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These fellowships support short-term exchange visits between the UK and the Middle East.
Round 13 of the scheme is now open to applications. This round is open to applicants from the UK, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories.
The application window for round 13 of the scheme will close at 16.00 (GMT) on 1 March 2021.
Scheme OPEN
The Daniel Turnberg Travel Fellowships give early-career biomedical and medical researchers the chance to meet leading researchers in their field, further their research experience and learn new techniques. This scheme aims to build research links and develop ideas for longer-term collaborations between the UK and the Middle East.
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We have also set up a LinkedIn group to help you network with other researchers in order to establish research collaborations suitable for the Daniel Turnberg UK/Middle East Travel Fellowships scheme.
History of the scheme
What is offered
Selection panel
Supporting the scheme
The scheme was established by the Academy in partnership with Lord and Lady Turnberg, in memory of their late son Daniel Turnberg, a doctor and researcher with a keen interest in fostering links between the UK and the Middle East.
The aim of the scheme is to encourage researchers to experience an alternative research environment, to learn new techniques and develop ideas for future collaborations. The Travel Fellowships are aimed primarily at early- and mid-career scientists, particularly those just embarking on a career in research.
Since its launch in 2008, the scheme has awarded nearly 300 Travel Fellowships to researchers from all countries eligible to apply.
These Travel Fellowships provide an opportunity for biomedical researchers from the Middle East to visit a research institution of their choice in the UK, and for those from the UK to visit a research institution of their choice in the Middle East.
They are open to medical and biomedical graduates who can show a commitment to a career in research. Applicants will typically, but not necessarily, be at post-doctoral level.*
Your research may be in any field within biomedical research, but the funding may only be used to support studies that are relevant to human health. Your proposal must be a discrete research project, it cannot be used as additional funding for another project or help pay for conference or PhD travel. While there can be a training element to the project it must not be wholly training.
The countries included in the scheme are the UK, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories. Applicants must either be based in the UK and plan to work in one of the other countries, or intend to come to a UK institution from one of the other countries.
* PhD students are permitted to apply as long as they are be able to demonstrate in the application how they have a commitment to research and some research experience. Their proposal must be a research project that is separate from any current PhD work.
N.B. Previous awardees can apply for the fellowship for a second time. You must ensure that your proposal is a discrete research project with unique aims from the previous fellowship. You will also need to make a strong case within your application for receipt of a further fellowship.
The scheme offers the opportunity for biomedical researchers from the Middle East to visit a research institution of their choice in the UK, and for those from the UK to visit a research institution of their choice in the Middle East.
The Fellowship will cover airfare and a subsistence allowance for a period of up to four weeks. Funding is provided to an upper limit of £4,000 per fellowship (up to £750 of which can be used to cover the cost of airfares).
The proposed visit should take place within 10 months of the date of award.
Please note: this year we will be offering a small number of three month fellowships. The upper limit for these is £9,000 (up to £750 of which can be used to cover the cost of airfares).
We understand the challenges posed by the current pandemic to international travel. Currently many countries are imposing quarantine or self-isolation requirements upon new arrivals that could impact significantly on the experience of someone undertaking a short travel fellowship of this kind. For this reason, in this round we will be allowing greater flexibility in the travel arrangements, to ensure our award holders can conduct their research visits safely.
For additional information please read our Covid-19 FAQ document and if you wish to discuss your individual circumstances, please contact us at: turnberg.fellowships@acmedsci.ac.uk
The selection panel includes Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences and representatives from the Daniel Turnberg Trust. The current members of the panel are:
Lord Leslie Turnberg FMedSci (Chair)
Professor Maralyn Druce FRCP, Queen Mary University of London
Sir Mark Walport, FRS FMedSci
Professor Malcolm Rowland FMedSci, University of Manchester
Professor Fran Balkwill OBE FMedSci, Queen Mary University of London
Lady Edna Turnberg
Applicants should not approach Panel members to discuss their application. All queries should be directed to the Panel secretariat on turnberg.fellowships@acmedsci.ac.uk.
We always receive many more high quality applications than we can support. With your help we can expand the number of Fellowships we can offer and create vital networks and connections for the future.
For further information on the Daniel Turnberg Memorial Fund, or to support the scheme please contact Sarah.Porter@acmedsci.ac.uk.
Applications will need to be submitted online using the Academy's electronic Grants and Awards management system Flexi-Grant®.
