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2017 was the springtime for international concerts in Israel. With artists like Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Aerosmith, Daddy Yankee and Radiohead making Tel-Aviv one of their tour stops, it seemed as if the world has finally and officially dismissed the BDS movement and the pillars of lies it stands upon.
But then came the announcement that Lorde has backed down from her Tel-Aviv concert scheduled to take place in June, and ruined everything…
According to the official announcement, the music star said that “the right decision at this time” was to cancel her concert, scheduled earlier this month for June in Tel Aviv. “I pride myself on being an informed young citizen, and I had done a lot of reading and sought a lot of opinions before deciding to book a show in Tel Aviv.” But after having “lots of discussions” about the matter, “I’m not too proud to admit I didn’t make the right call on this one” in first scheduling the concert.
And then, just like that, she took us back a few years, to the darkest of times in our international cultural relationships, when the BDS movement was at its prime.
Is this about who screams the loudest? Because if so, then we definitely don’t stand a chance in this battle. BDS has the loudest voice, but it’s also because they shout catchy slogans and avoid the truth. Speaking about the complicated reality we live in takes a softer voice, and requires a lot of patience. But being the “instant generation” we are, we prefer the issues of the world being presented to us in short, simple sentences.
This makes “Israel is an Apartheid state” easier to follow than “we live in a conflicted area, where one side has declared independence 70 years ago but the other side insists on owning the exact same territory. The Palestinians live under the Palestinian Authority governance and Israeli Arabs enjoy equal rights in Israel. However, the Palestinian demand for the Israeli territories lead to terrorism and violence, which requires Israel to stiffen border checks from Palestinian Territories into Israel, and sometimes, when missiles are being fired from Gaza to Israel – to fight back.”
Even this paragraph doesn’t cover the tip of the iceberg, but it’s long enough for people to move along to a simpler messaging.
The responses to Lorde’s cancellation were definitely heard. People tried, in more or less polite ways, to explain to her just how ridiculous her decision is, and how ignorant it is to cancel a concert based on something she heard and didn’t like. But sadly, it’s easier to fall into gorey rhetoric and definite statements about murder and apartheid than it is to do some reading.
Honestly, there’s nothing more frustrating than knowing the truth and seeing someone falling for lies. Hey, Lorde! Think there might be an apartheid regime here? Come and see for yourself. Or ask any of your musician friends who were here in recent years (like Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Rihanna or Elton John.)
Want to take action in promoting peace in the region? Perform and have ads posted in Arabic as well as in Hebrew, like Robbie Williams did.
Besides, isn’t music about bringing people together, not deepening conflicts? Isn’t music about people, not countries? After all, you did chose to maintain your concerts in Russia, where the anti-LGBT “Gay Propaganda Law” has recently been denounced.
I believe Creative Community for Peace put it best in saying: “Artists should never become beholden to the political views of a small but loud minority. … Lorde became the target of that wrath, and we’re deeply disappointed that rather than rebuff the boycott movement and follow in the footsteps of Radiohead, Nick Cave, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, and many other artists who have chosen to build #BridgesNotBoycotts, she canceled her show.”
So Lorde, if you’re reading this, know that instead of taking us forward, you took our entire society a mile backwards. And yes, even though I believe you naively fell for deception and lies, shame IS on you.


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Meet the Experts
|John Schmidt’s integration career began over 30 years ago when he was a hardware technician at Digital Equipment Corporation. He tells the story about plugging a PDP-11 cable into the wrong socket, which put 30 volts rather than 5 volts on the bus and fried every chip connected to it. Hence the first lesson in integration: While the plug might fit in the socket, hidden incompatibilities in behavior that are not readily visible can be disastrous.|
John went on to work as a software engineer, project manager, sales representative, professional services manager, program manager, and enterprise architect. He has practiced and honed his integration expertise in half a dozen industries (banking, retail, telecommunications, education, government, and utilities) and in just as many countries. John was director and chairman of the Integration Consortium from 2002 through 2009, has written numerous articles on systems integration and enterprise architecture, developed program management practices, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.
John’s current role is vice president of Global Integration Services at Informatica. He advises clients on the business potential of emerging technologies; leads in the creation of strategies for enterprise initiatives; and plans, directs, and supervises Informatica’s Integration Competency Center Practice. He graduated from Red River College and holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
|David Lyle’s career has traveled from the hardware world of computer design to the software world of product development, and along the way he developed early massively parallel (MPP) UNIX systems and associated parallel RDBMS systems for Unisys. While working on the field implementations of these large-scale data warehousing systems, he began noticing consistent, recurring patterns.|
From these experiences, David helped found Influence Software, one of the early packaged analytic applications companies. Informatica bought Influence Software at the end of 1999, and for three years David led the R&D organization that built the packaged business intelligence content, the data models, and the preconfigured data integration logic for extracting data out of the most common ERP and CRM systems. After Informatica divested itself of these packaged applications to focus on its core business of data integration, David turned his attention to guiding Informatica’s product direction, based upon the “after-market” tools and utilities his earlier organization had used to automate common integration patterns or solve many of the challenges they faced. These ideas culminated in Informatica’s Metadata Manager, automated generation of integration logic following configurable architecture patterns, and patents on using canonical data virtualization techniques within integration architectures to move toward elimination of point-to-point integration approaches.
David is currently vice president of Product Strategy, where he continues to guide the longer-term vision for how the Informatica platform assists organizations in integrating and managing their data more efficiently and effectively. He graduated from Stanford University with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering.


