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How US Companies Are Becoming GDPR Compliant
Most firms are updating their privacy notices
Article by Ross Benes | Oct 19, 2018 | 3 min read
How US Companies Are Becoming GDPR Compliant: Most firms are updating their privacy notices
Digital Privacy & Security
To reduce the probability that they'll be fined for violating new privacy laws, companies are taking basic steps to protect themselves.
In an August 2018 survey of 145 US corporate directors of public company boards conducted by BDO USA, nearly eight in 10 respondents have conducted a gap assessment and updated their privacy notices to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). About one-third of those polled have increased their data privacy budgets and appointed a data protection officer.
The steps that respondents are taking to comply with the GDPR are pretty small. But that may be because the sample came from US companies and the GDPR is an EU law. US companies can still be affected by the GDPR if they have EU customers or audiences. News publishers like the Los Angeles Times and Newsday have blocked traffic from the EU rather than risk being fined.
But US companies typically are not as sensitive to the GDPR as those in the EU. In a June 2018 survey of 600 IT and legal professionals by Dimensional Research and TrustArc, more than a quarter of respondents said their firms were fully GDPR compliant while just 12% of US companies said they were GDPR compliant.
Although the GDPR is a EU law, US companies probably shouldn't sit and wait to get their data in order.
The California Consumer Privacy Act was signed into law this summer and is set to take effect in 2020. In August, Quorum Analytics analyzed the content of press releases, newsletters, social media posts and floor statements from members of Congress and found that Congress is increasingly discussing technology. And in an April 2018 poll of US internet users by Janrain, 68% of US internet users say they support GDPR-style rules in the US. These signs indicate that folks in the US are increasingly embracing technology regulation.
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became enforceable on May 25 and states that a user's personal data can be used only if that individual gives a company explicit permission. Companies who violate the GDPR can be fined €20 million ($22.9 million) or 4% of global revenues, depending on whichever is greater.
What Steps Have US Companies Taken to Comply with the GDPR? (% of respondents, Aug 2018)
Current State of GDPR Compliance According to Legal and IT Professionals in the EU, UK and US, June 2018 (% of respondents)
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Turkish sea transport firm to buy new ship with EBRD loan
By Olga Rosca
@olgarosca
Alternative Transport is investing in Meleq, a new €55.5 million vessel to operate the route connecting Istanbul and Trieste.
The EBRD is providing a boost to the Turkish shipping industry with a €27.5 million loan to fast-growing sea transportation firm Alternative Transport that will help it realise its international potential.
The loan will finance the acquisition of a new roll-on/rolloff (ro-ro) cargo ship.
Alternative Transport is investing in a new €55.5 million vessel with a capacity of 283 trailers to carry wheeled cargo such as cars, trucks, trailers or railroad cars that are driven on and off the vessel.
In addition, a €4.5 million junior loan will be provided under the EBRD's Green Logistics Programme, which is funded by the Global Environment Facility. Turkey's largest lender Isbank is extending a parallel loan of €16 million.
The new cargo ship will enable the firm's much-needed expansion on the route connecting the Istanbul port of Haydarpasa and the north-eastern Italian port city of Trieste, increasing profitability and operating efficiency.
The EBRD has previously financed the acquision of the other three ships on this route.
Sea shipping is the leading mode of transport for Turkish international trade, both by value and volume. Over 60 per cent of imports and 55 per cent of exports, by value, are seaborne. Backed by Turkey's strong trade relationship with Europe, the sector is continuing to grow rapidly. Trucks heading to western Europe are increasingly turning to sea transport which provides lower costs and more diverse, more predictable and more efficient services.
Ro-ro vessels form an integral part of developing the "motorways of the sea", an international vision to transform shipping into a genuine, more environmentally friendly alternative to overcrowded land transport.
Sue Barrett, EBRD Director for Transport, said: "Although the importance of ro-ro transportation between Europe and Turkey is increasing rapidly, shipping companies in Turkey suffer from scarce access to long-term financing. This is our second transaction with Alternative Transport, a truly international sea transport firm, as we believe shipping operations are not only a successful business but also support a cleaner, safer and more efficient transport system for the country's booming trade."
The founder and chairman of Alternative Transport, Ahmet Musul, said: "We are pleased with the support of EBRD, which helps to make possible the execution of our strategy to develop intermodal solutions linking major European ports. On top of that we keep developing our infrastucture; we invest in new vessels, trucks, warehouses and own ports to the benefit of our customers."
Alternative Transport was established in 2013 by Ahmet Musul, who also founded Ekol, an integrated logistics company which provides international freight, warehousing, domestic distribution, foreign trade, customs and supply chain management services in 15 countries. Building on an over 20-year experience of its sister company, Alternative Transport gained a market share of as much as 18 per cent in its first year of operations.
Helping boost Turkey's sea freight transport is part of the EBRD's Green Economy Transition (GET) approach which puts investments that bring environmental benefits at the heart of the Bank's mandate. The EBRD is aiming to increase the level of its financing in the sphere of sustainable resources to 40 per cent of the annual business by 2020.
The Bank is a leading investor in Turkey. It started investing in the country in 2009 and has to date invested over €9 billion in the country through more than 220 projects across many sectors and has mobilised nearly €20 billion for these ventures from other sources of financing. Some 98 per cent of the Bank's investments in Turkey are in the private sector.

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Tag: Miss Saigon
'Miss Saigon's' heat is on!
Anthony Festa (Chris) and Emily Bautista (Kim) in Miss Saigon at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. (Matthew Murphy photos)
After its 25th anniversary revival on Broadway in 2017, "Miss Saigon" is reappearing this year on a national tour. Directed by Laurence Connor, the music is by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Loosely based on Puccini's opera, "Madame Butterfly," "Miss Saigon" follows the final days of the Vietnam War.
The first lead character that opens the show is The Engineer played by Red Concepcion. The Engineer runs Dreamland, a steamy bar and brothel in Saigon that's packed with beautiful Vietnamese women whom he has lined up for American soldiers.
Author Jodie JacobsPosted on November 19, 2018 November 20, 2018 Categories Francine Pappadis Friedman, Guest Reviewer, Reviews, TheaterTags Broadway In Chicago, Jodie Jacobs editor, Miss Saigon, Musical, TheatreInChicagoLeave a comment on 'Miss Saigon's' heat is on!
