Peggy Guggenheim was a voracious lover of art, men and Venice. She lived in the city for over 30 years until her death, in 1979, at the age of 81. Her art collection and Venice home, the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, are the basis of The Peggy Guggenheim Collection. It's noted as the most important collection, in Italy, of European and American art from the first half of the 20th century.
While her appreciation for the art of her time is well-known, Peggy Guggenheim initially studied and enjoyed the classics, particularly Venetian Renaissance paintings. From her twenties onward, surrounded by a growing circle of avant-garde and bohemian writers and artists, she developed an astute knowledge of and keen eye for modern art.
The majority of Peggy Guggenheim's collection was put together over a period of ten years. From 1938 to 1940 in Europe, 1941 to 1946 in the United States and during her first two years back in Europe. She continued to collect art throughout her life. However, according to an article in the New Criterion, her later additions were less significant than her earlier ones.
Peggy Guggenheim also provided financial support to and extensively promoted a number of artists. It can be said that she launched the tragically all-too-short career of Jackson Pollock. When she first met him, he was struggling financially as an artist, holding down a day job as a carpenter for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The financial support she provided to Pollack allowed him the freedom to focus on his art.
Shortly after Peggy Guggenheim returned to Europe in 1946, she was invited to show her collection at the 24th La Biennale in Venice which took place in 1948. Presented were 136 pieces, covering the work of 73 artists, including Jackson Pollack, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and Wassily Kandinsky. This was the first time such an avant-garde body of work was permitted at the Biennale and a turning point for the acceptance of modern art in Italy.
Deciding to remain in Venice (choosing this beautiful city over all others), in 1949 Peggy Guggenheim purchased the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni from the heirs of Viscountess Castlerosse. The Viscountess, who died of an overdose at 42, was a London socialite who attracted the attention of Winston Churchill among others. Churchill was so taken with her that he painted her portrait in 1930. Born Doris Delevingne (and incidentally, Clara Delevingne's great-aunt), she later modified her last name to de Lavigne, She, like Peggy, was often the subject of gossip about her "scandalous" affairs. Prior to the Viscountess's ownership, the palazzo had been the home of Marchessa Luisa Casati. The Marchessa and Peggy Guggenheim had some commonalities. Both became wealthy heiresses at a young age. Both were patrons of the arts, although perhaps the Marchessa was a tad more flamboyant. The Marchessa launched many artists' careers through her patronage. She liked "the newest and most radical artistic terrains of the twentieth century." (Source: marchesacasati.com).
The Palazzo Venier dei Leoni seems a fitting abode for these women who stood out from others during their lives. As the lone one-story palazzo, it stands out from the other structures on the Grand Canal.
As for the "dei Leoni" reference in the palazzo's name, there are 18 stone lions' head sculptures at the base of the palazzo facing the canal. Legend has it that living lions were once kept in the garden.
The Marchessa Luisa Casati lived up to the legend. She kept pet cheetahs in the garden.
Marchessa Luisa Casati with one of her pet cheetahs. Palazzo Veneri dei Leoni, 1912.
In 1951, after touring her collection around Europe for several years, Peggy Guggenheim installed it at the Palazzo dei Leoni.
She continued to support the Venice Biennale, making it a point to purchase something from every show. Artists, art critics, gallery owners and key collectors flocked to Venice during the each opening week (the tradition continues today) of the Biennale. Safe from the lions and cheetahs of past days, many were invited to the large cocktail parties Peggy held in her spacious garden to celebrate the start of the latest exhibition.
Her ever-growing art collection and artists-in-residence program took over the palazzo. At one point, she had plans drawn up to add a two-story modern gallery on the roof. The design was much in the style of Le Corbusier. The plans were abandoned, partially as she thought the proposed addition was ugly, partially because the addition would have cost sixty thousand dollars, only a bit less than the amount she paid for the palazzo. Instead, she converted the basement servants' quarters into galleries and artists studios. Peggy Guggenheim also made space for the artists and new work by giving away large portions of her collection.
Her generous support of the arts also included holding salons in her home for art lovers and critics. The palazzo was also opened to the public three afternoons a week. The admission was free.
Her many and frequent house guests, caught off guard, were often still in their Pjs when the museum-goers came to the palazzo. During opening hours, Peggy would either escape to her roof-top terrace and sunbathe or glide off in her Gondola. I think it would be wonderful to lounge on that terrace.
Initially, her entire home was accessible. Eventually, she closed off her bedroom to the public, only allowing friends and those who specifically requested a viewing to see it. Her bedroom, shown in the photo below, contained a spectacular silver bed-head made by Alexander Calder specifically for Peggy. The room was painted turquoise. Her extensive collection of earrings, accumulated from around the world, hung on her walls. The curtains were made from saris and the mirrors were elaborate Venetian designs. The room would fit in well with today's boho décor themes.
In her dining room, Peggy combined Cubist artwork with a 15th century Venetian dining table and chairs. Seen behind Peggy is "Vita segreta" (Secret Life), a 1958 oil by the Venetian painter, Giuseppe Santamosa. Peggy met Santamosa shortly after arriving in Venice in 1946. They became close friends. It was through him that she was invited to show at the 1948 Biennale. You also see Brancusi's sculpture "Maiastra" (Maestro). Peggy purchased it when she couldn't get Brancusi to agree on a fair price for the "Bird in Space" sculpture that she coveted. "Bird in Space" was added to her collection soon afterward, weeks before German troops invaded Paris in June 1940. Both sculptures are in the Collection today, as is the dining room furniture.
In the next photo, she is seen adjusting Max Ernst's "The Anti-pope." Ernst painted it in New York shortly after fleeing Europe in the summer of 1941 (more about this Surrealist painting in my next post). Peggy is shown standing beside a pre-Columbian sculpture in the photo below. She began buying pre-Columbian pieces in 1958. It was her first visit back to New York in twelve years. She was "thunderstruck" to find how much the American art world had changed during over the years. Prices had sky-rocketed and people considered modern art a business investment.
By the 1960's, Peggy had pretty well stopped collecting modern art.
With her home base and museum in place, she spent some time travelling, visiting Sri Lanka, India, Greece, Syria and other many other countries.
In her final years, Peggy Guggenheim withdrew somewhat from the world. Despite being ill, she would take a gondola ride through her beloved city each evening. After her death, an honorary dispensation was granted by the City of Venice allowing her ashes to be buried in her Venice garden near the graves of her pet dogs. The spot is marked with a simple plaque.
"It is one of the most popular attractions in Venice, so at least I have achieved my great ambition." (Source: Obituary in The New York Times, December 24, 1979).
She left her collection of over 260 artworks to The Solomon G. Guggenheim Foundation, an organization started by her uncle. There was one stipulation, the collection had to remain at the palazzo (or somewhere nearby should Venice sink) and intact. Her wishes have, for the most part, been respected. Pieces from the collection are however, loaned out to other museums for extended periods of time (years).
The Foundation has continued to add to the collection. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection remains one of the most popular attractions in Venice. Peggy Guggenheim left a wonderful legacy for the city which she loved above all others.
Additional sources: Confessions of an Art Addict (Kindle version) by Peggy Guggenheim, 1960, Vogue Italia and The Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Unless otherwise noted, photos were from Pinterest.
This entry was posted in Architecture & Design, Art, Artists & Artisans and tagged Abstract Expressionism, Architecture, arts, Avante-guard Art, Doris de Lavigne, Guggenheim, Jackson Pollock, Marchessa Luisa Casati, Modern Art, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Peggy Guggenheim, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Venice Biennale, Viscontess Castlerosse on September 20, 2013 by Sara.