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As you begin building wealth and establishing an investment portfolio, you want to be very active in diversifying your investments as well.
This is an essential process to help ensure your assets are not too heavily focused in one area, which could be disastrous for you as the market shifts.
Sure, when the market is thriving it is hard to imagine anything but amazing gains as you see your portfolio soar.
And the best way to protect your investments and ignore the financial roller coaster is by having a well-diversified portfolio.
Read on to find out why diversification is important for your portfolio, and the simple tips to help you make better investment choices.
Table of Contents
Why Should I Diversify My Investments?
Diversifying your investments is a common technique that reduces your risk by allocating assets in different industries and other categories.
The goal is to maximize your returns, yet protect yourself from various market reactions. Ideally, you’d want items that react differently from each other.
For example, if you only invested in stocks and the stock market is entering a bear market, your investments may take a huge hit.
But if you balance that with some bonds and real estate, you’ll be helping minimize impact.
Now there is no guarantee diversification will prevent any loss, but if you are investing for the long-term, it greatly reduces risk and gives you time to recover.
Essentially, the less connection your assets have to one another, the better chance there is for you to succeed during various market turns.
Besides asset variation and industry diversification, you want to consider some location diversity into any investments. When there is volatility in the United States, it may not affect places like Europe or emerging markets.
So when you are diversifying your investments you’ll look for a balance of assets, industries, location, and based on your goals will have certain weight percentages to each.
Diversified Investment Portfolio Example
Although I gave a minor example of diversifying your investments, I wanted to include another example. The best way to show this is to describe my own portfolio right now.
Currently, I’m investing for basically 30+ years still until I’m read to retire. What is great about that is right now I can be a little more risky with my portfolio as I have time on my side.
That said, I’m still very aware and conscious of what I’m invested in.
For example, in my Roth IRA I am invested in stocks, bonds, REITs, and some cash. But here are the index funds I have currently:
- Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF
- Total International Stock Index Fund ETF
- Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF
- Real Estate Index ETF
- Cash in Roth Money Market Account
Each of those areas has a particular percentage invested based on my current goals. But as you can see, it’s balanced in a few areas.
And as I grow my income and wealth, I also plan on investing more outside of these stock market investments.
For example the REIT I have, still tends to follow the stock market ups and downs. But I have other options I’m considering now like real estate crowdfunding, buying actual rental properties, investing in art, or other alternative investments.
Now your portfolio may be different from mine and it may not interest you at all. That is perfectly okay! You don’t need to mimic the exact funds.
Diversifying your investments and how you do it is based on your personal goals, timelines, interests, and knowledge.
Tips for Diversifying Your Investments
Diversifying your portfolio is not a new concept by any means.
If you’ve been passively investing or just getting started, then you probably heard about it at some point via articles, television, books, or your brokerage account service provider.
What is key to remember about diversifying is that is a methodical approach. Too many times investors react to the market and make hasty decisions. This is not what you want to do!
The goal is to diversify from day one (or right now if you realize you are not diversified well) and protect yourself before any corrections or a bear market wreaks havoc on your money.
A great offensive combination is being well-diversified, having a long-term investing horizon, and keeping your portfolio uncomplicated.
(Look back above to my example, I have a whopping four funds in my Roth IRA and will expand to maybe two more outside asset classes).
Here are some simple, yet best tips for diversifying your investments.
1. Spread out your investment types
As alluded to earlier, you want to spread out your investments and ensure you aren’t dumping all your money into one specific area.
Many new investors are sometimes lured into the hype of certain investments and put most, if not all their cash into.
Perfect example was the Bitcoin hype, yet most who invested were putting money into it at new highs. Then took a big financial hit hit when demand slowed down!
This can happen with any stock, index fund, or whatever it may be too.
Like I mention, look at things like index funds, ETFs, REITs, bonds, individual stocks (carefully approach that), cash — and look beyond just your geo investment areas.
I also really like platforms like Fundrise, Diversyfund, and Groundfloor that let you invest in real estate differently from the standard REITs. There are other options for investing in commodities and gold too.
2. Build your diversified portfolio consistently
You may have particular investing strategies in mind, but again I always found the simpler the process, the better it is for your portfolio.
When diversifying your investments you want to keep the process going. And if you have a long-term horizon for your investments, then dollar-cost averaging is a must.
This simple means that no matter what the market is doing, you are investing in your assets the same way on a consistent basis.
So it essentially balances your portfolio out when the market is high and low. And it means you’ll be buying more shares when prices are low, and fewer when prices are high.
Each pay week, I invest the exact same amount into my assets.
Now if the market looks like it is going to crash, I may keep a bit more in cash for potential buying opportunities. But even then, I don’t play the “timing the market” games.
3. Rebalancing to keep your portfolio diversified
While you may have diversified your portfolio early or recently got it set, your work is not necessarily over. As your investments payout dividends, shares appreciate, and you get capital gains — your portfolio can get unbalanced.
Even though you are diversified, you still want to ensure your choices are balanced properly that fit your desired goals.
While you don’t need to tinker with your investments everyday, on some recurring basis you should check in and rebalance as needed.
Personally, I monitor on a monthly basis as my portfolio has increased and become more diversified. But many will do this on a quarterly or even yearly basis.
You can also use a service like Blooom, which has their free analyzer for 401ks and IRAs. It will provide recommendations, show you hidden fees, and more.
If you want to use the Blooom paid service, it will handle all the rebalancing for a few. But you are then hands off!
4. Know when you need to sell
So as you have read earlier, you’ll probably be investing on a consistent basis no matter what the market is generally doing and rebalancing on some cadence.
These are areas that will keep your investments diversified and look great for the long-term.
However, this is not to say there is never a time that you should not sell some part of your investment portfolio. Sometimes consistent investing or buying and holding is not the right strategy for you.
So while keeping things simple is a great way to not lose money, ignoring your portfolio or automatically assuming everything is good can be a grave mistake.
Some investments do not work out the way you intended, and by staying alert and staying up to date on your investments, you can figure out when it’s time to cut your losses.
5. Variety over quantity
I mentioned in a tip earlier in this post, you want to be cautious not to go overboard with your diversification. Which leads us into this last section, picking variety over quantity.
You may think diversification is about investing as much as possible, but you’d be slightly wrong.
The goal of diversifying your investments is to invest in a variety of assets that are manageable and fitting to your goals.
That does mean investing in numerous kinds of assets, but also ones you understand and have time to pay attention too.
Ideally, you want to look at your portfolio and when you see some things are in the red, you should see others are in the green.
And the last thing you want to do is blindly invest your money all over without any real knowledge, plan, or time to truly master your diversification.
So does this mean for you? It means you need to take time to learn about investing, after all this is your money going to work for you!
The other option is to consult with a financial planner or investment advisor, but be sure to review their background and that they have your best interest in mind.
Last thing you want is to hand your money over to losing funds with super high fees.
Signs of Overdiversification
Now that you know the best tips for diversifying your investments, is it possible to be overdiversified?
In a nutshell, yes it absolutely is possible.
There is actually an art form to diversification and it’s not an exact formula for everyone, although there will be overlap of ideas.
If you think you might be diversified too much or concerned you might go overboard, here are some simple signs that signal you are.
- Too many stocks, index funds, or ETFs in the same investment style
- Having an insane amount of individual stocks
- Owning assets outside of the stock market that are pretty much the exact same as your stock market assets
- You find yourself overwhelmed keeping track and are making more investing mistakes with buying and selling
Looking for More on Investing?
If you are interested in learning more about investing and diversifying your portfolios, there are a few great investment books I would highly recommend.
These were the ones I read that helped me learn and have led me to now self-manage all my investments.
- I Will Teach You To Be Rich
- MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom
- Unshakeable: Your Financial Freedom Playbook
- The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing
- The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing
- The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need

