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Reconsider your need to travel to Venezuela due to high levels of serious crime, ongoing political uncertainty, food shortages and ongoing problems with local currency. Pay close attention to your personal security at all times. Monitor the media and other sources about new security risks.
Do not travel to within 80 km of Venezuela's border with Colombia due to the presence of gangs and terrorist groups. This includes travel to parts of Bolivar, Amazonas, Apure, Tachira, Zulia and Barinas within 80 km of the border.
- Civil unrest and violent protests are ongoing following Constituent Assembly elections in July 2017. Deaths have occurred during protests, caused by unknown assailants or security forces. Demonstrations occur regularly in major urban centres particularly Caracas, Valencia, Maracay, Merida and San Cristobal. Some have resulted in violence and arrests. Avoid political gatherings and demonstrations as they have the potential to become violent. See
Safety and security.
- Border closures with Colombia and Brazil occur frequently, and with short notice. Border closures can last for many days.
- Venezuela has one of the world's highest crime rates. Violent crime, including murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, drive-by shootings and carjackings, is endemic. Australian officials have been instructed to adopt enhanced security measures when travelling by car.
- If you do decide to travel, avoid central Caracas and the Sabana Grande area due to high levels of crime. Avoid walking or driving in isolated areas, particularly at night.
- Basic food, medicine and other personal care items are often difficult to obtain and there are frequent shortages. Protests, fighting and theft have occurred in reaction to the long wait times involved with queuing for basic necessities. Electricity rationing has occurred in the past and could return without warning.
- A number of major international airlines have cancelled, reduced or suspended flights to/from Venezuela. Avianca, one of the larger airlines, temporarily suspended operations at the end of July 2017, and some other airlines have cancelled all flights. Contact your airline or travel provider for information on possible disruptions.
- The Maiquetia Simon Bolivar Airport area ,and the road between the airport and Caracas is particularly dangerous due to violent crime. There have been reports of muggings and kidnappings by criminals posing as taxi drivers. See
Safety and security.
- Australia doesn't have an Embassy or Consulate in Venezuela. The
Canadian Embassy in Caracas provides consular assistance to Australians in Venezuela. The Canadian Embassy has temporarily closed its office (as its location is close to protest areas) and has moved to an appointment only service, limiting assistance in an emergency. This service, which continues to be provided, includes the issuance of
Provisional Travel Documents. The
Australian Embassy in Chile can also assist Australians.
Travel Smart for general advice for all travellers.
A valid passport, with at least 6 months validity, and proof of onward travel (such as a return flight) are required to enter Venezuela. Entry and exit conditions (such as currency, customs and quarantine regulations) can change at short notice. Contact the nearest
Embassy or Consulate of Venezuela for up-to-date information.
A number of major international airlines have cancelled, reduced or suspended flights to/from Venezuela. Contact your airline or travel provider for information on possible disruptions.
For entry to and departure from Venezuela, dual national children (under 18) travelling alone or with one parent require a notarised letter of consent signed by both parents providing details of travel, and a copy of their birth certificate, translated into Spanish and certified by a Venezuelan Embassy or Consulate. Contact the nearest Embassy or Consulate of Venezuela for further information.
The World Health Organization (WHO) lists Venezuela as endemic for yellow fever. Get vaccinated for yellow fever before travelling to Venezuela. Check the yellow fever entry requirements for Venezuela and all countries you intend to enter or transit by contacting their
foreign missions in Australia. Some airlines may require you to present a valid yellow fever vaccination certificate before being allowed to board flights out of the country. If in doubt, check with your airline. For more information about Australian re-entry requirements see the Department of Health website.
A departure tax applies to all travellers departing from an international airport. Payment must be made in cash, in Venezuelan Bolivar. The departure tax is sometimes included in the cost of your ticket. Check with your airline.
If you're travelling to Venezuela through the United States (including Hawaii), you must meet US entry/transit requirements. Check your visa requirements with the nearest
US Embassy or Consulate well in advance of travel. More information: Travel advice for the
Ensure your passport is valid for at least six months from the date you intend to return to Australia.
Venezuela has one of the world's highest murder rates. Actual crime rates may be higher than official figures indicate. Violent crime, including murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, drive-by shootings and carjackings, is endemic throughout Venezuela. The vast majority of murders and major crimes go unresolved.
Avoid central Caracas and the Sabana Grande area. There are increasing levels of crime in poorer areas of Caracas, in Cumana, Maracaibo, Paraguana, Valencia and on the islands of Los Testigos. These areas are rarely patrolled by police. The Avila National Park is a known target for criminals. Avoid walking or driving in isolated areas, especially at night.
Street crime is common and often turns violent. Crime involving firearms occurs frequently. There have been recent reports of armed motorcycle gangs robbing passengers in vehicles stopped in heavy traffic. Victims who have resisted robberies have been killed.
Motorists have also been robbed after stopping to assess damage caused by objects thrown from a bridge or overpass. Always keep vehicle doors locked and windows closed.
'Express kidnappings', where people are forced to withdraw funds from ATMs to secure their release, also occur. Victims have been killed or injured while resisting the kidnapper's demands.
Violent robberies have taken place as victims leave ATMs or exchange facilities. Be particularly cautious when handling cash in public. Where possible, exchange money in secure locations (such as hotels) and only use reputable providers.
There have been reports of harassment and extortion by criminals posing as officials. Exercise care when dealing with those in official uniform or carrying official identification.
Travellers have been robbed and assaulted (including sexually assaulted) after accepting spiked food and drink. In some cases, hotel workers and taxi drivers have been implicated. Women should take particular care when dealing with strangers or new acquaintances and be especially cautious about accepting rides or invitations.
Petty crime such as pickpocketing is prevalent, particularly on public transport in Caracas. Thieves, sometimes armed, are known to target hotel rooms, safe deposit boxes and rental cars.
Crime rates are higher in 'barrios' or 'ranchitos' (slum areas) after dark. Tourist and resort areas may be targeted by criminal groups.
Incidents of violent crime occur regularly on Margarita Island (Isla de Margarita). Hotels and tourist areas have been targeted, and a number of tourists have been killed. Take extra security precautions on the island.
The Maiquetia Simon Bolivar Airport area, and the road between the airport and Caracas is particularly dangerous. Avoid travelling along the road at night, particularly between the hours of 11pm and 4am when there are fewer vehicles on the road. There have been recent reports of muggings and kidnappings by criminals posing as taxi operators at the airport. Foreigners, including Australians, have been attacked and robbed. Licensed, radio-despatched taxis can be organised in advance by hotels or by telephone at the airport. Avoid sharing taxis with strangers. If possible, arrive in or leave Caracas during the day and organise transport to the city through your hotel before you arrive at the airport.
Advice to Australian officials: Due to high levels of serious crime in Venezuela, Australian officials have been instructed to adopt enhanced security measures when travelling by car.
Incidences of piracy have occurred off the shores of Venezuela. More information: Piracy.
Civil unrest/political tension
Since April 2017, there has been an increase in the number of demonstrations and cases of civil unrest occurring regularly in major urban centres throughout Venezuela, particularly Caracas, Valencia, Maracay, Merida and San Cristobal. These have been violent and have resulted in numerous deaths, injuries and arrests.
Ongoing social and political tensions could prompt unpredictable violent incidents and a military response. Political demonstrations are common and can lead to disruptions to services. Prior notice of demonstrations is rare. Avoid political gatherings and demonstrations, as protests can quickly turn violent.
Be particularly vigilant during days of national or commemorative significance, as the likelihood of civil unrest may increase.
Do not travel to within 80 km of Venezuela's border with Colombia due to risks from terrorist groups, gangs and cross-border political tension. The Venezuelan Government has closed the land border with Colombia on a number of occasions, often without notice due to security and smuggling concerns. The border crossings in the states of Tachira, Zulia, Apure and Amazonas could reopen and close again at short notice. Special measures have been implemented in border municipalities in these states which include restrictions on the right to free movement, assembly and protest. Don't attempt to cross the Venezuela-Colombia border by land.
