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Just What Are Public Charities and Private Foundations, Anyway?
by Suzanne Coffman, on 8/1/01 9:00 AM
Note: The following discussion is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to serve as legal or tax advice. For specific information about public charities and private foundations ("charitable organizations"), consult your attorney or tax adviser.
It can be so confusing … private nonoperating foundations … private operating foundations … public charities … public charities that act as foundations. What are
they, and how do you tell which is which?
Charitable organizations—the organizations in the GuideStar database—fall under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Tax Code. The Internal Revenue Service divides charitable organizations into two groups: private foundations and public charities. With the exception of religious organizations and nonprofits whose gross receipts are less than $5,000, the IRS usually defines every charitable organization as a private foundation, unless the nonprofit specifically requests classification as a public charity.
Public Charities
A public charity is a charitable organization that (a) has broad public support, (b) actively functions to support another public charity, or (c) is devoted exclusively to testing for public safety. Many public charities rely on contributions from the general public. Donations to public charities are tax deductible.
Public charities are the organizations people usually think of when they hear the word charity. These nonprofits' missions range from helping the poor to easing community tensions to advancing religion, education, or science.
Private Foundations
Private foundations are charitable organizations that do not qualify as public charities. In practice, they usually are nonprofits that were established with funds from a single source or specific sources, such as family or corporate money.
Although contributions to private foundations technically are tax deductible, many of these nonprofits do not accept donations. Instead, private foundations usually invest their principal funding, then distribute the income from investments for charitable purposes. Many have endowments.
The IRS recognizes two types of private foundations: private nonoperating foundations and private operating foundations. Although the IRS uses a number of criteria to distinguish between the two, in practice, the key difference between a private nonoperating foundation and a private operating foundation is how each distributes its income:
A private nonoperating foundation grants money to other charitable organizations.
A private operating foundation distributes funds to its own programs that exist for charitable purposes.
Both types of private foundations are subject to certain restrictions and requirements. For example, they must distribute a specific portion of their income for charitable purposes each year, and they cannot do business with their major contributors.
Public Charities That Act as Foundations
A number of nonprofits that grant money to public charities are actually public charities themselves. Community foundations and the United Way are examples of such organizations. Many of these nonprofits accept tax-deductible contributions to fund their grantmaking programs.
Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury. Package 1023, "Application for Recognition of Exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code." September 1998.
"Exemption Requirements—§ 501(c)(3)."
"Instructions for Form 990-PF."
"Private Foundation."
Publication 557, "Tax-Exempt Status for Your Organization." November 1999.
Suzanne E. Coffman, August 2001
© 2001, Philanthropic Research, Inc.
Topics: Law and Regulations


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The 2nd order was placed, there is a record of the transaction in Auth.net and the customers order has been processed in Magento as expected.
How can I determine why the initial order did not receive a response? From the payment log:
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Tag: Baltimore
What's Wrong With Our National Media?
I was struck by the abrupt statement from Morgan Freeman while commenting on the Baltimore disturbances. The headline read F_ _ K the Media. This from such a level headed gentlemen who like many of us are disgusted with the coverage of news regarding black folk's issues.
You don't have to be in your senior years, or even middle age to have finally had enough of the obvious distortion of incidents by local and national news people. Reporters, news editors, and station owners are no different than the rest of society; they bring their bag of opinions and prejudices to the party too. How they view, an incident depends largely on their interpretation of the facts leading up to, during, and at the concluding summation.
They will have their cameraman point to certain incidents, like burning and looting as an expert picturesque commentary on a lawless band of people. They begin their narrative of explaining what the viewer is seeing by simply stated something like "And there were people taking Flat Screen TV's, whatever they could get their thieving hands on while causing destruction of private property." Often what is not said is these people are wearing mask and hoodies to protect their identities. What is not said is that there are people who patiently wait for a national incident to break out. They purchase plane tickets to fly to these hot spots and contribute more to the unrest than solving the problem. Their mission is simple, cause unrest, creating such an environment as to allow for breaking into a storefront business to help themselves before they disappear into the night. They have taken the merchandise of their choice, sold it for cash or taken it back to their home, wherever that is. They are professional looters. You never hear about those people unless there is a need.
Don't get me wrong, some local black folk are involved in the looting and disturbance too. Most of time, they are living on adrenaline and do not bother with putting on a disguise. Why, because they have a personal interest in the outcome of such incidents. They simply do not care who sees them being disrupting. "Black Lives Matter" they chat. They are angry and lashing out. Of course, we believe rioting, burning or destroying community property is not the way to deal with an incident such as the death of Freddy Gray.
Our complaint is the reporting of the news, incidents, and occurrences are so narrow-minded. At times, it's as if they are deliberately trying to muddy the waters to prevent anyone from understanding what really happened. You are almost positive the media has gone out of their way to find the most inarticulate bystanders to comment on the incident. That alone feeds into the stereotype of an uneducated race of people. At least, in the case of longer incidents they are finding more credible people to interview. Its just I am reminded of a cartoon I saw the other day. On the one hand, a black man was reading a newspaper headline which read, "Black man killed by Police Officer(s)" so he says…"Again?" The drawing includes a white man reading the headline in a paper, "Black folk rioting in the city" The white man also says "Again" in disgust. The drawing points out the irony and perception of how race is viewed by a black and a white man.
