New Delhi (NVI): Asserting that it is the responsibility of the government to give full support to the enterprises of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that at the same time, “the Government has no business to be in business”.
“…the responsibility of the government to give full support to the enterprises of the country but at the same time, the Government has no business to be in business,” PM said while addressing a webinar on effective implementation of Budget provisions regarding disinvestment and asset monetization.
During his address, PM Modi batted for the privatisation of state-run companies while inviting the private sector for investments in India’s asset monetisation plans.
“The government has many underutilised assets and those would be monetised to garner Rs 2.5 lakh crore,” he said.
He said that the focus of the Government should be on the welfare of the people and on the development related projects, adding that the Government works with several limitations and hence it is not easy to take commercial decisions.
He said that the effort of our government is to improve the standard of living of the people, besides reducing the government’s unnecessary interference in the lives of the people.
He added that there should be no lack of government or influence of government in life. “There are a lot of underutilised and unutilized assets in the country and the National Asset Monetisation Pipeline was announced with this in mind,” he said, adding that the Government is going ahead with the mantra of ‘Monetise & Modernise’ and when the Govt monetises, that space is filled by the private sector of the country. He added that the private sector brings investment and best global practices with them.
Apart from that, the PM said that this year’s budget has put forward a clear roadmap to take India back to the high growth trajectory. He added that the budget also focuses on the strong contribution of the private sector in India’s development.
The PM also stressed on the importance of Disinvestment and Asset Monetization. He said the time and needs of the country when the public sector enterprises were started were different from today, adding that the biggest goal of these reforms is to properly utilize the public money.
“Many Public sector enterprises are loss making and are supported by taxpayers’ money and due to this the economy is also burdened. Public sector enterprises need not be kept running just because they’ve been running for so many years,” he said.
The PM said that the Government is going ahead with the mantra of ‘Monetise & Modernise’ and when the Govt monetises, that space is filled by the private sector of the country. He added that the private sector brings investment and best global practices with them.


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Amelia Earhart, born on July 24th, 1987 in Atchison Kansas, was the first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic ocean. On July 2nd in 1987, she mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean. Earhart was more than the first woman pioneer.
Amelia changed the way the world viewed women at the time. She showed potential by breaking the social norms society had towards women.

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How to Learn More about Pet Insurance Providers for Your Clients
Pet insurance is growing in popularity. More people are asking about it. And in tough economic times, more pet parents need it to be able to afford quality veterinary care. But what’s right for your clients?
Here are 5 questions to ask any pet insurance provider to help you learn about the best fit for your practice’s clients. If you’d like to learn more, contact our Veterinary Services Department today at 1-877-738-2677!
How much does the plan cost?
A pet insurance plan needs to give clients the right amount of coverage—and be affordable for their budget. Our entry level accident and illness plan on average costs more than 30% less than similar plans offered by other providers, and 65% less than the most expensive of these plans.+ If you hear promises of really high payouts elsewhere, look closely at the cost of the plan. Will clients need to raise their deductible a significant amount just to afford it? Even with our lower premiums, only about 0.5% of our customers even hit their plan’s incident limit.++
What will affect your clients’ reimbursements?
ASPCA Pet Health Insurance plans reimburse 90% of eligible charges from the actual veterinary bill. Our reimbursements aren’t limited by a benefit schedule, which pays a fixed amount per diagnosis regardless of the treatments pets need. We also don’t exclude veterinarians’ exam fees. Since more than 60% of claims include this fee, this can have a big impact on clients’ payouts.+++ Finally, we don’t require a per incident deductible that would reduce the reimbursement for every single injury or illness. We have a low $100 annual deductible that only needs to be meet once per plan year, no matter how many incidents occur.
Is wellness coverage available?
Wellness care is an important way to keep clients in touch with your practice and help pets live a long and happy life. That’s why we have two options for wellness care clients can add to any plan. For little additional cost, pet parents can cover their pets for annual exams, spay/neuter, many vaccines and tests, an annual dental cleaning and flea and heartworm medication.
What do you, the veterinarian, have to do?
We know your first priority is your patients—not insurance paperwork. At times we may request medical records to help process a claim, but we do not ask you to sign or fill out a portion of our claim form. Our customers also can file claims as soon as they’ve been billed—at any point in the treatment process
How much experience does the company have?
Hartville Pet Insurance Group, one of the oldest and largest pet insurance providers in the US, provides ASPCA Pet Health Insurance. We have the experience and resources necessary to take great care of your clients and their pets. Plus, we’re the ASPCA®’s only strategic partner for pet insurance, and we have an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau (2014).
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Emma looked around at the supermarket carpark, and the orange sky, and greenish lights, and at all the passing shoppers, hurrying home, ignoring her and Izzy as they walked past.
“I’m sorry too,” she said after a moment. “I’m really sorry.”
“I am. I shouldn’t have encouraged you.”
“You didn’t,” Izzy said. “And it doesn’t matter if you did. I shouldn’t have kissed you. Not without making sure.”

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A friend of mine makes this dessert, I remodeled a bit to make it a little bit healthier and voilá! It. Is. To. Die. For. It is super simple to make and perfect for your Saturday night treat! I serve… Continue Reading
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In Sweden we call Wednesdays a smaller version of Saturday. And why not spread the fun right? So here’s a Little Saturday Low Carb and Gluten Free Cake to celebrate the fun!
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This is my column, which ran Tuesday July 10 in the Monitor. By coincidence (or, rather, because multiple reporters get story ideas from obvious phenomena like a wicked bad heat wave) a couple of major outlets ran similar analysis later in the week, including Inside Climate News and the New York Times. But I’m the only one who focused on New Hampshire! … Also, a reader pointed me to Penn State research that says jet contrails (no, not “chemtrails”) affect nighttime temperature more than daytime, which is kind of weird..
Perhaps you noticed that it got really hot last week. What I noticed is that it never got cool.
That sounds like a distinction without a difference, but it’s important, both for what it does to our health and as a reflection of how the changing climate alters things in complex ways.
Computer models have long predicted that increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will raise nighttime temperatures more than it raises daytime temperatures. That seems weird to me, but Mary Stampone, a UNH professor of geography who is the New Hampshire state climatologist, says the data supports it.
“Twenty years ago, when they were starting to pick out the different trends, different variables other than just global average, one of the projections is that the colder temperature are going to increase at a faster rate than the warmer ones … and nighttime temperatures increase at a faster rate than daytime. We’re seeing that happen,” she said.
There were plenty of anecdotes about this effect during the recent heat wave: Mount Washington Observatory tied its warmest-ever nighttime, bottoming out at 61 degrees on July 2, while Burlington, Vt., broke its warmest-night record that same night when the temperature never fell below 80. Most eye-popping of all, the city of Quriyat in Oman broke the world record for “highest low temperature” – it never got below 109 degrees on June 28. Yes, 109.
Stampone found that the number of really hot days per year – the number of 24-hour periods that had a maximum temperature above 90 degrees – didn’t change during this period. The annual average increased by about one day per year, which is not statistically significant.
On the other hand, the number of not-cool nights per year – those where the minimum temperature never fell to 60 degrees or less – did change. On average, the number of nights that don’t get below 60 degrees over the course of the year has increased by 9 over the period of record.
In case you’re wondering, Concord airport didn’t get down to 60 degrees for a single night during the heat wave. The minimum overnight temperature was at least 61 from June 27 through last Friday.
Stampone also looked at maximum and minimum temperatures each day over the 77-year period during the three months that meteorologists consider to be summer: June, July and August.
“There is no trend in maximum daily temperature from 1940 to 2017, but minimum temperatures have increased by 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit,” she said. “That is a pretty stark difference.”
What causes this difference? It seems to be at least partly based on behavior of the atmospheric boundary layer, the air that is most changed by reflected heat from the ground.
The boundary layer shrinks at night as temperatures fall, going from kilometers high during the day to a few hundred meters at night.
Greenhouse gases are warming the planet by preventing the escape of heat, which doesn’t change much from daytime to nighttime.
Because the volume of atmospheric gases is much smaller at night, this greenhouse gas effect has more effect per volume than it does during the day. It’s sort of like the way a given amount of stovetop heat will raise the water temperature more when the pot is half-full than when it’s completely full.
This is also part of the reason colder areas, especially polar regions, are being hurt more by the changing climate, although many other factors are probably more important, such as patterns of global movement of the atmosphere and ocean currents.
It is possible to find some positives to this night-versus-day discrepancy. For example, it alleviates some of the strain that increased heat puts on the electric grid, because at night the power load goes down so there’s more capacity to run extra air conditioning.
But there are more negatives. People can handle a surprising amount of heat as long as some is released overnight, so reducing our nighttime cooling can have serious health consequences. It hurts the environment for the same reason.
And here’s something else to remember: We’re continuing to change. It’s not like we’ve gone to a new pattern of warm and cool and will stay there – if current trends in pollution and land use continue, in a decade we’ll look back on the summer of 2018 and wish we could be that comfortable again. Keep that in mind next time your bedroom is too hot to sleep in.