Long line-ups at grocery stores have led to fighting, looting and theft. Shortages of basic food items and necessities, including medicine and other personal care items have meant that these items are often difficult to obtain.
High levels of inflation with the local currency, the Venezuelan Bolivar, can cause issues with accessing funds from Australian bank accounts. The 100 Bolivar bank note was withdrawn from circulation in February 2017. Be aware that differences in exchange rates can result in much larger amounts of Australian Dollars being required for small transactions.
Electricity rationing has occurred previously and could return without warning.
National strikes can be called at short notice, potentially causing disruptions to air travel, public transport, banking facilities and government services.
Border areas: Do not travel to within 80 km of Venezuela's border with Colombia due to risks from terrorist groups and cross-border political tension. This affects travel to parts of Bolivar, Amazonas, Apure, Tachira, Zulia and Barinas within 80 km of the border. Colombian terrorist groups, such as the ELN, and narcotic gangs are active along Venezuela's border with Colombia, Brazil and Guyana. Kidnapping for ransom in these areas has resulted in the death of hostages, including foreigners. The Venezuelan military conduct search and arrest operations to maintain law and order in border regions.
Troop movements and border closures could occur at short notice.
Terrorism is a threat throughout the world. More information:
Terrorist threat overseas.
There are limitations on foreign exchange transactions throughout Venezuela and exchange facilities may be difficult to locate on weekends. It's illegal to exchange currency at any rate other than the official government rate. Exchanging currency on the black market is a criminal offence with penalties including prison sentences. Credit card transactions are charged at the official rate, but care should be taken when using credit cards due to the high levels of fraud.
In March 2017, the Venezuelan Government removed the 100 Bolivar note from circulation, with an intention to release new notes between 500 and 20,000 Bolivars. Demand for large denomination notes is high and notes are in limited supply.
Your passport is a valuable document that is attractive to criminals who may try to use your identity to commit crimes. Always keep it in a safe place. If your passport is lost or stolen, you must notify the Australian Government as soon as possible. You can either:
Passport applications for Australian citizens in Venezuela are processed in Santiago, Chile. Expect significant delays if you apply for a passport while in Venezuela due to difficulties in transferring money out of Venezuela, and extended delivery times for couriers operating into and out of the country.
When travelling by road outside major cities, there is a risk of extortion and being caught in road blocks set up by illegal armed groups, including some posing as police.
Driving in Venezuela can be dangerous due to poorly maintained roads and vehicles, and local driving habits, including driving while intoxicated and ignoring red lights at night. Rural roads are often unmarked with little or no street lighting. More information:
Road safety and driving.
Much of the infrastructure in Venezuela is in a poor state of repair. Airlines, ferry companies and public transport providers, including state-owned companies, have been criticised for not carrying out routine maintenance on their fleets. Lack of adequate maintenance by providers (including the Caracas metro system and tourist ferries to Margarita Island) could lead to cancellations and delays, and could compromise safety.
The safety standards you might expect of transport and tour operators, including adventure activities, such as diving, may not be of the same level as in Australia. Sufficient safety equipment may not be provided, and recommended maintenance standards and safety precautions may not be observed. Don't hesitate to ask about, or insist on, safety requirements with tour operators.
Piracy occurs in the coastal areas of Venezuela.
The Australian Government doesn't provide information on the safety of individual commercial airlines or flight paths. See the
Aviation Safety Network website for information on aviation safety in Venezuela.
You're subject to the local laws of Venezuela, including those that appear harsh by Australian standards. If you're arrested or jailed, the Australian Government will do what it can to help you under our
Consular Services Charter. But we can't get you out of trouble or out of jail. Research laws before travelling, especially for an extended stay.
Penalties for drug offences, including possession, are severe and include lengthy jail sentences served in local jails that are dangerous and among the worst in the world. Possession of even small quantities of marijuana may lead to imprisonment.
Drug trafficking in Venezuela is a significant problem and authorities have invested in sophisticated detection methods in an attempt to identify drug traffickers. Travellers are screened for drugs on arrival and departure and can also be screened while waiting in the airport. More information:
Carrying or using drugs.
It's illegal to photograph military installations and establishments, or sites of strategic importance, such as the Presidential Palace and airports.
Some Australian criminal laws, such as those relating to money laundering, bribery of foreign public officials, terrorism, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, child pornography and child sex tourism, apply to Australians overseas. Australians who commit these offences while overseas can be prosecuted in Australia.
Information for dual nationals
Under Venezuelan Law, Australian-Venezuelan dual nationals are required to enter and leave Venezuela on a Venezuelan passport.
Australian-Venezuelan male dual nationals over 18 years old may be required to complete national service obligations if they visit Venezuela.
More information: Dual nationals
Take out comprehensive
travel insurance before you depart that will cover any overseas medical costs, including medical evacuation. Confirm that your insurance covers you for the whole time you'll be away, and check what circumstances and activities aren't included in your policy. Remember, regardless of how healthy and fit you are, if you can't afford travel insurance, you can't afford to travel. The Australian Government won't pay for your medical expenses overseas or medical evacuation costs.
It's important to consider your physical and mental health before travelling overseas. Get vaccinated before you travel. At least eight weeks before you depart, make an appointment with your doctor or travel clinic for a basic health check-up, and to discuss your travel plans and any implications for your health, particularly if you have an existing medical condition. The
World Health Organization (WHO) provides information for travellers and our
health pages also provide useful information for travellers on staying healthy.
The standard of public medical facilities in major cities is limited and very limited in rural areas. Basic medical supplies and pharmaceuticals are often in short supply. Good private hospitals and clinics can be found in Caracas and other major cities, but are very expensive and usually require up-front, cash payment. Medical emergencies may require evacuation to Caracas or to another country. Medical evacuation costs can be considerable.
Hyperbaric chambers are located at: Unidad de Buceo PDVSA in Lagunillas Norte; Hospital Naval Raul Perdomo in Ctia La Mar; Compania Oriente marine Group in Puerto La Cruz; and Venezuela Divers in Ciudad Ojeda.
Venezuela is listed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as endemic for yellow fever. Yellow fever is a potentially fatal viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, preventable by vaccination. Get vaccinated against yellow fever before travelling to Venezuela. For more information about yellow fever, including Australian re-entry requirements, see the Department of Health website.
Malaria occurs year-round in some areas of Venezuela, with the highest risk in rural areas of the States of Apure, Amazonas, Barinas, Bolivar (including the Angel Falls), Delta, Amacuro, Monagas, Sucre and Tachira. Antimalarial-resistant strains of malaria have been reported. Other insect-borne diseases (including dengue fever, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis) also occur, with more serious outbreaks from time to time. Consider taking prophylaxis against malaria. Take measures to avoid insect bites, including using insect repellent at all times.
There is widespread transmission of Zika virus in Venezuela. Protect yourself from mosquito bites. The Australian Department of Health advises pregnant women to discuss any travel plans with their doctor and defer non-essential travel to affected areas. More information: Zika virus.
Water-borne, food-borne and other infectious diseases (including HIV/AIDS, typhoid, hepatitis, tuberculosis, Venezuelan haemorrhagic fever, measles, mumps, rubella and rabies) are prevalent, with more serious outbreaks occurring from time to time. Boil drinking water or drink bottled water, and avoid ice cubes and raw and undercooked food. Don't swim in fresh water to avoid exposure to certain water-borne diseases, such as bilharzia. Seek medical advice if you have a fever or are suffering from diarrhoea.
Depending on the nature of your enquiry, your best option may be to first contact your family, friends, airline, travel agent, tour operator, employer or travel insurer. Your travel insurer should have a 24-hour emergency number.
The national emergency number is 171. Operators may not speak English.
Australia doesn't have an Embassy or Consulate in Venezuela. The
Canadian Embassy in Caracas provides consular assistance to Australians in Venezuela, including the issuance of Provisional Travel Documents. You need to make an appointment to seek consular services by emailing email@example.com.