Two concerts preview coming theater season
Jay Pritzker Pavilion is a concert venue in Millennium Park designed by Frank Gehry.
Hear the voices from the Broadway and opera stages at two free concerts in Chicago's Jay Pritzker Paviion at Millennium Park
First, and this comes quickly on the calendar, is the Broadway In Chicago Summer Concert, Aug. 13 at 6:15 p.m. So grab a blanket for the grass or get there early for a seat to hear songs from the following shows on the Broadway tour:
"The Book of Mormon," "Hello Dolly," "A Bronx Tale: The Musical," " Ronald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Heartbreak Hotel," "Dear Evan Hansen," "Anastasia," " Miss Saigon," "Fiddler on the Roof," "Cats," " Falsettos" and "Come From Away."
Hosted by ABC 7 Chicago entertainment reporter Janet Davies Pre=Broadway "Tootsie" star Santino Fontana, the concert is sponsored by Channel 7 and presented by the City of Chicago department of cultural Affairs and Special Events.
The Jay Pritzker Pavilion is at 201 E. Randolph St., Chicago but it's a can't miss venue because of its billowing steel ribbons topping The Pavilion was designed for Millennium Park by award-winning architect Frank Gehry. For more information visit Broadway In Chicago.Read More
Author Jodie JacobsPosted on August 7, 2018 Categories Events, Music, Opera, TheaterTags Broadway In Chicago, Cats, Fiddler on the Roof, La boheme, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Miss Saigon, Mozart, Puccini, Tootsie, VerdiLeave a comment on Two concerts preview coming theater season


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An Inside Look at the Decline of Islamism with Former Salafist Umar Lee; Part I: Conversion and Disillusionment
Focus on Western Islamism
https://www.meforum.org/63852/an-inside-look-at-the-decline-of-islamism-with
Published originally in one part under the title "Former Salafist Umar Lee: Middle East Islamism Is in Decline."
See Part II: The Akh-Right and Antisemitism.
After affiliating with Salafism in his twenties and thirties, Umar Lee became disillusioned and wrote a critique of the movement. In recent years, Lee has been a particularly harsh critic of Islamist leaders and intellectuals in the United States.
Umar Lee grew up in a Baptist family before converting to Islam at the age of 17. Living as a teenager in North St. Louis, Lee was keenly aware of — and troubled by — America's racial divide, which he hoped to transcend by converting to Islam. "I was attracted to Islam by black men — the lectures of the Nation of Islam, rappers, and the legacy of Malcolm [X]," he wrote in his recent memoir, In Malcolm's Path: A Journey Through Community Chaos, Muslim Fundamentalist Fantasy, and The Tragedies of America (2020).
After affiliating with Salafism in his twenties and thirties, Lee became disillusioned and wrote a critique of the movement titled The Rise and Fall of the Salafi Dawah in America: A Memoir (St. Louis Stranger, 2014). In recent years, Lee has been a particularly harsh critic of Islamist leaders and intellectuals in the United States.
Lee has condemned Jonathan A.C. Brown, the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University who has condoned slavery and toed the line of the Muslim Brotherhood. Lee asks why a member of the Saudi royal family is funding Brown's work in light of his support for the Ikhwanis, whom the Saudis have worked to suppress. Earlier this year, Lee traveled to Israel, enduring significant blowback from his fellow Muslims as a result.
Lee reports that his "conversion had some negative consequences, a period of extremism and Islamist political support, but it also kept me out of trouble and away from a criminal lifestyle."
Lee recently spoke with Focus on Western Islamism about the attraction disaffected young men in American society have for Islam, the male-led insurgency against "woke Islam," and the growing alliance between Islamists and the Far-Right in the United States. In addition to affirming his previously-expressed view that young white men should not convert to Islam, he declared that the Islamist revival that began in the Middle East in the late 1970s has faded away in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. For his own part, Lee reports that his "conversion had some negative consequences, a period of extremism and Islamist political support, but it also kept me out of trouble and away from a criminal lifestyle." He also offered a stark warning against the growth of antisemitism, particularly in the black Muslim community.
This interview, condensed and edited for clarity, was conducted by FWI's managing editor, Dexter Van Zile, on November 9, 2022. Links have been added for context.
FWI: I've read your memoir In Malcolm's Path: A Journey Through Community Chaos, Muslim Fundamentalist Fantasy, and The Tragedies of America and I am struck by how much suffering is evident in the lives of American converts to Islam. They seem to have a lot of unmet needs that they hope Islam will meet. This is particularly true among young men, black and white, from cities. Does this suffering make people, young men especially, vulnerable to the allure of political Islam or Islamism?
Lee: I would say no. If you're going to specifically talk about political Islam, I would say that I'm an anomaly. I'm part of a small minority. What most would be attracted to is the countercultural. It's apolitical in a sense. It's almost like dropping out of society—particularly with black American Muslims.
It's different in the UK where there's a big appeal to Salafi jihadism. That appeal has always been marginal in the United States. The strain of Salafi that became popular here was largely guided by Rabee al-Madkhali, a Saudi scholar who instructed people to leave political affairs alone.
It's countercultural, it's political in the sense that it would call to non-participation in American politics. It would hold up an ideal of a theocratic governance, but it's non-participatory, not active.
It's countercultural, it's political in the sense that it would call to non-participation in American politics. It would hold up an ideal of a theocratic governance, but it's non-participatory, not active. I don't think it made young men vulnerable to Islamism. I think I was the anomaly. I was not alone, but for most people it was more of a countercultural experience.
WI: In Christianity, sometimes we hear people talk about a quietest impulse. They have some sort of hope for utopian end times, but they're not really interested in politics.
Lee: That's a good correlation. That's an accurate phrasing. There's this vague idea of this kind of theocratic utopia but no action towards that. We do see them become very political. It is most often because they have, either online or in suburban mosque settings, been acculturated into some immigrant group, whether it be Palestinian, Pakistani or some other community.
Declining Conversions
FWI: You would encourage people not to be too alarmed by disaffected young men converting to Islam.
Lee: I wouldn't be alarmed at all. I also would say the numbers are much lower than they used to be. The data is clear. The recent mosque study [conducted by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding], indicates that the number of converts is decreasing. Anecdotally, we already knew this.
