Supply major brands of Trading Cards, Stickers plus fast selling Toys & Games; Doctor Who, Duel Masters, Floam, Football Figures, Pet Eggs, Perplex City, Podz, Pokemon, Premier League, Yugioh, World Cup, etc.
Wholesale and Retail suppliers of Bicycles, Parts, Accessories and associated products; BMX Bikes, Boys/Gents Bikes, Girls/Ladies, Unicycles, Scooters, Children's Quad Bikes, Tandems, Trailers, etc.
Retail and Wholesale Supplier of Modelling Equipment; R/C Model Airplanes, Gliders, Combat Models, Trainers, Aerobatic Planes, etc. You must contact for Wholesale terms.
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Major wholesale distributor of Diecast Models, Toys, Stationery and Plastic Hobby Kit products. Corgi, Lledo, EFE, Trofeu, Minichamps, Best, Art Model, Kyosho, Matchbox, Dr Who, Daleks, Airfix, Heller, etc.
Wholesalers of Die-Cast Toy Models, Kits, Books and Accessories. Military Vehicles & Aircraft, Jets, Helicopters, Boats/Ships, Racing/Rally Cars, Sports Cars, Transporters, Motorcycles, Classic Cars, Infantry Figures & Artillery, Plant/Construction Vehicle Models, Public Transport Models, HGVs, Historical/Medievel Figures, Radio Controlled Models, etc. WW2, Spitfire, Messerschmitt, Hurricane, Star Wars, Battlestar Gallactica, Dukes of Hazzard, Fireman Sam, Postman Pat, Bob The Builder, The Simpsons, Knight Rider. Airfix, Corgi, Kyosho, Matchbox, Thomas & Friends, Burago, Bruder, DeAgostini, Dragon, Heller, Mirage, Saico and many other brands.
Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Dropshipper of Hand-Made Pagan, Wicca, Real Magic Wares and Services. Spells, Spell Kits, Spell Boxes, Potions, Fairies, Angels, Gypsy/Romany Magick, Blessings, Chants, Boxed Rituals, Witches Toolboxes, Neighbourhood Witch Merchandise; Scrolls, Tee Shirts, Bookmarks. Rune Magic Spells, Meditations, etc.
Manufactures Golf Clubs: Putters, Chippers and Pitching Wedges under the names Chipmaster, Pitchmaster, Rustler and Rustler A/S.


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Norway confirms long-lasting support to IDB Transparency Fund
The Government of Norway has contributed to the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) Transparency Fund since its inception in 2007, to help countries curb corruption and implement pro-transparency reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In 2018, the government of Norway donated an additional $1,1 million.
IDB launches Blue Tech Challenge with up to US$2M in funding for Blue Economy proposals
The IDB through its Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), Natural Capital Lab, Sustainable Islands Platform, and in alliance with the Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility, which is also supported by DFID, CDB and the Government of Canada, will identify firms and organizations looking to pilot and scale up business models that use cutting edge technologies to contribute to the sustainable management of oceans, marine ecosystems and coastal resources.
IDB Announces Settlement in Connection with Prohibited Practices
Tuesday, August 21, 2018 - 10:18
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced the debarment of GL Systems LLC ("GL Systems"), an American company, for four years in connection with allegations of prohibited practices in three IDB-financed activities: (i) the Program for the Modernization of Customs, Excise and VAT Areas in Barbados, (ii) the Barbados Competitiveness Program, and (iii) an IDB corporate procurement contract.
Italy to contribute to IDB Transparency Fund
Italy is joining Norway, Canada and MasterCard as a partner and contributor to the Inter-American Development Bank's Transparency Fund , a vital tool to help countries strengthen their anti-corruption and pro-transparency reforms. The government of Italy has donated €1 million.

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Turning Point (39 Elm St., Brattleboro) is a community resource offering a wide variety of programs for those with dependency issues: "We connect in compassion, dignity, and recovery.... We see addiction as the disease and the disorder, not the definition of you. You are, in fact, the only solution." Peers in recovery lead a wide variety of onsite support groups, while other programs include nutrition classes for parents, job counseling and preparation for transitioning to work, telephone recovery support, and a chronic pain and recovery group, among others. A monthly newsletter is available with the full schedule.
September is Recovery Month, and Turning Point is celebrating in a variety of ways. In addition to building a pergola on the Turning Point property on Saturday, September 22 (with help from community volunteers and financial support from the Sunrise Rotary Club), they are hosting their 1st Annual 5K road race on Sunday, September 23. Inside the center, Board chair Ladd Butler has mounted an exhibit entitled "Finding My Tribe," a series of photographs he took while touring his family's roots in Ireland—stop by for an Open House reception on Friday, September 14, from 5:00 to 7:00, or visit the center anytime in September, 9:00-5:00, to view the photos.
If you're a fan of TED Talks, consider stopping in for a "View and Chew" series on Mondays at noon. The inspiring talks are short (only 20 minutes or less) and powerful. Some focus on recovery and addiction, some on trauma or mental health. Bring your lunch—and chew! Gary Graff of HCRS inspired this effort, and Turning Point program coordinator Don Cuerdon is helping to facilitate it. Info: (802) 257-5600, tpwc.1@hotmail.com.


Thank you so much to Miss Blades-Baker, Miss Wright, Mrs Gray and Miss Havercroft for leading our 2018 residential visit to Robinwood.
The visit has been action packed and a great success. A lovely location to stay in and such a varied range of activities led by the experienced team at Robinwood, including canoeing, Knights' Challenge, the giant swing, obstacle course, the pirhana pool challenge, raft building, crate challenge, team building exercises, nightline, archery, zip wire, caving and climbing! We have covered the entirety of the National Curriculum expectations for outdoor and adventurous activity during the visit and the visit has been superb for children's personal development. We have seen qualities of team work, independence, resilience, decision making and risk taking all flourish. The children's willingness to 'have a go', their enthusiasm and the support the children have given to each other and their team work have been exemplary. Each and every child deserves to be proud of their good behaviour and their achievements during the visit.
Our residential visit has been a fantastic success and I would like to thank Miss Blades-Baker, Miss Wright, Mrs Gray and Miss Havercroft for their enthusiasm, energy and superb 24 hour care of the pupils over the three days of the visit!
Click on the first photo below to view the photograph gallery below. Many of the photos in this gallery are from Mountain group. Please scroll further down the page to view further galleries and video clips.
Click on the first photo below to view the photograph gallery below. Many of the photos in this gallery are from Crag group. Please scroll further down the page to view further galleries and video clips.
Click on the first photo below to view the photograph gallery below. Many of the photos in this gallery are from Forest group. Please scroll further down the page to view further galleries and video clips.
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Please click on the videos below to see some of the activities in action.


Vincent's, supporting the work of The Society of St Vincent de Paul, are holding a Fashion Show in Glenavon Cookstown on Thursday 24th May 2018.
Drinks Reception at 7.00pm and show commences at 7.30pm.
There will be an opportunity to purchase show items from Vincent's "Pop-Up" shop at the end of the evening.
Tickets are £10 and are available from Vincent's, Loy Street, Cookstown.
A great night ensured supporting a worthy cause and the chance to "bag" a bargain!!!


Tech Mahindra Ltd rose for a fifth straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 676, up 0.66% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.09% on the day, quoting at 10470.7. The Sensex is at 34123.84, down 0.2%. Tech Mahindra Ltd has added around 10.84% in last one month.
Meanwhile, Nifty IT index of which Tech Mahindra Ltd is a constituent, has added around 6.15% in last one month and is currently quoting at 13260.45, down 0.57% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 25.08 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 26.75 lakh shares in last one month.
The benchmark April futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 675.25, up 0.82% on the day. Tech Mahindra Ltd is up 60.21% in last one year as compared to a 14.57% gain in NIFTY and a 31.83% gain in the Nifty IT index.
The PE of the stock is 18.21 based on TTM earnings ending December 17.


We are a small digital marketing consultancy based Northants and I am Adrian Grover. A lot of my marketing experience was gained during my 30 years in the property and new homes sector, until 2009.
Since 2009 I have been developing my digital and online marketing skills in the areas of website building and social media marketing.
I also enjoy photography and this site features some of my images.
I enjoy providing consultancy services particularly to smaller enterprises, including sole traders and small businesses in Northants, helping them establish their online presence with a website and social media accounts.


