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Dorr, Welf Unit
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Combining free jazz spontaneity with the urgency of funk and rock, NY-based German saxophonist and bass clarinetist Welf Dorr (Funk Monk) presents his Unit with drummer Joe Hertenstein, bassist Dmitry Ishenko and guitarist Dave Ross, in an energetic album of tunes that combine determination and passion with upbeat grooves balanced by beautiful ballad work.
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Catalog ID: cs508
Recorded at Lowfish Studios, in New York, New York, on June 18th, 2014, by Reed Taylor.
Welf Dorr-alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Dave Ross-guitar
Dmitry Ishenko-bass
Joe Hertenstein-drums
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"Welf Dorr, who is originally from Munich (Germany), studied at Berklee (cum laude) in Boston before he moved 1995 to New York. In New York where he played/recorded with Sonny Simmons, Frank Lacy, Sabir Mateen, Butch Morris, Kenny Wollesen, Jojo Kuo and Vernon Reid a.o. He performed in the US, Europe, Mexico, Brazil and Egypt including festivals such as Willisau (Switzerland) or Central Park SummerStage as well as places as City Hall of New York.
Besides leading his own projects Welf is playing in Karl Berger's Improvisers Orchestra, Kenny Wollesen's Himalayas, On Ka'a Davis and the Famous Original Djuke Players and the Nublu Orchestra formerly conducted by the late Butch Morris ("You guys sound good", David Murray).
Here he played and recorded a.o. with Frank Lacy, Sonny Simmons, Sabir Mateen, Kim Clark, Ronnie Drayton, Graham Haynes, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jeffrey Shurdut, Daniel Carter, Steve Swell, Lukas Ligeti, Vernon Reid, Juini Booth, Jojo Kuo and the Goldsparkle Brass Band.
In 2005 he recorded a concert with a quintet including Kenny Wollesen on drums and Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet released on FLOWERS FOR ALBERT.
1996 he founded Funk Monk with members from the US, Europe and Africa, a band that combined the hypnotic groove of hip hop with the complex harmonies of jazz. 1998 Funk Monk recorded their debut CD "Live at the Knitting Factory".
Welf performed in the US, Europe, Mexico, Brazil and Egypt including festivals such as Willisau (Switzerland), Vision Festival or Celebrate Brooklyn as well as places as City Hall of New York."
-Welf Dorr Website (http://welfdorr.com/about/)
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"Dave Ross graduated from Berklee College of Music. In 1993 he won the Boston Music Award for his work with the funk band, "Chuck." He has worked in a myriad of styles including jazz, punk, Worldbeat, gospel, Ju Ju, Hardcore and free improvisation.
Prior to earning his Bachelor's degree in music, Dave graduated from The State University of New York with a degree in mechanical engineering and holds a U.S. Patent for one of his inventions.
The list of artists Dave has performed with is extensive. Among them are: Henry Grimes, Roy Campbell Jr., Sabir Mateen, Charles Downs, Joe Rigby, Albey Balgochian, Dennis Warren, P-Funk Horns, Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, Lawrence Cook, Jackson Krall, Daniel Carter, Saco Yasuma, Lou Grassi, Federico Ughl, Yuko Fugiyama, Andre Martinez, Walden Wimberly, Jane Grenier B, Matt Lavell,Francois Grillot, Baron Brown, Hillard Green, Mike T A Thompson, Ken Filiano, Steve Swell, Ras Moshe, Shayna Dulberger, Flip Barnes, Fay Victor, Rob Egan, Hillary Nobel and Jon Dirac."
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"Dmitry Ishenko is a versatile and in-demand New York City acoustic and electric bass player. He has performed and/or recorded with a wide range of jazz artists, including Steve Lacy, John Tchicai, Eric Harland, Dave Liebman, Myron Walden, Jeff Williams, Roy Campbell, Jr., Sam Yahel, Steve Swell, Kenny Wollesen, Ches Smith, and many others. A graduate of both the Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, he is also a busy session player and arranger, having worked in the studio and on the road with Paul Banks of Interpol, among others. Dmitry has toured all over Northern America, Western Europe, Russia, and Japan, appearing at the NYC CareFusion Jazz Festival, Vision Festival, Blue Note Jazz Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival, Boston Beantown Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, The Blue Note, as well as countless other venues around the world."
-Dmitry Ishenko Website (http://www.dmitryishenko.com/?page_id=2)
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"Joe Hertenstein is among the busiest and most versatile drummers and band leaders of the improvised-music scene of New York City. Trained at the Hochschule for Music and Dance in Cologne, Germany, he came to New York in 2007 to complete his Master of Arts studies at City University of New York. His mission was to learn from and explore music with many master musicians, some of which he calls friends and colleagues by now. He hopes to encourage and experience the dialogue with all cultures through music, through the abstract, through friendship and inspiration.
Joe has released five albums as a leader with the bands HNH, POLYLEMMA, Future Drone and TØRN and many more as a sideman on labels such as MoersMusic, Cleanfeed, Red Toucan, jazzwerkstatt Berlin, Creative Sources, 2nd Floor/Loft-Cologne, Skirl, Leo, Engine, and Konnex.
He has performed at the Philharmonic in Cologne, and at the Moers Festival in Germany, the Warsaw Jazz Summer Days, the Bush Hall London for BBC, the Opera House in Toronto, the World Trade Center in Dubai, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, as well as Carnegie Hall, Webster Hall, Roulette, Issue Project Room, Dizzy's Club, The Stone, Nublu and the Vision Festival in New York City among many others.
In 2005, the magazine AllAboutJazzNewYork hailed his drumming style as "...shaping the music from the bottom up." and for April 2011, the Managing Editor of TheNYCJazzRecord, Laurence Donohue-Greene, selected Joe's album Crespect by TØRN as "Recommended New Release". The same year, the website www.allaboutjazz.com praised his album POLYLEMMA as thus: "The soloists' focused interactions intimate a highly artistic game plan that supersedes the tried and true." POLYLEMMA won Belgian music critic Stef Gijssels' freejazzblog's Happy-New-Ears-Award 2011 for most innovative listening experience. Joe's latest album HNH2 made it on Gijssels' list of top 10 albums of 2015: "Fantastic trumpet, bass, drums trio redefining the format through inventive music."
Some of the international festivals Joe has performed at are the Hoeilaart Jazzfestival Brussels (BE), JekerJazz Maastricht (NL), the Leverkusener Jazztage, Moers New Jazz Festival, Triennale 2007, ViveLeJazz (GER), Portalegre Jazzfest (PGL), Warsaw Jazz Summer Days (P), Vision Festival, Red Hook Jazz Festival and Nublu Festival NYC, Clean Feed Festival at The Stone NYC, and many more.
