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Why is my credit score not going up ?
If your credit score isn’t going up, several factors may be contributing to the stagnation. High credit utilization, late payments, negative items on your credit report, limited credit history, and closing old accounts can all hinder score improvement. Additionally, applying for new credit frequently, errors on your credit report, lack of credit diversity, unresolved collections, and financial hardship can affect your credit score. to solve this find below how to get good credit in 6 months
How to increase my credit score by 30 points fast ?
- Check Your Credit Report: Obtain a free credit report from each of the three major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion) and review them for errors or discrepancies. Dispute any inaccuracies to improve your score. https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action
- Pay Bills on Time: Timely payment of bills is crucial for a good credit score. Set up reminders or automatic payments to ensure you never miss due dates.
- Reduce Credit Card Balances: Aim to decrease credit card balances to below 30% of your credit limit. This will lower your credit utilization ratio and positively impact your score.
- Don’t Close Old Accounts: Keeping older credit accounts open shows a longer credit history, which can boost your score.
- Avoid Opening New Credit Accounts: Each new credit inquiry can temporarily lower your score. Avoid opening unnecessary credit accounts in a short period.
- Negotiate with Creditors: If you have outstanding debts, negotiate with creditors for payment plans or settlements to reduce the negative impact on your score.
- Become an Authorized User: Ask a family member or friend with a good credit history to add you as an authorized user on their credit card. This can help establish a positive credit history for you.
- Diversify Credit Types: Having a mix of credit types, like credit cards, installment loans, and retail accounts, can positively impact your score.
- Address Past Due Accounts: Work on paying off past due accounts and bring them current to avoid further negative effects on your score.
- Limit Credit Inquiries: Minimize the number of credit inquiries. Only apply for credit when necessary.
- Seek Professional Help: If you’re struggling with debt or credit issues, consider seeking advice from a reputable credit counseling agency.
Journey to Financial Freedom: How to raise your credit score in 6 months
Journey to Financial Freedom: 6-Month Credit Score Improvement Plan
Are you ready to embark on a journey to improve your credit score and achieve financial freedom? Follow this comprehensive 6-month plan to take control of your credit and pave the way to a brighter financial future:
Month 1: Assess Your Credit
- Obtain free copies of your credit reports from Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.
- Review the reports for inaccuracies, outdated information, or signs of identity theft.
- Make a list of negative items and prioritize them based on their impact on your credit score.
Month 2: Dispute Inaccuracies
- File disputes with the credit bureaus for any inaccuracies you’ve identified.
- Provide supporting documentation to back up your dispute claims.
- The credit bureaus will investigate and either verify or remove the disputed items.
Month 3: Pay Off Outstanding Debts
- Focus on paying off high-interest credit card balances and delinquent accounts.
- Consider negotiating with creditors for more manageable repayment plans.
- Create a budget to allocate more funds toward debt repayment.
Month 4: Build Positive Credit Habits
- Pay all your bills on time to establish a consistent payment history.
- Avoid applying for multiple new credit accounts in a short period.
- Maintain a good credit mix by responsibly using credit cards and loans.
Month 5: Establish Emergency Fund
- Start building an emergency fund to cover unexpected expenses.
- Aim to save at least three to six months’ worth of living expenses.
- Having an emergency fund can prevent relying on credit in times of crisis.
Month 6: Monitor and Celebrate Progress
- Regularly monitor your credit reports for changes and improvements.
- Celebrate your progress and accomplishments on your credit improvement journey.
- Continue practicing good credit habits and maintain financial discipline.
The Power of Credit Building Apps: Like Kikoff and More
Credit building apps have revolutionized the way we approach improving credit scores. Apps like self credit builder and sites like Kikoff offer ingenious strategies to boost your credit profile. Learn how to use these apps to track your progress, dispute errors on your credit report, and establish healthy credit habits for long-term success. https://kikoff.com/
Negotiating with Creditors
If you’re struggling to pay off your debts, consider negotiating with your creditors. Many creditors are willing to work with you and may offer repayment plans, settlements, or even debt forgiveness. Be proactive in reaching out to your creditors and explaining your financial situation. Negotiating can lead to more manageable payment terms and, ultimately, a boost to your credit score.
How to add utility and phone payments to your credit report
Adding utility and phone payments to your credit report can be a valuable way to boost your credit score and showcase your responsible financial behavior. Here are steps to help you achieve this:
- Contact Utility and Phone Providers: Reach out to your utility companies (electricity, water, gas) and phone service provider. Inquire if they report payment information to credit bureaus.
- Opt for Credit Reporting: If your providers do report, ask them to opt you into credit reporting. They will inform the credit bureaus of your payment history.
- Payment Timeliness: Ensure timely payments. Consistently pay your utility and phone bills on time each month.
- Online Payment Options: Use online payment methods to maintain a documented record of payments.
- Review Credit Reports: Regularly monitor your credit reports to confirm that the utility and phone payments are being accurately reported.
- Discuss with Credit Bureaus: If your providers don’t report payment data, consider discussing with credit bureaus. Some credit reporting agencies have initiatives to include alternative data like utility and phone payments.
- Explore Third-Party Services: Look into third-party services that can report your utility and phone payments to credit bureaus on your behalf.

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Graphene doping methods and device applications.J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2014 Feb; 14(2):1120-33.JN
Graphene has recently been studied as a promising material to replace and enhance conventional electronic materials in various fields such as electronics, photovoltaics, sensors, etc. However, for the electronic applications of graphene prepared by various techniques such as chemical vapor deposition, chemical exfoliation, mechanical exfoliation, etc., critical limitations are found due to the defects in the graphene in addition to the absence of a semiconducting band gap. For that, many researchers have investigated the doped graphene which is effective to tailor its electronic property and chemical reactivity. This work presents a review of the various graphene doping methods and their device applications. As doping methods, direct synthesis method and post treatment method could be categorized. Because the latter case has been widely investigated and used in various electronic applications, we will focus on the post treatment method. Post treatment method could be further classified into wet and dry doping methods. In the case of wet doping, acid treatment, metal chloride, and organic material coating are the methods used to functionalize graphene by using dip-coating, spin coating, etc. Electron charge transfer achieved from graphene to dopants or from dopants to graphene makes p-type or n-type graphenes, respectively, with sheet resistance reduction effect. In the case of dry doping, it can be further categorized into electrostatic field method, evaporation method, thermal treatment method, plasma treatment method, etc. These doping techniques modify Fermi energy level of graphene and functionalize the property of graphene. Finally, some perspectives and device applications of doped graphene are also briefly discussed.

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Self care is an essential element of psychological health and impacts relationships. We’ll be looking at some ideas for self care using self awareness.
Relationship problems and depression in relationships contribute to suicidality. Our need to be loved and cared for is so great, that when we feel that our relationship is falling apart, or we feel abandoned, the stress we experience can push us towards desperation and sometimes depression and suicide. We don’t always feel we can live without our connection to our partner.
When a couple gets into a conflict, they generally get caught on the surface or problem level. Several things need to happen to resolve the conflict. You’ll learn about the necessary skills for resolving conflict in a relationship in this article.
You can learn how to save your marriage whether your partner is willing to work on your marriage or not.
Learning how to trust ourselves is part of creating trust in a relationship.
Sexuality brings into contact our various needs, different desires, and different fantasies. Sexuality may carry with it, not just an expression of love, but our emotional baggage as well. You can learn to make your sexual relationship better.
Getting ready for marriage or a relationship Are you waiting for Mr. or Ms. Right? Are you in a relationship you want to improve? Perhaps you are getting ready for marriage or a relationship? You can learn more about how to create your best relationship. The science of love helps us understand what is needed […]
Intimacy usually refers to the state of having a close, personal, or romantic relationship with someone. We expect to have intimacy in marriage.
The dilemma of loving an aging spouse I am lucky enough to have found my soulmate. Yet he is aging as I watch. I have the dilemma of loving an aging spouse. He has Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy, and his muscles are weakening. His focus softening. He is no longer the doer I sometimes need. On […]
The real relationship happened last night. I had been struggling, feeling stuck, pushing myself in ways that were leaving me frustrated, angry, and sad. My husband was mad at me for this. He pulled away and let me struggle. Finally, I said, “Why aren’t you helping me? Why have you left me alone in this?” […]

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Cassidy Gifford is stepping into the spotlight!
The 21-year-old daughter of Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford attended the L.A. premiere of her upcoming horror flick The Gallows at Hollywood High School on Tuesday night, where her family and friends, including mom Kathie Lee, godmother Kris Jenner and friend Kylie Jenner came out to support the budding actress. Additional celebs at the event included Rich Kids of Beverly Hills star EJ Johnson as well as E!'s Jason Kennedy and wife Lauren.
The youngest Jenner sister was dressed in a chic monochromatic ensemble, consisting of a trendy white coat by Kimora Lee Simmons, a black crop top and matching pants. She teamed her sexy look with aviator shades and added bold red lipstick to her famous pout before posing for pics with her pal.
"Yay! Everyone go see my God sisters movie out this Friday #thegallows. If you like scary you'll love this. @cassidygiff," the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star captioned a photo with Cassidy on the red carpet.
Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner, who was sporting a supersexy black bandage dress with sheer paneling, also posted a selfie on the way to the premiere with her youngest daughter, writing "Date Night with my angel girl @kyliejenner!!! #blessed #grateful#loveofmylife."
Kylie and Kris' mother-daughter outing comes on the heels of Tyga being accused of cheating on the E! star with a transgender actress named Mia Isabella. Screenshots of an alleged conservation between the rapper and the other woman were leaked to a blog on Tuesday, including a number of NSFW shots.
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While Kylie has yet to address the reports, the 25-year-old rapper seemingly responded to the speculation in a tweet yesterday. "Smh. The devil is hard at work today. Lol," he wrote.
Additionally, Tyga's lawyer, Lee Hutton, told E! News he believes the rapper is the victim of a conspiracy designed to "maliciously shame" him. "The allegations are false and socially irresponsible during a time when many Americans are celebrating equality."