INDIANAPOLIS Derrick Roses late first-quarter ankle injury likely put the collective mindset of Bulls fans in a state of panic and rightfully so. His coaches and teammates were similarly concerned.
Oh, we were all scared, for sure, when he goes down. A lot of guys in the NBA, they get hurt or they get bumped, they really milk it. They want everybody to know that theyre playing in pain, said Kyle Korver. Theres a lot of those guys out there and Derricks not one of them. He had to roll it pretty good, so youre definitely worried.
Echoed Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau: Derrick doesnt leave the game unless hes hurt, so for him to leave, Im sure he tweaked it pretty good.
As for Rose himself, however, he was more irritated than worried at the time of the injury, called a left-ankle sprain by both Rose and a Bulls spokesman.
Im good. Thats basketball. If anything, Im going to be able to rest in couple of days and during the game, I just wanted to keep moving. When you twist your ankle as a guard, the best thing to do is to tie up your shoes tighter and keep playing, said Rose, who walked up and down the Conseco Fieldhouse interview rooms podium steps with a noticeable limp.
Rose finished a tough shot in traffic with 1:14 remaining in the first quarter, fell to the floor and immediately limped over to the Bulls sideline, unable to get back on defense. After play stopped on the other end of the court, he headed to the visiting locker room with Bulls head trainer Fred Tedeschi.
I really cant explain it. Just took off wrong and all my weight just pushed over on one ankle and end up twisting it, said Rose, who got an X-ray after the contest. I just wanted to come back out quick. I didnt want to sit down; they the Bulls training staff were trying to sit me down and I was just trying to come back, and just keep playing.
My thing was just keep it moving and hurry up, and put me back in the game.
Rose refused to blame his 6-for-22 shooting performancehe was 1-for-9 from three-point range and only attempted four free throws; his lack of explosiveness was most evident when Pacers point guard Darren Collison (ironically, he also suffered a sprained ankle during the series) blocked his fast-break layupon the injury.
No excuses. Playoffs. Ive sprained my ankle a million times. I just wasnt able to hit shots, said Rose. Of course when you twist your ankle, its going to slow you down a little bit, but all my shots were on target. They were just short.
I didnt attack enough. I think if I would have kept on attacking, they would have had to make the call, but I eased off.
Regardless, Indiana s strategy of defending him with 6-foot-8 rookie swingman Paul George and physical veteran Dahntay Jones was effective, although Rose appeared to regain some of his burst down the stretch, when he helped forced Pacers turnovers and converted them into Bulls points on the other end, fueling Chicago s late rally.
Poohs a warrior and he wants to be out there and compete. I feel like even Pooh not at 100 percent, he still affects the game with his presence, said Joakim Noah. They did a good job of putting two on him. Every time they set a pick, they always double teamed him and its on us to make a play.


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package com.ubiqlog.ui;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.FrameLayout;
import android.widget.ListView;

import com.ubiqlog.core.SensorCatalouge;

import com.ubiqlog.sensors.SensorObj;

public class SensorsUI extends FrameLayout {

	Context ctx = null;
	ListView lv = null;

	public SensorsUI(Context context) {
		super(context);
		ctx = context;

		senCat = new SensorCatalouge(ctx);

		try {
			sens = senCat.getAllSensors();
			String[] sensorNames = new String[sens.size()];
			for (int i = 0; i < sens.size(); i++) {
				sensorNames[i] = sens.get(i).getSensorName();
			}

			// ListAdapter list = new ListView();
			ArrayAdapter<String> mainElems = new ArrayAdapter<String>(ctx,R.layout.tools_list_view, sensorNames);
			lv = new ListView(ctx);
			lv.setCacheColorHint(Color.TRANSPARENT);
			lv.setAdapter(mainElems);
			lv.setOnItemClickListener(onListItemClick);

			senCat = new SensorCatalouge(ctx);
			senCat.setUpinitCatalouge();
			senCat.closeDB(ctx);

			addView(lv);

		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			Log.e("SensorsUI", "------Can not read Sensor List-------"+ e.getLocalizedMessage());
		}
	}

	private SensorCatalouge senCat;
	private ArrayList<SensorObj> sens;

	ListView.OnItemClickListener onListItemClick =  new ListView.OnItemClickListener() {

		public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> l, View v, int position, long id) {
			// v.bringToFront();
			int intID = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(id));

			String sensorName = sens.get(intID).getSensorName();
			String[] confsD = null;
			senCat = new SensorCatalouge(ctx);
			try
			{

				confsD = senCat.getSensorByName(sensorName).getConfigData();
			}
			catch (Exception e)
			{
				e.printStackTrace();
				Log.e("SensorsUI", "------Can not read sensor configuration-------"+ e.getLocalizedMessage());
				confsD = sens.get(intID).getConfigData();
			}
			senCat.closeDB(ctx);
			SensorConfUI sConf = new SensorConfUI(ctx, confsD, sensorName, closed);
			removeAllViews();
			addView(sConf);
			}
	};

	 SensorConfUI.OnClosedListener closed = new SensorConfUI.OnClosedListener() {
//			@Override
		public void onClosed() {
			removeAllViews();
			addView(lv);

		}
	};

}

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You can now use the launcher to access iTALC.
During the first start you'll see this warning - it's normal. No classroom is configured yet.
The first thing you have to do is to create a classroom and add at least one computer to it. The classroom manager is available in the left menu. Right click into the classroom manager and select "Add classroom".
Next enter a name for the new classroom.
Afterwards right click on the classroom and select "Add computer".
In the next window you have to enter the client settings. Enter a name for the client and its IP or hostname - please note, that if the clients get their IPs via DHCP, you have to use their hostnames and need a running WINS server in your LAN - an alternative is, if your DHCP server supports it, to bind the DHCP IPs to the client's MAC adresses. The MAC address is optional - you only need it if you want to start the client per WOL. Lastly you have to choose the classroom (if you have more than one) and the client type.
Please have a look at the manual to find out how to work with iTALC.


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Dr. Crystal Pugh is a champion of serving others and is recognized as a multi-hyphenate leader in her community for the diverse roles in which she serves. Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Pugh holds the titles of pastor, educator, entrepreneur, speaker, and author among many others. First being commissioned as a pastor, Dr. Pugh has provided spiritual leadership and guidance in the Greater Atlanta area for more than 20 years. During this time, she also worked as a committed educator, teaching elementary and middle school education in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. As her passion to serve the community grew, so did the number of her business ventures. Dr. Pugh is a serial entrepreneur making a strategic impact in the fields of financial literacy, community development, fashion, women's empowerment, and beyond. Dr. Pugh is firm believer in the power of education and has received progressively higher education culminating in her Doctor of Theology degree from School of the Great Commission Bible College. She is the recipient of numerous awards, certificates, recognitions, and honors, however being a mom to two amazing daughters is the accomplishment she's most proud of. Dr. Pugh is also a life-long member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. And, being a two-time breast cancer survivor, Dr. Pugh embodies the belief that persevering through trials is the ultimate key to success.
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The Galaxy A5 is high-quality combo of scratch-resistant metal and glass that merges seamlessly and sits very sweetly in your hand.
The 5.2-inch Super AMOLED display has full HD resolution, rich, deep colours and an impressive contrast range for easy screen reading.
An advanced camera includes new wide aperture lenses which soak up the light to take sharper, clearer photos – even when you're out at night.
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After trying to focus on younger players by waiving Antoine Vermette, the Arizona Coyotes have signed Radim Vrbata to a one-year deal.
The unrestricted free agent will have a base salary of $1 million, with a number of bonuses piled into the contract. It's a pretty low-risk signing for the Coyotes, who obviously didn't want to throw the same green at Vermette and are looking to Vrbata to pile in some goals.
The 35-year-old winger is coming off two years with the Vancouver Canucks, where his statistics tanked. Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins had trouble finding a good fit in the lineup and Vrbata was left off the top line with the Sedin twins, causing an even greater dip in metrics.
Vrbata had 27 points in 63 games last season, coming up with 13 goals – five of which were on the power play. When he could benefit from quality linemates, he did.
Vrbata probably leaves most Canucks fans with a sour taste in their mouths, but that's not particularly fair.
The truth is that the entire team stunk up the joint in 2015-2016 and Vrbata paid for an unbalanced methodology. He had the highest defensive zone start rate of his entire career last season and had to play to his weaknesses rather than his strengths, with less shots and less scoring chances serving as the inevitable result. He finished a dismal -30, in part because he was paired with young centre Bo Horvat.
What this amounts to is the knowledge of how to play a player. Desjardins lost the plot in Vancouver and now it will be up to the Coyotes to put Vrbata in the right position. With analytics guy John Chayka running the show, there's a fair chance the winger will bounce back.
In 934 career games with the Canucks, Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning, Chicago Blackhawks, Carolina Hurricanes, and Colorado Avalanche, Vrbata has 554 points. His best season actually came in Vancouver in 2014-2015, when he scored 31 goals and added 32 assists.
The evidence suggests that Vrbata is more than capable of filling the net in the latter stages of his career. With a low risk deal and a roster full of young possibilities, Arizona could be just the thing for the Mlada Boleslav native.