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Quick Facts About the 10 Contenders for R&T's 2017 Performance Car of the Year
Let's break down the highs and lows of the cars we're testing this week for PCOTY 2017.
By Travis Okulski
This week, we'll be testing ten of the finest sports cars that you can buy to determine which will be declared R&T's 2017 Performance Car of the Year. Ahead of the test this week, we wanted to break down the quick facts you need to know about our field of brand new sports cars. As a refresher, the ten are the Acura NSX, Audi R8 V10 Plus, BMW M4 GTS, Corvette Grand Sport, Jaguar F-Type SVR, Lotus Evora 400, McLaren 570S, Mercedes-AMG C63 S Coupe, Nissan GT-R Nismo, and the Porsche 911 Turbo S.
Least Expensive: At $90,260, the Corvette Grand Sport is the least expensive car in the test.
Most Expensive: The McLaren 570S comes in at $219,770, which is a lot of money.
Least Horsepower: This honor goes to the Evora 400, which has, yes, 400 horsepower.
Most Horsepower: The Audi R8 V10 Plus has 610 horsepower, which means it has 10 more than the GT-R Nismo and the most in our field.
Least Torque: The Evora 400 has 302 lb-ft of torque, the least by more than 100 lb-ft.
Most Torque: We have a three way tie, with the Mercedes-AMG C63 S Coupe, Porsche 911 Turbo S, and the Jaguar F-Type SVR all coming in with 516 lb-ft.
Lightest: Yep, the Evora 400 wins at a curb weight of 3,153 pounds. Funnily, that is just 36 pounds lighter than the McLaren 570S which has 162 more horsepower than the little Lotus.
Heaviest: The honor goes to the Mercedes-AMG C63 S Coupe, with a curb weight of 4,096, the only car heavier than 4,000 pounds in the test.
Quickest to 60: The Porsche 911 Turbo S wins this, with a run to 60 happening in just 2.5 seconds. The NISMO GT-R's time should be similar, but an official 0 to 60 hasn't been measured yet.
Slowest to 60: In what has to be a trend, the Evora 400 takes 4.1 seconds to hit 60, the only car that takes more than four seconds.
Most Popular Engine Configuration: Four cars have V8s, the C63 and 570S use twin-turbos, the F-Type SVR is supercharged, and the Corvette Grand Sport is naturally aspirated. Five have six cylinders, but that's spread among three V6s (3.5 twin-turbo in the NSX, 3.8 twin-turbo in the GT-R, and 3.5 supercharged in the Evora), one I-6 (the turbo in the M4 GTS), and one flat-six (the 911 Turbo S). The Audi R8 V10 is the only car with more than eight cylinders.
Most Popular Gearbox: We love manuals, but the majority of the cars here use a dual-clutch gearbox. The Nissan GT-R NISMO has six speeds, the 570S, C63 S, 911 Turbo S, R8, and M4 GTS have seven speeds, and the Acura NSX has a ludicrous nine speeds in its dual clutch box.
RWD v. AWD: Five of the cars are all-wheel drive (GT-R, 911 Turbo S, NSX, R8, F-Type SVR) and five are rear-wheel drive (Evora, 570S, C63, M4 GTS, Corvette GS). None of the cars are front-wheel drive.
For live updates during our test, be sure to follow along on Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook for photos, videos, sights, and sounds from the week of testing.
Travis Okulski Editor-at-Large Travis is an editor at Road & Track.
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A. KIVA: an organization on a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Why? Because it is a genius idea that helps people all over the globe-in some of the most remote areas-giving them the power to create opportunity for themselves through easy access to capital. Its the perfect balance between the entrepreneurial mindset and my passion for global development.
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UMLR — Transition guards should be its own section.
Transition guards feels like it should be its own section as the information is not specific to Completion Transitions and completion events.
Also "Transitions that have a guard which evaluates to false are disabled." feels wrong.
Which should possibly be that as it is a restrictive clause.
And evaluates should be singular.
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Academia — книжное издательство Петербургского философского общества при университете, существовавшее в 1921—1937 годах в РСФСР, затем СССР. Известно весьма качественными изданиями и иллюстрациями классической литературы. С издательством сотрудничали многие известные переводчики и художники.

История

Зарегистрировано 31 декабря 1921 года, как товарищество на паях. С момента создания и до 1929 года возглавлялось А. А. Кроленко, затем до 1932 года — И. И. Ионовым, позже — Л. Б. Каменевым (до его ареста в 1934 году), Я. Д. Янсоном (1935—1937).

В редакционный совет входили С. А. Жебелёв, А. А. Франковский, Н. В. Болдырев, Л. П. Карсавин и другие историки, философы и литературоведы. В конце 1923 года издательство передано Государственному институту истории искусств с прежним штатом и правами автономии. В этот период выпускались книги по истории и теории литературы и искусства; с 1927 года издавалась серия «Сокровища мировой литературы», несколько позже «Памятники литературного, общественного, художественного быта и искусства» и «Театральные мемуары».

Особое внимание в издательстве «Academia» уделялось оформлению книг. «Жизнь, необыкновенные и удивительные приключения Робинзона Крузо» и «Приключения Гулливера» издавались с иллюстрациями Ж. Гранвиля, «Страдания юного Вертера» с иллюстрациями Д. Ходовецкого. Иллюстрировали и оформляли книги издательства ленинградские художники-графики: Н. Акимов, В. Белкин, Е. Белуха, М. Кирнарский, В. Конашевич, А. Лео, Г. П. Любарский, Д. Митрохин и многие другие. Позднее к ним присоединились и графики московской школы..

В 1929 году «Academia» перенесена из Ленинграда в Москву и преобразовано в российское акционерное общество. Председателем редакционного совета стал Максим Горький.

Издательство «Academia» прекратило своё существование на следующий день после ареста последнего руководителя Я. Д. Янсона в 1937 году, когда окончательно слилось с Гослитиздатом.

Издательская марка

Логотип Г. П. Любарского впервые появился в первом томе «Полного собрания сочинений Платона».

Издания

Первой книгой этого издательства стала «Религия эллинизма» Ф. Ф. Зелинского (1922). В 1927 году начала издаваться серия «Сокровища мировой литературы». Вышел в свет «Декамерон» Боккаччо, «Путешествия Гулливера» и первый том «Тысяча и одна ночь». Было выпущено 38 серий и свыше 1000 изданий, большинство из которых отличается сравнительно небольшим тиражом.

Сегодня издания Academia обладают большой букинистической и антикварной ценностью. (Средняя цена книги данного издательства составляет $30—120).

Примечания

Литература

 Власов В. Г.. «Academia» // Власов В. Г. Новый энциклопедический словарь изобразительного искусства. — В 10 т. — СПб.: Азбука-Классика. — Т. I, 2004. — С. 110—111
 Милашевский В. Моя работа в издательстве «Academia»
 Острой О. С. Издательство «Academia» // Книга. Исследования и материалы. — Вып. 18. — М., 1969. — С. 155—174

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Издательства, основанные в 1921 году
Исчезли в 1937 году

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If your retail building has a sloped roof, it will use gravity to shed water from it. There are several different types and materials for sloped roofs that you will need to compare before making your choice.
Shingle roofs have individual shingles that use either organic or fiberglass materials in their construction. Organic asphalt shingles have been around much longer, but the most popular type now is the fiberglass reinforced variety, due to a much wider variety of colors and styles, along with a warranty that is usually longer.
Opposed to asphalt shingles, these are made with a fiberglass mat, with top-and-bottom layers of asphalt and mineral granules. Fiberglass shingles are more fire resistant, with a Class A rating than organic shingles, which carry a Class C rating. This could result in better rates from your property insurance policy.
Both organic and fiberglass shingles come in a wide variety of styles and colors, some of them even textured, to make your building aesthetically pleasing. You do want to make sure, however, that whichever shingle you choose,, complies with the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards.
Here in the Southwest, with our spanish styled preferences, a lot of commercial buildings opt for tile roof systems. Usually made from clay or concrete, with a mission style or spanish rounded style, they're a good choice from both an aesthetic standpoint and for longevity. You can also apply a more Fench or English look by choosing a flat-styled tile for your roof. They come in a large variety of colors and styles, allowing a building's owner to get just the look they want. One thing tha's important to note, however, especially if you are replacing a shingle roof with a tile one, is the differnce in weight of the two systems. You may have to reinforce the support of your building to be able to handle the additional weight of the tiles on your roof.
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This is an old, time-tested flat roofing system made up of three or four overlapping layers of asphalt felts, using hot asphalt to make them come together as one. Its sometimes called hot tar roofing. When its finished and cooled, a layer of material – either a cap sheet, gravel, more hot asphalt or a reflective coating is applied to proyect it from the weather and harsh sunlight.
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Insect Protection When Hiking : How to Repel Insects on the Trails
Hiking insect protection is essential in regions with lush rainforests, wildflower meadows, and ocean tide pools.
While it is easier to avoid the large wildlife like the black bear and elk, it is the smallest creatures – insects – that as a rule cause the most harm and discomfort on the trails.
Here are five of the insects that can be encountered on the hiking trails:
Wasps and Bees
Most species of bees on the hiking trails aren't likely to be aggressive unless you mistakenly get too close to the nest.
Nests are generally well hidden in abandoned buildings, old animal burrows, and hollow sections of trees. Wasps and bumblebees have the ability to repeat sting, while the honeybee is limited to the single attack because the stinger is pulled from their body once used, which results in its death.
Wasps and bees can be avoided (or at least minimize the attraction) by not wearing sweet-scented lotions, deodorants, or perfumes, as well as clothing with floral patterns or bright colors. Store food and drinks in the proper manner using airtight containers or similar. Plus, sports drinks should have the cap kept tight at all times.
Nests are first noticed by the distinct sound of humming, back away from the area as soon as possible to avoid disturbing the inhabitants. If approached by a swarm look for signs of shelter such as a building or vehicle.
For those allergic to wasps or bees, make sure to pack an epinephrine-injecting tool in the backpack.
A hike with an end destination that leads to a picturesque waterfall or stream can cause plenty of issues if horseflies are nearby.
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Bites from these insects can be quite painful and have the ability to transmit diseases like tularemia (flu-like symptoms) to strong allergic reactions. Other common pests include midgies or no-see-ums which are tiny black flies that can appear in swarms and leave behind bites that can itch and swell for several days.
It is possible to improve hiking insect protection by adapting the attire to match the environment. A pair of long-sleeved tops and bottoms will help to cover most of the exposed skin. A hat is worthwhile to stop the insects from feasting on the scalp.
Seek immediate medical attention in the event of the face or throat swelling, or if there is difficulty swallowing or breathing.
Mosquitoes can start to build up in areas near bodies of water, such as rivers, streams, and lakes. This type of insect can spread the disease to humans and pets with the activity most noticed near sunrise and sunset.
Use a high-quality mosquito repellent to protect the exposed skin from bites.
Hiking with a dog can bring issues such as picking up fleas in the coat which will later be transferred to the tent, hotel room, or home.
Once the fleas are in a warm enclosed space they are likely to start moving around and biting areas of exposed skin. Similar to getting protection from mosquitoes, a treatment product can be applied to the dog to help protect against fleas
Ticks are easily picked up on the hiking trails and rest on plants or similar foliage to make their passage to a would-be host a simple step. Ticks are reported to transmit several different diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.
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Light-colored tops and pants can make it easier to notice the ticks as soon as possible and hopefully before they are able to reach bare skin.
Pack tweezers or similar tools in a first-aid kit. Avoid using at-home remedies, petroleum jelly, or a hot match.
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Dope Dog Tuesday Night: P-Funk Live Review, October 1999
The Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
Almost 2000 people packed into the legendary Agora Ballroom on a cold Tuesday night to witness what was falsely billed as "the reunion of Parliament-Funkadelic".
The last time the All-Stars played the Cleveland area I was 45 minutes late for the show, so this night I showed up a half hour before the billed 8pm showtime.
There was already a line leading through the lobby waiting to get into the Ballroom, so I went over to the merchandise stand and checked out the goods. There was a nice selection of T-Shirts, hats, CD's, stickers, and other stuff, and the guy running the stand let me drop a few WFNK.com business cards for the shoppers to pick up so it was all good.
I was hit with a nasty head cold the day before so I planned on laying low this evening. Promo out of the way it was showtime.
At 8:20 they opened the doors to the Ballroom and people streamed in for a close spot in the pit or a good seat. By 8:35 the place was full and ready to go – there was a nice mix of P-Funk side-projects and rarities playing and the crowd was bumping along, chanting when they could and eagerly awaiting the funk.
This show was sponsored by the local R&B station (which of course hasn't played much P-Funk in 20 years) so the crowd was blacker than last time I saw the P in town.
After an hour of waiting and enjoying the playlist the crowd started to grow restless.
At 9:35 Lige Curry and Blackbyrd McKnight walked out and picked up their guitars. A young vocalist also came out and spoke into the mic with a low GC-like voice. He was never introduced but he played a huge part in the show, adding the original GC spoken word parts to every thing he could. I have a few guesses as to who he is, but someone please ID him for me. (Paul Hill? Steven Boyd?)
The band started toying with "P-Funk" with the vocalist getting the crowd to chant "Flowin the Funk". The P-Funk horns then came out one at a time – Greg Thomas, Benny Cowan, and Scott Taylor, and took amazing horn solos.
They finally went into "P-Funk" after about 15 minutes of soloing, and then segued into "Bop Gun"!
I've never heard them play this live and it was cool – the crowd was on the 1 with every vocal line. The only downside was that it was a little disorienting in that they had the three guitars (Blackbyrd, Gary, and Mike "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton) playing the Bernie keyboard parts from the original.
They teased "Lunchmeatphopia" then glided into "Gamin On Ya". The crowd erupted, again singing along with Gary. It became apparent at this point though that Lige's bass mix was way too muddy and his tone this night was not like the classic Parliament stuff.
P-Nut was feelin the funk as the main back-up vocalist. I always get a kick out of how people mistake him for George when he walks out on stage. I guess there just aren't that many grey-bearded black rock stars around!
Belita then made her way out and they broke into a great version of "Girl is Bad" – I think it's the refrain from "Undisco Kidd". They played with it all over the place and it was one of the highlights of the show.
The drummer (a light skinned guy with braids, also unidentified) started "Cosmic Slop" with Lige taking the "Space People" vocal and Gary and P-Nut taking the rest of the vocals.
As the song built to it's dramatic finale the crowd was won over completely and George came walking out. He had a one piece shroud that at first looked to be made out of the american flag. It was mainly red white and blue but I couldn't make out the significance of the pattern.
"Cosmic Slop" came to a rousing conclusion and they slammed right into the chorus of "I Am The Slime" by Frank Zappa, with Gary and George screaming the vocals. This finally ended and the crowd lights came on.
