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Presidential Libraries Seek Tourists in Theme Park Era
Mary McKnight calls herself Ronald Reagan's No. 1 fan. Gazing somberly at the 40th president's tomb, the retired nurse from Kansas murmured, "It's humbling to be here."
Nearby, a boy in a New York Yankees jersey seemed less impressed by Reagan's library and museum, muttering about wanting to go to Disneyland.
The contrast illustrates the challenge facing the nation's 11 presidential libraries--soon to be 12 with the opening of Bill Clinton's this fall--as they compete for visitors at a time when many tourists would rather be riding a roller-coaster than sifting through presidential archives.
Although Reagan's death has led to a surge in visitors to the library, attendance at the nation's presidential libraries during the past five years has declined about 13 percent. To reverse the trend, libraries are adding attractions, turning to more-aggressive marketing tactics and leaning on tourist attractions to promote themselves. Read more.

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What happened? What’s going to happen?
As 2008 began, I wrote on this web site: “There are some signs of difficulty in various sectors of the mining and large earthmoving equipment industries but even stronger indications that these closely linked businesses will continue to build on the successes and strong performances of the past four years.” Right. And Wrong.
By many measures, 2008 was a very good year for this industry. For at least nine months, mineral output, profits, capital expenditures, and large equipment purchases and deliveries continued as if nothing bad could happen. Then it did. A global financial crisis began to escalate at about the same time that many of the world mining industry’s key participants gathered in Las Vegas for MINExpo. The venue and the ebullient attitude on display along with the wide array of suppliers’ new offerings of equipment, components and services contrasted sharply with news reports in late September that all was not right with some of the biggest names in U.S. financial services. Problems quickly spread worldwide and escalated in ways that few anticipated.
Now, just five months after the close of MINExpo, virtually every mineral sector is in the process of a contraction not seen for close to a decade. The claim of a commodity ‘super-cycle’ seems like a distant dream for those companies that had so recently struggled to keep up with supplying coal, copper, iron and dozens of other vital, but suddenly less sought-after minerals. Mineral prices plunged, sales slowed, output is being adjusted through successive reductions at small and large operations worldwide. Once hard-to-find miners are being furloughed, and 2009 CapEx budgets have been cut by tens of billions.
What a difference a year makes (or five months, if you prefer). We’ve come to the end of a five- to six-year cycle that brought the mining and mining equipment markets to new heights and we’ve headed into a down cycle whose magnitude is hard to gauge. From the perspective of one who closely monitors one segment of the long-lived production equipment vital to many of the biggest miners, Parker Bay is in a position to measure where we’ve been.
Deliveries of the largest mining trucks, shovels, excavators, loaders, dozers, and related mobile equipment were all at or near records in 2008 – all measured in Parker Bay’s Mobile Mining Equipment Database. Even as the mining industry expansion came to a screeching halt in the fourth quarter, deliveries of these machines (as reported to Parker Bay directly by the manufacturers) were closely in line with preceding quarterly shipments. Growth had leveled off throughout 2008, but the large backlog of orders sustained output and deliveries at the major equipment manufacturers’ plants though year-end.
That will change and change dramatically in 2009. In one of the keynote presentations at MINExpo, a large manufacturer’s CEO alluded to a three-year backlog of mining equipment orders. Though specifics on order and backlogs are hard to come by, recently announced curtailments in plant operations, and planned layoffs of tens of thousands of workers producing these big machines would seem to indicate the recently proffered large order backlogs are less than 100% solid. And, in any case, the incoming orders are falling precipitously. BHP Billiton recently estimated the global mining industry’s 2008 capital expenditures at US$112 billion. In contrast, the Company projected that same measure would decline by 45% in 2009 and trend down further in 2010, totaling just US$52 billion.
Predictions, even those made by a company that accounts for a considerable share of the projected CapEx, are no less subject to overestimation on the down side than on the upside. But whether the decline comes to 50%-plus, as BHP posits, or a less but still substantial contraction, there seems to be little doubt now that 2009 will witness a significant decline in mining equipment industry activity and fortunes. How these manufacturers address this dramatic change in markets and opportunities will be critical to their long-term success. Some may face issues of corporate survival while others are better prepared to address necessary near-term retrenchment from positions of strength established during the past five-year boom. Mergers or discontinuation of product offerings might occur if the downturn is long and severe. But decisions need to be made with solid information and measures of market activity. And in this regard Parker Bay may be able to assist manufacturers, component and service suppliers, and the mining customers they serve.
Parker Bay was founded in 1996 as the mining and mining equipment industries were entering the last significant down cycle, one that lasted for years. The reasons for the next upturn will include many of the same ones that led to the expansion of 2003-2008. Along with new ones unique to the world and its unfolding mineral needs. The timing is uncertain, but mining industry growth will resume, and along with it, capital expenditures and large equipment orders. And Parker Bay hopes to continue to assist existing and new clients in assessing the opportunities and preparing for future gains.
It promises to be an interesting year.

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A photo of Laurie Gorham on 9News’ website shows the 27-year-old surrounded by her girlfriends with their hands on her pregnant belly. That was before her worst nightmare came true late last week, when a dark-colored SUV or pick-up truck flew through Central Park Boulevard and East 29th Avenue, running down Gorham. The baby, a boy in its 34th week, was lost, but Gorham is recovering from serious injuries at Denver Health Medical Center. “This has been a tragic situation, and the events of the past few days have been truly overwhelming,” says the family, through a statement (via The Denver Post).
A Denver police officer tells 7News the department has received “a ton” of tips from the public, an indication of outrage, and that investigators have established some “strong leads” in the case. As for the unknown driver, Gorham’s husband, Pete Sherlock, says, “we’d like to pray for you, as well, and hope that you can just turn yourself in and just prevent things like this from happening in the future.”
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Read this article. Symonides laments the apparent lack of attention given to cultural rights in comparison to economic and social rights. Several explanations for this disparity of attention are offered along with an historical analysis of this development or lack thereof. The article explores the disparate manner in which cultural rights are enumerated in terms of various other human rights. This lack of cohesion has led to cultural rights being undervalued and, therefore, not protected and promoted to the same extent as other rights.


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Berners-Lee said that the W3C is working on defining a set of standards that developers can use to build websites that work with mobile devices, as well as with desktop computers, so that the mobile Web doesn't break apart from the World Wide Web.
This week, the W3C also launched a new tool that developers can use to test their websites for compatibility with mobile devices.
The W3C's new tool, called the mobileOK checker, will look over code to see how well it follows the W3C's guidelines.
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Today, W3C provides new means for people to create and find mobile friendly content. W3C invites Web authors to run the alpha release of the W3C mobileOK checker and make their content work on a broad range of mobile devices. The checker runs the tests defined in the W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0 Candidate Recommendation.
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I think the W3C are worried and the mobile web should break break apart from the World Wide Web.
Mobiles have much better UIs written in Java not HTML. Why would you want to browse a html webmail site on a mobile when the phone can pull down your emails and present them as texts and media using Java?


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One officer riding a motorcycle sustained injuries after a traffic collision in Sacramento on Wednesday night, June 17th.
According to the initial reports from local authorities, the accident happened at around 9:30 p.m.
A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer was traveling in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 Freeway near Auburn Boulevard when he was suddenly hit by a passing vehicle.
The officer was immediately transported to a local hospital to be treated for his injuries.
Information about the accident is limited at the moment.
Motorcycle Accident Investigation is Underway
Local authorities are now attempting to determine the cause of the accident through the official investigation.
According to the data from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), motorcycle riders are 16 times more at risk of injury and 35 times more at risk of facing fatal crashes in comparison to a passenger of a private vehicle. This is because motorcycle riders are less protected from the dangers on the road in comparison with a passenger of a private car. Motorcycle riders are also at risk of sustaining fatal injuries that could lead to paralysis and death.
All riders are required by law (in most states) to wear a helmet and are encouraged to dress appropriately when riding their motorcycles. It is proven that helmets are 37% effective in preventing motorcycle deaths. Distracted driving, speeding, drunk driving, reckless driving, bad weather, wrong-way driving, and failure to observe traffic laws are just some of the common reasons motorcycle accidents occur.
When facing cases like this, it’s vital to have an experienced Sacramento personal injury attorney specializing in motorcycle accidents to conduct an independent probe. Attorneys can utilize their resources to re-interview important witnesses, review relevant surveillance footage from the scene, and obtain phone and texting records of the liable party.
Personal Injury Attorney for Victims of Motorcycle Accidents in Sacramento
Sustaining injuries after a motorcycle accident can be quite challenging and stressful to deal with as it can affect all aspects of life, such as family, work, and finances.
While waiting for the results of the official investigation, the victim is encouraged to pursue a personal injury claim with the help of their attorney. Through the personal injury claim, the victim can seek compensation for the damages (such as loss of income, pain, and suffering, and emotional trauma) that the accident has caused them.
Attorneys can serve as a helpful and compassionate legal guide for the victims during this difficult time. They will vigorously fight for their client’s rights and best interests while ensuring that the liable party will be held accountable for their negligence.
If you have a nagging suspicion that someone is to blame for the death or injury of your spouse or family member, contact Arash Law. We have the resources you need to pursue justice for wrongful death and the experience to ensure that you get fair compensation. We’re conveniently located throughout California, with offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Riverside, Orange County, and San Diego, and are happy to visit you at your home or office. Call (888) 488-1391 for a FREE Consultation with a personal injury attorney in California.


