IBC’s Enrique Williams on his way to victory against South Oxhey ABC’s Adam Everitt. Photos: Islington Boxing Club/Emma Tarrant
A SHOWCASE of top amateur boxing under the chandeliers in Bloomsbury proved such a big hit that organizers have already planned a second round later this year.
Around 500 fans flocked to the Royal National Hotel in Russell Square last month to support Islington Boxing Club’s (IBC) first dinner show since 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
And the night certainly lived up to expectations as the crowds cheered on some of the best and brightest throughout the 10-bout extravaganza.
James Riley was named ‘Best Home Boxer of the Night’ after his win against Sampson Walker
Having seen no fewer than five shows canceled during the various lockdowns, matchmaker Reggie Hagland was more than happy to overlook all the usual strains and stresses that come with organizing such action-packed events.
He said: “All those that boxed on the show gave it their all and fully deserved to box in front of a very supportive crowd. The atmosphere was blinding!
“Our shows are a vital fundraiser and help cover the costs of the everyday running of the club.
“To be able to finally host a dinner show again after such a long break was fantastic.
Islington Boxing Club enjoyed a successful dinner show with a 10-bout extravaganza in Bloomsbury
“The event was sponsored by Geo F Trumper, and the club is extremely grateful for all of their support.”
Revealing that the wait for a return to Westminster won’t be so long this time around, Reggie added: “We’ve already booked a date for our next show, and will be back at the Royal National Hotel in November.”
IBC’s long-awaited showpiece couldn’t have started any better, with their young boxer Harleigh Cosgrave, 10, making her debut in a skills contest against Olivia Isidore-Barnes from Rumbles Boxing Academy, who was also making her debut.
Issac Gibson, pictured with dad Paul, earned a unanimous victory over John McDonagh at 48kg
Next to step between the ropes for IBC was Issac Gibson, who lives in Camden Town. Competing at 48kg, the 14-year-old boxed well to earn a unanimous victory over John McDonagh from White Hart Lane Boxing Academy.
Jake Doherty, from Stoke Staffs ABC, was guesting for IBC against New Kings BC’s Bobby Mullay. But it proved a tough night for the son of former IBC boxer Tom Doherty and nephew of club chairman Mick Doherty, as he lost via a unanimous decision.
IBC debutant Baran Kaya got the red corner back to winning ways. Competing at 77kg, the 17-year-old won the first two rounds against Brookside ABC’s Thomas Long and, despite starting to pull towards the end, did enough to earn a unanimous verdict off the judges.
Reggie Hagland with Dan Ellis, left, and TJ Lynch
Team Islington then suffered a second defeat, with Joseph Burton losing his 61kg bout against Ibrahim Idris from Fitzroy Lodge ABC by way of a unanimous decision.
The most entertaining bout of the night saw IBC’s Enrique Williams box on the front foot throughout his contest against South Oxhey ABC’s Adam Everitt, which resulted in his opponent receiving two standing-eight counts in the opening round.
Fought at 71kg, Williams picked the perfect punches as he marked his IBC debut with a unanimous win.
After a successful auction and raffle at the interval, stylish light-middleweight TJ Lynch continued IBC’s winning run by stopping Dan Ellis from RAF Northolt Boxing Club in the opening round.
IBC committee member Sabrina Edwards presents trophies to Harleigh Cosgrave, left, and Olivia Isidore-Barnes at the Royal National Hotel
IBC supporters were given further reason to cheer when Gabriel Cutteriez, boxing at 75kg, defeated South Oxhey ABC’s Ethan O’Malley via unanimous decision.
Boxing at 80kg, James Riley then produced a performance that would later earn him the “Best Home Boxer of the Night” award as he won a unanimous win over Sampson Walker from RAF Northolt Boxing Club.
The final bout of the evening saw a rematch between IBC light-middleweight Jonny James and South Oxhey ABC’s Jamie Cooke.
In their previous encounter it was the Islington man who won via unanimous decision.
On this occasion, however, it was Cooke who earned a 4-1 split-decision victory with a display that saw him named the “Best Away Boxer of the Night”.
It is hoped “a triology decider” is on the cards.


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The card I'm sharing today was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest. It was a rectangle card but had layers of squares on it, similar to this one.
Mine is a square card in Old Olive (4-1/4" x 4-1/4") with a layer of Tempting Turquoise on it. I punched out 4 striped squares, in Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Turquoise, and Tangerine Tango, using the 1-3/8" square punch. I punched out 4 dotted squares in the same 4 colors using the 1-1/4" square punch. I rounded two opposite corners on each one. One caution here is to make sure which way you want the stripes to go on the striped squares and trim the corners accordingly.
This is another card that could be made in any color combination and used for any occasion.
Thanks for visiting today. Smiles, Laura

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Charlie Weis on Brady's future; plus Jane Slater & Joe Person on the Cowboys & Panthers coaching hires
01.08.2020 - By The Peter King Podcast
(1:20) Peter King discusses reacts to a wild Tuesday of coaching hires, and discusses why coordinators who have success in the postseason have a difficult time getting hired as a head coach.
(6:35) Former Patriots assistant Charlie Weis chats about what he thinks the future holds for Tom Brady and Bill Belichick in New England.
(17:45) Peter discusses the Panthers shocking hire of Matt Rhule - and what it means for Cam Newton - with beat writer Joe Person
(29:05) Jane Slater gives the inside scoop on how the Cowboys decided to hire Mike McCarthy to replace Jason Garrett


