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Fox News Radio overinflates story about ArtPrize paintings made with semen
Updated Apr 03, 2019; Posted Oct 03, 2012
By John Serba | jserba@mlive.com
John Serba | MLive.comOne of the paintings in EA Conner's ArtPrize entry, "Live Positive," hanging in Rumors Night Club.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Fox News Radio has picked up on an ArtPrize story, claiming it's "causing a stir in Grand Rapids."
"Controversial art display rocks Grand Rapids," states the headline of a post by pundit Todd Starnes. He refers to the entry "Live Positive," a trio of paintings by artist EA Conner, who mixed HIV-infected semen in with his acrylics. In his artist statement, Conner calls the work "a reminder that we all come in contact with people every day who are HIV positive." It also says, "being HIV positive is no longer a death sentence."
The paintings, which hang in Rumors Night Club on S. Division Ave., feature symbols that are commonly tattooed on HIV-infected men. The display encourages people to get tested for the disease.
Those of us who actually live in Grand Rapids might argue that we are "rocked" by the work, or even that it's "causing a stir." A couple of local media outlets have picked up on the story, which hasn't really caught fire. Regardless of what you think of the work or its message, it has been overshadowed by higher-profile stories: the Artist Singh controversy, the vandalized work at the YMCA, the is-it-or-isn't-it-art debate over Lights in the Night, the disqualified Top 25 entry, etc.
It's pretty clear that Starnes is overstating the effect the piece has had on the community within the context of ArtPrize. Reading his headline, you'd think it was a hurricane of controversy, when at best, it's only sprinkles of rain.
Starnes takes a specific angle in his post, apparently designed to create a stir where there is none. His opening sentence states, "the paintings were included in a city-wide art competition – partially funded by tax dollars." He also tweeted, "You won't believe what your tax dollars are supporting in Grand Rapids," which does a better job of implying some sort of outrage.
Starnes later quotes an ArtPrize spokesperson regarding the funding. Said spokesperson told Starnes that "ArtPrize neither funds the installation or production of any art exhibited during the event" – which, if you use your brain, states pretty clearly that no tax dollars were given to Conner. It also implies that said money goes towards the ArtPrize organization, which famously does not censor, nor makes any judgment or comment on, the art in the competition.
In other words, he's contradicting himself in his own piece.
Starnes also embeds video of a story put together last week by Grand Rapids TV-news station Fox 17 (see below), which makes note of the, shall we say, unconventional substance used in Conner's paintings. But the story also sees the statement he's trying to make – it includes statistics about HIV-positive people in West Michigan, and includes an interview with a local man with the disease, who discusses the art and its impact.
Regardless of the materials used, the message is relevant.
Starnes' statements are at best muddled. At worst, they're trying to create controversy where there is none, and twists a simple story about an unusual artwork into some sort of polemic. And he completely misses the point of the work, which is to raise awareness of a disease that afflicts many. Just by saying it's causing a stir doesn't mean it's causing a stir.
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The artist created a great sculpture with 5 brass beams.
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Friday 14th December: Jane Hales
One of my favourite stories about Evelyn de Morgan is when her sister, Mrs Anna Stirling visited the Russell-Cotes at Gallery and saw their massive painting Aurora Triumphs by, er, Edward Burne-Jones...
Hang on a minute...
It had been bought as a Burne-Jones by the Russell-Cotes family, but as Mrs Pickering informed the rather startled curator, that was definitely her sister's work because the figure of Aurora was her nursemaid. Although Herbert Russell-Cotes had bought what he thought was a splendid Burne-Jones in 1922, what he had actually bought was one of de Morgan's finest paintings, recognised because of the unforgettable face of a nursemaid called Jane Hales.
Study of Jane Hales (1872-1887) Evelyn de Morgan
There's been a bit written about Miss Hales of late, or rather about her and Mrs de Morgan and possible readings of their relationship. For the record, I neither known nor care if Evelyn and Jane were in love or if Evelyn fancied Jane, because all that detracts from the fact that people can find other people aesthetically pleasing without it being about sex. We're not all Rossetti, you know. Anyway, Jane appears so often and so strikingly in Evelyn's work, she is almost her touchstone, the constant in her artistic vision. So, who was Jane Hales?
The Dryad (1884) Evelyn de Morgan
Mary Jane Hales was born in the summer of 1851 to John and Maria Hales of Leverington, Cambridgeshire. Her father was an agricultural labourer and Jane was at school only as long as a child of that class was allowed before being sent off into the world of work. As it was, Jane's first job was the only one she would have and she dedicated herself to it whole heartedly. At 15, in 1866, Jane joined the Pickering household as nurse to look after one year old Anna Maria Wilhelmina Pickering. Mr Pickering had apparently become so worried about child kidnappers that he insisted on a nurse-companion for each child to keep them safe. His choice of Jane was apposite as she proved a loyal and dedicated companion to Anna and her sister.
Boreas and Oreithyia (1896) Evelyn de Morgan
She was initially paid £11 a year which rose to £16 after she took time away from the Pickerings to return home, possible to nurse a family member. Her brother William died in 1873, but he was already married so it seems unlikely Jane would have been needed to care for him. Looking at Jane's family tree, not many of her siblings make it to adulthood, seemingly only her sister Henrietta and Jane making a decent age, so it could have been there was a lot of illness in the family home. Anyway, Jane returned to the Pickerings in 1871, where her pay was raised to £16 per year. Jane's Uncle had also worked for the Pickerings which is possibly where the opportunity for Jane came from. Evelyn Pickering (later de Morgan) was 11 when Jane came to work for them, and already a determined artist. As her talent grew, her need for life models increased and Jane, described as 'pretty' in Anna Stirling's biography of her sister, was always to hand to be 'bullied or cajoled' (as Anna recorded in her biography) into posing.
Luna (1885) Evelyn de Morgan
Evelyn's mother had chronic back problems (which makes you wonder about Evelyn's later relationship with Jane Morris, another sufferer and only a little younger than Evelyn's mother) and so Jane became a close substitute for the little Pickering children as well as a companion for Evelyn. She spent nine months abroad with the family at a spa in Germany as Mrs Pickering took a rest cure, and travelled over England with the children.
Lux in Tenebris (1895) Evelyn de Morgan
The classically proportioned and beautiful Jane enabled Evelyn to always have a model to hand and she inspired works of art from the young artist. As Evelyn developed an interest in the spiritual side of life, I wonder if Jane's kind and caring nature and role within the family is what inspired the beauty of Evelyn's art.
Helen of Troy (1898) Evelyn de Morgan
Even when Anna married in 1901, Jane remained, a necessity to the family, a member of the family. In 1911, she is still there, listed in Anna's home - Anna had become Mrs Stirling and pleasingly the head of the household as an author (Mr Stirling was a university lecturer) - and Jane had graduated from nursemaid to lady's maid to her 45 year old charge. Jane died, aged 75, and was buried in the plot adjacent to Evelyn, who predeceased her by seven years. Jane's inclusion in the Pickering/de Morgan/Stirling graves marks the closeness of the girls of the family and how Jane had dedicated herself to them. Beyond whether or not Evelyn de Morgan was sexually attracted to her model, is the story of a woman who was valued in another family as being their own necessity and given a grave among them because they could not bear to be separated from her, even in death.
See you tomorrow.
Posted by Kirsty Stonell Walker at 21:25
Labels: Blogvent, Evelyn de Morgan, Jane Hales
Many thanks for your comment. I shall post it up shortly! Kx
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Q: Adding If statement to signals not working properly I have set a Notification system for my Django project whenever a user likes or comments on a post the Author receives a notification about this activity.
I have read about the Signals in django: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/signals/#listening-to-signals
In the Post Model, I have added a num_likes which reflects the number of likes the post has received.
I am trying to add an option so that the Author of the Post can receive a Notification when the num_likes reaches a certain number. In my example, it is the First Like.
So, here is what I have tried but nothing happened.
Here is the models.py
class Post(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=100, unique=True)
    author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='author')
    num_likes = models.IntegerField(default=0, verbose_name='No. of Likes')
    likes = models.ManyToManyField(User, related_name='liked', blank=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title
#---------------------------My trial------------------------------------------
    def like_progress(sender, instance, *args, **kwargs):
        post = instance
        if post.num_likes == 1:
            notify = Notification(post=post, user=post.author, notification_type=3)
            notify.save()