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Jacques Gazeau, mort le , est un imprimeur et libraire parisien de la Renaissance.

Biographie
Jacques Gazeau est actif comme éditeur de 1542 à 1548, avec 61 éditions connues. D'abord installé rue Saint-Jacques, à l'enseigne Saint-Jacques, il déménage en 1542 rue Saint-Jean-de-Latran, à l'enseigne du Saint-Christophe ou à l'enseigne de l'Envie.

Il est le frère du libraire lyonnais Guillaume Gazeau et le gendre de l'imprimeur parisien Jean Barbé.

Il meurt à Paris le .

Notes et références

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Imprimeur français
Libraire du XVIe siècle
Date de naissance non renseignée (XVIe siècle)
Décès en mai 1548
Décès à Paris

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Artists Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn
Movements and Styles: Social Realism, Documentary Photography
Born: September 12, 1898 - Kaunas, Lithuania
Died: March 14, 1969 - New York, New York
"If I am to be a painter I must show the world how it looks through my eyes, not theirs."
Summary of Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn's desire to create narrative art that focuses on social and political justice have come to exemplify Social Realism and the art of social consciousness. From his questioning religious teachings as a youth in Lithuania and up through the end of his life, Shahn remained true to his vision. He never failed to create artwork to draw attention to those for whom life was a struggle, and did so with dignity rather than pathos or sentimentality.
Prior to World War II, Shahn was a lead practitioner of what has come to be called Social Realism. Such art works are narrative, figurative, and illustrative of the poor, oppressed, or those who live at the margins of society. The guiding spirit of Social Realism is a commitment to humanism.
Ben Shahn brought together different forms of visual culture to break down the barrier between mass media and fine art. In opposition to what Shahn called "the rules for pure art," the artist consistently inserted words, texts, and quotations into his artwork to emphasize the didactic nature of his art.
Because of Shahn's apprenticeship and friendship with Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and other prominent artists, he upheld the supremacy and universality of art over the false boundaries of nation states. Through his work with Rivera, Shahn serves as a conduit between the United States and the arts of Mexico which were all the rage in the 1920s and 1930s, but fell out of favor until its revival in the 1980s.
Despite his rise in fame and prestige, Shahn remained committed to his audience and subject matter. Shahn never spoke down to the American people, rather he stood amongst the crowd and fought the same fights as they did.
Born into an Orthodox Jewish family, Shahn witnessed both anti-Semitism and political persecution during his childhood in Lithuania. The Tsar's forces arrested Shahn's socialist father and imprisoned him in Siberia. As a young boy, Shahn began to take a stand against social injustice, a moral stance that would define his life's work. While as a youth studying the Bible, he accused God of acting unjustly when he struck a man dead who had disobeyed his command in the story of the building of Solomon's Temple. Initially, Shahn refused to return to religious school until the teacher would acknowledge this injustice; later, he only returned because of the urging of his beloved grandfather. In 1906, when Shahn was 8 years old, his family immigrated to New York and reunited with his father who had long since escaped and settled in Brooklyn. The year 1906 was the peak year of Eastern-European Jewish migration to America so Shahn's is very much an immigrant's story. While a child back in Lithuania, Shahn first became interested in art; but, as resources were scarce, he had to draw on the pages of his books.
Ben Shahn's childhood, life, career, and various anecdotes Read Ben Shahn's Biography
And, the artists and movements that built upon Ben Shahn's art Read Ben Shahn's Artistic Legacy
Important Art by Ben Shahn
The below artworks are the most important by Ben Shahn - that both overview the major creative periods, and highlight the greatest achievements by the artist.
The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti (1931-32)
Artwork description & Analysis: This is the only easel painting out of Ben Shahn's series of twenty-three gouaches depicting elements of the trial and subsequent execution of the two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti who were accused of murder during a robbery in Massachusetts. At the time and still today, controversy surrounds the guilty verdict, with many believing that the men were condemned because they were anarchists and because of the overt anti-immigrant sentiments of the era. In this painting, the three members of the Lowell Committee who denied the defendants' appeal hold lilies as they stand over open coffins containing the bodies of Sacco and Vanzetti. Judge Thayer can be seen in the background staring out the courthouse window onto the scene.
Shahn submitted this easel painting to an exhibition organized by Lincoln Kirstein at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The museum's Board of Trustees objected to Shahn's depiction of the Lowell Committee members who were friends to many of the museum's trustees. Despite the Board's demand that Shahn's works along with the equally objectionable works by Hugo Gellert and William Gropper not be shown, the many other artists in the exhibition and the curator Kirstein refused to participate if the three artists were banned. The show eventually moved forward including Shahn's work with many of the trustees resigning in anger.
The painting's topic provides an early example of Shahn's use of his art against social injustice. This work helped to establish him as one of the great Social Realist painters. Also in the development of this artwork, Shahn had begun to think sequentially about narration through art, a process which ultimately led him to paint his complex public murals. Rather than painting for himself as other modernists did, Shahn painted for the public and for the cause of Sacco and Vanzetti, while simultaneously drawing upon the cubistic forms of Picasso in his figures. Shahn successfully melds together the formal with the political in this work.
Tempera on canvas - Collection of Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Untitled: Jersey Homesteads Mural (1936-38)
Artwork description & Analysis: Ben Shahn's 45 foot long x 12 feet high Jersey Homesteads Mural recounts the grand narrative of the Jewish exodus to the United States (1880- 1924), the Jews' quest for a decent livelihood in the punishing sweat shops of the unregulated garment trade, and the importance of Jewish labor unions. The left panel begins in 1930s Germany where a Nazi soldier holds a sign warning Germans not to buy anything from Jews; this threatening image by Shahn was the only reference to Nazi Germany in any New Deal mural. Two women seen mourning at open caskets which contain Sacco and Vanzetti are positioned above a depiction of the registry hall at Ellis Island where the Statute of Liberty is visible through an open doorway. A group of immigrants walking off a ship include representations of Shahn's mother, artist Raphael Soyer, and Albert Einstein who leads the group and who was on the board of Jersey Homesteads. The center panel depicts Jews and other immigrants working in a non-union, unsafe sweatshop. Shahn, a champion of unions, next painted an image which closely resembled President of the CIO John J. Lewis but is not to be taken literally as a portrait. The labor organizer presents a speech and quotes one by Lewis: "One of the great principles for which labor and America must stand in the future is the right of every man and woman to have a job, to earn their living if they are willing to work." Shahn concludes the narrative with the right panel with a happier life in Jersey Homesteads housing development. References to the importance of unions, is made by a sign on the development's entrance reading "ILGWU," standing for the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union. In the final scene, a group portrait of the Jewish garment union leaders, along with New York Senator Robert F. Wagner who was instrumental in the creation of labor-reform laws, look over the blueprints for Jersey Homesteads.
Shahn received this mural commission from the United States Resettlement Administration's new 200 home development Jersey Homesteads project that was created to provide housing, work, and farming opportunities for Jewish garment workers wanting to relocate from New York City and Philadelphia; many had lost their jobs due to the devastation of the Great Depression. This expansive and detailed mural reveals Shahn's commitment to improving the human condition through narrative storytelling, and his great skill at creating complex compositions.
Fresco - Collection of Roosevelt Public School, Roosevelt, New Jersey
Resources of America (1938-39)
Artwork description & Analysis: Resources of America (1938-39) is a commissioned mural Ben Shahn completed for the Bronx Central Post Office in New York City. His companion Bernarda Bryson served as his assistant on the project. The New Deal Program's Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture, whose purpose was to oversee the commission of the best art possible for new federal buildings, selected Shahn's as the winning design. For example, one of the thirteen panels portrays both an agricultural and an industrial worker, displaying one man stooping down low to pick cotton, and a woman working at spindles in a mill. The central panel which is placed on a higher plane than the other panel depicts American poet Walt Whitman speaking to an assembled group of workers and pointing to a text-filled blackboard. His long, white beard makes the poet resemble a combination of Moses and Karl Marx.
Although not intending to be controversial, the Bronx mural did indeed elicit harsh criticism due to Shahn's inclusion of a quote by Whitman who was then on the Catholic Church's Index of Forbidden Books. Originally Shahn planned to include text from Whitman's poem "Thou Mother with Thy Equal Blood" but when preliminary sketches of the mural were displayed at the Bronx Post Office, a local priest took notice. Shortly after, Reverend Ignatius W. Cox, an ethics professor at Fordham University, publicly denounced the mural in front of thousands gathered in a church as being a government statement against religion. Cox urged parishioners to join him in demanding the text be changed, and began a letter-writing campaign which garnered much press coverage. As, Shahn had agreed when taking the job to make changes if there were any objections, he switched the text to lines from Whitman's poem "As I Walk These Broad Majestic Days." Despite the successful reception to the altered mural, the experience made clear to the artist the weight of censorship and the power that even a few members of the public could exert over an artist's work.
Egg tempera applied to plaster - Collection of Bronx Central Post Office, Bronx, New York
More Ben Shahn Artwork and Analysis:
Interactive chart with Ben Shahn's main influences, and the people and ideas that the artist influenced in turn.
Meyer Schapiro
Years Worked: 1921 - 1969
Edited and revised, with Synopsis and Key Ideas added by Diana Linden
First published on 07 Jun 2016. Updated and modified regularly.
Raphael Soyer
Romare Bearden
Ben Shahn Videos


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Our most recommended London Jack the Ripper Tours
1. London: Jack the Ripper Interactive Guided Walking Tour
Hit the streets of East End London on an interactive Jack the Ripper walking tour. Head back to 1888 with your expert Ripperologist guide as you try to solve the still unsolved murders on this immersive small-group experience. In your small group, assess photographic evidence and hear true stories about the investigation to suss out the suspects. Even use your own suspect cards to 'investigate' the alleged perpetrators. Find out about the victims, suspects, and life in Whitechapel, an impoverished neighborhood at the time. Your guide will even share gems about Victorian London, including the cultural context for enduring figures such as Sherlock Holmes. Was Jack the Ripper ever close to being caught? Why did he choose Whitechapel? Where was any evidence discovered? Find all this out and more with your Ripperologist guide. Stops include: • Brick Lane • Christ Church • Spitalfields Market • Mitre Square • Petticoat Lane • Ten Bells Pub
2. London: Jack The Ripper Walking Tour
Take a spine chilling walking tour of London's historic Whitechapel district, and follow in the footsteps of Jack the Ripper's terrifying killing spree of the autumn of 1888. The tour explores how a series of terrible murders gripped the East End of London. Explore the historical background of the Whitechapel murders. Examine how public perception of these gruesome but gripping crimes has been shaped, and compare it to the reality of 1888 as you go to the sites menaced by Jack the Ripper. Play detective as you're given a profile of some of the most likely suspects. Get out your magnifying glass and try to figure out whodunnit!
3. London: Jack The Ripper Exploration Game & Self-Guided Tour
Be led on an exciting self-guided tour around the streets of London while playing a mobile-based quest with your friends and family. With every step you take, get closer to solving a mystery that has baffled the world for more than a century: who was Jack the Ripper? Download the app, go to the starting point, and begin the adventure. Follow clues to visit the sites of Jack the Rippers' most sinister murders, including the Christ Church Spitalfields, the White Hartand, and many more. Unlock secrets about the places you visit as you solve puzzles and guess the answers. Go into the pub where unfortunate victims had their last drinks and wander into the cobbled alleys where the serial killer used them. Use the clues to lead you from one site to another. Each clue provides you with exact directions so you won't need a map, GPS, or guide. Complete the tour in about 1.5 hours, however, there's no time limit, allowing you to go at your own pace. Play as a group or split into smaller groups/teams and compete against the others. Each person can also play on their own, separate from the group, and meet the group at the end of the tour. Take part in a special Halloween event on October 30 featuring live actors. Wear your best to enter the costume contest and win prizes such as a $1000 GetYourGuide gift card and more.
4. London: Jack The Ripper and Sherlock Holmes Bus Tour
Step aboard a vintage open top bus, and journey through the haunted streets of London after dark. Along the way, hear stories about the legends buried at Westminster Abbey, and see the banqueting house where Charles I was beheaded. A guide will explain how the public executioner would often raise a severed head to the crowd to show it still twitching for several seconds after the brutal blows! Continue to the Old Bailey, where numerous public hangings once took place. Pass the Royal London Hospital where the "Elephant Man" once lived. Be spooked by tales of Mrs Lovett's pie fillings, which she sold from her shop next to a butcherous barber! Then, walk through a deserted Smithfield Market, looking for the William Wallace plaque where Braveheart was tortured. Learn about the 19th-century body snatchers that dug up local cemeteries "in the interests of science." Listen out for the scratching of the Cock Lane ghost, Fanny Lynes, and hear her story of sex, loan sharks, arsenic poisoning, and séances. As the shadows lengthen, drive into London's East End, a hotbed of crime and vice in the 19th century. Relive the days of Jack the Ripper, when he came out of the fog and dimly lit alleys to stalk and butcher 5 victims. Stroll the path of his death trail to the murder sites, deciphering the evidence of the still unsolved crimes. End in the warmth of the Sherlock Holmes Pub, where a wide collection of Holmes memorabilia is on display. The pub also serves an extensive menu of food, including a traditional fish and chip supper, which you can order from the bar.
5. Haunted London and Jack The Ripper Tour with Fish and Chips
Discover the dark side of London on this combined 3-hour coach and walking tour and learn about some of the capital's most notorious murder cases. Starting from the Theatre Drury Lane, you will learn why it is considered London's most haunted theater. Drive past site of numerous public hangings at the Old Bailey, and continue past the former home of Sweeny Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street. Hear how his accomplice, Mrs Lovatt, was said to have baked pies from the flesh of his victims, before selling them to unsuspecting customers. As the shadows get long, head to London's East End, a hotbed of crime and vice in the 19th-Century. Learn how, during the autumn of 1888, terror struck when Jack the Ripper came out of the fog and dimly lit alleys, to stalk and butcher his 5 victims. Walk along his death trail, inspecting the murder sites, deciphering the evidence, and discussing the suspects in the case that has never been solved. Among the highlights is a visit to the 10 Bells Pub, where many of Jack the Ripper's victims were said to have drunk.
6. London Crimes & Punishment Walking Tour
This private walking tour might not take you to many of the big tourists sights and famous buildings (though you'll see a few) but what it will do is take you to is to real London. Sometimes a scary London, full of history of murders, dark deeds by criminals and often even more horrendous tortures and executions by the State. This tour will cover a number of neighborhoods, all of different characteristics and historical time periods. You'll will start off in the heart of the East End and visit one of the most notorious pubs where The Krays famously and violently ruled the roost in the heart of the old East End (of London). Not too far away you will go back in time almost a century and you will retread the footsteps of Jack The Ripper and his victims whilst visiting and learning about the feared Workhouses that so many lived in and so many were trapped in. From there you will head towards Smithfields, home of many a famous and bloody execution. Stopping briefly at the beautiful St. Bartholomews church, you'll then visit the shrine of William Wallace (Braveheart) where he was put to death in one of the most horrible ways imaginable. Onwards you'll go to the site of the old Newgate prison where people awaited their trials and deaths for centuries and you will stand on the spot where many of the executions were enacted. The Old Bailey is famous in the U.K. for being the court that holds many of the most infamous trials both now and then and you'll get to see one of the oldest courts in the world as you make our way towards St. Pauls and across the river where the notorious Clink Prison awaits us. Finally, you will pass through the maze of alleys around Borough Market and the setting for the poverty-stricken world of Charles Dickens before finishing on the site of the old Debtors Prison which influenced that Victorian writer in the most stark ways.
7. London: Grim Reaper Walking Tour
This 2-hour walking tour of London's shadowy streets takes you back in time, starting with the 1400s, long before an official police force patrolled the dark alleys in the city's infamous East End. London was a city where tyrants ruled, and the weak were swallowed by death's gaping maw. The walk through the city's gloom takes you through the sites of gruesome executions and crushing poverty, of overcrowding, disease, and depraved criminality. Retrace the bloody trail of the notorious Jack the Ripper's murders, get a taste for a new breed of soul harvester born of the Victorian age, and see the plague pits, the Bloody Tower, and Traitor's Gate. You will go to several notoriously haunted areas of the East End and discover how traitors and criminals were punished, why the Ripper was never caught, and what life was really like for people living in the East End. In a city so full of light and beauty, this walk will show you the darkness waiting around every corner.
Journey back to a time when the streets of London were shrouded in fog, dimly lit by gaslight, and when poverty and disease were rife. Follow in the footsteps of Jack the Ripper and investigate his gruesome crimes. Benefit from the services of a guide dedicated to one of the most notorious - and mysterious - criminals in history. Try to discover who Jack the Ripper was using modern methods of criminal profiling. Marvel as your guide reveals the man the police should have been looking for during the biggest manhunt in British history.
9. Jack The Ripper Tour in London's East End
Take a spine chilling walking tour of London's historic Whitechapel district, and follow in the footsteps of Jack the Ripper's terrifying killing spree of the autumn of 1888. The 2-hour tour explores how a series of terrible murders gripped the East End of London. It's a story that can send shivers down your spine to this very day. The discovery of a body set in motion one of the most famous man-hunts in London's criminal history. For over 120 years Ripperologists and amateur sleuths have been trying and failing to discover the identity of the man known as Jack the Ripper. Throughout the tour you will explore the historical background of the Whitechapel murders and their passing into a genre almost in their own right. Examine how public perception of these gruesome but gripping crimes has been shaped, and compare it to the reality of 1888 as you go to the actual sites of the murders.
10. London: Jack the Ripper 2-Hour Evening Walking Tour
Take a journey through the dark, dirty, and murderous streets of Victorian London. Enter the secret world of violence, prostitution, and gin, overshadowed by the menace of Jack the Ripper. Join this 2-hour Jack the Ripper evening walking tour and see the sites where the infamous stalker murdered his victims, and walk along the very streets where the crimes were committed. Hear about the salacious side of Victorian life and learn about the slums and inner-city poverty in the 1880s. This is a chance to finally separate fact from fiction, and get to know exactly what Jack the Ripper did to the women he victimized. You'll get to play detective as well when you're given a profile of some of the most likely suspects. So, get out your magnifying glass and try to figure out whodunnit!
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Our tour guide's name was Jack and he made the experience a true entertainment. From memorizing intriguing Jack the Ripper letters and delivering west end quality soliloquy amongst chronologically regaling the story, we were on the edge of our heels the entire time. Jack, our tour guide, showed us fascinating pictures of the events from the late 1800s whilst floating us around to the many crime locations. He illustratively brought to life the specific geographical location of Whitechapel and the city of London to ruminate the replaced architecture as if we were walking the victorian streets of the time. I'd highly recommend Jack as a tour guide! 5 stars!!
London: Jack the Ripper Interactive Guided Walking Tour Reviewed by Dan, 12/31/2021
Our guide, Tom, was excellent. Although he is clearly often the guide on this walk he managed to make it feel fresh. He was informative, good fun, and fhroughout the two hours always willing to answer any questions members of the group had, showing that his knowledge of ripperology extends way beyond the material he covered during the walk. I parti ularly appreciated that he gave background information on Whitechapel in the 1880s, providing context to the crimes we were learning about.
London: Jack the Ripper Interactive Guided Walking Tour Reviewed by Mark, 12/31/2021
With the most fitting of names, Jack, the tour guide, was brilliant! Entertaining, educational, and a real thought provoking experience. An evening well spent - Jack was super enticing, his knowledge was second to none and the delivery was even better. Highly recommended to any aspiring Ripperologists.
Great exciting tour, guide Jack told everything with humor, great expertise and illustrative material! Highly recommended if you are in London!
London: Jack the Ripper Interactive Guided Walking Tour Reviewed by Burak, 12/30/2021
Our tour guide Jack was amazing. He did a great job in walking us through this.
London: Jack the Ripper Interactive Guided Walking Tour Reviewed by Reshma, 12/31/2021


