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Over 100,000 protest in France against vaccination, COVID passes
July 18, 2021 05:45 am JST Aug. 1, 2021 | 12:00 am JST
By CONSTANTIN GOUVY
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Commodore Perry
Government pushing people to get vaccinated is one more step towards fascism.
bass4funk
When big government pushes you to do something especially when it comes to an experimental vaccine in your body without FDA approval and won't allow for questioning, dissent or opposing viewpoints you start to breed skepticism and resistance to wanting to take it real fast.
Mr. Noidall
mon corps, mon choix !
Looks like a super spreader, do they really want to die?
Doranku
People have the rights over their own bodies, but to participate in a society, rules and restrictions apply.
Good news Bass4funk, there are 3 vaccines approved by the FDA. More than 6 months ago for all three. If that was a show stopper for you, get one now.
I will wait, thank you very much.
Blacklabel
Is this not a true statement?
Those vaccines were authorized for emergency use, not approved. That will be the retort.
Wobot
Good, some proper coverage and fairly accurate representation of the numbers unlike in London. This whole thing seems to have progressed rather rapidly from 'if it saves one life' to starving people to death for not accepting an experimental gene therapy. All this vaccism is pure hysteria for a disease with an IFR of 0.15%.
Jsapc
While Philippot has organized small but regular protests against the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis, Saturday's demonstration drew a larger and more diverse crowd of people broadly disaffected with politics: yellow vest activists angry over perceived economic injustice, far-right supporters, medical staff and royalists.
So basically a gathering of right-wing trash and a lot of bored people.
Forced vaccination is inhuman and authoritarian.
You are of course aware that we already have a form of forced vaccinations and that you probably have been "force-vaccinated" yourself.
Christopher Glen
Fantastic to see. Coercion of any kind to take the jab must end.
The Avenger
The French always protest anything. What's different is they are doing it in July. I can't imagine there is much enthusiasm. July and August are for holidays. Protests are always in the fall.
No, not exactly. The article refers to "separate protest marches by the far-right and the far-left."
You're right, let me rephrase it:
So basically a gathering of right-wing trash, left-wing dum-dums and a lot of bored people.
"I am vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, and polio. But the COVID vaccine is just too experimental."
And if facebook had existed some 26 years ago, your mother might have read that the diptheria vaccine turns people into radio towers or that polio is "just a flu", and right now you'd probably be dead, you silly woman.
Jimizo
Hysterical. Too much Fox News.
virusrex
This whole thing seems to have progressed rather rapidly from 'if it saves one life' to starving people to death for not accepting an experimental gene therapy. All this vaccism is pure hysteria for a disease with an IFR of 0.15%.
Wrong on both things, vaccines are not gene therapy (else many classic vaccines would be, including the first one), this concept is a lie coming from antivaxxer propaganda. And there is no hysteria, if you have some secret data that proves the scientific community is wrong by treating COVID as a dangerous pandemic you should present it, else they are much more likely to be correct, which would make your misrepresentation false.
The vaccine is a new type of vaccine. Technically it is gene therapy. That doesn't mean it doesn't work or is necessarily dangerous. It means other things but most won't actually read about it further than the first page of google search results (all of which are paid for, btw). The fact is that it only really works to reduce the severity of symptoms. It only
...protects the innoculated.
Thankfully. At least it helps to make us more aware and to ask lots of questions.
I respect the French for their peaceful protest; contrast that with the far-left extremist 'protestors' in the US last year, with their helmets, facemasks, body protection, and a collection of various weapons to be used against civilians, business owners, and anyone else who disagrees with their view. All in the name of social justice!
Technically it is gene therapy
No it is not, it does not modify the genome of the cells, nor it changes the expression levels of the genes, that means it is not valid to call it gene therapy. Mistakenly thinking it is gene therapy just because some antivaxxer propaganda lie about it would also mean you think all attenuated vaccines would also be "gene therapy" because they do even more than mRNA vaccines, this includes the prototypical one.
Vaccines "only" help reducing the rates of infection, complications, transmission and death... exactly the purpose of a vaccine they also protect other people by making less likely for the infected to transmit the disease, and on population level by reducing the likehood of variant appearance. This is like saying that antibiotics "only" help preventing problems from bacterial infections, and can't guarantee full recovery in 100% of the cases.
Unfortunately it also makes a lot of people keep asking the same questions even when properly answered, just because the actual answers are not what they want to hear.
Strangerland
Extremist stance.
France has a new president?
And once again is this vaccine approved or just under emergency authorization?
starpunk
July 18, 2021 12:00 pm JST
DorankuToday 07:56 am JST
And nobody has the right to endanger people around them. Nobody has the right to be a 'Typhoid Mary'.
Of course in some US states you can't use that reasonable logic on those gun-worshipping idiots who are always looking for excuses. It's all a case of irresponsibility and gross immaturity.
110,000 Covid deaths. 5.86 million cases. 40.4% fully vaccinated. Less than the UK and America.
And the numbers are still going up, why is that? Unless there's more transparency, more debate the questions on the vaccine will never stop coming.
And the numbers are still going up, why is that?
Because only 40.4% fully vaccinated. It's right there.
What do you get in return for giving away civil liberties? What do you receive in return for abandoning your bodily autonomy? No government or "greater good" guarantees anything in return. There is no scientific basis to assume diseases can be eradicated and death avoided. If rights exist and we agree we all have them, then we have to accept that people will behave within the scope of their rights. Being afraid of covid doesn't afford anyone the right to dictate what others choose to do with their bodies. Assuming there's such thing as a scientific "greater-good" is the most dogmatic stance one can take. Most are too blind to realize that.
What do you get in return for giving away civil liberties?
What "civil liberties" are you giving away exactly?
What do you receive in return for abandoning your bodily autonomy?
How do you "abandon your bodily autonomy", exactly?
No government or "greater good" guarantees anything in return.
How about "you don't get sick, you don't die, and you don't kill people around you"? Does that sound like a good return on the investment of two synringes in your arm?
There is no scientific basis to assume diseases can be eradicated and death avoided.
You should ask polio what it thinks about. Wait, you can't, it's been eradicated by vaccines.
"you don't get sick, you don't die, and you don't kill people around you"
You can still get sick. You will die; everybody does. And if the people around you want to be vaccinated, they can be. I think you're confusing the support of having the same rights to live regardless of vaccine status as being anti-vax. The vaccine is important for people who are at risk. Covid is nowhere near as deadly nor endemic as polio once was. People who want or need the vaccine should have access to it. The speed with which it was produced in many places is a marvel. That should be celebrated. But people who choose not to take it should not be punished. Covid is not the end of the world nor a death sentence the way many other diseases are.
You will die; everybody does
And you would rather die from a preventable lung disease suffocating in a hospital bed than peacefully of old age? That's just weird.
The vaccine is important for people who are at risk.
And by not getting vaccinated, people like you increase the chances of a vaccine-resistant variant to appear at some point, killing millions and starting this whole pandemic again. Why do you want people to suffer so much?
Covid is not the end of the world nor a death sentence the way many other diseases are.
I'm sure the over 4 million dead people around the world would disagree with that opinion.
Nowhere in the vaccine program does it say I won't die from covid. Nowhere does it say that I will be guaranteed a long healthy life. To believe it does is what's weird. People in France want to have a say in how they're governed. A democracy is not contingent on a disease being deadly or not. It's also hilarious how self righteous you are to assume to know the opinions of 4 million random dead people. Ask the 100,000 living people protesting their rights to live as free citizens about their opinions. Or just keep virtue signaling online and shilling for fascism.
You can still get sick. You will die; everybody does
Vaccines very efficiently reduces this, so this is not an argument for lack of gain from the vaccines.
I think you're confusing the support of having the same rights to live regardless of vaccine status as being anti-vax.
Using false information, even after knowing is false, and reaching obviously false conclusions is what can make a person appear as an antivaxxer, for example the "gene therapy" false argument. Everybody has the same rights of being protected against the infection, people that are in close contact with others have the responsibility to reduce this risk.
The vaccine is important for people who are at risk. Covid is nowhere near as deadly nor endemic as polio once was
The vaccine is important for anybody that is at risk, for anybody that want to protect others of risk, for anybody that wants to avoid the appearance of new variants, for anybody that wants a population to achieve herd immunity as fast as possible and with the least amount of deaths.
Also, informing yourself about the topic you want to discuss can help you avoid making huge mistakes, you can begin for example by looking at the fatality rate of polio.
Nowhere in the vaccine program does it say I won't die from covid.
It says you will have much, much, much less chances of dying and most importantly of transmitting covid to other people than without the vaccine.
Nowhere does it say that I will be guaranteed a long healthy life.
We all die someday so why bother with curing any disease, right?
It's also hilarious how self righteous you are to assume to know the opinions of 4 million random dead people
Oh yeah, it's perfectly self-righteous to assume that 4 million people who died from covid... didn't want to die from covid. Great argument. How many do you think were perfectly happy to get sick and die? About half of them?
Ask the 100,000 living people protesting their rights to live as free citizens about their opinions.
4 million dead, but yeah, lets listen to 100.000 confused "living people", some of which were there to protest the fact that France wasn't a monarchy anymore.