The growing circle of international musicians he has worked with include Ravi Coltrane, Kenny Werner, Chris Potter, Tim Hagans, Rufus Reid, Steve Wilson, Jay Anderson, Butch Morris, Juini Booth, Kenny Wollesen, Graham Haynes, Brandon Ross, Matthew Shipp, Elliott Sharp, Alvin Fielder, Doug Wieselman, Ken Filiano, Anthony Coleman, Tristan Honsinger, Damon Choice, Damon Smith, Daniel Levin, Michael Attias, Daniel Carter, Mossa Bildner, Phil Gibbs, Sylvain Leroux, Steve Swell, Mat Maneri, Darius Jones, Jon Irabagon, Sean Conly, Todd Neufeld, Leo Genovese, Mikko Innanen, Achim Tang, Thomas Lehn, Frank Gratkowski, Scott Fields, Dieter Manderscheid, Matthias Schubert, Thomas Heberer, Achim Kaufmann, Sebastian Gramss, Thomas Helton, Damon Smith, Blaise Siwula, Carsten Radke, Terrence Ngassa, Adam Rudolph's GO:Organic Orchestra and Karl Berger's Improviser's Orchestra. He was a member of Butch Morris' ensembles Nublu Orchestra and LuckyCheng Orchestra as well as Cologne's The James Choice Orchestra.
Hertenstein is a member of the Tim Hagans Quintet with Steve Wilson, Luis Perdomo/Leo Genovese and Jay Anderson. He is also the drummer for Thomas Helton's The Core Trio with Seth Paynter, which will release its second album featuring pianist Matthew Shipp in the summer of 2016 on Berlin's EvilRabittRecords.
2015 Joe was artist in residence at The Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida. "
-Joe Hertenstein Website (http://joehertenstein-bio.tumblr.com/)
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"The Welf Dorr Unit combines free jazz spontaneity with the urgency of funk and rock inspired by the the motto "Jazz is the Teacher, Funk is the Preacher".
WDU was formed in 2012 for a performance at the Evolving Music Series run by Arts for Art (presenters of the Vision Festival) and since has played at clubs like nublu, Quinn's (Beacon) and the Red Hook Jazz Festival.
Welf's other main project is Underground Horns, a 6-piece brass band which special recipe includes some funk, jazz and hip hop spiced up with African and other world rhythms...MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE!
UH performed internationally in Egypt, Germany and Brazil, stateside at the Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival, NYC Winter Jazz Festival, Dizzy's (Jazz at Lincoln Center), the Blue Note and various Jam Band Festivals, sharing the bill with Rebirth Brass Band, Big Sam's Funky Nation and B.B. King. (more info undergroundhorns.com )
Besides leading his own projects Welf is playing in Karl Berger's Improvisers Orchestra, Kenny Wollesen's Himalayas, On Ka'a Davis and the Famous Original Djuke Players and in the Nublu Orchestra formerly conducted by the late Butch Morris ("You guys sound good", David Murray).
Originally from Munich (Germany) he studied at Berklee (cum laude) in Boston before he moved 1995 to New York. Here he played and recorded a.o. with Frank Lacy, Sonny Simmons, Sabir Mateen, Kim Clark, Ronnie Drayton, Graham Haynes, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jeffrey Shurdut, Daniel Carter, Steve Swell, Lukas Ligeti, Vernon Reid, Juini Booth, Jojo Kuo and the Goldsparkle Brass Band.
Welf performed in the US, Europe, Mexico, Brazil and Egypt including festivals such as Willisau (Switzerland), Vision Festival or Celebrate Brooklyn as well as places as City Hall of New York."-Well Dorr Unity
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I'm just dropping by to do an Instagram/selfie round up of the outfits I managed to slap on the 'ol mom bod this week. I haven't been direct linking on Insta and a lot of you have been asking where I snagged some of my pieces, so I thought I'd just post it here.
My best guy and I hit the brunch circuit with our plus one on Sunday. We showered that day so a real outfit felt appropriate. My top is from H&M and I found it in store in the Houston area. I liked it so much that I may or may not have grabbed the same top in a burnt orange (spoiler alert: I did). I can't seem to find it online but I linked a very similar H&M top.
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Oh baby, without a doubt, this is my go to look for Fall. Every single item is less than $40 and I honestly don't think anyone can tell I'm wearing my pajama tee under my grey sweatshirt. If you can, don't tell me, ignorance is bliss. P.S. If you have a little junk in the trunk (guilty) these Old Navy work out leggings will be your best friend. They don't slip down, have a wide waist band and the side rouching is super flattering.
This dress is so easy and adorable - I didn't even bother to try it on in store, just tossed it in my cart and ran for the door (before more items could mysteriously find their way into my cart). If you're searching for it, it also comes in black and in my store, they were hanging on the back wall of the women's department. The trench is an investment piece but I've owned it for years and it will never, ever go out of style -and I have to say the same for my boots! I've had them re-soled twice and just can't bring myself to retire them - although their current sale price of under $100 has me eyeing a new pair.
So there you have it, not as schlumpy as you might have imagined but still super easy looks for my low maintenance lifestyle.
Love this! I just started photographing my daily outfits! While I feel like my selfies could use some improvement, I feel like it encourages me to dress better!
Ooohhhh I love this! Thanks so much for posting, I'm always interested in what other working moms are wearing. You look fabulous!
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That Mom On The Go Sweater is so cute, love it! I love posts like this.
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Since then, Yvonne has been actively involved in the local and overseas music scene, as both a piano teacher and a pianist.
She had previously taught at Yamaha Music School and Learn Music Studio (Melbourne), and has a wealth of performing experience playing at different occasions and venues, including weddings, competitions and music showcases at the Esplanade and Victoria Concert Halls, NTU Nanyang Auditorium, Switch by Timbre, Chijmes etc.
Recognising that every child has different talents, Yvonne is dedicated to nurturing the potential of her students.
While classically trained, she also plays the keyboard, writes and sings for a local band. Yvonne is also a versatile teacher, having worked with MOE to arrange and record nursery songs for the new syllabus to be used in the MOE kindergartens.
It is this unique blend of experiences which she likes to share with her students. Yvonne does not believe in a set way of teaching, as assessing each student's individual interest and progress is more important to her.
Aside from the exam syllabus, she encourages students to request for songs that they want to pick up and attempt various repertoires for the purpose of exposing them to different genres/characters/harmonies in their musical journey.
Above all, she believes in building a good rapport with her students and parents, motivating and inspiring them in their budding careers as young, aspiring musicians.
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ALPARC is currently working on a project dealing with the future of alpine protected areas at the horizon 2030. The goal is to identify gaps in the system of spatial protection, both concerning its representativity of wildlife and biodiversity and its spatial distribution and to recommend measures to allow alpine protected areas to become ready for the challenges of a changing world and changing society.
The Alps are a highly diverse system of landscapes and ecological processes, some of which have arisen from their geological, climatological and biological evolution, and parts of which have been shaped by hundreds of years of human habitation and land-use. Today´s Alps are cultural landscapes, especially in the lower regions, but human impact is felt even at high elevations. They are not, then, wilderness areas in the sense of primary nature, untouched by human activity. Nevertheless, they are in some ways also "wild" places. Places where natural spaces have been transformed, but where ecological processes can still occur without much anthropological influence. Such areas are often included in today's protected areas.