It was a glorious moment – 2000 screaming funkateers and George grinning like the proudest grandfather around.
Mike Hampton now launched into "Standing on the Verge" and this track became the background for a 25 minute long jam through several tracks: "Pump it Up" with a killer solo from Kidd Funkadelic; "All Sons of Bitches"; and "If Anybody Gets Funked Up" over the riff from "Standing on the Verge".
George got the crowd chanting the chorus to that then he and P-Nut began singing the chorus to "Good To Your Earhole". The band mildly played with the chords to Earhole and then George and P-Nut tore into the verses: "Smashing your brain like silly putty…".
This is one of my favorite songs and I've been waiting a long time to hear it so this was a highlight for me.
Blackbyrd then pulled out a nasty little solo and the montage came to a close.
George was more lively than I've seen him in the past and was really involved with what was going on with the crowd and the band. It seems some nights he spends more time worrying about one or the other but this night he had his role down perfect.
He led the band into "Give Up the Funk" and the crowd sang along. As GC kept telling the band to quiet down the crowd managed to sing all three parts independently! It was one of those special moments that can't be rehearsed.
At this point my headcold started to get the best of me and I started getting a little tired so I went up into the balcony to find a comfortable seat and relax. The band did a decent version of "Night of the Thumpasaurus Peoples" (again, I've never heard this played by the All-Stars) but they sorely missed something aproaching Bernie's playing on this track. I could barely make out the keyboards, although Clip and the afforementioned talking guy were both playing.
Shonda came out next and the show started to slow down. Nothing against Shonda who I love – her rap "Sumptin Stank and I Want Some" was on the one and Treylewd helped her out with some silliness. Blackbyrd also took a little-too long solo at the end of the Shonda song. George came back out to rap "Booty" with Treylewd and I actually missed Louie!
Treylewd picked up a guitar during Booty and was strummin along, but based on the way he held the thing I was sure he couldn't play. But then he took the main mike and screwed around with some jazz chord progressions and rapped "Billy Boy" over top, a funny funky nursery rhyme about Bill Clinton getting head in the White House.
Suprisingly, they slipped into "Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication", but again the song suffered without Bernie (or at least a competent Bernie impersonation). This built into another guitar solo by Blackbyrd, which led us into the guitar solo portion of the show.
Everyone left the stage except for a new drummer (unidentified), Lige on bass, Clip on keys, and Blackbyrd off to the side. George walked to center stage and began the "Maggot Brain" intro, but then went into the "US Custom Coast Guard Dope Dog" rap. I've never heard so many people recite the rap with him. I'm a huge P-Funk fan and have the Dope Dogs record but I was surprised how many people knew every word to his rap.
George then introduced the band as Funkadelic and Scott Taylor came out with a flute to do a little "Maggot Brain". Finally Kidd Funkadelic came out to do his thing on "Maggot Brain". His sound was extremely clear and he was very loud. I don't know if it was my cold or my old age (;-)), but my ears started to hurt.
As "Maggot Brain" wound down Kidd left the stage and Lige and Blackbyrd moved into "Dog Star". At this point the excessive volume of the show became apparent and the overly long guitar solo by Blackbyrd started to run off the crowd.
Now I'm no wimp – I grew up listening to heavy metal and have had my share of pain-inducing stereo systems in my life, plus being a DJ I feel I am qualified to have an opinion on this – this portion of the show was TOO LOUD. The 35 minutes of guitar solos lacked finesse and style (except for the first 3 minutes of "Maggot Brain") and I don't understand how and why this segment remains in the show. I expect such things from Kidd Funkadelic as he's made it quite apparent in interviews that he enjoys thrashing wailing guitar, but I always feel a little disapointed when Blackbyrd stands up there and gives us 20 minutes of wailing screeching guitar. They both claim Jimi Hendrix was a huge influence on them but Jimi Hendrix (or Eddie Hazel) would never be caught wailing over the same riff for 35 minutes. And how many times can you run up and down the fretboard? I bet even Ernie Isley would have blushed from these solos.
Okay, off my soapbox. Needless to say I wasn't very impressed with the guitar-god portion of the show. I felt like I was at a bad 80's hair band concert.
I headed for the lobby and ran into a friend of mine who happens to be a bad-ass guitarist for a band you've heard mentioned plenty on WFNK.com (to rename nameless for this review), and even he agreed that the screeching guitar was overkill on the vibe.
Luckily, the band recovered and brought the crowd back out of their seats with a spirited if sloppy version of "One Nation Under A Groove". This led into "Flashlight" – a muddy mess.
If you wanna really here the mid-70's dance stuff done well you are gonna have to catch a WOO Warriors show. "Knee Deep" was better than I had heard it before but the sound was so loud and distorted at this point that the crowd was going on memory. Good thing they kept the arrangement equal to the record or people would have been lost.
I noticed some people started pulling ladies from the audience for what I guessed would be the "Atomic Dog" part of the show, but first they went into "Sentimental Journey" and Belita, who had been MIA for 2 hours came out and ripped it up. I've watched this become one of the better songs of the set over the last 4 years.
They moved into "Atomic Dog" and the women came out shakin their thangs to the beat. I have to admit I didn't hear much of the song as I was busy watching the hysterics on stage – one skinny asian girl couldn't get her ass out of GC's crotch, and she kept spankin him so he spanked her back.
Then SirNose (also missing most of the show) started grinding up on a finely dressed young black woman. The funny thing was this same girl was sitting over by where I was dancing at the beginning of the show and didn't look to be having any fun. Men kept bouncing up to her trying to get her to dance but she wouldn't have it.
There she was 3 hours later on stage practically making babies with her clothes on with SirNose. She had a long slitted dress that Sir Nose and George started inching up as they grinded on her. I also saw a few of my lady friends up there shaking things I didn't know they had, so it was entertaining and educational!
As the women got led off stage Miss April Showers, formerly vocalist with Bootsy's Rubber Band, was spotted singing and dancing with Gary and then got the main mike with GC. She turned it out for a few moments as the band flowed into the "Free Your Mind" rif.
Again, the spken word parts made it special and the keyboards popped out of nowhere and made themselves heard. I figured that was about it and sure enough the houselights came up and people started making their way to the exits. The band kept playing though, going into "Radio Friendly DJ's".
The only people left with enough energy to keep dancing after 4.5 hours were the few raver kids around (gee, I wonder why?) and they got their groove on as George rapped about the radio's treatment of P-Funk.
I got to hang with April for a bit after she came off stage and we started making our way to the doors. I was telling her about one time at a show a few years back when the band didn't want to leave the stage so they tried to play "Red Hot Mama" as the roadies were pulling the plugs. I thought it was an awesome moment.
As I was telling her about it the scene repeated itself exactly on stage! So chalk one up to fake spontaneity.
Overall, I have mixed feelings about this show. The crowd was great, the setlist had one or two suprises, the P-Funk horns turned it out, and George was at the top of his game. But the false billing was very annoying, the playing was lacksadaisical, the set is very close to the one they've been playing for 5 years, Skeet and Billy Bass are sorely missed, the keyboard mix sucked, and they have to do something about that 35 minutes of too-loud guitar.
I am now convinced more than ever than the P-Funk All-Stars, the WOO Warriors and Original P together on one stage and playing with each other would be the only true P-fix I could get.
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Fall felt like it raced by this year; I didn't do lots of the things I had hoped to do. Now it's totally winter, and the year is still racing. But at least the boys and I caught up with one fall task this afternoon: mulching the garden. Since it wasn't only me being slow and out of it that delayed my fall tasks—the weather was a factor too—other folks are still doing leaf cleanup, and it turns out they're happy to give us their leaves! (I've never talked to anyone else who regrets having a yard that doesn't produce enough leaves...). We imported four bags today, which was just enough to cover the remaining beds. The boys aren't always up for helping in the garden, but they were enthusiastic participants in the work today. I think the way I described the project to Lijah was just the thing to get him interested—I said we needed to give the garden beds their blanket of leaves. All three boys also had fun using garden rakes, and miraculously nobody was injured. And now I can feel like the garden is ready for the winter, and check something off my endless to-do list. Up next in garden projects: ordering seeds!
So I haven't written anything about our apple trees since last time, but I should have: they lived up to the promise of those blooms and produced an impressive crop. Impressive for us, anyway, since except for the crab apples it's the first time we've gotten any fruit off of any of our many fruit trees. This year we ate countless Macintoshes, five Golden Russets, four Moonglow pears, and the one precious Honeycrisp apple, watched carefully over long months of ripening, and finally picked last Tuesday (as pictured in this post). All those trees are done, but the Northern Spies are just now coming into their own.