# num_likes
post_save.connect(Post.like_progress, sender=Post)
#---------------------------My trial------------------------------------------

Here are the notifications model.py
class Notification(models.Model):
    NOTIFICATION_TYPES=((1,'Like'),(2,'Comment'),(3,'Admin'))

    post = models.ForeignKey('blog.Post', on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="noti_post", blank=True, null=True)
    sender = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="noti_from_user")
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE,related_name="noti_to_user")
    notification_type= models.IntegerField(choices=NOTIFICATION_TYPES)
    text_preview= models.CharField(max_length=90,blank=True)
    date=models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
    is_seen=models.BooleanField(default=False)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.notification_type

here are the notifications app views.py
def ShowNotifications(request, *args, **kwargs):
    user=request.user
    notifications= Notification.objects.filter(user=user).order_by('-date')
    Notification.objects.filter(user=user, is_seen=False).update(is_seen=True)

    template= loader.get_template('notifications/notifications.html')

    context = {
        'notifications': notifications,
    }

    return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))

here is the url.py
app_name = 'notifications'

urlpatterns = [
    path('', ShowNotifications, name='show-notifications'),

here is the template:
<!-- Admin Notification -->
{% if notification.notification_type == 3 %}
Your First Like in this post
{% endif %}
<!-- Admin Notification -->

So to summarize:
I have a perfectly working Notification system I am just trying to add to it an option to notify the Author of a Post that he received a first like for example.
What am I doing wrong in the above and how can I get this feature to work?
If there is anything vague or more information required please ask

A: You don't receive the notification because of these two lines in your view:
notifications= Notification.objects.filter(user=user).order_by('-date')
Notification.objects.filter(user=user, is_seen=False).update(is_seen=True)

Let me explain what happens in those lines.

*

*You filter the notifications but the filter ORM method is lazy, which means it will not be executed until the objects are needed, which in your case is in the template

*You then update the status of the notifications. Unlike filter, update is not lazy so the query is immediately executed and the notifications have status is_seen as True in DB.

*Django starts rendering your templates and executes the original filter to retrieve the notifications. At this point, you no longer have notifications with is_seen=False in the DB as you already updated them in step 2 to is_seen=True. So, the loop in the template that renders the notifications shows nothing as it could not find any unseen notifications in the DB.

To mitigate this, convert the notifications in step 1 to list, so that the query will be executed immediately. In this way, you are passing an actual list of objects to your template and not a lazy queryset.
This solves your problem:
notifications= list(Notification.objects.filter(user=user).order_by('-date'))

Converting it to list forces Django to immediately execute the query and return the objects

A: Define like_progress in a new file, signals.py, in the same directory as .models.Post instead of in the model. This will help avoid side effects.

In practice, signal handlers are usually defined in a signals submodule of the application they relate to.

Register the signal handler in the appConfig for the app which contains the Post model, I called the app "blog", so the module path is blog.apps.BlogConfig and add that module path to INSTALLED_APPS, instead of just the app name.
From the docs:

Signal receivers are connected in the ready() method of your application configuration class.

And check out more information on the ready method.
Your apps.py file in the blog app (whereever Post model lives) should look like so:
from django.apps import AppConfig
from django.db.models.signals import post_save

class BlogConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'blog'

    def ready(self):
        from .models import Post
        from .signals import like_progress

        post_save.connect(like_progress, sender=Post)

Note that the imports need to happen in the ready method. There is also an option to specify the model import as a string.
Remember to also specify another user as a sender when you create the Notification. As in:
notify = Notification(post=post, user=post.author, sender=liker, notification_type=3)

And you might want to check out the docs on avoiding duplicate registration of signal handlers.
It's all in the docs you linked to, but it helped a lot to see what happened in the shell (python manage.py shell). At first it failed silently, but once the signal handler was moved into signals.py and registered in appConfig it started to show some results.

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Abstract: Primary prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in men but has highly variable outcomes, highlighting the need for biomarkers to determine which patients can be managed conservatively. Few large prostate oncogenome resources currently exist that combine the molecular and clinical outcome data necessary to discover prognostic biomarkers. Previously, we found an association between relapse and the pattern of DNA copy number alteration (CNA) in 168 primary tumors, raising the possibility of CNA as a prognostic biomarker. Here we examine this question by profiling an additional 104 primary prostate cancers and updating the initial 168 patient cohort with long-term clinical outcome. We find that CNA burden across the genome, defined as the percentage of the tumor genome affected by CNA, was associated with biochemical recurrence and metastasis after surgery in these two cohorts, independent of the prostate-specific antigen biomarker or Gleason grade, a major existing histopathological prognostic variable in prostate cancer. Moreover, CNA burden was associated with biochemical recurrence in intermediate-risk Gleason 7 prostate cancers, independent of prostate-specific antigen or nomogram score. We further demonstrate that CNA burden can be measured in diagnostic needle biopsies using low-input whole-genome sequencing, setting the stage for studies of prognostic impact in conservatively treated cohorts.


