It's just around the corner and I can't wait to enjoy those magnificent fall foliage New York beautifully offers.
Crispy chill air mixed with the chirping sounds of lover birds singing on the redden-leaves tree.
Truly music to my ears :).
We went out to Pelham Bay Park and the Glen Island Park in the surrounding areas near my Ambassador's residence in New Rochelle, New York.
Bo et Obi went out and had fun riding along the Pelham Bay Bike path while Obi and I, together with some friends went to the Glen Island Park only 10 minutes drive from the residence.
And we were blessed with beautiful weather indeed.
It was around 18 degrees C with no wind.
Fall, as always, is successfully stealing my heart :).
Already together with my hubby, we have planned to visit many places to get the beauty of fall folliage this year. We missed that last year as I was in the middle of my chemotheraphy. But I sincerely hope this year we can lure ourselves in the beauty of autumn.
And in relation to that, I also invite everyone to join my #finishthefight #gopink #breastcancerawarenessmonth campaign here :).
Is fall your favorite season as well?
I bet NY is just gorgeous in the fall! My best friend will be visiting there this week and I am really looking forward to seeing her social media photos from her time spent there!
I love your deep blue thinly clouded skies.
i've seen many photos of fall nor autumn as well. is the smell of colorful leaves are spreading everywhere, doesn't?


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Festive Fun at Folkestone Quarterhouse
The Nutcracker in Folkestone
Rachael Lowndes
Folkestone Quarterhouse presents The Nutcracker as its Christmas show on 20, 21, 23 and 24 December 2014 at 2.30pm every day.
It's Christmas and Clara is given a wooden nutcracker in the shape of a handsome Prince. This enchanting present leads Clara and her brother Fritz into festive fun and great adventure.
The Mouse Queen has stolen the magic of the Christmas Tree star and the Land of Make Believe is in danger. The children and the toys must join in battle against the rotten royal rodent to save the magic of Christmas and restore the Prince to the throne. But first, Clara and Fritz must learn how to believe…
The Nutcracker is adapted by Jenifer Toksvig; and co-directed by Julia Black, who has directed over 40 productions for the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, and Adam Forde, who is head of Youth Theatre and Education at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre; music is by David Perkins whose previous work includes 'The Wind in the Willows' for Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 'The Happy Prince' for Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Youth Theatre and 'Just So Stories' for the Apollo Theatre Company.
'If you would like your children to be inspired and fuel their imagination with beautiful stories, Arabian Nights is not to be missed, it is AWESOME!' The Primary Times
After the sell-out success of their award winning show Arabian Nights, Story Pocket Theatre brings this colourful and magical festive story to Quarterhouse with imagination and make-believe. Story Pocket Theatre was set up in 2013 from a passion to produce beautiful, wonderful and magical theatre for families.
Allegra Galvin, Director of Quarterhouse, says, "We couldn't have chosen a better Christmas show to brighten up the festive season in Folkestone and East Kent. The response so far has been really encouraging and we are sure that our young friends and their families will thoroughly enjoy this great production that will take them to a magical journey." of
Tickets cost £8 for adults, £7 for children. There is also an affordable family ticket for 2 adults and 2 children for only £25. The Nutcracker is suitable for all ages. The Nutcracker will be at Folkestone Quarterhouse on Saturday 20, Sunday 21, Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 December 2014 at 2.30pm every day.
For more information about the show please visit www.quarterhouse.co.uk or call box office 01303 760 750.
For more information on the Creative Foundation and details on spaces available for artists within the Creative Quarter please visit www.creativefoundation.org.uk

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Semi retired professional working in education and social work. Exploring how I became alcohol dependent and hoping I can find a way to moderate rather than abstain. It may be a losing battle but reluctant at this stage to lose this constant companion.
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Although your path is not my path, I wish you only good things!
Have fun with your friends, and your girlfriend!
Perfectly said, "Failure? No. Just life." Keep up the great attitude!
Thanks Dana, you'll have to let me know how things are going for you. Good I hope.
However, I had an episode at work last Friday, and I wanted to drink that evening very much, but something stopped me, or rather, I realized I wanted to drink for the wrong reason and it stopped me from doing so. In the past, that would not have happened.
Hope you are doing well, your home improvements progressing, and life in general is treating yo well.
Hectic days and weeks means I haven't blogged for a while but just wanted to say hi. Hope your sober stretch is going well? I have decided that I don't want to focus so much on alcohol as I think the drinking is just part of me not looking after myself properly so trying to adopt a more holistic approach.
Hopefully we can catch up a bit more now that I've finished my various travels and mini projects.


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The NZMeccano 10-set survey
Welcome to the NZMeccano 10-set survey page. This page is really just a bit of fun, but it might well throw up some interesting statistics about 10-sets in today's Meccano hobby.
In 1998, Melvyn Wright performed a similar survey of 10-sets on the Spanner mailing list. Out of 125 members, he received replies from 42 people giving details of a total of 107 Meccano 10-sets. Now, eleven years later and with a greatly increased number of members of Spanner, plus the thousands of people who regularly read this website but are not members of Spanner, I thought it would be interesting to try again and see what (if anything) has changed.
I suspect that the most significant change in the past eleven years is that many Meccano enthusiasts around the world now regularly buy and sell large Meccano outfits over the internet, whether through ebay or other means. It could be said that the availability of 10-sets is now greater than at any time since the closure of Binns Road, and certainly for the further flung corners of the world this has been a very important development.
To see the results we have to date, see the results page here. This is a work-in-progress!
About this survey
Although it's not exactly deadly serious, it makes sense to attempt to do this survey properly. Most importantly, we ask you to fill out the survey as accurately and honestly as possible. There will be no link to your personal information, your personal details will never be published, and there is no financial information requested. So there's no good reason why anyone would want to put fake information in here, I would have thought.
The survey asks for some personal information, such as your name, year of birth, and email address. These are all optional, although please put in at the very least a nickname so that the system will recognise your outfit and match it with others (if you have more than one). In addition, if you would like to change anything about the information you've given (for example, to make corrections), you will need that nickname to identify which 10-set you're talking about.
No personal information will ever be published in any way linking you to this survey. However, we urge you to enter your email address in case there are any questions about the information you've sent (then we can contact you). In addition, if it is suspected that some users of the site have been entering false information or deliberately sabotaging the survey, we will probably revert to using only data where we have the email addresses for confirmation. Entering your email address will ensure that your 10-sets will count!
About 10-sets
Please note that this is not a survey to see who has the most Meccano. Lots of serious builders have enormous stocks of parts, several 10-sets worth of them. "This survey is about attitides to the No.10 set", as Melvyn said in his original survey of 1998. So to avoid any arguments, the definition of a 10-set as far as this survey is concerned is either:
A Meccano set that was originally bought from Meccano Ltd as a 10-set, and is still substantially complete, or
A Meccano set deliberately built up to a 10-set's contents (for example, a No.9 and No.9A together), or
A set of parts (original or reproduction) that has been assembled by someone according to the contents of a Meccano 10-set.
Note that we are still interested in 10-sets that have been unpacked and used to build models, or incorporated within your stock of building parts, as long as the original purchase was of a 10-set. The idea is to track the attitudes towards the contents list of a 10-set.
For the sake of completeness, we are including the 10-set's predecessors in this survey, the largest outfit that Meccano made in each year. If you have an L outfit (1934-37), 7 outfit (1922-33), 6 outfit (1908-1921), or even Box E (1905-1908), please fill out the survey! These outfits are rare enough that if you aren't certain whether you have one of these, you almost certainly don't.
To clarify, please don't fill out the survey according to a list of the building parts you have, or according to MeccInv's "equivalent 10-sets" calculations. This survey is about whether you care enough about the contents of a 10-set to have either bought a 10-set (because it was one) or assembled one (because you wanted one).
Are you ready to go?
If you've read the information above and would like to help us gather what might well be a very interesting set of information, please fill in the survey by clicking the button below! This button allows you to enter information about a single 10-set. If you have more than one, please fill out the survey once for each 10-set you own.
Total number of messages on this page: 13. This is page 1 of 3.
