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It’s a rainy Wednesday morning and Clay Cockrell is sitting in his office at Columbus Circle across the street from 1 Central Park West, which houses Trump International Hotel and Tower. In front of the tower is Central Park, where Cockrell holds his popular walk and talk therapy sessions .
Dressed in comfortable pants and a flannel shirt, Cockrell, a former Wall Street worker turned therapist, spends large parts of his days walking through Central Park or the Battery Park in downtown Manhattan near Wall Street, as a confidant and counsellor to some of the New York’s wealthiest.
“I shifted toward it naturally,” he said of his becoming an expert in wealth therapy. “We are trained to have empathy, no judgment and so many of the uber wealthy – the 1% of the 1% – they feel that their problems are really not problems. But they are. A lot of therapists do not give enough weight to their issues.”
And as they stroll through Manhattan, what issues are America’s 1% struggling with? There is guilt over being rich in the first place, he said. There is the feeling that they have to hide the fact that they are rich. And then there is the isolation – being in the 1%, it turns out, can be lonely. It seems F Scott Fitzgerald was right, the very rich “are different from you and me”. Especially in 2015.
From the Bible to the Lannisters of Game of Thrones, it’s easy to argue that the rich have always been vilified, scorned and envied. But their counsellors argue things have only gotten worse since the financial crisis and the debate over income inequality that has been spurred on by movements like Occupy Wall Street and the Fight for $15 fair wage campaign.
“The Occupy Wall Street movement was a good one and had some important things to say about income inequality, but it singled out the 1% and painted them globally as something negative. It’s an -ism,” said Jamie Traeger-Muney, a wealth psychologist and founder of the Wealth Legacy Group. “I am not necessarily comparing it to what people of color have to go through, but ... it really is making value judgment about a particular group of people as a whole.”
The media, she said, is partly to blame for making the rich “feel like they need to hide or feel ashamed”.
‘It’s easy to scapegoat the rich’
Related: Struggling workers take wage protest to upscale doorstep of Walmart heiress Alice Walton
Traeger-Muney, who moved to Israel six years ago, runs a global firm and specializes in working with inheritors, who often get a bad reputation in the press.
“You can come up with lot of words and sayings about inheritors, not one of them is positive: spoiled brat, born with a silver spoon in their mouth, trust fund babies, all these things,” she said, adding that it’s “easy to scapegoat the rich”.
“Sometimes I am shocked by things that people say. If you substitute in the word Jewish or black, you would never say something like that. You’d never say – spoiled rotten or you would never refer to another group of people in the way that it seems perfectly normal to refer to wealth holders.”
In recent years, members of the 1% have been singled out by protesters seeking to highlight the growing disparity between rich and poor. In October of 2014, for example, a number of workers staged a protest outside Walmart heiress Alice Walton’s $26m 6,346 sq ft New York condo . The protest, designed to highlight workers’ low wages and part-time schedules, resulted in 26 arrests.
These types of protests can be very stressful for the rich. “It’s really isolating to have a lot of money. It can be scary – people’s reaction to you,” said Barbara Nusbaum, an expert in money psychology.
“There is a fair amount of isolation if you are wealthy. We are all taught not to talk about money. It’s not polite to talk about money. In itself, ironically, it’s harder to talk about having money than it is to talk about not having money. It’s much more socially acceptable to say: ‘I am broke. Things are hard.’ You can’t say: ‘I have a ton of money.’ You have to keep a lot of your life private except in small circles.”
As a result, Cockrell points out, the rich tend to hang out with other rich Americans, not out of snobbery, but in order to be around those who understand them and their problems.
‘The rich have become more and more isolated’
The growing gap between the poor and rich is a global phenomenon. According to Oxfam , the richest 1% have seen their share of global wealth increase from 44% in 2009 to 48% in 2014 and are on track to own more than the other 99% by 2016.
In US, over the last three decades, the wealth owned by the top 0.1% households increased from 7% to 22% even as the wealth of the bottom 90% of households declined.
The number of the uber wealthy has also been climbing. According to research from Spectrem Group , in 2014, the number of US households with $1m or more in assets – excluding the value of their primary home – increased by 500,000 to 10.1m. In 2007, that number was 9.2m. Households worth $5m or more reached 1.3m and 142,000 households are now worth $25m or more.
Since the 2008 financial crisis, the income gap has expanded and the situation “has gotten worse for the wealthy”, Cockrell said. The main reason? Not knowing if your friends are friends with you or your money.
“Someone else who is also a billionaire – they don’t want anything from you! Never being able to trust your friendships with people of different means, I think that is difficult,” said Cockrell. “As the gap has widened, they [the rich] have become more and more isolated.”
These are real fears faced by the richest of the rich. In 2007, the Gates Foundation teamed up with Boston College’s Center on Wealth and Philanthropy to document what it felt like to be in America’s 1% . For the next four years, researchers surveyed 165 of America’s richest households – 120 of those households have at least $25m in assets. The average net worth of those surveyed was $78m. The resulting study, The Joys and Dilemmas of Wealth, was 500 pages long and seemed to prove the old adage that money can’t buy happiness.
“Wealth can be a barrier to connecting with other people,” confessed a spouse of a tech entrepreneur who made about $80m. “Not feeling you should share some of the stressors in your life (‘Yeah, wouldn’t I like to have your problems’), awkwardness re: who should pay at a restaurant.”
To avoid such awkwardness, some Americans have taken to keeping their wealth secret. “We talk about it as stealth wealth. There are a lot of people that are hiding their wealth because they are concerned about negative judgment,” said Traeger-Muney. If wealthy Americans talk about the unique challenges that come with their wealth, people often dismiss their experience.
“People say: ‘Oh, poor you.’ There is not a lot of sympathy there,” she said. “[Wealth] is still one of our last taboos. Often, I use an analogy with my clients that coming out to people about their wealth is similar to coming out of the closet as gay. There’s a feeling of being exposed and dealing with judgment.”
Speaking in his soft, soothing voice that makes you want to spill all your worries, Cockrell said that a common mistake that many of the his wealthy clients make is letting their money define them.
“I don’t think it’s healthy to discount your problems. If you are part of the 1%, you still have problems and they are legitimate to you. Even when you say: ‘I don’t have to struggle for money’, there are other parts of your life. Money is not the only thing that defines you,” he said. “Your problems are legitimate.”
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Edi Paloka has a different explanation regarding to Minister Elisa Spiropali’s statements that the Socialists are preparing for their third mandate.
According to Paloka, the cause relates to the theft of Spiropali’s house earlier this year.
In a post on facebook, while asking why Spiropali needs a third mandate, Paloka writes that at the beginning of january this year, the thieves entered at her house.
Why does Elisa need a third mandate?
What have the thieves stolen in the home of Rama’s minister, that does not allow him to report to the police?
So she needs a third mandate to ” compensate for her losses” and to equalize with her colleagues? /abcnews.al

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February 14, 2011
Written by Audrey Rickel
Feed Your Body and Soul Week, Feb. 20-26, invites the Texas Tech community to participate in a multitude of activities to heighten awareness of thoughts, feelings and behaviors related to body image, in conjunction with National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) reports as many as 10 million females and 1 million males in the United States struggle with an eating disorder. NEDA Week activities are designed to combat the pressures, attitudes and behaviors that can contribute to eating disorders.
The Feed Your Body and Soul Week committee will be sponsoring activities to promote a healthy body image such as;
The committee invites women in the Texas Tech community to participate in free introductory workout classes that are fun and encourage movement and appreciation of the body. Zumba class will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Matador Room of the Student Union Building. Belly dancing will be held at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in room 114 of the Student Recreation Center.
Find a schedule of Feed Your Body and Soul Week events at http://counseling.ttu.edu
CONTACT: Lynda Silva, psychology intern, or, Kathryn Brown, staff psychologist, Feed Your Body and Soul Week, Texas Tech University, (806) 742-3674, or firstname.lastname@example.org, email@example.com.