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Training for the 2018 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series finale got underway on Friday afternoon, as the world's best male and female cliff divers warmed up from the platforms perched high above the Adriatic Ocean in Polignano a Mare, Italy.
Enjoy all the best photos from training day in the gallery above.
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Four Melbourne Storm listed players will line-up for the Queensland Residents this Sunday when they face the New South Wales Residents in the annual state league fixture.
Testament to Melbourne's depth at feeder level, Scott Drinkwater, Billy Walters, Patrick Kaufusi and Lachlan Timm have all been selected after strong first half's of the year in the Intrust Super Cup.
The Sunshine Coast Falcons currently sit seventh on the Intrust Super Cup ladder while Easts Tigers are placed 10th, just one win outside the top eight.
1. Scott Drinkwater (Easts Tigers)
2. Jonus Pearson (Redcliffe Dolphins)
3. Marion Seve (Souths Logan Magpies)
4. Gehamat Shibasaki (Norths Devils)
5. Kalifa Faifai-Loa (Townsville Districts Blackhawks)
6. Billy Walters (Easts Tigers)
7. Jamal Fogarty (Burleigh Bears)
8. Nathaniel Neale (Ipswich Jets)
9. Patrick Politoni (Burleigh Bears)
10. Sam Anderson (Redcliffe Dolphins)
11. Patrick Kaufusi (Easts Tigers)
12. Blake Leary (Burleigh Bears)
13. Patrick Mago (Souths Logan Magpies)
14. Mitchell Cronin (Wynnum Manly Seagulls)
15. Patrick Carrigan (Wynnum Manly Seagulls)
16. Lachlan Timm (Sunshine Coast Falcons)
17. William Bugden (Northern Pride)
18. Jake Clifford (Northern Pride)
Coach: Jon Buchanan

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Our foundation started as a school project in second year of the study marketing of the Hogeschool Rotterdam in Rotterdam. We discovered the need of social initiatives. As soon as our concept started, it happened to be one of the greatest ideas in fighting loneliness. Because of the cuttings on elderly health care, there is getting a huge gap in activities elderly people can do.
Oma's Pop-up started in september 2015 as foundation with three main goals: fighting loneliness, preventing loneliness and getting attention for it all.
A real social entrepreneur and marketing expert. Visit iammark.nl for more information.

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Soon enough milfs looking for younger men romantic days celebration, online dating sites solution complement circulated its 7th annual Singles in the usa research, the greatest and the majority of comprehensive learn of their kind.
This present year’s focus was a little distinctive from previous researches, exploring new matchmaking traditions, moving gender functions, additionally the influence social networking has had regarding the online dating society.
Very first, because of cellular apps plus the availability of online dating sites, very nearly one out of six singles (15per cent) of these surveyed by complement think dependent on the procedure of interested in a romantic date. Millennials are 125percent very likely to state they think hooked on dating than more mature years. And guys are 97percent more prone to feel hooked on online dating than women â although a lot more ladies believe much more burned-out by the process (54per cent).
Another interesting trend could be the effect of feminism on internet dating tradition, shown by changing perceptions of both men and women, although some males inside learn (43%) mentioned feminism implies “some various things.” Irrespective, 59percent of unmarried guys genuinely believe that feminism “has altered the matchmaking rules your better,” saying that matchmaking has grown to be much safer (55%), more enjoyable (54%), and easier (49percent). Single females believe that an upswing of sex equality has already established a positive influence, as well. Sixty-three percent advertised it offers “made me personally pickier about possible times,” and 57per cent stated it “makes me think a lot more energized in my own dating life.”
Interestingly, electronic manners will always be a priority with many singles. Seventy-five per cent of these surveyed said they’re turned off if their particular dates answer their own phones while they are together. Sixty-six percent wouldn’t like one to content on a date sometimes, so it might be smart to keep the phone in your own handbag or wallet.
The behavior on social media is important with other daters, too. Fifty-eight per cent of singles are switched off by whoever complains on Facebook, and 50per cent tend to be switched off by those people who are also active on social media.
Politics appears to perform a much bigger role than ever in appeal and decision-making, especially in light with this past election year. Of these interviewed, 44percent disliked people who voted for Trump, and 42per cent disliked those who didn’t choose within the Presidential election.
And what about The united states’s ambivalence regarding brand-new connections? Since it ends up, singles from inside the complement study are not contemplating simply starting up, with Millennials becoming 30% more likely than any other generation to want to find a relationship in 2017. Plus, these are generally making use of technologies to do it. Millennials are 75% more inclined than Boomers having dated some body on the internet, and 57percent more likely than those of different years getting developed a profile on a dating software.
“annually our very own Singles in the usa information discloses developing fashions as to how singles are connecting,” claims Mandy Ginsberg, CEO of Match cluster the united states. “one in 2 single men and women have created a dating profile on an app. Definitely a massive shift from seven in years past, which plainly indicates the stigma of internet dating is officially lifeless. However 55% of singles say technologies made online dating harder, which makes data along these lines crucial to much better see the modern unmarried and exactly how we could bring more individuals together within the real-world.”
Match interviewed above 5,500 singles in 2016, ages 18 to 70 and above.


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So this was a LOT OF FUN!...Using Grant Woods as my artist inspiration (in that he just layers one hill on top of another with bright color) I started at the top with Mt. Evans...
I'm not finished with this long skinny layout...I have a Nebraska landscape in mind...and I'm sure another Colorado one to boot!


