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SERGIO REGUILÓN & MARTA DIAZ: NOW & THEN
Photography: Dean Martindale / Styling: Carlotta Constant / Hair & Makeup: Doey Drummond / Set Design: Josefine Calmels / Interview & Words: Tom Everest
An exploration into personal growth and human connection through the depths of our successes, stories, scars, influences and ancestry. Celebrating the different ways we grow, together.
Now & Then is an investigation into personal triumph, independent creativity and, most importantly, the depth of human connection over time. Highlighting our ability to carve out new relationships, pathways and visions from what has gone before us.
"Over the last year I've learned that every little detail is so important. In that time, we have both grown stronger together and are more determined in our dreams. My biggest ambition is to keep growing, to make a bigger impact on the world."
Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters. It's why it is integral that you make, create and preserve objects, relationships and moments that you need to exist in the world. To ensure the legacy of what you love lives on.
For Sergio Reguilon and Marta Diaz, the moments that mean the most are the small, insignificant snippets of everyday life that they get to share together – "cooking, or at least trying to, watching his bad choice of films, making TikToks, taking naps in the afternoon" – as Marta splits her time between Madrid and Sergio's home in London. Despite having to deal with travel restrictions over the past year, their relationship still hinges on one rule. Being near one another is always a priority.
"We can never be apart for that long," Marta explains as she is met with a nod of approval from Sergio. As two independent cultural figures who often serve others before they serve themselves, it is important to "have a chill life," as Sergio describes. That's because they both stand at the forefront of a new and emerging force in Spanish popular culture.
The sense of isolation that sometimes casts a shadow over their relationship is a reminder that there are times where footballers don't have it all their own way. Two times, in fact. Relationships and social life, is one. Although Sergio is the first to admit that there are no hidden or hardest parts of the job, "it's the best career you can wish for." And the second is style.
That's because a footballers' wardrobe is often made up of just two different clothing rails; comfort and wealth. Through the working week they spent the best part in training wear. When given the freedom of choice, there is unsurprisingly a tendency to overcompensate. The levels of expectancy have heightened over the past 18 months, too. A flurry of questions thrown towards footballers nowadays look to cash in on some cultural credibility by asking them to 'rate their teammates drip.' It's become another vacuum in which footballers' opinions are often trivialised. When you meet Sergio, the archetypal alpha male style stereotypes are blown away. He doesn't get seduced by the hypothetical and he is unfazed by all the attention that comes with arriving as the talent on set. His style reflects that too.
"I think people get to know the Marta she shows on social media but the side I know is very special. That's the side of her that is very selfless, it's all love."
"I try to avoid drawing attention to myself," Sergio explains, "I like to look good, but without making a statement." Well, Sergio arrives wearing entirely Dolce and Gabbana. White tee, black jeans, white sneakers. An outfit that deceives the chill of a March morning. He comes straight from training, via a pit stop home to ensure he arrives with Marta, so everything is casual, considered. Not so much of a stretched jean or diamond in sight. But, beyond the talk of wardrobes, if you needed further proof that footballers are just like you and me, then just ask them how they've been spending their days during the pandemic.
Sergio doesn't even hesitate, he's straight in. "A lot of films, you know. I try to find time for games too." Movies, gaming are the standard responses for your ordinary footballer. However his extended list of lockdown hobbies is a lot different to the ones his teammates probably go home to. " YouTube too," he laughs.
That's because, alongside girlfriend Marta, who started her own YouTube channel in 2018 and now has more than 2 million followers, Sergio has become a regular feature in challenges, tasks and quizzes that fuel Marta's influence. The fact their relationship lives and exists on YouTube is testament to the fact that they announced their relationship on the platform two years ago.
The couple originally met in a nightclub in Madrid in 2019 and were spotted publicly for the first time attending the wedding of Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos and Pilar Rubio in Seville 2019. Before then, they preferred to keep their romance under wraps – until Marta disclosed all on YouTube. In that time, Marta's online following has tipped over into the millions and Sergio has swapped Spain for London. So, what do they remember of their relationship in those early days?
To answer this, the pair both break out into a rendition of Cuando te vuelva a ver, the one song that reminds them of each other. "Back then he played that in the car all the time to make me fall in love," Marta explains. "It worked," Sergio interjects. "We're still here two years later," Marta responds. The strength of their 'couple goals' extends into them finishing each other's sentences.
"In fact, one of my favourite dates was one of the ones earlier in the relationship when we went to the Daddy Yankee concert," Sergio begins to explain before Marta adds that "the plan was to have dinner only, so I was dressed super simple. Suddenly, he says 'yo, i'll get you something at the mall. Next thing, from the mall we're going to the Daddy Yankee concert. It shows that best dates are the ones that are spontaneous."
"The feeling I get with football cannot be compared to any other stage of life, like, that happiness you get when scoring a goal for example, or winning a title, I've never ever felt anything like that. That feeling of euphoria will never leave me."
"My biggest ambition right now is to keep enjoying my football, win a trophy with Tottenham and do something big with my country in the summer."
In a parallel universe, Sergio would be that guy. He could be the archetypal Instagram boyfriend, he could be the legitimate e-gamer – he was the first ever Spanish player to officially join an eSports team when he signed for Team Heretics in 2019 – and he could discuss the intricacies of film with any director. Instead, in the here and now, Sergio Reguilon is one of the brightest full-backs in Europe.
Since joining the Jose Mourinho revolution at Spurs, arriving hand-in-hand with the return of Gareth Bale, Sergio has been in the front seat of the club's rollercoaster season. He shone in the team's 6-1 away win at Manchester United in his first month in the Premier League and he also suffered in Spurs' recent how-did-that-actually-happen defeat at the hands of Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League.
