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Mark Borden is a member of WilmerHale's Corporate Practice, focusing on the representation of companies in the technology and finance sectors, among others. Since joining the firm in 1976, Mr. Borden has developed a successful corporate practice, concentrating primarily on securities law, corporate finance and acquisitions.
Mr. Borden has more than 35 years of experience in representing private and public companies. His public company clients include Analog Devices, Avid, Demandware, Idexx Laboratories, MKS Instruments, Red Hat, Skyworks Solutions, Sonus Networks, Staples, State Street and Wright Express.
Mr. Borden has represented companies and underwriters in more than 100 public offerings. Underwriters that he has represented include Goldman Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and UBS.
In the acquisitions area, Mr. Borden has extensive experience both in structuring acquisitions and in designing defenses against unsolicited takeovers.
Mr. Borden is co-author of "Start-up Companies – Planning, Financing and Operating the Successful Business," published by Law Journal Seminars Press.
Mr. Borden is an overseer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Borden has lectured at various seminars sponsored by MCLE and the Massachusetts Bar Association, on topics relating to public offerings, securities laws and takeover defenses. Mr. Borden served as a member of the subcommittee of the Boston Bar Association that drafted the Massachusetts Control Share Acquisition Act. He served on the special task force of the Boston Bar Association that drafted the Massachusetts corporations statute.
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When you ask her, the color of everything is purple. Her blue eyes, the red fire truck roaring past, the brown dog she is petting. We know that she is aware of the other colors in the rainbow (and we even hear her say them when she is pointing to things in books), but it's her favorite color. Her first color.
I will tell you that she is beyond anything I ever imagined.
I will tell you that when she lifts her chin for me to playfully kiss it at night, my heart skips a beat.
I will tell you that dreams come true and how grateful I am to be her mother.
Love you, my purple two.
In her NICU knitted cap.
Our kids are our best gifts … ever.


First it was recalls in Michigan, then Arizona, then the current one playing out against Governor Scott Walker in Wisconsin. Now it's Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina who has caused a case of voter's remorse. Funny how that happens when Republicans run on one platform, but take another course or turn on voters after their election.
Gov. Nikki Haley racked up a long list of political enemies in her first year as South Carolina's top elected official.
Now a group of purported conservative activists have launched a new effort to recall the governor with the website recallsc.com. The site, which consists of a single page laying out the case for recalling Haley, launched in December to build public support for the effort.
"I'm sure the people supporting this have passion," said College of Charleston political science professor and director of the Joseph P. Riley Center for Livable Communities Kendra Stewart.
"But it is highly unlikely that it will happen."
For starters, the state Constitution does not currently allow for a recall process, and it will require a constitutional amendment to change that. Constitutional amendments require a higher threshold in the legislature — a two-thirds majority in both houses — than typical statutory legislation.
However, if one of the several bills now filed in the General Assembly that would establish the framework for recalls were to pass it would have the necessary support to override a gubernatorial veto. The legislature's 2012 session begins Tuesday.
Then the voters of South Carolina would have to weigh in on the issue as a referendum question on a future ballot.
So many Republicans, so many recalls.
Oddly enough, the petition lists the Haley administration's lack of transparency first among several gripes with the governor.
Other grievances on the petition include Haley giving salary increases to her staff while campaigning on fiscal responsibility, that Haley is facing a lawsuit over potential ethics violations, the SC DHEC Board's decision on approving port deepening activities in the Savannah River, Haley using inflated jobs numbers, her removal of Darla Moore from the Board of Trustees at the University of South Carolina and Haley's administration destroying public records.
Of course a recall of Rick Scott will never happen in Florida.


When a professional organizer gets the chance to write a review for a book with the word "tidying" in the title, they jump at the opportunity. At 94 pages, The Little Book of Tidying by Beth Penn is indeed little – but packed with wisdom, tips, and the cutest illustrations you've ever seen.
The now famous – or infamous, depending on your POV – Life Changing Magic of Tidying up (you can read our book review here) has made tidying trendy – and Beth Penn's clever new book is riding that wave. But this tiny tidying book takes it to the next level by focusing on science and psychology to understand HOW clutter begins, and why it is so hard to get rid of. By understanding the 'why' behind clutter, we can learn to prevent it from coming back. In this humble professional organizer's opinion, this is an absolutely key part of the organizing process, and Penn nails it with this book.
Along with a deeper understanding of our own clutter-prone psyche, Penn gives tips and strategies for organizing more effectively. Because it's short, the book can be read and re-read quickly and continually mined for gold. Despite it's size, The Little Book of Tidying is surprisingly hefty in both content and enjoyability. The illustrations are very sweet and endearing, as is Penn's approach and writing style.
So why DO we keep clutter?
In answer to the question of why we keep clutter if it is so bad for us, Penn explains that guilt is a huge factor in holding on to things that no longer serve us, giving the example of clothing that we've spent too much on and didn't work out: "Keeping clothes that don't fit you properly won't magically bring back the money they cost." Eye-opening statements like these are sprinkled throughout the book. They always ring true, and give an excellent psychological explanation of why we struggle so much to let go.
Throughout the book, Penn guides and supports even the most resistant of people. To avoid "tidying burnout", she suggests deciding upon a set amount of time spent organizing each area. This can also help to eliminate anxieties about getting started. She likens feeling uncomfortable during the decluttering process to having sore muscles after exercise; "when you notice resistance to making a decision, power through. That's where transformation and change are possible." Penn provides bite-sized activities and reminders, short enough to add to your schedule (which she also recommends that you declutter, by the way).
This book is a great read for those who just need a little push of motivation to get started, and a clear, kind voice to help keep the home clutter-free after the process is complete. You won't find yourself throwing out the vacuum because it "doesn't spark joy" – and that's a good thing. What you will have is a deeper understanding of why clutter happens, how to eliminate it from your life, and how to keep it that way.
You can buy Penn's book here on Amazon. Pro tip: it would make a great stocking stuffer or holiday gift for those who love the idea of tidying, but want more support. Then they can pass it on to you when they are done decluttering!
I need ideas for making our 38 ft RV a potential mobile 2nd home/art studio! As sn artist, I've decided to travel to art shows to sell my art, take more pictures, and keep painting.
Hi Sue! Our next blog post will be on tips for organizing a tiny house, so keep your eye out for that one. Hopefully you will get some ideas!


