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Bugatti Announces Partnership With Asprey London
by Bugatti
A new collaboration sees the creation of highly exclusive objets d'art masterpieces of the future. Invitation is now open at www.aspreybugatti.com.
Combining more than 352 years of heritage, the collaboration of the two superlative luxury brands originating from France and Great Britain sees the meeting of masters of their craft who have perfected their skills and innovative methods over multiple centuries.
Founded in England in 1781, Asprey has long been considered the pinnacle of luxury. Offering unique products, very often bespoke commissions completed in its famed workshops, Asprey caters to the most demanding and prestigious clients in the world, including royalty, heads of state, and international connoisseurs.
Asprey, like Bugatti, is dedicated to unparalleled focus, attention to detail, and a desire to achieve perfection. Asprey leads in continuously redefining luxury, in terms of quality, refinement, and innovation.
During the 19th century, whilst Carlo Bugatti was forging his way in the world of art and design with his creations, Asprey's craftspeople became globally recognized for supplying royalty with their luxury works. At The Great Exhibition of 1851 – the very first in a series of World Fairs that continue to thrive – Asprey was awarded the Gold Medal by Queen Victoria of England for its stunning collection of dressing cases.
United By Excellence
Technological innovation and the pursuit of perfection are what bind the two brands at their core. Throughout its history, from the record-breaking Type 35 racing car of the 1920s and 30s, through to breaking the seemingly unreachable 300 mph barrier with the Chiron Super Sport 300+, pushing the boundaries is in Bugatti's very nature.
Bugatti has always prided itself in partnering with like-minded brands that share the same values, and Asprey is no exception.
Celebrating its 240th anniversary this year, Asprey, too, remains at the pinnacle of luxury product re-invention and manufacturing, with the launch of the Asprey Digital Studio in 2021. Transforming classic designs into future heirlooms, Asprey can lay claim to centerpieces at prestigious museums as well as distinguished auction houses across the world.
Now, with the birth of a state-of-the-art Digital Studio, Asprey's traditional workshops are removing the boundaries for designers to create 21st-century chefs-d'oeuvre, incorporating the latest in design technology, whilst expanding and preserving the traditional handmade and artisanal abilities of its workshops.
With more details soon to be revealed, the maiden work of art born out of Bugatti's partnership with Asprey will be a one-of-one NFT with a sculpture of a famous Bugatti model, designed, developed, and crafted using cutting-edge production techniques at Asprey's new Digital Studio.
In the future, Bugatti owners and Asprey clients will be able to commission their own unique sculptures and be able to purchase limited editions and one-off pieces, each fused with NFT technology. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) provide each unique sculpture with a digital certificate of authenticity that also unlocks special Asprey content and features with a unique NFT Asprey roadmap.
Wiebke Stahl, Managing Director at Bugatti International, said: "Bugatti has an established history of partnering with renowned brands to create some truly exceptional and unique products. We believe that Asprey shares many of the fundamental philosophies that are deeply embedded within Bugatti's DNA.
Bugatti and Asprey both represent the rare combination of time-honored tradition, innovation, and groundbreaking technologies – qualities that overlap each brand's exclusive creations over hundreds of years. This is the beginning of an exciting chapter, and we are looking forward to sharing much more about our inaugural works of art."
Ali Walker, Chief Creative Officer at Asprey's Digital Studio: "Asprey and Bugatti's partnership is an extraordinary artistic collaboration. The meeting of two brands, respective national treasures, is a very exciting proposition.
We are creating something very special, and welcome all to register for an invitation on our microsite, which will have all the latest information, product drops, and innovative developments of this exciting partnership."
Tags: Ali Walker, ART, Asprey London, Bugatti, Carlo Bugatti, cars, Collaboration, Design, England, France, Great Britain, NFT, Queen Victoria of England, Wiebke Stahl
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Q: Divs Versus Tables with respect to performance I want to know which structure is better a div or a table with respect to the performance. It is difficult to work with divs rather than table. Then why use divs instead of tables
and also tell me where we should use tables and where the divs

A: Donald Knuth was once quoted as saying:

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%.

With respect to your question, in all but the most severe edge-cases where you cater to slow connections on archaic browsers, I would say the difference between divs and tables (in performance) is something that should not even be considered a factor.
Now, you say that it is more difficult to work with divs rather than tables (I thought so too when I started), but as you learn more css and how it works, you may have a change of mind. Divs+CSS are actually incredibly easy to work with and most importantly make your code maintainable, something that tabled layouts can never achieve (IMHO). Using Divs+CSS will--in the long run--save you a tremendous amount of time programming.

A: divs using un ordered lists with list items will give you cleaner code that you can maintain and upgrade for the future. also divs make better use of css which gives you more flexibility for styling and integration with javascript.  I never use tables and dont see any advantage to them.

A: Div is very simple. It will be easy to create complex structured web pages with div.
It would be great to use table for creating tabular data. For structuring a webpage I prefer Div Tags.

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This was an interim budget, because national elections are just three months away. So in fairness to the incoming new government, you cannot announce radically new initiatives on tax and spending. A budget proposal is a solemn parliamentary promise to the nation. But you can slip up here and there, and spend more than promised (called the fiscal deficit). But you can't handicap the incoming government with an impossible spending plan. Nevertheless, it was still tempting to the BJP government to use the budget to provide impetus to election prospects.
The backdrop to this budget also had some drama. The opposition Congress party had announced that it would bring in a Minimum Income Guarantee scheme. So there was competitive pressure on North Block to announce something similar, perhaps the much awaited Universal Basic Income (UBI). Secondly, there was the unemployment data brouhaha. Normally the result of this maiden employment survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Organization should have been released two months ago. But it was suppressed. Hence, the two remaining members of the Statistical Commission resigned in protest. Now this constitutional body is empty! And to add to the drama, the Business Standard managed to leak out the report and published it on the front page. It says that unemployment rate during 2017-18 was at a four decade high. And rural unemployment has peaked. The government does not agree (even though the NSSO the author of this report is part of the government). And finally, the revised GDP data of the past four years was released showing much higher rates of growth. So the GDP data was showing strong performance, even in the year of demonetization, despite weakness in employment, exports, credit off-take and private investment consumption.
Against this backdrop, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal presented his maiden budget. It is a fiscally expansionary budget with sops for farmers and the middle class.
The main beneficiaries of the fiscal expansion in this budget are small farmers and income-tax payers in the lower income categories. Almost 12 crore farm households, which own small parcels of land, will get annual income of Rs 6000 per household. This is a fiscal injection of nearly 75,000 crore. Secondly, all those with taxable income of less than Rs 5 lakh will have zero tax liability. Additionally, for the salaried and pensioner class, the minimum exemption has been increased by Rs 10,000. Together, these two will mean an injection of almost Rs 25,000 crore. Hence, these measures amount to a first-round impact of extra income of nearly Rs 1 lakh crore, or 0.6 percent of GDP into the hands of low income people. This will go toward consumption spending, not into savings. To that extent it will have a positive direct impact on GDP and also an indirect one, through second round multiplier effect. The introduction of an extensive social security for the unorganized sector is a step in the right direction. The government will make a matching contribution to the workers' own, into their retirement pension.
The government has achieved this with only a slight fiscal slippage. That's because the direct tax collections have been healthy and have grown at a rate higher than budgeted last year. Indirect taxes, i.e. GST has also grown faster. Not to forget that the government kept increasing the petrol and diesel excise. But a large part of the deficit is also hidden since it is not shown in government's own budget, but in borrowings of public sector enterprises.
Even so, there is an attempt to be fiscally prudent. The budget promises to increase overall spending slower than overall revenues. The FM said we will also try to reduce the debt to GDP ratio. GDP is expected to grow at 11.5 per cent, which translates into a real growth of around 7 or 7.5 per cent. India will continue to remain among the fastest growing economies. All eyes on the polls coming in three months.


