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INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF SMALL BUSINESS→
Graduates of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program check in at the V.F. Summit to gather ideas and inspiration
Originally published by Vanity Fair
It is a truth universally acknowledged that small businesses are the cornerstone of any community. They give a town its authenticity and charm, and its individuality and vivacity. And according to five graduates of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program—an investment to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing access to education, capital, and support—small business more importantly represents the backbone of local and national economies. Small businesses are credited for employing nearly half of the workforce in the United States alone. They have the power to transform the economy by creating jobs, sparking important innovations, and strengthening the fabric of communities.
This week, five entrepreneurs from the program experienced the cutting edge of innovation and technology with a visit to the third annual Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in San Francisco. There, they attended panels about the upcoming waves of change in business and technology and provided their unique take on the nature of social entrepreneurship. They also got to talk shop over lunch with mentors in big business. "I was honored to sit down with the small-business owners and hear about their companies and their trajectories," says Julia Hartz, co-founder and C.E.O. of Eventbrite. "And to share some war stories, too."
Some of the topics covered during the lunch mentorship session included growth, defining a clear and compelling vision, and how to lead. "The founder is the keeper of the culture, and how they build and keep that culture is key," says Ron Conway, the founder of SV Angel investment firm. "Managing and leading are very important traits, and you have to force yourself to learn that."
The small business grads also benefited from some practical guidance: "I think this is one of the most amazing times to start a company," says Jennifer Fonstad, the co-founder and managing partner of Aspect Ventures. "There's a lot of capital available, and my advice to entrepreneurs is if you're passionate about an idea or problem you want to solve, just go for it—because taking that leap of faith really makes things happen."
And as the Summit drew to an end, there was a definitive takeaway: "I heard a call to action and some urgency," said Suzanne Scanlon Rabinowitz, a 10,000 Small Businesses alum and founder of Bliss Lawyers. "And the call for all of us was this: if there's something that you can do in your position to make this world a better place, do it now. Don't wait."
Bill Glaab
C.E.O. and co-founder, Hand in Hand
Former sales executive Bill Glaab and his photographer wife, Courtney, were perusing the newspaper one morning when they stumbled on the single sentence that would prove to be their "a-ha" moment: the startling statistic that each year, more than 5 million children under the age of 5 die due to water-related illnesses. Not long after, Hand in Hand, the beauty company that provides one bar of soap and one month of clean water to children in the developing world for every product sold, was born. "Shortly after the 2010 earthquake, we went to Haiti for the very first time and saw the devastation up close," Glaab says. "That was the moment when it hit us in our hearts. These weren't just numbers anymore—these were kids with faces and stories."
Since then, Hand in Hand has grown by leaps and bounds, steadily moving up through bespoke boutiques into larger stores, like Anthropologie, and as of next year, every Target in the U.S. As a result, Hand in Hand has made a massive impact in Haiti: To date, it's donated more than 300,000 bars of soap and built four wells that serve more than 4,000 people every day. "The idea of being a social entrepreneur is changing the whole business ethos in that doing good and being good are part of and crucial to having a successful company," Glaab says. "Each victory you achieve simultaneously makes you stronger and a little bit more tired, but the key is to be positive and just keep going—and never give up."
Rhys Powell
Founder and president, Red Rabbit
"I spent two years as a lunch lady at a middle school in downtown Manhattan," says Rhys Powell. "Being with those kids and seeing how important food was in their day, and realizing my role in providing them with that food and then how important I became in their lives, was a pivotal moment for me." It also gave the founder of the New York City–based, healthy school-food provider Red Rabbit a glimpse into the city's broken food system and a more sharply focused mission for his company, which had previously serviced only the private-school sector: to provide healthy food for all kids.
Addressing the improvement of the local healthy-food infrastructure is an ongoing challenge that's been a large part of building Red Rabbit, and Powell works tirelessly with some of the healthy-food movement's pioneers, like Grow NYC, to help move the needle. It's a calling that he approaches with his signature can-do attitude and a level head, because helping to solve the problem is not only the business he's created but also his service for society. "Our mission is our business. And everyone at Red Rabbit, from the top level down, works here because of our mission," Powell says. "They are talented folks who could get great jobs elsewhere, but because of what we do and how we do it and our commitment to the kids we serve, they've decided to give their careers to Red Rabbit. It's a shift that's happening in business and really indicative of what's happening in society, too."
Carla Walker Miller
President and C.E.O., Walker-Miller Energy Services
As an engineer at the same firm for 18 years, Carla Walker Miller had come to the conclusion that her path to success was actually leading her out the front door. So with her vast experience and knowledge of her product, she isolated a gap in the market and started a company to help residential and commercial building owners in Detroit save energy and money that could then be invested back into the local economy. Her community-driven model is the beating heart of Walker-Miller Energy Services. "My proudest achievement is employing people who live and work in Detroit. That gives me the greatest amount of joy," Walker Miller says. "Just from our little circle of influence, from the little spirit that we control in the community, we're able to make a difference in people's lives."
And the good the company is doing for the community is not just limited to the employees it hires: When a recent project to install a two-megawatt solar array on behalf of a private company got the community up in arms, Walker Miller's team collaborated with the mayor's office to show residents how this solar array could be a catalyst for transforming the entire neighborhood. "We see it every day. We see it in our neighborhoods and our communities: we all want the same things. We all want to be part of a team, to be respected, to be valued, to make a good living. But the universal themes of humanity are business. It's what business should be. And that's just how I feel about it."
Kristen Preau Moore
C.E.O. and owner, Jambalaya Girl Food Products
Kristen Preau Moore's ambition in life has always been to celebrate the place she proudly calls home—which is why her early career shows a distinct pattern: She was a costume character at Jazzland, an intern at the Superdome, and worked in marketing and sales for University of New Orleans Athletics, among other things. But it was only after Hurricane Katrina that the New Orleans–born entrepreneur's dream came into sharper focus. "My house flooded and I was evacuated. I had this sense that I had my whole life ahead of me and I had to figure out something. And like the natural response of most Louisiana people to tragedy, I decided to cook."
The daughter of a small-business owner whose company made cooking equipment, Preau Moore was no stranger to the food business, or jambalaya, which she grew up cooking with her father. The pair embarked on a traveling football-season tailgating fundraiser to 11 universities serving jambalaya—and raised $100,000 for her hometown. "People kept asking me for my recipe and I knew that there was a connection … and I wanted to turn that connection into a business." After a crucial rebrand to Jambalaya Girl (her childhood nickname), the girl with the fork earrings is now preparing to launch her seasoned mixes in grocery stores across the country. But she never forgets where she came or how she realized her dream. "What I live by every day comes from my high school motto of 'Veritas.' Be true to yourself. So I make sure I'm bringing it back to my city, no matter where I'm taking it around the world."
Suzanne Scanlon Rabinowitz
Co-founder and managing director, Bliss Lawyers
A law firm with the tagline "Happy clients, happy lawyers" seems to be a bit of misnomer—but not to Suzanne Scanlon Rabinowitz. While it's true that the lawyer left her position at a large firm because it was not a hospitable environment to start a family, it was that experience along with her reentry into the practice of law at a virtual firm that led her and a partner to create Bliss Lawyers. An alternative legal model, Bliss Lawyers acts as a virtual staffing business with a national network of more than 15,000 lawyers who are immediately available on a full-time or part-time basis. "It's a national community of lawyers who have reached out to us to say, 'We want to work differently.' We do focus on women who want to return to the practice of law and do meaningful work, but also have some flexibility and try to maintain some work-life balance, which, historically, has eluded the legal profession."
This year alone, Bliss Lawyers will have helped find permanent employment for more than 100 people, including females, minorities, and those displaced by the financial downturn. "I get verklempt when I think about the jobs I've created for people and their families," Scanlon Rabinowitz says. "We wanted to have a successful business, but we needed it to have a mission and a purpose. To me, employing people with generous compensation and not being greedy and keeping all of the money for the business, has been something I'm extraordinarily proud of."
Learn more about the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program.
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Q: JQuery selector not working on Angular ng-include I was testing ng-include in an angular application with JQuery, and I could not fire an event from JQuery on HTML content loaded from ng-include.
In this example, the page has two panels with two click events, the painel1 that is on index.html page and the painel2 that is on contentPanel.html that is being included via ng-include, althought the click event on panel2 from contentPanel.html is not working.
Here is the index.html:
<!DOCTYPE>

