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3.2 We reserve the right to suspend, restrict or terminate your access to any Pickme Taxi services at any time without notice if we have reasonable grounds to believe you have breached any of these Terms. This shall not limit our right to take any other action against you that we consider appropriate to defend our rights or those of any other person.
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4.2 If we breach these Terms, We shall only be liable for losses and damage which are a reasonably foreseeable consequence of such a breach, up to a maximum amount of £1,000 in aggregate for each breach or a number of related breaches. "Foreseeable" means that the losses and/or damage could have been reasonably contemplated by you and us at the time the relevant Pickme Taxi services are provided to you.
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IND vs SL: Shikhar Dhawan excluded from ODI squad, Pandya to lead T20I Squad
IND vs SL: The day of Wednesday kick-started with some good news as well as bad news for Indian team players as BCCI announced squads for the white ball series against Sri Lanka. And what comes as a shock for fans is the exclusion of Shikhar Dhawan from the ODI squad. Rohit will lead the ODI squad while Hardik returns to the ODI setup & will serve as the vice-captain of the ODI format.
The decision of excluding Dhawan has been taken on the basis of his poor batting form in the ODI format in 2022. His average of 34.40 and strike rate of 74.21 in 2022 are the lowest he has registered ever since his comeback in 2013. On the other hand, Shubman Gill & Ishan Kishan's blistering forms have proved to be a vital factor in Selectors decision of sacking Shikhar Dhawan from the ODI squad. Shubman Gill had proved his worth by scoring runs over an average of 70 with a strike rate of 102.57 in 2022. On the other hand, Kishan became the fourth Indian batter to hit a double ton in the ODI format. The major decision of dropping Dhawan from the ODI squad puts a big question mark on his future as he turned 37 earlier this month.
IND vs SL: Rishabh Pant moves out, Hardik Pandya returns to the ODI setup
The selectors have also dropped wicket-keeper batter, Rishabh Pant, from both the ODI & T20I squads. Notably, Rishabh didn't feature in the ODIs against Bangladesh as well. Pandya will again take up the captaincy reins of the T20I format after successfully leading the Indian team in the New Zealand T20I series. While middle-order batter Suryakumar will serve as Hardik's Vice-Captain in t20I format. What comes as icing on the cake is the return of Hardik in the ODI setup where he will serve as vice-captain of regular skipper Rohit Sharma.
Rohit, Virat & Rahul excluded from T20I squad
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli have been excluded from the T20I squad & will only feature in the ODI format. The selectors meanwhile have named uncapped pacers Shivam Mavi and Mukesh Kumar in the T20I squad for the three-match T20I series. The duo will come in place of Mohammed Siraj & Bhuvneshwar Kumar who were ignored for the T20I series. Kuldeep lost his place in the T20I squad while he has been selected in the ODI squad.
Gaikwad & Tripathi will return to the T20I setup in place of Shreyas Iyer & Rishabh Pant. With Dhawan out of the ODI squad, Gill makes his way into the ODI format for the Sri Lanka ODI series. All-rounder Jadeja who has been out of action due to his injury continues to recover from the same. The series will begin with the T20I series followed by the ODI series.
IND vs SL: India's Squad for T20I Series
Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (VC), Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar.
IND vs SL: India's Squad for ODI Series
Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (VC), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh.
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Working with Academy and studio leaders in motion picture archiving, the Digital Preservation Research Intern will undertake bibliographic and related research and write a summary report and list of publications relevant to the digital preservation of motion pictures, supporting the content-development work of the Academy Digital Preservation Forum (ADPF): academydigitalpreservationforum.org
This is a paid, limited term internship position in Hollywood, California beginning June 2022 through August 2022.
Review existing entries on the ADPF "Research & Publications" page, recommend additions and deletions.
Research important works to be included in the bibliography, based on technical importance or historical context to the digital preservation of motion pictures, as well as related developments such as digital postproduction, projection, and cinematography.
Scan various periodicals for relevant articles, such as American Cinematographer, SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, et cetera.
Consider and make recommendations on the value and effort of compiling a historical timeline of progress in the field as a basis for the bibliography.
Work with other Science and Technology Council and Academy members and staff.
Compile a list of educational resources to be referenced on ADPF.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Enrolled in an accredited bachelor's or master's university degree program in film studies, archiving and preservation, or library science, with an interest in working in the entertainment industry.
A keen interest in motion picture technology, workflows, and preservation.
Ability to work well independently as well as with others to perform as part of a team.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail with a methodical, academic approach.
Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
If hired, we require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, unless a medical or religious accommodation is needed as determined on a case by case basis.
This internship is part of the Academy's Gold Rising program, an 8-week internship enhancement program that incorporates learning opportunities including an intensive two-day orientation, weekly panels, exclusive networking events, workshops, screenings, and mentorship opportunities with Academy members. To learn more, please visit: https://www.oscars.org/gold-rising
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FG to enhance farm yields through technology – Buhari
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President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that the Federal Government will sustain the deployment of Geographic Information Services (GIS) and other similar technologies to help farmers achieve increased production.
The President made this known on Thursday in Abuja when he received a delegation of the Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SURCON) led by the President of the International Federation of Surveyors, Prof Rudolf Staiger.
He expressed delight that many states in Nigeria are adopting GIS for both urban and rural development, noting that the Federal Government was also on track in using similar technologies to support farmers to increase their yields.
President Buhari said his administration will continue to work with members of the survey and geo-informatics profession to provide quality infrastructure that will bring prosperity to Nigerians.
''Our Government, in the past five years, has embarked on critical infrastructure development and rehabilitation projects across the country. We are designing and building roads, bridges, rail tracks, airports and affordable housing all over the country.
''Our goal is simple, we will develop quality infrastructure that will bring prosperity to millions of Nigerians in both our urban and rural areas.
''To achieve this, we are working with surveyors, engineers and town planners. I am, therefore, confident that the 344 new surveyors inducted into the register of the Surveyors Council of Nigeria will be very busy in the coming years,'' he said.
The President also used the occasion to recognise the roles and numerous contributions of members of the profession to national development, pointing to the design and development of the Federal Capital Territory.
''Indeed this beautiful city of Abuja, which was conceived in 1976, is an excellent example of the good work delivered by your profession.
''As you are aware, the city we are seeing today was designed and built through the collaboration of many local and international surveyors, engineers and geospatial experts,'' he said.
In his remarks, Prof Staiger, told the President he was in the country to witness the induction of 344 new surveyors into the register of SURCON, and the investiture of the maiden edition of the Distinguished Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan Award for the Development of Survey and Geoinformatics in Nigeria.
''For me, it is a great opportunity to personally interact with President Buhari whose international reputation of honesty, integrity and selfless services stand him out as one of the greatest sons of Africa,'' he said.
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Home / AMAs / AMAs 2017: TAP Management win Manager of the Year Award Eleven Management's Niamh Byrne & Régine Moylett awarded Entrepreneur of the Year in recognition of their groundbreaking campaign for Gorillaz's star-studded Humanz album
AMAs 2017: TAP Management win Manager of the Year Award Eleven Management's Niamh Byrne & Régine Moylett awarded Entrepreneur of the Year in recognition of their groundbreaking campaign for Gorillaz's star-studded Humanz album
By Phoebe
TAP Management will be collectively crowned as Manager of the Year at the 6th annual Artist & Manager Awards on November 14th.
Founders Ben Mawson and Ed Millett will accept the award, recognising their team's significant successes in 2017 guiding the careers of artists such as Lana Del Rey, Dua Lipa, DJ Shadow, Angus & Julia Stone, as well as an innovative and multi-faceted approach to music management.
