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Margaux Bijoux is a jewelry and accessories brand featuring handmade, one-of-a-kind pieces meant to delight the wearer and bring a joyful feel to any style. All Margaux Bijoux items are created by me, Margaux Mays, in my home studio in the near west Chicago suburbs. I primarily work with upcycled and reclaimed leather, and sustainable concrete. Whether it’s designing earrings crafted from soft suede or delicate concrete hearts hung on a chain, I create each piece as though it’s a gift.
I have been creating and making wearable art since I was a child, and my mother was my first inspiration. An avid cross-stitcher and seamstress, she always encouraged my creativity. She often took me with her to craft stores, where I loved helping her pick out supplies for her next project or to restock her craft closet. Some of my happiest childhood memories are of exploring that amazing closet, filled with colorful threads, yards of fabric and scraps of materials just waiting for mom and me to turn them into something beautiful. Crafting with my mom was a special part of our relationship, and I loved creating and bonding with her.
While I have always been creative, it wasn’t until after college, where I studied marketing and business, that I returned to crafting. I started by making jewelry, handbags and other trinkets that I gave away as gifts. Soon after, I was inspired to launch my Etsy shop and began hosting craft parties with friends and family. While I enjoyed coming up with the fun projects, what I really treasured was spending time together. That’s when it became obvious to me – my greatest joy comes from bringing the joy of crafting to others.
When I host a craft party or workshop, my goal is to create a fun and welcoming environment. To me, the craft is really second to the experience of coming together around a shared activity to express yourself. Whenever I’m teaching, I am reminded of crafting with my mom. With my events, I hope to bring people together and create that same sense of bonding and building relationships through creativity.
While I would love to spend all my time helping others discover their crafting talents, my current full-time job is in the digital space, creating and managing online content, which challenges my creativity in a different, but still fulfilling way.


Freedom: It took just one threatening email from Germany to close down the nation's second-largest school district. It may well be, as some say, that school officials overreacted. But these days, who knows?
Two weeks after their deaths, radical Muslim terrorists Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who murdered 14 in San Bernardino, are still victimizing California.
No doubt fearing a reprise of that slaughter, the L.A. Unified School District — with more than 900 public schools and 187 charter schools attended by 640,000 students — shut down after a "credible" terrorist threat.
Even so, the district came under harsh criticism. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton openly scoffed at the L.A. closure, noting that the Big Apple had received a similar threat Tuesday and immediately determined it was bogus.
"There was nothing credible about the threat," said de Blasio. "It was so outlandish."
Even the L.A. Police Department said the move showed "an abundance of caution." To prove it, the LAPD did not go on tactical alert. Meanwhile, Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff called it a "hoax or something designed to disrupt school districts in large cities."
Yet these are the times we live in. Polls show terrorism is Americans' top concern. Little by little, terrorists — or those posing as terrorists — make us wary of going to a mall, park, school, even a Christmas celebration for fear of terrorism.
Sure, the fears this time may be unfounded, but what about next time? Contrary to what President Barack Obama and others in his administration have repeatedly said, we are not safer — and he is not winning the war against radical Islam. Not by a long shot.
Paris and San Bernardino prove that.
Because our government refuses even to recognize the problem, a mere email can now shut down a major American city's schools. This is perhaps the most insidious part of this terrorist threat — the strangling of our liberty. What next? Sporting events? Concerts?
Remember, San Bernardino Islamic terrorist Tashfeen Malik posted pro-jihad and pro-ISIS notes on her Facebook account. And no one even bothered to look when she applied for a visa.
How could that be? Department of Homeland Security head Jeh Johnson has made it a policy not to look at social media postings of those with terrorist ties.
This is not incompetence; it's malfeasance.
In its 2014 list of U.S. terror threats, the FBI left Islamic terrorists completely off — focusing instead on "extreme right wing" groups. This is their priority, despite repeated Islamist terror attacks here in the U.S.
President Obama, meanwhile, has said 22 times that global warming is a bigger threat than terrorism. Last we saw, no school in America has closed down because of a global warming threat.
And suppose the threat against L.A.'s schools was real. If so, that would mean a functioning terror cell in L.A., requiring communication, coded and otherwise, by phone and by computer. Why should this be off-limits to our snoops? And why can't our government even recognize the problem? That's the real danger.


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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we’ve learned the importance of hand washing, social distancing and mask wearing, but there are other things you can do to help strengthen your defenses, and it comes down to a lifestyle approach that includes food, movement, sleep and stress reduction.
In the U.S., where nearly 3 out of 4 Americans are overweight or obese, we are beginning to understand that COVID-19 is not just affecting adults over 65 with underlying health conditions. Studies continue to show that obesity is a major risk factor for COVID-19 hospitalizations and complications among younger and middle-age adults 60 and younger, particularly among men.
Dr. Mark Cucuzzella is a family physician and professor at West Virginia University School of Medicine with a clinical practice at the West Virginia University for Diabetes and Metabolic Health. He is on the front lines of treating patients impacted by comorbidities, and he has seen firsthand the importance of overall health and nutrition in the management of diet-related diseases.
I recently had the chance to talk with Mark about simple tips you can follow to live an overall healthier lifestyle. We cover everything from the difference between a low carb diet and a keto diet and how to overcome a weight plateau, to stress eating and stress reduction, plus the important role that sleep plays in fat burning, your immune system and more. Ready to listen? Here’s my interview with Dr. Cucuzzella.

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Chris Suellentrop and Chris Orr gamely consider my plan to replace the penny with the nickel. If the NYT and TNR and TAS can all come together on this important issue, we can avoid having to heal the soul of America by electing Barack Obama. Or maybe we can save the penny and ditch the nickel simply by securing the Chris vote. Imagine if every Chris in America -- even just Chrises with blogs -- traded in their nickels for pennies. What an unboring media event that would be.