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The aim of this study is to establish whether elder abuse is an issue of concern for the African community in rural New South Wales. A teaching case methodology is used to explore the phenomenon. This methodology has been identified as an appropriate method to use when there islimited data available. Using two teaching cases, we demonstrate how the breakdown in cultural practices could leave the elderly at risk of abuse. We also demonstrate that this problem is often hidden from the general community. Lack of English language and isolation increases the vulnerability of the elderly. Cultural practices and norms in the culture of origin provided the basis for protection and support for the elderly. Urbanization and migration lessens the protection and support provided by cultural practices and norms as these breakdown and this places the elderly at greater risk. This article highlights the importance ofunderstanding cultures in transition and of upholding the human rights of vulnerable groups. The article recommends more detailed studies of the phenomenon of elder abuse in this community, as well as the general refugee and immigrant communities. Such studies would explore theextent of the problem and possible solutions.
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DOWNLOAD: Holly Miranda - Waves (MP3)
Holly Miranda @ Webster Hall in September (more by Bao Nguyen)
Holly Miranda is going to be on tour with Tegan & Sara for quite a while after this weekend. Before then, she'll manage to get a few more hometown dates in. On Wednesday, February 10th (tonight), she plays Happy Ending Music & Reading series at Joe's Pub with authors Joshua Ferris, Ron Carlson and Padgett Powell. Tickets are on sale.
The spacey, enigmatic "Waves" from her upcoming record, The Magician's Private Library, is posted above. That disc comes out February 23rd on XL. She did an acoustic version of the song in a quiet San Francisco living room (with guitarist Timmy Mislock) the day after a show on her tour with the xx and Friendly Fires last November. That's below...
photos by Leia Jospe
"We arrived at Other Music at 6.25pm only to be greeted by a queue of NYC hipsters that extended round the corner of the block. It was doors 7pm and space was minimal in the tiny record store. We were worried that we wouldn't get in. After all, we came all the way from Ireland.More pictures from Sunday's Akron/Family show in a record store, below...
Happily, eveyone who queued were somehow squeezed into the tiny venue and Akron/Family proceeded with an incredible hour and a half long set, almost as good as when I saw them in Glasgow (almost becuase they didn't play Ed Is A Portal this time round)." [modest mango]
Akron/Family @ All Points West Sunday (more by Chris La Putt)
APW Day Three: MOST AWKWARD ATTEMPT AT CROWD PARTICIPATIONAkron/Family was one of the bands that got to play their set, though it was slightly abridged (opposed to others forced to cancel) at All Points West on Sunday after the fest's opening was delayed. A video from that is below.
"We like fun," Akron/Family's Miles Seaton yelled. "Do you like fun?" Well either the crowd truly felt ambivalent about fun or they didn't think the question worth answering. Met with stony silence, Seaton tried again. And again. His one-man chant never inspired the crowd, perhaps because only the most stoned found anything resembling fun in the band's directionless drum circles. [Spin]
The band has more August and September shows scheduled around North America. Before those kick off, the group will be in town for two NYC events. First, band guitarist Seth Olinsky will be conducting a section of Rhys Chatham's Crimson Grail for 200 Electric Guitars on August 8th at Damrosch Park, as part of the Lincoln Center's Out of Doors Festival. The next day (8/9), Akron/Family will appear at Other Music (15 E 4th St) for a 7pm in-store performance ("Free Admission / Limited Capacity").
On select upcoming dates, the band will be traveling with Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard and Slaraffenland (who will join A/K on stage to form the "Akron/Family big band"). They'll also be at ATP NY. All tour dates and more, with a look at the sheet music for Crimson Grail and APW videos, below...
The creators of BBC comedy show The Mighty Boosh (now on Cartoon Network), Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding, will be in NYC today (July 21st) for a 6pm signing at Other Music (15 E 4th St) and a Myspace Secret Stand-Up show at Bowery Ballroom. Their Myspace says that they'll be DJing at the Bowery, but considering the show's live-action start, you can probably expect a little more than your standard DJ set (other cast members, including Bollo, a talking gorilla, will be in tow as well) (oh, and the press release says it is a "Stand-Up performance") (a MySpace Secret Stand-Up actually) (though I guess technically DJ's stand up while playing.) (kidding).
What is the Mighty Boosh?
In "The Mighty Boosh," self-absorbed wannabe glam rocker Vince Noir (Fielding) and the intellectually vain and self-proclaimed genius and jazz aficionado Howard Moon (Barratt) are in a band and live alongside a freelance shaman, Naboo (Michael Fielding) and Bollo (David Brown), a talking Gorilla. Each season, The Mighty Boosh creates its own unique environment, taking place in a vast array of locales, including the "Zooniverse", the Frozen Tundra and the Australian desert. Each episode features an original Mighty Boosh song as Vince and Howard continue their never-ending search for the "new sound."They'll also be in LA next Tuesday, July 28th. Info on that with clips from the show, below...
DOWNLOAD: Tortoise - Prepare Your Coffin (MP3)
Tortoise has added a July 18th in-store performance at Other Music to its schedule of upcoming shows. The band is on tour in support of Beacons of Ancestorship, out now on Thrill Jockey. "Prepare Your Coffin," above, is from that record.
To get into the in-store, Other Music writes:
The price of admission is the purchase of their new album from us in any format (CD, LP or MP3 download), 1 ticket per purchase, limit 2 purchases per person. As you can imagine, capacity is extremely limited, so grab one while you can, they won't last.That performances comes three days before the band's July 21st show at (Le) Poisson Rouge with Grey Reverend. Tickets for that are still on sale.
Those tour dates are just two stops in the band's show-filled summer. They tour North American in July, with a European tour in August, and random show scheduled through December.
Tortoise recently played NYC gigs at the Bell House on May 30th and the Bang on a Can Marathon on the 31st. Outside the group, Tortoise founding member John McEntire has been producing the forthcoming Broken Social Scene album.
All tour dates are below...
Dirty Projectors @ Other Music in NYC - June 19, 2009 (photo by Kendra)
"They played as a five-piece: Dave Longstreth on acoustic guitar (and singing), Nat Baldwin on stand-up bass, and Angel Deradoorian, Amber Koffman, and Haley Dekle singing. I was psyched for the show because it feels like the band is at a point where it will be hard to see them in a small venue anytime soon. (Longstreth was signing autographs after the show.) The ticket came free with a pre-order of the album.... The band opened with "police story' which, cursing and all, is staggeringly good when acoustic. It was warm (actually very hot) I mean warm vibes I guess. Teenagers (twittering as we awaited them to start) and grey-haired dudes, and all really happy. They played an encore (in addition to the set list below) of "stillness is the move" the jam, the single... [(we) exist]Last night's date (June 19, 2009) was originally advertised as a show at the Williamsburg Waterfront. It was later discovered that it was a mistake in their tour dates and that they are actually playing Williamsburg Waterfront on JULY 19 (with White Denim). Their last NYC show before this one took place with TV on the Radio at Central Park Summerstage. The above-mentioned setlist, below...
DOWNLOAD: Major Lazer - Hold The Line (dj edit) w/ Santigold (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Evil Nine - Pearl Shot (Switch Remix) (MP3)
Major Lazer, the collaboration between producer-DJs Diplo and Switch, plays New York club SOBs on Saturday, June 13th. That show will feature an opening set by Ricky Blazer & The Stones. Tickets are still on sale.
The pair have also announced record shop instores to go along with their planned US tour. Their first instore will be at NYC's Other Music (15 E. 4th St) on Monday, June 15th (8pm, free, no purchase required). Diplo and Switch will DJ and sign copies of their debut record, Guns Don't Kill People, Lazers Do, out June 16th on Downtown Records. That disc is streaming now on the their MySpace.
Videos for Major Lazer songs "Hold The Line" featuring Mr. Lexx and Santigold and "Zumbie" featuring Andy Milonakis, with updated tour dates, are posted below...
Dirty Projectors @ Housing Works in May (more by Ryan Muir)
So as it turns out, the June 19th Dirty Projectors date that has been sitting out there for a month, is in fact WRONG. They are not playing the Williamsburg Waterfront on June 19th. They are playing it on JULY 19 aka Sunday, July 19th aka the free show (Pool Party) that Magnolia Electric Co. are also playing!
Dirty Projectors will play a NYC show on June 19th though. It will just be much, much, much smaller and harder to get into.... Dirty Projectors are playing an instore at Other Music on 6/19 at 9pm. "Buy 'Bitte Orca' on cd or lp and recieve 1 ticket for the instore. Limit 2 purchases/tickets per person." The store will start selling the album
on Friday, 6/5 at noon TONIGHT, JUNE 3rd.
Speaking of Bitte Orca, NPR is now streaming it.
Dirty Projectors' next NYC show is this Friday (June 5) with TV on the Radio at Central Park Summerstage. The show is sold out. If you're going and you want to see DP, get there early - they are the only opener, and "Show 6:30 PM".
If you don't have a ticket, and want to see TV on the Radio (who just played Sasquatch), tickets are still on sale for the show they are playing later in the summer at Prospect Park.
Check out video from the Take Away Show DP filmed in 2007, below...
Iron & Wine @ Abrons Arts Center in NYC - May 18, 2009 (Philip Pissas)
"This tour, which found Sam Beam playing the relatively intimate Abrons Arts Center on the Lower East Side, made for an odd starting point: the set list abounded with rarities, and Beam would occasionally pause mid-song if a line or chord hadn't gone as planned. The overall effect, though, was charming, and I was reminded of exactly why I'd been drawn to Beam's music from the beginning. And given just how forceful his vocal delivery was on many of the songs, it looks like my "well, maybe I won't get tickets for the show at the Bowery Ballroom/Webster Hall/etc" mindset was, in fact, completely wrong. Highlights included "The Trapeze Swinger" and "Sodom, South Georgia," both of which were searingly played and sung." [Tobias Carroll]The NYC shows were May 17th and 18th (last night). "Around the Well", a new Iron & Wine 2-CD rarities comp, is out today via Sub Pop. You can download two of the songs for free above.
Iron & Wine's upcoming shows include the Newport Folk Festival, ATP NY, and an Other Music in-store... today (5/19). They'll also be on Jimmy Fallon tonight. All dates, and some videos from Abrons Arts Center, below...
White Rabbits @ NYU Strawberry Festival (more by Lauren Monaco)
Although we've probably mentioned it in other ways in other posts, the openers for the May 21st White Rabbits show at Bowery Ballroom are Cymbals Eat Guitars and The Antlers (it's a buzz bill @ bowery ballroom). Tickets are still on sale.
More tour dates HERE, and the band's new video for "Percussion Gun" below...
photos by Jacob Blickenstaff
Bill Callahan gave a free in-store performance at Other Music in NYC on Saturday (4/18). The show was the last stop on a week-long record store tour that Bill set out on in support of his new album, out now, on Drag City Records. The show also conincided with Record Store Day, for which Other Music had a full day's schedule of entertainment planned (and a lot of limited Record Store Day records to sell).
In June, Bill will set out on a proper headlining tour. That includes the two previously-announced NYC shows at LPR and MHOW. All dates, and more pictures from Other Music, below...
"Many labels and bands are making special releases that will be exclusive to Record Store Day and available to purchase in the shop this Saturday only (sorry, no web orders). Here's a list of what we'll be carrying, but keep in mind, quantities are very limited!" - Other MusicRecord stores all over the country will be participating in Record Store Day this Saturday, April 18, 2009. There will be live music and limited editions galore. Check out Other Music's entertainment schedule, and a list of the records they'll have in stock, below...
Bishop Allen @ Other Music - March 10, 2009 (Modern Mystery Blog)
Bill Callahan (of Smog)'s new record, Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle will be released April 14th on Drag City. That same week, Callahan will be going on a promotional tour of U.S. record shops, with a NYC show at Other Music on Saturday, April 18th. April 18th, as you might remember, also happens to be Record Store Day. All dates below.
Callahan will also play two more NYC shows this summer, presumably as part of a larger tour (TBA). The first NY show is Saturday, June 13th show at (Le) Poisson Rouge (Tickets are on sale). The next is one night later, Sunday, June 14th at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn with Sir Richard Bishop and His Freak Of Araby Ensemble. That show, which is part of the Northside Festival, goes on sale today at noon (and stay tuned for more info on how to get a badge that gets you into all Northside shows).
Bill Callahan's Brooklyn show is the second MHOW Northside announcement. The first was John Vanderslice who is playing our own showcase at the same venue two days earlier. Like CMJ does in October for the whole city, The Northside Festival is acting as an umbrella for most of the shows happening at most of the venues in Williamsburg from June 11-14. Badges will be sold that let you jump from show to show to show (capacity permitting). More details will be announced.
All Bill Callahan tour dates, the new album cover art and tracklist, and a Black Cab Session performance video, below...
BISHOP ALLEN: TUESDAY, MARCH 10th @ 8PMThat little blurb is how Other Music is describing Bishop Allen's scheduled appearance in their NYC store on Tuesday (3/10) which is two days before the band kicks off their-to-SXSW-and-back tour that includes an appearance at the BrooklynVegan day party at Radio Room (formerly Bourbon Rocks) in Austin on the afternoon of March 19th (more details TBA), and two NYC shows in April. Check out their new video for "Dimmer" below...
A record release party celebrating Bishop Allen's great new full-length, Grrr..., which comes out the same day as their in-store performance. [Other Music]
the new Kim's on 1st Ave (via Vanishing New York)
Etherea on Avenue A (via Stupefaction)
"Pretty soon, Other Music is going to be the only record store left in Manhattan. Blog Stupefaction reports that Etherea Records will shut down this February after 13 years in the East Village. The shop, on Avenue A between 4th and 5th Streets, plans to honor all gift certificates and store credits, and until the doors close, everything is 30% off.I don't think there is official word yet on Virgin Megastore Union Square actually closing, but some say it is inevitable.
This news, of course, comes as Mondo Kim's empties on St. Marks and both the Times Square and Union Square Virgin Megastores limp out their final days. (Remember when chains like Virgin were the main threat to little independent record shops? The 90s were such an innocent time.) For more context, check out this New York Times map from last April illustrating Manhattan's surviving record stores, as pointed out by a helpful Stupefaction reader." [Racked]
In related news, Sound Fix's record store isn't closing, but its attached venue is.
photos by Lori Baily
THESE ARE POWERS, the Brooklyn/Chicago based trio of future primitives have announced plans for a United States tour. The dates include select performances with Abe Vigoda, Bird Names and US Girls, and begin February 25 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, wrapping up on March 27 in Richmond, Virginia. Touring in support of All Aboard Future, available for pre-order from Dead Oceans on CD and LP. The vinyl is 180 grams, housed in a gatefold sleeve and includes a coupon to download the songs as MP3s. We would also like to extend an apology to Sarah Wilmer, whose gorgeous photograph was not credited on the LP.These are Powers played their first of six NYC shows in a month last Friday (1/23). It was at The Bell House in Brooklyn with Ponytail and Pattern is Movement.
Their next NYC show is tonight, Friday January 30th, with Dan Deacon and friends AT The 1896 (NOT AT DANBRO). They also have shows coming up at the recently-almost-burned-down Monster Island, Manhattan's Less Artists More Condos, the record store Other Music, 92Y Tribeca, and many other places across the country. All dates and more pictures from last week's show, below...
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Alabama's Thomas Function are in town this weekend for a trio of shows as part of trawl down the East Coast. Admission: I think I picked up Thomas Function's debut album, Celebration!, about four times last year thinking it was a LCD Soundsystem record -- singer Joshua Macero, whose mug graces the cover, looks a lot like James Murphy, at least when quickly flipping through CDs. After seeing so many times I finally got around to actually listening to it, and while absolutely nothing like the DFA head (not that I expected it to be), these Alabamians raise quite a ruckus with their spirited, organ-driven garage rock.
There's also come country and bluegrass in there too, as you might expect from a band living that far south but, really, Thomas Function grooves to their own beat. The band have also released a slew of 7" singles, most of which are now out of print or at least hard to find. Maybe they'll have some of them to sell at their shows. They play a free show at Other Music tonight (1/23), Cake Shop on Saturday (1/24) and Mercury Lounge on Sunday (1/25). Full tour dates and video at the bottom of this post.
The most interesting show of the weekend for me is Friday (1/23) at Death By Audio. Headlining are locals Golden Triangle, whose debut EP just came out on Kemado's vinyl-only imprint, Mexican Summer. (You can get it digitally from Emusic, though.) Some songs veer towards Vivian Girls/Fuzzbox/Slits territory, other songs remind me a lot of The Fall, and they cover Redd Kross' "Annette's Got the Hits." That's a one-two-three punch for me. (It's also the second band I've written about here to do a Redd Kross cover, the other being Box Elders.) The six-piece are about to head out on tour with King Khan & the Shrines so the rest of the country will get a chance to check them out too.
Also on the bill: Brazilian band Garotas Suecas, who will be compared to Os Mutantes because it's obvious and easy, but these kids are a little more straight up fun garage rock a la Mando Diao or The Fleshtones. I like what I've heard and it's the only NYC performance they have left (they also played Vassar last night). Plus, the lovely, downcast electric folk of NYC's Tall Firs; and hushed trio Metal Mountains that features Helen Rush, Samara Lubelski and Pat Gubler, all of whom spent time in Tower Recordings. So the night starts quiet and gets progressively louder and crazier.
I'd also like to (also) recommend the Valerie Collective show at Webster Hall tonight (1/23). Collective is a key term here. Many of the groups playing share members and the difference between Anoraak and College (my two favorites of the night), sonically, is minimal (one sings more than the other) but it's such a cool sound. It's big, lush, and retro, unabashedly '80s, and done to perfection. I have no idea if the groups will really translate to the live setting but if you're dancing you probably won't notice if they don't. Steve Moore's Lovelock is also on the bill.
The Week That Was
Lastly, SXSW will be upon us any minute and even if you aren't heading to Austin, New Yorkers are able to experience a little of the excitement as bands from the UK and Europe often make a pitstop here on their way to or from the festival. We already mentioned that Swedish rockers The Soundtrack of Our Lives are playing both Bowery and Music Hall of Williamsburg (tickets are on-sale today, 1/23) which I wholeheartedly recommend you check out, but I'm even more excited to see that The Week That Was are playing Mercury Lounge on March 9.
TWTW are one of the two splinter groups created when Sunderland, UK's Field Music decided to retire that moniker but still basically make music together. David Brewis released a phonetics-obsessed solo project under the name School of Language (which toured here last March). His brother Peter created The Week That Was, a concept album equally obsessed with (lyrically) The Media and (sonically) the Big '80s production style of Kate Bush and Trevor Horn. It's a brilliant album that made my Top Five of 2008. Both David Brewis and Field Music keyboardist Andrew Moore, plus about five others on percussion and strings. I'm not sure how many members strong they'll be at Mercury Lounge, but if they even come close to replicating the album's wall-of-sound, it will be worth attending. Tickets are on-sale today since Noon.
All tour dates, videos and flyers after the jump....
Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavillion is out on vinyl this Tuesday January 6th. Listening parties will be held the same day in many different locations around the country. NYC's is at Other Music who say, "We're throwing a listening party in the shop that night from 6 to 8PM, with free pizza and beverages, plus raffles and give-aways galore. See you Tuesday!" Pitchfork returned from vactation today and gave the album a 9.6.
Tour dates HERE.
Animal Collective's 9th full-length album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, will be released early on deluxe 2xLP 180-gram gatefold vinyl with full album download card (WAV or MP3) January 6th 2009, on Domino Records in North America. The CD & digital release date will remain January 20th (Jan. 12 UK/Europe).The current list of cities and hosts is below...
To coincide with the early vinyl release will be a series of release/listening parties across the country in conjunction with Terrorbird Media, Domino, record stores, blogs and college radio stations. The release parties will take place at record stores or venues the week of the vinyl release and will feature pre-orders, Animal Collective listing party exclusive goodies including giant posters and download cards, ticket giveaways and grand prize giveaways of 'The Domino Years' prize packs. Every party will be a little different, and information on the specifics of each party will be available on the host's website.
Okkervil River's Will Sheff added a few shows to his previously mentioned itinerary. That includes an in-store at Other Music in NYC the night before he plays Music Hall in Brooklyn. Listen to Will read at Daytrotter. Check out all the dates below...
Times New Viking @ McCarren Pool (more by Lori Baily)
Times New Viking will be opening for Wire at Irving Plaza in NYC on October 9th.
Tickets for WFMU's free WIRE show will be available starting TODAY (Wednesday, September 3rd) at Other Music (15 E. 4th St, Manhattan). Drop by during store hours to pick up your free tickets (limit 2 per person); we expect them to disappear quickly, so don't procrastinate. UK artpunk legends WIRE play Thursday, October 9th at The Fillmore (17 Irving Place, NYC): all ages, doors at 7:30pm, free to the public (tickets are REQUIRED for entry).More Wire tour dates HERE. More Times New Viking tour dates HERE.
DOWNLOAD: No Age - Eraser (MP3)
No Age on Lamar Pedestrian Bridge (more by Leia Jospe)
As mentioned, No Age release their awesome new record Nouns today (and Pitchfork gave it a very high score) (and it is streaming at Spinner). And as you know, No Age play a show at Bowery Ballroom (again) tonight (May 6) with High Places and Fiasco (and No Age played a show last night for FADER).
"Even on a day when Nine Inch Nails have suddenly dropped a late Easter present of a surprise free album, No Age have completely dominated internet music-chatter." [Status Ain't Hood]MTV News recently did a feature on lo fi music. Bands they highlighted include Jay Reatard, Times New Viking, Tyvek, Psychedelic Horseshit, and of course No Age. Download a related, free mixtape HERE or just listen to the muxtape. Watch the MTV News video below.
Lots of other people have recorded and released No Age video too. You can watch No Age play in Other Music, watch them play ping pong with Vice, watch them play in Juan's Basement for Pitchfork TV, watch them play in that vegan food store, and watch them in their practice space. They also played in Amoeba Records and those videos are below (along with the MTV one).....
Black Keys playing DJ @ Other Music on Record Store Day (SoundBitesNYC)
tonight in NYC
* Grizzly Bear on Conan
* Chris Thile @ Living Room
* Peter Moren @ Mercury Lounge
* NOT She & Him @ Hiro Ballroom
* Jay Reatard @ Bowery Ballroom
* Fred Thomas @ Knitting Factory
* Jewmongous @ Living Room (free)
* Tokyo Police Club afterparty @ Hugs
* Tokyo Police Club @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin @ Union Hall
The Black Keys just announced a show at McCarren Pool.
Happy Birthday John Cameron Mitchell.
DOWNLOAD: Antipop Consortium - Volcano (MP3)
Antipop Consorritum @ Knitting Factory in March (more by Leia Jospe)
Speaking of Other Music, I've been meaning to mention:
ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM: APRIL 22 @ 8PMTheir new album will be called 'FLORESCENCENT BLACK'. It won't be released until next year, and that's a track off of it above. Other tour dates below...
Reunited and it feels so good! Legendary hip-hop experimentalists Antipop Consortium are back together performing at Other Music! Please make note of the date change above.
OTHER MUSIC: 15 East 4th Street NYC
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KFC T-shirt design contest: Winner gets free chicken and trip to New York City
If you’re a budding fashion designer, here’s your chance to show off. KFC is seeking submissions for its annual Chari-T program. Through July 10, creative types can go to KFC.com to submit a design for a chance to win a cash prize, trip to Fashion Week 2010 in New York City, a year of free KFC and the opportunity to have their shirts sold on KFC.com.
Net proceeds of the sales will go to Colonel’s Scholars,a charity providing funds to underprivileged students.
The top 12 designs will be posted on July 13 . Voters will decide which three designs deserve the right to be sold on KFC.com. and in the designers’ hometowns, and whose design is finger-lickin’ best for that coveted trip to New York.
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Gaining a competitive advantage is a top priority for business owners and executives. No matter what industry your brand is a part of, direct competitors are always looking for ways to attract your customers to their services. Any business operation or strategy that can prevent this from happening is beneficial.
In the age of computers, the internet, and increasing accessibility, one technology stands out as an important resource for businesses; cloud computing. While the concept has been around for several decades, the capabilities of this innovation have accelerated in recent years, making it a viable option for companies to adopt for a competitive advantage.
Whether you own a small business or are making decisions for a large corporation, the power of cloud computing is something that needs to be considered for your brand’s operations. Let’s talk about some of the advantages offered by cloud computing that could vastly improve how your company functions.
Paying For What You Need
Maintaining on-site servers can be expensive and unnecessary in today’s business world. Paying for this infrastructure is complicated because it may need constant updating if your business grows. Plus, the computing capacity may be more than you need to run efficient operations. All this results in a waste of resources and the added stress of server maintenance if issues arise. Cloud computing allows you to pay only for the computing power you need and it is managed by a third party. Therefore, if your company scales, you can simply pay for an upgraded package for access to more power. This helps you save money on server maintenance and unnecessary computing capabilities.
Stronger Security Measures
Online security is a major concern in the modern business world. As technologies improve, so too do the methods of hackers and data thieves. Hosting your own servers means paying for security for all the data that is processed by this infrastructure. Since it can be expensive to maintain this computing network, it may be difficult to justify expenditures on server security. However, taking advantage of cloud networks hosted by third parties often results in stronger security protocols for your data, since these hosts have greater resources dedicated to server maintenance and protection. Responding to an online security breach can be incredibly challenging for companies both large and small, but cloud computing reduces the chance of facing these breaches.
Integrating Various Tools
One of the greatest benefits of using cloud platforms is the ability to integrate various tools and software programs in one location. Often, these platforms allow for cross-functioning of many types of applications, making it easier to share and access data that is relevant to multiple departments in your company. While it may seem confusing to navigate these changes when migrating your operations to a cloud service, companies like GSI can serve a consulting role to make the transition much easier. By integrating more tools, your internal operations can achieve maximum efficiency, improving the capabilities of the company.
The term “remote” applies to many aspects of business in 2023. It could refer to the type of workforce at a company or the nature of cloud computing. The cloud allows for greater accessibility to the tools your company uses as well as crucial data that employees need to do their jobs. The best part? They can access these tools from anywhere. Since they do not have to be connected to the local network on your servers, they can gain access to everything they need with a simple internet connection. This makes it far easier to integrate remote workers and onboard new employees.
No Maintenance Burden
Do you worry about the condition of your servers and the cost of paying for on-site technicians? Cloud computing takes away both of these concerns. Off-site servers that are hosted by a third party are also maintained by them. That means you don’t have to think about potential server crashes or other issues that can affect your day-to-day operations. Typically, cloud platforms have greater resources at their disposal to prevent server issues and they have more failsafes in place to protect clients in the event of a crash or downtime. When you don’t have to worry about server maintenance, running your company becomes much simpler.
Is it Time For Cloud Migration?
The process of moving your operations to the cloud is often referred to as cloud migration. Gaining access to the benefits listed above can propel your brand to the next level and give you a better chance of remaining competitive in your industry. Consider the advantage that saving money on computing power, having stronger online security, being able to integrate various programs, creating greater accessibility, and reducing maintenance concerns will grant to your brand. Find out how cloud migration could change your business and take advantage of this crucial innovation.