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After His Dog Died From Fireworks, Man Leaves Warning For Pet Owners
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Every year during the holidays, it's important to remember that holidays aren't easy on dogs, who are often frightened by the sights and sounds of fireworks.
But as one man found out the hard way, fireworks also serve another danger to our pets—and ahead of the holidays, he's putting out a warning for others.
In a Facebook post from June 26, James Copp described how his dog, Zoe, suddenly became ill.
"She was puking this morning and acting all odd," he writes. James took Zoe to the hospital, who contacted the poison control center. They pumped Zoe's stomach, and traced the cause of her poisoning: she had chewed used sparklers, consuming dangerous chemicals.
"Fireworks contain hazardous chemicals such as potassium nitrate, which is an oxidizing agent," James explains. "They can also contain charcoal or sulfur and coloring agents, which are potentially dangerous heavy metals. When ingested, pets can develop gastrointestinal issues like vomiting, a painful abdomen, and bloody diarrhea."
Tragically, Zoe died that afternoon. She was only one-and-a-half years old.
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While mourning his dog, James took the opportunity to give a dire warning to other pet owners who may be around fireworks this holiday.
What makes the story even more urgent is that this isn't a well-known hazard, nor does it usually say anything on the packaging.
"It's really [poisonous] to animals and there are absolutely no warnings on the box about it," James writes. "The vets even looked it up to see if there was warning on the box."
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Senior Year Warnings
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"When reward is at its pinnacle, risk is near at hand." – John Bogle, legendary investor and founder of the Vanguard Group Although written for investors, John Bogle's sage advice is apropos for the next stage of The College Admissions Process during the senior year. Being exhausted from drafting college essays in order to …
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A parent's job is often unenviable. Thankless. Tiring. Trying. Tireless. Especially when the child is a teenager. Parents' reasons for making decisions can vary from encouraging their children to "live their own lives, do what makes you happy" and worries that what makes their children happy won't pay their bills, let alone save for retirement, …
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We want better understanding of not only intended consequences, but also unintended. Not just 'what is this data for?' but equally, 'how could it be misused?
'what data should we never add it to?' and 'what do we need to train Leaders in, so they use the data competently and appropriately'?.
Encouragingly, around the room, there seemed to be general consensus that 'opt in' was the way to go. Explain to people what you want to collect and why, and explain the potential uses. If people agree, then you can collect and use the data as you intend. But you cannot sell it, or on-forward it, or add in other potentially unrelated data, without their permission and knowledge as well.
And that's the reality of employee data and any rules we put in place. There's the written rules, the plans, and the very positive intentions. Then there's reality, and accepting that it's never quite as perfect as we planned.


Enter the ominous and enigmatic world of masks, the macabre, and mockery as we explore Belgian maverick James Ensor's unique repertoire of ghoulish scenes and gallows humor. An Expressionist before the term was even coined, Ensor continues to influence generations of artists through his distinctively dark satire, which drew on a rich stylistic repertoire from the Gothic fantastical to the Christian visionary.
For all his elusiveness, Ensor influenced generations of artists through his vivid often gruesome paintings, prints, and drawings. He is cited in particular for his use of dark satire and allegory, his innovative lighting, and for his interest in carnival and performance, showcased in The Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889 as well as in his repertoire of self-portraits in which he employs masking, travesty, and role-playing to adopt such varied guises as Christ on the Cross and a gender-bending dandy.