For a player with a rising profile in the game, and someone who enjoys the triviality of YouTube, he has rarely captured the attention of the back page headline writers. But, again, he does not carry himself like a trademark modern day footballer. His approach to life is based on an immediate grasp of a situation, of the security and safety of his family, and the sense of determination he brings to every aspect of life. It explains why the intensity in which he plays on the pitch is matched to his mood away from the game. It's also why he can turn up to a Dolce & Gabbana shoot wearing full Dolce & Gabbana and it feels right. Natural. Sacrosanct, even. And not like he's put on his best gear for a day away from the training ground.
Jose Mourinho credits Sergio's assurance, confidence and fight from his education at Real Madrid, the club he joined as an eight-year-old and only left last year. 'He comes from a culture of very technical football,' said Mourinho. 'He was born and made in a winning club where, since you are a kid, you are educated in that direction. He goes forward, he is quick, he is creative, he assists.' It's something that Sergio agrees with. His upbringing and life as a 'cadette' at Real Madrid has informed the makeup of his entire life.
"When I was a kid I was taught a lot of 'respect values' in the youth academy. From there I learnt to fight until the last minute, until there is nothing left to give. They build you as a player, but also as a human being. So, right now I am how I am because of the way they made me. There is no doubt that I am a very competitive player who is always battling and fighting on the pitch because of that."
Although a diminutive figure at 5ft 8ins, Sergio has never been one to shy away from battle. He was once involved in a training-ground dispute with Sergio Ramos and in March 2019, he confronted Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi during El Clásico at the Bernabeu.
"It's very difficult to go from the academy to the first team," he says. "You have the best players in the world there and the level needed to get into the squad is very, very high. Every day. You have to believe in yourself, to know how to fight, and that has helped me in the way I play."
In the last three years Sergio has won the FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid, the Europa League last year with Sevilla and made his debut for the Spanish national team. But the highs of top flight football don't intoxicate him and the lows don't derail him. He's very much his own man. Or, as he's been referred to in circles around Spurs, 'a player dedicated to peak performance.'
"Even if I have a bad day he always looks for the good and brings that energy into every situation. He fuels my ambition. He has given me a greater determination to do so much more."
Naturally, being with Marta, someone who also operates at the top of her profession with over 5 million combined social followers and as a fully fledged author, you wonder how their parallel lives and careers influence each other. The answer, as you would expect, is unique to them.
"One of the most important things I learned from Sergio is to look at the positive side of things," Marta explains. "Even if I have a bad day or I feel sad, he always looks at the good and brings that energy into every situation. He fuels my ambition. The biggest ambition is to keep growing in every aspect of my life. Over the years I've always been a very ambitious person and being with Sergio has given me a greater determination to do so much more."
So, despite having blossoming careers before even meeting each other, they've decided to grow stronger together. Acknowledging that to reach new, boundary-breaking levels of achievement, they needed each other.
"It's true, my Marta is a wonderful person," says Sergio with a defiance that is softened only slightly by a subtle crack in his voice. "I only have positive things to say about her, she's all love and kindness. She's a truly great person that everyone loves. I think people get to know the Marta she shows on social media but the side I know is very special. That's the side of her that is very selfless, it's all love."
As the pair talk and share stories throughout the day, revealing more about the world they share together, they grow to become completely undeterred or unaware of the cameras around them. It acts as a reminder that, now and then, it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness, in pursuit of our personal careers, to just be happy. It's a lesson you learn almost immediately with Sergio and Marta. The his and hers theme follows them around the room. They need no direction on camera, they need no opportunity to trip each other up, pull a face or fix the other one's hair. Sometimes everyone needs to relish in a little bit of nonsense.
"A lot of what Marta does touches my heart," Sergio explains as he pulls up a chair away from the set. "The number of surprise trips that she has made to visit me in Seville and now London are the small things that mean so much. It's why I enjoy doing the videos too, because everything is done out of laughter and love."
Sergio's mission to 'do more' away from the pitch has endeared himself to Tottenham fans. Mainly down to his carefree approach on social media. When Tottenham's players were playing cricket in the gym, he posted a video and simply said: "I don't get it." Speaking to The Times, Sergio explained: 'I try to learn the customs of England and the customs of the players of the sport of my friends in the team. I'm happy to learn with them… but I'm so bad.' This was followed by Sergio replying with the GIF of Michael Jackson eating popcorn after an argument between Sky Sports pundits Jamie Redknapp and Roy Keane about the quality of Tottenham's squad.
Given that through Marta's YouTube channel we gain so much insight into Sergio's life away from the game, whether that be displaying Sergio's love of gaming or the couple's home in London, it's interesting that Sergio admits the sheer adrenaline rush of football is something that cannot be replicated anywhere else.
"I always talk about this with my friends," Sergio begins. "The feeling I get with football cannot be compared to any other stage of life, like, that happiness you get when scoring a goal for example, or winning a title, I've never ever felt nothing like that. It's something we're always chasing constantly, that feeling of euphoria will never leave me." It's that sense of immortality, the incessant chase for those feelings wrapped up in the game of football, that connects Sergio with a legion of Tottenham Hotspur fans that, due to COVID, have never seen him play live. But, the way you play the game can be felt across so many different worlds and cultures. Watching Spurs you see the personality of Sergio as a player and a person. It's the passion, the power and the intensity that enables him to perform at the pinnacle of the Premier League and unwind by livestreaming on Twitch. Over the past year, Sergio admits he has become more grounded and self-aware, he is the kind of person who seems to float above the fray, as if he's on his own high frequency.
No matter what kind of pressure he's under, the calibre of opponent he's facing or the amount of cameras on him, Sergio's default state is one of unflappable confidence. Meanwhile, Marta is decidedly more unchill. She's a different energy. Her unbridled joy, the way she bubbles in front of the camera and drags Sergio through their own dedicated TikTok video for the day. It's the blend of unbridled joy that offers much-needed glimmers of everyday goodness that so many of Sergio and Marta's fans enjoy. It's also one of the reasons as to why their relationship has blossomed.