At Facebook’s F8 developer conference, the social network showcased a number of groundbreaking technologies, including updates to its video products, and teased some long-term projects that are on the horizon. Here’s a rundown of the key projects that stood out to us:
Virtual reality is becoming more realistic — and more social
The company unveiled Facebook Spaces, a new virtual reality platform that allows users to meet up in the VR world. Users create their own VR avatar, which looks like a 3D version of Snapchat’s Bitmoji. With the proper VR hardware, users can then virtually connect to socialize, share experiences such as VR videos, or play games together. Facebook said that initial tests indicate a dramatic rise in play time when users played games together, compared to users that played games alone.
On the production side of VR, Facebook showcased new VR camera designs and specialized software that allow for a more explorational viewing experience. These cameras allow users to change perspectives in a 360-degree VR experience, instead of being confined to viewing from a single position, for a much more realistic viewing of VR content. In addition, it allows for innovative special effects, such as the automatic replacement of the entire background of a video scene without the use of green screens.
Facebook-owned Oculus VR recently saw a slump in sales and a slow rate of user adoption. But with its rich social graph, Facebook is in a good position to leverage the social side of VR through Facebook Spaces.
Facebook gave its developer community a glimpse into its long-term research projects at F8: augmented reality hardware, new ways to interface with technology, and providing internet connectivity to rural communities and developing countries.
Augmented reality glasses: In Facebook’s (augmented) vision of the future, consumers will wear glasses that can virtually project images and objects onto their natural surroundings. This will allow users to interact with information and technology in entirely unprecedented ways. While this is a long-term bet, Facebook is optimistic that augmented reality glasses will be the next wave of digital user interfaces after smartphones.
Though-to-text interface: Facebook made public some of its research into new computer interfaces. Facebook is currently studying how to measure brain waves, with a goal of allowing users to directly interact with computers through thoughts. The project’s short term goal is to allow a user to interface with a computer, and control it via thoughts to ‘type’ at a speed of 100 words per minute.
Better internet connectivity for all: The company showcased several projects that bring internet connectivity to remote rural areas and the developing world, and makes connectivity cheaper and more efficient in urban spaces. Facebook is making progress with its autonomous Internet drone Aquila; an urban mesh network technology that can cover dead spots in dense city areas; and high-performance microwave links that are able to transmit up to 80Gbps (the equivalent of 4000 parallel ultra-HD video streams) wirelessly.
While these research projects may still be a few years away from the mass market, marketers will want to stay on top of these innovations so that they’re ready to pounce when advertising opportunities no doubt arise.
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One of the things God wants us to experience is inner calmness. Instead of worry, God wants you to experience peace. Instead of anxiety, God wants you to know inner quietness. When life is rough on the outside, He wants you to be calm on the inside.
- Look at Psalm 131:2 which says, “I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother’s milk. Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me” (NLT). Part of self-control is calming and quieting yourself. Instead of being annoyed and angry over things that really don’t matter, calm and quiet yourself.
- Now look at Proverbs 17:27, “The one who knows much says little; an understanding person remains calm” (MSG). One of the reasons why we let things like worry, anger, fear, and bitterness get a hold on us is because there are some things we don’t understand about God, don’t understand about the situation, about ourselves, or about the other person. Understanding and wisdom are weapons against Satan’s attack to bring you down with worry or fear.
- Look at Isaiah 7:4 which says, “Calm down and be quiet. Don’t be afraid or cowardly because of these two smoldering sticks….” (CSB). King Ahaz was being threatened by two others kings. God told Isaiah to tell King Ahaz to “calm down and be quiet.” Have you ever had someone tell you that? “Calm down and be quiet.” That’s actually good advice.
God wants you to experience an inner calmness even though you may be threatened or have legitimate reasons to stress out. God says to you and me today. Be calm.
But how do you do that? How can you and I grow in understanding and experience this inner calmness that the Bible talks about? Jesus addresses this in John 14.
Jesus says beginning in verse 6, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled.” Are you troubled today? Are troubled about your marriage? About your finances? About your health? About what people will think? About what has been done to you? About what might be done to you? Are you troubled by what’s going on in your life or in the world? Here is what Jesus says to you. He says, Trust in God, and trust also in me. 2 There is more than enough room in my Father’s home If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? 3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.” 5 “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” (NLT)
Jesus instructed His disciples and us, to put our trust in four things that He promised would provide courage and renewed strength for our troubled hearts. Four things that would help them be strong and stay calm.
Jesus tells us to believe in a person
First, Jesus tells us to believe in a person. When a child is afraid during the night, he looks to his parent to provide comfort. The child will cling to Mom or Dad and begin to feel calm. That’s how it is with Jesus. His comfort in our lives begins with His very identity. Jesus says, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.” Jesus is not saying there is God and then there is Me so trust in Him and trust in Me. Jesus is saying something radical to His disciples. He is saying, “Just as you trust in God, trust in Me, because God and I are the same. He is God the Father and I’m God the Son, one and the same with two expressions.” Jesus was saying He was God and He demonstrated this was true by walking on water, calming the storms, healing the sick, raising the dead, and other miracles that only God could.
Jesus was telling them, if you want to experience My strength and My power in your life then you will need to trust Me just like you have trusted God all your life. Jesus was saying to believe in what I say, you must believe in who I am. Jesus was asking them to believe in a Person. He was asking them to believe in Him.
So let me ask you, “Do you trust Him?” Do you believe Jesus is who He says He is and that He will do what He says He will do? Have you placed your faith in Him for salvation, to guide you through what troubles you, and to open up the doors of heaven when you die? That’s what Jesus is saying to us when He says we should place our trust in Him.
Jesus tells us to believe in a place
To help us be strong as we go through trouble, Jesus asked His disciples and us to believe in four things. First Jesus tells us to believe in Him. Secondly, Jesus tells us to believe in a place. Notice what Jesus goes on to say in verse 2, “There is more than enough room in my Father’s home if this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?” There is no illustration or example that can do true justice to what Jesus is really saying here, but let me try to get us a little closer to the depth of what is being said.
Imagine with me, a man takes a new job in a new city. He has begun the process of moving his family there, but he must travel ahead of them, start his work, and buy a house. His children love him and don’t quite understand why he must go away and why it will take so long before they can move there. He picks up one of his children who appears sad and says, “I’ll be going ahead of you. I will be getting your room ready. When you get there you will have a big yard to ride your tricycle and we can build that tree house we’ve been talking about.” In a much greater and deeper way, this is what Jesus is doing for us in this statement. He is encouraging us, His children, to think about the wonderful future He is planning for us in our new house that the Bible calls heaven.
Have you ever been stressed out at work and thinking about that vacation in two weeks? The thought of that vacation brings relief and joy while going through the stress of work. Heaven does the same thing for you during this life.
The Bible describes heaven in many ways. It describes it as vast, beautiful, and wonderful. It also describes it as a country, a magnificent city, and even as a kingdom and paradise. All those are excellent ways to describe heaven, but my favorite description of heaven is right here where Jesus calls it, “My Father’s home.” My earthly father’s home was not a good or happy home, but my Heavenly Father’s home is completely different. It’s a home of peace, love, joy, and acceptance. The thought of this “home” that I’m headed to somehow soothes my soul and calms me down when this world I live in is not what I would like.
Now listen carefully, you are not in heaven right now. Things and people in this world will sting, hurt, and disappoint you. But even though you may not be in heaven now, it can still have power in your life until you get there. It extends its hope to us. It guides our aspirations. It soothes our hearts when we lose a loved one that was a believer. Knowing there is a heaven at the finish line helps you to continue climbing the mountain and not to give up. There is more to this life than you can see. Heaven is just around the corner.
To help us get through this trouble, Jesus tells us to believe in a place called the “Father’s home.”
Jesus tells us to believe in a promise
To help us stay strong as we go through trouble, Jesus tells us to trust Him as we go through these problems and to keep our heart focused on where we are going, the Father’s home. Number three, Jesus tells us to believe in a promise. Jesus says in verse 3, “When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am” (NLT).
- “When everything is ready” is referring to more than just heaven. God can create everything with a word, but “everything” includes the timing of His return. When God’s purpose for this world as we know it is over… when everything is ready Jesus said, “I will come and get you.” Nobody knows when, but Jesus will return. That is a promise. He has kept every promise in His Word and He will keep this one. I have no doubt, but until He returns you and I need to live for Him.
- Why is Jesus going to “come and get” us? “So that [we] will always be with [Him].” God wants to be with you. He wants to hang out with you. He wants you to live with Him forever. Its nice being wanted by someone isn’t it? My spouse wants me around. My children want me around. The people I work with want me around. Think about the difference between being wanted and unwanted. God wants you to be with Him. That is a deep statement if you think about it.
Jesus tells us to believe in a plan
To get through the troubles this world brings Jesus tells us to believe in a person, to believe in a place, to believe in His promise and finally, Jesus tells us to believe in a plan. His plan. His way. Jesus said in verse 4, And you know the way to where I am going.” 5 “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
So Jesus tells Thomas and us, “I am the way.” I am the way to experience this place called heaven. What does that mean? A few years ago I had the privilege to get a personal tour of an air base that housed the B2 Bombers. A friend of mine was over that department and he had keys to every door. As he gave a tour we would go through various doors. Each door getting bigger and thicker. Each door the security was tighter and tighter. The last door we went through resembled a bank vault door. I was given access to areas that very few had seen. The only way I could experience this was through the position and authority my friend had at the base. In a similar way, the only way you can experience heaven is through the position and authority Christ has. Jesus is the way to heaven, not rules or rituals. It is a personal trust in Him and His plan.
So Jesus says if you want to deal with the problem and troubles this world brings let me tell you how to keep the right frame of mind as you face them…
- Believe in Me. Trust Me. Depend on Me. Place your faith in Me for salvation, but also for guidance.
- Believe in My Father’s home. Believe in heaven. Believe it is real and that someday all this trouble will be over and you will have rest, you will have peace, and all that you have hoped for will be real.
- Believe in My promise. Jesus will return for His people. Expect that to happen. Look forward to that day.
- Believe in My plan. Follow Me.

