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Toby Lightman – Devils and an Angel
Toby Lightman
Devils and an Angel
by Jay S. Jacobs
The music biz is always hungrily searching for the next big thing. They're trying to find an artist that has the talent and the vibe and the chops to make a huge splash in the choppy waters of popular culture. It should be someone who has a unique point of view and something interesting to say.
A lot of people are looking in the direction of Toby Lightman.
Before her debut album Little Things even hit the racks, the seductive single "Devils and Angels" was sparking listener curiosity and radio airplay. Who is it with this soulful voice and quirky songwriting chops?
You ask her and she'll tell you she's just another girl. Lightman grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She had a pretty average suburban childhood. Friends and family and school were the focus of her world. When it came to the music world, she was strictly a consumer.
However, even as a little girl, her parents saw musical talent in Toby. They drove her across the Delaware River to Philadelphia to play violin on Al Albert's Showcase, a long-running local show spotlighting child talent. It didn't make a huge impression on her, though. "I was really young," Lightman says. "I don't really remember that much about it, but, it's like a talent show."
Over the years her musical tastes developed, and she started following a wide range of acts. When she was young, Lightman started out listening to what was on the top 40, Madonna and Def Leppard and whatever. Her older sister turned her on to classic rock. Her dad introduced her to doo-wop. She discovered alt rock, R&B and hip-hop. Then, there was Stevie Wonder. Wonder's vocal style and music thrilled her.
Still, Lightman never tried her own voice until relatively late. "I started singing when I was in high school," she recalls. "So, I was kind of a late bloomer in that aspect. It was just kind of like a chance thing. I took a vocal class with a friend of mine and ended up liking it."
So, when she went off to college at the University of Wisconsin, she started mining her talent. When she was in her junior year, she was offered the chance to be the lead singer in a band with a record contract. The problem was it was in Thailand. She thought long and hard about it, and then decided to take the chance. Lightman spent five months in Bangkok playing covers six nights a week.
The experience just made Lightman more sure that she was on the right path. She realized that it was important to seriously work on her songwriting. After graduation, Lightman decided to take the leap of faith and move up to New York to try to make it as a singer. Like most of the young hopefuls who try to make it in the Big Apple, she had to find other work — tending bar while looking for gigs.
A chance meeting with former Fugees member Wyclef Jean led to him producing a demo for her. "One song that really encompassed everything I was trying to do stylistically," Lightman explains. "I sent it out to a management company, Nettwerk Management [which handles Sarah McLachlan, Coldplay and Barenaked Ladies amongst many others]. I didn't really realize how known they were at the time. The manager that heard it had a meeting with me and had been friendly with Peter and set me up with him."
Peter is producer Peter Zizzo, who was riding a hot streak after discovering Avril Lavigne and Vanessa Carlton. "Obviously, because he was doing pretty well that year, a lot of labels were looking at what he was working on next," Lightman says. "One of which was Lava."
Lava Records (which is distributed by Atlantic Records) signed Lightman up and she and Zizzo started work on her debut album, Little Things. Happily, this is one of those albums that live up to the hype. Her music has been compared to that of Sheryl Crow and Nelly Furtado and Alanis Morissette, and while all of those comparisons have some validity, she has created a musical world of her own.
"Leave It Inside" has a sultry Mary J. Blige vibe coursing throughout, mixing in tastily with some folk/rock textures. The first single is the wonderfully funky "Devils and Angels" which weds a soulful backbeat to modern rock sensibilities. There are some beautiful but subdued and hopeful ballads like "Voices" and "Frightened." She earns her pop/rock stripes with "The River" and mines her bluesy side on "Coming Back In." She even experiments with jazzy scat singing on "Front Row." ("Yeah, in my own way," she laughs.)
Even though she embraces so many styles, Lightman feels there is a thread in her music that ties them all together. "I like to write different kinds of songs," she explains. "It wasn't really adventurous stylistically, because every song has the same elements, you know? Acoustic guitar, programmed drums, a lot of programming, and a lot of instrumentation. So, everything pretty much has the same kind of composition. But it was dealing with the music, and the music was so different. That's why things took on a different form."
Lightman's voice has an amazing range, but one of the greatest things is that she does know when to rein it in. Too many young vocalists who have grown up with Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera and American Idol feel that they have to show off their voices. Over-singing a song, using ten notes when one will do, it has become an epidemic on the airwaves. While Lightman does enjoy letting loose sometimes, she is confident enough in her vocals that she does not have to rely on the showy fireworks.
"I've always been somebody who has to sing for the song," she says. "I can't put riffs all over something, because I feel I'm just soiling it. There are certain songs where it's appropriate. A song like 'Front Row' I felt like I was able to sing out a little more and interpret it differently. But a song like 'The River' just really didn't need it. It's the same as any instrument. You don't want to put in something that doesn't belong, and I didn't think it belonged in certain songs."
Little Things mostly examines relationships. She tells intricate aural stories of love lost and found, people getting in their own ways while searching for happiness. Even when she explores good relationships, like the lovely ballad "Frightened," she gives them a bit of a spin. In that song the protagonist is afraid that things are going too well and coming to terms with how much the connection is affecting her.
"Unfortunately, some of the better songs come from unhappy places for me," Lightman laughs. "It's fun to write a song about happy-go-lucky stuff. Going out with your friends, blah, blah, blah. Most of the songs that really capture people and are long lasting are songs that are darker. People tend to go to music when they're going through a rough time. That's why writers tend to write songs when they are going through a rough time."
Lightman is happy that there is a growing audience for artists like her who may not fit exactly into some cookie cutter radio format (for the record, she rarely listens to the radio) made up by market research.
"I think people are looking for something that is a little more unique," Lightman says. "Not so run of the mill, a bunch of guys sitting in a room deciding what this girl's going to sing… Hopefully, they'll think my stuff sticks out a little bit and will change things up. I've been getting a lot of comments like that from DJs. People are excited to play it, because it isn't like what they're playing. It's gotten to a point where there's alternative rock stations and top 40 stations that just play hip-hop. But top 40 isn't all hip-hop. Why isn't Dave Matthews playing on these stations? It's kind of unbelievable."
Mostly, though, she's just glad that the people are getting a chance to make up their own minds. As "Devils and Angels" gets more and more airplay it will hopefully open up more eyes to her work. Lightman's label has said that the album has four potential singles they feel could all become hits.
"I just want people to get their own interpretation. It may not be for everyone, but I want people to know that if they like it; that's me. If they don't like it, then that's cool," she laughs.
It's looking like a lot of people do like it. In the meantime, Lightman is taking the whirlwind tour of a breaking artist. Releasing a debut album. Touring clubs with artists like Howie Day, Fefe Dobson and Edwin McCain. Making a video. Appearing on Total Request Live. She knew she was hitting when she heard "Devils and Angels" on an episode of MTV Cribs.
So, what does she think about the whole idea of being the next big thing?
"It's strange," Lightman admits. "I'm still just another girl from Cherry Hill. Nothing has changed for me. I'm still the same person. It's exciting. But it's not really something I've gotten my head around just yet." Photo Credits:#1 © 2004 Clay Patrick McBride. Courtesy of Lava/Atlantic Records.#2 © 2004 Courtesy of Lava/Atlantic Records.#3 © 2004 Courtesy of Lava/Atlantic Records.#4 © 2004 Courtesy of Lava/Atlantic Records.
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Group Mat Classes are held on Thursday evenings in the Profiles Wellbeing Studio.
I teach a style of matwork pilates called Garuda, it's a beautiful flowing style that often comprises a lot of standing work enabling a fully functional workout. I've found the best part is that you really get lots of juicy movement from the spine and ribs which helps you to feel more free and gets the abdominals firing by giving them something to do while your body is moving. There is plenty of mobility work built into flowing sequences so working those muscles is balanced with keeping the joints flexible.
Classes run every Thursday evening in half termly blocks. There will be no class on Thursday 21st February, Thursday 18th April or Thursday 30th May.
Cost £10 per class for a trial first session or if you book a block for the term, or £13 per class if you attend as a drop in.
7:00 - 7:45pm More Beginner Level Class - for those who haven't done any pilates before, or won't feel so confident in a class that flows, or have any pain issues including those who are within 1 year post-natal. This class will aim to build your strength steadily, within your capabilities and working with any challenges you have.