Nigel McBurney UK (at 2:26pm, Mon 21st Mar, 22)
hello I have a no 10 set,red green early 1950s in the correct wooden box with trays,it came from the collection of a deceased collector,along with the 10 set there came a sloping front dealers cabinet,chock full of parts,though colours varied,i used parts from this lot to replace some missing and a few damaged parts in the no 10,So a 95% original outfit
I also have a replica no 10 4 drawer cabinet with a complete set of no 10 parts made up from my own collection and parts from the dealers cabinet. (red/green)
A third no 10 housed in a 6 drawer late type dealers cabinet,again made up from my own and old dealers cabinet parts,(red green) As you may guess I was brought up after the war and still favour the red/green, I think the light green was a big mistake,followed by too many colour changes.
Though not no 10 from the same deceased collector I purchase a red green no 9 in the wooden presentation cabinet eary 1950s in good condition and complete,I also agreed to buy a mint blue gold no 8 in blue gold,the best no 8 I have ever seen,no to be though the family changed their mind and kept it.
kbisset (at 12:20am, Thu 20th Jun, 19)
Another website with LOTS of manuals for download is www [dot] meccanoindex [dot] co [dot] uk/Mmanuals/index.php
Richard (at 6:49am, Mon 17th Jun, 19)
There are scans of all manuals in the Gallery section of this website.
William Reuben Brown (at 11:18pm, Sun 16th Jun, 19)
Hello fellow MECCANO affectionados.
I have a number 9 set which was built up from a level 1 set over many years. It actually dates back to the mid 1950's.
Unfortunately, all of the manuals have been lost.
Can you tell me how I can get copies of same. I cannot find them in any form, printable or not, If they are in a web site, can you tell me the web site ID so that I can go to it and print some copies?
John W. Seager (at 1:47am, Wed 29th May, 19)
I am wishing to purchase a Meccano number 10 set. I have been New Zealand advertising for some time.
My email address is: .
Alan Keith (at 2:34pm, Wed 26th Oct, 16)
Please remove my # 10 set from the survey, I've traded off the large circular parts for parts with more utility.
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Encore raises $9M to create a middle class of music artists with shows that cost 10 cents per fan
Encore has raised $10 million to gamify music performances.
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Encore has raised $9 million in funding to enable a middle class of music artists. It lets musicians create live augmented reality shows where fans can pay as little as 10 cents per "clap."
Cofounded by Kid Cudi, the idea behind Encore is to allow artists to create mobile AR shows and get paid directly through micropayments, said CEO Jonathan Gray in an interview with VentureBeat.
"We going to borrow from the different proven and validated business models and interaction models and community models that have happened in and around gaming, and try to bring that into the music industry," said Gray. "That's what we're here to do."
The Los Angeles-based company is launching the Encore Studio App today. Battery Ventures led the round, with other investors including 468 Capital, Parade Ventures, Nomad Ventures, Moving Capital, Kayak Ventures, and Gaingels.
Encore gives music artists the tools and technology to tell their story, release new music, and host conversations and interactive experiences with their fans. Using Encore, artists create and perform live in custom AR environments from their mobile device. Fans participate via gamified microtransactions in the form of a ten-cent "clap," which can be used to watch live shows, chat with an artist, and interact.
The idea is to create short shows of maybe five minutes to 15 minutes that people can pay 10 cents for. They can pay more than that if they want, the same way that fans can "tip" their favorite livestreamers over and over a again. But the claps don't show up on the screen and interrupt the performances. With a crowd of 500, a music artist can make $5,000 from a 15-minute performance.
Encore lets fans pay 10 cents per "clap" to applaud artists.
"Something overlooked by a lot of the other creative platforms is music is about discovery," Gray said. "If, if the price of something doesn't allow for a new user to experiment, or try it, then that will have a really hard time in music. And so what 10 cents is really about is it's trying to balance two things, right? One is accessibility and discoverability, wanting any kid to be able to actually attend live music shows because today they can. But on the other side, it's about making sure that properly and fairly rewarding artists for their time and creativity. And I think for us, 10 cents has really turned out to the this kind of happy medium. If all I do is clap one time into a show. It doesn't seem like I've really spent much money. But 10 cents per user is like 100 times more per user than a musician would see on any other platform."
Gray said that the microtransactions from gaming were an inspiration that could help the music industry, which in its entirety is valued at around $30 billion — just a fraction of what Microsoft is paying ($68.7 billion) for one company, Activision Blizzard, in a big gaming acquisition.
While in private beta, hundreds of artists including SSGKobe, KYLE, Too $hort, and The Cool Kids have created and performed Encore shows to tens of thousands of fans, who have collectively clapped almost a million times. Those who are superfans can spend a lot more than 10 cents if they want.
"The superfan wants to get their voice heard, they want their text bigger, they want to get this email from the artist," Gray said. "Just like in gaming, it's important to capture the whales (those who spend a lot)."
Those fans can get things like backstage passes, where they can come on video and say things to the performers.
Kid Cudi serves as chief creative officer. Hollywood producer, screenwriter and director Ian Edelman is president. And Gray is a software engineer and technology entrepreneur who cofounded Encore in 2020. Before that, Gray was CEO of Cask Data, which Google acquired in 2018.
Encore has raised $9 million to create a middle class of musicians.
Gray said he was an outsider to the music industry, but he enjoyed coming at problems from a deep technical background. He was mulling around with ideas but dove into the startup when COVID hit, as musicians needed to find ways to make money without live in-person gigs.
Back in college, about 15 of his fraternity brothers all worked at Zynga, and his vice president of engineering used to work at Zynga.
"There is a lot of influence from gaming," Gray said. "The thing that gets me out of bed every day and makes me feel like we're running after a massive opportunity is looking at how big the video game industry has become. It has gotten big because of innovation, and music has had very little innovation."
he noted how you can still buy a $60 game in a store, or pay a lot of money for a console, but you can also download free games and play them all day or every day for free. If you want to spend a lot of money in a free-to-play game, you can do so. Those models help accommodate a lot of different types of gamers. By contrast, you can subscribe to Spotify for $9.99 a month and get access to just about all the music in the world.
Worse, the payouts for artists are very low. To make much money at it, you have to be a kind of superstar, and that's very hard to achieve.
"The vision of the company is really how we are going to create a middle class of music," he said.
To do that, Encore will follow the pattern of streamers and platforms like Twitch, which enables streamers to benefit from specator contributions. More musicians are starting to adopt platforms like Discord, Gray said.
"These things are really being brought over from the gaming industry into the music industry. And so we're really begging, borrowing, and stealing as much as we can," Gray said.
Some things are different. Many musicians aren't successful on Twitch.
"We wanted to take a lot of these concepts around gamification, in-app purchases microtransactions, community direct engagement, and bring that to the music industry," Gray said. "The big tech play here is giving artists the tools to be able to create visual content, to be able to host live performances, to be able to host different types of experiences with their fans, with a focus on fun."
The app has been in private beta until now, and Gray said the team has validated the core premise of the business, which is that fans will come if the artists show up. Artists have been making thousands of dollars a week from weekly 15-minute shows, Gray said.
To use the Encore Studio App and perform live in AR, visit the App Store on your iPhone or iPad and download Encore Studio: Live Music AR. To watch live AR performances, visit the App Store or Play Store and download Encore: Interactive Live Music.
I've seen a demo and it looks very easy for a musician and a friend to create a show with visual effects that people can view on a smartphone. Musicians can upload their own assets or access a library from Encore.
"You can do all kinds of effects" as overlays on the real world, Gray said. The app is built with Unity.
The team has about 30 people and the company has raised $11 million to date.


In the tradition of The Big Chill, a terrific all-star cast brings to life a story that's unpredictably fun and unforgettably entertaining. A group of colourful characters with nothing in common outside of a New York cigar shop and its manager, Auggie (Harvey Keitel - Pulp Fiction), find their lives inexplicably intertwined. Among them is a novelist (William Hurt - The Doctor) with a crippling case of writer's block, a one-armed man (Forest Whitaker - Species) running from his past and Auggie's long-lost ex-girlfriend (Stockard Channing - TV's The West Wing), who unexpectedly returns with some shocking news. Another critically acclaimed hit from hot filmmaker Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club) - sparks fly as these complete strangers strike up the most unlikely relationships... and end up learning each others' deepest secrets.