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Non-Profits Help Give Homeless Children A Happy Birthday
The chorus of Happy Birthdayended, and the 7-year-old child stared, appearing perplexed, at the lit candle in the cupcake before him.
"He didn't even know how to blow a candle out. The child had to be told what to do after the singing ended, and once he did, he turned around and said, 'Can I do it again?' " says Amy Cervantes, co-founder and volunteer executive director of Bright Blessings, a non-profit which hosts birthday parties for homeless children throughout the Charlotte region.
For many children dealing with being homeless, celebrating a birthday may not be something they get to experience, Cervantes says. Now, as the number of homeless children and families continues to increase, non-profit organizations across the country are working to change that.
Birthday Wishes, a non-profit based in Massachusetts that was founded in 2002, has hosted more than 8,000 parties and celebrated the birthdays of more than 24,000 homeless children throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Long Island, N.Y., says Lisa Vasiloff, executive director and co-founder.
Birthday Wishes and Bright Blessings are two of many non-profits nationwide with similar missions. Birthday Dreams serves the Puget Sound area in Washington state and has hosted more than 806 birthday parties since it began in 2009, says Nicole Thayer, communications and donor relations manager.
Volunteers of America also has a program, Brightening Birthdays for Homeless Children, which started in 2010 and operates at 11 locations nationwide, says Shelley Goode, the vice president of fundraising and financial development.
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Are You a "Jack-of-all-trades, Master of none?"
Do you recognize yourself in these descriptions?
… Afraid that you'll either have to settle into a career and stick with it for life (boring!) or pursue your many, unrelated passions that will leave you penniless and unable to support your family.
… Well beyond your college years but still clueless about what you want to do when you grow up. You feel like something is wrong with you.
…Often described as a Jack-of-all-trades, master of none. You are quickly excited about many, completely unrelated topics and able to acquire new skills… rapidly.
…Someone with a zest for life and a love for new experiences.
… Very successful in your field, but bored to death and looking to change directions – again. To the horror and disbelief of those around you.
If this sounds familiar to you, chances are, you are frustrated. Or worse; you are desperate because you can't seem to "get it together." It's even possible that, in your attempt to keep your options open, you make no choices at all. You know you have all this potential but lots of it is going unused.
If this is you; take heart. There is nothing wrong with you! This is very important and I want you to hear it.
People like you – and me! – belong to a group of humans genetically wired to be interested in many completely unrelated topics. Barbara Sher calls us "scanners" and Margaret Lobenstine refers to us as "Renaissance Souls" in their respective books on the topic. I simply call us modern-day "Renaissance Personalities" – multi-talented people trying to fit a million passions into one life time.
Whereas most people obtain satisfaction from digging in deep and becoming specialists, the Renaissance Personality is in her/his element during the steep learning curve a new skill presents. Once that hurdle has been taken, most Renaissance Personalities lose interest and are on to the next challenge or project.
The best news of all is that this a wonderful trait! It makes you a very versatile and interesting person.
And it IS possible to live a life that integrates all of your passions – whether it pertains to careers or hobbies.
In upcoming blog posts, I'll share more on this topic, including tips and strategies. I'd also love to hear about your experiences as a Renaissance Personality. These could be your personal success stories or about your struggles, not recognizing there's a name for this personality type you're part of. I want to hear it all! Please comment below or email me at Ilona@CareerBranches.com.
Thanks for letting me know I'm normal.
…. I love life more than most and try to live it with as much variety & zing as possible. I'm a freelance copywriter/art director in advertising and publishing (sometimes I work from home and sometimes I work at my clients offices). I am also a professional sailor & nomad. I dabble in TV production (documentaries). I've worked in many industries from being a DJ, to teaching, to financial planning. I get board easily.
When I'm not at work I've got a bit of an adventurous lifestyle…I'm into caving, sea kayaking, parasailing, surfing, diving, rock climbing, canyoning, swimming, windsurfing, canoing, yoga, aquafitness…and I'll try most other things too!
I took a 3 year sabbatical to hitch hike across Africa, then I learned to sail boats and ended up delivering yachts all over Africa & Europe…came home…missed the sea so then sailed down the Caribbean chain….I've lived with all kinds of people in all kinds of conditions and cultures…I am now trying to live a "normal" life again…It's a bit tricky for me!
I have most recently run into a wall.
Wow – you've truly made good use of your time…what an exciting life story is that!
I particularly love the nomad life style and sailing in Africa part..amazing.
What I'm curious about is whether you ever felt that you should conform to "standard life" or that you felt free to create your own.
You're saying you're trying to live the "normal" life now and are running into a wall. Just curious: why would you want to live the "normal" life now?
Feel free to email me at ilona@CareerBranches.com if you prefer. Also, if you're interested – I'd love to interview you for a compilation of stories I'm doing.
Look forward to hearing more, Ilona. I'm on my third career (by choice) and excited about my journey ahead. I'm certain that a fourth and fifth careers are in the horizon…and I can't wait!
This is so timely and sounds wonderful. I'm looking forward to learning more about how to be ok with millions of interests.
Wow…great article and this is how I feel..alot of the times. What do I want to be when I grow up? I love what I do but I'm always looking for another challenge, something that I can learn from and which I can contribute to, not just on paper. THANK YOU for a great article and for the peace of mind knowing that I AM normal.
Thanks for all your comments! Allegresse and Tina: good to hear you are already doing things you love. What do you see as your biggest challenge having so many interests and talents?
I think the biggest challenge is determining when to pursue a new interest. For me, I think after around 5 – 6 years, I feel the desire to acquire new skills and tackle a new challenge, whether at a new company or a completely different job function. It's sad to leave a good team or a good company. Although I would not leave a job/career if I have not yet contributed or if I don't feel that I've given it my all, I still would feel guilty at times. There's also the element of risk since you don't know if your new (ad)venture will work out. The question that plays in mind is am I ready for the change. Is it too soon? To determine if it's the right time, I think of 2 things. One, are there other things I haven't experienced in this area that I could look into? Two, if I change now, what's the worst case scenario and would I be ok with the outcome? What will I do if it didn't work out the way I had hoped? I always have a backup plan. Reflecting on these two areas before making any career choice helps me feel even more confident about my decisions. And so far, it has worked out for the best.
First of all: Happy New Year!
Personally, I haven't experienced this 7-year thing – I simply haven't stayed in any area that long – except for my current business!
I like your approach to evaluating your next steps..it sounds like a very thorough way of going about it. I'm not surprised this has worked well for you!
Hey – if you're interested: I'm doing a series of stories about this and am looking for people to interview. If you're interested, email me at ilona@CareerBranches.com.
This offer is for anyone who identifies with the renaissance personality and wants to share the story of their life.
"What do I want to be when I grow up?" I heard myself says this throughout 20 years of secured jobs until recently when I was made redundant. And so the dilemma of looking for another secure career or setting up my own business and thus doing the things that I have passion for and doing them my way.
Really a big help to be able to relate to a lot of things that you just said. I never thought another human being feels exactly the same way, thinks the same thoughts as I. I'm sharing your blog, probably to a lot of other Renaissance souls through my own post(http://jackandjillofalltrades.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/top-write-ups-…-of-all-trades/).
Thanks for this great blog and these great comments. I'm the author mentioned above who calls us 'Scanners.' I've spotted 9 different types of people who are subject to 'hit-and-run obsessions,' from 'Serial Masters,' who stick with something for years, to 'High-Speed Indecisives,' who discard passions in a matter of days. There are 'Sybils,'interested in many things, and always returning to them again and 'Samplers' who get what they came for and are finished for good.
All types (and combinations of types) can have great careers. A Jack-of-all-Trades, for instance, should be called 'Most Valuable Player' on any team because he's good at everything and a great problem-solver.
There are good career solutions for every configuration of interests and durations. One High-Speed Indecisive got a job talking up new products to a sales force. He was always so excited about the latest thing that the salesmen in the audience bought the items for themselves! A few days later, he was interested in something else. The company loved him.
There was a time when it wasn't considered at all odd to be interested in one thing after another, witness Ben Franklin. That changed in the U.S. 1950's and it's changing back again as we speak (according to economist Richard Florida and author Daniel Pink).
If you, like most of us, are incredibly relieved to find out you're not alone, that means you don't know many of your fellow Scanners. Head over to amazon.com to read client reviews of 'Refuse to Choose.' (I'm not trying to sell my book or I'd go find that link for you :-)) and you'll see just how many people feel exactly as you do. Once the book hit the shelves, I started getting letters that made even me, a Scanner-on-steroids, feel surprise and relief that there are so many of us out there.
It's time to stop thinking there's something wrong with curious people who love learning. No one ever said, while watching a bee go from flower to flower, "Bad bee! Make up your mind!" As stupid as the human race can be, you can be sure we always assumed there's a good reason bees do what they do. There's a good reason we do it, too: we're wired that way. That's what we're supposed to be doing.
Sorry for the length of this post. This subject runs away with me.
And that's why we love you Barbara!
this is so fun to read and see comments by people who understand this wild desire to try to everything, explore, change, switch and discover. it IS nice to know so many people feel this way! we're in good company as renaissance personalities and we have SO much to celebrate.
Barbara! How wonderful to have you stop by my blog…and thanks so much for contributing to the conversation. Your work has paved the way for many people – scanners and non-scanners/renaissance personalities alike.
It really IS a huge relief to find out this is simply how we're wired…not something that needs fixing. And I get the same reaction from people I speak/work with as well.
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Young Indigenous Musicians in Brazil Rap for Land Rights
MC Kunumi poses for a photo in the Krukutu indigenous community, in the city of Sao Paulo, in October 2017. The rapper is wearing a t-shirt stamped with a picture of his appearence in the opening ceremony of Brazil's World Cup in 2014 where he held up a red-and-black poster with the word "demarcation now."Courtesy Olivio Jekupe/Kunumi MC
Oct. 31, 2017, 8:41 PM UTC / Updated Oct. 31, 2017, 8:41 PM UTC / Source: Reuters
RIO DE JANIERO- The opening ceremony of Brazil's World Cup in 2014 also marked the kickoff of a campaign by teenager Werá Jeguaka Mirim to fight for indigenous land rights through his rap songs.
He had been selected, with three other children, to free a peace dove at the ceremony, but in an unsanctioned move, Werá also held up a red-and-black poster reading "Demarcation Now!".
The poster was hidden in his underwear, the suggestion of indigenous leaders from his Krukutu community of some 300 indigenous people in Brazil's biggest city, Sao Paulo.
"After this I started to see that the indigenous fight (for land demarcation) is very important. This act made me become a real activist," the 16-year-old told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Werá, who had already written indigenous tales and poetry, started to compose rap songs just a few months after the opening ceremony and rebranded himself as Kunumi MC, the first solo indigenous rapper in the country.
"These songs are helping to raise awareness about land demarcation even among indigenous people," Werá said.
The demarcation of land for Brazil's 900,000 aboriginal people is controversial. While the formal ownership of land by the country's some 300 indigenous tribes has been shown to preserve cultures and the rainforests where many of them live, plans to allocate new lands for indigenous communities have been on hold for months.
Indigenous leaders are concerned that political moves will put an end to their claims. Some powerful rural lawmakers have proposed changes to the land demarcation process, including the opening up of indigenous reserves to mining companies.
According to data from advocacy group Catholic Indigenist Missionary Council (CIMI) in October, there are 33 proposals threatening indigenous rights before the National Congress.
Of these, 17 are tied to land demarcation, including a proposal to allow the exploration of natural resources in indigenous land and a new framework for the land demarcation process, CIMI said.
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One of the most controversial proposals is to transfer to the National Congress from the federal government all decision-making responsibility tied to indigenous land demarcation.
The proposal, known as PEC 215, became the name of one the songs of Sao Paulo-based indigenous rap group Rap Oz Guarani.
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"Our land doesn't get us dirty/ what makes us dirty is your papers/ your laws, vanity and your cruel hatred/ children want to grow, young people want to live/ so why are you destroying our nature?" the song says.
The group's first song "Jaraguá village warrior" was related to a repossession order filed three years ago by a lawmaker against the rappers' indigenous community.
Indigenous rappers group Br? MCs pictured during a concert in Asunci?n, Paraguay, April 2014.Courtesy Br? MCs/Higor Lobo
"Here in the community indigenous warriors cannot talk about their difficulties. The rap is something that has strengthened the indigenous fight a lot," said the group's founder, 18-year-old Jefersom Karai Xondaro.
"Today we are considered young leaders because of the rap."
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Brazil's oldest indigenous rap group, Brô MCs, fights for similar causes in the city of Dourados, in Mato Grosso do Sul state in the country's central-west region.
"Many families are growing and the Dourados reserve is getting small," Kelvin Peixoto, 26, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "We have to fight for the land that belongs to us."
Through rap songs, Peixoto and three other indigenous musicians, along with a non-indigenous woman on backing vocals, also challenge racial prejudice.
"White people only know indigenous' history from books. They don't see the indigenous as evolved people," said Bruno Veron, 23, one of the band's members. "The indigenous of today is a thinker too."
All the indigenous rappers use Facebook and YouTube to promote their songs, concerts and events - hoping their protests will reach the ears of Brazilian lawmakers.
In Brô MCs' case, their music has made an impact beyond Brazil's borders, with the song "Red Land" played at the Berlin film festival as the soundtrack of a Brazilian film.
"Red land of spilled blood/ from the massacred warriors in the past/ farmers, mercenaries, landowners/ several died defending their land/ in the village where I live there has been a war already," the lyrics read.
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The rap groups sing in two languages: their native Guarani and Portuguese in order to reach a broader audience as possible.
Indigenous rap group Oz Guarani sings during the event "Culture and Concept" at indigenous community Tekoa Itakupe in the city of Sao Paulo, claiming for land demarcation, October 22, 2017.Courtesy Oz Guarani/Thiago Carvalho
Werá says land demarcation is a priority for the future of Brazil's indigenous people. He also wants to bring "schools to indigenous communities; health posts too because many indigenous died in the past because of diseases." he said.
Preserving the indigenous way of life equates to preserving the forests in which they live, which brings benefits to all.
"The indigenous' cause is very important because we're doing good for everyone," he said. "We're bringing oxygen."
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The group format allows the client to receive additional feedback from peers as well as to hear additional positive responses to negative behaviors.
Mr. Rients prefers a cognitive-behavioral approach to counseling. This allows the client to determine the primary areas of need for change and to take ownership of the individual program.
Group sessions are generally 2 hours in length. The entire group counseling process last from 9 to 14 sessions, depending on the client's specific needs.