7:50 - 8:35pm More Progressed/Intermediate Class - for those who have some experience of pilates in any style, can move OK and are interested in getting stronger through a progressive class. If you can only manage to get to this class due to timing, please don't worry about being left behind, I will always be able to give alternatives to every exercise and give you directions to enable you to work with the whole class.


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Reliance Capital reported a 2% year-on-year increase in total income for the September quarter for its subsidiary Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd.
It earned pretax profit of Rs 92 crore, up 7% on year, while total income came in at 502 cr.
As on September 30, 2017, outstanding loan book was Rs. 12,653 crore – a YoY increase of 12%, said the Anil Ambani Group company.
The number of customers was 43,000, while the Assets under Management (AUM) stood at Rs.16,281 crores, up 3%.
Gross NPA ratio was at 4.1% on a 90 day period basis.
Reliance Commercial Finance is a 100% subsidiary of Reliance Capital Limited that offers SME loans, Loans against property (LAP), Infrastructure financing, Agriculture loans and supply chain financing.
"We have made strong progress in Q2, beginning with re-balancing the portfolio in line with our long term strategy. We continue to see good traction in SME loan growth," said Mr. Devang Mody, ED & CEO, Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd.
"Launch of digital lending platform for Two Wheeler loans is a significant step in our retail lending foray" he added.


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And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe… – Ephesians 1:19, AMP.
If I had a thousand gallons of water to give you but you only had a one-gallon container, you wouldn't be able to receive what I had for you. The problem would not be with the supply. It would be with your ability to receive. If you would get rid of the small container and get something larger, I could give you so much more.
It's the same way with God. We might have a tendency to think, "The economy is down. I could never afford that house I really want. My business will never expand. I don't have the funding. I don't have the people behind me." No, you've got to get rid of that one-gallon bucket. Get rid of that small container. The God we serve is a big God! He has an unlimited supply. Jesus said, "According to your faith it will be done unto you." It's not according to God. God has all the power, all the resources in the world. It's according to what we believe.
Today, increase your capacity to receive. Enlarge your thinking by meditating on the Word of God. Praise Him and magnify Him because with God all things are possible, and He has an unlimited supply!
Father, thank You for Your unlimited supply of everything I need in this life. I open my heart to You; I choose to take the limits off. Increase me so that I can receive every blessing You have in store for me in Jesus' name. Amen.
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Calendar of racism and resistance (19 February – 5 March 2019)
March 8, 2019 — News
Written by IRR News Team
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe.
ASYLUM, MIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP
Asylum and migrant rights
21 February: Humanitarian organisations criticise new parliamentary legislation in Denmark that increases the numbers of people eligible for deportation, a removal of indefinite stay for refugees and a reduction of social welfare given to asylum seekers. (The Local, 21 February 2019)
25 February: Concerns mount over the fate of two Palestinian refugees from Syria who, due to the prohibitive nature of German family reunification laws, opted to return to Syria to reunite with their partners. One disappeared at the Lebanese-Syrian border before being reunited with his wife; the other appears to have been detained by secret services shortly after arrival in Damascus. (InfoMigrants, 25 February 2019)
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25 February: The Institute for International Political Studies says that in Italy over the last four months 1,000 asylum claims submitted by Nigerian women and 1,134 humanitarian protection claims, have been refused, with many women, who are victims of sex-trafficking, disappearing after being thrown out of reception centres under the Salvini decree. (Guardian, 25 February 2019)
28 February: The Danish Government's Immigration Service publish a report stating that there has been a 'general improvement of conditions in government-controlled areas' in Syria, and therefore, refugees to Denmark who come from these areas will no longer be automatically given asylum. (The Local, 28 February 2019)
Borders and externalisation
17 February: The French Defence Ministry announce the purchase of six boats that will be given to the Libyan coast guard in the spring to assist in Libya's effort to 'curb clandestine migration'. (Infomigrants, 25 February 2019)
19 February: Italy's Senate Committee votes 16 – 6 to block an investigation into Interior Minister Salvini for kidnapping over his decision to allow 150 people to be stranded at sea for 5 days in August 2018. (Al jazeera, 19 February 2019)
20 February: The German municipalities of Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg, and Sylt, in conjunction with the state of Schleswig-Holstein, declare themselves 'safe ports' for people rescued in the Mediterranean. (Borderline Europe, 20 February 2019)
Salvamento Marítimo
21 February: Unnamed sources in the Spanish rescue mission Salvamento Marítimo claim that an agreement reached between Morocco and Spain, which has come into immediate effect, means that some migrants rescued sea can be disembarked at Moroccan ports. (El País, 21 February 2019)
21 February: ANAFE publishes 'Persona non grata' which reveals that between 2016 and 2018, nearly thirty people died at the France-Italy border where dozens of illegal push-backs take place every day. (Read a summary of the report here)
24 February: An African Union 'common African position paper', on the EU blueprint for stemming migration by establishing 'de facto detention centres' on African soil, is leaked to the Guardian. Coastal states are urged to resist plans that will 'lead to the establishment of something like modern-day slave markets', with the 'best' Africans being allowed into Europe and the rest 'tossed back'. (Guardian, 24 February 2019)
25 February: Channel 4 News broadcasts mobile phone footage showing people being tortured inside camps in Libya where, with EU support, the Libyan authorities detain migrants to prevent them from crossing the Mediterranean to Europe. (Channel 4 News, 25 February; The Times, 1 March)
2 March: The EU's funding of the Libyan coastguard comes under renewed focus as Al Jazeera reports that around 30 refugees and migrants, including minors, are punished for a revolt at Tripoli's Triq al Sikka detention centre, by being beaten with sticks and bars, with the leaders taken to an underground cell and allegedly tortured. (Al Jazeeera, 2 March 2019)
3 March: Leaked documents from the European External Action Service and Frontex reveal that the EU knows its Mediterranean naval operations are making sea crossings more dangerous and that the Libyan coastguard that the EU funds, equips and trains collaborate with smuggling networks. (Politico.EU, 2 March 2019)
5 March: Thirty-five people are arrested in Lesvos after they illegally entered state land in order to install a huge metal cross – aimed at intimidating Muslim refugees – on a cliff that overlooks the Aegean Sea and the Turkish mainland. (The Times, 5 March 2019)
Reception and detention
19 February: The parents of two Iraqi families are denied food by Hungarian officials whilst detained in Hungary's transit zones, prompting the European Court of Human Rights to intervene. (Al Jazeera, 21 February 2019)
25 February: Following the deadly stabbing of a welfare official in Dornbirn by a rejected Turkish asylum seeker, the Austrian prime minister tables a constitutional amendment to allow for preventative 'security detention for asylum seekers' deemed a 'potential threat'. Refugee reception centres will be renamed 'departure centres'. (Deutsche Welle, 25 February 2019)
2 March: Forty-four people are detained in Calais after climbing aboard a cross-channel ferry to try and reach the UK. (Times of Malta, 3 March 2019)
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19 February: Around 300 people protest outside Vulcan House, the Home Office building in Sheffield, to protest the deportation of asylum seekers to Zimbabwe. (Assist Sheffield, 19 February 2019)
22 February: In Germany, an Air Algerie pilot refuses to deport a family, including an eight-month pregnant woman, to Algeria. The authorities issued the woman with a medical certificate declaring her fit to travel, despite documenting a high-risk pregnancy and the pilot expressing concern about the lack of medical equipment on board. (Hessenschau, 22 February 2019)
25 February: As lawyers acting for Chagos Islanders in the UK warn of the potential for a new 'Windrush scandal' affecting their clients, the UN's International Court of Justice concludes that the Chagos Islands were not lawfully removed from Mauritius' control in 1965, and urges the UK government to relinquish its continued colonial possessions. (BBC News, 25 February; Telegraph, 1 March 2019)
HOUSING AND WELFARE
19 February: A Project 17 report on the hostile environment accuses the Home Office of forcing thousands of children into extreme poverty and homelessness because their parents' immigration status means that they have no recourse to public funds (NRPF), and says that local authorities are avoiding their duty of care under Section 17 of the Children's Act. Read the report here. (Independent, 19 February 2019)
21 February: The Local Government Association (LGA) says that council spending has risen from £77m to £152m between 2014 and 2018 as a result of increases in the number of asylum-seeking children in care in England. The LGA's asylum, migration and refugee task group calls on the government to ensure that long-term funding is available for councils to provide adequate care for these children. (Guardian, 21 February 2019)
24 February: Lewisham Council says it will remove the embedded Home Office official who sits in on meetings between the council and vulnerable, often destitute migrants seeking recourse to public funds. (Guardian, 24 February 2019)
1 March: The High Court rules, in a legal challenge brought by JCWI, that the Right to Rent law, which requires private landlords to check the immigration status of tenants and potential tenants, breaches human rights law. The policy leads landlords to discriminate against BAME British citizens and ethnic minorities in general, foreign nationals with the right to rent, and anyone without a British passport. (Guardian, 1 March 2019)
1 March: A homeless Polish man who was unlawfully detained for 38 days as part of Operation Gopik, a policy to deport homeless EEA nationals, is awarded £14,800 in compensatory damages by the High Court. (Metro, 1 March)
26 February: Protestors clash with riot police in Omonia, Greece following a march in central Athens to protest the death of a Nigerian migrant at a police station. Media reports that the 34 year old was beaten by police prior to his collapse. (Ekathimerini, 26 February 2019)
27 February Following the launch of Inquest's Legal Aid for Inquest's campaign on 25 February, shadow lord chancellor Richard Burgon pledges that a future Labour government would provide automatic legal aid for bereaved families at inquests where the relative died in state custody. Read Inquest's campaign briefing here. (Guardian, 27 February 2019)
27 February: Basingstoke MP Maria Miller calls for more transparency from Hampshire police as it emerges that 16 police officers and 3 members of staff from a specialist team at the Basingstoke Investigation Centre are still under investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct, a year after allegations of making racist and homophobic comments were made. (The Breeze, 27 February 2019, The News, 25 February 2019)
1 March: Despite a 2012 inquest ruling that 'unnecessary' restraint contributed to Sean Rigg's death in August 2008, a Metropolitan police panel dismisses misconduct charges against the five Met police officers involved. (Guardian, 1 March 2019)
4 March: To tackle high rates of knife crime, the chairman of the West Midlands Police Federation calls for the nationwide use of emergency stop and search powers under Section 60 of the 1994 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. (Telegraph, 4 March 2019)
ANTI-FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT
17 February: Ahead of upcoming May elections, leaders of Spain's far-right Vox party hold a rally in Torrejon de Ardoz, a town near Madrid, attended by 800 supporters. Four of the towns where the far-right party is holding upcoming rallies are low-income towns with a high percentage of immigrants. (El Pais, 19 February 2019)
22 February: The far-right Brothers of Italy, which has its roots in fascism, is admitted to the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe in the European parliament, the grouping of the UK Conservative party. (Independent, 22 February 2019)
23 February: In Salford, Manchester, around 4,000 people march to the BBC in support of Tommy Robinson and in protest of an upcoming BBC Panorama investigation into him. A counter-protest is held. (BBC, 23 February 2019)
24 February: As part of an intelligence-led investigation, an unnamed 33-year-old right-wing extremist is arrested in Leeds on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. (Independent, 24 February 2019)
26 February: Tommy Robinson is permanently banned from Facebook and Instagram for repeatedly breeching hate speech rules. His breeches include public calls for violence against people based on issues of race, hate speech targeted at specific groups and public praise for hate figures. (Guardian, 26 February 2019)
28 February: The Italian intelligence services warn that neo-nazi groups could target migrants in the run-up to the European elections, pointing out that racist attacks have tripled over the past year. (Guardian, 28 February 2019).
26 February: The Cologne administrative court rules that intelligence services acted disproportionately and in breach of the constitutional rights of political parties when it classified Alternative for Germany as 'case to investigate' for its alleged breach of constitutional safeguards against extremism. (Reuters, 26 February 2019)
1 March: A Spanish ultraconservative catholic organisation Hazte Oír (Make Yourself Heard) has launched a bus campaign featuring an image of Hitler wearing makeup with the hashtag #StopFeminazis and the caption 'Gender laws discriminate against men' written below. The bus will travel through Spanish cities until International Women's Day on 8 March. (El Pais, 1 March 2019)
3 March: A Guardian investigation suggests that, although membership is well down from the days of Farage, there has been a 50 per cent increase in UKIP party membership since February 2018, and that under the leadership of Gerard Batton, UKIP has shifted decisively towards the far right. (Guardian, 3 March 2019)
5 March: Anti-extremism officials say that far Right groups are attempting to infiltrate child protection charities to further an anti-Islam agenda. A community group for child sexual abuse survivors said it has been approached by senior UKIP figures who offered to fund an open-top bus to raise alarm about so-called 'grooming gangs'. (Guardian, 5 March 2019)
EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR EXPLOITATION
20 February: A probe is launched into a livestock farm in Larissa, Greece, after two Pakistani men were physically assaulted for asking to be paid for their work. (Ekathimerini, 20 February 2019)
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21 February: In the run-up to European parliamentary elections, the Hungarian government launches a poster campaign showing European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker alongside George Soros, with the words 'You have the right to know what Brussels is doing'. (Guardian, 21 February 2019)
2 March: The Hungarian government launches a new poster campaign, replacing the posters of Juncker with the president of the European Commission Frans Timmermans, which claim to show 'what kind of pro-migrant plans are under preparation by the Brussels bureaucracy'. (Deutsche Welle, 2 March 2019)
3 March: The anti-immigration Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) more than doubles its share of the vote in the Estonian general election; with almost 18 per cent of the vote it is the third largest party in the parliament. (Guardian, 3 March 2019)
4 March: After a public outcry, the digital channel BBC One Scotland promise not to air programmes featuring Mark Meechan (also known as Count Dankula), a YouTuber who was fined for training a dog to give a Nazi salute on camera. (Guardian, 4 March 2019)
5 March: Social media is flooded with complaints after grotesque puppets of Orthodox Jews, as well as people wearing KKK outfits and blackface, were displayed on flats at Belgium's world-famous Aalst Carnival recognised by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. (Sputnik News, 5 March 2019)
19 February: Belgium's former Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Theo Fracken announces that his book launch at the Veriers Hotel, Belgium, is cancelled after more than 200 people gather in front of the Hotel in protest. (Le Soir, 19 February 2019)
28 February: The Dutch appeals court rules in favour of Amersfoort city council which suspended a Muslim man's welfare benefits for a month after he refused on religious grounds to shave his beard while training for a job as an asbestos removal officer. (Guardian, 28 February 2019)
3 March: The Austrian government says that as part of its efforts to preserve the rule of law and stop terror it will by 2020 establish an institution to monitor Islamist associations and organisations, including the spread of patriarchal courts of honour, 'anti-integration content' in mosques, and Islamist currents on social media.(Vienna Times, 3 March 2019)
28 February: Two Belgian women, widows of Syrian fighters, are denied the right to return in the Brussels Court of Appeal. The decision overturns the courts previous decision which ordered the government to accept their return. (Brussels Times, 28 February 2019)
22 February: Supporters of The Hague football club ADO, attending a fixture in Amsterdam against Ajax (whose supporters refer to themselves as 'Joden'), spray-paint anti-Semitic graffiti across the capital, including the letters JHK, or Jews have cancer. (DutchNews.nl, 22 February 2019)
RACIST VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT
20 February: Assault charges are dropped against Gillyon Emmanuel, a black ice-cream parlour owner in Hilversum, the Netherlands. Having suffered months of racial harassment, when three youngsters said 'climb back into your tree…cancer ape' and threw oranges at her shop window, she responded by hitting one of them with a mop. (DutchNews.nl, 20 February 2019)
21 February: In Berkshire, a 15-year-old boy suffers a broken jaw after a suspected racist attack in a Bracknell underpass, reportedly by a group of five to six men. (In your area, 21 February 2019)
22 February: A man is jailed for six years after he was convicted of racially aggravated wounding with intent for attacking a doorman in Llandudno in April 2018. (North Wales Live, 22 February 2019)
23 February: A 30-year-old personal trainer from Nottingham who set up a fitness class for Muslim women is bombarded with racist abuse and death threats from Tommy Robinson supporters after Robinson shared her flyer on his Instagram page. Her car tyres are also reportedly slashed. (The Independent, 26 February 2019)
26 February: A women from Sandwell, West Midlands, is given a 12-month community order for racially aggravated assault after she attacked a shop worker wearing a headscarf in Debenhams and told her to 'Go back to your own country, f****** Muslim'. (Evening Standard, 26 February 2019)
26 February: In Islington, north London, a Jewish man in his 70s is punched in the face and brutally assaulted as he lay on the ground by a shaven-headed assailant who asked him if he was Jewish before attacking him. (Islington Gazette, 26 February 2019)
27 February: A new Scottish government report shows that of the 6,736 hate crimes recorded in 2017/18 by Police Scotland, two thirds are race-related. Of the 5 per cent of crimes with multiple aggravators, race and religion are the most common combination. (Scotsman, 27 February 2019)
2 March: A memorial stone that marks the site of Strasbourg's old synagogue which was burnt down by the Nazis in 1940 is vandalised. Last month dozens of graves were sprayed with swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans at a nearby Jewish cemetery. (BBC News, 2 March 2019)
4 March: Northern Ireland police are treating an incident in which graffiti was spray painted on to property in Cookstown as a racially motivated hate crime. (Mid-Ulster Mail, 4 March 2019)
This calendar was compiled by the IRR News Team, with the help of Zeeshan Ali, Graeme Atkinson, Joseph Maggs and Jamie Wates.