Canadian Embassy, Caracas
Avenida Francisco de Miranda con Avenida Sur
Altamira, Caracas, Venezuela
Telephone: (58 212) 600 3000; 600 3042 or 600 3043
Facsimile: (58 212) 263 4981
The Australian Embassy in Chile can also assist Australians. The
Consular Services Charter explains what the Australian Government can and can't do to assist Australians overseas.
Australian Embassy, Santiago de Chile
Isidora Goyenechea 3621
13th Floor, Las Condes
Santiago de Chile
Telephone: (56 2) 2550 3500
Facsimile: (56 2) 2550 3560
Canadian Embassy in Caracas and
Australian Embassy in Santiago for information about opening hours and temporary closures that may affect service provision.
If you're unable to contact the Embassy in a consular emergency, contact the 24-hour Consular Emergency Centre in Canberra on +61 2 6261 3305 or 1300 555 135 within Australia.
Natural disasters, severe weather and climate
Venezuela is in an active earthquake zone.
The rainy season is from May-December, when hurricanes, flooding and landslides occur. Tropical storms and hurricanes can occur in other months. In the event of severe weather, follow the instructions of local authorities and monitor the media for developments. Seek local advice before entering affected areas.
If you're travelling during the rainy season, contact your tour operator to check whether tourist services at your planned destination have been affected.
The direction and strength of hurricanes can change with little warning. Information on hurricanes or other severe weather conditions can be obtained from
U.S. National Hurricane Center and Tropical Prediction Center or
In the event of an approaching hurricane, identify your local shelter. Flights in and out of affected areas could be delayed or suspended. Available flights may fill quickly. The hurricane could also affect access to sea ports in the region. In some areas, adequate shelter from a severe hurricane may not be available to all who may choose to stay. Familiarise yourself with your hotel or cruise ship evacuation plans. Carry your travel documents at all times or secure them in a safe, waterproof location. Contact friends and family in Australia with updates about your welfare and whereabouts. More information:
For additional general and economic information to assist travelling in this country, see the following links:

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Sometimes it helps to have a vision.
If you can see in your mind’s eye a picture of the future as you want it to be – then you’re steering the universe in that direction. Or something like that. It’s called “creative visualization”.
Athletes and salesmen have been using creative visualization for decades. Wikipedia defines creative visualization as “the practice of seeking to affect the outer world by changing one’s thoughts and expectations.”
So, let’s practice a little creative visualization by conjuring up a wonderful, satisfying vision for Election Night, Tuesday November 6, 2012.
Picture in your mind and heart the moment the television networks announce the shocking news – early in the evening — that President Obama has carried South Carolina. Not just North Carolina, but also the Cradle of the Confederacy. (The most recent poll gives Romney only a 6-point lead in South Carolina, down from double digits not long ago.) Visualize people, visualize!
Now, picture yourself on the couch with your loved one, Chardonnay in hand, as Barack Obama sweeps the swing states of Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin – and MSNBC (who else would you be watching?) projects that Obama has been re-elected as President of the United States.
But it gets even better, if that’s possible – because now comes the wailing and gnashing of teeth among the soundly defeated and thoroughly demoralized GOP/Tea Party. With their House majority lost, their Senate minority reduced – and the White House back in Democratic hands – Karl Rove is the first to appear on Fox News and stick a knife in Romney’s back. All the tens of millions that Rove raised from all those undisclosed Super-Pac donors couldn’t sell the Romney-Ryan ticket to the American people. And “Bush’s Brain” isn’t blaming himself.
Next in the pathetic parade of Republican ruin comes GOP Chairman Reince Priebus. With an angry Tea Party mob preparing the tar and feathers outside his barricaded doors, Priebus announces his resignation as GOP chair – and his immediate departure for the Cayman Islands, where he will go into hiding along with Mitt’s money.
Then, just before we hear from Mitt Romney, the nation’s TV cameras turn to Janesville, Wisconsin, where we double our fun – because not only has Paul Ryan lost the Vice Presidency – he’s also lost his Congressional seat! Pop some more popcorn! Uncork another bottle of Chardonnay! Sales of “Atlas Shrugged” are plummeting even as he speaks…
And now, it’s Romney’s turn to concede defeat. Socially, Mitt tried to drag us back into the 1950’s while economically trying to return us to the fiscal glory (make that “gory”) days of George W. Bush. America sent him packing – just like Mitt and the Bain Gang packed up so many American factories and sent those jobs overseas. Mitt announces that his wife Ann is turning him out to pasture along with her dressage horse, Refalca – both losers this year. (Ironically, Mitt didn’t even get 47 percent of the vote.)
And now, goodnight and sweet dreams.
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Don’t forget the most important part! Before he goes to bed, Mitt places an all-important phone call to his accountant. He wants to remind him to refile the 2011 income tax form –so that he can get the full charitable donation deduction. F* the 13%!
I wonder: Is any reporter gonna get him to commit to foregoing the deduction by taking a pledge or simply making a promise BEFORE the election? Now that would be fun to watch!
From your blog to God’s ears!
Vic, I love your comment, but that won’t happen, our press is not so good with actual journalism these days, I’m afraid

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COAXING THE CLOTHES FROM HIS HEAD
c.2013 New York Times News Service
Jonathan Simkhai spends most of his waking hours chasing cool, an ineffable quality he might spy in a random pileup of deck chairs, their stripes meandering every which way, or in the image of a skateboard gang surfing the pavements of Venice Beach. Nothing is too crazy or far-fetched to escape his roving eye.
During a recent road trip in upstate New York, he came across a crumbling barn, its whitewash peeling to reveal a layer of slate paint underneath.
“Its weathered look felt very elegant,” said Simkhai, who promptly reproduced the effect on a fabric in the resort line he unveiled last month.
Will its grainy look re-emerge for spring? Hard to say. The collection Simkhai plans to show in September, at the start of New York Fashion Week, is only now beginning to take shape in his head. Some seven weeks before showtime, the line was in its gestational phase, Simkhai gathering with magpie energy the sights, sounds and tactile impressions that inspire him. “Inspiration,” he mused, “that’s really just a reference point, a way of keeping the collection concise.”
As he talked, he perched on an ash-blond wooden table in one of the incubator offices provided by the Council of Fashion Designers of America as part of its initiative to support emerging fashion businesses.
His two previous collections, athletically breezy and sassed up with techno detailing, trained a spotlight on Simkhai, who was singled out at Style.com, Women’s Wear Daily and Barneys New York, among others, as a talent to watch. Just the same, Simkhai, who showed his fall collection at Milk Studios in February, found himself vying for attention with industry stars like Joseph Altuzarra, who was presenting elsewhere at roughly the same time.
The competition was formidable, but he held his own, parading checkerboard-printed T-shirts, patchwork leather sweaters and twisted tomboy basketball jerseys and baseball jackets to an enthusiastic crowd that included Tomoko Ogura, the Barneys fashion director, and April Hennig, a merchandise manager for Bergdorf Goodman.
These days, his office doubles as his studio, a space that was hectically animated by fabric swatches pinned to one wall, and a pair of mood boards. One outsize sheet of fiberboard was covered in magazine tear sheets showing casually posed models in loosefitting jackets, baggy striped shorts and pencil skirts; another was plastered with photographs of adolescents in the natty clothes and challenging attitudes of the 1960s London youth quake.
Those oddly assorted images can help kick-start a collection. “They are almost like a diary,” Simkhai said, “even if nothing in the collection ends up actually looking this way.” For the designer, such photo references serve as talking points, providing his line with a unifying narrative thread, a story that, in his phrase, “the salespeople can latch on to.”
Spoken like a merchant. But then the designer, who is 28, got his start in retail, assigned at 14 to create window displays and act as a buyer for Habana Jeans in Scarsdale, N.Y., near his home. That brief apprenticeship taught him to anticipate his customers’ wishes or, as he put it, sounding a bit like Steve Jobs pitching a product release, “to give the clients what they want before they know they want it.”