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Eremophila falcata is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a widely distributed shrub with distinctive curved leaves and white, lilac-coloured or pink flowers.

Description
Eremophila falcata is an erect shrub with sticky, shiny foliage growing to a height of between . Its leaves are thick, firm, glabrous, curved or sickle-shaped, usually  long and  wide.

The flowers are borne singly or in groups of up to 4 on a stalk  long. There are 5 sticky, shiny green to yellowish sepals which are mostly  long and egg-shaped to spoon-shaped. The petals are  long and joined at their lower end to form a tube. The petals are white to a shade of pink or lilac with the lowest lobe of the tube brownish-yellow. The outside of the tube and petal lobes are covered with hairs and the inside surface of the lobes is glabrous apart from the central part of the lowest lobe. Long, soft hairs cover the lowest lobe and fill the inside of the petal tube. The 4 stamens are fully enclosed in the petal tube. Flowering mainly occurs from September to November and is followed by fruits which are oval shaped to almost spherical but with a pointed end. The fruits are hairy, sticky and  long.

Taxonomy and naming
The species was first formally described in 1980 by Robert Chinnock and the description was published in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. The specific epithet (falcata) is derived a Latin word meaning "curved like a sickle" referring to the leaf shape.

Distribution and habitat
Eremophila falcata is common and widespread in the Eremaean botanical province. It often grows in calcareous soils on stony hills and plains.

Conservation status
Eremophila falcata is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.

Use in horticulture
Unusual leaf shape is a feature of this eremophila but it also produces a massed display of perfumed flowers from late spring to mid-summer. White-flowered forms appear to be covered with snow when in flower. It can be propagated from seed, from cuttings or by grafting onto Myoporum rootstock and will grow in a wide range of soils and aspects. It will survive a drought with only occasional watering and is very tolerant to frost.

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falcata
Eudicots of Western Australia
Plants described in 1980
Endemic flora of Western Australia
Taxa named by Robert Chinnock