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ZIP code 37015 is located in northern Tennessee and covers a slightly higher than average land area compared to other ZIP codes in the United States. It also has a slightly less than average population density.
The people living in ZIP code 37015 are primarily white. The number of people in their late 20s to early 40s is extremely large while the number of middle aged adults is extremely large. There are also a slightly higher than average number of single parents and a slightly less than average number of single adults. The percentage of children under 18 living in the 37015 ZIP code is slightly higher than average compared to other areas of the country.
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For more information, see Ashland City, TN commute times.
The percentage of people that did not graduate high school is among the highest in the nation. Despite the lower high school graduation rates, compared to other ZIPs, a much higher percentage of the population has received a college degree.
ZIP Code 37015 is in the following school districts: Cheatham County School District and Private. There are 6 different elementary schools and high schools with mailing addresses in ZIP code 37015.
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102 Elizabeth St
Grade Level: Other/Combined or Ungraded
District: Cheatham County School District
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3201 Bearwallow Rd
Cheatham Middle School
700 Scoutview Dr
Cheatham County Central
1 Cub Cr
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1751 Oak Plains Rd
District: Private
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Home / Opinion / Columns / One earth with one family... and many kinds of love
One earth with one family... and many kinds of love
Finding a partner and especially the solemnization of marriage is a dream almost all of us pursue. (AFP)
4 min read . Updated: 01 Dec 2022, 09:38 PM ISTRahul Jacob
In recognition of how grossly unjust it has been to deny that right to the LGBTQ community, countries across the world have legalized same-sex marriages ever since the early 2000s, when the Netherlands became the first to do so
As a gay teenager, Mohsin Zaidi continued to pray five times a day, as he had as a young boy, repeatedly asking God for one blessing: That he become straight. By the time he got to Oxford, his thoughts had turned suicidal, and he wondered if his parents would prefer a dead son to a gay son. Zaidi's book published last year, A Dutiful Boy, is the defining subcontinental memoir of growing up gay, even though Zaidi is British-Pakistani and his childhood was in the suburbs of London. One of the most moving passages is when he took his partner, Matthew, to meet his parents.
Finding a partner and especially the solemnization of marriage is a dream almost all of us pursue. In recognition of how grossly unjust it has been to deny that right to the LGBTQ community, countries across the world have legalized same-sex marriages ever since the early 2000s, when the Netherlands became the first to do so. In addition to developed countries, countries such as Cuba and Colombia allow same-sex marriages. Two petitions filed last month before India's Supreme Court by a team of distinguished lawyers, including former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi, seek equal treatment for gay and lesbian couples who want to solemnize their relationships under the Special Marriages Act. The petitions are spectacularly well timed. This week, the US Senate passed a law that mandates federal recognition of same-sex marriages. It also forbids state governments from denying the validity of such a marriage that was conducted outside that state. At the other end of the spectrum, regardless of all the exciting football and the surreal $200 billion spent on stadiums and infrastructure, Qatar will also be infamous for its persecution of gays and lesbians and its poor labour rights of migrant workers.
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The ruling in the Navtej Johar case, with its powerful pillars of recognizing how discrimination against LGBTQ people violates constitutional guarantees of equality and privacy of the individual, strengthens the case. The secular nature of the Special Marriages Act weakens the possible counter-argument that the court cannot trespass upon personal law or religious provisions. "As long as there is the concept of marriage, to not allow it (for same sex couples) is a violation of the equality clause in article 14," says Saurabh Kirpal, who is one of the lawyers acting for the petitioners. The petition will be heard on 6 January, remarkably prompt given that many matters involving Kashmir as well as misuse of state investigative agencies have been waiting their turn for a few years.
While this petition is a moment of pride for LGBTQ individuals like me, we need public education by the government as well as Bollywood to win the battle against prejudice on who can marry whom well beyond upper-middle-class India. As news of these petitions broke, I had just spoken on the phone with a gay man in Haryana. The economic downturn of the pandemic had pitchforked him back to his family farm after years of living in Delhi and briefly in Dubai, where he worked as a personal trainer. He did not believe he could ever live with his partner in Delhi; his past life represented "a dream".
The Supreme Court's hearing of these petitions comes at time when several state governments have used the bogey of "forced conversion" and "love jihad" to pass laws that harass inter-faith couples by absurdly demanding they notify and seek the government's permission first before getting married. Admirably, the Madhya Pradesh high court last month and the Gujarat high court in August have ruled against such laws, but an intervention from the Supreme Court is urgently needed.
"One Love", the credo on the armbands footballers planned to wear in support of LGBTQ rights that were outlawed at the World Cup, applies also to couples of different religions, of course. As Qatar has learnt, hosting high-profile global events comes with broad and intense scrutiny of human rights, which India will face as well as it assumes the G20 presidency.
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Alexis Hope Dissertation Defense
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Dissertation Title: Social Change through Community Innovation: Feminist and Participatory Design Approaches to Organizing Inclusive, Equitable, and Joyful Hackathons
In this dissertation, I explore the potential for social impact hackathons to support meaningful social change. Hackathons — a long-running community practice within open-source groups, hackerspaces, technology companies, and educational settings — remain a popular style of gathering for those engaged with technology, design, and innovation work. Over the past twenty years, hackathons have also been embraced by the social change sector as a means of developing possible solutions to social issues. However, skeptics point out numerous shortcomings of hackathons, including poor problem-selection, diversity and inclusion issues around who participates, the exploitation of unpaid labor, their limited impact, and the dangers of positing purely technological solutions to sociotechnical issues.
At the same time, hackathons have enormous potential as a participatory approach to both technology development and problem solving. They bring people together around a common cause, help contribute to participant skill and identity development, and have an impact on media narratives around an issue.
Rather than abandoning the hackathon as a social form, this dissertation examines how the union of feminist values and participatory design approaches can mitigate these critiques and help hackathons live up to their many potentials, including as a means of making space for community innovation at centers of technology innovation. To explore this, I present four case studies of iterations on the 2014 "Make the Breast Pump Not Suck" Hackathon held over the past seven years, including one event held virtually in response to COVID-19. Drawing on these case studies, I present design tenets and principles for hackathon organizers that can be used to design events that are inclusive, equitable, and joyful.
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Atlanta's Constitution Building at Five Points sold; preservation calls for affordable housing
Plans for the 1940s Art Moderne building also include offices, rooftop restaurant.
By Michael Kahn Oct 20, 2017, 12:11pm EDT
The proposed future of a long-neglected property.
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A new chapter in the life of the long-languishing Atlanta Constitution Building at Five Points is about to begin.
Invest Atlanta voted Thursday to sell the Art Moderne building, which was built in the 1940s to house the newspaper, to developer Pope & Land and Place Properties.
Plans call for the building to house 67,000 square feet of loft office space—half of which is slated to be occupied by the City of Atlanta Planning Office.
Additionally, 2,500 square feet of ground floor retail and a rooftop restaurant will be housed in the old building, while an adjoining residential building will be constructed with 112 units and 142 parking spaces.
As part of the $2-million sale, 30 percent of the residential units will be reserved as income-restricted residences. The restriction will be in place for three decades—a long time, though not nearly as long as the architecturally significant structure has been left to decay.
While the building is known for its first tenant—the precursor paper to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution—the paper stayed in the building for only a few years. After 1953, Georgia Power moved into the facility, sticking around until the 1970s.
Ever since, the building has languished at the western edge of Underground Atlanta. Trees grow on the roof, and its boarded-up and bricked-over windows have shielded homeless encampments over the years.
The sale is welcome news, capping off a lengthy RFP process, which spurred consternation in preservationist circles.
According to documents submitted as part of the sale process, construction is slated to begin in June, with the offices complete in May 2019 and the residential building open by February 2020.
For a glimpse of the building at what was likely its nadir (and a preview of rooftop views), cover your nose and head to this CL feature from 2014.
Pope & Land and Place Properties 143 Alabama RFP Fact Sheet [Invest Atlanta]
Near Gulch, Underground, former Atlanta Constitution Building to get new life [Curbed Atlanta]
Next Up In Atlanta Historic Preservation
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From the flight of the Wright brothers in 1903 to the first man on the moon in 1969 (July 20th), there have been daring men and women who have pushed the limits of human experience in the air. These pictures (covering 1909 through the 1960's) show the people and machines in the first half century of the history of machine flight.
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Governments intentions are revealed by those who join their ranks, rather than by the manifestations they draft. The people they appoint are an index to the interests they serve and expose the gulf between what a government claims to be and what it is. This Guardian article is "about the network of unelected committees, boards and commissions, operating below the public radar." Acclaimed author George Monbiot denounces the web of unelected bodies that, quietly and without effective public scrutiny or restrain, draft and enforce policies, disburse money, regulate – or rather fail to regulate – business.
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'From any single perspective', Bertrand Russell said, "power always seems to be elsewhere". This article is about one of those elsewheres. It is about the network of unelected committees, boards and commissions, operating below the public radar, through which governments pursue the aims that weren't disclosed in their manifestos. The people they appoint are an index to the interests they serve. To list them is to expose the gulf between what a government claims to be and what it is.
It would be misleading to suggest that the process I'm about to discuss is new. Blair and Brown began the abuses that the coalition government is refining: purging countervailing voices from public bodies and stuffing them with the representatives of business.
But Cameron and his ministers are extending this project to serve what seems to me to be their core aims. These are to marketise and covertly privatise what remains of public provision and to create a welfare state for corporations and the ultra-rich, whose income will be sustained by public contracts and captive markets for essential services.
I'll begin with the government's "reform" of the National Health Service. The body charged with breaking an integrated, co-ordinated system into warring kingdoms whose commercial interests discourage collaboration is called Monitor. Its role will be to enforce competition, ensuring that "any qualified provider" can enter the NHS.
The current government has made two new appointments to Monitor's board, including the chair, who is also the body's chief executive. Both were previously senior partners at the consultancy company McKinsey. Of the six members of Monitor's senior management team, two previously worked for McKinsey (including the chief executive) and two at a similar company, KPMG.
As an investigation by Spinwatch, carried in the Mail on Sunday, shows, both board members and executives at Monitor have been lavishly entertained by McKinsey, which, like KPMG, is picking up fat contracts from NHS reforms. The company, the Mail reports, drew up many of the proposals in the health and social care bill, which were "included in the legislation wholesale". Both McKinsey and KPMG have been major beneficiaries of previous privatisations or private finance schemes.
Other health agencies seem similarly unbalanced. MHRA, the medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency, is the body that has been criticised for failing adequately to regulate breast and hip implants, with grim consequences for some patients. While the board contains retired senior executives from AstraZeneca and Merck Sharp & Dohme, it includes no one from a patient group, or any other body representing people whose health could be damaged by its decisions.
The Medical Research Council, which disburses research funds for the preservation of life, is chaired by a man who runs a company specialising in weapons technology. Sir John Chisholm was the civil servant in charge of privatising the government's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency. While doing so, he bought a £129,000 stake in the company. The value of this stake rose to £26m when the new defence firm, QinetiQ, was floated. This was described as "obscene" by the former defence minister Lord Gilbert and "greed of the highest order" by the agency's former managing director.
The other council members include executives or directors from Pfizer, Kardia Therapeutics and Microgen Ltd, but no one who makes their primary living working for a medical charity or any other public interest group. It seems to me that the direction of publicly funded medical research is being set by a weird and unbalanced board.
You can see something similar across government. The Office of Rail Regulation, for instance, is supposed to ensure that the railways are safe, efficient and "meet the needs of passengers and freight customers". Yet its board contains no members from passenger groups, unions or transport campaigns. The government did, however, find room for current or former executives of National Express, BAA, Rolls Royce, National Grid and Thames Water.
Soon after this government took office it set up a Farming Regulation Task Force. It was chaired by the ex-director general of the National Farmers Union. His deputy was another NFU official. Other members consisted of two more farmers, three corporate executives, onecounty council official and someone from the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, which claims to defend wildlife but gives advice on setting snares and spring traps. There was no one representing groups protecting the environment, landscape or animal welfare.
Its report was titled, with crashing irony, Striking a Balance. It insisted that "government must trust industry". Among its recommendations were that the government should relax the rules on the stocking density of chickens reared for meat, that new pesticides should be approved more quickly, that farmers should be given 24-year water abstraction licences (madness in view of the fluctuating pattern of droughts) and that "industry representatives" should have special, confidential access to the government's draft legislation. The body the government has set up to implement the taskforce's proposals will be chaired by the same man.
This is just a snapshot of the committee-nobbling in which successive governments have engaged. As well as excluding people who represent the wider public interest, David Cameron's government has snuffed out the bodies which might have balanced these one-sided boards, such as the Sustainable Development Commission and the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. Its bonfire of the quangos was in fact a bonfire of dissent, as committees which told it what it didn't want to hear were selectively purged.
I am not arguing that there should be no corporate representation on government bodies, but that it should be one strand among many. For every corporate executive on these boards there must be someone who represents an opposing interest; otherwise they become clubs for crony capitalists, feather-bedding their industries, acting against the public good.
The web of unelected bodies functions as a kind of shadow government, drafting and enforcing policies, disbursing money, regulating – or failing to regulate – business, quietly, unobtrusively, without effective public scrutiny or restraint. When it is unbalanced, crawling with conflicts of interest, it makes a nonsense of democracy. This is how governments get what they want, regardless of what the voters might think.


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A Purge of Working Class Families? The Hard Truth Behind Rising House Prices
Thousands of people are being needlessly forced out of their communities, exiled from their homes and pushed away from friends and family, all due to a government policy that is entrenching class division. Just as Thatcher promoted with her highly controversial right to buy scheme, this Conservative government is once again stimulating house prices to mimic the symptoms of an economic recovery – when in actual fact, they are intentionally condemning thousands of poor families to ghettos of poverty and crime. If you're a part of the suburban and property owning middle class, you will probably welcome the constant inflation…
Africa – Raped, Exploited and Abandoned
A deeper look at the long term effect of the colonization of many, if not most, African regions and countries since the 1600's reveals the horrific treatment of the native peoples and tribes, and the very negative effect on their economies. And it covers the exclusion in terms of the Global Economy, the majority of the rural people in Africa do not have the technological knowledge nor the necessary infrastructure within which to take part in the Global Economy.
5 Reasons Graduates Should Be Talking About Online Jobs
The problem of graduate unemployment has bedeviled many a nation for decades, and has caused increasing dissatisfaction among youths who should be vibrant propellers of national development. In recent times, offline jobs have steadily declined in inverse proportion to advancements in communication technology. However, this trend should be seen as a blessing rather than a curse.
US Dollar Stability – For How Long?
America's trade and budget deficits have led to large amounts of borrowing such that many countries, in particular Asian ones, hold trillions of dollars of US debt. Over the last twelve months they have seen the value of that debt slowly decline as other economies have emerged from the recession in a stronger position than the US. A continued decline in the dollar's value is likely to lead some of the holders of US debt to consider selling and, as a result, further undermine US dollar stability.
Greek Unemployment Soars
The gulf between the strong and weak members of the EU was today emphasized by figures that show the parlous state of the Greek economy. Janet Yellen is concerned about hardcore unemployment in the US where the unemployment rate hovers around 6.5% whilst the Greek unemployment rate has just been announced as a record 28% overall, with two thirds of young people without a job.
Socialism Is Great, The US National Socialist Committee Stated
As a free market capitalist, namely from an entrepreneurial standpoint, I know the value and synergies gained by this great socio-economic strategy, and I believe it far surpasses anything else, including socialism. But that's not what the socialists say, and not only do they beg to differ, but they'll shout you down if you state otherwise. Yes, let's discuss this very controversial topic shall we?
Africa's Income Inequalities and the Reality of A Few Big Men
There is no shortage of economic growth on the African continent. In fact statistics reveal that six of the world's ten fastest growing economies of the last decade are in Africa. Emerging from the Global Financial Crisis relatively unscathed, African economies especially those in sub-Saharan Africa have continued to make positive strides towards growth and development. Yet paradoxically, more people live in absolute poverty here in Africa than anywhere else in the world. This shows the extent to which income inequalities have become more pronounced over the years. This commentary article looks at the rising income gap between the continents rich and poor. Evidence shows the emergence of an elite politically connected wealthy few, and a significant portion of the population still living in squalor. The article shows that this is not sustainable and that true economic growth must be inclusive of everyone, and not just be a preserve of a select few. If Africa is to grow sustainably therefore, the gap between the rich and the poor has to be lessened and this article shows why that must be.
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Here is a quote from Milton Friedman in a speech (1997?) regarding Hong Kong: "Once a tiny, poor colonial backwater of only 600,000 people and few assets, Hong Kong's average per capita income was about one-quarter of the average income in Great Britain and 60 percent of Israel's. The historical accident that assigned a disciple of Adam Smith to be governor of Hong Kong set the tiny colony on a different path.
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Empathetic leadership in critical situations : how can leaders lead with empathy in times of trauma?
Junior officers and senior enlisted leaders face intense crises and duress during deployments. They operate in high reliability organizations (HROs) where planning for failure is the norm and individuals' expectation of loss is high. Still, when units experience IEDs (improvised explosive devices) or suicide bomb attacks, unit integrity and ability to stay together and focused are called into question. This thesis first explores and develops the concept of empathetic leadership; it is differentiated from similar concepts of leadership in the context of a critical military incident. The research then analyzes leadership behavior described in detail in a Ground Combat Element (GCE) after an unexpected suicide bomb attack at an entry control point in a combat zone where a well-respected Senior Enlisted Leader (SEL) lost his life. His positive effect on his men made his loss difficult for the unit, making it hard for the unit to recover and heal. The central aim of this thesis is to analyze the incident of the loss of the SEL and uncover key leadership behaviors under traumatic and life-threatening situations necessary for managers of high reliability organizations. More than any other characteristic of leadership, empathy plays a vital and effective role in the leading as long as it ensures communication and generates mutual trust between the leader and the follower. Lessons derived from this case provide useful perspectives of managing and leading in critical situations where major trauma is a vital concern.Junior officers and senior enlisted leaders face intense crises and duress during deployments. They operate in high reliability organizations (HROs) where planning for failure is the norm and individuals' expectation of loss is high. Still, when units experience IEDs (improvised explosive devices) or suicide bomb attacks, unit integrity and ability to stay together and focused are called into question. This thesis first explores and develops the concept of empathetic leadership; it is differentiated from similar concepts of leadership in the context of a critical military incident. The research then analyzes leadership behavior described in detail in a Ground Combat Element (GCE) after an unexpected suicide bomb attack at an entry control point in a combat zone where a well-respected Senior Enlisted Leader (SEL) lost his life. His positive effect on his men made his loss difficult for the unit, making it hard for the unit to recover and heal. The central aim of this thesis is to analyze the incident of the loss of the SEL and uncover key leadership behaviors under traumatic and life-threatening situations necessary for managers of high reliability organizations. More than any other characteristic of leadership, empathy plays a vital and effective role in the leading as long as it ensures communication and generates mutual trust between the leader and the follower. Lessons derived from this case provide useful perspectives of managing and leading in critical situations where major trauma is a vital concern.