In the history of American Islam, the conversions came in waves. In the late 1960s-early 1970s, there was a movement mentality where a lot of African Americans were joining various movements. Islam was seen as one movement to join. In the late 1980s-early 1990s, because of the re-emergence of the popularity of Malcolm X and Spike Lee's Malcolm X film, the re-release of his biography by Alex Haley, and conscious hip-hop, there was another big wave.
We're not seeing a wave these days. We are seeing people convert, but not like we used to. Islam has declined in popularity in the black community. It doesn't have the prominence and popularity and esteem that it once had for a variety of factors.
But when we do see young men converting, it really depends on how they convert, where they convert, and what happens afterwards because most don't stay around long. And those that do, the percentage that would be attracted to political Islam would be minuscule. In most cities, it's more of a quietist Salafi influence.
Sufism has become much more popular and with that, what I call Neo-Ottomanism, a fetishization of the Ottoman Empire, because the Sufi scholars that they follow are quietest.
On the West Coast, pockets of Sufi influence are growing. Even in terms of people that — I'm talking about not just converts but Arabs and South Asians, for example — used to be Islamists, many of them have gravitated from Salafism to Sufism. Sufism has become much more popular and with that, what I call Neo-Ottomanism, a fetishization of the Ottoman Empire, because the Sufi scholars that they follow are quietest. They're people that are not affiliated with Islamist politics.
Many of them, what I call the "Akh-Right," especially males, have gravitated toward conservative and right-wing politics in the United States. The ground of political dialogue is rapidly shifting in these Muslim communities in America.
Islamism Losing Ground
FWI: How so?
Islamism is no longer popular. Back in the day, it was very popular. Islamism is kind of like the Patriarca crime family which used to dominate organized crime in New England [before its fortunes declined in the face of federal prosecutions the 1980s and 90s]. It just kind of died a death of old age. People flipped. People went to jail. People died. Their kids became successful, middle-class Americans and didn't want to pursue that life. It's not that there aren't still guys around there that are hustling and making money. They're still there, but they don't have the clout that they once did. Islamism is in the same situation, it's no longer popular. Very seldom will you talk to someone of any age, outside of a MAS convention or something like that, who espouses Islamist politics.
I attribute that to reality — the failure of the Arab Spring, the disaster of what happened in Syria, Iraq, and Egypt. Islamist politics has become so unpopular in the Muslim world that historians in 100 years are going to write that there was a 40-year period — from the mid- to late seventies until the late 2010s — of this Islamist political revival that faded away after the Arab Spring. In the U.S. we don't see people talk about Islamist politics.
FWI: You have distanced yourself from Islamism.
Lee: I have changed a lot, evolved a lot. I was one of those people who was very much attracted to Islamism — never to the extreme ISIS type, but definitely to the Islamist spectrum.
But we also have to combine that with the things law enforcement did in America after 9/11. Oftentimes they were doing intelligence, but they weren't that intelligent.
They weren't Islamic militants at all, like zero on the scale, because they were influenced by the quietest Saudis. But they were street guys.
They would go to a place like Philadelphia and see all these violent black guys on the street and think, "Oh wow, this is a real Islamist threat. These guys are real militant radicals" — when actually, that wasn't the case. They weren't Islamist at all. They weren't Islamic militants at all, like zero on the scale, because they were influenced by the quietest Saudis. But they were street guys.
They weren't going to commit a terrorist attack. They may shoot each other. They may sell some drugs. Law enforcement saw these guys in Philadelphia as inherently suspect and dangerous, even though they weren't Islamist. Some of them were criminals, but they weren't Islamist. Their demeanor, their posture and just who they are seemed threatening.
With me, yes, I was attracted to Islamist politics, I was with Ali Tamimi and Sheikh Abdul-Rahman al-Basir and many people that were espousing those views and kind of got acculturated in it. I took on that rhetoric and worldview. But I'm also a north St. Louis Guy. Even if I hadn't been a Muslim, I probably would've been out robbing people. It wasn't like I would have been like a dove if I hadn't been a Muslim. I liked to talk smack before I was a Muslim, I liked to talk smack after I became a Muslim.
Conversion had some negative consequences, a period of extremism and Islamist political support, but it also kept me out of trouble and away from a criminal lifestyle. You have to remember that a very high percentage of guys who grew up where I did ended up addicted to drugs or alcoholics. Many didn't live to see 40 and quite a few didn't make it to 21. For all of the problematic aspects of the Muslim experience in America, there is a track record of conversion keeping some men off the streets and clean.
Converting to Transcend Race, Class Conflict
FWI: In Malcolm's Path you indicate that you are part of a group of young white men who are frustrated by the issues of race and class America. Is this frustration one reason why you said the shahada? Did Islam represent a way to transcend the white-black divide in American society?
Lee: A hundred percent. That was the initial attraction to Islam for me and for several other people I've talked to. It was naive and of course ludicrous, but that was the initial attraction, no doubt about it.
FWI: What allowed you to stay a Muslim? Was there something about the practice of the faith?
When I'm feeling high-minded I'm tempted to say it was the theological concepts and the connection to God, but what really made me stay was the brotherhood.
Lee: Yes, there was. When I'm feeling high-minded I'm tempted to say it was the theological concepts and the connection to God, but what really made me stay was really the brotherhood. I developed this camaraderie and learned how to live as an adult in a different way. I don't eat pork, alcohol's not a part of my life, for example. It's a different way of living, a different way of talking. We got enculturated into this Americanized version of Islam. But we never quite get to where a Muslim from a Muslim family and country gets because we don't have that cultural component. We're kind of hybrid, but we identify with each other.
Impact of 9/11
FWI: In your text Malcolm's Path and the text that preceded it, The Rise and Fall of the Salafi Movement in America you argued that 9/11 was a catastrophe for Muslim communities in the United States. But the message that I saw in parts of the media was that there was an increase in interest in Islam in the aftermath of the attack and that this interest was a great driver for conversion. What was really going on?
Lee: Well, I've heard that said. People have said that. I've never seen the data that backed it up and I didn't see that personally. Interest definitely increased a hundred percent. People studying Islamic studies in universities and Middle Eastern studies went up, foundation grants went through the roof, as did media interest, book deals, which have all kind of fizzled out in the last years. It's hard to get a book deal writing about Islam now. Public interest in Islam has plummeted. Muslims are passé. America has moved on twenty years after 9/11.