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Will Manning chats new track ‘Don’t’ and inspirations N-Sync
1. Who is Will Manning in Three Words only?
I asked my mates to answer this and they said – forgetful, loud and a pest so I’ll stick with my answer of hilarious, sarcastic and… to be fair I am a pest.
2. What top 5 tracks would we find on your Spotify or iTunes playlist?
Currently I’m rinsing:
Peggy Gou – It Goes Like
Venbee & Rudimental – Die Young
Dom Dolla – Eat Your Man
J Hus – Who Told You
and I’ve recently gone back to old Pharrell/ Neptune productions so a lot of Justin Timberlakes first album is up there too!
3. We love your track ‘Don’t’ tell us a bit about that track?
I first heard a rough demo of ‘Don’t’ in September 2022 in the studio of my incredible collaborators Goldfingers. It started out as a ballad. I loved it from the second I heard it, I knew I had to help get this song out and make it the banger it is now. After a lot of back and forth, various singers trying it out and production changes it’s finally ready for the world to take into their own lives. It’s tech house but with an R&B vocal and it’s inspired by some pop favourites of mine like N-Sync – Bye Bye Bye. It’s super unique.
4. You’ve been endorsed by the likes of Calvin Harris, Lewis Capaldi, Ellie Goulding and Joel Corry how does that feel?
Absolutely mad! These are people I’ve interviewed loads over the years on my radio shows and now they’re listening to my first song. It’s surreal. I’m so lucky to have amazing relationships with these artists but to have their endorsement of my own music means the world. Calvin in particular has been so helpful with the really technical details and it’s thanks to him the song sounds like it does now.
5.Who are your musical inspirations?
I grew up listening to DJ’s on the radio like Annie Mac, I was always inspired by how she brought a party to the masses with her track selections, that’s something I’ve taken forward with me in my sets to this day. It has to feel like a party everyone is invited to. When it comes to the club David Guetta, Tiesto and Calvin Harris are the ones who have the hits to make a set inclusive and massive. There’s a technical side I look for as well having learnt my craft as a turntablist DJ, James Hype is the guy who keeps those skills alive with dance music today. He is insanely quick on the decks.
6. What embarrassing songs might we find on your Spotify?
I always pre fix this question with “there’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure” therefore saving me from any judgement. Now I’ll answer. My pop roots are always close to whatever I’m making, catchy hooks are KEY for me and my music so yes I might sometimes listen to ABBA, Avril Lavigne, Blazin’ Squad (greatest hits, there’s loads) and you can’t beat Westlife. Don’t deny it.
7. Your sound is very electro / house, is there a genre of music that you would stay away from?
Honestly no, I’m a song guy first above anything. If the song is right there’s probably a way we can get it into the dance world. My favourite songs start on the piano or guitar with no production. I’m really inspired by writers like Maisie Peters and Taylor Swift.
8.Who would be your dream collaboration?
To team up with other DJ’s like Guetta or Tiesto would be unreal. Singer wise I’m excited about writing some timeless tunes with big timeless voices. My dream list includes Birdy, London Grammar, Khalid and new artist Sekou.
9.What hidden talent(s) do you have?
I’ve been playing the drums since I was about 6 when my Dad bought me my first kit. That’s actually how I got into DJing first. I have a private pilots license so I can fly planes. I’m also really good at forgetting birthdays.
10. Describe your style to us?
fun, playful, energetic and full on party!
11. Finally – what festivals would you love to play in 2024?
There’s honestly so many shows on my dream list including Creamfields, Ibiza in some capacity, Tomorrowland, Lattitude… I could go on! I’m excited to get my music out there to the world and take it from there.


