% of people expressed favourable views of the extension during a twelve-week public consultation in summer 2014.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has warned the scheme, contracted to M-Pact Thales, may result in possible lane closures - and has announced a series of drop-ins for people to find out more: