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Николай Митрофанович Ремезов (Ремизов) (1864, Тамбовская губерния — 30 октября 1916, в районе Гарбузов) — генерал-майор русской императорской армии.

Биография
Сын М. Н. Ремезова, одного из основателей и пожизненного редактора журнала «Русская мысль», родился  года в селе Кашково Тмбовской губернии .

Окончил 3-й Московский кадетский корпус и 26 августа 1885 года поступил на военную службу. В 1887 году, по окончании 3-го военного Александровского училища (по 2-му разряду) выпущен подпоручиком в 72-й пехотный Тульский полк. С 30 марта 1891 года — батальонный адъютант, 31 мая 1892 года был произведён в поручики.

С 21 декабря 1893 года — офицер-воспитатель 4-го Московского кадетского корпуса. 17 апреля 1894 г. произведён в штабс-капитаны, 24 марта 1896 — в капитаны, 18 апреля 1899 г. — в подполковники. Был преподавателем гимнастики в гимназии им. Медведниковых.

Участвовал в русско-японской войне (1904—1905), был ранен и контужен. С 16 апреля 1904 г. — командир батальона; 18 августа 1904 г. произведён в полковники.

С 31 января 1907 г. — командир 220-го пехотного резервного Епифанского полка.

С 28 декабря 1908 г. — командир 7-го гренадерского Самогитского полка. 14 января 1914 присвоено звание генерал-майор, назначен командиром 2-й бригады 10-й пехотной дивизии.

Участвовал в Первой мировой войне. С октября 1914 года — начальник 35-й пехотной дивизии, с 20 января 1916 г. — командир бригады этой же дивизии.

Убит  года разрывной пулей при осмотре позиций в районе Гарбузов — Гукаловице. Погребён  1916 года на Московском братском кладбище на месте, которое выбрал при жизни.

7-го ноября на Братском кладбище совершено погребение известного боевого генерала Н. М. Ремезова, убитого 30-го октября при осмотре позиции разрывной пулей. Генерал Ремезов хорошо известен был не только военным кругам Москвы, но и московскому обществу. Он был учредителем многих спортивных кружков и сам руководил делом постановки физического развития детей в учебных заведениях. Его высокую красивую фигуру с левой рукой на черной перевязи вследствие раны, полученной в русско-японскую войну, знала буквально вся Москва. Покойный происходил из литературной семьи. Его отец известный публицист М. Н. Ремезов — был одним из основателей и пожизненным редактором журнала «Русская мысль». Отпевание тела героя состоялось в церкви Самогитского полка (в Покровских казармах), которым он до войны долгое время командовал. Храм был переполнен почитателями памяти покойного. При отпевании изволила присутствовать Её Императорское Высочество Великая Княгиня Елисавета Федоровна, командующий войсками московского военного округа I. И. Мрозовский и другие высшие представители военной власти. Когда гроб с телом почившего был вынесен из храма, войска взяли на-караул, а военный оркестр заиграл «Кольславен». Гроб был поставлен на лафет, и печальная процессия направилась к Братскому кладбищу. На Тверской улице покойному генералу пришлось еще раз встретиться с врагом. Как раз в это время в нескольких санитарных автомобилях везли раненых турок и последние с любопытством смотрели на огромную процессию и на молодцоватых бравых солдат, сопровождавших тело генерала. Генерал Ремезов погреблен на Братском кладбище на том самом месте, которое он сам лично выбрал еще при жизни.

Награды
 Орден Святого Станислава 2-й степени с мечами (1904)
 Орден Святой Анны 2-й степени (1907)
 Орден Святого Владимира 4-й степени (1910)
 Георгиевское оружие (ВП 05.05.1915).

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Выпускники 3-го Московского кадетского корпуса
Выпускники Александровского военного училища
Участники Русско-японской войны (Россия)
Генерал-майоры (Российская империя)
10-я пехотная дивизия (Россия)
Погибшие в Первую мировую войну
Похороненные на Братском кладбище (Москва)
Преподаватели Медведниковской гимназии

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February 11 is the 27th World Day of the Sick, a commemoration instituted by Pope St. John Paul II. The World Day of the Sick takes place each year on the memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, and this year's solemn celebration takes place in Calcutta.
The title of Pope Francis's message for the day is "You received without payment; give without payment" (Mt. 10:8).


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The Prime Ministry offered its condolences on Monday to Turkey over a military helicopter crash that killed four soldiers.
"We wish mercy from Allah for the soldiers who were martyred when a helicopter crashed in İstanbul's Çekmeköy district," it said in a message posted on one of its social media accounts.
Talip Atalay, head of the Department of Religious Affairs, also extended his condolences to Turkey, saying he shared the pain of the Turkish Armed Forces and the Turkish nation.
At least four soldiers were martyred Monday when their helicopter crashed while attempting to make an emergency landing in a residential area of İstanbul's Çekmeköy district at 6.51pm.


Graititude is it ever too much?
I was asked today if one of my strengths, which is gratitude, could ever be a negative thing? This led me to reflect on gratitude and what it means for me. I end each day with a reflection on what it is that I am grateful for and have bought a small journal to write down two or three things for the day. I also try to always look at the plus side of a situation. This is not always easy. Here is a prime example my air conditioning unit quit and yesterday was a record high in Tallahassee, FL a whopping 105 degrees. However, I found a person who is going to take payments for repairing my air conditioner and we had one terrific storm come through to cool off the area so the house was actually pleasant. Am I perfect NOPE there are days when I struggle to fined two or three things to be grateful for but I TRY. Picture a rubber band we can all stretch the trick is to know when to relax so we don't snap! For me finding something to be grateful for is my way of relaxing. What about you? What are you grateful for?


Local community group Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens unveiled a brand new 'toposcope' at the historic Adelaide Garden site this week.
Councillor Veronica Webster and Rosemary Gordon, Chair of the Friends group, marked the occasion on Tuesday 25th April by thanking an anonymous local benefactor who made a generous donation to help a produce the toposcope, as well as local residents and volunteers who work tirelessly to maintain the seafront gardens.
The original toposcope, which is a mounted directional plate and similar in appearance to a sundial – was removed from the seafront gardens in the early 1970s.
Volunteers were unable to locate any photographs of the original directional plate design, but with the help of Sefton Libraries service they were able to replicate the original size and shape for the garden's centre-piece from historic photographs of the seafront gardens.
The directional plate shows the geographical distance between Adelaide Garden and a number of worldwide landmarks – including New York and Australia, as well as places of interest closer to home including the Liver Bird buildings and the nearby Burbo Bank windfarm.