Please download the guidance notes from the right hand side of this page to assist you in your application. If you have any queries after referring to the guidance notes please email us at turnberg.fellowships@acmedsci.ac.uk
Recent Awardees
Awarded 2019 & 2020
Awarded 2018
1-month fellowships:
Awardees from Egypt
Dr Mohamed Hamzawy from Fayoum University visiting the University of Bradford
Dr Basma Sayed from National Research Center visiting the University College London
Dr Sara Abdel Gaber from Kafrelsheikh University visiting the University College London
Dr Riham ElGogary from Ain Shams University visiting the Queen's University Belfast
Awardees from Israel
Dr Ran Salach Sopher from Tel Aviv University visiting the Imperial College London
Dr Daniel Rand from Sheba Medical Center visiting the University of Oxford
Yoni Moskovitz from Weizmann Institute of Science visiting the University of Cambridge
Mrs Dana Cohen Gerassi from Tel Aviv University visiting the University of Cambridge
Dr Yael Bar-Zeev from Hebrew University of Jerusalem visiting the Teesside University
Dr Karin Yaacoby-Bianu from Carmel Medical Center visiting the Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Centre, National Institute for Health Research
Awardees from Jordan
Dr Sura Al Zoubi from Al-Balqa' Applied University visiting the Queen Mary University of London
Dr Mohammad Obeid from Yarmouk University visiting the University of Strathclyde
Awardees from Palestinian Territories
Basim Ayesh from Al-aqsa University visiting the University of Manchester
Nahed Allaham from Al Azhar University-Gaza visiting the University of Manchester
Awardees from United Kingdom
Dr Ahlam Ali from Queens University Belfast visiting the Yarmouk University
Dr Naglaa Idriss from Assiut University visiting the Southampton University Hospital
Dr Mohamed Nafie El Sayed from Suez Canal University visiting the University of Aberdeen
Dr Sara Mohamed from National Research Centre visiting the University College London Eastman Dental Institute
Ehab Elmahallawy from Sohag University visiting the University of Glasgow
Dr Dan Farbstein from Schneider Children's Medical Center visiting the King's College London
Jamila Abuidhail from The Hashemite University visiting the University of Stirling
Hala Nawaiseh from The University of Jordan visiting the University of Leeds
Dr Hany Farwanah from Islamic University of Gaza visiting the University of Oxford
Ahmed Kandeil from National Research Centre visiting the Royal Veterinary College
Amira Nabil Khalaf from Alexandria University visiting the University of Cardiff
Hazem Ramadan from Mansoura University visiting Public Health England
Alia Saleh from Cairo University visiting Aston Medical School
Reham Sharkawy from October University for Modern Science and Arts visiting the University of Cambridge
Ofra Ben Menachem-Zidon from Hadassah University Hospital visiting the University of Hull
Shahar Bracha from Tel Aviv University visiting the University of Glasgow
Yizhaq Engelberg from Technion visiting the University of Cambridge
Motti Haimi from University of Haifa visiting the University of Oxford
Indrajit Sahu from Technion visiting the University of Glasgow
Oshrat Sella from University of Haifa visiting Kingston University and St George's, University of London
Elad Shemesh from Carmel Medical Center visiting Addenbrookes Hospital
Nidaa Ababneh from the University of Jordan visiting the University of Sheffield
Issa Abu Dayyeh from the University of Jordan visiting the University of Birmingham
Lina Dahabiyah from the University of Jordan visiting Queen's Belfast University
Awardees from Lebanon
Arij Daou from the American University of Beirut visiting the University of Reading
Balig Panossian from the Lebanese American University visiting the Quadram Institute
Safa Abdul Ghani from Al-Quds University visiting the University of Bristol
Nisreen Rumman from Makassed Hospital visiting University College London
Rebecca Bendayan from King's College London visiting Technion
Faraz Janan from the University of Lincoln visiting the University of Jordan
Ahmed Lotfy from Beni-Suef University visiting the University of Bristol
Mostafa Mabrouk from the National Research Centre visiting Loughborough University
Yael Lewis from Shalvata Mental Health Centre visiting King's College London
Shereen Aleidi from the University of Jordan visiting the University of Nottingham
Nabil El Aila from the Al-Aqsa University visiting the Manchester Metropolitan University
Sarai Keestra from the University of Durham visiting Technion
Nouran Abd el Kader from Ain Shams University visiting the University of Nottingham
Marwa Ahmed from Mansoura University visiting Swansea university
Sonya Azab from Ain Shams University visiting the University of Oxford
Heba Morsy from Alexandria University visiting University College London
Ben Bar-Sade from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology visiting the University of Nottingham
Moumita Ghosh from Tel Aviv University visiting the Queen Mary University London
Einat Kodesh from University of Haifa visiting the University of Exeter
Amihai Rottenstreich from Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital visiting King's College London
Svetitsky Shuli from Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center visiting Imperial College London
Vladimir Vinokur from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem visiting University College London
Suhair Sunoqrot from Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan visiting King's College London
Riyad EL Khoury from American University of Beirut visiting University College London
Rami Mhanna from American University of Beirut visiting Keele University
Rasmi Abuhelu from Al-Quds University visiting Imperial College London
Nabil El Aila from Al-Aqsa University visiting the Manchester Metrpolitan University
Adeeb Nasser Eldin from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem visiting University College London
David Greenberg from the University of Cambridge visiting the Bar-Ilan University
Logan Manikam from University College London visiting the University of Beirut
Caroline Mullineaux-Sanders from Imperial College London visiting the Weizmann Institute of Science
Pradeep Kumar Sacitharan from the University of Liverpool visiting the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Sharif Abdelghany from University of Jordan visiting Queen's University Belfast
Omar Alkadi from University of Jordan visiting the University of Oxford
Alejandro Jiménez-Sánchez from the University of Cambridge visiting the Weizmann Institute of Science