In the Morgan Freeman article, he says MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN are just commentators. Each station shows you a picture followed by what seems like an endless commentary on the subject at hand. What did the perpetrator know, when did he know it, and who did he share it with? What are the laws? Will the president or Congress get involved? Followed by the endless innuendos, action interpretations, and so-called experts in various fields giving you their idea of how it should go. Remember, there are stations like Fox News that subscribe to the tea and Republican doctrine of "hate everything that Obama stands for."
By the way, why should we not be surprised that the Baltimore Policemen Union has turned on their State Attorney, Marilyn Mosby? She brought the charges against the 5 policemen and 1 policewoman involved in the Freddy Gray case. Monday morning, the Sherriff of Milwaukee County speaking on CNN had a gripe against this young woman. He called it a "Rush to Judgment." I guess the unwarranted, unnecessary arrest of Mr. Gray was a "Rush to Arrest?" He said he had never seen a case where charges were brought against someone within 24 hours as had Attorney Mosby. Besides having the nerve to issue such a ridiculous statement he was reminded of a fact by the CNN reporter. Attorney Mosby had been conducting her own investigation for two weeks before she got the official package from the police department. As an aside, considering what is going on in the streets of Milwaukee, I would think the Sheriff would too busy trying to clean up his city streets instead of trying to be the voice of fellow officers from another state. Hey, Sheriff, I am Milwaukee raised and still have plenty of friends and relatives there. Please stick to your day job.
And one other thing (is it just me), has the policemen unions in this country become blind to facts and simply out of touch with their average community when they are defending one of their own? Do they remind you of the National Rifle Association? What should we call their tactics, "A Rush to protect their own?" I have no problem with any group or organization in this country looking out for their members except when it comes at the expense of real law and order for all.
What is wrong with the national media, you say? I am glad you asked. I think that they have been on this "Enquire" or "Star" (found at your grocery store rack) reporting cycle for almost two decades. You know; the premise that says the headline is everything. The more spectacular or shocking the better the headlines chance of gaining the interest of a reader. Television Newscasters are no different. They are competing with cable stations that sometimes have a little more leeway than network stations. And most cable stations are directing their rhetoric to specific audiences either liberal leaning (MSNBC) or conservative (almost all other stations) in nature. And the number one station (Fox News) has a tendency to slant every news story while appealing to right-wing Republicans and almost any fringe group that sees the world as black and white. By the way, read the following headline regarding Fox News, http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/fox-news-apologizes-for-misreported-baltimore-police-shooting-%e2%80%98we-screwed-up%e2%80%99/ar-BBjbhSB, and you get a great picture of what I am talking about here.
Add that to the current 15 to 30-second attention span of most people on the left side of fifty-years-old and…well you get the picture. This may surprise you. All this happens before the race issues are added to the equation. Think about that for a minute. Then you will begin to understand why most national media has a credibility problem. Fact checking has given way to who got the scoop out first? Is it tantalizing enough to grab a large audience?
And finally, a lot of the general public is simply burned out from all the negative political ads, mailing, and billboards. As evidenced by the last mid-term elections. They are trying to turn it off which leaves the diehard conservatives and fringe loonies as the majority of people responding to surveys or commenting on internet columns. Every time someone with common sense contributes to the discussion, they are shouted down by some lunatic right winger. Who wants to try and reason with a fool?
One of my favorite quotes attributed to Abraham Lincoln simply says, "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts." That is what is wrong with the national media; they have a problem providing the public with "the real facts."
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U.S. women's national team, playing its 1st match in 261 days, beats the Netherlands 2-0 in a World Cup final rematch
BREDA, NETHERLANDS — Rose Lavelle scored against the Netherlands again, Kristie Mewis scored in her first appearance for the United States in six years and the U.S. women won a rematch of last year's World Cup final by the same score, 2-0, on Friday.
The older sister of starter Sam Mewis came in as a second-half substitute and scored in the 70th minute. It was Kristie Mewis' second goal for the team, after her first in 2013. The 2,722 days between her goals was the longest stretch in team history.
"I just had to just re-watch it, actually, because I think I blacked out on what actually happened," Kristie Mewis said about her goal.
The United States hadn't played in 261 days because of the coronavirus pandemic. The top-ranked Americans have won all nine matches they've played this year. They're 11-0-0 under coach Vlatko Andonovski, who took over after Jill Ellis stepped down last year.
"A lot of things changed in 2020. But one thing that didn't change and one thing that will never change with this team is the heart and the mind," Andonovski said. "And I was so proud of these players, the way they stepped up and handled the game, considering that some of them didn't have a chance to train properly before this camp."
Lavelle also scored when the United States beat the Netherlands in Lyon, France, last year for the team's second straight World Cup title.
Nine of the 11 U.S. starters for the final were in the starting lineup on Friday. Notably missing was Alex Morgan, who came in as a second-half substitute for her 170th appearance with the team.
Morgan, currently playing for Tottenham, had not played for the United States since the World Cup final because she was pregnant with and gave birth to daughter Charlie.
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Kristie Mewis subbed in to join her younger sister on the field and scored nine minutes later. Sam Mewis was among the first to embrace her sister in celebration.
"I was I was so nervous to shoot it, but I just wound up and gave it the best I could. And then turning around and just realizing what had just happened and seeing Sam and Alex running towards me was so special. It's a very surreal moment for me," Kristie Mewis said. "It kind of hasn't really sunk in yet."
Mewis played well in the National Women's Soccer League's Challenge Cup and fall series with the Houston Dash, earning her a call-up to the national team.
The U.S. was without Lindsey Horan, who contracted COVID-19 and did not travel to Europe for the match.
The teams held a moment of silence before the game for Diego Maradona, the legendary Argentinian player who died earlier this week.
The U.S. team wore warmups before the game that included the message "Black Lives Matter" across the front. Nine players knelt during the national anthem.
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Q: Continuous gradient over two seperate divs I have two divs where one of them acts like a section divider.
I would like to make a continuous gradient over both of them.
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I can only manage to get gradient on both, but not continous.