Founded in 2010, and with offices in London, Berlin and LA, TAP's forward-thinking approach has seen them build a hugely impressive roster of artist, writer and producer clients, as well as a growing publishing company and most recently a label setup.
This year has been particularly notable for their work with Lana Del Rey and Dua Lipa – guiding back the former for her fifth album, Lust For Life, with transatlantic number ones, and taking the latter from YouTube to pop domination across the UK and Europe, including the first number 1 UK single for a solo female since Adele in 2015. Other new and exciting TAP Management artists starting to come through include Grace Carter, Dermot Kennedy and Col3trane.
In addition, we will be celebrating the work of Niamh Byrne and Régine Moylett founders of Eleven Management – widely considered one of the UK's most innovative music operations, with a roster to match including Damon Albarn, Blur, Roisin Murphy, The Clash and Gorillaz. Their Entrepreneur of the Year Award recognises their successful and ambitious global campaign which launched Gorillaz's fifth studio album Humanz.
Fittingly for a such a multi-collaborative project, whose guests ranged from Pusha T and Danny Brown to Mavis Staples, Benjamin Clementine and Kali Uchis, the campaign included a genuinely groundbreaking VR video for lead single Saturnz Barzwhich broke YouTube viewing records. Eleven Mgmt also forged creative partnerships with Deutsche Telekom and developers B-Reel on an augmented reality Gorillaz app, a collaboration with E.ON on a solar powered Kong Studios, Noodle became ambassador for E-Racing at Jaguar Land Rover which lead to a recruitment drive by Gorillaz which gave fans real jobs in engineering, Red Bull and Hennessy on Gorillaz' own festival Demon Dayz and even 2D's beloved Chelsea FC and also created Sonos IRL Spirit Houses in New York, Berlin, Amsterdam and Beijing.
All helped drive the album's momentum, with Humanz topping iTunes rankings in more than 50 countries within hours of release (it finally reached number 2 spot in the UK and No 1 the US album charts) as well as fuelling streams and social media engagement. The band's live activities included a sell-out major US tour and their own 15,000-capacity Demon Dayz festival in Margate. Gorillaz are currently in the midst of European and UK arena dates, and powering into next year with a series of dates planned for 2018.
Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive, MMF said:
"To succeed in the modern day music business, managers need to think outside the box while keeping a multitude of plates spinning. This is no easy task, but the judging panel unanimously felt that 2017 was TAP Management's year. As well as the phenomenal success of Lana Del Rey and Dua Lipa, we felt the entire team's integrated approach across music publishing, music production and brand strategy was worthy of recognition. This is a company with music at it's heart, but with the ambition to forge new paths and set new trends.
"Similarly, Niamh and Régine have instigated a truly groundbreaking campaign for Gorillaz's Humanz, amplifying the scope of the album's collaborative vision with a series of eye-catching partnerships that opened new creative potentials, including augmented reality apps and a stunning VR video. Always sensitive to Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's vision, they also curated the highly successful Demon Dayz festival in Margate. As with TAP Management, Eleven are worthy winners at the Artist & Manager Awards."
Sponsored by Spotify, the Awards takes place on the evening of Tuesday November 14th at Printworks London.
The MMF and FAC are also delighted to confirm that BBC Radio 1's Gemma Cairney will be hosting the ceremony.
Other previously announced winners at the 2017 Awards are Depeche Mode's manager Jonathan Kessler, who receives the Peter Grant Award for Lifetime Achievement; Tracey Thorn, who will pick up the Artists' Artist Award; and Echo Beach's Jill Hollywood for Writer/Producer Manager.
More winners will be announced in coming weeks.
Tickets for the Artist & Manager Awards are available now – for more details email fiona@themmf.net


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Security researchers sneak malware past Apple's App Store review using 'Jekyll & Hyde' approach
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology managed to get a malicious app approved by Apple and included in the App Store by using a 'Jekyll & Hyde' approach, where the behaviour of a benign app was remotely changed after it had been approved and installed.
It appeared to be a harmless app that Apple reviewers accepted into the iOS app store. They were later able to update the app to carry out a variety of malicious actions without triggering any security alarms. The app, which the researchers titled "Jekyll," worked by taking the binary code that had already been digitally signed by Apple and rearranging it in a way that gave it new and malicious behaviors …
The researchers presented their findings in a paper at the USENIX Security Forum.
Our method allows attackers to reliably hide malicious behavior that would otherwise get their app rejected by the Apple review process. Once the app passes the review and is installed on an end user's device, it can be instructed to carry out the intended attacks. The key idea is to make the apps remotely exploitable and subsequently introduce malicious control flows by rearranging signed code. Since the new control flows do not exist during the app review process, such apps, namely Jekyll apps, can stay undetected when reviewed and easily obtain Apple's approval.
An Apple spokesman told MIT Review that changes have been made to iOS as a result of the exploit, but it's not yet clear whether the change is to iOS 7 or the older iOS 5 and 6 versions attacked. The researchers only left their app in the store for a few minutes and said that it was not downloaded by anyone outside the project in that time.
Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller tweeted back in March about a study revealing the rising incidences of malware on Android. The study showed that Android accounted for 79 percent of all mobile malware in 2012, while iOS came in at less than 1 percent.
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Team India: One with a strike rate of 193 and another with 10 wickets.. These are the 4 key players who took India to the semis..
T20 World Cup 2022: Rohit Sharma's team entered the ring with many expectations and started the tournament with a great victory against Pakistan in the first match. Thus, with a total of 5 matches, 4 wins and 1 loss, they reached the top position in Group 2 and reached the semi-final.
Team India's Road To Semi Finals
Team India has reached the semifinals of the T20 World Cup. The Indian team has performed brilliantly throughout the tournament so far. A year ago, in the 2021 World Cup, under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the same team was eliminated in the group stage. After this, the scene changed as the team got a new captain in the form of Rohit Sharma. The Indian team will play the semi-final against the England team on November 10. Rohit Sharma's team, which came into the ring with many expectations, started the tournament with a great victory against Pakistan in the first match. Thus, with a total of 5 matches, 4 wins and 1 loss, they reached the top position in Group 2 and reached the semi-final.
Top 4 stars who took India to semi-final
4. Mohammad Shami..(5 matches, 6 wickets, economy rate 6.11, best 2/14)
In the last T20 World Cup, India lost to Pakistan in their first match. In the match, Shami gave away 43 runs in 3.5 overs. Shami could not take a single wicket. After that he got trolled on social media. After that Shami also got Covid positive. After recovering from this, he entered this year's T20 World Cup. In the last 5 matches, Shami not only answered the critics with his performance but also played a key role in taking India to the semi-finals.
Although Shami did not take many wickets in the T20 World Cup, he stopped the batsmen from getting runs in all the overs. In this tournament, whenever the Indian captain needed a wicket, he knocked down the opponent's wicket. In such a situation, his overs become decisive in the match. Especially in the India-Pakistan match, Shami Iftikhar Ahmed took the wicket when the team needed it the most. After this wicket, the game came to the Indian court. Shami's consistency has benefited India a lot in this T20 World Cup.
3. Suryakumar Yadav- (5 matches, 225 runs, strike rate 193)
Even before the T20 World Cup, Suryakumar Yadav was seen in rhythm. He maintained his stamina in this tournament as well. Surya became the second batsman to score 1000 runs in a year in T20s. Surya achieved this feat in 2022. Before him, Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan scored 1000 runs in T20Is in 2021. Apart from this, Suriya is currently the No. 1 T20 batsman in the ICC rankings.