Back in the end of September I picked that pile—the ripest ones I could find—to make a pie. Because that's what Northern Spies are for, I'm told; that's the reason I planted the tree. How good are they? I had to find out!
Very good, it turns out. They made a pie with plenty of juice, but with each apple slice still entirely distinct and firm. Impressive and delicious. Of course, it was also the first time I ever made a pie with apples picked less than an hour before, so maybe that has something to do with the good results too. Either way, I'll take it!
I'd also love to take credit for our bumper crop of fruit this year, but I probably shouldn't... apples are doing great all over this year. What I can take credit for is properly using the ones we have. All over town I see trees laden with unpicked fruit, surrounded with drops. Sure, they might not be the tastiest apples for eating out of hand, but they can at least be applesauce or jelly! Or even cider... what if we could have a shared community cider press?!
We're leading the way in full utilization of the Malus family by even using our crab apples, to make the jelly so beloved of our middle child especially. We didn't get any last year because of the late freeze, so it was gratifying last week to be able to pick a couple gallons. Of course, now I need to find the time to actually make the jelly!
Of course, if you ask the kids apples are really just for eating. I was excited to pick those finally-almost-ripe Northern Spies for the pie the other day, but we've actually been getting apples off that tree for a while because Lijah, notably, much prefers "a green not-ripe apple from the tree!". The Macs were all ripe by mid-September, so he had to move on. Northern Spies now. They're so big, he gets plenty of enjoyment out of each one. We do like our apple days.
In the midst of the cool wet weather last week I noticed something thrilling: our fruit trees had flower buds. We have five apple trees and two pears, plus a couple of crab apples, and to this point only one of the crab apples had ever flowered. Considering I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to tree care I wasn't surprised, but it's still been a little disappointing every year—five years of disappointment. Well, in 2017 we're at least moving in the right direction, because all nine trees are in flower!
At just about the same time we have blooms on the the six-year-old Macintosh and Northern Spy apples, the four-year-old Honeycrisp, the three-year-old Golden Russet and Cox's Orange Pippen apples and Seckel and Moonglow pears, and the crab apples. The flowers might not be the most beautiful, but to me they're precious and delightful.
Now all we need is for the pollinators to do their work. It's a little disturbing how few I've seen so far—a subject for another post—but there's time yet. The weather looks like it'll be cool but not too cold for a while, and now that the rain stopped those bees can start getting busy. I wish we still had our own; it would be great to watch them in action. A project for next year!
In the middle of the winter when the green of our garden is just a memory, looking at the pile of winter squashes on the counter makes it real again. Butternut squash is one of just two storage crops I've managed to grow in any worthwhile quantities—the other being the garlic—and we've started the past three winters with a significant number of them taking up space in the dining room. At this point in the season the pile is smaller, but there are still squashes! It feels like a success. It also feels like a success to turn one of them into delicious food.
Then it's time to make the soup part. Chop a big onion, a couple carrots, and two-three stalks of celery. Melt a lump of butter in a stock pot and when it's hot toss in the vegetables. Cook them for a while, over not-too-high heat, stirring every once and a while. When they seem ready, toss in the roasted squash and enough chicken or turkey to cover it all up. If you have some delicious roasted-vegetable turkey stock made from the carcass of a pasture-raised bird you're all set for ingredients; if your stock is milder you'll probably want to add some salt, at least. Simmer it all together for a while.
If you have a stick blender, now's the time to put it to use. Blend everything up into a beautiful puree. If you don't, all the ingredients should be soft enough to mash with a potato masher. Don't bother with a blender—what a pain. Lumps are fine too. If it's too thick—not everybody wants to be able to stand a spoon up in their soup—add some more stock or water. Taste it. If it isn't wonderfully delicious, you can add a little maple syrup and a little cayenne pepper... but if you started with well-roasted squash and good stock you won't want to.
And that's our squash soup, beloved of adults and small children alike (the bigger children aren't quite so appreciative). There really should be a photo of the finished product, but it didn't last long enough.
Since I want to be a garlic farmer when I grow up, the beginning of November is an exciting time for me. Back in the first week of the month I took some time a couple of days to put in this year's crop: about 90 cloves, of five different varieties. Lijah helped me with the planting and, knowing we were working on a culinary crop, insisted on having a taste. Really insisted: I put him off for as long as I could before finally giving in and letting him have a bite of an interior clove that was too small to plant. "It's yummy!" he told me hoarsely, then wiped his eyes vigorously with the backs of his hands for a bit.
I like eating garlic, and the garlic we grow is delicious. Besides that, though, I also appreciate the simple multiplicative nature of the endeavor. You plant one clove in the fall and then in the summer you pull out a whole head, five or eight or twelve cloves. Then you break those up and plant them to get even more! I've never played Farmville or any of those farming simulator games, but I think the garlic planting business captures something of the same appeal. It's a little bit slower, I guess, but never mind—plenty other aspects of my life are rushing by too quick to manage.
As seems to be the case most of the time, we're feeling pretty busy and exhausted around here. I've had many moments during the day when I blinked and I'm pretty sure I fell asleep for a couple seconds. Which is why it was even more frustrating than usual when, at the beginning of the week, I had a couple nights where I was up for what felt like a considerable amount of time, too stressed to fall asleep. What was I stressed about? Oh, work, some; and homeschooling; but mostly the garden. There's so much that I should have done and haven't! Amateur farming is hard work. Luckily, there's always the asparagus.
I think I planted our asparagus patch back in 2008 or so (and then I added some more plants in 2011). As I've mentioned before, it was a little work to get set up, but now we just sit back and let the deliciousness pour in. It's lovely, and all the sweeter when I see how much asparagus goes for in the stores. I think I've picked about $40 worth so far, and it's still coming in! Do you have an asparagus patch in your yard? You should!
I had grand plans for making this the best year of gardening yet at our house. It's only the second week of March, and they're already all in tatters. Turns out that transitioning to two parents working part time and dealing with a toddler who sleeps like a newborn negatively affected my abilities to focus on necessary early steps. Like ordering seeds.
Back in the fall I made a chart of the things I thought we should grow, ranking them by their interest to me as plants, by how much we actually eat the crops in question, and by how guilty I would feel paying for non-home-grown alternatives this summer. And I was delighted to see the first seed catalogs arrive in December. Only then I never had any time to really look through all those catalogs, and when February rolled around I just randomly threw together an order of whatever caught my attention in the five minutes I was able to concentrate on the project. I don't even know what I have; I've barely looked in the box yet.
I did get out the onion seeds, though, since I know you have to start them in February to make growing them worthwhile—otherwise they don't have time to get big enough. But my second, bigger, mistake, was deciding to build a new seed-starting setup, which of course necessitated tearing down the old one. And... the new one still isn't done. Maybe 15 of the onion seeds—sowed in such fine style—germinated just kind of sitting in the basement waiting for me to get my act together, and I assume the rest rotted. If those 15 survive to be planted out we'll call it a test crop.
In the meantime it's 70 degrees out and I don't have anything to put in the ground. Last year I vowed to start some cold-weather greens early, but I had no idea how early I'd need to do it to get a jump on this ridiculous weather. Not only do I still not have a seed-starting setup—if I did have one, it would have been colder inside it that out in the garden this afternoon!
I suppose all is not lost. I can still get a few tomatoes and peppers started, and direct sowing the greens in the next couple weeks would still leave me well ahead of last year, when there was still a foot of snow on the ground at this point. And I manured in the fall, and finally got supports up for the raspberries, two years after a falling tree crushed the first set. But overall my feeling is one of failure.
Oh well, there's always next year!
Mid-February, and we're down to just five butternut squashes left out of the summer's crop. I made the sixth-from-last into soup for Friday's supper.
I'm pretty happy with how many we grew this year. I neither weighed nor counted, but it was a fair number; we're maybe not eating one every day or even every week, but up to this point we haven't felt any lack. We certainly haven't felt the need to buy squash!
I'm thinking about it because it's almost time to start the first seeds for this year's garden. It's hard to imagine, looking out at our tundra-like yard (not much snow this year but historically cold weather for the last few days) that in a few months the squash and corn and everything else will be green and growing like crazy.