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Guardian editorial - Soros is our kind of diabolical, neoliberal, national bank breaking, serial-political meddling, global oligarch. The kind of oligarch that we would like to see rule the world from behind the curtain
Speaks volumes about what has happened to The Guardian🤢
Many billionaires try to influence the politics of countries that aren’t their own. Most do so by stealth but George Soros is open – and usually right
BREXIT: Soros and Others Guilty of Foreign Meddling, Not RussiaMiles Elliott
21st Century Wire
“We are proud of the support we have received from funders over the last months, including George Soros, which has allowed us to build a team following the election campaign.”
“The money that George Soros and thousands of small donors have donated, and continue to donate is making a massive difference. That cash goes straight to frontline campaigning.”
Compare this to accusations that Russia meddled in Britain’s affairs by using Facebook advertising during the campaigning ahead of the UK’s EU referendum in June 2016. In response to an investigation by the Electoral Commission looking into those allegations, Facebook found that just 73p ($0.97) had been spent by the allegedly Russia-connected ‘Internet Research Agency’ on such ads.
ProfessorClaims Soros ‘Missionaries’ Bragged About Toppling Governments inEurope, Africa, and the Middle East
Author and sociologist Frank Furedi claims globalist activists working for billionaire financier George Soros bragged about toppling governments at a private lunch.


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Barking Flat - 15 From Tower Bridge
Guests of London will have a nice stay at Barking Flat - 15 From Tower Bridge apartment.
The property is located 2.5 km away from South Park. Within 350 meters from the venue, The Barking Dog and Kirthon serve a wide selection of meals.
The property offers rooms with heating, cable TV with on-demand movies, a writing desk, a trouser press and high ceiling.
The apartment is about 450 meters from Barking, North Street London Road (P) bus stop and within 5 minutes' walk from Barking train station.

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IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center (IT4Innovations) is part of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava as one of its research centres. IT4Innovations represents a strategic research infrastructure in the Czech Republic. IT4Innovations operates the most powerful supercomputing systems and conducts excellent research in the field of High Performance Computing (HPC), data analysis (HPDA), and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The first supercomputer installed at IT4Innovations was Anselm (94 TFlop/s, installed in the summer of 2013), the operation of which was ceased at the beginning of 2021. At present, IT4Innovations is thus running three supercomputers: Salomon (2 PFlop/s, installed in the summer of 2015), Barbora (849 TFlop/s, installed in the autumn of 2019), and the specialized NVIDIA DGX-2 system for artificial intelligence computation, (130 TFlop/s and 2 PFlop/s in AI, installed in the spring of 2019). A petascale system Karolina with computing power approximately 15.2 PFlop/s will be installed at the center in 2021 as part of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking.


Rape, Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Troll: It Happens Only in India
Mumbai's particulate matter is way above the safe limit.
Acid attack on key witness in the rape case filed against self-proclaimed godman Asaram Bapu. Bus gang-rape, again. Kerala police blames Bob Marley for drug use among teens… If you’ve got bhaang left over from your Holi festivities, down some to help you digest all of this. What else can I say? It happens only in India.
Bus gang-rape déjà vu: It’s been over a year since the gang-rape of a 23-year-old medical student in a New Delhi bus sent shock waves across the country and the world. And despite the recent verdict that the four guilty men will be awarded the death penalty despite their appeal against the same, the depraved continue to be inspired by the ghastly case. Just two days ago, a 36-year-old woman was gang-raped at gunpoint in Haryana by a bus driver and his “associate”. Imitation as the best form of flattery?
Acid is the answer: What happens when a 72-year-old so-called messenger of god is accused of being a groping pervert by a minor girl? Thankfully, in spite of throngs of blind followers, Asaram Bapu was arrested in September 2013 and is currently behind bars in Jodhpur. However, hell hath no fury like a godman jailed. His flunkies are here to take care of the witnesses. With nothing less than a 1980s-Bollywod-inspired acid attack on the key witness, making it the third attack on witnesses in rape cases filed against Asaram and his son Narayan Sai. It’s all about loving your family. K Jo would’ve been proud.
Bob’s the man: A while ago, the Khap Panchayat geniuses revealed the cause of escalating rape cases — a dangerous dish called chow mein. And now, the Kerala police have gone one step ahead and cracked the reason for drug use among teenagers in the state — Bob Marley. Apparently, the cops confiscated T-shirts, key chains, bracelets and bumper stickers that sported the marijuana leaf and Bob Marley pictures. Now, the question is: Who’s going to shoot the sheriff?
Successful Indians are real Indians: Only, in several cases, they aren’t really Indians by nationality (any longer) but mere origin. The latest being Hyderabad-born Satya Nadella, named Microsoft’s spanking new CEO a few weeks ago. Excuse enough for us to do the smug we-Indians-are-such-achievers dance. We’ve done the jig for so many never-have-been-Indians and Indians-no-more. But Nobel prize winner Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was one of the few to hit several ethnic-pride-stricken nationalists below the belt, talking about “people from India bothering him, clogging up his e-mail box” and their “strange, sudden urge to reach out to him” after he was awarded.
Down with pollution: In a bid to combat rising air pollution levels, Paris decided to ban half its drivers from the roads depending on whether their number plates ended with an odd or even digit. Free public transport till pollution levels come down is another initiative, a rather expensive one at 4 millions Euros a day. These steps were taken when the city’s pollution levels reached 180 microgrammes of particulates per cubic metre, more than double the safe limit of 80. As for Mumbai’s statistic, it lies between 172 and 235. And what do we do about it? Break our backs driving back and forth for hours on end on potholes with roads between them because we’re too classy, rich, old or simply lack the courage to brave our public transport. Declare carpooling is for misers, that we’ve earned our luxury ride and won’t let strangers in our dream machines. And of course, do our best to go above 235 on special occasions such as Diwali and Holi. Jai Mumbai. Jai Maharashtra. Jai Hind.
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Delivery Solutions (Delsol) has landed a public sector delivery deal. The three-year contract under the All Wales Postal and Courier Services Agreement follows the Caernarfon-based firm’s successful bid to join the Hazchem Network earlier this year. Delsol Director Tony Parry said of the win that it would make the company “the first port of call in North Wales for delivery requirements for the public sector”. Delsol’s abbreviated financial accounts for the year to 30 November 2015 reveal pre-tax profit up 98% […]
MT award winners JJX Logistics has joined the Hazchem Network.
With more than 1,500 customers affected by the Olympic Route Network, Menzies Distribution faced a tough job getting newspapers delivered across London during the Games before the 6am curfew. During the past fortnight no one could have escaped Olympics fever as our national newspapers avidly reported every medal win, every Team GB commiseration, and everything in between. For sports journalists and editors on the national newspapers, the London 2012 Games would have been a pinnacle of their careers. They would […]
Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire storage and distribution firm John Hackling (Transport) said a near 12% rise in turnover and profit before tax in the year to the end of September was “in line with expectations”.


