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Month of Modern Celebrates Emerging Local Designers
Article Lisa Van Horne | Photography Ladd Forde
To be modern is to be related to the present. But the term "modern design" encompasses much more, and it's this myriad of progressive inspiration, creativity and vision that Month of Modern (MonthofModern.com) sets out to celebrate.
Now in its fifth year, Month of Modern is a month-long extravaganza of design-related events hosted by Boulder's HMH Architecture + Interiors. Aiming to give back to the community by promoting local designers and celebrating their crafts, Month of Modern provides Boulder the opportunity to exchange new ideas centered around modern architecture, design, lifestyles, art and culture.
"Boulder's history of modern design, the high quality of craftsmanship and a desire to simplify our lifestyles has fueled a resurgence of modern design," says HMH Architecture + Interiors Principal and Month of Modern Co-founder, Cherie Goff. "We are excited to highlight the great history of modernism in Boulder as well as the talented architects, artists and designers working today."
On October 25th, the Month of Modern Wrap Party will further celebrate the work of local designers with the first ever Emerging Designer Showcase in collaboration with Todd Reed Jewelry. The event, featuring live music, a pop-up lounge by Rifugio Modern, food by Blackbelly, desserts by Daydream Desserts and cocktails prime for the celebratory clinking of glasses, will culminate in the presentation of the Emerging Designer Award to an up-and-coming local talent in modern design.
We chatted with some of these nominated creatives about what being a modern designer means to them.
Alexander Giray | @alexandergiraydesigns | AlexanderGiray.com
Alexander finds inspiration for the artfully crafted furniture pieces of Alexander Gíray Designs from a variety of sources, drawing from a childhood spent redesigning and reimagining everything around him to studying rock faces while climbing. A Danish Modernism enthusiast, Alexander works to achieve a balance of the modern, vintage and functional in his furniture, always keeping in mind ways to translate the romanticism of the past into a modern concept.
What does being a modern designer mean to you?
"As a modern designer, it's my job to challenge what I see around me. Modern design is a mindset in which you constantly reimagine the now and challenge the status quo. It should make you reconsider what you know, inspire you and even confuse you at times, encouraging you to push out of established norms and be bold."
Ava Goldberg | @animalhandmade | AnimalHandmade.com
Maximal pattern on a minimal form is Ava's motto as she crafts the embossed leather goods that make up her Animal Handmade brand. Having grown up in a creative, entrepreneurial family, Ava is inspired by the mysteries and beauties of existence, and she often uses animal forms in her designs as a metaphor for human experience. Ava works to blend concise lines, a textural feel and an almost hieroglyphic distillation of her ideas into her unique, visceral designs.
"I'm a designer working in this specific moment in time, meaning I consciously and unconsciously refer to the art of the past while bringing my reactions and interpretations of the present into my work. It's a messy scramble of history and influence, time and place, and my personal perspective — one that won't ever be untangled."
Printmaking & Mixed Media
Heather Kahn-Pyatt | @heather.k.pyatt | HeatherKPyatt.com
Heather has a diverse artistic background, from gaining a formal education in painting, art history and art theory to designing custom rugs as part of a family business, designing sustainable homes in Boulder County, and teaching color theory and two-dimensional design at the University of Colorado Boulder. Yet now, Heather has returned to her loves of printmaking, painting and drawing, creating abstract, graphically appealing print pieces that marry all the artistic influences she's explored throughout her career.
What does being a modern artist mean to you?
"Being a modern artist today means focusing on strong design and craft— having a sensibility and deep respect for every material you choose and highlighting its properties and capabilities. Modern art should celebrate both beauty and innovation while maintaining a simplicity and clarity of form."
Frankie Toan | FEToan.com
For Frankie, creating art is an opportunity to understand and describe his reactions to and interactions and relationships with the world around him. Frankie works to forge connections between his art and its viewers, bringing a semi-fantastical style and bright color palette to his large-scale, interactive F.E. Toan pieces that represent his musings on timely, relevant topics, such as social media.
"I try to make art that comments on our world today and helps me better understand my lived experience. Artists are always trying to expand what art is and, with these expanded definitions of art, I feel free to explore as an artist with endless possibilities."


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Numbers drawn for Tuesday's $565M Mega Millions lottery jackpot
The Mega Millions winning numbers jackpot is up to $565 million for Tuesday night's drawing.
The numbers have been drawn for Tuesday's $565 million Mega Millions jackpot.
The jackpot comes with a cash option of $293.6 million.
The winning numbers drawn Tuesday, Dec. 27 are: 9-13-36-59-61 and Mega Ball: 11
The Mega Millions website says that no ticket was sold matching all six winning numbers, but there were five tickets that matched 5/6 numbers.
In most states, those 5/6 tickets are worth $1 million - or $2 million with the Megaplier option. The California Lottery said that two of those 5/6 tickets were sold in California, but are actually only worth $245,984 because the state calculates prize amounts on a pari-mutuel basis, according to ticket sales and number of winners.
With nobody winning the grand prize in Tuesday's drawing, the jackpot is expected to grow to more than $640 million.
RELATED: What to consider if you win the lottery
Tuesday's top prize would have been the sixth largest in the history of the game - and the second-largest in 2022, after a winning ticket worth $1.34 billion was sold in Des Plaines, illinois last July.
SEE ALSO: Why does the lottery jackpot get so high?
Also in 2022, the U.S. record lottery jackpot prize was sold in Southern California after someone bought a Powerball ticket worth $2.04 billion.
10 biggest Mega Millions, Powerball jackpots won in US lottery history
1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022 (1 ticket from California)
2. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
3. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)
4. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)
5. $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)
6. $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)
7. $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)
8. $731.1 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021 (one ticket, from Maryland)
9. $699.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 4, 2021 (one ticket, from California)
10. $687.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 27, 2018 (two tickets, from Iowa and New York)
Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
'It's ridiculous': Residents in the 5 states without lotteries feel Powerball envy
Mega Millions tickets are $2 each, and players have the option to add the Megaplier for an additional $1 for the chance to multiply non-jackpot prizes.
Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday.
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$2M Powerball ticket sold in South Philadelphia
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Osteopaths and Chiropractors are both state regulated by independent bodies that are responsible to Parliament.
General Osteopathic Council for us Osteopaths while the Chiropractors have the General Chiropractic Council. This means should you have any form of complaint about any aspect of our work (or how we present ourselves as professionals) you can contact the regulator and have your voice be heard with possible consequences for the clinician.
Generally most Osteopaths and Chiropractors work well within the professional standards we all uphold. These standards are accepted when becoming registered and on yearly professional re-validation.
But sadly some let standards drop and rightly, the regulator takes action & investigates.
While it's not usual for an Osteopath or a Chiropractor to be disciplined by their regulator, we have not had one so "close to home" for some time.
Today, 3rd Oct 2018, the Western Mail, BBC & Daily Telegraph, carried the story of local Chiropractor Ben Mathew of Cardiff Bay Chiropractic who was found guilty of "unacceptable professional conduct".
You can make you own mind up about Ben – but you can rest assured that we all are accountable to our regulator and if you are not happy with your clinician in any way then speak up!
Having a regulator protects you and ensures we meet the standards set by a state body. Rest assured we all strive to meet & act above standard.
Back, Neck, Muscle or Joint Pain? Don't hesitate to contact your local Barry Osteopath, Charles Millward ND DO, who continues to provide honest, friendly advice & treatment with affordable fees.
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Outdoor Courses for Scrambling, Climbing, Kayaking & Mountain Activities: Ghyll Scrambling & Canyoning Half Day Sessions in The Lake District. 23rd August 2013.
Ghyll Scrambling & Canyoning Half Day Sessions in The Lake District. 23rd August 2013.
Friday last week saw Iain spending the day at Church Beck, Coniston getting wet along with clients who had booked on to our popular Ghyll Scrambling & Canyoning Sessions in The Lake District.
First thing, Iain was joined by Andy Burrows and his girlfriend Melissa Harbourne who had booked the previous day and had travelled up that morning from Liverpool for the session. Melissa joined the session with some trepidation thinking that she was attending a canoeing session, however, Iain told her that she would enjoy herself and to be fair, he hasn't seen someone laugh so much in quite a while - great stuff!
We did the usual Ghyll Scrambling ascent of Church Beck (photo one) with it's swims, climbs and jumps. The pair were enthusiastic and were thoroughly soaked in a very short time!
Photo two sees Melissa about to do the slide at the end of the Canyoning descent part of the session. On the ghyll scrambling (also known as Gorge Walking) ascent - this is the point at which we get out of the gorge and head up to the very top to begin our canyoning descent.
Harnesses are donned so that Iain can attach you to the safety rope for the lower down the top and Miners Bridge waterfalls and also the top fall in the section just above where photo two is taken.
Between the top fall and the chockstone slide there is a "middle fall" with a rock in the bottom so one needs to be absolutely confident in their ability to jump out far enough to avoid this and land where Iains finger is pointing. Andy tried this challenge successfully and both enjoyed the exhilaration of the final slide. Iain has suggested that next time both Andy & Melissa try one of our Esk Gorge Trips and looks forward to taking them on this ultimate Lake District Ghyll Scrambling adventure.
After a quick turnaround and some lunch, Iain had an afternoon session in Church Beck with Andrew Dool and three of his long time School mates who were up enjoying what The Lake District has to offer during an extended Bank Holiday break.
The guys were staying locally in some handy family owned accommodation having travelled up from the south East of England the previous day. They were looking forward to doing some Mountain Biking on Saturday as well as other outdoor activities over the weekend. We hope they had a great time and at least the weather was good for getting out of doors on this August Bank Holiday weekend.
Photo three shows the guys next to the first big fall on our Ghyll Scrambling ascent of Church Beck.
The final photo in this blog post sees the guys below the top waterfall in Church Beck that is upstream of Miners Bridge. There is a section here that adds an extra 200m or so to the Ghyll Scrambling & Canyoning Session that we offer - that many of our competitors choose to avoid!
We start off off our Canyoning descent of Church Beck by lowering clients down the waterfall behind the group in the photo and then just below, there is a jump in to a deep pool. Whilst it is not a big jump it is worth doing as is the waterfall in this photo.
In all of our sessions we aim to offer you everything that can be done at any given venue as part of your fee in addition to providing you with the very best level of personal protective equipment to keep you warm & comfortable. We guarantee you a great time so contact us to book your session. Prices for a half day of Ghyll Scrambling & canyoning in The Lake District with us start at £45 per person, less if you bring more people!