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Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality
Don't mess with a girl with a great personality!
Everybody loves Lexi. She's popular, smart, funny...but she's never been one of those girls, the pretty ones who get all the attention from guys. And on top of that, her seven-year-old sister, Mackenzie, is a terror in a ...more
“So you’re cool that he only showed interest in you once you got all glam?”The book's title is rather misleading, for one, there's no "revenge." For another, the sorta-but-not-really-"revenge" of the "girl with the great personality" is to become hot.
“Yes!” Benny and I say in unison.
I get it. This is an YA book, and in the scheme of adolescent thinking, beauty is everything. I'm trying not to offend any high schoolers here, but generally, the teenaged mind seeks the most simple explanation ...more
Lexi is an almost-typical teen living with an atypical family. Her narcissistic, unhappy mother that tries valiantly to live vicariously through her youngest daughter is easy to despise, yet somehow, manages to elicit a bit of empathy here and there. The young sister appears as a despicable, ...more
Eulberg tries to incorporate some good messages into this novel but I’m not sure she doesn’t undermine herself at most turns. Her biggest messages seem to be:
(1) There is nothing “wrong” with being gay; in fact, there is no reason for gay kids and their romances and romance angstiness to be treated any differently than hetero romance and angst. The author does a g ...more
Beware spoilers ahead!
I had heard about this book through GR. It sounded really good, light and just what I needed. I was very happy that this was in my library. Unfortunately I did not enjoy this.
The book begins with Lexi at her little sisters beauty pageant. As always Lexi is cheering Mac on. Lexi hates pageants. Her mother ends up spending a lot of money just for her sister to wear this cheap plastic tiara.
When Lexi was younger her parents would alwa ...more
I mean, with this quote
“You’re just jealous because you’re ugly.”...more
And like that, the camel’s back has been broken. I turn around and see panic flicker in her eyes. She knows she’s gone too far. But instead of forgiving her, I say, “Yeah, well, I’d rather be ugly on the outside than on the inside. I can be painted up to look like one of your precious beauty queens, but you’re always going to be an
A cute, quick read set in the world of little-girl beauty pageants.
So over Christmas break my sister made me watch some child pageant reality show on TLC or whatever, not the Honey Boo-Boo one (which, I'm sorry, is truly the most despicable thing on tv--the show, not the girl), but some other show that follows a group of child pageant contestants, but is really about the crazy moms and families (my sister is a perfectly intelligent woman btw, she just has horrible taste in tv shows). So I w ...more
Lexi's mom is obsessed with her sister Mackenzie's pageant career, even though the family can't afford the thousands of dollars that they sink into pageanting for hair, makeup, clothes, choreography, etc. ...more
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Lexi has a great personality. She is funny and is a lot of fun to be around. Everyone likes her, but no one wants to date her. Add to that the fact that Lexi’s kid sister is a beauty queen who controls all of the attention and you have one self-deprecating heroine. Lexie doesn’t think she’s beautiful and doesn’t think she’ll get the guy, until her best friend challenges her. If Lexie wants her bf Benny to take the plunge then ...more
Lexi is funny, popular, and smart… but she’s never been one of those girls. You know the beautiful ones? The ones that boys hold doors open for, whistle at, and flirt with. She’s always just been the girl with the great personality. She stopped caring about her appearance and sees no point in competing with her beautiful sister, Mackenzie. Mackenzie is what every girl strives to be and she’s only seven. When her and her be...more
And no, I didn’t eat a whole bag o ...more
I loved Lexi as a character. In her family, she isn't considered the pretty one, that title is reserved for her 7 year old beauty queen sister (thin ...more
Well, I really needed to get my mind off Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare, so I just wanted a light, quick, cute, fun read, and what's better than a "hilarious new novel from Elizabeth Eulberg about taking the wall out out the wallflower so she can bloom." So why not.
I admit, it took me a little while to get into the book, because it was your cliche, by-the-book story about the older ...more
My awesome baby-sitting skills have become sort of a running joke in my family. My sister even mentioned them in her maid of honor speech at my wedding. My name is Estelle and I used to tie my sister to a chair in front of the television. For the record, it wasn’t because she was a snot to me. She just would not sit still. And hey, she turned out okay? So really, this was not traumatic at all.
A few pages into Elizabeth Eulberg’s new book and let ...more
This book addresses many issues such as self-image, family dynamics, self-esteem, and friendship.
The book stars Lexi. The smart, funny, and down-to-earth girl who hides behind her pageant sister's shadow. Her mom is basically depressed after separating from her husband and has thrown herself into being this monster pagea ...more
This is not about a girl with a great personality "getting revenge." This is a book about an abusive mother, splashed with a diatribe against child beauty pageants. I would like to state for the record that I am very much against child abuse and despise beauty pageants for children. I just didn't want to ...more
Okay, so maybe there was no revenge and maybe there was pretty much no plot line to it apart from a non-existent love triangle and the mother stealing four grand from the kid but I liked the concept. ...more
I've been there - The friend. The girl with the great personality.... And zero interest from guys - So I know exactly how Lexi feels. I'm sure most of us have (or at least felt like it) and I've gone through the same kind of life lessons and realizations to truly be happy with myself.
I really liked the way the story ended too (with one major/minor exception) - Without giving the end away, I was hoping it would go like that for the mos ...more
Lexi is used to being the unnoticed one. Her sister, Mackenzie, is part of the pageant set, so Lexi’s world and weekends pretty much revolve around Mac. The plus side is that her crush, Logan, usually goes to the shows; the downside is he’s there to cheer on his girlfriend. Then, a bet with one of her best friends pushes Lexi from wallflower to noticed, and at first, she’s happy about it. But the family dynamic has shifted, she’s worried about her mother spending money she doesn’t hav ...more
First things first, let's dissect The Title-
Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality
Hey You, imagine revenge... an evil scientist rubbing his hands together, cackling...
Or these eyes plotting horrible things to do to you.
Now You, stop imagining.
Revenge in this book is...
Our main character, Lexi, putting on makeup. Her big plan of revenge on all the people who haven't appreciated her (more on that later) is giving herself a makeover. Well, woopity doo.
2. "The gi ...more
Lexi was an absolutely lovely girl, I loved how apparently she was popular, yet not that kind of popular. More like the girl to laugh with and the girl to talk with, but not the girl that you come to for a date or some romance.
Add to that, that she is a dedicated supporter for her sister, who is a pageant competitor. However, she doesn't really like that. Especially since her mom just s ...more
The importance that Lexi’s family places on beauty makes her an empathetic teenager readers pity but cannot hel ...more
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Cover Impressions: The cover is cute, though a bit simplistic for my taste. I might prefer if it had something in the background, like a mirror that the lipstick was scrawled on...
The Gist: Lexi has spent years catering to her 7 year old sister turned pageant princess. She sews, she primps, she meets the ever-increasing demands of her overbearing mother. She is known as the girl with the "great personality" and she is ready for a chan ...more
Lexi dreams of being a fashion designer, gets dragged to the kiddie beauty pageants that her little sister competes in, and is secretly in love with a Logan, a guy who (inexplicably) also accompanies his beauty queen girlfriend to all her pageants. When Lexi overhears Logan telling a friend that she has a "great personality," she decides to glam herself up. When Lexi sees that pageants are bankrupting her family, she decide ...more
Wow, this was a pretty interesting read. When I first started reading this I thought it was going to be a very dark, sad, heartbreaking book, but it turned out to be kind of a fluffy coming-of-age story, and I kind of would have liked it better if it had stayed sad. I don’t really feel like the whole “girl who everyone thinks is ugly” and “becoming popular and learning about yourself” really fits together. The writing was really awesome, and ...more
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Elizabeth Eulberg was born and raised in Wisconsin before heading off to college at Syracuse University and making a career in the New York City book biz. Now a full-time writer, she is the author of The Lonely Hearts Club, Prom & Prejudice, Take a Bow, Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality, Better Off Friends, We Can Work it Out, Just Another Girl, Past Perfec ...more