In the structure of social system between China and America, have very different family values, which is caused by a basic reason of social and cultural differences between China and America. The foundation of China's social structure in the family, Chinese lacks the group life and family life, borrow the family and social organization, ablation between individual and group, so it is called the family - oriented society.
The family in China's traditional ideas is the basic unit of the society by marriage and blood ties to the parents, children and other relatives live in together. Chinese culture advocates "zunlaoaiyou", filial piety parents, people in China like to allow the elderly to enjoy the children around the knee with several generations of the happiness of a family union.
Chinese like extended family and now a lot of people especially men and the elderly are more likely to form the backbone of the family and to as the highest realm of filial piety, which fully reflects the Chinese family departmentalism, between people, especially between family members closely, everyone is a habit we live in a house, share of things at home, including home space, family fun, families in China which is compared to the family group living space rather than personal private space.
But also in the Chinese traditional family values, attach great importance to filial piety to parents, think this is the child should do. The foundation of Western society is that people. In the United States, the vast majority of family is a nuclear family consists of spouses and minor children they advocate personal freedom. This fully embodies the American individualism thought.
Americans respect for private space, individual rights, attach importance to the work of effect. The United States of America society is in accordance with the work of individual rights, the establishment of. They think it is family should not affect their own independent space, they are not used to share their own personal space and others, even if the other party is your family. American families mold the largest is the core of the family. Consists of father, mother and two or three children.
Usually have their own separate accommodations, other members of the family's economic independence. Relatives is still as a member of the family, but does not undertake directly-related members of the basic family obligations. The American family, many families are democratic, each family member can have a say, equal idea often exists in the American family, the parents of the children as good friends, couples often share household chores, youth can generally free choice of occupation and marriage object.
So we can see that the freedom and rights of the United States of America is the modern family pay attention to content from, this family values to the child more independent space, making the children no longer overly dependent on parents, but have their own ideas and thoughts.
American family values, not only the formation of human equality in the family, development and social system and social activities conducive to the outside of the home, the expansion of social cooperation.
Unlike the United States society, as a family of standard Chinese, the traditional society is based on the family as the center, and the organization according to the family ethics extended, because the family concept and family ethics observation and social organization, social relations with the social life and dealing with people, the ablation outside the family and the family social boundaries.
In fact, whether in China or the United States of America family values, we have to have exchanges accommodating heart, cannot worshipping foreign powers and roots, also cannot blind feudal and exclusive, in the cultural field in his avoidance self-sealing people, only into the horn and inextricably bogged down in.


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Christian Eriksen crosses the ball in from the free kick.
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Dusan Tadic leaves the field to be replaced by Sofiane Boufal.
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Shane Long takes a shot. Hugo Lloris parries the ball away.
Jack Stephens restarts play with the free kick.
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Christian Eriksen has an effort at goal and missed to the left of the net.
James Ward-Prowse slots the ball left footed into the goal. Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Southampton.Assist by Ryan Bertrand.
A cross is delivered by Soares Cedric.
Heung-Min Son challenges Maya Yoshida unfairly and gives away a free kick.
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James Ward-Prowse sends in a cross.
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Dusan Tadic takes a shot and goes harmlessly over the bar.
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Nathan Redmond goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
Victor Wanyama fouled by Nathan Redmond, the ref awards a free kick.
Christian Eriksen has an effort at goal. Maya Yoshida gets a block in.
Dele Alli fouled by Jack Stephens, the ref awards a free kick.
Foul by Mousa Dembele on Steven Davis, free kick awarded.
The ball is swung over by James Ward-Prowse.
Dele Alli takes the chance to get an effort at goal. Fraser Forster makes a save.
Christian Eriksen scores with a left foot finish. Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Southampton.Assist on the goal came from Mousa Dembele.
Header at goal by Heung-Min Son.
Free kick taken by Maya Yoshida.
Foul by Eric Dier on Nathan Redmond, free kick awarded.
Heung-Min Son takes a shot. Fraser Forster parries the effort to safety.
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diaspora* version 0.6.0.0 released!
August 27th marks four years since diaspora*, the open, privacy-oriented social network, was placed into the hands of its community by its founders. Four years of refactoring, fixing bugs, redesigning the interface and introducing new features. Since the last major release, 42 contributors have added 44221 lines of code and removed 38560 lines, which marks the release of diaspora* version 0.6 as the biggest version diaspora*'s community has ever released.
Our latest release contains an enormous number of changes, making huge improvements in user experience and optimizing the 'under-the-hood' code.
The user interface has been transformed, and now has a more modern, easy to use design. It is also customizable, with the introduction of color themes.
diaspora* now allows users to make their entire profile public. This way, we hope diaspora* can be more easily used as a window for organizations, or even be used as a blog.
It's now possible to display your posting location on an OpenStreetMap map.
Although still not fully polished, our real-time chat feature (based on XMPP) has also been improved in this version. Of course, it is completely open so you can chat with any other XMPP user within the integrated chat interface, or even outside diaspora* with an external XMPP client – convenient for when you're using your phone!
Talking of phones, diaspora*s mobile version hasn't been forgotten. It has also had an interface upgrade. It now displays polls and post location, and allows users to connect to external services (Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress, Tumblr) and edit their privacy settings. If you don't find our mobile interface works for you, switch to the 'desktop' interface – you'll find that it's now fully responsive to screen size and will look good on your phone!
Last but not least, we've been working hard to build the basis of a much-requested feature: an external API to help diaspora* interact with external applications! We're proud to announce that the first, important step in this direction has been taken: every diaspora* server now becomes an OpenID provider! Yes, you can now put a "Connect with diaspora*" button on your website ;)
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Florence Schaal est une journaliste française, née le . Elle a notamment travaillé à TF1 pendant 33 ans.

Biographie

Florence Schaal rejoint la rédaction de TF1 en 1975 puis elle présente les éditions du soir et du matin du journal télévisé de la première chaîne. Au sein de la rédaction, elle est correspondante à l'Assemblée nationale puis elle dirige le service Éducation avant d'effectuer une partie de sa carrière à l'étranger. En , elle couvre le début du putsch de Moscou contre Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, le dernier président de l'URSS. Elle couvre le 11 septembre 2001 à New York où elle est la première journaliste à entrer au Ground zero avec une équipe de tournage. Revenue à Paris, elle est nommée rédactrice en chef.

Elle est ensuite correspondante permanente à Moscou en 2004, date à laquelle elle couvre notamment l'élection de Vladimir Poutine et la prise d'otages de l'école de Beslan, dont elle tire un livre paru en 2005 Jamais je n'oublierai Beslan. Pour aider les survivants de Beslan, elle fonde l'association N'oublions pas les enfants de Beslan. En 2005, elle est correspondante à Londres pendant l'attentat du métro de Londres. le , elle participe à l'ouverture d'un centre psychothérapeutique pour les mères et les enfants survivants de Beslan.

Mère adoptive d'une petite Vietnamienne, elle publie un ouvrage sur l'adoption, « Recherche enfant passionnément » et signe un reportage en  pour Sept à huit sur une jeune fille philippine adoptée, considérée comme miraculée par les autorités catholiques.
Ses reportages ont reçu de nombreux prix : du Festival TV de Monte Carlo, de l'Unesco, le prix Média Environnement.

Le , se fondant sur la déclaration de pompiers, Florence Schaal a annoncé en direct dans le journal télévisé de 20 heures de TF1 la mort d'un garçonnet de deux ans et demi, à Verclause dans la Drôme, alors que l'enfant disparu depuis 48 heures venait d'être retrouvé sain et sauf. Après avoir été mise à pied, elle a été licenciée pour faute grave par TF1 au mois de septembre. Tout en reconnaissant que la faute était « flagrante et indiscutable », la Société des Journalistes de TF1 a qualifié de « disproportionnée » cette sanction. Se sentant prise pour un « bouc-émissaire », l'intéressée s'est dite quant à elle « stupéfaite et blessée par la dureté de cette sanction » . Le  la Commission paritaire arbitrale reconnaît qu'une faute a été commise mais que Florence Schaal n'aurait pas dû être la seule sanctionnée et qu'elle n'a pas commis de faute grave justifiant un licenciement pour faute grave. La société TF1 est condamnée à lui payer des indemnités de licenciement.

À la suite de cela, son employeur décide de faire appel du jugement (courant ). Florence Schaal décide alors de prendre son scooter pour envoyer un recommandé à Nonce Paolini, son responsable d'alors, et c'est sur le chemin qu'elle est percutée à l'arrière de son scooter. Son pronostic vital sera engagé avant que son état s'améliore.

Publications
Recherche enfant passionnément, éd. J.-C. Lattès, 1997, .
Jamais je n'oublierai Beslan : Chronique d'une correspondante à Moscou, éd. J.-C. Lattès, 2005,  : sur la prise d'otages de Beslan.