A: Do you mean something like this? i am not 100% sure i understood you right (shape is just an example thats easier to make)

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,W HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, APRIL 26, 2013 By Sara Greenberg Philadelphia Jewish Exponent My grandfather stared out the airplane window, smiling. My mother star.ed at my grandfather, crying. I staved at both of them, overcome by what we.had just experienced together'. A day earlier we had marched'with a group of Israeli officers through the gates of Auschwitz-Birke- nau, the death camp where my grandfather had been a pris'oner 68 years ago. This was notmy family's first visit to Auschwitz. We had isited Poland in 2005 so my grandfather, Joseph Gringlas, could show his children and grandchil- dren where he had come from and what he had been through. But after returning from our trip, he vowed never to return. It was too painful. A few months ago, how- ever, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Yit- zhak Gershon, the national director of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) called to invite my grandfather to accompany a delegation from the IDF to Auschwitz. The soldiers wanted and needed to hear his story. He couldn't say no. The men and women of the IDF were his heroes. They pro- tected the Jewish people all over the world. He wanted them to understand what he had experienced and appreciate why, because of the IDF, the World was different today. "It isdifficult to be here in Auschwitz--a place where I witnessed such c[eath and destruction," my grandfa- ther said while standing on the train tracks at the entrance to the camp, "but it is an honor to be here today, with you, the Israel Defense Forces." My grandfather was born n Ostrowiec, Poland. In 1938, when he was 12, he re- members the Zionist leader, Vladamir Jabotinksy, visit- Witnesses in uniform ing Ostrowiec to warn the 15,000 Jews living there of the threatening Nazi storm. '/The catastrophe is comirg closer," Jabotinsky cautioned in a speech in Warsaw that same year, and each person must "save his life while there is still time." There may have still been time, but my grandfather and his family did not have any place to go. As Chaim Weizmann wrote in 1936, "The world seemed to be di- vided into two parts--those places where the Jews could not live and those where they could not enter." Today, there are no re- maining Jews in Ostrowiec. My grandfather lost his entire family--except for one brother--to the Nazi gas chambers. "I will never forget the day I arrived here," my grandfather continued, describing the day in 1944 that he was transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau after time in a labor camp. "When I got off the train, I could see that the sky was red. The permanent smell of burning bodies is something I will never forget. It is a miracle I survived." After the war, my grand- father almost migrated to Eretz Yisrael. As a bricha, a volunteer helping Jewish refugees get to the land of Israel, he was chosen to go to British-controlled Pales- tine. But his one surviviflg family member, his brother, was not awarded a visa and so instead, they both went to America. Nevertheless, my grand- father's love, support and gratitude for the state of Israel and the IDF have always remained strong. "If there had been a Jewish nation state and an army to defend the Jewish people in the 1930s," my grandfather proclaimed, "my family and millions of Jews could have left Europe and lived freely." I have heard and told my grandfather's story numer- ous times. I have vowed to Civil marriage in Israek The time has come By Susie Gelman Washington Jewish Week communities. This arrangement, which dates back to the Ottoman Empire, was continued- during the British Mandate (1918-1948). In June, 1947, David Ben Gurion, then chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency (the quasi-government of Israel before it became a state), offered a set of guarantees preserving the "status quo" regarding marriage and other matters of personal statusto two religious par- ties, Agudath Israel and Mizrahi (later the National Religious Party), so that they would join the first elected government of Israel in 1949, thus entrusting to the Orthodox Rabbinate the authority to determine all such matters according to the laws of halacha. This accommodation became problematic almost immediately, when the Law of Returnwas passed in 1950 guaranteeing to all Jews the right to make aliyah, there- fore inviting the question of "Who is a Jew?"--an issue that remains controversial to this day. Moreover, by failing to separate religion and state at the inception of Israel's existence, Israel has con- tinuously had to contend with challenging issues concerning religious iden- tity, citizenship, marriage, divorce (including the sta- tus of thousands of agunot (women deserted by hus- bands who will not divorce them'and who are therefore unable to remarry) and burial. The situation was further exacerbated by the aliyah of more than a mil- Lion Jews from the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Today, approximately 300,000 Israelis who oth- erwise fully participate in Israeli society, including serving in the army, are not considered Jewish ac- cording to halacha (since the "Jewishness" of their mother or grandmother is in question) and are there- fore not eligible to marry in Israel (orbe buried in Jewish cemeteries). Other catego- ries of Israelis who cannot be married in modern-day Israel include: a kohen who wishes to marry a divorcee; a kohen and a convert; same-sex couples; Israelis who wish to be married in a non-Orthodox ceremony; and those who wish to marry a "person of no religion" or of "questionable halchic background." Increasingly, Israelis are voting with their feet in response to such unten- able restrictions and to a religious authority that is perceived as irrelevant at best to their daily lives and to their Jewish identity. Approximately 20 percent of Israelis choose to marry outside of Israel (including the son of Michael Oren, the current ambassador to the U.S.) to avoid marriage under the authority of the Orthodox Rabbinate. Cyprus is the venue of Choice for most, due to its proximity; in fact, there is a booming "marriage busi- ness" for Israelis, with great package deals. (Ironically, Israelis who marry in civil marriages outside of Israel can be registered by the Miflistry of the Interior as a married couple; how- ever, such couples must go through the Orthodox Rabbinate if they wish to obtain a divorce.) Moreover, a growing number of Israelis are choosing not to marry at all, rather than subject themselves to the require- ments of the Rabbinate, which include intrusive questions about personal religious observance that many secular Israelis would prefer to avoid. Why does this matter to those of us who live outside of Israel? First and fore- most, Israel presents itself (and many of us regard it) as the nation-state of-the Jewish people. If Israel is With all of the many is- sues confronting the state of Israel--the Iranian nuclear threat, the challenges of renewing meaningful peace talks with the Ealestin- ians, the increasing social divisions in Israeli society, an unconventional and somewhat precarious coali- tion government, serious deficits in the educational system, insufficient em- ployment opportunities for Israelis with advanced degrees and an increasingly turbulent and unpredict- able neighborhood--one might assume that the Jewish state hasmore than enough on its collective plate. For the first time since 1977, there are no ultra- Orthodox parties in the recently-formed governing coalition. The ascendancy � of two new parties, in par- ticular Yesh Atid (There i's a Future), reflects an increasing restiveness in Israeli society, amply dem- onstrated during the Sum- mer of 2011, when hundreds of thousands of Israelis literally took to the streets to protest the growing unaffordability )f Israeli life and the unfairness of not requiring all Israelis to share in protecting the country. But there'is an additional critical issue facing Israel today--civil marriage. Is- rael shares the lack of a civil marriage option with the following countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jor- dan, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Libyamas well as Mau- ritania, Indonesia and Iran. In Israel, only religious authorities, specifically, the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate and rabbinical courts, and the Islamic and Christian authorities have the power to officiate at marriages in their respective religious "Never Forget" his story. But watching my grand- father address a group of Israeli soldiers, his heroesl in a place where over a mil- lion Jews were annihilated, his story suddenly took on a new meaning. My grandfather's story is a reminder of what the IDF protects and defends. His story is a reminder that the existence of Israel and the IDF is what allows us to stand in a place like Aus- chwitz and say and mean, "Never Again." A female naval officer in" the IDFwho participated in the trip told me she wished more people could experi- ence walking through the gates of Auschwitz with a survivor.."I afn returning to Israel with a higher sense of purpose, a better understanding of what it means to be a defender of the Jewish people." "The state of Israel does not exist because of the Ho- locaust," President Obama said a few weeks ago during his trip to Israel, "but with to represent the entire Jew- ish people, then it cannot discount 85 percent of Di- aspora Jews who subscribe to a different interpretation of Jewish tradition than the traditional Orthodox ver. sion. By rejecting Reform, Conservative and Recon- structionist marriages in Israel (and conversions by all three streams outside of israel), Israel is rejecting the majority of Diaspora Jews who follow a different Jewish path. Moreover, the "status quo" regarding marriage has a direct effect upon aliyah. As long as Jews who emigrate to Israel have their authenticity as Jews questioned or even denied (sometimes years after such individuals have made aliyah, married and raised a family), then fewer Jews will be encouraged to align their future with that ofthe Jewish state. For American Jews who have depended upon. the separation of. religion and state as the keystone to our acceptance and pros- perity in this qountry, the stranglehold that the Orthodox Rabbinate has on our Israeli brethren is simply untenable. Fortunately, the grow- ing sentiment in .Israel is trending towards civil mar- riage. Hopefully, Israelis will take advantage of the current political situation to liberate themselves and set a course of inclusiveness for all Jews. Such a move toward freedom of choice in marriage will increase Is- raelis' religious options and strengthen Jewish identity in the Jewish state. � Susie Gelman is the im- mediate past president of The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington- and co-chair of the November, 2013 General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Jerusa- lem. She is also part-owner of Washington Jewish Week. PAGE 5A the survival of a strong Jewish state of Israel, such a Holocaust will never hap- pen again." The wheels touched down at Ben Gurion Airport. A young platoon commander, who had marched into Aus- chwitz carrying the Israeli flag in one hand and hold- ing my grandfather's hand in the other, hoisted my grandfather on his shoul- ders. My grandfather waved his hands in the air. He was home, with a new chapter to add to his story. Everyone started danc= ing around them. Gasping for breath, the IDF com- mander leaned over to whisper in my ear: "Your grandfather is my heroY Sara Greenberg, of Glad- wyne, lives in Cambridge, Mass., and is pursuing a joint masters degree in public policy and business administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School. Her grandfather, Joseph Gringlas, lives with his wife in Philadelphia. Letters To The Editor HERITAGE welcomes and encourages let- ters to the editor, but they must be typed or printed and include name and phone number. We will withhold your name if you so request. Please limit letters to 250 words. Due to space limitations, we reserve the right to edit letters. Send letters to P.O. Box 300742, Fern Park, FL 32730. Or e-mail to news@orlandoheritage.com We must stand up to hatred Dear Editor: I was extremely troubled to read the letter to the editor � by Sandi Solomon, "Stand strong against Islam," which you published April 12. The misinformation, intol- eranc e and prejudice echoed in the letter was simply epic in proportion. Perhaps what was most troubling wa that the accusations made by Solo- mon that 1) Islam seeks global domination and 2) Muslims are taught to lie and cannot be trusted, are the same false and hateful types of accusa- tions Nazi propagandists made against Jews prior to the Holocaust. We must learn from our history and learn from each other's differences, not hate and fear each other. Hate only begets more hate. Ignorance often can lead to misunder- standing that results in fear, hatred and ultimately even violence. We need more people to stand up to hatred and teach love, compassion and mercy. We should not give the spotlight to those who wish to promote the same types of hateful misinformation, promoted against other mi- norities in the past. Hassan Shibly, Esq. CAIR Florida Tampa Executive Director