U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Fiscal Year 2020 Enforcement and Removal Operations Report [open pdf - 804KB]
From the Executive Summary: "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) shares responsibility for administering and enforcing the nation's immigration laws with ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), as well as other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) component agencies, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). ICE ERO is responsible for protecting the homeland through the arrest, detention, and removal of aliens who undermine public safety or the integrity of United States immigration laws, and its main areas of focus are interior enforcement operations, management of the agency's detained population nationwide, and repatriation of aliens who have received a final order of removal. [...] This report presents ICE ERO's FY 2020 year-end statistics in the following areas: Custody and Case Management, Administrative and Criminal Arrests, ICE Detainers, and Removals."
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Will the anti-liberty left ever admit their mistakes?
The Ukraine crisis is providing another great benefit to Biden: now it's okay to talk about inflation.
Do you remember the scene in one of the early Seinfeld episodes when Jerry tries to get a dry cleaner to admit that they made a mistake in shrinking a shirt to "hand puppet" size? That's the feeling you get when you witness the press flacks of the Biden regime smarmily try to palm off responsibility for what they've done to the nation. These are folks who dial the fury up to eleven while they haughtily make excuse after excuse for why it isn't their fault.
You almost get the feeling that they were begging Putin to invade Ukraine, so they would have a ready-made excuse for everything now. For serious crisis, they now have Ukraine's new hotness replacing the COVID old and busted. The floodgates are open, and it's okay to talk about skyrocketing fuel prices and runaway inflation. You just don't seem to get the sympathy vibe from celebrities who are perfectly willing to have you pay $5.30/gal while they drive a Tesla. But you have to love how they are willing to have you sacrifice for their green gods of global cooling...global warming...climate change.
You aren't supposed to notice that prices headed for the stratosphere long before Putin's T-72s crossed their departure line. But Brandon and company have never let the facts get in the way of a good lie, especially when he can rely on the nation's socialist media to parrot the message. The funny thing is that New York's favorite birdcage liner is shocked that people are noticing the insanity of the inflation unleashed by the liberty denying the left's socialist national agenda of modern monetary theory, AKA printing money like there is no tomorrow.
Nearly nine in 10 Americans say they have noticed prices rising around them, according to a survey conducted mid-February for The Upshot by Morning Consult. And, when asked which of the price increases have caught their attention, many mentioned necessities like gas, milk, ground beef, and bread — a notably different universe of products than the narrower set of items, like used cars and raw lumber, that were soaring in price last spring.
They also include several quotes from the great unwashed, and they are genuinely stunned that the people would blame the dear leader. Make sure to note that this could endanger team Brandon's chances in their yeoman's efforts in elevating red China, the nation they think should be the true leader in the world.
As opting out has become less and less possible, Americans now rate inflation among their top concerns for the first time in nearly four decades. In Washington, the topic looms over President Biden's legislative agenda and Democrats' prospects in midterm elections. The monthly release of government inflation figures — which on Thursday showed inflation reaching a 40-year high, driven by the steep prices of gas and food — has become an anxious political event. And the sanctions on Russia that are rattling the global economy now threaten to push energy and food prices higher still.
You interpreted that last sentence correctly if you picked up that they are admitting that this all started before the Ukraine crisis. You must wonder if they really meant to say that.
So we'll "circle back" to our original point. With all the mucking up of the economy they've done, why haven't they ever admitted their mistakes? These have been legion, and they didn't start with Ukraine. Those of you who can remember should recall the great delight with which the nation's socialist media hounded Republican presidents with questions on their mistakes. Brandon's had so many screw-ups, they could ask that every other day on a new subject.
Just once, it would be nice if they were to at least acknowledge that they aren't perfect specimens of collectivist intellect. The sad fact is, they probably think they are the smartest people in the known universe and that they haven't made any mistakes. Mores the pity. That clarifies their arrogance and condescension in having to lower themselves to explain their inestimable brilliance to those of us of the great unwashed. But then again, that will only hurt them in the midterm elections, unless they have some dirty-handed tricks up their slimy socialist sleeves.
D. Parker is an engineer, inventor, wordsmith, and student of history. A writer in the communications field and a longtime contributor to the NOQ report.
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Several entities have partnered together, pooling their resources to continue to provide meals for seniors in the Community of Leon. These community partners include Leon’s New Horizons, Inc. (New-2-U), Decatur County Hospital, Decatur County Board of Supervisors, City of Leon, Decatur County Public Health, Decatur County Development Corporation, and the Leon Community Center Board. All of these entities have come together to ensure that our seniors still have a place to go to get healthy meals that taste good, too.
The senior meal program is sponsored by Leon’s New Horizons, Inc., who also sponsors the New-2-U Thrift Store. Decatur County Hospital will be cooking the meals in their kitchen, offering the same menu items they serve in their cafeteria. The menus will be available one month in advance at the meal site, and will be in the newspaper a week at a time like they are currently.
Decatur County Hospital is currently in the process of obtaining elderly waiver status so that seniors on the elderly waiver program do not have to pay for their meals, and plan to be ready to bill for elderly waiver by August 1st. For more information about the elderly waiver program, contact Decatur County Hospital at 641-446-4871.
Meal costs will now be $4.00 for those that are 60 and older, and $6.25 for people under 60. Seniors can pay on a daily basis or they can purchase a "punch card" to be used over a period of time. People need to sign up to eat the day prior by stopping in at the community center between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. or by calling Mildred at 641-446-4433.
“I am amazed at all of the entities that have come together to pull this off,” stated Kolton Hewlett, “The County Board of Supervisors have been tremendous supporters of this initiative. We would not have been able to make this work without all of the organizations and volunteers working together. Our task force had our first meeting two weeks prior, and we were able to put something together in time to serve the seniors of Leon by July 1. It truly proves that although Leon is a small town, we’ve got a big heart.”
The Decatur County Board of Supervisors has agreed to fund up part of the program for fiscal year 2016-17 to support the wages of a part-time staff employed by Leon’s New Horizons, Inc. Additionally, Community Health Centers of Southern Iowa (CHCSI) has committed to a $1,000 contribution to the cause which will be used for immediate necessities such as supplies, etc. The City of Leon will allow the use of the community center building including the costs of all utilities.
Members of the board include Sue Kelly (President), Kolton Hewlett (Secretary/Treasurer), Marcia Stephens, Shelley Bickel (Vice President), Jean Campbell, J.R. Cornett, Jim Fulton, Suzanne Cooner, and Bob Frey.
Many expenses will go along with keeping this program afloat in Leon, including the cost of meals, supplies, and other operating costs. The board will be actively looking for funding sources through donations and grants. If you are willing to contribute money towards the program, you can send money to:
Leon Community Meal Program
Attn: Kolton Hewlett, Sec/Treasurer
PO Box 281
Leon, IA 50144
Or you can also drop off donations at the New-2-U Thrift Store on the Northwest corner of the square. Also, the program is primarily run by volunteers, with the exception of Mildred Laffoon, who will be handling the serving of food and cleaning of the community center. Volunteers are needed to transport food from the hospital to the community center and delivering meals to home-bound seniors in the community.
If you have any questions regarding the program or the changes that are occurring, contact Sue Kelly at 816-695-9477 or email@example.com.

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Have you experienced wage theft? You can file a claim or get help at one of the places below:
The state labor commissioner handles claims about wage theft, minimum wage, overtime, rest and meal breaks, stolen tips, sick leave, illegal deductions, reporting time violations, late or bounced checks, misclassification, etc.
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The City of San Diego’s Office of Labor Standards Enforcement handles claims about the City’s Minimum Wage and Earned Sick Days ordinance, Living Wage ordinance, and Prevailing Wage.
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The County of San Diego Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement (OLSE) has authority to accept complaints about a limited number of County ordinances, such as the Working Families Ordinance. The County OLSE administers the Workplace Justice Fund and can help navigate and refer claims to the appropriate offices.
Address: 1600 Pacific Highway, Suite 452, San Diego, CA 92101
The Employee Rights Center (ERC) can help workers file a wage theft complaint with the appropriate office, file for unemployment, and may be able to provide legal support. ERC also offers support and resources for immigrants.
Address: 4161 Home Ave suite 201, San Diego, CA 92105
Wage theft is a major problem that affects all workers, especially workers the system undervalues, like recent immigrants and workers in industries that pay the lowest wages. Workers shouldn’t go into debt, or risk losing their jobs, homes, and/or food and care for their families because they stand up for their rights on the job.
A worker justice fund would provide financial assistance to workers experiencing wage theft or other violations of their rights. A worker justice fund can ensure workers who file claims are paid the money they are legally owed and allow workers to cover housing and other necessities, preventing them from going into further financial hardship. Covering workers’ loss of wages and providing financial assistance will promote workers’ rights, health, and safety and empower more workers to report violations.
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On June 13th the County Board of Supervisors approved the Workplace Justice Fund!
$100,000 was allocated for the fund, right now the fund works in two ways:
Every day in California hundreds of thousands of workers experience wage theft, harassment, and abuse. Every worker is entitled to safety and dignity on the job. Today, bosses get away with retaliation because they have the power to bully and silence workers for demanding fairness and respect. It doesn’t have to be this way.
The Equal Pay and Anti-Retaliation Act (SB497) can change the gross imbalance of power and reduce workplace abuse. SB 497 would create an assumption that a negative action against an employee is retaliation when it occurs within 90 days of a worker reporting a labor or equal pay violation. The bill would also allow whistleblowers to collect up to a $10,000 penalty. Currently, only the state may collect from lawbreaking employers.
Effective workplace laws require well-informed workers. Last year, California committed $50 million over two years to expand a historic worker outreach program that builds community resilience through workers’ rights education. Now the Governor proposes eliminating the program’s second year in 2024.
Workers in California’s low-wage industries still face hazards and exploitation. We have succeeded in creating a highly effective new piece of our workplace fairness infrastructure and cannot afford to discard it.
Building resilient and equitable communities requires empowering workers in low-wage industries to assert their rights.


The Cowlitz Black Bears announced the addition to the 2017 roster of two players from the University of Washington: Nick Roberts (Fr., Inf) and Harrison Goonewardene (Fr., P).
Nick is part of the most exciting recruiting class the Huskies brought this past year. Roberts, from the peninsula of Washington, is an electric player who is being asked to play all the infield spots for the Dawgs.
Goonewardene has made a short trip from Mercer Island, WA to UW. Harrison well be coming out the bullpen for the Dawgs this season. His three pitch mix and command of the strike zone will gain him many opportunities.