The Institute of Race Relations is precluded from expressing a corporate view: any opinions expressed are therefore those of the authors.

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Russia and China allowing Iran to go to U.N. Security Council?
PARIS, July 12 — Diplomats from the United States, Russia, China and Europe announced Wednesday that they would return to the U.N. Security Council for possible punitive action against Iran, expressing "profound disappointment" over the Tehran government's refusal to stop its uranium enrichment program or respond to incentives offered by global powers.
The United States and the five other major powers have offered Iran assistance in building civilian nuclear reactors as well as economic and trade incentives in return for Iran giving up its uranium enrichment program. Iranian officials have given conflicting signals about whether they would accept a plan and have repeatedly said they needed more time to consider the proposals since they were presented to Tehran on June 6.
The unanimous decision to go back to the Security Council followed a report from E.U. foreign policy chief Javier Solana, who told the foreign ministers that his meeting Tuesday with Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, "gave him nothing to work with," according to a Western diplomat who attended the meeting. He said Solana complained that he had made no progress in persuading the Iranians to begin negotiations, despite three meetings in the last five weeks.
Russia and China, which have been reluctant to join the U.S. and European nations in pressuring Iran with threats and tough talk, agreed to the statement issued Wednesday because of growing concerns over Iran's refusal to engage in discussions, the diplomat said.
The United States and other Western nations say Iran is advancing its uranium enrichment program in an effort to produce a nuclear weapon; Iranian authorities say the program is intended only for civilian energy production.
John R. Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Wednesday that informal discussions about a resolution ordering Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program were already beginning and that he hoped the Security Council would take action next week.
But U.S. and European officials monitoring the Paris meeting said tensions among the world leaders could likely resurface during Security Council debates over how much more time to give Iran to respond, as well as over the potential next stage of the debate — the severity of any measures that could be used to punish Iran if it continues enriching uranium.
If Iran does not stop its program, U.S. and European countries have threatened to push for economic and trade restrictions, in addition to limiting travel by Iranian officials. The measures now under consideration do not include military action.


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OMN: Irreeffannaa Hawaasa Oromoo Meelbarni – Onkoloolessa 12, 2014
Insights of the 2014 Irreecha festival
By Daniel Dormeyer
When they left from Addis Ababa early in the morning of Sunday October 5, the two Europeans, James Cator from England and Daniel Dormeyer from Germany, accompanied by two Ethiopians, Minassie Alemayehu and Haile Mekonen, did not really gauge the significance and importance of what they would experience when attending Irreecha in Bishoftu, Oromia regional state, around 45 minutes south of the capital.
With almost one third of Ethiopia's population, the Oromo constitute the largest ethnicity in Ethiopia and the wider Horn of Africa.
Cator and Dormeyer had just arrived, excited about a country charged of history, culture and noble values, and willing to overcome waves of preconceived ideas about Ethiopia.
The season of blessing and love
Traditionally decorated Oromos headed by a man with baboon skin head dress
Established by Oromo forefathers, Irreacha (also called Irreessa) takes place annually throughout Oromia and amongst Oromo communities abroad on the first Sunday of last week of September or the first Sunday of the first week of October according to Oromo time reckoning (Dhahaa). Bishoftu hosts the major gathering of a festival believed to be one of the largest in Africa.
Known as Oromo's Thanksgiving to their God (Waaqa) for his goodness over the past year, Irreecha marks the beginning of a new lunar calendar and a seasonal change from winter to spring, and more particularly the end time of starvation (Gadaa Belbaa), disunity, chaos (Mormor), and the auspicious occasion to wish plentiful harvests in the upcoming year.
After a pleasant drive through enchanting though unexpected landscapes on the uncrowded highway in the wee hours of the morning, during which they wondered about a dead hyena and the probability of getting hit by a car, the multicultural group of friends finally reached Bishoftu.
Bishoftu means "the land full of water" in Oromiffa language. Indeed, the main ceremony would take place at the Lake Hora Arsadii. In fact they reached sacred ground, where Oromo people believe God will grant all their wishes.
Waves of joy, harmony and unity
The car needed to get parked right before a blocked area. It was a short, but already crowded walk down to the lake. The rising sun dispelled the last clouds around Bishoftu, and casted bright spotlights on first waves of chanting and dancing people running down the street and moving towards the venue. Like tens of thousands of Ethiopia's ethnic Oromo, they gathered for Irreecha to celebrate the transition from the dark and challenging rain season to the sunny new Birraa (Spring) season.
Even though some habitants got together in front of their homes around a delicious coffee while teenagers were still playing football, they knew that new waves of people from different parts of the country would arrive soon and just take them along to the ceremony. The effervescence, an irresistible attraction was already palpable.
"I was so impressed by the huge number of people, all beautifully dressed and moving ahead peacefully and cheerfully. A real festival of colors. I can't remember having seen in my country such a traditional event respected and followed by so many people and with so much passion.", Cator says.
Symbols of an identity and a worldview
The group of four bought scarfs in the traditional white / red / black colors and a green tree on it, as well as the green grass and yellow flowers (umama) to comply with the tradition. Indeed, everything related to Irreecha has a meaning and a purpose: for instance the Oromo gather in symbolic places such as hilltops, river sides and the shades of big sacred trees. Green being a symbol of fertility, peace, abundance and rain.
At Lake Hora Arsadii the three predominant Oromo colors on the Oromia's traditional dressings sticked out of this huge green area.
Waves of joy and happiness brought the pilgrims and the group of four to the shores, amongst thousands of people already standing there and waiting the elders to stir long grasses in the lake before sprinkling the blessed water. They believe to get blessed as well and that it will bring them closer to Waaqa (God). Many of them also made presents to thank God for the blessings and mercies received in the previous year.
In the distance various boats could be spotted on the lake, sometimes with newly married couples aboard.
An older man started explaining the spiritual significance of Irreecha to Minassie and his obligation to convey the meaning of a ritual that has been passed down many generations and that will be passed to the next ones.
Then the group of friends also dipped their grass in the water, trying to imitate the repetitive hand movements people did to reject all possible bad vibrations while making wishes. Probably more generally about peace and health when the Oromos praise God also for fertility and abundance with regards to the one who matter to them, their livestock and the upcoming harvest.
Three united dimensions
Overwhelmed by this visual feast of colors and the irresistible vision of fraternity, the four friends climbed back to a clearing where the main ceremony would take place. The white seats in the shade of the big sacred trees they spotted when walking down to the lake were now occupied by the central persons of the blessing festival.
At this very moment the group of four realized the union of three dimensions of Irreecha: religious, political and social.
First this thanksgiving embraces all religious persuasions: Christians (amongst them Orthodox, Protestants), Muslim and Animists. They all came to thank the higher force and pray for a fruitful harvest.
Second Oromos from all ages and all stripes gather to Irreecha, sharing the same values and respect for the traditions.