When it comes to travel insurance, it's never been easier to be a customer — you can simply click and buy insurance when purchasing your flight, your bank may have a travel insurance policy you can easily grab for annual cover, or you can use an online aggregator to compare policies.
But despite this, many people are not getting the right travel insurance, because they're just clicking on a product and buying it without understanding what they're getting.
That's according to Nel Mooy, head of travel for AXA, who is an expert in the field of travel insurance and how it's changed over time.
"Travel insurance is a super complex product and it covers so many things — so it is liability, it is medical, it is cancellation, it is interruption, it is all types of things," Mooy said.
Because of this, horror stories emerge in the news from people on holiday who thought they had the right cover but then ended up stuck in a foreign country or with huge medical bills, because they didn't understand the fine print.
Mooy compares the insurance and how customers react to shopping for it to other products, and says that because the price of travel insurance is so cheap it makes people put less time into researching what they are buying.
"It's a relatively cheap insurance, and in relation to the potential loss that you could have, especially on medical, that's quite big," she explained.
It's because of this low cost, Mooy says, that travel insurance isn't often sold through brokers.
"Because the policies are relatively cheap, there has, for a long time, been the heritage of selling travel insurance through brands that already have distribution," she explained.
However, according to the executive, brokers will always be relevant because they know more about customers than anyone else.
"For so long now, people said brokers are going to go," Mooy said. "Brokers are enterprisers, and brokers ultimately are the ones who are the best at understanding what the customers need.
The head of travel said she believed that brokers will always find a way to survive in insurance, even in markets like travel where they are not usually the go-to avenue.
"I have no worries for the broker segment," she said. "And indeed, for this cover if you look on the aggregators there are some specialist brokers out there that really specialise in aggregator travel insurance, so in a way that is a new opportunity.
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Forums Model Specific Discussions Vintage (thru 365 GTC4)
Is only 1969 and earlier really vintage?
Discussion in 'Vintage (thru 365 GTC4)' started by CarreraScott, Mar 30, 2004.
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#1 CarreraScott, Mar 30, 2004
Buying a 1972 Dino 246GT shortly, sure seems vintage to me. How come 1969 is the "vintage" cutoff -- I'd think it'd be a rolling date, say, "30 years and older vehicles".
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#2 BigTex, Mar 30, 2004
Don't feel bad, Scott. It's only on this site.
Everywhere in the real world, I think carbs are accepted as vintage!
A lot of historical rallies I've seen make the cutoff at '75, so you are in!
My '76, '77 308GTBs, sadly, are still "out"
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#3 vince308, Mar 30, 2004
even in the Belgian Ferrari Club, the 308 GT4 is the first vintage at this moment.....
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#4 El Wayne, Mar 30, 2004
CarreraScott said:
It was a decision that we made as a group. 1969 marked a major change for Ferrari, being the year that Fiat acquired an interest in the company. Even so, I'm not sure that that has a whole lot to do with why we selected this year as a cut-off. Instead, I think that is has more to do with a change in the "flavor" of the cars that took place around this same time.
Personally, I feel that discussion of 365 GTs, Daytonas, and 206/246 Dinos is welcome in this section, as these cars were developed and introduced prior to 1970, regardless of the fact that production continued beyond that point.
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Sounds good. Once I get my Dino I'll certainly be posting here!


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Ask Amy: Carpentry skills are not enough
Dear Amy: I am in a terrible relationship of two tumultuous years duration.
I met him after recovering from an operation.
I had been alone for years, as my life was consumed by raising my children, pulling a boy out of a war zone, and teaching music.
Unfortunately, my boyfriend is a liar. He's had another girlfriend, he is an alcoholic, has a prison record, has a kid in jail, grandchildren out of wedlock, no car, no license, fines, debt, is abusive, is not intellectual, and has no education.
All he has is a funny sense of humor, a great body, and some carpentry skills.
I want to get out of this nightmare. I'm angry that I fell for all his lies.
He is very abusive and not at my level of intellect.
I don't know how with two master's degrees, material success, and happy and successful children, I could have picked such a narcissistic jerk.
What is wrong with me?
I'm in therapy and my therapist says it's because I had an abusive family of alcoholics and ragers, and have all the classic characteristics of adult children of alcoholics.
I'm afraid to kick him out because I never meet anyone. I've been alone most of my life.
Any advice? — Helpless Smart Dummy
Dear Helpless: As long as you consider being alone a worse fate than being in an abusive relationship with a lying, narcissistic jerk, then keep doing what you're doing. But in the immortal words of "Dr. Phil": "How's that working for you?" It is obviously not working for you at all.
I'm not a therapist, but, for what it's worth, I agree with their assessment.
People who grew up in chaotic, neglectful, abusive, and alcoholic households often internalize the idea that they are somehow "not enough." I assume this is because, despite their heroic efforts as children, they cannot fix, heal, or even alter the dynamic of their family of origin.
Intelligence, education, and success in other realms will not offset this deep void, but you can change your current mindset and your behavior.
Ask your therapist to talk to you about co-dependency. And connect with an Adult Children of Alcoholics group (adultchildren.org).
Dear Amy: I am always struck when you and folks in your column talk about keeping a journal.
I think that sounds wonderful!
I never kept a journal for long growing up. This is in part because there were times that a family member read my private writings, and I felt very betrayed.
But now I'm an adult with no excuses for failing to start something I've always wanted to do. I usually start, and then drift off after a few days.
Any advice for aspiring journal keepers?
I can't help but wonder if part of my lack of motivation is the fear that someone would read them and judge them to be what is perfectly OK for them to be: Nothing too exciting. — M
Dear M: I have journals going back to when I received my first one for Christmas, when I was 8 years old.
However, I am not and have never been a daily writer. I only write when I feel compelled to. Weeks can go by! But I keep a blank book handy (no dates on the pages — too much pressure!).
If you want to start a new habit, one way is by "habit stacking."
Basically, you "stack" a new habit on top of an old habit. For instance, after your morning coffee, you try to write a few sentences. Don't pressure yourself to create beautiful sentences made of spun gold, just freestyle it.
Writing is basically a muscle — the more you use it, the stronger and more skilled you become.
Technology can be helpful here. You can set a prompt on your phone to remind you to sit down and write. The downside of setting an alarm is that writing for pleasure can start to seem like a chore, which is one reason you've abandoned your efforts in the past.
Dear Amy: I know you are a wealth of knowledge for resources.
Are there any good books on dealing with all of the pain, death and suffering in the world?
I am not a spiritual person. — Mark
Dear Mark: What a thoughtful question.
My answer is: ALL the books.
I turn to poetry during tough times: Whitman, Mary Oliver, Elizabeth Bishop ("Time to plant tears, says the almanac"), Billy Collins, Jericho Brown, and Emily Dickinson. Poets write the lyrics to the music of life.
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LIVINGSTON, CALIF. — Dan Huber has been promoted to chief executive officer of Foster Farms. He succeeds Laura Flanagan, who has resigned after a little more than two years in the position to pursue other opportunities.
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Long the Mile (A Holiday Charity Novella)
Author: Ally Blue
Sometimes it takes losing everything to find what you really need.
When Judah went to prison for insider trading, he lost everything he thought was important: his business, his money, his power. But when he gets out, homelessness strips him of the one thing he has left: his self-respect. When another homeless man saves him from a beating, he begins to learn to rely on the goodness of those around him.
For Toby, life on the streets has become familiar. Comfortable. So comfortable he wonders if he's given up on changing his life for the better. Then comes Judah. Formerly rich, newly homeless, all his pride and attitude gone along with his material possessions. Helping Judah feels good. Their unexpected connection—physical and beyond—feels even better.
Their shared situation nurtures a growing closeness that blossoms into something deeper. But when change comes knocking, it will take all their strength to keep fear and insecurity from tearing them apart.
NOTE: 20% of all proceeds from this title are donated to the Ali Forney Center in New York, whose mission "is to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) youth from the harm of homelessness, and to support them in becoming safe and independent as they move from adolescence to adulthood."