We offer high quality, innovative regeneration skills, an excellent understanding of community issues and needs together with a proven track record in delivering successful schemes.
One of the first to adopt a cross subsidy approach to funding, our experience includes the regeneration of our own estates and of working in close partnership with local authorities. We understand that there is no one size fits all approach to regeneration. For example, we are currently working with Westminster City Council as a development partner, through which the affordable housing will be passed back to the Council on completion. We also recognise the need for good quality engagement with existing residents and the local community and our dedicated liaison team lead on this.
Our regeneration work is complemented and enhanced by Clarion Futures, who lead on developing resident led community centres, providing work and training opportunities and tackling digital and financial inclusion. Community grants also provide opportunities for residents to lead on projects that make a real difference in their communities.


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Mtn Views/Great Rates/ 4 BR/Sleeps 10/Walk to Village!
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Durango Mountain Resort just keeps getting better and better with its multi million dollar upgrades and this roomy Sitzmark Mountain Retreat has one of the best locations on the mountain. Park your car because you can simply walk to all the activities/shops etc at the resort's village.
With 4 bedrooms (plus a sofa bed) The Sitzmark Mountain Retreat has plenty of room for friends and family. The wonderful open floor plan with living room, kitchen and dinging area look out onto the mountains and woods. The large patio is a wonderful place to enjoy family BBQs or just to sunbathe. Look out your kitchen and living room windows for views of the incredible San Juan Mountains. The large dinging area can accommodate your family and friends in comfort. The master suite and powder room complete this upper level.
The bi-level floor plan offers the master suite privacy on the top floor with a comfortable king sized bed and attached bath. The rest of the family and friends enjoy the whole lower level with 3 additional bedrooms with queen beds and another full bath. The kids will enjoy extra TV's and games in their bedrooms if desired. An oversized storage area for ski equipment etc. and a laundry area complete this lower level.
A short walk takes to you to the lifts if skiing, boarding or snow biking is on your list for winter fun. If you would rather shop, get a massage or simply sit in front of the fire of the new day lodge/restaurant and watch the skiers come down the mountain, the village is right there for you. On a sunny day (and Durango Mt Resort has over 300 days of sunshine a year!) what could be better than to enjoy a cocktail, steaming cup of Starbucks coffee or snack from the outdoor bar/patio as you soak up this winter sunshine on the deck.
This same village area turns into a summer playground for all in summer with Alpine slides, mountain biking, nature hikes, climbing wall, miniature golf, horseback riding and even a kids day camp! Enjoy the multiple music festivals in The Big Tent.
Located between downtown Durango and historic mining town of Silverton, The Sitzmark Mountain Retreat's location is also a perfect summer mountain location where you are just minutes from world class fishing, white water rafting, and the famous Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. BUT while only a few minutes from town, you are in the heart of the mountains away from the heat and crowds of downtown. Here is where you get to enjoy peace, tranquility and may even sight a deer, elk, or bear!!
There is so much so see and do in Durango!! However, just reading a book on the deck, watching the snow fall in front of the fire or spotting the wildlife might entice you to just stay home and enjoy your mountain getaway.
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Bedrooms: 4 Bedrooms, Sleeps 10, Beds for 10
- King size beds (1), Queen size Beds (1), Sleep Sofa or Futons (1)
Bathrooms: 2 Bathrooms, 1 Half Bathroom
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Great place to base our vacation!
The Sitzmark Mountian Condo is a very room, clean and comfortable condo right at Durango Mt Resort. The deck faces the woods with mountain views also and we could walk right to the village! Downtown Durango was an easy and beautiful drive. Really enjoyed the real wood fireplace on cool nights. Wonderful stay!!
- Guest Linda
- Date of stay 05/15/13
- Review Submitted 07/01/13
2013-2014 Rates: May 24 - Aug 1 $210/nt Aug 1 - Sept 1 - $189/ Sept 1 - Oct 13 $169/nt Jan 5 - March 30 $310/nt(add $25/nt for MLK/PD WE ) Oct 14 - Nov 27 $165/nt Nov 27 - Dec 19 $199/nt March 7 - 15(Spr Break) $525/nt Dec 20 - 25 $525/nt Dec 26 - Jan 2 $650/nt April 7 - May 23 $165/nt & 10% Discount 6+ nights excluding Holidays & Spring Break. Call Monthly Rates. Plus 6.9% sales tax, $145 Clng Fee, sec dep. $300 Pet Fee $100 (pre approved pets)
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One of the best locations at Durango Mt Resort. Walk right to the village for summer and winter fun. Ski to your back door. Hike for miles out your front door.
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The Majestic Mountain Views From Condo
The Great Room Enjoys Views and Balcony Access
Roomy Dining Area Hosts Family Meals
Spacious Kitchen With Convenient Island Seating Area
The Master Bedroom Enjoys a King Sized Bed and Attached Bathroom
Third Bedroom with Queen Bed
View From Second Bedroom
Ski In Right to Your Condo!
Summer Fun in the Village of Durango Mt Resort!
Rent a Boat at Lake Vallecito!
Visit Trimble Hot Springs For a Day at the Pool. Good Soaking and a Day Spa!!
View From Deck in Early Fall
Enjoy The Cozy Wood Fireplace in The Great Room
Even The Kitchen Has Wonderful Views!
The Balcony is a Great Place to BBQ & Dine or Just Enjoy The Peaceful Woods!
The Second Bedroom Has a Queen Bed
The Fourth Bedroom with a Queen Bed
There is Lots More To Do in Addition to Skiing in Winter!
Enjoy Fishing At A Variety of Lakes/Streams!
Walk to the Village of Durango Mountain Resort!
Go Jeeping in the Highcountry!!
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What is the best thing that I love about my work?
Understanding the world via writing. I’m a screenwriter so ultimately it’s the act of creating stories and characters on the page, then making them live on the screen.
What is my idea of happiness?
Laughing with family and friends.
What is my greatest fear?
Losing someone I love.
What is the trait that I most deplore in myself?
Not being as expressive in person as I am on the page.
Which living persons in my profession do I most admire?
Screenwriters with distinct voices who make their films like Paul Thomas Anderson, Pedro Almodovar, Jane Campion, Noah Baumbach, Sarah Polley, and Greta Gerwig.
What is my greatest extravagance?
On what occasion would I lie?
When being honest was detrimental to someone’s feelings or well-being.
What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work?
Navigating difficult personalities, and non-constructive story notes.
When and where was I the happiest, in my work?
I’m currently having a career-high with a screenplay that has attached a great cast and is moving into production.
I’ve been fortunate to live in other states and countries due to my husband’s work and have had the best writing experiences away from home.
If I could, what would I change about myself?
I would not procrastinate or stress about things that I can’t control.
What is my greatest achievement in work?
The top three are joining the Writers Guild of America, collaborating with an Academy Award-nominated director Jan Komasa, and being included on the industry coveted Black List for best screenplays
Where would I most like to live?
I’d like to have the ability to travel more often and live in different places.
What is my most treasured possession?
A collection of my father’s favorite books, and memories of people I’ve loved and lost.
What is my most marked characteristic?
Compassion and kindness.
What is my most inspirational location, in my city?
California beaches. They are my office in the summer.
What is my favorite place to eat and drink, in my city?
Aroma Cafe in Studio City. It has a charming little garden where I take my laptop for the day and enjoy the coffee and food.
What books influenced my life and how?
There are a few books I read in high school that left an impression and planted a seed including Victory by Joseph Conrad, West with the Night by Beryl Markham, Rabbit-Run by John Updike, and The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor.
You Only Die Once. What music would I listen to on my last day?
Probably Joni Mitchell’s “Blue” album head to toe for its storytelling and reflective mood.
Who is my hero or heroine in fiction?
Scout “To Kill a Mockingbird, Elizabeth Bennet “Pride and Prejudice, and of course Nancy Drew.
Who are my heroes and heroines in real life?
Civil servants, first responders, whistle blowers, and anyone who walks the walk for others.
Which movie would I recommend to see once in a lifetime?
The Godfather trilogy.
What role play stories in my life and work?
Stories are oxygen and sustenance for writers, we don’t exist without them.
What do the words ‘You are the storyteller of your own life to me?
Each day is a blank page. We write it.
Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, or partner in crime?
My husband. It’s complicated and sublime.
Which people or companies would I like to work with in 2022?
Films are hard to get made and I respect female filmmakers who are doing it. I would love to work with Kathryn Bigelow, Sophia Coppola, Jane Campion, Greta Gerwig, Chloe Zhao, Jennifer Kent, Dee Rees, Karyn Kusama, Lena Dunham, Lisa Cholodenko to name a few.
What project, in 2022, am I looking forward to work on?
“Anniversary” which is a feature screenplay that I wrote and is being produced next year.
Where can you see me or my work in 2022?
“Anniversary” will be my first produced film.
What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me?
“We write to live life twice”, I think that’s true of most writers.
Which creative professionals should Peter invite to tell their story? (
Any female filmmaker or artist, including the ones listed above.
How can you contact me?

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Pacific Smiles Dental – Open this Christmas and New Year
December 1, 2010
The dental industry, as with many professional service industries, typically closes over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. This often leaves many people within our local community with few, if any options for assistance for emergency or urgent dental care.
To ensure our local community has access to required dental care over the Christmas and New Year holiday period, some Pacific Smiles Dental Centres will be open and available to see patients who have toothaches or other dental emergencies.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year; you can relax knowing that we are available if you require an appointment.

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0x (ZRX) open and permissionless protocol allows the ERC-20 tokens to be transacted on the Ethereum blockchain. You can transfer more than just the currency; you can also transfer tokenized assets such as derivatives, securities, and more tradeable unique tokens. 0x eas founded back in 2016 to enable online services to offer token trading capabilities to users without the need to hold user funds in its custody.
More investors are getting involved with 0x
0x was recently added to Bithumb, the famous Korean exchange platform and there have even been rumors suggesting that the protocol could be listed on Coinbase as well. Back in 2017, Coinbase announced which were its listing requirements: strong alignment with the platform’s values and mission, high-quality of engineering and product, the short and long-term operating expectations, the ability to scale, liquidity, token demand and global exchange representation. 0x meets the right digital framework and infrastructure; in other words, it qualifies for a Coinbase listing.
Coinbase implemented Paradex
This is important because Paradex, the elite peer-to-peer trading platform that’s focused on speed, reliability, and non-custodianship runs on the 0x platform. So, this partnership can turn out extremely beneficial for the 0x token. Paradex has only ten employees, and it’s one of the few startups that use its technology to get access to less popular cryptos.
For the moment, Coinbase is only trading four cryptos: Litecoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum.
0x price is starting to correct
The whole crypto market is about to make a massive comeback and in this scenery, 0x could very well become the leader of the way. Looking at its price over a long-term fit, it’s easy to see bullish signals from the 22 and 50 EMA’s crossing through the 200 EMA. The ZRX market is currently waiting on an explosive boost of the South Korean investment for new listings. Analysts claim that 0x is set for an overall bullish year and as the price action heads towards an all-time high, the investors’ loyalty is being currently tested.
0x announced the launch of the second version of its protocol
The 0x protocol is preparing to launch a second version of its decentralized market protocol which will develop an Ethereum-based protocol that is set to enable the creation of decentralized markets for a vast range of products and services.
Overall, the 0x team is working on lots of advancements that could send ZRX straight to the moon.


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The Metropolitan Opera is a vibrant home for the most creative and talented singers, conductors, composers, musicians, stage directors, designers, visual artists, choreographers, and dancers from around the world. The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), presents the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts, The Met: Live in HD, which brings Met performances to more than 2,200 movie theatres and performing arts centres in more than 70 countries. The NCPA has been presenting this series since 2012, and is the only venue in India to host these broadcasts.
The 2019–20 Live in HD season features ten transmissions, beginning with the Met’s production of Puccini’s Turandot, starring Christine Goerke in the title role, led by the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, Yannick Nézet- Séguin.
This season also includes five new productions: the Met premiere of Philip Glass’s groundbreaking 20th-century opera Akhnaten, starring Anthony Roth Costanzo as the title pharaoh, conducted by Karen Kamensek; Peter Mattei in the title role of Berg’s Wozzeck, in a new staging by acclaimed visual artist and stage director William Kentridge, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; a new production of the Gershwins’ classic American opera Porgy and Bess, last performed at the Met in 1990, starring Eric Owens and Angel Blue, directed by James Robinson and conducted by David Robertson; the Met premiere of Handel’s Agrippina, starring Joyce DiDonato in a contemporary staging by Sir David McVicar that promises to resonate with modern audiences; and a new take on Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), starring Sir Bryn Terfel in the title role.
In addition to Turandot and the five new productions, Live in HD audiences will also have the chance to see Massenet’s lush French masterpiece Manon; the return of Anthony Minghella’s inspired vision of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, with Plácido Domingo as Sharpless; Anna Netrebko in the title role of Puccini’s Tosca; and Diana Damrau and Jamie Barton as the dueling queens of Maria Stuarda, the second opera of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy.
STUDENT DISCOUNT: For the Met Opera HD Live 2019 -2020 season at the NCPA, Mumbai, we are offering students 50% discount on purchase of tickets with valid student ID.
For terms & conditions, see below:
Terms & conditions:
50% discount for students with valid student ID’s for NCPA – Met Opera HD Live 2019 -2020 season.
Only one discounted ticket can be purchased against one Student ID.
Each ticket holder must present a valid Student ID when collecting tickets from venue and at entry point into the auditorium on the day of the show.
The discount is applicable only on the screenings that are part of the Met 2019-2020 season screened at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai.
The discount cannot be combined with any other offers.
Limited seats available.
Taxes as applicable.

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You may have seen them lately.
They have that glazed look.
Not the fungi.
The people. The Morel mushroom hunters.
Lake Tahoe and Truckee mushroom hunters are restless right now.
While many people are at the beach, the Morel Hunters are out in the woods. They say the Morel Mushroom is very, very hard to find making the hunt even more addictive.
They admit they are obsessed, and say it’s a proven brain disorder. Called Morchella Oblongata – an abnormality of the brain which causes impulsive behavior and restlessness, especially in the Spring.
Symptoms include frequent trips to the woods and incessant discussion of mushroom hunting. There’s no cure (they claim), and relief can only be achieved by finding and eating Morel Mushrooms.
Spring is usually peak season for Morel Hunting, but it all depends on the moisture. But, don’t count on a morel hunter giving up the location. Giving up secrets means banishment from mushroom hunting circles … or worse.
Although there are plenty of websites about morels with gobs of recipes and fun facts, you won’t learn where to find these elusive fungi delicacies.
There are all kinds of ways to prepare morels – gourmet and some not. Fried morels. Cream of morel soup. Fettuccine Alfredo with chicken and morels. Sauteed morels. You name it. Grab a skillet, some garlic and butter. Or throw them on the grill.
Even local restaurants feature this local favorite. Like the Lone Eagle Grill in Incline Village that serves Pan Seared Chicken Breast and Asparagus with Morel Mushroom Sauce, Moody’s Bistro that serves Potato Gnocchi with Fava Beans and Morel Mushrooms, and Le Bistro’s Aumonière of Fresh Morel Mushrooms with White Truffle Oil.
While morels are king in the spring, another local mushroom that peaks in the late summer and early fall is the porcini. While these large mushrooms are easy to spot, you’ll have to find them on your own. Mushroom hunters are a very loyal bunch.
A handy field guide is All That the Rain Promises and More by David Arora. It lists most of our common mushrooms and fits in a pocket.
CAUTION: Identifying mushrooms is serious business. Eating poisonous mushrooms will kill you. Pretty quickly too, so be sure to identify every mushroom before you eat it.
Or it may be your first. And Last!

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Welcome to Emmy Cooks! You can see more of my favorite recent recipes by clicking the “My Favorite Recipes” category on the sidebar (here are July, August, and September). If you like what you see here, you can sign up on the sidebar to receive a daily recipe by email, add the RSS feed to your blog reader, or follow Emmy Cooks on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest.
Here for the Vegan Cookbook Giveaway? Head on down the bottom of this post.Hello, friends! Welcome to my table. I’m happy to be joining the Virtual Vegan Potluck for the second time today, and I hope you’ll join me in visiting many of the other participating blogs! (If you’re making your way around the circle, click here to go forward to the tasty blog Cheerfully Vegan, or click here to go back to Cauldrons and Cupcakes, where I love living vicariously on Nicole’s Australian farm with the koalas, platypus, and wallabies–and there’s even a calf named after me!)
I’m serving soup today, and before you turn your nose up at a creamy celery soup, let me just talk to you about the roasted part of this roasted celery soup. It’s transformative. It’s sublime. It makes me revel in all the things that one humble vegetable can be. Celery is crisp and herbal when freshly sliced. It’s aromatic and powerful when dried. And when roasted, as it is here, celery becomes sweet and deeply flavorful, bringing an earthy umami element to this creamy soup. Aren’t vegetables amazing? Continue reading

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A Baltimore-based attorney and Howard County resident has been elected president of the newly formed Columbia Downtown Housing Corp., which will provide affordable housing to Columbia, according to a news release.
Paul K. Casey, a partner at Ballard Spahr law firm in Baltimore, will serve as the corporation's president, and, alongside fellow Ballard Spahr partner Michael W. Skojec, was named one of the corporation's 15 directors.
“While the Corporation’s membership reflects a diversity of perspectives, everyone shares the goal of ensuring affordable housing options,” Casey said. “Our mission is challenging, but the Board’s efforts will benefit from its members extensive experience in affordable housing finance, development, and management.”
The 15 directors will administer affordable housing funds, raised primarily by building permit fees from future downtown developments, to build 5,500 additional affordable housing units in Columbia.
According to the news release, the funds are projected to be about $4.6 million in the next three years.
The corporation was created as part of the county's 30-year Downtown Redevelopment plan.


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Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner
Learn how to prepare a delicious Thanksgiving dinner with a maximum of enjoyment and a minimum of stress, snafus, and sleeplessness!
If you'd like your Thanksgiving preparations to go smoothly (and who wouldn't?), turn to experienced tech writer and foodie Joe Kissell for help. At least half the battle is a good plan, and Joe provides you with a customizable plan that gets you organized, helps you figure out what you need to buy, and prevents last-minute problems. Once the planning and shopping are done, follow Joe's detailed, tested recipes for Thanksgiving dinner: roast turkey with gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry relish, candied sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie.
"Thanks for a great guide! I used it to successfully cook my first complete Thanksgiving, almost single-handed. While I can follow recipes, I am nowhere close to 'a cook'—your guide gave me the confidence to take on this meal!" —Ed Ruder
Appendixes cover special cases from allergies to vegans, drawings guide you as you work with the turkey, and a special included "Print Me" file provides shopping lists and schedules, as well as versions of the recipes that you can tape up in the kitchen. Although these recipes scale easily for a few more people, they are meant for 8-12 people. The recipes use U.S. and metric units.
Read this ebook to learn the answers to questions such as:
"I've been cooking Thanksgiving dinner for longer than I care to admit, and I never would have thought I'd pick up so many good tips! Great book!" —Trish Huffman
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About the Author
Joe Kissell has written many books about the Mac, including many popular Take Control ebooks. He's also a contributing editor of TidBITS and a senior contributor to Macworld, and previously spent 10 years in the Mac software industry.
Table of Contents
Read Me First
Preparing a complete Thanksgiving dinner for a crowd can be a daunting task, but this book lays out the entire process, complete with easy recipes and detailed, step-by-step instructions. If you've volunteered (or been volunteered!) to make Thanksgiving dinner, and you want to ensure that everything goes smoothly, this book will keep you organized, focused, and on track. This book was written by Joe Kissell, edited by Karen G. Anderson, and published by TidBITS Publishing Inc.
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of family togetherness, good food, and all-around positive vibes—for most of us. For the cook, however, it's often a time of stress and grumpiness! Putting together a feast like this is an unusual feat even for experienced cooks. If you've never done it before, it can be terrifying. Many things can go wrong, but you can avoid or solve virtually every problem if you plan well and have the right tools and information within reach.
I'm a foodie from way back, but I make my living writing about computers. In technical writing, my goal is to break down complex and confusing computer tasks into simple, easy-to-follow steps. In this book, I do the same with Thanksgiving dinner, breaking down complex and confusing cooking tasks into simple, easy-to-follow steps.
Anyone who wants to prepare Thanksgiving dinner from scratch can benefit from these instructions. This may be the first time you've cooked Thanksgiving dinner, or perhaps you've tried cooking one in the past with dubious results. You might be a working parent, a guy who usually leaves major cooking to the women, or simply someone who's better at cooking than planning (and needs help with logistics). Whatever the case, I can help you put together the entire meal from start to finish with minimal stress, so you can enjoy the holiday!
For a great Thanksgiving feast, you want all the basic dishes to be prepared well, taste good, and be ready at the right time. You can pull this off if you stick with my recipes and timeline as much as possible. There are a million ways to cook each of these dishes, and what you see here may not be the way your mom or your favorite celebrity chef does it. But after extensive testing of recipes and procedures in this book, I can assure you that if you follow them, you'll get good results.
What's on the menu? It's a classic, traditional American and Canadian Thanksgiving dinner: Roasted Turkey, Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Cranberry Sauce, Candied Sweet Potatoes, and Pumpkin Pie.
I've included a few other options, such as a vegetarian main dish (see Appendix A: A Vegetarian Main Dish) and green vegetables (see the sidebar What about the Greens?), but in general, I stick to the basics. By the way, this meal is not low in fat, carbs, or salt. Sorry, dieters!
Although you'll be preparing almost everything from scratch—using fresh, whole ingredients where feasible—I understand that due to time, money, or space constraints, you may have to compromise here and there. So I've included a series of "Cutting Corners" sidebars with simpler approaches you can use if you get in trouble. On the other hand, if you're feeling more ambitious and want to get fancier, you may be interested in the "Upgrading" sidebars (for a few of the dishes), which tell you how to add extra flavor, texture, and finesse.
This book contains detailed instructions, but for your convenience, a separate "Print Me" file includes compact versions of all the recipes, the schedule, and the shopping list.
Before I set you loose, I want to tell you what assumptions I made when writing this book. I assume:
Because the most important thing you can do to ensure a successful Thanksgiving dinner is prepare well, I strongly urge you to read this entire book before you do anything else—and do that at least a week before Thanksgiving. At the very least, read Obtain Supplies, Obtain Ingredients, and Plan Your Cooking Schedule first, and be sure to take a good look at Appendix E: The Schedule.
Print out your reference materials:
Prepare for the big day:
Do day-before preparation:
Do Thanksgiving Day tasks:
Deal with special situations:
In version 1.2, I’ve modernized the book’s layout so that it works not only on large screens in PDF format, but also on smaller screens in EPUB and Mobipocket formats. In addition, I did the following:
Version 1.1 included the following changes from the original release:
Q: What if I don't want to make everything by hand?
A: You don't have to! Although the book assumes you'll make most things by hand, it also has sidebars that suggest when cutting a corner may the better part of valor and an appendix helps if you have to make Thanksgiving dinner with little prep time.
Q: What about my aunt Martha's stuffing recipe?
A: The book provides recipes that work together in terms of time and temperature, but it also assumes that you may want to swap in a recipe or two of your own.
Q: I love David Allen's "Getting Things Done" methods. Will this book help me have a Getting Things Done Thanksgiving?
A: Yes it will. It walks you right through the planning process with lots of next steps, to-dos, and lists.
Q: How do you recommend preparing the turkey?
A: Joe explains a basic brining technique.
Q: Isn't brining too hard for less-experienced cooks?
A: Joe has a special talent for breaking down complex tasks into simple steps. We think a lot of cooks will be pleased when they see how easy Joe makes it.
Q: I noticed that you don't cover a green vegetable, homemade rolls, or pecan pie.
A: Yes. We limited the book's scope to something we felt could be achieved by normal humans. The book does welcome you to make more dishes, and it links to a few noteworthy recipes for green veggies.
Q: What about vegetarians?
A: The book has a lovely recipe for a polenta-and-cheese based main course for vegetarians, and it even has an appendix on how to accommodate vegans. However, if you plan to cook an all-vegan feast, this isn't the right book for you.
Q: What about the gravy?
A: The gravy recipe is superb. And, Joe splits it so people with less time or experience can go for great gravy, but readers with more time or experience can go for amazingly superb gravy.
Q: What's a computer geek doing writing a cookbook?
A: Joe writes about technology in order to support his habit of eating well, and he was playing with his food long before he started playing with computers. He wields a whisk or a mouse with equal proficiency. Joe realized that the same methods he uses to make seemingly complicated computer tasks seem easy could be applied to seemingly complicated cooking tasks, and this book is the result.
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For your enjoyment, here's an excerpt from the ebook that covers how to make stuffing. The overall ebook has you starting your shopping early, but you can jump in here. Note that this recipe is intended to span 2 days, with you doing some prep work on the day before Thanksgiving. Of course, you can do it all on Thanksgiving day, if necessary.
The great thing about stuffing is that you can vary the recipe dramatically and still end up with a perfectly delicious end result. The basic ingredients of a turkey stuffing are bread, aromatics (celery and onion), stock or broth, a few spices, and a bit of butter. Of course, lots of stuffings get fancy with sausage, oysters, chestnuts, fruit, cornbread, or any of a zillion other modifications. We're going to stick with the standard (though I provide other suggestions in the "Upgrading" sidebar [at the end of this excerpt]. If you have a family recipe for another type of stuffing, and your guests expect it, feel free to use it instead.
IN OR OUT?
There are two broad schools of thought about stuffing: one says to cook it inside the turkey (in which case it truly is stuffing) and the other says to cook it separately (in which case it's sometimes called dressing). If you cook the stuffing inside the turkey, it will absorb a good bit of moisture and fat from the turkey—and along with it, lots of flavor. Stuffing the turkey is a (slightly awkward) extra step, as is removing the cooked stuffing, though using a stuffing bag can simplify both greatly.
But the main argument against stuffing the turkey is that the stuffing takes a long time to heat up, while spending significant time in contact with uncooked meat. That's a recipe for bacterial growth, and of course the last thing you want to do is make your guests sick! However, you can solve this problem quite easily. First, make sure the stuffing is very hot when you put it into the bird. And, second, before you take the turkey out of the oven, check the stuffing's temperature. If it's 160*F (71*C) or higher, you're completely safe.
Because the taste of genuinely stuffed stuffing is better, we'll be cooking it in the bird. But we'll also make some extra, cooked separately, because you can never have too much stuffing!
Most of the stuffing preparation should be done the day before Thanksgiving. Just before you put the turkey in the oven, you'll perform the last two steps: combining the wet and dry ingredients, and heating the stuffing.
Only if upgrading...
2 medium apples (replacing half the celery)
1-2 cups chopped fresh mushrooms
Stuffing isn't at all hard to make, but if you're worried about getting everything done, there are always store-bought stuffing mixes. Frankly, I don't think any commercial mix can hold a candle to homemade stuffing, but this is ultimately a lower-priority menu item than, say, turkey or mashed potatoes.
This stuffing recipe, as it stands, is plenty tasty (especially the portion cooked inside the turkey). But it's also pretty basic. To add some pizzazz, you can try these suggestions:
* Replace half the celery with two medium-sized apples, peeled and diced into pieces about the same size as the celery.
* Add 1-2 cups of fresh chopped mushrooms.
* Look for other stuffing recipes. Among the thousands of stuffing recipes you can find online are ones that use rice or cornbread instead of white bread; ones that include sausage or oysters; ones that add chestnuts for some extra crunch; and numerous other variations. If you're feeling adventurous, substitute any of these recipes for the one here, but be sure to make enough to fill the turkey and an extra baking dish—at least 12 cups (3 l) in all.
November 19, 2013 -- As Thanksgiving approaches this year, I took a quick skim through the ebook to see how it was aging. Good news! With a topic like Thanksgiving, we don't have Apple releasing Turkey 2.0 or Google updating to Stuffing 3.17, so Joe's recipes are up-to-date. I am noticing a few places where Apple technology has changed, like in the Basics topic where iBooks is referred to as only an iOS app instead of an iOS and OS X app. Even so, I think you'll manage just fine. The Take Control crew had so much fun creating this title, that we'll probably want to update it at some point. That update will probably be much less about new Thanksgiving advice and much more about making sure it works technically; for example, we'll want to update that reference to iBooks platforms. And, we'll move the manuscript forward to whatever the latest Take Control templates is, so it will look like the rest of our more modern titles.
—Tonya J Engst
November 24, 2009 --
Get the scoop on Joe's favorite ebook, Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner. In the MacVoices #9120 podcast episode, Joe and host Chuck Joiner talk about choosing a turkey, baking a moist turkey, making various side dishes, handling logistics, and more. Also, if you know what a turkey "giblet" is, but have always wondered which "giblet" is which organ, check out the Turkey Giblets post from Joe's The Geeky Gourmet blog.
—Tonya J Engst
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BROKE DONNY & TAX CUTS
The tax cuts implemented during his tenure notably skewed towards benefiting corporations and the affluent, intensifying the prevailing income inequality. As highlighted by CNBC, prior analyses underscore that the impact of these tax cuts disproportionately favored the wealthiest segment of the population. A Congressional Research Service report adds nuance, indicating a slight reduction in individual income taxes as a percentage of personal income. Nevertheless, the discernible asymmetry in the distribution of benefits, with the affluent gaining more, underscores ongoing concerns about economic fairness and the tax system’s efficacy.