Last week I made a visit to Žatec, the city that is perhaps the heart of Czech beer, since it gives its name to one of the most famous and appreciated kinds of hops, Saaz (thus is the town's name German). It was a business trip, actually, and I visited the Hops Museum and the Hops Institute, where I had a chat with the bloke in charge of the research brewery that operates there. Both visits and the people I met were very interesting and gave me quite a lot of material for my next article in Bar&Beer.
Of course that I didn't miss the local brewpub, U Orloje, which is located right next to the museum and is adjoined to the visitors' centre of Chrám Chmele a Piva (The Temple of Hops and Beer - the moniker adopted by the region).
It's a very nice place inside, modern, but with some soul. They also have a very pleasant and rather big beer garden that could be a lot nicer if they had those long, wooden tables with benches that I believe should be mandatory for every beer garden, instead of those metal and plastic ones that are more appropriate for a coffee shop (but that's my thing).
The service was efficient, though a bit slow at first. The food was on the average side, nothing memorable, really, but I should mention that I ordered the only thing that was left on the lunch menu and there was some interesting looking stuff on the permanent one. So far, quite fine, the problem, however, were the beers, which is actually the thing that makes you come to a brewpub to begin with.
They brew three kinds, I first ordered the 11º, which is called Žatecký Samec, in honour to a beer that used to be brewed in the city a long time ago. It came too yeasty and with a mild, and not at all pleasant, sour note; something unforgivable for a brewpub, where beers are supposed to be the freshest. I should have sent it back, but I had to wait quite long for it, it was very, very hot and I was very, very, thirsty, so by the time I realised I had already drunk half the pint.
It was followed by Chmelový Ležák, another pale lager, in this case with 12º Plato. Better than the previous one, but terribly boring. The name, Chmelový, refers to the hops (in Czech, Chmel), but an effort was needed to find much trace of the aromatic herb in the taste and the aroma. I wasn't expecting something like an American style DIPA, but they could have given this beer some more Saaz character.
The worst of the lot, however, was Chrámové Tmavé, the house's dark beer. The first pint I got was sour, I sent it back this time. The waitress took it without any complain and replaced it. This pint was better, but the colour, quite paler than the usual Czech tmavé, gave me the impression that what I had in front of me was a řezané, in which case it would be even worse. The beer was almost tasteless, without any character whatsoever. It was as if they'd brewed a 12º with a handful of colouring malts and even less hops.
I didn't leave the place very happy. I went to the centre looking for somewhere to drink something from the local brewery, Pivovar Žatec, but I couldn't find any decent enough place where they had the beers on tap, not even next to the brewery itself! Quite sad, really, a pity.
Compared to what is brewed by other micros that have opened in the last 12 months (U Orloje opened last December), like Pivovar Antoš, in Slaný, or Únětický Pivovar, U Orloje's beers are a couple of streets behind. It could also be that I was unlucky that day, on my Facebook page a friend who knows his beer very well left a comment saying that he had liked the beers at U Orloje.
Either way, if I ever have to go back to Žatec, I will visit this brewpub again, after all, there's not much else to choose from in that town.
it is a real shame when the beer is so dissapointing,but i do think it is worth giving it another try ,might just have been a bad day.
The Zatec Baronka I had at the Prague Beer Museum, was Very Good.
That's a bloody shame. Sounds like a brewpub somewhere in northern Germany rather than in the heart of Saaz country. And no Pivovar Žatec!? That's just weird.
When I have been visiting Velryba in Prague I have liked the Zatec Kvasnicovy very much.
Sounds pretty much like the experience a few of us had when we visited in May 2011. Agree about eh tmave, but the lezak was ok. Most disappoining, though, was the Zatec brewery, only a small uninviting shop and nowhere to try the beer.
I understand what you're talking about: it's not easy to find good Zatec-beer in Zatec.
However, there is a great little pivnice, closeto the chram, at Masarykova 335, by the name of Restaurace u Slunce.
They serve great kvasnicové, a lot better than the ones I've had at Velryba in Prague, at 19 Kc for half a litre (well, that was september 2010). The place is thick with smoke, but pleasant all the same.
I ran in to it almost accidently, as I was extremely dissapointed to find both of my favourite hospodas from previous visits (2002-03) were shot down. I only spent four hours in town (took a day trip that included both Zatec and Louny) but went to this restaurant twice.