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The Virtual Roller Coaster Reality Ride
Roller coaster rides with samsung gear vr always bring excitement. So, imagine you are all set to go on the ride, have buckled yourself up and then you are riding above the hill, but all of a sudden the view seems nothing less than a theme views park.
You enjoy the whole scene, and its non-stop entertainment while you are just seated in one place. The wind blowing in your hair, and your body twists and turns with the G-force as this roller coaster becomes a ride of super enjoyment.
However, it’s not necessary that you have to wear the headset while on the ride. You can choose to take off the headset and enjoy the roller coaster ride in the traditional way. The same way that has been being used for decades.
Riders have described it as a totally new experience and unique. It’s a theme park experience and truly thrilling. It makes the rider feel as if they are up high in the air, but with a totally different feel as to what they would feel if they were on a parachute or something similar. The whole world is said to have an upside down experience. On the negative side, it could create anxiety or nations feelings for riders as well.
Six Flags is the company that has invented this experience for the people, and taken the theme parks ride to another level with the use of virtual reality technology. The experience is very different from the first roller coasters in 1884.
Bonnie Weber, the Six Flags Magic Mountain president has said, “It’s going to have a major impact on attendance.” This means that more people will enjoy he ride. And come for the experience.
A USA Today contributor, Jessica Naziri who went on the ride said, “”That was so exciting. Every roller coaster ride with samsung gear should be VR from now on.” the reason behind her words were, “with the headset strapped on, the ride is now “more immersive. It really feels like you’re in it.”
The New Revolution can be accessible to the public on April 21st and the other Six Flags parks in which virtual reality will be part of the roller coasters include parks near, Dallas, Atlanta, St. Louis, Lake George, New York and Montreal. Other theme parks and game companies are sure to utilize virtual reality as well, especially if Six Flag’s New Revolution succeeds.