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Ukraine. New Car Market. March 2015. The Anti-Record of the Century
New car sales are at an all-time low in Ukraine. Only 2200 new cars received registration in Ukraine, 5 times fewer than in March 2014, and 23% less than in February 2015. Which means Ukraine still has not reached the bottom.
In Kiev everyone steals according to their abilities
The new fad seems to be breaking into safety deposit boxes at banks, where people keep their hard currency, jewels, other valuables. Considering the difficulty of getting at a deposit box, these have to be "inside jobs" by the people who work at banks.
Ministry of Defense is interested in "Berezhok"
Berezhok is the BMP-2 modernization kit (see photo above) which brings up its firepower to practically the Kurganets-25 standard (30mm cannon, Kornet ATGMs, 30mm AGL, thermal sights, full stabilization). Since the Russian defense budget will not be sufficient to replace all BMP-2s with Kurganets or even BMP-3 vehicles, at least some of the fleet will be modernized. Berezhok is, incidentally, a popular export item.
A militant mob in camouflage attacks a trader who refused to pay a bribe
The whole thing took place in the center of Kiev, and the 6-minute video is well worth watching. It's not even clear who these people are. Aidar? Donbass? Remarkably, the trader (whose business is a mobile coffee shop) managed to fight them off, with the aid of passers-by and their smartphones.
Azov and Donbass militants to undergo convalescence in German hospitals
Poroshenko and Merkel reached an agreement to have 20 wounded Ukrainian soldiers treated in German hospitals. It's not clear whether Ukrainian neo-Nazis will get to travel to Germany under this program, in spite of the headline, although it cannot be ruled out.
Cannes to show a Russian short film about the war on the Donbass
The film is "People Live Here", and was filmed by a Russian student Ilya Novodvorskiy.
"Rus'" has disarmed. "Prizrak" will become the 4th Battalion of LPR territorial defense
DPR and LPR are continuing their campaign of ensuring all armed formations on their territories are subordinate to official Novorossia structures.
Ukrainians who insult Russia may be forbidden from getting rich off it
This was brought about by the recent scandal with Daniil Grachev who was hired by the Russian NTV channel to host a TV program. Only later it was revealed, courtesy of intrepid Russian bloggers, that Grachev was once upon a time a die-hard Maidanek who posted a ton of virulently anti-Russian stuff on his social media accounts. So now there is a push to screen Ukrainians who are "escaping from freedom" for their stance during the Maidan.
December 1, 2014. Nitka. Saki
Crimea-based "Nitka" [Thread] was USSR's only land-based facility for practicing landings on aircraft carriers. It was leased by the Russia Navy from Ukraine during happier times. Now that Crimea is part of Russia, the need for leasing kinda fell away.
Gazprom begins the construction of the Power of Siberia pipeline
It is to be completed in 2020, with gas deliveries to China to begin immediately upon completion.
The Great Patriotic War on paintings and illustrations by artists from various countries
Lots and lots of illustrations. Worth a look!
Live-fire testing of the T-80U tank
A pretty amazing video showing Russian T-80U tanks being subjected to point-blank range tank gun fire, with the intent of demonstrating the level of their armored protection.
Modernization of Admiral Nakhimov battlecruiser
The Admiral Nakhimov was the third Kirov-class battlecruiser to enter service. It was laid up during the 1990s, but now is undergoing a thorough modernization, which will include the installation of Kalibr, Oniks, S-500 missile systems, as well as many other improvements.
The Admiral Gorshkov frigate to undergo tests in the North
The Gorshkov is the lead ship of the new frigate class, the most important current shipbuilding program of the Russian Navy.
The Great India Battle. Rafale vs. Su-30MKI
The French contract to supply India with Rafale fighters is in danger, in part due to France's stance on Mistral ship delivery, but also due to competition from Russia's Su-30MKI. Therefore the French are striving to sweeten the offer.
The chronicles of an economy in a tailspin, pt. 6
The economy is of course Ukraine's, and this installment discusses the dire situation with the Ukrainian agricultural sector: high taxes, lack of hard currency to procure seeds abroad, mortgage foreclosures on family farms, the list goes on and on.
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The Video Jungle Podcast Episode 14: Remember Video Stores?
What Animus Studios Lead Editor Roy Power lacks in his sense of smell, he more than makes up for behind the keyboard of his editing suite. Combing through hours of footage to create crowd pleasing videos for all, Roy's editing style has evolved and grown.
But what you'll hear in this episode is Roy taking the next step into his love of filmmaking by directing and producing his own passion projects.
This past year Roy has been working with indie rock group Low Cut Connie on several of their music videos.
His latest short film project, 'Memory Video', is in post-production after running a successful kickstarter campaign to finish the film and submit on the festival circuit.
In his own words:
'Memory Video' is a short movie about the experience of going to the video store as told by Miguel Gomez, who currently operates his store Viva Video outside of Philadelphia.
Miguel fights to keep his store alive in the age of streaming with the help of his family and the surrounding community. While video stores are shutting down every month, Viva Video is one of the last remaining stores in the world.
The sky's the limit for Roy and we're excited to see where he takes his passion for filmmaking from here.
Even though his kickstarter campaign closed recently, you can still help Roy get 'Memory Video' off the ground. Email him at roy@animusstudios.com for more information.
Check out the teaser of Roy's directorial debut 'Memory Video' below.
Here are the two music videos Roy edited and helped produce for Low Cut Connie. They're music's become an office favorite so definitely give them a listen.
Arty and John pull Roy out of the edit suites to talk about...
Roy's love of filmmaking and his favorite director Paul Thomas Anderson
Roy's best practices for editing and working with directors
Whether or not lacking a sense of smell affects Roy's work
How Roy got involved with editing music videos for the acclaimed indie rock group Low Cut Connie
Why Roy wanted to make a short film about the nostalgia of going to the video store with his passion project 'Memory Video'
Finding the perfect video store to feature in his film
Switching from the editing chair into the directing chair
Running a successful kickstarter campaign to fund his film
How being an editor informs his directing style


