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Handbook for A Positive Revolution
The Five Success Principles for Personal and Global ChangeBook - 2018
Handbook for a Positive Revolution provides a practical framework for a revolution in thinking. The world today is undergoing dramatic, often violent changes and human behaviour is frequently shaped by guilt and negativity. Drawing on his metaphor of the hand, de Bono present five basic principles that can lead to a positive future. He demonstrates how to learn to think and interact constructively, efficiently and with respect for core human values.
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Copyright Date: ©1991
Branch Call Number: 158 DE
Characteristics: viii, 132 pages :,illustrations ;,22 cm.


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Renate Schroeter, born on September 27, 1939, in Berlin, and passing away on April 3, 2017, in Freiburg im Breisgau, was a renowned German actress whose career spanned both the stage and screen.
Early Life and Education
Renate Schroeter’s journey into the world of acting began before completing her high school education when she started taking acting lessons under the guidance of Marlise Ludwig in Berlin. Her passion for the craft led her to receive her first acting engagement in 1959 at the Renaissance Theater, where she performed in Anouilh’s “Die Probe.”
Schroeter’s early years in theater were marked by a series of engagements at various prestigious theaters. From 1959 to 1960, she graced the stage at the Staatstheater Stuttgart, followed by the Landestheater Darmstadt from 1960 to 1961. In 1961, she portrayed Thekla in Schiller’s “Wallenstein” at the Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen.
From 1961 to 1963, Schroeter showcased her talents at the Staatstheater Hannover, and from 1963 to 1969, she was a key presence at the Städtischen Bühnen Frankfurt am Main. Her roles during this period included Gretchen in Goethe’s “Faust,” Vivie in Shaw’s “Frau Warrens Gewerbe,” Ophelia in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” Stella in Tennessee Williams’ “Endstation Sehnsucht,” and Viola in Shakespeare’s “Was ihr wollt.”
In 1968 and 1969, she took her craft to the Schauspiel Köln, where she played the role of Julia in “Romeo und Julia.” Subsequently, in 1969 and 1970, she graced the stage at the Schillertheater in Berlin, and in 1972, she performed at the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele, earning herself the Hersfeld-Preis for her roles as Lucille in Georg Büchner’s “Dantons Tod” and Natalie in Heinrich von Kleist’s “Prinz Friedrich von Homburg.”
From 1970 to 1993, Renate Schroeter continued to captivate audiences at the Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Stadttheater Basel. Notable performances included the titular role in Eugene O’Neill’s “Trauer muss Elektra tragen” and Orsina in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s “Emilia Galotti” at the Schauspielhaus Zürich.
Film and Television Career
Renate Schroeter’s talent was not limited to the stage. She made significant contributions to radio, television, and film. Her credits include appearances in the first episode of the iconic German television series “Tatort” titled “Taxi nach Leipzig” in 1970 and her enduring role as Sekretärin Ulla Grünbein, fondly known as “Grünbeinchen,” in “Der letzte Zeuge” from 1997 to 2005.
What was Renate Schroeter’s Cause of Death?
On April 3, 2017, the world of theater and film lost a remarkable talent when Renate Schroeter passed away in Freiburg im Breisgau, located in the picturesque state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She died at the age of 77. However, the exact cause of her death has not been revealed.
Personal Life and Legacy
For over two decades, Renate Schroeter resided in Switzerland, and in her later years, she called Freiburg her home. She was a mother to a daughter. Renate Schroeter’s final resting place is at the Berliner Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf in Grave 059-643.

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My research interest focuses on optical microscopy and spectroscopy with applications in biophysics. One area is developing advanced optical microscopy for molecular and cellular imaging in medical research. Nonlinear optical microscopes such as two-photon fluorescence, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering and second harmonic generation are developed to image immune and cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. I also have interest in using laser spectroscopy to study ultrafast dynamics in molecular systems, e.g. proteins and nanoparticles.


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Larry Nassar, the USA Gymnasts doctor who was charged with sexual assault of 7 women has been sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison. Even though Nassar plead guilty to only 7 women, more than 150 women stepped up to tell their stories. Accusers said he would use his ungloved hands to penetrate them, often without explanation, while they were on a table seeking help for various injuries.
Former National Gymnast spoke during the hearing saying, Nassar won their allegiance with candy, Olympic trinkets and encouraging words while they were under constant scrutiny from demanding coaches.
According to CNN, in a letter he wrote 2 months after his plea deal, Nassar says “he wasn’t treated fairly and that he was a good doctor who was providing treatments.” The judge took this as an insult, telling him, “You did this for your pleasure and your control. This letter … tells me that you have not yet owned what had you did, that you still think that somehow you are right, that you are a doctor, that you’re entitled, that you don’t have to listen, and that you did treatment. I wouldn’t send my dogs to you, sir.”
Before the sentencing Nassar spoke to his victims saying, “Your words these past several days, your words, your words, have had a significant emotional effect on myself and have shaken me to my core. I also recognize that what I am feeling pales in comparison to the pain, trauma, and emotional destruction that all of you are feeling.”
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Data shows that we are becoming more religious
In recent years, we have seen a stream of books and authors promoting atheism. Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; comedic columnist Dave Barry; J.G. Ballard author of numerous works of science fiction; the Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci; John Fowles, author of The French Lieutenant’s Woman; Christopher Hitchens, renowned columnist and author of God Is Not Great: these are only a few of the late 20th century writers who have spoken or written of their disbelief in a god. These writers, and many millions of others, including your reviewer, assumed that societies around the globe were becoming more secular and less religious.
Baylor University Professor and writer Rodney Stark disagrees.
In The Triumph Of Faith: Why The World Is More Religious Than Ever (ISI Books, 2015, 260 pages, $24.95), Stark examines the state of religion around the world. Stark looks not just at Christianity, which is expanding rapidly in place like sub-Sahara Africa and China, but also at Islam, Hinduism, and the other major world religions. Using data and statistics from dozens of sources, Stark demonstrates to readers that a belief in some sort of god and commitment to religious practices is not shrinking. On the contrary, faith in some sort of power outside themselves is expanding among human beings around the planet. “The deeper one digs into the data,” Stark writes, “the clearer it becomes: the popular notion of an increasingly secularized world is not merely wrong but actually the opposite of what has been taking place.”
Using that data, statistics collected by a variety of groups, The Triumph Of Faith examines the growth of religious faith around the globe, ranging from Turkey to Japan, from the United States to China. Unlike many others who have addressed the decline of organized religion, a decline that is real in some mainline American Protestant churches, Stark includes the “unchurched” in his study, those who don’t formally belong to a religious body but who nevertheless belief in a higher power. He reveals that “Agnostic” Europe is a myth. He digs into the fervency of Muslims regarding their faith compared to 60 and 70 years ago. He shows readers why sub-Saharan Africa is swinging heavily toward Christianity and why certain countries in Latin America have more devotedly embraced their traditional Catholic faith.
One fascinating chapter — The “Unchurched” Japanese — particularly drew my attention. Previous investigation had convinced me that Japan was, as Stark puts it, a “post-religious society,” yet The Triumph Of Faith reveals that the Japanese hold to both Shintoism — “the way of the gods” — and Buddhism. Few of them claim membership in an organized religion, yet the vast majority of Japanese “use” Shintoism to ask blessings from the gods, to remember their dead, and to pay homage to their ancestors.
Stark concludes his chapter on the Japanese by citing statistics well-known to all familiar with today’s Japanese culture: the high suicide rates, the low birth rates, the aversion even to sex among large numbers of Japanese. He concludes his picture of the Japanese with uncharacteristic criticism regarding religious influence when he states that the highly individualistic systems of Japanese Buddhism and Shintoism “… offer no social support against loneliness and despondency.”
Stark is an academic — among other accomplishments, he serves as Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor — but his prose and his citations are eminently readable. Like How The West Won, Stark’s myth-busting account of the development of Western ideas reviewed last year in The Smoky Mountain News, The Triumph of Faith challenges much of what we accept as true regarding religious faith, not through polemics but through careful diagnosis. It is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the place of religion in today’s world.
On a lighter note, Michael P. Foley’s Drinking With The Saints: The Sinner’s Guide To A Holy Happy Hour (Regnery Publishing, 2015, 487 pages, $29.99) gives us reason to seek both the Holy Spirit and holy spirits.
Here is a book that serves several levels of “spirituality,” ranging from brief and often humorous histories of the saints to several hundred drink recipes. Drinking With The Saints is aimed at both the pure of heart and the delight of the spirit — or spirits.
Take the entry for June 4 as an example. This is the feast day of St. Francis Caracciolo, a holy man unfamiliar to me. Saint Francis C. battled a rare skin disease as a young man, and was renowned for preforming lowly duties “such as sweeping floors and washing dishes.” For this saint, Foley urges us to raise a glass of a brandy cocktail called “Lizard Skin.” He also directs us toward wine from the province of Chieti, where St. Francis Caracciolo lived.
Though clearly aimed at Catholics, Drinking With The Saints should appeal to anyone who enjoys cocktails, wine, beer, or history. Foley clearly is a master of mixology, ranging, for example, in just a few pages from the taste of wine from Italy’s Veneto region to a brief history of Drambuie, from various cocktail concoctions to quotations from Shakespeare and the Old Testament. In addition to these attractions, Drinking With The Saints is handsomely bound and contains hundreds of illustrations, and Foley’s wit, crisp as a properly made martini, provides continual amusement.
Three cheers for both these books.