Notes et références

Journaliste française du XXe siècle
Journaliste française du XXIe siècle
Présentateur de journaux télévisés sur TF1
Naissance en août 1950

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31 Best art galleries in Sharjah
Many of us love traveling on the Wanderlog team, so naturally we're always on the hunt find the most popular spots anytime we travel somewhere new. With favorites like Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah Science Museum, and Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization and more, get ready to experience the best places in Sharjah.
We scoured through the internet and read through 5 reputable sites and blogs like Culture Trip and A blog about homes, trends, tips & life in the UAE | MyBayut so you don't have to! We gathered all the results in one place and ranked them by how many times they were mentioned so you know you're getting the best of the best. Just look for the "mentioned by" tags on each place like these:
Culture Trip — Sharjah's Must-See Contemporary Art Galleries And Museums
A blog about homes, trends, tips & life in the UAE | MyBayut — Top 10 Sharjah Museums: Sharjah Science Museum, Sharjah Art Museum & more – Bayut
Popxartist — Sharjah Art, Culture and Design
traveltriangle.com — Visit These 10 Top Art Galleries In Dubai To Feed You Mind And Soul With Ethereal Art!
Lovin Dubai — Six of the best Art Galleries in Dubai
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Sharjah Art Museum
Modern 3-story museum featuring stylish galleries with more than 500 pieces by Arab artists.
Barjeel Art Foundation is non-profit foundation based in UAE to manage, preserve and exhibit the personal art collection of Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi. The huge art space is located at Level Two Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Sharjah, UAE. The gallery seeks to establish itself as the largest source of contemporary art in the Arab world an in the global stage. They want to contribute intellectually to the art scene in Sharjah by building a space solely dedicated for the public to have an access to the important art collections in UAE.
Popxartist: Sharjah Art, Culture and Design
Al Shuwaihean - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://www.sharjahartmuseum.ae/
Sharjah Science Museum
Science Museums
Opened in 1996, this family-friendly science museum features interactive educational exhibits.
A wing of the Sharjah Art Museum, linked by two passageways, the Sharjah Museum for Arabic Contemporary Art offers a more targeted look at the region's contemporary art movement. Located near the centre of the city and behind an old souk in the Al Shwaihiyeen area, the museum's mission is to marry the artistic past of the UAE with its future. Dividing the work of Arab artists according to different attitudes and epochs, the museum also attempts to overcome stereotypes and misconceptions that Arabic art has little to feature in terms of 'plastic' (physical and visual) arts.
Culture Trip: Sharjah's Must-See Contemporary Art Galleries And Museums
Halwan SuburbAl Abar - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://www.sharjahmuseums.ae/
Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
Exhibits detailing Islamic civilization, from religious artworks to scientific discoveries.
Re-opened in a newly reconstructed space in 2008, Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization is one of the most important structures in Sharjah. Its brand new look and design is open for visit at the Sharjah Museums Department, PO Box 39939, Sharjah, UAE. The museum wants to provide the people a place where they will have the chance to explore about the culture and tradition of the Islamic art. They have the biggest collections of the Islamic artifacts from all over the world and they display, interpret, research and further develop the museum's collections for a wide range of local, national and international audiences.
Al SharqAl Nabba - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://sharjahmuseums.ae/ar-AE/Museums/Sharjah-Museum-of-Islamic…
Maraya Art Centre
Art center
Since 2010, Maraya Art Center has been delivering high-quality arts to the local community in the city. Its wonderfully furnished and well-organized art space is located at Al Qasba, Al Taawun Road, PO Box 62932, Sharjah, UAE. The Maraya Art Centre is now one of the UAE's most spectacular venues for contemporary visual arts. They want to establish a bridge between the local artists and the international scene by constantly promoting and nurturing them about the latest trends in the modern art world and by conducting regular shows and exhibitions in the gallery.
Al KhanAl Qasba - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://maraya.art/
Cuadro Fine Art Gallery
Contemporary art gallery & art book publisher holding short term exhibitions.
CuadroFine Art gallery, founded in 2008, separate themselves from the other spaces dotted throughout DIFC by focussing more on developing existing talent in the region, than attracting stars from overseas. With a mantra of "exhibitions, education, residency and consultation" the gallery even offers studio space to artists within the UAE, as well as promotion of their subsequent work. It is this kind of passion about the community in which it sits, that makes Cuadro one of the most interesting galleries to visit in the city, as the work exhibited inside is there because of reasons more than financial value, it's about what it means to people living in the UAE today.
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Trade Centre - DIFC - Dubai, United Arab Emirates•http://www.cuadroart.com/
Opera Gallery Dubai
Gallery showcasing emerging & internationally renowned artists including paintings & sculptures.
Offering a treat you senses, Opera Gallery features graffiti artists and the ones who are known for their quirky work. Positioned in the elegant DIFC, the gallery greatly supports notable contemporary artists including David Kim Whittaker, André Brasilier, Andy Denzler, Lita Cabellut, Joe Black, and Mike Dargas.In addition to this, the gallery endeavours to cushion the work of contemporary and modern artists while collaborating with art centres, museums, and foundations. Location: DUBAI. Gate Village Building 3, DIFC Po Box 506737 Dubai; DubaiTimings: Sun- wed:10:00 am – 10:00 pmThu:10:00 am – 12:00 pmFri: 2:00 pm – 9:00 pmSat: 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
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Gate Village, Building 3, 03 Sheikh Zayed Rd, Trade Centre - DIFC - Dubai, United Arab Emirates•http://www.operagallery.com/
Sharjah Classic Cars Museum
Museum showcasing more than 100 cars, motorcycles & bikes, with the earliest model dating from 1917.
Sharjah Classic Car Museum is the perfect spot to explore a wealth of exotic cars from the past. The museum opened in 2008 and it underwent major renovations in 2013. The museum is home to over 100 historical automobiles from different eras.
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Airport Rd، between the 4 th and 5th intersections, next to Sharjah International Airport, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•https://www.sharjahmuseums.ae/
Sharjah Maritime Museum
Modern space with exhibits on maritime trade & marine life, such as maps, ancient boats & artifacts.
The Sharjah Maritime Museum is for marine and history buffs who would love to know more about the marine heritage and history of the Arab and the UAE. The Sharjah Maritime Museum was established in 2003. The museum is home to a range of historical artefacts.
Al Khan - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://www.sharjahmuseums.ae/
Al Mahatta Museum متحف المحطة
Al Mahatta Museum is housed in the old Sharjah Airport building. The museum is a popular spot for those who want to know more about the history of aviation in the region. From the first landing on the moon to a number of different aircraft and major historical flights, the museum is a treasure chest of information for aviation enthusiasts.
Al Estiqlal St,Al Qasimia Area, Opp Sharjah Mega Mall, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://www.sharjahmuseums.ae/
Sharjah Heritage Museum
Emirati & Arab cultural museum with artifacts, textiles, dioramas & interpretive information.
The Sharjah Heritage Museum is a museum showcasing Emirati and Arab culture with several textiles, dioramas and textiles. Sharjah Heritage Museum is set in an 18th-century pearl merchant's house. The museum has six galleries where visitors can explore the different occupations, way of life, festivals and other forms of Emirati culture.
Al Shiokh - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://www.sharjahmuseums.ae/
Alserkal Avenue
Well-known hub of the contemporary arts scene boasting an evolving collection of galleries.
OK, so Alserkal Avenue in Al Quoz isn't strictly a gallery – per se – but it's home to a collection of some of the best in Dubai, and all within a hop, skip and a jump of each other. Citing itself as a 'community' it is the closest thing to an underground art scene that Dubai has. Think alternative and up-and-coming as opposed to some of the more established names.
17th St, Al Quoz - Dubai, United Arab Emirates•http://www.alserkalavenue.ae/
XVA Gallery
Refined art gallery tucked in the elegant XVA Hotel & Cafe showcasing contemporary pieces.
Positioned in the splendid quarters of Dubai, XVA is one of the most famous art galleries in the Middle East. Curated in 2004, the galley is popular for its contemporary art influenced from various Arab countries. Here, you will get to see the artwork with diversified cultural identities.
Al Fahidi Neighborhood, 312th Road, Al Fahidi St, Dubai, United Arab Emirates•http://www.xvagallery.com/
Meem Gallery
Unassuming, high-end store specializing in modern & contemporary Arab & Iranian art.
Located in Al Quoz, the Meem Gallery was founded in 2007 by Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, Mishal Hamed Kanoo and Charles Pocock and is another champion of contemporary artists in and from the Middle East. With their most recent exhibition being a solo show by Texas-based, Iraqi artist Nazar Yahya, which explored "Andalusian-Arab heritage, the idea of history and how it can come to be re-examined" - thought provoking stuff, we're sure you'll agree. Like all good galleries, they also have a pretty good shop, though you're more like to find original art pieces costing a few thousand dollars, than a cheap postcard.
Umm Suqeim St, Dubai, United Arab Emirates•http://www.meemartgallery.com/
Ayyam Gallery
If you are an avid contemporary art lover, then don't miss visiting Ayyam Gallery. With a non-profit outlook, the gallery strives hard to take the art to the next level. It greatly manages to polish the careers of emerging as well as established artists.
Unit B11, Alserkal Avenue Exit 43 of SZR, Discovery Gardens Street 8, Dubai, United Arab Emirates•http://www.ayyamgallery.com/
Sharjah Calligraphy Museum
Polished gallery with old-fashioned writing instruments & artwork featuring Arabic calligraphy.
If you're a fan of Islamic and Arabic calligraphy, the Sharjah Calligraphy Museum is a must-visit for art buffs. The wide range of artistic calligraphy masterpieces include works from renowned international and local calligraphers. The calligraphy is done on canvas, wood, skin and ceramic with works dating as early as Kufic scripts.
Bait Al Naboodah
Bait Al Naboodah Museum is located in the heart of Sharjah, a dedicated location featuring the best Sharjah museums and heritage sites in the city. The museum once served as the main residence of a prominent pearl merchant Al Naboodah. The museum is housed in a glorious building dating back to 1845.
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://www.sharjahmuseums.ae/
Sharjah Archaeology Museum