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Guardians Of The Galaxy: Benicio del Toro role explained
Everything you need to know about Benicio del Toro's Marvel villain Ronan The Accuser
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Den Of Geek is reporting that Benicio del Toro, Lee Pace and Karen Gillan's characters in James Gunn's cosmic caper Guardians Of The Galaxy have finally been confirmed… and the rumour-mill was bob on in all cases.
Del Toro is playing the Collector, Pace is Ronan The Accusor, and Gillan is Nebula. But who the Ditko are they, and what does their casting auger for Marvel's most outlandish Phase 2 film so far?
Here's everything you need to know about Benicio del Toro's role…
Created by the Silver Age dream team of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Fantastic Four #65 (1967), Kree supercop Ronan is the supremely powerful arbiter of the Kree Empire's unflinching and brutal brand of justice – an alien Judge Dredd wielding an energy-powered warhammer.
Tangling with the Fantastic Four again and later the Inhumans, Ronan would wind up on the wrong side of his own justice system – forced to clear his name and save the Kree Empire in Annihilation: Ronan # 1 (July 2006), and making the transition from stoney faced villain to tragic, nobel hero.
Rebuilding his shattered society, Ronan would also rebuild ties with the Inhumans – entering an arranged marriage with Crystal (who used to go out with the Fantastic Four's Human Torch, and was married to Magneto's son Quicksilver) to tie the two powers together.
The two eventually grew closer when the Shi'ar – another alien superpower, more often seen hassling the X-Men – attacked the wedding in War Of Kings #1 (May 2009), kicking off a mega-event that disrupts the status quo surrounding all of Marvel's star-spanning heroes.
Guardians Of The Galaxy is due in cinemas 1 August 2014. Pick up James Gunn's Super on DVD for £4.49 or Blu-ray for £6.99 from Amazon.co.uk.
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Costa Rica approves a series of tax reforms
Costa Rica passed a series of legislative tax reforms in December 2018 that will have a profound impact on how businesses operate in the country. The law will take effect on July 1 2019.
Notably, the reform introduces a VAT Law that substitutes an antiquated sales tax system, and brings significant changes to income tax law adopted over 20 years ago in an attempt to harmonise it with international standards and the debatable recommendations of the OECD for a country such as Costa Rica (e.g. hybrid mismatch arrangements).
Having said that, the VAT Law and modified Income Tax Law include ambiguous or contradictory provisions, and certain concepts are inadequately defined.
There are even some errors, with private education services listed as VAT-exempt, even though it is still included in a list of goods and services subject to a reduced rate of 2%. The income tax changes are the result of a hurried compromise rather than a complete overhaul based on the recommendations of tax specialists.
Replacement of the sales tax with a VAT system
Under the new VAT system, services will generally be taxable, and only a certain amount of goods and services will be exempt. The standard rate will be 13%. There are 35 exemptions, and 12 situations in which VAT does not apply.
These include exports, the purchase of goods and services from free trade zone (FTZ) regime companies, interest and commissions on loans, the transfer of real property and registered movable property subject to a transfer tax. There are also three reduced rates:
4% for private health services provided by authorised health centres or health science professionals;
2% for pharmaceutical products or personal insurance premiums; and
1% for sales, imports or the clearance of agricultural items included in the list of basic foods.
To ensure the collection of VAT in cross-border digital transactions regarding services, Costa Rican banks will be required to act as VAT withholding agents. Importing intangibles will also be subject to VAT.
Furthermore, input tax (VAT charged on goods and services for business purposes) will be recoverable, with taxpayers entitled for reimbursement via tax credits.
However, exports will be eligible to receive a tax credit, even though they are exempt. Taxpayers with transactions subject to a reduced tax rate will only be entitled to a tax credit that is equal to the percentage of the reduced rate.
Lastly, VAT credits can be used for a total of four years. If the taxpayer is not able to use their VAT credit in the next three years, it can use it to offset other tax liabilities such as corporate income tax (CIT), or just request a refund. The latter is unlikely to occur in practice though.
New income tax law provisions
Income and capital gains made from a Costa Rican source will now constitute a new category of taxable income, with the capital gain to be subject to a new tax rate of 15%.
For the sale of goods or rights acquired before the tax reform was enacted, taxpayers will be able to choose whether to pay a reduced capital gains tax of 2.25% on the amount of the sale. On the other hand, gains derived from assets or rights connected with for-profit activities (or when they constitute an ordinary activity) will be subject to the ordinary income tax rate of 30% (on a net basis) and will not be eligible to the 2:25% rate.
Additionally, capital gains derived from the sale of shares that were not subject to taxation in situations where the seller was not engaged in a habitual trade will now be taxable.
In the realm of currencies, exchange differences in assets or liabilities that arise from the time the transaction is carried out, the date the income is recognised (or liability paid), or the close of the tax year, will be subject to income tax and will constitute a taxable gain or deductible loss.
Carrying forward losses will be possible for a three-year period and will continue being possible for five years in the agriculture sector.
Interest deductions will be subject to 30% of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), and will decrease to 20% in five years. However, interest derived from banking or any other type of local or foreign regulated financial entity should not be subject to this limitation.
There are also new anti-low tax jurisdiction provisions. Expenses paid to entities in non-cooperating jurisdictions (where the CIT is less than 40% of the applicable Costa Rican CIT rate of 30%, or jurisdictions that do not have a tax information exchange agreement or double taxation treaty) will not be deductible for CIT purposes. Expenses can nonetheless be recognised if the tax authorities determine that the taxpayer can prove that the expenses correspond to a transaction actually made.
Among all these changes, tax-free corporate reorganisation rules are also introduced.
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Curious in the linked video (practicing Japanese from a phrasebook) that the only thing he really gets and says normally and fluently is the well known tongue twister "tonari no kyaku ga yoku kaki kuu kyaku da" (mmmm, wakatta). I have to admit that little detail was actually quite funny.
I have read with great interest the letter of protest and subsequent postings, and I have mixed thoughts about what I've read. I think strong, salient points have been made by many on both sides of the issue. As an American, I am sensitive to PC run amok. However, as an American living in Japan, married to a Japanese with a mixed-race/dual national daughter, I come down more along the side of FRANCA.
I think anytime we allow negative stereotypical characeterizations to go unchallenged, no matter how small, well-intentioned, or couched in humor, we do both native Japanese and non-natives a disservice. Raising concerns enables conversations, and converstions more often than not lead to greater understanding and sensitivity.
There are times and places for thick skin. There are also times and places for calling out inappropriate behavior. This is the latter.
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Dave Scott: Are 38% of Americans blind & deaf?
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Joe Biden's recent Quinnipiac Poll approval rating plummeting to 38% is not surprising. What's surprising is that 38 percent of Americans approve of this buffoon.
After nine months of his chaotic presidency, what's to approve? Afghanistan is now a country led by terrorists with an international airport to fly mass murderers armed with $80 billion in American weapons around the world; the U.S. suffers from raging inflation; crime is rampant and increasing at unprecedented levels; the southern border is wide open with Covid-infected illegals, drugs and criminals pouring across; police departments are being defunded and bail reform is dumping criminals back onto the streets; vaccinations are being mandated whether they're needed or not; there's no infrastructure funding; the DOJ is targeting local PTA members as domestic terrorists; Americans are dependent on foreign oil again; radicals are running various agencies and totally incompetent "diverse" cabinet secretaries are in charge. And Covid? More kids in Chicago have been killed by gunshots so far in 2021 than have died of Covid in the entire U.S.
Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" toolbox contains only one device – a sledge hammer. America can't handle any more of his "building" skills. An invading army couldn't do more damage to our society than the Biden administration.
Biden's energy policies alone are causing massive economic turmoil.
One of the first moves the string-pullers operating the Biden puppet made after the January inauguration was to stop construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, halt more drilling on federal lands, and limit fracking.
Until Biden, the U.S. was energy independent, gas prices were at a 20-year low, and America was one of the top three exporters of oil in the world. As a result of the Biden administration's policies, energy prices for Americans are soaring, with gasoline more than a dollar a gallon higher than a year ago.
Transportation firms that depend on gasoline to move products are raising prices to cover their soaring costs. As a result, prices in grocery stores and all other retail outlets are increasing faster than Joe Biden's cognitive abilities are deteriorating.
The Marxist scriptwriters that run the White House say eliminating America's dependence on fossil fuels is required to control "climate change."