Winnie Wefelmeyer from King's College London visiting the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Mohamed Elhadidy from Mansoura University visiting the University of Bath
Noha Elrafie from the Ain Shams University visiting the University of Nottingham
Ahmed Khairalla from Beni-Suef University visiting the University of Leicester
Mohamed Hamed from Mansoura University visiting the University of York
Dana Bar-On from Tel-Aviv University visiting the University of Cambridge
Lihi Ben-Reuven from The Weizmann Institute of Science visiting the University of Edinburgh
Ron Hadas from The Weizmann Institute of Science visiting the University of Cambridge
Iris Lavi from the University of Haifa visiting King's College London
Myriam Safrai from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem visiting the University of Oxford
Aviv Segev from Tel Aviv University visiting King's College London
Shiri Shkedi-Rafid from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem visiting the University of Southampton
Ido Tavor from Sheba Medical Centre visiting the University of Oxford
Ramia Albakain from the University of Jordan visiting Queen's University Belfast
Achraf Al Faraj from the American University of Beirut visiting King's College London
Wassim Abou-Kheir from the American University of Beirut visiting the Institute of Cancer Research
Awardees from the Palestinian Territories
Ithar Beshtawi from Al-Quds University visiting the University of Manchester
Yousef Najajreh from Al-Quds University visiting Cardiff University
Awardees from the UK
Ahlam Ali from Queen's University Belfast visiting the University of Jordan
Ruaraidh Dobson from the University of Aberdeen visiting Tel Aviv University
Yiannis Philippou from the University of Oxford visiting the Weizmann Institute of Science
Elsa Zacco from King's College London visiting Tel Aviv University
Amany F Elbehairy from Alexandria University visiting the Imperial College London
Hadeel Gamal Eldeen from Cairo University visiting the Queen Mary University of London
Elya Dekel from The Weizmann Institute of Science visiting Imperial College London
Shai Zilberzwige from Tel-Aviv University visiting the University of Cambridge
Heba Alshaker from the University of Petra visiting the University of East Anglia
Adnan Al-Hindi from the Islamic University-Gaza visiting the University of Salford
Samar Ahmed from Ainshams University visiting the University of Nottingham
Hany Mohamed Abd El-Malik El-Bassossy from Zagazig University visiting the University of Bath
Ahmed Lotfy Elshahaat from Mansoura University visiting the University of Nottingham
Ola Mahmoud Gomaa from the Atomic Energy Authority visiting the University of Westminster
Vaibhav Chikne from Bar-Ilan University visiting the University of Dundee
Marei Sammar from ORT Braude College visiting the University of Oxford
Oshrat Sella from the University of Haifa visiting the University of Manchester
Areej Abuhammad from the University of Jordan visiting the University of Bristol
Rania Hamed from the Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan visiting the University of Manchester
Emad Elaour from the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) visiting Queen's University Belfast
Mohamed Abdelhamid Hasan Ahmed from Suez Canal University visiting the University of Nottingham
Ahmed Alnamroty from Suez Canal University visiting the University of Glasgow
Mogib El-Rahman Khedr from Suez Canal University visiting the University of Southampton
Maha Nasr Sayed Aly from Ain Shams University visiting the University of Bradford
Michal Bernstein from Tel Aviv University visiting the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Benjamin Ladeuix from the Weizmann Institute of Science visiting the University of Bristol
Naomi Pode-Shakked from Sheba Medical Center visiting the Roslin Institute
Amal Akour from the University of Jordan visiting Newcastle University
Eman Alefishat from the University of Jordan visiting the University of Nottingham
Sameh Al-Zubiedi from the University of Jordan visiting the University of Liverpool
Jad Abdallah from the Lebanese American University visiting Barts and The London, Queen Marys School of Medicine and Dentistry
Andrea Darzi from the American University of Beirut visiting the University of Aberdeen
Riyad El-Khoury from the American University of Beirut visiting Newcastle University
Nathalie Karaky from the American University of Beirut visiting King's College London
Rula Abdul-Ghani from Al-Quds University visiting Barts and The London, Queen Marys School of Medicine and Dentistry
Maher Khdour from Al-Quds University visiting Queen's University Belfast
Matthew Gardiner from the University of Oxford visiting the Weizmann Institute of Science
Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer from the University of Birmingham visiting Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Georgina Martin from the Royal Preston Hospital visiting Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
Ofra Ben Menachem- Zidon from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem visiting the University of Cambridge
Marc Gotkine from Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital visiting King's College London
Shimrit Ilana Ziv from Sheba Medical Center visiting the University of Cambridge
Amin Aqel from Mu'tah University visiting Public Health England (PHE)
Rimma Goldberg from King's College London visiting the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The scheme is generously supported by the Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council, British Heart Foundation, Arthritis Research UK, Royal College of Physicians and Diabetes UK.
The scheme is funded by the Daniel Turnberg Memorial Fund with ongoing support from the Royal College of Physicians, London, Imperial College London, the Wellcome Trust and the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust.
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"The G.O.P. Opts Out Of Equality": Conscience Is Never Just Personal When The Occasion Is A Fraught Debate Over Public Morality
On May 28th, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory vetoed Senate Bill Two, which proposed allowing public officials to temporarily stop performing weddings based on "any sincerely held religious objection." In other words, if a public official were confronted by a gay couple who wished to marry, he could refuse to perform the ceremony. McCrory's veto put the Republican governor at odds with a Tea Party legislature, which immediately promised to override it. On June 1st, the state senate voted to override, and, this morning, the house of delegates did, too, making it legal for North Carolina magistrates to turn away gay couples.