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[dropcap size=big]H[/dropcap]ow much disagreement, tension and even mutual hostility can an alliance relationship take? Having failed to release the evangelical American pastor Andrew Brunson from prison on 18 July 2018 during a court hearing, on 25 July Turkey put him under house arrest instead. Many in the US were surprised, not least because of the warm exchanges between US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan witnessed at the NATO summit in mid-July. US Vice President Mike Pence greeted the news by tweeting ‘Release Pastor Andrew Brunson NOW or be prepared to face the consequences’. Trump himself followed up with a tweet of his own, threatening that ‘the US will impose large sanctions on Turkey for their long term detainment’ of Brunson. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu immediately warned that Turkey would not buckle in the face of such threats. As Brunson’s next hearing is not due until October, the coming weeks could be significant for US-Turkey relations. Brunson, who has lived in Turkey for over two decades, was imprisoned in October 2016 on what appear to be startlingly trumped-up charges of membership of a terrorist organisation – the Gulen network – espionage, and attempting to change Turkey’s constitutional order. He could face a prison sentence of up to 35 years. His first court hearing had to wait until May 2018. This alone is a remarkable way for a NATO ally to behave towards a national of its leading country. It is widely suspected that the Turkish authorities had hoped to use Brunson – and other mainly Turkish-origin US citizens held in Turkey – as a bargaining chip in their endeavour to extradite Fethullah Gulen from the US. If so, it suggests a profound misreading of how the US legal system and political processes work, even in the Trump era.
This crisis followed hot on the heels of a Congressional ban on the transfer of F-35 fighter aircraft, for which Turkish pilots are already undergoing training in the US and of which Turkey plans to purchase around one hundred. The ban is temporary, its lifting conditional on the Pentagon production of a report assessing the impact of a ban on US-Turkey relations, the impact of Turkey’s proposed acquisition of Russian-supplied S-40 anti-air missiles, and the ramifications for the US defence industrial base of Turkey’s exclusion from the programme. This last is important, given the involvement of a number of Turkish firms in the production of components for the aircraft. The primary prompt for the Congressional measure was Turkey’s S-400 deal. The missiles should begin arriving in Turkey in early 2020. Washington had already repeatedly warned Ankara that the S-400 is incompatible with NATO air defence systems, could lead to Turkey’s exclusion from NATO air defence arrangements in the future, and that Turkey’s deployment of the system could lead to Russia gaining access to NATO secrets. A Congressional proposal to limit financial loans to the troubled Turkish economy also made an appearance. Ankara has pushed back, arguing that it would be happy to purchase US Patriot air defence systems as a longer-term solution to its air defence needs, but that as yet they were not available to Turkey and that the US had in any case proven to be an unreliable source of armaments. The US and Germany had withdrawn Patriot systems from Turkish soil in 2015 against Ankara’s wishes, and Turkey has come to resent its arms dependence on its western allies, and the US above all. Ankara was also encouraged that the administration had requested that Congress desist from the F-35 decision.
These issues were in turn playing out against the backdrop of a looming potential crisis over the Trump administration’s unilateral decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement and tighten sanctions on the country. Turkey warned against this move, and declared that it did not feel obliged to implement the measures that Washington was demanding. Washington’s European allies are similarly unhappy with the US decision, so Turkey might not be so isolated on this issue, but its particular predicament is that Iran is its major single source of oil and a significant supplier of its gas imports. It was generally well known that Turkey had facilitated the breaking of the sanctions regime on Iran in the past, and to a degree Washington turned a blind eye. However, Turkey’s sanction-breaking activities culminated in a court case in the US in which Reza Zarrab, an Azeri Iranian close to Erdogan’s circles, and a state-owned Halkbank executive Mehmet Hakan Atilla, were tried for their involvement in a scheme that enabled Iran to evade the impact of the sanctions via a complicated ‘gas for gold’ exchange. Erdogan, along with some family members and business associates, were clearly implicated, and Halkbank may yet receive a hefty fine. Washington might be less tolerant of a second round of similar behaviour on Ankara’s part.
Then there is the most serious US-Turkish crisis of all, in Syria, where Turkey has taken umbrage at Washington’s backing for the multi-ethnic but predominantly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the fight against IS in Syria. The SDF’s lead element are the People’s Protection Forces, or YPG (Yekineyen Parastina Gel), which Turkey believes with some justification is linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (or PKK). Turkey has pledged to militarily defeat the YPG in Syria, and in January 2018 sent forces into the Kurdish canton of Afrin. Moving against YPG forces further east, however, would risk direct clashes with the YPG and even US forces present in the area. This potential disaster has come to focus on the town of Manbij, which was freed from IS control by the SDF and US forces in 2016. In June of this year Turkey and the US began putting into effect an agreement to jointly patrol the area, and the YPG declared that it would withdraw its military advisors. How complete this withdrawal proves to be, and whether it would be sufficient to appease Turkey, has yet to be seen. The US relationship with the YPG grew out of the failure to identify credible alternative allies on the ground for its campaign against IS. Turkey, which initially prioritised Assad’s overthrow, soon switched its attention the YPG, and inside Turkey to the PKK. It has been far less forceful in its fight against IS, domestically or in Syria. Furthermore, the various factions of the Free Syrian Army that Ankara has sponsored and that has accompanied Turkish troops into Syria, are for the most part excessively militantly Islamic for US tastes, and feeds into a general feeling that Ankara has acquired an ideological affinity with Islamic radicalism.
Problems in the US-Turkey relationship are hardly new, and have frequently stemmed from differences in perspective on developments in Turkey’s neighbourhood. But today’s tensions do not resemble those of the past. Erdogan has no ideological counterpart in the history of the Turkish republic, except perhaps Necmettin Erbakan, who achieved nothing like Erdogan’s prominence or endurance. Erdogan is anti-western in rhetoric and philosophy, and is capable of holding the US as largely responsible for the failed July 2016 coup against him and of imagining all kinds of western conspiracies against him. He has little regard for diplomatic niceties, which led to a rupture in the relationship with the Netherlands and the withdrawal of German forces from the NATO base at Incirlik, and a visa crisis with the US over the arrest of Turkish employees the US Consulates in Turkey. He cares little for the rule of law abroad as well as at home, hence the sponsoring of hostile activities against his opponents on the territory of NATO and EU countries and the brutal behaviour of his own bodyguard against protestors in Washington during his May 2017 visit – behaviour replicated in South Africa as this piece was in preparation. Turkish officials have been engaged in intimidating and even abducting opponents – usually Gulenists – from various countries, most recently Mongolia. His attacks on Israel are vicious, and he has called for a ‘Muslim army’ to confront it. His Islamist rhetoric is incessant and at times extreme, and tainted both with anti-semitism and anti-Christian sentiment. The granting of EU accession candidate status in 2004 has crumbled into dust. The cautious, professional Turkish bureaucracy of yesteryore – in the Turkish General Staff and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in particular – have been largely by-passed or supplanted by Erdogan loyalists. Differences between Turkey and its western allies no longer take the form of run-of-the-mill disputes that routinely characterise relations between allies, but are rooted in profound differences of perspective and political culture.
Above all perhaps, in foreign policy his onslaughts against the west are in stark contrast to his cultivation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, whether through cooperation in Syria, the S-400 deal, the purchase of Russian-supplied nuclear power stations, or the comparatively muted criticism of Russian policy. Erdogan’s flirtation with prospective membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, consisting of Russia, China, India, Pakistan and four central Asian states, reflects Erdogan’s belief that western dominance is being replaced by a more multipolar global power structure, as does the recent invitation to Turkey by the BRICS countries – Russia, China India, Brazil and South Africa – to attend their July 2018 summit. The west’s problems with Erdogan go well beyond their discomfort with his autocratic rule.
The Obama administration tried hard to establish a close relationship with Erdogan’s Turkey, and eventually gave up in frustration. The irony of the current situation is that Trump shares some of Erdogan’s approach to diplomatic relationships – impulsive, belligerent, de-institutionalised, and apparently indifferent to the western global order or to consequences. He too is challenging the western alliance, as evidenced by his behaviour at the recent NATO summit and by his ‘trade war’. Trump also cultivates Putin, as their notorious recent meeting in Helsinki demonstrated. Trump’s championing of the Christian pastor Brunson reflects his reliance on the evangelical Christian vote in the US, and some would say mirrors Erdogan’s reliance on the religious vote in Turkey. Above all, though, Trump is at least as unpredictable as Erdogan. If the mood took him, he could turn on Turkey with a vengeance, and right now he might feel that there are enough reasons for him to do so. If so, then he will give little regard for the consequences, and there is not much left of the cooperative entanglement of the bureaucracies of Washington or Ankara to be sure that these two states might be able to protect their relationship from the destructive impact of their respective leaders.


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Rent a Car at Malaga Airport (AGP)
The easiest way to get to Marbella is to fly into Malaga Airport situated just up the coast. Malaga Airport is an international travel hub, serving many destinations on the Costa del Sol. It is also equipped with several car rental agencies, including Europcar and Firefly. Once you have picked up your vehicle, you should head southwest out of the airport on the AP-7; traffic permitting, Marbella can be reached in 35 minutes.
It’s also possible to reach Marbella by flying into Gibraltar Airport and hiring a car there. However this airport operates fewer flights and the drive to Marbella takes closer to an hour.
Rent a Car in Marbella
Travellers who want to rent a car in Marbella itself will find plenty of agencies. Global rental brands such as Enterprise have offices in Marbella, you will also find local Spanish firms that cater to tourists. You can browse you car hire options in Marbella using the Expedia search tool.
If you do decide to hire a car in Marbella and need transport from Malaga Airport, there are a couple of options. You can take a train as far as Fuengirola and then a bus the rest of the way. It is also possible to take a taxi, but this is the more expensive option.
Driving in Marbella
Having your own car in this region of Spain adds extra convenience, but when exploring the centre of Marbella you might be better off parking your vehicle and exploring on foot. This is because parking can be difficult in the busy centre, and because many of the key attractions are close together, such as the famous Orange Square, the Engraving Museum and the Church of the Incarnation. Arroyo de la Represa Park is also perfect for a leisurely stroll; you can even duck your head in at the Bonsai Museum for a glance at some miniature trees.
Day Trips from Marbella
You can make the most of your rental vehicle by getting out of central Marbella. Just 10 minutes east you’ll find the Marbella Golf & Country Club; more courses lie west in San Pedro de Alcantara. Drive up to Fuengirola and Torremolinos (both accessible in under 40 minutes by car) and you can enjoy the theme parks, water parks and zoos. And of course, you can also use your car to visit all Marbella’s excellent beaches. Just don’t forget to pack a picnic!