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His first designs, conceived about four years ago, were improvised, whipped up for a handful of friends needing beach cover-ups that would see them into town. Snatching shirts from his own closet, he repurposed them as minidresses, a breezy button-down look that became the foundation of his borrowed-from-the-boys aesthetic.
That fusion of male-female themes can’t help but seep into his work. “I can’t get into the head of a girl,” he said candidly, “so I spend a lot of time thinking about what I would want to wear. Naturally it gets masculine.”
Inevitably the boxy shapes, leather T-shirts and track pants that are his roguish signature will find their way into his spring line. “As much as I like femininity,” he said, “there will always be a button-down shirt.”
Still, he is always testing ideas. Lately his outlook has grown more refined. “I’m thinking of adding longer skirts,” he said. “They just feel right.” And he is giving increased weight to practical matters. Sure, a backless dress is charming and will probably have a place in the line, he said, adding with a wink, “but I’m finally catching on that women wear bras.”
He is quick to mine his archives. “Maybe there was something slightly rushed in the last collection that I want to revisit,” he said. As often as not, seeds of future designs are embedded in his current work. “The day before a show,” he said, “I tell myself, ‘I definitely want to explore this look next season, or I definitely don’t.’”
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The fall 2013 collection was in part a product of his fascination with ska, the Jamaican precursor to reggae embraced by young Brits in the 1960s, their look an amalgam of skinny dark suits and ties, graphic checks, porkpie hats and, for girls, tight shirts and minis.
Spring 2014 will expand on that motif. “Coming off ska, I thought: ‘Who was listening to that music? What did it inspire?’”
The answer, of course, was mod. “‘Wow,’ I thought, ‘there is definitely a lot of material here.’”
An illustrative sampling is pinned to a black-and-white mood board on a far wall, dominated by images of clashing teenagers and those overturned awning-striped beach chairs. The photographs document the Battle of Brighton Beach, a hostile 1964 encounter between mods and rockers engaged in a turf war at the storied British resort.
Those images coexist with snapshots culled from libraries or lifted from the Internet, spied in passing through the window of a vintage store, ripped from yellowing tabloids or reproduced from Instagram screen grabs. The board is always morphing.
“Sometimes I take pictures down because they’re no longer relevant,” Simkhai said. Others remain, functioning as “place-holders,” helping him return, when necessary, to his original themes.
On the wall behind him was a cacophony of fabrics in sunbaked colors or alternating shades of indigo and aquamarine. “This all is very provisional,” he said. “I pull fabrics that maybe don’t make sense. I can be all over the place. I haven’t figured it out yet.”
He doesn’t doubt, though, that in time that zany collage-in-progress will form a cohesive vision. For now those swatches serve as place-holders, too, pointing the way, he said, to the next stop on the road.

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Last Sunday, as the clocks in England fell back an hour at 2am, officially ending the summer season. Kashikulu was in the joyous company of the Zambian Diaspora in the UK at the New Connaught rooms in Holbon, at a concert celebrating our 43rd independence. There was so much to see and talk about with friends, former classmates and new friends. Listening to stories of their different experiences, it was as though a new season has dawned for Zambians in the UK.
For me and my wife, however it appears little has changed in London, the narrow roads are still clogged with impatient motorists (the average US driver, even in Chicago, rarely uses the horn as much), the trains in London still stop running before 2am on weekends (the trains in Chicago never cease, only reducing frequency from every 10min to 30min or an hour apart).
But, the least change for us, was at the hotel, we are staying in, which happens to be a US owned. Since checking in Friday, it has been my desire to blog from London, everyday while here, the hotel advertises, ibahn high speed internet in every room. I have called the hotel’s magic number to get the internet working for me, several times but, has received no magic service. Every time I call, the answering party, retorts my request with a series of impolitely spoken directions. I can read and I have followed the written instructions to the letter without success. This morning, I got on all fours and discovered the problem myself; the Ethernet port on wall does not plug-in securely. My wife’s request for extra linen, met a similar fate, until on the third call to the magic number; she offered to go pick it up herself. If this happened at a bed and breakfast, am sure one would be inclined to say “that’s what you get” but this is the Hilton, and this is in spite of the responsible Secretary’s plea for hotels in the UK to dump the fawlty tower image.
Today, David Cameron threw the immigration issue back on my mind; apparently immigration will be responsible for a 10 million population increase in the UK. He fears, the strain on public infrastructure will be immense, though Kashikulu suspects, as in the US where democrats and republicans are bitterly divided on this issue; there may be other fears also, at play.
We are leaving and checking out of Fawlty towers in a few hours, I will post more blogs about my pleasant talks with UK Zambians.


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ShangPharma Innovation and SRI International Announce Drug Discovery Collaboration
Strategic partnership to target Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative and inflammatory conditions
MENLO PARK, Calif., October 9, 2017 – ShangPharma Innovation Inc. (SPII) and SRI International today announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the development of innovative pharmaceuticals targeting neuroinflammation as a treatment for Alzheimer’s and other diseases.
This collaboration with SRI marks another milestone for SPII in its effort to enable a series of promising therapeutic projects at major institutions with a history of innovative contributions to biomedical research. Internationally recognized for its expertise through all stages of drug discovery and development, SRI Biosciences, a division of SRI International, has a well-established drug pipeline, having advanced four if its own drugs to market and more than 100 partner medicines to clinical trials.
“It has been said that Alzheimer’s disease could bankrupt the nation by 2050 in the absence of major advances,” said Walter H. Moos, Ph.D., CEO of SPII and retired president of SRI Biosciences. “I am exceptionally pleased to work again with outstanding colleagues at SRI to tackle such an important problem.”
“We are delighted to join with SPII to address one of the most debilitating diseases of our time,” said Nathan Collins, Ph.D., vice president of SRI Biosciences. “At a time when new approaches are desperately needed, SRI’s proven track record in target discovery and validation, combined with SRI’s and SPII’s joint expertise in accelerating drug discovery, will help to create new treatments for Alzheimer’s and other diseases where inflammation is an underlying issue.”
“As a non-profit, SRI deeply values initiatives and partnerships that have the potential to make the world healthier, safer, and more productive,” said Manish Kothari, Ph.D., president of SRI Ventures. “This initiative exemplifies those core values, and highlights SRI’s willingness to invest in challenging projects with high impact potential.”
Under the terms of the agreement, SPII and SRI will apply state-of-the-art methods to advance novel enzyme inhibitors that target brain inflammation and will seek third party licensees for the compounds. SPII will work with preferred partners, including its affiliate, ChemPartner, to provide discovery and development capabilities to SPII and SRI collaborative projects. The organizations will design, screen, carry out mechanistic studies, and ultimately progress novel drug candidates toward clinical trials. SPII and SRI will share in the business success of the program.
About ShangPharma Innovation
ShangPharma Innovation Inc., is a novel healthcare venture capital firm founded in the US in 2016. ShangPharma Innovation accelerates and facilitates pharmaceutical discovery and development – focusing on therapeutics and technology platforms – and offers funding, incubator space, and other support to its ecosystem of portfolio companies, collaborators, and partners. This includes sponsoring biotech start-ups and proof-of-concept research at major academic and medical centers and research institutes. For more information, see https://www.spiivc.com.
About SRI Biosciences
SRI Biosciences, a division of SRI International, creates innovations in the life sciences through integration of basic biomedical research with drug and diagnostics discovery and preclinical and clinical development. SRI International creates world-changing solutions making people safer, healthier, and more productive. SRI, a research center headquartered in Menlo Park, California, works primarily in advanced technology and systems, biosciences, computing, and education. SRI brings its innovations to the marketplace through technology licensing, spin-off ventures and new product solutions.