    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Teste Javascript</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="./assets/lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css">

Home

Page One

Page Two

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Here is the file contentPanel.html that I am including on ng-include:

            Panel 2, click here!

A: You can bind a jQuery click event to the document itself and then the DOM creation cycle with ng-include won't break the binding:
$(document).on("click", "#painel2", function() {
    alert('Você clicou em um painel!');
});

I got the answer from here: jQuery click events not firing within AngularJS templates

A: One way is use from ng-controller='HomeController' in your file(contentPanel.html) and write your controller name in a contentPanel.html page then your HTML file can read controller

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And here's our band of the month for January 2015, the might Iron Lamb. First catching my ears with their 2011 Pulverised Records debut, The Original Sin, these Swedes are back stronger, groovier and catchier than before with their sophomore full length album, Fool's Gold. Along with new vocalist Bragman, the band brings us back to the good early days of bands like Motörhead with punk and heavy metal influences. There's a reason for Fool's Gold being our pick of January, so let's find out what goes on behind the scenes with guitarist Johan.
Iron Lamb's Fool's Gold is the album of the month, and here we list down possible contenders as well. What are your albums of the month of January 2015?


Dense shrub, 2–3 m high and often the same across. Similar to A. brachybotrya and A. dictyocarpa but differing mainly in the following ways: new shoots silky with bright greenish-yellow hairs' penultimate branchlets silky with white hairs; phyllodes oblanceolate, 2.5–5(–6) cm long, 6–15 mm wide, sometimes to 6 cm long and 2.5 cm wide at base of branchlets, 2–4.5 times as long as wide, silvery blue-grey due to silky cover of silvery-white hairs which totally clothe the lamina, obtuse; racemes with rachis usually 4–10 mm long, covered with dense, appressed, greenish-golden hairs; peduncles c. 10 mm long, indumentum as on racemes except hairs occasionally silvery white; heads 25–45-flowered. Pods 7–11 mm wide; seeds 5–7 mm long. Flowers Oct.
Also SA. Known in Victoria from a single collection (in 1892) from the Murtoa area and now presumed extinct in this State. In South Australia it grows mostly in woodland and open scrub, often in alkaline soils.
Acacia argyrophylla is distinguished from A. brachybotrya by its longer phyllodes which are densely clothed with silky appressed hairs (bright greenish-yellow on new shoots, silvery-white on mature phyllodes) and its racemose inflorescences.


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Indian Country headlines for Monday
The new logo for the 2019 All-Star Game is displayed Aug. 7, 2018, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
Stories we're following on Dec. 14: Cleveland team to change name; tribal leaders from the Dakotas meet with Fauci, appointing a tribal citizen to Cabinet would make history, and more
Report: Cleveland baseball changing name after 105 years
CLEVELAND — The MLB Cleveland Baseball Team is changing its name after 105 years.
Citing three people familiar with the decision, The New York Times reported Sunday night that the team is moving away from a name considered racist for decades. The team has been internally discussing a potential name change for months.
A team spokesman told The Associated Press the franchise has no immediate comment on the report.
The Times said the team could make a formal announcement later this week. It's not known when the name change will take affect or if the team has settled on a new moniker.
Read this story.
Tribes to meet with Fauci virtually
Tribal leaders from the Dakotas will meet virtually Monday with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Officials from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe and Spirit Lake Tribe, along with Black Hills Center for American Indian Health and Missouri Breaks Industries Research Inc. representatives will meet with Fauci in a private meeting.
"American Indians are so underrepresented in our community and it's so crucially important for our communities to be heard, have a voice and be part of the solution," Missouri Breaks Industries Research Inc. Director Marcia O'Leary said.
The tribes and organizations have submitted dozens of questions to Fauci in advance, O'Leary said.
O'Leary's organization is based out of Eagle Butte, South Dakota on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation and the three tribes that are part of Monday's call are longtime partners.
Arizona tribe proposes law to lease its water rights
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — The Colorado River Indian Tribes is proposing a federal law to allow it to lease water rights in Arizona, a move that could aid the state's response to the drought.
The tribe said in public hearings that it would use the money raised from leasing Colorado River water to bolster services to its members, including for health care, education, elder programs and law enforcement.
By the numbers: Not exactly zero
The appointment of Rep. Deb Haaland — or any other tribal citizen — to a presidential cabinet would make history. Haaland, Laguna Pueblo, would be the first Native American to operate a cabinet level agency.
Let's look at the numbers.
LIST: 40+ gift ideas that are Indigenius
Looking to shop from Indigenous artists and small businesses this holiday season? Here is a list of Indigenous-owned businesses where you can find these products online.
Navajo Times photographer included in New York Times top photos
Sharon Chischily, a photographer with the Navajo Times, is featured in the New York Times Year in Pictures 2020.
DNA testing companies should be clear about what it means to have "Native American DNA"
As the popularity of commercial DNA testing grows, people need to know more about what it means and doesn't mean to find possible Native American ancestry in their home DNA test results.
For instance, one cannot use results from DNA tests to seek or verify membership in a tribe or Nation.
Connecticut tribes say they're holding off on planned casino
EAST WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — Leaders of Connecticut's two federally recognized Nribes have decided to temporarily set aside plans to open the long-delayed, jointly owned Tribal Winds casino, noting a need to focus on their existing casinos that have each been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
In a joint statement, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and Mohegan Tribe said they need to focus their efforts "for the foreseeable future" on Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun, which have faced "unprecedented challenges" over the past seven months.
Native Americans mostly on their own in COVID fight
In states without mask mandates or other policies, tribes suffer most.
Rotten Tomatoes lists 20 essential Indigenous movies
Rotten Tomatoes, a website geared toward film and television reviews, has posted a list of 20 Indigenous movies.
Click here for list.
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Representative Tawna Sanchez, Shoshone-Bannock, is the only Indigenous member of the Oregon legislature. Sanchez talks issues specific to Portland.
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Gabrijel Tomšič, slovenski matematik, * 1. januar 1937, Ljubljana, † 2016.