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Hate crimes pull at our heartstrings. Unfortunately, we’ve seen a growing number of well publicized hate crime hoaxes since the beginning of the Trump campaign. What those stories don’t tell us is why we see the surge of fake victims now. The motivation for false accusation isn’t new. Socialists have always been willing to lie about political conservatives. The first thing that changed is that the major media stopped reporting the news. Today, the major news media sells the socialist narrative without regard for facts. The networks lie for the socialists and the rash of hate hoaxes is the tell-tail proof of media corruption. Second, we have changed too. We spend more time watching people on our TV and phones than we spend with real people.
The media sponsored lies existed before the Trump campaign. I remember when Dan Rather and CBS News published the false reports of a derogatory military service evaluation of George W. Bush. The documents were an obvious fraud, but CBS News never felt the need to authenticate them. They ran with the story unencumbered by corroboration. CBS News hoped that their lies would stay hidden until after the election.. and they almost succeeded.
The media almost succeeded in creating several fake sexual scandals around Donald Trump, though the truth is sad enough. Gloria Allred can always procure the necessary victims when a socialist candidate needs a media attack on their political opponent. I’m saddened by what this does to real victims who want to be heard and believed.
The socialist-media collaboration succeeded in defeating Judge Roy Moore in Alabama. The charges against Judge Moore evaporated after the campaign. By then, the damage was done. The Socialists had gained another seat in the US Senate.
The surge of fake victims took off with the Trump campaign. I summarized this list from a New York Post article linked here.
- We’ve had black Baptists deface their own church and blame racist Trump supporters.
- A black college student painted anti-black graffiti on his college campus in Michigan.
- We’ve had gay Episcopalians deface their own church and blame homophobic conservatives.
- A muslim woman in New York City falsely claim that Trump supporters tried to steal her hijab.
- An Israeli jew sent bomb threats to synagogues in the US.
- A black journalist in New York City sent threats to Jewish community centers in an attempt to frame his ex-girlfriend.
- Five black cadets posted hate speech to their own message boards at an Air Force prep school.
- A black woman in Long Island said four conservative teens cut her tires and shouted pro-trump slogans.. except the woman made it all up.
- A gay black man who once worked for the New York city council wrote anti-semitic slogans on a Brooklyn Temple. There was an outcry over anti-semitism.. but the black man is bipolar and was off his meds.
- A hundred students at a Baltimore college protested after racist graffiti appeared in the college bathroom. The graffiti was written by a biracial student.
- This past New Year’s Eve, three Savannah churches and a civil rights museum were vandalized. The man who threw bricks through the doors was black.
The fabrications continued. The media narrative against some kids from Covington High School at the March for Life was invented from the start. It was the socialist agitators who were at fault, and fortunately the truth was caught on camera.
A black-gay actor in Chicago paid two black men to attack him. The “victim”claimed the attacks were by white Trump supporters who put a noose around his neck.
A transgender activist’s house burned down two years ago. Last week the activist was arrested for arson that burned down the home he rented.
We need to get real. Socialism sells itself as a savior to the “oppressed”. Where there aren’t enough oppressed, then it fabricates them in front of the cameras. The news media is busy defending the Socialist fantasy from attack by the facts. We would not have had the Tawana Brawley scandal without the help of Al Sharpton.
In fact, it is socialists cities and states who destroy jobs and put minorities on welfare. The corrupt news media is right there with them reporting each fabricated outrage.
The antidote is to be sceptical, inquisitive and judgemental. Look past the pretty talking heads who are selling you breathless outrage. Qualify your news sources. Ask yourself if the news is consistent with what you’ve seen with your own eyes. Turn off the propagandists who betray your trust.


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The naval (actually the anus) in the middle of the body serves as the border separating the head part (top) and tail part (bottom) of the eel. The fat is distributed better on the top. People used to say that since the bottom moves more it is more tasty, but is this really true?
It’s also often said, “the top should be served skin-up and the bottom should be served skin-down.”
Skin-up means that the skin side is on top and the meaty side is on the rice.
Skin-down means that the meaty side is facing up and the skin side is on the rice.
Conger eel easily melts apart when it is boiled and broth enters the part where it separates, so the appearance is not as appealing. But unless the crack is extremely obvious, both the top and bottom of the conger eel is often prepared skin-down in sushi.
Tuna caught in the coastal regions of the Japan Sea is notable as the best bluefin tuna in January. Iki, a small island in Kyushu area is one of the famous ports for tuna.
In February and March, the tuna auction market becomes slack due to rough weather. Just a few tunas from Nachikatsuura where is also the famous port for tuna are on the market.
In March and April, tunas become thin because their eggs need many nutrients.
In May, large tuna is seldom seen in the Tsukiji Fish Market. Even if there is, its body is really thin. “Kinkaimono” which means a shore-fish is generally considered as high-class tuna, but in this season, imported tuna is useful instead.
It is said that Pacific Bluefin tunas spawn around Japanese waters between Taiwan and Okinawa in April and May. And then, they go up to fertile, north sea along the eastern coast of Japan.
In June, “Chubo” which is young and small tuna is taken hugely off the coast of the Sea of Japan. The school of Chubo begin moving northward in this season.
In July and August, tunas can be seen occasionally but their bodies are still thin. Instead, Boston Tuna which is caught in the Atlantic Ocean and nicknamed “Jumbo” is on the market. Its fresh is softer than “Kinkaimono” and it doesn’t have medium-fatty part which “Kinkaimono” has.
In September, Boston Tunas are at their best with plenty of fat on them. The best season of Boston Tuna is limited and ends in October. But fortunately, Japanese tunas come into season.
The school of tunas split up into two groups, the one takes Pacific Ocean route and another takes the Japan Sea route and both of them move northward along the Japanese Islands. Some of them reach the Tsugaru Strait where and the season of Tuna begins from September to next January. Oma town and Toi town is famous nationwide for its catch of tuna from the Tsugaru Strait. The flavor of tuna in September is still weak but it becomes stronger in October. In November, feed of tunas such as Pacific saury or Japanese common squid with plenty of fat increase and flavor of tuna also gets stronger. In December, the peak season comes around.
A catch of tuna falls off in January and it enters the final season. The temperature of sea water gets cold and feed of tuna, squids decrease and the fishing season in this area ends.
Once a bluefin tuna is caught, it arrives in Tsukiji fish market within a day or two. However, that fish is not used as a sushi topping that day. No mater how good the tuna is, it starts out very stiff and is not in a state where it should be eaten. The meat is hard and the white muscle lines are left in your mouth. The odor and acidic taste of the red meat is strong and the unique sweetness of the fish is nowhere to be found. After it has rested the muscles soften, bringing out the fat.
Then, when the sushi chef gets the tuna, he first separates the red, lean meat and the fatty toro portion, rewraps them separately and, seals them in plastic and puts them on ice. Next is waiting for the “young” meat, not yet suitable for eating, to mature. The number of days the fish will be rested depends on the size of the fish and the temperature. The smaller the cut and the warmer the temperature, the shorter the rest time. Generally the time is from 3-14 days.
This “young” fish not ready for consumption is a fresh, deep color but as it matures the color darkens, the fat is brought out and becomes a fleshy color. Proper care must be taken because if it’s rested for too long, the color changes too quickly.
At sushi restaurants, only the master chef makes the sushi. Depending on the shop, the apprentices don’t even touch the knives. The texture of a fish changes greatly with the way a fish is cut, drastically affecting the workmanship of the sushi. There is a clear difference in taste when the master makes a piece of sushi from when the apprentice does. It is also commonly thought that a sushi chef can only take care of about 8 customers at once while he is also preparing pieces of sushi, so most counters have around 8 seats.

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Interviews with patients, medical workers and residents reveal delays that had consequences for the city, the world and China’s leadership
The Huanan seafood wholesale market in central Wuhan was the kind of place where people often catch colds. Vendors started setting up as early as 3am, plunging their hands into buckets of cold water as they cleaned and prepared produce for the customers that arrived every morning.
The sprawling market of more than 20 streets spanned two sides of a main road in an upscale neighbourhood of the commercial district of Hankou. Racks of meat hung on hooks or spilled out on to plastic racks. Workers walked around in welly boots. Drains lined the kerb alongside stores selling everything from live poultry to seafood and cooking ingredients. It was crowded but clean.