"Over the last year I've learned that every little detail is so important," Marta explains. "After all that has happened it's vital that we value the little things in our lives; seeing our family and our friends, savouring the moment. I think as things start returning to normality we can all enjoy these things a little better now.
In that time, we have both grown stronger together and are more determined in our dreams. My biggest ambition is to keep growing in every aspect, I'd like to grow as a person and a professional, to make a bigger impact on the world."
"I have to agree," Sergio adds, with an absolute determination that he hopes will help him become the best full-backs on the planet. "My biggest ambition right now is to keep enjoying my football, win a trophy with Tottenham and do something big with my country in the summer."
Sergio and Marta aren't merely talented or trying to change the world; they're doing both. They're the embodiment of all that the next generation has to offer – thoughtful, outspoken, determined, loyal and easily one of the most influential couples on the continent.
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Timothy Bradley Lashes Out at Bob Arum
December 29, 2014 by MMAMartial
Timothy Bradley wasn't exactly the most popular boxer on the planet prior to his June 9 title fight against Manny Pacquiao, but his controversial split-decision victory against the Filipino congressman earned him a lot of notoriety.
From members of Congress to casual boxing fans, many are now familiar with Bradley's name, and he's hoping to cash in on his new found fame.
Many in the boxing community scored the fight in favor of Pacquiao (I scored it 8-4 in favor of the Filipino icon), but Bradley still feels he was the rightful winner. Bradley even lashed out Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, for suggesting he admitted defeat after the fight.
"What is Bob Arum's favorite slogan? 'I was lying yesterday, but I'm telling the truth today.' Is that it?" Bradley said during a conversation with Mydesert.com. "I never told Bob that at all. He's a liar and I will tell him that to his face. I told Bob I did the best I can. I got injured. That was it. That's all I said to Bob. I didn't say, 'Bob, I couldn't beat that guy.' I would never say that, because I thought I won the fight."
Bradley remains open to the idea of a rematch against Pacquiao in November, but Arum seems to be leaning towards a fourth fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.
A fight between Marquez and Pacquiao is always entertaining, but it simply wouldn't compare to a rematch against Bradley. The controversial ending to their June bout will only make the fight that much easier to sell, making it the financially safer option as well.
Besides, Marquez seems to have Pacquiao's number, and the former WBO welterweight champion can't afford to lose two consecutive fights.
Even though Pacquiao dominated Bradley during their June 9 encounter, I did like some of the things I saw from the current WBO welterweight champion. He out-boxed Pacquiao during the first two rounds, and the fight could have gone a lot differently if he didn't injure his feet.
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David is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and boxing practitioner who has watched and studied MMA for the past 9 years. Send him your questions @davidkingwriter.
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The new cinema season at Chelmsford Picture House has everything from an Oscar winning performance, to a take on a family classic, plus a biopic of a much-loved comedy duo and more. Spring/Summer season will also feature an exciting partnership with Film Hub South East, which will bring new British and world cinema releases to Chelmsford. Plus, there's a treat instore for parents and pre-schoolers with new child-friendly 'Jibber Jabber' screenings.
The British/Spanish romantic comedy drama 'Anchor and Hope' revolves around the carefree Eva (Oona Chaplin) and Kat (Natalia Tena) who live together on a London canal boat. When their beloved cat dies there is suddenly a hole in their lives and then, one drunken night, Kat agrees to have a baby. When Kat's Spanish friend Roger visits them, he agrees to help them to become mothers and a rollercoaster of emotions begins.
The film is screened on Wednesday 24 April at 7.30pm. Anchor and Hope also stars Geraldine Chaplin as Eva's mother, and Geraldine is the real-life mother of Oona (Eva) and is the daughter of Hollywood legend Charlie Chaplin. The screening of the film will mark the 130th anniversary of the birth of Charlie Chaplin.
After more than 50 years the sequel to the much-loved children's classic Mary Poppins has hit the big screen. 'Mary Poppins Returns' (U) sees Emily Blunt inherit the shoes once filled by Julie Andrews, as the nanny beloved by all children. Rediscover the magic of the feel-good factor of cinema on Thursday 28 March with a Jibber Jabber Cinema show at 11am, plus open house at 2pm and 7pm. The family classics continue with 'Thunderbirds Are Go' on 16 April when the much-loved 60s tv puppet series gets a big screen outing. Cheer on Scott, Virgil, John, Gordon, Alan and Lady Penelope as they fight to save the world at 2pm and 7.30pm.
These are just a few of the films in the new season. For full details and to book tickets visit www.chelmsford.gov.uk or call the Box Office 01245 606505.


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Gym Group stretches "self-employment" status to breaking point
Formal Minutes
The Committee has received a response to its letter questioning the terms of Gym Group's contract for its personal trainers.
Inquiry: Taylor Review of modern working practices
Personal Trainer contracts
Gym Group's response ( PDF 678 KB) disputes most of the factors identified by the Committee as being incompatible with a classification of self-employed, yet offers little or no answer to these points other than to continually restate that the Group's Personal Trainers are "self-employed".
Gym Group's response mentions that "over the course of 2017 we have therefore been working on a new model" for its Personal Trainers "with the intention of announcing changes next year".
The Committee has now also received a copy of a 10th November letter from Gym Group to its Personal Trainers ( PDF 319 KB), setting out some new options for models of working.
'Justice for ordinary, hard-working people'
Rt Hon Frank Field MP, Chair of the Committee, said:
"This is just one instance that shows everything that's wrong with the gig economy. You can call your workers "self-employed" as many times as you like: it does not make it so.
The contract, and a raft of emails from management we have also seen, show the multiple ways that Gym Group's personal trainers are expected to behave as employees - yet they get none of the benefits, entitlements or security that should come with that.
The company really is stretching the designation of self-employment to breaking point and beyond.