@virusrex,
The topic at hand is people having the right to refuse vaccination. Covid is a complete non-issue for most people regardless of the constant propaganda from private media and health organizations. However some people are at risk. Others aren't. There's more evidence to support that stance. You're trying to pose the argument as vaccines save lives. Yes, they do. But the particular one in discussion is under EUA and therefore not fully approved the way many others are. That doesn't mean it's bad or people shouldn't take it but it does mean that people shouldn't have to, or be punished for not taking it. Mandating all people in given field must take it is anti-democtratic hence the protests. That is a position that goes against your and many others' feeling that it's "the right thing to do". Once the state of emergency is lifted and the mRNA vaccine has full approval via regulatory agencies and the data is peer reviewed, I think a lot of people will take it.
The topic at hand is people having the right to refuse vaccination
They do, your ramble around with false information and invalid reasoning to make the point they should be able to do that without any consequence, which is what is not true.
COVID is not a non-issue, the same way that polio was not just a fever, something that you could have known if you tried to inform yourself better. An EUA is irrelevant for the vaccines safety and efficacy, because changing the type of approval would have absolutely no effect on the evidence already collected about it, COVID vaccines are one of the best vaccines both in terms of safety and efficacy, so refusing it (even if it is a free choice to make) is still an irrational choice that can be proved scientifically. You think COVID is something with risks that can be ignored? that means you think vaccines also are the same, because they have much less risk than the infection.
If people want to behave irrationally then can do it (people die refusing scientifically proven treatments that could save them every single day) what they can't do is to demand those irrational choices to be fully free of consequences. For that they would need scientific evidence that the vaccines represent a risk at least comparable with the infection, like the people with valid medical exceptions do.
Would you agree that Salk's willingness to release his vaccine patent-free is what led to the huge success in eradicating polio? Wouldn't you agree if the covid vaccine is as effective and proven as you say, that would be the best course of action? Especially given that you and so many others are convinced that everyone is going to die without it. You're the expert so I trust your opinion as to why that's not the case for covid. And EUA versus approval is exactly what guarantees safety. That's why regulatory agencies like the FDA exist. So pharmaceutical companies can't make billions off the suffering and death of millions without the proper regulation.
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Continental, Federal, Territorial, and Municipal.....
I know this is confusing, but until we all learn this basic information, there will continue to be confusion and chaos and all efforts to organize the lawful government we are owed will be crippled, so please take note and take the time to thoroughly understand the information:
There are actually four versions of "United States" we deal with all the time--- we started out with two and that has grown to four over the past two hundred plus years.
The Continental United States consists of fifty geographically defined states, for example, Ohio, Florida, and Maine. This is the United States belonging to the "free, independent and sovereign people of the United States" described in The Definitive Treaty of Peace, Paris, 1783. This is why Revolutionary War troops were called "Continental Soldiers". These states together define the area over which the Public and Organic Law is exercised by the people (that is, state militias) acting as county and state jural assemblies---when and if they assemble and do their duty to self-govern. These states defined and created The Constitution for the united States of America and that agreement in turn created both the Federal United States and the Territorial United States by splitting their own international jurisdiction into "delegated" and "un-delegated" powers (Articles of Amendment X).
The Federal United States operates as fifty unincorporated politically defined States under names like "Ohio State" and "Florida State" and "Maine State" and these states control the undelegated portion of the international jurisdiction owed to the Continental United States. These are all owed a "republican form of government" and operate under the United States Statutes at Large in international jurisdiction and State Session Laws at the state level. These States are owed the Constitution of the United States of America
The Territorial United States operates as 57 entities--- 50 "inchoate" incorporated States of States like the "State of California" and 7 Insular States (Guam, Puerto Rico, et alia)-- that in turn administer the delegated "powers" in international jurisdiction. These are all operated as franchises of the United States, Inc., and under the plenary power of Congress granted at Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, they are operated as democracies. They operate under State of State Statutes and Federal Code. These states also operate under the Constitution of the United States of America.
The Municipal United States has also grown out of Article I, Section 8, Clause 17--- this is a network of approximate 10,000 municipal city-state governments organized as municipalities and boroughs and STATES OF STATES like the STATE OF LOUISIANA and incorporated counties like JACKSON COUNTY all organized under the Municipal Law of Washington, DC, which is an independent international city-state akin to the Vatican or the Inner City of London, and again, under the plenary power granted to Congress, these are run as oligarchies subject to whatever whim Congress may have. They operate under Public Policies and Martial Common Law. These various municipal entities operate under the Constitution of the United States, and although this is a document we seldom see, it is the "constitution" that all the members of the Congress take their oaths to.
It is up to each one of us to know our correct political status and declare it.
Are we state nationals (not employed by any government in any capacity) or State Citizens (acting in some official capacity for our states) of the Continental United States?
Are we Federal Citizens? (that is, employees, public officials, or dependents of the United States of America?)
Are we Territorial Citizens? (that is, employees, public officials, or dependents if the United States, Inc.?)
Are we Municipal Citizens? (that is, employees, public officials or dependents of the UNITED STATES, INC.?)
You have a right to be confused. And if you are reading this, you will shortly have cause to be outraged, too.
It is up to you to exercise dominion over the Continental United States by actively participating in your local county and state jural assemblies and acting as deputies in support of your locally elected land jurisdiction Sheriff and also joining your state militia. Most of us have been blissfully unaware of the necessity of doing this and our state republics have languished in a condition of zombie-like disuse for three generations, largely unoccupied and disserved.
The Federal United States has struggled along, but with fewer and fewer state nationals and State Citizens acting in support of the effort of maintaining our international presence as states and people of the Union, it has gradually dimmed away, unable to operate effectively for lack of funds.
Instead, the foreign Territorial United States and the Municipal United States run as profit-making commercial corporation enterprises have coerced their forms of "citizenship" on you and have seized upon your assets and have hypothecated debt against your labor, your businesses, your land, and your children's children's children.
As a result of similar names deceit and coercive action, you have applied for and the perpetrators have issued franchises in your NAME---- JOHN MICHAEL DOE and most recently, JOHN M. DOE---- and until you return the BIRTH CERTIFICATES related to these entities to the Secretary of the Treasury and appoint him your Fiduciary and tell him to return this (re-venue) these to the United States of America, U.S. Treasury, without recourse---- you continue to be "presumed" either a "United States Citizen" (Territorial) Corporation or a "citizen of the United States" (Municipal) Corporation.
And all your assets are held in thrall as collateral backing these foreign corporations, instead of supporting your actual lawful government.
Please bear in mind that there are no laws against raping, pillaging, murdering, press-ganging, pirating, or committing genocide against corporations.
Please bear in mind that mischaracterizing a living man as a corporation is a crime known as "personage".
Please also bear in mind that the act of bringing charges against such a "PERSON" is also a crime known as "barratry"----most infamously practiced by the Bar Associations.
This treason began in 1861 with the onset of the illegal commercial mercenary conflict mis-named "The American Civil War" and has been carried on ever since by the rogue members of Congress and the various corporate CEOs heading up both the USA, Inc. and the US, Inc.
It's time to put an end to it, and that can only be done by informing, educating, motivating, and properly organizing literally millions of Americans.
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Last four years we have been in a silent Civil War: by Civil War I mean the struggle between good and evil between the law of God man's law! God's creation obeys God's law man's laws crept in our schools our churches and our government and this law is a battle against God's will over man. It is a violation of God-given rights and to produce rights given by man! Now we have placement killing: excuse me murdering people of the street, our courts are judges are attorneys defend this evil and are backed up by the guns of the law enforcement: not defending God's love the man's law. They use bullets that do not stop a criminal action but kill to prevent them from being prosecuted for illegal actions himself. My teachers seduce our children in school, our priests to do so children's at church are police seduce our wives and children and pregnant women while driving down the road! This silent revolution against God and his people have been taking place for quite some time. It's time to stand up talk about it and prosecute these people! Reedy 81st Congress 1950 un-American activities committee and you'll find out that the national lawyers Guild are part of the Communist Party which should have been removed during the 1950s on American activity search for communists. It wasn't because our newest protects evil because evil protects evil and our lack of participation in subduing this earth are sins of omission and our participation is sins of admission.
Is getting so bad today: that a good man cannot have a peaceful night's sleep nor a woman in fear of their life, liberty's and pursuit of happiness! Because they don't have tomorrow nor can they see a future for their children.
They are surrounded by a geopolitical military force called the police department, FBI, NSA, CIA operating illegally in the United States. Because these people: had been caught in murders, pedophilia, homosexuality, beastie alley, and any other filthy slimy crime you can think of: and they control this country they rule over us.
They rule over us without authority or jurisdiction: they create dead things out of the living soul of God's creation. God give us the right to protect ourselves and our families and the things we love it's not a constitutional right because we have no constitutional rights only God-given rights the citizens otherwise known as a public service are the only one to have constitutional rights and we must take these constitutional rights and shoving down their throat and make them obey. And if they do not obey remove them from office and put them in prison and if they resist and hang them man woman or child.
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Pneuma, exhibition view at Löwenbräukunst Contemporary Art Center, Zurich. Ph. Moritz Graf
Pneuma, exhibition view at Löwenbräukunst Contemporary Art Center, Zurich, 2020. Ph. Moritz Graf
Esprit/Soul, glass sculptures, pigment, light. Ph. Moritz Graf
Pneuma, exhibition view screening, REAKTOR, Wien, 2020
Pneuma, exhibition view at STATE Studio, Berlin. Ph. René Bade
Artist's Brain, photo by Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI, MARe Museum, Bucharest. Ph. Rares Toma
Pneuma, glass sculpture, pipe, liquid, mineral sand. Ph. René Bade
Pneuma, glass sculpture, pipes, liquids, STATE Studio, Berlin. Ph. René Bade
Pneuma, video research documentation, STATE Studio, Berlin. Ph. René Bade
Pneuma, 2020, workshop at schwarzescafé | Luma Westbau, Zurich, Switzerland © Christian Fogarolli
Pneuma, exhibition view at MARe Museum, Bucharest. Ph. Regis Toma
Project supported by the Italian Council (6th Edition 2019) program to promote Italian contemporary art in the world by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture (MiC).