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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Although Tchaikovsky showed talent for music as a child, he was trained first in jurisprudence. In 1863, he left that endeavor and devoted himself to his music. When Tchaikovsky began this symphony in 1888, he was plagued with self-doubt and uncertainty. He thought he had no inspiration, no ideas, that perhaps he was “written…out.” Nevertheless, this sentimental, theatrical, pessimistic composer wrote to his benefactor only a month later that “inspiration is coming. We shall see.”
I. Andante; Allegro con anima. The symphony has a motto theme, a melody used in each movement to create the emotional foundation of the whole. Two clarinets in their lower range announce this first theme, which seems to be a menacing theme of Fate. The movement proper then opens into a march theme, lively and filled with spirit. The second theme brightens the atmosphere a bit, but essentially, this is a dejected, pessimistic movement that vanishes in darkness.
II. Andante cantabile con alcuna licenza. Perhaps one of the most familiar slow movements in the entire symphonic repertoire, the theme is mournfully sung by solo French horn over sustained strings. This theme is even more nostalgic than the motto theme previously heard. The emotionalism intensifies and the horn solo becomes a duet, followed by oboe and clarinet melodies portraying melancholy. Suddenly, the lyricism is disrupted by the motto theme in a trumpet blast. The opening melodies return in a passionate outpouring before a terrifying eruption of the motto, this time in the trombones. The movement fades away with pleading, broken phases.
III. Valse: Allegro moderato. The charming melody is based on a Florentine street song Tchaikovsky heard 10 years earlier. The waltz has an undercurrent of melancholy that never disappears. The trio section has a rapid staccato figure that skips through the orchestra and then accompanies the returning waltz tune. At the end, a hollow-sounding, deep reminder of the Fate motto returns, much like an unhappy memory.
IV. Andante maestoso: Allegro vivace. The motto leads off the finale, but in E major, not E minor, suggesting a final triumph. The melody is ceded to the warm tones of the strings and marches to the woodwind choir, with a background of flowing triplet rhythm, a symbol of rejoicing. The timpani announce the final allegro. Joyous in outlook, the movement surges until it reaches the coda, when the motto is proclaimed in trumpet fanfares, irresistibly ebullient and victorious.
Program Notes by Joy S. Perry
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
"I think Lone Ranger." - Audrey J. Szychulski, OSFL Executive Director
Overture to William Tell
Rossini wrote 38 operas, all of them by the time he was 37 years old. His mastery of the opera buffa—opera based on real people who could be subjects of spoofs—was incomparable. His most famous of this genre is The Barber of Seville. In contrast, William Tell, his last and grandest operatic work, is far more serious and profound than anything else he composed and was his only attempt at French grand opera. Less ornate than his Italian operas, Rossini sticks to French traditions of lyricism, patriotic songs, ballets, and recitatives. The opera is seldom performed because it lasts nearly 5 hours and requires an exceptionally rare voice to sing the difficult tenor role. Yet, the overture remains with its well-known melody, the theme brought into homes by the Lone Ranger and “Heigh-ho Silver.”
First performed in Paris in 1829, William Tell is based on a play by Schiller. The opera recounts the story of Tell, the tyrant-killer in Switzerland and leader of his country’s revolution against the hated Austrian foreigners. It contains the famous trial of marksmanship when Tell was forced to shoot an apple placed on his son’s head.
The overture is in four sections, with the first three depicting Swiss mountain scenes that form the opera’s background. They foretell the dramatic progression of the opera, from innocence through the storm and strife to the dawn of liberty. The quiet opening using five solo cellos suggests a mountain sunrise. The second section portrays a mountain storm, using the trombones in full force. In the third portion, a Swiss cattleman’s call to the flocks is played by the solo English horn. Then, the final section begins with a fiery trumpet fanfare, a call to revolt, with the magnificent concluding gallop that merges into a revolutionary march for the Swiss patriots.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Jennifer Higdon is a native of Brooklyn, grew up in Atlanta and rural Tennessee, and currently lives in Philadelphia. She wrote blue cathedral (her spelling, all lower case) in 1999 on a commission for the 75th anniversary of the Curtis Institute of Music; it was premiered by the institute’s orchestra in March 2000. Since then, on its way to becoming a classic, the work has been performed by more than 150 orchestras. She had a “late start” with no involvement in music until she began teaching herself to play the flute at the age of 15. She majored in flute performance at Bowling Green State University and then earned an artist’s diploma in flute from the Curtis Institute. She received a doctorate in composition from the University of Pennsylvania.
The work has the standard orchestration with some fascinating additions, including crotales, marimba, tam-tams, vibraphone, glockenspiel, bell tree, sizzle cymbal, suspended cymbal, chimes, triangles, bass drum, and eight crystal glasses tuned by adding water (à la glass harmonica); and at the end of the work most of the musicians play about 50 Chinese bells (“Chinese Health Reflex Balls”).
Higdon wrote the work during a time of personal devastation and transformation, indicated by the inscription “in loving memory of Andrew Blue Higdon.” She explains the genesis of the piece: “The recent death of my younger brother, Andrew Blue, made me reflect on the amazing journeys that we all make in our lives, crossing paths with so many individuals…. In tribute to my brother, I feature solos for the clarinet (the instrument he played) and the flute (the instrument I play). Because I am the older sibling, it is the flute that appears first in this dialogue. At the end of the work, the two instruments continue their dialogue, but it is the flute that drops out and the clarinet that continues on in the upward progressing journey.”
Yet, blue cathedral is not mournful, but has an uplifting quality, with a bit of wistfulness. The flute and clarinet duet leads to the exuberant energy of the percussion section in the middle of the work and then is joined by the brass and strings. The horns have a beautiful chorale before the flute and clarinet soloists recall their earlier conversations over the glass accompaniment. The musicians not playing then sound the Chinese Health Reflex Balls used in acupressure. An altered piano then sounds 33 times, reminiscent of a clock chiming in the distance, once for each of her brother’s years.
The work is named not only for her brother, but blue, like the sky, where all possibilities can soar, and cathedral, a place of thought, growth, spirituality, and a symbolic doorway. “I found myself imagining a journey through a glass cathedral in the sky. … The listener would float down the aisle, slowly moving upward at first and then progressing at a quicker pace, rising towards an immense ceiling which would open to the sky. … I wanted to create the sensation of contemplation and quiet peace at the beginning, moving towards the feeling of celebration and ecstatic expansion of the soul, all the while singing along with that heavenly music.”
Program Notes by Joy S. Perry
1. Clarifying the orchestra’s Goal, and Dream
2. Verifying the strength, value, asset, resource, and identifying threats and weaknesses.
3. Refining a particular vision
4. Strategizing concrete action to bring the artistic vision to life.
My artistic vision derives from three fundamental principles of music.
I Music must be an evidence of living.
Music is not an acquired culture, but an active part of natural life.
The communication between the musicians and the audience is unique only to the human.
The value of a live concert is infinite.
The composer is resurrected through the live performance.
II Music is the universal language of mankind
Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, without words.
When the speech of man stops short, the art of music begins.
So-called “Classical” and “Popular” music should not be separated by a boundary.
Music should be available to everyone in the community.
III Music influences the community it exists within.
Music has a power to unite.
Music asks for harmonious cooperation of mind and soul as an artistic creation.
Music is the most social, the most affecting, the purest of the arts, and it is most
connected with the moral side of civilization, and it promotes the perfection of human
Based on these principals, Here is my artistic vision of a symphony orchestra:
1. Build the finest orchestra the community can support.
2. Perform for as many people in the community, through the diversity of musical
3. Create a sense of welcoming and belonging.
4. Enhance the enjoyment of life.
5. Adapt to the changing climate of the particular audience, and reinvent the product.
6. Work together within the constituents of the organization, and with the citizens.
7. Be the leader of the artistic community, and form partnerships.
8. Be financially responsible.
9. Celebrate the goodness of the community.
Music Director and Conductor
Monday, August 10, 2009
Do you ever wonder what is like to be a Paparazzo, hunting the Stars to get that perfect Shot? Well here is your Chance to try it out! The “Be Toshi’s Paparazzi” contest starts TONIGHT! Toshi is in Corning and Elmira this week (August 10th – 16th). Post your Pictures of you and Toshi on our wall on facebook or make it your profile picture and let us know where your found Toshi and you will in a pair of tickets to any OSFL Concert this season. Good Luck and Find TOSHI!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Comparatively speaking, it is more challenging to program four-concert season programs than thirty-concert programs. Every day, some composers in the world are producing new pieces; thus, the repertoire for symphony orchestras increases on the top of an immense number of works, written all the way back to the pre-Baroque period. So, how does a music director of a small orchestra create a program for a season? The key to the successful season is balanced programs regardless of whether for four or thirty concerts. I classify the entire symphonic repertoire into two categories: the musical period and the country. So, the classification by the country of the composer’s origin will divide the composers, such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, Wagner, and Richard Strauss, all into Austro-Germanic composers. Vivaldi, Rossini, Verdi, Respighi, into the Italian group; Lully, Berlioz, Gounod, Lalo, Saint-Säens, Bizet, Faure, Debussy, Ravel Honegger, Poulenc, Messiaen, and Boulez all fit into the French category. Slavic composers are Smetana, Chopin, Dvorak, Janacek, Penderecki, and Lutoslawski, and Hungarians are Liszt, Bartok, Kodaly, and Ligeti. I separate Russians from Slavs; thus Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, and Shostakovich are all in the same group. And how many composers do you know who are Spanish, British, Scandinavian, Asian, or Latin American. Enesco? He belongs to Rumania (“Other” country) and Romantic/20th century.
Another way to classify music is by the musical periods. Baroque, Classical, early and late Romantic, early and late 20th century, and contemporary periods separate the entire repertoire. Thus, Beethoven is classical and Austro-Germanic, and Tchaikovsky is late Romantic and Russian. Stravinsky would be a 20th century and Russian composer. Prokofiev and Shostakovich will fall into the same category.
Gustav Mahler was born in Bohemia but was educated in Vienna, so he might be a crossover composer, a Slavic-Austro-Germanic and late Romantic composer. Most of the American composers will be categorized as 20th century composers, such as Barber, Gershwin, Copland, Piston, Carter, and Bernstein. Now, there is one additional category very important to me, which classifies composers as either male or female. As all of us know, the majority of composers from the past were men. If you can name ten woman composers of the Romantic period, then you should be a musicologist. Without Googling, I can only name four: Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Cecil Chaminade, and Amy Beach, who was an American. Luckily, the late 20th century produced a great number of very prominent woman composers: Vivian Fine, Sofiya Gubaydulina, Barbara Kolb, Libby Larsen, Tania Léon, Thea Musgrave, Nancy Van de Vate, Marta Ptaszynska, Shulamit Ran, Kaija Saariaho, Hilary Tann, Augusta Reed Thomas, Joan Tower, Gwyneth Walker, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Melinda Wager, and Jennifer Higdon. Do you know any of these composers?
Looking through this season’s program of the OSFL, you will find that a variety of music is being represented. I know that there is some void, or deficiency, in certain categories, but I will try to make up for them in the future seasons. Our first concert in October will feature music by Rossini, who was a Italian and early Romantic composer, by Barber who was an American 20th century composer, by Higdon who is an American contemporary female composer, and by Tchaikovsky who was a Russian and late Romantic composer. In December’s concert, you will hear two Russian late Romantic composers, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, Poulenc, who was a French and 20th century composer, Handel, who was German/British and Baroque, and Mozart who was an Austrian Classical period composer. In addition, other works will be featured from British, American (Jewish), and American (Irish) composers of the 20th century.
How about the concert in March 2010? You will be hearing works predominately by the Germanic composers Beethoven and Brahms, in the Classical period and Romantic period, respectively, and the late Romantic/20th century Hungarian composer Dohnányi. Our last concert of the season in May is represented by Austrian, Polish (Slavic), and American composers of Classical, Romantic, and 20th century periods. Can you place these composers into their designated categories?
To get the full benefit and impact of the diverse symphonic music from all over the world, and from the past and present works performed by the OSFL, audiences would need to attend all four concerts. The orchestra and I are very excited to present these masterpieces to you throughout the season. Please try not to miss any of these great concerts and make sure you JOIN the Movement.
Also again a big thank you to everyone who was involved in the "Where is Toshi" contest.
Keep visiting for more updates!