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What is the ceiling limit?
Can I buy ceiling land?
How much land a person can own in Rajasthan?
How many acres of land Can a person own?
How much land can a person own in Uttar Pradesh?
How much land a man can buy?
Can we buy property from SC ST?
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What is Ceiling Act in Madhya Pradesh?
What was the main content of land ceiling act?
What is ULC document?
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What is ceiling land in Assam?
What is ceiling on land holding class 12?
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Can you buy ceiling land Telangana?
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Ceiling limits, generally, are the maximum values that a person should avoid. Ceiling limits are the upper boundaries of harmful substances to which a person should not be exposed to. For example, the ceiling limit for ammonia (NH3) is 50 ppm (parts per million).
Flurry of amendments since 2014 Andhra Pradeshallowed the sale of ceiling lands to industries in 2009. In Karnataka, the amendments began in 2015 when the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government increased the maximum income of a buyer of agricultural land from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 25 lakh.
The provisions contained in Chapter III-B of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 had imposed a ceiling of thirty acres on the holding of agricultural land in the State.
The corresponding state implements land ceilings law, and the maximum of land that someone can own under this law is 3.6 hectares in some states, and it is 22 hectares in some other states. For Tamil Nadu it is 60 acres, for Kerala, it is 15 acres, for Himachal Pradesh it is 32 acres and so on.
The maximum ceiling limit for Purchase of an Agricultural land in the State of Uttar Pradesh is 12.50 Acres.
25 lakh per annum (earlier the limit was Rs. 2 lakh per annum). Under Section 109 of Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964, social or industrial organisations can purchase agricultural land with Government approval.
The Supreme Court said that the land belonging to scheduled castes or tribes cannot be bought by non-dalits, including companies.
Land ceiling refers to fix the quantum of land held by a family. In simple words, land ceiling can be defined as the process of fixing the maximum limit of land holdings that an individual can own. Ceiling on holding is not a solution for the problem of sub-division of holding.
An Act to provide for the imposition of ceiling on agricultural holdings, acquisition and disposal of surplus land and matter ancillary thereto. Be it enacted by the Madhya Pradesh Legislature in the Eleventh Year of the. Republic of India as follows: Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement.
Karnataka had the limit of 21.85 hectares for dry land, while Punjab had 20.50 hectares and West Bengal 7.00 hectares. For irrigated lands with two crops, the limit was lower –Andhra Pradesh – 4.05 to 7.28 hectares, M.P, Maharashtra – 7.28 hectares, Punjab – 7 hectares, West Bengal – 5.0 hectares.
Documents related to the sanctioned layout, planning, commencement certificate, title certificate, permission for non-agricultural use, urban land ceiling (ULC) order, and permission papers related to environmental clearances are some key documents that investors must verify before investing in a project.
92 Revenue(ULC) Department Dated 26-5-2016 have decided to formulate scheme for regularisation/allotment of excess lands to the parties who are in occupation by way of registered documents and accordingly issued guidelines for regularisation/allotment of excess lands which were vested with Government and possession of …
The Assam Fixation of Ceiling On Land Holdings Act, 1956 (as amended) came into force with effect from 15th February, 1958 in all the Plain Districts of Assam. The level of Ceiling was 49.05 acres plus allowable areas for orchard up to 9.00 acres. It was applicable in Agricultural land.
Ceiling of land holdings It refers to the maximum and minimum limits to the size of holding a land that one is permitted to hold. The surplus land, i.e., over and above the ceiling limit has been redistributed by the government to small or landless labourers.
Land consolidation is the reallocation of parcels with the aim the landowners to obtain larger parcels at one or more places in exchange of their former smaller and fragmented land plots. The word "land consolidation" comes from the Latin "commassatio" (grouping).
Telangana government yet to find clarity on Land Ceiling Act implementation. Hyderabad: There is still no clarity on the implementation of the Land Ceiling Act for distribution of Rs 4,000 per acre as cheques to farmers. According to this Act, 50 acres of land is the maximum limit one can own.
38 seeks to minimize the inequalities of income, status, facilities and opportunities. Land ceiling minimize inequality in the land ownership and thus reduces inequality of income.
The Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 ("ULC Act") was enacted to prevent concentration of urban properties in the hands of a few and to ensure equitable distribution / utilization of urban vacant lands. The ULC Act provided for ceiling on holding of vacant land in urban agglomerations of the State.
Who can buy agricultural land in India. In some states like Telangana, anyone can buy agricultural land, regardless of whether or not they are farmers. However, in other states, like Karnataka, only registered farmers or those from farming families can buy agricultural land.
The provision of Land Reforms Act states that a family with five members can maximum own 15 standard acres of agricultural land. Additional five acres is allowed for every member of the family, but all put together the maximum a family can own cannot exceed 30 standard acres.
Investing in agricultural land is capital-intensive. Usually, agricultural land is considered a good investment for high net-worth individuals and for those with surplus income. For salaried or self-employed individuals, living in cities, going through all this process will be time-consuming and tiresome.
States like Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat have affordably priced land for sale, particularly in inner parts of these States. The same may also be true for some parts of Maharashtra and West Bengal as well.