While the hasty measures the company is apparently now taking to rectify this are welcome, it should not take a select committee acting on a whistle-blower's evidence to get companies to comply with the law.
How many more companies out there, foisting this bogus status of self-employment onto workers to shirk their responsibilities?
On Monday we are publishing a Bill that would end this exploitation by bad business, level the playing field for good business, and achieve justice for ordinary, hard-working people."
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What may seem obvious to you as a designer may be puzzling to the people who will be assembling your POP display in the store. Creating an instruction manual – or even an instruction movie if you use ArtiosCAD – saves retailers a lot of time and trouble and ensures your POP displays will be presented to the public in all their intended glory.
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Boris Johnson praises Trump, saying US president has 'many, many good qualities'
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Theresa May "looking forward" to building on ties with US during Trump visit
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In both cases I provide app ID.
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Without 'Android Key Hash' my request fails. It is expected behaviour.
Without 'Android Key Hash' my dialog is sending posts to Facebook without any problem.
It's showing Facebook send message form, but still is possible to send.

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Sinn Féin Dáil Deputy Leader Pearse Doherty has told the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that he must engage with Union representatives of Nurses & Midwives who are set to engage in strike action. The Donegal TD was speaking to Taoiseach Varadkar at Leaders' Questions earlier today.
In just over a fortnight's time, members of the INMO are due to commence industrial action, with a series of 24-hour stoppages planned over the coming weeks.
"Strike action is the last thing that nurses and midwives - or any medical professional for that matter - wants to have to undertake Taoiseach, but our nurses and midwives have been forced to undertake such action as a result of the ignorance, arrogance, and ineptitude of you and your government.
"Nurses, midwives and their Unions have continuously sought proper engagement with the Minister for Health, as well as the Minister for Finance, to address the problem of staff shortages, as well pay issues, to avert industrial action but their concerns have been routinely ignored.
"It is staff in our hospitals who have acted in a responsible and mature manner. You however, have decided to disengage.
"Nurses and midwives deserve our full support in their demand for a better health service that treats them as essential, skilled workers with dignity and value.
"For years now, nurses and midwives and their Unions have offered up realistic proposals to try and address it.
"In April last year, the Dáil also passed a Sinn Féin motion calling for the introduction of recruitment and retention measures based on realistic proposals which prioritise pay.
"Will you now concede that you have failed to tackle the recruitment and retention crisis Taoiseach? Will you accept that pay is an issue that needs to be addressed?


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A static electric generator relates to devices for generating electrical energy without movable mechanical parts and can be used as a power source for electronic devices. The generator consists of two permanent magnets (1) which are interconnected via opposite poles by two magnetic cores (2) forming a closed magnetic circuit. Generating induction coils (4) are mounted on one or two of the magnetic cores (2). The magnetic cores (2) are interconnected by a magnetic core (3), with a magnetizing induction coil (5) mounted thereon, which forms a branched magnetic circuit in such a manner that each of the parts of the magnetic circuit has at least one generating induction coil (4), said induction coils being connected to a load. A change in the magnetomotive force in the magnetic circuit induces an alternating electric voltage in the generating coils (4).
The invention can be used as an Autonomous power supply. The potential market capacity is more than 100 million units.
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No composer changed the aesthetic landscape as thoroughly as did Richard Wagner (1813–1883), one of the most influential and controversial figures in Western art who dominated the music world of the 19th century. Popular Smithsonian music lecturer Saul Lilienstein illuminates aspects of the composers life, works, influence, and achievements through a series of six programs highlighted by musical recordings and film clips. From Die Feen, his earliest opera, thorough The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, the Ring cycle, Tristan und Isolde and Die Meistersinger, to Parsifal, his final one, Lilienstein explores all of the important achievements in Wagner's provocative career.
Examine Wagner's growth and imaginative development in shaping orchestral sound. Though his style was influenced by Beethoven, Berlioz, and Weber, the sonorities he created had no precedent.
Wagner's continuous musical textures, only hinted at in The Flying Dutchman, but fully achieved in the Ring cycle, resulted in an upheaval of the traditional structures that had bound opera for centuries.
In Das Rheingold and later works, Wagner perfected a system of recurring musical themes that were malleable, yet always recognizable. They allowed him to mix past and present, action and psychological motivation, adding new dimensions to both music and drama.
These two great masters of German Romanticism both revered the accomplishments of Bach and Beethoven, but drew different conclusions from their examples.
Wagner's repugnant anti-Semitism is indisputable. Whether his personal prejudices are a significant or extraneous factor in the art he created—and audiences' receptions to it— remains an ongoing topic of heated controversy. Lilienstein addresses the issue within the context of Wagner's operas and the German cultural environment in which they were created.
In an examination of the widening circles of his influence, from composers in France, Italy, and England to poets and novelists of French, German, and English masterpieces, the reverberations of Wagner over half a century beyond his lifetime are seen.


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The Office won the 9:30 p.m. half-hour with a 9.7/14 in the overnights and a 5.0/13 among adults 18-49 (and a second-place 11.27 million viewers). If you consider that these days perhaps 20 million viewers represents a smash hit, then it's hard to get too worked up over these numbers. They're good, not great. Kind of like the show so far. Remember that it didn't face CSI but college basketball over on CBS. It didn't face American Idol over on Fox, but rather the dead-on-arrival Life on a Stick. It did retain well over 90% of the Apprentice audience, which is very impressive. Let's see how the show fares in the ratings as well as critically Tuesday in the first episode written exclusively for the American audience.
Thanks to all who've commented on my Office-related posts so far. It'll be fun to see this continue to develop.


A square's last chance to be hip.
It's 1969. The sexual revolution is in full swing and Barney Cashman just wants his piece of the action. With no experience as a "hot lover," he arranges trysts with three different women, but each attempt fails worse than the last. These hilarious mishaps force Barney to realize that what he thought was missing might been there all along. In this newly conceived production by America's oldest theater, Walnut Street Theatre, true comedy ensues when the hip sixties confound poor Barney again and again…and again!