The Sharjah Archaeological Museum has mesmerising exhibits with varying displays of pottery, weapons, animal figures and jewellery dating back to the early Stone Age. The tombs, mud bricks and figurines indicate the lifestyle of the people in the golden days. The industrial artefacts depict the transition of the society from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age.
Sharjah Science Museum Center, Behind Sharjah Television Building, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saqr Al Qasimi St, Dasman - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://sharjahmuseums.ae/
Sharjah Art Institute
Arts organization
Established in 2009, The Sharjah Art Foundation seeks to carry forward the mission of the Sharjah Biennial. The wonderfully designed space can be visited at Sharjah Art Museum, PO Box 19989, Al Shuwaiheen, Arts Area, Sharjah. The foundation wants to enrich the art scene in Sharjah by nurturing the artistic skills and abilities of the people who have great passion for the arts.
Sharjah Art Foundation. Al Shuwaiheen, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Sharjah Art Foundation - Al Mureijah Art Spaces - Al Mureijah Square
Made up of five multi-functional spaces, Sharjah Art Foundation is located in the Heart of Sharjah, a central area of the city regarded as an urban representation of Sharjah's built-up identity. As such, the SAF creates a space to examine this distinct urban physicality and to invigorate both the area and its involvement in the contemporary arts. A wide range of interiors and exteriors can be seen, each with a distinct spatial and atmospheric quality that has attracted site-specific works by artists such as Francis Alÿs, Gabriel Orozco, Wael Shawky and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian.
Corniche St, Al Mareija - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Gallery One Workshop
This is an amazing place to grab some souvenirs and gifts for your loved ones. Although the gallery is pretty small, you will find numerous cute stuff here such as flip books, posters, notecards, and more. The Impressive artworks done by both well-known and flourishing artists.
Plot # 369-933 Street # 26, Al QuozAl Quoz Industrial Area 4 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Showcase for local, regional & international Middle Eastern artists, hosting temporary exhibitions.
Housing exceptional work of local as well as international artists, The Third Line draws the attention of art lovers from across the globe. The gallery conducts non-profit alternative programmes to promote art in the region. Moreover, the gallery also emphasizes on publish books of various renowned artists such as Laleh Khorramian, Farah Al Qasimi, Abbas Akhavan, and more.
Unit H 78, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates•http://www.thethirdline.com/
Elmarsa Gallery
Opened in 1994, this gallery mainly focuses on the talents of local artists. While providing a great platform for artists around the Middle East, the gallery binds the region with the beauty of art. With a novel approach, the talented masters leaves no stone unturned to impress the visitors who come to see their surreal art.
Unit 23, Alserkal Avenue, 17th St, Al Quoz 1 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates•http://www.galerielmarsa.com/
Lawrie Shabibi
Contemporary works by Middle Eastern & North African artists showcased in a minimalist space.
Prioritizing the growth of Middle Eastern and North African Artists, Lawrie Shabibi is one of the most famous art galleries in Dubai. Moreover, this is also touted as a renowned gallery in the annual Art Dubai event that captivates the attraction of art lovers from all across the world. The gallery keeps connecting the artists with the public and also hosts screenings and talks.
Al Quoz 1, Al Serkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates•http://www.lawrieshabibi.com/
Green Art Gallery
Started off with a petite art gallery, Green Art Gallery is now one of the most well-known art galleries in Dubai owing to its dedication towards authentic artwork. The gallery mainly emphasizes on contemporary art from South Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. Numerous skilled artists showcase their exceptional artwork at this world renowned gallery.
8 17th St, Al Quoz - Dubai, United Arab Emirates•https://www.gagallery.com/
Tabari Artspace Gallery
Another slick addition to DIFC's huge art offering is Artspace: a gallery that was founded in 2003, and is dedicated to promoting contemporary Middle Eastern art to the world. So dedicated, in fact, that in 2012 they opened a London branch to further bridge the cultural gap between east and west. Their most recent exhibition features the fascinating work of Syrian painter, Saad Yagan, who is widely regarded as a key member of the development of contemporary art in Syria.
Podium level, DIC Building @3, DIFC, Building 3 Gate Village, Dubai, United Arab Emirates•https://www.tabariartspace.com/
Sharjah Art Foundation - Bait Obaid Al Shamsi
Once again clustered in the Arts Area of Sharjah near the main museum, Bait Obaid Al Shamsi is a restored creek-side house that has become a hotbed of artists' studios, workshops and small galleries. All gathered around a wide, traditional courtyard, exhibitions here appear seasonally. However, as the primary venue for the Sharjah Biennial, the importance of this venue cannot be overstated.
Corniche St, Al Shuwaihean - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://sharjahart.org/
Sharjah Art Foundation - Collections Building
The Orientalist collection of His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi was once housed here in Al Shuwaiheen, but since those works can now be found on the second floor of the Sharjah Art Museum, the Collections Building has long been free to feature more contemporary art. As yet another venue for the Sharjah Biennial (among other exhibitions, workshops and events), the collections building has featured works as diverse as the video installations of Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri, Ziad Antar's strikingly simple Portrait of a Territory and the rows upon rows of flag-sewing machines that make up N.S.
Al Shuwaiheen Arts Area, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://sharjahart.org/
Sharjah Art Foundation - Bait Al Serkal
A former home of the British Commissioner for the Arabian Gulf, and later a hospital where many prominent residents were born, this 19th-century building is embedded within the history of Sharjah. Restored in the early 1990s, the building now continues its public role as a venue for the Sharjah Biennial as well as changing exhibitions and workshops. The historic three-storey building boasts a total area of 2600 square meters, and an interior courtyard of around 440 square meters – it's a small wonder that so many impressive pieces of art have worked so well within the space.
Al Shuwaihean - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://sharjahart.org/
Picture frame shop
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Le Cadre is a unique art gallery in Sharjah that promotes contemporary art and design. Its beautiful building is located at Shed No 1 & 2, Al Wahda Street – Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Le Cadre has established itself as one of the top galleries in Sharjah.
Shed No 1 & 2, Al Wahda Street, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Emirates Fine Arts Society
The Emirates Fine Arts Society is a non-profit organization launched in 1980. Its airy and cozy environment is situated at Al Shuwaihean – Sharjah – United Arab Emirates. The organization seeks to develop fine art, to nurture young talent and to present artists in the UAE to the international arena of the arts.
Heritage Building, Arts Square، Al-Shuwaheen Area, 113 Corniche St, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://www.artsuae.ae/
Shape Architecture Practice And Research
Engineering consultant
SHAPE Architecture Practice and Research was established in 2006 by Abdullah. It is located at Industrial Area 15 – Sharjah – United Arab Emirates. The firm is dedicated to set an example of excellence in design in the Middle East.
Team Business Center, Office 205, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates•http://www.shape.ae/
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What's the weather like in Sharjah?
It depends on when you visit! We've compiled data from NASA on what the weather is like in Sharjah for each month of the year: see the links below for more information.
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At Murray Hyundai Winnipeg, usually we're doing our best to provide you with a premium new or certified pre-owned vehicle. Now it's time to turn the tables! We're looking to buy your used vehicle. We will buy any vehicle. It doesn't matter if it has dents or scratches, or how many kilometers it has on the odometer. We want to buy your vehicle! If you've been trying to sell your used car on the open market for a while and haven't had much luck in the way of interest or acceptable offers, our experts at Murray Hyundai Winnipeg would love to give you an appraisal!
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A red morning sky tells sailors that bad weather lies ahead. Project RedSky is our way of making all the bad weather days rideable, no, not just rideable, maximally rideable, lovable, to turn those rainy, snowy, off days into your favorite days to be out on the bike.
Tire Choices: From a 23c road slick to a 33c knobby and everything in between, the RedSky is even more versatile than a true cyclocross bike. On 33c tires, clearance is limited, but tire option versatility will be appreciated in some riding conditions. True tire clearance depends on measured tire width, rim width, and brake caliper choice. Perhaps most importantly, the RedSky can also fit studded tires.
All Weather: Designed to fit fenders with up to 28c tires.
Optimal Handling: Seven's 5E fork allows for matching the fork rake to the frame geometry so there's no compromise to the bike's front end handling.
Hidden Fender Mounts: At dropouts and chainstay bridge. The mounts are there when you want them, but hidden when you don't.
Travel Bike: Simple brake system makes for fast, easy, and lightweight bike travel.
Overall, the Redsky provides you most of the benefits of an Evergreen — a versatile mixed-terrain disc brake bike — while being as light as a pure performance road bike. Designed specifically for harsh environments, the RedSky loves the rain, sleet, and even snow and ice. Boston sees an average of 80 rain days a year; why miss that many days of riding?
The RedSky will make everyday a riding day.
What defines RedSky is its versatility. No other rim brake bike offers the same breadth of tire choices, rack and fender options, lighting possibilities. We'll show you, in the coming days, just a few of the ways you can build your Seven RedSky.
Keith was looking for a bike that could be everything — daily commuter through Brooklyn and Manhattan, upstate dirt crusher — a bike that would look good, and ride even better.
The Evergreen was the best platform for this super-build.
The first bike we built for Keith, a couple years ago, was a custom painted Parlee. Titanium frames are magic, so we didn't need any paint on the Evergreen. The Chris King Turquoise kit gives the bike just the right amount of zing. To give the bike a well rounded personality, we laced the hubs to Hed Belgium Plus rims. The wheels can take a 25mm race tire, or a 35mm plushy deluxe (the Compass Bon Jon Pass will be nice). The Evergreen's personality changes right with the tires.
Next up, Keith puts the bike through its paces in the Berkshires. Can't wait.
This is Harald's Cafe Racer S, built with our good friends at Wheat Ridge Cyclery in Wheat Ridge, CO.
There is a lot going on here, including a belt-drive Shimano Alfine 11 drive train, a custom, Ti cockpit, handbuilt wheels with dynamo front hub, disc brakes and matching Brooks saddle and grips. This is a serious commuter/touring machine.
See more Cafe Racer builds here and here.