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Choosing a New Family Doctor in Atascocita
When the current family physician announces that the practice will cease to exist in a couple of months, the time has come to find a new family doctor in Atascocita. Since the well-being of the family is so important, this process involves more than simply choosing the first name in the yellow pages. Here are some tips on how to find a new physician who can provide the medical care the family deserves.
Checking with the Insurance Provider
A good place to begin the search for a new Family Doctor in Atascocita is with the insurance provider. Most providers are happy to supply clients with lists of local physicians who accept the coverage. While the client will still have to do some homework, starting with a list of local doctors who will file claims for office visits and treatments is a good place to start.
Who are Accepting New Patients?
Making some calls to find out which of those physicians are accepting new patients makes it easier to narrow the range of choices. In most cases, not all of the doctors included on the list from the insurance company will be open to taking on new patients. Identifying those and removing them from the running will save a lot of time and effort.
Investigating the Remainder
In times past, finding a new family doctor meant relying on input from neighbors, friends, and coworkers. While those are still excellent resources, there is the matter of checking for feedback online. Many sites allow patients to give ratings and post comments about their experiences with various medical professionals. Taking the time to research each potential replacement based on that feedback can make it easier to identify several candidates while side-stepping any who seem to not be looked upon with favor by many of their current patients.
For those who need medical care while searching for a new family physician, visit Northeast Urgent Care & Weight Loss Clinic today. During the visit, there is a good chance of coming across a physician who will be the perfect fit for the family in the years to come.