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By far the best of the day and, quite frankly, a shoe-in for best of the week. This beauty started by providing me with a hidi-hole filled with iron in my spawn. You can't really ask for better than that. Moving on, this level is filled with fascinating rock formations and mountains that are difficult to climb. This level is not for the faint of heart, but I would recommend it to anyone just so they can see it. Very scenic.
Items of Interest
- [16.73.74] dangerously sheer pitfall
- [12.95.25] a massive overhang
- [33.86.2] another steep pitfall
- [-47.99.-29] a shortcut cave
- [-6.89.-54] a lone pumpkin; come and visit him -- he's all alone.
- [-9.78.-75] a good cave; you have to dig through the gravel
Overhangs and land bridges are peppered throughout this level. It's a climbers paradise. At right, this is a sheer pitfall that I found the hard way. It turns out that I'm the clumsy sort who can't see holes in the ground until I'm in them. There are SEVERAL pitfalls throughout the level, so be careful.

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Amazon.com has finally activated the pre-order feature for the movie “Paraiso” by renowned Cuban-American director Leon Ichaso – who also directed and produced the movie “Azucar Amarga.” The movie will be released to the public on May 15, 2012.
The public has had to wait a very long time for the sale of this movie. My reasoning for this unnecessary delay is the enormous pressure that some groups have placed on Ichaso to not sell this movie because of the potential rift that it might generate between Cuban-Americans from the Historic Exile and the Cubans/Cuban-Americans from 1980-to the present. The fallacy with this argument is that no movie can stop the damage already perpetrated on its citizens by a godless Marxist regime.
Following are just some examples that vividly illustrate the vast differences between these two groups. They will validate why the majority of Cubans in the second category support political postures that contradict those held by Cuban-Americans from the Historic Exile – like those for the maintenance of the U.S. embargo and the ban on travel to Cuba, except for extreme humanitarian situations.
“De donde sacaron a Cubanos como estos. En Cuba, yo no ví a Cubanos como estos. Son practicamente obsoletos.” “Where did you get Cubans like those around us? I never saw Cubans like the ones around us. They are practically obsolete.” (Comments made at a get-together in El Versailles Restaurant in Miami, Fla.)
“Resolver. Tú sabes que eso es un oficio allí.” “To get by. You know that this is a profession in Cuba.”
“En este pais no están preparados para gente como nosotros. Ni nosotros estamos preparados para gente como ellos.” “In this country [USA], they are not prepared to deal with people like us. Similarly, we are not equipped to deal with people like them.” [More than any other saying, this one symbolizes the rift between the two groups of Cubans/Cuban-Americans.]
“Yo puedo hacer lo que tú quieras.” ‘I can become whatever you want me to become.” [Symbolizes the mindset that the Cuban authorities have developed and rewarded. They have no use for core values. The Cuban authorities prefer individuals who can be molded to do anything that the Cuban Government desires.]
In conclusion, I have pre-ordered my copy of Paraiso. When I get it, I plan to host multiple get-together’s (tertulias] to broach the allegedly controversial subject of the unbridgeable differences between the two generations of Cubans/Cuban-Americans in the United States.
To place your order with amazon.com, click at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&field-keywords=ichaso+paraiso
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I have attached a template and a document consisting of notes (pulled quotes). I will link you some readings and references to study for this paper. I want a bibliography of 8 – 15 sources. The English must be to a very high standard, that is sophisticated and above all coherent.
Check the reading list I set out (attached)

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Not Just California Farmers Hurt with Added Trade Tariff
By Patrick Cavanaugh, Editor
The extra tariff that China is putting on California agricultural products is an added frustration for the customers in China, said Jamie Johansson, President of the California Farm Bureau Federation.
“It’s not just the extra 15 percent being levied by that country. But for our nut crops and wine guys, we already have 15 or 20 percent tariffs,” Johansson explained. “This is nothing new to us in California. California agricultural products excel in the Pacific Rim. We know we can compete with anyone in a global market. We know that no one’s better than the California farmer in terms of serving the Pacific Rim nations, and no one can get their product to the market faster in those Asian countries than California.”
Jamie Johansson, CFBF
Customers are affected the most when tariffs are implemented.
“I say when we have these trade talks and trade negotiations—and even now China [is] threatening the trade tariffs or has current tariffs on California products—it isn’t just the farmers that suffer,” Johansson said.
“We need to remind China that it is their consumers who are demanding our quality milk, our cheeses, our wine, pistachios, and almonds as well. Their consumers will suffer just like the California farmer. And we need to remind them of that because we only sell to the countries with consumers who demand it, and that’s who decides what we grow and where we ship to,” Johansson said.

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Comedic magician Vinny Grosso is competing on America’s Got Talent, Season 12. It’s not his first time on TV – he was a contestant on Penn & Teller: Fool Us, on which Grosso did successfully fool the duo. For his AGT audition, Grosso goes shirtless a la a Chippendale’s dancer costume and asks fellow bald-headed comedian, AGT judge Howie Mandel to join him on stage (which he does).
Before becoming a professional magician, Grosso went to Villanova and graduated with a degree in engineering. That’s where he learned to create his own original illusions like the one he uses in his routine “Tasteless” which fooled the famously difficult to fool magicians Penn & Teller. See video below. America’s Got Talent airs Tuesdays at 8pm on NBC.