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Doctor insights on:
Tightness In Groin
When i plant my right foot to walk, I have a pain in my right buttock and when i lift my right leg it feels tight in groin area.?
Can lumbar arthritis, herniated disk, anular tear, and bone spurs, cause a tight, painful groin in both legs?
It is possible: It depends on the location of the lesions. You will need to have an a evaluation by your physician perhaps a neurologist to solidify the diagnoses. ...Read more
I am a 32 year old male, for the past 2 years I have been having tightness in my groin/thigh area on my right side. Its mostly in the inner thigh area?
During and after running or sports i feel tightness in my groin and an ache in my testicles, should I be worried. The pain only lasts a few hours?
For the past couple of years I've had an extreme tightness in both my groins. Have slight lordosis, weak core, weak gluteal muscles. Cause?
Hi ...I have tightness pain in my right groin line front of thigh and right flank ...I even have muscular excitability it started a few days back?
Thigh pain: Hi ~ it sounds like pulled thigh muscle if you play sports. But if there is any swelling its probably better that you see a dr so he can examine you, to make sure this is not a blood clot, or a hernia, or to exclude that its radiating from the abdomen or urinary tract like renal stones thanks ...Read more
D-dimer negative, pain in lungs, legs, n groin. Tightness in middle of chest n left side under armpit, short of bresth why haven't they found cause?
Almost 5 months pregnant and having a tight pulling feeling in my groin. What can I do to release the tension? What kind of exercise?
Stretching: stretching exercises will do the trick. you can do squatting with the help of chair on each side. you can do thigh stretching by sitting on the chair and extend you leg, then bend it toward your abdomen by lifting then pressing.station bike exercise will help some, good luck ...Read more
Groin tightness: possible causes include hip joint injury or tear of the cartilage around the socket of the hip joint, muscle and tendon injuries, or inflammation of the cushion around the hip (bursa) other potentials are stress fracture from repetitive movements. other group of potentials include nerve compression and wear and tear in the joint. Hernia or muscle sprain or overuse can also be causes ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer

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MapA map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with ... Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and Curratuck Inlet. Relief shown pictorially. "To the Right Honourable, George Dunk Earl of Halifax ..." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1428 Includes...
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The Gaithersburg, Maryland-based firm intends to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including working capital and product development.
T2 said that the panel will be commercially available in Europe in Q3, and added that it is in the midst of completing a pivotal trial in preparation of a submission to the FDA.
The companies will combine OpGen's Acuitas Rapid Test for Pathogen ID and Thermo Fisher's new mid-throughput real-time PCR system.
An OpenArray panel designed to simultaneously test for 17 viruses and 13 bacteria and protozoa was able to detect pathogens from human blood donor samples with an accuracy of about 95 percent.
The loan from the European Investment Bank will go toward the development of Stat-Dx's diagnostic platform for detecting infectious pathogens, such as meningitis.
The firm is in the process of sequencing phage genomes as well as bacterial genomes before and after phage infection, in order to develop antimicrobials.
The funding will go toward completing the development of the company's point-of-care platform for distinguishing bacterial from viral infections.
The firm has immediate access to $800,000 in previously restricted cash, and an additional $10.8 million in capital through new convertible notes.
Researchers described a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus infection transmitted from a liver donor to recipient, ruling out hospital-acquired infection with genomics.
The firm said that its metagenomic sequencing-based service provides a broad scope of pathogen testing for people with chronic medical conditions.
CNBC reports that Amazon invested in the startup Grail as it sees an opportunity for its cloud computing company in genomics.
Lawrence Krauss writes at Slate that science is needed for good public policy and should not be ignored.
Researchers are working on re-making the yeast genome from scratch, according to the Associated Press.
In Cell this week: functional profiling of Plasmodium genome, a self-inactivating rabies virus, and more.


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Producer and DJ Oliver Heldens has signed with Milk & Honey Management, home to pop hitmakers David Hodges, Oak Felder and Andres Torres and Mauricio Rengifo. Heldens will be represented by president and founder Lucas Keller, electronic music head Alex Harrow and electronic dance manager Dave Frank.
A top-ranked DJ who has worked on records for Coldplay, Calvin Harris, Disclosure and Martin Garrix, Heldens’ 2014 hit, “Gecko (Overdrive),” led to appearances at Coachella, Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, Ultra and Tomorrowland, among other major festivals. Heldens has also headlined residencies in Las Vegas and Ibiza and helms a weekly radio broadcast called Heldeep Radio.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled to manage Oliver Heldens, who I believe is one of the most talented electronic producers and DJ talents in the world,” said Keller in announcing the signing. “Oliver is a natural fit with our great family of songwriters, producers and electronic talent. We have big plans with Oliver and we look forward to a very active year ahead.”

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go to your doctor and get gender therapy first. you have to actually be a female on the inside not just want to be one for sexual reasons. a lot of mtfs really dun know this for many years before they work it all out and can swing from one gender to another in their minds before they have it all worked out and some are lucky enough to know they are female on the inside very early on. you still need therapy though to find out which one you are first... then get your hormones and good luck. <br />
what your doctor could help you with right now though would be hormone blockers to halt the continuing process of testosterone effects until you can go on estrogen if this is the right path for you. ask him/her if you can have these hormone blockers as they will help in the short term. good luck.
You should seek the advice and guidance of a DR .. not EP or google
estrogen good luck
You should really talk to a doctor about this. I do believe that before you even start hormones, you undergo therapy first.
I don't think you can get them without a presc<x>ription.
Go to the doctor.


The app features real-time chatting between different users on daily topics.
The app comes with 2 types of user interface:
- Admin who creates different daily topics for others to discuss.
- Public users who gives their opinion on each topic and post their comments.
- Used google authentication for users login-logout purposes.
- Users can also like each-other's opinion.
- Cloud Firestore is used as the backend NoSQL database to store user details and their chats on each topic.


"Rock Bop Rhythm & Blues"
This is the Sorentinos' 16th album in a remarkable career that has spanned nearly 25 years.
Led by singer-songwriter Danny Sorentino, the Sorentinos bill themselves as "a retro rock 'n' roll band with a modern twist."
That description is particularly fitting on "Rock Bop Rhythm & Blues," the Sorentinos' 15-track homage to the roots rock of the '50s. The title tune is like a role call of early rockers, referencing everyone from Elvis and Carl Perkins to Buddy Holly, Ricky Nelson, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Fats Domino.
Sorentino, who wrote all the songs in this collection, has mastered the seminal styles of the period. He covers classic car rock on the road song "Eighty-Eight." A San Francisco native, he gives a nod to the Beats of North Beach on the jazzy "Cool Like That," mentioning City Lights Bookstore and Vesuvio Cafe. "Not What I Had in Mind" is a traditional blues-rock shuffle, and the jangly guitar style of the Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly (and later the Byrds) is front and center on "Blue Collar Man," a paean to Sorentino's working-class upbringing.
His crack band features longtime bassist Rob Ruiz, who's been a Marin park ranger for 30 years, only slightly longer than he's been a Sorentino; guitarist Howard Vatcher and drummer Rory Judge. Steve Lee and Kenny Susan help out with background vocals and Russ Kerger guests on keyboards and saxophone.
Recorded at Shady Grove Studio in Cotati, "Rock Bop Rhythm & Blues" boasts crisp production values, fine musicianship and songwriting and assured lead singing from Sorentino.
This is a joyful tribute to the stars who created rock, as Sorentino sings on the title track, by mixing "a little bit of blues with some hillbilly soul."
Buy it: "Rock Bop Rhythm & Blues," the Sorentinos, independent, iTunes, $9.99
Hear them live: 3 p.m. Aug. 3, Lagunitas Brewing Co., Petaluma
— Paul Liberatore
If you're a musician or band from Marin with an album or EP that readers can buy or download and want to be reviewed, send your CD and contact information, (if you have an upcoming gig, let us know that, too) to Press Play, 4000 Civic Center Drive, Suite 301, San Rafael, CA 94903.


Elections board has lost trust
Published 11:00 pm Saturday, January 17, 2009
How can we expect Lawrence County’s voters to have faith in the elections process when the board that oversees that vital function seems to be unable to avoid controversy and efficiently manage the department?
The answer? We can’t.
Voters need to have some reassurance that all is being done to correct the problems that have been rampant in the Lawrence County Board of Elections.
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The issues have been ongoing but all point toward a lack of leadership.
First, the board — with attorney Dick Meyers serving at the time — fired longtime director Mary Wipert without ever giving an explanation to the taxpayers and voters.
Later before drastically exceeding its budget and having to threaten a lawsuit against the county to give more money at the 11th hour, the board allowed Wipert to essentially stay on the county payroll for months.
The icing on the cake came last week when the State Auditor’s office issued a management memo that said the minutes from the meeting were so incomplete it was impossible to tell if the board actually intended to fire Wipert, therefore making the auditors unable to rule on who should be responsible for repaying those funds.
“When we questioned the board members and the county prosecutor as to the board’s intent on Ms. Wipert’s contract at the Feb. 28, 2007, meeting, there was no agreement as to whether the board intended to terminate Ms. Wipert or intended to allow to her to continue to receive pay,” the letter stated.
Unfortunately, because the problems begin at the top and appear to be tied to lack of oversight and supervision, the only way for voters’ trust to be reassured is to wipe the slate clean and start with new leadership.
All three longtime members of the board — Robert Griffith, Karen Matney Simmons, Craig Allen — should prove they care about Lawrence County and step down. Immediately.
While Carl Lilly has only been on the board a short time and may not share in as much of the blame, he too should resign in order to allow new leadership, and hopefully new ideas, to take over.
Citizens deserve to know their votes will count and that will only start when the board overseeing elections earns our trust.