Življenje in delo

Tomšič je leta 1960 diplomiral na ljubljanski Naravoslovni fakulteti in 1971 doktoriral na Fakulteti za naravoslovje in tehnologijo v Ljubljani. Leta 1960 se je zaposlil na Fakulteti za elektrotehniko v Ljubljani, od 1982 kot redni profesor. Med letoma 1977 in 1982 je tam vodil univerzitetni Inštitut za matematiko, fiziko in mehaniko. Sam ali s sodelavci je objavil več strokovnih in znanstvenih člankov s področja funkcionalne analize in aplikativne matematike ter matematičnih učbenikov.

Viri

Zunanje povezave

  Biografski koledar slovenskih matematikov, fizikov, astronomov

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Slovenski univerzitetni učitelji
Diplomiranci Naravoslovne fakultete v Ljubljani
Doktorirali na Fakulteti za naravoslovje in tehnologijo v Ljubljani
Predavatelji na Fakulteti za elektrotehniko v Ljubljani

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Trix and Robert Haussmann
Little bears inside things
Originally published in Apartamento Magazine issue #12
Text by Daniel Morgenthaler
Photography by Lukas Wassmann
Zürich: They are known for putting a cape on the United Nations Building in New York (in a collage, at least), but how do they go about dressing their own home in Zürich, Switzerland? Trix and Robert Haussmann, both architects, have lived close to the Lake of Zürich for 45 years. Opposing the widespread tendency of architects to tear down buildings in order to build new ones, the couple has been layering layer upon layer of their own design upon their typical working class house, initially used by the conductors of Zürich's very first tram. Since then, the house has become a place for them to live in, an office, an impromptu museum, and a mirror cabinet. After I arrive we play a quick game inspired by Jean Arp's loi du hasard, in which the visitor to the house throws a cut-out circle, triangle, and square onto a white sheet of paper while Trix Haussmann takes pictures of the impromptu compositions. Then we delve into conversation about the art of collecting paintings that almost eat you, which of the two does the cooking, who designs the kitchens, and what it means to the Haussmanns when they say that they have found many 'little bears' in their life.
Walking through your house reminds me of a film I saw recently, Garden State by Zach Braff. There's a doctor that has so many diplomas that he has to hang the last one on the ceiling. Have you considered hanging your art on the ceiling as well? Every other piece of wall seems to be covered…
Robert: Maybe the floor would be a better option. It's interesting that a lot of people seem to have their diploma in the toilet. What you do not take too seriously, you put in the toilet.
At least you have time to read there. Although, I didn't see any diplomas here, not even in the toilet. How do you go about hanging new works?
Trix: We have tried different principles. First we wanted to have the same frames for all paintings. But of course the artists didn't adhere to our frame size! So now it's more a matter of gut feeling. Robert usually goes about it very intuitively—
Robert: All I need is a bottle of champagne to hang a new painting. I still find it extremely difficult to describe why a painting looks good next to another one, or why not. We actually met for the first time while visiting an artist friend we both had in common, the sculptor, Bernhard Luginbühl, who is known for his big iron works. The first works that we bought together were drawings by Luginbühl.
Trix: We both brought some works with us when we moved in to this house, 45 years ago. We shared a certain taste from the start. We both seem to be interested in the stranger works of artists. Not the likeable ones, but the ones that show the true character of an artist. The ones that are not really meant to be looked at, or to be sold, but where something just had to get out. Like this monstrous rose by a friend of ours—it almost seems to eat you!
Robert: How we like it, but it's not likeable.
I've seen a lot of paintings dealing with optical illusions, like the ones you use in your own design work.
Trix: We mainly buy works with ideas that we did not have ourselves—
Robert: Like this piece by Hugo Suter with the milk glass. This is really an idea that we never thought of. If you look at it from the front, it looks like a rose out of focus. But if you go behind it, you realise that the rose has been made up of used bottles of cleaning liquid. If we had all the money in the world, we would of course have many Magrittes and de Chiricos on top of all that.
But now that there are many Swiss artists in your collection that you know personally, you must have a story to tell for each work of art in the house?
Robert: We do, yes. These Friedrich Kuhns, for example, when I bought them from Friedrich I kind of functioned like a bank for him. Whenever he needed 100 francs he would come to our house to get them until I had paid off the painting in full. After that the next 100 franc would serve as a pre-payment for the next painting, that I was going to buy anyway.
Trix: Kuhn expressly did not want to receive all the money for a painting at once.
Seeing so many paintings together of course reminds me of the historical salon hang, but also of an image search on Google. Maybe the two are not that different after all.
Trix: That's an interesting idea, but we have never thought about it.
Robert: Of course it would be nice to show the works with a bit more space, but we simply don't have any.
Trix: We'll have to think about this more when we move out of this house—our son is going to move in here with his family in the very near future.
Have you ever been asked by an institution to exhibit your collection?
Robert: We've never done it. It could result in an interesting double portrait—or even a double psychogram—in an unusual medium. This work by Alfred Hofkunst, by the way, it's up there because it is exactly the same width as the painting below. It's a true to scale drawing of a perfectly normal scale of two metres in length. When I saw it, I knew that this was a perfect gift for my architect wife. However, Hofkunst made one mistake, it's 200 centimetres, but not exactly in the right order.
Trix: This is a kind of coincidence that we often see in our art collection, but that we also find useful in our design work. Robert has been working with the concept of coincidence a lot.
Robert: I firmly believe in Jean Arp's loi du hasard and share his conviction that art and design can develop out of coincidences. In German the word 'coincidence' is 'Zufall'. It's what 'falls onto you', so to speak.
Results of our game of loi du hasard III.
Results of our game of loi du hasard II.
Results of our game of loi du hasard I.
Is that why you ask every visitor to play a game where he or she lets cut-outs of three different forms fall onto a piece of paper whilst you take photo of the coincidental result?
Trix: That's really just a game that we are interested in right now.
Robert: And it shouldn't be taken too seriously. But of course, it is a very conscious construct for playing with coincidence. And the results are always interesting and beautiful in some way!
So it's coincidence that follows certain rules.
Robert: We have been influenced a great deal by literature. By Oulipo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle) writers like Georges Perec, Italo Calvino, and Umberto Eco, for example. They show how to play with coincidence and how to break rules.
Trix: And how you can't break rules if you haven't constructed them first.
And what rules apply to your house? Which, by the way, also seems to be kind of a double portrait as a whole, doesn't it?
Trix: It is maybe more a room for experiments. For example, we wanted to find out how paintings can be hung on coloured walls, so we chose a different colour for each room of the house. Grey for the staircase, and blue, yellow, or green for the rooms. It took us about five years to complete this concept and to establish the rules that apply to it.
Robert: There was no real rush. Of course this colour concept does not apply to all types of architecture. In a house by Richard Neutra, with its flowing rooms, you couldn't colour one individual room. But in this house, with little boxes as rooms, it makes sense. You must know that I was a student of Johannes Itten, and I got to know his colour theory very well.
Trix: For most of our commissions, you decided on the colours. I always said I was colourblind. I was always so annoyed by the common assumption that women always take care of colours and textiles.
I firmly believe in Jean Arp's 'loi du hasard' and share his conviction that art and design can develop out of coincidences. In German the word 'coincidence' is 'Zufall'. It's what 'falls onto you', so to speak.
Robert Haussmann
Speaking of textiles, you have a curtain with yellow stripes on the balcony, to protect it from the sun. However, from far away it almost looks like a shower curtain to me. Is this one of your own designs, or did you kind of abuse a shower curtain for this outdoor use?
Trix: The textile is one that is also used for canopies or sunshades. But you are right, the rings it hangs from are also used for shower curtains. That was always our philosophy: if we can use something that already exists, we do not need to design it anew.