The Bartleby-like public official who "would prefer not to" marry same-sex couples would not have been asked to just one year ago. In 2012, North Carolina adopted a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, in line with thirty other states where a majority at one point opposed it. Then, in June, 2013, the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, and federal courts turned decisively in favor of gay marriage. In October, 2014, a federal judge ruled North Carolina's marriage amendment unconstitutional, and same-sex ceremonies began. That month alone, court decisions also lifted same-sex-marriage bans in thirteen other states—Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming—more than twice the number of states where same-sex marriage was legal in 2010.
Following this rout, conservatives have moved rapidly from enforcing a unified public morality based on traditional marriage to speaking the language of pluralism as they seek exemptions from the rising legal norm of marriage equality. Their model has been the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (R.F.R.A.), of 1993, which exempts believers from federal laws that "substantially burden" their religious exercise, except where the regulation is the least burdensome way to fulfill a "compelling governmental interest."
The R.F.R.A.—which was intended to protect neglected religious minorities, such as Native American worshippers who had recently lost public-sector jobs in Oregon because of their ritual use of peyote—was the basis of last year's Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, which held that certain business owners can refuse to offer insurance coverage for contraception based on their religious objections. The Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which was signed into law this March, is a model for the state-level expansion of religious exemptions, applying its protections to all corporations and making religious belief a defense in private legal actions, such as anti-discrimination suits. A similar bill passed in Arkansas later that month.
Supporters describe the state R.F.R.A.s and other religious accommodation laws as acknowledging the "increasing religious pluralism in American culture," and protecting "religious liberties and the freedom to live out religious convictions," as Russell Moore, the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, put it in March. These exemptions, for the individuals, public officials, and business owners who wish to say, "I would prefer not to," have become the new front in the culture war, the redoubt of attitudes that were recently in the majority. Invoking tolerance to defend intolerance is ironic at best, but at a moment when disapproval of gay marriage looks ever more like plain bigotry, it is better to say not, "I disapprove of you," but rather, "This is who I am."
The Bartleby strategy has taken center stage in conservative resistance to a wide range of liberal policies. In 2012, the Supreme Court nearly overruled the Affordable Care Act's requirement that individuals buy insurance. Five justices voted to protect the consumer's freedom to opt out of a market, such as the health-insurance market, warning that, if Congress could require this purchase, it could also command people to buy health-club memberships, American cars, or broccoli. (The insurance requirement survived through a sleight of hand, as Chief Justice John Roberts, who agreed with the rest of the Bartleby argument, found a hook for the law in Congress's constitutional power to impose taxes.) In 2014, the Court held that certain members of public-sector unions could opt out of paying their union dues, which fund organizing and advocacy. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito argued that mandatory dues impinge on the First Amendment's rights of free expression and voluntary association, and hinted that dues requirements in general might be found unconstitutional in the future.
As conservatives press these claims for personal exemptions, they have also been highly solicitous of states that would prefer not to accept new federal standards. The Supreme Court did real damage to the Affordable Care Act when, as part of its 2012 ruling, it found that states could not be penalized for refusing to expand Medicaid, which was an essential part of the A.C.A.'s path to near-universal coverage. As a result, twenty-one states have not signed on to the Medicaid expansion, and nearly four million low-income Americans have not obtained health insurance that the federal government intended them to have.
Similarly, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is urging state governments to disobey the Obama Administration's order to develop climate-change regulations. McConnell has some support for his argument that the Clean Air Act does not stretch far enough to require these regulations, and there is sure to be litigation on the issue. But his call for a coordinated strategy of passive resistance in the meantime is extraordinary. The more opt-outs any climate policy includes, the more likely it is to fall apart in a wave of free-riding, as everyone decides to let someone else make the sacrifice, leaving no one to make the sacrifice at all.
Of course, a state refusing to make law is different from an individual refusing to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. Medicaid policy and pollution regulation directly affect millions of people and billions of dollars of economic activity. The argument for conscience-based individual exemptions is that they concern the exempted individual most of all. The problem with this argument is that an individual's conscience is never just a personal matter when, as in the case of the Hobby Lobby decision, it bears on the terms of employment. Then the person denied contraceptive benefits, or who is looking for a new job where she can get those benefits, is also part of the picture. Economic life is deeply interdependent, and involves conflicting interests and unequal power. This is why, from the New Deal until very recently, the Supreme Court did not permit many opt-outs from economic regulation. The new raft of conscience claims is creating unprotected spaces within an already precarious economy.
A second problem with individual opt-outs is just as basic. Conscience is never just personal when the occasion is a fraught debate over public morality. Once public laws banning same-sex marriage are gone, authorizing supposedly private discrimination against same-sex couples continues the cultural fight by other means. In hindsight, no one doubts that allowing business owners to discriminate against black people during the Civil Rights era would have denied them full equality and hampered desegregation. (Arguably, the continued tolerance of discrimination by private clubs also undermines desegregation, though club membership is less essential to daily life than shopping.) Similarly, allowing private discrimination against gay couples is not an exemption from a new rule of full equality; it is a compromise that allows inequality to persist. Proposals to let magistrates withhold marriage licenses have the same problems, with the added insult that the discrimination is effectively coming from the state. If officials can decide not to implement laws they dislike, then equality under the law—for gay couples, at least —is just a slogan.