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If you are a baseball fan, you are going to love our Major League Baseball collection. Sporting your favorite MLB team on our diaper bag is sure to make other dads envious. Whether you’re a New York Yankees fan or a Los Angeles Dodgers lover, you will definitely make a statement with this MLB diaper bag. Be sure to check out our MLB accessories too. Matching bottle holders and pacifier pouches are a great addition to this collection. These bags are popular with moms as well so don’t be surprised if you find her sporting this bag too. So next time you head to the park or make a coffee run to Starbucks or the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf with your little one in tow, be sure to take your baseball diaper bag along for the ride. By the way, it looks great hanging on your stroller too!
- Phillies pacifier holder$7.99
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:-Gap fill and continue up trend
:-Gap fill+ retest of falling wedge supply zone
times are hard, covid 19 cases are continuosly rising at an alarming rate and this same type of market structure nifty formed last year before crashing down to
near 7500 levels
last trading day foreign investors sold a whopping 3500...

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April showers bring May flowers! Or, in our case a new Client Service Manager! Welcome Colleen to the Bair Financial Planning team! This month we will be traveling to conferences all over the United States increasing our knowledge in professional development, investment due diligence, and exchanging dialogue with professionals on sustainable and responsible investing.
Marci Bair & Victor Orozco are Registered Representatives with and securities through LPL Financial, member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advice offered through WCG Wealth Advisors, a registered investment advisor. The Wealth Consulting Group, WCG Wealth Advisors and Bair Financial Planning are separate entities from LPL Financial. Tracking #: 1-836703

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|Reviews for The Sketch|
| HarnGin chapter 1 . 7/16
You made me cry. Thank you.
| NotACursedChild chapter 1 . 5/22
And now I am crying. And I rarely cry. Beautiful :-):-):-):-)
| nanciellen chapter 1 . 4/5/2017
Very romantic and touching. Great story. Thank you.
| Guest chapter 1 . 7/30/2016
wow. absolutely brilliant
| Guest chapter 1 . 5/8/2016
Such a beautiful piece!
| ainokea2810 chapter 1 . 5/6/2016
| WillandLizzy chapter 1 . 3/11/2016
This was so lovely and it had me in tears!
| MissPhryneFisher chapter 1 . 1/23/2016
So many tears. Loved it.
| laziza chapter 1 . 9/16/2015
Another wonderful gem of a story. My absolute favourite paragraph is "When he first took the package from her, he had an inquisitive brotherly smile on his face. He always seemed to have that smile when she spoke to him at that age, up until that day. That was the day he stopped looking at her as a child, and started seeing her as the maturing young lady she was." There are many great love stories in P&P and it's a pity we only get glimpses of Darcy and Georgiana's brotherly love. Thank you for a beautiful variation on the P & P theme. I imagine listening to Georgiana playing Beethoven's "Für Elise" while reading this story.
| Wolf Rebellious chapter 1 . 7/24/2015
I am a grown man and I do not cry...often
| furryproblem chapter 1 . 7/16/2015
I at first thought that this would be a bore. But now I don't know what to say... This is one of the most sweetest and fluffiest piece of fiction I have ever read.:)
| c3lia chapter 1 . 3/28/2015
this is so sad... but it's also beautifully written!
| 4leafclover0120 chapter 1 . 6/23/2014
| LucilleRicardo chapter 1 . 6/3/2014
Wow. You write so well. This one made me tear up.
Thank you for writing.
| Guest chapter 1 . 6/3/2014
I enjoyed that very much. I'm impressed by how much you pack into a short vignette that nonetheless sheds light on the entirety of the Darcy - Elizabeth relationship. Coming at the monolith of their epic love sideways through Georgiana is quite effective, with the added insight into young girl whose artistic endeavors reveal her maturation to young woman & whose love and insight allow her as a mature lady to use that old work to break thru her brother's current pain of grief.
I found this one shot after reading your new SUPERMAN & look forward to reading more of published work. Please keep writing!


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Josh Charles weds longtime girlfriend Sophie Flack!
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Josh Charles is hitched! The "Good Wife" actor married longtime girlfriend Sophie Flack on Friday, Sept. 6, a source confirms to Us Weekly. The two tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at a private residence in Manhattan, followed by a dinner at upscale Italian eatery Il Cantinori.
Charles, 41, and his new bride have remained quite private throughout their relationship. The couple walked the red carpet together at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards in September 2011. They also attended the wedding of Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas in June 2012.
Flack is most known for writing the novel "Bunheads" (no relation to the ABC Family series), which was inspired by her experience dancing in the corp de ballet. She was a professional ballet dancer for nine years.
Baltimore native Charles -- also known for his work on "Sports Night" and '80s films like "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" and "Dead Poet's Society" -- is currently filming the fifth season of "The Good Wife" in New York City.
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Director: James Bobin
Actors: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Sacha Baron Cohen
I love fantasies movies. Stories of other worlds and travel to such wonders and the imaginations to endless possibilities. The beauty of being human is the ability to dream.
The film is star studded with Sacha Baron Cohen playing as Time and from his previous dramatic characters in movies such as Bruno, Borat, the dictator and in the recent movie the brothers grimsby. You know he will give a worthwhile performance despite the restrictions that come with this character. Johnny Depp reminds us why he is good with make up and taking up many faces as he continues with his role as the Mad Hatter in which he is phenomenal in.
Based on the original story of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, its remakes have been a hit in the box office time and time again in 1951, 1991 and 2010. I have never really been a fan of the story myself but this grown up version is quite a good twist to the tale. Alice through the looking glass sticks with characters we all love, adore and hate in the book and of course there is Lewis’ compulsive need to break grammer with his famous quote, “Curiouser Curiouser.”
The story presumably takes place years after Alice’s adventures in Wonderland and she has grown up to be an adventurer following in the footsteps of her Father. The passing of her father makes her the captain of his ship, with the opening scene in the movie having her masterfully evading pirates through some reefs in a death defying, Fast and the furious stunt, but with a huge ship. This adventure in Wonderland begins when she is lured back to Wonderland in order to help with the Mad hatters obsession with his long lost family which is making him ill. The reality waiting back home is not pleasant either as her mother is not doing financially well while doctors are under the impression that she is mentally unstable with Female Hysteria. She has to simultaneously solve both problems in both the worlds that she loves.
The story is unpredictable, it is interesting, the scripting is particularly interesting and the small inventions and designs that make Wonderland what is are maintained making sure your connection to the story is not lost. It’s IMDb rating is 6.4 which i honestly think is downplaying how good the movie is. Little TV rating is 7.1


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The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul recently stopped by The Breakfast Club to promote her forthcoming project The London Sessions, which is an experiment in the merge of two cultures, helmed by Blige’s voice and backed by some of the most notable rising artists and producers in the UK.
In addition to the album, Mary J. also spoke on working with her latest collaborators, that whole chicken fiasco (remember that?), being the legend that she is in the R&B game, some of her new R&B peers (ex. Miguel, Sam Smith) and old (Jagged Edge and SWV, who both have returned with reality shows, apparently), her connection to Hip-Hop and much more.
If you haven’t already, you can check out her latest single ‘Whole Damn Year’ here.