In an era in which the concept of mental health manifests itself at the crossroads between self-care and mass hysteria, are we still able to initiate a process of de-stigmatisation and a reconsideration of mental illness? How do we de-construct the binary categorisation that distinguishes "deviance" from "normality"?
The Pneuma project originates with these considerations and, after a year of theoretical and empirical research, exploring the immateriality and intangibility of mental illness. Incidentally, Pneuma rediscovers itself in dialogue with the current worldwide emergency, caused by the rampant COVID-19 epidemic: what is the psychological impact of these collective traumatic events on the individual? What are the psychic implications behind isolation? If on the one hand the levels of anxiety and psychological fear are constantly increasing, fuelled by an overload of information from the media, on the other, the first scientific evidence emerges that the same virus is even able to attack the central nervous system. During research residences and collaborations in ten different countries, the artist came into contact with multiple European realities, in the realisation of a project made up of different immersive pieces, brought to fruition following the interaction with people in care, medical staff, doctors and researchers of various kinds. The countries involved are Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, England, Romania and Czech Republic. Fogarolli has forged relationships with some of their major psychiatric institutions, developing a direct confrontation with those who live in these areas, putting into discussion the classification processes of mental distress and the consequent marginalisation of the individual.
Leading this groundwork, Fogarolli has developed an exhibition path, which encompasses a multi-media, environmental installation, that interacts with glass sculptures and a video piece, created in collaboration with brain research institutes such as the CIMeC - Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, Rovereto and the King's College in London.
The project was presented in different places: at STATE Studio in Berlin, at MARe Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest, at Löwenbräukunst Art Center and schwarzescafé | Luma Westbau in Zürich, La Fondazione in Rome, Etablissement Gschwandner Reaktor in Wien. Fogarolli encourages visitors to focus on the details of the articulated universe of mental health, revealed through the collaboration and experiences shared between patients and the artist.
The publication of a monographic catalog is in progress including essays written by those from both the medical and artistic field. It will also include a series of unpublished images that will chronologically retrace the project's preliminary research on a geographical journey. A series of pneumaevents, laboratories, seminars, conferences and screenings are hosted by international partner institutions: medical research centres, universities, academies, associations and centres for mental health treatments.
The final works will then become part of MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna's permanent collection.
Project supported by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity by the Italian Ministry of Culture under the Italian Council program (2019).
Exhibitions of the research project
STATE Studio, Berlin, March 20 - May 2, 2020
La Fondazione, Rome, June 30 – July 6, 2020 (film screening)
MARe Museum of Recent Art, Bucharest, September 4 - 25, 2020
Löwenbräukust Contemporary Art Center and schwarzescafé, Zürich, October 10 – November 29, 2020
Etablissement Gschwandner Reaktor, Wien, October 20 – 26, 2020 (film screening)
MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, 2021/2022
Promoting partners
TRA - Treviso Ricerca Arte, Treviso
CIMeC - Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, Rovereto
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Italian Institute of Culture, Tel Aviv
Accademia di Belle Arti di Verona
Dipartimento delle Arti - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
IED, European Institute of Design, Venice
Museum recipient of the work
MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, permanent collection
Gabriele Lorenzoni, Curator – Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rovereto
Giulia Busetti, Independent Curator, collaborator Luma Westbau, Zurich
Giulia Colletti, Public Programmes, Digital Contents, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Rivoli, Torino
Sabrina Comin, Project Manager, TRA, Treviso
Mara Vicino Mediator, TRA, Treviso
Multiplo, Padova
Grafiche Veneziane, Venice
Les presses du réel, Dijon
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Faith can help give meaning to our lives and help us appreciate the good things we have, nationally known author and Rabbi David Wolpe told Schaarai Zedek Sisterhood members and guests at the annual Star Event luncheon Nov. 15.
"One of the reasons faith matters is not only to get you through difficult times, but also to encourage the appreciation of beautiful things," Rabbi Wolpe, named Newsweek's 2008"#1 Pulpit Rabbi in America" told an audience of about 200 at the Renaissance Hotel at International Plaza in Tampa.
He said most people say "Why me?" when they have a tragedy or illness. But few of them will question having a loving family or a comfortable life.
"What faith does is not necessarily guarantee a friction free life but helps give you the strength to believe that whatever happens to you can be made meaningful. Not can be made good, but can be made meaningful," said Wolpe, the head rabbi at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, a Conservative congregation.
He speaks from experience as is evident in his new book, his seventh, Why Faith Matters, a personal faith journey. His has been a difficult one at times. He has had a brain operation to remove a benign tumor and chemotherapy to treat lymphatic cancer, which is in remission.
The son of a rabbi, Rabbi Wolpe became an atheist when he was a teenager but regained his faith after college.
"Everyone here has or will have losses. The question is given that life is loss, how do you make it meaningful? How do you do something good with it?" he said.
"What religion is essentially about is that which is intangible is greater than what we can see," Rabbi Wolpe said.
He said this belief in the intangible is why there are no statues in synagogues. "If you want to see an image of God, look in the eyes of the person next to you," he said.
To atheists and others who say religion causes wars, Rabbi Wolpe said some of the bloodiest regimes in history such as Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin and Cambodia under Pol Pot were atheistic. He said most wars were based on issues such as land and power rather than religion.
The Star Event is the Sisterhood's major fundraiser of the year benefitting local, national and international agencies.
Deborah Rosenthal was event chair.


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GE, IKEA and Levi's CEOs To Headline BSR Conference
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Categories: Events, Sustainability
Posted: May 06, 2008 – 11:59 PM EST
"Sustainability: Leadership Required," Nov. 4-7, 2008, in New York
May 06 /CSRwire/ - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 6, 2008 – Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) issued a call to action with "Sustainability: Leadership Required" as the theme for the 16th annual BSR Conference (Nov. 4-7, 2008, in New York) and announced three top global business leaders as initial plenary speakers:
Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric
Anders Dahlvig, President and CEO of IKEA Group
John Anderson, President and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co.
One of the world's largest and most influential corporate responsibility events, the BSR Conference connects more than 1,300 leaders from 50 countries and inspires them to put sustainable business strategies into action.
"With sustainability at the top of the world's agenda, the global business landscape is changing fast," said Aron Cramer, BSR President and CEO. "Staying ahead of the curve requires dynamic leadership and systemic solutions that deliver solid financial, social and environmental results. The BSR Conference will equip participants to meet this leadership challenge by developing truly sustainable business strategies today and in the future."
GE's Immelt laid the vision for his company's ambitious "ecomagination" initiative and often notes that "green is green" - that paying attention to the environment is good for the bottom line. Immelt, whom the investment magazine Barron's has frequently named one of the "World's Best CEOs," led GE when it was recognized as "America's Most Admired Company" by Fortune and one of the "World's Most Respected Companies" by Barron's and the Financial Times.
Dahlvig joined the Ikea Group in 1984 and was honored with the U.S. Foreign Policy Association's Global Social Responsibility award in 2006. In 2002, he received the Swedish award for Good Environmental Leadership because of his independent and persistent work with environmental and sustainability issues.
As the head of Levi Strauss & Co., Anderson has helped the company establish its worldwide reputation as a leader in corporate responsibility. In 27 years with Levi's, he has turned the company's sourcing operation into a competitive asset and continued to strengthen its responsible practices with suppliers around the world.
The BSR Conference 2008 offers the opportunity to interact with innovators in responsible business and numerous thought leaders at 35 breakout sessions in Economic Development, Environment, Governance and Accountability, and Human Rights. Visit http://www.bsr.org/conference for updates on speakers, sessions and more, including the launch of Conference registration in June.
Since 1992, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has been providing socially responsible business solutions to many of the world's leading corporations. Headquartered in San Francisco and with offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, New York and Paris, BSR is a nonprofit business association that serves its 250 member companies and other Global 1000 enterprises. Through advisory services, convenings and research, BSR works with corporations and concerned stakeholders of all types to create a more just and sustainable global economy. For more information, visit www.bsr.org.
Amon Rappaport Business for Social Responsibility
Website: www.bsr.org
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Q: Jenkinsfile conditions in Stage phase should it possible to define several conditions in a Stage phase of Jenkins file??
Let me to explain my problem: I want to publishHtml in my Jenkins pipeline only if a condition is valid:
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        {
         sh"./documents.sh "     //This generate the documentation of several modules

         if(firstModule) { //Is it possible to publishHTML only if documentation of this module was generated???

             publishHTML (target: [
              allowMissing: false,
              alwaysLinkToLastBuild: false,
              keepAll: true,
              reportDir: "${env.WORKSPACE}/firstModule//html",
              reportFiles: 'index.html',
              reportName: "Fist Module Documentation"
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         }

         if(secondModule) { //Is it possible to publishHTML only if documentation of this module was generated???
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              allowMissing: false,
              alwaysLinkToLastBuild: false,
              keepAll: true,
              reportDir: "${env.WORKSPACE}/secondModule/html",
              reportFiles: 'index.html',
              reportName: "Second Modul Documentation"
            ])
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I don't know if firstModule was built or not... this is what I would like to know.
I don't want to create different stages, but just one "Documentation" visible in the jenkins view.