Erotic Frequency: 3 - Moderate
Genre: contemporary, romance
Themes: angst, commitment, holiday, homelessness, hurt / comfort, self-confidence, self-discovery / self-reflection
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Settings: America, place of worship
Careers: professional (finance), professional (other), unemployed
The bus dropped Judah Jackson off at the Coxe Avenue stop in Asheville, North Carolina, with a bag containing two pairs of pants, a shirt, the underwear and socks his lawyer had brought him when he'd been released from prison, and three hundred dollars in cash.
He made his way up to Patton Avenue and stood on the corner waiting for the walk signal with a group of people who looked like tourists. They eyed him with caution, and he hunched his shoulders, embarrassed. Prison hadn't done his appearance any favors.
The apartment he'd rented via email was only a few blocks away, just down the road from the Civic Center. It wasn't exactly what he'd been used to before prison, but his business and the majority of his personal assets had been seized as part of his sentence, including his penthouse condo atop the Kress building in the heart of the city. He had to pass right by it on the way to his new place. Looking up at the stately old structure with its art deco carvings and huge arched windows hurt. After paying his team of lawyers, he had less than two thousand dollars to his name. He could no longer afford Kress building real estate.
He stifled a bitter laugh as he started across the parking lot toward the building where he'd been reduced to living. All that money, and the idiots hadn't even been able to get his sentence lessened. They'd shrugged and said the courts were cracking down on insider trading and wanted to make an example of him, and they'd done all they could.
Judah didn't buy it. His team hadn't put in their best effort, and he'd paid the price for it.
But that was in the past. He'd served his sentence, and he was free now. Free to rebuild his brand and the fortune he'd begun to accumulate before everything went to hell. He'd done it before—turned himself from a kid with nothing but ideas and ambition into an entrepreneur with one of the fastest growing businesses in the country. He could do it again.
A few yards short of the apartment building door, a man walked up and planted himself directly in front of Judah. "Hey, man. I'm out of work and I need money. You got anything I can do for you? I'll work for food. Whatever you want me to do."
Judah studied the young man—about Judah's height, a little too thin, sandy hair falling in waves to the shoulders of a well-worn blue T-shirt. A ragged blond beard and mustache framed a wide mouth, and large gray eyes squinted at Judah between thick, pale lashes. The man smiled, obviously hopeful, and shuffled from one foot to another. His jeans and sneakers both had holes in them.
Judah knew a homeless person when he saw one. They'd accosted him plenty of times in the past. Normally he ignored them. He'd especially like to ignore this one and the reminder he carried with him of the narrow ledge Judah inhabited these days, but this man apparently was not going to give him that option.
Judah sneered, knowing exactly how cruel he looked when he did it. "The only thing you can do for me is get out of my way and go back to whatever bridge you're sleeping under." He skirted around the man, deliberately not looking at the flush of color in his cheeks or the way his head hung down. "And take a bath, for Christ's sake. You smell."
He didn't, actually, but some cold, angry corner of Judah's psyche made him want to lash out. To hurt someone else. Maybe transfer some of his own unfocused fear to them. Because the plain, unwelcome fact was that he'd never been more scared in his life.
"I'm sorry, man."
The words stopped Judah in his tracks, one hand on the door handle. He didn't want to turn around, but he did it anyway, because . . . Well, honestly, he couldn't remember anyone ever saying sorry to him without equal parts terror and resentment behind it, and he wanted to know what honest regret looked like.
The homeless guy stood there, watching him with something uncomfortably like pity on his face. Through all the struggles and triumphs of his life, Judah couldn't remember anyone ever pitying him. The unexpected sympathy—from a stranger, no less—triggered a war of conflicting emotions in Judah's gut. Embarrassment, anger, and a whiff of gratitude he hardly liked to acknowledge wound themselves together until he could barely tell which was which.
He shook his head, as if he could physically rattle his worldview back into place. "What?"
"I said I'm sorry." The man shrugged. "Look, obviously you're having a bad time. It fucks with your head, right? I've been there, man. I get it. Happens to all of us sometimes." A smile lit up the stranger's face, turning it from average to handsome. "I hope things get better for you. Peace."
Judah just stared, shocked into silence, as the man turned and sauntered away. The worn-out jeans clung to his thighs, emphasizing the flex of his muscles as he walked, and the sun caught on the strands of gold in his hair.
I am eyeing up a homeless man. The thought shook Judah into motion. He yanked open the door and stomped inside. The sooner he got settled into his new place, the sooner he could begin moving back up in the world and rid himself of the dread lingering like a poisonous aftertaste on the back of his tongue.
Tobias Simonsen walked away from this latest humiliation with jaw tight and hands clenched into fists at his sides. He'd done the right thing by wishing the guy well—the fear had shown right through the worn-thin mask of superiority he'd tried to wear—but damn, it was hard. Anger churned in his stomach, the way it did every time some jerk looked at him like being homeless made him less than human. He was working on overcoming that.
Hector Poole was waiting on the sidewalk at the corner, grinning. "Hey, Toby."
Toby eyed his friend with deep suspicion. "What?"
"Nothin', man. Just figured we could walk up to the church together." Hector fell into step beside Toby as he started toward the center of town. "It's almost dinnertime. Father Bill's expecting us to help out."
"Yeah, I know." He forced a smile for Hector, who he'd known since the first night he'd slept on the street, over a year ago. "I could use the company. Thanks."
"Sure thing." Scratching the black stubble on his neck, Hector glanced back toward the apartment building behind them. "So. Nothing from Richie Rich then, huh?"
Toby scowled. "He said I needed a bath."
"Seriously?" Hector turned and walked backward for a few steps, apparently just so he could glare at the asshole stranger's building. "Dude, you're not letting that bother you, are you?"
Toby shrugged. He wanted to say no, but he'd never been good at lying.
Hector groaned. "Jesus Christ. You don't stink, you fucking idiot."
"I know, okay? I showered this morning at the shelter. MayBelle even let me wash my clothes." Toby rubbed his beard, trying to work out why he'd felt so embarrassed about a stupid insult when he knew damn well it was just the other guy lashing out at the world. "I don't know why it bothered me. It just did."
"Probably 'cause the dude was hot, and he shot you down." Hector shook his head. "You always did think with your dick."
"Jackass," Toby muttered without any real heat. Hector always said shit like that, even though they both knew it wasn't true.
He was right about one thing, though. The man who'd sneered at Toby and made him feel about an inch tall was hot. Average height, same as Toby, with great big eyes the color of the expensive dark chocolate Toby had always loved but could no longer afford. Thick black hair cut close to the scalp emphasized a sharp-featured, ridiculously handsome face that looked like it had seen too much. Best of all, the black slacks and snug gray shirt clung to the sort of hard, wiry body Toby liked best.
Yeah, the guy was a looker. That wasn't it, though. Toby had been sneered at by hot guys before without it bugging him. But this one gave off an air of someone who'd had money once and didn't anymore. For some reason, that gave his words an unaccustomed sting, though Toby knew he was being stupid by letting it get to him.
He and Hector walked on in silence for a while. As they turned onto the side street leading to the church where Father Bill fed Asheville's homeless every day and led jubilant, unconventional services, Hector nudged Toby with his elbow. "I got a lead on some landscape work with a new company in town. It's temporary, but it'll get us food money enough to last a little while. You in?"
"Yeah. That sounds great." Toby grinned. "Come on, I'll buy you lunch to celebrate." He gestured toward the church.
Hector laughed. They walked down the sidewalk together toward the group already gathering on the front lawn.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Jackson. We simply don't have anything for you at this time."
Judah resisted the urge to scream bullshit into his cell phone. "Mr. Owenby, I think you'll find my qualifications—"
"My company does not need qualifications that involve breaking the law."
Fuck. Leaning over the cheap Formica counter in his tiny kitchen, Judah rested his head in his free hand. "I've served my time. I'm trying to start over here."
The man on the other end of line laughed, trailing off into a rough, loose cough. Smoker, Judah thought, remembering his grandmother's constant, gravelly hacking. She was still at it, for all he knew. He hadn't spoken to his grandparents since he'd left their nominal care for New York City at age seventeen, almost thirty years ago.
God, time sped up when you got older.