August 21, 2018 - Construction is underway at Progroup AG's third paper mill, this time at Sandersdorf-Brehna, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
The Landau, Germany–based paper producer is investing €375 million into the new plant, which will have an annual capacity of 750,000 tonnes and increase Progroup's annual production of containerboard to 1.85 million tonnes. Voith Paper will build the new paper machine.
Progroup expects the new project will create 140 direct jobs and 350 indirect jobs.
"We are systematically pursuing our 'Green Hightech Philosophy' with this project, and with the environment at the forefront of our minds we are consciously investing in state-of-the-art equipment," said Jürgen Heindl, CEO and chairman of Progroup AG. This means that the company is only using recovered paper as a raw material. "To put it another way, not a single tree is felled to supply our state-of-the-art mills. In the era of climate change this is conscious, real-life environmental protection."
A second stage of the project will also include the construction of an RDF power plant, which will use its energy-efficient design to supply the new high-performance paper machine with power and steam, largely freeing the paper factory from its dependence on fossil fuels. The impurities contained in recovered paper will be converted into heat in the RDF power plant. The paper factory will also be equipped with an optimized water system, and the company will invest in ultra-modern wastewater treatment.


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Huttons Hamlet Stages Production Of Peter Pan
For the final play of the summer season, local theater Hutton's Hamlet in Oakdale will debut the beloved children's tale of Peter Pan, soaring off to Neverland. Weekend performances are slated for Friday, Aug. 4 at 7 p.m.; and Saturday, Aug. 5 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The Darling children love to hear of Peter Pan's adventures during his visits through the open window of the nursery. One night after Nan has taken his shadow and Wendy has sewn it back on, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell whisk the children off to the magical land of Neverland.
Fresh, original music with songs "The Boy Who Never Grew Up" and "Fly Me To Neverland" will accompany the delightful tale as all the classic characters, such as Captain Hook and his pirate crew, Princess Tiger Lilly and her tribe, and the Lost Boys and Girls put on a show to remember.
Tickets are $10 for adults; for 12 and under, $5.
For more information, contact Hutton's Hamlet at 209-848-1216.
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 Delaware-Africa Trade and Investment Seminar | Embassy of the Republic of Namibia in Washington, D.C.
The Ambassador participated in a business seminar organized by the World Trade Center Delaware, under the theme: "Opportunities for Delaware-Africa Trade – Kick-off to the U.S.-Africa Business Summit. The event took place in Wilmington, Delaware. Ambassador Nashandi made a presentation on investment opportunities in Namibia as a country and within the context of the SADC region. The event was attended by a number of business people from the State Delaware including, Mr. Eric Casey, Chief Executive Officer of the Port of Wilmington, Delaware. The Ambassador held one-on-one meetings with several business people to talk about investment opportunities in Namibia.


Natalie Zuchetti is an experienced art tutor with over 20 years experience working with a variety of mediums. She is known for her quality, hands-on teaching and creating a supportive and inspiring environment in the studio. Natalie is passionate about arts education and believes everybody possess an inner creatively – it is just waiting to be released.


(LAS VEGAS) – Team North America's big step forward this afternoon with the sweep of the mixed doubles draw was all but erased tonight as Team World continues to dominate the 2019 WFG Continental Cup.
With two more wins, Team World extended its lead to 14.5-4.5 after Nikas Edin and Peter de Cruz led their teams to victories tonight over North America's John Shuster and Kevin Koe rinks. Brad Gushue's North American squad tied Team World's Bruce Mouat to split the available point.
Shuster (Superior, Wis.) and his team of Chris Plys (Duluth, Minn.), Matt Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.), and John Landsteiner (Duluth, Minn.) were tied with Edin's squad after seven ends as the Swedes held on to the hammer for the final end where they scored three points.
Team Edin opened the match with a deuce to momentarily grab control of the game's momentum. The U.S. men, however, quickly countered with hit for two points in the second end. Sweden had another deuce set up in the third but Edin's first skip stone rolled out after making a takeout. This allowed Shuster to remove the other Swedish rock in the house and the end was blanked.
The Swedes would capitalize for two more in the fourth end but Shuster converted a takeout in the fifth end to tie the game. After blanking the sixth end, Team Edin could have taken two points in the seventh end but opted to blank that end as well to keep the hammer in the final end. Games at this event do not go to an extra end and tie games would result in a split of the points.
"Those guys are some of our better friends on Tour so I'm sure that win felt pretty good for those guys," Shuster said.
But there is hope for Team North America to continue its Continental Cup win streak as the point values double tomorrow when the new team scramble events debut at Orleans Arena. All of the U.S. athletes will take the ice throughout Saturday's competition beginning with the women's team scramble in the 8:30 a.m. draw. USA's Jamie Sinclair and Taylor Anderson will be paired with Canadians Emma Miskew and Lisa Weagle to take on Team World's Swedish/Swiss combo of Silvana Tirinzoni, Sara McManus, Esther Neuenschwander, and Sofia Mabergs. USA's Sarah Anderson and Monica Walker will be paired with Canada's Jennifer Jones and Jocelyn Peterman to battle Team World's Scottish/Swiss team of Eve Muirhead, Alina Pätz, Vicki Chalmers, and Melanie Barbezat. Men's team scramble will be played at 1:30 p.m. and a mixed team scramble will highlight the evening draw. Full matchups are listed below. Sunday's pairing for the skins competition will be announced tomorrow.