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Jörg Sasse - Jörg Sasse: "Where is Trotzkij?"
If a photographic image of a drink makes me thirsty, I can experience the fact that although my thirst is real, the drink is not. Assuming I recognize that what is pictured is beer and that this also generates a desire to drink a beer, this does not guarantee that there was ever actually a beer positioned before the camera that generated the photographic representation. It must have been something that came closest to corresponding to my visual imagination of beer. This function can be better fulfilled by tea with whipped white of eggs, for example, than by a freshly tapped beer, which stops looking freshly tapped much too quickly in front of the camera in the warm studio.
The picture caption of a printed reportage photo furnishes information about a topic not shown in the photo itself. The conclusions we draw regarding what to consider true and untrue devolves to our willingness to trust the author and his or her subjective view in the picture and text. This credibility is composed of the most diverse assortment of criteria - criteria that lie outside the photograph. In this regard, the technique used to generate the photograph plays nearly no role at all.
The photo on one's ID strikes us as foreign not simply because everyone is used to seeing a laterally inverted image of him- or herself in the mirror. The portrait of someone we know can be considered to have hit its mark if associations arise as a result of the image, which can be reconciled with what we know about the person. But this knowledge, too, lies beyond the photograph itself.
A photography can only be a document of its own existence. What makes a photograph autonomous is not the 'What is pictured there' with reference to 'reality' rather, what makes a photograph autonomous is the "How is something pictured."
The question with regard to the "How" not only poses the question as to the requirements of the medium, but also as to the selection of the medium itself.
One of the requirements of photography is to work with a pictorial space that is already filled. The possibilities for reduction are confined to the selection of detail and the kind of lighting to be used. The further photographic process may include retouching, silhouetting and montage. Depending on the type and effort through wich one has gone, it is difficult or even impossible to discover any alterations in the end result. Alterations of this sort have been around as long as photography itself.
To start with, image processing computer programs represent a (technical) refinement or transformation of these processes. Transmitting image information from exposed film or paper to the computer changes the medium. Thus, new requirements apply for any further processing. In this regard, during processing of certain parts of the image, it becomes less important than it once was that these image parts are also vehicles of meaning. Rather, the emphasis rests with their characteristics on the picture plain.
This will lead to confusion if the view of photography is determined by that which points beyond the photograph itself.
Without a doubt, the view of a good many things changes due to computerisation, and yet only a few of the questions now posed are in fact new. Perhaps posing them was previously less popular.


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What are the characteristics of barium sulfate?
Properties of Barium Sulphate. Pure barium sulfate is found as a white, odourless powder or small crystals with a density of 4.49 g/mL, the melting point of 1580 °C and boiling point of 1600 °C. Barium sulfate is said to have extremely poor solubility in the universal solvent water.
What is the ionic compound for barium sulfide?
Formula and structure: The barium sulfide chemical formula is BaS. The molar mass is 169.39 g/mol. The molecule is formed by one barium cation Ba2+ and one sulfide anion S2-. The two ions are bound trough an ionic bond.
What is the function of barium sulphate?
Barium sulfate is in a class of medications called radiopaque contrast media. It works by coating the esophagus, stomach, or intestine with a material that is not absorbed into the body so that diseased or damaged areas can be clearly seen by x-ray examination or CT scan.
What is the Colour of barium sulphate?
Barium sulfate is a white crystalline powder.
What is Formula compound of barium sulfide?
Barium sulfide/Formula
Is barium sulfate an ionic compound?
BaSO4 (Barium sulfate) is an ionic compound. It consists of one sulfate atom and 4 oxygen atoms.
Is barium sulfide acidic basic or neutral?
Barium Sulfate is an alkaline, divalent metal.
Is barium sulfide a precipitate?
Barium chloride and potassium sulfate are both ionic compounds. By examining the solubility rules we see that, while most sulfates are soluble, barium sulfate is not. Because it is insoluble in water we know that it is the precipitate.
Is barium sulphate an ionic compound?
What elements are combined in barium sulfide?
Barium sulfide is a sulfide salt and a barium salt.
What is the chemical formula for barium sulfide?
Barium sulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula Ba S. This colorless salt is an important precursor to other barium compounds including BaCO 3 and the pigment lithopone, ZnS/BaSO 4. Like other chalcogenide s of the alkaline earth metals, BaS is a short wavelength emitter for electronic display s.
What is the solubility of silicon in barium?
The solubility of silicon in solid barium is very small and does not exceed 0.14% (at.). Barium and sulfur form several sulfides, of which the most studied is barium sulfide (BaS) (81.07% Ba), which melts at 2200°C. Other sulfides of barium are Ba2 S, BaS 2, and BaS 3.
Which is the precursor of barium sulfide ( Bas )?
BaS is an important precursor to other barium compounds including BaCO 3 and the pigment lithopone, ZnS/BaSO 4. Like other chalcogenides of the alkaline earth metals, BaS is a short wavelength emitter for electronic displays. It is colorless, although like many sulfides, it is commonly obtained in impure colored forms.
Why does barium sulfide have a yellow color?
The yellow color of barium sulfide solution is attributed to the presence of dissolved elemental sulfur that results from its slow oxidation in the air. In the presence of an oxidizing agent, barium sulfate is formed. Violent to explosive oxidation may occur when BaS is heated with strong oxidants such as phosphorus pentoxide or potassium chlorate.
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Jennifer Lyons Bsc, originally from Scotland, U.K. is a speech language and feeding therapist. She has had a passionate interest in feeding therapy since she graduated in 1998 from Strathclyde University. She gained her post graduate qualification in paediatric dysphagia in June 2001 from Queen Margaret University. She completed her SOS training (sequential oral sensory) in August 2012 and has continued to develop her area of specialty through attending training both overseas and in New Zealand, online training, reading, and being an active member of specific interest groups. She is currently part of a committee who is looking into guidelines around paediatric feeding in N.Z.
She has a wide variety of experience gained across both Scotland and New Zealand. Jennifer has predominately worked in paediatrics with a range of children/young adults from premature babies to 21 years in a variety of settings; SCBU (Special care baby unit), preschools, mainstream schools, special needs schools, and hospital.
Jennifer has worked along side families who have children with oral motor skill issues, limited diets and who may have been or are still being tube fed. These have also included children who (but not exclusively) have cognitive delay, autism, dyspraxia, Down Syndrome, Cerebral palsy, global developmental delay, cleft lip and palate.
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Amazon phone news
Amazon Ice phones look to extinguish the memory of the Fire Phone
Max Langridge, Contributor · 5 June 2017 ·
(Pocket-lint) - Amazon is reportedly working on a successor range of smartphones, currently codenamed 'Ice', that will look to improve upon the rather poorly received Fire Phone, released in 2014.
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The Fire Phone was subsequently discontinued in 2015 as it couldn't compete with the likes of the iPhone and Android phones in Western markets. It's thought the Ice phones will be sold in countries such as India instead, and at least one phone should make it to market before the end of 2017.
Rather than rely on Amazon's own Fire operating system, the Ice phones will run on Android and will even make use of Google's own email and Play Store services, as well as Google Assistant, as opposed to Amazon Alexa.
However, the person testing the phone has said Alexa could make its way onto the phone by the time it's released. Alexa-powered speakers and the Echo aren't sold in India, so having an Alexa-powered phone wouldn't make a lot of sense.
One of the Ice phones is said to be in testing and has a display between 5.2 and 5.5-inches, a 13-megapixel camera, a Snapdragon 435 chip with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard storage. There is also expected to be a fingerprint sensor on the back.
No other features have been rumoured just yet, but it's likely the Ice phones won't have nearly as many intuitive features onboard, such as Dynamic Perspective, gesture controls and Mayday support for live help.
The Amazon Ice Phone is expected to cost around Rs (Rupees) 6,000, which is around $93, or £72. Clearly the Ice Phone is going after the flagships of the world.
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Surviving the Quarter Life Crisis: Emmanuelle Wambach Thesis Exhibition > "I now pronounce You... Mommy"
It was because of the personal tie to this issue of marriage and motherhood that this installation was the most outwardly humorous and satirical. On the wall in the far left of the scene hung an antique X-ray box with two backlit photos on it; One of a Virgin Mary-esque bride giving birth, and the other of that same bride smiling and holding her six deformed Cupie babies. The title I now pronounce you… Mommy referenced the paradox of roles addressed in the photos. The woman in the photos was pregnant, but wore the veil of a bride and a halo reminiscent of the Virgin Mary. Though it was a personal belief that motherhood deserves the status of distinction in our society, the distortion of that figure displayed the outrageous expectation of women to be married and to reproduce at a young age. In the birthing photo, the woman was supposed to be in pain, yet she was laughing, drinking and smoking, which no sane mother would do. This photo illustrated the pressure placed upon young women to become mothers, even when lacking an understanding of the responsibility that is involved in motherhood.
The second photo of this installation also parodied the status placed upon motherhood The light glinting off the halo-veil made more prevalent the satirical reference to the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child, the ultimate image of motherhood seen in popular culture today. She continued to smile, look beautiful, and smoke, even after giving birth to six oversized babies. The deformed ceramic Cupie dolls, decorated as collectable kitsch figurines, referenced the growing glorification of the teenage mother. The children represented baby-dolls, collectables that a woman must acquire to gain the lofty and coveted status of mother.
"I now pronounce You...Mommy"
Mixed Media Installation: Ceramics, Photography, Found Objects, Sculpture, Textiles, and Performance Art.
"I now pronounce You...Mommy" (Canopy Detail)
Wood and Textile
"I now pronounce You...Mommy" (IV Detail)
Plastic and Tubing
"I now pronounce You...Mommy" (IV Bag Detail)
Stoneware, Acryllic Paint, and Decals
"I now pronounce You...Mommy" ( Crib Detail)
Slip Cast Stoneware, Found Objects, and Textiles
"I now pronounce You...Mommy" (Mobile Detail)
paper and Balsa Wood
"I now pronounce You...Mommy" (X-Ray Detail)
Found Object and Photograph
"I now pronounce You...Mommy" (Photo Detail)
Photo from Mixed Media Installation