Shanghai ChemPartner Co. Ltd., along with its subsidiary entities, is a leading research organization providing high-quality and cost-effective contract research services for the biopharmaceutical industry. ChemPartner offers integrated services across the drug discovery and development process to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide. ChemPartner’s dedication to life science is seen through its broad range of services, from discovery biologics, discovery chemistry, discovery biology, and preclinical development through pharmaceutical development and manufacturing services for small molecules and biologics. For more information, see http://www.chempartner.com.
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"Women Writers and Dissent in 20th and 21st Century American Literature" is a unit that introduces students to the works of a wide variety of American women writers from various times, races and cultures. The unit analyzes three major ways in which these writers have expressed their dissent: 1) the theme of feeling trapped by society's expectations and/or stifled by traditional female roles; 2) the theme of anger and/or alienation; and 3) the theme of searching for identity, power and a voice. In addition to having a strong literary component, this unit also includes significant information about the history of American women over the past century, as they fought for equality with men, and for political and social rights. The unit will connect major events and ideas in women's history with the themes that occur in the literature on the syllabus.
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Zoya Akhtar's directorial Gully Boy is all set to treat the audience with a surprise. As after the huge success of the song 'Apna Time Aayega', the makers are coming with something really special for the audience.
Ever since the announcement of the film, Gully Boy has been creating waves across quarters. Now, with the trailer and first song hitting the internet, Gully Boy has turned into a sensation emerging as one of the most awaited films of the year.
Owing to the humongous response the makers have decided to come up with a surprise for the audience.
Social media has gone in a tizzy as the fans across the globe are showering their love and appreciation on the film as a testimony of the fame has been witnessed on Ranveer Singh's social media.
Gully Boy is a story inspired by slum rappers of Dharavi. Ranveer Singh who is paired opposite Alia Bhatt for the first time on the big screen is playing the role of a street rapper.
Gully Boy also stars Alia Bhatt who is marking her first outing with Excel Entertainment and Zoya Akhtar will be seen in a never seen before avatar in
Directed by Zoya Akhtar, Gully Boy is produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under the banner of Excel Entertainment in association with Tiger Baby and is all set to hit the screens on 14th February 2018.
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58th Annual GRAMMY Award Nominations/WinnersWill Bieber beat Beyonce? Is Monday going to be great for The Weeknd. Will Kanye West do something we'll all be talking about tomorrow?
GOP White House Hopefuls Set For 1st Debate In 2016 CampaignHillary may be in town, but Southland voters are likely to be closely watching to see whether Donald Trump can firm up support for the Republican nomination during tonight's debate.
Academy Rescinds Original Song Nomination For 'Alone Yet Not Alone'The Academy said songwriter Bruce Broughton, a former member of its Board of Governors and current member of the Music Branch's executive committee, emailed members of the branch during voting.
Meryl Streep Receives 18th Oscar NominationActress Meryl Streep received her 18th Academy Award nomination Thursday, the most for any actor.
LL Cool J, Nirvana Among Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame Noms Nirvana, Linda Ronstadt, Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, and The Replacements are among first-time nominees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
'5 BROKEN CAMERAS' Director Talk About Oscar Nominated DocumentaryCo-Director of The Academy Award nominated documentary feature 5 BROKEN CAMERAS, Emad Burnat, visited the KCAL9 studios Saturday morning to talk about his film, which is the first-ever Palestinian movie to be nominated in this category.
Black Keys' Dan Auerbach Earns Producer Of The Year GRAMMY NominationHe had a good enough year to earn his first producer nod on the upcoming awards ceremony.
Tony Nominations Spread Out But 'Once' LeadsThere was something for virtually everyone to smile about on Broadway on Tuesday after 30 of 37 shows this season got at least one Tony Award nomination. The folks at "Once" had the most reason to celebrate tonight at their working bar on stage.
Music Critic Randall Roberts Dishes On This Year's Grammy Nominations
LA Times Writer Jessica Gelt Breaks Down The 2011 Emmy NomineesLos Angeles Times writer Jessica Gelt breaks down the list of the 2011 Emmy nominees.
Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich Heading To Beverly HillsRepublican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is coming to Beverly Hills Sunday ... and not to shop!
'Glee' Cast Could Snag 2 Grammy AwardsYes, 106 songs from the "Glee" cast have landed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. And yes, the cast's five albums have reached platinum or gold status. And yes, the stars of the show performed on a sold-out tour.
Grammy Nomination Concert To Air On CBS2 At 10PMThe Recording Academy will announce a handful of its 100-plus Grammy categories during a live, hour-long special on CBS 2 at 10 p.m.

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October 14, 2020
In addition to its incredible natural beauty and fun family attractions, Gatlinburg, TN also offers some wonderful places to go shopping! Whether you’re looking for a gift for your friends and family back home, or something for yourself, you are guaranteed to find exactly what you are looking for in our Smoky Mountain city. To help you plan the perfect shopping trip for your next vacation, Auntie Belham’s Cabin Rentals has put together this guide to the top three Gatlinburg shopping destinations:
If you’re looking for handcrafted souvenirs, it’s hard to beat the Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community ! This 8 mile loop east of downtown Gatlinburg showcases the work of the largest group of independent artisans in North America. Visitors to the Arts & Crafts Community will find galleries and shops featuring pottery, paintings, photography, jewelry, wood carvings, quilts, baskets, dolls, brooms, and many more handmade products.
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The Village is another one of the best Gatlinburg shopping destinations. Located in downtown Gatlinburg next door to the Pancake Pantry, The Village is a charming collection of shops that features 27 different boutiques. With its brick pathways and old fashioned buildings, this unique area truly does look like a quaint German village. If you’re in search of speciality items, The Village is certainly the place to be. Some of the shops you will find here include:
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Who are the new and returning cast members in 'To All the Boys 2?'
To All the Boys I've Loved Beforehas a sequel, titledTo All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You. In the new film, the cast is expanded to include a veteran actress playing a fan favorite character from the books, a13 Reasons Whystar as Peter's (Noah Centineo) best friend and a new love interest for Lara Jean (Lana Condor) that causes trouble in her relationship.
Who are the new stars ofP.S. I Still Love You?Jordan Fisher as John Ambrose in"To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You"NetflixOriginally played by Jordan Burtchett, Lara Jean's Model UN crush will be played byTeen Wolfstar Jordan Fisher in
To All the Boys 2. After he receives one of Lara Jean's love letters that her sister sent out in the first film, he comes to see Lara Jean, causing trouble in her relationship with Peter.'To All the Boys I've Loved Before': How to Watch Netflix Movie For Free
Read moreInsiderabout his character:"He's all the things that you would love to see in a partner, especially for somebody like Lara Jean. They kind of march to the beat of the same drum, and they understand each other so well and have history.
"I think that that's the thing that obviously ignites some fire where Peter is concerned and makes him uncomfortable about the whole situation, especially knowing that he also got one of those letters. Not only did he get one of those letters, but it was also the first letter that she wrote."
Ross Butler as Trevor Pike in"To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You"NetflixTrevor Pike - Ross ButlerPeter may be worried about the feelings between Lara Jean and John, but he will have a new ally in the sequel in the form of his best friend and high school jock Trevor, portrayed byRead more: Newsweek »
Japanese trampolinist bounces back after pandemic scuppers dream
Japanese trampolinist Tetsuya Sotomura was pushing for his country's final qualification spot for the Tokyo Olympics earlier this year but his dream was shattered when the Games were postponed.
New Hampshire votes as Democratic presidential hopefuls seek momentumAs polls opened across New Hampshire, Democratic White House hopefuls were out greeting voters before they cast their ballots What a goofy 19th century way to select a 21st century candidate. Waste of time & energy & money. BernieForNH Bernie2020
Kacey Musgraves Smells Like a Baby“This is weird … I’ve been told, from not only my husband but exes in the past, that I smell like a baby. And I don’t know what that is. Ruston will just be like, ‘You smell like a baby,’ and I’m like, What does that mean?!” AdamAbramson please confirm?