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Anxiety, because people are waiting for the results of the EU-Turkey summit, hoping it will bring any kind of clarification about their situation. However, hopes are not very high.
And exhaustion as the experiences of the march from Monday are still taking their toll. Our friends whom we walked with seem more tired than before. Yesterday people were still recuperating from the sleepless night after the march. Today people were not only tired but also restless. There are increased fights and tensions between people.
Another factor of anxiety and tension was the instalment of around 8 new containers in the area close to the border gate. The installation of the containers entailed an increased number of police officers in the camp. In addition to the usual black-clad officers, today there were also ones in different, military style olive-green uniforms.
Disillusion could also be heard in the increased talk about paying smugglers to bring them away from Greece. All of this, is what EU politicians' decision to close the corridor has brought upon people.


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Fraudulent and Useless: Legal experts slam Law 10 amendments approved by Syrian Parliament
Home » Article » Fraudulent and Useless: Legal experts slam Law 10 amendments approved by Syrian Parliament
Ahmed Zacharia
Legal experts have criticised amendments to Law 10, a controversial land-acquisition legislation, as not going far enough to safeguard property rights. The amendments, which were passed by the Syrian parliament last week, allow citizens one year – rather than one month – to prove land ownership before its seizure by the government.
Syria's Minister of Local Administration and Environment, Hussein Makhlouf, told official media sources the amendments aim to give citizens "ample chance to submit claims of property ownership." He added that parliament's decision guarantees the constitutional rights of Syrians in protecting their properties, especially with many property owners currently reside abroad.
However, critics of the legislation maintain that even with the new amendments, Law 10 remains a front for legitimising forced land seizures and adversely impacts internally displaced people and refugees.
Ayman al-Dasouki, a researcher at the Turkey-based Omran Strategic Studies Centre claims the regime will remain able to carry out its plans unhindered. "The regime can set a number of bureaucratic, legal, and security hurdles in front of property owners, in order to seize their properties eventually, helped by the limited availability of consulates and offices that manage applications for those residing abroad," says Dasouki.
"Construction projects managed by Arabian Gulf companies are already underway in Damascus and Rif Damascus", the researcher added. "The regime intends to use reconstruction deals as bargaining chips towards lifting international restrictions and sanctions, as well as providing opportunities for businessmen close to the regime, and implement demographic changes in the country."
Husam al-Sarhan, a lawyer and member of the Syrian Layers' Collective, an opposition body, explained that Syrians living in Germany and Sweden are unable to return to Syria in order to claim their properties. He added, "Syrians will also not appeal to the legal system as long as it is fully controlled by the regime."
Former Syrian judge and legal consultant, Mustafa al-Qasim, agrees. "Refugees will still not be able to return to their homes as long as the law is on the books. As soon as an area is slated for rezoning, all properties within it are immediately frozen, and owners are prevented from trading or developing them entirely."
"The regime is choosing to freeze people's [property] interests, making them wait before ultimately denying them their rights to return to their homes and their country."
So what prompted the decision to amend Law 10?
"Turkey, Germany, and more than 40 states filed complaints against Law 10 with the UN and the Security Council," said al-Qasim. "They expressed concerns that the law strips refugees from properties back home, paving the way for their permanent residence in host countries." These nations have "threatened to pull out of potential reconstruction contracts, which are highly lucrative for the regime," stated al-Qasim.
While mitigating international pressure may have been one factor, al-Qasi and Dasouki agree that pressure from Moscow was decisive.
"Russia is clearly pushing the regime to adopt laws that align with its vision" said Dasouki. "This extends not only to the new amnesty laws for desertion but also lifting restrictions on Syrian Army reserves."
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Photos: Major Losses in Republican Guards Ranks in Eastern Ghouta
Sources to SY24 'De-Escalation in Southern Region is Set to Continue'
Christians of Idlib Hold Easter Vigil in St. Joseph Church
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UN Says it Collected 700,000 Documents About War Crimes in Syria, With Assad on Top of List of Perpetrators
Syrian Actor Jihad Abdo Goes on a Hunger Strike
Assad Regime Legitimizes the Seizure of the Tadamon Neighbourhood Using Law No. 10


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Whenever I write posts about Instagram or photography, I inadvertently end up taking a trip down memory lane, browsing my collection of photos past. To me, it's always interesting to see how much things seem to change and progress without me even realizing it. That's the best kind of change, isn't it? The kind that happens so naturally that you forget that wasn't always the way it was?
If you were to take a scroll through my Instagram account, you would witness one of those changes. The way I do Instagram is constantly changing. I've had themes. I've had different color schemes. I've even had times when I've said "enough is enough" and totally abandoned the idea of a cohesive-looking feed.
At times, the complicatedness of today's Instagram expectations makes me miss 2013/2014, when we'd post whatever without thinking about our 9-photo grid. Then again, the nit-pickiness of Instagram nowadays has forced me to become a better photographer, so I guess it's a fair trade off.
ANYWAY, I've gotten to a place now where I try and maintain an overall look to my photos, but I don't stress over things that don't fit together seamlessly. It has allowed me to post a good mix of both personal and more professional-looking photos. And since I really like the way I currently edit my Instagrams, so today I thought I would share it with you all.
I should preface this by saying that I don't always edit my photos this way; this more of a general guideline rather than a strict step-by-step tutorial. Different circumstances (like lighting, focus, etc.) will cause me to edit my pictures in different ways. There isn't one specific way I edit my photos because not every photo has the same inherent qualities.
The first thing I will do once I've transferred my photo to my phone is open up FaceTune. Facetune has this really handy whitening tool that I love to use. I generally try to maintain a clean, bright look on my Instagram, so this feature works great at removing dull spots and shadows.