Threats to natural spaces and protected areas in the Alps occur from many human induced sources: There are, on the one hand, direct and immediate threats, such as the growth in leisure activities that may have negative impacts on wildlife and biologically diverse ecosystems, and the progressive fragmentation of landscapes by the construction of infrastructure, land use change (e.g. the abandonment of traditional farming practices that foster biodiversity) and intensive use of natural resources.
On the other hand, alpine protected areas are more and more exposed to threats presented by climate change, which brings with it changes in the distribution of vegetation and wildlife, as well as in meteorological patterns.
All this, and especially land fragmentation, result in shrinking habitats for wildlife. Without protection and restoration, certain habitat types may be lost altogether, while others are turned into isolated islands that do not allow the migration of species between habitat patches.
An evolution of protected area policy, management and perspectives are needed for the Alps considering all these features. Modern management tools and methods integrate adequate governance systems and participative approaches involving the local population. For this reason, a pilot region – the transboundary nature park (Bavaria/D/Vorarlberg/AT) analyses this issue in the course of the project. Beside a profound analysis of the current situation, scenarios for the future are built which will be shown in an extensive report, complementary maps and a video clip. An international peer group is accompanying the project since its start in 2018. Proposals and recommendations will be summarized in a report and submitted to the Alpine Conference by the end of the year. The project is supported by the German Ministry of the Environment (BMU).
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The production toured all three partner venues and had special guest speaker Shibbir Ahmed and presentations at the final performances.
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Injured Corrie star Natalie Gumede out of Strictly Come Dancing?
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Former Coronation Street star Natalie Gumede quickly became the favourite to win the 2013 series of Strictly Come Dancing. But her dancing dream could already be over as rumour has it that the former soap actress may be too injured to carry on in the competition. Say it isn't so Natalie?!
We've been glued to the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing and so far there's been one clear frontrunner, former Corrie actress Natalie Gumede.
But it looks like the 29-year-old may not be able to continue in the ballroom dancing competition after sustaining a serious injury during rehearsals.
According to The Mirror, the Strictly favourite fell over while practising the fast-paced quickstep for Saturday's show with her partner Artem Chigvintsev.
This has not only sparked fears that Natalie will be unable to perform this weekend, but also that her participation in the whole series is now in jeopardy.
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The former Coronation Street star - originally tipped to win the BBC1 dance competition - reportedly injured her back so severely that she had to seek medical attention.
It's claimed that Natalie has been ordered by doctors to rest for 48 hours after having a cautionary MRI scan for a suspected slipped disc and.
A BBC source told The Mirror: "The medical team certainly found some swelling on Natalie's back.
"She's planning to see a consultant and is putting her feet up for a few days.
"Everyone is hoping she will still be able to dance, but it is all hanging in the balance at the moment."
Her professional ballroom dancing partner Artem has since admitted: "We had to finish rehearsals early on Tuesday because of the pain in Natalie's back - if it is serious she might not be able to continue in the competition."
It was only last Saturday that the ex soap babe stormed to the top of the leaderboard, scoring 36 for her passionate rumba with Artem.
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In this video, Professor Larry Susskind discusses the challenges associated with planning for climate change, and how we need to adapt to the world's changing climate.
Larry explains why he considers climate adaptation to be more pertinent than climate mitigation and highlights the need to make adaptations before we can convince society to support climate mitigation strategies.
[00:00:01:02] My name is Larry Susskind. I've been on the MIT faculty since 1970. During that time, I've worked on a wide range of resource management, land use, environmental protection, and development questions in many parts of the world. My work really, I think, reflects the migration or the transformation of what's happening with what was once called urban and regional planning as a professional field, where people made plans.
[00:00:35:25] So the planner's job was to make a plan. And you brought your expertise. You analyze the situation. You looked at what was done at other places, and you would make a plan. And the plan would be the stated set of objectives and the specific allocation of resources to achieve those objectives. Planning became the process of managing the conversation, informed by scientific and technical considerations, of making some set of judgments about which policies should be given priority.
[00:01:16:09] I'm working on climate adaptation. It's a specialized area within planning. Particularly, coastal communities trying to plan or to organize or to cope with the risks associated with climate change. You've got to learn something about climate change. You have to learn something about the kinds of ecosystem and human system interaction likely to be affected by sudden shifts in the way in which storms evolve, the way in which sea level might change, the way in which intensity of storms might alter.
[00:01:58:10] And all of that affects how communities make choices about allocating resources, but now in the face of a different set of risks, which posed different gains and losses potentially to different groups. The students who come here will get a master's or a PhD in planning, but it means something different depending on which subarea of the department they're working on. And most of them will go take a job that won't have planning in the title. They might be the senior climate change person for the Port Authority of the city of New York.
[00:02:45:17] All of this management of large streams of data will allow people to make much smarter places, and make places that are more responsive to the problems that are happening. And students today think absolutely nothing of wading into these large amounts of data, including digital data of many, many different kinds.
[00:03:10:01] Simultaneously, we have to give courses, not just on geographic information systems, but on social media as tools for public engagement, on methods of mining large data sets in real time, in ways of getting streams of new visual data about real time changes in places, so that people can make real time adjustments in those built environments or in those natural environments.
[00:03:39:02] I'm convinced that because there's such inexpensive sensors for everything now, we can monitor all air quality, water quality, every kind of environmental quality in real time at a very low cost. We can have streams of data, and now somebody has to invent the way of having machines read the data and say, send somebody to that spot over there. There's a problem there.
[00:04:07:19] The number one thing I would suggest is very controversial. So let me just acknowledge that the idea I'm going to put forward about negotiating with regard to climate change will not at first blush, be comfortable, or make sense to people who are working very, very hard on climate change. And from my standpoint, I don't think we should be putting so much energy into mitigation.
[00:04:34:08] I think we should put a much more emphasis now into adaptation. What I mean by that is people running around making enormous amount of effort to reduce CO2 emissions, they don't have as widespread popular support as they need to cause the changes in behavior necessary to truly reduce CO2 emission.
[00:04:59:12] And it's been steady. It's not getting that uptake amongst people. But if you go to people and you say, we could have 15 days over 95 degrees this summer in a row. An awful lot of people are going to suffer in the city who don't have air conditioning, or a lot of people are going to suffer who are fragile because they're going to be dehydrated, which is going to create higher instances of renal failure.
[00:05:34:22] And they're all going to try to go to the hospital at the same time. And the hospital doesn't have dialysis, or other units adequate, to what 10 or 15 days of over 95 degrees would do in major cities. How should you prepare? We're going to have more intense storms. We're going to have more flooding. If you're in a coastal area or riverine area, you will have more flooding.