As far as 9/11 being a catastrophe for Muslims, I don't even look at it in the sense that a lot of people were harassed. I think that was true. It happened and it happened to me as well but at the end of the day it was not that big of a deal by itself.
But all of those things went to create an immigrant Muslim identity movement, divorced from religion, a kind of a secularized ethnic identity that led people into book deals, that led into TV shows like Ramy [a TV show about an Egyptian immigrant family living in New Jersey] that led into every news outlet having to hire a hijabi and promote this kind of hijabi culture, divorced from faith and piety.
If all you are offering is identity politics, you can go to TikTok and get that. You don't need to go to the mosque if there's no spiritual component.
It led people to think "OK, we see ourselves as oppressed and marginalized, so we have to abandon dawah, abandon calling to the faith, abandon publicly discussing the faith and just root ourselves as an oppressed minority and have this perpetual victim mentality." That became the dominant culture of the community, a victim mentality, secularized identity, using Islamist talking points when it suited, using progressive talking points when it's suited, sometimes kind of merging the two, in weird, odd ways, that didn't make a lot of sense. So essentially the stance of the mosque community became nothing more than identity politics, anti-Israelism and victimization. If you don't see a lot of people converting now, or you see mosques without a lot of young people in them, I think it's because the community did not offer a lot. If all you are offering is identity politics, you can go to TikTok and get that. You don't need to go to the mosque if there's no spiritual component.
Gender Divide in Muslim Politics
FWI: Sam Westrop at the Middle East Forum has written about a growing connection between Islamist leaders, the Republican Party, and the conservative movement in the United States. One of the concerns he's raised is they're actually affiliating with white supremacists.
Lee: That's right. So when I went on that podcast to talk about my trip to Israel, Mahin Islam, the host, got attacked. People said, "Why did you have this guy on?"
Their idea was "We are going to send our kids to Harvard, to Columbia and they're going to come out being eloquent spokesman for political Islam." And they came out leftist.
I said, "Hey, you had Richard Spencer on! How am I controversial?" And Mahin said, "Well, most of my listeners are quiet Nazi racists. He said Richard Spencer wasn't controversial to them at all. He was half joking. But what he meant is that his base is very far to the right in terms of race and other issues. Richard Spencer was not controversial to them. And I've seen several instances just in the last year of people that used to be steeped in this kind of Islamist rhetoric and worldview and now they sound like Candace Owens. They're echoing MAGA talking points. They're not using the talking points of MAGA, but the talking points of the very Far Right,, the neo-Nazis, the extreme Right. That's growing and it's growing with males.
What you're increasingly seeing in the Muslim community in America is a gender divide. You're seeing that progressive politics [are] very popular, especially with women, especially young women. We know after 9/11 there was this leftward shift in the American Muslim community — the Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim American Society — all those people supported that. It was kind of Machiavellian because they weren't actually progressive.
But what happened is that their kids went very far to the left. It was a project — a political calculation in response to the Patriot Act, the Iraq War, MAS [Muslim American Society], the Ikhwanis, they allied with the Left. But their kids and the younger generation genuinely became progressive. They couldn't manage the creation that they created. Their idea was "We are going to send our kids to Harvard, to Columbia and they're going to come out being eloquent spokesman for political Islam." And they came out leftist.
Now some of them, like Dalia Mogahed, would kind of merge the Left with Islam. But often, the young girls are coming away with a very secular world view and a secularized Muslim identity. At the same time, these progressives have the institutional support within the organized Muslim community.
But you're seeing an insurgency led by men, particularly younger men, that are rejecting this progressive shift. They're rejecting it in very harsh terms and going very far to the right. What you're seeing in the Muslim community is — especially the young people — the Left, and now this segment of the Far Right, are really taking up all the oxygen and moderate politics is very unpopular.
People went nuts when I supported Joe Biden in the presidential primary, because Bernie was so popular. It was almost a heresy, that's how popular Bernie was to young Muslims.
What we're seeing is an insurgency against the institutionalization of progressivism because the "woke" posture of the Muslim community, of Linda Sarsour, of Ilhan Omar, is not the actual Muslim community.
What we're seeing is an insurgency against the institutionalization of progressivism because the "woke" posture of the Muslim community, of Linda Sarsour, of Ilhan Omar, is not the actual Muslim community. The actual Muslim community is a very conservative place. The actual Muslim community is not a "woke" place. When I say conservative, I'm talking about cultural conservativism. A lot of people just said, "Hey, why do these people have a monopoly on the discourse or representation of Muslims?"
I get that. I understand that, but I don't see why you have to say, "OK, now I'm going to be a Trump person," or "Now I'm going to go even further — I'm going to be Akh-Right, associated with people like Richard Spencer." I get the critique because I had the critique myself. I don't like the politics of Linda Sarsour and I don't like the politics of Ilhan Omar. That doesn't mean I have to flip off to the extreme Right. But that's being instigated by people like Daniel Haqiqatjou and others.
Dexter Van Zile is managing editor of the Middle East Forum publication Focus on Western Islamism.
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Hermann von Dorne (* 1489 im Erzstift Bremen; † 14. August 1559 in Lübeck) war ein deutscher Kaufmann und Ratsherr der Hansestadt Lübeck.

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Hermann von Dorne war Sohn des Lüder von Dorne und seiner Ehefrau Margarethe Stratemann aus Bremen. Der Großvater Nicolaus war in Dornum ansässig. Hermann von Dorne wurde 1522 Lübecker Bürger und am 21. September 1535 nach Beendigung der Wullenwever-Zeit in den Lübecker Rat gewählt. Er ist der Stammvater einer Reihe von Lübecker Bürgermeistern der Familie von Dorne in Lübeck. Er war von 1548 bis 1553 Kämmereiherr. Auf den Hansetagen 1555 bis August 1559 in Lübeck vertrat er die Stadt.

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Hermann von Dorne war verheiratet mit Elsabe Wibbeking, einer Tochter des aus Westfalen stammenden Lübecker Ratsherrn Konrad Wibbeking. Er erwarb für die Familie von Dorne das Wohnhaus Mengstraße 4. Sein Sohn Hermann von Dorne wurde Kaufmann, Ratsherr und ab 1579 Lübecker Bürgermeister.