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Mandates are assigned to one or more scientific Panels or the Scientific Committee, depending on the scientific area and the expertise needed.
The Panel or the Scientific Committee sets up a Working Group of experts to carry out the risk assessment or assigns the task to an existing Working Group.
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EFSA sends the opinion to the original requesters.
The EFSA Journal is a free, online, open access scientific journal published EFSA. It provides the platform for EFSA's scientific work to the outside world. On average the EFSA Journal publishes over 500 articles each year including editorials and special issues.
This is how EFSA helps protect consumers from food-related risks.
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We are going to test the electronics. You should get to the end without problems. If there is a bug and you can't identify it and repair it, ask on the mailing list.
Check all voltage measurement points. Do not check the current one, because for measuring a current you have to break the circuit. Measurement points are those small tables in the schematics with various variables. Check the values in Receiver an Nebulus transmitter. Determine if the measured voltages are in the specified range. The voltages are measured against ground (i. e. the tin of the can). The values should be all OK. If they are not, perform once more correctness check of the affected module. If the problem persists after that, ask on the mailing list.
Check whether the TX diode shines using a digital camera. Connect 200mV voltmeter into Receiver's RX level DC measurement (Received Signal Strength Indicator, RSSI). Check whether the multimeter readout reacts to the light strength from the transmitter.
Do preemphasis test of Inferno.
If you are getting substantially smaller ranges (for example 0.7m for SFH203), something is wrong.
The input transistor of the receiver (Q101, BF908 or its equivalent) can be broken-through. It is caused by inappropriate handling: the device is static electricity sensitive. It can be caused also by soldering with an iron with ungrounded tip or transformer soldering gun can generate spikes during switching. This sometimes manifests as a voltage greater than 0V on P103. My healthy receiver has 0.1mV on P103.
A breakthrough of G2 sometimes manifests itself as a receiver that is oscillating (doesn't work at all or has inferior range) where the oscillations cease when C103 is removed from the circuit.
Breakthrough of Q101 can be fixed only by replacing with another one and obeying the rules for manipulation with static electricity sensitive devices.
If you plan to use Ronja on a link less than 1/4 of nominal distance, then perform range reduction now.
Now mount the thermal shields to both the receiver and transmitter using four M3x10 screws and 12 M3 nuts. Tighten it all together firmly.


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"Eesti tippmodell" è un reality show trasmesso in Estonia, ed è la versione baltica del format statunitense "America's Next Top Model".
La prima serie è andata in onda dal 5 marzo al 5 giugno 2012, condotta dalla modella estone Kaja Wunder, la quale vestiva anche i panni di giudice, affiancata da altri volti noti dello spettacolo locale: Margit Jõgger, Toomas Volkmann e Arne Niit; la seconda stagione, iniziata il 14 ottobre 2013 e conclusasi il 13 gennaio 2014, ha visto al timone del programma e della giuria la modella Liisi Eesmaa, affiancata dal riconfermato Volkmann e da una new entry, l'esperto di moda Urmas Väljaots.
Ogni settimana le concorrenti affrontavano casting e servizi fotografici; al termine di questi, in studio, ogni concorrente era giudicata in base alla performance dell'intera settimana. Quindi i giudici stilavano una classifica, con la quale le ragazze venivano a sapere chi passasse al prossimo turno e chi no; la prima classificata aveva diritto a dei premi, mentre le ultime due finivano nuovamente davanti alla conduttrice per la decisione finale, nella quale una era eliminata (solamente in un'occasione, alla fine del 4º episodio della prima stagione, le due ragazze al ballottaggio vennero entrambe eliminate).
La vincitrice della prima edizione è stata la quindicenne Helina Metsik, da Pärnu; la seconda ha visto vincere la diciottenne Sandra Ude da Tallinn.
Dal 4 dicembre 2014 al 12 marzo 2015 è andata in onda la terza serie dello show, con lo stesso identico cast della giuria precedente (Eesmaa, Volkmann e Väljaots), ma con un'importante novità: tra i concorrenti erano presenti anche alcuni ragazzi. Stessa giuria e stessa formula anche per la quarta edizione, andata in onda dal 14 dicembre 2015 al 29 febbraio 2016.

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Next Top Model
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Company B is a BC-based manufacturer of forest products. While the United States continues to be its primary market, its exports to China have grown significantly in the past decade.
Company B's Chinese buyers have expressed a desire to settle in RMB.
China is an important customer for the pulp mills and sawmills industries, which exported nearly $4.2 billion of goods to China in 2014, making it the largest Canadian exporting sector to China.
China is the second largest importer of Canadian pulp and paper, after the United States.
Company B opened RMB account in Canada to receive RMB payments.
Company B set up internal processes to enable trading in RMB products.
Company B likes that it can provide its customers flexibility as paying in dollars or RMB depends on the domestic rate of borrowing and the ease of access to the currency.
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Open RMB account in Canada.
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Vancouver ranked third most livable city in the world by the EIU.
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All the svg files are in the archive.
I'm working on the DVD cover. Is there a specific text to add on the back ?
Some wallpapers formats are still missing (1280x1024 & 1600x1200) and the Plymouth theme (I was thinking about a line representing the process but I dont know how to do that... maybe a script ?).
Do I need to do the .deb too ?
I really enjoyed this work. Congratulations!
> I've upload the theme with the rescaled logo.
> If everything is OK, I can start the others artworks to complete the theme.
> Objet: Re: Artwork for jessie?
>> >>necessary, all the lines must fit the new scaled logo.
>> >>Can it wait until next week ?
>> > author do the rescaling him/herself.
>> > Paul should be the one who can tell if it can wait until next week.
> into several components, so it takes time to get all of this sorted.
Next by Date: Artwork for Jessie, I uploaded a new theme.


