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The festive holidays are coming down pretty soon and the frantic search for gifts is intensifying for most of us. I will revv-up some interesting gadgets for quick ideas. Today I will review the Mi Air Purifier 2S. Let's get down to it!
Do we really need the Air Purifier? Air purifiers are usually used during seasons where there’s visible obscurance in the air, or when allergies are on the rise such as with pollen during Spring. Air Purifiers are used to rid the air of miniscule particles that could be detrimental to our health. The better the quality of air, the less exposed we are to triggers of respiratory health conditions. The air, especially in urban areas, contains particles that are less visible to the naked eye. These contaminants include dust, pollen, smoke, chemical irritants, pet dander, dust mites, mold spores and many particulate matter (PM).
Mi Air Purifier 2S is here to save you and loved ones during the challenging times, with it in your home or office, high-quality air at your fingertips. Although these particles seem unthreatening, spending 90% of our time in the same unregulated space of air is not safe for us in the long haul.
The design concept of Mi Air Purifier 2s, has proven its effectiveness hence carried forward from its predecessor. It is the third-gen air purifier of Xiaomi and there are a few newer models for bigger space. One thing that really enhanced the design is its fully 360° air intake which can be found from all 4 sides of this air purifier. It gives the maximum air input for better air cleaning, and overall improves the bottom-to-top air flow system concept of Mi Air Purifier 2s.
The major distinctive element in the design is the OLED touch screen display on the front of the device which can easily be read. Air quality at a glance, easy to use even at night, simply tap the keys on the OLED display to work the purifier, and the reported info is viewable at a glance. Check the room air quality data, the purifier’s operational status, and so on are all displayed clearly. In addition, the tri-colored light ring quickly tells you the quality of the air in the room. In addition, it has automatic brightness adjustment to adjust the display brightness automatically to ambient light, so that your sleep is not disturbed. On top of that, the highly accurate Particulate Matter (PM) sensor detects particles as small as 0.3um and instantly displays the AQI on the OLED screen .
The most important feature to look at when buying an Air Purifier is the filtration systems in place. Mi Air Purifier 2s uses a triple-layer air filter, starting with a primary pre-filter made of polyethylene terephthalate, the outer layer can protect the main EPA filter from grease, acids, alkalis and most solvents. It also traps the large objects of pollutants, so your air filter can last longer. The core of this air filtration system is a H11-grade EPA filter from Toray Industries that can filter out at least 95% of any particles as small as 0.3 microns. The inner layer, made of high quality activated carbon, effectively removes formaldehyde, other harmful substances and odours. For your info, there are two types of air purifiers, active and passive. Meanwhile Mi Air Purifier 2s is a passive which is generally to be more efficient, as they trap and permanently remove particles from the air.
Mi Air Purifier 2S can purify your room in 10 mins with a Clean Air Delivery Rate (CADR) of 310 m3/hr with the innovative air pressurization design which allows the Mi Air Purifier 2S to provide fast and powerful air purification without taking up too much space, that is to say it can effectively clean air in a space of up to 37m2.
Using the Mi Air Purifier 2s
It is important to replace the air filter regularly to ensure the Air Purifier performs optimally. It's recommended to change the air filter after 3 to 6 months, depending on the frequency of use. The filter installment process is quite simple, and it is quite affordable, too. The life cycle of your air filter depends on the frequency of usage, your residing area, and the type of air filter.
Air purifier is essentially needed for this challenging time of aftermath of Covid-19 period. That's where Mi Air Purifier 2s comes to the rescue, designed to cleanse the air in your home, getting rid of all the impurities including odors, smoke, dust, and pet dander. Given the fact that indoor air can have levels of certain pollutants up to five times higher than outdoor air, due to poor ventilation. In this case it is equipped with a 3-layer filtration for maximum purification 360° to remove large airborne particles such as dust and hair. The middle layer H11-grade filtration layer removes micron-sized particles and catches harmful bacteria meanwhile the inner layer activated-carbon to remove formaldehyde, other harmful substances and odours. Bottomline is to catch up to 99.97% of particles as small as 0.3 microns. This includes many bacteria and some viruses such as Covid-19 viruses. The integration with XiaoAI and Xiaomi Home App is really thoughtful as you can remotely or give commands for the timer and customize other controls with a tap on your screen or in one sentence to Okay Google.
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text: At the start of World War One Bridport was essentially a one industry town: rope and net making. The war brought opportunities to the town but also challenged paternalist employers with a revival of trade unionism and state pressure to improve low wages. With the Armistice, the sense of a collective national interest on the home front began to ebb away revealing long-standing as well as new tensions in the town. This talk explores the origins of these tensions in the war years and the range of ways in which they were expressed in the town in 1919, including soldiers’ protests and industrial strikes as well as a range of new political organisations in the town. Bridport was hardly a ‘red’ town and even with the new electorate of 1918 continued to return a Tory to Parliament as it still does. Yet the winding down of the WW1 home front revealed fracture lines which would mark the community as it struggled to build the Peace in unpredictable and challenging times.

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Van Dijk initially struggled to get into the first team of Groningen with club staff, and believing he was “tired” after a huge playing time with the academy and reserve sides of Wilen II.
He made his professional debut for the club on May 1, 2011, appearing as a 72nd-minute substitute for Peter Anderson during a 4-2 win against ADO Den Haag. On May 29, and against the same opposition, he started for Groningen and scored his first professional goal, winning twice in a 5-1 victory over the UEFA Europa League play-off match.
During the 2011-12 Eredivisie season, Van Dijk participated in 23 league appearances for the Eredivisie team and scored his first regular-season goal on October 30, 2011, during the club’s 6-0 win over Feyenoord. He suffered a personal blow during the campaign, however, shortly after his 20th birthday, he hospitalized with peritonitis and kidney toxicity.
Van Dijk later revealed that he was very close to death due to a medical emergency and that the hospital was able to leave him so long that he asked to sign “sort of will” in the event of his death.
However, he returned to Groningen and continued to impress the following season. At the end of the campaign, and with Van Dijk’s club “expanding.” He offered to a number of major Eredivisie clubs, including Ajax, all of whom chose not to sign him. Instead, he joined the Scottish team Celtic in June 2013.
On June 21, 2013, Van Dijk signed with Celtic for about £2.6 million in a four-year deal with a 10% sale-on fee for Groningen.
On August 17, he replaced Effie Ambrose for the final 13 minutes of a 2-0 win over Scotland at Aberdeen at Pittodrie Stadium. A week later, he made his first start at Celtic Park with a 2-2 draw with Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
In November, Van Dijk scored the first Celtic goal in the top of each half in a 4-1 win against Ross County. After a solo run, he scored the only goal of the win against St. Johnston on December 26. Van Dijk scored again on January 24, 2014, in a 4-0 win versus Hibernian for the Celtic-11th consecutive League win.
On February 25, Peter Paulette let off 13 minutes after losing 2-1 to Aberdeen for a professional foul. This is Celtic’s first defeat of the season. With Celtic already winning the league, Van Dijk led his team to a 3-1 win over St. Johnstone and won again on May 7.
In the 3-3 draw at the end and he was one of three Celtic players named to the PFA Player of the Year squad. Van Dijk nominated for PFA Scotland Player of the Year but lost to fellow Celtic player Kris Commons.
On 22 July 2014, Van Dijk and Teemu Pukki each scored twice in a 4-0 win over KR in the UEFA Champions League qualification, leaving their team collectively 5-0 in the next round.
The first goal of his premiership season came on 9 November, from Stefan Johansen’s last-minute corner to end a 2-1 win at Aberdeen.
Four days later, his sixth goal of the season was enough to win a home game against Glasgow neighbours Partick Thistle. Vandy Dijk was on target again on 21 January 2015, triggering a 4-0 home win against Motherwell.
On 26 February, he was dismissed in the 32nd minute against Inter Milan for a foul at Mauro Icardi, As Celtic night, UEFA lost 4-3 in aggregate in the last 32 of the Europa League.
On 8 March, he was sent back to Dundee United in Tannadice Park for the quarter-finals of the cup. Eleven minutes later with a red card to fight Calum Butcher. His suspension for next week’s Scottish League Cup final was overturned on appeal, as was Paul Patton, who sent off due to a butcher’s mistake.
Van Dijk played the entire 90 minutes of the final at Hampden Park, which Celtic won 2-0.On 18 March, the third match drawn by Celtic against Dundee United, Van Dijk scored in the last minute to secure a 4-0 win in a cup replay.
On 19 April, Celtic competed in the semifinals of the Cup against Inverness at Hampden and inaugurated Van Dijk scoring with a fan kick.
He was shortlisted again for the PFA Scotland Players’ Player of the Year award but lost to another teammate, this time Stephen Johansen. In Glasgow, Van Dijk is reportedly “considering his future” following the Celtic scandal from the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League in Malmö, Sweden.
On 1 September 2015, Van Dijk signed a five-year contract for a reported £13 million transfer fee. Operated by Premier League club Southampton.
He made his 12 September debut for Southampton in a 0-0 draw against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns. Two weeks later, Van Dijk marked his third Premier League appearance for the club with his first goal, which came in the form of a title to put Southampton in front after a set-piece by James Ward-Provese in the 11th minute, a 3-1 win against Swansea City. Van Dijk signed a new 6-year contract with the Saints On 7 May 2016.
On 22 January 2017, following the departure of José Fonte, he was named team captain of Southampton. That same day, he suffered an ankle injury against Leicester City. It blew him away from the 2013 EFL Cup Final, which saw Manchester United lose at Southampton Wembley Stadium.
After a successful 2016–17 season at Southampton, Van Dijk had a point of interest from Liverpool. Who, after clearing his interest in Liverpool’s move. Apologized to Southampton for an illegal approach to the player. On 7 August 2017, Van Dijk handed over the transfer request to Southampton and also issued a statement, emphasizing his desire to join a separate club in the transfer window.
Van Dijk was with Southampton at the start of the 2017-18 season. He came up as a substitute late after winning 1-0 at Crystal Palace on 2 January. Appearing first after being injured in January. He made his final appearance for Southampton on 13 December 2017, after losing 4-1 to Leicester.
It was also his last appearance in the squad on the day of the match at Southampton. He dropped from the squad during the rest of his time at the club in light of speculation about his future.
On 27 December 2017, it was announced that Van Dijk would join Liverpool as a £75 million fee after opening the winter transfer window on 1 January 2018.
The former club Celtic will receive 10% of Van Dijk’s transfer fee due to the sale-fee on his Southampton contract. Southampton claimed that the undisclosed transfer fee would constitute a world record fee in football for a defender.
He made his third appearance of the FA Cup on 5 January for Liverpool. And scored the winning goal with a header late in the 2-1 win Over local rival Everton. Bill White Doing this, he made his debut in the Merseyside derby in 1901. Becoming the first player after Bill White.
While Van Dijk and Dejan Lovren formed a partnership at the center of Liverpool’s defence. The Dutchman credited for improving Liverpool’s previous defensive issues. Despite playing exactly half of the season in the Champions League. Van Dijk included in the UEFA Champions League squad’s season, with UEFA technical observers saying: “Van Dijk has reached Anfield and provided security and stability in the knockout stages of the competition.”
Van Dijk played the full 90 minutes in the 2018 UEFA Champions League final against Real Madrid. Which beat Liverpool 1-3. Van Dijk played 22 games in all competitions in his first season with the club, scoring one goal.
On 20 August 2018, Van Dijk selected by BBC Sport and Sky Sports Man of the Match to win 2-0 at Crystal Palace. Van Dijk received the Liverpool Standard Chartered Player of the Month award for his performance in August.
On 2 December, Van Dijk assisted in a derby match against City rival Everton. Liverpool won 1-0 for the 96th-minute goal of Divoc Origins. Van Dijk set up the next error for Volley and Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
The Dutchman was last awarded the PFA Player of the Month for November 2018. On 21 December, Van Dijk scored his first goal in the Premier League for Liverpool. Winning 2-0 against the Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Dutchman continued his formidable form by winning the Premier League Player of the Month award for December 2018 for the 2018-19 season.
On 27 February 2019, Van Dijk scored twice in a 5-0 win over Watford. The next month, he scored once – the first goal of the Champions League for the club. And helped one more to win 3-1 against Bayern Munich.
In doing so, he became the first player after Craig Bellamy in 2007 to score a goal for Liverpool in a knockout match away from home. On 20 April, he one of six players nominated for the PFA Players of the Year award with teammate Sadio Mané. And Four days later, he named to the PFA Team of the Year alongside Liverpool teammates, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mané and Andrew Robertson.
On 28 April 2019, he selected PFA Player of the Year. Van Dijk selected UEFA’s Man of the Match after Liverpool’s 2-0. Win over Tottenham in the UEFA Champions League final on 1 June 2019.
In August 2019, Van Dijk won the UEFA Player’s Award. He listed in the final three of the Best FIFA Football Awards on 2 September 2019.
23 September 2019, he is the best FIFA men’s player and runner-up in FIFA FIFPro Men’s World 11.
In October 2019, Van Dijk shortlisted as one of 30 football players for the Ballon d’Or. He finished runner-up behind Lionel Messi in the December event.
On 21 December 2019, van Dijk played the final against Flamengo with Liverpool to win the trophy for the first time in club history. After missing the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup semifinal in illness.

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The rain didn't keep the Nats season ticket holders away. The Washington Nationals held their annual "Picnic In The Park" for season ticket holders Saturday afternoon, providing fans a chance to meet, get autographs from and even question some of the members of the Nats' team and front office staff. Nats' team President Stan Kasten, pitching coach Steve McCatty, DC GM Mike Rizzo and MASNSports.com's Phil Woods and Rob Dibble all held Q&A sessions for fans (ed. note - "Some notes on Rizzo's comments after the JUMP..."), and players and coaches like hitting coach Rick Eckstein, staff ace Stephen Strasburg and reliever Tyler Clippard (amongst others) were available to sign autographs for anyone willing to wait through the long lines of fans eager to interact with their favorite Nats. If you wanted to walk through the home team or visitor's dugout, get your picture taken with the Racing Presidents, the season ticket holders had the run of the Park. The most interesting thing I witnessed, however, was the interview that the Nats' GM conducted with fans, where ticket holders got a chance to remove the filter of the press or online media and directly question Mr. Rizzo and speak to a major league general manager in an open forum. Some of the more interesting questions and quotes from Mr. Rizzo and a few (blurry, grainy iPhone) pictures after the JUMP...
• DC GM Mike Rizzo At The Nats' Picnic In The Park:
• Transitioning from a pitch-to-contact staff to power pitchers and strikeout guys?
Mike Rizzo: "That's a good point. I think in this division, in the National League East, when you have high revenue teams, they've got big time lineups, you know the Braves, the Mets and the Phillies, and Florida has one of the best right-handed hitting lineups in the league, I think you can only allow yourself to have two sinker ball, pitch-to-contact guys, three at the most, you need to have two power guys at the top of the rotation that can go out and dominate a game or two, that's a legitimate stopper/closer type of guy that can go out and has a good chance of winning every fifth day. I think the good teams have that, [and] that's why you don't see the really good teams, the contenders, go into five, six, seven game losing streaks, because they have one or two or three guys that every fifth day have a really good chance of winning. That's what we're ultimately looking for, in the tough division here in the National League East...sinker/slider guys work great but their margin of error is smaller than power guys..."
• What did you think about Strasburg saying that if opposing players are hanging over the plate they can expect something inside?
Mike Rizzo: "I often joke about Stephen and I call him the silent assassin. He looks like a babyfaced, quiet kid until he gets on the mound and then he's a tiger and, you know, with his repertoire, guys know he pounds the strike zone, they know he's a strike thrower, and they often swing early in the count and I think it irks him a little bit that guys come in and dig in and swing so hard, because at times I believe a power pitcher can have too good a command and too good of control...and once in a while when one gets away and it buzzes somebody's tower, that's not a bad thing."
• On Strasburg shaking off pitches to throw his curve?
Mike Rizzo: "....Stephen knows himself and he's the most aware of what he can do with that pitch, and we've encouraged him and all of our pitchers, really, to, we know what Pudge [Rodriguez] is, he's one of the greatest catchers of all time, he's a terrific Hall-of-Fame-caliber guy, but still, it's your ERA, your numbers go on the back of the baseball card, and if you're not comfortable throwing the pitch that you want to throw, you better have the guts to shake him off, or if you don't and get hit on a pitch that you didn't want to throw then shame on you..."
• On This Year's Draft Class? Will the top picks sign at the last minute again?
Mike Rizzo: "I think the guys that we're talking about, our 1st Round pick is [Bryce] Harper, our 2nd Round pick is Sammy Solis, he's a college left-handed pitcher, our 3rd Round pick, a shortstop from Rice, [Rick] Hague, we just signed him, he's on his way to the minor leagues, he was in the ballpark I think yesterday or the day before, he's on his way, and our 4th Round pick is A.J. Cole, who's a high school kid out of Florida, everyone else is signed, which is remarkable, a remarkable job by [Scouting Director] Kris Kline and [Asst. GM] Roy Clark [APPLAUSE], the word is out, we think we had a terrific draft this year, an impact draft, from all the people from the outside that have looked at it, if we get everybody signed that we want to sign, we will be voted the best draft in baseball..."
(ed. note - "There was a lot more to the interview with Mr. Rizzo, he did take questions for a full 30 minutes, and I thought I had stumbled on to an exclusive Jesus Flores update until Mr. Rizzo went on MASN later Saturday night and repeated the same information before I had time to transcribe it, but as someone who's never been a season ticket holder and thus never attended the Picnic in the Park before, I was surprised how open the Nationals were and how willing the were to interract with the fans. So thank you to the Nats for letting me observe, and thanks to the fans, including FB readers, Doghouse, Mrs D., RobBobS and CookieLover, all of whom I got to meet again and talk to....here's one more pic of the signature lines...")


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One of the quickest ways to learn about the importance of having a solid and comprehensive estate plan is having to facilitate the process for elderly parents who encounter unexpected hardships. For adults with parents in their seventies or eighties, emerging health care issues may be the catalyst for decisions about factors not considered by a generation that may have associated estate planning more with financial issues resolved by a standard will. By seeking practical advice about strategies available to help a family cope with issues caused by advancing illness or the desire to keep a long-cherished family home, the younger generation can help elders avoid additional worries.
Several legal processes are available to confirm that trusted loved ones or counselors can make important decisions for people who are no longer in a position to do so for themselves. A durable financial power of attorney can be granted to a son or daughter to help an elderly parent manage a checkbook and make other money-related decisions. Such powers can also be made on a temporary basis to weather an illness or major surgery.
Regardless of an elderly parent’s condition, planning for future health care decisions can prove to be extremely helpful in times of crisis. A health care directive, or living will, can be used to express a person’s preferences regarding life support, resuscitation and other decisions that must be made when a person is gravely ill or wounded. Broader powers can be conferred by using a health care power of attorney, which empowers an individual or group of family members to make health care decisions at a time when an incapacitated person cannot. Like the financial power of attorney, a health care power of attorney can be made temporary or durable.
Seeking Steady Advice About Delicate Subjects
Just as important as any legal strategy, a family should consider common sense tactics for ensuring a parent’s financial health. An essential component of this is obtaining long-term care insurance to avoid the devastating effects of an expensive stay in a nursing home, whether temporary or permanent. Family members should also consider the need to plan for the expenses associated with living longer at home. By consolidating debt, trimming expenses and assessing options such as reverse mortgages, an elderly family member can obtain much-needed breathing room.
Discussing future decisions about health care and incapacity can be difficult, but early action is always preferable to hasty reaction during a time of stress and uncertainty. An experienced estate planning attorney can provide clear advice and help families assess whether it is time to take responsibility for a loved one’s affairs.

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Crews have been hard at work since last fall to rehabilitate the bridge over the Lake of the Ozark’s Bagnell Dam. Due to the conditions underneath the pavement being worse than expected, the project has required the bridge to be closed significantly longer than expected. Osage Beach Resident Engineer Chris Graham brings us up-to-date on the progress that’s been made and how much longer work could take.
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Today (11th May 2021) we are meeting with a group of MPs, Peers, academics and lawyers to discuss the STAGE Project’s latest research on the experiences of accessing health services for adult survivors of sexual exploitation.
The STAGE Project brings together charities Changing Lives, GROW, A Way Out, Together Women, Basis and WomenCentre (Kirklees and Calderdale) to provide trauma-informed support for women who have been groomed for sexual exploitation across the North East and Yorkshire.
This group is chaired by Jess Phillips MP (Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding) and is made up of MPs and experts including Baroness Hilary Armstrong, Chi Onwurah MP, Catherine McKinnell MP, Sarah Champion MP, Louise Haigh MP, Kate Davies OBE, Cris McCurley, Rosie Lewis and Professor Jo Phoenix.
The latest findings from the STAGE Project shed light on the numerous health inequalities and barriers to accessing health services that adult survivors of sexual exploitation face. These findings include:
- Trauma-informed practice within healthcare settings can make a massive difference to women, but this is often lacking.
- Lack of flexibility in primary healthcare makes it difficult for women to make and keep appointments, or to fully articulate themselves when they do.
- A common barrier for women accessing healthcare is fear. This might be fear based on past experiences, fear of being touched by a male practitioner, fear that disclosures would result in child protection proceedings, or fear that medication might be reviewed or stopped by new GPs.
- Many women have experienced long-term physical harm as a result of their exploitation, which for some took the form of gang rape and torture. Some women only discovered the extent of their injuries during childbirth.
- The waiting list for mental health treatment is a well-known challenge for many people, and the STAGE project found that during long waiting times women were being treated for a presumed diagnosis. Whilst this was helpful for some, for others presumed to have personality disorders this had a negative impact on their self-esteem as they felt that there is something inherently wrong with them, rather than that their mental health has been negatively affected by the crimes perpetrated against them.
We will be presenting recommendations for how we can improve health support for adult survivors of exploitation. In addition to our wider aspiration for the creation of a National Framework for Adult Survivors of Sexual Exploitation, led by the Home Office, our specific recommendations around health include:
- Including resourcing for trauma-informed integrated care systems in the government’s Women’s Health Strategy and integrating trauma-informed training and practices into all healthcare settings.
- Adopting structured multi-agency working in areas affected by sexual exploitation, based on the work of the Trauma and Resilience Service in Rotherham and including opportunities for women who’ve experienced sexual exploitation to influence service delivery.
You can read our full briefing by downloading it here: STAGE Health Briefing May 2021

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Entertainment Attorney Ira Epstein, Counsel to the Stars
Where there is a celebrity, there is an attorney, and in the case of the entertainment attorney profiled here, Ira Epstein, this Beverly Hills-based lawyer never lost the taste for show business he acquired as a kid growing up in Omaha, Neb. In a diverse life and career he’s touched many different aspects of the human condition, the legal profession, and the entertainment industry, working with some genuine legends along the way.
Entertainment Attorney Ira Epstein, Counsel to the Stars
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Originally published in the Jewish Press
Veteran west coast entertainment attorney Ira Epstein, a counsel to high-profile clients in film and television, traces his show biz roots to growing-up in Omaha, where he and his brother, Arnold “Tuffy” Epstein, a well-known Omaha woodwind player, performed in area fairs and amateur shows during the Great Depression.
Born and raised here, the brothers, studied music at the prodding of their grocer parents, Harry and Jenny, the proprietors of their own mom-and-pop store, Epstein’s Grocery, originally located at 27th and Maple and later at 20th and Martha. The family lived above the stores. As kids, Ira and Tuffy were prevailed upon by their parents to entertain salesmen pitching wares. “Ira would play the accordion and I would sing,” Tuffy recalls, adding their stage mother booked them “wherever she could get us,” including two neighborhood movie theaters, the Roseland and Corby, where the boys were billed as Ruffy and Tuffy for amateur show performances. Their younger siblings, Allen and Gloria, also performed.
Graduating to the piano, Ira performed in music programs at his school, Central High, where he cut short his senior year in order to join a touring big band headed by Skippy Anderson. While he downplays his own musical talent, Ira was, in Tuffy’s estimation, “an excellent jazz pianist.” With the help of money his mother saved, Ira attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and took paying gigs to pay his tuition, room and board. “I worked my way through school playing in bands,” he says. Often, he and Tiffy found themselves jamming on the same stage.
By the time Ira started college, the Korean War erupted and the military draft loomed large. The then-social work major sought a field of study that would keep him in school. That’s when he and a pair of buddies decided “we’d take the law school exams. We didn’t have anything better to do.”
What began as “a lark” turned into a distinguished career nearing its half-century mark. But his frivolous attitude toward the exams nearly quashed his plans. Certain he’d failed, the silver-tongued Epstein proceeded to talk his way into law school with the personal chutzpah and charm that made him a natural for the courtroom.
As Epstein remembers, it happened this way: “The dean called me in and said, ‘Ira, you really didn’t do well on these tests.’ I told him why. That I left early every day to conduct cheerleading tryouts in my role as Yell King. That I was in every activity imaginable at Nebraska. I was a member of the gymnastics team, the student council, the Nebraska athletic board. I was active in Jewish activities, including AZA. I was president of the campus chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu. And the dean said, ‘Because of all your activities. we’re going to let you into law school.’ And that’s how I got started. I ended up enjoying the law and doing pretty well.”
In typical Epstein fashion, he ran with the opportunity, becoming editor of the campus law review and earning a law fellowship in trial procedure evidence. During his fellowship, Epstein got a chance to work with and learn under famous personal injury defense attorney Melvin Beli, who was trying a case in Omaha at the time. “He came into Omaha to try a medical malpractice case against a foot surgeon. Beli had a national reputation. He was the big man from the west coast up against a small town country lawyer, who was one of the best defense lawyers in the business. Beli took him to the cleaners…and back in those days you couldn’t easily recover against doctors. It was really tough. Beli brought me in to help do the research. He was a great scholar and a great guy. I was very impressed…I got some good experience and we got to be good friends.”
Coming out of college, Epstein harbored designs on working for one of Omaha’s prestige Gentile law firms, which he says then maintained an unspoken but nonetheless rigid country club policy barring Jews, regardless of their credentials. “When I graduated law school I was a pretty hot prospect with a lot of enthusiasm and I decided I wanted to break the barrier in Omaha and go into a non-Jewish law firm.” he says. “Well, I interviewed with most of the major non-Jewish firms…at least 10 of them…and I could not get hired. Here I was editor of the law review and, while I didn’t finish first or second in my class, I was in the top 20 percent, plus I was in all kinds of organizations, and yet I couldn’t break the barrier. That was anti-Semitism at its best. Now, it’s changed, of course.”
Then, in 1957, Epstein applied for and received a direct commission into the Air Force’s Judge Advocate General or JAG court. The recently married (to the former Noddy Schein of Omaha) JAG officer was first assigned to San Francisco, where he looked up Beli, who officed in the city on the hill, to see about joining the famed attorney’s practice and thereby supplement his low military salary. “I ended up working part-time for him while in the service. At that point I got a good flavor of personal injury law and decided that just was not my bag.” Meanwhile, his JAG duties helped him develop keen lawyering skills. “JAG was really a good experience for me. I tried a lot of cases…a lot of court martials. For being a closet introvert, I was a pretty good trial lawyer.”
He had no longer settled in his next station, cushy Long Beach, when a mid-air collision of Air Force and Navy planes over civilian air space caused severe property damage and personal injuries, resulting in a flood of claims he handled. This, too, proved a valuable training ground. “As a result of that very serious accident I spent a year settling claims for the government. It was a tremendous experience. By the time I joined a law firm in 1959 I was an experienced lawyer already.”
With his JAG commitment up, he interviewed with private L.A. law firms and got hired by an established entertainment law firm. It was familiar territory. “I felt comfortable from the very beginning,” he says. “I was always interested in entertainment. It was appealing to me.” Besides, as a former performer, he understood the fragile creative personality. “It’s not so much just temperamental artists, it’s temperamental producers, too. They’re all the same. They all have that mind set, which they’re entitled to. It’s an ego business. You have to have a particular kind of mentality to represent them. You have to be pretty patient. You have to be more of a psychologist, bordering on a psychiatrist, than a lawyer.”
Among his first clients was Larry Harmon Productions, whose stable of artists included TV’s Bozo the Clown. Another Harmon artist, animator Lou Scheimer, became one of Epstein’s closest friends. When Scheimer left Harmon to start his own animation shop, Epstein continued representing him. At the time, there were only a few independent animation companies, and when Epstein’s boss ordered him to drop Scheimer to avoid potential conflicts with competing animators, Epstein remained loyal to his friend. “I said, ‘Well, I’d just as well drop the firm than drop the client,’ which was a dumb thing on my part because the guy had nothing going. That was 1963. So, I went out on my own with this partner, and don’t ask me why, but we got a lot of clients. We were doing pretty well, only my friend Lou Scheimer was doing nothing.” That soon changed when CBS plunged into Saturday morning animation and a major player in comic books, National Periodical, sought somebody to animate their signature Superman franchise. Scheimer got the job and Epstein bought a piece of his studio, Filmation.
“Superman launched the company and really got me started in animation. After Superman we started doing all the action heroes. Batman. Aquaman. Captain Marvel. Then we branched into other animation series. We did Fat Albert. We did Masters of the Universe – that was a big series. We ended up selling the company in 1969 to a cable company called Teleprompter that was the predecessor of all the big cable companies. Teleprompter ended up selling to Westinghouse and as a result we made quite a bit of money for young guys at the time.”
Outside animation, a good share of Epstein’s early clients were in the music business. When he was still a law firm employee in the early ‘60s, he did work for Liberty Records, a kitsch pop label whose recording artists included Julie London, Bobby Vee and the Chipmonks. “I learned a little about the music industry, but I knew music anyway.” When he opened his own firm, he rode the wave of the soulful black music movement. “I set up the California corporation for Motown Records, which then moved from Detroit to Los Angeles. I worked with many Motown artists. My personal client from their stable was Hal Davis, who wrote and produced many Jackson 5 and Diana Ross hits.”
Then Cooper set about reinventing himself and his practice again. “In 1975 I left my then partner and went with another attorney, Jay Cooper, who was and still is the outstanding music lawyer in the country.” With the addition of a third partner, the firm of Cooper, Epstein and Hurewitz became a player in the entertainment law arena for 20 years. “We started with about six lawyers and built it up to about 60. We had one of the best entertainment law firms in Los Angeles,” he says. “We had a lot of good lawyers. We had a lot of good clients, It was really a major firm.”
Although Epstein did select legal work for legendary stars Marlon Brando, Barbra Streisand and Mary Tyler Moore, his biggest client during this time was Carroll O’Connor, the late actor forever identified with the role of Archie Bunker on the classic, ground-breaking CBS series All in the Family. “I represented Carroll through All in the Family, and all his battles with its producer Norman Lear, and up through his last series, In the Heat of the Night. I also represented him throughout all his problems with his late son and the lawsuits that evolved from that.”
More than a client, O’Connor was a friend, Epstein says. “We had great rapport with each other. We became extremely close. I shared all his joys and sorrows. It was a lasting relationship. I still represent the O’Connor estate.” Bigoted Archie Bunker was far removed from the man Epstein knew. “He was not that character. He was the antithesis of Archie Bunker. He was an extreme liberal. A champion of human rights.” Given that Epstein is a self-described “extreme conservative,” their friendship made for “an interesting relationship.” He says as different as O’Connor was from A.B., the actor struggled escaping the persona he so indelibly fixed in people’s minds. “I represented him on Broadway, where he was never able to have a successful play. It just wouldn’t work. He got so closely tied to the role of Archie Bunker that the public just wouldn’t buy him as a legitimate stage actor, where he got his start. But he was a great actor and a wonderful guy.”
The television landscape Epstein and his clients knew in the ‘70s an ‘80s was vastly different than the one that’s emerged today. Back then, the medium centered around the Big Three networks, monolithic television-focused businesses which got most of their product from independent producers. Today, technology has created an expanded television pie sliced up among dozens of networks and hundreds of channels while at the same time economic forces have seen a consolidation of power, programming and production among a few major multimedia giants. “The television business has been considerably impacted by consolidation,” he says. “An independent television producer today doesn’t have a chance because the majors have taken over almost all of the production. It’s all pretty much integrated vertically. It’s all just controlled by a very small group of people.”
Making television deals for clients today requires Epstein know more than just what the U.S. television market will bear. He must also be well-versed in foreign distribution and in the home video and spin-off markets. “The business has changed a lot. There was no such thing as a foreign television market in the early years. Now, foreign markets produce about 50 percent of the income for television series. With the advent of home video and product merchandising, I have to know these aspects. If you do a major animated show like Masters of the Universe, your income is coming out of merchandising as much as it’s coming out of television. I made a deal a couple years ago bringing the Japanese animated series, Yu-gi-oh to this country and it made all its money in the merchandising area.”
Other forces impacting his work include the ever changing home entertainment market, which has seen VHS and laser disk formats supplanted by DVD, and the proliferation of cable TV and its ever expanding programming menu to serve an insatiable viewing habit. In this wide open environment, anyone or anything can be a hit, as evidenced by the Reality TV phenomenon that makes people from all walks of life instant celebrities. In his quest to stay current, Epstein represents a professional gambler trying to make it on the popular TV poker playing circuit. He also represents Peter Funt, producer of Candid Camera and the son of the show’s creator, the late Alan Funt, who did Reality TV before it had a name. The growth of televised sports and the birth of sports celebrities is another sea change, says Epstein, who’s “done deals” for such figures as George Foreman and Hulk Hogan.
So. what’s the next big thing? Epstein says a mass-market, user-friendly technology to download movies off the Internet is sure to one day replace DVDs by virtue of the ease, speed and convenience of select-and-click home movie viewing.
By 1994, Epstein resigned as managing partner of Cooper, Epstein and Hurewitz and went into a semi-retired mode that saw him work some 10 years at Weissmann Wolf. Then, in 2002, at the urging of his former partner, Jay Cooper, Epstein joined the huge international firm Greenberg Traurig and its growing entertainment practice, where he’s rejoined his old friend. Epstein, who’s recently represented producers and distributors of mini-series and features, operates autonomously there. At age 72, he thinks of retiring, but remains too much in the game to leave now. “When I went into semi-retirement the whole idea was I would phase out and quit soon. Well, I’m still phasing out. I hope to quite real soon, believe me, but I don’t know, I seem to stay with it. I do very little of what is called the traditional practice of law. I advise my clients far beyond the lawyering. It’s fun.”
He also is a senior member of the board of directors for Image Entertainment.
A new challenge occupying much of his time these days is his presidency of the North Coast Repertory Theater in Solana Beach, Calif., whose move to a planned facility in a neighboring community he’s spearheading. His association with this theater company fulfills a dream to be “involved in the legitimate theater.”
Two days a week find Epstein in Los Angeles, attending to his law clients, and the rest of the week at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, a short drive from the theater. He and his wife Noddy are the parents of three grown sons and the grandparents of six — four girls and two boys. He rarely gets back to Nebraska these days, although he was here last fall for the 50th reunion of his Innocents Society pledge class. “We had a wonderful reunion…a lot of fun.” He stays in contact with family and “a lot of good friends in Omaha,” including former schoolmate Ben Nachman.
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According to the latest update from sources close to us, the pre-release business has heated up as many distributors are keenly interested to invest in this big budget period flick.
Anushka is playing the lead role and stars like Allu Arjun and Rana will also be seen in crucial characters. Touted as the first ever 3D historic movie on Indian screen, this movie is expected to be a visual wonder.
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Organic Pointelle Ruffle Dress Set - Blush by Quincy Mae
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Thursday, October 19 — Psalm 119:33–40
Ezekiel 23:28–24:8; James 3:13–4:6
The Lord declares, “Those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be treated with contempt.” 1 Samuel 2:30
Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? Romans 2:4
Our world is filled with ignorance and illusion. As Christians, we are in this world but not of it. Holy Spirit, guide us as we endeavor to illuminate the dark corners, shadows, and voids by sharing in every word and action the good news of God’s salvation through Christ. Amen.

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Drone Pilot:Tim Whittaker
Drone Camera Op:Dan Browne
Turns out when you wake up at 5am and are ready and waiting at the top of Otatara Pa with Te Ūranga Waka for sunrise you can capture something beautiful!
We’re super proud of this piece we crafted for EIT that merges a beautiful culture, beautiful photography and beautiful music to promote Te Ūranga Waka.

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So Many to Pick From! (Flute Faerie's Niceness Challenge)
Totally not in any order.
Never Explain. You are an awesome writer and deffinatly keep our series interesting! THX was right, you truely are the king of playing with others! Keep writing. =)
Lone Writer. You sequeled one of my first ficlets and that series is still up and running. You have no idea how much it means to me that you are so dedicated to our series. =) And on top of that, you are an ah-mazing writer!
Overlooked_Merchandise. The series we have is sooo fun to write. And writing it with you is just that much better. =) I just love your stories.
Someday_93. Your stories are always just b-e-a-utiful. They are sooo full of emotion. Never stop writing.. it would be an utter shame.
Blusparrow. I always, always see your comments. Yet never a mean comment. You are just so nice and fun to talk to and just have here on the site. I love reading what you have to say. =)
There are tons more people.. like THX , OTOC, Flute Loops, Flute Faeriee, MBTM , Freedom, Fantasy, BARomero,-


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InfoWorld is reporting that hackers have compromised the website hosting Oracle’s open-source MySQL database management system. It was serving up malware today, silently infecting vulnerable browsers and plug-ins. MySQL.com was infected with “mwjs159”, a type of drive-by malware. People visiting the site were being redirected to a site that installs malware using code from the “Blackhole exploit kit”.
Compromised visitors don’t need to click or agree to anything, simply visiting mysql.com with a vulnerable browsing platform will result in an infection.

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Mini Ezcut Dual Head cutting plotter comes with an icreasing tool, making it even more versatile and useful for creating boxes and other 3D objects. The creasing tool allows you to create score lines on your materials, making it easy to fold and assemble your designs into boxes, envelopes, and other 3D shapes.
With the Mini Ezcut Dual Head cutting plotter and its included creasing tool, creating boxes and 3D objects has never been easier. Simply design your box or object, cut it out, and then use the creasing tool to create score lines. Then, fold and assemble your design into a beautiful and functional object.
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Whether you choose to eat them for breakfast or snack on them throughout the day in order to acquire some key nutrients and because you feel like it’s a healthier alternative to eating candy, be careful. Although lots of bars claim they are healthy and nutritious, lots of them contain as much sugar as candy. Next time you’re at the grocery store, be sure to look at the sugar, calories and ingredients before you make a purchase.
Find yourself gathering at the deli counter to purchase turkey each week? Sure, turkey makes for a great sandwich and does provide a protein punch, but packaged meats are often sodium-saturated disasters. If steering clear of turkey isn’t an option, look for brands with 350mg or less.
Low Fat Milk
Have you made the switch to 1% or even Skim in order to cut some fat out of your diet? Sure, these options get rid of fat, but they also give up essential vitamins. There’s really not much benefit to choosing fat-free dairy products so keep this in mind the next time you cruise down the dairy aisle.
Chip’s Family Restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner to customers in Fairfield, Orange, Southbury, Trumbull and Wethersfield, Connecticut. Breakfast is served all day, and customers can even place an order online for pickup. For more information about locations and menu items, please click on the tabs above.

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750 State Route 35 South
Middletown, NJ 07748
Phone: (732) 671-3400
Fax: (732) 671-3911
This entertainment center offers concerts by local choirs, dance performances, musical concerts, seasonal light shows, and much more, to the region in and around Middletown.
This chorus offers a variety of vocal concerts that also feature top quality musical accompaniment.
Home to one of the most prestigious theater companies in the country, the Two River Theater was built in 2005 to accommodate the theater company’s growing popularity. This venue comprises two theaters, appointed with state-of-the-art technology, a lobby, an outdoor plaza, and a lounge, which can all be rented for a range of events. So, do pay a visit to this theater and discover why the theater company has earned such respect and admiration in the theater circles. See the website or call for more information.
Clearview's Red Bank Theatre is an intimate movie establishment.
The Count Basie Theatre is famous for its film and music festivals that draw massive crowds every year. It is located on the Red Bank that has many stores, hotels, restaurants, and shops. It is dubbed as 'the walking town' for the delights it has on offer. Spend as entire day enjoying the sights and sounds and indulging in some shopping. Later in the evening catch a show at the Count Basie Theatre and end your day on a perfect note. For event details and schedules check website.
A branch of the Community YMCA, the Children
The Art Alliance of Monmouth County is "the premier Central New Jersey showcase organization for traditional and non-traditional art, including sculpture, painting, drawing, fiber, photography, collage and digital art."
The First Avenue Playhouse features dessert and dinner theatre.
PNC Bank Arts Center is considered as the ultimate rock platform by performers and fans alike. The legendary metal rockers Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden have played here to packed and highly strung audiences; check out the website for the upcoming concerts!
Completely different from modern casinos, the Water Witch Clubhouse and Casino was a social gathering spot where the rich and affluent met. Included in the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, this historical landmark can be rented for weddings and other events.
Opened in 1870, Monmouth Park is a popular thoroughbred horse racetrack. It was the brainchild of Amos Robbins, John F. Chamberlain and John Hoey. It has a turbulent past and was closed and unused for nearly 60 years. Thankfully, the restored racing arena has several dining options such as Salvator Bar & Grill and The Lady's Secret Cafe. It also features a club house and a gift shop.
This theatre presents a great variety of performing arts events and productions throughout the year.