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As grassroots sport once again begins its phased return across the UK, Made By Sport is pleased to announce its ‘Clubs In Crisis’ fund, which will distribute over £4million worth of funding directly to grassroots sports clubs and organisations, will open from 12 April.
Unrestricted grants of up to £2021 will be made available for those groups who do so much to use sport as a vehicle for social good for young people in the local area, and allow them to develop a range of life skills and knowledge that bring a benefit to not only the individual, but also to their local community.
The funding announcement comes as the UK looks to build back better across society, and particularly our young people, who have been blighted by this pandemic. Made By Sport believes that sport is a vital tool to help overcome the challenges surrounding mental health that some of our young people face, and how in return this can help tackle important social issues such as reducing crime and anti-social behaviour, increasing life and employment skills and pathways alongside bringing communities together.
The crisis is reaching a critical point, with the damning statistics around the impact of the pandemic on young people showing why support is needed for the next generation now more than ever.
With young people spending more than a third of their leisure time using devices and less than half of that time socialising, it has created a less active group of people, with over half of young people surveyed in the Prince’s Trust Youth Index 2021 stating their mental health has worsened since the start of the pandemic.
83% of young people said that the pandemic had affected their mental health, reporting issues with sleep, panic attacks and urges to self-harm during the periods of lockdown.
One in four 16 to 25-year-olds also admitted they feel “unable to cope with life”, increasing to 40 per cent among those not in Employment, Education or Training. As the UK begins to plan for a post-pandemic future, community clubs need to play a vital role in the recovery of young people and to break the challenges of mental health through the power of sport.
It is estimated that sport returns £4 for every £1 spent on reductions in spending on crime, truancy and ill health. Young people who are physically active thanks to their local sports clubs and organisations can show up to seven times better levels of teamwork, six times better levels of greater resilience and five times better communication skills.
With sport returning, now is the time to invest in grassroots sports and give our young people the best opportunity to thrive. That’s why Made By Sport have been working hard behind the scenes to create something which will leave a long-lasting, positive legacy for the future of your young people.
From 12 April, the #ClubsInCrisis fund, supported by the Cash4Clubs scheme, will open to funding applications from community sports clubs and organisations across the UK.
Find all the information on how to apply for funding and more visit the Made By Sport website here: https://bit.ly/3vODUod
The go-to place for schools to find local organisations to support their physical activity provision.
Timely data and learnings in relation to physical activity and sport in the Black Country and the added value we can offer.
Resources and videos to support the Black Country sport & physical activity workforce, sports clubs and community organisations.


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About Kitchen 66
Kitchen 66 (K66) is Tulsa's kickstart kitchen, and Tulsa's first food incubator. We support Tulsa food entrepreneurs by providing key resources needed to succeed: affordable commercial kitchen space, business development programs, and sales support. This support includes a 4 month Launch Program, which teaches aspiring entrepreneurs everything they need to know about starting a food business including licensing, pricing, marketing, basic accounting, and more! To apply to our Launch Program, visit www.kitchen66tulsa.com/apply today!
The Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation founded the Kitchen 66 program in 2015 in effort to grow Tulsa's local food community, promote entrepreneurial thinking, and spur economic development. You can find three Kitchen 66 graduates with their own restaurants in the Mother Road Market and dozens more in our General Store!
Since 2016, Kitchen 66 has served over 70 food entrepreneurs from diverse business categories and backgrounds:
- 47% of Kitchen 66 members are people of color.
- Over 50% of Kitchen 66 members are women-owned businesses.
- Kitchen 66 has immigrants from over 10 different countries.
- 16% of Kitchen 66 members are at or below the poverty line.
- 43% of Kitchen 66 members are self-employed


To help chilled water systems reach their efficiency potential, Carrier has further enhanced its ChillerVu™ plant control system to include the new Carrier ChillerVu chilled water system optimizer. The new optimizer extends control efficiencies beyond the chiller plant and improves the efficiency of the entire chilled water system, including AHUs, fan coils, and other chilled water distribution equipment. Based on laboratory and field tests, Carrier officials said adding the optimizer to a building’s chilled water system can yield energy savings in the range of 3% to 15% percent (versus non-optimized systems).
The new EconomizerPro™ HVAC Monitoring Systems can record data from commercial rooftop units to find out if they are wasting energy. The system is simply added on to the unit. According to the manufacturer, it then uploads operational data to the cloud, where data is analyzed by sophisticated algorithms, identifying about $3,000 per year, per unit in wasted energy.


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3 ‘Strong Buy’ Biotech Stocks That Could Triple in 2020
In any industry, there are always deals that are too good to be true and unfortunately, they usually are. The best thing to do before any kind of investment is to educate yourself before you make any hasty decisions. Being extra cautious could be an excellent idea.
When it comes to the stock market though, “playing it safe” doesn’t always pay off and putting your money on a seemingly ‘sure bet’ that most big players are investing in, might not get you the results you are actually looking for.
When you take a deeper look, you’ll notice that there are actually incredible opportunities in “smaller” and less heard biotech stocks that can bring you closer to the sweet payday.
Using TipRanks’ Stock Screener, we’ve highlighted 3 ultra-promising biotech stocks that are showing upsides of nearly 3 ...

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Celtic cruised to the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League for the first time this season with a 5-0 thrashing of Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Parkhead.
The champions leapfrogged Rangers with two goals from Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and one each from Massimo Donati and Shunsuke Nakamura with a Phil McGuire own goal compounding the visitors' misery.
Celtic will fly to Ukraine on Sunday for a Champions League clash with Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday boosted by their convincing win albeit against the SPL's bottom side.
Rangers suffered their first defeat of the season as Hearts belatedly kick-started their own campaign.
The match had everything - six goals, seven bookings and a penalty at each end.
Goals from Andrew Driver, Ibrahim Tall, Michael Stewart and Kestutis Ivaskevicius meant Hearts ran out winners, with Rangers now having to regroup before their Champions League opener against Stuttgart on Wednesday.
Referee Willie Collum sent off three players as Falkirk and Hibernian fought out a heated 1-1 draw.
Clayton Donaldson gave the visitors a fifth-minute lead with a spot kick but was booked for his celebrations, before being dismissed after a second yellow card for a tackle on Steven Thomson.
The Bairns equalised in the 47th minute through Pedro Moutinho but lost their numerical advantage when Darren Barr was shown a second yellow for dissent.
With just seconds remaining, Falkirk midfielder Patrick Cregg was ordered off for a late tackle on Thierry Gathuessi.
Gretna are still without a win after going down 1-2 at home to Kilmarnock.


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|Caroline E Wagner
Caroline Wagner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of the Bioengineering at McGill University.
- Population-level models for infectious disease dynamics
- Within-host disease models informed by host physicochemistry and pathogen/biofluid interactions
- Characterization of mucus/pathogen transport and interactions
- Design and development of bio-inspired mucin mimetic material

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It's over, folks. The Gamecocks aren't going bowling.
"We're disappointed we did not get to a bowl game," said Head Coach Steve Spurrier. "We had five games to win number seven, but didn't get it done. We have no one to blame but ourselves."
The Independence Bowl went with Alabama.
Spurrier's right, of course. Neither Alabama nor South Carolina really deserve to go to a bowl game, so there should be no whining about the Gamecocks missing it. You don't really get to be upset that an undeserving team made the bowl when you don't deserve it yourself.
And a win would have made all of that moot. Beat Vanderbilt, or Tennessee, or Clemson -- all three of which were winnable into the fourth quarter or even beyond -- and the Independence Bowl has no choice.
This, of course, will accelerate all of the Year in Review stuff, putting it alongside the bowl
It's a fitting end to a sorry season.