DMC Consultants, Inc. (also doing business as DMC Construction, Inc.) was incorporated on November 10, 2005. The founder of the corporation Mr. Mike Chaudhary (President & CEO) has extensive experience and successful past business ventures to his credit. DMC initially started from a home office, but through hard work, honesty, and a passion for growth, DMC acquired its own building in 2007 and established its headquarters in Detroit, Michigan.
Even in the melt down economy, DMC maintained an excellent annual growth rate in sales, employment and net-worth. This growth has been attributed due the vision and hard work of the DMC team.


If you were to ask me what I hoped to improve upon in my diet, my answer would always be: to consume less carbs and more salads. I can't even begin to explain how amazing I feel when I'm super veggie heavy and light on carbs. My mind is clearer, which is crazy because it's one of those things you don't actually know you are experiencing… also known as mind fog. And then when it's not there, it's such a huge smack in the face… eat yo vegetables lady, you feel so good, don't eat that half loaf of sourdough (ahem, yaaa).
For me though, I need variety. I can't eat the same salad constantly, and salads seem to be one of those things I'm even more picky about (of course, because otherwise life would be too easy). I have an entire Pinterest board, affectionately called Salad Me Baby to accumulate options and inspiration to get the salad bus a moving. The one thing I always have to tell myself is that salad's aren't boring anymore. They don't have to be a green, a couple thinly sliced veggies, typically onion and carrot, maybe some cucumber, + croutons and an enormous amount of dressing. You know, the amount of dressing an eight year old would use – because we are all just trying to pretend we are making a healthy decision.
Salads now though have roasted veggies, grains and/or in this case don't even have a main green. Whaaaat? Yep! Let me introduce you to my little Middle Eastern salad… Fattoush.
Fattoush is typically a bread salad but, as mentioned above, little me is trying the veggie to carb ratio to lean slightly more towards the veg. And the pitas (aka the bread of the bread salad) are commonly toasted or even fried. Here we just give them a little grill action to crisp up but not be sharp enough to destroy the roof of your mouth. Because seriously pita chips + the roof of my mouth, makes it look like a battle for good and evil went down. Does anyone else have that problem, where pitas just scratch the hell out of the roof of your mouth? Even croutons can put up a fight.
Okay, so to avoid said war, pitas for this version are grilled as mentioned. However, you can totally buy pita chips or make your own, but you've been warned.
The rest of the ingredients = fresh veggies commonly found in American salads that have just been roughly chopped. The dressing is a light vinaigrette flavored with garlic, parsley and sumac. Never heard of sumac? It's a light balanced, slightly tart seasoning that is commonly seen in zatar, a rather recent popular spice blend here in the States, that is also from the Middle East. I buy my sumac from Penzey's Spices, but Amazon has this sumac with great reviews, and we all loooove Amazon.
This salad makes two lunch size portions, or four side salads. If you are interested in making it heartier, you can always up the veggies, and add in sliced radishes or a couple handfuls of chopped romaine. The dressing coats everything really well and will leave drippings in your bowl, so you could easily add more and not need to make another batch of dressing. As with any salad, I would start with 1/2 the dressing first, toss, and evaluate, working towards the amount you personally desire. You can always add more dressing in, but wiping off veggies doesn't really sound like how you would want to spend part of your day.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk all ingredients until well combined, and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, toss all ingredients together except pitas. When ready to serve toss salad with dressing and top with torn pita pieces.
*For gluten free, use GF versions or omit if necessary. If vegan make sure to check the ingredients to ensure pitas and/or naan are in fact vegan. For a more robust salad try adding a couple or few handfuls of chopped romaine and/or more of the veggies, including the addition of radishes if desired. As is if using all of the dressing, it will coat all ingredients and leave drippings on your plate.
Anything that can be served with naan is an instant favorite of mine! haha This salad looks so delicious! So pretty too!
Yummmo!! Look at those pretty coloured veg! A nice bit of brightness this time of year!
Doesn't winter just seem like forever with all it's cool tones and murky skies. This salad sure does combat that with it's color, you are so right with that one. Thanks Laura!!
Yum! Just saw this on Pinterest and it reminded me that I used to make Fattoush salad and it was so good. Thanks for reminding me. I am so going to try out your recipe.
Happy to provide a little reminder Enjoy!!
Thanks Anne! Let's just call it a veggie bowl then and no one has to know.
I bet some chick peas would taste good with this plus add a little protein!
Go for it! I can see them definitely being a winning addition here. Let me know if you try it.
Can Zaatar be used to substitute the sumac? If not, what Isa viable substitute?
Hi Barbara! You, of course, can try za'atar, it does contain sumac but of course other spices as well so it won't be the same (naturally). But as there is no real substitution for sumac if that's all you have, well you've got to work with what you've got. If you can manage to get your hands on sumac though (such as through Amazon.com, you'll find it linked to an option in the recipe) I'd recommend it if you are looking to try fattoush in all its glory.
Hope that helps Barbara – let me know if you give the za'atar a try!
Can you use olive oil instead of grapeseed oil?
Yep, if you are an olive oil fan, go for it!


The best fantasy series ever written is still up for grabs.
As I take today to catch up on a metric buttload of thank you letters to patrons and general e-mails that need responding to, try to make some progress in Skyrim so that the article I started over a year ago can get its next part, and generally attempt to continue taking this week a little easier on blogging front than my normal prodigious pulse pounding pace (which perhaps is pretentious but predates perfidious pretending and self-promotion to be a producer of penning without positively providing prose), please take a moment–if you haven't already–to vote in our second semifinal to see which four titles will go on to the final round to be forever immortalized.
Forever until the next time I run this poll, of course.
Also don't forget the Polldaddy quirk that allows everyone to vote once each week. You may yet produce the deluge of sheer dogged tenacity that allows David Eddings Belgariad series to be more than a nifty picture on the right side of this post.