Climate change is a fraud fronted by 18-year-old Greta Thunberg, a kid from Norway who Norwegians with ice cubes for brains are considering for a Nobel Prize. How'd this Nordic nitwit get her hands on one of the levers of America's economic engine? Is she also trying to shut down the incredibly productive oil fields on Norway's continental shelf in the North Sea?
America was energy independent just 10 months ago. Now Biden had to call OPEC and implore them to crank up production and we're paying their sky-high prices.
China, Russia, and the OPEC countries should do whatever they can to perpetuate the myth of climate change and court the Democrat's Norwegian teenage surrogate. It's incredibly profitable for them as they can burn all the fossil fuels they want while the U.S cuts back, slowing our economy, weakening our military, and earning our enemies generous profits.
Can anyone explain how Americans buying and burning high-priced imported oil helps prevent "climate change" while burning cheaper American oil causes it?
In addition to its insane energy programs, the Biden administration is attacking the economy in other ways. In the $3.5 trillion Biden Build Back Better blow-out bill there's a proposal to raise the top corporate tax rate to 26.5%. According to the Tax Foundation, this would give the United States the third highest average corporate tax rate among developed nations, behind Colombia and Portugal.
When told that this tax would force corporations to raise prices that consumers pay for their goods and services, the brilliant economist Jen Psaki said: "That would be mean and inappropriate."
Biden's pals also want to rifle through every American bank account that has more than $600 in it. That means everybody. That's on top of their plan to give the IRS billions for increased enforcement and increase the number of IRS agents.
At this point, the only folks standing in their way are two Democrats: West Virginia's Senator Joe Manchin and Arizona's Senator Krysten Sinema.
Why don't these two change parties and become Republicans or Independents? Wouldn't voters in their states be relieved? By sticking to their principles so far they've saved the country from Marxist ruin. And they've made Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer look like the schmucks they are.
By insisting that the infrastructure bill and "Build Back Better" monstrosity be voted on together, the Democrat Party's Marxist radicals are saying they won. What did they win? Their prize is a Democrat Party in ruins. Pelosi and Schumer are buried in the wreckage. They're done. Their legacy is the smoldering debris of their party. The barbarians led by Marxist loonies AOC and Bernie Sanders crashed through party gates, plundered, and pillaged, and left their party in the same shape as Biden did Afghanistan.
And Biden? He's impotent and worthless, sitting in the Oval Office slurping cups of pudding, awaiting instructions from the Barack Obama and George Soros cabal that actually run his presidency. He can't solve problems because he is THE problem.
Based on Senator Manchin's latest comment he appears to be one of the sanest Democrats in Washington criticizing the gigantic Build Back Better blow out bill saying that the $3.5 trillion plan is "fiscal insanity" and must be geared toward "what we need and can afford – not designed to reengineer the social and economic fabric of this nation or vengefully tax for the sake of wishful spending."
For the sake of the country, let's hope he doesn't bend to pressure from the Moe, Curly and Shemp trio of Biden, Schumer and Pelosi, and that America can hold on until the 2022 midterm elections when we get our country back again.
Dave Scott spent several years as a daily newspaper reporter in Florida and New York before joining the corporate world and heading up communications activities for IBM, ITT and other Fortune 50 companies in the U.S. and Europe, eventually running his own Atlanta agency. He lives on Amelia Island, FL, and blogs at www.davescottblog.com. He also writes, edits, and publishes the annual Amelia Island News-www.amelianewswrecker.com, a newspaper parody with the tag line "Amelia Island's sacred cows make the best burgers."
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Nearly 100 have applied for state constitution rewrite panel
Published on November 17, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Staff Reports
Almost 100 people now have applied to Gov. Rick Scott for a seat on the panel that reviews the state's constitution every 20 years. According to a list the governor's office released Thursday morning, a few of the newest names interested in being on the Constitution Revision Commission are: — Alan Becker, co-founder of South Florida's Becker & Poliakoff law firm, and vice chair of Enterprise Florida, the state's public-private economic development organization. — Glenton Gilzean, president and CEO of…
Nate poised to send wind, waves to Panhandle
Florida's western Panhandle, the one area of the state spared the impact of Hurricane Irma nearly a month ago, is
Rick Scott declares state of emergency for Nate
Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday declared a state of emergency in 29 Florida counties as Tropical Storm Nate seems headed for
Constitution review panel could tackle 'write-in loophole'
A Constitution Revision Commission committee on Wednesday began considering whether to change Florida's primary election system, including buttoning up what's
Tropical storm delays Enterprise Florida CEO selection
Published on September 28, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster
Enterprise Florida is hitting the pause button on selecting a new CEO. But the decision has little to do with the candidates and everything to do with a storm brewing in the tropics. The Enterprise Florida search committee was expected to make a final recommendation Wednesday, after it conducted interviews with two candidates. But Gov. Rick Scott, the chairman of the Enterprise Florida board of directors, couldn't make the meetings because of a quickly developing tropical storm. The search committee…
Enterprise Florida gives raises, ditches bonuses
Raises will be provided to 16 upper-level and mid-level employees of Enterprise Florida, as the state's business-recruitment agency does away
Siemens, Chromalloy joint project to bring 350 new Hillsborough jobs
Two global engineering companies, Siemens and Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation, have chosen Hillsborough County for the headquarters of a new joint
Broward nursing home expands lawsuit against state
A Broward County nursing home has expanded a lawsuit challenging moves by Gov. Rick Scott's administration that effectively shut down
Enterprise Florida holding firm to hire new head this month
Published on September 12, 2016 in Statewide by Jim Rosica
Enterprise Florida (EFI) is sticking to its plan to hire its next president and CEO by the next board meeting on Sept. 28-29. The public-private economic development organization's presidential search committee held a conference call Monday. Stan Connally, head of Gulf Power Company in Pensacola and chair of the search committee, said the group had received over 100 resumes for the position. They include Enterprise Florida Chief Marketing Officer Joe Hice (blog here) and former Florida Department of Transportation Assistant Secretary Richard M. Biter (story here). Alan…
Enterprise Florida looking for new chief by next month
Published on August 4, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica
Enterprise Florida (EFI), the state's public-private economic development agency, is aiming to hire a new CEO on a tight timeline — by September. Members of the agency's search committee held a brief organizational conference call Thursday. Discussing the job ad soon to go out, committee member Carol Craig suggested it make clear they need a candidate "strong on legislative experience." "That's a really big deal, especially with everything that's gone on the past," said Craig, CEO of Cape Canaveral's Craig Technologies. Bill Johnson, EFI's immediate…
Enterprise Florida could give employee pay raises
Pay raises may be in store for some employees at the state's business-recruitment agency as bonuses have been withheld this
Deadlines likely pushed back for ballot proposals
Following the disruption of Hurricane Irma, a panel on Monday recommended that the Florida Constitution Revision Commission give residents more
Enterprise Florida board approves staff cuts, cost reductions
Published on July 1, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster
Enterprise Florida board members approved a plan to slash spending and restructure the state's public-private economic development agency. The EFI board of directors voted overwhelmingly to approve recommendations to cut about $6 million. The board approved about a dozen recommendations, including closing offices, ending contracts and eliminating 26 positions. Eliminating the positions will save the organization more than $2.1 million, said Alan Becker, vice chair of the Enterprise Florida board. The group voted on the recommendation to eliminate the positions separately…
Enterprise Florida downgraded in Rick Scott's new organizational chart
Published on April 14, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica
The next head of Enterprise Florida, the state's public-private economic development organization, will no longer report directly to Gov. Rick Scott, according to a new Governor's Office organizational chart. The chart, first unearthed Wednesday by Associated Press Capitol reporter Gary Fineout in his The Fine Print blog, had been quietly posted on the Governor's Office official website, www.flgov.com. It shows Enterprise Florida has been stricken as a separate heading and converted into a subhead under Deputy Chief of Staff Frank Collins, whose portfolio…
Enterprise Florida shouldn't "be overlooked," vice chair says
The vice chair of Enterprise Florida (EFI), the state's public-private economic development agency, sounded like he was playing defense in a conference call with the group's executive committee Wednesday. "As you read some of the newspapers, they make it sound like we're out of business," said Alan Becker, co-founder of South Florida's Becker & Poliakoff law firm. Though Gov. Rick Scott is the chair, Becker presides over meetings as vice chair. He was responding to a report on EFI's recent business development…