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IFTM Top Resa, salon leader B2B, réunit l’ensemble de l’industrie du tourisme.
Save the date From October 1st to October 4th Paris – Porte de Versailles – Hall 1
About IFTM Top Resa
IFTM Top Resa, the leading global event for the travel industry held in Paris is the only one event to offer multiple target markets: leisure, business, mice and group tourism.
IFTM Top Resa which will celebrate, in 2018, his 40th edition, welcomes 32 480 professionals, key industry buyers, journalists, digital influencers, students and tourism Ministers who come to meet the 1680 exhibitors, (destinations and tourism offices, airlines companies, hotels, technology and starts-up firms, etc.).
Each year, we enhance the show’s content to create a truly professional event that drives growth for exhibitors and offers all visitors a platform for doing business, networking and sharing expertise.
For its 40th anniversary, IFTM Top Resa will be held in Paris – Porte de Versailles from September 25 to September 28, 2018.

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SMART’s project leader Dr Mehrdad Amirghasemi.
A city planning app developed with input from three NSW local councils has won an international award sponsored by Amazon Web Services.
The ArkiCity app developed by the University of Wollongong and Danish company Arki_Lab (in partnership with the Wollongong, Liverpool, and Canterbury-Bankstown councils) encourages users to take a picture of their city then customise and upload it to gather ideas of city improvement into a single place and form a digital town meeting.
Project leader Mehrdad Amirghasemi said the smartphone application will allow everyone to engage in the (re)design of their neighbourhood “in a playful and exciting way”.
“By taking a picture, making a collage and uploading it on the web, ideas of improvement are gathered on a single platform where people can interact and elaborate,” Dr Amirghasemi said.
“The app aims to completely change the traditional process of urban design and development, acting as a bridge between citizens and decision-makers,” he said
According to the competition judges, the gamification app collected over 200 comments from 25 stakeholders in just two hours.
“Presenting the complexities of urban planning in an easy-to-digest manner, the board game aims to familiarise users with their local surroundings to help them better understand the potentials and challenges [of the urban development process],” the judges said.
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Wikileaks' official online merchandise store claims that its account with Coinbase has been suspended by the cryptocurrency exchange. Wikileaks, a leaked documents depository that was central to a long string of international scandals even before the 2016 presidential election, is now calling for a boycott of Coinbase.
The announcement, which has not been confirmed by Coinbase, has roiled the Bitcoin community, highlighting certain inevitable tensions as cryptocurrency becomes increasingly mainstream. In a note posted to Twitter which the Wikileaks Shop claims to have received from Coinbase, the exchange appears to cite U.S. government financial regulations as one reason for the suspension. There's no indication, though, specifically how Wikileaks allegedly violated those rules.
ANNOUNCE: Coinbase has blocked the official @WikiLeaks shop from its platform without notice or explanation. You can continue to donate #Bitcoin to WikiLeaks at https://t.co/lvhoyhlqUa. #Coinbase #DefendWL #Cryptocurrency #Ethereum #BitcoinCash #ReconnectJulian pic.twitter.com/4BSS023OOk
— WikiLeaks Shop (@WikiLeaksShop) April 21, 2018
Bitcoin, of course, has gained popularity in part because it can be used to circumvent existing financial regulations and systems, including banks. In fact, as veteran cryptocurrency commentator Andreas Antonopoulos pointed out on Twitter, many politically engaged users were first attracted to Bitcoin as a way to donate to WikiLeaks after it was cut off by more traditional financial services in 2010.
We have come full circle. Many people's interest in bitcoin started when Wikileaks was out under an extra judicial embargo by VISA, MC, PayPal and banks. Now Coinbase has repeated history. Oops. https://t.co/b8HQkoOwyQ
— Andreas M. Antonopoulos (@aantonop) April 21, 2018
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Coinbase has attracted users to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies by making them easier to buy and use, but its status as a regulated U.S. business means it must comply with U.S. financial regulations. A substantial portion of longtime Bitcoin advocates remain skeptical of Coinbase and other intermediaries because of that exposure, and because many act as custodians of customers' cryptocurrency, arguably increasing systemic risk in the event of their failure.
At this point, if you're using Bitpay, Coinbase, or https://t.co/Rnvi3ykHRP services, you are an enemy of Bitcoin.
— BTC?anksy (@BTCBanksy) March 9, 2018
Suspension by Coinbase will not prevent Wikileaks from accepting payments or donations via Bitcoin, but the organization may have to devote more resources to handling its accounts directly, and will likely find it much more challenging to convert Bitcoin to currency such as dollars.
In response, Wikileaks is calling for a "global blockade" of Coinbase this week.
WikiLeaks will call for a global blockade of Coinbase next week as an unfit member of the crypto community. Coinbase, a large Californian Bitcoin processor, responding to a concealed influence, has blocked the entirely harmless @WikiLeaksShop in a decision approved by management. https://t.co/PAldF8b12P
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 21, 2018
Coinbase has not yet confirmed the suspension, but Fortune has reached out and will update this story with any statement from them.
More from Fortune.com
- Cryptocurrencies Like Bitcoin Can't Replace the Dollar, Says New York Fed Chief Nominee
- The Case For Owning Bitcoin and a $1 'Stablecoin'
- Bitcoin Mining May Be Even Less Economically Viable Than We Thought
- Suspected Mastermind Behind the 'Big Bitcoin Heist' Escapes Prison Through a Window
- Ex-CEO of Bankrupt Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Has a New Job in Crypto

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The first beta developer preview build of Android 8.1 Oreo has been released to Nexus and Pixel device users, bringing a number of significant changes that aren't normally expected from an incremental update. Read more here!
Want to control your screen brightness without having to go to the trouble of touching your display? DigiLux lets you control your screen brightness using gestures on the fingerprint sensor of your device on Android Oreo. Read more here!
Google has announced today that the first developer preview of Android Oreo 8.1 Maintenance Release will be made available to developers and users "over the coming weeks", bringing support for their new Pixel-only image SoC and more!
The latest version of Google's Pixel launcher is now available for download. The launcher adds some additional features, Pixel-specific functionality and an aesthetic Midas touch. Read more here at ModMy!

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A taxpayer gets the above error when the original ITR has been filed after the due date of filing the return of the particular assessment year, and the taxpayer is filing ITR for the second time.
To resolve such an error on Quicko
- Login to Quicko
- In the Filing tab, navigate to ADDITIONAL DETAILS from the side nav
- Click on Revise Return > Revising on your own
- Enter the required details
- Click on Save
- Navigate to E-File from the side nav and file ITR again.
Note: A taxpayer can file only one ITR u/s 139(4), after that if the taxpayer wants to file an ITR again, he needs to file a revised return u/s 139(5)