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Union City Performing Arts Center --
UCPAC -- will mark its grand opening with the City's
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The new state-of-the art theater comfortably sits 960 people. It has modern sound and lighting systems, a spacious lobby, and nearby deck parking. The facility marks the first theater built in Union City in nearly a century.
The concert tonight will feature artists such as Francisco "Pancho" Navarro, lead guitarist on the film "Frida"; Hector "Tito" Castro, the bandoneon player in the soundtrack of Robert DeNiro's film "Flawless" and who has accompanied Placido Domingo at the Metropolitan Opera House and the Washington Opera; tango singer Chris Vasquez, winner of the Best Singer Award at the International Tango Music Competition; violinist Eric Grossman, a graduate of Julliard, who has appeared world-wide as a soloist and with many symphonies including in Korea with the KBS Symphony Orchestra and with the Lima Symphony; and classical pianist Lida Lopez Mancheva, who has traveled the world playing concerts with her husband Eric Grossman, as well as with many symphonies.
Also on stage will be renowned Flamenco singer Dominico Caro, who has had an extensive career performing alongside legends such as Jose Greco and Jose Molina. He has sung on the "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" and with David Frost and Liza Minelli at the Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
He will be accompanied by guitarist Carlos Revollar and Flamenco dancers Ricardo Santiago and Gisele Assi. Singer, musician, and poet Graciela Barreto, who has had a long career performing in every corner of the globe, from Moscow to her native land of Venezuela to Sweden to Spain, will also perform, accompanied by her musical group. Ms. Barreto won first place as female vocalist at the Festival of the Arts held in Moscow.
Rounding out the cast is six-time ACE Award winning actress from the Spanish Repertory Theater in New York City, Lilia Veiga; Soprano Kristina Henry-Mayers; Cuban singer Pedro Domech and his quartet; world renowned tango couple Pedro & Laura Escudero "Los Pampas"; and the renowned and critically acclaimed dance troupe the TapOle Dance Company under director/choreographer Megan Fernandez from the television show "America's Got Talent" on NBC.
The show is directed by Lucio Fernandez, stage management by Alexander Diaz, and sound design by Ray Machado. Admission is free and refreshments will be served. Additionally, an art exhibit featuring over two hundred paintings and drawings from some of the area's best artists and presented by the Union City Artist Collective will be on display in the lobby. Mr. Amado Mora, curator of the Union City Art Gallery will serve as curator.


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Please try to arrive 15 minutes early on the first day of camp for check in.
Things to bring:
1. Water bottle
2. Soccer shoes (or tennis shoes if soccer shoes not available)
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We will train in the rain unless there is lightning or unless the rain is really bad. There is a shelter on site. Please check our website daily for any weather updates.

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Swapan Kumar Dhibar is a freelancing artist from West Bengal’s Birbhum district. He specializes in Kantha Stitch and has an experience of around 5 years. He is residing at Sriniketan in Birbhum , since his birth, roughly 26 years ago. He is capable of catering bulk orders, where he mainly produces garments, namely saree, kurta in Kantha stitch. His products features the absolute necessities for a wardrobe infused with the artistic flavor of rural Bengal. It is passion that drive his association to the art form, which happens to be the indigenous treasure of Birbhum district.
Address: Masadda , Sainthia, BIRBHUM, West Bengal, India, 731234.
Art-Form: Kantha Stitch
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The Halloween festivity was held in the hospital’s parking lot, and activities included “trunk or treat,” pumpkin painting, games, a corn maze, raffles, a game truck and food. The FDNY handed out coloring books and fire safety information; the NYPD marching band entertained visitors with its tunes; and the mascots of the New York Islanders, the New York Mets and the FDNY posed for photo-ops of the event revelers, many dressed in Halloween costumes.
It was the first annual fall event after COVID-19, and Jennifer Kunz, director of communications at St. Mary’s, shared it was more of a Halloween-themed event this year.
“We wanted to make it more community-driven and more fun for families,” Kunz shared. “So far, we’ve raised over $25,000, which is really exciting for us, thanks to our local community sponsors and fundraising efforts.”
“Star Wars” fans had a chance to mingle with the dark side of the force, represented by the Empire City Garrison, and the light side of the force, represented by the New York Saber Guild, in the “trunk or treat” section.
Michelle Montanez shared that pre-COVID, the Saber Guild, a Lucas Film-recognized fan group, would visit young patients in the hospital and perform for them.
“We’re just really happy to be back again,” Montanez said. “They got back in touch with us for this.”
A representative from Alley Pond Environmental Center introduced a bunny, a dragon lizard and a ball python to the visitors.
“I love interacting with everyone,” she said. “My favorite part is when people say they’ve never pet a snake before, when they’re scared of it. And I’m like, ‘Here, let me show you how to pet a snake.’ And they pet the snake. It makes my day.”
Nine-year-old James Pastis shared that he loves reptiles and had a chance to pet the snake.
“I love snakes,” James said, describing the snake’s skin as soft. “Definitely not what I expected.”
Thomas Schiavo, head football coach at Valley Stream Central High School, brought his football team to the event.
“I think that it’s good for the boys to give back to their community and grow a sense of appreciation for what they’re blessed with in their body,” Schiavo said.
His players repeated the sentiment. Jerome Nembhard shared that his coach wanted them to see how blessed the players are and “give some sort of hope to these children.”
Donovan Sisco said the players wanted to show respect to the kids in the hospital.
“You walk around every day, not knowing the wonders of what goes on in this beautiful, beautiful hospital,” Sisco said. “And what they do with these children to help them live and survive every single day.”
All proceeds of the event go to the services and programs at St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children, which provides high-quality care for children with complex and chronic medical issues.
Tykihah Young, whose 7-year-old daughter Maddie has been a patient at St. Mary’s since the end of September, could attest to the excellent care the hospital provides. They came all the way from Mobile, Alabama, for treatment.
Maddie has a spinal cord injury she sustained in a motor vehicle accident caused by a drunk driver. Tykihah Young shared that doctors in Alabama had told her that nothing could be done to improve Maddie’s situation.
“You know, in the South, the doctors are saying ‘This is it,’ you know,” Young said. “They did not care. No one really cared.”
Young learned about the program through internet research; she loves the program and the progress Maddie has made.
“I love it up here. It is the best,” Young said. “When everybody said no, [St. Mary’s] says yes!”