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 Laryssa Petriwna Kossatsch (1871–1913), ukrainische Dichterin, Dramaturgin und Übersetzerin, siehe Lessja Ukrajinka
 Olha Kossatsch-Krywynjuk (1877–1945), ukrainische Schriftstellerin, Literaturkritikerin, Übersetzerin, Lehrerin, Bibliografin, Ethnografin und Ärztin
 Olha Petriwna Kossatsch (1849–1930), ukrainische Schriftstellerin, Journalistin und Ethnologin, siehe Olena Ptschilka
 Petro Kossatsch (1842–1909), Staatsrat, Anwalt, Pädagoge und Philanthrop


 Judges 20:38 Interlinear: And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush -- their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city.
Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city.
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
Meanwhile, the army of Israel had arranged to signal their soldiers who had been hiding in ambush by sending up a cloud of smoke from the city.
Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush -- their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city.


A facile and low cost method for the synthesis of self-assembled nanoparticles (NPs) with minimal size variation and chemical waste by using reactive inkjet printing was developed. Gold NPs with diameters as small as (8±2)nm can be made at low temperature (120 °C). The size of the resulting NPs can be readily controlled through the concentration of the gold precursor and oleylamine ink. The pure gold composition of the synthesized NPs was confirmed by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS) analysis. High-resolution SEM (HRSEM) and TEM (HRTEM), and X-ray diffraction revealed their size and face-centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure, respectively. Owing to the high density of the NP film, UV/Vis spectroscopy showed a red shift in the intrinsic plasmonic resonance peak. We envision the extension of this approach to the synthesis of other nanomaterials and the production of tailored functional nanomaterials and devices. Midas touch: The use of low-cost manufacturing approaches in the synthesis of nanoparticles is critical for many applications. Reactive inkjet printing, along with a judicious choice of precursor/solvent system, was used to synthesize a relatively uniform assembly of crystalline gold nanoparticles, with diameters as small as (8±2)nm, over a given substrate surface. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH.
Synthesis of stabilizer-free gold nanoparticles by pulse sonoelectrochemical method.
Synthesis and characterization of PbSe nanoparticles obtained by a colloidal route using Extran as a surfactant at low temperature.
Large-scale synthesis of copper nanoparticles by chemically controlled reduction for applications of inkjet-printed electronics.
Control of chemical kinetics for sub-10 nm Cu nanoparticles to fabricate highly conductive ink below 150 °C.
Rapid green synthesis of gold nanoparticles using Rosa hybrida petal extract at room temperature.


The red stripe Nicki Baby is a cuddly baby wearing a one piece sleeper suit and colorful matching hat. Nicki babies are extra sweet to cuddle and carry and can be posed since they are stuffed with quartz sand and wool. Facial features have been individually hand painted. A perfect, safe companion for a new baby makes an excellent gift. All natural materials, it contains cotton and wool from biologically controlled farms.


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All Those Images
"Now all that is no more. Now those mountains and deserts are just things, information stocked in my memory. Now that I'm traveling this road through the past, I'm sorry I was that man, that narrow-minded Legionnaire. What did I see of wild camels, of shepherds appearing from nowhere, women in bright colors in fields of stone, all those images?"
---Galoup, Beau Travail
On Children of Paradise
This week the good people at The Criterion Collection are releasing a new Blu-Ray edition of one of my favorite movies, Marcel Carné's Children of Paradise, so this seems like a reasonable time to rerun something I wrote a year and a half ago over at the Metro Classics website, back when Metro Classics existed. Back when the Metro existed.
I first learned of Children of Paradise when, back in 1998 (pre-internet and stranded in Spokane, my home town) I read in the newspaper(!) a response to the AFI's recently published Top 100 American Films of All-Time list. The writer, whose name I don't recall, but I believe he wrote for a paper in Arizona, made a list of the top 100 foreign language films to counter the blinders imposed by the AFI's mission (they are the American Film Institute, after all. Which I guess they interpret as being the Institute for American Film, as opposed to the American Institute for Film). Children of Paradise was #2, as I recall, behind only Jean Renoir's The Rules of the Game (which was coincidentally our last Metro Classic, last December).
Living in Spokane, the film was unsurprisingly unavailable at my local video stores, whose foreign film selections tended to consist entirely of the major works of Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman, Gerard Depardieu and the dubbed Jackie Chan. But, knowing I would soon be moving to Seattle, I clipped the list out of the paper as a guide to future viewing.
When I did move here, the first thing I did after unpacking my mom's minivan was walk the two blocks to Cinema Books. After pouring over the packed shelves for an hour or so, I left and walked a further block to Scarecrow Video. I spent a couple of hours wandering the stacks wide-eyed and open-mouthed. I was like Lawrence catching his first glimpse of the Suez Canal after wandering the Sinai for days. I didn't buy anything at Cinema Books, or rent anything at Scarecrow that first day: I was too intimidated. But I woke up early the next day (and by "early" I mean around noon) and tried again. My initial stack of videos from Scarecrow was about twice as many as one was allowed to rent, so I had to put several back on the shelves. But one of the ones I kept was Children of Paradise. I watched it that afternoon (loved it!) and the next day I went to Cinema Books at bought the BFI monograph on the film by Jill Forbes (one of the first of many previously unavailable cinema books now lining my bookshelves).
But I hadn't watched the film again since then. A few years ago I bought the Criterion DVD, but it had been gathering dust until last week. I was afraid that my love of the movie was more about the context in which I watched it, both the novelty of the big city and as one of my first steps into serious cinephilia. I'd toyed with the idea of trying to get my wife to see it, but the prospect of a three and a half hour black and white French film about mimes in the 19th Century is kind of a tough sell. For the same reason, I've been reluctant to try and play it as a Metro Classic. Well, I'm happy to report that the film is just as great as I remember it. And while it may not be the second greatest foreign film of all-time, it's still pretty awesome and is certainly the best film I've seen from 1945.
As novelistic as any film ever made (the common comparison has been to call it the French response to Gone with the Wind) it chronicles the complex love pentagon around the beautiful Garance (played by Arletty, who was shortly to be imprisoned for having an affair with a German officer during the war). She's loved by the roguish, womanizing aspiring actor Frédérick Lemaître, the villainous thief Lacenaire, the shy and sensitive mime Baptiste and a rich aristocrat. The first hour and 15 minutes of the film is breathtaking in the scope of its storytelling despite taking place entirely in the course of a single day. Carné and his accomplished screenwriter, Jacques Prévert, introduce every major character, theme and relationship in the film while creating a fully detailed and realized world for those relationships to intersect within.
The film is structured almost entirely as a series of one-on-one conversations, intercut with performance footage of the actors at work (most memorably Baptiste's pantomimes and Frédérick's improvised, and crowd-pleasing mutilation of the terrible play he's starring in). Every major character gets a scene with every other character, so in addition to the dramatics of the love triangle, and the fascinating of the details of 19th century theatre, we get to see a whole range of human interaction. Whereas Gone with the Wind, to the benefit of the kind of story it's telling, I think, remains resolutely focused on its heroine's point of view, with every scene and most every conversation being about her, Garance at times fades into the background of Children of Paradise, allowing the men to become as fully realized as she is, if not more so. The difference is that between creating a great character and a great world.
After the first third, the film is not quite as remarkable. The relations and complications introduced in that first day play out, first a few weeks later, with Garance and Frédérick living together and performing in Baptiste's pantomime and then years later when Garance returns to Paris after running away with the aristocrat. In the end, everyone meets and talks with everyone else, some people die and everyone is unhappy except the audience, the true residents of Paradise. (Literally, that's what they called the theatre balcony).