Thank for your suggestion.
Prisco

A: it sounds like you want to publish documentation for firstModule only if "${env.WORKSPACE}/firstModule/html/index.html exists.
instead of:
if(firstModule) {

try:
script {
   if (fileExists("${env.WORKSPACE}/firstModule/html/index.html")) {
     # publishHTML and whatnot
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MedCities Mission to Rome, Ancona and Tirana
Mercredi, 15 Novembre 2017
The aim of the mission was to reinfoce the activities with existing members of Italy, Balkans and Adriatic region, in the frame of MedCities Action Plan for 2017.
This year MedCities has made an important effort to reinforce the relationship with its European member cities and to consolidate its position in the Adriatic region.
In September, another mission was organised in Rome, Ancona and Tirana, three important member cities with a key position in order to further develop the role of the association in the Adriatic region and Ionian Cities (FAIC) in order to present ongoing activities and strategies and individuate ways of collaboration and synergies. The mission was also a chance to meet representatives of the city of Durres (Albania) which has applied to become a full member of MedCities after this General Assembly.
In the Roma meeting, the General Secretariat of MedCities, represented by Mr. Xavier Tiana, Secretary General, and Mr. Oriol Barba, Director, had the opportunity to argue with the Deputy Head of Cabinet of the Mayor and Director of International Relations Direction, Ms Gabriella Acerbi, about futher potential activities within the european cities of the Network.
In Tirana, MedCities representatives had the chance Mayor Mr. Erion Veliaj, and to disscuss about urban challengies of Tirana and potential collaboration among MedCities Memeber in the frame of the next year activities.
The meeting in Ancona was attended by: Mr. Pierpaolo Sediari, Deputy Mayor of Ancona Municipality; Mrs. Ida Simonella and Mr. Francesco Buoncompagni, in representation of Ancona City Council. It was an occassion to disscuss on how to activate the EU MedCities' members and how to design next year's actions.
Previously, in July, representatives from the Secretariat, in collaboration with the KTC of Al Fayhaa, visited Larnaka and Limassol, in order to explore and reinforce the existing paths of cooperation. Both cities reaffrmed their commitment and their willingness to contribute to the activities of the network.


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Do not forget Greece is still in an economic depression
Europe's banks may be at risk of failing if negative rates continue: EIU
The Yellow Vests are spreading to Ireland....
Growing EU Trade Deficit With China Signals Deepening Competitive Decline
EU condemns new Israel settlement, but no action taken
The European Union (EU) yesterday condemned the Israeli government's decision to establish a new settlement in the Jordan Valley region of the occupied West Bank.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet voted to back a proposal that would see unauthorised outpost Mevo'ot Yeriho retroactively "legalised", thus becoming an official statement.
Israel distinguishes between official and unapproved settlements (the latter often referred to as outposts), while under international law, all settlements are illegal.
The Jordan Valley is a key region of the occupied West Bank, and the target of long-standing Israeli settlement activity, in parallel to the displacement of local Palestinians.
Will the US use Greece to block Russia in the Black Sea?
The Trump administration last week made its first major step to create a Greek-centric NATO corridor following United States Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, announcement that his country intends to acquire the strategic port of Alexandroupoli. If Athens is to accept such a proposal, the country would be contributing to a geopolitical escalation. The US is attempting to push Greece, a traditional rival to Turkey, closer to them at a time when Ankara continues to defy NATO by strengthening its relations with Russia.
The port of Alexandroupoli is of particular importance to US policy in not only the Balkans, but especially to Russia. It is also an important energy route as the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) pipeline and the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is in the region. The port is also important for transportation as it is strategically located close to the Turkish-controlled Dardanelles that connects the Aegean/Mediterranean Seas with the Black Sea, and therefore Russia.
With the acquisition of this port, NATO and US forces may be in the Balkans in only a few hours and can easily stop Russian trade with the world via the Black Sea by blockading the Dardanelles. With Turkey increasingly defying NATO – in which Greece is also a member state of – by improving relations with Russia and buying the S-400, the US can make Greece more aligned with it under the guise of ensuring Greece's security.
BREXIT: The power of surrender
DANIEL HANNAN: Our democracy is being overthrown by the EU's Hideous Strength.
UK's Liberal Democrat Leader DESTROYED by Piers Morgan Over Brexit
The Coming Economic Crisis in Spanish
EU's Proposed Justice Commissioner Faces Corruption Probe
Palace Revolt at the ECB, Legitimacy of Policy out the Window
Lib Dems pledge to cancel Brexit if they win general election
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to cancel Brexit if they come to power at the next general election.
Members voted for the new policy at their party conference in Bournemouth by an overwhelming majority.
Previously, the party has backed another referendum or "People's Vote", saying they would campaign to Remain.
After the vote, their leader Jo Swinson, said: "We will do all we can to fight for our place in Europe, and to stop Brexit altogether."
Brexit: Johnson confronted on street while others shake his hand
Overwhelming evidence of EU perfidy evokes this daft question from Remoanoids: did Boris lie to the Queen?
Spain floods: entire towns submerged after south-east battered by severe storms
The Beatles' Ringo Starr: Brexit Is Good for Britain
De-Dollarization: Europe Joins The Party
Authored by Ronald-Peter Stoferle via The Mises Institute,
The ongoing "World War of Currencies", as the German journalist Daniel D. Eckert called it, the battle for the future of the world monetary system is not a shallow action film but more like Game of Thrones – a complex series with hundreds of actors and locations, stretching over decades and demanding full concentration from the viewer.
Draghi faced unprecedented #ECB revolt as German, French, Dutch governors resisted QE.
EU chief under fire over 'protecting the European way of life' portfolio
By Ronald-Peter Stöferle
The bottom line is that what has been true for decades still applies. The US dollar continues to enjoy the confidence of markets, governments, and central banks. But faith in the US dollar weakens a little every year. Europe, China, Russia and many small countries set new initiatives every year to make themselves independent. And gold, too, plays a major role in this slow departure from the US dollar. But for the world financial system, none of their currencies offer a viable, fully-fledged alternative to the US dollar yet, which is why any news of the death of the US dollar is definitely exaggerated...
British Government Releases Multiple Worst-Case Brexit Possibilities
Draghi's New ECB QE4EVA Is A Mistake. Here Is What He Should Have Done...
Authored by Daniel Lacalle via DLacalle.com,
The ECB is creating a dangerous bubble and should not have cut rates by 10bps nor added a new purchase program of €20 billion per month.
1) Eurozone states are already financing themselves at negative rates. There is no need for lower rates and this disguises real risk.
This has saved governments more than 1 trillion euro in interest expenses (handelsblatt.com/today/finance/…)
2) The ECB has not abandoned its stimulus. It repurchases all maturities, launched a liquidity injection (TLTRO) in March 2019 and balance sheet stands at almost 40% of eurozone GDP.
3) Excess liquidity is 1.7 trillion euro. More liquidity does not lead agents to spend/invest more.
There is no higher solvent credit demand because monetary policy perpetuates overcapacity and zombifies the economy. Share of zombie companies has soared c30% since 2013. (BIS)
To all those investors with intense exposure to the Euro right now, you may want to rethink your options.
Assange, Varoufakis, Brexit
Europe is in a dark place and it just got darker
Eurasian Politics On The Cusp Of Change
Authored by M.K. Bhadrakumar via IndianPunchline.com,
The meeting of the foreign and defense ministers of Russia and France in the 2+2 format in Moscow on September 9 signified not only a warming up of relations between the two countries but a reset in Russia's ties with the West.
The last time a Franco-Russian event in the 2+2 format took place was in October 2012 in Paris. A year later, the conflict erupted in Ukraine and the European Union imposed sanctions against Russia. The trajectory since then appears to be reversing its course.
The first signs appeared during the G7 summit in Biarritz on 24-26 August where the schism between the West and Russia significantly narrowed. The US President Donald Trump announced that he intended to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to next year's G7 at Miami.
Any possible thaw in European and US relations with Russia, is a very positive thing right now; Macron should be applauded for taking these steps.
Eurozone gets fresh help to bolster flagging growth
The European Central Bank has unveiled fresh stimulus measures to bolster the eurozone, including cutting a key interest rate.
The deposit facility rate, paid by banks on reserves parked at the ECB, was already negative, but has now been cut from minus 0.4% to minus 0.5%.
The ECB also said it was re-starting quantitative easing. It will buy €20bn of debt a month from 1 November.
The eurozone's main interest rate has remained unchanged at zero.
BRITAIN: Brexit has its risks. But staying in the EU is now unthinkable: Why are we criticising British politicians when it's Brussels that's causing our agonies?
Germany may implement a " shadow budget" to buy even more assets. Why anyone would invest in European equities at this point is beyond me.
Recessions in the eurozone.
EU reacts to Netanyahu's plans to annex Jordan Valley, calls any settlement 'illegal'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday his plans to annex the Jordan Valley in the West Bank as an election promise if he wins next time.
"Today, I announce my intention, after the establishment of a new government, to apply Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea," Netanyahu said in a speech broadcast live on Israeli TV channels.
The prime minister said, however, that the move would be done after publication of a long-awaited US peace plan and consultations with US President Donald Trump.
Around 65,000 Palestinians and 11,000 Israeli settlers live in the Jordan Valley, according to the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem. The main Palestinian city is Jericho, with around 28 villages and smaller Bedouin communities.
For their part, the EU said they did not recognise any changes made to the pre-1967 borders and called any settlement plans "illegal under international law".