Third various officials (speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives, officials from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, President of the Oromia Regional State) performed in harmony with the honored Abagedas (the elders, the traditional leaders of the Oromo community, elected according to the traditional Gadaa principles). The speeches were held in three languages: English, Amharic and Oromiffa. Solemnity, pride, confidence and magnificence emerged from the speeches, reminding people about the uniqueness of this highly symbolic and truly global event.
Ethiopia is coming
Warmth was in the air and also in the words. Besides the respect of tradition and the awareness for the Oromo culture and history, this unique event symbolizes the pride and rise of Ethiopia.
Elites and supporters got encouraged to help paving the way for promoting Ethiopian values of sharing and fraternity conveyed by Irreecha, but also to convince the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to register this outstanding festival on the representative list Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
"The holiday is the only occasion, to the best of my knowledge, that brings together members from all religious persuasions to honor it. Seeing the masses attending this day is an evidence to how people here have not abandoned their traditional values even as they embrace modernity. It's no wonder that it is a candidate for UNESCO's World Heritage list with generations after generations protecting it,"Minassie says.
A sign sent to the world
When the group of four left, they walked back against further, even more massive waves of people joining the celebration. Waves of peace (Nagaa), freedom (bilisummaa), unity (tokkummaa), and reconciliation (araara), bringing people closer to each other and making religious, political and social bonds.
The two Europeans perceived Irreecha also as a positive movement against many waves they are experiencing in their societies: tradition resisting to modernity (people still looking for endorsement by the elder), all ages united instead of generations divided, all social classes brought together rather than class struggle, all confessions in harmony unlike so many parts of the world.
This year Oromos celebrated the Irreecha blessing festivities in millions. The group of four felt proud and honored to have been part of this movement. And they simply let themselves go with these positive waves.
Source: http://www.thereporterethiopia.com/index.php/living-and-the-arts/society/item/2608-against-the-waves
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The Sigma 6 small scale vehicles were at once amazing and frustrating. Most were great new designs, and far beyond the previous vehicle offerings of the new sculpt era. Which leads me to the frustration: the vehicles weren't compatible with our favorite scale. Some could be (and were later officially) refitted to effectively accommodate 3 & 3/4 inch Joes, bit
Air Raid (2009)
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I had always thought that this figure was a villain, but upon looking at his bio card, he's apparently not. He certainly has a villainous look about him, and a strongly German World War II era uniform. The eyepatch takes his appearance one step further into the "bad guy" arena. But not so, as the character's background is in NATO
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Storm Shadow (2010)
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Major Barrage (2005 DTC)
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Olympics: Hong Kong's Grace Lau bags bronze medal in women's kata
"I also know that a lot of citizens watched karate for the first time because of me, I'm glad that I can have this opportunity to show people what kata competitions are like," Grace Lau, 29, said.
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Hong Kong's Grace Lau has won the city's first Olympic medal in karate at the women's solo kata competition at the Tokyo Olympics.
Grace Lau performing at the women's solo kata elimination round at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo: Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China.
Lau, 29, won bronze as Hong Kong's only karateka competing at the Olympic games.
Grace Lau. Photo: Olympics screenshot.
She scored 26.94 in total, 18.90 in technical performance and 8.04 in athletic performance.
Lau told reporters after the match that the victory was very important to her, as she thanked people who have helped her along the way: "The Olympic Games are athletes' highest and largest platform, it's already incredible that [I] can participate in it, I'm happy that I have the ability to win this medal," said Lau.
Hong Kong's Grace Lau Mo-sheung performs in the women's kata bronze medal bout of the karate competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on August 5, 2021. Photo: Alexander Nemenov/AFP.
"I also know that a lot of citizens watched karate for the first time because of me, I'm glad that I can have this opportunity to show people what kata competitions are like."
Medal haul
The Tokyo Olympics was the first time Karate was listed as one of the games. The sport will not be featured at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Lau brings home the city's fifth Olympic medal and the second one on Thursday alone, after the women's table tennis team scored bronze. It is the city's most successful Olympics ever.
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After graduating from high school in Detroit, Michigan, Sui moved to New York City to attend Parsons School of Design. While at Parsons, Sui found a collaborator and close friend in Steven Meisel, today one of the world's top fashion photographers. Her early days as a stylist for Meisel's shoots included editorial for the Italian fashion magazine LEI.
After leaving Parsons, Sui worked at a variety of junior sportswear companies.
In 1980, Sui presented six original pieces at the Boutique Show and immediately received an order from Macy's, who featured one of her designs in a New York Times advertisement. That same year, Anna Sui launched her own business that operated out of her apartment throughout the 1980's.
In 1991, Anna Sui premiered her first runway show, featuring her signature "head-to-toe" look and prompting the New York Times to proclaim it a "pastiche of hip and haute styles." In that same year, Sui moved her business and showroom to its current location in the Garment District.
In 1992, Sui opened her own boutique at 113 Greene Street in the SoHo district of New York. The store reflects Sui's distinct taste: pairing flea market furniture and whimsical Dolly Head mannequins in a room with purple walls and red floors.
The first of three Anna Sui freestanding boutiques in Asia opened in May 1997 in Tokyo. The second opened in Osaka in the Fall of that same year. Another Osaka venue opened in 2000. The stores mark the continued worldwide expansion of the Anna Sui brand and lifestyle. Isetan Company Limited is the main licensee for the Japanese distribution of the women's collection and Mammina, a subsidiary of Isetan, is the distributor to department and specialty stores there.
In 1997, Anna Sui Shoes premiered on her runway for Fall 1997. Manufactured by Ballin in Venice, Italy, the shoe collection is comprised of both day and evening styles, and include velvet, silk, patent leather, snake and lizard skin, shearling and suede.
Called a designer that "never panders" by The New York Times, Anna Sui continues to design and manufacture her signature Anna Sui Collection in her New York City headquarters. Her runway shows continue to set trends and inspire designers everywhere. Sui's signature wit and original designs draw legions of devotees to her pieces, including clients Patricia Arquette, Christina Ricci, Cher, Naomi Campbell, Sofia Coppola, Courtney Love of Hole and James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins.


Schools in Review is an unique contrast site that breaks down the facts and reviews for the leading media schools in the nation. Amongst the highest ranked schools are the Recording Connection Audio Institute, UCLA, University of Texas, and USC. The reviews of Musicians Institute is just one of the few in the bottom.
The Musician's Institute invoices itself as the college of modern music and offer students a selection of associate's, bachelor's, and certification degrees. Programs in performance, film, music business and audio engineering are merely a few of it. The cost of the programs vary considerably as a certificate program starts at $ 14,000 while a bachelor's degree can go as high as $ 90,000.
Lots of Musicians Institute reviews typically mention the shortage of bang for your buck and the high fees turns a lot of individuals off. On the other hand, the Recording Connection Audio Institute is a large favorite on the site thanks to their extremely affordable and customizable mentor-apprentice program.
The Recording Connection turns the media education and learning world on its head by placing students in the studio instead of the classroom. Every student is designated their own coach and goes right to work as an apprentice at that coach's studio. You aid your coach on real world projects as you even undergo the school's program load. During the period of the six-month program, you get a plethora of real world work experience and are able to network with numerous music producers and audio engineers around the studio to develop those crucial market contacts.
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The Brussels I Regulation has undergone a lengthy review process, resulting in Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 of 12 December 2012 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Recast). The provisions of the new Regulation apply from 10 January 2015. This book provides a commentary on the Recast Regulation. It contains an article-by-article commentary on all provisions of the Recast Regulation with reference to the existing case law of the European Court of Justice and leading national decisions, and provides additional focus on the newly introduced changes, in particular to the provisions on lis pendens and the recognition and enforcement of judgments.
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Vietnam exempts import tax for Emirates Airline
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has agreed with the Ministry of Finance's proposal to exempt tax on imported goods of Emirates Airline.
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The Airbus A380 aircraft of Emirates Airline (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has agreed with the Ministry of Finance's proposal to exempt tax on imported goods of Emirates Airline.
Hue assigned the Ministry of Finance to implement the proposal and has instructed the customs forces to supervise and closely control the import and use of duty-free goods of the airline to ensure that they are used for right purposes and in line with the law.
Under the direction of the Deputy PM, the import and use of duty-free goods by Emirates must be for the right purposes as described in Article 6 of the Agreement on Air Transport, signed between the Governments of Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates.