Suryakumar Yadav's three half-centuries and 360-degree shots were the talk of the town in the T20 World Cup, but he also played a vital role in India's victory. In the India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh matches, Surya's bat did not work much, but he scored 68 runs in 40 balls against South Africa. Surya remained unbeaten against Zimbabwe and Netherlands. He scored 51 off 25 balls against Netherlands and 61 off 25 balls against Zimbabwe. Suriya's two sixes in the last over against Zimbabwe suggest that Suriya can become a 360-degree batsman after South African AB de Villiers. But these shots hit by Surya made India reach the semifinals.
2. Arshdeep Singh – (5 matches, 10 wickets, economy rate 7.83, best 3/32)
India-Pakistan teams faced each other in a Super-4 match in the Asia Cup. Ravi Bishnoi bowled the third ball of the 18th over full off side. Asif Ali is on strike. Asif tries to play a slog sweep. But, hit the top edge and the ball went to short third man. The ball slipped from the hands of the fielder Arshdeep who was standing there. After dropping this catch, Arshdeep was responsible for India's loss in this match. Arshdeep got trolled. Words like Khalistani were also used against him.
Arshdeep answered this with his performance in T20. Arshdeep came to bowl the second over in the ongoing Super-12 match between India and Pakistan. Pakistan opener Babar Azam was dismissed by Arshdeep on the first ball of that over. After that he also sent Mohammad Rizwan and Asif Ali to the pavilion. He gave 32 runs in 4 overs and took 3 wickets. India won this match.
Arshdeep's brilliant performance continued in the match against Netherlands. He gave 2 wickets to the team. Although Team India lost their next match against South Africa, here too Arshdeep dismissed the two most important batsmen of the opposition, Quinton de Kock and Riley Russo.
In the next match, the tight competition between Bangladesh and India continued. Here too Arshdeep did wonders and took 2 wickets. He took the crucial wicket of Shakib-al-Hasan. After that the Bangladesh team headed towards defeat.
Babar Azam in powerplay in India-Pakistan match and Shakib-Al-Hasan in death over in India-Bangladesh match. With this, Arshadeep proved to be a good option for India in both powerplay and death overs. Ahead of this World Cup, the absence of Jasprit Bumrah from India's bowling line-up was hotly debated. Arshdeep made up for Bumrah's deficit with this performance.
1. Virat Kohli- (5 matches, 246 runs, strike rate 138)
Before the T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli had been struggling with poor form for nearly 3 years. He scored a century against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup. After that everything changed. Virat remained unbeaten with 82 runs off 53 balls against Pakistan in the Super-12 first match of the T20 World Cup.
In the 19th over, Kohli turned the match around with two sixes off Haris Raoof. Fifth ball of the over.. Harris Raouf bowled slow short of length. Kohli takes the ball over the bowler's head outside the boundary. Raoof kept watching the ball. Team India got 6 runs. The next ball is on leg-stump. Kohli flicks it towards fine leg with the help of his wrist. Six runs again. This innings played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground is being called as Kohli's best innings in the T20 format.
In the match between India and Netherlands, Virat silenced the critics by playing an unbeaten innings with 62 runs off 44 balls. Kohli remained unbeaten on 64 runs off 44 balls against Bangladesh and kept the team in a strong position.
T20 WC 2022 Semi Final: Rain effect for India vs England semi-final.. How is the weather in Adelaide?
Virat Kohli: Former Indian captain as ICC player of the month.. The prize received with revenge against Pakistan..


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UPCOMING EXHIBITION — MJÖLK
New Works: Fougere, Masanori, Råman
Stop by the Mjölk gallery and storefront in the Junction for a chance to experience debuts by three of their favourite designers. As part of Mjölk's exclusive line of products, the new work includes furniture by Thom Fougere, designed and produced locally in Toronto; kitchenware by Oji Masanori from Japan; and housewares by Ingegerd Råman from Sweden. The work will be on display and available for order beginning January 22, 2021. Click here for more information.
Dates January 22 - 30, 2022
Location 2959 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hand Shower for Goodland
Designed for Goodland, the Hand Shower is a low-tech product for indoor or outdoor bathing. Perfect for a light shower, or to wash ones hands or feet before entering a bath.
Find out more here, read an interview with Goodland here, or purchase at Goodland here.
The Hand Shower has also been included in Azure's 2021 Holiday Gift Guide.
Nuvo Magazine Autumn 2021
"Collecting Intimacies — Thom Fougere's Successful Career and His Commitment to Subtlety and Periphery"
Nuvo Magazine, Issue 90, Autumn 2021. Read here.
Furniture Designer of the Year 2020
Thom Fougere Studio has been named the Furniture Designer of the Year 2020. Thank you Western Living Magazine for giving a platform to Canadian talent, and congratulations to all other winners. Read the feature here.
Thom Fougere Studio was also named one of House & Home Magazine's A-Listers for 2020.
"This Canadian talent has raised the profile of homegrown brands and proven his own design mettle on the world stage." Read the feature here.
Elle Decor Japan
The Mjölk Fire Tools are featured on the cover of Elle Decor Japan Oct 2020 issue. The 'Creator's Home' issue features the Seeds London retail concept space, home to the raw brass fire tools.
The article also appears in the August 2020 Elle Decor UK issue. Read it here.
Nuvo Magazine & Designers of the Year Finalist
NUVO Magazine — See What Some of the World's Best Designers Came up with in Quarantine.
NUVO Magazine — 16 Canadian Furniture Designers and Studios You Should Know.
Western Living Magazine — Thom Fougere Studio has been announced as a Finalist for Furniture Designer of the Year 2020.
Azure — Canada's EQ3 Makes a Splash in Manhattan
The EQ3 New York Flagship Building is featured in the latest issue of Azure Magazine. Learn more about the building and its design here.
"Canadian home furnishings brand EQ3 caps off its recent expansion into the U.S. with its most ambitious toehold yet: an 840-square-metre, from-the-ground-up flagship in the heart of New York City's Chelsea district."
Thom Fougere's New Line for Mjölk Quietly Dazzles
Since leaving his position as creative director of EQ3, a nine-year tenure he capped off by spearheading the design and building of the Canadian manufacturer's New York City showroom, Thom Fougere has already had a busy schedule as an independent designer. In January, he unveiled five new products for Toronto's Mjölk: a daybed, two tambour cabinets and two editions to his fire tools collection. The pieces speak of quality, timelessness and Canadian craftsmanship — and of an enduring friendship between the Winnipeg-based designer and the Toronto shop, which has evolved into the role of producer of unique pieces by both national and international talents.
Read the rest of the Azure Magazine article on the Mjölk collaboration here.
Toronto Design Week 2020
Thom Fougere Studio is pleased to announce the Mjölk Daybed is the winner of the DesignTO Juror's Choice Award presented by Herman Miller and DIALOG, as well as two Designlines Magazine DL Love's Awards for the Mjölk Tambour cabinets. The Aluminum Group show was also awarded the Best in Festival: Exhibition Award.
Some notable press from the Mjölk 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition and Toronto Design Week:
Designlines: Thom Fougere Launches New Products with Mjölk.
The Tambour Cabinet featured in the Financial Times.
Le Feu designed for the Aluminum Group Show featured in Azure.
A Nod to Nordic in Mjölk Collection featured in Architectural Digest.
The Must-See, Do and Experience Events of DesignTO.