[00:05:57:09] That flooding will cause still water to sit as the flood recedes. That will create a vector-borne disease. What are you going to do ahead of time to reduce the risks to the population of the health effects of climate change? Because it's too late, when it happens, to figure out how do we redeploy the first responders. Where should the food provisions be in place when food can't be delivered?
[00:06:28:16] Shouldn't we have hardened our electrical system so that when the storm hit and the water treatment plant went out, and then the water system went out, and the electricity went out, and it's now seven days, and everybody is trying to clear out and nobody can get out. It's too late. That's climate adaptation planning. How do you adapt? How do you plan ahead to adapt to those risks?
[00:06:53:25] I know people are saying, but that doesn't get at the source of the problem. The source of the problem is CO2 emission or methane or other kinds of emissions, and we really have to work to reduce that. But we've already seen that you can't grab public support for that activity the way you can around telling people right now. I don't care if you don't believe that climate change is primarily human-caused.
[00:07:20:16] We know there will be more drought and more hot days and more floods and more intense storms. And if you don't do something about them, your property now-- not in 20 years, not in 50 years-- your property now will lose value. Your life will be at stake. Your children's life will be at stake.
[00:07:40:12] And there's small things you can do that makes sense for a whole lot of reasons. Do those now. Now, if you can get people working on that and they say, well, that costs a lot of money to harden that electrical system-- that's right. We're going to have to pay that all the time-- that's right. What can we do to not have to pay that all the time? Get at the source of the problem. Like what? Reduce CO2 emissions, and then in 50 or 70 years, the problem will get less.
[00:08:11:03] But as soon as you say 50 or 70 years, you lose people. So I'm for getting everybody to switch their attention to climate adaptation now, as a way of building a visceral commitment to mitigation and CO2 reduction. So it's a different sequence. People have said, let's solve the CO2 emission problem, and then we can work on adaptation.
[00:08:40:10] I think politically and behaviorally, first we should work on getting people immediately to take steps to help themselves now. Whatever the cause of climate change, we know we don't have enough water in the wrong place at the wrong time. It's already started. There are things you can do to cope with that-- that's called adaptation planning.
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LandAmerica Financial Group Tuesday reported adjusted net income for the first quarter of $20 million, or $1.14 per share, compared with $17.7 million, or $0.99 per share, in the prior-year quarter.
The company's reported net income for the quarter was $13.7 million, or $0.78 per share, in comparison with $33.2 million, or $1.85 per share in the same quarter last year.
Net income for first-quarter 2006 included an asset write-off of $9.7 million, or $6.3 million after taxes, primarily related to the sale of the company's headquarters building.
Total revenues for the first quarter were $932.9 million compared with $835.6 million in the year ago quarter.
"I am pleased that we grew our operating revenue in first quarter 2006 over first quarter 2005," said the company's CEO, Theodore Chancler, Jr., in a statement. "We continue to look for opportunities to make reductions in our cost structure and deliver a greater amount of increased revenue to the bottom line."
Operating revenue for the company's title operations segment for first quarter 2006 was $819.0 million, an increase of $103.6 million, or 14.5 percent, over first quarter 2005.
In March of this year, LandAmerica agreed to buy Capital Title Group for $251 million in cash and stock to diversify its business mix and expand in title insurance.
Founded in 1981, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Capital Title operates mainly in Arizona, California and Nevada. About 17 percent of its business relates to the providing of settlement services to mortgage lenders. The company has about 140 offices and more than 2,500 employees.
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After several days of rumors and a last-minute attempt by local promoters to save it, Philadelphia's Trocadero Theatre — part of the city's entertainment skyline since 1870 — is closing at the end of May, owner Joanna Pang confirms to Variety.
The last of the city's mid-sized independent live venues, the 1,200-capacity Chinatown performance palace was a favorite of rock and rap acts since the 1990s, with a burlesque history reaching back many decades.
"The Troc has been an amazing experience, and we're proud of what we have done for the last 20 years — not only with regard to the local and national music scenes, but beyond, too," Pang (pictured with friends at the club, below) tells Variety. "We were an independent room that could embrace and pursue every aspect of multiculturalism, from drag performers to zombie proms to LGBTQ events. We were dedicated to welcoming all artistic scenes, and I'm proud of that. But it's time."
Pang — daughter of Stephen Pang, who purchased the Troc in 1979 and operated it as a Chinese-themed cinema through the early 1980s — says closing the venue is almost like losing a family member.
"This was home to me," she said. "But the landscape of the business has changed in the last five years. It's harder now to be an independently run venue — it's a different world. There are bigger rooms run by bigger concert corporations," she notes. While she didn't name them, the city has seen giant Live Nation recently open rooms such as The Met Philadelphia and The Fillmore Philadelphia, and AEG/Bowery Presents' takeover of the old Electric Factory property for its Franklin Music Hall. Also, within the last decade, similarly sized venues such as World Café Live and Union Transfer have offered fans a shinier alternative to the Troc's tattered Victorian grandeur.
"It's sad for a lot of reasons," said David Kisleiko of Dave Kiss Presents, who regularly placed shows on the Troc's main stage and its upstairs balcony bar. His Stabbing Westward gig on March 31 is Kiss' last Trocadero show.
"The difficult part of closing with shows on the calendar is that these concerts still need to happen, and as a promoter I need to scramble to find a new venue," says Kisleiko whose recent Troc shows include gigs with Giorgio Moroder, Helmet and Low Cut Connie. "Top notch artists such as mine require a certain caliber of production, which the Troc afforded." He also notes that that without The Troc, independent booking in Philadelphia will become more difficult for promoters such as himself ("because there is one less venue to book") and audiences looking beyond the major concert booking agencies.
"What a bummer," says Low Cut Connie pianist and singer Adam Weiner, who calls the Troc his favorite venue. "I've had some magical nights there. We shot Low Cut Connie's video for 'Revolution Rock n' Roll' there, and the room gave the whole video a seedy, but open-hearted vibe — pure rock and roll. I first played there as a solo act [Ladyfingers] many years ago, and barely three months ago we chose the Troc for our New Year's Eve show. This is a very dirty, vibe-y Philly room, and I loved it. I'm sad to see it go."
Much of the seedy charm that Weiner speaks of of comes from the Troc's longtime standing as a vaudeville and burlesques venue, one that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Famously opened as the Arch Street Opera House in 1870, it was renamed the Trocadero in 1896 and became a home to Depression-era vaudevillians such as W.C. Fields and burlesque stripteasers such as Blaze Starr.
More recently, the venue has played host to shows by Bob Dylan, Guns N' Roses, Neil Young, De La Soul, Beck and Kacey Musgraves, as well as many dance-music events. There were drag shows from downtown Manhattan doyen Needles Jones and the crew from RuPaul's Drag Race.
"I'll miss all of the history of this place," says Pang, who is planning to sell the Trocadero after May's final shows, although she promises a series of big-name closing concerts and an finale with Philly's avant-garde Big Mess Orchestra, the first act to play the Troc under Joanna Pang's ownership.
"We're going to go out with a bang, in grand Troc style."