EU Accused Of Fascism After "Protecting Our European Way Of Life" Commissioner Announced
The creation of a UN "Commissioner for Protecting our European Way of Life" has sparked outrage across Europe, after the new role which will oversee immigration policy was announced by incoming EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen.
The new position, to be filled by Greece's EU commissioner, Margaritis Schinas, was unveiled along with the rest of von der Leyen's new cabinet at a Tuesday press conference in Brussels.
While Von der Leyen said the new Commission cabinet was "as diverse as Europe is," critics have noted that all of its members are white, while calling the new commissioner position "fascist," according to The Independent - which couldn't find a single person in support of the new role for a quote.
"This looks like the portfolio to fight back against the rise of the fascists, but only by adopting their divisive rhetoric around 'strong borders'," British Green MEP Molly Scott Cato told The Independent.
I'm terribly sorry, but the 21st century people displaced in the Middle East, have been displaced by wars, coupled with a searing lack of economic opportunities in their own countries.
The first intelligent thing to do is stop all the wars of conquest in which the US government is utterly, and painfully, complicit. If people feel they can thrive at home, and do not feel that they, or their families are threatened, they will most likely stay in their home countries.
Why is the concept of "diversity and personal excellence" so hard for the EU to grasp?!? Why have they not developed a "merit system", as Australia has adopted, which would insure that Europe gets "the best of the best", coupled those new citizens having a genuine desire to embrace their adoptive country's laws and cultural norms?!?
Folks, this isn't rocket science; this is how you build countries, and vet immigrants in the 21st century, period, end of discussion.
Full ECB Preview: Draghi Parting Gift - A Bazooka Or A Water Pistol?
Will outgoing ECB president Mario Draghi's "swan song" decision - the one in which he is widely expected to cut rates deeper into negative territory and resume sovereign and/or corporate QE - be a bazooka or a waster pistol? That's the question.
Markets currently fully price in a 10 bps reduction in the deposit rate to -0.5% with just over a 40% chance of a deeper cut of 20 bps.
Of the 70 economists polled by Reuters, around a quarter look for a 20bps reduction with the remainder looking for 10bps. Elsewhere, the survey noted that almost 90% of respondents expected a resumption of bond purchases as of October with a touted monthly amount of EUR 30bln". In order to mitigate the impact of deeper negative rates on the Eurozone banking sector, around 90% of those surveyed look for some form of tiering system.
BRITAIN: The silencing of the people: This parliament feels increasingly illegitimate. It must go.
Companies are selling bonds in Europe at the fastest pace on record
EU creates defence and space branch 'to complement NATO'
The European Union will create a new defence and space arm to help fund, develop and deploy armed forces, the bloc's incoming chief executive said on Tuesday, naming an ally of French President Emmanuel Macron for the role.
EU Parliament & How they Protect the Bankers
UK worries Brexit could bring 'chlorinated chicken' from US
Macron's EU army dreams crushed by Von der Leyen - 'EU will never be a military alliance'
EMMANUEL MACRON's dreams of building a common EU army were crushed by incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday, who ruled out the creation of any such force.
Stockholm Sees 'Alarming' 20% Increase in Rapes
DENMARK ANNOUNCES INCREASED MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND NATO SUPPORT IN SYRIA AND BEYOND
SOURCE: ALETHO NEWS
BY SARAH ABED | SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Denmark is recognized as one of the most socially and economically developed countries in the world, which enjoys a high standard of living as well as high metrics in national performance, protection of civil liberties, and the lowest perceived level of corruption in the world, has announced that it will be boosting military contributions to missions around the world, including joining the United States in its illegal and unauthorized deployment in northeastern Syria.
The sovereign and proud nation of Syria has neither invited nor does it accept any foreign invaders on its land and has repeatedly demanded that all foreign forces leave on their own before they are forced out. Syria is highly committed to liberating every inch of its land from terrorist control whether that be domestic or foreign, and protecting its territorial integrity.
The only thing I can think right now is, which high Danish government official got "so badly compromised" that they felt compelled to promise these actions for the US and NATO?!?
Russia boosts gas supplies to Europe while transit deal with Ukraine in limbo
Russian energy major Gazprom plans to pump twice as much gas into European storage than last year, while Moscow and Kiev have not still agreed on the terms of a new transit contract.
Brexit Insanity: Boris Johnson Refuses to Back Down
The Elite Are Blocking BREXIT
Farage offers Brexit alliance to Prime Minster Johnson
Boris is Broken
UN Global Comms Chief Says Illegally Entering The U.S. Is A Right
Which Euro area bank needed Dollars from the US Federal Reserve?
Finally! European Bank Bosses Rage Against Negative Rates
BREXIT & the Attempt to Delay until January 2020 ECM Turning Point
Another Weird Brexit Turn: Tories Vote To Support No-Deal Bill In House Of Lords
European Gas Prices Plunge To 10-Year Low
Parliament Votes To Dissolve The People And Elect Another
Comey-Iran-China - All Roads Lead to London
"The Eurozone Faces The Worst Combination Of Economic And Systemic Risk"
Allister Heath, the editor of the Sunday Telegraph, also believes Boris Johnson will eventually get his way.
Erdogan: We'll Flood Europe With Syrian Refugees Unless 'Safe Zone' Established
We will be forced to open the gates. We cannot be forced to handle the burden alone," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Thursday while demanding that European countries give political support to his controversial 'safe zone' plan in northern Syria.
Ankara is currently in tense negotiations with the United States over Erdogan's plan to militarily carve out a large swathe of territory along the Turkish-Syrian border which would serve as a buffer zone of sorts where US-backed Kurdish militias could not operate.
Erdogan said one million refugees could settle in the new buffer territory, thus alleviating the crisis on Turkish soil, and ultimately for Europe as well.
Turkey sees the YPG core of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as a terrorist extension of the outlawed PKK. Turkey has of late vowed to carve out the proposed 'safe' territory on a unilateral basis if it can't make progress with Washington.
And right now, the US government and military are in overwhelm elsewhere, a reality upon which Edrogan is counting heavily to have tipped his hand with this threat.
Why the EU Central Bank Is Concerned About Facebook
EU and U.S. Testing Drone Swarms to Handle "Illegal Border Activity"
Proof that your vote doesn't count: Tory MP defects to Liberal Democrats and leaves government with no working majority
'It's no longer about Brexit; it's about democracy': Galloway on Britain's 'least finest hour'
'He voted against Maastricht, he voted against Lisbon!' Boris RIPS APART u-turning Corbyn
"He is a man who voted against every single piece of EU legislation.
"He voted against Maastricht, he voted against Lisbon, time and time again.
"He has said that we must uphold the results of the EU referendum.
"Time and time again he has said that he's on the side of democracy and vindicating the will of the people.
"And what do we see now? He has been converted with his Momentum activists trying to take over the streets.
"Converted into the agent of those who would subvert democracy and overturn the will of the people."
The brutal response came after Mr Corbyn accused the Prime Minister of failing to put forward proposals to the Brexit impasse before MPs.
Remainer rebels cheer with glee after hijacking Commons to sabotage no deal
The Government was defeated by a margin of 328 to 301 votes in what was a major victory by Remain rebels over the under-pressure Government. Those MPs will now take control of parliamentary business tomorrow and attempt pass legislation which would prevent a no deal Brexit on October 31. This would see Mr Johnson make a humiliating climbdown by forcing him to return to Brussels and ask the European Union to delay Brexit until January 31, 2020 if no agreement has been reached and MPs have not approved a no deal withdrawal.
The humiliating defeat is a huge blow for Mr Johnson, who may now likely call a snap general election to take place in six weeks time - despite being Prime Minister for less than two months.
Boris Johnson in crushing no deal Brexit vote defeat - snap general election imminent
BORIS JOHNSON has suffered a crushing defeat after rebels voted in favour of a motion designed to block a no deal Brexit, leaving the Prime Minister's plans in tatters and making it almost certain he will call a snap general election for October 14.
Boris Johnson proclaims...we are recruiting 30000 police and We are leaving EU ON OCT 31.no if no buts
Is Lisbon the new Jerusalem? The flood of Israeli immigration to Portugal exposes a deeply disturbing and parasitic mindset
By: Redress
Why Portugal's Tax-Free Crypto Trading Matters for Bitcoin
By Lubomir Tassev
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts and businesses in the industry have had to put up with regulatory uncertainty for quite some time. The strong desire to tap into their incomes and profits goes hand in hand with failure on behalf of authorities and regulators to fully understand the nature of decentralized digital assets. Not to mention how absurd the reluctance to legalize something they want to tax anyway. Cases in Portugal show that it's hard to positively know what exactly traders, investors and companies owe the state. Luckily, the narrow scope of the local tax legislation means they have to pay less than in other countries...
What We can Learn from Liechtenstein
Op-Ed by Titus Gebel
If one mentions in a discussion that Liechtenstein's political system could possibly serve as a model for Germany, one usually reaps scorn and ridicule. If you dig a little deeper to find out what they know about Liechtenstein, the result is usually: little to none.
For example, Liechtenstein is the only country in the world to allow its communities to secede and thus grants self-determination by virtue of the Constitution...
EU in Meltdown Over Boris Preparing No Deal Brexit
ARTHUR CHRENKOFF THANKS THE LEFT: How I learned to stop worrying about Brexit and love Trump.