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Buying or selling a home is not only a serious financial undertaking, but an emotional decision that encompasses many life considerations. For most, the sale of a home is one of the most significant economic transactions they will make in their lifetime. Buyers purchase a home not only for financial and logistical reasons, but also as a means of achieving the American dream. For many home sellers, the need to move can come because of changes in jobs, family situations, and the need for a smaller or larger living area. The National Association of Realtors released a report of home activity in 2017, so I decided to analyze some of the national and local details to help those in the market better understand pricing trends and the typical profile of a home buyer or seller.
In New Jersey, the average seller was 61 years old, married with no children living at home. Sellers typically lived in their house for ten years before selling, and only 17% sold their home without the service of a real estate agent. Nationally, thirty-seven percent of sellers offered incentives to attract buyers; In New Jersey, this was significantly lower at about 20%. Most sellers reported that they sold their home for almost $50,000 more (on average) than what they purchased it for. Interestingly, only 53% of those surveyed were satisfied with the selling process they experienced, and most said they were referred by a friend.
Predominantly, existing homes (previously owned) made up a majority of the home sales at 92%, compared to just 8% of new construction. Nationally, new construction homes were twice as favorable than they were in New Jersey. Typically, a home that was listed for sale with a Realtor had an accepted offer within 35 days on the market. The number was drastically higher when sold by owner without the assistance of a real estate professional. The typical buyer first looked online at least two weeks before contacting a real estate agent.
First-time buyers made up almost 40 percent of all home buyers in New Jersey. The typical first-time home buyer was 34 years old, with a median combined household income of $91,800. The typical repeat buyer was 56 years old with a median combined household income of $105,000. The average home buyer viewed about seven homes (online and offline) before they made their decision. Almost 80% of home buyers in Jersey saw purchasing a home as a good financial investment.
Nationally, almost 90% of home buyers financed their home purchase. I find this to be a very “telling” number considering the enormous amount of “all cash offers” at the time of contract negotiations. The typical first-time home buyer in New Jersey put down 10% of a down payment, whereas the repeat buyers put down 20% on average; Although this number is vastly higher from my experiences. Almost forty percent of the home buyers reported they have been saving for two or more years for their home purchase.
The financial and emotional decisions of buying or selling, come with many moving parts full of careful consideration and research. It’s all about insight, information, and guidance! Always work with a professional who is in tune with all of the components of the marketplace!
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By Shmuel Shayowitz
Shmuel Shayowitz (NMLS#19871) is President and Chief Lending Officer at Approved Funding, a privately held local mortgage banker, and direct lender. Approved Funding is a mortgage company offering competitive interest rates as well specialty niche programs on all types of Residential and Commercial properties. Shmuel has over 20 years of industry experience including licenses and certifications as certified mortgage underwriter, residential review appraiser, licensed real estate agent, and direct FHA specialized underwriter. He can be reached via email at [email protected].


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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis attended Sunday night’s Bears – Steelers game in Pittsburgh. The Chicago Tribune got a picture of Kutcher taking a photo of Kunis with Steelers’ owner Dan Rooney. The only thing is, Rooney doesn’t appear to know he’s having his picture taken and it kind of looks like two kids having fun at the expense of an old man. Not a great look. The Bears beat the Steelers, 40-23. [Photo: Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune]
Setting the record straight.
It has happened.
Ryan Leaf says watching Johnny Manziel’s life fall apart is like “holding up a mirror.”
More sports endorsements.
The Dallas Cowboys blew a golden opportunity to get much better during the 2016 NFL Draft.
Colin Cowherd and Doug Gottlieb clashed on the air Monday over the Los Angeles Lakers hiring of Luke Walton.