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We provide an estimate of the value of a cure using the joint behavior of stock prices and a vaccine progress indicator during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Our indicator is based on the chronology of stage-by-stage progress of individual vaccines and related news. We construct a general equilibrium regime-switching model of repeated pandemics and stages of vaccine progress wherein the representative agent withdraws labor and alters consumption endogenously to mitigate health risk. The value of a cure in the resulting asset-pricing framework is intimately linked to the relative labor supply across states. The observed stock market response to vaccine progress serves to identify this quantity, allowing us to use the model to estimate the economy-wide welfare gain that would be attributable to a cure. In our estimation, and with standard preference parameters, the value of the ability to end the pandemic is worth 5-15% of total wealth. This value rises substantially when there is uncertainty about the frequency and duration of pandemics. Agents place almost as much value on the ability to resolve the uncertainty as they do on the value of the cure itself. This effect is stronger â€“ not weaker â€“ when agents have a preference for later resolution of uncertainty. The policy implication is that understanding the fundamental biological and social determinants of future pandemics may be as important as resolving the immediate crisis.
Zheng, S, T Johnson, S Sundaresan and V Acharya (2020), ‘The Value of a Cure: An Asset Pricing Perspective‘, COVID Economics 61, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/covid-economics-issue-61#392514_392937_391059
We exploit geographic variation in the exposure of US banks to COVID-19 and lockdown policies to document the impact of the pandemic and consequent economic crisis on banks. Combining county-level data on COVID-19 and lockdown policies with bank-level data on loan performance and lending growth, and syndicated loan data, we document that banks geographically more exposed to the pandemic and lockdown policies show (i) an increase in loan loss provisions and non-performing loans, (ii) an increase in lending to small businesses, but not in other lending categories, and (iii) an increase in interest spreads and decrease in loan maturities. These findings show that banks have already seen the negative impact of the pandemic and have reacted to higher lending risk with an adjustment in loan conditionality, but have also responded to higher loan demand and government support programmes.
Keil, J and T Beck (2020), ‘Are Banks Catching Corona? Effects of COVID on Lending in the U.S.‘, COVID Economics 61, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/covid-economics-issue-61#392514_392937_391060
This study investigates U.S. churches' response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic by looking at their public Facebook posts. For religious organizations, in-person gatherings are at the heart of their activities. Yet religious in-person gatherings have been identified as some of the early hot spots of the pandemic, but there has also been controversy over the legitimacy of public restrictions on such gatherings. Our sample contains information on church characteristics and Facebook posts for nearly 4000 churches that posted at least once in 2020. The share of churches that offer an online church activity on a given Sunday more than doubled within two weeks at the beginning of the pandemic (the first half of March 2020) and stayed well above baseline levels. Online church activities are positively correlated with the local pandemic situation at the beginning, but uncorrelated with most state interventions. After the peak of the first wave (mid April), we observe a slight decrease in online activities. We investigate heterogeneity in the church responses and find that church size and worship style explain differences consistent with churches facing different demand and cost structures. Local political voting behavior, on the other hand, explains little of the variation. Descriptive analysis suggests that overall online activities, and the patterns of heterogeneity, remain unchanged through end-November 2020.
Seabright, P and E Raiber (2020), ‘U.S. Churches' Response to Covid-19: Results from Facebook‘, COVID Economics 61, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/covid-economics-issue-61#392514_392937_391061
If the 2020 surge in working from home became permanent, how would the distribution of jobs and residents within and across U.S. cities change? To study this question, we build a quantitative spatial equilibrium model of job and residence choice with commuting frictions between 4,502 sub-metropolitan locations in the contiguous U.S.A novel feature of our model is the heterogeneity of workers in the fraction of time they work on-site: some workers commute daily, some always work at home, while others alternate between working on-site and remotely. In a counterfactual where remote work becomes more common, residents move from central to peripheral areas within cities, and from large coastal to small interior cities, on average. The reallocation of jobs is less monotonic, with increases both in peripheral locations and in the highest-productivity metropolises. Agglomeration externalities from in-person interactions are crucial for welfare effects. If telecommuters keep contributing to productivity as if they worked on-site, better job market access drives considerable welfare gains, even for those who continue to commute. But if productivity declines in response to the reduction in face-to-face interactions, wages fall and most workers are worse off.
Parkhomenko, A and M Delventhal (2020), ‘Spatial Implications of Telecommuting‘, COVID Economics 61, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/covid-economics-issue-61#392514_392937_390681
This paper aims to highlight the role of supply chain linkages for the transmission of Covid-19 induced shocks based on the monthly trade of the European Union member states. The paper distinguishes demand and supply shocks as of either domestic or partner country origin and further characterizes the role of the latter based on the bilateral GVC positions, thereby taking into account the possibility of transmission through forward and backward linkages. Using the framework of the gravity model, we find a general decline in trade following the Covid-19 outbreak and significantly negative trade effects associated with Covid-19 cases per capita in both origin and destination country. The combined trade effect of Covid-19 is almost minus 20% for both exports and imports, taking into account the average Covid-19 infection rates in the EU and partner countries from April 2020. While export decreases twice as much in response to an increase in the current number of Covid-19 cases in the destination country than in the origin country, it becomes more sensitive to the Covid-19 situation in the origin country over time, suggesting that import demand shocks have a more immediate effect than export supply ones. Moreover, the results confirm that forward GVC linkages act as a channel for the transmission of (demand) shocks in the supply chain trade. An increase in the incidence of destinationâ€™s Covid-19 cases, namely, induces a steeper decline in domestic exports of intermediate products in those destinations with which a country has stronger forward linkages, i.e. in partners positioned further downstream. On the other hand, we fail to find robust evidence for the transmission of Covid-19-induced shocks via backward linkages.
Veli?, A and K Kejžar (2020), ‘Covid-19, trade collapse and GVC linkages: European experience‘, COVID Economics 61, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/covid-economics-issue-61#392514_392937_390682


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Advanced paternal age has been suggested as a risk factor for autism, but empirical evidence is mixed. This study examines whether the association between paternal age and autism in the offspring (1) persists controlling for documented autism risk factors, including family psychiatric history, perinatal conditions, infant characteristics and demographic variables; (2) may be explained by familial traits associated with the autism phenotype, or confounding by parity; and (3) is consistent across epidemiological studies. Multiple study methods were adopted. First, a Swedish 10-year birth cohort (N=1075588) was established. Linkage to the National Patient Register ascertained all autism cases (N=883). Second, 660 families identified within the birth cohort had siblings discordant for autism. Finally, meta-analysis included population-based epidemiological studies. In the birth cohort, autism risk increased monotonically with increasing paternal age. Offspring of men aged ≥50 years were 2.2 times (95% confidence interval: 1.26-3.88: P=0.006) more likely to have autism than offspring of men aged ≤29 years, after controlling for maternal age and documented risk factors for autism. Within-family analysis of discordant siblings showed that affected siblings had older paternal age, adjusting for maternal age and parity (P<0.0001). Meta-analysis demonstrated advancing paternal age association with increased risk of autism across studies. These findings provide the strongest evidence to date that advanced paternal age is a risk factor for autism in the offspring. Possible biological mechanisms include de novo aberration and mutations or epigenetic alterations associated with aging.
Bibliographical noteFunding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (guest research fellowship to A Reichenberg). The Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research was not involved in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis and interpretation of the data; or in the preparation, review or approval of the manuscript. Approval to access the registries was given by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, and the study was approved by a local human subjects committee at the Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm, Sweden). Author Contributions: Drs Hultman, Reichenberg and Sandin had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Reichenberg, Sandin, Hultman and Lichtenstein. Acquisition of data: Hultman and Sandin. Analysis and interpretation of data: Hultman, Reich-enberg, Sandin, Lichtenstein and Levine. Drafting of the manuscript: Hultman and Reichenberg. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Hultman, Reichenberg, Sandin, Lichtenstein and Levine. Statistical analysis: Sandin, Levine and Reichenberg. Obtained funding: Hultman. Administrative, technical, or material support: Hult-man, Lichtenstein. Study supervision: Hultman and Reichenberg.
- paternal age
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
- Psychiatry and Mental health


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I made this little dress for Avery, for Delia's Winter Whites series. Though the series is called "Winter Whites", it includes soft colors and neutrals, so I think this fit the bill. This dress was inspired by a square on a quilt I found at an antique store and fell in love with. I'm not sure how old it is, but a lot of the fabric looks sort of 1930's or 40's.
It's funny how everything old becomes new again. I love the black and white graphic print paired with peach. And it's so on trend right now isn't it? I really wanted to make something with that print so I did my best to recreate it in Illustrator and had it printed though Spoonflower. Mine isn't quite as wonderful as the original, but I think it captures the feeling. I called the dress, "Art Deco Inspired" because I think the geometric shapes and repeating lines on this print look sort of Art Deco, but I'm not sure that's a totally accurate description. But, "Vaguely 30's or 40's Print Inspired Dress" just didn't have the same ring. The style of the dress is definitely more 40's or 50's. I used a New Look (6309) pattern for most of the dress, and then drafted and added the turned up cuff to echo the collar.
I love when people ask me to guest post (although I sadly have to say no a lot because I just can't find time!) because its the only time I ever get any of the sewing projects in my head finished. But I'm a terrible guest-poster! I meant to do a little tutorial for the sleeve cuffs, but just didn't get it done in time.