The Bartleby position appeals to touchstone liberal values: personal conscience, diversity, tolerance, and autonomy. On their face, these values seem to promise there are no hard conflicts: there is room for everyone's conscience, everyone's outlook, and tolerance enough for each person's freedom. The new generation of opt-outs show that this is a misconception: there is conflict over what these values mean, and there is never enough room for all their meanings. The politics of tolerance, diversity, and autonomy are distributive politics, with winners and losers.
From Thoreau's night in jail protesting slavery and the Mexican-American War to the Greensboro lunch-counter sit-ins, sitting still and not doing as you are told has been among the most potent of political tactics, though its effects are often complex and long delayed. As in much else, initiative in this tradition of creative refusal belongs to the political right today. There is no paradox in conservatives using liberal values and tactics to their ends. By the same token, there should be no liberal embarrassment in resisting. There is no incoherence here, but there is disagreement too sharp for tolerance alone to resolve it.
By: Jedediah Purdy, The New Yorker, June 11, 2015
June 13, 2015 Posted by raemd95 | GOP, Marriage Equality, North Carolina	| Bartleby Strategy, Bigotry, Conservatives, Discrimination, Mitch McConnell, North Carolina Legislature, Patrick McCrory, Religious Beliefs, Tea-party | Leave a comment
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Ozark AJROTC defeated Pacific MCJROTC 1045 to 1021 in the National Air Rifle New Shooter League. Their sixth win in a row, Ozark AJROTC is in first place with a 6 - 0 record. Ozark AJROTC was led by Hayle Tummons who shot a 269. The remaining contributing members were Layala Hanson, Michael Browning, and Alexis Hooper. Ozark AJROTC is from Ozark, MO, and is coached by 1SG William Crawford.
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Retail is NOT Dead. Just Ask the Northern Illinois Concrete Contractors.
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Frequently, there are stories in the news about another mall or a retail chain closing its doors. With this type of publicity, many think that brick and mortar stores have gone by the wayside and the masses are shopping online. It is true that ecommerce is playing a larger role in retail sales, but stores are still generating the bulk of business today.
However, the face of retail is changing with more and more stores being incorporated into mixed-use developments. This type of property is a unified community with a retail foundation and various other types of real estate, which may include restaurants, offices, residences, a hotel, and even entertainment facilities such as a bowling alley or theatre. When done properly, retail in mixed-use developments performs better than average because of the population density and the income levels of those individuals working or living at the facility. In addition, there is a synergy among the building's entities that help empower each other and achieve more business collectively.
Members of the Northern Illinois Concrete Contractors are helping to drive this retail change. They have been key in building mixed-use developments in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.
Transforming Wrigleyville
The popular Wrigleyville neighborhood has seen many changes in recent years. Fans still come to the area to watch their beloved Chicago Cubs, or catch a concert at Wrigley Field. However, Wrigleyville offers so much more for fans and residents thanks to its growing footprint of residential and commercial offerings.
A local concrete contractor and member of the Northern Illinois Concrete Contractors has been active in expanding the area with a mixed-use development at Addison and Clark, just a block south of Wrigley Field. This cast-in-place concrete contractor who specializes in large-scale structural concrete work was instrumental in the area's 530,000 square foot development, which includes four residential floors, below and above ground parking, retail space, restaurants, a bowling alley and a theatre. This addition to the community now only supports the booming urban population, but also provides a positive financial impact on the area.
Bringing Mixed-Use Development to the North Shore
Vertical mixed-use development is not limited to city of Chicago, but Evanston is also getting in on the trend with a mid-rise structure in its downtown area. Again, a local concrete contractor and member of the Northern Illinois Concrete Contractors has been instrumental in bringing this project to fruition. This mixed-use development includes one below-grade and three above-grade levels of parking, grade-level retail space, and nine floors of luxury residences. This mixed-use development incorporates one of the most popular designs in recent years, exposed architectural cement walls, beams and slab edges. The concrete elements were paired with floor to ceiling aluminum and glass windows to give the interior a classy and elegant style. The Chicagoland concrete contractor was responsible for all cast-in-place concrete work above the caisson level. This new mid-rise building has been a thriving addition to this beautiful community on the shores of Lake Michigan.
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The retail space is being transformed with mixed-use developments. Illinois' best union concrete contractors are being hired to provide the foundations for these new facilities. To find one of these topnotch contractors, just contact the Northern Illinois Concrete Contractors. We offer the largest database of commercial concrete contactors in the state. All our members are vetted and bring years of experience to every project. To find the right local concrete contractor for your next project, explore our online directory or directly submit a RFP on our website.
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Hijab in fashion takeover
"Younger Muslim women are embracing old traditions in new and personal ways", Samantha, Sex and the City 2.
With all the turmoil, the fashion world is keeping the diversity coming. But, it's more than culture it's the feminist movement. This strong female voice is making a mark and taking over.
Halima Aden covers CR Fashion Book
Embracing culture and diversity, 19-year-old Halima Aden, is breaking norms and changing the way people think in modern day fashion.
"I never grew up seeing women that looked like me in magazines or on television and didn't feel like I had a place in the world of fashion. I am honored to be apart of that change", Halima Aden told Huffington Post.