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Stage 2 of the Overwatch League 2019 season has concluded, with the San Francisco Shock claiming the stage playoffs title.
The field of eight teams which started out playoffs was cut in half after four teams were eliminated in matches played on Thursday, May 9 and Friday, May 10.
In the first quarterfinal matchup, top-seeded San Francisco Shock, which had just completed a perfect stage, faced the eighth-seeded Shanghai Dragons. The run of perfection ended when Shanghai took the first map, Oasis, 2-1. San Francisco was unfettered, however, and proceeded to even the match’s score by winning Eichenwalde 3-2. San Francisco took the lead on Paris 4-2 then sealed the victory on Rialto 3-1. The San Francisco Shock was on to the semifinals and the next match would determine who it would face on Saturday, May 11.
The second match of Thursday night pit the London Spitfire against the Hangzhou Spark and this match didn’t go according to the chalk. Like in the night’s first match, the first map would be the only one the team which eventually lost the match would take. London claimed Oasis 2-1 but then lost Blizzard World 3-0. Hangzhou then finished the Spitfire off by winning Hanamura and Watchpoint: Gibraltar 1-0 to claim its spot in the semifinals against the Shock.
Friday night’s matches featured the other four teams vying for two more spots in the semifinals and neither match featured much drama, as the two teams which prevailed did so quite comfortably.
The New York Excelsior took on the Los Angeles Gladiators, winning Lijiang Tower 2-0, King’s Row 3-2 and Temple of Anubis 2-1 to win the match 3-0 and advance to Saturday. In Friday’s second match, the Vancouver Titans similarly dispatched the Dallas Fuel. Vancouver won Oasis 2-0, King’s Row 3-2 and Temple of Anubis 1-0.
Saturday’s first semifinal match between San Francisco and Hangzhou saw the Shock return to its dominant form, winning all four maps that the two teams converged on. After opening the match with a 2-0 win on Busan, San Francisco took Blizzard World 3-0, Hanamura 1-0 and Watchpoint: Gibraltar 4-3. The Shock gave themselves plenty of time to watch the next match to see who they would face in the Stage 2 Playoffs final.
The second semifinal match between New York and Vancouver wasn’t much more competitive. Vancouver won Busan 2-1, then the match was knotted up when New York took Blizzard World 3-1. The Titans then took control of the match with 3-2 wins on Hanamura and Rialto. New York sealed the deal on Lijiang Tower, 2-1.
The final between San Francisco and Vancouver was the one all the fans wanted, pitting one team which ran through a perfect stage against one that hadn’t lost a match yet in the 2019 season. The match was everything fans could have hoped for and more, requiring overtime to decide a champion. San Francisco took the first map, Lijiang Tower, 2-0. Vancouver struck back on King’s Row, claiming the second map 5-4. The Titans leaped into the lead on Paris 1-0, only to see that lead quickly disappear on Watchpoint: Gibraltar. The Shock won that map 4-3 then forced an extra map with a 2-0 win on Oasis. San Francisco finished the map and stage playoffs off on Blizzard World, claiming that map 2-1.
So ends one of the greatest stages for a team in the history of the Overwatch League. To complete a perfect stage leading into the playoffs and then hand Vancouver its first loss of the 2019 season is a feat that won’t easily be replicated. Headed into the third stage, the Shock has to be considered a dangerous team.

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Six-word review: The seeing and doing of art.Extended review:You won't see many unqualified raves from me, but here is one. This book is wonderful and amazing. If you have any interest in art, whether it be Art or simply the art of doing something--anything--well, this book is rich with treasures for you. It grants insight as summer rain grants refreshment, as surrender grants grace.The Art Spirit is not a conventional book in the sense of a sustained and integrated argument conceived as a unified whole. Rather, it's a compilation of articles, talks, correspondence, critiques, class notes, and other words of an inspiring teacher who was first of all a renowned and distinguished painter in his time, about a century ago. The whole expresses the understanding of art and the act of creation as he practiced them and as he taught them to a generation of students, among whom many were fanatically devoted to their teacher.It's the sort of book one can open to any page and find something worth reading and worth thinking about. Epigrammatic in style, it makes memorable impressions, whether discussing the meaning of art and the place of art in the world or the importance of the shadow beneath the upper eyelid. At once abstract and concrete, it discusses with equal passion the role of attitude in the life and work of the artist and the technique of creating background space by applying pigment to canvas.Although I ought to have heard of Robert Henri before, his name* was new to me when I began the fall series of adult-education drawing classes on September 8th. The instructor read an excerpt from the book at the first session, and I promptly ordered it from Amazon. I was halfway through reading it--and it's a fun read, calling for lots of underscores and penciled marginalia from an interactive reader like me--when, utterly coincidentally, I received an event notice from the nearby San Jose Museum of Art, where I'm a member: a three-hour portrait-drawing workshop on September 28th in conjunction with a special exhibit of portrait paintings of Robert Henri.I made haste and finished the book by the night before the workshop.On Sunday I went two hours early and saw the exhibit, searching in every painting for the very things he'd talked about in the book. Already my way of seeing was much affected. By the time I sat down in the classroom with a live model before me, my entire approach to drawing had changed. Following Henri's advice, I spent the first five minutes quietly looking at the model without a pencil in my hand, seeking awareness of what was beautiful about him and what excited my interest, and also looking for themes and dominant lines. I thought about the idea that I wanted to capture and convey.While I drew, I sustained conscious attention to such things as that the space behind the model is mostly air; that the chair supports the body and the neck supports the head, solidly, in a weight-bearing way, with bulk and gravity; that the nose is relatively dark except for the highlight at the tip, which reveals the contour; and that I should make the folds of garments and draperies look like a landscape I want to visit. Every stroke of the graphite was informed by what I had read and seen.One of the things I noticed right away was that the model, a grey-bearded man in his sixties with faraway eyes, was very aware of me drawing him. At break time he came over to see what I'd done. Henri's book made me think about an important way in which drawing from life creates a reciprocal relationship between artist and model, something you can't have when you work from a photograph: namely, the model's showing a sense of being seen in some deeper way than just superficial appearance. When I'd finished my first two renderings, the instructor came by and called them "beautiful." I was astonished. Truly, I've always seen what's wrong with my drawings and never once thought they were "good" in any way that a loyal friend or relative wouldn't see. A group of students clustered around and looked, and one of them said, "You must have been doing this for a long time, to draw like that." In fact, until I started that very lightweight adult ed class during the summer, the last formal art instruction I'd had outside of public school--and the last time I'd worked from a live model--was a 10-week museum class when I was 14. I've done a lot of sketching in the past, on my own, though I hadn't drawn anything but random doodles for years; but I never had real help in finding the goodness in my faulty sketches, not until I read the Henri book. Suddenly it all just seems to work differently.That's a powerful lesson.As a retired person, I'm not about to embark on a full-scale art program or even undertake a modest second career. But I find my interest renewed in an activity I enjoyed as a teenager, and for $8.95 plus tax and shipping I've received an education delivered by a master. Whether you're a museum-goer or not, I think you can learn something exciting about whatever you do like to do from the teachings of a man who thoroughly grasped the marriage of knowing and doing.----*A note on the artist's name: despite its French appearance, it's not ahn-REE. It's HEN-rye. Really. Robert Henry Cozad (24 June 1865 – 12 July 1929) was born in Cincinnati. After his father became involved in a fatal shooting in a Nebraska town, he and other family members relocated and changed their names to escape the scandal. Robert chose the spelling and pronunciation of his new name.
"Art when really understood is the province of every human being."Thus begins one of the most remarkable books ever written on the subject.The Art Spirit is comprised of various letters, articles, speeches, notes, and fragments of artist and art teacher Robert Henri. Ranging from several pages to single sentences and arranged somewhat haphazardly, these teachings nevertheless add up to a fairly comprehensive view of the purpose of art and the nature of the artist. He discusses technique, but emphasizes that technique is only a means to the end of artistic expression, not an end or expression in itself. Being an artist is about having a certain relationship to existence, a unique perspective on reality. Art is value-laden, and that's what makes it meaningful. Art isn't about simply making the best copy of nature, it's about seeing beyond the surface impressions and finding the deeper meaning of things, and selectively using what's given in nature to express that meaning: "The great artist has not reproduced nature, but has expressed by his extract the most choice sensation it has made upon him...The artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic."Even when he's discussing technique, Henri's teaching will greatly enhance anyone's appreciation of art. And much of what he says about technique is applicable at least by analogy to other art forms (such as literary expression or musical composition), and some of it to any kind of creative work.The book's form makes it perfect for reading straight through, or for dipping in at random. A truly remarkable book.
This is one of those great books that I can read over and over again and never get tired of it. I can also pick it up and read it for 5 minutes at a time and still get something out of it.The book is organized into small snippets/quotes of wisdom about art, life, and all matters in between.