EU Antitrust Chief: "Google And Facebook Are Sucking Up Data From Every Corner"
This is the full transcript of speech delivered by Margrethe Vestager, the European Union Antitrust Chief, held at the Business Forum of the German Ambassadors' Conference, Berlin, 27 August 2019:
It's a great pleasure, and an honour, to be here with you today. I want to thank Heiko Maas for those kind words, and for inviting me to join you.
I'm especially glad to have the chance to meet with you, who represent Germany's 230 diplomatic missions around the world, as well as German industry. Because all of us here have an important role to play, to prepare Europe's economy for the challenges of the future.
Aug 30 14:24
We're Under Attack! 100% Proof Of UN Invasion on US Soil and Ilhan Omar's at the Center!
29% Of London Homeowners Are Panic Selling Homes Ahead Of Brexit Deadline
Boris Johnson to Jucker EU... No Deal Brexit if Backstops remain
Why The Next ECB Stimulus Plan Will Also Fail
Liquidity Crunch Mangles UK Equity & Real Estate Funds
In 2019, Bombings And Explosions Up 45% In Sweden
BigBrotherWatch: Facial Recognition "Epidemic" In The UK
Why the Brexit Turbo would be good for Boris, but a disaster for Britain.
How has the Riksbank misjudged the economy of Sweden so badly?
Swiss banking collapses says new study
Missing WikiLeaks associate had kayak accident in Norway: police;
THE BORIS BREXIT: Quadrophonic hypocrisy and sick-making cynicism
UK plans to end EU freedom of movement On DAY ONE in no-deal Brexit
Is Germany the new sick man of Europe?
In the UK, TV & radio offers just 3 sources to get your news, many of the people running these sources have been or are currently in government positions
ECB Will Lend to Banks Long-Term in Hopes They Will in Turn Lend Again
Germany is probably already in a recession by most metrics
UK plans to end EU freedom of movement immediately in no-deal Brexit
Britain said on Monday it would end European Union freedom of movement rules immediately after it leaves the bloc on Oct. 31 but Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the country would not be hostile to immigration.
Germany Prepares Stimulus In Case Of "Deep Recession"... China Is Hoarding Food, Gold, & Other Commodities In Anticipation Of A Global Collapse
Buy $1mil house in Denmark, pay back bank only $995k
No Insurance & UK Food Rationing Odds
IT'S HAPPENING - Brexit Secretary signs order to scrap 1972 Brussels Act - ending all EU law in the UK
CRISIS In Italy - Economy On Brink Of DISASTER As Political Divide WORSENS
People Already Hurting From 5G in Geneva, Switzerland
In 2017, Swiss doctor Bertrand Buchs launched a petition asking for a moratorium on installation and many doctors and scientists have already signed it.
Worldwide opposition to 5G is growing and includes individuals and organizations concerned about other issues associated with this technology in addition to biological and environmental risks. Regardless, 5G continues to be installed and operated in the U.S. and around the world even though it's been reported that people and their pets have been getting sick from exposure. This is now also being reported in Geneva, Switzerland...
BREXIT: compared to global debt and panic, it will be the pinprick just before the scimitar
Britain Is FALLING! - As Pound CRASHES, Global Economy Crumbles
GLOBALIST PELOSI INTERFERING: Nancy Pelosi threatens to torpedo US-UK post-Brexit free trade deal says 'no chance' it will pass Congress


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Ford Edge (2016-2019) review - Interior, design and technology
Dash design is shared with other Ford models, but the Edge is comfortable, there's plenty of kit and decent levels of safety tech
by: Dean Gibson
Ford Edge (2016-2019) review
Engines, performance and drive
MPG, CO2 and Running Costs
Interior, design and technology - currently reading
Practicality, comfort and boot space
Reliability and Safety
Interior, design and technology Rating
Buy used for less at Buyacar
Over time, the rest of Ford's range has been given a makeover to look similar to the Edge. Park its biggest SUV next to the mid-sized Kuga and diddy EcoSport, and the family resemblance will be obvious.
Around the back, the one-piece tail light bar from the original Edge has been ditched for the 2019 model year, but the steeply raked rear window and high shoulderlines are still present to give the Edge a premium look. Even base models are highly specced, so 19-inch alloys are standard, while 20-inch wheels are available as an option. The Edge Vignale gets chromed 20-inch alloys and a sparkly grille, plus Vignale badges on the tailgate.
ST-Line models get gloss black detailing and 20-inch wheels. And while the original 'Electric Spice' orange paint is no longer offered, there is bright red paint offered, although the rest of the colour palette is rather restrained. We take issue with the fake exhaust tips, however, as Ford hasn't gone to much trouble to hide the rear items underneath. LED headlights are standard on all cars, with top-spec versions getting matrix LEDs.
Inside, the dash layout will be familiar to anyone who'd driven an S-MAX or Galaxy. It's almost identical, with the same curved centre console built from rather cheap-feeling plastic. The design is a bit plain when compared to the classy Mercedes GLC, but at least there's plenty of soft-touch trim on the doors and dash top. The Vignale model is expensive, but only adds a little leather and isn't enough to justify its cost. The digital instruments are smart and clear, too, although there's an overload of information and settings that can prove confusing.
• Ford Edge Titanium review
Safety tech such as Lane Keep Assist, Active City Stop and Traffic Sign Recognition is also standard, which is stuff that you'll often pay extra for on German rivals. Titanium models feature sat-nav, acoustic glass, chrome roof rails and an electric bootlid, plus heated front seats trimmed in leather. However, only the driver's seat has electric adjustment. Move up to an ST-Line or Vignale, and you get heating and cooling functions.
Sat-nav, stereo and infotainment
Go for the Edge Titanium and you get Ford's SYNC 3 eight-inch touchscreen with sat-nav, DAB radio, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, which is the same as you'll find in the Mondeo and S-MAX. The graphics are bright and clear and its feature-packed.
ST-Line and Vignale models add a 12-speaker Bang & Olufsen sound system to this, while all cars feature 2 USB sockets for connecting and charging devices.
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Ford Edge (2016-2019) reviewThe Ford Edge has plenty of space and technology, but it's only a five-seater
Engines, performance and driveDiesel engines are smooth and refined but not fast, while handling errs on the side of comfort
MPG, CO2 and Running CostsFour-wheel drive hampers outright efficiency, so we'd pick the less powerful front-wheel-drive diesel
Interior, design and technology - currently readingDash design is shared with other Ford models, but the Edge is comfortable, there's plenty of kit and decent levels of safety tech
Practicality, comfort and boot spaceAlthough it's five-seat only, the big Edge offers plenty of space for five and one of the biggest boots in its class
Reliability and SafetyFord scores poorly in Driver Power survey, but plenty of safety kit will appeal to family buyers


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Transactions and Deals: July 17, 2020
Laura Williams-Tracy posted on 7/17/2020 8:00:00 AM
Lok Safe sells in Wisconsin
The LeClaire Group of Marcus & Millichap brokered the sale of Lok Safe Storage, a two-property portfolio in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
The Lok Safe Storage portfolio consists of 289 units and 61,820 net rentable square feet. The properties were constructed in 2005 and have since been renovated. Lok Safe CR is located near Highway 43, and Lok Safe Downtown is located off Grand Avenue and 18th Street.
Chris Kampmeyer, investment associate in the Minneapolis office and Adam Schlosser, senior vice president investments in the Denver office, had the exclusive listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, a private self storage investor and developer.
Preacher Joins WWG
The William Warren Group (WWG) announced the hiring of James Preacher as the new director of real estate for the Florida and East Coast region. He brings nearly two decades of experience to the team in self storage development and will focus on development, acquisitions and management procurement for the company.
"We are thrilled to get another seasoned storage expert on our team and look forward to expanding our presence in the Florida Gold Coast and beyond," said Tim Hobin, executive vice president, real estate. "James will work with our existing expert, Kendall Jones, who will continue to represent the company throughout the rest of the Florida market."
Preacher has been involved in over 2 million square feet of ground-up self storage development in South Florida and Los Angeles. He came to WWG recently from Westport Properties/US Storage Centers in Irvine as the director of development. Prior to that, he worked in land acquisitions for Miami City Self-Storage (MCSS) and as the development manager for Extra Space Storage in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.
CSSA reveals new brand
The California Self Storage Association is announcing a new brand for the organization created by a Rebrand Marketing Team made of individuals from both CSSA's Marketing & Communications as well as Membership Committees. The new tagline of Support – Collaborate – Achieve describes the direction of CSSA since 2018 when it hired a new executive director and professional staff. CSSA has revamped its mission and developed a yearly strategic business plan while focusing on supporting members.
The rebrand includes a new logo.
Third Rail, a professional graphic and marketing team, directed the rebranding.
U-Haul building in Florida
U-Haul has purchased land in St. Augustine, Florida, with plans to open U-Haul Moving & Storage of Mill Creek, according to the St. Augustine Record.
U-Haul purchased land at the corner of County Road 16A and State Road 16. The three-story building will include more than 1,000 units. The 100,000-square-foot building is expected to be completed by fall 2021.
StorageKing enters Colorado market
Andover Properties, LLC, in partnership with Angelo Gordon, has recently acquired U-Stor-All Self Storage in Denver, Colorado, marking its first purchase in the state.
The property is a 90,000-square-foot facility with frontage on Mississippi Avenue.
The facility consists of a mix of drive up self storage units, warehouse and flex space, as well as 33,800 square feet of commercial office space.
The site will be integrated into the Storage King USA portfolio. New York City-based Andover Properties owns and operates self storage facilities in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Virginia, Arizona, Ohio, and Colorado under its trade name Storage King USA.