"Yes, very noble," said Mr. Owenby, his dry tone expressing pretty clearly what he thought of that. "I wish you luck. Truly. But I'm afraid I can't have my business tarnished by a criminal element, even one attempting reform. Good-bye."
The connection cut. Judah scowled. "Pompous old ass."
With a deep sigh, he thumbed off his phone, wandered over to the window of his small apartment, and stared out at the less-than-ideal view of the back of the Civic Center. Christ, if he didn't find a source of income soon, he wouldn't be able to keep even the relatively cheap phone plan he'd gotten when he'd arrived back in Asheville twelve days ago.
His plan was to recreate Jax Enterprises. He was no idealist, though. He knew that would be a long time coming. Rebuilding a business like JE would require plenty of capital, and he'd need a hell of a lot of it himself before he could even think of approaching anyone else to invest. The idea was to get a job in upper management in one of the companies flocking to Asheville over the last few years—or maybe one of the ones already embedded, like the Biltmore Estate, he wasn't that picky—and build a nice capital cushion, then start putting out feelers for possible investors in the new Jax. Under a different name, of course. The name Jax Enterprises was eternally tarnished now. But that was only a small thing. With any luck, two or three years would give him enough time for people to forget. Then he'd think of a new name for his company, find investors, and reclaim his former life.
The big snag in his grand plan was that no one would hire him. To be fair, he'd only heard back from a couple of places so far, but he'd considered them the most likely to hire him, and both had told him the same thing: that they had no room for an ex-con.
The whole thing burned his ass. Especially in Owenby's case. The only differences between the two of them were that the old man had engaged in truly egregious insider trading—more than once, from what Judah had heard—and he'd never gotten caught. Hypocritical prick.
Oh well. No sense in brooding. He still had a couple of applications in, and two or three other prospects in mind before he had to come up with a plan B.
In the meantime, it was almost 7 p.m., he was out of anything that might resemble a meal, and the idea of taking the bus to the grocery store made him want to curl up in a corner and die. Strange, how he'd never felt the need for a car when he had money for restaurants, delivery, and a driver when he wanted it.
Groaning, he leaned his head against the window. It had been a long, long time since he'd been poor. He didn't want to go back to those days. But it looked as though he had no choice.
The thought terrified him.
"Stop that. You've done it before. You can do it again."
Talking out loud to himself might be stupid, but it helped. Feeling slightly more confident, he pulled away from the window, grabbed his jacket from the back of the chair to ward off the unseasonable early September chill, and headed for the door. He'd decide where he was going once he got outside.
"Coffee's on, boys and girls." Father Bill pushed a cart loaded with three beat-up old metal urns into place at the front of the church fellowship hall and grinned at the crowded room through his wild beard. "Come and get it."
Toby stood from the wobbly card table where he'd been sitting with Hector, Vicki, and the boy who never talked, and lined up with the others for coffee. He needed it this morning. The folks who'd been on the street for a long time had warned him about Halloween, and boy, they'd been right. The full-to-busting shelters and increased police presence meant he hadn't slept at all. Kept getting kicked out of every place he'd found to curl up out of the cold. So he'd spent the whole night moving from place to place, trying to stay warm.
He filled a Styrofoam cup with hot, strong coffee and moved out of the way for the next person in line. Yawning men, women, and children, all with cold-reddened faces, packed the church hall this morning. Obviously Toby wasn't the only one who'd had a bad night. He walked to the bench under the window and sat down, sipping the bitter brew and blinking the grit out of his eyes.
Father Bill sauntered over with a steaming cup in his hand. "Toby."
Toby found a smile for the priest. He was a real oddball, with the owl feathers in his beard and his penchant for leading his mostly homeless congregation through the streets singing gospel tunes instead of holding more traditional worship services. But he had a big heart, and he'd done more to help the city's street people than probably anyone else.
"Morning, Father." Toby moved over so Father Bill could sit. "Thanks for the coffee."
"God's house belongs to all of us. So does God's coffee."
Toby laughed. "God's coffee tastes especially good this morning. It was a long night."
"Yeah. I'd've brought you a blanket, but I couldn't find you." Father Bill scratched his chin, blue eyes fixed on Toby in a thoughtful stare. "So. Hector said you dropped the landscaping job."
Toby wrinkled his nose. "Hector has a big mouth."
"He worries about you, that's all."
"I know." Toby gazed out the window at the small church parking lot. "It just felt weird finishing out the temporary job when they hired Hector on permanently. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm really happy for Hector. They couldn't've gotten a better guy. But, yeah. It felt weird being there after that. So I quit." He shrugged and took a sip of coffee, not looking at the priest because he would definitely see the jealousy Toby couldn't quite hide. "There were only a couple of days left anyway."
Father Bill shook his head. "It doesn't matter. How's that gonna look next time you apply for a job?"
"Like three weeks' worth of winterizing somebody's lawn would make my résumé more impressive."
He got a snort of laughter in answer. "Still, you know you quit, and that makes a difference in the attitude you bring to the table." Father Bill took a swallow of coffee, peering at Toby over the curve of his cup. "You're a smart guy, Tobias. You have education, experience, and talent. Don't give up on yourself just because you've had a tough year."
Startled, Toby widened his eyes at Father Bill. "Huh? I haven't. Given up, I mean."
"You say that, but I wonder sometimes." Father Bill glanced toward the kitchen, where Vicki and Silent Bob—as one of the girls had dubbed the boy who couldn't talk—were pulling out pots and pans to cook whatever happened to be in the fridge. "I better go make sure they don't try to feed everybody outdated bacon or anything." He rose and clapped Toby on the shoulder. "I'm keeping the sanctuary and fellowship hall open as long as it stays this cold. Come on by tonight if you want."
"I will, thanks." Toby smiled as the priest hurried away. He'd slept on the church pews before. It wasn't very comfortable, but it was a damn sight better than sleeping outside in the cold.
Toby wasn't particularly hungry, in spite of not having eaten in almost twenty-four hours, but he forced down a plateful of scrambled eggs, toast, and oatmeal anyway when Vicki beckoned him to the table. The most important lesson he'd learned over the last eleven months was to eat every time you got the chance. The second most important lesson? Save something for later if you could, because you never knew how long it might be before your next meal.
With that in mind, Toby wrapped a couple triangles of toast in a napkin and tucked them into his jacket pocket before heading out into the city again.
By now, the sun had risen high enough to melt some of the icy bite from the morning. Toby breathed deep as he strolled up the sidewalk toward Patton Avenue. The mouthwatering smell of pastries and strong coffee drifted from the bakery up the block. Every building, every tree, every weed-sprouting crack in the sidewalk stood out sharp and clear in the cold, crisp air. Birds sang in the nearby park. Even the men and women hurrying by in business suits seemed happy today, exchanging smiles with one another as they rushed to their jobs. A couple of them even spared a nod and a smile for Toby, which made him laugh. Usually he was only visible to cops and other street people.
When he reached Pack Square, Toby lifted his face to the bright blue sky, his exhaustion ebbing away with every step. On days like this, sunny and clear and practically vibrating with a hopeful energy, all his worries faded into the distance and his possibilities felt limitless.
He wasn't quite sure what to do with it. But when you felt lucky, you had to go with the flow, right?
Squaring his shoulders and hoping he looked presentable, Toby marched across the square, heading for Barley's Taproom. He knew his beer, he'd tended bar to help pay for his college tuition, and he'd waited plenty of tables, working his way up to manager of a couple of the best hotels in the South before the crash of '08. He'd be an asset, if he could talk the management into hiring him.
He'd started down the street toward the pub when he saw a man coming out of the museum at Pack Place. A very familiar man.
Toby stopped and stared. It was a bad idea and he knew it. But he couldn't help himself. The man who'd managed to get to him with a sneer and a weak-assed insult looked like he'd been put through the wringer over the intervening weeks. He'd lost weight, his shoulders were slumped, and dark circles bruised the skin under his eyes. Before, he'd looked down his nose at the world. Now, he studied the sidewalk at his feet like he couldn't bear to meet anyone else's gaze.