It is the fifth airline to receive exemption from import tax. Previously, the Deputy PM had agree to exempt the tax for imported goods of Hong Kong Dragon, Cathay Pacific Airways, Federal Express Corporation and Japan Airlines.-VNA
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Large room for Vietnam to boost exports to Europe, America
Vietnam's exports to the European and American markets will continue to benefit from free trade agreements (FTAs) that Vietnam signed with partners in the regions, said Ta Hoang Linh, Director of the Europe-American Market Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Vietnamese fruits promoted at Berlin exhibition
Vietnamese fruits have been introduced at the Fruit Logistica, the world largest fruit and vegetable exhibition in the world, that is underway in Berlin from February 8-10.
Strong FDI flow into Vietnam's electronics industry to boost exports
The increased inflow of investment from foreign investors into Vietnam's electronics industry is expected to create a positive outlook for the country's exports of computers, electronic products, and components in the time to come.
Vietnamese goods rush into Canada thanks to CPTPP
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which took effect in early 2019, has enabled several types of Vietnamese goods to rush into Canada.
Bac Giang's train station to offer int'l freight transportation services
Kep train station in the northern province of Bac Giang will offer international freight transportation services from February 20, as it meets all necessary conditions, according to the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR).


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We went to the new Church Museum today and walked through Temple Square. The Temple and Tabernacle are as beautiful and inspiring as ever.
The L.D.S. "Mormon" Temple
This monumental six-spired edifice took the early Mormon Pioneers forty years to build and was completed on April 6, 1893. Huge hand-hewn granite blocks were hauled by ox team to the Temple site from a quarry twenty miles away. The solid granite walls range from 6 to 9 feet thick and spires rise from 204 to 210 feet high. The east center tower is capped by the golden, trumped-bearing status of the Angel Moroni. The Temple is utilized for major religious ceremonies.
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Once written off, the California Democrat, 78, now finds herself the third most powerful politician in America after a "blue wave" saw her party win back the House majority during the November midterms. Other defendants received jail sentences ranging from 16 years to six months, state news agency TAP quoted court spokesman Soufiane Sliti as saying. The assault on the Bardo National Museum left 21 people dead, while 38 were killed in the beach resort of Sousse, some 150 kilometers (90 miles) south of the capital.
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"It's a great step in the advancement of human rights, " says Texas attorney Walter Long, who represented Napoleon Beazley, a high profile teenage killer who was eventually executed by Texas, and whose current clients include Nanon Williams, another juvenile offender residing on Texas' death row. "It continues the review of the death penalty, which has been more restricted lately, " he explains. "Courts have taken on the issue of the death penalty..
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Sulli is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actress and model. Her family name is Choi Jin-ri but she known by her stage name Sulli, was a South Korean singer, songwriter, actress and model. She first gained attention as a child actress, playing the young Princess Seonhwa of Silla in the SBS drama Ballad of Seodong (2005). In 2009, Sulli debuted as a member of the South Korean girl group f(x). She left the group in 2015 to focus on her acting career. After a three-year-long hiatus, Sulli resumed her music career with a feature on Dean's 2018 single "Dayfly" before making her solo debut in June 2019 with the single album "Goblin". She was found dead at her home on October 14, 2019.
"My name is Sulli. Sul means snow and Li means a pear flower. So I'll probably reborn as a flower that is small but full of strong vitality." pic.twitter.com/de50d6PSVC
— – (@pciloey) October 14, 2019
Sulli Age
She was 25 years old. She was bloen on March 29, 1994, and died on October 14, 2019.
Sulli Early life, Parents, Education
Sulli was born on March 29, 1994, in Busan, South Korea. Her birth name was Choi Jin-RI; her given name meaning in English is "the truth". Her mother enrolled her in acting school at a young age. Sulli attended Jungbu Elementary School in Busan, Seoul Cheongdam Elementary School and then attended Chungdam Middle School. Sulli first came to Seoul in 2004 while in the fourth grade.
Sulli Career
our deepest condolences to our bright sulli. the woman who should and will be remembered as the one who wasn't afraid to fight for people's voices to be heard, as a strong, amazingly talented person and one of the kindest people to ever exist. she is an angel. rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/Lp4N6k1osf
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Acting Career;
Sulli was enrolled in acting school at a very tender age by her mother. In 2004, her family moved to Seoul while she was in the fourth grade. She began acting professionally at the age of 11, in 2005, playing the young Princess Seonhwa of Silla in the SBS drama Ballad of Seodong.
Before her debut as a child actress, her stage name was changed to Sulli at the suggestion of a reporter who felt her birth name was too Christian and that people from other religions would not like it.
Sulli continued to take on minor roles in television dramas and movies such as Vacation (2006), Punch Lady (2007), The Flower Girl is Here (2007) and BABO (2008). Leading roles; To the Beautiful You, The Pirates, Fashion King and Real (2017).
Singing Career;
Sulli attended an SM Entertainment audition, during which she sang the S.E.S. song titled Chingu (Friend). She was officially cast as an S.M. trainee and during the same year, moved into a dormitory with Taeyeon and Tiffany of Girls' Generation. She stayed there until the debut of Girls' Generation, in 2007. On September 5, 2009, she debuted as a member of the group f(x), with the single "La Cha Ta". In 2013, Sulli and groupmate Krystal Jung became the new faces of the makeup brand, Etude House.
Sulli Death, Sulli Cause of Death
sulli got so happy when wendy went there for and cheered on her even though they weren't that close. i really hope wendy is okay, my prayers go to her as well as to everyone sulli was close with. lets always remember her as an amazing inspirational artist. pic.twitter.com/WtpFhRIbC7
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K-pop star who had long been the target of abusive online comments was found dead at her home Monday, South Korean police said.
The body of Sulli, a former member of top girl group f(x), was discovered by her manager at her home on the outskirts of the capital, Seoul.
Police said in a statement that the 25-year-old had been suffering from "severe depression".
The exact cause of her death was still under investigation.
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The star, whose real name is Choi Jin-ri and had more than five million followers on Instagram
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Tone Your Trouble Spots
You want ripped abs, a firm buttocks, and toned thighs? These exercises will do the job. Now it's up to you.
By Martha Schindler
It's one of life's great injustices: Running-no matter how religiously you do it, and no matter how far or fast you go-doesn't guarantee you a sleek physique.
We've all seen the rail-thin champions, and probably have at least one running buddy who's built like a whippet. But we also know runners who are carrying more than an extra water bottle around their waists. Or who wouldn't be caught dead in a pair of tights.
"Runners are always amazed and frustrated when they can't get rid of those little stomach 'pouches,'" says Debbe Marano, a certified fitness instructor and personal trainer in New York City. Is this ringing a bell?
What you need is an overall conditioning program that builds muscle tone as well as endurance, strength, and flexibility. "The only way to eliminate those problem spots is to lower your total body fat and build muscle," says Marano.
More muscle makes it harder for fat to settle because your metabolism is higher. This means you can burn more calories even when you're not exercising.
But fat cells can be stubborn. And the truth is, it's almost impossible to "spot reduce" parts of your body. Yet you can condition the underlying muscles, which will increase your overall lean muscle mass and morph that flesh into toned, tight muscle.
Here we'll show you how to do exactly that. For each of four common problem areas-the stomach, thighs, buttocks, and arms-we offer an exercise you can do while running, an exercise you can do at the gym, and an exercise you can do at home. If none of these work to your satisfaction, we have a secret weapon guaranteed to do the job. Many runners are lean overall, but have a roll around their middle that refuses to shrink. It hangs around our torsos because we tend to have weak lower backs and abdominal muscles. And like everybody else in America, we're sick of doing situps. Some better options:
While you're running: Alternately tighten and relax your abdominals. Pretend you're clutching a dollar bill between your washboard abs, and hold it for a count of 10 seconds. Do this 10 to 20 times during two or three runs a week.
In the gym: On the hanging apparatus for abs, do a knee raise with a twist. With your forearms on the pads, grab the handles and let your body hang straight down. Slowly raise your knees until your thighs are just past parallel to the ground, and at the same time, rotate your torso and aim your right knee toward the left. Pause for a second, then slowly return to your original position. Repeat on the other side. Do sets of eight to ten.