1244 Sutter Street, San Francisco
1244 Sutter was a single-screen theater in an un-reinforced masonry building. There was a retail tenant on the ground floor with a month-to-month lease.
David Polatnick developed a strategic plan to reposition the operation and tenancy of the building. After extensive review of the historic aspects of the building, Polatnick found that in the 1960’s, the building was used as a concert hall called the Avalon Ballroom, which hosted bands including the Rolling Stones and The Who.
After a comprehensive base-building seismic upgrade, Polatnick secured a long-term tenant that was willing and able to restore the building to its original grandeur. The building was used as a facility for upmarket events. Polatnick also supported a three-way transaction that simultaneously installed a subtenant for the ground floor.


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I Love Rock N Roll, so listen to my Flock of 80z baby. Don’t Stop Believing because it’s Nothing But A Good Time – Time After Time. So Let’s Dance in my Love Shack. No Tainted Love though, because I Can’t Go For That. I’m looking for a New Sensation… I’m not Jessie’s Girl no more. Don’t You Want Me Baby?
I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar then I Ran. That’s right. I ran so far away. Me and my old pal Frankie – we goes to Hollywood in the pursuit of Fame. But after a short while we realized that we’re not gonna take it anymore. We Beat It back to NorCal baby. Now I’m working as a drummer in a cocktail bar!____________________________________________________________________________
Pop Star? I’m really a collection of loose ends. Wasn’t much of a Boy Scout. When I was 12, I was part of a gang called “The Finchley Boys.” I used to go to the pub…have a pint ‘n’ play pool. They had a skiffle group there. One evening, the guitar player went missing, and they asked me to play. So, I turned it up to 11, had a go, and that was just the beginning.
So, if you like the night life baby and you been workin’ for the weekend, then let’s go! If you need a Fixx, we got the Cure, mate. Just crack that whip, let out a rebel yell, stop dancin’ with yourself, and check out the Flock Of 80z. So Come On…Feel The Noise!
Born Michael Jordan Rubix, Mikki became a multi-millionaire at the age of 11 when he sold his “Rubix Cube” invention in 1981.But this great wealth came with a curse. Soon the wear of the instant millionaire lifestyle began to take its toll. Mansions, jets, lavish Hollywood parties-it all came and went. By the end of the decade everything was gone, leaving Mikki homeless with only his trusty Fender Bass. It was at this crossroad when he formally adopted his stage name Mikki Trixx and turned his life around by devoting himself to the music he loved. “All 80’s all the time” is what Mikki Trixx will tell you. Just ask him.
Tommy McFly is playing his keyboards back to the future and bringing the 80z back! So, Spin Me Right Round, Like a Record, Baby. No need for your Red Light on Roxanne because this Flock of 80z is hot!

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Prestige Fleet Servicing reaches one-million vehicle milestone
Helped by new client wins, Prestige Fleet Servicing has reached the milestone of one million vehicles managed by its portfolio of clients.
The firm, which specialises in cost effective added-value servicing to fleet operators throughout the UK, reports recent client successes including a major vehicle auction house, a leading breakdown and recovery operator, a UK vehicle warranty provider and several key corporate fleets, as well as its most recent three-year, multi-thousand vehicle contract.
To cope with the additional demand, Prestige is now looking to further expand its network of service centres, from its current level of 305 centres to around 350 outlets by the end of this year. This is in line with its ongoing expansion plans which have seen it grow by 33% from 230 outlets just 15 months ago.
The East Midlands-based operation is now looking to strengthen its presence geographically in key parts of the country. These include Scotland, where it has just added additional service centres in Aberdeen, Dundee and Greenock to supplement existing outlets in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen.
In Northern Ireland, it has added a fourth centre to its existing three outlets and strengthened its light commercial vehicle offering to a predominantly commercial fleet customer base.
Meanwhile, in England and Wales, further centres have been added in Cardiff, Rotherham, Brigg, Kidderminster, Maidstone and Hayes, Middlesex.
Commercial director Joe Bhamra explained: “This planned expansion is necessary to meet the increased customer demand following our latest series of new client wins, plus the organic growth we have witnessed in recent months which has seen the company grow considerably.
“So, we are looking to recruit high calibre, professionally-run, independent fleet servicing outlets in certain geographical locations around the country to ensure we provide a uniformity and consistency of servicing to our ever-expanding portfolio of fleet clients,” he added.


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Black Horse Foods Private Limited was registered at Registrar of Companies Chennai on 06 September, 2013 and is categorised as Company limited by Shares and an Non-govt company.
Black Horse Foods Private Limited's Corporate Identification Number (CIN) is U15500TN2013PTC092890 and Registeration Number is 092890.
Black Horse Foods Private Limited registered address on file is NO.180 CAPITAL TOWER DR MGR SALAI (KODAMBAKKAM HIGH ROAD), NUNGAMBAKKAM CHENNAI Chennai TN 600034 IN, - , Tamil Nadu, .
Black Horse Foods Private Limited currently have 2 Active Directors / Partners: Thirumalai Badhri Narayanan, Balakrishnan Baranikrishnan, and there are no other Active Directors / Partners in the company except these 2 officials.
Black Horse Foods Private Limited is involved in Manufacturing - Food Stuffs Activity and currently company is in Active Status.