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Batra joins the likes of Virat Kohli, Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal who represent Herbalife.
Herbalife Nutrition has announced its association with table tennis star Manika Batra. During her association with the nutrition brand, Batra will help spread awareness on healthy and active lifestyle.
Speaking on the occasion, Ajay Khanna, Vice President and Country Head, Herbalife Nutrition India, said, "We are delighted to have Manika as our sponsored athlete and to be a part of her incredible journey. There is great synergy between our brand's ethos & values and Manika. She has won laurels for the country and is a source of inspiration for young sports enthusiasts in the country."
"Herbalife Nutrition has always encouraged the importance of nutrition in the creation of a successful athlete. Through our association with Manika, we aim to reiterate our commitment to Making the country Healthier and Happier," Khanna said.
Batra has created a buzz with her slick gameplay over the years, especially during the 2016 South Asian Games. She recently created history and became the first Indian female table tennis player to win a medal in Asian Games 2018. Post her Commonwealth Games glorious success, the Table Tennis Federation of India has recommended her name for the prestigious Arjuna Award.
This is Herbalife Nutrition India's fourth sports personality association in India after Virat Kohli, Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal.


We believe PYPL is a juggernaut in the payments industry and will ride the integration of payments into merchant pay-and-save apps for use by consumers both online and offline to 25% volume growth for the foreseeable future (see note of March 20th titled "PYPL: Juggernaut"). And we understand the role of credit, even if driving only 2% of total payment volumes, in supporting firm's merchant value-proposition by reducing cart abandonment costs and raising average ticket-size. However, we believe PYPL's disclosure practices can make it more difficult for investors to assess credit quality and trends in the resulting loan portfolio.
While PYPL is pursuing an "asset-light" approach to its credit business, leveraging the funding and risk capacity of SYF for the PayPal-MasterCard cobrand card for example, the loan book associated with PayPal Credit (for consumers) and PayPal Working Capital (for merchants) grew nearly 20% year-on-year and now stands at $4.2bn, net of the loan loss allowance, to represent ~30% of equity. Furthermore, we estimate fees and finance charges on the loan book contributed ~one-third of year-on-year growth in "value-added" revenue.
In 2016Q1, PYPL disclosed for the first time the net loss ratio on the consumer book (representing nearly 90% of total loans) as stable year-on-year at 6.1%. This suggests inferior credit quality to both SYF's loan book and COF's domestic card book, with 2016Q1 net loss ratios of 4.7% and 4.2% respectively, and PYPL appears under-reserved relative to SYF given reserve-to-loan ratios of 5.7% vs. 5.5% respectively. More importantly, as is standard in the industry, this net loss ratio includes only principal amounts that are deemed uncollectible and not finance charges and fees so deemed; these finance charges and fees are significant raising total charge-offs on the consumer book in 2016Q1 to $97mm, net of recoveries, versus ~$70mm implied by the principal charge-off rate.
The difference matters because the transaction loss rate which, along with the take rate and transaction funding rate, is followed by investors (Chart 1) includes charge-off amounts for both principal and finance charges/fees. Furthermore, the bundling into the transaction loss rate of loan losses with fraud losses, along with the presentation as a ratio of payment volume, tends to reduce visibility into credit trends. For example, commenting on the year-on-year increase in the transaction loss rate to 31bps from 28bps, CFO John Rainey noted it was "a result of increased [fraud] risk pressures that we saw in the quarter as opposed to anything that we saw specific to credit". This is true in the sense that the loan loss rate (expressed as a percentage of payment volume) increased only 0.8bps in 2016Q1 from the prior-year quarter while the fraud loss rate increased 2.4bps. However, if expressed more conventionally as a percentage of average balances, the loan loss rate increased to 8.8% from 7.5% (Chart 2) and more obviously merits attention; in particular, given the stability of the principal net loss ratio for the consumer book at 6.1%, it raises the question of why more finance charges/fees are being reversed out.
Source: Company Reports, SSR Estimates.
Credit is an important part of PYPL's business model albeit not in the sense of driving financial results, as in the case of a traditional lender, through net interest income. As CFO John Ramey notes, "if you were to just take the growth rates of credit and the rest of our business, it would take a couple of decades before credit even got to 20-25% of our overall revenue". Still, we estimate fees and finance charges on PYPL's loan book generated ~one-third of the year-on-year growth in "value-added" services revenue in 2016Q1.
Regardless, consumer credit (through PayPal Credit and the MasterCard co-brand) drives spending on the PayPal network with the firm reporting that the average purchase for a credit customer is 20-30% higher larger than for a non-credit customer (after adjusting, presumably, for social and economic circumstances) and reduces cart abandonment; both effects are important to PYPL's merchant value-proposition of lifting conversion rates and sales. And merchant credit (through PayPal Working Capital) provides direct support to some merchants in financing their businesses.