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PALISADE, Colo. " Jim Sterling, a Palisade fruit grower who for six years has supplemented his income selling firewood from his property at 3847 G 1/4 Road, saw his sideline shut down by Mesa County this week.
The county had charged him with land-use code violations regarding his firewood business, with a potential penalty of more than $60,000 in fines, but Sterling reached an agreement with Mesa County on Sept. 13.
Under the agreement, Sterling must close his firewood business by April 1, 2008. At that time, charges against him will be dismissed if complies with the provisions of the agreement. He gets to keep 24 cords of wood for his own personal use.
"They're forcing me to quit my business," Sterling said. "I'm a small working man. I can't fight these people," referring to county commissioners Janet Rowland and Steve Acquafresca, who both voted to deny giving Sterling a conditional use permit to operate his business.
Sterling sells firewood in the winter and fruit from his small orchard in the summer. Before he started his firewood business he worked a full-time job and tended his orchard after work. He doesn't think he can manage that pace of work any longer and will probably have to get an off-farm job and perhaps sell his orchards.
Sterling's fight with Mesa County began after a couple moved in next door to him and complained to the county about the firewood cutting business.
Sterling, who claims to have spent $20,000 defending his business, argued that since the land is zoned Agricultural-Transitional Forestry he should be allowed to operate the business, which he considered agricultural. But the neighbors maintained that the business was industrial, not a farming operation.
Mesa County Commissioner Craig Meis disagreed with his fellow commissioners.


House price growth cooled to 4.4 per cent in the year to February, down from 4.7 per cent in January, according to the Office for National Statistics.
The average UK house price fell 0.1 per cent in February itself.
The ONS says the UK average was mainly dragged down by London, where house prices fell 1 per cent in the year to February.
The average UK house price was £225,000 in February, the same as January and up £9,000 on February 2017.
London had the highest average house price, at £472,000. The lowest was the North East, where the typical property costs £128,000.
Private Finance director Shaun Church says: "The property price slowdown in the capital continues, with February marking the first time London has experienced negative annual house price growth since September 2009.
"It's evident that house prices have reached a ceiling in many parts of the capital, and with the average house price in London still remaining over £470,000, a fall in prices would be a welcome change for many struggling potential buyers.
The West Midlands had the highest yearly growth, with prices rising 7.3 per cent in the year to February.
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Emphysema is an ongoing (chronic) disease that gradually destroys the lungs. The damage makes it hard to breathe. You have trouble breathing out carbon dioxide, and eventually you become unable to breathe in enough oxygen.
Emphysema is one of the 2 main types of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Chronic bronchitis (inflamed airways) is the other type. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema result from irritation of your airways over a long time, usually from smoking and sometimes from air pollution. Other causes are on-the-job exposure to irritants such as dust or chemicals, or frequent lung infections.
Cigarette smoking is the main cause of emphysema. The smoke damages the cells in your lungs. As the air sacs (alveoli) in your lungs become damaged, it gets harder for you to breathe out carbon dioxide after you breathe in. This means more carbon dioxide stays in your lungs and you have less room for oxygen when you breathe in. The damage to the lungs does not go away. Eventually you cannot breathe in enough oxygen to meet the needs of your body. About 15 to 20% of smokers (1 in every 5 or 6) develop emphysema. Unfortunately, you will not start having symptoms until serious damage has been done already.
An inherited disorder (passed down from parents) called alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (also called A1AD) can also cause emphysema. Alpha-1 antitrypsin (also called A1AT, AAT or alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor) is a substance made in the liver. The liver releases this substance into the bloodstream. A1AT helps protect the lungs against damage from other chemicals in the blood. Having alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency means that you don't have enough A1AT and your lungs can be damaged more easily. If you are a smoker AND have this genetic disorder, the lungs are damaged more quickly. Smokers with A1AD can develop emphysema in their 30s or 40s.
The most common symptom of emphysema is a feeling of shortness of breath. At first this occurs with mild exercise or normal daily activities. After a while, you have trouble breathing all the time, even when you are resting. Another symptom is frequent coughing.
Sometimes the first obvious symptom of emphysema is wheezing, which can also be a symptom of asthma. These two medical problems can be confused with each other.
Your Reddy Urgent Care healthcare provider will ask about your medical history, including your smoking history and family medical history. Your provider will examine your heart and lungs. Then he or she will examine your hands and feet to look for signs that your body is not getting enough oxygen.
Your provider will check for other problems that could cause your symptoms, such as asthma.
Spirometry, a breathing test also called a PFT or pulmonary function test, is the most helpful test for emphysema. It checks how well your lungs are working.
If you are young or a nonsmoker and have symptoms of emphysema, your healthcare provider will do a blood test to check the level of alpha-1 antitrypsin.
Relieve symptoms and keep you as active as possible, based on your ability and lifestyle.
Avoid things that make emphysema or its symptoms worse, such as smoking and lung infections.
The most important part of treatment is to stop smoking. Talk to your Reddy Urgent Care healthcare provider about ways to stop smoking. You might find it helpful to join a quit-smoking program or to use nicotine patches or gum. If you are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or work, it is just as important to stop that exposure.
Asthma medicines can make it easier for you to breathe. Ipratropium (Atrovent) can help open up the airways so you can breathe better. Other asthma medicines may also be prescribed.
For times when you are feeling especially bad, other medicines such as antibiotics or steroids may be given for a short time. Steroids are available in forms that may be inhaled or taken by mouth as a pill. Using a steroid for a long time can have serious side effects. Take steroid medicine exactly as your healthcare provider prescribes. Don't take more or less of it than prescribed by your provider and don't take it longer than prescribed. Don't stop taking a steroid without your provider's approval. You may have to lower your dosage slowly before stopping it.
Emphysema caused or worsened by A1AT deficiency (A1AD) may be treated with medicine that gives you more A1AT (A1AT replacement therapy). The medicine will not cure the emphysema, but it will help you have more A1AT in your body. It may slow down damage to your lungs caused by the lack of A1AT.
At some point it is likely that you will need oxygen therapy. At first you may need oxygen only in some situations, but later you may need continuous oxygen.
There is no cure for emphysema. It gradually worsens over many years until the lungs can no longer function. You may be able to slow the progress of the disease by not smoking and avoiding lung irritants such as secondhand smoke, harsh chemical fumes and air pollutants.
Do not smoke. If you stop smoking before much of your lungs have been damaged, the disease may progress more slowly. Also, if you stop smoking you are less likely to have problems with frequent bronchial infections. Ask your healthcare provider for help to stop smoking.
Follow Reddy Urgent Care's recommended treatment.
Ask your provider how often you need follow-up appointments.
If you are able to exercise, get regular exercise according to your healthcare provider's recommendations. Exercise will help keep your heart and other muscles healthy. Do not start an exercise program without your provider's approval.
Eat high-calorie snacks between meals if you are underweight.
Take vitamin and mineral supplements if recommended by your healthcare provider.