You can also use a physio ball to do a reverse crunch. Lie flat on your back with your legs bent and your calves resting on the ball. Rest your arms flat on the floor by your sides. Slide your legs to the outside of the ball and squeeze it between your knees. Now lift the ball a few inches in the air, rolling your hips up slightly toward your rib cage. This should be a very small and controlled movement-your hips should only rise an inch off the floor. Return the ball to the floor, and repeat. Do sets of eight to ten.
At home: Try a crunch with a twist. Lie on your back with legs slightly bent and arms to your sides. Keeping your head and neck relaxed and in a straight line with your torso, exhale and contract your abdominals to bring your shoulders slightly off the floor. At the top of the crunch, rotate your torso so that your left hand reaches toward the outside of your right knee. Hold for a slow count of two. Inhale as you lower yourself to the starting position. Repeat 10 times on each side, eventually working up to 30.
Secret weapon: If you have access to a pool, try this "water torture" (yep, this one's going to be tough). Float on your back while holding a kickboard under your head and shoulders. Now use dolphin kicks (toes pointed, legs together) to propel yourself the length of the pool. Work up to 5 minutes. Most mortals can't get close to that at first, but eventually you will. And you'll have the ripped abs to prove it.
A.K.A: The Dreaded "Saddlebags"
The bane of many women, these extra pockets of flab can stubbornly endure miles and miles of running. This is because running doesn't tone that area. When you run, you exercise your quads and glutes (in front and back), but not the muscles that help you move from side to side. To bust those "bags," you'll have to pay extra attention to the muscles in your hips and upper thighs.
While you're running: Make time for lateral hops. During a run, find a safe place to stop momentarily. Pick an object to use as a visual marker, such as a pebble, stick, or leaf. Stand about a foot to one side of the object with your knees slightly bent, back straight, arms relaxed. Quickly jump sideways over your marker and then jump back, landing quietly and spending as little time on the ground as possible. Do this for 30 seconds, then continue on your way, stopping every 5 minutes to repeat.
In the gym: Do leg lifts. Strap on ankle weights (start with 5 pounds or less), and lie down on one side with your bottom leg bent at the knee and your top leg fully extended. Lift your top leg about a foot off the ground, then slowly lower it until your toe almost touches the floor. Repeat 15 to 20 times, then switch to the other leg. Work up to three sets for each leg.
At home: Try the boxer's sweep kick. Assume a boxer's stance, with your hands in front of your chin, elbows at your sides, left foot forward and right foot a few inches back, knees slightly bent. Balancing on your left leg, lift your right knee up and kick your foot straight out, "sweep" it around to the side, then back to the floor. Repeat 15 to 20 times with each leg.
Secret weapon: Buckle up your inline skates. Skating is a killer exercise for your thighs, especially if you squat down low. The lower you go, the more you'll challenge your legs. Be sure to push out to the side with each stroke, not down or back. If you don't have skates (or the weather is bad), replicate the motion on a slide board at the gym. Make it a workout by doing 1-minute sprints, with a 1-minute recovery between each.
Glutes get a workout from running, but if you're genetically predisposed, they're still a gathering place for excess fat. Maddening, for sure. If your derriere is bigger than you'd like, kick it into gear with some fancy footwork.
While you're running: Start skipping, which, unless you happen to be 8 years old, is going to be harder than you think (this means it's working). Every mile or so, skip like a schoolkid for a few hundred yards. Squat down low and leap up high to get the most out of the motion.
In the gym: Do standing jumps, a plyometric (explosive) move guaranteed to trim your backside. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, about 10 inches in front of a weight bench or step. Hold your arms at your sides. Squat slightly, then jump up onto the bench. Focus on landing in the center of the bench, feet flat, as quiet as a cat. Then jump back down to the starting position. This equals one. Do eight to ten at first, working up to 30.
At home: Do a plié squat. Stand with your feet a few inches wider than your shoulders, with your toes turned out at a 45-degree angle. Keep your knees slightly bent, and hold a 10-pound dumbbell in front of you. Bending your knees, lower your pelvis as if you're going to sit. Squat down until your thighs are parallel to the floor. Pause, then return to the starting position. Do sets of eight to ten.
Secret weapon: Try glute presses. Position yourself on all fours, but bend your elbows so that you're resting your upper-body weight on your forearms. Extend one leg behind you with your knee bent at a 90-degree angle, the sole of your foot parallel to the ceiling. Tighten your buttocks as you push your foot up just a few inches until your thigh is parallel to the ground. Return to the starting position and repeat 15 to 20 times. Switch legs and repeat. Work up to two to three sets for each leg.
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IRPA (acrònim de International Radiation Protection Association) és una associació independent i sense ànim de lucre de societats regionals i nacionals sobre protecció contra radiacions. IRPA és reconeguda per IAEA (Agència Internacional de l'Energia Atòmica) com una organització no governamental (ONG). IRPA va ser creada el 1965 a Los Angeles, EUA. Existeixen més de 50 associacions en 65 països amb 18.000 membres individuals.

Estructura
IRPA s'estructura en comissions, comitès, grups de tasques i treball :
 Comissions sobre publicacions.
 Comitè organisador de congressos internacionals.
 Comitè de programa de congressos internacional.
 Comitè d'inversions de Montreal.
 Comitè de pràctica i estratègia de protecció a radiacions.
 Comitè de normes.
 Comitè d'alerta de Sievert.
 Grup de tasques sobre seguretat de les fonts de radiació.
 Grup de treball sobre coneixement públic del risc de radiació.
 Grup de treball sobre qualificació i certificació de la protecció sobre radiacions.

Societats adherides

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 ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection)

Organitzacions internacionals d'estandardització
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The one thing about winter that is truly different to summer is that for months on end, you will most likely shut yourself inside your house to avoid the cold weather. Its common practice for humans to turn into hermit crabs during winter months, however with this practice comes some health hazards. The term "Spring Cleaning" comes from the need to clean the house after people have spent the entire of winter indoors, only leaving to go to work, or get supplies. Spring cleaning eliminates all that has been built up in the home through winter, from germs and sicknesses to mold, mildew, dust and other things that can only be eliminated with real life sunshine.
Spring cleaning is a thing, but the cleaning we should be performing yearly is the Autumn Cleaning. This process is of course known as preventative maintenance. Summer brings its fair share of dirt into the home. From leaving windows open for months on end, it invites tons of dust into your home to settle, and other things like trips to the beach fill your carpets with sand. So fall cleaning is where you prepare for winter by removing all the particles of summer fun that are leftover in your home.
The simplest way to begin your pre-winter cleaning binge is by setting a plan in place to action. Work out when you want to achieve your cleaning goals by, and make it happen. Some jobs can be quite time-consuming, but your health will thank you when winter comes.
Here is a checklist of things you should tend to before winter arrives.
If you are expecting a cold winter where you live, you don't really want to be out in the cold washing a garbage bin with a hose. The thought of getting wet in winter is enough to set a plan to clean and disinfect all your bins, including wastepaper baskets, kitchen and bathroom bins, and wheelie bins. Get these done before winter begins, and it will eliminate any germs left over from summer.
Once you've finished washing and disinfecting them, let the sun dry them out, as this will eliminate any other germs that may still be active.
As you did with your bins, do the same with toilet brushes and holders. These tend to be one of the items we don't clean, because we use them TO clean. Disinfect them and leave them in the sun to dry. If they have been well-used, it might be time to replace them.
The underside of furniture is often neglected when it comes to cleaning. Spiders love dark places and will create a happy home under the base of lounges, chairs, tables and cabinets. Vacuum and clean underneath to ensure they don't get hungry enough in winter to cause problems.
Clean the Tops of Doors, windows and art pieces.
A great time to get rid of the dust you don't normally see is right before winter. Dust can cause allergies to go crazy in winter and eliminating as much as possible before winter begins is the best thing you can do for your health, especially if you have allergy sufferers in the house. Everywhere and everything should be included in this plan. From books to computers, behind TVs and on top of paintings.
Clean behind and under the fridge.
Rodents love these spaces because food can often be left sitting underneath a fridge unnoticed for months. Move the fridge out from its space and thoroughly clean under and behind it.
Dirty windows can cut out much needed sunlight during winter, so clean your windows thoroughly.
They most likely won't get used much in winter, so clean them properly before they sit dormant for the next few months.
If you need assistance, give us a call!