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 Georg Wilhelm Dittmer: Genealogische und biographische Nachrichten über Lückeckische Familien aus älterer Zeit, Lübeck 1859, S. 28 (Digitalisat)
 Emil Ferdinand Fehling: Lübeckische Ratslinie, Lübeck 1925, Nr. 647

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Laboratory and commercial-scale evaluation of the effect of pure and commercial endoxylanases and endoglucanases on wheat flour bread quality
https://doi.org/10.1556/066.2015.44.0005
Authors: C. Roets, S.H. Rose, M. Muller, and M. Manley
provides insight into the functionality of arabinoxylans in wheat flour bread making . Cereal Chem ., 78 , 564 – 571 . C ourtin , C.M. & D elcour , J.A. ( 2002 ): Arabinoxylans and endoxylanases
Antioxidant capacity of durum wheat large flour particles may be evaluated by QUENCHERABTS assay by adopting a proper calculation mode
https://doi.org/10.1556/0806.43.2015.027
Authors: N. A. Di Benedetto, M. Alfarano, M. N. Laus, R. Caporizzi, M. Soccio, C. Robbe, Z. Flagella, and D. Pastore
Trolox ±-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid WF whole flour References
The influence of wood flour and compatibilizer (m-TMI-g-PP) on crystallization and melting behavior of polypropylene
Authors: Liping Li, Qingwen Wang, and Chuigen Guo
–polymer adhesion, mixing time, and processing temperature [ 5 – 8 ]. Among these factors, fiber–fiber interactions as well as the fiber–matrix adhesion plays the most important role in transferring the stress from the matrix to the filler, wood flour (WF) has a
Influence of grapefruit dietary fibre rich powder on the rheological characteristics of wheat flour dough and on biscuit quality
Authors: Z. Kohajdová, J. Karovičová, and M. Jurasová
Aziz, N.A.A., Wong, L.M., Bhat, R. & Cheng L.H. (2012): Evaluation of processed green and ripe mango peel and pulp flours ( Mangifera indica var. Chokanan) in terms of chemical composition, antioxidant compounds and functional properties. J. Sci. Fd
Physical ageing of crayfish flour at low moisture contents
Authors: A. Farahnaky, A. Guerrero, S. Hill, and J. Mitchell
Glass transition temperature of red crayfish flour (moisture 3.56%) was determined using a phase transition analyser (Wenger Technical Centre, USA). Due to the importance of physical ageing in functional properties of red crayfish flour (with 65% protein) the possible occurrence of physical ageing in dry powder of crayfish flour was studied at different temperatures below and close to the glass transition. Endothermic peaks that corresponded to relaxation enthalpy were observed for a commercial crayfish flour with 4.5% moisture. Enthalpy and peak temperature increased on storage of crayfish flour when it was held in the glassy-state at different temperatures (5, 15, 25°C).
Analysis of the isothermal crystallization of polypropylene/wood flour composites
Authors: R. Bouza, C. Marco, G. Ellis, Z. Martín, M. Gómez, and L. Barral
Isothermal crystallization and melting of isotactic polypropylene in binary polypropylene-wood flour composites has been studied by DSC, and the influence of an ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer interfacial agent analyzed. Wood flour induces a slight nucleating effect, reducing the basal interfacial free energy of nucleation and increasing the overall crystallization rate. The interfacial agent generates a compatibilization phenomenon and an increase in the basal interfacial free energies with respect to the binary composites. In both binary and ternary systems the melting behaviour is a function of undercooling and is unaltered by the presence of either wood flour or the interfacial agent.
Thermal properties of agro-flour-filled biodegradable polymer bio-composites
Authors: H.-S. Kim, H.-S. Yang, H.-J. Kim, B.-J. Lee, and T.-S. Hwang
Summary In this study, the thermal properties of agro-flour-filled polybutylene succinate (PBS) bio-composites were investigated. PBS is one of the biodegradable polymers made from the condensation reaction of glycols and dicarboxylic acid and is naturally degraded by natural soil burial system. The thermal properties of the bio-composites were analyzed according to the agro-flour content and mesh size. On increasing agro-flour content, the thermal stability, degradation temperature and derivative thermogravimetric curve (DTGmax) temperature of the bio-composites decreased while the ash content increased. The thermal degradation of the bio-composites was not affected by agro-flour mesh size. The glass transition (T g) and melting (T m) temperatures of the bio-composites were not significantly changed. The storage modulus (E') of the bio-composites was higher than that of neat PBS, because the incorporation of agro-flour increased the stiffness of the bio-composites. At higher temperatures, E' of the bio-composites decreased due to the increasing viscosity and chain mobility of neat PBS. The thermal properties of bio-composites have an important effect on the manufacturing system and application methods.
Thermogravimetric analysis of rice husk flour filled thermoplastic polymer composites
https://doi.org/10.1023/b:jtan.0000028020.02657.9b
Authors: H.-S. Kim, H.-S. Yang, H.-J. Kim, and H.-J. Park
The thermal degradation and thermal stability of rice husk flour (RHF) filled polypropylene (PP) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) composites in a nitrogen atmosphere were studied using thermogravimetric analysis. The thermal stability of pure PP and HDPE was found to be higher than that of wood flour (WF) and RHF. As the content of RHF increased, the thermal stability of the composites decreased and the ash content increased. The activation energy of the RHF filled PP composites increased slowly in the initial stage until α=0.3 (30% of thermal degradation region) and thereafter remained almost constant, whereas that of the RHF filled HDPE composites decreased at between 30 and 40 mass% of RHF content. The activation energy of the composites was found to depend on the dispersion and interfacial adhesion of RHF in the PP and HDPE matrix polymers.