If you use a humidifier, be sure to keep the humidifier clean, as recommended in the manufacturer's instructions. It's important to keep bacteria and fungi from growing in the water container.
Do the breathing exercises recommended by your provider. They can help strengthen the muscles used for breathing. You may need a physical therapist to help you learn to do them properly.
Take good care of your heart: Keep your blood pressure and cholesterol levels normal. Emphysema damages the heart over time, so work to keep the heart healthy.
If you think you are getting a cold or the flu, contact your healthcare provider right away. You need prompt treatment for any possible lung infections. Symptoms of emphysema often worsen during an infection.
To help avoid lung infections, you should have a Pneumovax shot. This is a shot that protects against a common type of pneumonia. You should have no more than 2 shots of the pneumonia vaccine in your lifetime. The shots should be given at least 5 years apart.
Get a flu shot every October to prevent flu.
If you live in an area where smog or air pollution is a problem, be sure to ask your provider how you should take care of yourself when the air is bad.
If you plan to travel, discuss your plans with your healthcare provider. It's good to make sure there will be no problems with high altitude, humidity, temperature, pressurized airplane cabins, or smoggy cities, especially if you are using oxygen.


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Cooperation Between World Heritage for the Benefit of Migratory Birds: The Wadden Sea and Banc d'Arguin
Presentation by Ruediger Strempel, Secretary CWSS © CWSS
Bonn, 8 July 2015 - Two natural World Heritage Sites - the Wadden Sea shared by Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands - and the Banc d'Arguin in Mauretania are two critically important sites for millions of migratory birds along the Eastern Atlantic Flyway. At the side event "The Wadden Sea and Beech Forests – Transboundary Management of World Heritage Sites as a Contribution to Global World Heritage Conservation" organized by the German Ministry for the Environment, both government officials and conservationists stressed the need for transboundary management to conserve unique ecosystems that stretch across borders. The side event took place in the margins of the 39thsession of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Bonn, Germany. It was co-hosted by BMUB, BfN, the Hessian Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection and the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat.
Dr. Christiane Paulus, Deputy Director General responsible for Nature Conservation, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, highlighted that following the inscription of the Danish section in the World Heritage list in June 2014, the entire Wadden Sea was now listed as a World Heritage Site. The full inscription helps protect millions of waterbirds that travel along the East Atlantic Flyway between the Arctic and Africa every year.
Rüdiger Strempel, Secretary of CWSS, stated that the Wadden Sea constituted the world's largest unbroken stretch of intertidal mudflats and a highly productive ecosystem, hosting as many as 10,000 different species. He explained that the area was an important site for 10-12 million birds, which pass through the region during their migration between the Arctic and Africa, with up to 6 million birds at the same time resting and feeding in the region at certain times of the year.
With the inscription of the Wadden Sea in the World Heritage list, UNESCO had acknowledged the crucial importance of the site for the survival of migratory birds on a global scale. UNESCO requested the States Parties cooperating in the framework of the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation (Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands) to strengthen cooperation on management and research activities with other States Parties along the African Eurasian Flyway, in order to support conservation efforts for migratory birds along the entire flyway. This had led, among other things, to the launch of the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative (WSFI), which is being funded by the governments of the three Wadden Sea states and in which CWSS cooperates closely with the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), BirdLife International and Wetlands International. Moreover, on 6 February 2014, the Parc National du Banc d'Arguin (PNBA) and the CWSS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen their cooperation for the conservation of migratory birds along the East Atlantic Flyway.
During the side event, Aly Ould Mohamed Salem, Deputy Director of Banc d'Arguin National Park, explained that the cooperation underway between both Banc d'Arguin National Park (PNBA) and the Wadden Sea was a model for transboundary conservation efforts.
Lemhaba Ould YARBA, Chief of the Observatory of PNBA explained that the main spawning and breeding zones and nurseries for marine species and birds of the region are found at PNBA; they also contain the largest submarine seagrass beds of the East Atlantic Ocean. Key species include marine turtles, migratory birds and gazelles.
PNBA is located at a unique crossroads of species migrating between the northern and the southern hemisphere. In particular, the World Heritage Site is a major wintering and breeding ground for migratory birds.
Despite the geographical distance, the similarities between both World Heritage Sites are obvious. Both have large spawning grounds for fish and they serve as sites of significant importance for birds. In addition, both are Ramsar and World Heritage sites.
To round off the presentations, Dr. Jutta Leyrer, Michael Otto Institute of NABU, underscored the importance of both sites for migratory birds, in particular shorebirds. The Wadden Sea was an important fuel station for species such as the Red Knot and the Black-tailed Godwit, two CMS- and AEWA-listed species which depend on both sites and which use the East Atlantic Flyway during their annual migrations.. Dr Leyrer said the MOU was signed to ensure better protection of the two sites. Sharing knowledge and experience on transboundary management and supporting research are major action points. Enhancing communication about these sites would help people understand the need to conserve migratory birds and the critical sites they need to survive.
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Lets explain the difference between an EV and a PHEV!
EV simply means Electric Vehicle.
An electric car or EV is one that runs purely off electric power and only ever recharged using a charging cable and never with fuel.
Powering an EV is an electric motor, sometimes multiple motors, and a battery pack. Inside the battery pack is where the electricity is stored.
Only cars powered purely by electricity can be classed as an EV although sometimes people refer to hybrids as electric, despite there being a petrol motor present.
What is a Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid?
A hybrid car is a vehicle that uses a powertrain which combines petrol and electric power.
This means the vehicle will be propelled by both power of the engine and of electric motor and batteries.
How this power is delivered will differ between cars but some vehicles will use the petrol engine to charge the electric batteries.
In some hybrids this may be the only function of the petrol engine but in others it differs slightly.
Some hybrid vehicles use the petrol engine in conventional sense while the electric motor provides an extra boost of power.
Other hybrid cars will use the electric motor at low speeds to power the car but once a threshold of power is met the petrol engine will kick in.
Plug-in hybrids have a charging port much like the ones of a typical EV which is used to recharge the batteries meaning that less petrol is used to recharge the battery pack.


We started off the month with a bang and drove to Houlton for chicks– it's been pretty awesome to have the little gals(fingers crossed) around.
I'm still thinking of getting more potentially. We are now selling our eggs thru the local (more then a) hardware store, Dave's Hardware.
We are already getting up to 6 dozen a week from our current flock of 15 hens.
Early in in the month we had a rather stressful day with Izzy- she had all her baby teeth capped. She has had chronic teeth problems since they started coming in, and in the last year she developed a lot of cavities up in her gum line. Her pediatric dentist cited her as a case of genetics, as she is not allowed things like soda or candy. She was a champ tho. MrGillis had to go in without Issac and I tho because the hospital had put a flu ban in place- no one under 1 year old allowed in unless a patient.
MrGillis worked on the floor in the shed's front room. This was NOT originally the plan for this winter, but the leaks causing all the damage made us reevaluate what our order of projects needed to be. It's time to focus our energy on leveling the building and giving it a new roof.