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A large green wall interspersed with weathered steel panels announces the entrance to the Slabtown Marketplace in northwest Portland. An old renovated warehouse has been reinvented as a thriving market with a pedestrian plaza that serves as a forecourt to the grocery store and an important link to the adjoining mixed-use district. The promenade design includes custom timber benches, perforated weathered steel screens, concrete plank paving, and special concrete pavement treatments which reference to the industrial roots of the neighborhood.
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A historical contribution towards uplifting the Nursing profession in Sri Lanka
The 1st International Nursing Research Conference in Sri Lanka was successfully conducted by International Institute of Health
Sciences (www.iihsciences.edu.lk) last week with the participation of an Eminent Panel of top university delegates from Australia, UK & Malaysia. This event was a result of the efforts of the IIHS team with the directions of Dr. Kithsiri Edirisinghe, the Deputy Chairman of IIHS. The conference was supported by the Australian Trade Commission, Australia Future Unlimited under the guidance of Mr.David Samuels, Business Development Manager Austrade and endorsed by the Department of Health Western Province, Sri Lanka. The
occasion was graced by HE Acting Australian High Commissioner; Ms Sonya Koppe and Dr. Amal Harsha de Silva, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Health. As a result of the strong international relationships that IIHS possesses, the conference was enlightened by experts in nursing research and the participants were guided through the complete research process.
The speakers were Prof. Rose McEldowney, the Head, School of Health, Charles Darwin University, Australia; Dr. Kithsiri Edirisinghe, MD, Deputy Chairman of IIHS; Assoc. Prof. Faridah Hashim, Head, Faculty of Nursing, Open University Malaysia; Ms. Sue Randall, Senior Lecturer, Co-Course Director for Foundation Degree in Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, UK; Dr. Virginia Dickson-Swift, Head, Department of Health & Environment, LaTrobe University, Australia; Ms. Glenda Whiting, Principal Lecturer – Health, TAFE South Australia and Dr. Nihal De Silva, Former Associate Prof. Stanford University-USA and present Dean of IIHS.
The importance of this conference cannot be underestimated as it is a step towards uplifting professional standards in nursing and allied health care, and in status building for the profession and creating a critical thinking nurse, who is well equipped to face the challenges in nursing today.
This highly qualified panel of experts succinctly explained the research process and above all planted a desire in the hearts of the participants to explore evidence based practice through research. As was highlighted by Dr. K. Edirisinghe, this served as an ‘incubator’ for continuous professional development.
A number of veterans from the Sri Lankan Nursing arena participated, including Director Nursing – Sri Lanka; Ms. L. Abeygunawardena, CNOs, Nursing school principals including; Ms. Rupa Pathmini Menike, Ms. Ashoka Abeynayake, Ms. Lalitha Peiris, NTS lecturers, nursing students and representatives from the Asiri Group of Hospitals including the CNO; Ms. Waruni Navodya and representatives of government hospitals including the Lady Ridgeway Hospital.
This proved to be a marvelous platform for nurses and allied health professionals at every stage of their academic and professional career from the student to the doctorate level to disseminate their research findings. IIHS gave the opportunity for them to grab the expertise of professionals in their field on the second day of the conference.
There were 30 presenters from Diploma level students to PhD level students and they were evaluated by an eminent panel. The forum also provided an opportunity for poster presentations which is the latest trend for presenting research and it has expanded in to field of physiotherapy as well as giving the diploma level of physiotherapy students an opening to perform in this research forum.
It made the platform for the 1st Government nursing officer to win the award of an international research. Rixy Lasanthi Dassanayake, a nursing officer of National Hospital of Sri Lanka won the gold medal for the best poster presentation; she said that this is a lifelong experience for all the Sri Lankan Nurses to uplift their knowledge on Research. Manchulaa Navaratnasingham; won the gold award for paper presentation, was the 1st physiotherapy student to achieve this at an international conference. There were diploma level students of IIHS who secured awards for their presentation including Sashya Kandeanarachchi; silver award winner for paper presentation, Puneesha Pasqual; bronze award winner for paper presentation, and Chathuran Herath, Gayan Wijewardana & Shafin Majid won the bronze award for poster presentation. Puneesha Pasquel, who won the bronze award, said that it was an incubator to demonstrate their Research skills in front of an eminent panel and get their valued ideas to further strengthen their skills. A number of government sector nurses currently completing their undergraduate studies also presented, while a PhD undergraduate thesis was also presented by a Malaysian student. For the first time in the history of Maldives, two Maldivian students of IIHS; Shamna Aishath & Abdul Razzaag Buthoola won the silver award for poster presentation. According to them it was a great opportunity provided by IIHS to represent the Research Forum as international students and to sharpen their analytical skills. These students were very grateful for the opportunity to present their work which is undoubtedly a major opportunity for personal growth. All the presenters were also highly commended for the quality and depth of their research by the reputed panelists present on that day. Other presenters included Bachelor of Science, Nursing graduates from the Universities of Sri Jayewardenepura and Peradeniya. This forum also provided an opportunity for stimulating critical thought among the attendees from nurses’ training schools and the Asiri Group of Hospitals.
The 1st International Nursing Research Conference in Sri Lanka was a historical step that gave the opportunity for representatives from government sector, private sector, Nursing schools and so on to get an exposure to the International Nursing Arena and to exchange their thoughts. It was interesting that a private sector organization would do so as shown by the Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Health, Dr. Amal Harsha De Silva. In his speech at the inauguration of the event, he highly valued the move to conduct such a conference specifically for nurses establishing that research in healthcare is not limited to doctors. Rev. Sister Geraldine, the Head of Nursing at IIHS also stated that research is central to modern nursing practice.
IIHS (www.iihsciences.edu.lk) as the premier healthcare training institute in Sri Lanka delivers program in the field of Nursing ranging from Diploma to Masters level in collaboration with Deakin University Australia, ECU Australia, Tafe South Australia and Open University Malaysia. All these avenues fulfill the vision of IIHS to be the heart of innovative development of healthcare professionals for the globe.
|The importance of this conference cannot be underestimated as it is a step towards uplifting professional standards in nursing and allied health care, and in status building for the profession and creating a critical thinking nurse, who is well equipped to face the challenges in nursing today|

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TOKYO, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said here on Thursday that Tokyo will host a fantastic Olympic Games despite the uncertainties amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The "horned derby" between the "chamois" from Poprad and the "rams" from Banska Bystrica turned into a lopsided scoring fest for the home team.
Scaloni also spoke about the challenge of preparing for Argentina's qualifiers during the coronavirus pandemic and underlined the difficulty of South America's 18-round qualifying tournament.
The 18-year-old Chang defeated Irish teenager Aaron Hill 4-2 in the first round.
BEIJING, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Main Press Center (MPC) and International Broadcasting Center (IBC) will be integrated into the Main Media Center (MMC) during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
"I hope I can do good for the society. I also hope more talented girls can stand on the football court so that one day our 'Steel Roses' will return to their former glory," she said. Enditem
Nadal has won 99 matches in the clay major, which means he had the chance to win the title with a record 100 Roland Garros victory on Sunday. Enditem
BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- FIVB President Ary S. Graca has pledged his commitment to the development of volleyball in Asia (including Oceania).
Lakers guard Danny Green missed a potential go-ahead 3-pointer, followed by a Markieff Morris turnover in the last minute, Heat guard Tyler Herro closed the game out for the Heat with a pair of free throws.
Trailing by seven points early in the last quarter, Henan improved its performance on both ends to complete a comeback.
CHENGDU, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Zhejiang rallied past Hebei 100-80 and Shaanxi overwhelmed Daqing 110-44 in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA) here on Sunday.


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A Mexican-raised activist posted an open letter directed to Central Americans who are seeking to illegally immigrate to the United States, and her message has nothing to do with compassion, violence in their homeland or the need for open borders. Instead, it’s about our nation’s guiding principle — the rule of law.
Paty Newman was born in Los Angeles, but six months later, her parents took her to be raised in Mexico. She remained there for the next 20 years before returning to the United States, according to the Independent Journal Review.
In response the mounting crisis at our border, she referred to a principle that sets America apart from all other countries — that we are, according to John Adams, “a nation of laws, not of men.”
“It is the Rule of Law that has made our country exceptional,” she began. “The same Rule of Law will protect you if you want to become an American or a legal resident.”
She went on to say that if America is to remain exceptional among the family of nations, it has to adhere to that principle. Her letter continued:
The law doesn’t apply evenly in your country of origin; the consequence of lawlessness is what made you run away. But now you are asking us to ignore our own laws and make exceptions that are favorable to you. Be careful what you ask for, you have personally lived the consequences of “exceptions” to the Rule of Law.
We are trying to make our corrupt government accountable. We feel the obligation to teach you how to make your own governments accountable! We welcome all of those that are yearning to be free, we ask you to respect our laws. Come here legally and in an orderly manner.
Our politicians are using you; you’ve been used and abused by yours already! Wake up! Our protest is against our own government, it is not directed at you as a human being. Our politicians, both Republicans and Democrats, are taking advantage of you to serve their own interests. I hope you recognize that you are being lied to by both your government and ours. We don’t have jobs available here, and our National Debt is 17 Trillion dollars!
It is time to stop being fooled, you must demand your governments follow the law and faithfully apply it, we as Americans are trying to do the same. In the end, if we both do our civic duty, we will all achieve victory against tyranny.
Newman’s letter has been published both here as well as in the Central American countries of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Sometimes it takes someone who was raised elsewhere to bring everything into its proper perspective.

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Roughly. Look, this isn’t an exact science. In fact, it’s not a science at all. It’s more of an art. Well, it’s not that, either. It’s pablum, is what it is.
Samsung introduced some tablets at Mobile World Congress last night. I was there, I listened to the whole thing, and I can’t really tell you much about them other than they exist and they’re technologically advanced.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down, Perfesser.
[writes down] techno-ma-logically advanced
Okay, go ahead.
What swept me up in real emotion…
…was this video of dogs being reunited with their military owners after returning from deployment that’s set to a Regina Spektor song.
Actually, no. That would be understandable.
…was the Korean company’s deal with German pencil maker Staedtler to issue an S Pen styled to look like a classic pencil.
But, that’s it. That’s the whole crux of Savov’s argument here and the only support for the headline’s contention that the Noris digital is 5,000 times more awesome than the Apple Pencil: It looks like an old pencil. Don’t go looking for specifications in the article, there aren’t any.
I’ve never found any great utility in Samsung’s S Pen or Apple’s Pencil…
Okay, well, many people would
you. For reasons that are somewhat more substantive than “this ‘lectronic pencil sure do look like a real pencil.”
…but I feel drawn to this digital pencil that’s built exactly like an analogue pencil because it’s so familiar and intuitive.