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Equal Rights Trust partners with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to develop Practical Guide on the Development of Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation
London, 18 June 2020
Today, the Equal Rights Trust is pleased to announce the launch of a major new initiative to support equality defenders in their efforts to secure the adoption of comprehensive equality laws. Working in partnership with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Trust will develop Protecting Minority Rights: A Practical Guide on Developing Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation, due to be published in 2021.
In order to ensure that the Guide reflects the full range of global best practice, the Trust and the OHCHR seek input from experts and activists with experience in the development and adoption of comprehensive anti-discrimination laws. More information on the kinds of information which we seek and on how to submit inputs is available here.
Essential support to equality defenders
The development of the Guide responds directly to the ongoing demand from the Equal Rights Trust's civil society partners and other equality defenders for practical guidance on the development of equality laws reflective of international standards on equality and non-discrimination. The Guide will play a central role in the delivery of our ambitious five year strategy, which focuses on supporting equality defenders in their efforts to secure the adoption and implementation of equality laws. It will build on the Trust's experience of supporting advocacy for equality law reform in various countries over the last decade and contribute to our ongoing work to support civil society coalitions in countries ranging from Armenia, to Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines.
Developed in collaboration with experts from the OHCHR and guided by an international advisory committee, the Guide will reflect the growing international consensus on the requirement for states to adopt comprehensive equality laws in order to comply with their legal obligations to protect the right to non-discrimination and to realise their commitments to "leave no one behind" in development efforts. It will discuss the necessary structure, content and scope of comprehensive anti-discrimination law, if states are to comply with their obligations arising under the UN covenants and conventions. It will elaborate the requirement to adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination law as a core element of the international law of the protection of minorities, including intersectional aspects in this regard.
In addition to consolidating current international standards, the publication will present relevant regional human rights standards and provide concrete country-based practices and practical guidance. The partners seek input from experts and activists with relevant knowledge and experience at both the regional and national levels.
For further information on how to contribute to this ambitious new project, please click here.


As we know, there are two potential ways to grow earnings — increase revenue and decrease expenses. Both methods can maximize earnings prior to selling your business. In our experience, many companies underestimate the amount of expense reduction that is possible prior to selling the company, without harming morale, the team, or key operations.
Remember, if you sell your company for a multiple of six times earnings (commonly calculated as your adjusted EBITDA), then every $1 of expenses you reduce potentially adds $6 to your selling price. Expense reduction prior to sale is a significant opportunity that many owners miss.
That's where ZBB comes in to help. ZBB stands for zero-based budgeting, and it's a little-used and often-misunderstood financial management tool. Zero-based budgeting simply means creating an annual budget for the company by starting at dollar zero, then adding expenses into the plan from there.
"A world-class ZBB process is based on developing deep visibility into cost drivers and using that visibility to set aggressive yet credible budget targets. The annual budgeting process does in fact start from zero and is very detailed, structured, and interactive in order to facilitate meaningful financial debate among managers and executives.
Learning and adopting ZBB does not require nor lead to cutting expenses to the bone, as the McKinsey article points out. ZBB compels a more thorough, transparent, and objective look at expenses than many companies would otherwise implement.
When going through a ZBB exercise, it can be helpful to ask aloud "would anybody miss that?" as you and your team consider adding items back into the budget, working up from zero. If you don't hear a loud outcry within the company that a certain expense would be sorely missed, that's a clue that the expense in question might be better converted into a savings.
Properly implemented, ZBB is more surgical than draconian, and it can help create a culture of ownership thinking, accountability, and transparency.
Many business owners, CFOs, and leadership teams are unfamiliar with ZBB and its methods. Some try ZBB but get bogged down in the details. Others fail to realize that ZBB is more than just a financial exercise; implementing ZBB can require rethinking employee communications, internal reporting, and even executive compensation.
The effort can be worth it. Following ZBB practices and principles, it is not usual for companies to realize high single-digit or low double-digit reductions in SG&A expenses. Sustained until company sale, that reduction can generate dramatic returns from increased selling price.
To learn more about ZBB, task the company CFO with studying the issue and reporting his or her findings to the team. There is excellent information online, including the article cited above as well as this article by Forbes. Additionally, contact us at NAVIX to discuss your exit plans and how we can help you and your team maximize your company's sale price at exit.


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Wisconsin: Update on Wisconsin's Overhaul of Its Medicaid Program, IRIS, and Supported Employment Program
Following several months of public forums (See October 2015's Employment, Health, and Disability Update for some of the LEAD Center's earlier cover
Disability Advocates Create Comprehensive Toolkit Calling for Strong Implementation of the Home and Community-Based Settings Rule
The HCBS Advocacy Coalition has released a three-part toolkit that explains the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings rule and its potential to pro
EconSys and ODEP Release State Review of HCBS Reimbursement Rates and Employment First Brief on Federal Resources
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and Economic Systems, Inc.
Minnesota Waiting List for Services Ends for Many
Minnesotans with significant disabilities had much to celebrate as the state's Department of Human Services (DHS) removed long-standing barriers preventing them from accessing critical services, including support for competitive integrated employm
NPR Explores Disparities in Workers' Compensation Options
A recent episode of NPR's Morning Edition highlighted disparities in access to workers' compensation for work-related injuries.
President Obama's 2017 Budget: Impact on Employment and Health Care for People with Disabilities
On February 9, 2016, President Obama and his administration released their proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017.
StatsRRTC Releases Its 2015 Annual Disability Statistics Compendium and 2015 Annual Report
The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC), a project that compiles statistics on disability in the United States, has recently released its
Update on HCBS Transition Plans: Washington State
Washington State's newly revised HCBS Transition Plan makes a number of important steps towards the full integration of people with disabilities into the community.
ANCOR and Disability Advocates Call for CMS to Consider Supported Employment and HCBS Services in Its Managed Care Network Adequacy Rulemaking
The American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) and a coalition of disability rights advocates are urging the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider both supported employment and Home and Community-Based Servic
Connecticut: Waiting List for Services Never Ends for Individuals with I/DD and Their Families
A recent news investigation revealed that, for many Connecticut citizens with significant disabilities, eligibility for services never translates into actually receiving services.


The Craftsmen's Classic organization was founded 35 years ago by the Gilmore family of Greensboro, NC. Clyde Gilmore, a jewelry maker, wanted to create a "family" of artists and craftsmen, nationwide, that could stage indoor festivals showcasing their totally original works and interact one-on-one with the public. The first such event, the "granddaddy" and prototype of all the others on today's schedule, was the Christmas Classic, Thanksgiving Weekend, at the Greensboro Coliseum.
There are now 10 Craftsmen's Classics held annually and throughout the year in Columbia and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Richmond, Roanoke and Chantilly, Virginia and Greensboro, North Carolina. Produced by Gilmore Enterprises, Inc., headquartered in the city of Greensboro, the organization is managed by the late founder's son, Executive Director Clyde Gilmore III, one of the crafts and fine arts industry's most acclaimed and award-winning promoters. The Classic events have been named more often than those of any other promoter to the "200 Best" list by the prestigious Sunshine Artist Magazine and have been named often as "Top 20 Events" by the Southeast Tourism Society. Gilmore can also calculate success by the longevity of the Classics -- most of which are in their 15th to 25th year or more -- and by the tens of thousands of visitors that eagerly anticipate them and attend, year after year.
The hallmark of the shows, from the beginning, is creative excellence and absolute originality in every specialty. Clyde and his wife, Tami, design each Classic with a fine balance of crafts and fine art and the specialties within those areas. There is careful thought given to a balance of traditional and contemporary works as well. More than 6,000 of the country's finest artisans are members; depending on the size of the facility, there are between 300 and 550 participants in a Craftsmen's Classic show.
If you are interested in information on becoming an exhibitor, please click here.
For more information on any of our Craftsmen's Classic Arts & Crafts Festivals, please click on the individual show links below.