Using the whitening tool, I will trace over anything that needs to be brighter. In this shot, for example, the thing in need of brightening is the marble background. While this background is naturally white and gray, it can sometimes show up with a bluish tint on camera. Facetune deletes that problem almost instantaneously.
Up next, I'll head over to VSCO. I am almost certain that every person on Instagram has used or is familiar with VSCO, so I won't go into much detail explaining it. But basically, I'll select a preset (the one I am particularly fond of is A6) and adjust it to my liking. Then, I will start editing the other aspects of the photo. In this case, I decreased the exposure, lowered the temperature, and increased the contrast.
Once I've done that, I will open up Instagram and compare the newly edited photo to some of my most recent posts. I usually will just check and make sure it fits with the general look of my feed and isn't too repetitive (when I've posted five or six flat lays in a row, I like to mix it up).
Overall, this is a fairly simple editing process that I've really come to like. I think I'll be sticking with it for a while now, as it gives me both flexibility and cohesiveness.
I know, right?! And I've heard such great things about PS Express! I think I'll have to give it a go!
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Thank you! And it's such a handy tool!
Great post and thanks for sharing! Your photos always come out so beautiful!
Instagram is such a challenge for me! I like pages that are genuine and show life events, but at the same time, I know certain looks attract more followers. It can be a difficult balance. XOXO.
I agree! It really is a challenge!
I hear great things about Snapseed!
Instagram is a nightmare – I think everyone would agree – but I love to hate it. I have never used VSCO I think I definitely need to give it a go!
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About to download face tune now! My photos always have shadows when I take them inside. Thanks for sharing that secret!
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It is apparent that word about Murrieta, located in the southwestern part of Riverside County just north of Temecula, has been getting out. Its astounding rate of population growth – booming from just under 20,000 in 1990 to more than 110,000 in 2016 – is testament to the claim that this "Gem of the Valley"
is quite simply a wonderful place to live.
The Murrieta family clearly agreed with that statement, having purchased a wide swath of the land in the 1870s on which they planned to raise sheep. These founding members were struck by the similarities of the region to their native Spain with its lovely, sweeping valleys shaded by tall oaks and sycamores. The soil was also thought to be particularly rich and favorable to crops, leading early settlers to bestow it with the "gem" designation that remains to this day.
Near the turn of the century, the arrival of the railroad brought with it an opportunity for visitors to enjoy the benefits of the region's natural hot springs. A world-class resort was established to take advantage of this incredible resource, earning the area quite the reputation as a relaxing vacation destination. Despite this notoriety, Murrieta managed to preserve its character over the following decades as a rather sleepy, peaceful little town. As with the railroad approximately 100 years earlier, the completion of the freeway allowed easy access that spurred a burst of sudden growth.
Officially incorporated in 1991, Murrieta still retains the original appeal noted by its Spanish founders. It is primarily considered a commuter town, where people choose to settle in and enjoy a more laid-back lifestyle, while heading to nearby San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles counties for work. With a steady influx of young families and a reputation for being one of the safest cities in the state, Murrieta has more recently earned itself yet another nickname: the future of Southern California.
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Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra
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Thu, 5. 5. 2022, 7.00 p.m.
TALENTINUM FESTIVE CONCERT
Venue: Zlín Congress Centre Organizer: Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinů, o.p.s.
JOSEF ŠPAČEK, violin
LEOŠ SVÁROVSKÝ, conductor
PIERRE WISSMER
Divertissement sur un Choral
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"
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Heading up our Festive Concert to mark the 26th season of the Talentinum festival are Josef Špaček and Leoš Svárovský – both of them artists who themselves took part in the festival in earlier years when they were still seen as up-and-coming stars in the Czech musical firmament.
Josef Špaček, currently one of the most sought-after Czech violin virtuosos, first appeared at the Talentinum festival 15 years ago when, at the age of 20, his brilliant virtuosity dazzled the audience at the former Dům Umění concert hall in Zlín. Tonight he will be playing Dmitry Shostakovich's first violin concerto written from 1947-48 and subsequently dedicated to the illustrious David Oistrakh, who successfully premiered the work a couple of years later. The piece is technically very challenging: "This concerto poses exceedingly interesting problems for the performer who plays, as it were, a pithy Shakespearean role, which demands complete emotional and intellectual involvement," Oistrakh himself observed in his own words.
The concert also features the Swiss composer Pierre Wissmer's Divertissement sur un Choral, and Tchaikovsky's ever-youthful Pathétique Symphony, conducted by the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic's Principal Guest Conductor Leoš Svárovský, who first took part in the Talentinum festival in 1986.
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Dirty Flowers – Paul McCartney Closes Out the 1980's on a High Note with "Flowers in the Dirt"
The 1980's was a tough decade for Paul McCartney's career.
It started out okay for him with the release of the experimental one man show "McCartney II" album in 1980 (which contained the number 1 smash "Coming Up") then a couple of years later hit a high point with the commercially and critically acclaimed "Tug of War" in 1982.
But his career began to take a major drift into the abyss with his successful duets with Michael Jackson ("The Girl is Mine" and "Say Say Say") which angered many long-time fans with whispers of being a sell-out then headed straight into the crapper with the commercial and critical flop of the movie "Give My Regards to Brad Street" in 1984.
While the lovely song "No More Lonely Nights" rightfully hit the Top Ten in late 1984 McCartney's commercial viability took a major slide shortly thereafter and by 1987 McCartney seemed to be adrift as he lost his sense of what direction he should take his music and how to remain relevant.
Truth be told I've always loved this era of McCartney music and the trio of albums produced by George Martin ("Tug of War", "Pipes of Peace", "Give My Regards to Broad Street") are among my favorites of his solo career.