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About Montavilla Guitar Studio
Montavilla Guitar Studio is the destination for anyone seeking support on their musical journey. Montavilla Guitar Studio offers exploratory group classes and one-on-one lessons focused on developing musicianship through learning guitar, bass, ukulele, mandolin, piano, voice, and drum set. Montavilla Guitar Studio boasts the best music lessons in Portland, helping the absolute beginner to the lifelong dabbler, the weekend rock ‘n’ roller to the soon-to-be studio musician, the Juilliard-bound teenager to the play-by-ear professional, MGS sets students on a clear course to musical development.
Montavilla Guitar Studio is located at 7828 SE Stark Street in the heart of downtown Montavilla.
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We want to show you the way to become an exceptional musician!
Our mission is to give you the creative solutions to remove the obstacles that stand between you and your musical development. We’re changing the music world by guiding musicians to reach the highest levels of musicianship. We have a vision of a world of highly skilled musicians who can excel in any musical situation they encounter, are equipped with the skills to play the music they want to play, and will go on share this movement of excellence with the next generation of musicians. Find out more about guitar, bass, ukulele, mandolin, piano, voice, and drum set lessons here!
Meet the MGS team!
We are the music professionals who believe that anyone can learn to make music, and that learning to play an instrument is an incredibly fun and rewarding way to grow as a person. That’s why it’s our passion to provide the best music lessons in Portland.
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Neil has taught more than 25,000 lessons during the past 24 years as a full-time music instructor. During that time he has developed his unique approach to teaching music that centers on building students’ confidence and growing musicianship skills. Neil is active in the community serving on the board of the Montavilla East Tabor Business Association, and he’s one the founders of the Montavilla Jazz Festival.
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I’m in need of a slew of thank you cards. These are the first couple that I’ve managed to find time to create. Life has been extremely busy here around the Holston house and creative time has been at a minimum. So, quick is a necessity. These fit the bill. A Very Vanilla card base with the fold at the top. The bottom edge has been punched using the Eyelet Border. A 1-1/2” strip of colored card stock placed behind the punched edge. I used Rich Razzleberry and Marina Mist. The stamp set is Watercolor Trio. It has quickly become my favorite go-to set for the quick cards. For the Rich Razzleberry vase, I used the Ornament punch and then cut the pointed tip off. I ran it through the Big Shot with a swirl folder and then markered the swirl with my VersaMarker. I love the look of the vase and love when I can use my punches in an outside-of-the-box manner. It a little difficult to tell in the photo but I blinged the flowers up with a few Jewels Basic Rhinestones.
Thanks for stopping by today and taking a quick look. I hope you’ve been inspired to make a quick card. Have a blessed day.
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Death is the only certainty here, rest is just chance -Damini Nath
Nearly 20 lives are lost every day at the hospital in Gorakhpur, where a recent night played havoc with hopes of the young, leaving parents with no sense of closure
GORAKHPUR (U.P.): For one family, it is the first day of school that their five-year-old girl was looking forward to, but will never see; for another, it is the celebration planned for the newborn twins conceived after eight years of trying, but cancelled as they never came home.
Over a week after oxygen supply ran out in Baba Raghav Das Medical College (BRD) here on August 10 and 11, families of the children who died in the neonatal and paediatrics intensive care units and the encephalitis ward that day have no answers; only stories of lives cut short and hopes dashed. A total of 567, 668 and 587 children died in the hospital in the month of August in 2014, 2015...
Rain-deficit Southern States drag down kharif sowing numbers
-The Hindu Business Line
10 meteorological subdivisions reeling from rainfall deficit
New Delhi: Deficient rains in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana seem to have hit kharif sowing this year with the total area covered coming down for the first time from the corresponding period last year.
The total sown area during the ongoing kharif season had dropped to 976.34 lakh hectares (ha) by the end of the week, against 984.57 lakh ha during the same time last year, according to data released by the Agriculture Ministry on Friday.
As on date, 10 out of 36 agro-meteorological subdivisions in the country are reeling under deficient rainfall as compared to six subdivisions in the same week last year.
Sowing has been seriously affected in Karnataka, with almost all major crops showing a negative trend as compared to last year. The total sown area in the State has shrunk by 27 per cent to 42.9 lakh...
-The Hindu Business Line
New Delhi: As floods continue ravage large parts of the country, Uma Bharti, Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, on Saturday reviewed the situation and the action being taken at the national level.
After the meeting, Bharti announced that she would visit Uttar Pradesh and Bihar next week, according to an official release.
“The Minister will visit Uttar Pradesh on 21st August and Bihar on 25th August for discussions on flood related issues with the State Governments,” the release said, adding that she was also planning to visit Uttarakhand in connection with India-Nepal Pancheshwar Multipurpose project. Amarjit Singh, Secretary in the Ministry is already in Assam to survey the affected areas.
The Minister was briefed that the Central Water Commission (CWC) had issued around 3,200 flood forecasts to all concerned user agencies which helped the district administrations in timely evacuation and saving of lives of millions...
Flood continues to wreak havoc, crores of people affected
-The Times of India
LUCKNOW/ GUWAHATI/ PATNA: There is no let up in the flood fury across eastern part of the country, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as raging waters of the rivers originating from Nepal continue to cause havoc in vast areas. The death toll from drowning, collapsed houses and landslides triggered by monsoon rains climbed to over 600 on Saturday.
Neighbouring Nepal and Bangladesh are also suffering due to the flood waters. Army soldiers and disaster management workers in the three countries have launched mammoth rescue efforts to evacuate and provide food and shelter to crores of affected people.
In Bihar, two brothers, both teenagers, drowned in flood water in Motihari town area of East Champaran district, police said. 202 people have so far died in the state as swirling floodwaters submerged hundreds of villages and swept away homes.
1.21 crore people have been affected by the floods in 18 districts...
How a Bihar NGO siphoned off crores in govt funds under govt nose -- with some help -Santosh Singh
-The Indian Express
Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti Limited, providing vocational training to women and selling pickles, allegedly pilfered funds from Bhagalpur district administration’s various accounts for at least half a dozen welfare schemes.
Bhagalpur: Over 10 years and across two governments, of JD(U)-BJP and the RJD-JDU, one Bhagalpur NGO allegedly siphoned off an estimated Rs 700 crore of public funds. Nine FIRs and 12 arrests later, the Bihar government ordered a CBI probe Thursday.
An investigation by The Indian Express of police records, bank statements and interviews with key officials reveals how the little-known NGO, Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti Limited, providing vocational training to women and selling pickles, allegedly pilfered funds from Bhagalpur district administration’s various accounts for at least half a dozen welfare schemes. All with the alleged connivance of government officials, bank employees and, of course, Srijan’s own staff.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — On-site betting is coming to the PGA Tour.
The PGA Tour and DraftKings took place on Monday at TPC Scottsdale, site of the WM Phoenix Open, the premier sportsbook tournament venue.
“It’s a big deal,” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said.
Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega said the 12,000-square-foot facility has already broken ground and is set to open by October, just east of the TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course, which will host the tournament. It holds about 390 people, is open year-round, and offers food and drink.
Monahan said Monday that he never saw the PGA Tour owning a sportsbook until five years ago. But eventually, as the sports betting landscape evolved and grew, the PGA Tour saw gaps in building physical structures on courses.
“When we started to understand what the opportunities were in the market, this is a market where we realized we could do something very unique,” Monahan said. “If you ever asked me where do you think this might be?” This was the place.”
The sportsbook at TPC Scottsdale could be a jumping-off point for the PGA Tour, Monahan said. In a way, he said, the venue could be a pilot program for the PGA Tour.
“We want to make sure we’re focused on making sure this works and makes sure it works in a way that creates a great experience for the people who come down here,” he said. “I think we’ll take the findings here and if the opportunities are there, we’ll take them into consideration.”
The sportsbook at TPC Scottsdale joins sportsbooks at Arizona sports venues at State Farm Stadium, Footprint Center, Chase Field and Phoenix Raceway.
Construction on the sports book began in May. It will have about 40 betting kiosks and seven ticket windows, and more than 3,400 square feet of video walls and screens. There will be an outdoor patio with video screens, VIP cabanas and fireplaces.
The sportsbook at TPC Scottsdale will be open to betting on all sports, not just golf. The plans are for the sportsbook to be open year-round except for the WM Phoenix Open when it is used for hospitality.
“We know this will elevate public openness to a whole new level,” Monahan said.


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Malibu will help its international fan community have “Best Summer Ever”
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PEDRO TO DEPART CHELSEA FOR FREE
Chelsea attacker Pedro will depart Stamford bridge at the end of the season. The former Barcelona striker has seen game time very hard to come by under manager Frank Lampard.
The Telegraph reported in November last year that Aston Villa were prepared to take advantage of the player’s contract situation in January. But no deal materialized, as the world Cup winner stayed at Stamford Bridge.
Pedro has fallen down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge since the arrival of Frank Lampard.
Pedro, 32, has made just 18 appearances in all competitions so far this season, and with his contract set to expire at the end of the season, he will join a new club at the end of the season on a free transfer.
The winger did confirm earlier in the summer that he received offers to leave Chelsea, but he chose to fight for his place under the new manager. Things have not worked well between the pair. Portuguese giant Benfica were among the club’s rumored to have made a summer approach for the player.
The representatives of the player have also revealed that the player is attracting interest from the MLS and the Middle East. Barcelona legend and former teammate of Pedro, Xavi Hernandez, who is currently the manager of Al Sadd, has also revealed his desire to bring Pedro to the club.


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A sufficiently complicated set of requirements is specified to the products operated in chemical production. They are as follows: the resistance to chemical corrosive media, leak-proofness, fire-resistance, static electricity protection, and necessary strength. The products made of epoxy glass-reinforced plastics with special service properties meet the present requirements. In the present investigation the resistance to chemical corrosive media was ensured by epoxy resin modification.
1. Vorobieva G. Ya. Chemical Resistance of Polymeric Materials. (Khimia, Moscow, 1981) [in Russian].
2. Constructional Fiberglass Plastics. (Khimia, Moscow, 1979) [in Russian].
3. Mallinson J. The use of fiberglass products in chemical industries, Transl. from Eng., Ed. by V. I. Al'perin, S. M. Perlin. (Khimia, Moscow, 1973) [in Russian].
4. Semenova G. P., Pavlov V. V. In: Mehanika polimerov, No. 4, 585 (1970) [in Russian].
5. Kataev V. M., Popov V. A., Sazhin B. I. (Eds.) Handbook of Plastics Masses, 2nd ed., Vol. 2 (Khimiya, Moscow, 1975) [in Russian].