Gluten formation from flour of kernels in developing wheat grain
https://doi.org/10.1556/crc.38.2010.1.10
Authors: T. Abonyi, S. Tömösközi, M. Budai, Sz. Gergely, É. Scholz, D. Lásztity, and R. Lásztity
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Bioactive compounds, antioxidant activity, and minerals in flours prepared with tropical fruit peels
Authors: L.B.S. Sabino, M.L.C. Gonzaga, D.J. Soares, A.C.S. Lima, J.S.S. Lima, M.M.B. Almeida, P.H.M. Sousa, and R.W. Figueiredo
This study is aimed at performing the determination of bioactive compounds, antioxidant activity, and the identification of the minerals in the flours produced with the tropical fruit peels of mango, papaya, melon, and pineapple. The results showed that the papaya peel flour has the highest amount of ascorbic acid and lycopene when compared with the other studied flours. The mango peel flour has a high content of total extractable polyphenols and a high antioxidant activity. Regarding the mineral content, the by-product of melon stood out with 523.24±26.12 mg/100 g of potassium, 104.15±3.52 mg/100 g of calcium and 6.62±0.30 mg/100 g of iron. The flours prepared with mango, papaya, melon, and pineapple peels are potential sources of bioactive compounds and minerals, also presenting good antioxidant activity, being, therefore, recommended to be used in food products to improve the nutritional quality of the product.


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In today's business world, women entrepreneurs face many challenges. From start-ups to expansion, growth and cash flow to succession planning. Now more than ever, a woman needs to know, understand and bring their value and strengths to the table. No longer, can fear of failure, lack of self-promotion or the desire to please all, stand in the way. In this competitive and distracted world, they need to know what makes them distinct before they become extinct.
How to Fascinate® will help participants know and understand the distinct value they bring and what they do best. Not from their eyes, but the eyes of others. How to Fascinate® is the first science based professional branding system that is based not on how you see yourself, but how the world sees you. It does not use psychology but rather the principles of branding and marketing.
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In past How to Fascinate® events, participants walked away feeling more confident. On average, participants experienced a 25% increase in confidence, while some as high as 165% after the training. Individuals walked away knowing and understanding the value and impact they brought to the table. On average, participants had a 36% increase in the awareness of the value and impact they brought to their work, while some had a 200% increase.
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We all know that access to capital benefits not only the individual or company, but also importantly it drives the economy through the acceleration of economic growth, creating jobs in our communities and increasing competition. Bottom line – ensuring viable businesses have access to capital fuels our economic engine and contributes to our GDP. Ensuring businesses have access to capital is important and it is a big deal. So, what are the key barriers that women entrepreneurs and business owners face in gaining access to ready and sufficient financing? Of course, it takes money to start, grow and expand a business. This session explores the plethora of possibilities — from traditional banks to government banks to crowd funding and angel investors focused on women. Yes, you have to turn over a few rocks, but at the end of this session you should see that there really is a source of capital funding out there for you, if you do your due diligence, know who you need to collaborate with, and discuss your business plan and strategies with the right financier. Panelists include financiers who have developed, provided and overseen billions of dollars of capital financing to women business owners.
Break through unconscious habits to have greater impact and better bottom-line. Dramatically improve your communication skills in high-stake situations when there is a lot on the line. Learn the skills and "secret sauce" to be more confident and influential in your professional and personal life.
Presenter Deborah Johnson is a six-time EMMY Award-winning writer and producer. During her 2+ decades in the highly competitive world of commercial television, she fine-tuned her ability to break through the noisy clutter and influence an audience. Her Master's Degree in Cognitive Psychology and Television Production helped her hone her skills at understanding what makes people tick – who are they, what they want, what they need, how they think, what motivates them, and how to emotionally connect to them.
Her presentation leverages her experience to give you a fresh perspective on how to breakthrough your unconscious habits and dramatically improve your communications skills. Easily. You will learn how your DNA dictates your perception. How taking a few minutes to reverse-engineer your conversations can have a powerful impact.
You'll be empowered with six easy tips to craft your communication style to more effectively engage your listener and increase your success. All of which you can implement today. Including the unspoken secret and most-often overlooked part of every conversation that will help you become more confident, more influential, and more sought-after in your professional life.
Today, Deborah uses her lifetime of experience and expertise to groom people for a wide variety of high-stakes situations – from an interview with Barbara Walters or the New York Times to multi-million dollar law suits or a civil rights case.
Whether it's in the courtroom, the boardroom or in front of the media, she knows that every facial expression, very word, every nuance has a profound effect on your success. She works nationally to help prepare witnesses for deposition or trial. She works with executives to prepare them for presentations, fund-raisers or to dramatically enhance their leadership skills. She is especially committed to supporting women going through the stressful and crucial steps of divorce to help them come across as calm, clear, compelling, and confident.
All-Male Panel: "Investing with a Gender Lens"
If women are to play more significant roles in business and in larger numbers, then what are some strategies for making this happen? And, how do men see they can help promote the gender agenda? This session will look at the topic through this male lens to explore fresh insight and perspective. Led by a renowned Key Female Executive, our keynote panel involves all-male leaders to bring an alternative gender-based perspective to this topic. The panelists are prominent leaders in various fields who have all championed the need to foster and promote women in business, whether by increasing the number of females in executive positions, donating funds to sponsor education programs for female entrepreneurs, or simply being passionate about gender equity and increased success for women in business. Their conversation will explore why it is important for boards to include more women as members, why it is sensible for society to invest more in fostering women-owned businesses, and how the concept of "Lean In Together" can be practiced to promote gender equality.
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Social Media is more than just another channel, tactic or public billboard. Social media is a critical part of your business' marketing and communication plan that can be the difference between being in business 5 years from now, or not. Learn how to harness social media to engage with your customers, create a strong following and grow your business strategically.
Welcome to the video revolution. With a click of a finger, you can engage in facetoface conversations, promote your expertise, host team meetings with anyone online. Facetime, Video Skype, YouTube, video conferencing, webinars, Google Hangouts… the tools are often free and easy to use.
A Vancouver based entrepreneur can consult with a client in Singapore through her cell phone video camera. She can get clients from anywhere in the world without boarding a plane. This represents a massive opportunity to increase market share, both locally and globally. Online video represents the explosive future of business relationships.
However, most women avoid video because their mindset is stuck in the past.
After speaking at conferences across North America, and training more than a thousand women entrepreneurs, this is the most common fear I hear. Researchers have found that society defines feminine as being "skinny, quiet and nice." Trivial insecurities, such as wrinkles are stopping smart women from leveraging video to grow their businesses. Most women still compare themselves to perfect, young, beautiful celebrities. However social media is a place where flaws and vulnerabilities are perceived as authentic. If you're too perfect, people won't trust you.