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What Cali Fleets Need to Know About CARB's New Incentives for EV Fleet Adoption
The California Air Resources Board's latest vote on funding for its Hybrid and Zero Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive is the biggest influx of funding in the program's history.
INIT Companies Unify to Meet Planning, Scheduling, and Driver Management Needs
The two companies, responsible for planning and personnel dispatching, have amalgamated to better serve the current requirements of transport companies worldwide.
Dallas wins 'Grand' prize at APTA Bus Roadeo
Event held in conjunction with Bus and Paratransit Conference in Long Beach, Calif.
Prevost offers coach marketing tools
Choose from a series of print ads to promote the fun and convenience of coach travel. Or for more of an educational tone, use the slide shows, videos and press releases to emphasize the importance of safety and the environmental benefits of coach travel.
Charters spared from buying apportioned license plates
Letters were sent urging members to vote against the proposal citing the negative impact to travel and tourism and the higher costs that would have to be endured by motorcoach operators to obtain apportioned license plates.
Greyhound to hire 400 operators
Prospective drivers must be at least 22 years of age, possess a valid driver's license, a minimum of three-years driving experience (commercial or private), good character skills, good driving record and a passion for safety.
Motorcoach Top 50: Diversify to Boost Business
Once again, Dallas-based Coach America rolls in at the top in METRO's annual motorcoach survey. Despite the lagging economy, two-thirds of carriers reported a substantial increase in business.