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The Airline transported pilgrims from 17 states.
Max Air limited on Tuesday said it had transported 25 thousand pilgrims, who performed this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia, back to Nigeria.
This is contained in a statement issued in Kano and signed by the Public Relations Officer of the airline, Ibrahim Dahiru.
“The airline has as at Monday evening, recorded about 50 flights to Nigeria since the commencement of the transportation of the pilgrims back home on Nov ember 1 after the Hajj”.
It said the transportation of the Jigawa and Niger States pilgrims back to Nigeria would be completed on Wednesday.
“The transportation of pilgrims from Jigawa and Niger States will be completed on Wednesday, while that of Taraba will be completed on Thursday.
“Already, Max Air has recorded nine flights to Katsina, Lagos, Sokoto, Kaduna and Kano; while Nasarawa has three, FCT, one, Kebbi, five and Zamfara, six flights,” Mr. Dahiru said.
He said that the airline had deployed its five Boeing 747 Aircraft to ensure successful transportation of the pilgrims.
The airline transported 46 thousand pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj operation from 17 States of the Federation.
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Pharrell has responded to quite a bit of backlash over his “G I R L” cover from critics who said he decided not to feature a Black woman on the cover.
According to Pharrell, however, one of the women on the cover is Black and his critics are the ones who are guilty of discriminating against someone’s skin color — not him.
Twitter went into an uproar upon the release of his album cover, which features Pharrell standing in a bathrobe next to three other women who are also in robes and sunglasses.
His critics quickly criticized him for not having a Black woman on the cover but during an interview with Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, he explained that the critics are wrong for suggesting that one woman on the album cover isn’t dark enough to be considered Black even though she is of African descent.
“You know what really disappointed me is that, man, they jumped the gun,” Pharrell said. “Because the one I’m standing closest to is Black. She’s a Black girl from like Wisconsin that I used to date like over 10 years ago, or 12 years ago. And it’s just that that just must suck for people to just look at something and to assume that they know what’s going on.”
He also said he was confused as to why he didn’t count as a Black figure on the cover and responded to accusations that the cover was too sexualized.
The image is up to the interpretation of the audience, but Pharrell said that sexualizing women was the farthest thing from what he intended to do.
The singer and producer said that if his critics would have listened to his album they would realize what he’s trying to do.
“…If they just bothered to listen to my album, they would know that my album was an ode to women, period,” he said. “And the one thing that I’m trying to kill…The one thing I was just trying to help and aid in changing is this crazy statuesque standard of you gotta be white, waif and thin for you to be beautiful.”
Later in the interview he dished about his upcoming single “Marilyn Monroe” that promotes wanting women of different sizes, shapes and colors.
“G I R L” is scheduled for release on Monday.