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Accounting Principles: A Business Perspective, Managerial Accounting
by J.D. Edwards, R.H. Hermanson, S.D. Ivancevich
Publisher: Global Text Project 2014
Number of pages: 316
Contents: Process: Cost systems; Using accounting for quality and cost management; Cost-volume-profit analysis; Short-term decision making: Differential analysis; Budgeting for planning and control; Control through standard costs; Responsibility accounting: Segmental analysis; Capital budgeting:Long-range planning.
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by Henry Dauderis, David Annand - Open Textbooks for Hong Kong
This text is intended for a first course in introductory financial accounting. It focuses on core Introductory Financial Accounting topics that match pre-requisite requirements for students advancing to Intermediate Financial Accounting.
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From the table of contents: Introduction to costs; Cost functions; Different cost types; Calculations; Guiding solutions. Author of the book is Troels Troelsen, Course Coordinator Department of Operations Management Copenhagen Business School.
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This book is aimed squarely at the new learning styles evident in today's students and addresses accounting industry changes as well. In addition, realistic managerial scenarios present an issue that must be addressed by the management accountant.
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This text provides a first-year course in accounting, with accepted principles of accounting arranged in an orderly fashion to capture the student's interest, to hold it, and to anticipate his difficulties so that unnecessary questions are avoided.


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I couldn’t help myself – the photo itself isn’t that great, but the message….relax…you are on vacation! Enjoy Croatia.
I discovered soon after taking the photo that Relax is actually the name of a tour company – but loved the sign anyway! This was taken after leaving the idyllic island of Vis, just one of the many within the Croatian archipelago! I hope wherever you are, you are able to relax, take a moment to smell the roses and enjoy the day!
My time in Croatia has come to an end….I still have a more to share. Tales from the road can be found at the Croatia Series.

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Fendi is one of Italy’s most important fashion house, well known for its unique creations all over the world.
The Fendi luxury empire started in 1925 when Eduardo and Adele Fendi opened the doors of their small leather and fur store in Via del Plebiscito in the center of Rome.
Having its own workshop, the firm quickly became very popular and in 1932 the Fendi family opened another shop, this time on Via Piave. Over time, they opened many more shops to sell their creations. Nowadays, there are 6 Fendi shops on Via Borgognona alone.
An important step in the development of the business was the marriage in 1965 between the German designer Karl Lagerfeld and one of Adele’s daughter which proved to be a success for both companies.
Fendi’s first couture collection, designed by Lagerfeld was launched in 1966. It immediately found success abroad and the President of Bloomingdales, Marvin Traub, introduced Fendi’s leather works into the United States.
They continued to evolve and managed to discover new ways of working with leather that reduced costs and made them more accessible to the public.
In 1999, Vuitton and Prada bought 51 percent of Fendi’s shares. The new owner’s goal is to transform Fendi into the biggest fashion firm in Italy and, eventually, in the world.
Even so, the Fendi family is still in charge. Carla Fendi is the only sister still involved. Silvia Venturini, Anna’s daughter, is the director of men’s fashions and Karl Lagerfeld is still designing the fur and women lines.
Also, you should take a look at Fendi Handbags. They are some of the most exquisite in the world.

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Unfortunately, Christians are often known better for what we're against than what we're for. We're also well known for our denominational rifts, segregated Sunday mornings — on and on.
But what if followers of Christ who are also leaders of the city came together in unity of spirit and love to bring solutions to community problems? What if Christian leaders from business, government, education, the arts, the clergy — from every sector — decided to set aside our differences and bring the full weight of our collective influence to dramatically impact our city for the good of everyone?
This is the conversation begun last week at the “SALLTed” conference in downtown Oklahoma City. More than 200 people, including the governor, lieutenant governor, present and former attorneys general, mayors and other elected officials, corporate CEOs and presidents, pastors, university presidents, cabinet secretaries, ministry, education and civic leaders, gathered to discuss what our city could look like, were we to focus with single-minded intent on major matters of public concern. These are matters that that don't make chamber of commerce promotional videos.
This isn't the first time Christian leaders have gathered to solve seemingly impossible problems. In the movie “Amazing Grace,” the story is told of William Wilberforce, a member of British Parliament who with other overtly Christian leaders from business and other sectors (known as the Clapham Circle) came together and eliminated slavery from the British Empire.
Their influence completely changed the country during a time (circa 1800) in which 25 percent of unmarried females of London were prostitutes and public drunkenness was common at every level of society. Animal cruelty was considered public sport and public executions and dissections were forms of entertainment. Hard as it is to believe, it wasn't fashionable to be “good.” The reason why we gather today for charitable enterprises and have our pictures taken doing good deeds is because a group of British Christian leaders made it cool to do so 200 years ago.
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A teenager shot dead as he sat in a parked car is believed to have had no links to gangs, Scotland Yard said.
Joseph Burke-Monerville, 19, was named by police after he was gunned down in Hindrey Road, Clapton, east London, yesterday evening
He was rushed to hospital but died later, while a 22-year-old man who was also in the car remains in a serious but stable condition, police said.
More top news
Man's best friend really does understand some of what we are saying, scientists are suggesting.
Selena Gomez said she was taking time out to deal with panic attacks and depression thought to be a side effect of her lupus disease.
Temperatures will be highest in the southeast, reaching a high of 24 Celsius (75F) here.


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In the menu "screen Resolution" set a higher value. This method has several disadvantages: the deterioration of the image quality transmitted from the monitor, and decrease the refresh rate of the screen. If you are not satisfied with the result, then connect the additional monitor. As its analogue you can use a LCD or plasma TV.
Connect to the second port of your video card to another monitor or TV. This process can be carried out even when the system unit. To connect the TV, we recommend to use connectors that transmit digital signal. Now repeat the procedure entry in the settings menu of the monitor.
Press the "Find" button and wait until the system detects an additional device. Now select the graphic image of the second monitor and activate the option "Make this main display". This will allow you to use the TV (better monitor) instead of the standard device.
To significantly increase the workspace, select "Extend this screen". On one of the monitors (which is secondary) will be lost all the shortcuts and will only display the desktop picture.
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Campaign poster? Check. Podium to announce your candidacy? Check. Beaming family beside you? Check.
They are staples of modern political campaigns, like robo-calls and attack ads: the presence of husbands, wives and kids of those running for office. For those on the ballot, they can provide a welcome presence during stressful times. But let's be honest: They're campaign props, too.
Last week, Gov. Cuomo released an ad on women's rights showcasing his daughters and girlfriend. His opponent Rob Astorino has made ample use of his three kids; one spot even has the trio laughing at the governor. Bill de Blasio famously put his family front and center, in ads and countless appearances, when he ran for mayor.
After a spate of sex scandals in our state, it's a relief our elected leaders' marriages aren't often on the front pages. Still, seeing kids and spouses trotted out at public events and in commercials in recent weeks has me queasy.
It forces us in the press to navigate the fuzzy boundaries of "fair game" when it comes to reporting on public officials and the relatives they put in the spotlight.
Some may paint us as eager to peer into a politician's personal life. For me and many others, that's not the case. Reporters are most keen to hold people accountable for decisions that involve taxpayer money.
But during campaigns, our job is also to break down the artificial — to tell you when someone is BSing, when something doesn't add up. So when candidates repeatedly trot out their families to show they're postcard-perfect — or as human as everyday voters — it becomes our duty to report whether it's true or not.
All this came to mind while reading Matt Bai's fascinating new book, "All the Truth is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid." That week was in May 1987, when reporters confronted Gary Hart, then front-runner for the White House, about his apparent infidelity. It was long practice for reporters to observe politicians philandering — and make sure it never made print.
Then The Miami Herald got a tip about Hart and Donna Rice.
Bai laments that "tabloid" journalism railroaded a man who could have been an exceptional leader. Left unanswered is why Hart had to showcase his wife on the campaign trail in the first place. Shortly before he announced his candidacy, they even gave a high-profile interview meant to attest to the solid state of their marriage.
I suppose Hart could have noted there are sometimes arrangements in marriages — that just because his wife praised him, didn't mean she expected him to be faithful. But perhaps the press would have had less right to start digging in this direction if she had never been part of the campaign at all.
These days, de Blasio is trying to tamp down stories about a top aide: Rachel Noerdlinger, chief of staff to First Lady Chirlane McCray. Noerdlinger's live-in boyfriend has a long rap sheet and an apparent penchant for trashing police on social media.
"The way this public discourse is going — people are going more and more . . . into people's boyfriends, girlfriends, children, aunts, uncles," the mayor lamented. "This does not have to do a lot with public service."
I agree — to a point. Is the family of everyone in government fair game because de Blasio's family was center stage in his campaign? Still, his complaint rang hollow in some respect. After all, didn't the candidate open the door to scrutiny of public officials' relatives every time he put Chiara and Dante in front of the camera?
It may sound hopelessly naive for those running for office to shelter their families entirely. The absence of a spouse on the campaign trail may create more of a story than his or her presence — especially for high-profile offices.
But it's 2014. Spouses have their own jobs and lives. Maybe husbands and wives of candidates should make themselves scarce on the campaign trail from the get go. The best way to say "none of your business" is to never introduce family to the campaign trail to begin with.
Robin (@joshrobin) is a political reporter and anchor at NY1 News.