For this lending business, PYPL is committed to an "asset-light" model which leverages the funding and risk-capacity and, in the US, works with third-parties to act as lender-of-record since it is neither a chartered financial institution nor licensed to make loans in any State. These third-parties are ADS (for PayPal Credit and PayPal Working Capital) and SYF (for the PayPal-MasterCard co-brand card). PYPL purchases PayPal Credit or PayPal Working Capital loans from ADS after ADS has advanced funds to the consumer or merchant respectively, and consequently has built up a loan portfolio of $4.2bn which has grown nearly 20% year-on-year (Chart 1). PYPL used to purchase loans from SYF as well but, in 2015Q2, sold loans back to SYF and amended its relationship so that it was not required to make on-going purchases so that we believe the current consumer loan book is substantially all related to PayPal Credit.
Source: Company Reports, SSR Estimates. Numbers may not total exactly because of rounding/reconciliation errors.
These loan balances represent ~30% of equity and the question confronting investors is the extent to which they represent a credit risk and can impact valuation. Beyond emphasizing that PYPL is not in the credit business for credit's sake and committing to an asset-light model, management has provided assurances that it does not expect credit losses to have a material impact on earnings. In the Q1 call, John Rainey stressed that PYPL is targeting a steady earnings stream and enjoys "a lot of ways that we can manage any volatility irrespective of whether it comes from credit or other aspects of our business" and that the year-on-year increase in the rate for transaction and loan losses was "a result of increased risk pressures that we saw in the quarter as opposed to anything that we saw specific to credit". To back up this last assertion, PYPL disclosed the net credit loss rate on its consumer book for the first time and it was stable year-on-year at 6.1%.
While PYPL does provide a FICO breakdown of its consumer loans, it unfortunately does not use the same rubric as peers. We know that 49% of loans to customers with FICO scores are to customers with scores of less than 680 but this is not directly comparable to the disclosure of, say, SYF that 28% of credit-card loans and 22% of installment loans are to customers with FICO scores of 660 or less or with no FICO score or of, say, COF that 34% of domestic credit card loans are to customers with refreshed FICO scores of 660 or less. PYPL explains in its reports that FICO 680 is generally considered "prime" by the consumer credit industry which is true but not as helpful as it could be; the standard used by large peers for sub-prime is a FICO 660.
The net loss ratio suggests that PYPL's loan book is of inferior loan quality to both that of COF's domestic credit card book and SYF loan book (with a 2016Q1 ratios of 4.2% and 4.7% respectively). Furthermore, PYPL's allowance for loan losses, at 5.7% of loans, compares with 5.5% for SYF despite the difference in 2016Q1 net loss ratios (6.1% versus 4.7%). Finally, as is standard in the industry, PYPL's net loss ratio consists of unpaid principal on loans that are deemed uncollectible and does not capture finance charges and fees that are deemed uncollectible and that, we estimate, represent ~30% of total net charge-offs.
Our broader concern, however, is that PYPL's headline disclosures around the transaction expense rate and the transaction margin blur the lines between fraud losses and credit losses. We understand PYPL is in the credit business to boost network-spending rather than for its own sake but the management insists credit drives only about 2% of payment volume so that it seems odd to represent the cost of credit losses across the entire payment volume (Chart 2) particularly given that credit losses are driven by loan balances accumulated over time rather than the payment volume in any particular period. Hence, for example, a deterioration in credit quality will have a disproportionately adverse impact on the transaction expense rate (i.e. transaction expenses as a proportion of payment volume) which is typically compared to the take rate (i.e. revenue as a proportion of payment volume) to analyze the dynamics of the transaction "margin" (Chart 2).
PYPL is properly downplaying the transaction margin as a performance metric given the pressures arising from a mix in payment volumes to P2P services (such as Xoom and Venmo) from C2B payments and, within these "merchant" payments, from small to large merchants. For example, in the last report, John Rainey comments that "as a management team, we are focused on margins, our generation of free cash flow, and growing EPS and not getting focused on just one aspect of the P&L being the transaction margin". However, the funding and fraud costs of transactions, and the credit losses on loan balances, are important financial drivers particularly for large merchants with the buying power to negotiate a below-average take-rate.
More specifically, it is easy to lose sight of credit costs given they are bundled in with fraud costs to generate a transaction loss rate that is small relative to the transaction funding rate (31bps of payment volume in 2016Q1 versus 93bps) and appears relatively stable (up 3bps year-on-year). The tendency from the disclosure format to underplay changes in credit performance is illustrated by John Rainey's remark that the rising transaction loss rate was "a result of increased risk pressures that we saw in the quarter as opposed to anything that we saw specific to credit". This is true in the sense that the loan loss rate (expressed as a percentage of payment volume) increased only 0.8bps in 2016Q1 from the prior-year quarter while the fraud loss rate increased 2.4bps. However, if expressed more conventionally as a percentage of average balances, the loan loss rate increased to 8.8% from 7.5% and more obviously merits attention.