He also put in a lot of taps for maple sap- like I'm talking almost triple digits. This guy. Maple syrup is kinda his job(I help with the canning), and he just goes bigger every year. Although, disappointingly, it has been a very slow start to the season. We have managed to can over 2 gallons – wish us luck to reach our goal of ten.
On a side note- we now have TreeSaver Taps and 5/16″ line available for sale, either individually or in packs of 25.
We've so far boiled down and canned a little over 3 gallons- we were shooting for ten or more but the season has been really wonky. It started super late and now it seems like it's going to be over with quickly.
Issac turned 5 months and we started solids- with a sort of crappy beginning. We decided to start with peas, and the poor child is, I am not kidding you, allergic. Within a few spoonfuls, he went from curious to straight up fussy. We couldn't get him to eat more then a teaspoon- and all that afternoon he was fussy until about 3.
Supper time rolls around, we roll out the peas again and within a few bites, he is fussy, swatting the spoon away. So we stop and just a few minutes later his cheeks and chin were breaking out!
Obviously horrifying. So we ixnayed the peas and went back to just breast feeding for 36 hours. Then we tried sweet potatoes, and although he was a bit hesitant at first, he took to it like a champ after realizing they wouldn't hurt him. Then we went to squash and finally gave the poor kid a break from veg with some pear. Then we went back to veg with green beans which he loved. We are still in the testing for allergies phase, but once I've gone thru my list of foods to try, we're switching to baby led weaning, just like we did with Izzy. I plan on Issac feeding himself well before his first birthday, same as her.
The snow started melting very rapidly- we lost over a foot in a week. It's been a wonderful mix of storms and sun. By the end of the month we still had more then a foot on the ground, but we started with over 4 so its a vast improvement.
We found an incredible sweater machine on Facebook marketplace for 30 bucks! Never been used still in the original packaging! But its so old, it has a VHS tape as its instructional. Thankfully, MrGillis gets given some pretty random stuff as a Propane Tech- including a VCR (as old as me) in good working condition. Which is fantastic, because like your typical kid of the 80s and 90s, I still have a lot of my VHS tapes kickin' around.
Also on FB marketplace we found a snowmobile- I've never really been on one, but we figured that for $650 bucks it was a nice little practical present For MrGillis. He and Izzy have had a blast on it.
Another new item for the store- magnets! I've been a hobby photog for some years now, and other then my kids, I love taking pictures of my farm. So I turned some of those cute alpaca and chicken pictures into things! Go on over and check our first 4 out. We have more on the way now.
I also took an hour one Saturday morning to clean out the chicken coop- we normally do deep litter method until May or so, but our chicken hut's roof leaked due to an ice jam- turning our beautiful deep bedding from a wonderful thing to a stinky awful thing. I couldn't let my flock live like that. So 5 loads of chicken shavings later, I let her air out and chucked a clean bag. We haven't had any more substantial snowfall, so now other leaks have presented, but we have another roof to replace this summer it seems.
Another accomplishment is MrGillis taking a day to clean out the greenhouse so that we could start seeds!
He buttoned it up with caulking and plastic sheeting- put in a small propane heater, a couple tables and a grow light. Wa-laa!
He moved my herb plants out there and they are loving it – we also started more medicinal herbs, flowers and some veggies. It's a wonderful start to the day, going in to check the plants, smelling the fresh dirt, the air warm and heavy. It's our little slice of summer.
That pretty much brings us up to date – we're still working on the shed, we're still boiling down syrup, we're still working on winter clean up. We're still starting seeds and taking care of business… everyday.
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Learning from a Missionary Who Never Left Her Convent
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Today we continue our regular series called "Learning from the Saints." Our guide is expert Bert Ghezzi, a dear friend of mine and the author of numerous books including Voices of the Saints, Saints at Heart, and Discover Christ: Developing a Personal Relationship with Jesus.
His more recent books are The Power of Daily Mass and The Heart of Catholicism. You can learn more about Bert and his work at BertGhezzi.com.
Today, Bert profiles St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower who is the patroness of foreign missions, and whose feast day is today.
From obscurity as a young, idealistic Carmelite, Thérèse of Lisieux has emerged as one of the best loved saints. Her simplicity attracts us because she puts holiness within our reach.
Thérèse was the daughter of Louis and Zélie Martin. When she was four years old, her pleasant childhood was interrupted by Zélie's untimely death. Then Thérèse's older sister, Pauline, took responsibility for raising her in the faith. In 1882, Pauline entered the Carmelite convent at Lisieux, igniting a desire in Thérèse to do the same.
Thérèse's fourteenth year was pivotal. Her sister, Mary, joined Pauline at the convent. And at Christmas, the young saint had an experience she described as her "conversion." Later, in A Story of a Soul, her Autobiography, Thérèse described it as a release from depression and oversensitivity:
"Jesus flooded the darkness of my soul with torrents of light. I got back for good the strength of soul lost when I was four and a half. Love filled my heart, I forgot myself, and henceforth I was happy."
In spite of Thérèse's youth, the next year the bishop allowed her to become a Carmelite at Lisieux.
From childhood, Thérèse aspired to become a missionary and a martyr. It soon became clear to her, however, that neither option was open to a cloistered nun. So she sought the Holy Spirit and searched the Scripture for another way to excel:
"We live in an age of inventions. We need no longer climb laboriously up flights of stairs. And I am determined to find an elevator to carry me to Jesus, for I was too small to climb the steep stairs of perfection. So I sought in Holy Scripture some idea of what this lift I wanted would be, and I read, 'Whoever is a little one, let him come to me' (See Lk 8:16). I also wanted to know how God would deal with a 'little one,' so I searched and found: 'You shall be carried in her arms and fondled in her lap; as a mother comforts her son…' (Is 66:12-13; NAB)
"It is your arms, Jesus, which are the elevator to carry me to heaven. So there is no need for me to grow up. In fact: just the opposite: I must become less and less."
In 1897, Thérèse thought her dream of becoming a missionary was about to come true. The Carmelites at Hanoi in Indo-China had invited her to join them. But on the early morning of Good Friday, she began to hemorrhage from the mouth. She had contracted tuberculosis, which tortured her for several months before it took her life on September 30, 1897.
Thérèse learned to do the loving thing in every situation, which she discovered was the fuel that fired the faith of martyrs and saints. That was the secret of her "little way" of perfection that has captivated our hearts:
"Great deeds are forbidden me. I cannot preach the gospel nor shed my blood—but what does it matter? My brothers toil instead of me and I, a little child keep close by the throne of God and I love for those who fight. Love proves itself by deeds. I will scatter flowers, perfuming the Divine Throne, and I'll sweetly sing my hymn of love. These flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least of actions for love."
Read more from Bert at his website www.BertGhezzi.com, or check out his many books on Amazon.