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Free speech group threatens legal action after UBC cancels conservative speaker
Andy Ngo, the editor-at-large of The Post Millennial, had been scheduled to speak at UBC
Jan. 6, 2020 10:55 a.m.
A free speech group is threatening legal action after the University of British Columbia cancelled an event with a conservative speaker.
Andy Ngo, the editor-at-large of The Post Millennial, a conservative online publication, had been scheduled by the Free Speech Club to speak at UBC on Jan. 29. But school officials cancelled it because of security concerns.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, a conservative legal advocacy group, said in a letter that it will sue if UBC does not reinstate Ngo's event, accusing officials of bowing to "the heckler's veto."
"It is an alarming betrayal of the foundational pillar of higher education – the freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression," the letter stated.
In an email to Black Press media, UBC chief risk officer Ron Holton reiterated the possibility of safety risks, but did not elaborate. He declined to comment on any legal action.
But we're fighting this decision! @JCCFCanada has issued a demand letter to the president of UBC warning that the university will face legal action if it does not rescind the cancellation. Kowtowing to violent extremists will only embolden them. https://t.co/FYwAgIZlvY pic.twitter.com/NoOt3AiZXw
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) January 2, 2020
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Der Drahtwarenmacher war bis zum 31. Juli 2013 ein staatlich anerkannter Ausbildungsberuf nach Berufsbildungsgesetz (BBiG). Er wurde zum 1. August 2013 durch den Ausbildungsberuf Fachkraft für Metalltechnik ersetzt.