Robert: For the curtains inside we had the rings made, because we wanted to avoid the standard board with rails in it. My preoccupation with textiles definitely has to do with the fact that I am the son of an upholsterer. I basically grew up between curtains.
But then you also translated the softness of textiles into harder materials.
Robert: That's right. Our curtains made of glass, or our curtains made of stone.
Your work always reminds me of the story of Zeuxis and Parrhasius. The legend has it that they did a painting contest. Zeuxis had painted grapes so realistically that birds tried to eat them. But when he asked Parrhasius to uncover his painting, it turned out he had painted a curtain so realistically that everyone thought there was a painting underneath it.
Trix: We like this story very much! Trompe-l'œil painting is a very important influence for us. And it's incredible how effective—and yet economic—it can be; like in the Villa Cigogna in Northern Italy.
Robert: There is a wall with simple stripes. But at the very bottom there is a more elaborately painted section, where you get the illusion that the whole wall is just a curtain and that behind it there is a landscape. It's like a lifted skirt.
Trix: It's also an important fact that methods of imitation are usually adopted for very specific reasons. Usually it's not even because they are less expensive.
Robert: Schussenried Abbey in Germany for example has about ten columns in orange and purple marble. If you want this colour, you need to have faux marble, because you won't find enough marble of the exact colour to produce all the columns. Even the Egyptians worked with faux bois! I wrote about the different techniques of what we called 'Critical Mannerism' in 1981. The different strategies of manneristic alienation. Some of them we have tried out in our everyday work. The Bauhaus for example, or modernism as a whole, never accepted such strategies.
One of the strategies you describe in your book, Manierismo Critico, is 'the creation of illusionary space created by mirroring'. You seem to have applied it to your house as well.
Robert: It is incredible what you can do with mirrors. This dining room here is four times its size only due to the mirrors on its walls. If you put mirrors in the reveals of windows, like I have in the roof of my study room, you will double the amount of light inside the room. And if you put mirrors behind the books in a book shelf, it almost seems as if there is another room behind it. I mean, if this dining room only had pictures on the walls, it would be unbearably cramped.
Trix: That's not entirely true. Do you remember when we repainted our staircase? We had to take off all the paintings and all of a sudden the staircase looked extremely tight. Paintings, like mirrors, give width, too.
Robert: They are eyes or windows, that's true. But I still cannot think of a single restaurant in Venice that does not have a mirror inside.
A drawing of the 'Weissenhof chair' by Mies van der Rohe, 1928.
The 'New Weissenhof chair', by Trix and Robert Haussmann, 1988.
It is said that you often ate with your employees up here.
Trix: Robert cooks, I only design kitchens. But really, eating is also part of design: you eat with your eyes, too.
Robert: But isn't it interesting that the mise-en-place for a meal often looks much better than the food you eat in the end?
Trix: I often take pictures of the mise-en-place when Robert cooks. I must have several hundred photos, it's another of my many unrealised book projects.
That's interesting. Nowadays people tend to photograph the things they are about to eat and publish the picture on Facebook or Instagram. There's even the term 'foodporn' to describe it.
Robert: But a lentil soup just does not look as nice as the ingredients that go into it. By the way, we already have a title for the cookbook. We will call it Haussmannskost!
I wanted to ask you about your dream architectural commission, but it seems as if you have built it with your own house.
Robert: When I was 50, I did have some dreams. Commissions like the Palais Stoclet in Brussels by Josef Hoffmann. Where you could design everything from the forks to the roof. But at 80 years of age, I wouldn't want to do it anymore.
Trix: Maybe you don't want to do it anymore because it could also be very difficult. We have had many occasions where builders wanted to combine things that simply cannot be combined.
Robert: However, we have this tool called the Log-O-Rithmic Slide Rule, with which you can find unexpected combinations of words. So we shouldn't be surprised when someone asks us to, let's say, make something in 'rustic exposed concrete'.
And what would your house look like if you had to build it from scratch?
Robert: Shortly after we met we wanted to realise both of our personal visions. Trix saw her house as a kind of cavern in the ground, with a hole towards the sky. I wanted a glass tower. It's almost impossible to get more diverse—
Trix: But nowadays, building seems to be more about sustainability, grey energy, and solar panels.
Perhaps your glass tower would actually have to be made out of solar panels?
Robert: That would be difficult, but it's true—healthy houses don't need to be ugly!
Trix: I think it's a very interesting challenge, to find aesthetic principles that accommodate principles of sustainability.
The Lehrstück IV, mirrored cupboard, partly covered with Intarsia of wood, 1978.
The Lehrstück II, function disturbs form, 1978.
The lobby of Hotel le Plaza, Basel, 1984.
Lounge Seating, a homage to Mies van der Rohe's Weissenhof Chair, Knoll International, 1988.
Maybe the sense of humour that is visible throughout your work could help out there?
Robert: You can't always have fun in life, but you should always have fun in your work!
In the home, work and life seem to intermingle in quite an intense manner.
Trix: That's true, you can't separate the two here. I see that very clearly now that we have to deal with our personal archive for a book project. When I look at old rolls of analogue film, there is hardly any that have strictly personal or professional images on it. When one appears to be mainly professional, all of a sudden a picture of our son shows up in there, and vice versa.
Robert: Images are very important for us, although my wife always takes photographs, whereas I draw.
Trix: When Robert was away for professional reasons, he would send me drawings from the places he went to, as postcards. This is another small collection that makes for a great book.
Robert: And of course, images are also very important for our work. In order to arrive at collective solutions, you need to be able to share a set of common inner images and perceptions. It also has to do with education, with your interior library. If someone doesn't know who Magritte is, then at the end of the day all you can talk about is food or sex.
Which can be interesting subjects, too.
Trix: When we cannot find common inner images, we used to say, 'With this person, it is never the right slide that falls into place'. It is one of our code expressions, like the one about the bears inside things and projects.
Bears? Where did you find bears?
Trix: Funnily enough, we can say that we have found a lot of 'bears' in our life.
Robert: This is kind of a long story, which we should probably explain. It all started with an idea of mine. We were working on a hotel in Interlaken, and for the Chässtübli (a room in which Fondue and Raclette is served), I had the idea to furnish it with wooden Kama Sutra for bears. Similar to the one Tomi Ungerer did for frogs.
Trix: And there is a school for wood carvers in Brienz, close to Interlaken. A teacher there told us that when new apprentices arrive, he starts with the following exercise: he gives each student a block of lindenwood and says, 'Listen carefully. A little bear is hiding in every one of these blocks. Now try and carve it out of the block'. There was once one student, however, that sat in front of a pile of wood shavings, saying sadly, 'There was no bear in my block of wood'. So, whenever we had a rather tiresome commission, we kept asking each other, 'Do you think there is a bear inside it?' Fortunately, we have found many a bear in our long career. They aren't always easy to find, but if you keep working at it, they will start come out eventually.
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The Vietnamese noodles have different colors (white, red, yellow), shape and thickness, depending on the types and regions. For example, Phở gà (noodles and chicken), Phở bò (noodles and beef), Bún bò Huế (Huế city's beef noodles), Mỳ Quảng (Quảng Nam province's noodles) etc.
We often eat noodle soup, rice porridge, sticky rice or bread for breakfast. The major meals are lunch and dinner, when we eat rice, meat or fish, vegetables and soup. Vietnamese people love to eat freshly cooked food and mostly don't like freezing food. We go to markets to buy food on a daily basis. Women are always busy thinking about what to cook today and tomorrow for their families.
Bún thang - Noodle soup with chicken, fried egg, pork and mushroom.
I have never eaten fast food in Vietnam. I've never cared about fast food, because Vietnamese food are so good. Sometimes I ate fast food when I traveled abroad, just because of their convenience. I also ate noodles in other countries, like Japan, Thailand and Laos, however the noodles in Vietnam are the best noodles I've eaten.