text: Pauwels, E., Declerck, R., Van Speybroeck, V. and Waroquier, M. Evidence for a Grotthuss-Like Mechanism in the Formation of the Rhamnose Alkoxy Radical Based on Periodic DFT Calculations. Radiat. Res. 169, 8-18 (2008). Molecular modeling adopting a periodic approach based on density functional theory (DFT) indicates that a Grotthuss-like mechanism is active in the formation of the radiation-induced alkoxy radical in alpha-l-rhamnose. Starting from an oxidized crystal structure, a hydroxyl proton is transferred along an infinite hydrogen bond chain pervading the entire crystal. The result of this proton shuttling mechanism is a stable radical species dubbed RHop. Only after several reorientations of crystal waters and hydroxyl groups, the more stable radical form RO4 is obtained, which differs in structure from the former by the absence of only one hydrogen bond. Calculations of the energetics associated with the mechanism as well as simulated spectroscopic properties reveal that different variants of the rhamnose alkoxy radical can be observed depending on the temperature of irradiation and consecutive EPR measurement. Cluster calculations on both radical variants provide hyperfine coupling and g tensors that are in good agreement with two independent experimental measurements at different temperatures.

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text: Flylow athlete Lars Chickering-Ayers is featured in a story on ESPN.com today, written by Griffin Post. A few years ago, Lars decided he wanted to make a better system for alpine touring bindings, one that could climb like a Dynafit but charge downhill like an alpine rig. So he created Cast Touring, started hand-buidling binding plates in his garage, and launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money. This fall, the Si&I binding system, named after Lars' younger brother and fellow Freeride World Tour competitor Silas, will officially be available for purchase. Check out the whole story!


The collaborative Jensen/Monder Project is a musical family affair. Not only does the group feature sisters Ingrid and Christine Jensen (on trumpet and saxophone respectively), but also other long-running—dare I say familiar—musical relationships. Both Ingrid and guitarist Ben Monder are longtime members of the Maria Schneider Orchestra, while the rhythm team of Matt Clohesy on bass and Jon Wikan on drums have supported many an Ingrid Jensen solo in Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society.
Oh, and I almost forgot that Jon and Ingrid collaborate in a familiar manner off the bandstand as well as husband and wife.
While Ingrid Jensen and Ben Monder are Gallery regulars, it’s a rare treat to have Christine Jensen come down from her home base in Montreal. Christine is acclaimed as both a saxophonist and large ensemble composer, and is fresh off her second JUNO award for contemporary jazz album of the year for her large ensemble record Habitat (Justin Time). Writing on her website, Christine speaks about working with her sister Ingrid:
There’s definitely yin and yang in our approach. We come from different educational backgrounds in our later periods. But we come from the same place, we grew up together, and there’s a spiritual part of the playing that we’re able to connect like no one else can.
United with such close collaborators in the rhythm section as well, the Jensen/Monder Project is sure to take off on exciting flights of fancy—beautiful risks that can only happen in such a tight-knit musical family. To get a taste of the adventure that will occur on Saturday, check out this performance of Christine’s composition, Blue Yonder:
The Jensen/Monder Projects performs this Saturday, January 10th, 2015, at The Jazz Gallery. The band features Ingrid Jensen on trumpet and electronics, Christine Jensen on saxophones, Ben Monder on guitar, Matt Clohesy on bass, and Jon Wikan on drums. Sets are at 8 and 10 p.m., $22 general admission ($12 for members). Purchase tickets here.


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In the distance I can see the quirky airport ticket agent has an edgy tattoo and a slight iridescent sheen to her skin. Her spectacular rhinestone globe earrings that rotate in opposite directions are only upstaged by her outrageous blue/purple eye makeup. Simultaneously fabulous and peculiar. I cannot take my eyes off her, but no one else seems surprised by her unrestrained appearance.
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