Mjölk's 10 Year Anniversary Show
Mjölk's 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition debuted a collection of new work designed by Thom Fougere Studio for Toronto Design Week. The collection consists of five pieces which include two Tambour Storage Cabinets, and a Daybed, as well as two new additions to the Fire Tool Collection designed for Mjölk in 2016. All five pieces are made in Toronto, Canada and are available exclusively at Mjölk. Amongst a retrospective of works from past collaborators such as Claesson Koivisto Rune, Luca Nichetto; both Oji Masanori and Andersson & Voll debuted two new pieces for the anniversary celebration.
Click here to shop the collection at Mjölk.
Aluminum Group at ESP Gallery
Aluminum Group curated by MSDS and Jamie Wolfond.
Open January 16-19 at ESP Gallery ESP | Erin Stump Projects 1558 Dupont Street, Toronto.
Thom Fougere Studio releases new work entitled "Le Feu" at Aluminum Group. Both a light diffuser and scale model for a future architectural intervention — capturing the essence of a cabin in the wilderness and its inner warmth. Read more here.
Mjölk's 10 Year Anniversary
As part of the Mjölk 10 Year Anniversary show during Toronto Design Week, Thom Fougere will be presenting new product and furniture designs for the Mjölk in-house product line. The five new designs will consist of two additions to the Fire Tool set developed for Mjölk in 2017, as well as three new furniture pieces — a daybed, and two storage cabinets. Japanese designer Oji Masanori, and Norwegian design firm Anderssen & Voll will also present a variety of products to celebrate Mjölk's 10 year anniversary.
Reception January 17, 2020, 7:00pm — 9:00pm. 2959 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Canada.
Exhibition January 17 — 25, 2020. 2959 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Canada.
Find out more, and RSVP here.
EQ3 Flagship Location — Now Open in NYC
EQ3's American flagship building is now open in New York. Located in the heart of Chelsea at 116 7th Ave.
Find out more about the building here.
Read about the design of the building with an interview between Thom Fougere and EQ3 here.
Or visit EQ3 to learn more about the product line.
EQ3 New York Flagship — Opening next week
Next week marks the grand opening of EQ3's New York flagship location.
You can read more about the inspiration and design intent behind the building, and what's in store for Manhattan here.
2019 Design Exchange Emerging Designer Awards
Thom Fougere Studio is honoured to be recognised by the Design Exchange as a finalist in the 2019 Emerging Designer Competition.
Some personal news to share today: after nine rewarding years I have left my position of Creative Director at EQ3.
TFs is now open for business full time, and will be working within the fields of product design, residential architecture, commercial interiors, photography and art direction. For more information please visit www.thomfougere.com or get in touch at info@thomfougere.com.
DesignTO Talks: Uncovering Canadian Design
Tue, Jan 22, 2019 6:30pm — 9:00 pm, EQ3 Liberty Village, 51 Hanna Avenue.
This panel discussion will uncover the process involved in designing and making modern furniture and home décor, with a focus on Canadian design. Moderated by EQ3 Creative Director Thom Fougere, he and panelists Christian Lo of ANONY (Toronto), Simon Johns (East-Bolton, Quebec), Jamie Wolfond of Good Thing (New York and Toronto), and Alisa Maria Wronski (Toronto) will share their personal design pedagogies, examine successes and failures, and provide insight into their methods as contemporary Canadian designers.
Prototypa Exhibit at IIDEX hosted by Form Us With Love
Prototypa Exhibit hosted by Form Us With Love at IIDEX in Toronto.
You can also read more about the exhibition here.
Winner — Design Exchange Emerging Industrial Designer
Thom Fougere Studio has won the DX Emerging Industrial Designer Award 2017!
Globe — One of the most influential figures in Canadian furniture
The article appears in the Globe & Mail.
Mjölk Fire Tools — That is Best Which Works Best Exhibition
The Fire Tools debuted during a Toronto Design week exhibit "That is Best Which Works Best" presented by Mjölk. The set is now available for purchase through Mjölk's Toronto showroom and available internationally via their online shop.
The Exhibition won a Best in Show award, and the Fire Tools won a Jurors Choice award as well as a Designlines Loves tag.
Read more about the exhibition on Dezeen, Disegno and Mjölk's blog, Remodelista: World's Most Beautiful Fireplace Tools from Mjölk.
Mjölk — That Is Best Which Works Best
That Is Best Which Works Best opens to the public today 7pm-9pm. 2959 Dundas Street West
As part of Toronto Design Offsite Festival, Mjölk presents That Is Best Which Works Best, a group exhibition which sets out to examine how past craft movements have informed contemporary practice. By looking towards the Shaker movement, many designers, artisans and craftspeople have found a distinct aesthetic informed by a philosophical practice. January 18-23, 2017.
The Fire tool set is now available via mjolk.ca in both polished brass, and blackened brass.
Design Exchange Award — Tyler Brûlé
New work: The Design Exchange — Canada's design museum, commissioned an award honouring Tyler Brûlé.
Dwell Magazine 2016 "Young Guns" + Monocle Design Directory
This month Thom Fougere Studio was featured in Monocle Magazine's 2016 Design Directory, and listed as Dwell Magazine's 2016 'Young Guns'.
Click here to read Dwell's article 'Two Seats are Better Than One'.
Milano 2016 — Makers + Bakers — Thom Fougere Studio
In case you weren't able to make it to Milan and visit the Makers+Bakers exhibit at Rossana Orlandi, you can read about it here:
Azure / Elle Decor's interview with Ambra Medda about Maker's + Bakers / Milk Decoration
I was also asked to design a new piece for the show which will be posted on the site soon...
Photo Milk Decoration
Makers & Bakers — Ristorante Marta
I will be taking part in "Makers and Bakers" in Milan next week. The show will take place at Ristorante Marta in Spazio Rossana Orlandi, and is curated by Ambra Medda and Katie Lockhart.
If you're in town, make sure you stop by! Ristorante Marta, Via Matteo Bandello 14, April 12th-15th 10am-5pm.
During the week, Ristorante Marta will be transformed by Makers & Bakers. Ambra Medda is teaming up with New Zealand-based interior designer Katie Lockhart to create a place of discovery, where visitors can immerse themselves in work from 25 creatives hailing from 14 countries, including the USA, Canada, Japan, Serbia, Botswana, Uruguay and Denmark. The designers will show products that enhance our most communal experience: a meal. The moments we gather together to break bread spark great conversation, enable connection, and introduce us to new and authentic experiences.
EXHIBITION & PRESS
Stockholm Furniture Fair
Thanks to everyone who visited us at Greenhouse during the Stockholm Furniture Fair. If you weren't able to stop by, you can read up about the collection here:
Dezeen: Thom Fougere creates furniture collection to reflect Canada's "eclectic sensibility"
Sight Unseen '15 Things we Loved at Stockholm Design Week'
Wallpaper Magazine: Stockholm Furniture Fair 2016: hot seats, young guns and the new Nordic guard
MilK Decoration 'Top 15 Stockholm Furniture Fair'
Mjolk / Kitka blog: Stockholm
Stockholm Furniture Collection
The Saddle Chair, Rattan Bench, Bar Cart, Wood Plate, and Fire Tools for Mjölk are among many of the new introductions we're showing at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this year.
Visit the 'Furniture' section of the website to learn more about each new piece within the collection. Dezeen has a short interview on the inspiration behind the collection.
Stockholm Furniture Fair — Greenhouse VH03:11
Come say hello in Stockholm!
Our new collection will be on display at Greenhouse, Booth VH03:11, February 9-13 at the annual Stockholm Furniture Fair.
EQ3 Assembly at IDS2016
EQ3's capsule collection: EQ3 Assembly, was successfully launched at IDS16 in Toronto and winner of the 'Best Booth Design Award'.