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At a mime show, you can easily imagine a "Quiet!" sign glaring angrily above the stage. But Yass Hakoshima, the celebrated mime and choreographer, loves music and values the atmosphere it conjures.
"Music gives me creative energy and fire," says Hakoshima, who will present two premieres at the Westminster Arts Center in Bloomfield on Saturday.
The upcoming program, titled "Meian: Two Faces," involves an ambitious collaboration with the Sirius Quartet, playing a rarely heard chamber piece by Chinese composer Tan Dun; plus a live performance by Chinese pipa virtuoso Min Xiao-Fen. While rooted in Far Eastern traditions, including those of Hakoshima’s native Japan, the program will have an avant-garde clang.
In addition to Tan Dan, the lineup of composers includes Hsu Po-Yun, whom Hakoshima describes as "the John Cage of Taiwan," and the contemporary American composer George Crumb. New Music USA’s Live Music for Dance Program helped fund these creations.
Hakoshima describes Crumb’s chamber music score "Black Angels" as "explosive." Yet Buddhist philosophers of any age, who see the human spirit rising to a higher plane and then dashed back to Earth, may recognize the dilemma at the heart of Hakoshima’s new solo "Two Faces." Guest artist Liliana Amador-Marty, from Paterson, will interpret the piece, in which a woman finds herself torn between serenity and furious despair.
Hakoshima says he is fascinated by the duality of human nature, which is as variable as the weather. "You have a storm, and the next day is gorgeous," he observes. "It’s uncontrollable."
An older piece supplies comic relief. In "The Insane Shogun," Hakoshima portrays a retired governor with nothing better to do than worry. He frets about the past and imagines himself pursued by enemies. Ritual suicide would provide an honorable exit, but the point of the shogun’s sword feels unpleasantly sharp. Hsu’s score "Pipa" helps dramatize the action.
In the new "Meian," Hakoshima returns to the theme of our dual nature. The title refers to the contrast between light and darkness, and is a concept employed in traditional Japanese theater. Hakoshima switches back and forth between two masks—it’s a challenge finding the eye-holes, he admits—as he toggles between two characters. Drawing on a supernatural tale by Lafcadio Hearn, Hakoshima portrays a young girl of unstable temperament, and the demon who comes to possess her.
"People are fragile," he says. Like the girl, we are liable at any moment to crash through the screen that separates us from the dark side.
Tan Dun’s piece "Ghost Opera" inspired "Meian," Hakoshima says. It’s an experimental work whose performance was prohibited in Communist China for a long time, and its score features glass bowls filled with water and music made with simple elements such as paper and stones. "We will be resetting the whole stage according to Tan Dun’s directions," the mime says.
Despite the violence and shouting, Hakoshima says "Meian" ends calmly, with a feeling of relief. The storm passes. For a little while, at least, the sky is blue once more.
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Fresh take on art
Snapper recreates real-life
objects with fruit and veg
HOW about this for healthy living trainers decorated with fruit.
Artist Dan Cretu created this still-life using the footwear and orange peel.
The zesty artwork is one in a series of snaps where Dan, 31, recreated real-life objects with fruit or veg.
His quirky pieces include a tape made with salami slices, a cucumber and tomato camera, a chilli pepper and lime motorcycle and a nuts and seeds football.
But he does not just draw inspiration from edibles. Other pieces include a hammer made with a nail, a computer keyboard wrapped in foil like chocolate and a pencil leaking ink.
Dan, from Bucharest, Romania, started his eco art two years ago after having difficulties finding new subjects for his photos.
He eventually turned to the contents of his fridge and created his first still-life, the orange bicycle.
Dan, who works in advertising, said: “Since then I can honestly say I don’t look at fruits and vegetables the same way I used to.
“Now, every time I go to the market I spend minutes in front of the fruits and vegetables tables, trying to imagine my next work.”
It takes Dan around four hours to create one of his pieces. He added: “I have to move fast and cut precisely.
“The raw material dehydrates rather rapidly and if I waste too much time I risk losing the beauty of shape and colours.”

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Woody Allen's mostly wonderful "Bullets Over Broadway" is a backstage comedy about an artsy playwright who's really a self-deluded schnook and a professional killer who's really an artist-and how this odd couple co-author a 1920s Broadway hit titled "God of Our Fathers," an ultra-serious drama of upper-class angst.
The playwright-an idealist with two flops behind him-is David Shayne (John Cusack), who argues about art and life in Greenwich Village cafes and whose style is a fancy ripoff of August Strindberg, Henrik Ibsen and Eugene O'Neill. The killer is Cheech (played by "A Bronx Tale's" Chazz Palminteri), a gunman who's the bodyguard for bimbo-in-excelsus Olive (Jennifer Tilly), a screechy Wichita showgirl/moll whose gangster-lover, Nick Valenti (Joe Viterelli), is bankrolling "Gods."
David, we soon see, has the pretensions, but Cheech has the knack; the gunman is the guy who can pump blood into the play. It's a quintessential Allen joke, a New York joke. Beneath the metaphysics and high theatrics, the posturing, pretty people and Deco sets, lie gangsters, gags and gats, blood, lust and kicks in the keister. Dave may think he's Ibsen, but he's really on Damon Runyon's street. And that ain't the "Moonlight Sonata" on the Victrola; it's "Toot-Toot-Tootsie, Goodbye."
"Bullets Over Broadway" may be the funniest script Allen has written-or in this case co-written-since 1984's "Broadway Danny Rose." It's a rich burst of comic invention, with a triumphant cast topped, stunningly, by Dianne Wiest as Helen Sinclair, the boozy Broadway grande dame who stars in "God."
Set in a dreamy fairy tale world-Jazz Age Broadway caught in shimmery golden images (by cinematographer Carlo Di Palma and designer Santo Loquasto) that suggest elaborate dollhouses and stages bathed in amber-this movie pungently juxtaposes the half-hysterical hothouse world of the Bleecker Street artistes and Broadway players and the grimmer stuff all around them: the hail of bullets bringing down bootleggers in the Prohibition gang wars.
It's a serious split, wittily revealed. At its best, "Bullets" is sinfully amusing-and a far cry from the more overtly serious Allen comedies ("Crimes and Misdemeanors") or dramas ("Interiors," "September") that it neatly turns inside out. Here, the angst and icy doubt and despair are buried inside-where they prickle and hurt more. Everything on top has a dizzy confectionary glow.
"Bullets Over Broadway" is full of characters given to excess: alcoholics, overeaters, erotomaniacs, prostitutes, mobsters and killers. And it's about excess: the excesses of art and crime, which, here, are intertwined. "I'm a whore!" screams Cusack's David into the Greenwich Village night. And he's right. David has one major scruple, but we watch him shuck off most of the rest to peddle his pose of artistic integrity even to the extent of casting brainless, brassy Olive (who thinks black pearls come from defective oysters) as the play's Freudian psychiatrist, to ensure Valenti's backing.
Conversely, Palminteri's whack-'em-and-leave-'em Cheech, who knows he lives in a world of hookers, pimps, grifters and hit men, is a killer-genius without qualms who can calmly rub out mistakes. (We can read his terse sang-froid as a mask for sensitivity.)
Allen wrote "Bullets Over Broadway"-with columnist/screenwriter Doug McGrath (1993's "Born Yesterday")-during his bad period: the Mia Farrow-Soon-Yi Previn scandal that soured his public image. And you can see pain and chaos in it, a bitterness, rage and helplessness that gives the jokes an added bite. Even the movie's major flaws seem tinged with the scandal's fallout. The two roles that work least well-David and his girlfriend, Ellen-would normally have been played by Woody Allen and Mia Farrow.
Even though John Cusack has the chops for a role like David, somehow Allen's persona stays too heavy over the role. When Cusack narrates the story with obvious, hyper Woody Allen-ish inflections, it's as if neither actor nor director can shake that shadow. (Maybe "Barton Fink's" John Turturro would have been a better choice.) More damagingly, the "Mia" role, self-sacrificing Ellen (Mary-Louise Parker), is so shallowly and unaffectionately written-a nice girl zombie with dull eyes and lines-that the movie's climax loses its force.
It's in the other roles that the movie soars. Wiest's Helen Sinclair-the soused, sexually ravenous star who accepts "God of Our Fathers" after a string of flops undermines her "legend"-is the kind of great, mad, delicious, comic caricature modern movies seldom give us. As played (to perfection) by Wiest, she's beautifully articulated, howlingly funny. The role suggests Ben Hecht and Samson Raphaelson co-crafting a showcase for an actress who combines the best (and worst) qualities of Tallulah Bankhead, Ina Claire and Martha Raye.


Now with both next gen systems on US store shelves for over a month the picture may be coming a little clearer. All of the early indicators showed that PS4 was beating Xbox One. Most surveys suggested the PS4 was more sought after and early sales reports showed PS4 clearly in the lead. Early tech pundits thought that the Xbox One may end up leading because it launched in more countries at one time but that was not the case. By Thanksgiving weekend the score had evened out.
While not the least bit technical, most techies that have been looking for an Xbox One have found one. There were even some Game Stop and Best Buy stores that had stock on the Xbox One on Christmas Eve. That could either be that demand is lower or that Microsoft anticipated stock levels a little better than Sony. Last week, Sony reiterated that they were not “short selling” PS4 units to increase demand, a tactic that in this economy, could translate to less sales.
On Monday, BGR reported that two new pieces of data had trickled in, again suggesting that PS4 is the more sought after machine. First up, an independent survey of Benzinga readers showed that they would rather get the PS4 over the Microsoft offering. Another report, this time at Ars Tecnica, showed that the PS4 is outselling the Xbox One on ebay by a margin of 2-1.
Both systems have equally as bad launch offering for games, with no immediate influx in new releases ahead. Except for each manufacturers signature titles, like Forza for the Xbox One and Killzone for the Playstation 4 both systems launched with the exact same game. Interestingly enough the Grand Turismo franchise for Playstation re-upped to it’s 6th release during the holiday buying frenzy but it was exclusive to PS3 with a PS4 update (Grand Turismo 7) expected early next year.
While fan boys everywhere are saying their system is better, right now PS4 is holding out as the holiday and launch winner.