All of them encompass my high school listening years and while there are some low points on the records and they are slickly produced nonetheless they are all uniformly excellent albums and ones I frequently travel back to for some listening sessions each year.
This brings me to the point of this blog post. In 1989 Paul McCartney was on the verge of an historic comeback to the concert stage and wanted to release an album before the tour that he felt was a strong piece of work that could restore him critically and commercially as well as provide him with strong songs to put in his live show.
One of the main things of interest for this album was McCartney's songwriting collaborations with punk rock darling Elvis Costello which really peaked my interest in the album.
McCartney had released a superb song co-written with Costello in 1987 called "Back on My Feet" as the flip side of the lovely "Once Upon a Long Ago" UK single so I was really excited to see what else the two could come up with as this song had become a personal favorite potentially making this upcoming album something really special.
When the album, called "Flowers in the Dirt", finally arrived in early June of 1989 I was certainly not disappointed as I felt that it, along with "Tug of War", was his some of McCartney's best work of the decade.
This well-crafted album featured several strong songs including the very Beatley first single and Costello co-write "My Brave Face" as well as "Figure of Eight", "We Got Married", "Put it There", "This One" and "Distractions" which to this day remain some of my all-time favorite gems in McCartney's solo canon.
Today I thought I'd share some of the various original CD pressings I own of the album including photos of the longbox that came with the first US CD pressing as well as a PDO CD pressing I found of the disc sometime last year in a used bin – I just love how the artwork really shines on the disc of the PDO pressing.
The Japanese 2-disc special 1990 tour issue of the "Flowers in the Dirt" album (see above) is one of the highlights in my collection. The second disc of bonus material was my first exposure to some really choice bonus tracks including the terrific "Loveliest Thing" as well as the sublime live rehearsal take of "The Long and Winding Road" and dreaded by many "P.S. Love Me Do".
This special Japanese 2 CD set was tough to track down at the time so I'm sure it's a rarity these days but it is certainly one of the best issues of the album to ever be released.
Even with the great McCartney Archive box set reissue of "Flowers in the Dirt" from a couple of years ago (more on that set in a future blog post) some of these bonus tracks never made it to the physical discs in the box (just bonus downloads) thus making the Japanese 2-disc CD set a must have for McCartney maniacs.
The 1993 McCartney Collection CD issue is also a great disc as it sounds really good (it wasn't really futzed with no noise as some of the others 1993 discs) and contains the wonderful bonus tracks "Back on My Feet", "Flying to My Home" along with "Loveliest Thing" which makes this 1993 CD worth tracking down.
Well there you have it. One of the best Paul McCartney solo albums, in my opinion, and well worth checking out if you're not familiar with it.
That's all for now Be safe and until next time be well!
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Great blog post about "Flowers In The Dirt". This was the first Paul McCartney album that I bought. I am hoping for an Archive Collection edition of "Tripping The Live Fantastic" and "Off The Ground". Can't wait to read your blog post about the Archive box set of "Flowers In The Dirt".
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Marco Jakobs (sometimes spelled Marco Jacobs, born 30 May 1974 in Unna, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann and Olaf Hampel.

Jakobs also won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 2001 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.

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 Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
 Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
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NIST and FDA May Be the Cannabis Quality Assurance Heroes We Need
Over the years, we've pointed out when federal agencies opt to ignore the federal illegality of cannabis. It happens more often than you might think depending on the topic (see, for example, the NLRB). One agency, though, that has surprisingly never lifted a finger against state-legal cannabis–though it is taking a closer look at CBD–is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
It is bad public policy when no federal watchdog is looking out for cannabis consumers (many millions of people) or scrutinizing the quality of cannabis products overall, and/or going after bad actors to deter bad behavior. To date, it's truly been "buyer beware" outside of states putting together their own protocols on things like recalls, packaging and labeling safety standards, quality assurance reviews, and testing. None of this is approved or sanctioned by the feds, like it oftentimes is for other industries. As such, the states are literally making up cannabis consumer safety as they go along; and products liability suits (and at least one wrongful death suit) have manifested over the years. See here for our various posts on these topics.
Cannabis testing, itself, has also been problematic in a variety of states where no gold standard exists for testing. It's entirely up to state agencies regarding what, exactly, should be tested and in what amounts, in order to be considered a "passing" product. For example, if you remember, vitamin E acetate was one of the presumable culprits when consumers were experiencing significant health issues from ingesting illegal market cannabis oils through vapes. At the same time, California's cannabis regulators didn't mandate testing for additives/thickeners (like vitamin E acetate) for products manufactured and sold by state-licensed businesses. In addition, there have always been issues with certain standards of lab integrity/general competence: one lab will issue a passing result for a batch of cannabis while a second lab issues a failing result– both using the same testing methods under state laws and regulations.
CBD testing, packaging, and labeling is no consumer safety picnic either. It's no secret that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn't sanction the consumption of CBD for humans and pets in food and beverages, and it continues to pursue the shutdown of CBD companies that make unsubstantiated medical claims about their CBD products in violation of the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act. So, the FDA has been zero help regarding consumer safety around CBD (though they know that hundreds of thousands of consumers are using CBD on a routine basis in the U.S.). And if states opt to regulate CBD, they're no shining model either on packaging, labeling, and safety content either (pretty similar to cannabis at large). Like cannabis, CBD is also a "buyer beware" situation.
All of that said, there may be some light at the end of the quality assurance tunnel. Finally, the feds are looking more seriously into product safety and quality for cannabis and CBD products– but it's not the FTC taking the reins.
Back in July, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched the Cannabis Quality Assurance Program (CannaQAP). The title of the program is a little misleading right now: NIST isn't really helping state-licensed cannabis labs test cannabis products (see more on that here). Instead, the program is dedicated to assisting labs testing hemp products (mainly hemp oils, for now) to ensure that the THC concentration doesn't exceed .3% THC in line with the 2018 Farm Bill. NIST states that it is:
planning to conduct future exercises with ground hemp and possibly marijuana. Those exercises will involve measuring a larger number of compounds, including terpenes — the chemicals that give different strains of marijuana their distinct aromas — and compounds that people don't want in their cannabis such as fungal toxins, pesticides and heavy metals. Future exercises may also include extracts, concentrates, distillates and edibles.