StorQuest opens new California property
StorQuest has opened a new facility in Bermuda Dunes, California, off Avenue 42 and Washington Street.
StorQuest offers contact-less rentals with countless features like 24/7 leasing and support, telephonic and online rentals, electronic gate access, online bill payment and month-to-month terms.
Metro Storage to build near Minneapolis
Metro Storage LLC has purchased of a parcel of land at 3021 124th Avenue in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, and has started construction on a self storage facility with 908 units encompassing a total of 95,000 rentable square feet.
This will be Metro's eighth store in the Minneapolis market. Construction is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2021.
Metro Storage LLC is a privately owned, international self storage company specializing in the development, construction, acquisition, and management of self storage facilities in the USA and Central America.
CubeSmart opens new project in Rhode Island
CubeSmart has opened its newest self storage facility at 94 Old Tower Hill Road in Wakefield, Rhode Island, according to WhatsUpNewP.com.
The three-story, 77,000-square-foot facility will serve South County and southeastern Connecticut.
CubeSmart manages four facilities in Rhode Island.
The building will be completely powered by rooftop solar panels.
The nearly $10 million project was developed in partnership with Bluedog Capital Partners and The Procaccianti Group.
New CubeSmart coming to northern Virginia
The Vienna, Virginia, town council has approved plans for a proposed CubeSmart self storage facility at 223-241 Mill St., N.E. The site currently is home to the Bassford Warehouse, a one-story light-industrial building constructed in 1964. The new four-story CubeSmart building would have 131,084 square feet and 1,150 storage units, according to Inside NoVa.
SkyView brokers St. Petersburg sale
SkyView Advisors brokered the sale of CubeSmart Self Storage at 401 34th St. North in St. Petersburg, Florida.
CubeSmart Self Storage is on 2.3 acres of land and houses a total of 88,996 net rentable square feet and 744 total units.
Zack Urow, senior vice president, and Ryan Clark, director of sales, at SkyView Advisors represented the seller.
Woodland, California, storage to proceed
The Woodland, California, city council has approved a conditional use permit for Woodland Storage, a 116,475-square-foot self storage facility. The developer is Patrick Laughlin, a Yuba County real estate broker and walnut farmer.
The permit covers 6.7 acres at 1434 E. Main Street.
The facility will have a "unique Woodland style" of architecture and solar panels and an electric vehicle charging station.
The project will be 10 single-story buildings and an additional three-story building. The first phase of construction will include 75% of the single-story buildings and office, totaling 57,846 square feet.
SmartStop hires Shay
Casey Shay has joined SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc., as senior financial analyst. Shay will contribute to all financial planning and analyses for SmartStop's portfolio of approximately $1.6 billion of self storage assets under management.
Shay will be responsible for managing annual budgets, preparing financial forecasts and modeling financing scenarios.
Shay has over 15 years of finance experience in a variety of industries, most recently serving as finance manager for Synaptics and Esterline Power Systems.
Shay earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Master of Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton.
Talonvest offers capital market update
Talonvest Capital offers the following capital markets updates. In a positive market sign, more lenders are quoting and closing various types of commercial real estate loans, but lenders are more cautious than pre-pandemic.
The largest CMBS lenders are no longer on hold and are quoting new business. The supply of 60% to 65% LTC bridge capital is growing as insurance companies, banks and debt funds compete for bridge loan opportunities.
Regional and community banks are the most active lenders in the construction market.
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From Minos to the modern day, every good labyrinth has held two types of challenges: those of the physical world, and those of the mind and soul. Ariana Lombardi's installation at Strangers Collective's No Land art space is no different. For the gallery's first-ever artist residency, the writer, performer and visual artist will build an immersive display of art objects that links to a winding path of words she spun over several years of international travels. I Know That I Am opens on Saturday, November 4 from 6-9 pm, with a performance of the poetry that is the basis for the show's visual components by Lombardi at 7 pm and 8pm. She will occupy the space from November 4-11, with a writing workshop on November 9 from 6-9 pm and a reading from her forthcoming travel memoir on November 11 at 7 pm. I Know That I Am will be on view through December 3, 2017.
"It strikes me that people think writers just sit and write, because language is everything," says Lombardi. "If I'm out in the world, I'm writing. You're not just writing when you're sitting there typing." This notion has guided Lombardi, who graduated from Santa Fe University of Art and Design in 2012, to develop a thoroughly mobile writing practice over the past several years. The pursuit has taken her across the United States, through Turkey and Europe, to Guangzhou, China where she has lived since 2015. Along the way, Lombardi has collected words and drawings in her notebooks and objects in her pockets. These elements converge in I Know That I Am, which will feature found object collections, visual art, installation art, poetry and non-fiction writing.
"Whatever medium I'm working with, the intent is the same. Each piece is a moment that captures a movement of the soul, of the self," Lombardi says. "Here I am in this moment, and that moves me to the next one." Lombardi has methodically collected meaningful objects since her childhood in New Jersey, when her mother gave her a special box to safeguard small treasures. When she enrolled at College of Santa Fe in 2008 to study writing, her conception of collecting expanded to encompass words and experiences. The school briefly closed and then reopened at the end of her freshman year, leaving Lombardi and a small group of classmates to rebuild the community. They held salons to share their work, mounted interactive art and writing projects, and collaborated on a digital publication for emerging creatives called KNACK Magazine.
In Lombardi's junior year, she studied abroad in Turkey. After graduating she traveled across Europe with her sister Liv Lombardi, a musician who was in the midst of writing an album. These adventures were so fruitful for her writing and language practice that she ventured even farther, moving to China to teach English. Guangzhou became her home base for work and travels in Asia. "When I came to China, I started a new salon series and it blew up," she says. She found herself at the forefront of yet another community of emerging artists and writers. "That's the beautiful thing about China, you say you are and so you are," Lombardi explains. This radical self-invention helped inspire the title of her residency at No Land.
Lombardi has big plans for her next artistic endeavor. She's gearing up to move to Taipei where she will study Mandarin, launch a new iteration of The Salon, and put the finishing touches on her book. She aims to bridge far-flung creative communities through her projects, Home Is A Lonely Hunter and The Salon. At the moment, she's busy consolidating her creative output since college for I Know That I Am. On the exhibition's opening night, she will read a cycle of poems, or language meditations, titled Instructions. These works directly relate to the art objects and artistic journey on view. At the end of her week of engaging with the public, she'll read from her recently completed manuscript, This Body of Water.
Lombardi will present a creative communication writing workshop called, "Hear It Is". She'll invite participants to work with the sonics of language in experimental ways in order to write a poem which reflects one's innate sense of sound. How do you create meaning from sound? The event challenges participants to investigate and experiment with the narratives we construct, emotionally and definitively, when we are stripped of the facility to understand the meaning of the words being spoken to us. Attendees will be led by Lombardi in a discussion about issues and considerations of translation. You'll walk away from this workshop with a more attuned sense of the texture that sound makes and how to approach writing in unique and creative ways.
Ariana Lombardi is a writer, artist and educator. She is a founder and the host of The Salon. She has hosted salons in Guangzhou, China and the States, as well as Salon-powered creative communication workshops. She is Co-founder and Executive Editor of KNACK Magazine and is member of Strangers Collective. She has interned at The Georgia O'Keeffe Research Center and SITE Santa Fe. Her writing has been published in That's PRD, Strangers, Vol. 1, and The Laurel Review. She has been participant and performed in exhibitions in Guangzhou, China and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Some include, Embrace Ambition, (Arte Place Gallery at the Guangzhou Opera House), Fei Gallery's, Pink Party Summer Festival (One Creative Community Art Park), and Art23 Contemporary Art Gallery. Ariana has been living in Asia since 2015.


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Developers propose another residential building overlooking the Arborway bus yard in Forest Hills
By adamg - 9/16/19 - 5:37 pm
Architect's rendering.
Two developers want to build a four-story, 46-unit residential building at Brookley Road and Steadman Street behind the Arborway bus yard - and across the street from a 21-unit apartment building that won BPDA and zoning-board approval earlier this year. Read more.
Car flips in JP
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Buttressing the assertion that little good happens after midnight in Jamaica Plain, we have this photo from the Boston Fire Department of a car flipped over on Brookley Road, off Forest Hills Street, around 4:45 a.m. BFD reports the driver, the only occupant of the car, was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries and that BPD is now investigating just how the car came to turn turtle.


With a stay at Hotel Medici in Florence (Duomo), you'll be within a 5-minute walk of Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower and Piazza della Signoria. This hotel is 0.2 mi (0.4 km) from Piazza del Duomo and 0.3 mi (0.4 km) from Palazzo Vecchio.
Make yourself at home in one of the 34 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
At Hotel Medici, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7:30 AM to 10 AM for a fee.
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OFFF Barcelona's 2020 19th edition prepared so many amazing reviews. Every single one of you came back home feeling inspired with new projects in mind and advice from the speakers for new changes and making things better.
Adam J. Kurtz speaks frankly about channeling human emotion into our creative work, delivering lectures to conferences, organizations, and universities. His latest book, Things Are What You Make of Them is a handwritten essay collection that digs into the emotional realities of creative entrepreneurship. ADAMJK® is an art and stationery brand focused on gifts that are fun, weird, sentimental, and often literal. These products have been sold everywhere from Urban Outfitters to MoMA Design Store and are available for wholesale at BuyOlympia.
Adam Lisagor a filmmaker making video for innovative companies like Square, Flipboard, Jawbone, Groupon, Genentech, Airbnb and others, who have embraced his unconventional methods of promotional storytelling. FastCompany described him as "Advertising's Quietest Pitchman".