A West Drayton nursery nurse has pleaded guilty to possessing indecent images of children.
55-year-old Mark Curl, 55, of Bell Avenue in West Drayton, was charged with four counts of possession of indecent images of children contrary section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 on Thursday (October 8).
Curl appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Friday (October 9) morning where he pleaded guilty as charged.
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So often we ask how to become an entrepreneur. How can we become our own boss without any startup? Those are all questions directed towards the one thing we truly need. A need, no one can give you.
It is something every entrepreneur has within them! It is something that cannot be bought or sold. It is the ability to procure resources, when the resources seem scarce.
Resourcefulness separates the entrepreneur from the quitter. It is what the Bill Gates', and Jeff Bezos' of the world all have. Every morning when I get up, I remind myself of this. I didn't realize the power of resourcefulness until I watched this video by Tony Robbins on YouTube. In the video he explains what holds most people back in realizing their potential, he explains why some people dabble instead of seeking mastery.
His words are powerful and I warn you they are not sugar coated. Check it out, whether you are doing great, or just need motivation this video will get you working! Good luck on your journey to being resourceful, and thanks for reading.
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I was referred to you by Andrew D. Nystrom.
While I am a firm believer in the fact that humans seem to have difficulty seeing past 5PM, I am occasionally impressed by the few. I find your clock idea a step towards 5:30PM. An extra '0' so humanity can continue for another 98,000 years is reassuring. This short sightedness is echoed throughout the vaults of time by many cultures like the Mayans and Microsoft (hmmmm, I wonder if it is the letter 'M' that is the issue here).
I believe that Mr. Nystrom thought that my project conformed to your thinking ... past the here and now. I am building a space habitat so that humanity can be diverse and our legacy can continue beyond the limits of Earth and beyond the next 100,000 years. Future thinking is not a function of time but rather an exercise in the growth and deployment of knowledge. Our project is slated to take about 25years to complete, but that goal is not the premiss of the task. Our objective is a growth of understanding that we are stagnant and unwilling to utilize our potential ... oh yeah, and we are building a habitat to house 2million people in outer space. We walked on the moon in the 60's and our fundamental knowledge by the late 70's was sufficient then to put mankind in permanent residence in outer space. Instead we procrastinate and divert economic efforts to tiny foot steps out of our cave. Too much of our thinking is that of the philosophy of the pharmaceutical industry "treat the symptom, there is no future in solving the problem".
Not 'Long Now', humanity will have exceeded its fragile eco-bubble and will guarantee its longevity by expanding to self created habitats and shortly thereafter occupy other worlds.
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Microsoft, G7 CR Technologies Launch SSB 360 Programme To Boost Indian Startups
Twitter Sleuths Expose Phishing Scam Involving Fake Flipkart Ads
Make In India: Samsung To Manufacture Smartphone Displays In Noida
UrbanClap To Facilitate ESOPs Repurchase Worth $2 Mn-$2.5 Mn
Meha Agarwal
100 employees eligible to sell their shares in the sale
Each share valued at $871 for this ESOP round
The buyout will take place via a secondary transaction, part of $54 Mn Series D round
On-demand home services platform UrbanClap is facilitating an employee stock repurchase programme (ESOP) worth $2 Mn-$2.5 Mn (INR 14 Cr-INR 18 Cr) at $871 (INR 62K) per share. Reportedly, around 50 of the 100 eligible employees have exercised the option to sell their shares.
The ESOPs purchase will take place via a secondary transaction, and is said to be the part of recent $54 Mn Series D funding round led by hedge fund Steadview Capital and existing investor Vy Capital in November 2018. At the time of fundraise, the company announced that it would facilitate a secondary sale of ESOP and stocks worth approximately $4 Mn (INR 28.4 Cr).
This is UrbanClap's second ESOP cashout. The company had organised a secondary sale at the time of its Series C round of funding in June 2017 as well. During the first ESOP sale, UrbanClap's shares were valued at $337 (INR 24K) per share, implying a more than two-fold jump in the current year.
UrbanClap: An Overview
Founded in 2014 by Abhiraj Bhal, Raghav Chandra, and Varun Khaitan, UrbanClap offers services such as beauty and massage, appliance repair, plumbing, carpentry, cleaning, and painting. The company claims that its operating model focuses on service professionals with the aim of turning them into micro-entrepreneurs, multiplying their earnings by 2-3 times.
Related Article: OYO Announces First ESOP Round Worth About $7 Mn
With operations in eight cities – Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Pune – UrbanClap now claims to have served 3 Mn customers with its 100K verified experts as of July 2017. For the financial year 2018, UrbanClap reported a revenue of $7.27 Mn (INR 53.37 Cr), a 225% jump from FY17.
Startups Joining ESOP Bandwagon
In the past few years, we have seen several startups coming out with the ESOP plans for their employees. Some of them are:
140 Razorpay employees cashed in their ESOPs with Tiger Global (November 2018)
Temasek Holdings bought shares worth $30 Mn (INR 213.5 Cr) from former and early employees of the cab-hailing company Ola as part of a secondary share sale
Walmart is obligated to purchase 6,242,271 shares from Flipkart's ESOP pool of 11,947,026 shares worth nearly $800 Mn (INR 5,694 Cr)
Nearly 30 ex-employees of Gurugram-based logistics Unicorn Rivigo had encashed on their stock options in the company, reaping in an estimated amount of $10 Mn (INR 71.1 Cr)
Unicorn food delivery company Swiggy approved its first employee stock repurchase programme. The share buyback, which had to be implemented in June, was estimated at over $4 Mn (INR 27 Cr)
BlackBuck announced ESOP repurchase plan with an option to avail 11X returns within one year (October 2017)
Flipkart board approved a $100 Mn (INR 711.7 Cr) ESOP repurchase plan (October 2017)
ESOPs have become the new way of rewarding employees in the Indian startup space. As UrbanClap suggested in a January 2018 media statement,
"In order to 'attract senior-level employees' and to conserve the immediate cash requirements for remunerating them, the board has sought approval from shareholders to give authority to the ESOP committee of the board to "grant options exceeding 1% of the issued capital of the company to identified employees."
This indicates that startups are using ESOPs as a tool to not only retain talent but to maintain the cash liquidity as well in the near term. On the other hand, it becomes a kind of 'lottery' option for the employees, which they can encash at the right time. There are risks attached to it as well. An employee may enter the company when it is doing well but fails to maintain its stock value later.
But as the analysts say, in the ideal case, if a startup is flourishing – and employees can exercise their stock options to cheaply buy the company's stock and sell it at a significant gain. Contrary to ordinary stock that might drop far below their original price and cause significant financial loss, the worst-case scenario with stock options is zero gains, but also no loss.
[The development was reported by ET.]
ESOPs secondary share sale UrbanClap
Meha has engineering and MBA degrees, but she has always been a writer at heart. It was the perfect combination of utilising her research and analytical skills and her enthusiasm for writing that sparked her interest in writing about the Indian startup ecosystem – the latest tech and gadgets and the startups that create them. She is always on the lookout for industry-specific stories in niche areas of interest such as ecommerce, fintech, greentech and more.
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New Elysium Trailer: It Really Is Better Up There
By Stan Schroeder 2013-04-10 07:36:46 UTC
A new trailer for the upcoming science fiction film, Elysium, is out, and it's a treat for fans of the genre.
Matt Damon and Jodie Foster are starring in the movie which depicts a future (year 2154, to be exact) in which the rich inhabit a dream world called Elysium, while the rest of humanity is desperate to leave Earth, which is ravaged by crime and poverty.
The first teaser trailer was part of a viral campaign focusing on the fictional Armadyne corporation that controls Elysium, their tagline being "It's Better Up There".
The new trailer reveals a lot more about the film and really shows both the beauty of Elysium, a haven for the privileged, and the harsh reality of future Earth.
It also shows Matt Damon with some very Iron Man-esque gadgets at his disposal, which will definitely intrigue fans of the gadget-sci-fi sub-genre.
The movie, which is directed by Neill Blomkamp of "District 9" fame, is slated to hit theaters on August 9, 2013. Check out the trailer above and tell us how you like it in the comments.
BONUS: 10 More Movie Teasers from Comic-Con
Saturday and Sunday at Comic Con
1. Total Recall
Director Len Wiseman was accompanied by Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel and Bryan Cranston for a presentation on Sony's Total Recall.
This reboot of Philip K. Dick's famous short story, "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" comes to theaters August 3. Farrell stars as a factory worker who falls prey to Rekall's mind-trips, only to become a hunted man.
And while Farrell and Cranston are sure to deliver action-packed performances, audiences seem more excited to see Beckinsale and Biel whoop some tail.
2. Looper
During its Hall H presentation, Sony followed Total Recall with Looper, another sci-fi, futuristic thriller that hinges on time travel.
Writer/director Rian Johnson was joined by principals Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt to discuss the film. Gordon-Levitt plays an assassin in the present; criminal organizations send him targets from the future, whereupon he makes them disappear. This flick is set to release September 28.
3. Elysium
Rounding out Sony's upcoming sci-fi trifecta is Elysium, a follow-up to Neill Blomkamp's 2009 debut, District 9. The presentation included seven minutes of never-before-seen footage, some of which was yet unfinished. Still, even the rough cut blew the audience away, though they'll have to wait until early 2013 to catch the final project.
When Blomkamp was asked how he came up with the idea for Elysium, which stars Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, he said:
"The origin of it was really the idea of this space station that was separate from Earth, that the wealth of Earth had been taken and separated from Earth and that we'd left this impoverished planet behind us. You know, as a world, as an environment to begin a story inside of, that was the genesis."
4. Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino is at it again, rewriting gruesome moments in history to the utter delight of his devoted audience. Those in attendance at Hall H had the chance to catch a sneak peek of the film, followed by a discussion with Tarantino, Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Christoph Waltz and Walton Goggins.
One of the most anticipated flicks of the year, Django Unchained stars Foxx as a slave-turned-bounty hunter looking for freedom from and vengeance on the plantation owner who has his wife. Waltz plays his partner in crime; Leonardo DiCaprio plays the slimy, evil plantation owner.
Django Unchained is set for a Christmas release.
5. End of Watch
Open Road Films had the unfortunate luck of getting sandwiched between two major Hall H events: Django Unchained and the Warner Bros. presentation. But you take what you can get, right?
End of Watch is the latest in a series of cop films from writer-director David Ayer, who notably helmed Training Day. This movie sets itself apart from the pack with a more optimistic tone — the principals play good cops — and a unique shooting style that couples a documentary with dashboard cameras, security footage and cameras attached to the actors' bodies.
Comic-Con attendees caught exclusive footage from the film, which showed off the novel filmmaking techniques, along with the brotherly rapport between stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena. Pena joined Ayer in person, while Gyllenhaal gave a pre-recorded introduction.
6. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Here's some of the exclusive footage that Open Road showed off during its presentation for Silent Hill: Revelation. The panel featured stars Adelaide Clemens and Kit Harington, plus director Michael J. Bassett and producer Samuel Hadida. The group discussed how this film would work as a stand-alone project, but the sequel would also offer easter eggs for fans of the 2006 film and video game.
Giant robots and massive monsters come to a head in this sci-fi megalith from Guillermo del Toro. Many Comic-Con attendees said Pacific Rim stole the show at Hall H. It's a good thing, too — this is the film's only marketing effort until Christmas.
8. Man of Steel
Warner Bros. rolled out the official trailer for Man of Steel, a Superman origin story from Zack Snyder. While the quality of this leaked trailer is subpar, fans can catch this trailer on the big screen before The Dark Knight Rises on Friday. There is a palpable Nolan influence in Man of Steel that audiences will detect even in the trailer; it's fitting, as Nolan is billed as a producer on the Superman reboot.
9. The Hobbit
Check out this freshly released production video that gives an inside look at the production of Peter Jackson's prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
At Comic-Con, Jackson showed off a 12-minute reel from the flick, but the rest of us will have to settle for this awesome vlog.
10. Iron Man 3
In classic Tony Stark style, Robert Downey Jr. made a grand entrance into Hall H for the Iron Man 3 panel. The third installment is halfway to completion; Comic-Con attendees caught a glimpse of what's been shot thus far.
Footage confirmed that Sir Ben Kingsley is starring as Iron Man 3 villain, The Mandarin. The sneak peak also featured Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, reminding Stark, "I don't work for you anymore." Stark replies, "That's right, you quit." It's a nod to the fact that Favreau, who directed the first two Iron Man flicks, bowed out for the third.
Favreau and Downey Jr. were joined by Don Cheadle, director Shane Black and Kevin Feige, Marvel's president of production for the panel.
Image courtesy of YouTube/Sony Pictures
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title: La mia vecchia nuova bicicletta - Ci siamo quasi
date: 2016-05-30 00:15:00 Z
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- bike
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I lavori sulla bicicletta procedono.