Brandon Vogt is a bestselling author of eight books, founder of ClaritasU, and Content Director for Bishop Robert Barron's Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.
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Space is a major consideration when it comes to installing an accessibility system in residential and commercial buildings. Some settings cannot accommodate an elevator or a vertical lift. An inclined platform lift is the ideal option in such situations. Available in New York and New Jersey, Savaria inclined platform lifts provide wheelchair users easy access over straight and curved staircases. They can be easily installed and come with a compact folding platform that leaves the stairway free for pedestrians.
Savaria offers two models of inclined platform lifts – Delta for a straight flight of stairs and Omega for curved staircases.
Savaria Delta – Featuring a compact design and easy-to-use controls, the Delta easily glides along its rail and carries a wheelchair-bound passenger safely up a straight flight of stairs. Ideal for commercial use, this ADA-compliant platform lift easily folds up when not in use, leaving the stairs unobstructed. The inclined platform lift comes with a maximum load capacity of 550 lb (250 kg) and travels at a nominal speed of 20 ft/min (0.1 m/s). Several safety features such as overspeed governor, non-skid platform with side safety flaps, manual lowering device, keyed access for call stations, obstruction sensor system on the platform and emergency stop button ensure a safe, comfortable ride.
Platform lifts allow wheelchair users to access different levels of low-rise buildings without having to leave their assistive device. If you plan to invest in one, locate a reliable dealer. An established dealer will provide free site assessment as well as customized installation by trained and experienced professionals. They will also provide efficient inspection and maintenance support.


Birkenstock is cutting ties Amazon.com due to the influx of counterfeits and unauthorized selling on the online shopping site. As a result, the sandals company will no longer supply products to Amazon in the U.S. beginning January 1, 2017. And that's not all: Birkenstock noted in a letter to the U.S. online giant that it will no longer authorize third-party merchants to sell on the site, either.
In a memo from Birkenstock USA, dated July 6, CEO David Kahan, says: "The Amazon marketplace, which operates as an 'open market,' creates an environment where we experience unacceptable business practices which we believe jeopardize our brand. Policing this activity internally and in partnership with Amazon.com has proven impossible." A company spokesperson confirmed the letter's authenticity but declined further comment.
Per CNBC, "Birkenstock, founded more than 240 years ago in Germany, is one of the many brands, big and small, struggling with Amazon's growth in counterfeits. It's a problem that's exploded since Chinese merchants started flooding the site in the last couple of years. Scores of legitimate sellers are hurting because fraudsters are knocking off their products and utilizing tactics such as paying for reviews, jumping into their listings and taking advantage of loopholes in Amazon's logistics system. For example, Amazon commingles inventory from distributors at its fulfillment centers, so authentic products and fakes can get mixed together."
Birkenstock has seen legions of Chinese sellers promoting its flagship Arizona sandal for $79.99; that is $20 below the retail price. According to Kahan, the only way to get Amazon's support in its fight against copies is by selling the entire catalog to Amazon. CNBC noted: "It's part of the online retailer's effort to be the one-stop shop for anything and everything. Plenty of brands have opted to team up with Amazon and hand over full collections instead of engaging in a never-ending fight. But it's not a workable option for Kahan, who wants to maintain control over the Birkenstock brand. So he pulled the plug."
Birkenstock will be telling consumers to purchase only from authorized retailers, and that any products listed on Amazon can't be trusted. "So, buyer beware," he wrote. And the message to stores: "We will be vigilant in handing any retail partners who choose not to comply after January 1, 2017."


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The possibility of seriously expanding the UNSC is on the table: UN chief Antonio Guterres
UNITED NATION: UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has stated that the possibility of expanding security Council is now "seriously on the table" but expressed pessimism about the questioning of the right of veto.
António Guterres made the remarks as he addressed reporters at his annual year-end conference in New York on Monday.
He was answering a question about UN security Advice reform to make the powerful world body better able to deal with crises such as the war in Ukraine.
"The central issues are related to the composition of the Security Council and the right of veto. Now it is the business of the member states, the Secretariat has no influence in these negotiations", declared António Guterres.
"I think during our session of the General Assembly in September, for the first time, I heard clearly from the United States and Russia the indication that they favored an expansion of the number of permanent members of the Security Council," he said.
He added that there was some time a proposal from France and the United Kingdom for certain restrictions in the use of the right of veto.
"But I remain pessimistic about the possibility that the right of veto will be seriously challenged," he said.
The UN chief added that Security Council reform requires two-thirds of the votes of the General Assembly plus the five affirmative votes of the permanent members of the Security Council – China, France, Russia, the Kingdom United and the United States.
"So I think there is now room for a much more serious discussion in relation to Security Council reform. I think the possibility of expanding the Security Council is now seriously on the table. I am still not optimistic about the right to veto," he said.
Last week, António Guterres tweeted: "A majority of UN member countries now recognize that the Security Council should be reformed to reflect today's geopolitical realities. I hope that regional groups and countries can work together to reach greater consensus on the way forward and the modalities of reform."
A majority of UN member countries now agree that the Security Council should be reformed to reflect the current situation… https://t.co/t8EIUsw0JU
— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) 1671103800000
Last week, the Minister of Foreign Affairs S Jaishankar chaired a signing ceremony at the Security Council on reformed multilateralism, saying that while the reform debate has wandered aimlessly, the real world has meanwhile changed dramatically and reform is the need of the day.
A concept note circulated by India before the UNSC The meeting said that UN reform has been left open without a defined timetable and that the Security Council is far from reflecting true diversity.
"The world is not the same as it was 77 years ago. The 193 Member States of the United Nations are more than triple the 55 Member States it had in 1945. However, the composition of the Security Council, responsible of world peace and security, was last set in 1965 and falls far short of reflecting the true diversity of the full membership of the United Nations," the concept note said.
On December 1, India assumed the monthly rotating presidency of the Security Council, the second time after August 2021 that India chaired the Council during its two-year term as an elected member of the UNSC.
India, whose 2021-2022 term on the Council ends on December 31, has been at the forefront of efforts calling for urgent reform of the Security Council, which has remained deeply divided over the current challenges.
India has asserted that the Council in its current form does not reflect today's geopolitical realities and that its credibility is at risk if nations such as developing powers like India do not have seats. standing at the horseshoe table.
During the press conference, António Guterres said: "We have made many reforms in the areas of responsibility of the Secretariat and the United Nations agencies. And I think the effectiveness of the response to the humanitarian consequences of the war demonstrates that these reforms have been positive."
He said that UN Country Teams work much better and more efficiently today than just a few years ago.
"There are UN reforms that are going on. But of course, the crucial aspect that is being discussed is the reform of the Security Council. And I will say, the revitalization of the General Assembly and the strengthening of ECOSOC.
"Now we have witnessed significant progress in revitalizing the General Assembly. Let us not forget that now any veto in the Security Council leads to a discussion in the General Assembly and an explanation of the reasons for the veto. This is a very significant change in the relationship between the two bodies," he said.
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