Halima Aden covers Allure Magazine
In November 2016, Halima appeared during the Miss Minnesota USA Pageant. Shortly after, Halima moved from the pageant stage to high fashion runway. Shattering stereotypes and paving the way as the first Hijab – wearing model to take to the runways. It's no shock to see Kanye West found her first. She's walked the Yeezy Season 5 collection, Max Mara Fall 2017 and Alberta Ferretti Fall 2017. "I never knew that a woman wearing a Hijab could be a model", Halima Aden told Telegraph.
Even designer, Anniesa Hasibuan, is the first to outfit all her models in hijabs. Inspired by her vibrant and diverse city, Jakarta. Anniesa presented her designs for New York Fashion Week 2016. Each look paired with gowns, suits, kimonos, and tunics of colorful silks, velvets, and brocades.
Islamic fashion is a rapidly growing industry, with a market worth around $2.9 billion. With a prediction to reach $488 billion by 2019.
Islamic fashion started in the 1980s, importing modest fashion along with other items for the Muslim population. Muslim women put together their own styles. National and international designers are involved in the sale of Islamic fashion. Brand marketers have noticed the target need and have made an effort to align their products with the core values of Islam.
Nike even introduced a sports Hijab
Following the Hijab takeover each trendy fashion, regardless of the seasonal clothing style, includes some sort of head covering.
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Q: Convert unix date to utc I have table with list of date, but date in unix format.
I need to convert unix time to utc.
The function FROM_UNIXTIME is not clear for me. Cause when i try to use it, i have error:
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Dutch DJ and producer Bakermat has delivered his new single 'Trouble' with rising talent Albert Gold taking the helm on vocals. Combining wistful percussive elements, with more uplifting melodies as the track builds, 'Trouble' utilises the slick vocal range of Hackney-based singer-songwriter Albert Gold. His emotive and rhythmic style has led to comparisons with the likes of Labrynth, Frank Ocean, and British R&B star Shakka.
The official video for 'Trouble' follows the story of Matt Baker, the animated dog character last seen in Bakermat's previous single 'Partystarter'. Matt is set to feature prominently in all Bakermat's future release, with the adventurous canine's story playing out across a flurry of the Dutch producer's hits.
Bakermat comments more on the release: "With this project I went back to where it all began, combining jazz with soul and dance. I think the main thing that makes this track special is it's a bittersweet feeling. It's sad, but also comforting and uplifting."
Besides his studio creations, Bakermat often distinguishes himself with his live performances, adding live musicians at his performances and hosting his own concept 'Bakermat presents The Circus'. The series has touched down in cities like London, New York, Amsterdam, Paris and Rio de Janeiro in recent years, with Bakermat also hosting regular stages at Tomorrowland, Airbeat One Festival and various other big festivals.
With 2019 shaping up to be one of the busiest, and most eagerly anticipated years in Bakermat's career so far, 'Trouble' is out now!
Check out the video for 'Trouble' here
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The GI Joe & Toy Show will now be at a NEW venue; the PASADENA CONVENTION CENTER. The show will take place MAY 6th, 2018!! There are a limited number of dealer tables available at $75 each. Please email jamesdesimone@hotmail.com for tables.
Admission is $10. Also at the same Convention Center that day is the RoboToyFest Robot & Toy Show, $10 includes admission to BOTH shows!! The GI Joe & Toy Show is in its' own room.
I will be there! Wouldn't miss it!


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Backstreet Boys live in Dubai
20 April 2018 04:00 PM
Get ready for one of the most popular boy bands of all time LIVE in Dubai! Backstreet Boys will be visiting UAE on 20th of April 2018 and performing aat the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre as part of the Blended Music Festival.
The Backstreet Boys rose to fame in 1996 with the release of their first album, which sold a stunning number of over 130 million records. The five-piece, comprising of AJ McLean, Howie D, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell have enjoyed worldwide success and a massive fan base for almost 25 years, and are widely regarded as the best selling boy band of all time.
During their concert in Dubai, Backstreet Boys band will perform their classic hits such as 'I Want It That Way', 'Everybody' and 'Shape Of My Heart'.
'We cannot wait to bring one of the biggest boy bands of the 90s back to Dubai this April', says Girish Bhat, Managing Director at Done Events.
Apart from Backstreet Boys in Dubai, the upcoming Blended Music Festival will feature a mix of unique activations, F&B offerings and of course live entertainment.
Venue: Dubai Media City Amphitheatre
Tickets: from AED 350
Admission: 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM
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Joel Letkemann is a designer, maker, and writer specializing in digital fabrication technologies and interaction design, as well as critical theory related to architecture, design and urbanism. He is currently based in Aarhus, Denmark.
Joel completed his M. Arch at the University of Manitoba in 2009, after earning a B.A. (Honours) in English Linguistics from the University of Winnipeg in 2005. He has since completed a post-professional Masters of Advanced Architecture in Digital Tectonics at IaaC in Barcelona, as well as a Masters of Advanced Studies at the Chair for CAAD, ETH Zurich.
Joel also maintains House of Asterion, a blog devoted to theory at the intersection of design, technology, politics and ecology.