Toby knew that look—desperation. Fear. Shame. All jumbled together into a toxic brew that sat like lead in your veins and turned you into a shadow of your true self. He'd felt it himself—fucking drowned in it—not so long ago. It had taken him long months and a whole lot of painful inner struggle to make a tentative peace with his situation. Even now, he still struggled with it. He wouldn't wish what he'd gone through on the most evil man who'd ever lived.
Well. Okay. Hitler. Or Saddam Hussein. A few others. But not some formerly rich dude who dished out knee-jerk insults based on insecurity more than anything else.
Several seconds passed before Toby realized Mr. Used-to-Be-Rich was coming his way. Toby put his head down and picked up his pace. He had no idea why he was so nervous all of a sudden, but there it was. He felt like he'd ridden a magic slingshot back in time to his pudgy, painfully shy, socially awkward teen years.
Pathetic. Absolutely fucking pathetic.
Which did not stop him from literally sighing with relief when he managed to turn the corner onto Biltmore Avenue before the weirdly intimidating stranger crossed his path.
The itch at the back of his neck told him the man was watching him. Why, Toby had no clue, and he didn't really want to find out. Ignoring the urge to turn and look, he locked his gaze resolutely on the entrance to Barley's and kept walking.
Judah watched the man with the beard and the threadbare jeans hurry down the sidewalk, spine tense and gray-eyed stare fixed on the concrete at his feet. The man had recognized Judah, just as Judah had recognized him. No doubt about it.
The fact that the man had obviously taken great pains to avoid coming face-to-face with Judah shouldn't hurt, but it did.
Judah had to laugh. In a couple of months and change, he'd gone from believing he had a chance of recovering his former life to being turned down for a job as a museum receptionist and snubbed by a homeless man on the same morning.
And he'd thought prison was the farthest he could fall.
You still have some money in the bank and abilities no one can take away. Don't give up.
The pep talk was starting to sound stale. Maybe things would be different if he had friends. Family. A support network. But he didn't. All he had left was himself—his hard-won skills, his dwindling savings, and his waning self-confidence.
Funny how he'd once thought unshakable determination would take him anywhere he wanted to go, even after his prison term.
"Stop it."
His stern out-loud whisper earned him a few cautious looks from passersby, but kicked his mind free of its self-destructive spiral. Lifting his chin, he crossed Biltmore Avenue along with a group of tourists. If the museum didn't want him, maybe one of the high-end restaurants surrounding Pack Square would. At this point, all he wanted was income. He could no longer afford to care where his money came from.


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~ F. Schubert
Composers: Franz Schubert
Performers: Martijn van den Hoek
Title: Impromptus
Item #: KOC703307
1 Impromptus (4) for Piano, D. 899 (Op. 90): No. 1 in C minor: Allegro Molto Moderato
2 Impromptus (4) for Piano, D. 899 (Op. 90): No. 2 in E Flat Major: Allegro
3 Impromptus (4) for Piano, D. 899 (Op. 90): No. 3 in G Flat Major: Andante
4 Impromptus (4) for Piano, D. 899 (Op. 90): No. 4 in a Flat Major: Allegretto
5 Impromptus (4) for Piano, D. 935 (Op. Posth. 142): No. 1 in F minor: Allegro Moderato
6 Impromptus (4) for Piano, D. 935 (Op. Posth. 142): No. 2 in a Flat Major: Allegretto
7 Impromptus (4) for Piano, D. 935 (Op. Posth. 142): No. 3 in B Flat Major: Andante Mit Variationen (Rosamunde)
8 Impromptus (4) for Piano, D. 935 (Op. Posth. 142): No. 4 in F minor: Allegro Vivace


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Anatoly Popov was born on December 5, 1974 in Novosibirsk.
In 1995, he graduated from Novosibirsk State University with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Informatics, and in 1997 – with a degree in Economics and Enterprise Management.
In 2002, Anatoly Popov completed the INSEAD-Wharton InBev course. In 2007 he completed the INSEAD LEAP Leadership Excellence through Awareness and Practice program in Singapore.
From 1994-2001, he held management positions in the sales departments of regional and international companies.
From 2002-2005, he was Regional Director of Sales at SUN InBev in Novosibirsk.
From 2005-2007, he was Senior Vice-President of Sales in SUN InBev in Moscow.
From 2007-2009, he was General Manager at AB-InBev in Bulgaria and Chief Operations and Commercial Officer in Russia.
From 2010-2011, Anatoly Popov was Chief Executive Officer of VimpelCom in Kazakhstan.
In May 2011, he was appointed Vice-President of Sales at Sberbank.
In February 2016, Anatoly Popov was appointed Senior Vice-President of Sberbank and Head of the Corporate Business Block.
Since June 2018, he has been a member of the Executive Board, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Head of Corporate Investment Business, Sberbank.
Anatoly Popov has been awarded the medal of Order of Merit for Service to the Fatherland (2nd class) and a Letter of Gratitude from the President of Russia.


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The 10 Best Nigerian Albums in 2020 | #TheList2020
By Bamise Oyetayo
It's time to reveal the 10 Best Nigerian Albums in 2020! #TheList2020 covers the best albums, EPs, and other projects released by Nigerian musicians over the past 12 months.
This year, there were a lot of restrictions on movement and human interaction via social gatherings, but there were no restrictions on our access to quality music because as much as the devil works hard, our Nigerian musicians work harder. In fact, rather than a reduction in work rates and music releases, there was a spike. So several years from now, when we remember the year 2020, we'll also remember the albums that gave us life.
Now that it's the end of the year, it's time to give recognition to the best of these albums from 2020 that ticked the boxes where sound quality, cohesion, central themes and message, shelf life, general reception and critical acclaim were concerned, and made our year more bearable:
1. Boo of the Booless - Chike
A lot of unprecedented things happened during the course of the year and the least of it is definitely not a debut album rising to the number one spot as the best album of our 2020 list. Chike rose to fame after making top 10 on MTN's Project Fame Reality Show but it was really the judges at The Voice Nigeria where he emerged runner up that saw the star power in him.
It is this potential he channelled into giving an album with no misses or skips but pure evergreen tunes that'll have even the hardest of hard guys ready for love.
Chike - Boo Of The Booless Tracklist
2. Twice as Tall - Burna Boy
When the self-titled African Giant dropped his fifth studio album, it was to massive critical acclaim both locally and internationally. It didn't just get hype though but peaked at number one on the Billboard World Album charts. The album also wedged a spot for Burna Boy on the 2020 replay list of most Nigerian Apple music users. Most notably, it has gained a Grammy nomination and is now Burna Boy's twice-in-a-row shot at bringing a Grammy home.
Burna Boy Twice as Tall Cover Art
3. Get Layd - Omah Lay
With 'Get Layd' Omah Lay was the irresistible honey-voiced singer inviting us to romp in the bed of his music. We were taken unawares by his invitation but even if we could, there was no way we would have turned down his EP which was bound by his infectious voice, catchy lines and relaxing instrumentals. In fact, with it came a full widening of the palates of Nigerian music lovers from the fast-paced songs we're used to rocking with, to downtempo music.
Omah Lay - Get Layd EP Cover
4. Made in Lagos - Wizkid
It hits like well-matured wine sweet enough to have you refilling your glass after each last drop. The best part? It comes with no hangovers. On 'Made in Lagos', Wizkid gave us fine well-matured music which not only put all of Lagos in groove mode but the world.
Wizkid Made In Lagos Tracklist
ALSO READ: The 10 Hottest Artists in Nigeria 2020 | #TheList2020
5. A Better Time - Davido
If there's one thing about Davido, he will always deliver hits even on a 17-track album. With 'A Better Time', Davido delivered on his promise to do this. This makes it totally up to the listener to select their favourites from the array of hit records he served.
Tracklist of Davido's 3rd Studio Album, A Better Time
6. Carpe Diem - Olamide
This is Olamide's 11th studio album but this didn't stop him from delivering an album of quality. 'Carpe Diem' sees Olamide play the role of the ever-evolving music godfather and it's only befitting to pay our respects and recognise his album as one of the best of the year 2020.
Tracklist of Olamide's Carpe Diem Album
7. Afropop Vol. 1 - Adekunle Gold
Despite being Adekunle Gold's third studio album, he wasn't afraid to try something new and laidback on Afropop Vol.1. So we got songs of a sentient Afropop quality and cohesion that has us echoing AG baby being the daddy.