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First-time buyers using the Help to Buy scheme in England are paying an average of 10% more than those buying a new home without Government support, figures suggest.
Those who purchased a new-build home in the past year using the scheme paid an average £303,450 each, significantly more than those who bought without Government help.
On average, the premium paid by those using the scheme was 10.3% in the 12 months to September 2019.
That's according to a report on 41,500 new build properties, which also found huge price disparities between properties sold in London and the rest of the country.
First-time buyers have been the backbone of the housing market in recent months thanks to a competitive mortgage market and historically low interest rates - and schemes such as the Help to Buy Equity Loan.
The initiative, which launched in 2013, was designed to boost house building and provide a lifeline to those struggling to raise a deposit, enabling them to buy a new home with just 5% equity, topped up with a Government loan of 20% (or 40% in London) that is interest-free for the first five years.
However, there are fears the attractiveness of it has led to developers inflating prices on Help to Buy homes - seeing buyers pay more.
Just last month, housebuilding giant Barratt Developments announced pre-tax profits of £910million, or £50,400 per home, with 40% of customers using Help to Buy Equity Loans.
Where help to buy is costing you 20% more
The Help to Buy premium is highest in the north and parts of the Midlands, with first-time buyers using the scheme in Yorkshire, the West Midlands and the North West paying approximately 20% more than those buying new homes independently.
Scotland has also seen a rapid increase in the premium paid by those using Help to Buy over the past year, peaking at 14.7% in September 2019.
In London, the Help to Buy premium has remained relatively stable over the past twelve months and currently stands at 11.8% - marginally higher than the England average.
The current Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme will be replaced by a new version launching in April 2021 that will be restricted to first-time buyers only and for properties with a market value up to new regional price caps.
It will run for two further years before closing in March 2023.
"Help to Buy might be better named Help to Sell, since our research shows that despite the scheme’s popularity with buyers, housebuilders are the ones reaping the benefits," Rob Houghton, chief executive of ReallyMoving - who conducted the research - said.
"Most first-time buyers find it difficult to raise a deposit and as a consequence they are being cornered into the new build sector, where homes already command higher prices, before paying an additional premium on top if they need to use a Help to Buy Equity Loan.
"In many cases they simply don’t have the deposit required to explore other options such as buying a second-hand home, which may offer considerably better value."
The main concern with Help to Buy is that when the homeowner comes to sell, they could find themselves in negative equity and unable to compete with new developments nearby, forcing them to accept a lower price.
"It’s important that those using the scheme consider their exit strategy, including whether or not they can afford the loan repayments on top of their mortgage when the interest free period comes to an end," Houghton added.
But while Help to Buy may be inflating homes for those using the scheme, critics say elsewhere, it's also having a negative impact on the overall market - by pushing up second-hand homes.
Bad news for everyone else
Across Great Britain, the average cost of a first time buyer property has increased by 32.8% since 2013, almost on par with the regular market, according to a report by Springbok Properties.
It said that while Help to Buy has given many a leg up when it comes to climbing the property ladder, the influx of additional demand has also, perhaps ironically, pushed the cost of Help to Buy homes up considerably.
The largest increase has been in Barking and Dagenham with FTB house prices now at £281,396 in 2019, an alarming 70.8% increase from 2013.
Waltham Forest in North East London has seen the next largest uplift, rising by 68.7% to £408,233;
The average first time buyer price is up 60.7% in Newham to £349,874 and 60.1% in Havering to £307,874.
Outside of London, Thurrock in Essex has increased 59.2% to £237,635; and Stevenage in Hertfordshire is up by 58.7% to £250,086.
The City of Aberdeen is the only area of the UK where first time buyers are paying less than in 2013. The price they paid has fallen by -10.9% to £126,794 in 2019.
In England, the worst climber is County Durham in the North East, where prices rose by 3.5% to £88,790.
This isn’t the only East London region to see huge increases the average first time buyer price, as they rose by 60.7% in Newham to £349,874 and 60.1% in Havering to £307,874.
"Help to Buy was introduced by the previous Government with good intentions – to assist would-be home-buyers in their first step onto the property ladder," Founder of Springbok Properties, Shepherd Ncube explained.
"However, it seems that whilst around 200,000 buyers have indeed been supported, the unintended consequence in most areas has seen an above average hike in prices driven by the demand that Help to Buy has created.
"First rung homes are supposed to be more affordable, but we’ve seen the average price paid by a first time buyer accelerate to similar levels as the wider market. Not only has this made it more difficult for today’s aspirational homeowner, but perhaps some tax-payers might question the wisdom of using their money to fuel house prices even further?"
Help to buy explained
Help to Buy is characterised by three schemes.
The Help to Buy Equity Loan was launched in 2013. It allows buyers to contribute a 5% deposit towards a new build, with the government providing a 20% equity loan on the property, or 40% within London, which is interest-free for the first five years.
This is available on new builds under £600,000 in England and £300,000 in Wales. The scheme will run until 2023, though after 2021 it will only be available for first time buyers and there will be caps on the value of homes people can buy.
This is the most well-known of the Help to Buy schemes.
The second scheme is the Help to Buy Mortgage Guarantee, which also launched in 2013. In this, the Government acts as a guarantor against a loan - and properties aren't restricted to new builds only. This scheme was discontinued in 2016.
Then there's the help-to-buy ISA, launched in 2015, which saw savers pay money into an ISA and then get a cash bonus form the Government.
The scheme closes for new entrants this November when it will be fully replaced by the lifetime ISA .
You can currently still choose between the two though - see our guide on the help to buy ISA vs lifetime ISA, here .


Ford losses claim top Europe scalp
THE president of Ford's European business has quit little more than a month after his division disclosed its losses had ballooned to nearly £3.6m a day.
The company said Martin Leach, president since August 2002, had chosen to leave and that his departure would not change its strategy.
But Ford said it would step up its cost-cutting in response to tough market conditions. Ford of Europe's chairman and chief executive, David Thursfield, will oversea operations until Leach's successor is found. Both Leach and Thursfield are British born.
Ford of Europe last month posted a pre-tax loss of $525m (£326.4m) in the second quarter, from losses of just $18m in the year-earlier period. That was despite its attempts to cut costs. It blamed pricing, an unfavourable vehicle mix and fewer sales. The unit had returned to profit after cutting jobs, closing plants and launching 35 new models since 2000.
'This does make you wonder about Ford Europe's long-term future because at the height of their new model portfolio they were still only just over break even and that isn't very impressive,' said a German-based analyst.
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June 14, 2013. The blog Redefining Welcome interviews David Dyssegaard Kallick about FPI’s recent report on immigration.
“Legalization is the right thing to do, not least because it is our only practical option. You simply can’t deport 11 million people. But, I think it’s important to know that this will also be good for the American economy. I wouldn’t overstate the gains. Undocumented immigrants make up five percent of the country’s labor force—that’s enough to matter, but not enough to dramatically swing the economy one way or the other.
“That said, a 10 percent improvement in their wages, a leveling of the playing field for businesses in regions and industries with undocumented workers, full and equal participation in systems for taxation and services—those will all help increase economic productivity.”


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Growing up in an island created in my heart a special place for the ocean, where time moves in slow motion as I stare at it and where my imagination goes beyond it’s horizon. I definitely love the ocean, the sand, the breeze, and almost everything in it. It is a picture of humility, harmony and endless possibility.
But today, I was reminded by God that no matter how I love the sand I must learn to let it go. With that, I know that it won’t be easy. After all, not everyone finds letting go as an easy task.
Why let go of the sand?
God wanted you to get out of the sand because your season there is finished. He wanted you to put the sand behind because He it’s to take up the soil. The soil is where planted seeds bud, grow and develop. From a seed it can grow to a tree with an unimaginable size. A tree that blooms flowers that are absolutely majestic. Most importantly, a tree that bears fruit.
This is a reminder that Jesus wants us to walk upon the water and calm the raging sea through His name but He also said in…
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
We need to be deeply rooted, grow & mature and bear fruit.
“You want the promise of a pain-free life?… There isn’t one.” – Sophia, The Shack
There’s always a battle in this world – battle among nations, battle between opposing parties, battle between good and evil and a battle within. In a battle, pain and suffering are always present.
As I was talking to my friend who’s undergoing a difficulty in choosing between a righteous life, where we follow God and according to His standard, and a life away from God and doing the same sin over and over again, I told her a revelation I got at that moment:
“Choosing between good and evil is like a boxing match and this earth is the boxing ring. Whatever side you choose, both will be hit, will be bruised, will experience pain and might even get a serious injury. But defining moment inside the boxing ring is the proclamation of the winner.
It’s the same with life. If you follow God there will be troubles, storms, tragedies and persecution. If you live outside the will of God and continue sinning, you’ll experience every kind of problem and painful situation, too.
The distinguishing factor is the result. Do you want to fight where you know you can win? Or are you fighting knowing that you’re doomed at the end?”
I want to fight knowing that I’ll win and it encourages me all the more to follow God and live with Him as my Lord and Savior! I hold on to what Jesus said,
“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33 NIV