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Who: Burger King
When: September 2017
Law stated as at: N./A.
By scanning the Burger King receipt through the Waves platform, Russian customers can earn 1 WhopperCoin for each rouble spent on a Whopper sandwich. Once they have collected 1700 WhopperCoins (equivalent to 5 or 6 whoppers), they will then be able to exchange them for a free Whopper.
The platform provided by Waves allows also for transfers between customers and exchanges for other currencies.
Why this matters:
Customer loyalty programmes are often used to provide customers with incentives, such as points or air miles, which can be used towards goods or services. In order to be part of this programme, customers typically register their personal information with the company and are given a unique identifier to be used when making a purchase. Depending on how the scheme is structured, this may also be used for targeted advertising purposes.
The introduction of blockchain technology offers the potential to revolutionise loyalty programmes. By using this technology, the dividing line between rewards and currency becomes blurred. Let’s take the case of air miles: it is possible to collect them and use them to obtain a discounted flight. It might also be possible to transfer our miles to our children to subsidise their holidays. What is not possible under traditional programmes is to exchange them for another currency. However the technology used for the WhopperCoin would allow this.
As for all innovations, many questions remain unanswered; for example: could the WhopperCoin in future allow customers to buy a BigMac, or would they need to exchange it for real money first?
If you feel like surfing the blockchain wave, and want to reward your clients’ fidelity through a loyalty programme based on crypto-currencies, bear in mind that the award credits could be considered as digital currency. As the regulators are paying close attention to cryptocurrencies at the moment, it is advisable to conduct a legal assessment of your scheme, to ensure it is compliant with financial services regulations.

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text: Multi-colored map that was published in the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865. Imprint: Battle Of Mechanicsville, Va., June 26 and 27, 1862. 9th Penn. Reserve Corps Division, Porter's Army Corps. Accompanying report of Brig. Gen. T. Seymour, U.S. Army. Includes scale of miles and marks the Union and Confederate positions. 5 x 6.

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This book contains GCE O Level Economics examination papers from 2003 to 2012, Paper 1 and Paper 2 with full worked solutions. The questions, are arranged in yearly format for easy revision and practice. Most Answers are equipped with Teacher Comments. These comments give the extra but relevant information that is not required as part of the solution but is extremely useful. Questions from past examinations have always proved to be the best practice for students. Students are able to apply what they have learnt. This book is also a very useful study guide for students as they can practice the questions, and then check their answers . This book is highly recommended for the students who are preparing for the GCE O Level Economics examination.
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The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau together with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), a US based research institute, would make an analysis on climate change in Sri Lanka. The project that will take a year to complete will determine the cause of climatic changes in Sri Lanka and whether it is caused by human activities or natural causes.
The Department of Wildlife Conservation and the Sri Lanka Navy too will assist the project as the analysis would be conducted in several identified areas including the deep sea and lagoon areas. The project is mainly aimed at finding sediments around the coastal areas.
It is believed that bacteria have a significant impact on Sri Lanka’s climate by limiting the quantity of carbon dioxide absorbed by the seas from the air.