Ho praticamente terminato sverniciatura e pulitura che hanno rivelato ciò che speravo, le belle saldature in ottone.

![09924]({{ siteurl }}\images\bike\09924.jpg)

Inseme a questo numero, 09924, che immagino sia il progressivo di produzione del telaio.

E intanto è arrivata la B66, proprio bella.

![B66]({{ siteurl }}\images\bike\B66.jpg)

Ci siamo quasi, rimane solo il montaggio che non vedo davvero l'ora di completare, così potrò finalmente cominciare a usare la mia vecchia nuova bicicletta.


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Q: Returning a variable value outside a block - Objective-C, iOS I have the code below that a an connection to an URL and fetches some header responses like http code response and final URL (for redirection case):

- (NSString *)test
{
    __block NSString *cod = @"x";
    NSString *urlString = @"http://www.google.com";
    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
    NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url
                                                           cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringCacheData
                                                       timeoutInterval:15.0f];

[request setHTTPMethod:@"HEAD"];

[NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:request
                                   queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue]
                       completionHandler:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSData *data, NSError *error) {
                           NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse*)response;
                           NSURL *resolvedURL = [httpResponse URL];
                           NSString *code = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld", (long)[httpResponse statusCode]];
                           NSLog(@"%@", resolvedURL);
                           NSLog(@"%@", code);

                           cod = @"y"; // the idea was use something like 'cod = code', then return 'code' at end.. But it dont works too.
                       }];
return cod; }

As can see, I have declared cod variable as __block type and set with x value.
Inside block, I've set cod with y value, but at end of method I got x value for cod.
I've tried to use something like cod = code then returns cod, respecting objects type, but anything that I assign inside block, I can't get the value outside it.
What am I doing wrong?

A: Look at the method name:
[NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:...

Whoops! So it's asynchronous. By the time the completion block is called, your test method will have already returned. You can't return the result of an asynchronous call from a synchronous method, because it doesn't make sense. Adapt your class to be coherent with the async nature of networking operations, use callbacks, delegation, etc. All in all, redesign your code.

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Grace and Race Ministries, Inc, celebrates the official opening of The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial. Forty-eight years after Dr. King delivered the now famous, "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the memorial will be dedicated to recognize his life and contributions to creating a more peaceful, nonviolent and loving world.
There will be many critiques of the memorial but do not limit yourself to analyzing the politics surrounding the choices inherent in the design and construction.
You will be blessed if you are able to experience this piece of history. As you walk through the opening designed to represent the "mountain of despair " you will eventually reach the "stone of hope!" Metaphorically speaking, we can each challenge ourselves to become stones of hope in the midst of difficult circumstances in our lives.
Note: The official ceremony has been postponed due to Hurricane Irene.


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Q: Yii2 display multiple values from one relation in GridView I did my grid by the this instruction http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/653/displaying-sorting-and-filtering-model-relations-on-a-gridview/
and it worked. But now I need to have two columns with data related to one column. For example in person/index the gridView must display cityName and cityRegion from the related record in the City table.
I managed to display the data, but can't get the search functionality working.
In the example from the link, at the end of the function search() there is
$query->andFilterWhere([
    //... other searched attributes here
])
// Here we search the attributes of our relations using our previously configured
// ones in "TourSearch"
->andFilterWhere(['like', 'tbl_city.name', $this->city])
->andFilterWhere(['like', 'tbl_country.name', $this->country]);

I think I should have something like:
->andFilterWhere(['like', 'tbl_city.name', $this->city])
->andFilterWhere(['like', 'tbl_city.region', $this->city])

...but I don't know how to get the actual search values for (in this case name and region).
Thanks!
EDIT*
Here is the whole search() and rules definition: http://pastebin.com/mUVDYNiH
Currently the sorting of prod_ProductCode and prod_Manufacturer is working, but the search boxes for them doesn't show up.

A: Check here yii2 ActiveQuery 'OR LIKE' filter:
$query->andFilterWhere([
    'or',
    ['like', 'tbl_city.name', $this->city],
    ['like', 'tbl_city.region', $this->city],
]);