Women are choosing to stay silent and invisible while this video revolution passes them by. An updated mindset is critical. Women can change the world. One first step is providing them the techniques and skill set to shine online with video.
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A thirty second elevator commercial is way too long! In this fun, swift moving and skills based program, you will learn how to present your seven second Value Proposition and a 15 second verbal Capability Statement. Learn how to play in the Majors with one of America's top experts in this field. Julia is the only certified WBE, ISM-Certified Supplier Diversity Professional, prize winning author on this topic.
In 2012, Diversity Plus Magazine named Julia one of the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Diversity for her work in developing women and minority suppliers to sell to America's largest corporations. As for her own company, she was worked with 21 of the Fortune 100, and many more of the Fortune 500.
Her award winning book "Tackling the Titans: How to Sell to the Fortune 500" is the only handbook for suppliers looking to break into the supply chains of these huge companies.
It isn't enough to publish your expertise in a blog or on a e-newsletter. You now need to be an expert at distributing that content far and wide. Well, when does that leave time for you to run your business? This presentation will teach you proven ways to get more mileage out of your content before you feel the need to create more. You'll learn how to think about your content differently and more effectively and walk away with time saving techniques and tips you can put into practice that day.
In this presentation Jen will show how to get more mileage out of your online content such as blogs, existing website information and events such as EXCELerate 2015. Based on real-world client frustration and complaints as a starting point, she'll illustrate the methods her team has come up with to solve them. Jen will share a focused, methodical and tactical approach to content distribution that even the one-man band can execute.
There are few things less obvious than the fact that women are half of humanity. So why does the reality of women as economic players remain so mystifying to so many?
Women constitute the largest consumer base in the world while also being the largest unemployed population. Women entrepreneurs show consistently higher rates of return and faster exits for investors, yet remain underfunded. Board performance increases measurably with better gender balance, yet it would take 81 years to reach gender parity under the status quo. There are more reasons than moral imperatives to support the principle that women and men should have equal access to participation in economic life as consumers, workers, producers, and leaders.
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Enjoy traditional Haida dances and stories, as well as the stunning masks created by brothers Robert and Reg Davidson, two of Canada's foremost Haida artists, along with the award winning vocals of Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, whose life's work and passion has been to preserve the Haida songs of her culture.
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Mercedes Maybach ESQ: this is what the manufacturer's next luxury SUV will look like
Deepak GuptaAugust 15, 2022
If Mercedes has already confirmed and shown its next EQS SUV, several design details of the car were still missing. Thanks to new renderings from our colleagues at Motor.es, it is now possible to see in more detail what the luxury vehicle that will be released next year will look like.
If Mercedes invests more and more in the electric field, the brand does not forget its ambitions to offer a wide range of vehicles that adapt to everyone's needs. Thus, it is just as possible to opt for a compact 7-seater SUV as to be seduced by the manufacturer's more upscale offer through the EQS range.
Under the Maybach label, these luxury SUVs are aimed at those who only want the best – and who can afford it. The next model, meanwhile, has already been talked about. Mercedes-Benz also showed a first prototype at the Munich Motor Show last year, and unveiled the vehicle's interior and its giant OLED screen in March. Today it is to see what the car will look like.
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New renderings have indeed been published by our colleagues from the Motor.es site, based on photos already provided by the German manufacturer. According to the latter, Mercedes would therefore have opted for black borders with unique patterns on the front and rear of its vehicle, as well as for custom 24-inch Maybach wheels. The interior, as we already knew, will be especially luxurious.
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To know the release date, however, we will still have to be patient. The automaker has yet to release any information on the subject, although we can expect an April launch, a year after this year's EQS model. In the meantime, we let you admire the curves of the next arrival in the premium range of Mercedes.
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Mali Lošinj – The Island of Vitality
by Ana-Marija Vukovac
Mali Lošinj is a town that is located on the island of Cres – Lošinj and is also the largest city on the island which has a growing population due the constant and frequent development. Most of the population is mainly engaged in tourism, while the other small part of the population is engaged in shipping and fishing. This city and as well as the whole Cres and Lošinj island has a long and interesting history which is dating back to the ancient times when for the name Apsyrtides was mentioned for the first time. The emergence of the name of this archipelago is connected with an ancient legend of the Greek hero Apsyrtus who was the son of a very wealthy king Eta form Colchis.
Apsirt had a sister named Medea who was madly in love with Jason the seaman. So one day, Jason and Medea decided to steal the Golden Fleece from king Eta and get away with it, together with his crew ( The Agronaut's). Apsirt went to search for his sister to return his father's stolen fleece. Tricked by his sister, Apsirt was killed and his body was dismembered and thrown into the sea form which this Islands have incurred.
Throughout the history, Mali lošinj was a small settlement which developed gradually. This city has always been a favorite resort of the former Habsburg emperors. Franz Josef has even built a villa for him and his family on the famous bay of Čikat. Mali Lošinj has always been famous for his climate, which is suitable for all people with rerespiratory problems ad diseases, and for this reason the complete island is called an healt resort. There are a lot of beautiful beaches and bays of which the most famous are Čikar and Sunčana uvala who offer many attractive sport and leisure facilities for the whole family.
Apoxiomen
The Apoxiomen of Lošinj is the name of an ancient bronze statue which was found in 1996. in the waters of Lošinj, near the islet Vele Orijule on a sandy bottom between two rocks at a depth of about 45m. Apoxiomen or in Greek apoxyómenos which means " the one who scrapes" is the name of the poses in which the ancient Greeks presented their athletes. It's still not known how exactly the statue of Apoxiomen got in our island archipelago and for this reason there are several versions f the story of his arrival.
One of the most famous and probably the most accurate on is that the statue was thrown into the sea in the midst of a storm to reduce the burden on the boat so it would not sink. This ancient bronze statue is 192 cm tall and weights about 300 kg and has become the symbol of the city and it's his current biggest attraction.
After years of restoration, desalinization and staying at the Archaeological Museum of Zagreb, the statue is scheduled to return to his original home in Mali Lošinj on the 30th of April 2016. On this day there will be a grand opening of the Museum Apoxiomen in the Kvarner palace. The opening will be spectacular and it will be accompanied by many entertaining and cultural events trough the whole day for the locals and the visitors, among which will be our president and many other politicians.