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A facelift at our Washington, DC, area practice can take years off your appearance and create beautiful, long-lasting results. However, some people are a bit wary of facelift surgery, as they have heard it can create a “stretched” or unnatural look.
What many people don’t realize is that new techniques and advanced technology have changed the world of plastic surgery. If you have had some lingering concerns about pursuing facelift surgery, here is the truth about 4 common facelift myths.
Myth #1: Nonsurgical options work better than facelifts.
With the rise of injectables such as BOTOX and fillers, there are many nonsurgical ways to shape and contour the face. Unfortunately, most of these treatments cannot fix sagging skin and tissues, making facelift surgery a more effective answer for many women and men. If you struggle with droopy jowls, sagging cheeks, or stretched out skin, a facelift can correct your problems. While we encourage all of our patients to explore their treatment options, many find that a traditional facelift is their best solution.
Myth #2: Facelifts make you look unnatural.
Many years ago, facelifts were primarily done by stretching skin across the face. While this technique reduced wrinkles and folds, it often created an unnatural, “windblown” appearance.
But there’s good news: Facelift techniques have greatly improved over the years. Instead of just pulling the skin, modern facelifts adjust the delicate ligaments and soft tissues deeper in the face. This method provides natural-looking lift and volume that help you look like a younger version of yourself.
Myth #3: Facelifts are only for women.
Both men and women benefit from the anti-aging power of facelift surgery. It’s perfectly normal for men to care about their appearance and want to look at the top of their game. In fact, men accounted for 1.3 million of all cosmetic procedures performed in 2018, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. This number continues to grow as aesthetic procedures become more popular, and people of all genders want to look and feel their best.
Myth #4: Facelift surgery is dangerous.
Any plastic surgery treatment comes with a certain amount of risk. However, facelift surgery is a well-established procedure with a high success rate and very minimal post-op pain.
For the best results, be sure to find a board-certified plastic surgeon to perform your surgery. Board-certified doctors have years of extensive experience and can help you create the results you desire.
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If you would like to learn more about facelift surgery in the Washington, DC, area, please request a consultation online or call us at (703) 560-2850 (Annandale, VA) or (301) 652-7700 (Chevy Chase, MD). You can also request a Face 360 consultation at our Annandale and Chevy Chase offices to review all your facial plastic surgery options and learn how skin rejuvenation treatments such as dermal fillers, BOTOX®, and laser procedures can enhance your results.


It may not be the first quality that most medical residency programs evaluate in their applicants, but a new study suggests past success in team sports could be the best indicator of how well a doctor-in-training will do as a resident.
When residency pro-grams evaluate medical school applicants for a few coveted spots, they typically consider grades, standardized test scores, recommendations and interviews.
But researchers from one head and neck specialty program found that a resident having excelled in team sports was a more accurate predictor of success in the program than any of those other factors.
The results were published Monday in the journal Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery. Residency programs are graduate training after would-be doctors receive medical degrees when they work under the supervision of fully licensed physicians.
Lead researcher Dr. Richard Chole from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis said he'd been "mystified" that applicants with great grades and medical school recommendations didn't end up necessarily being the best doctors by the end of residency training.
But now, he said, it makes sense that being part of a team helps prepare people for a career in medicine.
"There's a lot more to being a good doctor than answering multiple-choice questions," Chole told Reuters Health.
"In the operating room, it's not just a principal surgeon doing the surgery it's an anesthesiologist and all the nurses," he said. "Unless a person is willing and able to work with a team, they don't do well."
Chole and co-author Dr. M. Allison Ogden evaluated the original applications of their last 46 residents in the head and neck training program, comparing applicant qualities with faculty members' assessments of who ended up being a good doctor.


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Here he had fastened Holger Danske, standing erect and proud with his long beard; in one hand he held his broad battle sword, while the other rested on a shield with the arms of Denmark.
And the old man told many stories about the strange Danish men and women, until the little boy felt he must know as much about them as Holger Danske himself, who could only dream. And when the youngster went to bed, he thought so much about all he had heard that he pressed his chin hard against the quilt, until he fancied that he had a long beard which had grown through it.
The old man sat at his work until he had finished the last carving, the Danish coat of arms on the shield. Then, as he looked at his carving, he thought of all he had read and heard and of what he had told the little boy that night. He nodded and wiped his spectacles, put them on again, and said, "Well, I don't suppose Holger Danske will ever come in my day, but the little boy there in bed may see him and may help to defend Denmark when there is really need."
And the grandfather nodded again, and the more he looked at his figurehead, the better he knew that his work was good. It almost seemed to him that color came into it; the armor seemed to gleam like steel and iron; in the coat of arms the hearts became redder, and the lions with the golden crowns on their heads were leaping.
"It's the most beautiful coat of arms in the world!" he said proudly. "The lions mean strength, and the hearts mean gentleness and love."
He looked at the uppermost lion, and thought of the old King Canute, who had bound mighty England to the throne of Denmark; he looked at the second lion and thought of Valdemar, who had conquered the Wendish lands and united Denmark; he looked at the third lion and thought of Margaret, who had joined together Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. But when he looked at the red hearts, they seemed to shine even more than before; they became leaping flames of fire, and in his own thoughts he followed each of them.

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Tennessee Department Of Revenue Investigation Results In Guilty Plea By East Ridge Business Owner
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation that led to the indictment, arrest and subsequent conviction of Jerry Ray Chapman, former owner of Choo Choo Computer Forms, 5312 Ringgold Road, East Ridge, Tenn., on sales tax evasion charges. On April 3, 2007, Chapman pled guilty in Hamilton County Criminal Court to 13 counts of sales tax fraud. The court placed Chapman on five years probation and ordered him to make restitution to the state in the amount of $21,632.64.
“When sales tax is collected from the public and not remitted, it is a breach of the public trust,” said Commissioner Reagan Farr. “The Department of Revenue aggressively pursues criminal sanctions and demands accountability for such actions.”
Chapman was indicted by the Hamilton County Grand Jury on January 26, 2006, on 13 counts of sales tax fraud. The indictment charged that Chapman failed to file sales tax returns on behalf of Choo Choo Computer Forms for the periods September and October 2002, and July 2003 through May 2004. This was in violation of Section 67-1-1440(g) of the Tennessee Code Annotated.
Citizens who suspect violations of the Tennessee revenue laws should call the toll-free tax fraud hot line at (800) FRAUDTX (372-8389).
These cases are pursued criminally by the department in cooperation with local district attorneys general.
The Department of Revenue is responsible for the administration of state tax laws and motor vehicle title and registration laws established by the legislature and the collection of taxes and fees associated with those laws. The Department of Revenue collects approximately 92 percent of total state tax revenue. During the 2005-2006 fiscal year, the department collected $10.3 billion in state taxes and fees. In addition to collecting state taxes, $1.8 billion of local sales tax was collected by the department for local governments during the 2005-2006 fiscal year. Besides collecting taxes, the department enforces the revenue laws fairly and impartially in an effort to encourage voluntary taxpayer compliance. The department also apportions revenue collections for distribution to the various state funds and local units of government. To learn more about the department, log on to www.Tennessee.gov/revenue.