Here's What The 'To All The Boys 2' Cast Looked Like When They Were YoungerThey were such cute little nuggets!! Seriously, there is more fun than doing something awful.For example, imagine if the girls say they saw Jack and Shirley in a TV series.
Human Rights Campaign to Honor Bowen Yang With Visibility Award (Exclusive)Exclusive: Comedian, writer and actor Bowen Yang is set to receive a Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign at its 25th annual North Carolina Dinner on Feb. 22 He is such a sweetheart. ❤ Yep I see him, somebody get this guy an award! HRC 👍👍😎
New Hampshire votes as Democratic presidential hopefuls seek momentumA parade of Democrats seeking the right to face President Donald Trump in the November 3 election made final pitches to voters in the small New England state that often plays an outsized role is determining party presidential picks.
Why people like Picard, according to Patrick Stewart and other 'Star Trek' producersA new video featuring the cast and crew of 'Star Trek: Picard' highlights the qualities that made the 'Next Generation' captain a Starfleet legend. Duh! Because he’s Patrick Stewart!


"The governor RBI informed me today that India's foreign exchange reserves comprising foreign currency assets, gold and Special Drawing Rights have reached $100.248 billion on December 19," Finance Minister Jaswant Singh said in a statement.
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- BoE research says digital currency would ‘strengthen’ policy transmission
- Turkish central bank carries out emergency rate hike as currency falls
- US House passes deregulation bill with bipartisan support
- Is this the beginning of a new era of credit risk management technology?
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Do you know how air conditioning refrigerant works? You probably know that it helps the cooling process, but what you might not know is that it is 100% responsible for the cooling process. The air that comes through your room vents and brings the temperature down cannot happen without refrigerant.
Unfortunately, though, there’s a pretty common misconception about refrigerant that leads homeowners to use their air conditioners pretty inefficiently, leading to potential emergency repair needs and maybe even premature replacement. What is that misconception? Long story short, people believe that refrigerant is a fuel, and that it depletes like gasoline does from a car.
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The Practice Growth Diagnostic™ is conducted in two parts and is designed to provide the attorney insights into their personal style and their practice. Both parts take a total of about 30 minutes for the attorney to complete. A one hour telephone consulting session is scheduled to review the results. Every diagnostic is conducted by a highly trained member of the Atticus team.
The first part consists of a DISC personality profile, which provides key insights to the attorney into their behavioral personality preferences and styles. Our clients are briefed on how their personalities will help shape their marketing activities, interact with staff issues, and impact their change efforts in their lives and practice. These insights help the client be more aware of how they influence their surroundings and how to better handle the situations they deal with.
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Episode 6 of James and Ashley Stay at Home features James and I sharing our early experiences as writers – which always make for entertaining stories – and three tips we’ve learned along the way. You can listen to it here.
James wrote his first novel at age seven. Frankly, it sounds like a masterpiece of contemporary Australian realism, akin to Christos Tsiolkas’s The Slap, but with less slapping and more lost hire car keys.
Even at that age, he was conscious of the need to work hard to attract readers to his writing, and he shares a dramatic story of how he employed his four-year-old brother as a spokesperson. This strategy didn’t work out, probably because it was heavy on audience abuse and profanity.
We’d also love you to weigh in on this hot debate: when James’s dad managed to get one of his manuscripts in front of a publisher (this was a few years later, when James had acquired the worldliness of a teenager and had years more writing experience), he received the feedback ‘James’s writing should be encouraged.’
I thought this comment was kind, but James understood it as ‘James’s writing shouldn’t be explicitly discouraged … but maybe buy him a tennis racket or a worm farm.’
Like James, I started writing early, and leapt into my first novel at the age of 14. Thankfully no-one in my family had any publishing industry contacts to show it to when I declared it finished four years later. For reasons lost to time, I called the novel Infernoatia. It was about killer bees from Mars (uh-huh, makes perfect sense, I hear you thinking).
It was set in 2020, which, back in 1997, must have seemed like THE FUTURE. Obviously we’d have humans on Mars by then.
To give you a taste of how immensely terrible this book was, here is the actual opening, from the printed-out copy I still have in a trunk at my parents’ place, complete with the book cover my dad designed.
The Earth, our planet; home to all creation as we know it, yet swiftly racing towards its unavoidable end. As it slowly orbits the sun, tracing the same pattern around our star as it has countless times before, its life forms, and with them their technology and knowledge, continue to evolve and expand, ever growing to meet the needs of a greedy civilization that believes it has money and resources to burn. But if, in the distant future, all life on Earth is threatened, will it be a superior race who lives millions of light years away, hidden from view of our best astronomers and astronauts, who have finally come to conquer over what would seem such low forms of uncivilized life for nothing more than their own personal amusement, or will it be that we ourselves erupt into war over our minimal and virtually insignificant differences and eventually destroy everything in battle?
Although both these suggestions could be quite possible, or even become reality someday, it seems more likely that a careless mistake, an overlooked error, one simple flaw in a larger, more elaborately worked plan, will one day inadvertently throw the whole world on a path of ultimate destruction, and as the clock begins to count down to our demise, the people of our planet will be forced to ban together to save themselves against the wrath of our sophisticated, highly developed technology, and widespread knowledge or perish.
August 18, 2020, 4:09 PM, INFINITY III, MARS
Space is deep. And black. Unlike being on a planet, it doesn’t matter where you look, there is always more black space. No horizons, no coast lines, no mountain ranges. Just a thick black fog dotted by infinite numbers of shining yellow stars. A vast universe full of burning suns, each which may be home to a cluster of tiny planets, which may each have their own groupings of moons which carefully orbit them. And then there are the comets, asteroids and meteors that wander endlessly past the moons, planets and suns. A vast universe full of places to discover and explore, where you could spend an eternity, and barely begin. …
After the bees arrive on Earth (eventually the actual story gets underway), each chapter opens with a global death count. Which, now that I think about it, feels very 2020.
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The Bayfield High School football team may have a 1-3 record going into league play. But the Wolverines are looking at their season from a 0-0 perspective.
“Our first four games, they obviously didn’t go the way we’d like,” head coach Gary Heide said. “So, our rallying cry now is that all the teams are 0-0 in league play. We know this is an opportunity to kind of get back to that winning attitude and build positive feelings. All it takes is one great Friday night effort in Alamosa, and we can still have great goals for the rest of the season.
“Every league game right now is a playoff game. Whoever wins league is going to be invited to the playoffs. No. 2 is never assured. For us, it’s playoffs.”
Bayfield has won four consecutive Class 2A Intermountain League championships. A fifth will be a tough test with the Wolverines set to go into kickoff at 7 p.m. Friday at a resurgent Alamosa team with title hopes of its own.
At 3-1, the Mean Moose are ranked in the most recent Colorado High School Activities Association Class 2A poll at No. 10. A stunning 22-6 road win at current No. 8 and previously top-ranked La Junta has Alamosa feeling good about its chances to go from 4-5 overall and 1-3 in league play a year ago to the top of the IML by season’s end.
Heide said film has revealed a rejuvenated Mean Moose team under new head coach Drew Sandlin.
“The new head coach has done a fantastic job there,” Heide said. “They’ve got great athletes with good size. Their skill players are very well-sized. Their quarterback, he’s not so tall, but he’s very stout and a great ballplayer. They’re playing with confidence and energy.”
That quarterback is senior Brendon Madril, who the Wolverines are familiar with from previous meetings. This season, he has thrown for 709 yards and eight touchdowns, but he has thrown seven interceptions and has completed only 49.5% of his passes.
Madril also can get it done on the ground, as he has rushed for 131 yards and five more TDs, and he has averaged four yards per carry.
“They’ve got a great quarterback, and he can run the ball and pass the ball,” Heide said. “They do some form of the read option. They spread it out, but they like to run, too. We can’t get lulled into thinking that because they run a spread formation that they’re gonna pass. That quarterback is a real ballplayer, and we gotta be ready for all phases of the game.”