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One Room With A View - UK Blog Awards!
The warped mind of black comedy genius Chris Morris won a BAFTA for My Wrongs #8245-8249 & 117, a title that refers to the most recent in a long list of wrongdoings committed by Paddy Considine's nameless protagonist, wrongdoings that are being defended by his lawyer, Rothko. Rothko is a dog.
Formally most akin to Morris' nightmarish TV series Jam, the short warps and toys with the senses to accentuate the surrealist nature of the plot, culminating in a challenging piece of filmmaking, both visually, aurally and thematically, but one that is bleakly funny in a way only Morris can concoct.


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< Apocrypha and non-Canonical WritingsApostleship >
The New Testament character Apollos was a well-educated man from the city of Alexandria in Egypt. He was well acquainted with the Old Testament scriptures and was familiar with John the Baptist's teachings. About A.D. 56 he came to Ephesus where he began to teach in the synagogue the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
Aquila and his wife Priscilla were at the church in Ephesus and heard Apollos speaking. They took him aside and provided him with doctrinal teaching to bring him up to date about Christ, the cross, the resurrection, etc. After this, Apollos went to preach in Achaia, especially at Corinth, having been highly recommended by the Ephesian Christians. He was very effective in representing the claims of Christ to the Jews.
Acts 18:24-28 , "Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the brethren encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he helped greatly those who had believed through grace; for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ."
Acts 19:1, "And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found some disciples,"
In Corinth, Apollos was also very useful in watering the spiritual seed which Paul had planted. He was obviously a skilled teacher of Bible truth and much appreciated by the believers there. Unfortunately, many of the Corinthian believers became so attached to him that they produced a schism in the church, with some taking Apollos' part, some Paul's, and some staying out of the conflict. But it is obvious that Apollos did not encourage this party feeling, seen in the approving way Paul speaks of him and in the fact that Apollos did not want to return to Corinth when he was with Paul at Ephesus (1 Cor. 16:12).
1 Cor. 1:12, "_Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying,"I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ._"
1 Cor. 3:4-6, "For when one says,"I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men? What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth."
1 Cor. 3:22, "whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,"
1 Cor. 4:6, "Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to exceed what is written, in order that no one of you might become arrogant in behalf of one against the other."
1 Cor. 16:12, "But concerning Apollos our brother, I encouraged him greatly to come to you with the brethren; and it was not at all his desire to come now, but he will come when he has opportunity."
Paul mentions Apollos again in Titus 3:13 and recommends him and Zenas the lawyer to Titus, knowing that they intended to visit Crete.
Titus 3:13, "Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them."


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Raducz est un village du centre de la Pologne, situé entre Rawa Mazowiecka et Skierniewice, sur la rivière Rawka.
Il est situé dans la voïvodie de Łódź (Powiat de Skierniewice).

Il a été fondé au .

La population de Raducz était de 35 habitants en 2004.