In Bangalore, the information technology capital of India, sewage or wastewater is regularly dumped into the city’s lakes and stormwater drains as wastewater infrastructure has not kept pace with the explosive growth of the city. The city’s aging, extant wastewater infrastructure also often breaks down. Burst sewer pipes and clogged manholes are a common sight in the city. Bangalore’s sewage or wastewater flows, which consistently exceed the city’s wastewater infrastructure’s ability to capture and contain it, are clearly “unruly.”
The three main objectives of this research project are (1) to survey the “infrastructural fixes” that the civic authorities of Bangalore have rolled out in the past decade to contain and manage the unruly flows of wastewater; (2) to study the fraught political terrain of sanitation management to understand how “infrastructural publics” come to be constituted as Bangaloreans vigorously debate the differing infrastructural fixes that have been instituted to contain the disorderly flows of wastewater; and (3) to understand the lifeworlds of sanitation workers, who repair and maintain wastewater infrastructure thereby providing the vital “infrastructural labors” that make urban life itself possible.
This research will advance academic debates on urban infrastructural publics, citizenship and Southern urbanism, and will contribute to policy discussions of challenges of creating resilient urban infrastructure in rapidly growing “mega” cities of Asia.


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Experience the great thrill and the dire regret to be gained by drawing from the legendary Deck of Many Things. The app allows gamemasters to run an encounter with the deck without resorting to playing cards or dice or flipping between pages. It features a fun, gesture-focused interface and includes fully illustrated cards, presented alongside their rules text. The app supports most editions of the world's most popular roleplaying game.
* Select a number of draws and run your entire encounter with the deck of many things straight from the app.
* Enjoy amazing, original artwork for each card.
* Display cards with with your choice of rules system, including Fifth Edition, Original Edition, First Edition, Second Edition, 3.5 or PFRPG, all reproduced or adapted under the Open Gaming License.
* Tweak the rules to set the deck size, decide whether to discard jokers, and make other changes specific to each edition.
* Enjoy a rich, polished interface full of animations, transitions and intuitive gestural controls.
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DOUBLE DECK SYSTEM - MAXILOADER
The concept of Labor trailers replaces 3 conventional trucks by 2 Maxiloader in capacity.
Besides having the largest internal space of the market, has two floors of 1.90 m each, and can load until 43 pallets of up to 1.80 m in height without pushing. This concept is based on a monoblock equipment with independent air suspension, which eliminates the beam axis that connects the wheels. Thus, the load begins 40 cm above the soil floor and the first floor. The stability is ensured by the low center of gravity and the concept of air suspension allows the run similar to a bus station.
The technology developed with patents of Labor in Brazil is the solution to reduce operational costs of transportation, two semitrailers Maxiloader replace three conventional semitrailers in the number of pallets, including helping to reduce of CO2 emissions.
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GROUCHO'S (994 Eglinton West, at Rostrevor, 416-784-4434) Complete meals for $10 per person, including all taxes, tip and a pop. Average main $5.50. Open daily 11 am to 9 pm. Unlicensed. Access: barrier free, washrooms in basement. Rating: NN
The canine hamburger gimmick is not without precedent here in the Big Slush. The Toby in Toby's Good Eats (ask your grandmother) was a bull terrier, and what may have been Toronto's greatest ever burger bar, Parkdale's late lamented Thumper's, was named after a sheepdog.
So it's with highish hopes that we enter Groucho's bulldog-themed interior. The walls are covered with reviews, but it's worth noting that many of them date back to the last century. More compelling is the sign stating that Groucho's burgers are made from "fresh meat prepared daily. Our hamburgers are prepared on the premises. Our burgers are always fresh, never frozen."
So why does the Groucho cheeseburger ($7.60) taste so much like a processed patty? Maybe they grind it too fine. Maybe the mania for low fat robs them of juiciness. Maybe the belief that all burgers should be served well done asks too much of this patty.
Regardless, the resulting disc is so bland that you could almost confuse it with the veggie burger.
This burger, contrary to Groucho's assertions otherwise, is no big deal, especially when topped with a slice of processed cheese.
The veggie burger benefits from some tasteful options like grilled zucchini, roasted garlic and garlic mayonnaise, but beyond that, it mirrors its beefy counterpart: competent but unremarkable.
Since the pooch approach is so powerfully stated at Groucho's, we decide to take the foot-long hot dog ($4.55) for a walk.
The grilled wiener is lacklustre and, having been microwaved and toasted, the bun has lost its charm.
Yays to the fresh cut fries ($2.40). Nays to the frozen onion rings ($2.75). Okays to the chocolate milkshake ($3.45).
Maybe they should start naming restaurants after animals other than dogs. How about Hammy the Hamster's Hamburgers. Or a fishburger joint called Gills? And I'm still waiting for Jonathan Livingston Seafood.

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Column: North County LGBTQ Resource Center celebrates 10 years of support and visibility
The North County LGBTQ Resource Center in Oceanside, which traces its roots to the North County LGBT Coalition, holds its 10th anniversary gala on Oct. 10
Carlos Tabora’s first encounter with the North County LGBTQ Resource Center was actually a series of firsts.
The occasion was the center’s signature Pride By the Beach festival, which Tabora attended in 2012 with his first boyfriend. It was Tabora’s first-ever Pride event, his first introduction to the center, and his first inkling that there was actually a thriving gay community in North County.
It was also the first time he felt at home in the place where he grew up.
It would not be the last.
“The resource center has shown me that there is a family out there that might not be your blood family, but it is a chosen family that is there for you,” said Tabora, who became a volunteer at the center and is now vice chair of the organization’s board of directors.
“You might not know they exist, but they know you exist. There is a whole community waiting to help you, no matter what you need.”
When the North County LGBTQ Resource Center celebrates its 10th anniversary during its annual gala on Oct. 10, there will be many milestones to acknowledge.
There is the way it has grown from a small organization that provided HIV testing and a space for support groups to a less-small organization whose offerings include mental-health services, legal assistance for immigrants, housing help, a substance-abuse recovery program and multiple resources for transgender people.
Then there is the huge fact that the North County LGBTQ Resource Center is there at all.
The organization got its start in 2007 as the North County LGBT Coalition, group that organized dances and other social gatherings. Given North County’s deep connection to the military, just the fact that it was acknowledging the existence of an LGBT community was a big deal.
And when the center opened four years later, that acknowledgement was almost revolutionary.
“As soon as we opened our doors in December of 2011, we realized what we had done. I still have chills coming through me when I think about it,” said executive director Max Disposti, who was born and raised in Rome and moved to Oceanside from San Francisco in 2002.
“I especially remember older people walking through, and they couldn’t speak a word because they were becoming so emotional. They were crying and saying, ‘I can’t believe you have a (rainbow) flag outside. I can’t believe this place exists.’ Some people baptized us ‘The Little Center That Could’ because we tried to do everything, and the resources were little.”
When the center opened, the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy had recently been repealed, but the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states was still four years away. And Disposti and his staff were quickly discovering that their little center had a big job to do. Many big jobs, in fact.
“I thought we could just create a space that was safe, but people were walking in with stories about drug abuse and poverty and mental health that blew my mind,” Disposti remembered. “We created an island of happiness here, but people still have to go to school or to work. They have to deal with their families. We realized this was so much bigger than we thought.”
In the last 10 years, the roster of resources provided by the center has expanded to include LGBTQI awareness training, human trafficking prevention, gender advocacy and the Unicorn Homes program, which provides emergency and transitional housing and support for LGBTQ youth who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk for homelessness.
“We are an institution here, and people know it,” Tabora said. “We are fulfilling that goal of being someone that you know of and you can always go to.”
In 2020, being there for the community meant figuring out a way to keep going during the COVID-19 pandemic, when requests for services increased by 300 percent. It meant holding its programs online and offering nearly 2,000 free clinical hours of mental-health assistance. It meant having a COVID relief fund that distributed $32,000 in bill-paying help, bus passes, hotel vouchers and other necessities.
The center also collaborated with Feeding San Diego to create the “Foodies & Goodies” program, which collects fresh produce and food from grocery stores, restaurants, businesses and farms and distributes it to the community every week. The program gave away more than 4,450 pounds of rescued food last year.
As he looks at the next 10 years and beyond, the man behind the Little Center That Could is still thinking big. He wants to pump up the center’s clinical services. He would love to have a general-medicine program and a gender clinic. He would like a bigger space.
What Max Disposti will not be doing is basking in the glow of a job well done. Because there is so much left to do.
“I am proud of what we have accomplished. But when I think, ‘Wow, we have built so much,’ then I feel like we just have to keep going,” Disposti said. “We can’t disappoint the people who need us.”
The North County LGBTQ Resource Center’s 10th anniversary gala will be held in person and outdoors on Oct. 10 at the El Corazon Senior Center in Oceanside. For tickets, go to ncresourcecenter.org/2021-gala
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Moran Plant Deconstruction UnderwayNovember 12, 2020
As reported in Seven Days, workers have begun dismantling the Moran Plant on the Burlington waterfront. The long-awaited redevelopment removes the outer brick layer of the building and retains the interior steel framework, which will become the centerpiece of the north end of Waterfront Park. The Moran Plant ceased operation as a coal-fired power plant in 1986. The building has sat largely vacant ever since.
Known as the “Fearless Relook at Moran Electric” or FRAME, the first phase of the project, will take about a year to complete. In addition to stripping off the structure’s brick skin, the project will also clean up toxins from both the building and the land it sits on.
The deconstruction is the final piece of a years-long reimagining of the northern waterfront. The immediate area is now home to the Community Sailing Center, the a-Dog skate park, and the new Burlington Harbor Marina.Back