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Listen: Beyonce's '1+1' from new album '4'
Superstar performer sets tracklist, including guests Andre 3000 and Kanye West
Beyonce distinguished herself as one of the brightest highlights during "American Idol's" season finale last night, due in part to the debut of "1+1," the first ballad to be introduced from her forthcoming album "4."
While we're playing the numbers game, this will mark the second single from the set, as "Who Run the World (Girls)" continues to struggle with airplay and mass adoption on a "Single Ladies" scale. But upon viewing Bey's live take of the song for "Oprah" earlier this week -- despite the borderline hilarious handing-out-of-diplomas bit -- plus this spectacular vocal performance, Beyonce is aiming for entertainment perfection.
If only it didn't seem the lyrics to "1+1" were penned by a second-grader.
[More after the jump...]
Queen B takes this slow-burner back to the '90s, with a little mix of rock guitars and ridiculous synths that somehow end up making a cohesive whole. The starts at around a 7 or an 8 and blasts through the end, both in the recorded version and the "AI" live version (the latter of which seems to have her singing from a pit of lava, arms of the living dead reaching from the ground's burning core). She growls and demands her lover to make love to her, a wanting of desperation and thirst. But what does a gun do? It shoots! Will you fight for me? Yup! What is one plus one? Two!
There's elemental, and elementary, and while I enjoy the rawness and pleasures of the track, I get a little tripped up with the weak analogies and simplicity of language and schemes. But then you hear her take those big breathes -- like something is coming -- and you forget all about it again. It should and could be her "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going."
Meanwhile, the tracklist to "4" has been revealed, and the sole guest vocalist seems to be Andre 3000, on track "Party" produced by Kanye West and Consequence.
Here is the tracklist to "4," out on June 28:
3. 'I Miss You'
4. 'Best Thing I Never Had'
5. 'Party' feat. Andre 3000
6. 'Rather Die Young'
7. 'Start Over'
8. 'Love On Top'
10. 'End Of Time'
11. 'I Was Here'
12. 'Run The World (Girls)'
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Solar Energy is one of the fastest growing industries in India. The solar installed capacity of India has reached 29.41 GW as of May 2019. We are also the lowest cost producer of Solar power combined with the fact that more than 70% of our country’s rural population is dependent on agriculture.Solar power and agriculture are a winning combination. Solar submersible pumps are without doubt cheaper and convenient alternative to Electricity dependent pumps.
Agricultural water pumps- current scenario, flaws
The current scenario highlights major flaws in the water availability scenario in agricultural fields. The water irrigation canals are expensive, the water pumps are not efficient due to irregular electricity supply and are expensive. Due to irregular monsoon in the country, vast agricultural population have to travel to far off places to fetch water over burdening the farmers with extra-marginal burden. A regular supply of water is essential for high agricultural productivity and hence shifting to more reliable and consistent alternative is the wise option.
Solar system as an alternative – Solar submersible pumps
With the cost of diesel and electricity rising constantly, solar submersible pump is the perfect alternative. The solar submersible pump is similar to traditional electric pumps apart from the dependency on limited fossil fuels and electricity. Solar submersible pump also gives you an upper hand as the regular fluctuation, power cuts, low voltage, single phase problems in electricity supply damages the traditional pump leading to additional financial burden.
Benefits of Solar submersible Water pumps
Apart from being the eco-friendly alternative to electricity, solar submersible pumps have other various advantages:
- Easy to install and Longer operative durability
- Easy to operate and requires less maintenance
- No electricity dependence hence money saved on long electricity bills.
- Highly reliable and durable
- Environment friendly alternative – less chances of soil and water contamination.
- Less financial burden due to no fuel cost
- No additional set-up required.
- Supported by Government and hence good chances of subsidy
- Perfect alternative for rural areas where fuels are difficult to procure and electricity supply is either non-existent or non-reliable.
- No lubrication required.
- Year long water availability
solar submersible water pump- Types, parts, working
There are majorly four types of Solar water pumps namely solar submersible pump and surface pumps, direct current (DC) pumps and alternate current (AC) pumps.
Solar submersible pump as the name suggests remain submerged in water. Installation of Solar submersible pump requires digging on borewell and is easy to install.
The Solar submersible pump consists of three major parts:
- PVC Pipes for borewell
- Solar PV Pipes
- Solar submersible pump
The Solar submersible pump uses the solar panels and converts the solar energy into direct current (DC) which then keeps the motor running and pumps out water.


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Cavallo Caval Light Weight Quilted Jacket
The Cavallo Caval Light Weight Quilted Jacket features a detachable hood with a black reflective logo patch on the back, as well as a stand-up collar and adjustable drawstrings for a comfortable fit.
The diamond quilting and elastic edging on the sleeves add a touch of style to this jacket. It also includes a 2-way front zip, two front pockets, and a high quality Cavallo logo patch on the left chest.
While riding, the jacket will stay in place thanks to the additional kidney belt with a red grip edge.

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There is nothing that bothers me more than a parent who believes that their child can not engage in healthy competition for fear of losing. It’s sad really. Competition has become such a feared thing that parents will do what ever it takes to ensure that losing is a thing of the past.
Take for example the movement to reward every child with a trophy despite his or her actual level of skill/progress/contribution. As someone who played competitive sports for much of her childhood and well into her adult years, I find this to be rather appalling. When I was younger I played softball, volleyball, basketball, and I ran track. I also threw the shot put, participated in the long jump, the high jump, and in the triple jump. And while basketball volleyball and softball came somewhat naturally to me, distance running was not my forte and I was below average in jumping. The truth is that I lost some of the events in which I competed. Yet, I succeeded in others and never once did I or my mother demand that I be rewarded when my skills were not up to par. And what is wrong with that? What does that teach? I grew up knowing that in order to be rewarded for anything in life, you had to work hard, you had to show progress, and that often times there would be people who were far better at things than I. That is called character. That is called reality.
What is happening lately is that parents have decided that children are far too fragile to learn some of the most basic and necessary lessons in life. We have become a culture that celebrates mediocrity and provides children with a false sense of perfection. In essence we are creating what is rapidly becoming our own downfall. We are no longer raising individuals who were strong in character and possess the strong work ethic that once made this nation great. We are raising children who were becoming accustomed to everything being easy and to being rewarded for doing the minimal amount of work possible.
I have numerous trophies and medals that I won while participating in competitive sports. They are in my closet in a crate and serve as a reminder that if I work hard I can achieve great success. My daughter, who recently turned four, loves looking at them. One day she said to me, “Mommy, I want a trophy.” I responded, as most mothers would, by saying, “here, have one of mine.” Her response made me realize that my husband and I are doing a good job. She said, “No Mommy I want to win one of my own.”
This is the attitude that I wish to cultivate and this is the attitude that I wish more parents would pass down to their own children. This attitude. when combined with the understanding that winning isn’t everything, fosters a sense of pride and teaches children not only to be gracious winners but reflective losers as well. When we can teach children that hard work has its rewards and that no one wins all the time, then we can create children who work hard to accomplish their goals. In addition, helping children learn that they are better at some things then they are at others is a lesson that will give them confidence and strength to at least try.

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The future of the MCU currently hangs in the balance. With several of the franchise's big players scheduled to take their leave following Avengers 4, the rest of the landscape must be a worry for the likes of Kevin Feige.
Has the title for Avengers 4 just been revealed? Acclaimed cinematographer and Marvel Studios veteran Trent Opaloch may have accidentally let it slip.
With Marvel Studios officially moving forwards with Phase 4. Aside from Avengers 4, a new Guardians of the Galaxy, and a Black Widow movie, Marvel have big ideas for the upcoming Brie Larson-lead Captain Marvel movie.
With all eyes on Marvel following their record-breaking month courtesy of Infinity War, what does the studio have in store for us next? Kevin Feige drops a couple of hints.
Kevin Feige confirms that Captain Marvel will have a hand in reshaping the Marvel Cinematic Universe's past.