Thank you for visiting our Median Adult page. The Median Adult Department is made up of 14 Connection Group classes for adults ages 45 - 64. We have classes for men, women, married couples, and coed singles. These Connection Groups will help you connect to God's Son, Connect to God's Word, Connect to God's People and Connect to God's Mission.
Our Median Adults are very active in church-wide activities such as missions, Evangelism and special events such as our annual Fall Festival.
We encourage you to take a look at the opportunities available for Median Adults here at Westside Baptist Church. Make a connection with other Median Adults as we experience the wonderful opportunities to serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!


BORROW from the Butler Library Instead of purchasing books, borrow books, magazines, and DVD's from the Butler Public Library or from another Library in M.A.I.N through our Inter-library Loans. Think of all the money you will save by borrowing from the Library. Come for a visit and see all the great programs going on in your Library, too.
Please Note: All of our Adult Programs are open to those who are at least 18 years of age, unless otherwise noted. Most programs are free of charge and because space is limited for each program, registration is required. Reserve your seat by visiting the Library or calling 973-838-3262. Please check our website at www.butlerlibrary.org or at the Library for updates to our schedule.
We invite you to join us on the last Tuesday afternoon of every month at 2:00 pm when we show movies you may have missed at the theater or which you may want to see again. This free program is limited to 30 participants. Call 1-973-838-3262, or stop by the Library to sign up.
you need more information on this event.
Come meet Sarada and hear her talk about her book: Home at Last: A Journey To Higher Consciousness, which will be available for purchase for $15.00 and will be signed by the Author. This work of non-fiction, is based on the author's personal experience toward attaining enlightenment/self-realization through a meditation practice. Sarada has been a meditator for the past 20 years. Her book has been described as "A new meditation primer perfectly suited for twenty-first century seekers." Home At Last takes the reader on a profound journey on the road toward enlightenment. Come meet her to find out more, you can also visit her website: www.saradachiruvolu.com Registration in advance is required for this program.
Join us once a month for a Family Movie Night, showing Family-Friendly Films on our 70" Flat Screen TV. An adult must stay with children under the age of 10.
Call the Library at: 973-838-3262 to sign up. Check our website or on flyers in the Library for future movie titles.
Planning and saving for college education, which involves understanding the costs, and ways to save. This program is free of charge. Registration in advance is required.
A discussion on the importance of saving for retirement, the risk of inflation and why to start now. This program is free of charge. Please call or visit the Butler Library at 973-838-3262, to reserve your seat.
yourself. Please call or visit the Butler Library at 973-838-3262, to reserve your seat.
Career and Technical Education… Explore High School Options!
Introduction to Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts and Elder Law. Learn what you need to know to help guide you through making the right decisions. This program is free of charge. Please call or visit the Butler Library at 973-838-3262, to reserve your seat.
better position your finances for this large expense. Shanna will be available to address questions as well on loans, divorce and the expected family contribution (EFC). This talk is for all families and most helpful the further one's student is away from actually attending college. Parents of high school students can still gain valuable and timely information from Shanna. This program is free of charge. Please call or visit the Butler Library at 973-838-3262, to sign up.
Presenter: Rick Feingold teaches American Business History at Bergen Community College and holds a degree in History from Rutgers University.
founding fathers is the hottest ticket on Broadway. Hamilton, who as an immigrant became the first Secretary of the Treasury and founded the U.S. financial system died at the hands of Vice President Aaron Burr upon the dueling grounds in Weehawken, NJ. This program features the Hamilton mixtape (a compilation of favorite pieces of music) performance at the White House, an introduction to the characters of the musical, and music from the Broadway production including Ten Duel Commandments. This program is free of charge. Please call or visit the Butler Library at 973-838-3262, to sign up.
Come join us, from beginners to experienced, all are welcome to come socialize, share their projects or learn new knitting or crocheting skills from one another. Group meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month. Sign-ups are not required for this event.
Service is first come, first served. No formal instruction provided. Topics are varied. This service is for beginners and there are no sign ups required, just come in.


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Tyco International Ltd. to cut 7,100 jobs,…
Tyco International Ltd. to cut 7,100 jobs, close 24 plants
PUBLISHED: April 26, 2002 at 10:46 a.m. | UPDATED: July 16, 2021 at 2:34 a.m.
The job cuts represent about 3 percent of Tyco's worldwide work force of almost 250,000. The company also said it is scrapping its plan to break into four parts, saying it was an ill-timed mistake. Instead, it said it will downsize and sell its CIT financial division in hopes of getting some $7 billion. The conglomerate that makes products ranging from disposable medical supplies and plastic hangers to fire protection and security systems is taking its plastics division off the sales block. It had hoped to sell the business for as much as $4 billion. Tyco shares dropped 19.9 percent, or $5.15 a share, to close at $20.75 on the New York Stock Exchange. Analysts said the abrupt shift in the company's plans added to Tyco's credibility problems, which started earlier this year with worries about the company's accounting practices and debt load following the Enron collapse. "They're not giving investors a lot of reason to trust them right now," said Rob Plaza of Morningstar. Brad McGee, a Tyco vice president, said six U.S. factories will close. He did not know their locations, but said employees had been notified. Based in Bermuda, Tyco has headquarters in Exeter. On the Net: http://www.tyco.com
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What Andrzej Żuławski Taught Me About Filmmaking
By Nicolas Boukhrief | December 12, 2016
Nicolas Boukhrief, director of Made in France, shares the advice given to him by the late auteur when he worked with him in the '80s.
Underrated/Overlooked: Stephen Cone on Being 17
By Stephen Cone | November 18, 2016
Stephen Cone on the latest film by the criminally undervalued French filmmaker André Téchiné, a director very important to Cone's life and work.
Playing Cowboys and Indians in France and the Middle East
By Shannon Plumb | July 13, 2016
Shannon Plumb on Thomas Bidegain's Les Cowboys, which updates the Western for the post-9/11 world.
Bruce LaBruce (Gerontophilia) Talks Philippe Garrel's In the Shadow of Women
By Bruce LaBruce | January 27, 2016
Though less internationally well-known than his peers, Garrel is one of the great French auteurs and his new film finds him at the peak of his powers.
Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Mathieu Amalric's The Blue Room
By Zach Clark | October 2, 2014
The French actor's latest directorial effort prompts discussion of 4x3 aspect ratio, short running times, nudity and the other kind of "TV movies."
Calvin Lee Reeder (The Rambler) Talks Ari Folman's The Congress
By Calvin Lee Reeder | September 2, 2014
Robin Wright plays Robin Wright in a surreal, dystopian vision of Hollywood's future, a film that's more psychic fiction than science fiction.
Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Catherine Breillat's Abuse of Weakness
By Zach Clark | August 20, 2014
How do you bounce back from the lowest, most humiliating experience of your life? If you're Catherine Breillat, you make a film about it.