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Workers at a funeral home steal a woman’s ashes in order to perform the banned ‘Ghost Marriage’ ritual.
Three funeral home employees in China are accused of attempting to kidnap the remains of a deceased woman in order to perform the forbidden “ghost marriage” practice. Their objective was to sell the stolen ashes to a family in the neighborhood.
According to the South China Morning Post, the strange episode occurred in the Shandong region in Eastern China.
The ashes belonged to a well-known social media figure who committed suicide in October during a live feed.
After the ashes were cremated, one of the staff, Shao, switched them, while another, Leo, took them out of the funeral home. According to the article, the third accused, surnamed Zhang, reached an arrangement with the buyer, citing local news outlet The Beijing News.
In many parts of China, the “ghost marriage” rite is a superstitious practice. It’s a marriage in which one or both of the parties have passed away. A spouse — generally a dead woman — is found for a deceased guy by his family. Her ashes are then buried alongside the man’s, as it is believed that a lonely grave would harm the family’s prosperity.
According to reports, the three funeral home employees planned to sell the ashes for 50,000-70,000 Chinese yuan ($7,800 to $11,000). Zhang’s wife, on the other hand, informed investigators that the buyer, who was not identified, did not “consent to the marriage.” According to sources, the deceased woman, known by her screen name Luoxiaomaomaozi, killed herself in October by drinking a bottle of pesticide while live streaming on the Chinese video-sharing app Douyin. Despite being transported to the hospital, the woman was declared dead upon arrival. She stated in her most recent video that she was depressed.
After learning of the theft, authorities detained the three suspects. The woman’s remains were discovered and returned to her Hunan province relatives.
This isn’t the first time the government has taken action against ghost marriages. Last year, the ashes of a 22-year-old lady were sold for thousands of yuan by her own family to carry out the rite.
In February, another man was condemned to death for murdering two mentally ill women and selling their bodies to rural households for fictitious marriages.


Marvel Studios MVP Robert Downey Jr. set the tone for a packed panel filled with news of the next phase of the Marvel motion picture universe.
Fans have been treated throughout Comic-Con by seeing Tony Stark’s armory on display including the new Mark VIII armor that will appear in the upcoming Iron Man 3.
Appearing with Downey was Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Feige, Iron Man 3 co-writer/director Shane Black, co-star Don Cheadle and executive producer/co-star and Iron Man 1 & 2 director Jon Favreau.
There was confirmation that Ben Kingsley would be playing The Mandarin.
Other highlights of the panel was a brief test reel of Ant-Man in action from director Edgar Wright. Although Marvel released an official logo, no release date has been announced.
In addition Marvel revealed the official names of the Thor and Captain America sequels and premiered a piece of concept art from Guardians of the Galaxy.