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Hippie Heaven / At Wavy Gravy's Camp Winnarainbow, flower power sprouts eternal. But come squeaky-clean.
Kevin Fagan
1998-07-05 04:00:00 PDT Laytonville, Mendocino County -- The hefty guy in the red-and- white striped swimming costume and clown nose is calling out bingo numbers under the blazing sun, barking off "J4! E15!" into the still forest air with the kind of gusto you usually only put into circus acts. Which this sort of is. In an outdoorsy, head-trippy kind of way.
This is Wavy Gravy's trip, after all -- he's the guy in the nose -- and as the counterculture's king clown and Woodstock's living legacy, you're always guaranteed a weird ride when you jump on his wavelength.
The wavelength this time: Camp Winnarainbow, Wavy's sleep-away camp in the Mendocino mountains four hours north of San Francisco. In this particular summertime week, before the youth camp kicks off, the grown-ups have shed their years like stiff sport jackets to come out to play.
Sprawled on the grass and dirt at the edge of a mountain lake are 50 aging baby boomers in various states of beachy freakiness -- a feather boa over a bikini here, a jester cap with cutoffs there. Nobody cares who wins, but they all rip loose with cheers at every call, marking bingo cards with whatever pebble comes to hand.
"B9!" roars Wavy. "Some people are benign!" someone yells amid giggles. "That's deep," the big guy mutters. "A9!"
With the final cry of "Bingo!" everyone leaps to their feet, some heading to the slingshot range to blast balloons with rocks, some filtering off to juggle balls or walk on stilts, others climbing the 350-foot water slide that shoots them like cannonballs into little Lake Veronica, dubbed in topsy-turvy homage to the siren of the silver screen.
Chuck Birkholm, 48, far from his Alameda home in more ways than geographical, stands at the top of the water slide and peers down at the frolicking below before plunging back into it on the roiling stream of water.
"OK, I'll say it," he says, eyes filled with childish glee. "This isn't just cool, it's not just fun, it's . . . it's . . . groovy!"
Nothing matters, and everything matters here at Camp Winnarainbow, because nothing is serious and everything is fun. "BIG FUN . . . or your money back!" as Wavy promises in his brochure.
Ostensibly, these are performing arts camps, where you learn clown tricks like unicycle riding and sleep under the huge oak trees. But as with most things about 62-year-old Wavy, that's too simple.
It's a freestyle hippie throwback for flower children -- or for those who never quite made it to hippie- hood and want to take a time trip back in their heads.
You bunk down in a tent or a teepee with rainbow banners fluttering off the poles. The showers are set for little people -- chest-high -- and in your off-hours, you can meditate while you walk a mystical labyrinth cut into the knee-high grass. Everyone gathers at noon and at night on a stage under a wooden rainbow to improvise skits, and group hugs are a happening thing. You might catch yourself singing "Give Yourself to Love" while you're at it, too.
Outfitted from a tent stuffed with funky costumes, everyone gets "dressed" for meals -- as bizarre animals, medieval princesses or whatever strikes their fancy, even if it's only a ridiculous hat. A tree branch near the camp kitchen holds a "dream book" and a stuffed unicorn; if you have a dream to share, you write it down. And if it's mealtime after that, you sit down to gourmet food -- garlic-slathered halibut and tofu, almond snap-peas with olive oil -- cooked while Jefferson Airplane grinds away on the speakers.
There is a catch, though.
No booze, no drugs, no nudity.
This means no need for the "bad trips" tent Wavy and his commune pals ran at Woodstock in 1969, where Wavy bagged his first 15 minutes of fame as the emcee calling out "Breakfast in bed for 400,000." Likewise no skinny-dipping freak- flag-flyers. And about the only pot you'll find is in the little shack at the camp entrance, the one with a sign posted on the door saying, "This is an outhouse."
That's not very Woodstock-like. But like, hey, that's no problem.
The hippies, wannabes and mellow-outers at this camp got old or smart enough to realize dropping acid gets in the way of getting big-people things done, like carting the kids to school and paying the mortgage. They are from all over the economic map, from doctors to waitresses, and they've all taken deep drags off that dull doobie called sensibility and surrendered.
You can tell it from the cars. The Winnarainbow lot is filled with practical Volvos and Honda Civics, with nary a battered VW Bug to be found. Even Wavy drives a dowdy Dodge Caravan now, albeit with a bumper sticker that reads "My karma ran over my dogma."
"You never know why people come here," says head clown teacher "Mister YooWho," Moshe Cohen, who co-directs the renowned Clown Conspiracy group of San Francisco. "They all have these dreams they come with. Some people come to do stilts, some come to shed some mental baggage. Some have no expectations. It's all OK."
Ask the campers, and they say it's all about spending a few days in a simpler time, when stringing daisies and rapping about peace and love was cool. And safe from ridicule.
"It feels like the '60s, but it's like, just like . . . more magic because it's right now," says Katrina Wagner, wearing a preposterously huge- brimmed feathery hat on her way to breakfast. "The difference is they took away the drugs and alcohol and left in the spirit."
Another difference is there are no pretenses or cliques. "Everybody's nice to each other here. No mean vibes," says Wagner, who teaches art at the College of Marin and coyly gives her age as "old enough to have really lived the '60s."
"But what really blows my mind is that this is the first place I've ever been where I'm the straightest one in the room. Plus I can learn bizarre stuff."
Take the newest class, whip-cracking and rope-spinning, for example.
"Turn that thing in a smooth loop in front of you, and make it count," Karen Quest, who teaches at the San Francisco School of Circus Arts, is instructing a balding guy with a big grin and a spare tire under his tie-dyed T-shirt. The guy's rope is looping all over the place, so she tries another tack.
"Get metaphysical. Just realize that the rope is like the circle of life," she says, rippling a flawless O with her own lasso. "You get out of it what you put into it, so use your wrist."
The guy tries it, gets it, smiles even bigger. "Just like my life," he says. "Gotta give it some spin. Good spin.''
All around, the camp is in full morning swing. A couple of people are teaching trapeze, a few others are walking around on huge stilts and spinning plates on sticks. A few would-be clown gymnasts tumble on mats, and a blues guitarist shows chords a few feet away.
Just two hours earlier, at 8 a.m., Wavy lurched them all out of bed with a blast of a conch shell, yelling, "Let's go-go-go-go!" And go-go-go they do. The way they boil out of their teepees says they don't want to waste a minute.
"I'm trying to catch up," says Ellen Klages, 44, who writes children's books at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, as she decides whether to shed her jester costume and try the trapeze class. "I aspired to be a hippie back then, but I was in Ohio, and my mom wouldn't let me." She gives a sly grin. "But she's not here now, is she?"