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Just to open up about my life in the last few months – many of you may not know, but last winter, I had actually experienced a flare up. I had no idea why. Being a holistic nutritionist, my diet was very pristine and I couldn't figure out why my skin was getting worse. I was also embarrassed – because as someone who runs this eczema blog, I feel like so many of you look up to me as someone who's been healed; so for me to go through a flare up, I was disappointed in myself and so discouraged.
Long story short – it was a really discouraging time for me. I cried (a lot), and I felt like I was fighting another battle again. It brought back so many memories of what you all go through. But, somehow, deep down inside of me, as painful as it was, I knew that I would overcome and conquer it – especially since I had done it once before.
I was so determined, and I knew I would fight to get through it all again….and I did.
It was a blessing in disguise, because I've learned so much more about eczema than I have before, and I can use it to help teach you all about what I learn.
I'm also really happy to announce that my skin is now better than ever! 🙂 Prayer (I trusted in God a lot!) and visualization (visualizing myself healed) helped the healing process. But, I also saw my naturopath (who I interviewed here), who did some muscle testing to figure out the root cause, and it turned out I was experiencing so much stress. We fixed that, but even though the rashes were gone, my skin was sooooo dry, scaly, and it felt so flaky.
I couldn't figure out why it was so dry and flaky. In fact, I couldn't remember a time when it wasn't.
It wasn't until after this podcast, that I decided to book an appointment with Jennifer because she was a wealth of knowledge. She did live blood cell analysis on me (see image below – basically you prick your finger to get a sample of blood and examined it through a microscope. You'd be surprised to see how much your blood tells you about your body and skin health!).
It turns out that my blood was showing signs of parasites (along with a few other issues), which was stopping my body from healing.
I ended up doing an 8 week parasite cleanse (boy, that was hard). I flared up while doing it, and when I ate sugar, it made it even worse. There were times it was so unbearable that I just cried and cried.
But once I finished the 8 week parasite cleanse and started a drainage protocol (i.e. draining my livers and kidneys of toxins) and repairing my gut (note: it can take months or years to repair a leaky gut!), my skin healed like crazy!
In fact, soooo much of the dryness and flakiness that I had struggled with for so long just disappeared. My skin is still healing from dryness (as it's always been my biggest struggle and it's something I've suffered with for a long time), but Jennifer mentioned that the parasites were stopping my body from healing itself.
I'm only on week 3 of my gut healing and drainage protocol – but so far, I've seen great results. Every morning when I wake up, my skin is literally healing and getting so much softer.
And because of this, I hope you'll tune into this podcast, because you'll definitely learn a lot. (You may even need to listen to this podcast more than once just to soak it all in).
P.S. I also hope to encourage you that while I'm not perfect – I'm like you, still learning about my body/skin, and how to keep it healed and healthy. My goal is to provide you with content so that you can empower yourself to heal 🙂 I believe you can heal – so don't give up!
Click here to read the full transcript for this podcast.
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I have this rash which they call eczema [[don't really know what it is] for quite a while. maybe 10-12 yra now. found what looks like a 6cm thread in stool this a.m have been taking .honey & cider vinegar [with the mother in it] for at least. about 30 yrs ago I am sure I passed a tape worm it was was quite long about 1mm wide. took medication but now these other ones are in stool quite often. not usually only 2-3cm. would they cause excema??


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Posts tagged with 'Haute Couture'
valli mythologies
July 2, 2013 - by antoine
The Stimuleye presents a new film for Giambattista Valli's fifth haute couture collection for Fall 2013, following last season's Jonas Mekas-influenced film The Other Side of Paradise.
This season, the themes are goddesses, fine porcelain and… Lee Radziwill makes a sublime and subliminal appearance.
Giambattista Valli Haute Couture 5
Tags:documentary, Fashion, Giambatista Valli, Haute Couture, Jonas Mekas, Lee Radziwill, Paris
Olivier Saillard, Violetta Sanchez, and 25 ways to be a turncoat
January 22, 2013 - by filep
"We nominate McQueen at Mugler and Armani Casa at Margiela…
We nominate Margiela at Schiaparelli and order him not to make any collections to preserve the surrealist spirit of the house."
Curator Olivier Saillard hosted another one of his legend-in-the-making performances during couture week, this time in the intimate setting of the APC headquarters.
For 30 minutes, Saillard and his collaborator Violetta Sanchez pushed the classic man's grey blazer to the limit (and beyond) by showing 25 ways it could be worn, while reciting a surreal list of nominations that read like a "who's who" and a "what's-wrong" with today's fashion scene.
Can't wait to see what Saillard comes up with next.
Tags:APC, Fashion, Haute Couture, Olivier Saillard, Paris, Performance
ATHI-PATRA RUGA: tales of bugchasers, watussi faghags and the afro-womble
May 11, 2011 - by rene
The ascension of young South African artist Athi-Patra Ruga came fast under radar of International attention.
His work, that is often characterized by a dislocated humor, is transcending the divides between fashion, performance and photography and interrogates the body in relation to society, ideology and politics, subverting the western 'art library' as he calls it.
The Stimuleye talks to charming Athi-Patra, who was recently featured in the Phaidon book 'Younger Than Jesus', a directory of the world's best artists under the age of 33, about his work and influences.
Athi Patra Ruga's intervention for the X-Homes Hillbrow project with the character of ILUWANE.
Photography by Nadine Hutton
RENÉ HABERMACHER: Where are you right now?
ATHI-PATRA RUGA: I'm in my Cape Town studio editing my latest tapestry series and fighting my cats… simultaneously. [laughs] I'm big on cat competitions… my two Russian blues Azange and Shadofax will be taking part so we have been grooming them like crazy… with a few scratches to prove it… hehe.
You've just came back from a break – have you got an idea already on what to work on?
At the moment I will be spending the next year creating quietly an extensive body of work revolving around a series of portraits that I will be rendering in tapestry. I have been doing a lot of sittings with various people and doing preliminary sketches. I am editing those now to get started in the next month. I was thinking of titles to name this body or the final exhibition etc: What do you think of :…the do's and dont's of bodyworship [laughs]
I am very interested in the power-relations involved in portraiture… especially in response to the ethnographic history involved. I am always concerned with who or what element in the image takes more precedents/importance… the technique or the seater or the artists ego. That argument in my head leads to some lovely renderings.
Your work is known to straddle the divides between fashion, performance and many more disciplines. What is your ultimate goal?
Transcending all boundaries that have been put on who and what one should create.
Athi-Patra Ruga's monogram and portrait photographed by Ant Strack
The monogram you use 'AP', seems to be derived from Albrecht Dürer?
Nice spotting, yes Dürer is the reference. A big part of the work is appropriation and ultimately subverting the "western art library". In this case I am always interested in this "I am the one and only", self-centric way of creating or rather I am totally disturbed by it. The logo is for Athi-Patra Ruga and studios cc. The name of my company and studio. The "and studio" part alludes to the idea that collaboration forms a big part of my practice. I would like to continue with this point.
Does Athi-Patra mean anything specific?
No, it's a brand like others. And a brand is the highest promise of good quality and superior concept.
It's two nicknames of my birth name. I've been called those names all my life really. It's as old as I can remember.
So where does the "evil little boy", as you called yourself come from?
Well I don't know… I embrace my evils and vices I suppose. As to where it comes from, let's just say there are a lot of boys and girls think so… at some points I tend to believe it. [laughs]
I was born in a Bantustan, which is a puppet state created by the apartheid government, a dictatorship. In March 1984, on my 13th birthday, Biggie Smalls died. My mom was a midwife, my dad a sports journalist. My parents were gone for long stretches of time and I had to defend myself. It seemed natural, it was one big ball of trauma. I grew up in the townships and during the strikes and boycotts. Many kids [or rather young adults] used to brutalise us for going to suburban/private schools. I spent most of my time indoors as many kids could not cope with me: I was violent in a violent time. Both at home and outside, the country was going through a revolution.
Athi-Patra Ruga: "Idol Death Mask Series" 2009, Modeled Paper, Approx. 27cm x 23cm each
Image courtesy of the artist and whatiftheworld gallery
Tags:Africa, Art, Athi-Patra Ruga, Fashion, Haute Couture, Interview, Irma Stern, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Performa, Performance, Phaidon, Photography, René Habermacher, Skattie, South Africa, Switzerland, Tapestry, Volta NY, Whatiftheworld Gallery