This project was developed to replace the existing bridge with a new bridge approximately 101 ft wide and 514 ft long, accommodating four 12-ft lanes, two 4-ft shoulders, a variable width median, a 12-ft Class 1 Bikeway, and an 8-ft walkway. For this project we incorporated Caltrans Class I with Mac Matrix Fibers and shrinkage reducing admixture, 5000 psi structural concrete, and multiple CIDH (“Cast in Drilled Hole”) Wet Pier placements.
- Hot Weather Concrete: How Using Chilled Water or Ice Slows the Cement Hydration Process
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All right, Toyota's 2013 Subaru Forester. We're going to take a look at the top four chains that are available for a tire size of P225, 55, R17. First up is from Glacier Chains, part number PW1038. That part number includes these cables right here and the chains and the bars that go across the tire. It's a very simple system, but also the manufacturer recommends a tensioning system as well to help keep them tight on the tire. This is actually, for the most part, it's going to be a two-piece system. This is a separate part number PW105. We'll take a closer look at the crossbars.
Today, on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we have our Stromberg Carlson 23x60 Cargo Carrier, part number CC-100. Now, this one holds 500 pounds, and it has a nice little lip here. Great places to hook your straps to when you're putting your cargo down. Let's take some measurements. Now, we add right about 26" to the back of our vehicle. Our height off the ground, down to the bottom of this bolt here looks like 9 1/2" right there. Our closest point to our bumper looks to be about 3".
Today on our 2013 Subaru Forester, we're going to show you the Curt T connector vehicle long harness with a four portal flat trailer connector. Part number C56040. What this wire harness does, is it takes battery power that comes from this red wire right here, the signals from the wires come into the box, or a module and then as soon as it is copied, then it goes out to your trailer. This will protect your vehicle wiring harness from any shorts or damage from the trailer wiring. The parts that you get are the wire harness here at the module and the fort that fits into the vehicle. It also has a fuse holder which comes complete with a fuse. A very nice long length of four pole wire and this is our four pole end right here. It also comes with a cap.
Today we're going to show you the Brophy four and five-way flat circuit tester, part number F5CT. This is the item right here. You can see on top here it has one, two, three, four, five pins for five-pole trailer connector. Same on the bottom as well. You have a nice little listing on top here of the colors, white for ground, brown for running light, yellow for left turn, green for right turn, and blue for your back-up light. Commonly, you'll find that on the boat trailers for your reverse lockout on the coupler. Of course, we have a five-pole on the bottom here, and this is the end that actually goes out to your trailer. We have LEDs for our testers right here, labeled taillight, left turn, right turn, and then our back-up one here for this pin. It's labeled "A." Let's go ahead and try it out.
Today this 2013 Subaru Forrester, we're going to show you a Glacier square link snow tire change. Part number with PWPLC 1142. For reference we're working with tire size 225 x 55 x 17. A few things to know about our snow chains: these feature a square link design for a better grip on snowy and icy roads.Speaker 2: We'll take a look at the the links. They're actually created from a square stock so all of these edges can catch into the ice and snow.These are designed for front or rear-wheel drive vehicles and for highway use; not intended for off-road applications. They are created from a case hardened material that has low carbon steel.
Today, on our 2014 Subaru Forester, we'll be doing a test fit of the Carpod Walled Folding Cargo Carrier, that's part number M2205. It's for 2-inch hitches only. It's dimensions are 23 by 47 and it offers 13 cubic feet of space. It has a nice 450-pound weight capacity. I've already got it inserted into the receiver there as you see. It's all folded up against the Subaru just to give you a good idea what it's going to look like. Let's go ahead and take our pin and clip.
Today we're going to be taking a look at the best hitch options for the 2014 Subaru Forester. We've got the Draw-Tite and Hidden Hitch, which are carbon copies of one another. Draw-Tite part number is 75876. Hidden Hitch part number is 87654. Then we've got our CURT Class III. This is part number C13144.
Today we're going to be taking a look for the best hitch options for the 2015 Subaru Forester. We've got the Draw-tite and Hidden Hitch, which are carbon copies of one another. Draw-tite part number is 75876. Hidden Hitch part number is 87654. Then we've got our Curt Class 3, this is part number C13144. Then our Curt Class 2 on the bottom here is part number C12100. All the hitches are going to look about the same on the back of the vehicle.
Today on our 2014 Subaru Forester we're going to take a look at and show you how to install the hidden hitch class three custom fit trailer hitch receiver. This offers the 2 inch opening. Its part number is 87654. Here is what our hitch is going to look like once we get it installed. Nice clean look, pretty narrow it is going to drop from our mounting location. No drilling required so it is pretty easy to install. We've got a two inch by two inc receiver tube opening that is going to be our class three.
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Hidden Hitch custom fit class three trailer hitch receiver. This is part number 87654. Here's what our hitch is going to look like once we get it installed. Nice narrow visual here in the back. You don't see a whole lot of it going off of each side. It's tucked up nicely underneath the bumper so we won't have to worry about any kind of knee hits or anything like that.
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to take a look at and show you how to install the Draw-Tite Max-Frame trailer hitch receiver. This is a custom fit class III hitch, its part number is 75876. Here's what our hitch is going to look like once we get it installed. Nice narrow visual here on the back, you don't see a whole lot of it going off of each side. It's tucked up nicely underneath the bumper so we won't have to worry about any kind of knee hits or anything like that. We've got the round tube design, 2-inch by 2-inch opening, of course. Something that's interesting here is we do have a double pin set up or dual holes here.
Today, on our 2014 Subaru Forester, we're going to take at, and show you how to install, the Draw-Tite Max-Frame Customer Fit Trailer Hitch Receiver. This is a Class III, which is going to offer a 2 inch by 2 inch opening. Part number is 75876. Here's what our hitch is going to look like once we get it installed. Nice, clean look. Pretty narrow - it's going to drop down from our mounting location - no drilling required, so a pretty easy install. We've got a 2 inch by 2 inch receiver tube opening that's going to be our Class III.
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we are test fitting the Thule Vertex Swing, this is a swing-a-way four by crate designed to fold down when not in use part number on it is TH9031XT. First question everybody wants answered is how does the swing-a-way work, it's really easy process. See handle bolt right here, we are going to loosen it up, allow that to tilt down, then we can lift up our black pin here. We will start to rotate this out and away from the vehicle, we can take the time now to pivot this joint till our pin goes back down into our new pin location here. Then we will remove the black pin here on the side, that's going to prevent our bike from going to far when we initially open it up. We can lift that out and set it aside. Continue to swing our rack on out, as you can see we have good clearance there between the rear tire and the side of the vehicle, and then to keep it there we can reinsert our pin that's going to keep it from swinging back toward us.
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're going to be test fitting the Yakima SwingDaddy. This is a swing away style four bike rack, been designed for use with two inch hitches. Part number on it is Y02464. The swing away feature's one of my favorites, a real easy system to use. Got a nice long lever. We're going to un-thread this.
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit on the Thule Vertex. This is a folding, tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with either the 1-1/4" or with 2" hitches. Part number on it is TH9029XT. Now the Thule has a nice cable lock that's incorporated right into the mast. Comes back, connects into the end of our cradle arm.
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're test fitting the SportRack RidgeSwing. This is a swing-away-style 4-bike rack. They've designed it for use with 2" hitches. Part number on it is SR24145. Now the swing-away feature, that's the biggest feature of course, the one everybody likes. Got our t-handle bolt here; we're going to remove that.
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're test fitting the Swagman Dispatch. This an RBF proved platform style two-bike rack. It's been designed for use in two inch hitches. The part number on it is S64684. As you can see the dispatch has a front wheel cradle, rear wheel cradle, both of those are going to have cradle straps, and also a framed look that's going to hold our bike into position. Does a really good job, it's one of the sturdier fits I've felt on a bike rack. Part of that has to do with the real nice long wheel cradles, they give us plenty of support all the way around the tire, and then we've got a cam-buckle strap, we can just press in the black lever, pull that out, you can see it's a nice long strap, so lots of different wheel sizes are going to fit in there. We've even got a bushing here, this is going to ride on top of most tires, but if your tire is very large we can take that out, or if you've got a really narrow road bike tire that'll take up the space to make sure you get a great fit.
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit on the Let's Go Aero GearCage. This is a 32 by 48 cargo carrier. It's been designed for use with 2" hitches. The part number on it is HCR222. This carrier offers a 300 pound weight capacity. We've loaded it down with 150 pounds just to give you an idea of how it's going to work and fit on the back of the car.
Today, on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're test-fitting the Saris Freedom Superclamp 4-bike platform-style rack. This is part # SA4026 and they've designed it for us with 2" hitches. Now, a few quick details or a few quick features that we really like about the rack. To start, you can see how our main shank here is elevated, it comes up to a rise. That's going to allow us great ground clearance here at the rear. Another thing that that's going to do, once we pull our clip down here at the bottom and then push our lever, when we tilt this away from the vehicle that's going to help to keep it from making contact with the ground. We can do that with one all the way up to four bikes loaded up, and as you can see, more than enough room to get this hatch open.
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we're going a test fit of the K2 Detail 20x60 folding cargo carrier. Now they've designed this for use in 2" hitches and it's going to carry up to 500 pounds. Part number on it is K2HCC602. Now we've got 100 pounds in here right now. You can kind of see how the carrier kind of moves, kind of shifts a little bit. It's secured with a pin and clip. That's pretty standard of any carrier secured that way.
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're test fitting the Swagman Trailhead. This is a folding and tilting four bike style rack. It's been designed for use with the inch and a quarter or with two inch hitches. Part number on it is S63380. Now the Swagman uses four straps and two cradles to hold our bikes in place. We've got three for the top two and one on the rear to act as our anti-sway cradle.