Ausbildungsdauer und Struktur
Die Ausbildungsdauer zum Drahtwarenmacher beträgt in der Regel zwei Jahre. Die Ausbildung erfolgt an den Lernorten Betrieb und Berufsschule.

Der Beruf gilt als so genannter "Alt-Metall-Beruf", da er bereits vor dem Inkrafttreten des Berufbildungsgesetzes existiert. Er wurde am 30. März 1940 anerkannt. Diese Berufe gelten nach § 108 Abs. 1 BBiG als Ausbildungsberufe im Sinne des § 25 BBiG, bis eine reguläre Ausbildungsordnung geschaffen wird.

Arbeitsgebiete
Drahtwarenmacher stellen Toranlagen, Zäune und Gitter her. Sie verarbeiten dazu Draht aus Stahl, Kupfer, Messung oder Leichtmetall sowie Metallprofile zu Drahtgeweben und Gittern.

Entwicklung

Die Ausbildungsvorschriften für den Beruf aus dem Jahr 1940 sind veraltet. Es fehlt eine Ausbildungsordnung mit detaillierten Inhalten sowie modernen Prüfungsanforderungen. Das Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung hat daher im Jahr 2009 diesen und weitere Berufe vor dem Inkrafttreten des Berufsbildungsgesetzes untersucht.

Das BiBB kommt in seiner Untersuchung zu dem Schluss, dass diese Ausbildungsberufe in einen neuen Ausbildungsberuf mit Schwerpunkten oder Fachrichtungen einfließen könnten. Als Arbeitstitel wurde Fachkraft für Metalltechnik gewählt. Der Beruf könnte einen breit angelegten Qualifizierungssockel umfassen und im zweiten Jahr eine Differenzierung in einzelne Bereiche vornehmen. Innerhalb dieses Berufes könnten die Qualifikationen eines Drahtwarenmachers gemeinsam mit denen der Federmacher und Drahtzieher in einem Schwerpunkt "Draht- und Federntechnik" gebündelt werden.

Denkbar wäre weiterhin, dass ein Auszubildender, der seine Ausbildung als Fachkraft für Metalltechnik erfolgreich abgelegt hat, seine Ausbildung in einem drei oder dreieinhalbjährigen industriellen Metallberuf fortsetzen kann, z. B. als Industriemechaniker oder Verfahrensmechaniker für Kunststoff- und Kautschuktechnik. Dabei sollte die bereits absolvierte Ausbildungszeit angerechnet werden.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Informationen zum Drahtwarenmacher bei der Bundesagentur für Arbeit. Abgerufen am 25. Oktober 2010.

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Q: Windows 7's compatibility mode set to Windows XP SP3 for an executable from the command line and bypass User Account Control Prompt I'm trying to package an application called Boss and it's intended to be deployed through SCCM 2012 and seems that it's an old Windows 2K application so it doesn't has all the properties I wish it could have to modify inside an MSI so I have the Setup.exe and a bunch of DLL's to register to make it work for Windows 7.
I finished installing with the regular setup.exe but the application requires Admin Rights to run.
I tried to set the following command on my .CMD installer sequence:
reg.exe Add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers" /f /v "C:\Boss2K\Boss.exe" /d "WINXPSP3"

And it will run the application only with the Admin account but when a single user without an elevated account will try it it just prompt to enter the Admin credentials to run it.
This is the main installer sequence:
@echo off

start /wait C:\Boss1\setup.exe /quiet

del "C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Boss.lnk"
del "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Boss\Boss.lnk"
del "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Boss\Test-O-Matic!.lnk"

copy /y "%~dp0Boss.lnk" "C:\Users\Public\Desktop"
copy /y "%~dp0Boss.lnk" "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Boss\Boss.lnk"
copy /y "%~dp0Test-O-Matic!.lnk" "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Boss\Test-O-Matic!.lnk"

reg.exe Add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers" /f /v "C:\Boss2K\Boss.exe" /d "WINXPSP3"

exit

So, I just want to know if there's anything that I'm missing here to get these 2 screens bypassed: Compatibility/Change Settings for all Users and the User Account Control in order to run the application without any pop up at all just for this application.

A: If a standard user tries to run an application which requires elevation, they will have to enter admin credentials. They are not an admin, so it would be unsafe to let them launch a program which runs as admin. You should grant them access to whatever the program needs to modify so that it can be run as a standard user and not as an admin, or you should grant the user admin so that they can write to system portions of the disk.

A: Unpack msi files:
 msiexec /a setup.msi /qb TARGETDIR=C:\extracted_files

run application setup at compatibility Windows XP SP3

A: Use runas.exe
Create a shortcut to the app and modify the command line to:
runas /user:Administrator /savecred C:\Boss2k\Boss.exe

It will ask for administrator credentials once and store them, so the user will be able to run the app with admin rights.


There is no deterioration in spark quality as the contact surface of the points deteriorate with age.
It removes the drift of ignition timing that occurs as the points wear (approx 1 degree per thou wear) and so maintains a much more consistent state of tune.
This system works in conjunction with either the existing coil, or a change in coil – for example to a sports coil which generates more voltage.
Kit which incorporate a spark booster: This includes the points replacement element as well as other components (of varying types) that boost the spark voltage.
Full electronic distributor: A complete new distributor which incorporates full electronic control over ignition advance, rather than using the original distributor and its mechanical means of controlling advance. These units come as either fully programmable or with a selection of pre-set advance curves to chose from. Don't incorporate a voltage boost, work with whichever coil you choose as per points replacement kit.
Naturally the more a kit does the more it will cost.