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George Potter Wilson (January 19, 1840 – January 20, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician.

Wilson was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania in 1840. He studied at Bucknell University and Ohio Wesleyan University before moving to Minnesota in 1860. He settled in Winona, Minnesota and read law in the offices of Lewis & Simpson and William Mitchell, a former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, before being admitted to the bar at Rochester in October 1862.

Wilson served as assistant secretary of the Minnesota Senate from 1854 to 1855 and as secretary from 1856 to 1857. He served as county attorney for Winona 1865 to 1871. In 1871 Wilson was appointed a United States commissioner on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Wilson served as the member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 8th District in 1873.

Wilson served three two-year terms as Minnesota Attorney General, serving from January 9, 1874 to January 10, 1880. In 1898 Wilson was elected to the Minnesota Senate from the 41st district. He was reelected in 1902.

A Republican, Wilson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a Freemason. He was married September 26, 1866, to Ade H. Harrington, a daughter of William H. and Miranda Harrington, who were among the early settlers of Winona. Wilson had three children: Jessie M., later married to William R. Sweatt of Minneapolis, Walter H., and Wilt Wilson.

External links
Profile from the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
Stevens, Hiram Fairchild Stevens. History of the bench and bar of Minnesota, Volume 1. 1904.

1840 births
1920 deaths
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37. Youlgreave (Derbyshire Dales, England)
Youlgreave vs Youlgrave. Ten years ago I was a bit curious about the conflicting signposts and among local businesses, and even on official documents, there's still no consensus. The UK's "most misspelled village" has a definite identity issue – over the years it's been Giolgrave, Hyolegrave, Yoleg, Jol've, Welegreve, Oelgreve, Zolgrelf, lolegrave and several other variations… not to mention the regional nickname: 'Pommy'.
But unlike the name there's nothing confusing about its appeal. The medieval stone buildings are full of history, and even a little bit of mystery, and it's a popular pause on any of the three famed hiking routes that run through or near it. In '09 I'd have liked to explore its magnificent nature trails but we just walked a little around the outskirts; though Brian had been given the "all clear" his energy levels still fluctuated and sometimes a stroll could constitute an expedition, though he was always conscious of not dragging the pace for the rest of us and gave it his best. We in turn did not push the physical expectations and were content to just potter about the streets, learning more about the backstory of those distinctive limestone buildings. The ancient walls are grey and sturdy and utilitarian in design, but they're not grim.
We'd stayed at the village's youth hostel, a narrow three storeys that had been purpose-built as a food co-op store in 1887, and from our basic but comfortable room on the top floor there were some smashing views of the River Bradford and the autumn colours of the dale. As Sam hadn't been with us then I tried to book the same room this time but like so much UK accommodation, the hostel is seasonal and our early spring timing was outside its opening months. Good old Airbnb came through with some very swish lodgings at nearby Elton but still, I really would have liked Sam to see that view…
So I made up a new motto: closed doors are for opening and it doesn't hurt to whine to the right people. Soon the hostel's private tenant was leading us up those narrow stairs to that window and other than being a bit more post-winter faded, the scene from it perfectly matched my memory. Not so the staircase itself… I'd insisted it was "as steep as a barn ladder" but it turned out to be just a regular set of steps. Maybe I did inflate that bit but rather than question my version, I decided the originals must have been since replaced.
Once I finished reminiscing and taking a nostalgic pee, we thanked him and wandered back to the village square and its iconic reservoir. Conduit Head, aka The Fountain, was the first public water supply in Youlgreave, erected from local gritstone after a campaign by women who were tired of lugging water from the river on washing day. It held 1500 gallons and cost villagers sixpence a year to access, between 6:00am and 6:00pm daily when its single tap was unlocked by the overseer. The fresh spring water was piped to it from across the valley, and later extended from The Fountain to street taps and eventually into homes. When supply was compromised by a rotting pipe, the village men dug a new source from a different spring in nearby Bleakly Wood and four local benefactors financed the operation. Such was the community spirit that tourist blurbs claim is still typical of Youlgreave today.
Visitors sometimes mistake the familiar landmark for a tomb, an air vent or a war memorial, but to the locals its water is a precious resource worth celebrating. And they do just that during the annual 'Well Dressing', when Derbyshire wells are decorated with a mosaic of flowers, berries, leaves, stones and clay in a pagan custom that dates back to Celtic times and is unique to the county. The tradition was especially significant in the 17th century when regional villages gave thanks for their deliverance from The Plague that wiped out 75% of the population of nearby Eyam… though credit should actually go the Eyam residents, who voluntarily quarantined themselves to contain the spread of the disease. It was extremely poor timing that I missed it (this year's Well Dressing, not the Plague) by a couple of months.
The Fountain was definitely the right place to leave some Brian. A favourite photo from our previous trip shows him, Ben and Dan on its steps, and this time Sam replicated his dad's pose as he sprinkled some of his ashes there. After a bit more exploring and a homemade treat from Peak Feast café, we drove away from the rural peace and back towards psycho city life again. Earlier we'd avoided smacking into a kamikaze hare that darted at the car on a country lane (rabbit sighting – tick) but some more Youlgrave/Youlgreave signage contradictions on our way out said resolution of this name thing would not be as simple to achieve.
Pick a side in the battle of the signposts. The history of Youlgreave Parish dates back to before 1340, when the prosperous lead-mining area and commerce hub was granted a market charter.
The hostel with its three-arched palisaded front and those views we loved 10 years ago, in a more colourful season. It was built in 1887 on the site of the original village school.