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Several months into the year 2021, most governments are still discouraging travel with ever-expanding travel bans, the travel industry—and everyone, basically—are hoping that soon, there would be a semblance of normalcy returning into the world.
The airline industry for one is starting to make small preparations for summer. A few major airlines have rolled out flight resumption schedules, albeit at reduced capacities, along with reassurances that they’ll be welcoming passengers into safe, hygienic cabins.
Of course, any plan and schedule still hinge on the countries’ recovery timelines, which is why we will continue to update this list regularly. In the meantime, you can revisit your abandoned travel plan, find out if your favorite airline is flying again, and hope for the best.
Disclaimer: At the time of writing, a majority of borders in the world are still closed off and many airports are still not fully operating. Please check the border status of your destination before planning your trip.
Aeroflot has resumed regular flights from Moscow to Almaty (Kazakhstan), Baku (Azerbaijan), Yerevan (Armenia), Delhi (India) as well as increasing frequency of flights to Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), Minsk (Belarus), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan).
Moscow – Almaty has resumed from 12 February once a week, on Fridays. Return flights will operate on Saturdays.
Moscow – Nur-Sultan service has resumed from 10 February with twice-weekly flights on Wednesdays and Sundays. Return flights will operate on Thursdays and Sundays.
Moscow – Baku route has resumed from 17 February, on Wednesdays and Sundays. Return flights will operate on Mondays and Thursdays.
Moscow – Yerevan route has resumed from 15 February, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Return flights will operate on Mondays, Sundays and twice (two flights) on Thursdays.
Moscow – Delhi route has resumed from 12 February, on Fridays and Sundays. Return flights will operate on Saturdays and Mondays.
All surfaces in the aircraft cabin are disinfected with specially trained staff thoroughly cleaning the cabin before each flight and carry out additional preventive disinfection once a week. Each aircraft has a supply of face coverings and a universal prevention kit for anti-epidemic measures. In the lavatories, ordinary soap has been replaced with antibacterial soap.
On-board air conditioning systems renew cabin air every 2–3 minutes. All Aeroflot aircraft are equipped with powerful HEPA filters guaranteeing fresh and near-sterile air. Following new regulations, filters are now replaced even more often.
Air Asia has resumed domestic and a few international flights in its Southeast Asian market.
AirAsia Indonesia: The budget airline has expanded its domestic routes in Indonesia to popular destinations, such as Bali, Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan, Bandung, Pontianak and more.
AirAsia Malaysia: The airline is resuming service to states allowing Inter-state travel under the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO). Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Federal Territory, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Terengganu
Thai AirAsia: AirAsia is set to reinstate all 40 domestic routes in Thailand from April 2021.
Philippines AirAsia: Philippines AirAsia has added more routes for domestic flights, and reintroduced Manila – Kuala Lumpur – Manila route for international service.
AirAsia India: The airlines have expanded on their network by launching new domestic routes in October
All AirAsia guests will be required to bring their own mask and wear it before, during and after the flight. To ensure that the highest standards of safety and hygiene are maintained at all times, AirAsia has enacted several pre-flight and in-flight measures that thorough disinfection of all planes, social distancing starting from check out counters, and temperature checks for passengers and cabin crew.
Air France is increasing its service to the French Overseas Departments this summer. Up to 56 flights will operate every week between these destinations and the two Paris airports, providing connections to the airline’s entire short, medium and long-haul network. Details as follows:
Flight schedule 2021 summer season:
To/from Pointe-à-Pitre: 18 weekly direct flights
- 11 weekly direct flights on departure from Paris-Orly
- 7 weekly direct flights on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle
To/from Fort-de-France: 14 weekly direct flights
- 7 weekly direct flights on departure from Paris-Orly
- 7 weekly direct flights on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle
To/from Cayenne: 10 weekly direct flights
- 7 weekly direct flights on departure from Paris-Orly
- 3 weekly direct flights on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays as from 2 April 2021
To/from Saint-Denis de La Réunion: 14 weekly direct flights
- 7 weekly direct flights on departure from Paris-Orly
- 7 weekly direct flights on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle as from 6 April 2021
Air France received 4 stars in the audit carried out in December 2020 by Skytrax, an international air transport rating organization. Passengers are required to wear a surgical mask upon arrival at the airport and for the duration of the flight.
Cabin air is renewed every 3 minutes by way of an air recycling system consisting of HEPA filters identical to those used in operating theatres, which trap 99.9% of particles. Additionally, vacuuming of carpets and all seats, as well as headcovers are observed. Cleaning and disinfection of all contact surfaces: trays, armrests, seat belts, entertainment screens, remote controls, overhead baggage racks, windows, door handles, etc.
All Nippon Airways
Currently, All Nippon Airways is servicing 47 international routes.
Bangkok, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Honolulu, Houston, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Manila, Mexico City, Munich, New York, Paris, Perth, Phnom Penh, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Singapore, Sydney, Vancouver, Vienna, Vladivostok, Washington D.C., Yangon.
Temporary changes to the following flight routes as announced by the airline include the following:
Narita – Manila: 7 flights a week from March 2 to April 1
Haneda – Taipei: 2 round trips per week (Mon and Fri), from April 1 to June 30
Haneda – Bangkok: 6 flights per week (NH 847) and 7 flights per week (NH 850)
All passengers and staff are required to wear face masks/shields throughout the journey. Cabin air is renewed every 3 minutes by way of an air recycling system consisting of HEPA filters identical to those used in operating theatres, which trap 99.9% of particles. Additionally, vacuuming of carpets and all seats, as well as headcovers are observed. Cleaning and disinfection of all contact surfaces: trays, armrests, seat belts, entertainment screens, remote controls, overhead baggage racks, windows, door handles, etc.
The airline announced limited international network for the remainder of 2020 through summer 2021.
Charlotte (CLT) – Frankfurt (FRA) Service resumes summer 2021
CLT – London (LHR) Service resumes winter 2020
CLT – Munich (MUC) Service resumes winter 2020
Chicago (ORD) – Barcelona (BCN) Service resumes summer 2021
ORD – Dublin (DUB) Service resumes summer 2021
ORD – Paris (CDG) Service resumes summer 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – Beijing (PEK) Service resumes summer 2021
DFW – Buenos Aires (EZE) Service resumes winter 2020
DFW – Lima (LIM) Service resumes winter 2020
DFW – Sao Paulo (GRU) Service resumes winter 2020
DFW – Rome (FCO) Service resumes summer 2021
DFW – Santiago (SCL) Service resumes summer 2021
DFW – Tel Aviv (TLV) Service launches winter 2021
Los Angeles (LAX) – Auckland (AKL) Service launches winter 2021
LAX – LHR Service resumes winter 2020
LAX – Sydney (SYD) Service resumes summer 2021
New York (JFK) – CDG Service resumes winter 2020
JFK – BCN Service resumes summer 2021
JFK – EZE Service resumes winter 2020
JFK – Rio de Janeiro (GIG) Service resumes winter 2021
JFK – GRU Service resumes winter 2020
JFK – Madrid (MAD) Service resumes summer 2021
JFK – Milan (MXP) Service resumes summer 2021
Miami (MIA) – CDG Service resumes summer 2021
MIA – GIG Service resumes winter 2020
MIA – GRU Service resumes Aug. 6, 2020
MIA – MAD Service resumes summer 2021
MIA – SCL Service resumes Aug. 5, 2020
Philadelphia (PHL) – Amsterdam (AMS) Service resumes winter 2020
PHL – DUB Service resumes winter 2020
PHL – LHR Service resumes winter 2020
PHL – Manchester (MAN) Service resumes summer 2021
PHL – MAD Service resumes winter 2020
PHL – CDG Service resumes summer 2021
PHL – FCO Service resumes summer 2021
PHL – Zurich (ZRH) Service resumes summer 2021
Phoenix (PHX) – LHR Service resumes winter 2020
Raleigh (RDU) – LHR Service resumes winter 2020
Seattle (SEA) – Bangalore (BLR) Service launches winter 2021
SEA – LHR Service launches summer 2021
SEA – Shanghai (PVG) New service subject to government approval
The adjustment came to match low demand and to focus on markets that will serve customers better.
Additionally, American Airlines has announced new destinations to route map with nonstop service from Miami (MIA) to Paramaribo, Suriname and adds new flight from MIA to Tel Aviv (TLV) beginning in June.
Airline increases capacity to Latin America and the Caribbean with additional frequencies from MIA to the Caribbean starting in April; and new service from Charlotte (CLT), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Los Angeles (LAX) starting June.
To prepare for the flight resumption, the airline has introduced a slew of enhanced cleaning procedure and adjusted service. The cleaning in both customer and crew areas will use a disinfectant approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and mask-wearing flight attendants will be distributing sanitizing wipes to passengers. Additionally, AA has also now required passengers to wear mask onboard.
In a statement on its website, Cathay Pacific has rolled out their April through May schedules, reminding users that these new adjustments will be subject to changes made to government travel restrictions in the coming weeks.
Cathay Pacific will operate flights to 14 destinations: Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Toronto, Los Angeles, New York, Jakarta, Surabaya, Osaka, Tokyo, Manila, Singapore, Bangkok, London.
The airline is doubling down on their precautionary measures with additional disinfecting of their planes and cabins, along with thorough cleaning of their lounges. To provide peace of mind to passengers, contactless check-in and boarding have been introduced. Thorough sanitization of all surfaces – from in-flight screens to air conditioning controls between every flight. A modified meal service designed to reduce contact with crew and the temporary suspension of the pre-meal bar and pre-poured drinks (drinks will still be available throughout the flight)
While Delta Airlines continues to serve US domestic routes, its international service has been slashed significantly. Starting July, it will operate more flights.
U.S. Domestic & Canada
Delta will continue to add more nonstop flights between major hubs like Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis and Salt Lake City. The airline is also adding service for Florida and throughout the West Coast.
Delta will continue to operate a limited schedule for Minneapolis, Detroit and New York-JFK serving as Delta’s main gateways to destinations like Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Winnipeg. Delta will also continue service to Vancouver from Seattle.
Latin America & Caribbean
The airline looks to serve leisure travelers with gateway routes to Cancun, Los Cabos, Montego Bay, Nassau, St. Thomas and Punta Cana.
Delta also plans to resume high-demand routes in the Caribbean like Aruba, St. Maarten, St. Lucia and Puerto Rico.
Flights between John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo will operate four times weekly. Delta is now operating to 36 destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Delta is adding four-times weekly service from Boston to Amsterdam and daily service from Seattle to Amsterdam.
Delta is continuing existing service from Detroit to Charles de Gaulle, Atlanta to London-Heathrow, Atlanta and New York-JFK to Paris, and service from Atlanta, Detroit, JFK to Amsterdam, Atlanta to Frankfurt, and JFK to Tel Aviv.
Delta will offer quarantine-free flights from New York-JFK to Milan Malpensa airport starting April 2, 2021, a day after it launches to Rome Fiumicino. The services will enable customers eligible to travel to Italy to avoid the mandatory 14-day quarantine on arrival, following a rigorous testing protocol before and after travel.
The airline will serve weekly flights from Atlanta to Seoul-Incheon, joining the existing service from Detroit and Seattle. Delta will also continue to operate service to Tokyo-Haneda from Detroit and Seattle.
Delta will also operate service to Shanghai (via Seoul – Incheon) from both Detroit and Seattle. Service from each city will operate two weekly flights.
Delta is making a commitment to the new standards of cleanliness onboard. Several special measures have been taken to uphold this, for example, expanding electrostatic sanitizing to all aircraft and extensive pre-flight disinfection to all high-touch areas. The airline also now requires passengers to wear mask at all time, following its new rule regulating mask wear among employees.
Emirates will be adding more routes to its service around the world, bringing it to over 100 destinations in 2021.
The airline reminds passengers that there are stringent entry restrictions in place upon arrival in Dubai which require all passengers arriving into Dubai from any point of origin to hold a negative COVID‑19 PCR test certificate for a test taken no more than 72 hours before departure. Emirates ensures that all planes are properly sanitized and disinfected upon landing at any airport, and the cabin crew will be outfitted with protective suits.
Etihad has resumed flights to Doha following the signing of the historic peace accord which effectively re-integrates Qatar into the region. Effective 15 February 2021, Etihad has operated daily flights to the Qatari capital utilizing an Airbus A320 and a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
The airline is now operating flights to over 60 destinations while also operating transfer flights via Abu Dhabi serving several destinations in the Indian Subcontinent, Asia and Australasia, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and North America.
Etihad has adopted additional cleaning measures on ground and onboard. All planes are disinfected upon arrival, and all utensils and surfaces are sterilized. The airplanes are also fitted with High-Efficiency Particle Filters (HEPA), which eliminates more than 99.8% of all airborne microbes, including dust, germs and pathogens.
Lufthansa group will be expanding to resume 90% of short and medium-haul routes and 70% of long-haul destinations. Around 90 flights a week are planned to Asia, over 45 to the Middle East and over 40 to Africa. In a statement, the airline is also rolling out summer vacation routes for 2021.
Starting on March 29, there will be three weekly flights from Frankfurt to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and starting on March 31, twice-weekly flights from Frankfurt to Mombasa (Kenya) with onward flights to Zanzibar (Tanzania). Mauritius and Malé in the Maldives will also be on the flight schedule for this year’s summer.
Certain key transatlantic routes are being reinstated in the summer 2021 schedule. Swiss will resume service on the Miami – Zurich route beginning March 28, with up to five weekly frequencies. Up to seven weekly services will also be offered between Boston – Zurich from May 1 onwards, and up to five weekly services will be offered from Los Angeles – Zurich from May 2. In May, Austrian Airlines will once again be flying three times a week to New York’s JFK and Montreal, both to and from Vienna.
Lufthansa claims that the air onboard is cleaner than outside on the ground, thanks to its hospital-grade filters. Along with stringent cleaning regiment, the airline also requires passengers to wear masks throughout their flight.
Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM)
The Royal Dutch Airlines saw a restrictive winter season last year as the airline struggle with the effects of the pandemic. Intercontinentally, KLM served 80% of its destinations at 60% capacity.
The airline has endeavored to keep their cabins safe for passengers. A few important measures being taken include seat blocking, simplified catering offerings to minimize contacts, and mouth caps and protective gloves worn by crew members. All passengers are required to wear masks during boarding and flying.
Qatar Airways has once again soared in the skies of the Middle East as the signing of the historical peace accord signifies the renewal of travel and trade relations between Qatar and the rest of the region.
Travellers may once again harness the extensive international routes being offered by the airline as it resumes its US, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia network to over 130 destinations. Some destinations are scheduled to resume flights or increase frequencies:
- Bucharest (three weekly flights)
- Copenhagen (increased to 10 weekly flights)
- Madrid (increased to 10 weekly flights)
- Manchester (increased to 17 weekly flights)
- Singapore (increasing to double daily flights)
- Sofia (three weekly flights)
- Stockholm (increased to 10 weekly flights)
Additionally, starting from 27 January 2021, Qatar Airways has begun to provide two daily flights to Dubai International Airport (DXB).
- QR1018 Doha 19:00 – 21:10 Dubai
- QR1002 Doha 01:00 – 03:10 Dubai
- QR1003 Dubai 05:30 – 05:40 Doha / Dubai 06:00 – 06:10 Doha
- QR1019 Dubai 22:40 – 22:50 Doha
To ensure that passengers will return with peace of mind, Qatar Airways maintains the highest possible hygiene standards. The efforts include the regular disinfection of aircraft, outfitting the aircraft with the most advanced air filtration systems, equipped with industrial-size HEPA filters that remove 99.97% of viral and bacterial contaminants from re-circulated air.
The airline is a proud recipient of the 5-Star COVID-19 Safety Rating by Skytrax, the first airline in the world to have achieved this monumental feat. Qatar Airways has also achieved the Diamond Standard in the Airline Passenger Experience Association’s (APEX) Health Safety Powered by SimpliFlying audit.
Qatar Airways is also poised to incorporate yet another groundbreaking safety feature in the form of 100% Touch-Free ‘Zero-Touch’ In-flight Entertainment Technology across its A350 fleet. The Zero-Touch technology will enable A350 passengers to pair their personal electronic devices with their seat-back IFE screen by connecting to ‘Oryxcomms’ Wi-Fi and simply scanning a QR code displayed on the screen.
All the airline’s onboard linen and blankets are thoroughly washed and pressed at microbial lethal temperatures, while its headsets are rigorously sanitized after each flight.
Ryanair announced three new international routes and extra flights between the UK and Greece for this summer starting from 1st July as follows:
- Preveza – Stansted, 2 weekly flights
- Stansted – Zakynthos, 2 weekly flights
- Stansted – Santorini, 2 weekly flights
Additionally, Ryanair also announced a new Birmingham to Poznan route starting from 3 July 2021, flying twice a week as part of Ryanair’s UK Summer 2021 schedule.
Ryanair is mandating all passengers and staff to wear masks for the entirety of the flight. State of the art air filtering system is also being utilized to keep the cabin’s air clean. All aircraft are professionally cleaned and disinfected on a daily basis which is effective for over 24 hours.
Singapore Airlines and SilkAir have resumed services and are offering round-trip flights on reduced schedules to several major cities in certain regions.
Southeast Asia routes: Bandar Seri Begawan, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, Da Nang (one way to Singapore), Hanoi (one way to Singapore), Ho Chi Minh City (one way to Singapore), Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Cebu and Manila, and more
North Asia routes: Chongqing, Nanjing, Seoul, Shanghai, Hongkong, Osaka, Taipei, Tianjin, Fukuoka, and Tokyo – Narita, Wuhan, and more
West Asia & Africa routes: Dhaka, Male, New Delhi, Kathmandu, Johannesburg, Lagos, Mauritius, Nairobi, Zanzibar, and more
South West Pacific routes: Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Auckland, Christchurch, and more
Europe: Frankfurt, Paris, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Milan, Istanbul, Barcelona (via Milan), Zurich, and London – Heathrow, and more
United States routes: Houston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York (JFK), Seattle and more
Singapore Airlines assures a clean cabin for everyone; among others, this includes thorough cleaning where commonly-touched surfaces are disinfected. Lavatories are cleaned with high-strength disinfectants. And cabin surfaces are treated with a long-lasting antimicrobial coating.
Additionally, the air is filtered by utilizing High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters, which remove more than 99.9% of the microbes in the air. Cabin air is also refreshed every two to three minutes throughout the flight.
The airline also has a few adjustments to its usual service to maintain high standards of cabin hygiene, which include replacing all headsets, headrest covers, pillow covers, bedsheets and blankets after every flight. Linens are laundered at high temperatures to sanitize them. Headsets are also disinfected and packed individually with hygienic covers.
United Airlines will continue to add more international routes in March, resuming service on nearly 30 international routes, including flights to Asia, India, Australia, Israel and Latin America and to continue to add ways to visit popular vacation destinations in the Caribbean, Hawaii and Mexico.
In order to provide safe and healthy experience during flight, United has implemented rigorous sanitation efforts that include electrostatic spraying on all international flights and using HEPA filter. All employees on board and passengers are required to wear facial covering.