Don't Forget Renters Insurance Coverage.
Many Renters Don't Get Security Deposits Back.
Phoenix a Top Market Where Renters Can Afford to Buy.
A study of renters by Fannie Mae revealed the top 3 reasons that they were renting: a. 57% said it allows them to live within their budget; b. 52% said its less stressful; c. And 50% believed its the best decision given the current economic climate.
Why Renters Want to Own.


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This is a book about different typefaces for a wide range of footprints that have their own personalities. They are separated into two sections: male and female shoes. Male shoes have been classified as hiking shoes, business shoes and others. Female footwear includes boots, sneakers and high heels. A shoe is an item of footwear. Shoes can vary from a simple flip-flop to a complex boot with high or low heels, although in western cultures, high heels are considered as a woman's style. They can be made of leather or canvas. Athletic shoe soles can be made of rubber.


All is fair in love and war, but some animals take it to the extreme by temporarily turning themselves into something they're not. Findings published today in the journal Nature provide two new examples of how these mimics can get ahead.
The mating scene for giant Australian cuttlefish (Sepia apama) is rife with fighting and deception. Small males often scoop their much larger counterparts by pretending to be female themselves, which allows the runts to get closer to females of reproductive age. "In the blink of an eye they can pull out of it and go back to being a male," observes lead author Roger Hanlon of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass. But although researchers had observed this behavior in the wild, it was unclear how successful the male mimics were at actually fertilizing females. Hanlon and his colleagues studied the creatures in their natural habitat and used DNA fingerprinting to analyze eggs and calculate the mimics' success rates. According to the report, the female impersonators fertilized female fish in 60 percent of their attempts, a success rate about twice that of honest male cuttlefish.
A second report by researchers at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, U.K., details a new example of mimicry in vertebrates, which usually lack the ability to switch appearances. Isabelle M. Cote and Karen L. Cheney found that the bluestriped fangblenny fish (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) is an exception and can turn its disguise on and off at will. By pretending to be a bluestreak cleaner fish (Labroides dimidiatus--an animal that helps other species by removing parasites--the fangblenny then ambushes its prey. Although the physiological basis of the animals' color changes is not yet understood, the scientists found that rapid shifts in hue are possible and that the fish can maintain the different appearance for several hours. This flexibility is beneficial because if there are no cleaner fish to impersonate, the fangblenny fish can revert to its signature blue stripe, which allows the creature to blend in better with the surroundings.


Gap has always been my go-to for essentials. Staple shirts, trousers, jeans and jackets are peppered throughout my wardrobe. This season, however, Gap is bringing their A-game to the fashion table with a bit more flare with their fashion. I visited the fitting room more than once, with arm loads full of clothes and this is what I edited down to be my favourite. They are pieces I know have in my closer, ready for wearing when this weather finally decides to stay cold. Not that I'm complaining!


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Customs Dept seizes 1.6 tonnes of firecrackers in Penang
BUTTERWORTH: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department seized over 1.6 tonnes of firecrackers in three separate operations in Penang.
Penang Customs Department director Hamisan Kalip said the stash of firecrackers was seized following a raid of a shop lot on George Town at about 4.30am on Jan 9, adding that the firecrackers were to be sold over the Chinese New Year festival.
"A squad from the department's marine unit raided the premises and found 463 boxes of firecrackers weighing 1,648.37kg," said Hamisan.
He added that three men who were offloading the firecrackers were arrested to help the investigation, saying that they were aged between 30 to 42.
Hamisan said at a press conference at the department's enforcement store in Bagan Jermal on Wednesday that the firecrackers are estimated to be worth RM87,010 and evaded duties amounting to RM56,556.50.
"The firecrackers were brought in from Thailand by land and without proper declarations," he said, adding that case is being investigated under Section 135(1)(d) of the Customs Act 1967 for protecting, storing, concealing and possession of undeclared goods.
If convicted, it provides for a fine of not less than 10 times the value of the goods or RM50,000, whichever is the greater amount and not more than 20 times the value of the goods or RM500,000, whichever is greater, a jail term not exceeding five years, or both.
Hamisan then said that in another raid, 510 electrical stoves worth RM358,500 involving RM114,720 worth of unpaid duties were seized from a container at the North Butterworth Container Terminal at 11am on Jan 10.
"Checks found the container was imported by a local company based in Pasir Mas, Kelantan and the shipment is from China. A 34-year-old female suspect has since been arrested to facilitate investigations and has been released on bail," he said.
Hamisan added that the company had made a false declaration by stating that the goods being imported were five separate parts of unassembled cooking stoves to be exempt from taxation
Earlier, Hamisan said the department had detained two containers at the same terminal loaded with 129 electrical scooters worth RM283,800 that had unpaid taxes of RM85,140 at about 4.30am on Dec 16 last year.
He said the importer was based in Sungai Petani, Kedah and a 54-year-old man has since been arrested to facilitate investigations and released on bail.
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One of my resolutions for 2012 was to try to be my organized. I am sorry to admit that I am not very organized at all. I try to be, but I usually fail miserably. I think that Pinterest is going to help me with that.
Another idea for re-purposing items, is to make a purse out of a place mat. I got the idea from my sister in law. You really do not need to have much sewing knowledge to to this. It is so easy a beginner can do this without a problem.
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Grand Rapids-area Harry Potter fans are in for a treat next winter! The Grand Rapids Symphony has just announced two special showings of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone!
Dr. Bennet Omalu, the subject of the new biopic Concussion, was the first man to publish a study linking head injuries suffered playing football to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and his pioneering work as a forensic pathologist deserves recognition and appreciation. But that pioneering work involved things like autopsies, painstaking research, and lots of paperwork — not exactly the stuff of blockbusters — combined with (at least in Concussion's telling of the tale) a lot of scolding and righteously indignant speeches. This subject is hugely important, but as shaped by writer/director Peter Landesman, it's not especially cinematic.
Film took on a new role at ArtPrize this year with its first annual film competition ArtPrize OnScreen: Presented by Waterfront Film Festival.
The winners of ArtPrize OnScreen were announced Friday night. Learn more about the winners and view the trailers.
'T-Rex', the story of Flint-native and Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa "T-Rex" Shields will play for free on Saturday, October 3 at ArtPrize Seven.
Seats will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis at Michigan House at 40 Pearl Street NW.