A new milestone for the non-profit music organization.
PARTIES4PEACE is celebrating its 16th anniversary with their eleventh annual PATAGONICA music tour in Chile, featuring special guests Michael Tello, Eric Carson, Conoley Ospovat amongst many other talented artists such as Lee Burridge, Who Made Who, Tamaki Maruta, Pedro Campos, Marco Latrach, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, and more.
A non-profit event production and fundraising organization, PARTIES4PEACE hosts music and art events to support various global initiatives focused on education, sustainability, equality, and disaster relief. Together with local Chilean producers, the group led by founder Emilie McGlone will travel throughout the country, visiting cities such as Santiago, Valparaiso, Concepcion, Los Andes, Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales to exchange music and culture while learning about the pristine nature in South America.
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How Media Changes Cultural Identities
Two recent articles in the International Herald Tribune point to the ways that modern media are changing the ways people live in relation to national cultures. Both of the stories are interesting on their own terms but even more provocative…
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Two recent articles in the International Herald Tribune point to the ways that modern media are changing the ways people live in relation to national cultures. Both of the stories are interesting on their own terms but even more provocative read side by side.
In the first story, we learn that the ability to access national language and in some cases national origin cable programing is allowing immigrants to maintain much stronger ties back to their mother countries than had been the case for previous generations. The story reports that: "The satellite provider Dish Network now offers 50 international or foreign-language channels, including Polish and Portuguese. Across the United States, Time Warner Cable offers 37, including Arabic, Russian, German, Greek, Filipino and Vietnamese. In New York alone, more than 90,000 of Time Warner's customers currently get the international channels.
"Such channels are laying another set of bridges between immigrants and their native lands, joining jet planes, inexpensive long-distance calling and the Internet. Immigrants can follow the same catastrophes and laugh at the same homespun jokes as their relatives and friends back home. For relative newcomers, it means they can relax in front of a television without being baffled by a new language, and they can immerse their children in their native tongues, narrowing the generational distances typical of immigrant families."
Cultural conservatives worry that this around-the-clock access to the mother country's media may make it harder for such groups to assimilate into American culture, but many of the immigrants argue that they live in and around American culture and it is important not to lose touch with their roots.
The second story reverses this argument, showing the ways that the outsourcing of communications-related job to India and other Asian countries is speeding up the process of westernization.
As the article explains, "Binitha Venugopal, who used to answer calls at ICICI OneSource, which employs 4,200 people, said her co-workers were gradually becoming Americanized. They are materialistic, their values are changing," Venugopal said. Dating and live-in relationships are common. Yet these young Indians' daily exposure to American customers is discomforting. Many of them deal with car insurance but may never own a car, book hotel suites that cost nearly as much as their annual pay, and chat about pretzels, snow and baseball, which they have never tasted, seen or experienced."
In both cases, the concern is whether as a result of global communications, people live, mentally in one culture, physically in another.
Of course, it is also interesting that these stories both appeared in the International Times Herald, a publication created to accomodate "road warriors" who travel regularly between different airports and need a newspaper which takes an international rather than local perspective. Aren't the publication's readers also living between worlds, inhabiting multiple cultural realities?
by Henry Jenkins


This is just a hobby !
Tried and true. Never fails. Was given this advice years ago. Want to know what to invest in? Take a look at where you spend your money every month. Note these are mostly safe and slow growers but many/most pay dividends!
Rogers'Bell - your monthly communication bill isn't going away folks!
Costco/Walmart/Loblaws/Home Depot/etc.. take a look and you'll see that each and every one of these major retailers have been killing it for years !!
Hydro companies... do you have a choice but to pay your hydro bill?
Gas companies - every major gas company has done amazing year over year! Price of gas is $1.37 litre?!?!
Then you have your emerging tech companies. Anything to do with renewable energy will pay off!
Apple/Amazon/Microsoft? even at $1000 a share they are stlll good investment! Why? because they aren't going anywhere! Couple of years ago a friend talked me into 'trying' Apple. Bought 60 shares at $500. Went to $700+ and then split 7 to 1 and today it's back up to $180! Where is it going to go? Probably $500 again I hope !! LOL !!
people don't remember what you said or what you did. they remember how you made them feel !
from the current level for the rest of the year.
Actually not having further interest rate hikes for the holding period of the utility and pipeline stocks is the requirement not just for the rest of the year.
Investing longterm in CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) technology is the future to cures and transplants, and like BITCOIN will bring in huge benefits. The problem with this technology in the past is the time and expenses to the tune of $20 million in patent challenges in the USA. However, in the Europe this technology has advanced, so now is the time to start doing your research in this respect.
Interest rate hikes are a necessity, the amount of personal debt Canadians are carrying is staggering! Bitcoin does bring in high benefits but for how long. Blockchain is a much better investment option.
I've been investing in Roman coins for most of this decade, they are a very good buffer to the chaotic stock market. The market for Roman coins in Toronto is limited. I go to NYC to find rare ones. My knowledge of The Roman Empire serves me well, I haven't gone into Byzantine coins yet. Last fall I paid $1230.00 US for a Gracian.
I think painting is the safest investment. A famous artist only painted the one you bought once. So there is no duplicate which makes it's rare.
After the famous artist died, then no one can recreate that painting again.
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This is good advice. Work the dividend side with blue chips and you can rarely go wrong. you will get 5% to 8% on your money and in a low interest rate environment that is not a bad thing.
If you can buy / acquire directly from a famous painter while s/he is still alive, then you know that you obtain an authentic painting from the original painter. After the famous painter passes away (assuming you are still alive), you would profit from the painter quite substantially.
Can't go wrong with the banks and telecoms. My portfolio is full of them. The dividends essentially fund my hobbying. TD and BMO are undervalued and should be scooped up if you've got the funds and/or room in your TFSA.
I'd be leary of the energy and utility companies. Too much fluctuation.
Last edited by Zoot Allures; 07-29-2018 at 01:28 AM.
+1 Smart man. Me too.
Bitcoin does bring in high benefits but for how long.
Not long at all. If you can find someone to buy your bit coin, do it now and thank your lucky stars.
REITs are nice but you have to have a tonne of them in order to see tangible income. The good ones like EIF, CAR & SRU pay out $0.11-$0.18 monthly per share but that pales in comparison to CIBC which pays a quarterly dividend of $1.36 per share. Also bank stocks go up/down faster than REITs. But REITs are a safe and solid option.
Well, so much for the big banks being a safe investment. Man, it's been a rough few weeks.
I think that investing in cryptocurrency is a thing. But some may say: "wait, is it still relevant?". Definitely. The market is growing. I remember a time when bitcoin literally exploded and started costing enormously a lot. And it wasn't the end of its growth. Since that, I try not to miss anything that's concerned with it. On www.join-to-bitcoin.top I read all the latest crypto news. Feel free to join it.
Worst advice on this thread.
Crypto currencies will not end well. Bit-coin is nothing more than a way to transmit money and there are lots of ways to do that. The only reason bitcoin grows in value is because other people are willing to pay more due to the FOMO factor. Eventually, the bottom will fall out of the pyramid.


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Tankless water heaters are becoming more and more popular due to the energy savings they provide. R and R Heating & Cooling can help you determine whether this type of system would be beneficial for your home, including the advantages and disadvantages of the various options. Regardless of the type of water heater you decide to install, our technicians are fully trained to install the right water heater for your home.
To schedule an evaluation of your hot water system, please contact R and R Heating & Cooling at (303) 289-3441.