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Hungary Ready to Build Fence on Border with Romania if Needed
Hungary is ready to erect another barrier on its borders to deter a flow of migrants, this time on the border with Romania, a senior official has said.
“We are ready and capable of setting up yet another border fence within a short period of time," Janos Lazar, chief of staff to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said at a news conference on Thursday, according to portfolio.hu
Hungary has already sealed off its borders with Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia to stem a migrant influx not seen since WWII.
Lazar said that building another razor-wire fence on the country’s border with Romania should only be a measure of last resort but he made clear that the government plans to do so if necessary.
Hungary “does not need immigrants and neither does Europe. This is the official Hungarian position,” Lazar said.
On November 11 Slovenia started building a 80-kilometer, razor-wire fence on its border with Croatia to control the influx of tens of thousands of migrants and refugees arriving along the so-called Balkan route via Greece, Macedonia and Serbia, despite repeated EU assertions that barriers and walls are not an answer.
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Barbara Bratton, a member of the LA Anti-Eviction Campaign, RHEMA,, and Occupy fights Foreclosure, is being held hostage, on false charges, by the Ontario police department, and the San Bernadino Sheriffs!!
Sister Barbara has worked tirelessly to help people enforce their human right to housing. In waging her own battle for her home, she identified the fraud recorded at the county recorders office by the investor trying to steal her, and her mothers home. When she presented this evidence to Sgt. Brian Hurst of the OPD, and tried to file a criminal complaint, she was refused, and told that it was a civil, not a criminal matter.
This refusal by Sgt. Hurst to even review the evidence she presented led to sister Barbara filing a complaint on him, as well as the judge who refused to hear the evidence in her home defense.
Her complaint was refused, but when the investor filed the same exact complaint in retaliation, Sgt. Hurst took the opportunity to retaliate against her. He arrested her, locked her in a cell, initially without charge, and lied on her arrest report, attempting to tie her to a "Domestic Terrorist" group, she had never heard of before. She has never been arrested in her life, yet has been held on $250,000 bond since Thursday, based on the false report Sgt. Hurst filed.
SISTER BARBARA NEED YOUR HELP!!!!! PLEASE CALL ALL OF THE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW AND DEMAND HER IMMEDIATE RELEASE, AND THAT SGT. HURST BE FIRED, AND PROSECUTED FOR HIS MISCONDUCT!!!
Police Chief Eric Hopley
City Manage Chris Hughes
Please call repeatedly, and share, Sister Barbara Bratton needs to be free!!!
Peace to you, if you are willing to fight for it.


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We are no longer in the forest but in an enclosed garden surrounded by a stone wall and the trees are different trees. I do not know them. There are steps leading upwards. It is too dark to see the wall or the steps, but I know they are there and I think, ‘It will be when I go up these steps. At the top.’ I stumble over my dress and cannot get up. I touch a tree and my arms hold on to it. ‘Here, here.’ But I think I will not go any further.
Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
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There was an overall smell but you could separate them out the way a prism separated light. There was a smell of bark, of green branches, of nettles, of dung, of fresh earth, and stinking earth, of fungi and the Elder flower that grew profusely and was one of the chief components for the home-made wine…
The flutter of the leaves brought on your trance. Hundreds of thousands of sycamore leaves all obeying the same wind, their wide green palms opening then tightening, letting in and keeping out the light changing the prospect from indoor to outdoor to indoor, forever altering. It was the most lonesome hour just before dusk with all the colours going, all the streamers, the pinks and reds, and violets and indigoes and blues, the lovely laneways of vanquishing light.
Edna O’Brien, A Pagan Place (1970). One of the best novels about childhood (and memory, and Ireland) that I’ve ever read.
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I remember when I was a girl and a young man fell in love with me, and he came and sang in the rain under an apple-tree outside my windows, and he caught tuberculosis and died.
—Nora Barnacle, quoted in Brenda Maddox’s biography Nora.
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As a global neuroscience federation dedicated to the promotion of neuroscience around the world, IBRO was chosen by several leading neuroscience societies in 2012 to lead a collaborative effort in support of advocacy programmes across the world’s regions. The Global Advocacy Initiative was thus launched to facilitate the development of culturally relevant educational and motivational programs that would garner wider support for neuroscience research.
Now known as the Global Engagement Initiative since 2018, participating partners recognise that our efforts not only support advocacy but also outreach and awareness activities that have a broader and more inclusive reach. IBRO works in close collaboration with SfN, FENS, The Dana Foundation, the Japan Neuroscience Society, the Australasian Neuroscience Society and others to keep developing effective and impactful strategies that inform and inspire people about neuroscience.
“Care has been taken to adopt a global voice to express all views. IBRO’s mandate is to articulate a vision of what advocacy means across different countries and cultures, and our organization aims to provide workable models that can be adapted to various regional situations.” – Pierre Magistretti, IBRO Past President (2014-2019)
• Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS)
• Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
To increase awareness and build support for brain research, informed policymaking, training and education through activities and events that are culturally sensitive and regionally relevant.
1. Increase public and policy support for neuroscience research
2. Enhance public awareness about neuroscience through activities that are culturally sensitive and regionally relevant
3. Disseminate existing resources and develop new ones
4. Coordinate initiatives with other scientific organizations to boost global support and awareness
Global Engagement Committee Members
Keiji Tanaka, IBRO Secretary General and Chair of the Global Engagement Committee
• Cliff Abraham, Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS)
• Tracy Bale, IBRO President
• Fabio Blandini, IBRO Pan-European Regional Committee (PERC) Chair
• Cecilia Bouzat, IBRO Latin America Regional Committee (LARC) Chair
• Moses Chao, Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
• Barbara Gill, Dana Foundation
• Michisuke Yuzaki, Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS)
• Bong-Kiun Kaang, IBRO Asia Pacific Regional Committee (APRC) Chair
• Pierre Luabeya, IBRO Africa Regional Committee (ARC) Chair
• Jean-Antoine Girault, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
• Jerome Sanes, IBRO Treasurer
“With effective advocacy, greater political will and enhanced global cooperation, neuroscience will make faster progress for the benefit of all humans. Neuroscience research is the key to widening what humankind has already achieved with our brains, to secure a sustainable future for forthcoming generations.” – Pierre Magistretti, IBRO Past President (2014-2019)
Developing and protecting human potential through brain research is the key to solving the world’s most challenging problems. While medical progress and improved living conditions have generally increased lifespans across the globe, an ageing population brings unprecedented challenges to our medical systems and societies, with neurological issues such as Alzheimer’s threatening to boost healthcare costs beyond individual countries’ ability to afford them. Furthermore, in many parts of the world, neurological diseases such as epilepsy are not well understood or even accepted as underlying causes of disability. It is because of these issues that people – from politicians and policymakers to parents and children – must understand the importance of neuroscience research and how it can benefit human welfare.
However, even in the most developed countries, other areas of concern are considered higher priorities than brain research, despite the reality that most issues must be addressed with human brain power. As a global neuroscience federation dedicated to supporting and promoting neuroscience around the world, IBRO was chosen by leading neuroscience societies in 2013 to lead the collaborative Global Advocacy Initiative. It grew out of an earlier collaboration between the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), whose advocacy efforts are mainly focused within North America, and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), which mobilizes its member societies to pursue advocacy work in Europe.
Along with several other national neuroscience societies, SfN and FENS agreed that IBRO should become the global coordinator of this initiative in order to ensure cultural and regional applicability through its deep knowledge of other regions based on decades of capacity building in less developed regions of the world.
Founding partners – Society for Neuroscience (SfN), The Dana Foundation, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN), Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS) and the Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS) – launched a long-term funding program in 2014 that has included regional workshops and global advocacy seed grants, prioritizing those regions and cultures with the greatest need for education and advocacy.
Advocacy: A Global Commitment (video generously produced by SfN)
Neuroscientists worldwide make discoveries that advance science and improve the health of millions of people. Continued progress relies on public funding for basic, translational, and clinical science. To make the connection between scientific discovery and strong funding, it is vital for scientists to communicate effectively and frequently with the public and policymakers.
Global Engagement Resources
Find below several online resources from our partners and other organizations interested in neuroscience and advocacy that will inspire, inform and support your brain advocacy efforts.
European Brain Council (EBC)
Advocacy Action Center
Advocacy Network Newsletter
Animals in Research
Brain Awareness Campaign
BrainFacts.org (in partnership with The Kavli Foundation & Gatsby Foundation)
Find a Neuroscientist
Global Advocacy Programs
Science Funding Resources
U.S. Advocacy Programs
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And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.In the process of time Cain and Abel brought an offering to Yahweh. The offering was probably not an offering for sin, but rather a thank offering, since it involved the first fruits of each man's labors under the sun. Yahweh accepts the offering of Abel, thereby acknowledging Abel's righteousness in giving the gift. On the other hand, Cain's offering is rejected because of an undisclosed unrighteousness. Like Abel and Cain, Jesus Christ and the Self-Righteous Jews bring their offering to God, the fruits of their labor. Jesus Christ offers his humble obedience to the Father's commands, and the Pharisees offer their man-made piety.
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
When Cain has his offering rejected he becomes envious of Abel and resentful toward Yahweh. If he cannot find acceptance in Yahweh's eyes, then he will destroy the object of God's pleasure so that He would have no other choice but Cain to show His favor toward. Rather than acknowledging God's choice and following his brother's example, Cain strikes Abel down. Like Cain, the Self-Righteous Jews envy Jesus Christ and cannot abide the glory he receives from the people, nor the power he wields over sin, the effects of the curse, and the enemies of God. Rather than submit themselves to God's choice and follow Christ's example, the Self-Righteous Jews strike Jesus down.
After Cain kills Abel, the blood of this righteous man cover the earth and cries out to God for redress. The blood of Abel brings Cain's sin into the light, and in that light God pronounces His judgment upon Cain. Cain receives a harsh sentence, he must live with his sin, and he must do so as a wanderer without a land, without the family of God. Like Nineveh Cain receives a reprieve, but the line of Cain will eventually be destroyed in the Flood of judgment and cleansing the covers the whole earth. Like Abel, Jesus Christ's blood spills forth and covers the earth. Like Abel, the blood of Christ cries out to God for redress. Like the blood of Abel, Christ's blood brings the sins of the Self-Righteous Jews and the complicit Gentiles into the light, and in that light God pronounces His judgment upon these sons of Cain.
But unlike the blood of Abel, whose righteousness could only grant a reprieve, the blood of Christ speaks a better word--a word of full release. Though the whole of men stand like Cain guilty of the murder of the Better Brother, it is not a Flood of judgment that God unleashes upon the earth, rains from heaven and geysers from under the earth. Rather, God unleashes the Flood of righteous Blood and Water that came down from Heaven, descended into the earth, sprang up from the grave with the souls of the dead and ascended into Highest Heaven to Reign, sprinkling from His throne the blood that removes the stain of sin and turns the exiled wanderers and orphans into landed sons of God.
The blood of the righteous martyrs speaks, but it cannot speak in its own power on behalf of the world. It is only the blood of God Incarnate that has the power to destroy the power of death and bring the dead into resurrected life. So much better is the blood that Jesus speaks that should all the blood of all the righteous men of all the ages were to speak on behalf of mercy, it could only offer the reprieve of time. Only the blood of eternal God-become-Man could offer an eternal reprieve to those created to be Man-become-Image of God, but who fell into their own corruption and unmaking.
May we all learn the lesson of Abel, that there can be no righteous bloods, no power of fallen man that can make anew the unmade nature of Man. Only by the blood of the Second Adam, whose incorruption corruption swallowed into its bosom and was itself consumed, unmade, and remade in incorruptible righteousness.
Thanks be to God for Jesus Christ!