To find out more you can visit the EQ3 Assembly website here, or read about the collection on Dezeen here. See more about the booth design here.
Sight Unseen 2015
There's a nice write up on Sight Unseen covering the 2015 products produced by Thom Fougere Studio. Link here.
Industrial Designer of the Year 2015
Honoured to be named Industrial Designer of the Year by Western Living Magazine. See the full article here.
Designer of the Year Finalist — Furniture + Industrial Design
Thom Fougere Studio has been nominated in both the Furniture and Industrial Design categories of Western Living Magazine's Designer of the Year 2015.
EQ3 San Francisco
Near the end of this month, the EQ3 American Flagship showroom designed by Thom Fougere will open in San Francisco.
Take a glance at our brand new catalogue comprised of all products and information for the year 2013 / 14.
All products featured are available for purchase through the online shop. Each furniture purchase through the online shop will also receive a 2013 / 14 catalogue.
Maquette Book
The Maquette publication is now online and available for worldwide purchase in the store.
In case you missed the Thom Fougere + Børge Mogensen Pop Up Shop during the Winnipeg Design Festival this year, below are some images documenting the event.
We had an incredible turn out and we thank everyone who took the time to come out and say hello. A beautiful selection of Børge Mogensen pieces were presented from Scandinavian Modern's collection shown alongside Thom Fougere's collection of furniture. We were also happy to host our guests John and Juli from Mjolk who flew in for the event, as well as Nils Vik with Parlour Coffee who prepared espresso for the opening night party. Check out their coverage of the event on their blog here.
This event marked the launch of thomfougere.com's online shop, allowing for the first time Thom Fougere's furniture collection to be purchased by the public. If you missed the Pop Up Shop, appointments can be made to visit our studio and showroom.
Thom Fougere Pop Up Shop
A special thanks to everyone who came out to the Pop Up Shop during the Winnipeg Design Festival September 20-22. We had a great time conversing with new and old friends over Parlour Coffee and beer, and good music.
Though the shop was only around for three days, visits to Thom Fougere's studio and showroom are available on an appointment basis. To schedule an appointment, please email: studiothomfougere@gmail.com.
A special thanks to Parlour Coffee, Mike Goreski, Madi Cash, Martin Cash, and Susan Brasher for making the event possible.
Event photos by Charles Venzon
YWG — The Quiet Influence
I'm currently exhibiting two works, plus one new item, at the RAW: Gallery of Architecture and Design in Winnipeg, MB from January 11 — February 16. Curated by former Winnipeger and good friend Craig Alun Smith, the show finally bri
ngs together the small sample of designers dispersed across Winnipeg.
Below are some images of the event, and the show description: Separation & Connection & Navel Gazing.
Why Winnipeg? What is it about this place that fosters such a strong cultural community to flourish? How can a small Canadian city of only 700,000 inhabitants produce the likes of Neil Young, Marshall McLuhan, Gabrielle Roy, Lenny Breau, Guy Maddin, The Guess Who, Weakerthans, Carol Shields and Tyler Brûlé. The typical, "mytho-poetic" answer is that it has something to do with isolation and separation, a city on the vast open prairie landscape, alone at the centre of a cold continent. The myth tells of the remoteness and long harsh winters forcing the city's inhabitants to band together for warmth and safety and somehow in this communal attachment, a great collective cultural conciseness is born. But that's the myth, the one we tell because we don't really know the truth. Could it be that the truth has just as much to do with broader interconnectivity? Winnipeg has always been a transportation hub, the gateway to the west. It has never truly been isolated. It is a city with a transient population; people come and go, we work and live in other cities but still call Winnipeg home, always maintaining a connection. Do these invisible connections allow the city to spread a tentacle like network out into the world connecting the city's cultural innovators to ex-pats and counterparts in major world centres? If it were simply a case of isolation creating great artists then Davis Inlet, Prince Rupert or Flin Flon would be the cultural capital of Canada.
The Quiet Influence
The Winnipeg design community has always been extremely small and usually no more than four or five designers make up the community at any one time. However, these designers tend to go on to find national and international success at a rate far greater than their counterparts from other Canadian cities. Examples include designers such as A. J Donahue whose iconic "Winnipeg chair" inspired George Nelson to create the Coconut chair. John van Koert who helped to introduce modernism to North America. Studio plastic buddha, one of the first Canadian design studios to be invited to work with European powerhouse manufacturers such as Alessi, Stelton, and Herman Miller. Motherbrand who's first international design exhibition debuted in Tokyo, Japan as part of Designers Block, and is now credited with launching a new Canadian design vernacular. Allan Kiesler, not a designer but a design agent, one of the first in Canada Matthew Kroeker winner of both Best Western Canadian Designer as well as Best Canadian Designer. And most recently the award winning young designers Thom Fougere and Ilana Ben-Ari. Each "generation" or new wave inspires and connects to the next. The Quiet Influence exhibition is the first major retrospective to examine the wide-range of works of Winnipeg designers by bringing together key design pieces from the past twelve years. Through the exhibition and subsequent book, we seek to fully explore the role and influence of this small Winnipeg design community on the greater Canadian and international design world. The exhibition is not intended to be prescriptive; the curators did not set out with any predetermined notion or thesis. Instead, they let the works submitted through an open call and selection tell the story of Winnipeg's role within, and influence on Canadian design. This story forms the narrative for the exhibition.
Pictures Courtesy of RAW: Gallery of Architecture and Design
Maquette was a huge success. Thanks for everyone who came out for the opening event, as well as the all-night Nuit Blanche event. Thank you to the Winnipeg Design Festival, as well as Culture Days.
Below are some of the details of the event, as well as some photos of the exhibit itself. There will be more images and details on the event coming soon.
I'm putting on an exhibit of sorts for the Winnipeg Design Festival. This is the first time I've curated and organized an exhibit, so I'm excited to see the results once it's finished.
Below is a description of the exhibit:
Three dimensional modeling is a tool employed by designers, architects, makers,and manufacturers to gain an understanding of the spatial implications of an idea. Three dimensional modeling — whether 1:1 or 100:1 — is arguably the most revealing stage in the design process. Its physicality allows for a hands-on interaction with the manifestation of the idea.
Something that was previously ideated along a single index, usually through sketches or drawings, can now be viewed from multiple perspectives. This can facilitate a deeper understanding of not only the physical connections within the object, but also the larger contextual spatial and emotional connections that the object will have with the surrounding environment.
The upcoming exhibit, Maquette, will showcase a selection of these three dimensional explorations from established Winnipeg-based designers, architects and artists. Maquette will present how some of Winnipeg's foremost creators use three dimensional modeling in their creative process. Whether in the form of initial conceptual iterations or the result of countless hours of labourious refinement, each of the objects on display will offer an insight into the creative process.
September 28, 2012 — 8:30 p.m. (Opening Night)
September 29, 2012 — 6:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. (Nuit Blanche)
Participating firms / designers:
Din Projects, 5468796, Ben Borely, H5 Architecture, SPM, Lancelot Coar, Craig Alun Smith, PSA, Matt Kroeke, Dylan McKinnon, Tomas Rojcik
WINNIPEG DESIGN FESTIVAL
Tyndall Table at IDS 2012
Another successful show at IDS has come and gone. The reactions to the Tyndall Table from Torontonians was fun to witness. Often times puzzled by the material, only true Manitobans or Saskatchewanians recognized the regional stone.
As usual, John and Juli's blog Kitka, the counterpart to Mjölk, had great coverage of the event.