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AWARDEE OF TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES PRIZE
Mr.Wang Tianran, expert in robotics and largescale industrial automationsystem，was born in March 1943 in Hailun Country of Heilongjiang Province. Mr. Wang was graduated from the Automatic Control Department of Harbin Institute of Technology in 1967, majoring in computer science. From then on, he has been working in Shenyang Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has conducted his research for nearly three years on artificial intelligence and robotics in Carnegie Mellon University of the United States of America. As a professor and Ph. D. supervisor, Mr. Wang is now the director of the National Engineering Research Center on Robotics and the chairman of the Academic Board of Shenyang Institute of Automation. Mr. Wang was elected the academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2003, and has been honored the titles of the National Young and Middle aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions, the National Excellent Scientific and Technical Personnel, and the Outstanding Professional and Technical Talent.
Over a long period of time, Mr. Wang devotes his efforts to the research and application of robotics and large scale industrial automation system.
In the research and development of robot control system, Mr. Wang puts forward the networked and open indus trial robotic control system, successfully leads his R&D team to develop various industrial robot products and realizes their industrialization. In the research on FFbusbased distributed control system, he puts forward the control system with threelayered module structure. In the research on the architecture of intelligent robot, Mr. Wang advances the thought of hierarchic architecture. All these show that Mr. Wang has a very strong ability to master the hightech frontiers.
Mr. Wang has won eight prizes for his research achievements from the Ministries and Provinces. Among them, there are five prizes with Mr. Wang as the first winner, including two National Scientific and Technological Progress Prizes of the second class, one Scientific and Technological Progress Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences of the special class, one Scientific and Technological Progress Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences of the first class, one Scientific and Technological Progress Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences of the second class.


The body was found just off U.S. 421 and Snyder Road, near Otis, Indiana. Police said the investigation has shifted to a murder investigation. They expect to file charges against two people in custody soon.
Jada Justice disappeared June 16, when she was reported missing by her babysitter and cousin, Engelica Castillo. Police said Castillo, 18, seemed to be under the influence of some substance when she talked with police. Police have also said Castillo and her boyfriend Tim Tkachik have not been cooperative in the investigation.
Authorities believe Tkachik burned his face when he tried to burn Jada's dead body, a source close to the investigation said. Mug shots released by authorities clearly show blistered and burn-damaged skin on Tkachik's face.
The source said Jada did not die of those burns, and authorities believe Jada may have died two weeks ago Saturday -- several days before Castillo reported the toddler's disappearance.
Our prayers go to Jada's family with this sad news. Our special hope is that the people who caused her death burn slowly in hell.


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When you stay at On The Rocks Hotel in Santorini, you'll be near the airport, within a 10-minute drive of Archaeological Museum and Museum of Prehistoric Thira. This 4-star hotel is 8.4 mi (13.6 km) from Red Beach and 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Skaros Rock.
Make yourself at home in one of the 26 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and espresso makers. Rooms have private furnished balconies. LCD televisions with satellite programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Relax and unwind with massages, body treatments, and facials. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access and concierge services.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the poolside bar. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily from 8 AM to 11 AM.
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US authorities admire struck a care for financier Jho Low to boost $700m (£541.6m) in property tied to the multi-billion buck 1MDB corruption scandal.
Mr Low is a central decide within the worldwide scandal which noticed billions of dollars stream missing from the Malaysian bid fund.
Sources seized embrace excessive-conclude legitimate property and a luxurious resort.
It brings the overall amount recovered by US authorities of their 1MDB crackdown to higher than $1bn.
The scandal surrounding 1MDB – formally 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund – has had worldwide attain and implicated Wall Avenue powerhouse Goldman Sachs.
“A staggering amount of cash embezzled from 1MDB on the expense of the of us of Malaysia was as quickly as laundered through the acquisition of immense-label property within the US and different nations,” US Legal professional Nicola Hanna talked about in a assertion from the US Justice Division.
“Due to this settlement, one amongst the boys allegedly on the center of this broad draw will lose all protected loyal of entry to to a complete bunch of tens of tens of millions of dollars.”
Area up in 2009, the sovereign wealth fund was as quickly as designed to steal Malaysia’s financial system through strategic investments.
Nonetheless billions of dollars went missing.
Mr Low allegedly misappropriated funds from 1MDB to steal excessive-conclude legitimate property in Beverly Hills, Modern York and London, as neatly as a luxurious boutique resort in Beverly Hills and to develop tens of tens of tens of millions of dollars in alternate investments.
He’s moreover accused of laundering cash, alongside alongside together with his household, through monetary institutions in a number of nations, alongside aspect the US, Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg.
In a assertion, Mr Low talked about the settlement reached with the US authorities “totally and and never utilizing a finish in sight resolves of their entirety” the US authorities’s claims linked to those property.
“Importantly, the settlement would no longer image an act of contrition, licensed accountability or any develop of wrongdoing by me or the asset owners,” Mr Low talked about.
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The Tarnetar Mela: A Vibrant Celebration of Love and Hindu Marriage
Posted by srikanth pasupuleti on October 16th, 2019
Indians have been doing single mixes since before it was cool. The Tarnetar Mela held in Saurashtra region of Gujarat is an example of such a custom conserved over the years through fair and traditional tribal festivals. Held at the 8th century historic and sacred Trineteshwar Temple, the mela is a modern swayamvara of sort which is focused around helping young tribal men and women find love and a life partner. Everyone dresses up in vibrant embroidered ethnic dresses and dance to the rhythm of the every flowing beat as several group get on and off it like a train as they flirt with a potential partner for marriage.
The Tarnetar Mela is a tribal Guajarati fair which has its origins in the Hindu Epic Mahabharata as it was the Trineteshwar Temple where Arjuna won the heart of Draupadi by performing the difficult task of shooting an arrow through a circling fish’s eye ball. Arjuna married her at this temple after courting her by taking a near-impossible shot looking at its reflection in the water. The mela is held in celebration of their union and as a swayamvaram for the local tribes. Young men and women express their availability as well as attract a potential partner by expressing themselves through art embroidered into their colorful shiny clothes.
However, the mela is not limited strictly to those looking for potential spouses. It is attended by tourists from all over the world who flock to see this modernish tradition. Tarnetar Mela is the most important event in the Saurashtra region and is attended by over 50000 people every year. They come to see colorful young men and women who perform various traditional tribal dances like rahado and rasada while dressed in embroided colorful costumes. The Kolis has the started the trend of embroidered umbrellas with colorful artwork and handkerchiefs hanging around its edges.
This colorful and ancient tradition was revived about 250 years ago at the temple of the three-eyed god, Trineteshwar Mahadev. But the old temple built in 8th century was destroyed. The current temple was built in its place by the Gaekwads of Vadodara during the 19th century. There are also many things to do as the mela also features a number of stalls selling handicrafts, ethnic jewelry, idols of deities and other ethnic wear. There are also other fun and entertaining activities to do in Tarnetar Mela like tattoos parlors, amusement rides, photo stalls, cattle fairs, and magic shows etc.
How to reach Tarnetar Mela?
The vibrant Tarnetar Mela is held in Surendranagar District which is only 8 kms away from the nearest railway station at Thangadh town, which is located on the Ahmedabad-Hapa broad railway line. There are so many state run public busses available from almost all nearby towns and cities. The nearest airport for travelling from various parts of India is Rajkot Domestic Airport. For tourists interested in flying to Tarnetar Mela festival, the nearby airport that receives international flights from all over the world is the Ahmedabad International Airport.
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Transport assistance for elderly and disabled residents
York Wheels is a local charity providing transport services for the benefit of elderly people or people who have mobility problems. The charity has been working to help the residents of York for over 35 years. All their drivers are DRS checked and wear PPE both during and after journeys. York Wheels are currently working with Nimbuscare Ltd. to assist in the transport of elderly residents to the COVID-19 vaccination site at Askham Bar, York.
York Wheels run two services with the support of City of York Council:
- York Wheels – a volunteer car driver scheme where customers can book a car in advance to collect them and take them to their destination, such as a hospital, dentist, or podiatry appointment. All of their drivers are volunteers who use their own cars to provide a door to door car service for elderly people or people with a mobility problem and who cannot access public transport. A small charge is made to cover the drivers fuel (approx. 50% less than a taxi).
- Dial & Ride – a bus service which takes over where public transport stops, providing travel options for York residents who are elderly or disabled and have no other means of travelling. With friendly, helpful staff they offer a door-to-door service taking you from home to major supermarkets and shopping centres. Drivers will assist passengers with their shopping, and buses are equipped for people who have difficulty walking and for those who use wheelchairs. The cost for concessionary pass holders is £3.30 (return) / £1.70 (single) (or £6.00 (return) / £3.00 (single) otherwise). Visually impaired pass holders travel free. Carers also travel free if the customers has an exempt Carer card for travel. Due to COVID-19 they are limited to six passengers on each journey and seats must be booked 24 hours in advance.
Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, York Wheels are currently undertaking essential transport only. They are also operating a cashless system. Car driver scheme customers must pay in advance via credit/debit card at the time of booking. Dial & Ride customers can pay via credit/debit card on the day as each bus has a card machine.
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No matter how healthy you eat or how consistently you exercise, your gut bacteria still may not be as balanced as it is supposed to be. Probiotics have been showing a lot of promise when it comes to intervening with harmful gut bacteria, helping us gain relief from digestive issues. Oxidative stress and insulin sensitivity are just two of the common ailments that are improved when the consumption of a probiotic is put into place.
- Probiotics are typically prescribed to treat issues such as glassiness and other digestive issues.
- The probiotic lactobacillus acidophilus has been shown to help regulate insulin production within the body.
- Probiotics help reduce inflammation by reducing the body from feeling it has to fight off potential threats.
“Most of them live in the digestive tract in an ecosystem we call the gut microbiome, and that’s also where we find the most diversity. There are some 500 to 1,000 species of bacteria there and the more diverse your critter population is, the more species you have getting along with each other, then the healthier your system is, very generally speaking.”
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Re: Paranoia: Hip Hop illuminati, Hollywood Homos, Conspiracy Crap
I do believe that some of these rappers are homosexual, but they keep in the closet for fear of being ostracized. There is still a large, rather persistent stigma associated with being in hip hop culture and in the black community as a whole. It is uncommon to hear gay rumors about Chris Brown (I do believe this one), P. Diddy, Kanye West, Lil' Wayne, among others.
My brother believes the same thing. I'm not sure how homosexuality is even relevant to this whole theory, but he insists that these powerful, rich celebrities are mind controlling the masses with anti-Christian, homosexual ideology, heralded by Lady Gaga. He investigates music videos in search of any ancient symbolism, to which he then labels the artists as a devil worshipper. I kid you not, the most outlandish belief is that Michael Jackson is making music on a Caribbean island with Tupac and Elvis.
Funny thing is that he is not this crazy imbecile as it's implied above.