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Brandywine Holiday Festival of the Arts 2023
Val will be there! A great place to shop for last minute gifts from 150 local artists & artisans.
A Spectacular Artistic Showcase
Save the date for the Brandywine Holiday Festival of the Arts, an extraordinary gathering of artists, creators, and art enthusiasts. This highly anticipated event promises an array of captivating exhibitions, interactive activities, and opportunities to connect with talented individuals from various artistic disciplines. Prepare yourself for a weekend filled with inspiration, creativity, and unforgettable memories.
Dec 16 & 17, 11-7 on Sat & Sun
Hours: (tentative) Saturday 10a-7p Sunday 10a-5p
$5 admission, children under 12 free
At the Chase Center Wilmington Riverfront
Everyone is welcome!
Hundreds of local and regional artists
Step into a captivating world of creativity and explore the breathtaking works of our talented artist vendors. Our artist gallery showcases a diverse range of masterpieces, each one capturing the essence of artistic brilliance. From captivating paintings to awe-inspiring sculptures and thought-provoking installations, this collection will leave you spellbound. Get a sneak peek of the artistic wonders that await you at the Brandywine Holiday Festival of the Arts.


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Evelyn Braxton continues to speak out about the abuse she says her daughter Tamar Braxton suffered at the hands of her estranged husband Vincent Herbert.
“It was definitely a volatile relationship. This has been going on for years.” When asked if she ever confronted Vince, she claimed she did and he always blamed Tamar, "It’s always, ‘It’s Tamar’s mouth’… it’s always someone else. That does not give you the right to abuse her. Everybody has a mouth. Everyone should have the right to say what they want. Are you trying to beat [her] into submissiveness? No one has the right." Evelyn also alleges the abuse was discussed on Braxton Family Values but the footage was always cut. Mama Braxton also confirmed the reports about Vince biting Tamar’s finger until it bled at an Atlanta hotel were true. As for her relationship with Tamar, Evelyn says they are “talking” and “hugging" and adds, “They say the truth shall set you free. They’ve been trying to hide it for years. And I have the audacity to tell the truth.”

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Certificate with views of firemen and equipment fighting blazes surmounted by two female allegorical figures with water urn; and eagle, US flag, and firefighting equipment below. Title based on prinited text within image. Date 1866 within image. Printed (LC): Harrison, Eastman, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia].


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Mental health stigma quote: Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear.
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Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of. It is not brought on by choice. You are not "crazy" for having depression, bipolar disorder, panic attacks, anxiety, etc. Erase the stigma of mental illness. And don't be ashamed to get help.
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If the world were honest about mental health, we’d say that mental illness isn’t the issue: our treatment of mental illness is.
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The premiere episode of the show which is set for release this week, hears Kim make a pretty interesting statement about Kanye’s ambitions back then.
The episode’s premiere sees Kim in her closet where she is trying out looks for her upcoming ‘SNL’ gig and talking to her friend about some other outfits that Kanye recently selected for her to wear. She then reveals, “Kanye wants to quit everything and dedicate his life to being my stylist.”
Whether Kim’s revelation was a serious one on Ye’s part or not, the fact remains that he enjoyed styling his ex-wife. These days, Kim Kardashian has her own style squad. Kanye, meanwhile, has been pretty silent since his Instagram ban, which was followed by news that he’d dropped out of Coachella. The Yeezy creator was was meant to be the headline act at Sunday’s festival.


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I enjoyed The Sandman, though I wasn’t the world’s biggest fan of it. Since then, though, I’ve appreciated everything Neil Gaiman has been involved with more and more, from the Neverwhere tv series to his children’s books and his adult novel American Gods. He reminds me a bit of Damon Albarn, in that he seems to move from a brilliant success in one area to a brilliant success in another over and over again, through hard work and a lot of talent. This book continues the trend. It was specially written for World Book Day 2008, and, since I couldn’t persuade my daughter to spend her World Book Day voucher on it I had to buy it myself… It was well worth the pound, being a sweet little story about a half-Scottish Viking boy and his encounter with the gods.
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In race for best entrepreneurial ecosystems, other Florida metro areas accelerating their plans
How often does an entrepreneur with a start-up idea get to pitch his business to locals and potential investors from the stage of the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg? Above, Sean Davis, founder of Red Hawk Interactive, explains his online concept last November at Gazelle Lab's "Demo Day." If Tampa Bay is to stay competitive with other metro regions pushing their own start-up cultures, this area needs to become more aggressive in supporting start-ups and their founders. It is, ultimately, about jobs and showing the bigger world that Tampa Bay has a creative economy. (Photo: James Borchuck, Tampa Bay Times)
Wake up and good morning. Initiatives to spur entrepreneurial activity seem to be in full bloom in Tampa Bay. In the past week or two, we've seen the announcement of plans to open the First WaVE Venture Center in downtown Tampa's Beer Can building (Rivergate Tower, 400 N. Ashley), a Tampa Chamber plan to help with a Startup Scholars Program and college programs on both sides of the bay focused specifically on honing entrepreneurship skills. And that's just a small sample of what's happening.
But we're hardly alone. Other metro areas are jumping on the "entrepreneurial ecosystem" buzzwords and launching their own programs to (1) spur start-up activity and (2) create jobs and (3) try and keep their young businesses local.
The latest example is Miami. Today's Miami Herald lays out plans for several initiatives, from the Launch Pad plan to open a "community accelerator" in downtown Miami backed by county and downtown development authority resources of some $2 million in the coming four years. It sounds very similar to what Gazelle Lab did at USF St. Petersburg in 2011, but alas did not repeat this year for lack of funding support that Gazelle founders believe is necessary to sustain an ongoing program. (Orlando, on the other hand, borrowed some of Gazelle Lab's expertise and is running its own start-up program this year.)
Miami's Florida International University, says the Herald, also wants to include a required course in entrepreneurship for every undergraduate. And Miami's Knight Foundation has jumped in the game with its own entrepreneurial projects.
Bottom line? There's little time or resource to waste in order for the Tampa Bay region to stay competitive as a provider of entrepreneur support. If we want to encourage local start-ups, attract quality entrepreneurs and keep these businesses and folks here to deepen our bench, we'd better keep the pedal to the metal. Entrepreneurial ecosystems are going to be competing against one another more and more.
So sure, pat ourselves on the back for some recent progress. Then get back to work.
-- Robert Trigaux, Business Columnist, Tampa Bay Times

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Over the course of quarantine, one of my favourite activities to do, was to ride my bike around the city and find different places with a great view of the Toronto skyline. I’ve decided to share those hidden gems with you folks! Here are three of my favourite places in the city which are easily accessible by public transit, car, or bike. They’re great to visit all times of year, so whenever you need a study break, check them out.
Just like many of you, I used to love Ontario Place as a child. Sadly, the waterslide is no longer. However, recently the grounds reopened to the public, allowing you to explore the old ride tunnels. There’s also a small beach that you can access and swim from. A paved trail wraps around Ontario place, so you can take an afternoon stroll or study break. Just outside the gates to the grounds is Trillium Park. This park consists of several small hills and trails, with different areas to take a seat and enjoy the view of the city. The stacked rocks above the sand area are great to chill out on and look out at the CN tower. There’s also areas to sit right on the water, which is great if you’d like to get some time to yourself and just enjoy the sounds of the waves. The park also has great views of the Billy Bishop runway, so for those aero kids, you can watch planes take-off and land.
I’ve always loved Brickworks. Located just off the Don Valley Parkway or the DVP, the nature park can be accessed by shuttle bus (from Broadview subway station), by trail (through the Rosedale neighborhood) or by car. From the Saturday farmers market to the beautiful rivers and ponds, there’s so much to explore! If you’re lucky, you can spot some turtles and fish swimming around the ponds as you cross the bridges and walk the gravel trails. There are many different routes to take when you’re walking through and it can get scary but don’t worry! They always wrap around back to the beginning and you can always look up for the giant brickworks smokestack to find your way back to the parking lot. By taking a walk up the hill to the lookout point, you can see the beautiful Toronto skyline along with the views of the Don Valley and the nature park itself.
This nature reserve is a quiet place to escape the business of the city. Located on the east side of the city, this park consists of one long paved road along with several off road trails that are so much fun to explore. The end of the road is closed off to cars and is marked by a lighthouse! The peninsula curls around and ends over here going behind the Toronto Islands. There are several lookout points which boast amazing views of the skyline such as rocky areas to sit and watch the sunset. Also, for my aero kids, if you look overhead, you can see the Dash 8s going in to land at Billy Bishop.