Bench Rack Wins at IDS 2011 in Toronto
Back from Toronto and pleased to say that the Bench Rack received the Rado Award for Best New Prototpe at the 2011 Interior Design Show in Toronto this past weekend. The Bench Rack also receive a Design Lines Love Tag as one of the Top 100 products at the Toronto International Design Festival.


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Michael Cohen will be released from prison due to pandemic
In this February 2019 file photo, Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to US President Donald Trump, listens during a House Oversight Committee hearing in Washington. By Kara Scannell, CNN
(CNN) -- The federal Bureau of Prisons has notified Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, that he will be released early from prison due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to people familiar with the matter and his lawyer.
Cohen is serving a three-year sentence at the federal prison camp in Otisville, NY, where 14 inmates and seven staff members at the complex have tested positive for the virus.
Cohen was scheduled for release in November 2021, but he will be allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence from home confinement, the people said. He will have to undergo a 14-day quarantine at the prison camp before he is released.
Cohen was notified on Thursday of his pending release, and his lawyer, Roger Adler, confirmed it to CNN.
His pending release comes as the Bureau of Prisons, which has been under pressure for its early handling of the virus at its facilities, has been thinning out its prison populations by releasing some nonviolent and medically vulnerable inmates to home confinement or furloughing their sentences in response to the pandemic.
Spokespersons for the bureau and the US attorney's office in Manhattan, which prosecuted Cohen, declined to comment.
Cohen's pending release comes after a federal judge rejected his request last month. At the time Cohen accused the Justice Department of not treating him fairly and later added his concerns about the virus.
Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to tax fraud, campaign finance violations and lying to Congress. He admitted to helping facilitate hush money payments to two women who alleged past affairs with Trump. Trump has denied having affairs with the women.
When pleading guilty, Cohen implicated Trump, telling a federal judge that he had made the payments "in coordination with and at the direction of" Trump, who prosecutors identified in court filings as "Individual 1."
Cohen had been a vocal surrogate for Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, often sparring with reporters and appearing on television to support his longtime client. His pending early release comes in the middle of Trump's reelection campaign and as the President is facing his greatest test: handling the pandemic.
According to the Bureau of Prisons online tracking system, there are 473 inmates and 279 staff members who have tested positive for the virus and 18 inmates have died. To date, the system reports 1,198 inmates have been placed on home confinement. There are more than 143,000 prisoners at federal facilities across the country.
Cohen isn't the only well-known inmate who is getting out from behind bars amid the pandemic. Michael Avenatti, the attorney who represented Stormy Daniels, one of the woman who Cohen helped pay to squash her allegation of an affair with Trump, has been granted a temporary 90-day release from a federal jail in New York after a period of quarantine.
Avenatti has been held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan since a judge revoked his bail earlier this year.
He is awaiting sentencing after he was convicted of attempting to extort more than $20 million from Nike. He is also facing two other criminal trials, including one where he is charged with stealing more than $300,000 from Daniels. Avenatti has pleaded not guilty.
Avenatti will be confined to a friend's home in California, where he will not be allowed to use the internet. He will have to turn himself back in to authorities at the end of the 90-day period.
This story has been updated with further details and background.


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#GOD's #JUDGMENT AND #PUNISHMENT OF THE #MAIN #RELIGIOUS #ORGANIZATION OF #THIS #NATION
Thus say I unto the religious organizations of this Nation especially the main one of whom I said along with others that they all have been tried and have been tested and have been measured by My Holy Law and Commandments and have been found wanting. Yet thou hath not Listened unto Me saith the Holy One of Israel thine ears have be deaf to My warnings of the Judgment to come upon thee for to Me who do see thy inward parts spiritually and not just physically thy hearts unto Me seem like unto blocks of granite harder than the nether millstone. I have said unto thee repent and turn and cleanse thyselves of all that doth pollute thee be not as they who are holy on the outside and are but whitewashed graves dead on the inside spiritually cut of from Me; for true Faith is of the heart and the spirit and not of the body and the flesh; whose hearts are far from Me and are as the Sadducees and Pharisees and Zealots of old who put on a pretence of religion just to be glorified and praised by mankind and to be praised for their self sacrifices and so called good works who in performing such have but one motive their own glorification and to have power over others and considered as men and women of God holy and pure and unadulterated yet whose hearts are darker than the bottomless pit to which they are headed these in this life have their reward. But still in the next have to face Me in Judgment. These if they were of Me would not seek the praises and adoration of mankind rather would they avoid it for they would be humble and meek and self effacing having a true and upright heart only seeking the good and the benefit of others. But also there are many who follow not after Me who because of their selflessness and dedication to helping the sick the lame the disable the homeless the elderly the poverty stricken and many other acts of goodness do put to shame those who do profess to be of Me these say I shall not lose their reward at Mine hand for they shall receive tenfold in return for their unselfish acts peace long life and prosperity and if they do come to believe in Me everlasting Life for ever before My throne in My presence. Thus it is that I speak not of those who attended thy places of worship alone but of those who lead them who are twice dead plucked up by the roots ready to be cast into the fiery furnace of My Wrath and anger. But I say also that the evidence of immorality in the main religious organization and organizations of this Nation shall not remain hidden thus far have I brought out into the open much that hath been hidden of immorality corruption and wicked practices especially against the children and there is much more to be brought out into the open so that they bear the shame of their wicked practices of which all shall see and know for there is nothing that shall remain hidden that shall be brought out into the light. even If repentances and cleansing and purification are forth coming then wrath and anger punishment and destruction shall descend upon the guilty and the punishment shall not return thereof until all hath been accomplished in as far as the punishment required by My Holy Law and commandments. At the present the main religious organization of this Nation are unworthy to bear My Name and My authority THEREFORE SHALL BE WITHDRAWN
from the prophet of the Lord.
#THE #BREXIT #NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE #RIGHTS OF #UK #CITIZENS LIVING IN THE #EU AND #EU CITIZENS #LIVING IN THE #UK AND THE #NEED FOR #TRUST
The EU's demand as a condition of equal residential status for UK citizens residing in the EU that the status of EU citizens should have the same rights as those living in the EU and should be overseen by the EU's courts of Justice after Brexit. Which indeed reveals the EU's distrust of the British Courts of Justice which after Brexit will replace the EU's. But will the EU tolerate the British Court of Justice overseeing the rights of UK citizens residing in the EU the issue being a matter of trust if the EU doesn't trust the British Justice system as it will be after Brexit then how can how can the UK trust the EU's courts of Justice to over see the rights of EU citizens which beggars the question is this where the negotiations become unstuck for the EU insist this matter has to be resolved before negotiations can continue. It not Just a matter of stating that either the EU citizens will be better off under the British Justice system or the UK citizens better off under the EU courts of Justice or the EU's Justice system this point out one major principle to be in place throughout the Brexit negotiations both sides of the negotiations must be able to trust each other in all aspects of these negotiations or the only deal at the end of the day will be no deal at all not only on the part of the UK but on the part of the EU also and all who are involved know what that means.