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Red Sox Bullpen, Offense Falters in 2-1 Loss to Twins
BOSTON – The Red Sox had a chance in the ninth inning. They had the wrong hitter at the plate.
The Sox trailed the Twins 2-1, but had the bases loaded with two men out with Jackie Bradley Jr. at the plate. Minnesota closer Fernando Rodney, who had just walked two hitters in a row, fell behind Bradley 3-0, but battled back and struck him out swinging.
Manager Alex Cora elected not to use Mitch Moreland as a pinch-hitter for Bradley, despite saying after the game that Moreland was healthy and available off the bench.
The Bradley at-bat finished off a night where the Red Sox couldn’t get much going at the plate. They had no answer for Twins starter Kyle Gibson (5-7), who pitched eight strong innings, allowing one run on four hits while striking out seven and issuing two walks. The righty threw 120 pitches, a career-high.
Mookie Betts drove in the lone run for Boston.
Meanwhile, concerns remain for the Red Sox bullpen.
Heath Hembree and Matt Barnes (3-3) were tagged for two runs in the seventh and eighth innings, respectively. Since the All-Star break, Boston relievers have allowed 12 runs in 18 innings of work.
Hembree and Barnes helped spoil one of Brian Johnson’s best starts of the year. The southpaw tossed 5 2/3 innings of shutout ball. He struck out five, walked three, and allowed four hits.
It was Johnson’s second-longest outing in 2018, behind only his April 2 start in Miami in which he went six innings in a 7-3 win over the Marlins.
Johnson struggled in the first, but stranded three runners to end the inning without any damage. The lefty then settled in nicely and set down 14-straight hitters.
Johnson did not allow more than two runs in any of his six starts since returning to the rotation on June 28. He is scheduled to move back to the bullpen with the addition of righty Nathan Eovaldi via a trade with Tampa Bay Wednesday.
How it happened:
Both teams squandered opportunities in the first. Bradley cut Joe Mauer down at the plate with an outfield assist. Johnson scattered three hits, a walk, and a wild pitch but got out of the inning unscathed when he struck out Robbie Grossman. The Red Sox loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the inning, but Rafael Devers flew out to left to end the frame.
Betts opened up the scoring in the second with an RBI groundout, scoring Blake Swihart. The inning ended on the same play when Bradley ran into an out at third base, the latest in a season-long series of miscues on the bases for Boston.
The Twins ran into another out at home again in the sixth. With Eddie Rosario on first, Brian Dozier singled to center. Rosario beat a throw to third and Dozier took second. Rosario tried to score with the play going to second and was thrown out by Brock Holt.
Johnson was pulled from the game with two out and two runners on in the sixth, giving way to Hembree who closed out the inning with a groundout.
The Twins tied the game at one in the seventh. Grossman singled to left and advanced to third on a single by Max Kepler. The run came in to score when Ehire Adrianza grounded into a double play. Hembree allowed three hits in the inning and was charged with the run.
Barnes issued a one-out walk to Dozier in the eighth inning. Dozier stole second and came around to score on a two-out, RBI double by Mitch Garver, giving the Twins a 2-1 lead.
Potential Sox trade target Fernando Rodney was wild in the ninth, loading the bases by allowing a single to Xander Bogaerts and walking Holt and Swihart. Rodney was on the verge of walking in the tying run when he battled back from a 3-0 count to strike Bradley out to end the ballgame.
It was the 22nd save for the righty this year.
Chris Sale (11-4, 2.13 ERA) takes the ball Friday night against Twins righty Lance Lynn (7-8. 5.23 ERA)