The Mean Moose are led in the run game by senior Luke Smith, who has 349 rushing yards and two TDs. He has averaged 7.4 yards per carry. Cash Mueller, a junior, also has two rushing scores this year with 18 carries for 122 yards.
Madril has two go-to targets in the receiving game. Brenden Crowther, a senior, has team highs in receptions and yards with 17 grabs for 336 yards. Ian Jackson, another senior, has snagged five TD passes as part of 14 catches for 235 yards.
Defensively, the Mean Moose are led in tackling by Mueller and sophomore Donovan Ramirez. Alamosa had nine sacks this year, led by junior Kane Absmeier, who has four. The Mean Moose also have forced nine turnovers in four games with three interceptions and six fumble recoveries.
The Wolverines will enter the game eager to forget a 55-0 home loss to Durango last week in which the offense had only one first down in the first half. The team’s best drive came at the end of the game when Brecken Espinosa checked into the game and had a pair of first-down runs.
Espinosa, a backup QB and receiver, will move to fullback this week for the beat-up Wolverines. That will allow Kobe Prior to move back to the offensive line, another area in which the Wolverines are missing key players.
“Prior is so intelligent. He’s only a sophomore, but he plays with the intelligence of a well-seasoned high school football player,” Heide said. “Whatever you ask him to do, he does it 100% and excels. To have him back on the line is real good for our team.”
Skill-wise, sophomore quarterback Isaac Ross, who has one rushing TD and one passing TD this season, will look to establish the offense early along with leading rusher Cael Schaefer, who has three rushing scores this year.
Heide is hopeful to get four or five players back from injury this week after being down nine to 11 players last week, he said.
“Having guys back will help us with stability,” Heide said. “It’s good to get guys back in practice situations in the positions they know so we’re not teaching new positions in the middle of the year.”
After wins against Monte Vista, La Junta and Mitchell, the Mean Moose fell 48-25 last week at Lamar. Heide said Alamosa was without five starters in the first quarter of that game in which Lamar built a 28-0 lead. Heide said Lamar had success using its speed to get to the edges of the field on jet sweeps, and his offense likes to do much of the same.
Last season, the Wolverines made it four consecutive league championships with a gutsy overtime win against Pagosa Springs before a second-half comeback win at Salida. Alamosa was an afterthought in 2018, when the Wolverines trounced the Mean Moose 30-6.
The Wolverines have won 21 consecutive league contests and are 22-2 since the IML was formed in 2014. A win Friday night in Alamosa would give Bayfield the confidence it needs for the second half of the season.
“When you face a league opponent, you always go in with the mindset that you can win the game,” Heide said.


|The significance of the Dubai International Boat Show
The Dubai International Boat Show stands as a beacon in the maritime world, symbolizing opulence, innovation, and excellence. This article unravels the multifaceted significance of this extraordinary event, delving into its impact on the marine industry and the global community.
The Grandeur of Maritime Marvels Embark on a journey through the grandeur of maritime marvels at the Dubai International Boat Show. Witness the unveiling of state-of-the-art vessels, each a masterpiece of engineering and design. The significance lies in showcasing the epitome of luxury and innovation, setting new standards for the global marine industry.
Innovations Afloat Explore the cutting-edge innovations afloat at the show. From futuristic yacht designs to eco-friendly propulsion systems, the Dubai International Boat Show serves as a platform for industry leaders to push the boundaries of maritime technology. It's not just a display; it's a glimpse into the future of seafaring.
Boosting Maritime Economy Delve into the economic impact of the event, as it boosts the maritime economy on a global scale. The Dubai International Boat Show attracts investors, buyers, and enthusiasts, fostering collaborations that drive economic growth. The significance extends beyond the shores of Dubai, contributing to the vitality of the entire maritime sector.
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What is the Dubai International Boat Show's primary focus?
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What role does the Dubai International Boat Show play in job creation?
The show serves as a catalyst for job creation by fueling the demand for skilled professionals within the flourishing maritime industry.
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While luxury yachts are a significant part of the show, it also focuses on a wide range of maritime innovations, including eco-friendly designs and sustainable practices.
In conclusion, the Dubai International Boat Show stands not just as an exhibition but as a transformative experience that shapes the course of the global maritime industry. Its significance resonates in the grandeur of maritime marvels, the economic ripples it creates, its role in fostering global relations, and its commitment to environmental stewardship. As the show continues to set sail into the future, it remains a beacon of innovation, luxury, and excellence.


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Barratt Says There Is Continuing Strong Customer Demand For Its Homes
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Britain's biggest housebuilder Barratt Developments raised its annual volume forecast on Friday and said it could resume dividend payments next month, after a rebound in demand from COVID-19 disruption drove a solid first-half performance.
Britain's FTSE 100 index rose on Friday and was on track to end the week with gains of more than 6% as investors bet on a swift economic recovery, while Barratt Developments surged on plans to resume dividend payouts next month.
UK's biggest homebuilder Barratt Developments said on Friday it expects to resume dividends next month, after posting a 14.3% rise in forward sales for the first half as demand rebounded from COVID-19 lockdown lows.
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Barratt Developments Plc, Britain's biggest housebuilder, scrapped a special dividend payout for 2021 on Wednesday as it reported a near 30% fall in full-year housing completions and revenue, while forward sales were up from the year-ago period.
Barratt Developments said on Monday its deliveries had fallen by a third as the coronavirus crisis halted construction activity, though the British homebuilder added that it was starting the new financial year with "cautious optimism".
Homebuilder Barratt Developments said on Monday its deliveries had fallen by a third as the coronavirus crisis halted construction activity, but added that it was starting the new financial year with "cautious optimism".
Barratt Developments said on Friday it would restart work on its construction sites from May 11, with a significant proportion of its furloughed workforce returning to work before the end of the month.
Barratt Developments said on Thursday it sold more homes so far this year but expects home completions and reservations to be limited by the coronavirus pandemic as its sales centres and construction sites remained close.
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Barratt Developments said on Thursday its executive and non-executive directors have agreed to a voluntary 20% reduction in base salary and fees, beginning April 1 and until the group resumes work at its sites.
Barratt Developments on Wednesday decided to scrap its interim dividend and suspend financial guidance as it assesses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Barratt Developments on Wednesday reported a rise in first-half pretax profit as Britain's biggest homebuilder sold more homes at lower prices.
Britain's biggest housebuilder Barratt Developments <BDEV.L> reported marginal sales growth and a dip in the value of homes sold in the first months of its financial year, the latest sign of pressure on developers from a weakening UK property market.
Barratt Developments Plc, Britain's biggest housebuilder, on Wednesday said sales fell in the beginning of the year even as it delivered more homes, as a focus on better quality in a tough market dented margins.
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Britain's biggest housebuilder Barratt Developments Plc reported higher annual pretax profit on Wednesday, benefiting from higher margins even as it faced a tough real estate market.
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Just Around the Corner
The Paradox of the Jobless Recovery
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A searing indictment of the American way of recession and recoveryRead the Introduction (pdf).
Americans have always believed that economic growth leads to job growth. In this groundbreaking book, Stanley Aronowitz argues that this is no longer true. Just Around the Corner looks at the state of the American economy as planned by democrats and republicans over the last thirty years. In this book, Aronowitz finds that economic growth has become "delinked" from job creation, and that unemployment and underemployment are a permanent condition of our economy. He traces the historical roots of this state of affairs, and sees under the surface of booms and busts a continuum of econcomic austerity that creates a boom for the rich at the expense of most Americans. He then examines the cultural and political processes by which we have come to describe and accept economics in the US. And lastly, he proposes a concrete plan of action that would guarantee employment and living wages for all Americans. In both measured analysis and persuasive reasoning, Stanley Aronowitz's Just Around the Corner is an indispensable guide to our current economic predicament and a bold challenge to economists and policymakers.