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From Milwaukee to Lodge at Woodloch
Posted on September 17, 2022 by Helen S. for Hot Deals - Lodge at Woodloch - Hot Deals
What did you like best about your experience?
There were so many fun activities available that we didn’t have time to do them all. The variety of activities was great too: fitness, spa, arts & crafts, cooking and nutrition, nature exploration and more.
Would you book another trip to this destination or with the same tour company?
Would you recommend them to a friend?
If you booked your trip through Just Spas and Adventures, please tell us about your experience working with us
Jill has helped me with several trips that have all been wonderful so I know if I include her in the planning, every detail will be taken care of and the trip will exceed expectations. My husband and I were the only people from the Midwest at the resort so a lot of people asked how we ended up at Woodloch and I told them that we have a great travel agent who has always sent me someplace special. So even though we had never heard of Woodloch before, we knew it would be great because we trusted Jill.
Were you satisfied with the service you received from Just Spas and Adventures?
If Yes, would you recommend us?
Is there anything we can do to improve our service?
I love Jill and would recommend her to anyone. The only thing that I thought was weird was that Jill had helped me with 3 previous trips (that I had taken with a friend), this was the fourth vacation that she’d helped me with and the first I was going on with my husband. I was the one who did all the planning with Jill. I emailed and talked with Jill on the phone. I paid for the trip with a credit card in my name…and yet when everything was booked, Jill put the reservations in my husband’s name and I don’t know why. It became a problem when I had to reserve activities because the resort had to change everything into my name so I could access their booking program. I don’t take it personally, but I did feel weirdly erased.
Thank you for such a wonderful trip. My husband was a little hesitant to go on a “spa resort” vacation with me so I explained that it’s “like a camp for grown ups”. The variety of activities, like primitive fire starting, archery and foraging hike appealed to Dave and he enjoyed all the other stuff that I was excited to do (water aerobics, cooking classes, jewelry making, etc…). We opted to eat breakfast and lunch in the restaurant and take dinners in our room. The food was amazing, great flavors, textures and portions. The only disappointment was that every night there was something wrong with our order, the meals arrived late, food or beverages were missing, cutlery forgotten. That’s the only reason I rated accommodations a 4 instead of a 5. All of the staff were friendly, helpful and cheerful. The resort is in a picturesque wooded setting. We had a lovely balcony where we enjoyed reading a relaxing and watching the deer. All of the trainers and instructors were knowledgeable and informative, fun and friendly.
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Police trying to identify homicide victim found dead in street in Fairfax County
CENTREVILLE, Va. (ABC7) —
Investigators released a photo of a hoodie worn by the man found dead early Wednesday morning in Centreville, Virginia. The black sweatshirt has a cobra and skull design with words on the front.
The victim had trauma to his body and police say they're working to determine a cause of trauma. Fairfax County Police say he is nearly 5-foot-8.
Detectives and the medical examiner on scene were initially investigating a "suspicious death" before determining it was a homicide.
The man was found a little after 5 a.m. in the 13000 block of Jeb Stuart Square, police said.
An investigation is now underway and authorities are searching for witnesses.
Fairfax County Police are asking anyone with information to call 703-246-7800.
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The Try Kit allows a conventional racing bike to be converted to three wheels (a tricycle).
This particular kit has highly specialised engineering that converts the racing bike into a racing tricycle for competition. This is used internationally by many countries teams.
This is the kit chosen for Eltje’s bike as it performs best for Eltje’s needs. Over the years we have been racing with Eltje, we have tried a couple of options, but this out performs them in weight, stiffness and dynamic rolling performance.
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Katie Manges, DVM, has joined Shelburne’s Ark Veterinary Hospital. “We’re very excited to have her join our practice,” Bill Kellner, DVM said. “At the same time, we will all miss Dr. Paul Urband who practiced at Ark for more than 10 years. Dr. Urband retired after a long and wonderful career.”
Manges grew up in Massachusetts in the suburbs of Boston. She had a variety of pets growing up and knew from a very early age that she wanted to be a veterinarian. She attended Union College in Schenectady, NY where she graduated with a degree in biology. She then went on to attend Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in her home state of Massachusetts.
While studying at Tufts, Dr. Katie worked part-time at the Tufts Wildlife Clinic, where she helped to rehabilitate sick and injured wildlife. She also spent time at Kruger National Park in South Africa working with a wildlife veterinarian. While in Africa, Dr. Katie had the opportunity to work with a variety of species including elephants, lions, wild dogs, and rhino.
After veterinary school, Manges moved to Tucson, Arizona where she completed a veterinary internship in small animal and exotic medicine. She stayed in Tucson for the next few years, working at the same hospital in both emergency and general practice medicine. In Tucson, Manges met the love of her life, a small rescue dog named Peaches. A year later she also met her husband, Brian. Brian introduced her to his two little black cats, Gweny and Zakk. For Peaches, it was love at first sight. The cats, however, were not quite so thrilled about Peaches.
Katie and Brian then went on to adopt another cat, Buttons, who was a special needs kitten from a local cat shelter. Buttons has a condition called Manx syndrome where he was born missing part of his spine. He was struggling with this condition as well as pneumonia as a young kitten. Brian and Katie adopted Buttons and nursed him back to health. He now leads a happy life with them on a special diet and medication. Despite his condition, he has no problem counter surfing and getting into plenty of trouble!
Manges and her husband recently relocated to Vermont to be closer to her family in Massachusetts. She is happy to be back in New England and is excited for all of the outdoor activities Vermont has to offer. When she is not busy working, she enjoys skiing in the winter and spending time on the lake in the summer.

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When I was at 10 drops I had feelings of slight burning when urinating. I've never (knock wood!) had a bladder infection, but I suspect that's what they feel like. I ended up with a very acidic state and a terrible gout attack the next day. My suspicions are that it was my bladder reacting to the high acid level in my body.
While I turned acidic, I believe it was due to the die-off of who knows what that was making that happen. I had the same thing happen during a parasite cleanse.


Car transmissions have advanced by leaps and bounds since the auto industry's earliest days. A vehicle's gearbox is typically one of its hardiest components and won't break easily. That said, if you find yourself in a sweet parking spot and you suddenly find your car won't go in reverse, what can you do? It can come out of nowhere, and you need to understand why it can happen to you.
Different transmissions use different architecture, depending on if it's a manual or an automatic. Some problems are specific to either, but other issues can plague both. Whether you drive a Ford, a Kia, or a Volkswagen, these issues can arise with any vehicle at any time. So, it's best to understand why a car won't go in reverse from all points of view.
For automatic transmissions
- Defective transmission position sensor - Automatic cars have shift levers that let you put the vehicle in park, reverse, neutral, drive, and sometimes sport mode. When you engage the shift lever, an electronic sensor detects movement and lets the powertrain control module know the proper position. If this sensor is faulty, you may not be able to shift to any mode, let alone reverse. Should you suspect this on your car, inspect the dashboard for the check engine light or use an on-board diagnostics (OBD) tool to know for sure.
- Deteriorated valve body - A valve body is a component in automatic transmissions that looks like a maze or circuit board but is cast in metal and serves a different purpose. This part exists to help ensure the smooth flow of hydraulic fluids into the valves. When it functions well, the valve body allows the transmission to shift without a hitch. When the valve body is damaged or worn out, you may experience delayed shifts or even failure to go in reverse.
For manual transmissions
- Worn-out lockout ring - The lockout ring helps prevent untoward shifts when the car is moving forward. This part is what denies the transmission from accidentally shifting to a reverse position. If this part becomes damaged or worn out, it may prevent you from going in reverse, even if that's what you intended.
- Malfunctioning shifter mechanism - This is one of the common causes of a manual car that won't go in reverse. If you've been finding it hard to shift through all the gear positions, then you may want to take a look at the shifter mechanism. If something is wrong with it, you may need to replace a part or two, including the shifter cable or bushings.
For automatic and manual transmissions
- Old or low-level transmission fluid - While the number of kilometers may vary depending on who you ask, almost everyone agrees that transmission fluid needs regular replacing. If you find it difficult to shift in reverse position, consider checking when you last restored your transmission fluid. If it's been a long time or the fluid levels are getting low, that's a sign that you need to get on it immediately.
There are many possible reasons why a car won't go in reverse. We've covered five of the most common causes, and these should help you troubleshoot your vehicle if you encounter a problem. Whatever the cause may be, you should stay calm throughout the entire process.
Don't mess with something you're not familiar with or are not comfortable fixing. If your vehicle won't go in reverse in the middle of a trip, it's better to contact someone. Call a friend, or better yet, roadside assistance—and get your vehicle to a safe place.
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This Lot has an excellent building site. With the adjacent lot, they can be bought at a discounted rate for over 1 ac. Located outside city limits but inside the award winning Petal school districts.
Beautiful building site in Reese Creek Plantation. Outside city limits but inside the award winning Petal school district. Located close to future play ground and Reese Creek is a gated community. This lot can be combined to the adjacent lot for a discount rate. The two lots will be over one acre....
MLS ID 108335
Listing Agent: Joel A. Roberts
Courtesy of: King & King Realty, LLC
Office Phone: (601) 583-8200
Updated: 26th September, 2017 5:55 AM.
20 Edgeware Petal, MS


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3/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
6 marshmallows, cut in fourths
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 egg whites
Mix sugar, water, cream or tartar and salt in a sauce pan and cook over low heat until sticky (approximately 20 minutes) Place the marshmallows in the mixture and let them melt. Beat the egg whites until stiff and add food coloring if desired. Slowly add the sugar/marshmallow mixture and continue beating until it is completely cooled. Add flavoring and frost cake.
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Jiva Dance is a critically acclaimed dance company based in NYC. Jiva Dance, under the artistic direction of Sonali Skandan, sees the importance of preserving and promoting the traditional arts, yet also understands the need to incorporate innovative techniques to reach diverse audiences. Jiva Dance holds the belief that tradition is a continuum of evolution and hopes to invigorate classical works with a freshness and unique voice.
Jiva Dance strives to present work that is inclusive, allowing those who do not have a background in. We are not tied to Bharatanatyam’s cultural specificity, but create work that reflects our lives in a diverse urban environment. And though the art form in which we predominantly work has historical and cultural ties, we feel the vocabulary of movement and expression has the ability to transcend both time and culture. The Company creates original works with modern themes, and reenergizes classical pieces to incorporate innovative light design, staging and multimedia. We believe that Indian classical dance is a holistic art form, and is not fixed but is continually evolving.
Jiva Dance has received considerable recognition in the press and has been recognized as a leader in the arts. Jiva Dance presented work in major venues in the US, becoming the first Indian Classical dance company to be presented at the prestigious Victory Dance Series at the New Victory Theater, the first Indian Classical company to be part of the CUNY Dance Initiative (2017 and 2018) at Queens College Jiva Dance was also featured on NBC Learn, in a short documentary titled “Why We Dance.” Jiva Dance’s first dance film short, ‘Urban Nritta,’ has received much attention, and was an official selection in the 17th NY Indian Film Festival. Jiva has been the recipient of two Lower Manhattan Cultural Council awards in past years and a total of four consecutive grants from NYSCA, as well as continued support from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. Jiva Dance was the inaugural recipient of the Dance/NYC Dance Advancement Fund and receives ongoing private donations to continue its work from its supportive patrons and community base.