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Democrat Staffers Just BOOTED From Congress…The Reason Why Is CHILLING!
By Samantha Roberts
If you're a Democrat and in public office, you will probably want to check your anti-virus and spyware software and settings. It appears that once again, Democrats have been targeted for hacking. Only this time, it has come from within.
We all remember the drama that unfolded throughout last year's election season as the Democratic National Committee and then Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta had their emails hacked and leaked.
There was also the nearly constant barrage of stories about the use of and investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server used for conducting official federal business. The Daily Caller reported that a new cyber security threat has targeted congressional Democrats.
Three brothers: Abid, Imran and Jamal Awan, "who managed office information technology for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other lawmakers were abruptly relieved of their duties on suspicion that they accessed congressional computers without permission." The brothers also worked on computers for members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
"The two committees deal with many of the nation's most sensitive issues and documents, including those related to the war on terrorism," The Daily Caller reported.
As a result of the unauthorized access, several key congressional, Democratic leaders have potentially been compromised. These include Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., Rep. Andre Carson,D-Ind., Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif, Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. and Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla.
Imran Awan with Bill Clinton (Facebook/Daily Caller)
The brothers are considered shared employees who are hired by multiple offices who share the expense of their salaries. Right Wing News noted that the brothers live together with Hina Alvi, " a woman who also works in IT for some of the same Democrats the brothers worked for." The brothers also reportedly have experienced significant financial troubles including "repossessed cars, bankruptcy declarations, lawsuits and multiple second mortgages."
It is unclear at this time what data may have been compromised or how it was used.
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'Meryem': Loss of innocence and child brides
September 23 2013 00:01:00
Emrah Güler
Writer and director Atalay Taşdiken's newly released feature 'Meryem' is based in idyllic Anatolian town and questions marriages.
"Innocence belongs to those who wait." The tag line and theme of Atalay Taşdiken's sophomore feature "Meryem" could very well have been the same one for his award-winning debut "Mommo" (The Bogeyman) of 2009. In "Mommo," nine-year-old Ali and his little sister Ayşe, in a broken home, waited desperately for their aunt.
In "Meryem," the newly-wed young woman of the title waits desperately for her husband to come home, or rather come to her in-laws' home, where she has taken temporary residence. The fresh-faced Meryem (Zeynep Çamcı, in her first major screen role) was wed to Mustafa (Mehmet Usta) in rather a hurry, a favor to free her of the burden of finding a suitor herself. It's a favor because Meryem's father is dead, and her father-in-law is an old friend of her father's.
The hurried nature of the wedding becomes evident when Mustafa comes from Istanbul to the small town where Meryem and his family live a few days before, and takes a few days off following the wedding. Meryem moves in with her in-laws (veteran actors Mustafa Uzunyılmaz and Zerrin Sümer), and makes it her duty to become the perfect housemaid for her new family. She becomes the dutiful housewife sans the husband, who is himself supposed to be making arrangements to set up their house in Istanbul, before coming to take his bride.
So begins the waiting, as Meryem piles pebbles into a jar for each day her new husband is away from her. Barely out of her teens, she has no idea what marriage is like, or what it's supposed to be like. What's even sadder is that she's only seen the man she so desperately wants to spend the rest of her life with for a mere week. As her complaints grow more intense, her mother's answer is the same: Be patient.
A complicated relationship
Things are further complicated when Murat (child-star-cum-mature-actor İsmail Hacıoğlu) returns from the army. Murat had fallen for Meryem, but was not quick enough to ask for her hand before being shipped off to the military. He comes back with his love for Meryem stronger, and his psyche bruised from his experience in the army. An impulsive and broken man becomes the ultimate threat for this newly-married young woman.
Meryem is torn between a nearly animalistic display of love, and the idea of a marriage she has consumed in her imagination. As the town begins stirring with the makings of a scandal, her in-laws find the ideal solution to ship their daughter-in-law to Istanbul, near her husband. They sell their only income, their cows, to put an end to the endless gossip of small-town life. As Meryem heads off to a new life, and closes an old one, the film takes an unexpected turn and the audience is left with a surprise ending.
Reality and dreams blend in Taşdiken's feature, water and pebbles becoming a recurring motif in her dreams. The splendid cinematography by Feza Çaldıran at once takes the audience from the town next to a beautiful lake to the ethereal otherworld of Meryem's dreams. Meryem, referring to the Virgin Mary, is a common girls' name in rural Anatolia. With the water defying gravity in Meryem's dreams and the innuendo to her virginity, the biblical references are there for the keener eye.
Child brides have always been on the more tragic side of Anatolian traditions for centuries, and are thus a favorite subject in Turkish cinema. One recent example was last year's Crystal Bear-winner at the Berlinale, Reis Çelik's "Lal Gece" (Night of Silence). The movie put an older man and an adolescent girl in the bridal chamber throughout most of its duration, to haunting effect. In "Lal Gece," the suffocating nature of arranged marriages was told through a claustrophobic bridal chamber, and a war of words between two people. In "Meryem," the suffocation is as palpable, albeit in an idyllic setting, in a beautiful town next to a lake. Here, it is not the privacy of the bedroom, but rather the people of smalltown life, that makes the reality of arranged marriages and child brides all the more harrowing.


On this first Sunday of Advent, the word of God offers a timely message. For the sights and sounds of the season bring multiple distractions into our daily routines. There is the sensory overload of festive food and drink, and the stress of the inevitable commercial activity that marks the season. To-do lists and extra errands overwhelm the days and weeks leading to Christmas.
At the same time, the liturgical readings of Advent invite us to travel another path. God's word challenges us to slow down, to pause and to take time to fix our gaze on God. We are invited to take the first step in spiritual preparations for the coming of the Lord.
"Stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand. Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life," Jesus says to his disciples. How did the disciples react to these stark words of Jesus?
Surely they must have been startled by Jesus' warning of imminent signs and wonders in the sun, the moon and the stars. The natural signs that Jesus speaks of point to the reality that something is not quite right with the visible world as we see and experience it. In the midst of the turmoil of creation, Jesus says the Son of Man will be revealed in a cloud coming in power and great glory.
So how is a disciple of Jesus to respond? Is chaos and confusion the final word on the human condition? Jesus gives his disciples, and us, a powerful answer that fills us with confidence and trust. He also gives us a path to follow on our Advent journeys of faith.
Vigilance and prayer are the most fitting attitudes in response to the present and future turmoil of the world. While we may never experience the signs that Jesus warns about, there are events and daily happenings that can disturb our peace of mind. They can be in the natural order or in the order of human relationships — political, economic or personal turmoil.
The headline news each day points to the fact that there is something not quite right with the human condition. Whether we like it or not, the confusion and chaos of the world affects us in the daily walk of life.
Jesus reminds his disciples that the anxieties and the stress of daily life are not the last word on the human condition. So we turn our eyes to God in Advent to be filled with expectant hope that God becomes one of us to free us from the chaos and darkness of this world.
How will I exercise vigilance and persevere in prayer during my Advent preparations for the Lord's coming?