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction Chapter One: How We Got Here: A Snapshot Economic History of America Chapter Two: The Reagan Revolution, The Clinton “Boom” and the Downsizing of America Chapter Three: It’s the Technology, Stupid Chapter Four: The Price of Neo-Liberal Globalization Chapter Five: A Real Jobs and Income Program Notes


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Purpose of Personification The purpose of personification is simply to bring and give inanimate to life just so you can describe and explain what message you are trying to convey in a better, vivid, and effective way. Honors received by them posthumously reflected what they had embodied for every day of their lives. The human trait assigned to the subject is in bold here. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1986. In this case, the scythe whispers to the ground.
It is when you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or that isn't even alive, like nature or emotions. We offer you the ability to cooperate with writers whom you like the most according to the price and other characteristics. This means that the people in the city are up and about even in the wee hours and that the nightlife is also very much alive the same as it is alive during the day. The roller coaster ride taunted and challenged me to hop in and take a ride. After students complete and share their statements and interpretations, write the following example on chart paper. It's like a secret pact between the soil and the tool; both working together cause the hay to grow. It can be used as a method of describing something so that others can more easily understand it.
The ocean danced in the moonlight. You might not be fully aware but you may have been using personification for quite a while in your life. Along with impersonation intellectual and emotional sides of the personality are equally and intensively refined. We would like to get you acquainted with our sample literary analysis essay, so you can see how difficult it can be to identify literary tools in text. The car beckoned me from across the showroom. The similarities between the objects being compared may be implied rather than directly stated.
Anthropomorphism is also still very popular, especially in stories for children and the. We see from the above examples of personification that this literary device helps us relate actions of inanimate objects to our own emotions. To make a connection, we see pictures of the Grim Reaper carrying a scythe. Personification is when human characteristics are given to something that is not human. Discuss the possible purpose or meaning of this phrase. These objects could be man-made or synthetic materials. The evil tree was lurking in the shadows.
A window is opened like a pod by someone. Personification is a type of figurative language where non-humans are given human characteristics. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. Example: This statement is a lie. The thunder clapped angrily in the distance. Time flew and before we knew it, it was time for me to go home. The characteristics can also be emotions, feelings, or motives given to objects incapable of thought.
Literal usage confers meaning to words, in the sense of the meaning they have by themselves, outside any figure of speech. The news took me by surprise. The waffle jumped up out of the toaster. It maintains a consistent meaning regardless of the context, with the intended meaning corresponding exactly to the meaning of the individual words. Please by the claims made and adding. My life came screeching to a halt.
These are the actions of humans, but in this poem Death has taken on these characteristics. It turns out that the best way for Sandburg to comprehend the city is to compare it to a human being—that way, we have a tangible frame of reference for all the beautiful, strong, messiness. To the poet, nature is alive and full of joy. Gods in myths and legends are often given human qualities even though they are distinctly not human. It has shoulders, a heart, a pulse, and it laughs and laughs and laughs.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen In this excerpt from Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen writes about a heart that feels concern and resentment. Focus question: How do authors use personification to enhance their writing? It adds vividness to expressions, as we always look at the world from a human. Your sentences, when peppered with personification, you are able to resonate more with the receiver of your message, you are able to give a vivid imagery of what you are trying to say to your message receivers, you are able to establish a mood and intensify or boost a particular emotion you are trying to address in just a plain statement, and you make inanimate objects more relatable. The popcorn leapt out of the bowl. The tornado ran through town without a care. In this sonnet, Shakespeare is referring to the sun. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake.


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The St. John's adult choir has 60 singers and instrumentalists and is directed by Barbara Meiser. Instrumentalists include a keyboardist, bass guitarist, two acoustic guitarists, a percussionist, two flautists, and a harmonica player. The music repertoire consists of over 500 compositions featuring a wide variety of styles from traditional Catholic hymns, contemporary songs and classical compositions to hand clapping old Gospel.
St. John's Choir meets on Mondays from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Members attend the Mass of their choice. Besides providing music for weekend Mass, the instrumentalists and vocalists prepare for the Christmas Eve Masses and extra music for Holy Week and Easter. To sing in the choir, it is not necessary to be able to read music, but to sing on pitch, blend with the group and convey a sense of prayer in song. The Director also coordinates wedding and funeral music.


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Hip pain in athletes – american family physician at muscles
Femoral Nerve And Hip Pain The human body consists of organ systems and organs which come together to keep both central and external problems of the human body. The importance of the human body’s maintenance process should indeed be high. Persons can easily get sick due to the internal conditions’ fluctuations and differing variations that will arise anytime because of any cause.
Particularly when the defense mechanisms or different systems function inefficiently within the human body exterior situations could drastically affect the internal circumstances of the human body. There are several components creating changes and these changes. However, the human body attempts its far better keep up with the suitable problem or even the energetic harmony (that will be around 37 degrees Celsius).
The basic preservation program works together areas blood vessels, and tissue fluids as they are critical indicators to control changes in the body condition. By introducing or removing the chemicals from cells, bloodstream, and tissue fluids, the five key body programs operate efficiently to reach dynamic stability.
The Five Major Programs: One of the systems that are most significant could be the lymphatic system. The machine works from acquiring all sorts of disorders, by guarding body cells. The breathing consists of the lungs. The lungs are responsible for the breathing process which requires Oxygen’s consumption and the removal of Carbon Dioxide.
The gastrointestinal system includes the conventional areas such as the intestines the belly , gallbladder, liver, along with other item areas which include: the esophagus, teeth the gland, as well as mouth. The digestive system primarily welcomes the intake of food and has the ability to absorb them into nutrients and substances the human body needs. It is important to know all organs and parts and important functions perform in each program.
For instance, the saliva plays a crucial position inside the first step of digestion. Since it includes an enzyme called Amylase, which breaks down starch into sugar, the digestive tract has the capacity to work efficiently in process as it then directs the meals materials towards the stomach subsequently for the intestines to keep the process. In retaining the stability of the body, the last system which assists is the system.
Helps regulate the fluid amount, the urinary system helps to take care of the temperature of the body since it removes nitrogenous wastes, and continue maintaining the chemical content of blood inside the body. Wastes not needed from the human body are usually flushed out by the urinary system. The system contains the bladder as well as the kidneys Femoral Nerve And Hip Pain

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Joseph Stiglitz, winner of a Nobel prize in economics, describes the foolishness of enacting further tax cuts for the wealthy in America, and the structural impediments that stand in the way of Trump's pursuit of this foolish goal.
For example, any tax policy that changes net tax revenues would require a 60-senator majority, meaning that Democrats would have to go along with the game. Alternatively, Trump could just hike taxes on one group of businesses or people in order to give another group a cut — but the losers in that trade would lobby the hell out of Congress to fight it.
And Paul Ryan's idea to institute protectionist policies by taxing net imports will send Walmart and its competition to the Hill with guns blazing, as they lose access to cheap labor markets overseas.
Good thing tax cuts for the rich are a terrible idea, otherwise we'd be totally screwed.
It won't, because it never has. When President Ronald Reagan tried it in the 1980s, he claimed that tax revenues would rise. Instead, growth slowed, tax revenues fell, and workers suffered. The big winners in relative terms were corporations and the rich, who benefited from dramatically reduced tax rates.
A politically astute president who understood deeply the economics and politics of corporate tax reform could conceivably muscle Congress toward a reform package that made sense. Trump is not that leader.
Trump has yet to advance a specific tax proposal. But, unlike his administration's approach to health-care legislation, lack of transparency will not help him. While many of the 32 million people projected to lose health insurance under the current proposal don't yet know what's coming, that is not true of the companies that will get the short end of the stick from Trump's tax reform.
Why Tax Cuts for the Rich Solve Nothing
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Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft® DirectX® is an advanced suite of multimedia application programming interfaces (APIs) built into Microsoft Windows® operating systems. DirectX provides a standard development platform for Windows-based PCs by enabling software developers to access specialized hardware features without having to write hardware-specific code. This technology was first introduced in 1995 and is a recognized standard for multimedia application development on the Windows platform.