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Q: pandas for each date select minimum and maximum time row i have a dataset like this:
id  service         datetime
4   connectsInfo    2016-11-05 06:50:23
4   dayFirstFeed    2016-11-05 06:50:57
4   dayFirstFeed    2016-11-05 06:51:43
4   connectsInfo    2016-11-22 06:42:55
4   dayFirstFeed    2016-11-22 06:42:33
4   connectsInfo    2016-11-22 10:52:11

for each date, I want the min and max time rows
an approach that I have tried:
doc_4.loc[doc_4.groupby(df.request_time.dt.date, as_index=False).request_time.idxmin()]

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I want the result like this:
date        min                 max
2016-11-05  2016-11-05 06:50:23 2016-11-05 06:51:43
2016-11-22  2016-11-22 06:42:33 2016-11-22 10:52:11

A: You can use:
df = df.groupby(df.datetime.dt.date, as_index=False).datetime.agg(['min','max'])

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Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: CSBD is in ICD-11
It's official! Updated in June 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO), in its adaptation of the new nomenclature, the Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines (CDDG) for ICD-11 (officially 2022) made inclusive Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder (CSBD) within the Impulse Control Disorder category. The label is meant to normalize the many terms previously applied including but not limited to, sex addiction, sexual compulsivity, hypersexuality, sexually compulsivity and out-of-control sexual behavior.
Some are familiar with the scopious ambivalence and controversy, extensive criticism and frequent opposition, regarding what has been previously referred to as "sex addiction" or "porn addiction" a term that describes not only a set of behaviors but a process. The dispute has not attacked so much the behaviors but the process and interpretation of those behaviors claiming dispute to the science, research, and language.
Nevertheless, and with great scrutiny, CSBD is now on the map, albeit under the impulse control category, validating not only the people who experience these challenges but the practitioners who have long been trying to treat them and help them overcome their pain.
Two papers, authored by WHO were recently published in The World Psychiatry Journal.
According to this Wiley paper, despite the fact that the disorder and its symptoms resemble the dependency similar to that of drugs/alcohol, it is parked under "impulse control disorder" because there exists a "lack of definitive information on whether the processes involved in the development and maintenance of the disorder are equivalent to those observed in substance use disorders and behavioral addictions." Their claim for inclusions is harm and shame reduction for those that seek help.
Their description to date includes . . "repetitive sexual activities becoming a central focus of the individual's life to the point of neglecting health and personal care or other interests, activities, and responsibilities; the individual making numerous unsuccessful efforts to control or significantly reduce the repetitive sexual behavior; the individual continuing to engage in repetitive sexual behavior despite adverse consequences such as repeated relationship disruption; and the individual continuing to engage in repetitive sexual behavior even when he or she no longer derive from it satisfaction from it.
Within the content of the ICD-11, there is "active input of multiple global stakeholders". as stated in another Wiley paper, that compiled such results which indeed highlight the formerly noted highly debatable aspect of this diagnosis. In fact, CSBD received the highest number of comments (47) when compared to the other ICD diagnoses, and from a consistent group of individuals (14 of them). The submissions included antagonistic comments, accusations for financial gain for inclusion, a lack of neuroscience and various nosology (categorical) concerns; sounds like there was an attempt to include vs. not-include by various individuals/groups.
Despite the victory, for both patients and practitioners (at least some), the issue remains in debate and under scrutiny amongst professionals in the field. Nevertheless, it creates a recognizable language for those who struggle and who can now feel safer reaching out. Not every practitioner looks out of the same lens and there will always be some controversy but we need some structure from which to begin.
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Who doesn't love talking about their vacation when they come back home? Just about everyone! But when it's not just your family but also people you know from Twitter and other social media, it quickly turns into an email or 50 direct messages, with photos and stories of your experiences.
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GCI nets bid for GE Capital health and rail services units
January 06, 2003 by JOHN N. FRANK
CHICAGO: GCI Group has won a four-agency shootout to become the PR agency for two Chicago-based units of GE Capital.
GE Capital Healthcare Financial Services and GE Capital Rail Services had been interviewing firms jointly, narrowing their search from seven agencies to GCI, Ogilvy, Cushman/ Amberg Communications, and HLB Communications.
"GCI seemed to fit the best to our working style. They had done a lot of research on our industries up front," said Sheila O'Malley, manager of communications with GE Capital Rail.
On the healthcare side, GCI has already handled media relations for a recent trade show. Its ongoing efforts will stress the wide array of services the GE healthcare unit offers, O'Malley said. GCI's work with the rail unit will emphasize its position as the industry leader.
O'Malley expects five to six GCI staffers to work on the healthcare business and four or five on the rail business.
In July, GE Capital was reorganized into four financial-services units. GE Capital Healthcare Financial Services became part of the new GE Commercial Finance unit as a result.
GE Capital Rail became part of GE Equipment Management. Both are based in Chicago, where in 2001, GE bought Heller Financial, a commercial finance, equipment leasing, and real-estate finance company, for $5.3 billion. Heller worked with HLB prior to its purchase.
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Adamawa women laud Aisha Buhari over donation of Maternity complex
A cross section of women in Adamawa state, have lauded wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, for constructing a new Maternity Complex at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola .
The women, who came from various Local Government Areas of the state to Yola, the state capital, to witness the inauguration of the complex on Tuesday, said the development was good news to women in the state.
One of the women, Amina Yakubu, said it was a "positive development for women in Adamawa who always troop to FMC as a reliable health centre for services.
"With this new development brought by our daughter and mother, we hope the problem of crowd in the old maternity will reduce and there will be speedy and quality services at the maternity," she added.
Lami Ibrahim, Jessica Philips and Tafisu James, who also expressed happiness over the complex, said the First Lady deserved commendation for such project for women in the state.
"She has done a lot for women in area of healthcare and this is one example of such interventions," James said.
Speaking on the new maternity complex constructed by Aisha Buhari Foundation, the Chief Medical Director of the FMC, Prof. Mohammad Auwal, said the complex would help greatly in addressing maternity challenges in the hospital.
Auwal said the complex had brought the various maternity units in the hospital to one place.
He said the complex which was an extension of an already existing maternity in the hospital, had eight consultant rooms, emergency room, ultra sound room and a pharmacy.
"There is also a library and a common room for Doctors. It also has a sitting capacity for 200 women who may come for ante-natal care," the CMD said.
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On average, there are more than 128 suicides per day in the United States, by people with known and non-mental health conditions.
Kingsley village, a small rural community in the west of Michigan, is struggling to find ways to reach the youth after three teenagers have died suicide in the past eight months.
In the latest, Sealynn Pobuda, aged 14 years, suicide died on February 3, according to the Record Eagle in Traverse City. Souvenir service was held on Saturday morning at Kingsley Middle School.
"There is a wholesale of the death of any student in the school, and all the children have an enormous impact on the whole community," said Kinglsey Keith Smith School District Superintendent with Record Eagle. "When the first of us was coming out of school, I was really surprised. Before we got back in school, there was a second one, and he returned to our heels. Then, this one We have all that can not believe in and ourselves. "
The death of Shealynn Stone, Kayden, 14, died suicide in September, and DeAnte Bland, 16, who died in June.
"You do not know how much your kid loves – you think you do, but you do not need – until you are not more of them," said Bill Stone, the father of Kayden, with the Record Eagle.
Suicide is the second cause of death among those 10-24, in accordance with the National Suicide Prevention Act. In addition, the Death of the second for that age 15-43 in Michigan, according to the American Suicide Foundation.
In 2017, teen Canton attempted suicide after a former boyfriend.
In May 2018, rebuilders at Bloomfield's Western High School were collected to discuss suicide, after four students died in a four-year period. The suicide rate over a 10-year time frame, between 2006 and 2016, showed almost 70 percent.
Suicide experts and suicides involved poor access to mental health screenings, as well as societal issues.
"It is a national crisis," West Bloomfield High School, Patrick Watson, the principal of the Free Press in 2018.
If you can go back in time and talk to yourself in your darkest moment, what would you say?
Schools like West Bloomfield and Kingsley worked with organizations to raise awareness of suicide prevention. West Bloomfield worked with the Farmington company, Therapy Live, to create a curriculum that covers subjects such as anger, anxiety, stress, and sadness.
WPBN-TV reported that Kingsley School District co-operated with local District District local organizations and the local Traverse Bay Area organization, such as Michael & Place, to help students tackle the loss of a class person.
Bigger: Suicide for teenagers is rising. Is the blame of mental health and spotty addiction?
"Some of the children are open and tearful and they are very happy to talk and some of them are, and when not, we need to find ways to help them with strategies to deal with them," said Melissa Fournier, program director Michael & # 39; s Place, with WPBN -TV.
"It may be possible to enter activity as drafting, writing or finding ways other than talking, but finding it in a way to cope with an intense emotional experience that everyone needs."
If you need help or someone you know, call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 800-273-8255.
The National Suicide Prevention Suicide encourages people with suicidal ideas to find a therapist, build a network of support and use the network, make a safety plan and get extra resources for assistance.
According to bethe1to.com, people who think that a suicide can help to ask questions, keep them safe, can help them get in touch and follow up with them.