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Is it easy to give up your books once you've handed them to the publisher?
No. Matthew Smith from Urbane Publishing works as a "collaborative" publisher. That means that he welcomes the author to stay in touch and to share how the novel will be marketed. I love this approach. I am grateful for being published in a very competitive market place – and feel that the least I can do is to contribute as much as I can to the book's success.
Leaving it alone would be like abandoning a baby for someone else to take full care of it. I couldn't do that.
Has your writing style changed much since your debut novel?
I think my dialogue has improved – others certainly tell me that, and I think my writing is more concise and compact. It packs more punch. I also think I continue to be fascinated by human beings and I am prepared to go to the dark depths of any character without flinching and also to the heights of their being.
As a writer did you have any bad habits you needed to break the more you continued to write?
I needed to get the balance improved between descriptive writing with lyricism (as I love a poetic phrase or two J) with action and keeping the story moving along. I learnt the importance of engaging the reader in the story and bringing in those twists and turns that I mentioned earlier.
Has writing always been a passion for you?
Yes. When I was seven, my mother took me to Ligoniel library in Belfast. I had three library tickets for the week. I read all three books. I knew even then that one day I would want to be a writer who could create a fantasy world for the reader.
If you could have a dinner party with three authors living or dead who would they be and why?
I would invite Jack Kerouac from "On the Road" fame because I think he was way ahead of his time in his pursuit of the meaning of life within a story. He was therefore quite lonely towards the end of his life. I would make him a good meal, ask him lots of questions and make him laugh. I would invite John Banville because I like the way his mind works and is revealed in his writing. He is honest and unflinching in his descriptions. And I think the third would be A S Byatt for her novel Possession. I also found her prepared to tackle challenging subjects, totally gripping in her writing style and there's a hint of mystery about her.
For any aspiring writer do you have any words of advice or encouragement?
Find out what you love about life – what fascinates you. Learn as much about it as you can and write about it fearlessly.
And finally, what do you hope your readers will take away from your latest book?
I would like them to be surprised that going through Hell as the Painter does is often the fastest way of finding true happiness. Maybe I also learned that growing up in Belfast, living in Hell and yet also finding a love there which has never left me.
And I would like them to say that it was extraordinarily honest, deep, a twisting fascinating story with spellbinding dialogue!
That's not asking for a lot, is it?
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30th FID Marseille | 2019
"Fendas arises with this image, one woman shouting towards the sea."
FENDAS / SLITS | Dir. Carlos Segundo | Comepétition FRANÇAISE
Première Mondiale / World Premiere
"Catarina is a quantum physics researcher. She studies the sound spaces hidden in the variations of light. By immersing herself in the images she distorts, Catarina discovers a new form of sound spectrum, which seems to give her access to another temporality."
Fendas affords itself the luxury of humour, and mixes it shamelessly with seriousness and elegance, guiding us down a slope where surprises succeed one another – in the gentlest possible way.
Hello Carlos many thanks for talking to TNC, how are you doing?
I'm really fine, and a little bit anxious. It is my first experience in that situation. To me, it is a special moment.
Are you looking forward to be bringing Slits to FID 2019?
Evidently. In such a special way.
This will be your World Premiere & Slits is part of the French Competition, does this add any extra pressure on you?
This is also my premiere directing a feature film. So, it is all new to me.
In another way, I love this film so much. It is simple and free of creation. Therefore, I think my anxiety involve my will to see it on a big screen with peoples around. I don't think to have the extra pressure on it. It is only the way how emotions flow.
Do you still get nerves ahead of your screening?
Of course, I do. That is the best part of this party, doesn't it? I always try to make a film that satisfies me first. But I really desire it touches someone else. Anyway...I love putting myself at risk. That why I don't like the classical cinema, with pre-established formulas and recipes.
How would you describe your visual style?
It is really difficult to describe a personal visual style. Especially when you are constantly looking for and researching different ways to create.
What I know, for sure, is what I don't like. I'm not interested to tell histories only. I believe that cinema can give us more than good histories. Cinema can provide us with a different and special life dimension. It can give us a new perspective of time and space also. Cinema proves me that is allowed to reinvent our process to be alive.
Cinema, truly, change completely my way to see and carry my life. It is impossible to be the same, pass unharmed by Angelopoulos, Tarkoviski, Kieślowski, Tsai Ming Liang, Abbas Kiarostami, an so on... It is impossible... So, I don't really know describe my visual style, but I know all these things are mixed in it.
"I hope the audience, in a particular way, can find themselves in some hidden corner of it."
Can you tell me a little bit about Slits what can we expect?
Fendas is a simple film with a potent concept. It is not about Catarina only. It is about me and you, about life and our inability to grasp reality. It is about transformation and movement. I hope it finds some attentive eyes.
What was the inspiration behind this film?
I really don't know, many, maybe. I always start work on my films from an image [sonorous or visual]. After that, I begin to search for ways and perspectives that are around this image. Fendas arises with this image, one woman shouting towards the sea. All other things come afterward. If I have some image, I allowed myself to create and invent everything I want. So, I trust in my intuition and leave it goes.
How have you managed to blend the seriousness of this film with such elegance, humour and love?
Thank you. I didn't realize I have done it properly.
What was the most challenging part of bringing this film to life?
Structure. Fendas is a low budget film at all. In Brazil, especially at this moment, work with cinema [art in general] is a political act. This actual government is destroying all things that involve art, education, and culture.
We never thought we could fall back like that. So, we film only because it is necessary. Because we must keep alive and resistant.
How important is the collaborative nature in filmmaking for you?
It is very important. In films as this one, how we use to say, "film d'auteur", made usually without a large budget, the collaborative work is the core of independent films.
How different is this film to your previous works?
As I said before, I don't have any interest in classical cinema, with those rules. So, each film is a new film, with a particular characteristic. If there is something that approaches my films, I think it is the rhythms of the "mise-en-scène" and the absence, all information absent in the film. I love the instability and to give to the audience their possibility to complete and get in and penetrate the slits of the film.
Has your style and approach to your film changed much since your debut film?
Considerably. If there isn't a classical historie or plot to guide, we can change and move the elements all the time, even on the set, when we are filming. And I fill quite comfortable with that. Actually, this process is important to me. Put the film in constant movement
Have you always had a passion for filmmaking?
Not really. I came from a poor family. Cinema was nothing to me when I was young. In fact, I discovered the cinema when I was 25, 26 years old. It comes a bit late, but comes like a storm. And still raining a lot in my champ.
Looking back is there anything you would like to do differently or change?
If you are talking about the film, yes…One film never ends, we have to abandon it. Anyway, this one has already gone. And new others are coming.
Do you have any advice for any emerging filmmaker?
No, no…I'm so young for that. I'm an emerging filmmaker too.
And finally, what do you hope people will take away from this film?
Fendas is a very opened film. An experience that gives us many doors and windows. I hope the audience, in a particular way, can find themselves in some hidden corner of it.
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Q: ::before vertical alignment in variable height div I've got a dropdown box I'm working with that contains optional text and a pseudo-button (just an image, the whole box is clickable to drop down the contents). HTML for the whole piece looks something like:

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This code works really well until the dropdown box is filled by the user, at which point the total height changes and the pseudo-button's vertical alignment is off.
Any suggestions?

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You do not have to live with the discomfort of heartburn. There are many herbal home remedies for heartburn that are safe, natural and affordable alternatives to somewhat costly and possibly harmful medications.
Try drinking some aloe vera juice. This helps soothe the irritated esophagus, which is what hurts or burns during a bout of heartburn. You can find this juice at your local health food store, whole food store, and some supermarkets. Some brands of it are already mixed with other juices for a nice flavor, or you can find it plain and add it to your favorite juice or tea. Follow label for serving sizes. Do not attempt to drink the liquid that comes straight from the aloe vera plant, as this liquid has to go through a special process to remove the latex and other properties that you should not consume.
Another herbal home remedies for heartburn you can try is slippery elm. This is a type of elm tree whose bark contains a gooey substance called mucilage. Slippery elm can be found in various flavors of herbal teas. It is also a main ingredient found in certain brands of herbal throat lozenges. Both the tea and the throat drops can be found at local health food stores, whole food stores and some supermarkets. Either option can soothe and comfort the burning effects of acid reflux, or heartburn.
Marshmallow root is an herb similar to slippery elm as it contains mucilage, and also soothes and comforts the esophagus by coating it. Marshmallow root can be purchased at health food stores, either in the bulk section where herbs are sold by the ounce, or prepackaged. Make a tea from this by pouring eight ounces boiling water over one tablespoon of marshmallow root, steep for ten minutes and then strain it. You can add honey if you like and have up to three cups a day. You can also find teas that contain marshmallow root at health food stores, that are just as effective. Do use caution with this herb if you are a diabetic as it could make your blood sugar drop too low. Also do not use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.


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Welcome to Life Tools for Teens. Even the name is ambitious and I haven't even tackled a topic yet! I initially entertained the masthead "Teen Logic" but besides the fact that the domain was taken (minor detail), I decided "teen logic" was too much of an oxymoron to use it! It seems more manageable to get some "tools" into the psyche of teens versus "logic". And, as the parent of teenagers, I feel authorized to say that! So, my lofty mission is to present mind/body/spirit ideas that teens can use (or parents can teach) to more easily navigate adolescence and throughout life. Did I already say… ambitious?