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Walk into Nicole Vaisman's South Palm Canyon studio, and immediately you're immersed in sleek, clean vibes. White, Scandinavian-style chairs pop with grey pillows, and her exclusive line of anti-aging and hyperpigmentation products gleams on the wall. With more than 15 years of experience in the beauty industry, Vaisman is at the top of her game when it comes to skin care. She currently serves as lead esthetician at Ace Hotel & Swim Club and decided to launch her own business to help clients achieve "noticeable results." In the industry, resort-style facials are referred to as a "fluff and buff." Here, she offers long-term care for better skin.
"I feel like no matter how much you weigh or what situations you're in in life, you can always look better with good skin," Vaisman says.
Meta is derived from a word that means "turning post" in Latin, and Vaisman wants her clients – both local and long-distance – to turn a corner. She offers facials, peels and waxing, as well as more dedicated programs for acne and aging. And when she says "dedicated" she means it: Clients are booked for bimonthly appointments and sign paperwork agreeing to follow her rules at home.
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A Quintessence Skin Science national educator and Face Reality certified acne expert, Vaisman treats all grades of acne by working closely with the client, and giving them enzyme and mild chemical peel treatments every two weeks, along with LED light therapy. She also helps them make lifestyle adjustment (like foods to avoid). An easy tip? Don't use products with coconut oil or shea butter, which clog the pores. Instead, she says, use products with clinical actives, like high concentrations of vitamin C, retinols, peptides or antioxidants.
Her Skin Transformation Facial, in particular, is a good place to start. During the 90-minute treatment, Vaisman assesses your skin and does "whatever it takes to improve" it, from nano-needling to her micro-current machine (a great Botox alternative for firming and lifting). If you're lying there on the half-hour, the clock tower that stands outside her window will play a soothing jingle. "I really care about my clients, and I care about their skin," Vaisman concludes. "I am always fully invested in them."
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You may know Megan Hutch as the bluesy, blonde folk singer crooning on stage at the Joshua Tree Music Festival. Others know her at an esthetician "on the edge." Through her recently launched business, The Pointed Pearl, she travels to homes and Airbnbs in the high desert to offer facials and massage services that "renew your skin" and "relax your mind."
"I can guide you and help you make the choices that will make you feel good about yourself, which is the end result," Hutch explains. "You want to feel good about yourself. It's the most important freaking thing. Confidences comes in a lot of forms."
Using products from The Body Deli, her facials start at 60 minutes and include a natural date palm peel paired with a hand and foot massage, as well as an "age balancing" treatment featuring an Ancient Organics Ghee mask applied to the face and massaged into feet and hands. She also offers custom facials based on skin type, and extended 90-minute versions – plus, hard and soft waxing.
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It's a visceral feeling she exudes herself, imparting to clients – and those around her – that life "is a matter of progress, not perfection." In the end, she says, it's worth it. And sitting across the table from this impassioned esthetician, it's easy to believe her.
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Discussion in 'Marvel Comics' started by MajinShenron, Apr 13, 2006.
Hulk or Dr. Doom. Who would win?
Two totally different characters with two totally different backgrounds. Who do you think would win this?
In the beginning, Doom would smack the Hulk around because the Hulk wouldn't be prepared. But after sufficient battle time has passed, the Hulk would win.
Hulk would win, already did once.
How about Dr. Doom vs Apocalypse?
lol look at the poll results so far...dr doom is no match for the likes of hulk who correct me if im wrong lifted a 150,000,000,000 ton mountain or something?
That would be one for the ages. It really could go either way... I'm gonna play the safe side and say 5/5 split.
I'd have to give it to Doom. I remember after the Onslaught thing (maybe during?) when Magneto was a good guy, the Sentinals were kicking the crap out of everybody. A Sentinal was right about to kill both Mags and Rogue when Doom destroyed it with a blast from his glove. You could even say that he obliterated the Sentinal single handedly.
Anyway, my point is that Doom is an ultimate badass and a super genius.
Well... Compared to the Hulk, Rogue is a flea... As far as Magneto goes, I'm not a big X-Men reader, but wasn't Magneto's magnetism somehow nullified by the Sentinals? So he would have been completely ineffective. I think the Hulk would be a lot harder to destroy than a Sentinal.
My point being, if Doom doesn't manage to take the Hulk out right away, with sufficient rage the Hulk could take him.
I could be wrong but I think Mr. Green was saying Doom could beat Apocalypse in reference to my question. I'm very confident the Green lad believes Hulk could take Doom.
My bad. I was actually wondering why he said that . In any case, I think that would be a good fight and I give it to Apoc.
If Doom can make devices that can drain the power cosmic out of Silver Surfer and the Beyonder's powers, I'm pretty sure he can whip up a gizmo to drain the Hulk's power or at the least, turn him back to Banner temporarily.
I love the Hulk, but Doom would win. Its gonna take alot more than brute strength and rage to take out the likes of Doom ill tell you that. First, someone with a high profile such as the Hulk would in no way shape or form go unoticed by Doom. If they were ever to do battle, Doom would already no what to do to defeat him before the battle took place. And if Doom were the one to antagonize the Hulk and go after him, Doom would be even more inclined to win. Besides i doubt it would turn into a physical battle to begin with. Doom wouldnt let it because Doom knows better than to pit strength for strength against the strongest thing on the planet. Doom would fight him on his own terms. Doom is arguably the smartest man on the planet, not to mention a king of his own country with almost limitless resources, an army of various Doombots, a suit of armor that rivals Iron Man's, and magical abilities only 2nd to Dr. Strange. Hes taken over the world 3 or so times and gave it back outta boredom for christ sakes. Doom also fights Thing on a regualr basis who inturn fights Hulk almost just as often, so its not like Doom hasnt faced the "strong" type before (true not as strong as the Hulk but close enough... i mean who is as strong as H?). Doom has the potential to defeat any Marvel hero or villain around easily if he so wanted.
Hmmmm..... in respect to the trivial pursuit, what if it's Banner in control of the Hulk?
Sure, Doom could take it/some, but I would still favor the Hulk. Remember, they fought once.... and Hulk won. It showed Hulk has the ability to beat Doom the majority of times.
You know, I think most people would take Doom over Apoc, but I'm gonna side with you o) D) and say Apoc takes it. I like Apoc more and he really was tough. I think sometimes he thinks too much of himself (like when he said the power of the celestials supercedes all but his own... think that's what he said, don't have the issue handy), but he still was a serious threat to so many tough hero's out there. I would even consider him a serious threat for the Hulk (and from me, that must say something ).
Hulk already beat Doctor Doom in comics.No Contest.
^Good to see you're back, DevilHulk!
and i'm happy to see you too!
So, you're ignoring the fact that Doom was winning, or at least fighting to a tie, when he stopped fighting to save the woman?
Sorry, Tork, but Doom was in no way fighting to a tie. He was losing badly.
1) Hulk goes to hit Doom, Doom fires a blast to get 'away' from Hulk.
2) Doom has his force field and sees Hulk coming. Hulk 'busts through it,' surprises Doom, but note: Doom saw him coming (meaning he's ready) and he has his force field ready which couldn't stop the Hulk.
3) Hulk grabs Doom and it ends there. Hulk could have killed Doom easily if he wanted.


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