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The chapter introduces the fundamentals of solar pond technology as a thermal storage process. It includes a brief description of solar pond technology in the context of energy storage, history, fundamentals; a classification of the different ponds used for capture and storage of solar energy; the fundamentals of the salinity gradient solar pond, describing the research efforts over recent decades; the design, construction, and the establishment of the salinity gradient, operation, and control; and finally the heat extraction systems. A discussion of investment, construction, and operational cost is also presented together with a review of the different applications in which solar ponds have the potential to supply low-grade thermal energy
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While the government has reduced its numbers of planned deportations from about 300 to 200, many of them are still intended to be sent to Greece, Iraq, and Nigeria, including families and at least one man who uses a wheelchair.
Vísir reports that data from the Directorate of Immigration (ÚTL) shows that most of these people are originally from Iraq and Nigeria, and Greece is the intended destination for most of them. This includes two families that are intended to Greece, and Iraqi Sajjad Hussein, who uses a wheelchair.
As reported, the Icelandic Red Cross has issued a detailed report (.pdf) citing numerous sources that concludes, as has been done many times before, that deporting people to Greece, and children in particular, will send them to a life lived on the street with little to no access to housing, jobs or healthcare. They consider deportations to Greece to therefore be unlawful.
A report from November 2020, ‘Report on the Living Conditions of Beneficiaries of International Protection in Greece’, paints a damning picture of conditions in that country, stating in part: “A number of international and national courts have already held that the living conditions of asylum-seekers and recognised refugees alike in Greece are so dire that they are capable of amounting to ‘inhuman or degrading treatment’ under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 4 of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, or Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and therefore prevent the return of persons to the country in accordance with the principle of non-refoulement.”
Other deportation destinations for these people include Hungary–which regularly deports people to unsafe areas–Italy, Iraq and Nigeria. Many of these refugees have fled Nigeria and Iraq due to persecution and threats against their lives there, but ÚTL does not account for local discrepancies in safety; they judge both these countries as a whole to be “safe”.
Chapter 4 Article 36 of the Law on Foreigners, the second to last paragraph of this article says: “If the application of [the first paragraph of Article 36] would lead to a violation of Article 42, e.g. due to circumstances in the country to which the applicant is to be sent, the application shall be considered.” Article 42 expressly states: “According to this Act, it is not permitted to send a foreigner or a stateless person to an area where he has reason to fear persecution … or due to circumstances similar to those in the refugee concept, are in imminent danger of dying or being subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment.”
Has made a life in Iceland
The aforementioned Sajjad and his family have lived in Iceland for a year and a half. They have been diligently learning Icelandic, and have at last found a safe life for themselves in Iceland.
“I’ve been to many countries and have met a lot of people, but I’ve never met people like the Icelanders,” mother of the family Maysoon Al Saedi told reporters. “I consider the Icelandic nation the best in the world. That’s why I want to live here.”
Sajjad says that if he and his family are sent to Greece, they will, like most others who are deported to Greece, end up on the street with no access to school, work or housing.
Árni Múli Jónasson, the director of Iceland’s National Association of People with Intellectual Disabilities, told Vísir that he is appalled by the deportation plan for the family.
“We consider this utterly indefensible,” he said. “Everyone who has familiarised themselves with conditions in Greece knows they are terrifyingly difficult for refugees in general, with all kinds of discrimination and hindrances for disabled people in general there.”
Protests at Parliament
Protests were held in front of Parliament last Saturday wherein these refugees, their supporters, Amnesty International and others are calling upon the government to halt all of these deportations altogether. One of the organisers, human rights activist Sema Erla Serdar, told reporters: “There is past precedent for individual cases to be taken into special consideration. The only thing that is needed to reverse this decision is the political will, which unfortunately does not appear to be present.”
Indeed, the government is divided on the matter of these deportations. Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir of the Left-Greens told Vísir that while her policy on refugees in Iceland is clear, the government is comprised of three parties: her own, the Progressive Party and the Independence Party, to which Minister of Justice Jón Gunnarsson belongs, and he has staunchly defended these deportation plans.
When or if they will be carried out remains to be seen.
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What Is It?
Party, party and party some more at the annual Colour in Soweto festival. This music extravaganza brings you an authentic party that celebrates South Africa’s rich cultural diversity. This festival will feature a local entertainment lineup that brings everything from House, Hip-Hop and Kwaito music… it’s sure to keep you hoppin’ and boppin’ all day long.
Where Is It?
Walter Sisulu Square Kliptown, Soweto, Gauteng
When Is It?
Saturday, 26 November 2016 at 12:00 – Sunday, 27 November 2016
How Much Is It?
Tickets are R100 per person and are available online
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Aengus Hackett is a musician, composer and educator from Galway, Ireland.
He performs and writes in many diverse genres of music, such as jazz, electronica, folk and post-rock.
A seasoned performer, Aengus brings a wealth of musical experience to his work as an educator and as a facilitator in the area of arts and disability.
” Guitarist/composer/teacher Aengus Hackett is fast becoming a pivotal figure of the
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“ Aengus Hackett proved himself an ingenious accompanist as he weaved his licks through the complex guitar chords. When he moved into his solo his octave-licks were sharp, clear, like a featherweight’s knuckles.
…Berrill and Hackett skated tenor sax and guitar licks atop their surface. They seemed to be darting at one another rather than weaving themselves about each other, like two snakes squaring up for a battle. It was tense, different music, that turned the familiarity of Porter’s songbook into an unexplored sonic lexicon. At their best this quartet was thrilling.
…There were flashes of fire. As on “I Love You,” where he (Hackett) closed his solo with a chord run up the neck that shone like a seam of platinum. “
All About Jazz (James Fleming) 2019
“ The Salthouse gigs on the Saturday and Sunday of (Galway Jazz Festival) GJF ’16 were curated by guitarist Aengus Hackett, whose beautifully articulated solo on Miles Davis’ “All Blues” set the tone for the session. Ballads, blues, swing and Broadway hits from yesteryear—Cole Porter’s “Love for Sale” being a highlight—were played with an emotional nuance…“
All About Jazz (Ian Patterson) 2016
Aengus Hackett has been surrounded by music since the day he was born. Playing guitar from an early age, he grew up on an eclectic diet of folk, rock, punk and metal. Upon discovering jazz, Aengus was instantly hooked.
In 2009, Aengus won a grant from the Arts Councils of Ireland and N. Ireland to attend the renowned Skidmore Jazz Institute in New York. During his time in the US, he studied with the likes of guitarist Wayne Krantz, Curtis Fuller, Pat LaBarbera and Grammy-winner Bobby Shew.
Taking his passion to the next level, Aengus spent five years in the Netherlands studying jazz.
After studying with world-class jazz performers such as Jesse van Ruller, Martijn van Iterson, Freddie Bryant and Alex Sipiagin, in 2013 Aengus became a graduate of the prestigious Conservatory of Amsterdam. During his time in the Netherlands, he crossed paths with many wonderful musicians, and the path was paved for two international projects:
The experimental jazz / folk / rock trio DINOSAUR completed their first tour of Ireland in 2014, culminating in a performance at the National Concert Hall of Ireland. Their debut album was released in 2017.
Aengus embarked on a successful tour of Ireland in 2015 with his exciting ‘Irish-Turkish Project‘, featuring world-class vocalist Sanem Kalfa. For this project, The Arts Council of Ireland awarded Aengus with a Touring Award. The tour received national press coverage, appearing in publications such as Hot Press Magazine, the Irish Independent and the Irish Times, and on radio stations such as RTE Radio 1 and Lyric FM.
As a member of the Galway Jazz Festival team, Aengus was heavily involved in the planning and coordination of each festival programme since 2010. This included curating and performing on the ‘Salthouse Sessions’, which has featured the cream of Ireland’s jazz musicians such as Mike Nielsen, Tommy Halferty, Conor Guilfoyle, Bill Blackmore and Damian Evans.
A passionate educator, Aengus has over fifteen years experience as a guitar teacher.
Since returning to live in Ireland in 2013, Aengus has kept busy with creative projects, such releasing an album with experimental post-rock group Zinc.
Aengus has collaborated with fellow Zinc bandmate Andrew Madec on two projects supported by That’s Life, the award-winning arts programme of the Brothers of Charity Services Galway.
In Flow is an exciting project combining Indonesian Gamelan, improvisation, electronics and visuals. For this, Aengus was awarded the Arts Participation Bursary Award 2017 by Arts Council Ireland. This enabled him to explore and develop improvisation as a tool to make music on the gamelan with a group of adults with ID. This was subsequently developed into a show called ‘In Flow‘, which premiered at the Galway Jazz Festival 2019. Aengus also heavily contributed to a documentary about the project, which is slated for release in 2020.
Electric Dreams is a diverse band which walks the line between synth pop and indie in their sound, and come with a message of inclusion and community.
Most recently Aengus has curated and performed on JAZZGate, a weekly residency at the Black Gate Cultural Centre Galway. The series pays tribute to the music of the greatest jazz legends. A different artist is featured each week, and the lineups include some of Ireland’s top jazz musicians.
Another side of Aengus’ musical persona is that of Penji, his alias as an electronic music producer. Penji’s debut EP was released to much acclaim in May 2020.
In November 2020, Aengus released a series of compositions for guitar & electronics, entitled ‘Shimmer’. Supported by the Arts Council, for these works Aengus used improvisation as a compositional process.