Prohibits Using Bullhooks or Chains on Elephants
Boston, MA — A landmark bill that would protect elephants from abusive use of cruel and inhumane devices, such as bullhooks and chains, passed the Massachusetts Senate yesterday.
Sacramento, CA — On Wednesday, August 2, 2006, at 2:15pm, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will vote on a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the county and the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine (UCD) regarding the use of animals from the county shelter. The Board will also decide whether the current MOU with Sutter Medical Research Foundation (Sutter Hospital) will continue.
Measure Would Reduce Out-of-Control Breeding of Cats and Dogs in Community
Sacramento, CA — The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will hold a hearing at 3:00pm Tuesday, August 1, on the proposed Animal Overpopulation Ordinance, a landmark measure designed to regulate out-of-control breeding of cats and dogs and to reduce the tragic number of animals killed in local shelters.
Activist group outraged by censorship of anti-circus PSA
San Diego, CA — The Animal Protection Institute (API), a California-based non-profit animal advocacy group, has recently learned that its anti-circus public service announcement (PSA) has been denied by Clear Channel radio stations in San Diego. API was seeking to place the ads to protest the arrival of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus to San Diego.
Recent investigation and USDA complaint documenting public safety and animal welfare issues heightens community concern
Charlotte, NC — The Animal Protection Institute (API), a national animal advocacy organization, is calling upon legislators to ban the ownership of dangerous wild and exotic animals in North Carolina. Events such as Tuesday’s police raid of the Metrolina Wildlife Park (also known as Charlotte Metro Zoo), API’s recent investigation of the facility, and subsequent March 2006 filing of a USDA complaint citing various violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act, prove that legislation must be introduced during the next legislative session.
Columbus, OH — The Animal Protection Institute (API), a national animal advocacy organization, renews its call to legislators to immediately ban the ownership of dangerous wild and exotic animals in Ohio. Incidents involving dangerous wild animals kept as pets are on the rise in Ohio. Last weekend three wolves reportedly escaped from Robert Pitt’s home in Hanover, OH, and attacked a neighbor’s dog before they were shot to death. Pitt holds a USDA license to own exotic animals, despite previous complaints by neighbors.
Investigations into elephant care and deaths at L.A. Zoo and Ringling Bros. circus hasten call to form CA animal welfare committee
Circus’s arrival in L.A. spotlights fight for state animal welfare reform
Los Angeles, CA — Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus opens July 19 in Los Angeles, despite four active federal investigations into its treatment of animals, including the death of a baby elephant and the repeated striking of a chained elephant with a bullhook outside a 2004 Ringling performance in Oakland, CA. The USDA has also recently announced an investigation into the death of Gita, also an Asian elephant, at the Los Angeles Zoo. 2006 has been a banner year for California activists and legislators fighting to shed light on the ethical and moral debate surrounding captive elephants, yet their continued mistreatment and deaths prove action must be taken to protect them.
Sacramento, CA — A California state appeals court decision has ended a lengthy legal battle by animal protection groups to stop the sale of animals from the County of Sacramento’s animal shelter to research laboratories. The Third Appellate District Court of Appeal has decided that the county has discretion about whether to terminate the practice of selling animals from its shelter to research labs that sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement with the county, despite repeated violations of the contract regarding animal use.


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I would like to start by reassuring you that the overall impact on our portfolio’s is limited. At Prosperity we look at diversification, which limits your exposure to UK and European investments. This is further aided by the fact that a significant proportion of UK and European holdings are placed in larger companies which operate worldwide, further limiting any negative impact. When we are dealing at a global level, the impact of Brexit and our political impasse is minimised.
So why are we still holding UK and European investments in our client’s portfolios?
Brexit has had a negative influence on our market. If you look at other international markets between 2016 and now, they have outperformed the UK and Europe which means that our markets have opportunities at the present. As you are aware whilst we cannot predict the outcome of Brexit, given the current climate any outcome is better than our current position.
With political decisions and outcomes made, this means that companies and the rest of the UK are able to plan for the future again, which should provide a boost in the UK and European markets, hence our rationale to sustain our levels of exposure in them. So, does this mean that when they finally sort Brexit the market will go up? As mentioned before, on a global scale “Brexit” is relatively insignificant. As alluded to, any outcome should provide a positive boost to the market, however this must be considered alongside other events in the world. For example the US–China trade war.
In summary for us here at Prosperity we work with the markets as they are, our plans are designed to take a long-term view and align to our client’s goals. Therefore, we continue to remain focused on our client’s individual long-term objectives, buying quality investments and, monitoring ‘factual’ data that drives the investment managers selection process. We stand by our 2 key principles with our investment advice:
- Suitability – Is the portfolio suitable to our client’s objectives at all times?
- Sustainability – Can our clients sustain the risk and volatility in order to try and meet their long-term objectives?
I hope this has given you an overview of the current situation, but please do remember we are here on hand to answer any questions, concerns or queries you may have.

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Australia - 1.8mx2.7m "Meeting Place" Dean Briscoe design
From Recycled Mats:
Made from recycled materials, 'Meeting Place' invites us to celebrate culture as well as conservation. The innovative recycled plastic used to create our entire range of outdoor mats is easy to clean, comfortable to sit on and UV treated to resist colour fading. It's lightweight and easy to fold so, once you've done, you can swiftly pack it away and store it inside the included carry bag.
Dean Jakamara Briscoe is a respected Australian Indigenous artist from the Anmatyerre, Central Desert, region. He’s a professional artist and owner of 'Anmatyerre Arts and Crafts'. Every Aboriginal mat commissioned by Recycled Mats is developed in close consultation with communities, and features images that are culturally-appropriate for sharing. 'Meeting Place' can be used to invite discussion about many topics, including culture, family life and Indigenous symbols in art.
Conversations about ceremony, the landscape and home life traditionally took place around a campfire. In 'Meeting Place', Dean depicts people sitting around a central campfire, gathering to discuss the day’s business. Nowadays, a campfire might still serve as a warming, welcoming place to have a yarn, or we may substitute the fireside with the kitchen table or back deck. Your 'Meeting Place' reversible, recycled mat will be a handy addition to any of these spaces as a comfortable and long lasting ground cover. For a truly memorable outdoor gathering, these mats are perfect for hosting a picnic. Why not pair it with some of our giant cushions or perhaps a portable picnic table for added comfort and style.
We're now exploring how we can 're-recycle' your unwanted mats! Our exciting initiative for re-purposing and re-using them is a must-read.


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Competition with Japan will
Intensified When ‘Japan-EU EPA’ Effectuated
Need to work on measures to improve export competitiveness to be prepared for
the effectuation of Japan-EU EPA next year -
An analysis states that
Korea’s exports to EU will be affected mainly in automotives, auto parts,
machinery and chemical products when the ‘Japan-EU Economic Partnership
Agreement (EPA)’ enters into force early next year.
The Center for Trade Studies
and Cooperation of the Korea International Trade Association (Chairman, Kim
Young-joo) issued a report titled ‘The Impact of Japan-EU EPA on Korea’s
Exports to EU and Implications’ on August 22. According to the report, when the
Japan-EU EPA, which is equivalent to the Japan-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), comes
into effect early next year, the 99 percent of tariffs on Japanese products
will be eliminated immediately or in series and it would have a negative impact
on Korea’s exports that have enjoyed benefits of no tariffs in the EU market.
Korea's major export items to EU are exempt from tariffs upon the effectuation
of the Korea-EU FTA in 2011.
In particular, it is
expected that the impacts on automobiles and auto parts, which are Korea’s main
export items, will be significant. The 10 percent tariffs imposed by the EU on
Japanese passenger cars will be completely abolished over the next seven years and
auto parts tariffs will be immediately removed when the EPA enters into force.
Since those areas include many items that face high export competition against
Japan, such as engine parts, tires, and small passenger cars, Korean automotive
industry needs to work on countermeasures. However, both Korea and Japan have a
large number of vehicles produced in the plants in Europe, direct impacts could
It is anticipated that the
competition will be further intensified in machinery and chemical products such
as sphere bearings, acrylic polymers, polypropylene, and so on, that are
promising items for Korea’s exports to EU and the tariffs on those items will
be instantly eliminated when the EU-Japan EPA takes into effect, because Korea
is already facing high competition against Japan in those areas.
The report states, "In
order to respond to the trade protectionism of the United States, Japan is also
working on the effectuation of ‘Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for
Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)’ with 10 countries on the Pacific coast,
along with the Japan-EU EPA.” The report advised, “Korea also needs to consider participating in CPTPP in order to diversify
its export markets as well as to be prepared for global protectionism."
Kwak Dong-chul, a researcher
at the Center for Trade Studies and Cooperation, stressed, “Korea’s exporting companies need to differentiate their products
from Japanese ones by improving the quality of existing products while developing
innovative products. It is also important for the government to make efforts through
the Korea-EU FTA Implementation Committee to resolve the difficulties that
Korean companies face when exporting to the EU.”


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Americans are angry at Wall Street, Congress
Just like the Constitution itself, people all around the globe are discussing the National Constitution Center. Follow us as we take a look at the Center’s appearance in news outlets around the globe last week.
Dems try to deflect voter anger toward Wall Street – With midterm elections on the horizon, candidates are sparring over allegiance to the financial sector. Bankers and financiers ranked last in the recent National Constitution Center-Associated Press poll that tested public confidence in national institutions.
Rove forecasts low youth turnout, GOP victories – Karl Rove predicts low youth voter turnout during midterm election event at the National Constitution Center. We’ll have more on this later in the week.
National Constitution Center exhibition shows war through the eyes of artists – Described by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “a magnificent new exhibition,” Art of the American Soldier made its world debut at the National Constitution Center on September 24.
The Art of War: The National Constitution Center assembles 90 years of paintings, straight from the front lines – In reference to Art of the American Soldier, City Paper says, “There are few better gifts to offer the tens of thousands of soldiers now returning home from Iraq.”
The most famous art collection nobody’s ever heard of – USA Today answers the question, “Why not document the war through photographs?” According to Master Sgt. Martin Cervantez, the Army’s current artist in residence, “When photographers shoot, it’s a true statement. But the artist can catch moments we wouldn’t catch if we were just taking photos. We can present the totality of the emotion.”

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03:22 PM on 06/22/10
Go on, give up, you'll never win...
I like the Fed Up video a lot. This album is probably my AOTY so far. I was always a huge Lucky Boys Confusion fan, and AM Taxi made the progression I always hoped LBC would. I hope these guys get big.