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Tingley Rubber family and employees along with award presenters and Rothman Institute's Dale Caldwell (far right).
Rothman Institute's Family Business Awards – Annual Sales/Revenues of $10 Million and Over
Twelve multi-generational family businesses were honored recently by the Rothman Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fairleigh Dickinson University during the institution's 26th annual New Jersey Family Business of the Year Awards. The event, held at the Crystal Plaza in Livingston, recognized the significant contributions to the economy and community made by those businesses and families.
According to Master of Ceremonies Sally Glick, principal and chief growth strategist at the accounting firm Sobel & Co., the New Jersey Family Business of the Year Awards program, throughout its entire 26-year history, has nominated and recognized 1,071 companies, honored 250 semi-finalists, 130 finalists and 54 category winners, and generated event proceeds that are applied toward entrepreneurial scholarships at Fairleigh Dickinson University ($150,000 has been raised toward the scholarship fund).
Dale Caldwell, Ed.D., the new executive director of the Rothman Institute at Fairleigh Dickinson University, said, "The Institute has been the leading center in helping family businesses solve challenging issues for more than 26 years. Our mission is to promote, support and research entrepreneurship, with a special focus on family businesses and veterans."
The profiles of the honorees in the "Businesses with Annual Sales/Revenues of $10 Million and Over" category are below. Click here to see the winner and honorees for the "Businesses with Annual Sales/Revenues up to $10 million."
Category Winner: Tingley Rubber
Tingley Rubber traces its roots to 1896 when Charles O. Tingley invented the bicycle tire plug to repair flat tires. To sell his product, he rode his bicycle from Rahway, Union County, north to New England, west to Buffalo, and south to Pennsylvania. His bike journey brought him to customers and demonstrated the need for his product. ln 1911, Charles' son-in-law, William McCollum, Sr., joined the business, which soon added automobile blow-out patches to the product line. ln 1929, McCollum bought the Reliance Rubber Company, which manufactured plumbing supplies and other molded rubber products. William McCollum Jr. joined the company in 1937 and began designing and manufacturing men's rubber overshoes – still one of the company's most popular products. Bill Jr.'s younger brother, Jim, joined the company in 1950 and eventually succeeded Bill as chairman. The company continues to grow with fourth generation and current chairman Bruce McCollum, and fifth generation J.B. McCollum at the helm. After 122 years, Tingley is a world leader in protective apparel and footwear.
Alfred Sanzari Enterprises
Alfred Sanzari Enterprises, founded in 1945 by Alfred N. Sanzari, began as a sheet metal subcontracting firm built on self-reliance, hard work, fiscal responsibility and integrity. Seventy-three years later, these practices remain the cornerstone of the company's philosophy as it has grown into one of New Jersey's premier real estate developers, owners and managers of commercial, residential and hospitality real estate. Alfred was joined in the business by his two sons Ben, vice president (1967), and David, president/CEO (1972), followed by the third-generation Ryan, COO, in 2011. A key ingredient in the success of the business is its ongoing commitment to enhancing the quality of life for residents in the communities in which the business is active. ln 2013, the company built a public garden dedicated to the city of Hackensack, and supports the Suites on Second Suite project at the Audrey Hepburn Children's House at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center, providing space for families of pediatric patients.
Unique Photo
Unique Photo was founded 71 years ago by Bernard Sweetwood and his wife Harriet, as a wholesale photographic supply store. Bernard and Harriet's sons, Jonathan and Matthew, grew up in the business, eventually taking over after obtaining advanced degrees from Seton Hall University and the University of Pennsylvania. Becoming the largest distributor of Westinghouse flash bulbs, the business was hugely successful and saw film sales explode. As digital photography began to change the marketplace, the Sweetwoods changed their business model, moved to Florham Park and opened a retail outlet. "Unique University" was also introduced to provide photography education and photo excursions. Alexander Sweetwood, a third-generation family member, was named president in 2015. His brother Jack and cousin Zak also hold company positions. Unique Photo supports a variety of charitable organizations such as The Michael J. Fox Foundation, Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of NJ, and sponsors NJ Monthly magazine's Cover Photo Contest.
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My Limo
My Limo was founded in 1962 when Philip Gogel returned home disabled from the Korean War with not much more than determination and grit. He began selling spark plugs. The good news was they were easy to sell, so, Gogel was able to continually expand his business. Eventually, he bought a gas station where his sons helped pump gas, change tires and fix cars. ln 1980, when son Howard graduated from college, his father refinanced the building and sold it to him and his brother Stuart. They bought a limousine, rented and washed cars and changed tires. As a result of these services, My Limo was founded in 1983. With disruptors like Uber and Lyft, the company today is committed to differentiating itself with a strong emphasis on the customer experience. Stewart's three children (third generation), Jason, Coreen and Kevin, currently work at the company. The Gogel family believes in upward mobility for all their employees and promotes from within.
Parker lnterior Plantscapes
Parker lnterior Plantscapes was founded as a wholesale market in 1948 by Leonard and Beatrice Parker. The couple stayed in the business for 39 years until their sons, Richard and Steven, took over. Steven changed the business into a retail garden center and growing facility. Richard and his wife Vicki have been joined by their son Nathan, who will soon take over the reins. The family business has grown into a far-flung, multi-state enterprise of greenhouses, farms and more. The Parker organization has earned a reputation for hard work and top-quality performance, stepping into assignments when other contractors were unable to complete large or complex installations. Today, Parker stands as the largest privately-owned interior landscape company in the nation. It is unconstrained by horticulture convention and has pioneered many industry firsts, including the successful large commercial use of self-watering systems, customized boxes to hold plants without damaging them, commercial indoor use of large preserved plants, and franchising of the interior Plantscape business.
Spectra Colors Corp.
Spectra Colors Corp. was founded in 1987 when Luis B. Marrero ventured out on his own after working in the pigment and dye manufacturing industry. He saw a niche opportunity to focus on small- to medium-sized clients while providing a high degree of service and customization. Today, the company enjoys a strong reputation for its commitment to quality, service and innovation. Some 11 years ago, Luis' daughter, Alexis, started her career at Spectra, holding positions in every company department. Alexis' interest in international business has been integral to company growth since Spectra now derives 30 percent of its revenue from international customers. Luis' nephew, German Pellot, and niece, Veronica Pellot, are both committed to Spectra and are actively involved in the company. Spectra has experienced difficulties, but its commitment to honesty, employees and clients has gotten it through hard times. When the company was faced with a two-week shutdown due to Hurricane Sandy, its employees came to work ready to do what was necessary to get Spectra up and running again.
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Sulfanilamide is a molecule containing the sulfonamide functional group attached to an aniline.
For the treatment of vulvovaginitis caused by Candida albicans.
Sulfanilamide is a sulfonamide antibiotic. The sulfonamides are synthetic bacteriostatic antibiotics with a wide spectrum against most gram-positive and many gram-negative organisms. However, many strains of an individual species may be resistant. Sulfonamides inhibit multiplication of bacteria by acting as competitive inhibitors of p-aminobenzoic acid in the folic acid metabolism cycle. Bacterial sensitivity is the same for the various sulfonamides, and resistance to one sulfonamide indicates resistance to all. Most sulfonamides are readily absorbed orally. However, parenteral administration is difficult, since the soluble sulfonamide salts are highly alkaline and irritating to the tissues. The sulfonamides are widely distributed throughout all tissues. High levels are achieved in pleural, peritoneal, synovial, and ocular fluids. Although these drugs are no longer used to treat meningitis, CSF levels are high in meningeal infections. Their antibacterial action is inhibited by pus.
Sulfanilamide is a competitive inhibitor of bacterial enzyme dihydropteroate synthetase. This enzyme normally uses para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) for synthesizing the necessary folic acid. The inhibited reaction is normally necessary in these organisms for the synthesis of folic acid. Without it, bacteria cannot replicate.
Sulfonamides are absorbed through the vaginal mucosa. There are no pharmacokinetic data available describing how much of an intravaginal dose reaches the systemic circulation.
Oral, mouse LD50 = 3700 mg/kg; Intravenous, mouse LD50 = 621 mg/kg; Oral, rabbit LD50 = 1300 mg/kg. Side effects include itching, burning, skin rash, redness, swelling, or other sign of irritation not present before use of this medicine and long-term use of sulfonamides may cause cancer of the thyroid gland.
Donald R. Randell, Emyr Phillips, "Anthraquinone sulphonamide compounds and preparation." U.S. Patent US4276224, issued May, 1937.
Current data regarding this enzyme inhibition are limited to one in vitro study.