The kicker is you get to do all this with a real-life icon as tour guide -- the guy in the goofy swimming suit, born Hugh Romney and dubbed Wavy Gravy by blues guitarist B.B. King at one of his gigs in the '60s.
He was one of Ken Kesey's acid-loving Merry Pranksters -- Wavy coined the term "Electric Kool-Aid" -- and six years ago, Ben and Jerry named a nutty ice cream after him. Wavy uses his take of the ice cream sales, plus fund-raising power from his connections with the Grateful Dead and everybody else who was anybody in the 1960s, for both Winnarainbow and Seva, his longtime charity group, which provides medical aid around the world.
Winnarainbow, founded in 1974 and co-directed by Wavy and his wife, Jahanara Romney, is located on several hundred acres owned by the Hog Farm, the commune Wavy helped found in the '60s -- and still lives with, here and in Berkeley. The kid part is the main focus, drawing 400 youths, from the rich to the homeless, each summer, but for 11 years, Wavy has added a week in June for 50 grown-ups as a sort of karmic warmup.
"It's just like kids' camp, only you don't have to brush your teeth, and you can make love," Wavy cracks.
As for the camp name: He and co-founder Surya Singer just whipped it up out of thin air all those years ago. They brain-jammed on High Camp, Run-a-Mucka, Winnemucca, and then, voila! -- Winnarainbow.
The aim now, as then, is to air you out while teaching you tricks. Or to at least laugh trying.
"I'm a mirth-firster, but no way would I call this just a clown camp," Wavy says one morning, toting a purse that looks like a fish and wearing Three Stooges suspenders and his trademark bowler hat, as he walks out to weed the labyrinth. "We do music of every kind, classical to hip-hop, we do comedy sketches, make art, walk the labyrinth, find out good stuff for your head, things like that, you know, the whole thing.
"I call it survival in the 21st century, or how to duck with compassion."
Wavy stops his nonstop patter, which spills out of him in riffs and puns anytime ears are in range, and chuckles to himself. "That's right -- adults need to play to get back in touch with themselves, and then they can let their spirits explode into rainbows and joy."
He means it, just the way he means it when he says, "the two best things we can give kids are roots and wings." It's direct. Unembarrassed.
"Wavy's for real," says Quest, the whip teacher. "He's a funny guy, and he's a guru to a lot of people, but underneath it he's absolutely serious, and he absolutely means every word he says."
Wavy's corps of about a dozen art and clown teachers is also dead serious when it comes to getting the work done. The job they all do can look simple but it's not -- and with "a bad back and a body by Ben and Jerry's" as he puts it, Wavy particularly needs the help when it comes to teaching the athletic stuff like tumbling and trapeze.
Though he jokes the main hiring qualification is that "You have to not be a jive lunatic," he and Jahanara rigorously screen instructors, drawing not just from the pools of gentle, talented people who seek them out, but also from top clown and music schools around the world. The artistic director, Txi Whizz of Canada, toured for 25 years as a stage clown and worked with the crack Fool's Theater.
That's not to say you have to know Wavy from gravy to get on board.
"Adults probably know about Wavy's past, but the kids just think he's a funny guy and don't know about the rest," says Meeka Ferretta, 25, a camp lifeguard. Does she? She grins.
"Nah. I know he was big in the '60s, but I don't know how it happened. He had something to do with Woodstock, I think."
Ferretta watches a dozen campers chattering in the lake, shakes her head. "They sing their little songs, they paint their faces, they do cartwheels into the water," she says. "It's a real laugh hanging out with the grandpa hippies."
"Hey Wavy, check it out: Frogman!" shouts one middle-aged hipster, thrusting his face, painted a froggish green and yellow, into Wavy's. Wavy blinks, blurts out: "What did one frog say to the other?" A blank smile. "Time's fun when you're having flies!"
He turns to nobody in particular and winks. "The job of the fool is to make humor at the gates of hell," Wavy says. "It's dangerous territory, but when you connect, it's magic."
Mahalia Ryba and Gino Kremple of Oakland found the connection two summers ago, weeding the labyrinth. Big time.
"I asked her to go for a walk, and we just had this electricity going on immediately," says Kremple, whose back is a canvas of tattoos anchored by a juggling jester. "That night I moved my tent next to hers, and that's where it sat for the rest of the week. Unused."
As soon as camp ended, "We went straight to Haight-Ashbury and got matching labyrinth tattoos," Ryba says, flashing her right shoulder and rattling her considerable display of earrings. "They touch when we spoon."
Last month, they were back at camp, brushing up on their juggling skills. And one day, the loudspeakers awakened everyone an hour early with an ear-shattering rendition of Jimi Hendrix's "Star-Spangled Banner," and Wavy married the couple -- standing in the labyrinth, of course, with everyone dolled up in costumes from the dress-up tent.
There are a lot of moments like that here, absurdity and reality rolled into a campy coziness. And it comes off so easily it's hard to remember it's by design.
One night, halfway through the week and just before bedtime, a half-dozen trapeze teachers string up a huge tarp, back light it with spotlights and try a little dance art with shadows.
One woman climbs a rope, attaches her foot to a loop and arches downward. Another twirls, and they become a pair of chisel-cut silhouettes under the stars while a handful of campgoers pick out a quietly jazzy accompaniment on conga drum, cello and guitar.
The night is absolutely still in the inky blackness, stars poking sharp and small through the overhanging oaks. The trapeze dancers twist faster, and as the music reaches a frenzy, their hands and legs undulate in midair, back-lit like spiders with women's heads.
The aging and unaged hippies stand watching in the dim moonlight, holding their breath for a long, crystalline moment of togetherness.
Suddenly the back lights flick off, a floodlight clicks on and everyone claps like mad. Wavy emerges from the shadows in a giant bunny costume, and throws his head back and grins.
"Remember what you saw up there tonight -- that could be you tomorrow!" he cries out. "If you see it, you can be it! Good night!"
For information about Camp Winnarainbow, call (707) 984-6507.
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Kevin Fagan is a longtime, award-winning reporter at The San Francisco Chronicle, specializing in homelessness, enterprise news-feature writing, breaking news and crime. He has ridden with the rails with modern-day hobos, witnessed seven prison executions, written extensively about serial killers including the Unabomber, Doodler and Zodiac, and covered disasters ranging from the Sept. 11 terror attacks at Ground Zero to California's devastating wildfires. Homelessness remains a core focus of his, close to his heart as a journalist who cares passionately about the human condition.