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WRENTHAM, Mass. — The Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP) is pleased to announce their first workshop of the season! Learn how to start the season for your farm or garden the right way.
We’ll be visiting White Barn Farm, a small vegetable farm located in Wrentham, Mass. The husband-wife farmer team, Chris and Christy Kantlehner, use organic practices to supply a CSA, farmstand, and restaurant accounts with fresh produce. White Barn also has a huge plant sale the weekend before Memorial Day every year. Growing seedlings for that very financially significant sale is a major part of early season farmwork at White Barn Farm.
After the plant sale, many of the crops grown for sale are produced by transplant – either with a water wheel transplanter or a paper pot transplanter. We’ll see these tools and learn how they are used. Christy will share her experience and the methods currently used in her greenhouse.
When: Saturday, March 25, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Where: White Barn Farm, 458 South St, Wrentham, MA
Cost: $5 Beginning Farmers, $15 SEMAP Members, $20 General Public
Register online at semaponline.org/seedstarting
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Visa Options for Emerging Fields: Social Media Influencers and e-Sport Professionals24 Nov 2021
In the last several years, the global society, including in the United States, has experienced a lot of social, political, and technological transformations, including the emergence of new professional careers, such as e-sport athletes (“pro gamers”) and social media influencers. Since immigration law has remained largely unchanged with regard to nonimmigrant visa options for decades, the addition of new professions presents both a challenge and an opportunity for immigration practitioners and their clients who aspire to come to the U.S. to work in these emerging fields. This article discusses potential immigration options for pro gamers and social media influencers.
Pro Gamers : O1A and P1A Options
Pro gamers are widely recognized in today’s society as professional “athletes.” Just like in any other professional sport, pro gamers are organized into leagues, they hold competitions and tournaments, and draw large audiences of fans. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) routinely accepts and approves petitions filed for pro gamers in the O1A and P-1 categories based on the standard eligibility criteria set for each of these two categories.
Background on the O-1 Classification
Within the larger category of the O-1 visa classification, the O1A category is for individuals with extraordinary ability in the sciences, education, business, or athletics. The extraordinary ability must be “demonstrated by sustained national or international acclaim.” This is a very high legal standard that rests on a showing that the sponsored foreign national meets at least three out of eight stringent criteria (and/or “comparable evidence”), to demonstrate extraordinary ability, based on the cumulative value of the alien’s overall achievements.
The O1A petition submitted to the USCIS typically requires a consultation letter from a relevant professional organization and documentary evidence of the sponsored individual’s achievements, such as prizes / awards, newspaper and journal clips, evidence of high remuneration, and other types of recognition and commercial success. The USCIS may issue the first O1A approval for up to a maximum validity of three years. Further extensions can be issued in one-year increments to complete the same events or activities.
Background on the P1A Classification
Since the O1A eligibility standard is extremely high, many practitioners use the P1A category, which applies to individual athletes and athletic teams at an internationally recognized level of performance. The P1A classification also requires a filing and approval of the petition submitted to the USCIS. The initial period of stay for individual athletes is up to five years, with possible extensions limited to a maximum of ten years. For athletic groups, the initial validity period is up to one year, with the possibility of extensions in one-year increments in order to continue or complete the event or competition.
Similarly, the P1A petition should be supported by a consultation letter from a relevant professional organization and documentary evidence of eligibility based on the athlete’s reputation and achievements and the proposed activities that require an internationally recognized athlete.
Social Media Influencer : O1B Option
The O1B category applies to people with an extraordinary ability in the arts or extraordinary achievement in motion picture and television industry. With regard to O1B, the term “extraordinary ability” generally means “distinction.”
An “influencer” is a broad term that applies to an individual with a large audience of followers on one or more social media platforms who promotes a specific brand, product, service, or industry. Hence, the types of evidence to demonstrate the requisite extraordinary ability depend on the nature and specific medium of the influencer’s work, and meeting at least three of the six criteria (and/or comparable evidence). With regard to the art of being an influencer, the types of evidence may include evidence of commercial success, reviews, interviews, the particularly high number of followers, prizes and awards, and other types of recognition of success.
The O1B category requires approval of a petition filed with the USCIS. The O1B can be valid for up to three years, with one-year extensions to complete the proposed activity and events.
Well-established nonimmigrant options under the employment-based nonimmigrant categories, apply to both traditional as well as emerging fields. With the rise of the new types of professional careers, individuals working in these fields must take a creative and resourceful approach to achieve their immigration goals. The Murthy Law Firm’s attorneys are available to review potential cases and provide an analysis and assessment of the individual’s background to devise the best strategy based on the person’s unique circumstances.
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A coalition of good-government groups are hoping to give Illinois voters the opportunity to change the way state lawmakers’ districts are drawn.
Ryan Blitstein points to a study last year by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
More than three-quarters of the Illinois voters surveyed said corruption was “widespread” in state government.
BLITSTEIN: “Something’s going on here when the people aren’t happy, and yet the same legislators are winning again and again and again.”
Blitstein is the president of the advocacy group “Change Illinois!”
Their plan would shift the power to draw legislative maps from lawmakers to an 11-member panel of volunteers.
They would not be allowed to have worked for the state. Seven would be chosen at random, and four would be chosen by legislative leaders of both parties in the House and Senate.
This would require a change to the Illinois Constitution. If “Change Illinois” can manage to collect 300-thousand signatures — a number designed to be difficult — the initiative would be on the ballot at the 2014 General Election.
Previous attempts to change how legislative districts are drawn have come up short, as legislators like drawing their maps themselves.


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The Birmingham Museum of Art is excited to announce a new, interactive children and family gallery in the space formerly housing the popular Town of A Creek Nation installation. Expanding to cover both the Hess and Sonat Gallery spaces, the new gallery will be an enjoyable, colorful, ever-changing way for kids and their parents to learn about art.
The Hess and Sonat family gallery is expected to open around Spring Break 2012, a gift to the Birmingham community as the Museum celebrates its 60th year.
“What I envisioned was a space that would more comprehensively reflect the breadth and depth of the collection and engage kids with the collection,” said BMA Curator of Education Samantha Kelly. “I wanted it to be open, modern, fresh, and innovative, and a big driving force in these designs is that we wanted the capacity for change. It’s not static, but a dynamic space, always changing.
“And,” she added, “We want it to be fun. It’s going to be really cool.”
The Museum selected Somerset, a Huntsville-based design group, to devise the new modular design, featuring elements that will let kids get creative and make their own art together or in collaboration with others. “Everything is designed so that more than one person can participate, to inspire conversation between kids and families,” Kelly said. “The Museum is trying to embrace the actual concept of community within the space.”
The goals of the redesign, explained Kelly, are to enhance hands-on learning in fun ways that are inspired by the Museum’s stellar collection of art. “As part of an ongoing strategic evaluation process at the Museum, we have really placed an emphasis on our commitment to serving children and families,” she said. “We want to get on families' mental radar, as a destination for learning and creativity. With this new family gallery, we are creating a place where art comes alive, in a bright, fun space that, in turn, reflects the diversity of the Museum's fantastic permanent collection.”
Every element of the new gallery will refer to the collection, and “then prompt you to go and find it,” Kelly said. “We are really making it a billboard, a broadcast of what we hope can happen inside the Museum.”
Some elements of the collection will be very easy to see in the new kids gallery. The entrance wall to the space will include a representation of a huge detail from Roy Lichtenstein’s sculpture Brushstroke V. Inside the Sonat portion of the gallery will be texture blocks based on objects in the collection, African masks, and a large cartoon of BMA family mascot Bart The Art Bat, which itself is derived from a Pre-Columbian gold artifact on display at the Museum.
A green screen in the Hess section of the gallery will allow visitors to -- virtually-speaking -- step into one of the Museum’s works, such as Albert Bierstadt’s iconic painting Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California and then email the digital image to themselves. An artbar in the center of the gallery will allow visitors to make art, including decorating ceramic pots representing some of those in the BMA collection.
A giant smartboard in the space will give budding contemporary artists the chance to create a digital abstract painting using their hands, or feet, or even their heads to generate the colors, shapes, and patterns of their choice. A Buddha Board station will challenge kids to create calligraphy or brush paintings inspired by the BMA’s vast collection of Asian works.
Children will be able to work in age-appropriate zones, the Sonat space being specifically set aside for toddlers and even crawlers, Kelly said. “It will allow us to really reach out more comprehensively to an audience we haven’t successfully targeted in the past.”
The hallway linking the Hess and Sonat spaces will be a showcase for community artists, offering various “sensory-based” works during the course of a year.
The only thing missing is the name. BMA invites members of the community to submit names for the new space, with the winning submission getting a free private party in the space before it opens to the general public. “We want a name that captures the spirit of the gallery – a wondrous, dynamic place where you can explore the world with fresh eyes, make new connections to art and people, experience the possibilities of the creative process, and discover something unexpected about art, the Museum, and yourself.”
To enter the naming contest, visit the Museum’s web site, www.artsbma.org.
If the BMA education department has its way, the new kid’s gallery will have impact beyond the walls of the Museum. “We want it to provoke conversation about how art, creativity, exploration, and discovery can be a part of your life after the Museum visit,” said Kelly.
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About the Birmingham Museum of Art: Founded in 1951, the Birmingham Museum of Art has one of the finest collections in the Southeast. More than 24,000 objects displayed and housed within the Museum represent a rich panorama of cultures, including Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American. Highlights include the Museum’s collection of Asian art, Vietnamese ceramics, the Kress collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the late 13th century to the 1750s, and the Museum’s world-renowned collection of Wedgwood, the largest outside of England.