This is the Word of the Lord God to thee
#THE #MEETING OF THE #POLITICAL #PARTIES WITH THE #EU #HEAD #NEGOTIATOR IN BRUSSELS OVER #BREXIT
The meeting of the political party leaders should never have taken place as intentionally or unintentionally these have given the EU an advantage in the coming negotiations if ever they needed an extra advantage in the first place. Why? Because the British negotiating team is not made up of all the political party leaders especially those of the devolved governments and the Leader of the present negotiating team is far outclass by the EU's team and Lead negotiator. One party Leader the one in opposition made a statement which implied that it was his mandate to represent the three million members of his party who trusted in him to do so which is in as far as he and his party in oppositions duty is to hold the party in government to account, but the Brexit negotiations are not about party politics alone and just his party it is about his and the rest of the MPs duty and responsibility in Government to negotiate a good Brexit deal for all of the people of the UK and that doesn't mean Just his party but all of the political parties that represent the whole of the UK and the meeting with the EU negotiator as intentionally or unintentional s afore said has given the EU an advantage in the coming negotiations and unless the present teams is reformed and a leader chosen of equal standing with the EU's head negotiator who has had a least the same level of experience in political financial and business negotiations as their opposite EU number and knows how to use all the weapons in their arsenal and all the tricks of the trade as so to speak to gain the upper hand and win a good deal for the UK. The EU head negotiator by meeting virtually all the parties that are opposed to the present governments position and strategy knows how disunited the United Kingdom real is at the present time and will use that knowledge gained in these meetings to his advantage and at present with the insight he has gained the UK doesn't stand a chance in gaining a good deal. But what the EU wants is for the UK to remain in the EU and if the EU can divide the various devolved governments and the political parties enough and against each other they believe that there may be a possibility of the UK never leaving EU. A strong team with a strong determined leader is needed not only to lead these negotiation but a strong determined and wise Leader with a totally unity party behind them is also needed at the present time in Government to bring back the United in United Kingdom and Unite the whole country to stand together as one not only to win a great deal in as far as Brexit is concerned but lead the UK into the future as an independent rich strong powerful country which can stand tall in the World as Nation to be reckoned and to be traded with.
#THE #SIEGE OF #QATAR BY #EGYPT AND THE #GULF #STATES ESPECIALY #SAUDI #ARABIA
Thus say I at this time in as far as the present siege by the Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt what must be asked is it really about the so called backing and support by Qatar of Rebel and terrorist groups that they have put in place such sanctions as to virtual lay siege to that country or is there an ulterior motive or reason such as Qatar's gas fields that possibly extend across the gulf to Iran. Qatar's gas exports supply a great proportion of the Worlds demand for Natural gas which has exponentially expanded over the last decade. What has to be taken into account is the Worlds demand for oil has not increased but has decreased forcing the OPEC countries oil prices to be cut but also is it a possibility because OPEC and the Arab states including Saudi Arabia had to cut their oil production seeking they say to increase oil prices or is it because their oil fields are beginning to dry up as the North sea oil fields did, forcing them to seek revenue from other sources meaning Natural Gas. Then thou has to take into consideration Saudi Arabia's ardent backing of what they call the legitimate government of Yemen and thou may ask what has this to do with Qatar it is about how far the Gulf States and Saudi Arabia are prepared to go to impose their will on Qatar using their so called support of terrorism as an excuse to impose their will on that country you only have to take into consideration Yemen and the intense bombing of civilians and rebels Yemen is not a rich country and the Saudis are not supporting that government for no returns on their investment of the so called legitimate Government. The question has to be asked is there oil or gas underground in Yemen and if there is it would explain the Saudis support and then the question must be asked if their reason for imposing sanctions using their so called terrorist support as an excuse when the real reason is to getting their hands on Qatar's gas fields will they go as far as they have done in their support of Yemen's so called legitimate government using terrorism as an excuse. Or it must be ask how far will they go and thou doth get an idea from Qatar's government response that they are expecting to have to defend their country by force if necessary meaning that they are expecting to be invaded. You only have to remember Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait and the reason for it and his excuse that he wanted a gulf sea port when he really wanted to get his hands on their oil fields which he knew he could only do so by force. Is Qatar's situation following the same path?
#THE #TRUE END OF THE #EXILE OF THE #CHILDREN OF #ISRAEL AND #THEIR #RETURN TO THE #PROMISED #LAND
Thus say I unto thee O Israel especially those scattered abroad amongst the Nations of whom I have since thine exile at Mine own hand until the return of thy brethren after a grievous world war provided a safe haven in many countries, except in those times and ages and countries wherein the persecution and the massacring of My People existed and I did return upon the heads of those who persecuted and massacred them a hundred fold what they did unto My people to such an extent that many Nations suffer such destruction as to almost erase them from the face of the Earth, especially the last persecution and massacre of My People at the end of their exile from the promised land because of their rejection of their promised Messiah and because of their abandonment of their one true God redeemer and Saviour having turn their hearts of flesh to hearts of stone as hard as granite whereby was signified by the destruction of the House to My Name and My Holy City for then no longer were My people worthy to have the house to My Holy Name in their midst and no longer was Jerusalem considered Holy but a wanton harlot wandering after the ways of the Nations. But not so now Jerusalem is My Holy City once more and the House to My Holy Name shall once more exist in her and she shall be purified and cleansed no more shall she play the harlot wear the harlots gown, no more shall she wander after the ways of the Nations and the World for she shall return unto the Lord and Her God and she shall be as a holy pure virgin in My sight once more in her shall be established David's throne and a Worthy Holy and Righteous King shall sit thereon and all Nations shall come and pay homage unto Him who sits thereon for He shall rule the Nations with a rod of Iron. Thus say I then unto My people scattered abroad it is time to return unto that Land I promised to Abraham and his descendants forever for this land is thine and is thy heritage for it belongs to none other and there is no longer the need for Me to provide a safe haven amongst the Nations and those who refuse to return and do wish to follow after the ways of the Nations they shall by Me cast off and abandoned as they have and do abandon Me. I shall take from out of My People their hearts of stone as hard as granite and replace them with hearts of flesh so that once more they are My People and I am the Lord and God and I am their true shepherd and they are the sheep of My Pasture which is all of the Land of Promise.
#THE #TERMINATION OF ANY #HUMAN #BEINGS LIFE #ESPECIALY #CRITICALY #ILL #CHILDRENS #LIVES AND WHOSE #RESPONSIBILITY IT IS
Thus say I in as far as the termination of a critically ill child as the case of one that is at the present ongoing what I have stated I will reiterate as below.
Thus say I unto thee as concerning children in a critically ill state if the necessity to end that Child's life should ever arise then it has to be that the parents of that Child alone has the right to decide when there is no longer any other course of action but end that Childs life in the most humane way possible in no way can it be nor should it ever be the decision of any Judicial court or any other legal or medical authorities right to end any Child's life no matter the circumstances for one of thy sayings applies to the circumstances of the present due termination of the life support of one Child where there is life there is hope. But ultimately the ending of all human life has never been in the hands of mankind for it is I who bring a person into existence and after their allotted time on Earth I it is who doth end their Earthly life at that time thus ordained by Me and in the manner ordained by Me and thence to come before Me in Judgment to be Judged according to My Holy Law and Commandments unto perfection and that without exception for there is a saying amongst thee when your time up your time up and thus that time has been ordained by Me from all eternity saith the Lord God of creation. So thus say I if any person doth so end any life whether it be their own their Childs their partners or any other life whatsoever no matter the reason all have to be and all shall be Judged by My Law and commandments and thus punished accordingly as My Law states thou shalt not Kill and anyone who does shall be in danger of being punished by Me and cast in the bottomless pit forever, especially in as far as the young and infants whom I cherish above all of mankind for does it not say in My Word suffer the little children to come unto me for of such is the Kingdom of the heaven of heavens therefore anyone ending a Child's life I shall never hold them guiltless no matter who they be from the highest authority to the lowliest of mankind. I place a Childs life in the care of their parents and they alone have authority in Mine eyes over their child life and none other. But to those who suffer their Child's life ending be assured that they are received immediately in to My everlasting Loving arms.