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Hi and welcome to my blog!
I thought I’d start with the preface to my book, “The Reason For The Rhymes.”
“In these days of political, personal and economic disintegration, music is not a luxury, it’s a necessity; not simply because it is therapeutic, nor because it is the universal language, but because it is the persistent focus of our intelligence, aspiration and goodwill.”
“The leader of this team has been skeptical all day, they’re pretty much afraid of him and they do whatever he says. Oh, and before this job he was a prison warden for almost twenty years.”
That was the last thing my liaison said to me before she introduced me and I walked up on stage in front of a team of senior executives at a Fortune 500 company who had no idea I was about to ask them to write a song.
As I explained to the team who I was and why I was there, I kept an eye on the faces in the crowd. Generally, when I tell a group of business people that I’m going to get them to write a song, I get a mixture of responses from nervous laughter to disbelief to confusion but the team leader—let’s call him “the warden” from now on—could have been playing high stakes poker for his lack of facial cues.
I spoke for about twenty minutes laying out the ground rules but no matter what I said, the warden remained stone-faced. I’ll admit I was getting a bit concerned that there was no way we were going to make a connection.
Then, as I broke up the group into smaller teams of six to write their songs, I noticed that—as predicted—the team the warden was on was deferring to him as they began writing their song’s lyric. I checked in several times nudging them in this direction or that to help them refine their message but still there were no outward signs from the warden of anything but a businesslike desire to get through yet another “exercise.”
In my songwriting workshops, once the teams have written the lyrics to their song’s verse and chorus, I ask them what genre they think their song should be. Country? Blues? Pop? Jazz? When the warden stated that he’d envisioned this song as a heavy metal ballad in the style of the Scorpions, I got my first indication that maybe there was something going on beneath his stoic facade. As I started playing chords and creating a melody for their song, it was like someone flipped a switch and—truly out of the blue— the warden became animated, engaged and totally immersed in what he and his team were doing.
If ninety minutes earlier, someone had told me that this taciturn business executive would be up in front of his assembled colleagues enthusiastically singing his newly written 80s-style heavy metal ballad, it would have been my turn to be skeptical.
The power of songs to challenge, transform, communicate and connect is equal parts inspiring and humbling. It’s why I write songs and why I now teach others to do the same.
But don’t take my word for it. Let’s try a short experiment. Bring yourself back in your mind to the summer after your senior year in high school. You’re driving, the radio is playing and your favorite song comes on.
If you were to hear that song right now, my guess is you’d be back in your car and every one of your senses would be alive with the emotions and memories of that time. For me, it was Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” which I’d performed in a talent show with some friends earlier that year. The acoustic guitar riff that signals the start of that song can still—over thirty years later—put me back in Memphis in that long, sticky summer before I headed out west for college. Still don’t believe me? Go to YouTube, find your song and listen. I’ll wait . . . Now that you’ve done that, I’m almost certain I don’t have to tell you how powerful songs—and songwriting—can be.
Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more blog posts on how learning to write songs develops critical business and innovation skills.
Find out more about Cliff’s songwriting/innovation workshops for business teams.
The requirements for effective innovation can be boiled down to seven essential skills. I’ll begin with a brief description of each skill and then enumerate the way that a specific component of the songwriting process will enhance that particular skill.
When it comes to innovation, it can help to remember that in order to create something new and different, you need to think differently about your current product, market or process. Another way to describe this is to think laterally. By avoiding a standard, linear approach to problem-solving, you can avoid the same, well-worn and often suboptimal “solutions.” In his book, “Lateral Thinking,” Edward de Bono makes this point beautifully when he states “the mind is a cliché making and cliché using system. The purpose of lateral thinking is to overcome these limitations by providing a means for restructuring, for escaping from cliché patterns, for putting information together in new ways to give new ideas.”
Songwriting provides the perfect device to help you “put information together in new ways” and escape from the aforementioned “cliché patterns.” That device is the metaphor. By learning to reexamine any idea from the standpoint of its metaphorical equivalent, you will empower yourself to think in ways that don’t reveal themselves using the standard problem-solving approach.
Creativity is at the heart of innovation. That being said, there is a common misconception that creativity is the domain of a specialized group of individuals with a “gift” for it. This is simply untrue. In an article for Fast Company magazine, neuroscientist and author Tara Swart summarizes the keys to creativity as “practice” and “intention.” In other words, you have the ability to be creative if you’re willing to develop it.
Writing songs—and specifically the details required in verse writing—will serve as an important reminder that you are—at your core—a creative being. As you’ll see in the coming pages, writing verses is quite simply a concentrated form of storytelling. The more you develop your verse writing/storytelling skills, the easier your access to your own creativity will become.
Properly highlighting the uniqueness and value of your innovation comes down to the ability to communicate in a way that is both clear and compelling. This communication works both internally as a way to assure buy- in from your colleagues as well as externally when it comes to the marketing of your new product or service.
The chorus of a song is the deceptively simple summary and distillation of your message. Choruses are often very short and highly repetitive so if your message isn’t perfectly refined, you run the risk of missing your opportunity to connect with your audience. The better you become at writing choruses, the better your communication skills will be in any situation.
Another key to effective innovation is the understanding of how your ideas will be perceived both inside your organization and externally by your customers. The more developed your empathy is as an innovator, the greater your ability to connect with those people who most need to believe in what you’ve created.
Similarly, in order to write a song, you need to first consider and observe from the standpoint of the song’s subject. Writing while continuously keeping your subject’s feelings and behavior in mind, automatically strengthens your ability to empathize.
Innovation requires multiple varieties of collaboration from the outreach across silos within a company to simply putting together a team that can leverage the strengths of its individual members.
Co-writing is a microcosm of the exact form of collaboration necessary for successful innovation. Each of the component parts of songwriting from developing the metaphor to storytelling in the verses to refining the core of the song’s message in the chorus requires different skills. When these skills are shared among songwriting collaborators, it can make any song better than the sum of its individual writers.
Developing new products and processes to replace current ones—even when they’re working—requires a kind of risk-taking that is antithetical to most businesses and executives. That being said, in order to stay competitive and grow, this kind of risk-taking through innovation is essential.
Writing—and ultimately singing—songs will require you to make yourself vulnerable in a work context which will feel undoubtedly risky as you will likely fear potential ridicule. However, doing this in a structured, psychologically safe setting will allow you to build up your risk-taking tolerance in a healthy and consistent way.
Innovation doesn’t work in a vacuum. In order for an innovation to succeed, it needs to be propagated to those who can most benefit. If this doesn’t happen, an innovation is simply a good idea that never sees the light of day.
In the same way, songs are designed to be shared. Writing a song is only the first step. The true power of songs is when they connect with—and move—others. To that end, the performance of your song carries the added significance of reminding you that new ideas need to be shared.
Find out more about Cliff’s book “The Reason For The Rhymes: Mastering The Seven Essential Skills of Innovation by Learning to Write Songs.”
For as long as I’ve been playing music, I’ve been a fan of the blues. There’s something about the universality of that musical language and the predictable but still infinitely variable music that I just love.
When I was in my twenties, I became a huge fan of a then relative newcomer to the blues scene with the stage name Keb’ Mo’. The combination of his exceptional instrumental work and a voice which resonated deeply with this age-old art form was—and is— irresistible to me. So, you can imagine my delight when, almost twenty-five years later, my music publisher set us up to co-write.
The experience was everything I could have hoped it would be as Kevin Moore (Keb’ Mo’s non-stage name) was a truly gracious and welcoming collaborator. Not only did we end up writing a song together called “Cold Outside” but he released it on his album “Oklahoma” which, in a career-defining moment for me, went on to win a GRAMMY.
When we were chatting after our writing session, Kevin gave me some great insight into his early days as a performer. He told me that after one of his shows when he was just starting out, he was talking to his uncle about the performance Kevin had just given and asked his uncle what he thought. “What you need,” his uncle said, “is a hundred dollar pair of pants.”
Kevin took this seemingly unrelated observation to mean that while the performance was technically solid, the attitude and the confidence were missing. Those hundred dollar pants would both display and impart the confidence that all great performers have. It must have worked as Keb’ Mo’ now has five GRAMMYs, twelve GRAMMY nominations and is a genuine icon in the blues world.
I truly believe that the motivation you will achieve from writing and singing a song will act like your “hundred dollar pair of pants” as you make your way through your work on innovation.
Find out more about Cliff’s songwriting/innovation workshops for business teams.