Albert Exergian, an art director and graphic designer from Vienna, Austria. He believes that there are always finer points to be taken into account – and fun to be had – in storytelling as well as in graphic design.
Antfood is a creative audio studio in New York, Amsterdam and São Paulo. Through music and sound, they elevate the art and effectiveness of brand media and experience. Their diverse teams collaborate in world-class studios to craft the best work — together.
Beeple is Mike Winkelmann, a graphic designer from Charleston, SC, USA who does a variety of digital artwork including short films, Creative Commons VJ loops, everydays and VR / AR work.
Baugasm is a project that Vasjen Katro started in mid of 2016 where he challenged himself to design a poster every day for 1 year long.
Burn & Broad is a creative studio based in New York City. The studio takes pride in their ability to work across a wide range of design disciplines as creatives, artists, makers, dreamers and doers.
CROWD studio is a design and brand experience team. They create brands and develop strategies to help businesses connect with their customers.
Calvin Sprague is a American graphic designer & illustrator. By talk: "Do What Terrifies You" will inspire the audience to conquer their fears that could lead to their success in becoming a freelancer illustrator and graphic designer!
Charles Bergquist will be showcasing his path as a "general specialist" with a technical and creative hands on approach in different mediums as well as filmmaking environments. One of the topics he will cover is how documentary filmmaking crosses into print design, as well as commercial filmmaking work spaces.
Claudia Gödke is a food photographer based in Berlin. Her love for photography is accompanied by a personal interest and knowledge in quirky oldschool foodstyling tricks.
Echoic is a music and sound design studio from the UK. Using interesting techniques they are experimental in their approach exploring the middle ground between music and sound design itself.
Ekaterina Solomeina Creative Director at Future London Academy with is a mission to connect creative communities around the world. She also interviews the most inspiring designers, illustrators and innovators on Instagram and podcast, including David Carson, Baugasm, Cristina Daura, Pokras Lampas and others.
FOREAL creates contemporary and unique design solutions in a range of different fields such as advertising, editorial, music and fashion industries.
Fabien Barral passionate about creation and the inspiration process, he creates the Walter magazine, as well as beautiful limited edition useful objects like a letterpress calendar or playing cards which combine his love for nice print, type and ornaments.
From Form, the duo constantly explores different materials, textures, forms and processes. These experiments helps them to create immersive visual experiences that come to life on screen, on paper or in a 3D space.
Future Deluxe is an experimental creative studio based in London and Los Angles. Their work spans a wide range of industries from fashion to technology, sports & entertainment.
GMUNK is a visionary whose creativity and innovation spans multiple platforms, and has established himself as one of the top visual and design directors in the world. GMUNK will be creating and presenting Offf Barcelona 2020 Main Titles, celebrating 20 years of OFFF.
Gavin Strange will be back on OFFF Barcelona 2020 stage with James White (Signalnoise) for the Hustlemania show version two.
Spearheading the strategic direction of HATO, Kenjiro now oversees co-design projects, events and workshops with clients such as Design Museum, Facebook, Science Museum and
Uniqlo.
Hort is graphic design studio known for its experimental and free-spirited approach. From art direction, branding, creative consultancy, editorial design, graphic design, illustration, lectures and workshops; they create unique visual systems for clients that stand apart from the traditional language of graphic design.
Inspired by nature and the landscape of Mexico, graphic designer Luisa Salas López (AKA Hola Lou) creates strikingly minimalist and abstract compositions with a bold an earthy palette.
Indi Maverick is a Mexican illustrator and graphic designer. She also has been developing and promoting her own style of tattoos with a unique and original designs.
IT'S A LIVING is not just a statement but it is also a life philosophy for Ricardo Gonzalez, a designer, and artist from Durango México. Ricardo will be coming back to OFFF Barcelona with a brand new talk showcasing the amazing work he has been doing in the past three years!
James Paterson is a Montreal-based Creative Director, Animator, and Technologist. A strong background in both animation and software development provide the insight to spot high-level creative solutions which are also technically feasible.
James White is a Canadian digital artist known for his various neon-infused art projects.
Jamhot is the studio of Scottish creative duo Craig Laverty & Graeme McGowan. Jamhot founded and produce Gab, a creative event & podcast series that brings people together to share ideas & get inspired.
Jared S Tarbell is a computer programmer interested in the intersection of graphic arts and generative design. Jared is an advocate of open source philosophies, and as such, freely distributes his work in modifiable form at both Levitated.net and Complexification.net
Jean Jullien is a French graphic artist. His practice ranges from illustration to photography, video, costume, installations, books, posters and clothing to create a coherent yet eclectic body of work.
Josh is currently Executive Creative Director for virtual and augmented reality products and hardware at Facebook. This part of the company is focused on developing and shipping groundbreaking products at the intersection of ambitious science and consumer hardware. They drive innovation in the areas of AR/VR and connectivity.
Joshua Davis is an artist, designer, and technologist who produces public and private work for companies, collectors, and institutions. His website, praystation.com, which he used to exhibit new design work and experiments using code, was one of the first to offer open source files for download.
Lobulo, is a graphic designer, illustrator, and lone scalpel jedi based in East London. Lobulo is no stranger to the hustle of commercial, editorial, and personal work. He has built an impressive portfolio through the creation and construction of radical and vibrant paper-craft.
Lo Siento is a small studio from Barcelona that specially enjoys taking over the whole concept of the identity projects. Its main feature is an organic and physical approach to the solutions, resulting in a field where graphic and industrial design dialogue, always searching an alliance with the artisan processes.
Marshmallow Laser Feast is an experiential art collective working in the liminal space between art, technology and the natural world.
Meg Lewis is a designer making experiences for happy companies and a speaker and educator creating fulfilling lives for humans of all kinds.
Middle Boop Studios from North London where they work with ambitious and driven brands of all sizes, helping businesses grow through strong strategy and design.
Mike Hill has been working in the film and games industry for ten years as a concept artist, level designer, creative director and IP consultant. In recent years he has created concept designs for Blade Runner 2049, and Fractured Space – as well as other undisclosed projects for Tim Miller's Blur Studios.
Loran Stosskopf is a creative director/designer at world renowned Graphic Design studio Mucho. Loran will be in conversation with French illustrator Jean Jullien, OFFF speaker, who will be joining us both on stage in 2020.
Musketon has been working solo for almost a decade. The output of his creativity over those 10 years was mostly digital work. Teamwork For Dummies is the story of 3 weird guys and 1 extremely weird guy, from Belgium who are sharing the same passion for design. Together these friends worked on projects like the annual OFFF festival live drawing wall, Huawei, AXE and produced the video clip for The Chainsmokers.
Nando Costa has spent much of the last 20 years in the field of motion graphics. From creative director at HoloLens, bringing holographic computing to reality, all the way to evolving productivity tools that are used daily by millions, he will share how motion graphics has been a pivotal tool for shaping perspective internally and telling powerful stories externally.
Nathan Bell is a visual artist and designer known for cleverly crafting words and drawings as a way to convey emotions and statements with a gestural feel.
Neil Mendoza's work combines sculpture, electronics and software to bring inanimate objects and spaces to life.
Olga Midlenko has worked on creative for the title sequence for the video game Resident Evil 2 (2019) and the broadcast graphics package and branding for the 2017 Oscars ceremony.
Omelet is a Los Angeles-based ad agency that offers branding, marketing and advertising services. Omelet has created some memorable work, their greatest capability is that their process is never static, their mindset entrepreneurial, and the outcome always unique to the brand.
STATE is an art studio; a secret agency; a place to be. They create moving images that move people, for fun or for serious where they believe that every creation is one-of-a-kind.
Sam Rolfes is an improvisational 3D animator and VR/motion capture performer/director within game engines who explores experimental leftist meme propaganda, the role of surrealism in subversively disseminating progressive ideas, and exploration of psychosexual figure studies and world building via fragmented, painterly 3D sculpture and design.
Serial Cut works alongside an ever-growing team of professionals, who specialize in different areas such as photography, design, motion-graphics and 3D design. Image and type are a great combination that they like to use on all the projects they work on. Typography plays an important role in the end product.
SHOTOPOP is a devout team of visual zealots who pride ourselves on conjuring the new, the unimagined and the fantastical.
Studio Dumbar attracts talented individuals from around the world.
The portfolio is equally diverse, encompassing work for a variety of clients both large and small – from business and government to cultural and non-profit.
Tendril is a design-driven animation, vfx, and digital innovation studio, creating beautiful and thoughtful visuals across all mediums. They believe that smart, beautiful stories should inspire new ways of looking at the world.
Tessa Forrest is a graphic designer. She discusses the mental health journey and life circumstances that brought her to start her Instagram, as well as how it continues to influence her life and career as a creative living in NYC.
Tommy Perez is a multidisciplinary maker based out of Southern California. Tommy crafts compositions with paper, produce and props. He's a self described 'designer, doodler & frequent paper krafter' who works with unusual materials in the making of his diverse portfolio of work.
Twenty Third C are the originators of the extraordinary. A collection of designers, makers, builders and imaginary thinkers. They combine to form a multi faceted design studio, mixing traditional techniques and the latest technology with explosive synergy. They think, craft, create and bring the digital into the physical.
Vallée Duhamel is a studio founded by Julien Vallée and Eve Duhamel. It specializes in high quality lo-fi video, visuals, and installations, favouring a playful and experimental approach toward work.
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