In the fall of 2011 Chick Fil A ( USA's 2nd largest Fast Food Chicken Franchise) sent me/EatMoreKale.com a "Cease and Desist" letter. They demanded that I shut my website down, discontinue printing t-shirts and stickers, and finally send my ENTIRE inventory of Eat More Kale shirts and bumper stickers to CFA headquarters in Atlanta, GA to be destroyed. They also blocked my trademark application in Washington DC. They claim my slogan EAT MORE KALE is to confusingly similar to their slogan EAT MOR CHIKIN. They allege that I'm confusing their customer base and affecting their $4.6 Billion annual sales. I say I'm not and have decided to fight back against their demands. Let me be clear, I had not heard of Chick Fil A and was most certainly NOT imitating their slogan or trying to steal any of their thunder. (Vermont Does not have a Chick Fil A) Chick Fil A and I have co-existed for 13 years. I now have a Pro Bono team of lawyers and the support of folks worldwide. I certainly never thought I'd find myself in such David vs. Goliath situation. The trademark battle is over two years old but as Tom Petty says…"No I WON'T BACK DOWN".
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This is a small interactive test, a small demo, that will let you control some of the vehicles of the game in a controlled scene. This is a build from a very early Alpha version, so the art assets and performance are not final. Besides, being an early Alpha, some bugs may appear. To run the demo, you need to meet the following minimum requirements : Processor : Intel Pentium Dual Core 1.86Ghz RAM : 2Gb VRAM : 256Mb HDD : 512Mb OS : Ubuntu 14.04, Windows Xp, or above.
The way the airplanes control is a bit wonky at this stage, but everything else is looking good!
Again, thanks for your feedback and support!
No problem. Best of luck with development.


Endurance 2; Liquids, Puzzles and more!
A new level pack of 'Endurance' has been made, with 14 levels; from 1-1 to Olmec! In this pack, the concept introduced in the previous pack will come back several times. You have to survive for some time, before you can reach the exit. Also, in this pack there are a lot of fun things with liquids. For example, did you know that the mighty Olmec is afraid of water?! Additionally, the ghosts make their comeback in this pack. There is even a level that is quite similar to the two-ropes level in the previous pack (sorry Baer). Finally, the worm has received a huge makeover! Now, it is the house of one of the deadliest quizzes in Spelunky.
I hope you like it! Questions, feedback and opinions are welcome!
Please play on Frozlunky 4.2b or higher.
Changed: deleted some 'filling' levels and added/changed one or two levels.
PIGRIS: Really creative levels. Spelunky liquids are pretty nuts.
Tedwan: That was fantastic! It was really fun to figure out how the spelunky mechanics work in liquids. My favorite was that one where you had to order the treasures by value. That's just ingenious! Very nice pack in it's own way.
spinerak: Thanks for the feedback Yashar_Red! Glad you liked it!
Yashar_Red: There was one particular level... 3-2. Wow. Just wow. While I have gripes with a few part of this pack, the 3-2 may have become my fave single level among Spelunky custom maps. At first I was like "Oh, it's just health to survive a random bullet barrage" but soon the pug-like (correct word?) drops through bullets became apparent. Soon the painful bouncing to the bottom started feeling like the most amazing version of Peggle. Some of the water challenges are also really cool while the rope / ghost survival rounds are much better than Endurance 1 thanks to presence of more leeway as well as a more visual and quantifiable timer for each. The worm puzzle also deserves some serious praise. Loved it. Sadly there are a few of filler levels here and there which feel too similar to each other or the ones from Endurance 1. Without them and with a more tighter overall pacing (plus some story / lore), this could be the perfect level pack. Thank you for this awesome package.


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Photography, Landscape, Place
The abstract photographic work of rocks can be interpreted as being part of the complex landscape tradition with its contested concepts and meanings. As such they can be situated in relation to the 2011 exhibition of Photography and Place: Australian Landscape Photography 1970s Until Now that was curated by Judy Annear, then a curator at the Art Gallery of NSW. This was a key moment in the interpretation of photography's relationship to the landscape during the 1970-2011 period as it happened after conceptual art and the land rights movement.
In her review of the exhibition Susan Best, the art historian, puts the issue raised by Photography and Place succinctly: how can photography represent the land after conceptual art and land rights. Best responds by saying that this meant that the straightforward depiction of the land by photography — ie., stepping into the picture as it were — was seen to be of little value or interest in the artworld. Best shows that the artists represented in Photography and Place explore the complex terrain of representing the land in a post colonial period in very diverse ways.
rock form, Waitpinga, South Australia
The artists were: Simone Douglas, Peter Elliston, Anne Ferran, Simryn Gill, Bill Henson, Douglas Holleley, Marion Marrison, Ricky Maynard, Ian North, Paul Ogier, Debra Phillips, Jon Rhodes, Michael Riley, Lynn Silverman, Wesley Stacey, David Stephenson, and Ingeborg Tyssen. So how did the photographers approach representing the landscape after the demise of modernism?
In her curatorial statement Annear says that:
"From the 1980s onwards artists worked increasingly in series rather than single images further exploding notions of fixed pictorial codes and perspectives. The journey of discovery ceased to have romantic connotations and became very much a discovery of detail, occasionally cinematic in scale but as often focused on the intimacies of the local."
Annear adds that a number of artists in Photography & place deconstructed the view before the camera lens and reconstructed what could be seen in order to present a less partial depiction of the environment.
However, there is a confusion in Annear's curatorial statement between location or site and place; or rather she reduces place to a location in a space. As a consequence Annear obscures the idea of place as being bounded by (placedness) which is quite different to a location, locale or site in an abstract or undifferentiated space. Annear thinks in terms of place as location in this statement:
"This exhibition looked at earlier work from the 1970s and compared and contrasted intention and effect in relation to more recent photography. It examined photographs which presented very specific views of locations and what that location or place could be taken to represent."