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Board of Supervisors Scolds Suddenlink in Letter to FCC
Press release provided by Humboldt County:
The Board of Supervisors for Humboldt County California filed a timely letter with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposing Altice S.A. (a Luxembourg entity) purchase of Suddenlink (aka Cequel Corporation, a Delaware Corporation) and citing non-compliance with local ordinances.
The Board of Supervisors’ action was initiated at the request of the League of Women Voters of Humboldt County, raising the general issue of absentee ownership as well as a specific local concern about underpayment of Public, Education, Government (PEG) grant fees that Suddenlink owes to Access Humboldt as a condition of their cable franchise.
The FCC is currently reviewing Suddenlink’s application for a transfer of control from Cequel Corp. to Altice S.A. – with majority interest to be held by Patrick Drahi an Israeli citizen (approx. 45%) along with BC Partners from UK (approx. 15%), and CPP Investment Board using Canada Pension Plan assets (approx. 15%).
Details of the transfer application are available online via this public notice released on June 24, 2015: http://transition.fcc.gov/
Comments & Petitions are due July 24, 2015 and Reply Comments are due August 10, 2015.
The Board of Supervisors’ letter to the FCC states that “consolidated absentee ownership reduces competition, threatens media localism and harms information diversity.” Further the letter asks that the FCC require Suddenlink to comply with local ordinances and notes: “In August 2014, Suddenlink was informed that they are out of compliance with local ordinances adopted by the County of Humboldt and the cities of Eureka, Arcata, Fortuna, Rio Dell, Ferndale and Blue Lake.”
Attached below is Humboldt County Board of Supervisors’ letter filed today (July 23, 2015) in the FCC proceeding (15-135): Domestic Section 214 Transfer of Control Cequel Corporation-Altice S.A. Letter to FCC Re Altice Acquisition of Suddenlink.pdf
More information about the FCC proceeding and public filings are all online here:
Also attached below is the League of Women Voters’ letter of June 7, 2015 from Byrd Lochtie, Co-President to the County Board of Supervisors. LWV ltr to HumCo BoS re FCC.pdf
Sean McLaughlin, executive director of Access Humboldt said, “we are working with the County and Cities to give Suddenlink every opportunity to do the right thing – but thus far Suddenlink’s owners are putting corporate profits over the interests of the communities they serve in Humboldt County. So, it is not a surprise that our elected representatives on the County Board of Supevisors are taking this action, requested by League of Women Voters of Humboldt County, to register a strong vote of no confidence to the FCC.” He added, “perhaps the new owners will make good, ensure that Suddenlink pays reasonable fees to support local community media, and help to rebuild local trust in their management.”
For more information, contact: Sean McLaughlin, Access Humboldt, email@example.com


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Knee pain - as uncomfortable as it might be - is by far one of the most common forms of joint-related injury that people suffer from today. It doesn't matter whether you're a professional runner, or an individual with an eye for fitness who has just started going back to the gym - looking after your knees is one of the best ways to ensure you stay up and active.
Often, the underlying cause of knee pain, is a poor running technique. It's strange to think that there can be a wrong way to run - after all, it's just putting one foot in front of the other as quickly as possible - but adjusting your method to reduce impact or stress on your knees could protect you from strains and injury. So how can you get started on the road to prevent knee injury?
1. Invest in Protection
If you've ever been in a professional race, or taken part in a fun run, the chances are you've seen someone wearing a neoprene sleeve or bandage over their shins or knees. They're not just doing this because it's a way to keep their extremities warm - these sleeves are actually carefully designed to support the knee joint, reducing some of the impact taken while running, and absorbing excess strain to keep your leg as strong and stable as possible. By far, one of the best ways to prevent knee injury, is to get the protection specifically designed for the job.
These sleeves can even act as additional rehabs for your joints after an injury, making sure that you heal faster, and feel less discomfort.
2. Don't Get Ahead of Yourself
Once you're properly prepared to start running like a pro, focus on your technique. Avoid striking the pavement on your heel and letting your feet get ahead of you. Your legs should be swinging backwards, not forwards, otherwise you'll be working against yourself with every footstep, leading to extra stress on your shins and knees. As you run, focus on hitting the ground with the ball of your foot every time.
3. Keep your Knees Down and Your Heels Up
Remember those running magazines that tell you to keep your knees up when you run? Ignore them.
If you focus on keeping your knees up with every stride, then your lower leg will be swinging forwards, bringing your heel down too quickly and sending shock waves up to your joints every time you hit the ground. Instead, aim to keep your knees swinging as low as possible, and at the end of each stride, bend your knees so that your heels float behind you. It's your heels that should be hitting the air, not your knees.
4. Keep Your Feet Pointed Forwards
Finally, make sure that your feet don't splay out towards the sides while you're running. When your focus is on speed, it can be difficult to ensure you're always pointing your toes in the right direction, but when your feet splay, your ankle bends inwards, creating a torque in the lower leg. This means that you're dealing with a sensation akin to having someone grab your ankle constantly and twist it, leading to discomfort all the way through the legs - especially in the ankles and knees.
A good running technique is all about being conscious of how you place your feet as you move, and the way that you angle your body. Often, the best way to get started in improving your method is to go running and simply listen to your body. Don't worry about speed or distance, but instead find a comfortable rhythm that works for you, and protects your joints.

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Available January 10, 2021
Make the holidays a little brighter when you add this cute Dainty Daffodil Fairy Christmas ornament to your tree. The pretty pixie with smiling green eyes and softly coiffed hair is dressed in a white and yellow flower tunic and sunny yellow skirt, both sparkling with glitter accents. Glitter dots on her wings add shimmer to her cheerful pose.
- Miniature Christmas tree ornament measures 0.79" W x 1" H x 0.6" D.
- Artist crafted by Kristina Gaughran, this Keepsake Ornament comes pre-packaged in a box for easy gift giving, preservation and storage. Dated 2021 in copyright.


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By Dark Frost
(Just one of those many Random thought without context I do have sometimes during night)
Sometimes I find myself waking up in midnight crying helpless and holding my pillow tears won't stop falling from my eyes. There's a pain in me and it hurts and I don't know why. Feels like this pain is a part of me or maybe am a part of the pain. A far stretched loneliness clouding my vision and I get covered in this darkness of it. This weird feeling of missing something or someone stays there. This longing and yearning never seems to end. I am a composed person and am calm but right now right here in this four walls I am... Idk what am I? I feel like loosing myself or maybe I have lost myself already and Honestly there's no way to confirm either of it. Why do I feel this way and when exactly it all started is a mystery to me. I am trying to make sense out of it. As soon as the sunlight kisses the earth on its forehead. The world seems to wake up. Everyone going back to their slumber.
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Seasons and episodes
The story of a world-famous televangelist family with a history of deviance, greed and, yes, charitable work, all in the name of Jesus.
Original titleThe Righteous Gemstones
First air dateAug. 18, 2019
Last air dateAug. 18, 2019
Average Duration35 minutes