Talking about a platform that is about social media and microblogging, then Tumblr is the best option. One can access short articles, videos and other interesting content that one actually wants to see now a day. Basically, we can say that every entertainment-related content that you actually need now a day; you can get that on Tumblr. Now, if you get to download the content that you actually want or like, what is better than that? So, one should focus on finding the best Tumblr video downloader, especially for Mac. Here, we will be discussing one of the best video downloaders for Tumblr, but before that, let us know what is Tumblr?
It could be understood by a platform that has a lot of users generated websites. You can get a lot of content on the evergreen topics. It could be related to any field and in format actually. Since this is a social media platform; the content that you will find will be of high quality. Getting any content here and then downloading it for further use is actually very easy.
If you talk about the best video downloader for Tumblr, then VideoDuke stands on the first position. However, this name is not new for those who are Mac users. The reason for placing this video downloader at the top is that it has multiple features and works the best for every type of video downloading, be it from any video platform. When we say that it could access any platform, then social media platforms are also included. So, Tumblr is also included in that. The best part about this video downloader is that it has an amazing user interface. Along with that, one can download audios, images and the other related things. The settings that this application has in it, makes it even better. When you select the particular file that you need to download, you can actually go to the "All Resources" tab. Once you select this option, you will get a lot of other options and then you can choose accordingly.
How to download videos using VideoDuke for Tumblr?
If you want to download videos from Tumblr, then VideoDuke should be your one-stop destination. It is very easy to use and handle. Here are the steps that you could follow to download videos from Tumblr, using VideoDuke.
First thing first, you need to download the full VideoDuke package on your system.
After that, open the app and go to the Tumblr section and select the desired video. Once that is done, forward the particular video to the Video tab of VideoDuke.
Then, you can start downloading the video and can save it in the default storage file.
If you already have the link of the video, you can directly paste it into the VideoDuke section.
In a nutshell, we can say that VideoDuke is all that you need to download videos from Tumblr. If you follow the steps that are mentioned above, then it will become really easy for you to download the videos.


My association with Chris Poulos goes back 30 years. How much I needed him. He did an excellent job with the conservatorship he wrote for my autistic son and gave me unlimited time and direction. It was necessary for him to travel from Corona to Santa Barbara to appear in court. He made this trip without charging me for anything except the charge for drawing up the conservatorship…a very reasonable charge. This trip had to be made again when the people serving with me changed. Through all these years I have come to know and totally respect Chris Poulos. He is man compassion and has great concern for those he serves. I have called him and e-mailed him and had an on-going friendship with Chris and his wife all these years. They are excellent examples of true Christians and he is an exceptional man of integrity.
In 2006, Christopher set up a conservatorship and court ordered special needs trust for my daughter. Not only did Christopher do a wonderful job, he worked with my financial advisor, he answered all of my questions and helped relieve my anxiety over the process. I enjoy working with Christopher and highly recommend him.
My husband and I went to Christopher to establish a Conservator and Special Needs Trust for our disabled daughter in 1995. Christopher is very kind and we can tell he cares about our family. He understands the hardships we face, as he has a son with disabilities also. He is honest about what to expect throughout the court proceedings and prepared us every step of the way. He does our biennial accountings with the court and handles everything so we do not even have to go to court anymore. He is always happy to answer any questions we have. We greatly appreciate Christopher and would definitely recommend him to anyone going through the court process.
I came to Christopher for a conservatorship and a court ordered special needs trust for my developmentally disabled son. Christopher was wonderful in helping me set up both. He was very knowledgeable about the processes and walked us through them. My son is now living independently in an accessible home with guest rooms for me and his father owned by his Special Needs Trust, which is all possible due to Christopher's great work in telling us about and setting up the Special Needs Trust. He also has a mini van in his Trust so he can direct his staff to take him wherever he needs to go, which is only possible because of the trust Christopher set up for us. I am eternally grateful of Christopher and know that my son has the things he needs, but also has learned to participate and advocate for himself through the tools he has received because of the trust Christopher set up. He is now on both the national self advocacy board, SABE, and on the statewide ARC Board. My son & I both than Christopher very much!
Christopher is a dedicated and caring lawyer. He was a great help in a conservatorship case involving a member of our family that survived a severe brain injury. We would highly recommend Christopher and would not hesitate to call on his services again in the need arose.
Christopher Poulos is truly a people person as well as a great attorney. He cares about the families and the people with special needs that come to him for legal advice and help.
Since he has a son with special needs too, he understands what it's like to be a parent of someone with special needs. He cares about the people with special needs too. We got Limited Conservatorship for our son Michael back in 2002. After it was all over and we walked out of the courtroom, Christopher gave all of us a high five, including our son Michael!!! It was a great day for all of us!!!
Over the years, I have asked Christopher to come present at a few different events regarding special needs to talk about various topics that he does in his practice. He has graciously accepted and free of charge!!!
I have also contacted him with various questions regarding Limited Conservatorship for our son over the years also. One concern I had about his adult program he told me, "No, you can't really expect them to do that, Michael still has the legal right to have friends and associate with others without giving you a written schedule to everywhere they go".
Another time something came up and I was told, no he legally can't sign any documents, tell them he can't do that when they tried to have him sign some paperwork instead of asking me. Then most recently I asked Christopher a question about a proof of disability form from husband's job since their new insurance company is out of state. I was told the forms are fine and explained why, go ahead and have it completed by the doctor here in CA and we did. After a little more leg work on our end our son is now being added to the policy.
We were referred to Christopher Poulos by two other families with sons with special needs and we are so glad they did. I have given Christopher's name to a few other families as well.