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GOVERNOR AWARDS TRAINING GRANT TO PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS UNION
$50,000 FOR PRE-APPRENTICE TRAINING PROGRAM
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen and Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley have awarded $50,000 to the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 572 to train up to 50 pre-apprentice candidates. The grant will assist in filling the shortage of qualified pipe trades professionals.
“It is vital for Tennessee workers to continually train and upgrade their skills so our state can remain economically competitive," said Governor Bredesen. "Apprenticeship training grants are valuable resources to help meet the demands for skilled labor in Tennessee and help businesses become more productive.”
“I am proud to award this grant money to the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union,” said Commissioner Neeley. “Since July 1, 2007, the Workforce Development Division has obligated $1.5 million to train more than 5,000 Tennessee workers.”
“I commend the Governor and Commissioner for helping local unions with training grants,” said Senator Thelma Harper. “This type of grant is an integral part of the Governor’s special emphasis on job development in our state.”
“Training grants keep companies competitive and profitable,” said Representative Rob Briley. “I applaud the Governor for awarding this grant for pre-apprenticeship training and helping to improve our economy.”
The Nashville Career Advancement Center was instrumental in awarding the grant to the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 572.
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The Gamble House in Pasadena, California, designed by famous architect brothers Charles and Henry Greene in 1908, in my opinion is one of the most outstanding examples of American Arts and Crafts style architecture. A guided tour through the Gamble House with its original furniture and detailed craftsmanship further inspired this painting.
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“Dance as the narration of a magical story; that recites on lips, illuminates imaginations and embraces the most sacred depths of souls.”-Unknown
A fascinating art form that originated in the Middle East, belly dancing is now practiced by people of all ages, sizes, and forms all over the world.
In addition to being glamorous, belly dancing for beginners strengthens your core, improves flexibility, and allows you to coordinate your body gracefully and fluidly. Additionally, belly dancing will benefit you in ways other than simply physically, such as boosting self-confidence, re-establishing a connection between your mind and body, and developing self-love and self-care habits.
Belly dance involves abdominal motions such as belly rolls, circles, and flutters. To help with contractions and the movement of the kids inside the womb, the Egyptian women of the tribe would dance around the pregnant woman, encouraging her to imitate their rhythmic pelvic movements. Few tribes in Egypt continue to use this birthing ceremony today.
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There are plenty of advantages to this great dance style that goes beyond just dancing. It is a fantastic method to lose weight, keep in shape, and boost confidence. With Ucanji’s online belly dance classes, you can see how your body can communicate with your mind and soul. Learning belly dance is not only entertaining and empowering, but it also helps with balance, strength and coordination.
Is Belly Dancing for me, you may wonder!
Belly dancing may appear difficult at first but little practise will do wonders. If you looking for the best belly dancing classes online, We have also got you covered with Ucanji’s Belly Dancing for Beginners classes. If you still cannot make up your mind about the dance form, Belly dance crosses all age and gender barriers. You can never be too young or too old to learn the art form.
Indian Roots of the art form
Dance is thought to have been highly inspired by Indian Gypsies about 1500 B.C., and it has since blended and fused into a variety of dances from many civilizations, including Turkish, Lebanese, Greek, Saudi, and Spanish dancing. According to many scholars, belly dancing is the earliest type of dance, with origins in all prehistoric societies from the Middle East to India and the Orient.
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Thanks to Bollywood and Indian dance shows, an exotic and oriental dancing style has entered the mainstream. Watching dancers perform belly dance to Bollywood music appears to be the most relaxing thing in the world. Learn belly dance class for beginners with a technology-enabled platform to make dancing and learning easy and fun with -:
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Two years Bon Jovi Web Radio. What a ride! It sounds amazing to us. The last two years we broadcast 24/7 the best music in the world: Bon Jovi music.
It was very interesting year. We saw our favorite band back on the road again. Maybe the tour had and still has problems but we still love their shows no matter what, right?
We gathered some fans and we made the road trip to
for the very first Bon Jovi gig on European leg. We had a blast, there’s no doubt about it. We hope next time to be together more Bon Jovi Web Radio’s friends and to enjoy our favorite band. Sofia, Bulgaria
Thanks to you Joviers we made some campaigns, B.J.W.R. Angels, for fans who couldn’t afford a ticket and we gave them the opportunity to party as hell in Bon Jovi concerts. We hope and we believe next time we will be able to give away more tickets for free to fans in need.
B.J.W.R. website has over 11000 facebook likes, our facebook page has 6581 likes, I will be Bon Joving till I die facebook group has 941 members and 1573 people follow us on Twitter. 99558 unique visitors from 141 countries so far trusted us to entertain them. Friendships were born via the chat room, via our facebook page and via our facebook group. That’s awesome! We said something last year and we are going to repeat it: our main goal is to unite Bon Jovi fans from all over the world.
Soon we will update our website with interesting apps and services so stay tuned.
For one more time thank you to all of you Joviers from all over the world for making us the best Bon Jovi radio station in the world. Thank you to all of you, we really appreciate it.
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commonly found among humans. Among the many Shakespearean plays Macbeth, written in 1606, stands out with its short composition but multiple themes. However, before I begin my examination of Lady Macbeths character, I feel that concept of psychoanalytical theory needs some introduction. Macbeth tells himself to act like a man in the following lines: Prithee, peace. It is human nature that the more power one desires the more corrupt actions they have to commit to attain power. Letting other people make decisions for him, he becomes more incapable of resisting how people will view him as a loyal soldier since he cannot follow through. His plays are still performed on the stages of many theatres, and his"s are well-known for every educated person. Macbeth finds the witches and they tell him that he should be afraid of Macduff, that Macbeth himself cannot be hurt by any man born of woman and that the threat will come when Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Castle.
Because he should not be held responsible for something he had no control over. Indeed, gender is a prominent theme in the play. For in Macbeth is the tale of ambition driving impulse over logic and reason, how an unhealthy thought of treason taints and diseases the very soul. tags: Macbeth Character Analysis Strong Essays 1318 words (3.8 pages) Preview - Feelings of guilt run through his head. Prophecy is done through the role of the three witches in the play. His downfall is the result of a wrong judgment, a flaw which might combined with fated and external forces. Violence is committed many times in the book but not all for the same motive. With this in mind, Shakespeare suggests that the witches impact the play and its characters in a very destructive way. It typically presents the fall of a man who may be basically or originally good but is always corruptible through the temptations of the world and his own pride or ambition(Felperin 158).
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WolfHaven 12 30"x40" ANNIE MARIE MUSSELMAN
SHOAL 3 49"x38" MANY BARKER
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CAR IN SNOW 30"x30" MICHAEL LEWIS
- Exhibition: ‘GRAYS’ curated by SARAH LAVIGNE
- Showing: February 12th 2015 - March 22nd 2015
- Opening Reception: OPENING RECEPTION FEB 12TH 6-9PM
In a groundbreaking new exhibition at Space Gallery starting February 12th, curator Sarah LaVigne introduces provocative themes of preservation, symbolism and metaphor that take their audience as far afield as Alaskan landscapes, challenged marine resources and film noir.
“Grays is a blurring of the lines between what’s real – and what might be.” – Sarah LaVigne
“The four photographers featured in Grays challenge people to re-imagine their individual notions of reality,” says exhibition curator (and 5280 Magazine Photo Editor) LaVigne. “The works abstract their subjects in subtle or dramatic ways, transporting the viewer beyond the black or white poles of factual perception into places I call ‘the grays’.”
Photographer Acacia’s landscapes disengage viewers from the comfort zone of familiarity, casting the artist in a dusky landscape of consciousness and memory, wonder, fear and anticipation.
Mandy Barker’s work spurs a conversation about pollution and the world’s oceans, challenging the viewer to regard natural beauty and environmental catastrophe in the same mental breath.
Anne Marie Musselman offers a privileged close-up look inside Wolf Haven International, the nationally-recognized wolf rescue sanctuary in Puget Sound—images that conjure the beauty, complexity and playfulness of these extraordinary creatures, and carry viewers to a wilder place.
Michael Lewis erases the line between fantasy and a darker reality in his ‘Tales’ of daily life: still life works that become a cinematic exercise of symbolism, metaphor and unrestrained imagination.
“This coming-together of photographic imagery represents something of a departure for Space,” said gallerist Michael Burnett. “But crossing the line into abstraction and metaphor: That’s right in our wheelhouse…and it’s something that gallery regulars and newcomers alike will really enjoy.”
Space Gallery, at 400 Santa Fe Drive, has in a very short time become the southernmost anchor for the Santa Fe Arts District, a purpose-built a testament to Denver’s thriving art scene and the kaleidoscopic ideas that live there.