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The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories 2017: Report of the Director-General - Appendix
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In accordance with the resolution concerning the implications of Israeli settlements in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories in connection with the situation of Arab workers, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 66th Session (1980), the Director-General again this year sent a mission to Israel and the occupied Arab territories in order to make as full an assessment as possible of the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories. As in previous years, the mission sought to gather and assess information on the situation of the workers of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza) and the occupied Syrian Golan.
The Director-General's representatives were guided by the principles and objectives laid down in the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, including the Declaration of Philadelphia, as well as the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization. The representatives were also guided by the resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference, as well as the principles laid down in the relevant international labour standards and those enunciated by the supervisory bodies of the ILO.
In examining all the issues involved, both during the mission and in the preparation of this report, the Director-General's representatives bore in mind, as they have always done, the relevant standards of international humanitarian and human rights law, in particular, the Hague Convention of 1907 (respecting the laws and customs of war on land) and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 (relative to the protection of civilian persons in time of war). The mission was guided by the relevant resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council, including Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 497 (1981), 1397 (2002), 1515 (2003), 1850 (2008), 1860 (2009) and 2334 (2016). It was also mindful of the Advisory Opinion of 9 July 2004 of the International Court of Justice (ICJ, 2004).
The Director-General entrusted Frank Hagemann, Deputy Regional Director of the ILO Regional Office for the Arab States and Director of the Decent Work Technical Support Team for the Arab States, to lead the mission. The mission team included Tariq Haq, Senior Employment Policy Specialist in the Decent Work Technical Support Team for the Arab States; Steven Kapsos, Head of the Data Production and Analysis Unit in the Department of Statistics; Katerine Landuyt, Legal Standards Specialist in the International Labour Standards Department; and Ludek Rychly, Senior Labour Administration and Social Dialogue Specialist in the Governance and Tripartism Department. Mounir Kleibo, ILO Representative in Jerusalem, and Rasha El Shurafa, Programme Officer in the Office of the ILO Representative in Jerusalem, undertook the preparations for the mission, in which they also participated. The mission visited Israel and the occupied Arab territories from 7 to 16 March 2017.
The mission leader also held consultations with the Arab Labour Organization and the League of Arab States in Cairo on 28 February 2017.
In the course of the mission, the Director-General's representatives held numerous discussions with Israeli and Palestinian interlocutors, as well as those from the occupied Syrian Golan. They met with representatives of various ministries and institutions of the Palestinian Authority and the Government of Israel, Palestinian and Israeli workers' and employers' organizations, non-governmental organizations, research institutions and community leaders. The mission also consulted representatives of the United Nations and other international organizations. In addition, focus group discussions with Palestinian workers were organized.
Once again the Director-General is pleased to recognize that his representatives enjoyed the full cooperation of all parties, both Arab and Israeli, in obtaining the factual information on which this report is based. The written submissions received by the mission are acknowledged with thanks.
This Report takes full account of written and oral information obtained on the ground by the mission, and also data, studies and reports available in the public domain. Information obtained in the interviews with various interlocutors was examined in a thorough manner and checked as far as possible with other available information. In examining the situation of Palestinian and other Arab workers, the members of the mission conducted their work with impartiality and objectivity.
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Our model for the event was the 'techno cosmic mass', created by theologian and Episcopal priest, Matthew Fox. It is segmented into four components, each representing an aspect of a healing journey. The Via Positiva (the way of the Positive), the Via Negativa (the way of the Negative), the Via Creativa (the way of the creative) and the Via Transformativa (the way of the transformative). Woven through all of this was powerful, deep as the snow, at times mournful and at times celebratory music, poetry, dance, meditation, manifestation, honoring, toasting and blessing.
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I laughed as I crossed the square, and took in a magical sight. Throughout the day, people had created a display of snow people, some with sunglasses, others with flower pots or coffee cups for hats, one with pink mittens, some with holly strewn with berries for hair. Folks were posing for pictures with the frozen creatures.
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Lo spanking (sculacciata), noto anche come spankophilia, è un gioco erotico che consiste nello sculacciare il partner allo scopo di provocare l'eccitazione sessuale di entrambe o anche di una sola delle due parti in causa. Lo spanking è di norma considerato una delle discipline tipicamente appartenenti al BDSM (sadomasochistiche in particolare) ma non tutti i praticanti la interpretano in tal modo; per alcuni infatti tale pratica può essere considerata gratificante anche all'interno di una relazione sessuale tradizionale o addirittura al di fuori di ogni contesto di coppia, come pratica del tutto a sé stante.

La pratica della sculacciata erotica è comunemente combinata con altre forme di preliminari sessuali, quali ad esempio il sesso orale; ma può anche esser combinato col bondage, al fine d'aumentar l'eccitazione ed il senso di sottomissione. Le forme più "avanzate" di spanking, come il switching, paddling, belting, bastonatura, flagellazione e birching comportano invece della mano l'uso d'un attrezzo apposito. Molte antichissime culture descrivono d'altra parte il dolore fisico come altamente afrodisiaco, ad esempio il Kāma Sūtra vi si sofferma con particolare accuratezza, descrivendo nei dettagli su come colpire correttamente il partner durante il rapporto sessuale.

Storia e letteratura

Le origini, la portata ed il "valore" da attribuire alla sculacciata come consensuale pratica erotica rimangono in gran parte occultati ai più, e la sua storia, esistente fin dalle epoche più remote, quasi del tutto sconosciuta. Raffigurazioni di flagellazioni a scopo sessuale si trovano all'interno di tombe etrusche databili al VI secolo a.C., denominate per l'occasione Tombe della fustigazione.

Coloro che sono interessati alla pratica del dare o ricevere sculacciate son detti in ambito anglosassone spankophiles: un esempio in tal senso lo abbiamo dal poeta Algernon Swinburne (più volte implicita nella sua poesia è tal pratica).
Famose sono poi Le confessioni di Jean-Jacques Rousseau della seconda metà del Settecento in cui il filosofo, nel primo capitolo dell'opera, parlando della sua infanzia racconta di quando fu sculacciato per la prima volta dalla cameriera di casa per una marachella commessa: da allora e per tutta la vita seguitò poi a cercar questa (a suo dire) deliziosa forma di punizione che doveva essergli inflitta rigorosamente da una giovane donna..
"La Signorina Lambercier, nostra tutrice, esercitava in tutto su di noi l'autorità di una madre, anche per infliggerci la punizione classica data ai bambini... Chi avrebbe mai detto che questa disciplina infantile, ricevuta all'età di otto anni dalle mani di una donna di trenta, dovesse influenzar così tanto le mie propensioni, i miei desideri, tutte le mie passioni per il resto dell'esistenza... Cadere ai piedi d'una padrona imperiosa ed esser messo sulle sue ginocchia, del tutto inerme e scoperto a lei, obbedendo ai suoi ordini ed implorando perdono, sono stati per me i godimenti più squisiti; e più il mio sangue s'è infiammato sforzandosi in fervide fantasie e più ho acquisito l'aspetto d'un amante piagnucolante"

Il marchese de Sade descrive questa pratica nei suoi romanzi, così come lo scrittore austriaco Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.
Per avvicinarsi a tempi più recenti, la stragrande maggioranza della pornografia inglese dell'epoca vittoriana è costituita da centinaia di migliaia d'incisioni e fotografie di donne e uomini frustati e/o sculacciati. Ma non mancano neppure, per tutto l'800 (quando i giochi di sottomissione sessuale d'un uomo verso la donna eran definiti come vizio inglese) molteplici e variegate rappresentazioni letterarie di flagellazione (birching) e spanking: i romanzi erotici dell'epoca The whippingam papers, The birchen bouquet ed Exibition of female flagellants, assieme all'opera buffa pornografica Lady Bumtickler's revels hanno alimentato le fantasie d'intere generazioni.