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Pokemon Go fans have already cracked the code on how to guarantee their Eevee evolves into a Sylveon. Pokemon Go players are eagerly anticipating the arrival of Sylveon, the final Eevee evolution yet to be added to the game. Because of Sylveon's appearance on the current loading screen, most players expect that the Pokemon will arrive in the near future, likely in conjunction with the game's upcoming Friendship Day event later in April. While Sylveon isn't live yet, players have already discovered how to guarantee to make an Eevee evolve into Sylveon. When players name their Eevee "Kira," Sylveon's silhouette will appear on the Evolve button. While trying to evolve a Kira-nicknamed Eevee currently results in an error, it seems likely that this is the newest "nickname" trick needed to guarantee that you have at least one Sylveon in your collection.
The Eevee nickname trick is one of Pokemon Go's oldest easter eggs. While evolving Eevee usually results in either a random result or requires some additional requirement, the developers added a way to guarantee that your Eevee will evolve into a certain evolved form exactly one time. When players nickname an Eevee a certain way, they can bypass the usual evolution requirements and automatically evolve Eevee into whichever form they choose. However, each nickname can only be used one time.
All of the nicknames come from either the Pokemon anime or from the games. In Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon and the enhanced versions Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon, Kira is one of nine special Eevee trainers that players can battle after they become Champion of the Alola region. Kira is the Sylveon user of the group. Once players defeat Kira and the other Eevee users, they can receive the Eevium Z Z-Crystal that unlocks Eevee's Z-Move.
The other Eevee nicknames are as follows:
- Vaporeon: Rainer
- Jolteon: Sparky
- Flareon: Pyro
- Espeon: Sakura
- Umbreon: Tamao
- Leafeon: Linnea
- Glaceon: Rea

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Natural star Nani who has scored double hat trick with as of last released film Nenu Local staring Nani and Keerthy Suresh is produced by Dil Raju and directed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina is currently busy in the shoot of forthcoming untitled film under the direction of Siva Nirvana. The producers will reveal the title and first look poster of the movie on tomorrow.
This affirmation is given by the performing artist himself as he tweeted, “My 19 Title and First look tomorrow! LetsWelcomeLife July2017 U will love this one .
At present the movie is progressing in United States and Nani is romancing with Gentleman on-screen character Niveda Thomas. Aadi Pinisetty is playing opponent and will be seen locking horns with Nani.
The film has additionally stars like Tanikella Bharani, Bhupal Raj, Murali Sharma, Prudhvi, Rajasree Nayar and Neetu in supporting characters. It is being bankrolled by DVV Danayya under the banner of DVV Entertainments and the music is scored by Gopi Sundar.


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Dr. Truong served as Chief Resident at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Lutheran General Hospital, Mercy Medical Center, and St. Francis Hospital. During his surgical training, Dr. Truong received numerous awards and was published for his research work in skin regeneration and artificial skin.
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Am I a good candidate for a mini tummy tuck?
Do you have loose abdominal skin?
A good candidate for a mini tummy tuck has loose, sagging skin primarily below the belly button. For example, women who have a relatively slim abdomen but have a small pouch above their C-section scars are common candidates for a mini tummy tuck. Good candidates will be at a stable weight, have good skin tone and elasticity and only need a small amount of stomach skin removed.
What’s the difference between a tummy tuck and a mini tummy tuck?
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Can I include other procedures with my mini tummy tuck?
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1-2 weeks of downtime
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Any surgery will result in scars, but a mini tummy tuck typically leaves behind a smaller scar than a traditional tummy tuck. Dr. Truong makes every effort to discretely conceal the scar so that it will be hidden by most underwear and bathing suits. Most mini tummy tuck recipients feel that the benefits of the procedure far outweigh the resulting scar.
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The majority of your swelling and bruising will resolve within several weeks following your surgery. Although each person heals at a different rate and individuals who have a combination of procedures may require more time for recovery, final mini tummy tuck results are typically visible by 3 to 6 months after surgery.
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The price of a mini tummy tuck is a little less than full abdominoplasty. Results and experience should be what you decide on, not price (because it only varies a little from surgeon to surgeon).
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Both drivers in a 2-vehicle crash in Auburn Hills on Monday have died from injuries.
Killed were a 43-year-old Pontiac man and a 69-year-old Bloomfield Hills woman. There were no other occupants in their vehicles.
Auburn Hills police report that a preliminary investigation indicates the Pontiac man was traveling south on Opdyke Road in a red 2009 Dodge Journey when he crossed the centerline at about 10:15 a.m. and struck a blue 2013 Chrysler Town and Country, driven by the Bloomfield Hills woman who was headed north.
The Pontiac man was initially taken to McLaren Hospital in Pontiac, then transferred to Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak where he died. The Bloomfield Hills woman died at McLaren Hospital in Pontiac
The Southeast Oakland County Crash Investigation Team continues to investigate the crash. Anyone who may have witnessed it is asked to call the Auburn Hills Police Department at (248) 370-9444.

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Join us on March 25th at the Beatnik Lounge when Kung Fu Records recording artists "The Biffers"
pay us a visit during their current North American tour. They will be joined by 29 Palms powerhouse Atala.
Hailing from Livorno on the west coast of Tuscany, The Biffers first became active in 2009, creating a classic punk rock sound inspired by the California scene of the late '80s, while also drawing from influences of R&B and British indie rock. They came to the attention of Kung Fu Records when Vandals bassist and label owner Joe Escalante took notice of one of their infectious jams posted directly to the Kung Fu Records Facebook page.
Their current album “Vice” was released released on April 15th, 2016, through Inconsapevole Records on CD, and digitally through Kung Fu Records.
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“Shut up,” I told him. “Just tell me. It’s not as if I’m going to tell anyone, am I? And what’s a Listener?”
“If you’d shut up for a minute, I’d tell you.” He grinned at me. “Make yourself comfortable – it might take a while to explain.
“Well, you know there’s a tune that not everyone could hear. It’s not always Drowsy Maggie. In answer to one of your many questions, I don’t know why it is today. Perhaps it’s just a ‘Drowsy Maggie’ kind of day?” I looked at him sternly and he coughed, trying to keep his face serious. “There’s a different tune every day. Not everyone can hear them. In fact, the only humans that can are Listeners. They’re quite rare, and you have to be born one to be able to hear it. It’s not something you can learn.”
“Humans?” I interrupted. “You mean – other species can hear it? Like – aliens or something?”
“Or animals,” pointed out Sean with a smile, and I felt foolish. Of course he meant animals. Aliens. I laughed at myself inside my head. “But yes, aliens too.” Okay, so maybe I wasn’t being so stupid. “And faeries, while we’re on the subject. Anyone who’s hung around with faeries for long enough, to be honest. Their powers sort of rub off on you.”
“That’s what you are, isn’t it? You’re a human who’s spent their life with the faeries?” My voice was little more than a whisper.
“A changeling, actually, to tell you the truth. Which is not what I was planning to do. But I don’t think I can hide it from you. You’re too perceptive for anyone to keep anything from you for long.”
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Cattle on feed numbers influenced by variety of factors
“U.S. cattle on feed down three percent,” states the latest National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Cattle on Feed Report released March 19.
According to the report, feedlot placement is also down one percent from a year ago, while southern states including Texas and Arizona are closer to 15-20 percent lower. Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota are all showing higher numbers on feed from a year ago.
“The shrinking raw supply of cattle, combined with more expensive grain and transportation costs, tends to draw feeding north and east towards corn,” explains JBS spokesperson Chandler Keys. “The downturn to that are the really bad winters in eastern Nebraska, southeast South Dakota and western Iowa that push back against those benefits. It’s a balancing act that has been happening for the last 30 years.”
Director of the Livestock Marketing Information Center in Denver, Colo., Jim Robb also feels the reduction in numbers is an indicator of the overall drop in herd numbers seen across the country.
“The long-term trend in the industry of smaller calf crops and breeding herds is starting to show up in placement and cattle on feed numbers and that is a key aspect. It’s not a surprise to see the numbers down,” says Robb.
“The cowherd is shrinking in the U.S. Then you throw in new uses for corn through ethanol and it pushes the base point on corn higher and makes it more expensive the farther you are from the Corn Belt,” adds Keys.
“Cost of gain in Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota is lower because those areas have access to by-product feeds and high moisture, low test-weight corn that isn’t shipped to the southern plains. This is a trend in recent months based on the economics of feed availability and cost of gain,” explains Robb.
Robb adds that winter weather in some feeding parts of the U.S. was the worst it’s been in 15 years, and the performance impacts are noticeable.
Adam Kluck works with feedlots in Torrington, Colorado, Nebraska and Texas and says the quality of feeding conditions is substantially worse than in recent years.
“Some guys in Nebraska have had a terrible time getting cattle to the plant and that has resulted in the plant having to reschedule kills because they can’t get cattle in. Highway 30 was closed eight days this winter and it’s a main line to Cargill and Excel. They just shut it down, and that never happens,” explains Kluck.
“It has been an interesting winter. We only had one or two weather-related days in Colorado, but the hard Midwest winter in combination with the moisture they received has caused a lot of problems in places like Nebraska. It’s been a tradeoff for decades in the cattle and feeding industry; the closer you are to Nebraska and Iowa the more access you have to corn. Three-quarters of the year it’s great, but if you get heavy rains, freezing and thawing like this year it can hurt cattle performance,” adds Keys.
“Winter weather has a major impact on cattle prices today. At these price levels people are retaining ownership and feeding cattle. Futures are being offered at some of the highest prices on record and should be taken advantage of,” says Robb.
He adds that unless there is a big up-sweep in demand from exports and U.S. consumers, the fed cattle market will erode this summer.
“During a recession people eat the cheapest form of protein they can. We’ve shortened up the protein supply everywhere. Beef, hog and poultry production is all down. As the amount of supply decreases, demand starts growing. Now we are starting to climb out of this recession and that results in higher cattle prices,” explains Keys.
“You try to increase the efficiency in your plants and that is where your profitability will come from; driving down cost per head to process and implementing more technology within plants,” adds Keys.
JBS is also being very aggressive on the futures market and increasing its percentage of exports.
“Our challenge is to take an 800-pound carcass that the American public wants to eat about a quarter of on a regular basis and find a way to market the other three-quarters. We see that as an opportunity to market it overseas and have dramatically increased our percentage of sales into exports,” says Keys.
Kluck adds the futures market is typically cyclical and something that should be utilized by producers.
“We haven’t seen anything like this happen before. It started a couple years ago when oil went crazy and corn and fuel followed. Everyone is on a rollercoaster and it hasn’t stabilized yet and probably won’t for a while. Our nation is up in the air and I don’t think there is a stabilizer out there. Hopefully there isn’t a shortfall.
“We need as many producers participating in the futures market as we can get. There are independent investors that want to invest in agriculture because they see it as a constant. This nation has to keep eating and they feel this is where it’s going to be. I have strong feelings about that and believe people should stay out if they aren’t utilizing the product,” says Kluck.
“If you are dealing with ready animals it is especially prudent to run a short pencil right now,” comments Robb.
Kluck adds, “Things have changed a lot in recent years for everyone due to the economy and what’s happening in this nation. Right now the trends I’m hearing are that ranchers feel things are going to continue to get stronger. That mentality may make it harder to get cattle. But it really just depends on what you want to pay. If the market gets high enough everyone will sell. It’s also dependant on the feeders’ relationship with the buyers and producers.”
Heather Hamilton is editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org