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The view in Kirsten Zirngibl's illustration is breathtaking, but the concept behind the design is equally intriguing. She imagines that this landscape is made up entirely of microbots, and researchers can manipulate the environment by feeding the microbots new information.
In an email, Zirngibl explained the concept behind "Microzoo 1":
Regarding the piece itself: It is called "Microzoo" because the "landscape" is actually made up of microbots. These are tiny machines (still much larger than nanobots) which are able to self-assemble into "swarms," send information to each other, and potentially form a kind of fluid consciousness. They follow many simple rules based on the actions of their neighbors, which combine to create chaotic and sometimes even intelligent behavior. Their memories are both local and distributed, the latter full of redundancies. They are able to take instructions from humans to an extent, but can also operate as their own entities indefinitely. The ultimate purpose for them is for colonizing/terraforming new worlds. More than that, they are a whole new form of "life."
This particular scene depicts a coral-like microbot terrarium exhibit in a "research zoo" on Earth. We are seeing it through a 15 ft wide glass panel. It is currently undergoing a test. Extra sensors have been embedded into the foreground structure (bottom-most middle part of the piece). Developers are using them to feed false information about the environment into the coral-like swarm to see how it handles the conflict. (Will it change its structure to try to bury the sensors? Will it reject the part of itself in contact with them? Something else?)
As the research facilities continue to expand in size, scope, and expense, business-savvy admins have turned them into heavily controlled public access parks called Sandboxes, where people are given the tools to manipulate and communicate with the microbots directly. The parks end up becoming tests for how future colonists might interact with a microswarm-dominated environment.
She also shared the influences and themes behind the idea:
I am fascinated by swarm intelligence/emergence, as well as the structure of colonies (coral, slime mold, artificial life simulations like Conway's). How close could one approach abstract thought with this architecture? I also am heavily inspired by fractals! Fractals, especially 3D ones, are tied to how swarms self-assemble to maximize certain attributes like surface area. They will help sell the idea that they are "alive" to an extent. (I actually used fractal software to help make part of this piece.) I was also inspired by Lego growing up and am interested in how to make the most out of a relatively small variety of parts.
And her larger goals for this piece?
I intend for my project to be some fresh air for how swarms/nanotech is handled in science fiction. It's a more optimistic, though still not utopian, take on things. I'm exploring psychedelic-yet-mathy visuals to sell this, and Microzoo 1 was really just an early experiment in that. I look forward to sharing this in full!


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The Story Of Retired Sniper Escape is another point and click room escape game. Not a very good idea hang out in a retired snipers apartment. Make your way out before it's too late. Have fun and enjoy!
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Chainu 2012-08-17 18:35:29
hahaha, ive in a clan of ppl who use silly scopes baiscly sniper rifles with iron sights or if not possible then we use red dot, in bf bc2 the guns of choice were m95 with RD,in bf3 i use the mk11 with either acog or m145 suppressor and foregrip
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It's not lol. He just had the video playing on his PC then mmceikid the movement with the rifle. We're no where near that stage in motion gaming yet and it could never be done with just a freaking usb plug and a PC hahaha
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This month Stephen Jones launches his new fragrance in collaboration with Comme des Garçons, entitled Wisteria Hysteria. The whimsical scent captures the blithe theatrical spark of Jones and the avant-garde notions of the Japanese fashion house and marks a further step in a partnership that spans thirty years. Jones has designed multiple headwear collections for Comme Des Garçons, from crowns and rabbit ears to outlandish top hats and berets.
The accompanying window display for Dover Street Market to celebrate the fragrance launch was created by Michael Howells, who has played the right hand man to many of fashion’s most spectacular fashion shows and campaigns, including work with Nick Knight, Alexander McQueen and Dior. Here, Howells speaks to AnOther about his inspirations alongside Stephen Jones' exclusive illustrations created for AnOther.
What inspired the window display?
The installation for Stephen’s new perfume is simply based upon white wisteria, but rather than filling the space with fake flowers, I wanted a more graphic result with the perfume at the centre. I have often worked in paper, last year we constructed a life-sized elephant at Port Eliot, and I felt paper lent itself to this project.
How long did it take to make?
Several techniques were used: laser cutting, folding, manipulation and a lot of hand-cut work. It took around three days, experimenting after the initial drawing.
What characteristics of Stephen Jones' work did you take into consideration?
I looked at the curve of a brim and the sculptural qualities of some of Stephen’s work. The cutwork of the wisteria is combined with folding and manipulating paper. I wanted a feeling of movement, taking Hogarth’s The Line of Beauty as an inspiration.
What was the last place that inspired you?
I’ve just spent a tempestuous windswept weekend in Shropshire. Wonderful textures and colours.
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"When people talk about terrorism, they don't talk much about women," said Apolline Traoré, a director from Burkina Faso, which hosted the latest edition of the continent's largest film festival.
Burkina Faso has suffered grievously from jihadism just like other Sahelian nations including: Mali, Niger and Mauritania.
Few movies have been made about jihadism in Africa and even fewer have focused on the plight of women at the hands of extremists.
But a slew of films showcased in the lastest edition of the FESPACO could signal a cinematic watershed.
Traoré's feature-length "Sira," which won the Silver Stallion of Yennenga award in the now ended FESPACO festival. The film describes a 25-year-old woman who is abducted by jihadists and has to draw on courage and smartness to survive.
Traore said she wanted to haul women out of the typical image of victimhood and place them in the "major role... (they play) in the fight against terrorism".
Tales of courage
The director said she was inspired by meeting women whose lives had been turned upside-down by jihadists.
One example, she said, was a woman who with a bullet lodged in her shoulder had spent five days looking for shelter for herself and her two children.
Nafissatou Cisse, a Burkinabe actress who plays the lead role of Sira, said she had drawn on "the rage" of women caught in the jihadist nightmare.
More than 10,000 people have lost their lives in Burkina Faso since jihadists swept in from neighbouring Mali in 2015 and more than two million people have fled their homes.
According to the ECOWAS envoy to the country, round 40 percent of the country is controlled by the insurgents.
Making "Sira" was in itself a gruelling challenge.
After a massacre at Solhan in June 2021 that left 132 dead -- the bloodiest single attack in the long-running jihadist campaign -- the authorities declined to renew authorisation for filming "Sira" in Burkina's deeply troubled north.
Another director whose home country is struggling with jihadism is Amina Mamani.
Her native Nigeria is the cradle of the Boko Haram movement, whose attacks began in 2009 and soon expanded to neighbouring Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
It leapt to global notoriety in 2014, when hundreds of schoolgirls were kidnapped in Chibok, in Borno state.
Mamani's short film, "The Envoy of God," tells the story of a girl aged about 10, who is kidnapped one night by jihadists to use her to carry out a suicide attack on a market -- but she decides otherwise.
"Terrorists use women. Men get killed, but women are kidnapped, forced into marriage and raped, and young girls selected to blow themselves up," said Mamani.
In another feature-length film, "Thorns of the Sahel," Burkinabe director Boubakar Diallo describes a nurse who is sent to a displaced persons' camp.
She said that during the film shoot, some of the displaced people "panicked when they saw armed men" -- actors playing the part of jihadists.
"We had to build up trust with them," she said.
Traore said that in all her 20 years in film-making, she had never experienced such fear in showing a film.
She fretted especially about how the public would react to her work.
"(Jihadism) is very sensitive and fresh in the heart of Burkinabe people and people living in the Sahel," she said.
Nearly half of those in the fiction competition this year were directed by women.

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Developing Quality Metrics For Upper Endoscopy.
Benchmarking; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Health Plan Implementation; Humans; Quality Indicators, Health Care; Value-Based Health Insurance
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Sharma, Prateek; Parasa, Sravanthi; and Shaheen, Nicholas, "Developing Quality Metrics For Upper Endoscopy." (2020). Articles, Abstracts, and Reports. 2806.

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Bill Sorrell was appointed to the position of Attorney General in 1997. Since then, he’s been re-elected to the position seven times. But this year, he faces a challenger in the Democratic primary – Chittenden County State’s Attorney T. J. Donovan. It’s the first time he’s had a primary opponent.
Sorrell outline his position on Vermont Yankee, access to the state prescription drug database, marijuana decriminalization and other issues affecting his office. And he explains why he’s seeking re-election.
Also on the program, VPR’s Kirk Carapezza catches us up on the issues surrounding basing the F-35s with the Vermont Air National Guard at Burlington International Airport.
Read the Air Force’s Environmental Impact Statement.