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Breaking: PDP Set To Form Alliance With 11 Parties to defeat Tinubu, APC
Naijinfo January 12, 2023 in BREAKING NEWS Tagged 2023 Election, Atiku, PDP - 1 Minute
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has begun negotiations to form an alliance with eleven smaller parties to boost the chances of its flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar in the February 25 presidential election.
Naijinfo reports that this was made known by the party's Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, on Wednesday in Abuja.
According to Abdullahi, the eleven parties approached the PDP in search of a cooperative alliance. Additionally, he invited additional parties and organizations to join forces with the main opposition party.
Speaking in an interview with The Punch, Abdullahi said: "There are a good number of them, but it will not be wise to publicly list them out. At the last time I checked, we were in talks with over 11 of them.
"They approached us to express their willingness to partner with us towards ensuring credible elections in 2023. That is the way they put it, but you and I know what that means.
"These are parties with candidates who are not strong enough. I can confirm to you that there is a working arrangement, and we want to see more of such parties or groups.
Together, we will salvage this country.
"They know the strength of the PDP and the pedigree of its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar."
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As many of our readers know, I am a bit of a car aficionado. Racing games are my forte, and I love using my Logitech G27 steering wheel to really have a better sense of driving rather than what a standard controller can give you. However, I must admit something. I can't, and never have, driven a car with a stick shift.
I'm in the market for a second car, and I've been looking at the Porsche 944S as the one. It's not super quick, but it has excellent weight distribution and it is awesome in the corners.
The only problem being is that 95-percent of these cars are stick shift, or what's referred to as a manual transmission, and that would mean learning how to drive it. I'm not exactly the most coordinated person in the world. So, I figured I had two options: Find a friend with a stick and destroy his clutch, or simply find another way to learn.
I figured that it wouldn't exactly make me a pro, but it might help me in the right direction of what to expect: How to feel for the gear shift and everything else I assumed was standard fare for a manual transmission. I spent about an hour just driving on straight away courses in Gran Turismo 5. Most of the learning was accomplished using low-end cars, while I attempted to get the feel for everything. After a while I reverted back to the auto gearbox setting, figuring I wasn't doing much in the way of learning.
A friend recently had to drop his Mercedes in the shop for a sunroof issue, and he brought home his grandfather's Isuzu Rodeo, with, guess what, a manual gearbox. At first I wasn't exactly thrilled about using it for my needs, but after a few, "Come on dude, just do it," speeches, I decided to give it a go.
We headed to a little parking lot area and I was ready to give it a try (well, not before we did a little "ghost ride the whip" for a bit).
Surprisingly, I felt like I was playing Gran Turismo 5 at home, and after a quick lesson, I started on my voyage. When switching gears for the first time — instead of stalling like I figured I would — I shifted flawlessly. After about 20 minutes of no real issues of driving the Rodeo, I took us home.
Give me five more minutes and we take this baby to the Nürburgring.
So what am I babbling about? Simply put, I credit the wheel and Gran Turismo 5 for not only being a great combo of game and accessory, but as teaching tools. I literally had no clue about driving a stick shift and switching gears, but the tools I had used prior actually helped me more so than anything else might have.
How can this be used for driving education today?
This kid just ran over 17 orphans.
Imagine a driver's education class that instead of just an instructor handing out the basics on driving, you are put in a simulation where you can take a digital vehicle around the block.
Well, some schools do have this, and I know that at my local community college one day they had a set up where it was a drunk driving simulation (which I aced!). In this situation, students are asked to sit in a "car" with actual pedals and a wheel and drive in a simulation setting.
I'm not saying we should put a Logitech wheel and GT5 in front of a bunch of 14-year-olds and say "GO FOR IT," but the basic idea is sound.
As I mentioned above, there are some schools that provide simulators. However, what if a teen who wants to learn isn't given the option for a school with fancy equipment?
There are tons of PC simulators, such as City Driver, that are excellent games that put you in a real-world setting. How costly could it possibly be to have a laptop with this program, a $300 steering wheel and a display to show it on? Would you rather have inexperienced drivers heading to take their driving tests, or someone who is is practiced in driving first?
It would make learning much more interesting and remove some of the anxiety that you have when you are driving with the instructor and two other kids in the car for your "test" to pass.
Driving is something that many people at some point must do in life, and learning at a young age can help out tremendously. I have witnessed firsthand how a simple wheel/game setup can help a 28-year-old adult, and I imagine someone half my age with a desire for the open road would learn even more than I could imagine.
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Local Teenager 's Litter Picking Initiative Inspires Friockheim and Seeks More Volunteers
December 15, 2020 / LucynaHousing
James Anderson is a teenager who works very hard for his Friockheim community by helping others, from salting the pavements and cleaning the park in his village to giving anti-bullying talks. He is involved in various voluntary projects and initiatives and demonstrates real active citizenship.
He got involved in the Adopt-A-Street scheme for litter picking. His initiative was then extended to Friockheim Park and he created a Facebook page to let people know about the park's amenities.
Keep Scotland Beautiful then selected Friockheim Park to be a Litter Picking Community Hub to help tackle lockdown litter. The Keep Scotland Beautiful scheme aims to help communities that are frustrated by litter worsening during, and following the easing of, lockdown.
The new hub is now offering to lend new litter pickings kits to individuals and community groups. The kits contain litter pickers, gloves, bag hoops, and hi-vis vests to help people take part in a litter pick.
James will hopefully get some more volunteers kitted out for his litter picks – these are usually advertised on the Parks Facebook. The local playgroup has already shown an interest and that would be an interesting outing for them! Some individuals have also agreed to become part of this community programme.
Arbroath Community Housing Team recently agreed to help out with storage for the community equipment and a lock-up is now available for storage and as a meeting point.
The equipment will be loaned to any interested volunteers and James wants to encourage this. You can contact James at jsa2003@btinternet.com or by calling 07517567518.
Do not be surprised if you get a recorded message saying "James' Bin Washing Services" as he still manages to fit this sideline into his hectic schedule!!
More about James
James was diagnosed with Autism at the beginning of 2012. He was finding it hard going at school but in later years at Carnoustie High he matured and on leaving at 15 he then was able to attend Angus College in Arbroath studying Hospitality and Professional Cookery – completing before lockdown. James then managed to get part-time employment in an initially temporary role with ASDA (Arbroath) as a janitor/cleaner and he is enjoying that new challenge which, due to his performance, has now become a stable part of his life.
James as a teenager was always bored and wanting something to do. He had a great concern for the community as a whole and the vulnerable groups within. Through Enable Scotland in 2018 he was chosen to speak about his experiences at the United Nations in Geneva where he talked about children's rights and cyberbullying – he was a 'Change Champion'.
Even though now working, his volunteering has increased – officially over 500 hours and probably well over 1000! After his 16th birthday, we supplied him with an industrial salt spreader and PPE to compliment the equipment donated by Shepherds and Guild Homes the year before. He was disappointed with the mild weather we had last winter and looks forward to continuing with the village pavement salt spreading later in the year. James manages to grit the pavements of Friockheim before most of us have our first cup of tea! James knows the Roads and Housing teams well and they are only too aware of his continuing requests for salt (NO salt/sand mix please!)
Still with Angus Carers but limited due to COVID he intends to become an 'official' volunteer obtaining PVG and various training – he sees this as only right for all the help given to him and his family due to his autism. He enjoys helping others wither the 'young ones' or the community as a whole. His next planned personal improvement booked for the beginning of December is completing his three day 'First Aid at Work' course which he will see as an asset for others when he is in a volunteering role.
Other volunteering involved assisting at various local church events and Friockheim Community Hub. In the wider community, he can include stints at events such as Party at Pitskelly, Johnshaven Fish Festival & both Montrose and Forfar Triathalons. He also assisted his father in volunteering and raking the bunkers at Montrose Golf Courses on a Sunday morning before play started during the summer!
His Adopt a Street project is continuing and his work in the park has taken off dramatically! James was able to get substantial quantities of disinfectant from various suppliers F.O.C. just having to pay for delivery. He uses this to clean equipment in the park three or four times a week. He carries out litter picking almost daily and has a supply of litter pickers on hand should anyone wish to become involved.
Most recently, James was also pleased to have been nominated in different categories of the Angus Youth awards 2020 and very proud to have come in as the winner of the COVID 19 category as well as the winner of the Environment / Heritage category.
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Q: Inserting ethernet frames of a particular ethertype in ahead of TCP/IP frames in netdev_queue We have developed an Application Specific Integrated Circuit for power line communications. The chip has an ethernet interface. If the ASIC receives an ethernet frame containing TCP/IP or ARP payload (ethertypes 0x0800 IPv4, 0x0806 ARP and 0x86DD IPv6), it simply forwards the frame onto the power line and does the same in the other direction. We call such frames data frames.
If the ASIC receives an ethernet frame of a specific ethertype (we use 0x88b5 which is allocated for experimental//public use on local networks), it consumes this frame itself. These frames contain configuration settings for the ASIC. We call these configuration frames.
The chip is connected to an Ethernet LAN on one side and to power line on the other end. So it basically bridges the two network. The ASIC requires throttling of the data frames passing through it. This is due to the fact that the speeds over power line are 100 times less than the 100 Mbps Ethernet and also because the number of data frames that the ASIC can handle per second are limited.
We use raw sockets to form the configuration frames and send it via ethernet to the ASIC. Is there a way in which whenever configuration frame (0x88b5), it is queued in front of all the pending data frames (ethertypes 0x0800, 0x0806, 0x86dd) in the netdev_queue?
Can this be done via some supporting functionality implemented using hacks & hooks in a kernel module?
We came across a similar question (although improperly tagged) here: Setting up priority of packets that are being transmitted over the network

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