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Masterly handmade in Italy by the Bianchi Reparto Corse – the Bianchi racing division - the Bianchi Specialissima has been a top class model line since its first introduction in the late 1950s. Through the decades it has appealed to thousands of enthusiasts around the globe and has become with its famous an icon of the finest and purest racing tradition and Italian bike manufacturing.
This Bianchi Specialissima – Serial No. 4.8.423 – dates back to 1978 and displays a typical "Bianchi celeste" paintwork.
Highlighted by Campagnolo Super Record parts, the frame does not only ride like a sportster, it looks its part, too.
The Bianchi Specialissima has been checked in our workshop to make sure that it is riding like new after more than 40 years.
If you are looking for a classy vintage bicycle, this Bianchi is a great choice. Of course, approved to take part in Eroica events worldwide.
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Many Aspects of My Life
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The topic of values is broad, abstract, and subjective. These qualities make values difficult to ascribe to individuals or groups in a concise way. Values, like most worthwhile things in life, demand reflection and ongoing thoughtful consideration as one learns and grows. Whether defining a person’s own system of beliefs or working on a mission statement for a global entity, values are central to identity and are often reflected in our professional endeavors. Values are critical in social work, a profession built around helping and impacting others at many levels of society.
I have identified the instrumental values of being honest and forgiving and the terminal value of wisdom as my core values, central in the picture of my life and driving my actions. Honesty was highly valued in my home growing up and I would describe my father as honest to a fault. His truthfulness could (and still can) border on harshness, but it was never his intention to be unkind. He just cannot live with himself even telling a fib to protect someone’s feelings. This stringency to always be honest really became indelible on me and I, too, could be classified as honest to a fault. Any type of dishonesty, even something seemingly inconsequential, makes me so uncomfortable that I cannot rest until I clear the air. This leads into my second core value: forgiving. Righting a wrong and receiving forgiveness is essential to me in order to move on from a problem, but I have learned that there is nothing more healing than showing forgiveness when someone wrongs you. I find this to be especially true when the person in the wrong does not want to apologize or admit to their mistakes. Forgiving my husband when he does something that hurts my feelings is just as vital for my own emotional health as it is for his and I have found that the more I forgive, rather than holding on to feelings of anger or resentment, the happier I am. I grew up in a Christian family and my faith is still very important to me. Forgiveness, particularly forgiveness given freely and without judgement, is a key tenet of Christianity and this has greatly impacted my life.
The terminal value of wisdom is what I would describe as being my evolving value – I am currently honest and forgiving, but I am continually gaining wisdom along the way. When I was in college, a dear family friend quoted Miles Kington to me: “Knowledge consists of knowing that a tomato is a fruit, and wisdom consists of not putting it in a fruit salad.” (Kington, 2003). CITATION HERE. This funny and concise way of explaining the rather enigmatic concept of wisdom has stuck with me over the years. I learned that wisdom is the result of putting knowledge to good work and that experiences can lend themselves to wisdom in a completely different way than just learning facts.
Like many aspects of my life, my values have evolved and changed some over time. When I was younger, I placed a very high premium on knowledge. Being considered intelligent by my peers was very important to me and I gathered facts and information to become more knowledgeable. I still consider knowledge to be important, but this value has been usurped by wisdom in my core values. Hand in hand with knowledge came the need for a sense of accomplishment. I wanted a list of achievements to back up my intellect to validate that I am ‘smart.’ I have learned that for my own fulfillment it is more important to work on improving myself as a citizen of the world than to be considered accomplished by others. I stand behind my core values knowing that my actions are guided by principles that make me proud.

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Public Defender Meets with UK Ambassador
On June 9, 2021, Nino Lomjaria, Public Defender of Georgia, met with Mark Clayton, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to Georgia.
The Public Defender briefed the Ambassador on the activities and key priorities of the Public Defender’s Office, rights situation of minorities and other vulnerable groups, and the Public Defender’s efforts to establish a tolerant environment in the country. The Public Defender also reviewed the human rights situation in the country, including the recently intensified attacks against her and the threats posed by the strengthening of far-right groups.
The conversation also touched upon the importance of the continuation of deinstitutionalization of large childcare facilities and the measures to be taken to create proper and decent living conditions for juveniles removed from orphanages.
Another topic of discussion was Public Defender’s cooperation with the Parliament of Georgia and state agencies.
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom showed respect for the activities of the Public Defender and her Office in the field of human rights and expressed a desire to deepen cooperation.


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Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) has given importers of products from China and United Arab Emirates up to December to clear issues related to tax compliance or face punitive measures.
This was announced yesterday at a consultative meeting between RRA and the importers in Kigali.
Raphael Tugirumuremyi, the Commissioner for customs services at RRA, said: “Tax documents sometimes do not match in a way that we have no clue about. Those who have such issues should fix them and contact us whenever they have a challenges or anything that is not clear about the [compliance] process.”
He said a team was on standby to help whoever needed assistance.
“Those who have inconsistent documents should fix all the issues not later than December or be fined,” he warned.
In August, a team of RRA officials conducted an assessment both in China and Dubai (UAE), to try and find out where it all goes wrong from the supplier to the destined importer.
It is reported that 12 per cent of importers were classified at medium and high risk situation in terms of compliance due to getting involved in tax mis-description, undervaluation and non-compliance.
Tugirumuremyi said importers have full responsibility to ensure the process is clear in order to avoid risks of paying higher taxes or being considered a non-compliant over inconsistent documents.
“There is a blame-game among suppliers, freight forwarders and importers over the errors on compliance documents. But the importer should be responsible for compliance because nothing can be done during the process without their approval,” he said.
According to RRA, in 2016, 1,197 out of 9,368 individual importers were non-compliant. Up to 796 of the non-compliant importers were classified as high risk while the remaining 401 were considered medium risk.
Meanwhile, the revenue body also highlighted 387 high risk importing companies as well as 252 medium importing companies, while tiles, woven fabrics as well as vehicles and accessories were identified as commodities that are at high risk importation in terms of tax compliance.
Gad Munyentwari, the RRA deputy commissioner for risk management, called for cooperation between tax administrators and business operators on tax compliance on imports, warning that legal action might be taken once they fail to.
“Penalties should be the last resort as long as importers are willing to cooperate and fix issues of compliance. Dialogue is a better way to address those issues. However, those who intentionally fail to comply will be held accountable and the law will take its course,” he said.
Lambert Ruvuzacyuma, one of the importers, said: “I think everyone knows the importance of taxes. We should not see RRA as an enemy to our business development but a regulator. We should be partners to the country’s economic progress,” he said.
Taxes from imports and exports currently contribute 30 per cent of total tax revenue.