Di molti personaggi noti è stata scoperta, solo dopo la morte, questa loro predilezione e gusto particolare, tra cui il più famoso di tutti è certamente T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence d'Arabia). Un moderno romanzo francese del 1988 è intitolato L'arte della sculacciata. La sculacciata è presente spesso e volentieri nella letteratura erotica, passata e contemporanea.

Rappresentazioni artistiche
Della pratica erotica dello spanking possiamo trovar tracce fin dall'antichità romana, si possono citar come esempio gli affreschi che si trovano a Pompei ed il romanzo di Petronio Satyricon.

Un celebre dipinto di Max Ernst del 1926 è intitolato La Madonna sculaccia Gesù bambino. C'è' poi un film erotico francese del 1976 di Claude Bernard-Aubert; Spanking è una canzone di George Brassens del 1966 in cui narra di come una sculacciata somministrata come punizione corporale possa trasformarsi in gioco erotico. Milo Manara ha illustrato un'opera erotica di Jean-Pierre Enard intitolata L'arte dello spanking

Un libro di Pierre Gripari si chiama Il mercante di sculacciate: in questa storia si racconta di come un "somministratore di sculacciate" si trovi ad aver la somma sfortuna di vivere in un paese dove i bambini non commettono mai marachelle, e pertanto i genitori non debbono mai richieder il suo aiuto correttivo. In tal modo nessuno ha mai bisogno dei suoi servigi e lui rischia di morir di fame: ma il bisogno aguzza l'ingegno, e troverà presto una felice soluzione.

Generalità e pratica
In altre culture sculacciare le donne fino ed oltre l'età adulta, da parte del maschio capo famiglia (padre, marito, fratello maggiore) continua ad esser ancor oggi uso e costume comune ed approvato di disciplina domestica. È difatti convinzione che l'uomo in quanto guida dell'istituzione famiglia abbia il diritto, oltre che il dovere, di punire adeguatamente moglie e figli quando se ne presenti il giusto motivo.

Nella maggior parte dei paesi occidentali moderni, questa pratica di coercizione fisica ha finito col tempo per esser considerata illegittima, oltreché socialmente inaccettabile, in quanto violenza domestica e abuso. Punizioni corporali di routine da parte di mariti nei confronti delle mogli esiste tuttavia in alcune parti del mondo in via di sviluppo (e si verifica ancora, in casi isolati, anche nei paesi occidentali).
È rimasta al giorno d'oggi come modo consensuale di erotizzazione del rapporto di coppia in ambito privato e che prelude al sesso più completo; il suo uso è specifico all'interno della galassia SM più soft

Il tipo più comune di spanking viene somministrato sulle natiche scoperte: è eseguito principalmente usando le mani nude, ma spesso ci si può avvalere anche di una varietà di strumenti specifici quali: palette, canne di legno o cuoio, cinture, righelli scolastici, frustini, (Paddle, Cane, Hairbrush, Ruler, Strap); ma anche altri strumenti sono molto popolari, tra i quali possiamo certamente citare rami flessibili di betulla, fruste e frustini, scarpe da ginnastica o zoccoli, spazzole per capelli, padelle da cucina, giornali arrotolati ed infine anche il martinet (un flagello a più strisce di pelle dura).

Posizioni
La posizione classica è quella Over the Knee(OTK), ovvero con il partner sottomesso alla sculacciata (Spankee) posto sulle ginocchia del partner dominante sculacciatore (Spanker). Altre posizioni vedono colui, o colei, che riceve la sculacciata appoggiato alla spalliera di una sedia o poltrona con il busto piegato in avanti a 90°, oppure toccarsi le caviglie con le mani, o in tante altre posizioni anche in relazione allo strumento utilizzato.

La posizione può anche esser scelta per aumentar certi effetti specifici, quali l'aumento dell'umiliazione e del sentirsi completamente alla mercé dell'altro; questi sentimenti s'aggiungono così alla semplice sofferenza fisica, accrescendo alla fine il soddisfacimento.

Ruoli
 Quando sono gli uomini che sculacciano le donne (M/F = Male on Female) a volte richiedono ch'esse si travestano da studentesse, oppure che giochino a fare la "sorellina", la "segretaria", l'"infermiera" interpretando fino in fondo un ruolo che rende tutto più eccitante. In questi giochi la donna viene sculacciata per punizione, per qualcosa che ha commesso o per una mancanza. Lei inizialmente non accetta la punizione e tenta di ribellarsi ma alla fine cede ed offre il fondoschiena all'uomo per ricevere la sculacciata.
Quando è invece la donna (femdom che sculaccia l'uomo (F/M = Female on Male) questa sarà la maestra o la madre severa, la domestica o baby sitter, la sorella maggiore o, nello specifico BDSM, la mistress-padrona.

In alcuni casi lo spanking può essere applicato come forma di correzione fisica all'interno di una relazione di dominazione, in cui il partner dominante, detto Master o Mistress, assume il compito di educatore o addestratore nei confronti del partner sottomesso, detto slave. In questi casi non necessariamente la pratica dello spanking comporta l'eccitazione sessuale di uno dei partner, ma può concretizzarsi in una vera e propria forma di tortura intenzionalmente diretta a provocare l'umiliazione psicologica (causata ad es. dall'esposizione imbarazzante e coattiva delle proprie parti intime al di fuori di un contesto sessuale) o il dolore fisico, anche persistente, nel soggetto che vi viene sottoposto.

Costume da spanking
La spank skirt (gonna da sculacciata) ha un'apertura aggiuntiva sul retro progettata espressamente per esporre più facilmente e velocemente il sedere al momento dello spanking: tipicamente aderente e realizzata con materiali di pelle sintetica (PVC, lattice), è considerata una delle vesti classiche del fetish in ambito BDSM.

L'inginocchiatoio o panca per l'esecuzione dello spanking

La "panchina" o "cavallo per lo spanking" è un mobile utilizzato per posizionare lo Spankee, e può essere con o senza legacci: disponibile in varie dimensioni e stile, anche se il tipo più popolare è quello simile ad un cavalletto con la parte superiore su cui ci si appoggia imbottita ed anelli o corde ai lati per imprigionare.
Familiarmente chiamato l'inginocchiatoio, in ricordo dell'uso comune medioevale monastico di fustigare o sculacciare i novizi e/o postulanti nei conventi proprio adagiandoli su un inginocchiatoio.

Teresa Berkley nel 1828 è divenuta famosa per la sua invenzione del Cavallo Berkley, un apparecchio di forma simile al cavalletto utilizzato per il salto sportivo

Aspetti psicologici
Molto cospicui sono gli studi sulla correlazione fra le pratiche di masochismo o sadismo, come lo spanking, e traumi, autolesionismo, attaccamento e abusi. In particolare, l'individuo che sceglie di assoggettarsi a pratiche di spanking, risulta mosso da un comportamento psicologico la cui causa emotiva è, a sua volta, il senso di colpa.

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Voci correlate
 Fornofilia
 Algolagnia
 BDSM
 Bottom (BDSM)
 Femdom
 Figging
 Masochismo
 Paddle (BDSM)
 Sadismo
 Dolore
 Sadomasochismo
 Storia culturale dei glutei

Altri progetti

BDSM
Sociologia della devianza