Aquapark Čikat
Mali Lošinj in addition to being a naturally beautiful city which is completely surrounded by pine trees and blue sea, is very rich in many recreational and entertaining activities throughout the year.
The first and only water-park on the island Cres and Lošinj was opened on the 10th of July 2015. The park is located in the auto camp Čikat and it extends over an area of 6,312 m2 with 2,890 m2 of water and 2,742.95 m2 of surface buildings. The pool areas are divided into five parts. Each of thees five parts have many interesting attractions like water slides, water castles, original replicas of dolphins and turtles ect. which are intended for everyone.
The water-park has it's two famous mascots that are there to entertain and animate the visitors. There names are Chici and Chica (a turtle and a dolphin) and they are one of the main attractions there, especially among the children who are happy to pose with them for pictures to have unforgettable memories from their holiday.
All of the attractions are safe and have a high level of safety standards. It should be noted that all of the pools are filled exclusively with salt sea water. The entire park is also accessible for handicap people. There are rams, restrooms, elevators who are especially made for them so they have an easier access.
Attractive lighting, beautiful horticulture and harmonious design of the entire park gives you a small feeling of luxury. On certain days of the week there are special events like pool parties with live music or a synchronized swimming performance.
The city of Mali Lošinj, as well as the whole island is full of natural beauty and the local residents are very kind and friendly. Here you have a unique opportunity to enjoy and relaxing and fun holiday with your family and friends.
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Taizhou, (xinès: 台州市; pinyin: Táizhōu shì) coneguda alternativament com Taichow, és una ciutat-prefectura situada a la província de Zhejiang, a la costa del mar de la Xina Oriental. Es troba a 300 km al sud de Xangai i 230 km al sud-est de Hangzhou, la capital provincial. Limita amb Ningbo al nord, Wenzhou al sud i Shaoxing, Jinhua i Lishui a l'oest.

Segons el cens de 2020, la seva població total era de 6.662.888 habitants, dels quals 3.578.660 vivien a l'àrea urbanitzada (o metropolitana) formada pels tres districtes urbans i la ciutat de Wenling actualment en gran part conurbada.

Història
Fa cinc mil anys, els avantpassats dels actuals habitants van començar a establir-se en aquesta zona. Durant les dinasties Xia, Shang i Zhou, quan l'estat xinès es limitava en gran part a la conca del riu Groc, l'àrea de l'actual Taizhou formava part de Dong'ou. Després de les conquestes de l'Imperi Qin al segle III aC, un assentament a la zona es coneixia com a Ciutat Huipu. Inicialment es va incloure a la prefectura de Minzhong, però després es va traslladar a Kuaiji durant els Han.

El 22 d'agost de 1994 el municipi de Taizhou es va crear en lloc de la prefectura de Taizhou i va ser aprovat pel Consell d'Estat. El 1999, el Consell d'Estat va aprovar que Taizhou fos una ciutat líder en l'estructura d'urbanització de Zhejiang i el centre de la subzona de l'economia de primera classe. Aprovat per la Comissió Nacional de Desenvolupament i Reforma, Taizhou es va convertir formalment en una de les 16 ciutats de l'àrea del delta del riu Iang-Tsé el 15 d'agost de 2003.

Administració
A més del propi municipi, la ciutat a nivell de prefectura de Taizhou inclou 3 districtes, 3 ciutats a nivell de comtat i 3 comtats.

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Denver's new Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art has an interesting tie to the equine retail world.
Sarah Muirhead | Mar 14, 2018
The Wall Street Journal this week wrote a glowing review of Denver's new Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, a museum that has an interesting tie to the equine retail world.
When one enters the museum, which is located across the street from the Denver Art Museum and the Clifford Still Museum, one of the first things in view after the Frank Lloyd Wright window is a painting by Jack B. Weil. Yes, that is right, Jack B. Weil, the guy who headed design at Rockmount Ranch Wear for over 40 years. He was also an abstract painter.
The acrylic painting was done in the 1960s. The museum also has two other paintings by Jack B. from 2007, dating shortly before his death.
Jack B. Weil was the son of Jack A. Weil, founder and CEO of the Denver-based Western clothing manufacturer. Jack A. Weil, fondly known as Papa Jack, had five grandchildren—Greg, Gail, Janet, Steven, and Judy—all of whom worked at some point for the company. Grandson, Steven, now runs the operation.
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Concert Review: Suzanne Vega
Vega played an even-key concert to two sold-out crowds of enthusiastic fans that turned out for back-to-back concerts in Tel Aviv.
By SHIRA TEGER, ARI MILLER
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Suzanne Vega Mann Auditorium Tel Aviv July 19 Suzanne Vega, the woman in black, played an even-key concert to two sold-out crowds of enthusiastic fans that turned out for back-to-back concerts in Tel Aviv on Sunday. In the first part of her double-header, Vega transitioned from solo acoustic guitar to acoustic-plus-bass to acoustic-plus-bass-plus-electric guitar. Brass and drums not in the mix, she would later ditch her guitar to focus on presenting her timeless, breathy voice, leaving the accompaniment to her two aforementioned cohorts. In between hits like "Left of Center," "Tom's Diner," "Blood Makes Noise" and "Caramel" and newer songs like "Tombstone," "Pornographer's Dream" and "The Man Who Played God," Vega offered some lighthearted, and at times sarcastic, banter with the audience. Though the acoustics at the Mann Auditorium are embarrassingly sub-par, at least the "noise" in "Blood Makes Noise" succeeded in taking center stage - and nobody seemed to mind. Fans were more than happy to sing along on "Luka" and to clap - offbeat - to whatever they could. During a climatic "Tom's Diner," Vega humorously leaned over to check herself out on the large screen set up next to the stage. She capped the song by ceremoniously donning her iconic hat. The singer was given two standing ovations, bringing about a two-song encore ("You want more?" she asked, answering her own question with "Okay"), followed by a one-song encore requested by an audience member. Vega, who brought with her that same youthful voice for which she is known, played it cool, even in the face of a microphone that would not dislodge from its stand. Upon her triumph over the amplification device, she rightfully earned a round of applause from her enamored audience. After all, Vega is known for her intuitive and amusing observations on everyday occurrences.
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