Submitted by lynn on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 11:43pm.
San Diego Reader has been keeping us busy this summer! We've already attended Tacotopia (Golden Hill Park) and Tacotopia at the Track (DMTC) and now there was another... BURGERS and BEER!
I was down. Apparently so was this girl I spotted with BURGER SOCKS on!!! That's genius!
Dennis was busy that day so I invited foodie friend HeadCinema as my plus one. The first annual Burgers and Beer event was held at Golden Hill Park and we entered through these gates. Similar to Tacotopia at the Track, we were allowed to go in an hour early for MEDIA hour from 11-12. Unfortunately I had some work to do beforehand so only made it about 10-15 minutes early but friend did get a head start!
The ultimate goal was to sample burgers from the participating vendors and vote for Most Traditional and Most Innovative burger! A voting bucket similar to the one pictured was available at each food station. Slater's 50/50 served their outrageous yet sensibly paired peanut butter and jelly burger! Can you see that sticky delicious mess under the bun?
I like that they had a patriotic flag to go with their burger.
I happily ate Pure Burger which had a nice sear to their burger patties.
Nearby was Bub's, which has a location in downtown (Bub's at the Ballpark) and in PB (Bub's at the Beach). The burgers I've tasted there are always juicy and this one was no exception. The chipotle aioli made this one great!
We also got to sample some new flavors of Rockstar, my favorite being the watermelon in the red can. I think this drink helped me make it through the whole event!
I was really excited to see that Henry's Pub was showing off their cluckmoo in a slider form! See pic for size comparison of full size vs mini! Too bad the execution of the mini wasn't up to par... I recommend going to the restaurant directly!
A unique take on burgers was provided with the addition of octopus by Table 509 (in Hotel Indigo). I was also smitten by the sesame seed bun in combination with the rest of the fresh ingredients!
Hubert's Lemonade is a bit on the sour side but this pic was too cool not to post! Check out the rep chilling in the background!
I must like shades because this picture also caught my eye, despite the burger being overexposed from the sunlight! Bully's East had some long caramelized onions with that patty and bun!
Throughout the event, I probably tried 25+ burgers... This made my efforts for San Diego Burger Week pale in comparison. The rest of the pics are shown in the gallery below! HeadCinema also took very nice pics on his Instagram.
Join us in our search to find the best burger at the 1st Annual Reader Burgers & Beer at Golden Hill Park on Saturday, September 10th, 2016. Try gourmet burgers from more than 30 of the best restaurants as they compete to win the "Best Burger" award. Curated exclusively by our food writers, this event brings together the very best burger vendors — and you decide who will ultimately win. Each attendee will be given a token to place in a voting box on the table of their favorite vendor. The vendor who receives the most tokens wins.
General Admission: 21+ only. Valid from 1PM-4PM. Includes unlimited burger tastes from all vendors (while supplies last) and 1 drink ticket (good for a beer or beverage of your choice). Discounted pre-sale tickets available for a limited time. Tickets will be $55 at the door, if tickets are not sold out prior to the event day.
VIP Ticket: 21+ only. Valid from 12PM-4PM (early admittance). Includes unlimited burger tastes from all vendors (while supplies last), 3 drink tickets (good for beer or beverage of your choice), and early entry to the event. Discounted pre-sale tickets available for a limited time. Tickets will be $70 at the door, if tickets are not sold out prior to the event day.
Disclaimer: We were provided complimentary tickets for this event. We were not otherwise compensated and all opinions stated are our own.
I can't believe I missed this! I also cant believe we haven't been to Slaters yet. That needs to be rectified!
this event would have thrown your diet off the deep end! slaters is not on the top of my burger list but their pb&j burger is actually quite tasty, in mini doses!