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China’s stocks slumped by the most in almost four months when trading resumed on the country’s Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges after a weeklong holiday, as investors caught up with a rout in global equities. The CSI 300 Index, which tracks 300 of the largest stocks on both exchanges, dropped by 4.3 per cent, the biggest single-day percentage plunge in 31 months, to 3,290.90. The benchmark on the Shanghai exchange fell by 3.7 per cent while the key gauge on the smaller Shenzhen bourse tumbled by 3.8 per cent. Investors fled Chinese equities, causing trading volume in Shanghai to soar by 32 per cent over the 30-month average, according to Bloomberg data. “It’s basically a catch-up as the bad sentiment spills over to the local market,” said Wu Kan, an investment manager at Soochow Securities in Shanghai. “The jump in US Treasury yields will probably cause a global liquidity squeeze. On top of that, the angst about an all-out confrontation between the US and China still lingers.” Chinese traders were looking to regional markets for cues as trading resumed on Monday, even as the central bank said on Sunday that it will lower the amount of reserves commercial lenders must set aside for a fourth time this year. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index tumbled 4.5 per cent last week and the Hang Seng Index sank 4.4 per cent for the biggest drop for the five-day period since February. The surge in the US Treasuries yield to a seven-year high roiled global financial assets from stocks to developing-nation currencies on mounting concerns about capital outflows. China’s onshore yuan fell as much as 0.5 per cent on Monday. Mainland stocks also dropped as a purchasing managers’ index showed China’s manufacturing industry expanded at the slowest pace since February last month. Overseas investors sold a combined 9.6 billion yuan (US$1.39 billion) of Chinese shares through the exchange links with Hong Kong on Monday, the first daily net outflow in four weeks, Bloomberg data showed. The rout in China’s equities market spread south to Hong Kong, weighing on the benchmark Hang Seng Index, which fell 1.4 per cent to 26,202.57. The Hang Seng China Enterprise Index, which tracks the performance of Chinese companies on the Hong Kong exchange, lost 1.3 per cent. Chinese consumer staples and pharmaceutical stocks were the biggest losers among all 10 industry groups on the CSI 300, falling by at least 4.6 per cent. Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory slid 8.1 per cent to 43.47 yuan and Wuliangye Yibin sank 6.6 per cent to 63.48 yuan. Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products plunged by the 10 per cent daily limit to 44.06 yuan. The stocks of Chinese studios fell, after official data showed that box office receipts had fallen by 28 per cent during the seven-day nationwide holiday from October 1, compared with a year earlier. Beijing Enlight Media retreated 7.2 per cent to 7.23 yuan while Beijing HualuBaina Film & TV lost 5.1 per cent to 5.36 yuan. The sector was also buffeted by increased government scrutiny as Fan Bingbing, China’s highest-paid actress , was ordered by the taxation authority last week to pay 884 million yuan in overdue taxes and fines. China Vanke led property developers lower as home sales slowed amid government’s cooling measures. Vanke slumped 9.3 per cent to 22.05 yuan and Poly Real Estate Group slid 6.7 per cent to 11.35 yuan. Evergrande Health Industry Group tumbled 16 per cent to HK$8.78. Faraday Future, the California-based electric car start-up founded by Chinese magnate Jia Yueting, is seeking to terminate a stake sale deal with the company that made an initial investment of US$800 million, according to an exchange filing by China Evergrande Group, the company’s parent. China Evergrande lost 6.3 per cent to HK$20.95.