At 11'10" x 10'3" x 12'2" (3.4m x 3.14m x 3.7m), Thimble Hall (c1756) was named in the 2000 Guinness Book of Records as "the smallest detached house in Britain". It's not clear if that record still stands but with the current popularity of 'tiny homes', it's likely there are other contenders. The one-down-one-up property has been a butcher's, a cobbler's and an antique shop, and home to a family of eight, but the current owners are planning to use it as an exhibition space for the world's largest thimble collection.
Historic buildings in the village include the Wesleyan School, built in 1887 and now a private residence, Bulls Head Tavern, a 17th century coach inn, the post office, the Peak Feast cafe and the old bakery (now a B&B). The main street contains many pre-1700 buildings, including All Saints' Church, which has a 12th century font.
Walking paths around the village and a map of the popular eight-mile circular trail through Lathkill, Cales and Bradford Dales.
The last time we were here a cat known as The Mayor used to roam the village square and was a respected resident of Youlgreave.
Behind The Fountain next to the post office is Thimble Hall, sold at auction for £39,500 in 1999; bids were phoned in from Hong Kong, Athens and New York (including one from celebrated spoon-bender Uri Geller) but the successful buyer was Frederick's of Chesterfield, ice cream manufacturers.
Dan, Ben and Brian at The Fountain, October 2009; Sam, March 2019.
The Eyam Museum then and now; the new rat logo on the sign and weather vane is a recognition of the source of the bubonic plague that killed 260 of its citizens in the 1660s. A bale of damp cloth delivered from London contained fleas from infected rats that had spread the disease and caused the deaths of thousands in that city; St Laurence's churchyard and the graves of some of the Plague victims; a 'Plague house' and its colourful garden – many local Plague cottages are indicated by signs listing the family members who died there; our Airbnb in nearby Elton, and the spooky looking Eyam Youth Hostel we stayed at in 2009.
Youlgreave (Derbyshire Dales, England)


God is on the move in Alberta.
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The monthly reKindle: Renewal Podcast is an exploration of common themes experienced by churches and leaders in their pursuit of the renewing presence of Christ. How can the church experience renewal through the Holy Spirit and do so without wrecking the church? Hosted by Doug Balzer, this podcast includes interviews of renewal leaders, discussions of key topics, and matters related to equipping new leaders. Consider it an intimate backstage pass to some of the current conversations on this broad topic.
As we sat across from each other in a booth at Timmy's, Kenny shared with me much of his life story, which included many hardships, losses, brokenness, and anger.
Anyone remember the old song with fondness? Who are the people in your neighbourhood? In your neighbourhood... the people that you meet each day? Chris Haggith and The Neighbourhood Church, a New Venture in Langdon, AB, are taking this question seriously.
Capstone Church began meeting publicly in Calgary, AB in September of 2014 and has been overwhelmed at the power of Jesus Christ to change people's lives.
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Khawaja guides Australia to comfortable win over Lanka
Australia's Usman Khawaja hits a shot against Sri Lanka during their warm-up match in Southampton on Monday. Reuters
Southampton: Opener Usman Khawaja shrugged off injury concerns to guide Australia to a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in their final World Cup warm-up match on Monday.
Australia's disciplined bowling performance restricted Sri Lanka to 239-8, but they looked to have suffered a blow when Khawaja limped off after being hit on the knee while fielding.
He later emerged to open the batting alongside captain Aaron Finch and continued his push for a spot in the Australian top order with a 105-ball 89.
Shaun Marsh (34), Glenn Maxwell (36) and Marcus Stoinis (32)failed to build on solid starts but wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey and Pat Cummins ensured Australia chased down the total with 31 balls to spare.
Finch, who deployed eight bowlers on a chilly day in Southampton, was pleased with preparations ahead of their World Cup opener against Afghanistan on Saturday.
"Feels like we are ready to go," Finch said. "Practice games are great to keep ticking the boxes and ensure we are doing our basics well.
"Guys are putting their hands up, and it will be a brutal selection call come our first game.
"We have specific plans against Afghanistan, they have some world class players."
Sri Lanka were off to a steady start after opting to bat first but wickets at regular intervals from Australian spinners in the middle overs meant they failed to post a big score.
Opener Lahiru Thirimanne carved out a composed half-century but his dismissal by off-spinner Nathan Lyon sparked a middle-order collapse as Sri Lanka slipped from 110-2 to 161-6.
All-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva (43) shared a 64-run seventh-wicket stand with Thisara Perera (27) to ensure Sri Lanka breached the 200-run mark, before Mitchell Starc rattled his stumps in the 47th over.
Fast bowler Pat Cummins was Australia's most economical bowler, collecting 1-23 from eight overs, while leg-spinner Adam Zampa collected 2-39 from nine overs.
Meanwhile, Britain may be dealing with a national threat level of "severe" but officials are confident they have the security measures in place for a Cricket World Cup in England and Wales rated a "moderate" security risk.
Recent terror attacks in cricket playing nations have heightened safety concerns regarding the World Cup, which features 48 one-day international matches in 46 days starting with tournament hosts England against South Africa on Thursday. In March, 51 worshippers were shot dead in mosque attacks in the New Zealand city of Christchurch while more than 250 people died in Sri Lanka as a result of suicide bombings on Easter Sunday.
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Reigning champions Australia are already through to the semi-finals, while South Africa cannot qualify for the last four.
Finch hits World Cup ton as Australia dominate Sri Lanka
Australia captain Aaron Finch equalled his highest one-day international score of 153 as he powered the World Cup holders to 334-7 against sloppy Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Five-star Amir strikes in World Cup after Warner's ton for Australia
Mohammad Amir took a one-day international best five for 30 as Pakistan bowled Australia out for 307 in a World Cup match in Taunton on Wednesday.