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Despite severe winters and unpredictable springs, Canada has a thriving wine industry that dates back to the early 19th Century. Since the late 1980s, greater emphasis has been placed on replanting low quality American and hybrid vines with European Vitis vinifera and this investment is now beginning to enjoy increasing success, particularly in Ontario and British Colombia.
Ontario's Niagara Peninsula is the largest wine region in Canada, its continental extremes are moderated by its location between Lakes Ontario and Erie. However, it is British Columbia on the west coast of Canada that is arguably where the most exciting developments are taking place. Located north of the border from Washington State, the influence of Lake Okanagan helps to protect the vineyards from the freezing winter temperatures whilst the summers have the perfect combination of low rainfall, warm days and cool evenings.
The Chardonnay grape thrives in Canada and Pinot Noir performs well in warmer years. Canada is also renown for producing top quality ice-wine.


A very good driving school where you can study and take a short course in professional and defensive driving in the Philippines must be a company who hires qualified and licensed professional drivers. They have to be duly accredited by the LTO to teach driving lessons.
In the case of a student, it is a must to learn how to do basic driving. He or she must learn to follow road signs and traffic rules. This is the first step before you can be given a driver's license by the LTO whether professional or non professional.
To get a hold of the cheapest choice where to learn how to drive, we've got the largest and most complete list of schools below but before that, allow us to give insights on your options whether what you are up to learn is to drive special vehicles like a wheeler truck, crane, motorcycle or just a regular car or vehicle. There is definitely one that's perfect for you.
Just imagine being made available, a 3d free driving lesson online and study via internet only with simulation of a driving machine. That must be something that any smart driving schools in the Philippines could not offer to potential customers.
On the other hand, if you want to take the written exam being launched daily at the Land Transportation Office, you can go get the reviewer test questions. Some have leaked the actual questions and had it printed and is being sold outside the branches, particularly in Manila where I took my own driving test and actual driving exam to get my non-pro license today.
Giving services of driving lesson business is a really good investment. If you want to make a short market study regarding this entrepreneuralship, below is an official map on where to find the different institutes all over the Philippines, particularly in Manila.
On the other hand, if you are just interested to undergo defensive driver's training, you may enroll anywhere or even hire a private instructor to teach you so that when you apply for your driver's license, you won't have a hard time passing the actual drive test.
To find the nearest branch of any accredited driving school in Manila, hover in the map with the red baloon markings.


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KNIFE WIELDING THUG HIJACKS WOMAN'S CAR IN BELFAST
Police are hunting knife wielding thug who hijacked car in north Belfast
A THUG armed with a knife has hijacked a woman's car in north Belfast.
The terrified victim was in her car in Corporation Street around 6pm on Wednesday evening when a man with a knife approached and ordered her out of the vehicle.
The hijacker then drove off in the car, a Peugeot 207 and it was found abandoned at Upper Meadow Street in north Belfast at about 8.55pm.
The woman was not injured during the incident, but was left badly shaken.
Police have appealed for information about the armed attacker and the car's movements in the intervening three hours.


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Puante es un caserío de la comuna de Los Lagos, ubicada al este de la capital comunal, junto al río Quinchilca.

Hidrología
Puante se encuentra en la ribera este del río Quinchilca cerca de la localidad de Puñaco.

Accesibilidad y transporte
Puante se encuentra a 18,9 km de la ciudad de Los Lagos a través de la Ruta T-39 y T45.

Referencias

Localidades de la Provincia de Valdivia
Localidades de la Comuna de Los Lagos


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U.S. Release Date: October 7, 2016
E.U. Release Date: October 7, 2016
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About Cody by Joyce Manor
Acclaimed Californian band Joyce Manor - Barry Johnson (vocals and guitar), Chase Knobbe (guitar), Jeff Enzor (drums), and Matt Ebert (bass) - have released their new album entitled Cody, available now care of Epitaph. It is the follow-up to the band's 2014's critically-lauded record Never Hungover Again.
While the band's Epitaph debut Never Hungover Again was recorded in a mere ten days, Cody is the result of two months in the studio with renowned producer Rob Schnapf, credited on classics by Elliot Smith, Guided By Voices, Saves The Day and Rancid among others. As the band's guitarist and singer Barry Johnson explains, "It was the first time we really used the studio to our advantage. I felt like I could get a better grasp on what we could do. We always recorded like a punk band—go in and lay 'em down! Just get good takes! And this time we tried a lot more." The result is a record that dares to be humble, intimate and unapologetically human. Cody is the album where the band moves past simple pop and punk. It's a moment for clarity and creative renewal. Without losing any of the emotional power fans love, the band is defiantly looking towards the future.
Million Dollars to Kill Me
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New Joyce Manor Video "Think I'm Still In Love With You"
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Aston Martin teams up with Dom Pérignon
16th July, 2015 by Lauren Eads
The Italian arm of British sports car manufacturer Aston Martin has teamed up with Dom Pérignon to offer a luxury Champagne extra that James Bond would be proud of.
Taking luxury to another level, Aston Martin Milano has partnered with Dom Pérignon to offer buyers of its Milano Rapide S sports car the optional extra of having a bespoke Champagne cellar installed into the boot.
The hand-built, leather-clad trunk is removable and is part of the Rapide S Dom Pérignon Deuxieme Plénitude package, because Champagne is surely more important than luggage? It can carry three bottles of 1988 Dom Pérignon Champagne, two crystal glasses and bottle openers.
The 4-door sports car has a starting price of £147,950, can go from 0 to 60mph in 4.2 seconds and has a top speed of 203 mph. Orders for the Dom Pérignon package will open following a promotional road trip this month which will see the Champagne-filled sports car taken to selected events in Italy to be showcased to top clients.
James Bond's love of Champagne, particularly the prestige cuvées of Dom Pérignon and Bollinger, as well as his penchant for Aston Martin, is well-known with dozens of references being made to the French fizz throughout the spy's silver screen career.
In 1964's Goldfinger the British spy exclaims: "My dear girl, there are some things that just aren't done, such as drinking Dom Perignon '53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That's just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs."
3 Responses to "Aston Martin teams up with Dom Pérignon"
hiroki says:
I know wines and there is no secret in wines. What are these glasses? Special glasss for 88 DomPeri?
Susie-Q says:
Why do you need bottle openers for opening Champagne – could've fitted in an extra bottle instead?!
Les Power says:
Very astute of the previous commenter, indeed, why do you need bottle openers for a bottle of Champagne. I would love to be able to buy a mock up of just the rear end of this and have it as my bar at home, here, Les Power :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1mUZjzZJbI