Tracklist of Adekunle Gold's Afropop Vol 1
8. Apollo - Fireboy DML
Fireboy admitted to creating this album with a god-level conviction in him and indeed, 'Apollo', the Greek god of music and poetry must have felt well represented. 'Apollo' comes with finely crafted lines that tell stories of love, strife and stardom and captures the life of the reclusive Fireboy DML in rhythms of RnB and Afropop.
Fireboy's Apollo tracklist
9. Roots - The Cavemen
This year, for non-Igbo speakers, The Cavemen were the biggest reminders of the fact that music is a universal language. Done up in Igbo highlife with a modern flavour and beautiful instrumentalisation, one needs not to understand a lick of Igbo to become immersed in The Cavemen's journey to their roots.
Cover Art of The Cavemen's Roots Album
10. Tiwa Savage - Celia
Made in honour of a phenomenal mother by a phenomenal songstress, on 'Celia', Tiwa Savage wraps us up with her butter-soft voice in vibes of Afrobeats, Afropop, RnB and even South-African house. Little wonder it made an entry as one of Time Magazine's 10 best albums of 2020.
The cover art of Tiwa Savage's Celia
Worthy Mentions
For the 10 music albums that made the 2020 list, there are several other quality projects that didn't, but also made our year. In no particular order, here are the albums & EPs worthy of a mention:
Basketmouth - Yabasi
Tems - For Broken Ears
Cuppy - Original Copy
Oxlade - Oxygen
Wurld - Afrosoul
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Chike being on the number one spot just melt my heart. Gee has been trynna grind since day one. No much hype like that of Burna boy, Davido & Wizkid but Chike laced for himself a cool album rating.
This list without any doubt tells it all.
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Matt Cutts informed us that Google will very soon begin treating subdomains and subdirectories the same in this fashion: there will be only 2 total urls from a domain in any set of search results, so no more getting 3, 4 or however many spots via subdomains. We didn't get any more information than just that basic heads-up.
This change will NOT mean that it's 100% impossible to rank subdomain urls in addition to urls from the main domain. The current plans are to make it harder to rank a third url, then even harder to rank a fourth, and so on with an increasing "damping factor".


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Gerrit Rietveld (1888 - 1964) was a Dutch carpenter, architect and designer. He became known for his participation in the artist group De Stijl. Rietveld's "Red Blue Chair" from 1918 is considered one of the most famous design icons and is represented in many design museums today. Another milestone in design history is the "Crate Chair". Gerrit Rietveld designed the idiosyncratic armchair in 1934 as an inexpensive alternative to expensive furniture during the economic crisis of the time. Originally, the armchair was produced from wood scraps from packing crates and offered inexpensively as a kit for self-assembly. Our copy comes from an unknown Dutch production, probably from the 1950s / 60s. The armchair is in absolute original condition, built of solid larch wood. Good substance, stable. Seat height about 24cm.
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Dutch furniture designer and architect Gerrit Thomas Rietveld was born in Utrecht in 1881. He began working in his father's workshop as a boy, and from 1906 to 1911 worked as a draftsman for Utrecht jeweler C. J. Begeer. From 1904 to 1908, he took evening classes in drawing and ornamentation at the Kunstindustrieel Onderwijs der Vereeniging of the Museum van Kunstnijverheid in Utrecht. Around 1906, he also attended classes led by architect P. J. C. Klaarhamer.
In 1917, Rietveld set up a furniture studio in Utrecht. Early on, he was associated with the De Stijl movement and its champions, such as Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg. Starting around 1918, his work reflected the artistic ideals of the group; and, using black, white, gray, and primary colors, he transformed objects and buildings into abstract compositions driven by lines and planes. His two most noted designs of this period were the Red-Blue Chair of 1918 (originally unpainted, the colored version dates to 1923) and the 1924 Rietveld Schröder House. He also contributed to the journal De Stijl: Maandblad voor nieuwe Kunst, wetenschap en Kultur from 1919 until it ceased publication in 1931. The contacts he made there helped him expose his work internationally. In the late twenties and the thirties, he concentrated on architecture and mass-produced furniture. During the 1930s, Rietveld distanced himself from De Stijl and focused on more experimental work and material exploration. He was also commissioned to renovate several shops for Dutch company Metz & Co., which produced his furniture—including the iconic Zig-Zag Chair (1932)—between 1930 and 1955. In the fifties, he began to design exhibitions and exhibition spaces, including the Dutch Pavilion for the Venice Biennale (1954).
In 1961, he partnered with architects Johan van Dillen and J. van Tricht. His final commission was for Amsterdam's Vincent van Gogh Museum (1963–73). Rietveld died in 1964, and his associates completed the building after his passing.
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Fertility preservation for cancer patients: hope for parenthood!
Let us guess, you are not particularly fond of your moon cycles. Periods can be painful and most girls would prefer being without them. We asked girls about what they hate about their periods the most and there are two things that topped the list, unpredictability and the symptoms they come with. Now, for different age groups, these two things can substantially differ. Here's looking at how menstruation and its symptoms undergo evolution as you age.
This is the age when your periods mellow down from being irregular, erratic and sudden in your teen years. Let's say, we learn to tame and regularize them. Or more scientifically, it is because you may not ovulate very regularly in your teens.
However, a downside to regular periods is the PMS symptoms it comes with, which can get worse. You will start experiencing breast tenderness, abdominal cramps and other premenstrual symptoms.
Now, the last and final change that may come during your 20s is the hormonal changes that occur due to contraception pills. As many women start a healthy sexual life in their 20s, many opt for hormonal contraception too. Doing so can makes your periods get more regular and even lighter. The good part is that it can reduce PMS symptoms too.
This is the age when periods remain regular and evened out and any deviation, such as a heavier than usual flow, may need medical attention. Cases of endometriosis and fibroids are also common when you are in your 30s.
Another major change that may happen during this time is related to childbirth. As many women have babies in their 30s, pregnancy can completely alter a woman's period cycle. Periods are also closely related to breastfeeding. Usually, breastfeeding mothers may not get their period till the time they stop or reduce nursing frequency.
Also, a woman's PMS symptoms can also alter after childbirth. Often, many women get rid of cramps. This happens because the cervical opening increases in size after childbirth and hence, the uterine contractions during period may get milder.
This is the time when you are heading for a closure. So, there can be irregularities, missed periods, spotting between the periods, and what not. The perimenopausal phase is all about unpredictability, however, it does not mean you cannot get pregnant.
Also, during this time, your PMS symptoms can get worse as they may come together with perimenopausal changes. You can have more erratic mood swings, hot flashes, night sweats and they can be either, PMS or perimenopausal symptoms.


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Chicago (CBS) – Double parking in the Loop may soon come with a heftier fines. The increase in fines aims to eliminate double parking and the blocking of bike lanes.
Parking tickets currently cost $100 in the city of Chicago, but a new proposal plans to triple the fine to $300.
Commercial and delivery drivers, including Mitch Fuller and Marco Rodriguez, fear the increase in fines will make their jobs harder.
"I think it's ridiculous. There's no parking and then some of the loading zones they do have, they're not available. People just take them up and park all day," explains Rodriguez.
The increased fines would apply in the heart of the city of Chicago, from Division St. to Roosevelt and Halsted to the lake.
Fines for double parking may triple in the heart of Chicago.
There's agreement that Loop traffic is worse than ever with dedicated bus lanes and bicycle lanes taking away space for cars, but deliver crews call the stiff fines a money grab.
"A $300 [fine] sounds terrible. That's like a rip-off," says Fuller.
"My preference would be we never collect another dollar from a motorist illegally parking because there is no illegal parking," says Hopkins.
The increased double parking fines have already passed a city council committee. The full council will vote on the proposal tomorrow.


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Rahul Gandhi goes back to Indira Gandhi's 'gareebi hatao' punchline while lying about Modi's track record
Rahul Gandhi, the scion of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty seems to be banking on the legacy of the family to create a new political narrative to defeat the Narendra Modi government.