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Like the mental state of the incapacitated woman at its center, the Schiavo Saga doesn't lend itself to a simple label. On one level it exists as a family feud; on another, as a political football; and on yet another as a cultural touchstone.
But regardless of the motivations of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo's husband or parents, regardless of the propriety of congressional involvement in the matter and regardless of what reactions to the case might or might not say about America as a society, the tumult has also been a teaching moment, an opportunity for us all to ponder nothing less than the meaning of life. And Judaism, here as always, has much to teach.
Jewish religious law, or halacha, does not always insist that life be maintained. When, for instance, a person is in the state called "goseis"-- "moribund [and] in imminent danger of death," in Rabbi J.David Bleich's words, Judaism forbids intercessions that will prolong suffering, although the active removal of connected life-support systems is another matter entirely. And there are times when even a healthy Jewish person is required by halacha to forfeit his or her life - most famously, when preserving life would entail the performance of an act of idol-worship, murder or sexual immorality.
However, when an individual is incapacitated, even severely, but clearly alive, Judaism considers that life to possess no less value than that it possessed before it was compromised. Even a previously expressed desire to be killed if in such a state, while of considerable import in American law, carries no halachic weight at all. Although there are those who like to assert otherwise, the Jewish high ideal is not autonomy but responsibility.
It is not hard to make a slippery slope case here. In the Netherlands, where patients in compromised states have been "mercy-killed" for years by doctors, today 16-year-olds with "emotional pain" can legally enlist medical help in committing suicide (a 15-year-old requires parental consent).
And there is already at least scholarly slip-sliding in our own country, like the pronouncements of renowned ethicist Professor Peter Singer of Princeton, who not only advocates the killing of the severely disabled and unconscious elderly but has made the case as well for the dispatching of babies who are severely disabled. Such children, he has written, are "neither rational nor self-conscious" and so "the principles that govern the wrongness of killing nonhuman animals... must apply here, too." Or, as he more bluntly puts it, "The life of a newborn is of less value than the life of a pig, a dog or a chimpanzee."
The Jewish view, though, of lives like Terri Schiavo's is, in the end, not dependent on slopes or slippage. According to halacha, withholding food and water from a person in a "persistent vegetative state" is, in and of itself, a grave wrong. Judaism invests human life - no matter how limited it may seem - with inherent, infinite meaning.
It is not surprising that the incapacitated (or, as in Dutch law, even the very despondent) are seen in our times as somehow less worthy of the protections we offer more active people. Ours is a culture, after all, where human worth is often measured by intellectual prowess or mercantile skills - even by things like youth or physical beauty, or, for that matter, the capacity to convincingly impersonate a real or fictional character, or to strongly and accurately hit, kick or throw a ball.
But the true value of men and women lies elsewhere entirely, in their potential to do good things - to prepare, in fact, for an existence beyond the one we know - and in their meaning to the rest of us. When that idea - self-evident to some, objectionable to others - is internalized, a very different sensibility emerges.
Basketball or dancing may no longer be options in the confines of a hospital bed, and even tending to one's most basic physical needs may be impossible without help. But are acts of sheer will - like forgiveness, repentance, acceptance, commitment, love, or prayer - any harder to accomplish, or any less meaningful? Are they compromised in any way by tangles of tubes and monitors?
Not even consciousness, at least as medically defined, need hinder what humanly matters most. We choose to take only what registers on an EEG or acts of communication as evidence of being meaningfully conscious, of the ability to think and choose, and then proceed to conclude that, in the absence of such evidence, those abilities must no longer exist - without a thought (at least a conscious one) of the immense tautology we have embraced.
We do not know, cannot know, when a human being is truly incapacitated - when his or her soul is no longer functioning. Only when a heart has stopped beating can we be certain that life in its truest sense has ended. And so hastening or abetting the death of even a physically or psychologically compromised human being is, at least in the eyes of Judaism, no less an abortion of meaningful life than gunning down a healthy one.
The attitude regarding human life that characterizes decisions like the one Terri Schaivo's husband made is, unfortunately, one toward which much of contemporary Western culture is slouching. It is spoken of by sophisticates as "progressive," and indeed represents a progression of sorts, away from the Jewish religious tradition that is the bedrock of what we call morality and ethics. The degree to which we manage to check that progression will be the degree to which we demonstrate that we truly understand what it means to be human.
Rabbi Avi Shafran is the director of public affairs for Agudath Israel of America.
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Aviva Land Wooster, OH/USA March 29, 2005
Human Being Thank you for sharpening my thoughts on this. After years of working in hospitals with unresponsive or terminally ill patients and watching the responses of family and staff members, it's time I took another look at the perspective of our wonderful faith. Reply
Sandy Goodman Harrisburg, PA/USA March 29, 2005
Human Being This is a well written article and it should be read and heeded by all the branches of our government.
You are absolutely right when you tell us that we have no right to shorten the life of an innocent human being, nor do we have the right to decide whose life is meaningful.
We as Jews must speak loudly and clearly against the current practices of euthanasia be these are issues which apply to both Jews and Gentiles because they are covered by the sheva mitzvas b'nai Noach. Reply
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Four years ago, I wrote a column about how difficult it is to be a community association manager. The amount of hats that a community association manager often has to wear is amazing. Simultaneously, he or she needs to serve as the number cruncher, interior designer, police man, collection agency, master of ceremonies, complaint department, tech expert and unit owner liason. They have to be friendly and professional, even when they don't get the same treatment in return. They also have to walk that delicate balance of trying to appease the board members, while being tough enough to say "NO I WON'T DO THAT" when asked to do something that they know isn't quite right or legal. It isn't easy.
One job that your manager cannot have however is selecting the vendors that service your community. That's the job of the directors. I see this problem arise all the time when I teach our seminar. Some board members actually have no idea what I'm even talking about when I tell them that the management company works for the board and that while a Board may seek a recommendation as to which vendor to hire, the manager or management company has no say whatsoever in who actually gets selected. Their recommendation can be accepted or completely ignored.
Time after time after time board members approach me and tell me, "We tried to change our accounting firm but our management company said we can't." Or, we want to go with a new law firm but our manager said "No" you're stuck with this one." And the terrible thing is……. The board believes it. Worse yet, it is more prevalent as the average age of the board members go up.
I'm looking forward to Darlys' blog on Wednesday which follows up to this one. I'm guessing though that she will also agree that if your manager or management company mandates who to hire, it's time to ask them to recommend other community association managers or management firms.


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A hand-dyed yarn business in Baltimore celebrates communities in the District, Maryland and Virginia with their own special colors. But one new color celebrates a person: Ketanji Brown Jackson.
A hand-dyed yarn business here celebrates communities in the District, Maryland and Virginia with their own special colors.
Neighborhood Fiber Company's shop in Baltimore, for instance, sells 'Del Ray,' a yarn in golden yellows; 'DuPont Circle,' comprising swirls in a range of purples; and 'Lexington Market,' which has shades of grays and granite.
Karida Collins, the founder and owner of Neighborhood Fiber Company, decided to focus on naming her yarns after urban spaces.
"There were lots of yarn colors and companies inspired by nature and flowers. I wanted to specifically highlight urban life and the beauty that can be found in cities," Collins said.
But Collins said some yarns are inspired by individuals, too.
"I have a history of doing colors to celebrate amazing women. My first one was '1600 Pennsylvania Avenue' for Michelle Obama, when the Obamas were in the White House," she said.
Collins talked to WTOP during an interview in the yarn-dying area of her Baltimore shop. It buzzed with the sound of machines that wind strands of yarn into skeins after they've been dyed. One could also hear the clanking of spoons against metal pots, where yarns steeping in dye solutions were stirred over heat provided by a massive gas range.
Collins' latest inspiration came when she saw the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
"I am in awe of this moment," Collins told WTOP.
She explained she was struck by Jackson's composure during the hearings — and her deep blue suits.
"I really loved the jackets that she was wearing. They were jewel tones, which is definitely my happy place," Collins said with a smile.
So she got to work formulating a new color that would be based on Jackson's suit jackets — and it would combine colors found in other yarns.
"You have the shades of blue, and a layer of black to represent her judicial robes. And the color is called '1 First Street Northeast,' because that's the address of the Supreme Court," Collins said.
Skeins of Neighborhood Fiber Company's latest color inspired by soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (Courtesy Neighborhood Fiber Company)
Her business began in 2006. She would go from an operation out of her home in D.C.'s LeDroit Park neighborhood to the space she has now in Baltimore — and there are plans to expand.
"It's not just about moving us into a larger space, although that is part of it. It's also about being able to do some work that's aligned with my personal mission, which is to make this … truly benefit to the community," Collins said.
If all goes as planned, according to Collins, Neighborhood Fiber Company will move to a 7,500-square-foot place where they will have a new tenant, Baltimore Youth Arts.
"They work with young people in Baltimore City, and we're talking teens, for the most part," Collins said.
BYA works with kids and young adults ages 14 to 22 who have been involved in the justice system. It's an idea that appeals to Collins, who says many programs are geared toward younger children.
The program she wants to foster would work with the teens "allowing them to create and sell art," with access to her shop's workspace.
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