Harvey & Company partnered with a Midwest-based private equity fund focused on tech-enabled, direct-to-consumer businesses to find new platform opportunities. Together, we identified Robb Report, a leading publication and advertiser of luxury consumer brands, as an attractive candidate. The privately-held company had weathered the economic recession with surprising resiliency, and had developed very strong brand recognition over the years. The sole owner was seeking a partner to help leverage the magazine's brand name and transition the business to a digital model. Harvey & Company initiated and co-invested in the recapitalization of Robb Report, providing the owner with substantial liquidity and a financial partner with expertise specific to the company's digital growth ambitions.
Robb Report is the international authority on the luxury lifestyle. In its digital and print forms, the media brand offers affluent consumers insights and detailed information designed to assist them in selecting only the most exceptional products and services in markets around the globe. Categories of coverage include automobiles, motorcycles, yachts, aircraft, art, fine dining, jewelry, watches, fashion, travel, homes, wines, spirits, cigars, and health and wellness.
Since the recapitalization, substantial resources have been invested into building out Robb Report's digital offering. The company is also considering acquisitions that fit with its luxury/lifestyle brand.


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How Pandemics Spurred Cities to Make More Green Space for People
From wider, tree-lined boulevards to lush parks, some of the world's most famous urban landscapes were shaped by 19th-century cholera pandemics.
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Cholera tore through New York City in the summer of 1832, leaving its victims with sunken eyes, blue skin, severe diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. It had swept from its origin in Asia and then made its way across Europe before arriving at New York's shores. It only took a matter of weeks for cholera to claim the lives of more than 3,500 of the city's 250,000 citizens (at a similar death rate, the fatalities in New York City would top 118,000 in 2020).
When cholera returned for a second round in 1849, the death toll exceeded 5,000 in the city. Throughout the 1800s, recurring cholera outbreaks left an indelible mark not only in terms of death counts but in spurring urban design elements such as wide boulevards and parks that transformed New York and other major cities into the iconic metropolises we know today.
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Cholera Is Blamed on 'Noxious Air'
Nineteenth-century cities were crowded, filthy places that provided the perfect breeding ground for diseases such as cholera. While garbage, animal manure and human waste flowed freely into drinking water sources, it was the pungent cocktail of odors they produced that many medical professionals blamed for spreading disease.
Public health officials adhered to an idea dating back to the Middle Ages that infectious diseases were primarily caused by noxious vapors known as "miasma" emitted from rotting organic matter. Miasma theory proponents advocated for better ventilation, drainage and sanitary practices to rid cities of foul-smelling, malevolent air. City leaders in New York, for instance, responded to cholera outbreaks by banishing 20,000 pigs from the heart of the city and constructing a 41-mile aqueduct system that delivered clean drinking water from north of the city.
"The fear of miasma probably made the most significant impact on the built environment in the wake of cholera and yellow fever epidemics," says Sara Jensen Carr, an assistant professor of architecture, urbanism and landscape at Northeastern University. "Chiefly, it drove massive infrastructural initiatives in emerging cities, such as the installation of underground wastewater systems. That infrastructure in turn often meant the streets above them were made straighter and wider, as well as paved over so they could more easily be washed down at the end of the day so piles of waste would not emit miasmic gases. Marshy areas of cities were also filled in, which allowed for the expansion of industry and housing as well."
Carr, author of the forthcoming book The Topography of Wellness: Health and the American Urban Landscape, says that while the familiar city street grid dates back to Ancient Rome, it grew in popularity because of the infrastructure improvements implemented in reaction to pandemics. Long, straight thoroughfares eliminated the pooling of fetid water in road curves and allowed for the installation of long drinking water and sewer pipes.
READ MORE: Pandemics That Changed History: Timeline
Central Park and Other Olmsted Park Plans Find Support
Frederick Law Olmsted, circa 1860s.
Another miasma theory devotee, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, advocated for the healing powers of parks, which he believed could act like urban lungs as "outlets for foul air and inlets for pure air."
"His writing often references the importance of large open spaces to allow people to access fresh air and sunlight, and discusses how air could be 'disinfected' by sun and foliage," Carr says. Planning for Central Park, which would be designed by Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, began in the immediate aftermath of New York's second cholera outbreak. Thanks to the success of that project, Olmsted, whose first child had died of cholera, went on to design more than 100 public parks and recreation grounds including those in Boston, Buffalo, Chicago and Detroit.
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Cholera Transforms London and Paris
A satirical cartoon showing the River Thames and its offspring cholera, scrofula and diphtheria, circa 1850s.
As cholera roared through London in 1854 and took the lives of approximately 10,000 of its residents, British physician John Snow mapped instances of the disease in one neighborhood and found a connection not to contaminated air, but to a public well contaminated by leaking sewage. That same year, Italian anatomist Filippo Pacini, isolated the bacterium that caused cholera, but it would be decades before the discovery was widely accepted.
In the interim, raw sewage continued to overflow into the River Thames, and in the summer of 1858 it caused the "Great Stink," an odor so repugnant it forced the closure of the Houses of Parliament and the construction of a modern sewer system that transported the city's waste far enough away from London that the river's tides took it out to sea. In addition, the muddy shorelines of the Thames were narrowed and replaced with embankments with riverside roads and gardens.
Across the English Channel, Emperor Napoleon III came to power in France in 1848 amid a cholera outbreak that took the lives of approximately 19,000 Parisians. An admirer of the parks and garden squares of London, the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte sought to remake Paris in the wake of the pandemic. "Let us open new streets, make the working class quarters, which lack air and light, more healthy, and let the beneficial sunlight reach everywhere within our walls," he declared.
Under the direction of Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French authorities tore down 12,000 buildings, built tree-lined boulevards and parks, erected fountains and installed an elaborate sewage system that transformed Paris into the modern-day "City of Light."
"Haussmann's plans were in part designed to bring fresh air and light into the dense urban grid, and were cited as such when inspiring the plans of Chicago and Washington, D.C.," Carr says, "but it should also be noted that Haussmann's long boulevards were also a convenient way to eliminate blighted housing, facilitate surveillance and deploy military quickly to all corners of the city."
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Talking to the Dead: How the 1918 Pandemic Spurred a Spiritualism Craze
When London Faced a Pandemic—And a Devastating Fire
How the US Pulled Off Midterm Elections Amid the 1918 Flu Pandemic
When World War I and Pandemic Influenced the 1920 Presidential Election


Those delightful hummingbirds that we love to watch need to have a food source to attract and keep them in our backyards. A special feeder that attracts them and the right kind of food is so vital. Male hummingbirds are territorial, so each spring it's important to be ready for their arrival. They will return to a great territory that has a good food supply. These tiny birds use a huge amount of the food they consume for their flying. Naturally, they eat flower nectar. So our feeders need to be kept filled with the special food that imitates nectar. Here are our favorites among the many feeders, food and extras, from our favorite online shopping source, Amazon. Just click on your choice to see more about it, purchase it, or browse more feeders and food for hummingbirds.


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Nali Group of companies has set the ball rolling in developing sports in the country following their announcement that they ready to venture into partnership with Be Forward Wanderers FC.
The announcement was made in Blantyre during luncheon ceremony which the company organized for Wanderers players at their Nali Lodge premises.
Nali Group of companies Director of Finance and Administration, Orpa Khoromana said they organized luncheon to Wanderers FC for grabbing the Wafa-Wafa Big 4 Football bonanza.
"We were part of sponsors in the bonanza, and we thought it wise to organize luncheon to Wanderers as a token of appreciation for their performance and winning the cup," said Khoromana.
She also said their company is ready to partner Wanderers FC, because they feel it's a big brand.
"Wanderers is a big brand with intelligent and ambitious officials. It is the wish of any company like ours to associate with this club, and we are ready to partner the club in any other way,"said Khoromana.
In his remarks, Be Forward Wanderers general secretary Mike Butao saluted Nali for their gesture and said it was a morale booster to their players.
"We salute what Nali has done to our players, and we are also ready to enter into any partnership with them," said Butao.
Also present during the luncheon apart from the players, were Be Forward Wanderers FC sponsors from Japan, Wanderers Trustees chairman Rashid Gaffar and executive committee members.
Nali group of companies consists of Nali Limited, Nali Lodge and Nali Motel. The company produces one of Africa's leading hot peri-peri sauce from Malawi.