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'I Am Beautiful the Way I Am': NYC Girls Project Encourages Self-Esteem For Tweens
by Denene Millner — Oct 2, 2013
Here's the thing: I'm no fan of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. His crusade against cigarettes, super-sized sodas and fatty oils in restaurant food notwithstanding, I can't stand that he insists on using his government-sanctioned racial profiling program, Stop and Frisk, to terrorize black and brown boys, and I'm definitely not here for the ridiculous, dehumanizing ad campaign he launched to discourage teen pregnancy. But I begrudgingly give his administration a MyBrownBaby salute for #ImAGirl, a public health campaign aimed at improving girls' self-esteem by telling them they're beautiful just the way they are.
The $330,000 program, called NYC Girls Project, launched into action on Monday, with a series of deliciously upbeat, affirming bus and subway ads aimed at girls ages 7 to 12 years old—a group that studies show is at risk of eating disorders, dangerous sexual habits, drinking, bullying and suicide as they grapple with the effects of negative body images. Indeed, in a New York Times story, city officials, anxious to show the importance of the program, cited stats that show more than 80 percent of 10-year-old girls are afraid of being fat, and that by age 12, girls' self-esteem plummets and doesn't improve again until age 20.
NYC Girls Project counters that narrative with a series of infectious messages: "I'm a girl. I'm funny, playful, daring, strong, curious, smart, brave, healthy, friendly and caring," reads one ad, which joins a series of posters showing girls of different races and sizes playing sports. One girl is even in a wheelchair. Each ad ends with the campaign's slogan:
"I am beautiful the way I am."
My personal favorite is the ad featuring a lovely set of giggly brown girls, one with her natural hair fashioned in a beautiful twist out, with all this incredible chocolate skin and a smile as bright and clear as a thousand stars on a clear country night. Yes. Just… hell yes.
The campaign also includes a 30-second PSA featured on the NYC Girls Project website, as well as YouTube and on those little TVs in the yellow cabs. The NYC Girls Project website also offers a plethora of studies, resources and info for parents and their daughters, while program leaders are coordinating a pilot program that addresses self-esteem issues for girls. Physical fitness classes for girls also will be offered through the parks department.
The campaign is the brainchild of Samantha Levine, the mayor's deputy press secretary, who is doubling as the campaign's project director. We vote Ms. Levine get a raise, two snaps up and a twist for loving our girls—our babies—enough to build such a powerful program with a purpose. Here's to hoping other big cities—*cough* Atlanta *cough*—are taking notes.
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I, MaartenW, President of the Netherlands, hereby award Lord Jopie the title of Grand-Knight in the Willems-orde for military valor.
Knight in the Orde der Nederlandse Leeuw for political dedication to our country.
Joep O is a politician from the Netherlands. He was the 31st and 33rd President of the Netherlands, and has served as a Congress member for Democratisch Nederland.
Joep is a 8 time congress member for Democratisch Nederland.
Joep was elected as the 30th President of the Netherlands. During his term, Netherlands joined GEA as a trial member of EDEN. After having lost the February 2012 Presidential elections to NoTie112, he returned to office as the 32nd President of the Netherlands on February 27th, due to the impeachment of NoTie112.
Being quite a Francophile (featuring Napoleon on his avatar) he requested to be stationed as ambassador for the Netherlands in France, his experience was recognized by the Minister of Foreign Affairs MaartenW, who asked him to become his successor in that job, when he got elected as President.
He has been MoFA for two more times after that, he became President in December.
His first Minister post under CP Heikanu. 1 x Minister and 1 x State-Secretary(deputy).
Lord Jopie was a soldier in Dutch Armed Forces.
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I believe that I can manage stress by practicing stress relieving habits everyday.
I manage stress by getting 8 hours of sleep every night because I know my mind needs this amount of time to rest.
I manage stress by eating fruits and vegetables when I am stress eating because I know that those foods will boost my metabolism.
I manage stress by doing yoga stretches before studying for exams because I know it will ease my mind.
I manage stress of too much homework by calling my mom to talk about what I need to get done.
I manage stress by taking my dog to the park for a walk to get fresh air.
I manage stress by quietly listening to soothing music with my roommate while during homework because it creates a peaceful environment for us.
I believe that I can manage stress in my daily life by practicing stress relieving activities.
I manage stress by practicing positive stress relieving activities every day!
Are you positively managing stress too?
Briede, Allison, "Managing Stress by Practicing Positive Stress Relieving Habits," Health Literacy Database at Miami University, accessed April 24, 2019, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/healthliteracy/items/show/328.


In 1987 Magrath LLP. entered into an association with New York based law firm Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP.
The firm traces its origins to the mid-1930s and has always had its offices in mid-town Manhattan. With a rich tradition of representing U.S. businesses with international operations from multi-national organizations, mid-sized entities to small and start-up business enterprises Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP is dedicated to understanding their clients' objectives and finding the right approach to achieve those objectives. Their practice areas include corporate and commercial transactions; taxation; corporate finance; intellectual property and licensing; corporate immigration; customs; real estate; litigation and arbitration; not-for-profit organizations; employee benefit plans and ERISA; creditors' rights; domestic relations; wills, private client; labour and employment; antitrust and unfair competition.


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El Toyota Urban Cruiser es un automóvil del segmento B desarrollado por el fabricante japonés Toyota y vendido bajo las marcas Toyota y Scion. Sus dos generaciones usan la misma plataforma de los Toyota Yaris respectivos. En ambos casos, el modelo tiene carrocería de cinco puertas y motor delantero transversal. Su altura queda a mitad de camino entre la de un hatchback y la de un automóvil todoterreno o monovolumen, de la misma manera que el Mazda Verisa, el Nissan Juke y el Suzuki SX4.

Primera generación (2002-2007)

La primera generación del Ist se puso a la venta en 2002; también se vendió en Estados Unidos entre 2003 y 2006 como el Scion xA. Los dos motores disponibles eran de gasolina y cuatro cilindros en línea: un 1.3 litros de 87 CV y un 1.5 litros de 109 CV. Las cajas de cambios disponibles son una automática de cuatro marchas y una manual de cinco marchas, en ambos casos asociadas a un sistema de tracción delantera.

Segunda generación (2007-2016)

La segunda generación del Ist se lanzó al mercado en 2007, en Estados Unidos bajo la designación Scion xD. Se comenzará a vender en Europa a principios de 2009 como el Toyota Urban Cruiser, donde se lo publicitará como un automóvil todoterreno para enfrentarse al Daihatsu Terios.

A los dos motores de gasolina de su predecesor se añade un gasolina de 1.8 litros y 132 CV. Existen variantes de tracción delantera y tracción a las cuatro ruedas, y a la oferta anterior de cajas de cambios se agregó una transmisión variable continua.

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