Annear assimilates the one to the other: ie., place to location in space. However, we need to separate the two since they imply different approaches to photographing the land.
Kings Head, Waitpinga
Place implies boundedness or limit, whereas space implies openess or expansiveness. If place is a certain sort of opened space, then it is a space opened within a boundary.What Annear's "place or location" misses is the idea of placedness or being-placed as involving a genuine relation to place and a refusal of any reduction of place to something else; or its treatment as merely derivative ie., as a product of the subject or of the interaction between subjects, in other words, as subjective or intersubjective (psychological, social, cultural, or political) constructions.
Place has ontological depth: what it is for us to be is for us to be in place – to be placed. As Jeff Malpas argues being-placed is always a being in relation to place and this forces us to attend to our own radical finitude, our own boundedness, our own limit that is enabling as well as constraining. This is closer to aboriginal people's conception of country as a nourishing terrain, than to taking photos of the land though the window of a Kombi with an Instamatic camera, ie., the untutored view of a site of a Wesley Stacey. Place, with the latter's reference to conceptual photography, becomes an arbitrarily designated position or location within a spatial field.
In contrast, Deborah Rose Bird says that country as a nourishing terrain is a place that gives and receives life. Not just imagined or represented, it is lived in and lived with. Country as a place is home that is cared for.
near Dep's Beach, Waitpinga
In contrast to my rock photos of the northern Flinders Ranges that were made on various camel treks and walks, those of the southern Fleurieu Peninsula are of a particular regional place that is my home. The northern Flinders Ranges are the home of the Adynamathanha people, but this region is not my home. Walking through this country can put us in a detached, disengaged, and often misleading relation to the actual landscapes we are in.
This goes some way to answering the question I posed here: "What would it be like to photograph this country from the perspective of the Ngarrindgeri people after land rights ? " We now realize that country is not just land or a landscape. Could the idea of place, with its relational way to understanding human being's relationship to the land, provide a link to the Ngarrindgeri's conception of country? Does place offer a different way to viewing the land that creates a separation between nature and people?; a way to examine the interrelationships of people to their place worlds?
If the idea of place does have this potential, then two questions emerge for photographers: firstly, do photographers have to move away from the European perspective system with its linear perspective that was the visual regime of colonialism; and, secondly, is photographic abstraction of land surfaces a viable pathway for the photographic representation of the land after conceptual photography and land rights. Does abstraction represent a pathway to think through mapping the complex terrain of the historically shaped land, as opposed to the colonial ways of seeing and depicting landscape, or the gaze though the window of a car driving across the land?
The photographic gaze through a car window with its single point perspective is not a plausible way to become better acquainted with the texture of the land, or to show how it is to be a part of the land. This splits the viewer off from the objective world and places the photographer outside looking in.
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Maruha's investment in Spanish seafood supplier was no rescue mission
'Having access to Maruha Nichiro's network will strengthen our supply chain and market capabilities,' Inlet managing director tells IntraFish.
Maruha Nichiro's acquisition this week of a 33 percent stake in Spanish seafood supplier Inlet was no rescue mission.
The Japanese seafood giant -- through its subsidiary Seafood Connection -- is investing in Inlet as part of a strategy that will improve Inlet's market presence and its supply continuity, Eino Brand, managing director of Inlet, told IntraFish.
The entry of Maruha, he said, is part of a business partnership, and not a capital injection. "This is not an investment fund entering the company because of any financial trouble," said Brand.
"This is the world's largest and one of the oldest seafood companies partnering with a company with a history in the Spanish market. I think this is a key point of this partnership."
About market reach, not revenue
For Seafood Connection, the move is in line with its strategy to have a local focus on each European market, Jan Kaptijn, CEO of Seafood Connection, told IntraFish.
Inlet has distributed Seafood Connection's products for three years, a period in which both companies have collaborated very closely.
Part of the deal announced this week is for Maruha to take a majority stake in the company within the next two years.
Having the world's largest seafood company as a shareholder gives Inlet valuable access to Maruha's global seafood network, which will result in a wider range of products, improved supply continuity, and a more robust logistical chain.
"The wider your product range and your client base are, the more suppliers you need," Brand said.
"What we are doing is improving our supply chain for our clients, expanding our business. Improving continuity is important, and so is never running out of stock."
Maruha Nichiro is always seeking opportunities to expand in the European market through partnerships with companies with which it has synergies, and which have good management in place and good performance, Kaptijn said. "Inlet has strong management, track record and synergy with Maruha Nichiro network of companies."
'Conservative character'
For Inlet, one of the most important synergies between both companies is their common "conservative character and long-term perspective," Inlet's Brand said.
This acquisition is not about rapidly increasing Inlet's turnover and volumes, but about improving the operation in the long term, with a higher reach in the Spanish market and a stronger connection with clients, said Brand.
At the moment, Inlet sells around 85 percent of its products through wholesale and foodservice channels, and only 15 percent to retail, a segment it entered only a few years ago.
Increasing its presence in the retail market will be a priority, although there aren't any concrete moves yet in this sense. In terms of product range, the companies will slowly identify market needs to add new products gradually.
"Step by step, we will build up our presence," Brand said.
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