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Five decades since former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, grandmother of Rahul Gandhi promised to end poverty with 'Garibi Hatao' (eradicate poverty), no major changes have happened on the lives of the poor even after being in power for most of these five decades. However, Rahul Gandhi is still promising to 'end poverty' if at all Congress comes to power in 2019.
Addressing a rally at Moga, Punjab, Rahul Gandhi, just like his father Rajiv Gandhi and grandmother Indira Gandhi, declared that their party will end poverty once he comes to power. Rahul Gandhi also claimed that poverty has increased after the Narendra Modi government came to power.
"Hindustan main jo Narendra Modi ji ne garibi badhai hai, jin logon ko berozgaar kiya hai, hum Hindustan se garibi ko mita denge," said Rahul Gandhi.
Interestingly, however, despite Congress being in power for most of the period in these five decades, they could not bring much change on the ground. Rahul Gandhi today once again resorted to false claims about the increasing level of poverty in the country since Modi came to power after the scam-ridden ten years of UPA. But, in reality, Narendra Modi led government has been phenomenal with respect to targetting poverty through their various poverty alleviation programmes.
Human development is often considered to be the most basic premise to tackle the socio-economic issue of poverty. As poverty alleviation programmes directly target the livelihood of the poor people of the country, the transformations are often visible through the change in social indicators of the poor. Interestingly, Human Development Indicators of the country have seen a rise in the country since 2014 contrary to the claims of Rahul Gandhi, who often says otherwise.
The United Nations Development Programme which releases the Human Development Index, which ranks countries based on a few socio-economic indicators suggests that India has experienced growth in social indicators post-2014 after Narendra Modi came into power.
According to the Human Developmental Index, a composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, India was ranked at 135 with a score of 0.586 in 2013 i.e during the UPA days, while it improved 5 positions to reach 130 with a score of 0.640 at the end of 2018. The Life Expectancy of the country has also raised from 66.4 years in 2013 to 68.8, an increase in 2.4 years by the end of 2018, which indicates that health indicators of Indians are indeed improving.
The Mean years of schooling and the expected years of schooling indices are also on the rise indicating the growth of standard in the social indicators of the country, which has a bearing on fighting poverty. The mean years of schooling have increased to 6.4 years from 4.4 years in 2013, while expected years of schooling has increased from 11.7 years in 2013 to 12.3 years in 2018. The per capita income of the country has also seen a rise from $5150 in 2013 to a 20 per cent growth to $6353 in 2018.
In 2018, 5 crore people had been lifted out of poverty since the Prime Minister came to power.
The data suggest that the socially disadvantaged groups in these states are starting to share benefits of the process of human development leading to direct targeting of poverty. The data also suggest that there was growth in not the only economic well being of the poor but also they had received better social benefits with respect to Health and Education.
Rahul Gandhi, the scion of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty seems to be banking on the legacy of the family to create a new political narrative to defeat the Narendra Modi government. With just months left for general elections, it is expected that Congress President Rahul Gandhi will resort to further lies and false narratives to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Historically, the Indian State has treated Muslims as a special class and continues to treat them as such.
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For 24 years Nicholas Burns' Arctic Comics, an anthology featuring five stories from the north, has languished in a filing cabinet. The book, which is comprised of stories and illustrations from Inuit artists as well as Burns' own work, was destined for the Canadian Pavilion at Expo 1992 in Spain, but with a missed deadline and no publisher willing to take on the cost of printing it in English and Inuktitut, Burns decided to wait. Almost a quarter century later, Artic Comics is here.
We spoke to Burns, 59, about the importance of comics, story telling and how he ended up in the north.
I grew up reading them, and I was already drawing and it just seemed like a natural progression. Then I created my own course at the University of Manitoba. Back then if you could find a professor who would sponsor you, you could get a credit. He let me do a full-page weekly comic strip in the Manitoban called Mondo Band-Aid. It was terrible. But the important thing is you have to fail a lot to get good at it. I did page after page that stunk. And I knew it. Then one panel worked, and then two and then three!
My late wife, Lisa Lugtig, was a doctor (she passed in 2003) who had always wanted to go north. When she was in medical school, she trained to be a doctor in remote locations. She said let's go north. We were in Rankin Inlet for nine years. I went north with the hopes of writing the great Canadian novel. I got a few chapters in and realized it would be a heck of a lot easier if I just drew this.
What do you hope to achieve with the comics?
When I went north I knew nothing about it. Every time Lisa and I would go south, or to Europe people were interested in the north but didn't know anything about it. The Arctic has an enormous cache. People wanted to know what it was like to live up there and what the culture was like. Some of these stories do that.
What has been the response to Arctic Comics?
It's been such a short time that I haven't had time to hear anything from the north, but I hope it's positive. In the south it's been great. I love it.
What role (and advantages or disadvantages) do comics play in our culture AND how does that differ from other mediums such as TV, books, movies...etc?
One of the reasons comics are such a good tool for education and public service announcement is that you see your own Culture reflected in the art. I think it's important for everybody to see their cultures reflected in stories. When people see their own culture it resonates very strongly with them. The Super Shamou comic were popular because it was Inuit people taking super hero tropes and turning it to something relevant for their culture, which is the opposite of how we, in the south, tend to appropriate aboriginal things.
When will the book be translated?
The plan was to have it published in Inuktitut and English at the same time, but the publisher was too small to afford it. But he understands that we have to return the stories we took, I took, from the north. So we're using the profits of the English version to translate the book into Inuktitut.
I've got more stories of the North. So that's certainly a possibility. The other thing, I grew up knowing very little about Treaty One or Aboriginal culture here in Manitoba. I knew about Louis Riel, but not much. Given what the Truth and Reconciliation Committee has published, we the white culture need to have a better knowledge of history.


And we thought that it we would be worried about Tia whilst we were away in Cyprus!
Whilst in the care of the same lady who was looking after Tia, the gerbils began to fight. As we were in contact with the lady throughout the fortnight, in order to check up on Tia, I was soon informed that the gerbils seemed to be scrapping and chasing each other frantically. I replied that they were most likely playfighting, which they often do. We've had the gerbils nearly a year, and they have never had any serious battles. Until now, that is.
Apparently, Twilight and Ebony suddenly went beserk at Nightshade, chasing her and biting her tail and back end. Nightshade attempted to defend herself and nipped Ebony's nose, but she stood little chance against both sisters. Luckily, this all happened whilst the woman was in the room, and she instantly intervened and took Nightshade out of the cage. She was in quite a bad way, the wounds on her tail in particular were quite deep. The lady bathed them in salt water (not easy on a wriggling gerbil) and they seemed to have healed a bit since then.
The gerbils are back home now, and Nightshade's tail is swollen and scabby, but, oddly enough, she is acting more active and happier than I have ever known her to be. She's eating heartily, drinking, and running about, and is loving all the attention she's getting. She doesn't seem to mind being alone at all, in fact I'd say she's enjoying it.
Twilight and Ebony are OK too, Ebony's nose is missing a big patch of fur but other than that, she's fine. They are co-existing quite happily and don't seem to be missing Nightshade at all. The whole situation is very, very strange.
Could a change of environment have triggered this completely uncharacteristic behaviour? I wonder whether they should be introduced back together, when Nightshade seems so happy. Does anyone have any advice or thoughts on the matter? I am really confused as to why this has happened.
Wow that is very weird. Unfortunately I have no advice for you, I know nothing about Gerbils. But I'd say that if Nightshade continues to be really happy alone then there would be no harm in just letting him live alone.
Yes, I remember reading about that in one of my gerbil handbooks now you come to mention it. I never really thought that would happen to my girls since they were all so close, but I suppose you can never say never!
I have heard that you are always supposed to keep an even nuber of gerbils in one cange because 2 wont fight and one will be bullied by the other two. I have also heard that Females fight each other over the age of two.
We had to take the gerbils as a three, as they were the only 3 left of the litter and it would have been unfair to leave one kit on her own at a young age. We never split them whilst young as we feared one would get very lonely, as my mum's had experience of gerbils dying of loneliness, apparently. They are also only one year old.
Ebony is most certainly the bully (the runt of the litter and with the biggest ego ;) ), and I just hope she won't turn on Twilight at some point, at least they seem pretty pally for the moment.