LEED Project Credits
NSI CAN CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR LEED PROJECT
INTEGRATED AND HISTORICALLY JUSTIFIED DESIGN
Natural Systems International can help your project earn up to 9 LEED credits through an integrated water program. NSI develops long-range, site-specific water demand models integrating
- historic climate data (rainfall, snowfall, and temperature),
- building occupancy and fixture data,
- landscape and greenroof plans,
- stormwater management plans,
- rainwater harvesting options,
- graywater harvesting options,
- blackwater harvesting options, and
- proposed irrigation schedules and plans (if known)
The water balance typically includes 30 years of daily data and allows the design team to analyze rainwater harvesting options, graywater and/or blackwater treatment and reuse options, and potential indoor and outdoor water savings. The water balance provides the basis of design for a holistic reclamation program. The following LEED-NC credits are achievable as part of the integrated design:
WE Credit 1.1 – Water Efficient Landscaping (reduce water use by 50%) – 1 Credit
Depending on the type of building, landscaping may be the majority of water use in a project. Reducing landscape water consumption by 50% is worth one LEED point. NSI will use the water balance to determine the best, most cost-effective solutions to reduce potable demand and will make recommendations and provide drawings showing the elements of the design. In some cases, NSI has worked with the landscape designer to reduce demand by selecting more appropriate landscape species, including natives and xerics. Typical components of the system include one or more storage cisterns and low-energy-use treatment elements such as sand filters, rooftop wetlands, trickling filters, and disinfection processes.
WE Credit 1.2 – Water Efficient Landscaping (no potable water use) – 1 Credit
This credit takes the benchmark of credit WE1.1 and extends it to total reuse or zero-water use landscape. Landscapes can be, and often are, designed as zero-water use. In many cases, aesthetic goals for the project lead to landscapes which still require watering. Rainwater and gray/blackwater harvesting is a preferred option in these cases. The historical water balance can show the range of water required on a yearly basis, and includes unusually dry years, to give a complete picture of the likely performance of the system over time.
WE Credit 2.0 – Innovative Wastewater Technologies – 2 Credits w/ Innovative Design credit
Where on-site gray and/or blackwater treatment is desirable, NSI designs a treatment system capable of meeting the requirements for this LEED credit. In most cases, reuse of the treated water is desirable, linking the creation of a problem (sewage) to a beneficial solution (treatment and reuse). Again, the water balance and other site-specific information guides the design of the treatment and reuse system. NSI designs with energy-efficiency in mind, and the treatment systems we propose reflect our principal of mechanical simplicity and biological complexity. Common treatment elements are integrated rooftop wetlands, below-grade sand filters, and trickling filters. Treatment elements can be hidden out of sight, or prominently displayed as educational and aesthetic features, depending on the needs of the project. WE Credit 2 is often used as the basis for an additional ID (Innovative Design) credit. NSI often designs systems to treat 100% of the onsite sewage generated to tertiary standards, doubling the level of treatment required by LEED.
WE Credit 3.1 – Water Use Reduction (20% Reduction) – 1 Credit
The water balance model will document long-term potable water use reductions due to rainwater and gray/blackwater harvesting, along with the use of efficient fixtures. NSI will work with the MEP engineer and project manager to document all efficient fixtures and compile a baseline and design-case version of the water balance, clearly showing a reduction in onsite water use. Many projects NSI works on have been awarded LEED credit for documenting a better than 60% reduction in water use from a similar, but not ecologically-designed, building.
WE Credit 3.2 – Water Use Reduction (30% Reduction) – 2 Credits with the Innovative Design credit
The approach to this credit uses the same principals of long-term design used in WE Credit 3.1. The following table is a summary of a water balance NSI completed as part of a LEED design for a mixed-use residential and commercial building in Michigan. The example shown below represents a 63% reduction in water use from the baseline (conventional) plan through reuse of treated graywater and rainwater for flushing toilets and irrigating a greenroof. This example is also eligible for an Innovative Design credit, as the water savings from the baseline case are more than twice the 30% required by LEED.
SS Credit 6.1 – Stormwater Design: Quantity Control
An integrated water design aims for maximum impact with minimal capital and technological requirements. Reducing the quantity of rainwater leaving the project site to pre-development levels is worth a LEED credit, and is also a natural effect of using onsite rainwater harvesting to meet the LEED credits already described. When an integrated water harvesting and reuse system is in place, improving the stormwater runoff quantity and quality is low-hanging fruit.
SS Credit 6.2 – Stormwater Design: Quality Control
As before, an integrated water plan already includes improvement in stormwater runoff characteristics. NSI will prepare plans and documentation, including any additional controls necessary, to meet the intent and requirements of this LEED credit.


Immigration laws and regulations can be difficult to understand and keep up with. For those who qualify for certain programs or fall under certain acts passed by the government, there may be some protection against deportation. Yet, people in Maryland and other states may still face deportation even when they assume it isn’t a threat, as may be the case with one 30-year-old woman who could be deported.
The woman is currently being detained in a detention facility and could possibly be sent back to Montenegro. She was brought to the United States when she was 5 years old and has lived here since. During her time here, she has worked, paid taxes and has a Social Security number.
Family of the woman have put forth a petition to stop the possible deportation, as they claim she falls under the Dream Act. The Dream Act is designed to protect children who were moved to the United States and grew up here and keep them from being deported. However, while held in a detention facility, she reportedly can’t finish filing for the protections of the Dream Act and avoid deportation.
Anyone in Maryland or elsewhere who may face deportation may benefit from understanding what programs are out there and how those programs or acts can help in their particular situation. Deportation can be a long and complicated process for anyone and can result in being sent back to a country a person may not be familiar with as an adult. Because immigration laws may change quickly, staying up-to-date on changes is recommended to anyone who may be impacted by immigration laws in general.
Source: detroit.cbslocal.com, “It’s A Catch-22 For Detroit Woman Facing Possible Imminent Deportation“, , Sept. 24, 2014


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A foot orthosis (plural: orthoses) is a custom-made, external medical device designed to modify the structural and functional features of the human foot and overall musculoskeletal system. Commonly referred to as orthotics, foot orthoses help maintain proper alignment and force transfer within the 26 bones of the human foot structure.
Made full-length for optimal control, custom-made orthotic external devices are to be inserted inside orthotic-friendly shoes or sandalsreplacing the removable insolein order to provide up to a 50% improvement in foot support and alignment. Foot orthoses are to be worn 16 hours each day under the heel, arch, and ball of your foot.
Research shows that the majority of heel problems can be directly connected to skeletal imbalance. More and more people tend to have some amount of either overpronation (flexible/collapsing, flat foot type) or hypersupination (rigid, high-arch foot type). The presence of these conditions adds constant stress and can overload the network of muscles and bones in your lower legs. This can lead to pain in the feet, ankles, legs, knees, hips, and back. Orthotics can improve function by compensating for existing imbalances and, in most cases, can relieve or prevent the associated pains.
Orthotics are designed to realign your ankle and heel bones to promote a better force transfer down to your toes and up to your neck, in order to alleviate pain in your feet, legs, knees, hips, and spine. Added benefits include restoring balance, improving sports performance, and relieving foot fatigue at the end of the day.
Orthotic devices come in many shapes, sizes, and materials. They fall into three main categories:
Functional orthotics are designed to improve foot function and eradicate, alleviate, or outright prevent pain in the foot, knee, hip, and/or back.
Sport orthotics are tailored toward the functions and motions in a particular sport, providing control, protection from injuries, and balance for activities such as jogging, dancing, skiing, skating, etc.
Protective orthotics help guard against further damage from conditions such as fat pad atrophy or unresponsive, diabetic wounds on the feet. They do this by offloading force and weight from the problem area.
How do you know if orthotics are right for you?
If you have an obvious imbalance that causes such symptoms as flat feet or high arches, or if you have external misalignments such as knock knees, bow knees, in-toeing or out-toeing, then you are likely a good candidate for orthotics. They can also be beneficial if your work or activities place stress on your feet or require you to be on your feet for extended periods of time.
There is also no right age to begin using orthotics. They can be used to treat conditions in children as well as adults.
The best way to find out if orthotics can help you or your child is to make an appointment with us for a full clinical and radiological exam. That way, you can gain a clear understanding of your foot alignment and possible conditions that may benefit from the corrective guidance of orthotic devices. Call Ottawa Foot Clinic at (613) 595-9700 and let our team discuss with you your options for pain relief and better mobility.


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City Lights condos hit market at record starting price
Construction could start next summer on 71-unit project on Rutledge Hill
- City Lights will be anchored by a restaurant.
- $400,000s starting price for two- to three-bedroom condos.
The 71 condo units planned at the City Lights development on Rutledge Hill are officially on the market at the highest starting price for downtown for-sale units.
Village Real Estate Services is handling presale of the units, which will be built behind the Crema coffee shop. The $400,000s starting price range reflects, in part, there being no one-bedrooms condos in the development, one observer said.
The seven-story City Lights would be a welcome addition to a downtown Nashville condo market with only a month's supply of resale units. That tracking by the Nashville Downtown Partnership doesn't include the 268 units at the Twelve Twelve condo tower in the Gulch, which were expected to sell out by year's end.
"We welcome for-sale product in the downtown market," said Tamara Dickson, vice president of economic development for the partnership, which promotes downtown. "With only a one-month supply of resales, 71 units is a good start, but we need more."
Construction on City Lights should begin once 25 units are presold, with the developers targeting a summer start. The first residents are expected to move in at the end of 2017.
Houston-based architect Don Meeks is developing City Lights along with three investors.
The two- and three-bedroom condos will average 1,800-2,600 square feet, with prices starting in the $400,000s.
Four four-bedroom penthouses will be 3,200-3,400 square feet. Prices will be around $3 million, depending on the specific location.
Each unit will include two parking spaces in an underground garage and a storage unit.
City Lights will be anchored by a restaurant with a 1,500-square-foot deck overlooking downtown and the Cumberland River.
Amenities will include a rooftop terrace and sky lounge, swimming pool terrace and a green roof. Residents will also have access to a fitness facility, a conference room and a club room.
Reach Getahn Ward at 615-726-5968 and on Twitter @getahn.