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JatinANote: -MLWF payment date extended, Maharashtra Labour welfare board has extended MLWF contribution date instead of 15th July 2020 to till 15th August 2020 due to Covid lockdown. http://advjatinadhav.blogspot.com/20...fare-fund.html
About MLWF (in brief):
Applicability - Maharashtra Labour Welfare Fund in short ' MLWF ' is applicable to all shops & establishments with more than 5 employees in a accounting year.
Period of contribution: is Half yearly ending on 30th June 2020 to be paid on or before 15th day of July and 2nd half ending on 31st december to be paid by 15th January each year.
The per worker tripartite contribution rate every year is:
Details (Rate every six months per worker) Employee Contribution (Rupees) Employer’s contribution (Rupees) Government’s contribution (Rupees)
A) Salaried workers whose salary is upto Rs 3000/- per month 6.00 18.00 12.00
B) Salaried workers whose salary in more than Rs 3000/- per month 12.00 36.00 24.00
Mode of payment is available online. - MLWF website for online payment link is Welcome to public portal
Returns: To be filed in Form A-1 which is the Challan cum returns form on or before the half yearly due dates respectively. In case of Cheque payment is to be drawn in favour of the “Welfare Commissioner, Maharashtra Labour Welfare Board” and must be deposited at the following address on or before the due dates:-
Maharashtra Labour Welfare Board(MLWB), Hutatma Babu Genu Mumbai Girni Kamgar Krida Bhavan, Senapati Bapat Marg, Elphinstone Road, Mumbai-400013.
Penalty and Dues - Any dues payable under this act are treated as dues of land revenue to the state government. If an employer is not paying contributions due to the Board, the commissioner can issue a notice to pay the dues. If the employer fails to pay despite of issuance notice, interest will be for first three month 1.5% than @ 2% is charged on the dues. If the employer does not deduct employee’s contribution in a timely manner, employer may be liable to pay them by himself. Read Section 6B for more details.
Functions of the Board: Providing welfare services for workers or worker's families. Such as,
• Better sports and sports facilities
• Advance and well managed Library and Reading Rooms
• Modern educational facilities
• Organizing cultural and social events
• Employment and self-employment related programs
• Health Related Programs
• Other related services
There are about 231 Labour Welfare Centers currently operational in the state of Maharashtra.
All employees - unpaid accumulations and unpaid wages(if any) and fines collected from employees are to be deposited in the fund as per provisions specified in the MLWF act.
Summarily Explained by :-
Advocate - Jatin S. Adhav, Pune, Maharashtra.
Email - or Mobile +91 9762382477.
Employment, Labour Law Practitioner and Consultant.
**Note - This should not be construed as a legal advice or solicitation, its being explained just for ease of understanding and information purpose. Read and or download at your own discretion, the writer / sender shall not be responsible for whatsoever reasons including any third party claims/penalties etc., please take all necessary steps to ascertain this information before making your contributions or compliances in this regards. Information may change from time to time visit the website or concerned authorities office for up to date information. Or seek help form your attorney if needed before making any payments or filing returns. Read at your own discretion only. For Free of cost private circulation. The laws of the Republic of India and exclusive jurisdiction of courts situate at Maharashtra shall govern these.
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Anonymousif employee salary is 0 due absent full month in Dec month then MLWF should be deduct from employee or no ? kindly suggest.
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One of the many myths about rescue dogs is that they all have behavioural issues – not true…
Nice piece on the myths and misconceptions surrounding rescue dogs on Petsafe’s Wags and Whiskers blog:
Perhaps the most common concern that makes people hesitant about adopting a rescue dog is surrounding their behaviour. A lot of dogs in rescue homes have no behavioural issues at all, but for those that do most good shelters undertake behavioural assessments to better understand and help such dogs. Importantly, rescue homes can then ensure that they’re able to fully educate any potential future owner about their needs to find the best home possible. Some people assume that rescue dogs are ‘damaged goods’, and due to bad past experiences and mistreatment must have developed issues towards humans as a result. In fact, dogs that are unfortunate enough to have suffered previously are often more likely to build strong relationships and bonds with new owners. With a lack of affection received previously, rescue dogs have bountiful love to give and are always eager to please to guarantee their new, safe home.
It is also worth mentioning that many rescue dogs arrive at their new homes with some degree of training, whether they received it from their previous owner or while in care at the shelter.
For anyone who wants to pursue that training further, we highly recommend reading Dr Alan Dunbar’s Before and after Getting Your Puppy – available from Amazon US ($15.14) and Amazon UK (£15.58). Despite the title, Dunbar dispenses some great training tips that apply to older dogs.


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While much of the post-election attention has focused on the Republican takeover of the House and their increased leverage in the Senate, the GOP's victories at the statehouse level have put the GOP in "their best position for the looming redistricting process since the modern era of redistricting began" in 1962, according to Tim Storey
, a senior fellow at the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Storey said that a court ruling in New York last week in favor of a Republican candidate for the New York State Senate gave the party a majority and represented the 20th legislative chamber picked up by the GOP in the midterm elections. When Oregon and Louisiana are added (in Oregon, Republicans moved into a tie with Democrats in the state House and, in Louisiana, a Democratic House member switched sides), majority control changed in 22 states.
The gains mean that Republicans now control the entire legislature in 25 states, a gain of 11 states over what they had going into election day.
"By adding over 720 legislative seats to their column in the past two years, Republicans easily cleared the 1994 expectations bar," Storey writes. "In 1994, the last big wave election, they netted over 500 seats and the majority in 20 legislative bodies. There are now more Republican state legislators (3,941) than at any point since they held 4,001 seats after the 1928 election."
That obviously gives the Republicans an added advantage as they head into next year's exercise of redistricting based on the population changes recorded in the 2010 census. Storey notes that legislatures have the first authority for drawing new districts in 43 states.
Storey's analysis appeared on Larry Sabato's "Crystal Ball
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The succulent trend is taking over and we’re not complaining. If you love this trendy party theme, but aren’t sure where to get started then you need to check out these fun succulent party ideas.
We’ve got everything you need down below: gorgeous color palettes, modern invitations, plenty of decorations, fun food ideas, and heart warming succulent party favors. Keep reading to get inspired.
Cactus and succulent parties are popping up everywhere and it’s hard to keep up with all the different ways they can be styled.
This fun party theme isn’t only for summer. With plenty of color and visual texture, succulent parties are versatile enough to use for everything from casual birthday parties to elegant baby showers and bridal showers.
Catchphrases to Use
It’s always fun to incorporate catchphrases in your parties because it lightens the mood and makes the whole event more fun.
- Taco ’bout a new adventure
- Watch me grow
- Growing up doesn’t succ
- Looking Sharp!
- Baby in Bloom
- Succulents and cacti – oh my!
Some party themes automatically bring to mind certain color palettes. and you may think that’s also the case with succulent or cactus parties. But the truth is that your color palette options are as fun and varied as the colors you can find from real succulents.
I’ve pulled together two different color palettes to help inspire you. One is bright and bold, and one is soft and muted. Pick the style that matches the guest(s) of honor, and run with it!
Bright and Bold Succulent Color Palette
This color palette is perfect for parties where you want to make a statement. It all starts with a base of Bottle Green and Laurel Green, with gold touches mixed in for a beautiful. Then it’s all about small pops of color added for impact.
I’ve included a bold magenta and a softer purple that are often found in the most striking succulents.
Soft and Muted Succulents Color Palette
This color palette is perfect for those who are looking to keep things simple but still want plenty of color, texture, and visual interest.
Start off with a base of deep Brunswick Green and Ash Gray. Then add in soft purples, pinks, and blushes.
Don’t forget that succulents come in all kinds of shades, so there’s plenty of room to mix things up while still keeping within your color palette!
Succulent Party Invitations
Whether you want something simple and subtle or bold and beautiful, there's an invitation style out there that will fit what you're looking for.
Coordinating printable decorations can be a great way to tie your theme together, and these cactus and succulent themed prints are the perfect example of how you don't need to go overboard to make an impact.
Succulent Party Decorations:
As you can tell from the color palettes above, cactus party decor includes a variety of green shades with pops of color...just like the plants themselves.
Here are some fun ways to incorporate that look and feel into your party decor:
Decor for the Table:
The best thing about cacti and succulents is that they're full of the texture you need for a gorgeous centerpiece. But they're also low small enough that they won't block your guests from seeing the person on the other side of the table.
Succulent Party Food
This theme calls for plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, in addition to tasty treats and appetizers that are easy to enjoy.
Games and Activities
Inspiring Succulent Themed Parties
Now let's take a look at a few succulent themed parties that are sure to inspire some fun summer entertaining of your own!
As you can see, there are almost endless succulent and cactus party ideas out there. If you’re looking for more succulent party ideas and inspiration, you can also check out my Succulent Baby Showers board.
Just remember, there’s no need to stress. Start by picking a color palette that matches the mood and style you’re looking for, and then fill in all the other details as you go.
To make things easier for you, we’ve got a free printable party planner snapshot page that’s designed to help you keep track of your time as much as your budget. Grab your copy today to get started.