Paris, France - The Grizzly Labs today released Genius Scan 5.2 for iOS, a major update to the popular mobile scanning app. This latest version introduces Text Recognition (commonly known as OCR), enabling a new set of features such as creating searchable PDFs or scanning business cards.
* Indexing and searching the documents content.** Search is not limited to the title of documents anymore. Searching for "Best Buy" will surface any receipt containing these words in the document body. Retrieving archived documents becomes effortless.
"OCR has been on the top of our mind for a while. It took us a while to get it right, so we are delighted to release it today", says Bruno Virlet, co-founder of The Grizzly Labs and developer of Genius Scan. "Text Recognition upgrades the scanning and archiving experience".
Text Recognition is available either as part of Genius Scan (a one-time purchase of $7.99 that unlocks the advanced features of Genius Scan) or with the Genius Cloud subscription ($2.99/month for backup, synchronization and all the advanced features). It's an iOS-only feature for now.


The ideal sports motorcycle for India perhaps is one that exists in the 400cc to 650cc displacement spectrum. Litre-class bikes are simply too much for our roads and traffic conditions and anything sub-400cc lacks the grunt to keep motorcycling fun for experienced riders.
Besides, getting up to speed directly on a 1000cc motorcycle after spending years puttering about on a 100cc bike is definitely a bad idea. The world over, riders need to prove themselves on lower displacement machines, slowly progressing on to that coveted superbike license and that's the way it should be.
It all makes sense then that Bajaj first chose to introduce the Kawasaki Ninja 250R for riders to cut their teeth on, with the launch of the 650R following sometime later. With the 650R, owners of the quarter-litre Ninja now had a bike to progress to, without venturing out to another brand.
To keep things interesting, Bajaj has introduced the 2012 Ninja 650 and this one seems to have the most tweaks carried out since the model was introduced abroad in 2006. The first thing you notice with the 2012 Ninja is the fact that it looks different, yet strikingly similar to the outgoing model. The exhaust system retains the truncated, slashed look but now features reworked piping and interior engineering design, which apparently has improved grunt at mid-range engine revs. Claimed power output from this Ninja's liquid cooled parallel twin motor is pegged at 71 bhp — more than ample for tackling urban traffic while retaining enough kick to handle long distance, fast highway riding effortlessly.
The frame is now a new twin-spar perimeter job that manages to keep things together, while improving overall rigidity. This will make the Ninja a happy camper in the twisties, promising to make tackling corners a joyous affair. The suspension now has more settings to fiddle with, keeping you happily engrossed for hours on end when it's pouring outside.
Priced at Rs 5 lakh, ex-showroom, New Delhi, the Ninja 650 seems like a good motorcycle for that money, especially since the only other contender currently being sold in the Indian motorcycle, sphere is the Hyosung GT 650R. The Kawasaki is a practical motorcycle yet with enough enthusiasm and agility to keep things from getting boring. Also, it's a good investment to help hone your motorcycling skills before stepping up to a fully blown superbike.


T.G.I. Friday's is an international chain restaurant well known for its quick, casual dining experience and red-and-white-striped canopies. T.G.I. Friday's acronym stands for "Thank Goodness It's Friday" and aims to promote a fun environment where "it's always Friday." The menu offers a variety of appetizers, steaks, burgers, seafood, sandwiches, pastas, and chicken dishes. Beyond the food, T.G.I. Friday's also emphasizes its bar with a lengthy list of wine, beer, and custom-made cocktails. Healthier food options – and cocktails – are also featured on the menu, to cater to a low fat/low carbohydrate-seeking crowd.
T.G.I. Friday's is a privately held restaurant franchise. International sales combine to over $2.5 billion each year, serving two million patrons. Though the majority of locations are in the United States, there are nearly 1,000 T.G.I. Friday's around the world, including in 59 countries. Franchisees are required to have at least five years of experience in restaurant management.
In 1965, with just $10,000, Alan Stillman, a perfume salesman, opened the first T.G.I. Friday's in New York City in order to recreate a cocktail party setting in a public place. Over time, the company has evolved to become more of a dining environment than the single's bar it started out as. It began franchising in 1988.
In the United States, the total investment in a T.G.I. Friday's is between $2 – 6 million, hence franchisees must have a net worth of at least $6 million. Amounts differ for international franchisees, but estimates can be obtained by contacting T.G.I. Friday's. We do not currently know the average franchise income.
Franchise owners must provide financial statements, a 5-year marketing plan, and have an understanding of the local market in which they are looking to open up. T.G.I. Friday's offers to help franchisees by providing support with market planning, project management, site selection, and brand standard guidelines. T.G.I. Friday's licenses itself to Heinz. Heinz uses the name to sell frozen foods in grocery stores.
TGI Friday's is listed in the Franchise Directory under the Food category.
Cold Stone Creamery is a super premium, artisanal ice cream, yogurt, sorbet, and cake franchise where ice cream is made fresh in-store and presented on the famous frozen granite stone by cheerful, singing crew members. Part of the Kahala family of brands, Cold Stone is enjoyed in over 1,000 locations in the U.S. and nearly 30 countries. This franchise is ideal for those seeking a joyful, positive business and brand with international recognition.