But in as far as the authorities Judicial or otherwise are concerned though I deplore and condemn any interference in the proper upbringing of children by any governmental body whatsoever and I restate I have placed a child's care in the hands of their parents until they are of an age to leave the family home. Yet wherein any parent absolves themselves of that responsibility of care by neglect or cruelty both mentally or physically which also means leaving them on their own without any and all responsible supervision then it is the responsibility of the state and the official bodies to step in and take over but and I so state this where the parents meet their responsibility for their children in all and I say again in all aspects of their child's upbringing the state has no right whatsoever to interfere in that child's or those children's upbringing which never occurred until the latter modern period of this civilizations existence.
#THE #JUDGMENT OF #GOD #WHICH HAS #BEGUN AT THE #HOUSE OF #GOD AS #HE #PROMISED IT WOULD
Thus say I at this time saith the Holy One of Israel the only true Living God and redeemer of the Holy People to the religious organizations of this Nation and all the Nations of the Earth that profess to be of Me thou art tried, thou are tested and thou are weighed in the balances of My Just Judgment and are found wanting for all that is within thy organizations that is not of Me and that is contrary to all of My Holy Law and Commandments that doth pollute thee. For shall I call thee whitened sepulchres seemingly holy and pure on the outside yet full of dead men's bones. Thus it is that unless thou doth repent and be cleansed of all that is contrary to My Holy Law and Commandments and all that is not of Me and is not of My Word nor of the Faith revealed therein as it were by the cleansing fire of Roach Hakodesh whom thou doth call the Holy Spirit I shall cast the forth from My presence into outer darkness where there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth wherein the worm dieth not and the flame of torment goeth not down forever. For thus say I unto thee that Faith as is revealed in all of My Holy Word is the means whereby all who are of Me are given to them so that they can through faith obey all of My Holy Law and Commandments for does it not say in My Word and yea I say it it again not one jot or title shall pass from all of My Holy Law and Commandments till all hath been fulfilled. Thus therefore there is a Judgment to come upon all of those who are outside of that Faith as revealed in My Word and there is a Judgment to come of all of those that are within that Faith whether it be of the heart or of the mouth only and as it is so set down in My Word and all from either Judgment if found wanting shall be cast forth into the bottomless pit which thou doth call hell forever wherein there is no reprieve whatsoever throughout all eternity.
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Given the few updates on this blog for more than one year, the reader (you) might wonder if Dark Fader still exists. Good question. Yes, Dark Fader still lives but during all this time most action took place behind the scenes. Each of us has worked very hard to seriously upgrade his setup. We have been busy designing, developing, testing and again designing, developing and testing, both hardware and software. All of this to improve reliability, flexibility, gesture control, sound quality, etc. It's been a lot of work with electronics, textile, Max, gen~, Arduino, and even C programming. This is a long, long process which is not finished yet. However we hope and do whatever we can to reach a stable situation at the summer's end.
We are very happy to re-take our rehearsals in October this year and if everything works as expected we have some fantastic new plans for the upcoming months.
So keep in touch and meanwhile enjoy our latest work of art which we think is very beautiful.


Does it all work? Who knows. Despite my complaining, I am much more healthy than most men my age, and I believe that I look it. So take that for what it's worth. And this morning I mistakenly took Melatonin, so I expect to be asleep in a few minutes….
PS. The free wi-fi I've been stealing just stopped working, so this might be my last post for a day or two.
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I may have a chance to see this display next month, of papyrus in Demotic Egyptian, the basis of a new dictionary.
While in graduate school in the 1970s, Johnson began the project using as a springboard a 700-page demotic glossary published in 1954. Her new version is an updated 4,500-page volume that is now only available free online (www.oi.uchicago.edu). She said it eventually will be published in book form by the University of Chicago Press.


Hey all, I will keep this terse as I am posted on the concrete ground outside a small closed library in Magdalena Village, NM. In short, I will be heading into the Gila Wilderness to climb Whitewater Baldy in search of a population of S. austromontana that may have burned in a recent fire. New Mexico is a beautiful state, full of mountains and desert. There is no water here, and already the fire danger is high. Time for adventures.


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Minnesota yields down with disastrous start
By Michelle Rook / AgweekTV Anchor on Aug 26, 2019 at 5:30 a.m.
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. — Most farmers in the Corn Belt will look back on the 2019 planting season as one of the biggest disasters they've ever faced. That was true in Minnesota where farmers faced relentless rain, flooding and historic prevented planting acres.
Bob Worth farms near Lamberton in southwest Minnesota, which was hit the worst. He says he's never taken prevented planting on his farm until this year.
"Out of 2,300 acres that we farm, 1,800 is prevent plant, 200 acres of corn and 300 acres of soybeans is all we got in," he says.
Near Tracy, Minn., Joel Schreurs says he also struggled this spring. "Personally, on our farming operation, we're about 50% planted. We did not get much corn planted, but the majority of the beans have been planted," he says. Mark Schultz, market analyst with Northstar Commodity in Minneapolis says it will be a record year for unplanted acres in the U.S. and in the state. "I think we're 1.1 million acres of prevent plant in the state of Minnesota."
As you move east and north in Minnesota, more of the crop got planted, but again at various times. Eden Valley, Minn., farmer Tom Haag says the corn is also very uneven because of nitrogen loss. "The fields are not that good, even coarse over as we get into the field, there's too many drowned-outs and low spots."
With the late planting, crop development is also behind for both corn and soybeans. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Crop Progress Report showed corn as of August 18 was 55% dented verses the average of 74%, while 87% of the crop had set pods compared to 92% normally. However, farmers report development in southern counties is seven days to two weeks behind, and isolated areas are lagging even more.
"There again, there was a lot of late beans planted and we need a long fall to get them mature," Gerald Tumbleson of Sherburn, Minn., says.
David Nicolai, University of Minnesota Extension educator, says the corn is in a race to hit black layer. "That's going to push some of this late planted corn way into the month of October, so the concern is frost in September for possibilities," he says.
A late season also will mean increased drying costs on corn. "I'm looking and we could be at the 25% moisture corn, that's 10 points to bring out," Haag says.
Nicolai agrees that quite a bit of corn will need to be dried. "Unless we have a phenomenal fall, it's probably going to have to go through some type of a drying operation into this fall into storage so we have it the proper moisture," he says.
Farmers say corn will also be lighter test weight and have lower yields, with very few 200-bushel field averages.
Mike Skaug farms near Beltrami in northwest Minnesota and says his crops will just be average. "We're like 160 to 170 on corn and we're probably in that area, not as good a year ago, but probably in the 10-year average," he says.
And Haag says he thinks his yield prospects are also diminished. "We've probably got more of an average for us in our area 160 to 165 to 170 because we got too many drowned-outs, too many low areas where it was compacted when we were putting it in or muddy."
Kent Beadle is a market analyst with CHS Hedging in St. Paul and is forecasting overall corn yield for Minnesota will be down from 2018. "Just generally, the overall state even in the better areas are going to see a little bit lower yields, so 175 plus or minus I think is going to catch Minnesota," hey says.
Soybean yields are also expected to be down with the late season, except for the northern counties which had timely planting. Theresia Gillie, farms near Hallock in the far north and says, "Soybeans should be average or a little bit above because we've been a little bit on the dry side." Other farmers like Paul Freeman of Fergus Falls say soybeans will be disappointing on his farm. He says, "The best I could hope for is average. I'm thinking it could be compared to last year I could be down 15 bushels per acre."
Kent Beadle is more optimistic about soybean yields versus corn. "I'm actually thinking that Minnesota is going to be something closer to maybe 46 bushels an acre," he says. That would be down 8 to 9 bushels per acre verses 2018.
However, no one will really know for sure until the combines run this fall.
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