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Those who need it most will have to make due with less.
At midnight, federal taxpayer stimulus money that was approved in 2009 for food stamps in response to the recession expired. The expiration cuts monthly distributions by 5.5 percent.
For a mother with two children, the reduction means about $29 less per month. For a family of four, it’s a cut of about $36 a month, to $632.
The cuts will increase pressure on food banks and food pantries, which have seen record demand since the recession and tepid recovery, according to Juliana Chase-Morefield, executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio. About 44,000 of the 1.8 million Ohioans receiving food stamps are in Lorain County. In June, 34,000 people used food pantries served by Second Harvest, she said.
Many are food-stamp recipients who use pantries when their food stamps run out. Chase-Morefield, who has been involved with food assistance since 1998, said anxiety among those running food banks and pantries is the highest she’s seen.
“We don’t have endless supplies of food,” Chase-Morefield said. “We wish we did.”
Chase-Morefield said for some, the cuts may mean choosing between whether their children eat or rent is paid. About half those using food stamps are children and about 41 percent work or are in households where someone works, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which runs the program.
The reduction comes in the wake of cuts in food stamp eligibility and funding. In January, able-bodied people between 18 and 50 without children not working 20 hours per week or enrolled in a job training program will be cut off from food stamps in 72 counties, including Lorain County.
In September, the Republican-majority House of Representatives passed a bill cutting food stamps by $39 billion between 2014 and 2023. The 5-percent cut would reduce the number of food-stamp recipients from 48 million to 34 million by 2023, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
One of those voting yes was U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Lakeville, who represents a portion of Lorain County. Gibbs said he expects a compromise bill being negotiated in a House-Senate conference committee will be completed by year’s end.
The Democratic-majority Senate bill cut food stamps $4 billion. Gibbs said he expects the final cut will be between $10 billion and $20 billion. “The people who need it are going to get it and not people that are abusing the system,” he said.
While Gibb’s cited “quite a few reports of abuse,” the USDA said just 1 percent of benefits involve fraud, down from about 4 percent in 1993. Gibbs said food stamp cuts reduce the deficit predicted by CBO to drop to $642 billion this year, the lowest since 2008. Nonetheless, the cutting has received bipartisan criticism.
“There seems to be a war on the poor,” Gov. John Kasich told The New York Times on Monday. “If you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.”
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo, called the cuts “unforgivable” saying they will hit children and the elderly particularly hard.
“I can’t think of a more cruel act than to take food away from people,” said Kaptur, who represents Lorain. “It’s as low as it gets.”
Kaptur and Chase-Morefieldurged Republicans who voted for cuts to visit a food pantry to better understand clients’ needs.
“It sounds easy on paper to cut money out of food stamps,” Chase-Morefield said. “But these aren’t numbers. These are real people.”
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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The pageantry and spectacle of drum corps came to the Bay Area with two competitions featuring some of the premiere corps in the nation, including Santa Clara’s own Vanguard and Vanguard Cadets.
On June 20, 10 corps (four Open Class and six World Class) competed for the top spots at Stanford Stadium. In addition Vanguard’s two teams, Blue Devils, Blue Devils B and Blue Devils C (Concord, Calif.), Phantom Regiment (Rockford, Ill.), Blue Knights (Denver, Col.), Pacific Crest (Diamond Bar, Calif.), Mandarins (Sacramento, Calif.) and DCI West newcomer Golden Empire (Bakersfield, Calif.) battled it out on the field.
Vanguard Cadets’ 2015 repertoire, “On Could Nine,” featuring music by Harry Gregson-Williams, Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer and Henry Jackman, took the top spot in the Open Class Division, scoring nearly a full point higher than Blue Devils B (57.6 to 56.8). Blue Devils B’s score was just under eight points higher than the third place finisher, Golden Empire (48.55).
In the World Class Division, Vanguard 2015 show, “The Spark of Invention,” inspired by Nikola Tesla and with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Amin Bhaatia, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley and John Corigliano, did not impress the judges nearly as much as the Blue Devils’ “Ink” showcasing music by Dave Glyde, Stephen Sondheim, Gordon Goodwin and GOT7. The Blue Devils, who have an ongoing rivalry with Vanguard, scored 73.45 over Santa Clara’s 71.90. Phantom Regiment’s “City of Light” containing music by Cole Porter, Constant Lambert, Claude Debussy, George Gershwin and Camille Saint-Saens, took third place with a score of 68.05.
“The DCI West show was really great,” said Tom Webster of Bakersfield.” It was nice to see a solid new corps there (Golden Empire) and to see the favorites. The Blue Knights have a really innovative show this year that’s worth seeing. I can’t wait for the rest of the season.”
Vanguard bounced back from its second place finish. With the hometown crowd on its side, Vanguard took first place with a score of 74.90 at the Pacific Procession at Santa Clara High School on June 22. This time, Vanguard blew away the competition, with the Blue Knights taking second place, 4.5 points behind the top spot.
The Cadets, however, fell to Blue Devils B, coming in second place and missing the top spot by 1.2 points.
Vanguard and Vanguard Cadets will continue to tweak its 2015 shows while competing in competitions across the country before finalizing the performances prior to the DCI World Championship competition August 6-8 in Indianapolis, Ind.


American conductor Case Scaglione has impressed orchestras across the globe with his sensitive and thoughtful music-making. The 2017-18 season sees him make concert debuts with the Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. He also returns to the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Kristiansand Symfoniorkester, Sacramento Philharmonic and Rzeszow Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as Brno Philharmonic Orchestra.
Following his critically acclaimed debut in Germany with the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn in June 2016, Case Scaglione was named the Orchestra’s new Chief Conductor in July 2017, going into effect September 2018. In recent years, he has worked with, among others, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Tampere Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia and Bilkent Symphony Orchestra. Among the soloists were artists such as Joshua Bell, Yulianna Avdeeva, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Behzod Abduraimov and Khatia Buniatishvili.
In the US and Canada, Mr. Scaglione’s previous engagements have included the New York Philharmonic, Dallas, Phoenix, Detroit and Baltimore symphony orchestras, Calgary Philharmonic and Winnipeg Symphony orchestras. In Asia he has led concerts with the China Philharmonic Orchestra as well as Shanghai and Guangzhou symphony orchestras, in addition to regular returns to the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
Formerly the Associate Conductor with the New York Philharmonic, Case Scaglione was previously the Music Director of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra of Los Angeles (2008-11); he was the driving force behind the artistic growth and diversification of the organization, founding their educational outreach initiative, “360° Music.”


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If you don't like what the state is doing with your taxpayer dollars take matters into your own handsets exactly what my next guest is doing.
Challenging California governor Jerry Brown's ballot measure to raise taxes.
With her own measure which would earmark the new revenue for educational purposes only.
Not to pay down debt joining us now on the fox this is exclusive civil rights attorney Bali.
Munger Molly great to have you here and and it's a stunning for some people because just seventeen months ago you would supported Jerry Brown -- and he got reelected he got elected rather and then now you're saying I don't like the measure that he has to raise taxes you have your own measure.
Let's talk about your measure -- to raise taxes on 250000.
In -- more more yours is to spread it across more income groups.
How do you get people to wrap their arms around that first.
People -- California like people all over our country care about their public schools they care about their children.
They understand that investing in our children is investing in our future.
Asking him the pay money a little bit of money it's a sliding scale so that low income people pay very little.
What it's worth that to people what would be that you might have it it's going to be paying.
What would be you know why -- sorry it's OK -- -- there's a little bit of -- -- my -- what would be the highest.
Increase in taxes on which level of people under your plan.
People making over five million a year would pay 2.2 percent more.
OK now your issue is.
You don't wanna give money to Sacramento anymore because a lot of people listen -- from California dysfunctional you say put every penny into the educational system.
There are a lot of people who say.
We can't trust those educators the California public school system is also very messy what do you say that that.
We're putting their money into a separate trust fund that Sacramento cannot touch and -- It goes out to every public school including charter schools in the state.
On a per pupil in basis which means that it's traceable it's enforceable it's transparent.
And then the money when it arrives at school districts is earmarked for particular schools.
And again according to a very understandable clear enforceable formula.
And each school community is heard from about how that money is to be spent at each and every school.
So we have a completely transparent.
Clear and enforceable process to be sure that every child in every school is going to benefit.
I want people understand what you are about -- you -- yourself out of private school when you were a teenager having a conversation with your dad Charlie Munger who is the vice chair Berkshire Hathaway with Warren Buffett.
And he went into public school so you have talked the talk and walk the walk.
You ended up going to Harvard becoming this lawyer and changing your tune and really realizing that you felt this money should go into education.
Not a surprise with Jerry.
Brown's pollster Jim Moore is saying your measure has virtually no chance of getting on the ballot what do you say to him about that.
Well I don't think got mr.
Morris saying we have no chance of getting on the ballot.
We will be on the ballot I think he's his.
The point is that we are not likely to pass.
And and their polling is simply a very different from ours and we.
And with all respect just differ are we have very very good pollsters who who find that his is the one that's in trouble honestly.
We will be watching to develop.
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