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Singers unite for first ever International Youth Choir Festival
Choirs from around the globe will meet in London for the inaugural event
Published: September 14, 2016 at 12:05 pm
In April 2017, eight choirs from around the world will arrive in London for the inaugural International Youth Choir Festival. The choirs will perform a showcase of music from their own countries at the Royal Albert Hall, before uniting for a mammoth performance of Jonathan Dove's There Was a Child at the Royal Festival Hall.
The festival is a collaboration between the team at the Royal Albert Hall and the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (NYCGB). Artistic director of the festival Greg Beardsell, who is also deputy artistic director of NYCGB, said: 'This festival will open people's ears and eyes to the amazing difference that youth choirs make to people and communities across the world, and offer a unique opportunity to hear eight of the world's best youth choirs perform together in an incredible public concert.'
As part of the festival, delegates will be able to attend workshops with the visiting choirs on everything from the secrets of Gospel Singing (Boston Children's Chorus) to an African choral master class (Mzansi Youth Choir). In the weeks leading up to the festival, primary schoolchildren across London will be invited to 'Songs from Around the World' workshops. Local youth choirs will also have the chance to participate in the workshops and the performance on 15 April.
The choirs taking part in the inaugural festival are:
Boston Children's Chorus (US)
BCC is a city youth choir that also believes in its role as a model for civic change, 'paving the way for a more connected Boston' through commitment to diversity of membership and repertoire, and a wide-ranging performance, education and outreach programme.
Diocesan Boys' School Choir (Hong Kong)
The Diocesan Boys' School in Hong Kong's Kowloon district has an established culture of academic excellence that places equal emphasis on the importance of students' cultural and artistic development, exemplified by its outstanding choir.
Mzansi Youth Choir (South Africa)
Famous for its appearance at the 2010 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony, the Mzansi Youth Choir consists of 45 choristers from Johannesburg's Soweto community, and exists to give these talented but underprivileged teenagers and young adults life-changing opportunities for development and self-expression.
Manado State University Chorus (Indonesia)
Indonesia is home to one of the world's great choral cultures. The MSUC offer an insight into this remarkably different world, with performances in traditional dress that make extensive use of dance and gesture across repertoire from South Asia as well as Arab, African and European cultures.
National Youth Choir of Great Britain (UK)
Founded in 1983 as a single choir of 100, the National Youth Choir is now the flagship ensemble the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, a family of five choirs which collectively aim to be the most inspiring organisation for young choral singers aged 9-25 in the UK.
Norwegian National Youth Choir (Norway)
Founded in 1987, the NNYC unites 40 young voices from a vast and remote geographical catchment area for performances of a diverse range of music including Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music, national and international folk traditions, and contemporary music.
Riga Cathedral Boys' Choir (Latvia)
Since Latvian independence in 1990, the RCBC has developed into a national cultural ambassador, mounting up to three international tours a year and performing at numerous state receptions. The boys are pupils at the Riga Cathedral Choir School, which offers specialist training in conducting, choral music and jazz to boys and girls aged 7-18.
Sawa Choir (Israel)
The Sawa Choir is one of several youth projects based at the Sisters of Nazareth Convent in Shaf'amar in Galilee. Directed by Rahib Haddad, a Palestinian Arab citizen of Israel, the choir is for girls from Israeli and Palestinian Jewish backgrounds, and embodies hopes for cultural dialogue and understanding in one of the world's most historically divided regions.
For more information, or to buy tickets for the International Youth Choir Festival, click here.
15 April: A Celebration of Wold Voices – Royal Albert Hall, 5pm.
17 April: 'Global Voices' – Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm
There was a Child (Jonathan Dove)
Interational Youth Choir participants
Southbank Sinfonia
Louise Alder (soprano)
Robert Murray (tenor)
Ben Gernon (conductor)


The BF John and I went to this super delicious noodle joint in Silverlake (LA) for dinner one night called Watdongmoonlek Noodle. When we walked to our table we passed their dessert case there were a million desserts in their looking pretty begging me to eat them. We ate one, their seasonal dessert of Pumpkin Crème Brulee. Their Crème Brulee was made in little hollowed out mini pumpkins, and prepared so you could eat some pumpkin chunks while you eat your delicious custard. I was sold. I knew them we HAD to attempt to re make this for the blog. Welcome our version: No Bake Pumpkin Crème Brulee. How freaking cute are these little individual desserts? I was so pumped to have this be included in our Not So Traditional Thanksgiving spread, because these little guys are so cute and so unique. I am in love with them. Not only is crème brulee one of my all time favorite desserts, but so is pumpkin pie. So I am pretty excited about this, to say the least. As Thanksgiving draws closer, think about making these guys! NO BAKE! WHOA! We know you're short on oven space, so these just make such perfect sense. I hope you are as stoked as me.
1. Fill a large pot with water and bring to a simmer. Add pumpkins (with lids), slightly lower heat and poach for 12 to 15 minutes or until pumpkins are tender but not mushy. Place pumpkins onto a baking sheet and place in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes.
2. For filling: In a small bowl, whisk together flour, sugars and salt. Add cream and eggs and whisk together until smooth. Set aside.
3. Pour milk, pumpkin puree and spices into a saucepan and whisk together. Simmer mixture for about 7 minutes. Pour 1/4 cup of the pumpkin milk mixture into the yolk mixture, whisking while pouring to prevent the yolks from scrambling.
4. Once your mixture has been tempered, pour yolk mixture back into the saucepan with the remaining pumpkin milk and whisk together. Continue to whisk mixture as it simmers to prevent scrambling and whisk until mixture begins to thicken, about 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in vanilla.
5. Divide mixture among poached pumpkins and refrigerate for about 2 hours or until custard sets.
6. Top each pumpkin filled custard with a layer of turbinado sugar and brulee tops with a torch. Serve.
**Tip: If mixture has scrambled a little, you can strain it with a sieve lined with cheesecloth top remove all the bits of cooked egg. If this happens, vanilla should be stirred in after mixture has been strained.
These are SO cute and fun!!! And the fact that they are no bake is beyond genius. Frees up all that valuable oven space on the big day.
Can I bake these? I don't have a torch to brulee them!
The "bruleeing" only happens at the end to give the dessert a sugar crust. I wouldn't bake them as the custard is more of a pudding. Once the custard sets, you can top them with sugar and pop them into the broiler for about 30 seconds to 1 minute to get the nice crust. Just make sure you keep a super close eye on them bc they can go from perfectly caramelized to totally burnt in a matter of seconds!
Such a fun dessert idea – love the individual servings!
This..in those pumpkins..so cute!! You girls work it!
Add this to the list of 1840 reasons I need to get a kitchen torch… love that you put the brulee in pumpkins, too!
These are so genius! I'm seriously head over heels for these — so adorable and inventive. And your photography is gorgeous. Love how bright and vibrant it is. Thanks for this incredible idea, I can't wait to break it out for a dinner party!
This is such a brilliant design – and so brightly colored. Like sunshine.
These are adorable! Can they be prep'd ahead up to the brulee point and chilled, and then just toasted before serving? Like maybe, prep'd a day ahead?
Thanks for the great idea. I am also loving your Tiny Party Food book! Could not resist purchasing it! You rock!
Yes, you can totally make them the day before!
I never thought that food which looks *cute* could raise my interest – but these just look incredibly yummy. Love the allspice!
This looks delicious! I have been trying to find these cute baby pumpkins for weeks and have been unsuccessful thus far! I am dying to know where you found yours! I was beginning to give up hope!
I hope to find a mini pumpkin somewhere, because this recipe is very tempting.
These are such a genius and cute idea! I love them!
I had a pumpkin mouse baked in a little pumpkin in a restaurant once and thought it was the cutest and most delicious thing!


and in it, the rapper-actor talks about hosting the Grammys on Feb. 10, starring in crime drama NCIS: Los Angeles, and pushing his career aside to help his wife as she battled cancer.
"I think, at the end of the day, as a man, you should support the woman you're with. If she's got a dream, you need to help make that a reality. I'm doing the best I can to do that…," LL Cool J, born James Todd Smith, told the magazine.
He recently appeared on an episode of Oprah's Next Chapter during which his wife joined in to agree that their marriage was "awesome." When asked what made their marriage work after nearly 18 years together, Simone said, "Definitely putting God first. And compromise. Picking your battles, respecting each other."
The March issue of Essence is on newsstands now.