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In my opinion and in my own experience Jealousy is an exquisite emotion. It is very sour, but it can leave a sweet aftertaste if you allow it to dissolve and release. Just like a tamarind candy which can taste extremely sour when you suck it tightly in the mouth but once it dissolves only sweetness lingers on.
However, with emotions there is no natural timespan for it to dissolve away. Because we tend to revive and renew it constantly by thinking and reliving and regretting and complaining about it all the time. That’s like popping in a new tamarind candy into your mouth before the previous one dissolves so that you only experience sourness constantly.
You may also try to change the taste by eating something else! That’s like distracting yourself with something else to forget the jealousy! Like alcohol, drugs, adventure sports, electronic media, etc. But then the sourness never leaves you because you end up thinking about it and reliving it all over again!
How to experience the exquisite quality of your jealousy then? By simply becoming aware of it as an emotional experience while also broadening the awareness to perceive the accompanying thoughts behind it. Thoughts in the form of background voice /stance of the mind that says “ …this shouldn’t have happened to me….” “I wish it turned out this way instead…” and all the other stories and narratives around the emotion. This awareness creates a space between you and your experience. You are no longer jealous, now you are the awareness that is experiencing the emotion of jealousy while simultaneously looking at the thoughts and stance around it. This awareness begins to empower you and give you space to just allow and witness as the sourness gently dissolves leaving the sweet aftertaste. When you don’t want to not feel jealous anymore but just want to allow yourself to experience it, paradoxically it gets released!
A gentle practice of Energy movements while being aware of the breath, beginning with the gentle deep crossing helps quieten the mind and give you the space needed to let go of the incessant repetitive thought patterns. And then it is easy to sit with the pure emotion, not letting the thoughts add fuel to the raging fire of the emotion and it slowly simmers and dissolves. You only need to stay aware of the thoughts running in the mind, not be the thought or the thinking mind but recognize yourself as the awareness or the template within which the thinking mind and its thoughts keep running. Allow the mind and the thoughts, don’t resist them or push them away, just be aware of them while simultaneously also acknowledging and being aware of the breath happening in the body, aware of the inner body aliveness pulsing and vibrating all over your body. This awareness is enough to help you be free of the recurring thoughts.
When you can stay aware and gently allow the emotion of jealousy to dissolve, you experience the exquisitely sweet quality of the emotion of Jealousy because it allows you to connect with the deep core of yourself within. However, if you remain with the sourness letting the incessant thoughts keep fueling its fire, eventually it gives birth to its sister emotion – Heartbreak!
While Jealousy is a tangy – sour sweet emotion that is anger and retaliation based, Heartbreak is a heavy – bittersweet emotion that is sadness based and brings about lethargy. This emotion is also continuously fed and kept alive and renewed by the repetitive thoughts – the thoughts about the past, the events and stories leading to the heartbreak and the regrets and pangs about how different it could all have been.
Even now it is never too late to quieten the mind by taking the help of the practice of energy movements and cutting off the fuel of thoughts. Without the accompanying hyperactive thinking mind, grounding connection gets reactivated and the emotions themselves gently dissolves and flows down into the earth, leaving the sweet aftertaste of aloneness. In this state of being alone you are not lonely because you are now deeply connected with the core you, the deeper aware you which is Consciousness itself. The one universal consciousness wakes up in you and is now aware of itself within you.
To summarize, you don’t focus on the emotion, you don’t resist it. You just stay aware of the thoughts that fuel the emotion and use EM and awareness of breath and inner body aliveness to quieten your mind to cut off the supply of fuel that fires the emotion. The emotion left to itself will get grounded naturally leaving sweetness behind.
This article is written by our Meditation Teacher and Energy Psychology Mentor Selvan Srinivasan

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Magazine article National Defense
Time for Nation to Create Cyberspace Doctrine, Military Thinkers Say
* First, there was the Monroe Doctrine, which was designed to keep European powers out of Latin America. Later, the Truman Doctrine, or Doctrine of Containment, sought to halt the global expansion of the Soviet Union's brand of Communism.
A group of retired military and intelligence officials believe that now is the time for the nation to write a "cyber doctrine," which is needed to deter network attacks on the homeland.
"The fact is, the government works well, or at least works better, when there is a doctrine that is governing where we're going. And without it, we tend to get into situations that we wish we hadn't," said Tim Sample, vice president and manager of special programs at the Battelle Memorial Institute.
Battelle and the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies are spearheading an effort to prod the government into creating a doctrine to guide it in the rapidly changing, relatively new world of cyberwarfare. They have produced a collection of essays, "#CyberDoc No Borders--No Boundaries: National Doctrine for the Cyber Era," in an effort to get the ball rolling.
"We are simultaneously the most advanced and the most vulnerable country when we consider our reliance on cybertechnologies," Sample said. "And today if you look around, we have scads of strategies, policies, authorities and ideas that are working separately without a common basic framework."
Chairman and CEO of the Potomac Institute Michael Swetnam said "Doctrine is more a statement of what we believe, the principles by which we're going to base our actions on."
It is not the two institutes' goal to prescribe what they think the doctrine should be, rather it is to spark the debate. The government needs a "prime directive," from which policies, plans, and procedures can flow, Swetnam said.
The experts made their case in December, only a week after Congress failed to pass legislation designed to increase government and private sector cooperation and information sharing on threats they are seeing.
Ronald Marks, president of Intelligence Enterprises LLC, said the founding fathers tasked the government with "the common defense and to promote the general welfare of the United States."
The problem was that the Internet grew mostly in the private sector, with little security built in. …


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The sale proceeds of Jeff Koons’ iconic Balloon Monkey (Magenta) (2006-13), which sold for £10,136,500 / $12,437,486 / €11,738,067 at Christie’s last night…
Darren Coffield’s new book “Tales from the Colony: the Lost Bohemia of Bacon, Belcher and Board” is an authorised history of London’s most notorious arts club.
One of the leading AIDS charitys has raised a staggering $30 million in support of amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, and its pursuit of a cure for HIV/AIDS. The star-studded black-tie event was held at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, during the Cannes Film Festival. The undisputed highlight of the evening’s live auction, led by […]
Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale will offer two pieces from the collection of renowned publisher and art collector, Benedikt Taschen. Martin Kippenberger and Jeff Koons, leaders of the New York and Cologne art scenes, both controversial and ambitious artists, first met in Cologne in 1986, where Taschen’s publishing empire was founded a few years earlier. […]
This spring twelve Jack Vettriano paintings are expected to fetch up to £1.2m when auctioned at Bonham’s.
My name is Charles Saatchi and I am an alcoholic: given the growing trend for sprinkling the magical commercial fairy dust that is “Art”
Damien Hirst is a Turner Prize winning artist. Despite his critical notoriety (much of it negative) he has managed to become one of the top selling artists in the world, with an estimated fortune of over £300m. He is an artist known for his installation art, paintings and sculpture. His subject matter often depicts images […]
Oh what a crazy week for contemporary and modern art at auction: Despite a lot of hot air in the art press over the last few days, with speculation of whether the art market bubble (or balloon in some cases) was about to burst, the climate has again proven the sceptics to be wrong, with […]
10th edition art fair rocks with $2.5 billion of art offered It is the final day of November 2011 and this could only mean the preview day of Art Basel Miami and its VIP extravaganza. The Americans do this well and believe me with over $2.5 billion worth of art, ranging from Warhol and Koons […]
It’s a scary prospect but will the death of Michael Jackson drive this kitsch trinket to become one the worlds most valuable works of contemporary art by a living artist