Chances are probably good that NIST will eventually help out state-licensed cannabis labs with their quality assurance testing protocol and measurements.
More recently, as initially reported by Marijuana Moment, the FDA is issuing an Request for Quote (RFQ) for a contractor to assess a multitude of CBD products for safety and quality over a year's time, which will hopefully lead to some clarity and uniformity around future federal regulation of CBD. The reason for this move is that the FDA already sent a report to Congress last month (at its request per federal legislation) detailing the adulteration and mislabeling of CBD products that exist in the marketplace today for humans and pets (e.g. oils, tinctures, capsules, tablets, gummies, vape liquids, conventional foods, topicals, and pet treats and capsules).
One of the main problems found by FDA is that the claimed labeling content (for instance, regarding CBD versus THC ratios and other heavy metals and toxins) is consistently inaccurate when compared to test results. This obviously poses major problems for consumers. There are also issues where certain CBD products contain little or no labeling at all, which further leaves consumers in the dark.
The FDA report also detailed how the agency would eventually engage in more serious CBD product sample testing in two phases (near-term and long-term sampling). Hence, the current search for the contractor, which is the long-term sampling portion of this plan.
Specifically, the FDA stated in its report that the long-term sampling plan would entail:
[All CBD products being] analyzed for 11 cannabinoids, including a quantitative determination of total CBD, total THC, and the elements As, Cd, Hg, and Pb. The testing methods will be equivalent to those used in the near-term study. Additional analyses, including pesticides, residual solvents, and microbial testing will be performed on a
subset of products. The specific number and type of testing will be determined based on product type and the results from the near-term study. Product sampling and testing will be conducted by a third party and FDA expects this long-term study to be initiated in 2020.
It's anyone's guess at this point regarding who will win the RFQ with the FDA.
The NIST and the FDA may not be the heroes we wanted on the beginnings of meaningful federal participation around cannabis/hemp consumer safety, but they're the heroes consumers may need in order to stay safe and informed (and to help states better refine their testing and packaging and labeling standards).
The data yielded by these two agencies over their studies and analyses will hopefully better guide states in this very sensitive area while the FTC remains on ice for consumer safety enforcement. So, stay tuned.
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Artisan tinker is the interactive shell that comes with your Laravel application; php artisan tinker and you are there. This is a great tool for learning about what objects you are dealing with, testing some quick snippets or general expirimentation.
If you don't know artisan tinker you have no real friends.
But lagbox, what can I do with this.
Simple enough. How about a real example? Lets say you forgot your password while in development and dont want to deal with emails. Lets just change it now.
What is the method signature for array_only and what does the function look like?
Oh yes, it is a helper for the Arr helper object. Well what does that look like?
In 5.2.22 can array_only take a Eloquent Model which implements array access?
What type of object does that relation method return at runtime?
Is null really false (truthy)?
Why yes it is. But it isn't actually false, right?
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Tinker since 5.0 has an upgraded REPL (Read-Eval-Print-Loop) that it uses, PsySH. This is a very powerful tool by itself. It is worth the time to take a look into psy and what it offers.
The kicker, it can be used as a debugger, bang.
Inline documentation is ... kinda sweet.
From one of the above examples of what is returned from our Video model's band method. We know it returns $this->belongsTo(Band::class). But what does that return?
Do yourself a favor and download the PHP documentation needed to have access to the built in PHP objects and functions.
present in any of the other arrays.
You have seen a bunch of helper commands already but there are some more helpful things psy has to offer.
What was the last exception? I have forgotten.
wtf ... Yes really, there is a wtf command in psy.
Everyone's favorite shell command ls (list). Again, yes there really is this command is psy.
You may not want to always add a test route closure with random things in it to test things inside your application. You will be able to do what you can in your application in tinker. Fire events, dispatch jobs, dispatch routes, do what you would like.
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You can find a series of places that will provide you with the needed space and facilities to exhibit wares or hold meetings. Corporate events can take place in conference venues such as auditoriums, ballrooms, mansions, museums, and even at retreats. However, most businesses generally hold corporate events at conference and convention centers. These kinds of facilities make it easy for professionals in various occupations to convene and keep updated on the latest news in their field and well as practice honing skills in marketing and team building activities.
A view of the Mandalay Bay Convention Centre.
If you are looking for the ideal place to host corporate events or conferences, you can find a number of popular venues. Probably one of the best places to hold corporate events though is in Las Vegas, Nevada as it is also home to some of the world's largest conference venues. Corporate events are regularly held at the Sands Exposition and Convention Center, the 1.7 Million square feet Mandalay Bay Convention Center, and the Las Vegas Convention Center, which boasts 2.2 million square feet of conference and exhibit space.
Research has shown that attendees at corporate events in Las Vegas spend more time on team building activities and in meetings than participants at corporate events elsewhere. Indeed, people do spend time and money in Las Vegas. Convention and conference venues providing space for close to 20,000 meetings and corporate events each year. Conference sizes can range from as little as ten attendees to as many as 10,000 participants.
Another large and popular venue for corporate events and conferences is the McCormick Place Complex in Chicago. The conference venue, which is host to around 3 million visitors annually, is made up of four facilities, all of which make up 600,000 square feet in meeting room space and 2.6 million square feet of space for exhibitors. Parking is also available for close to 6,000 cars. In addition, the conference complex features restaurants and retail shops and is linked to the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre is yet another one of the world's largest conference venues for corporate events. Majestically sitting along Darling Harbour and close to the business district, the Centre features three main facilities comprising of meeting rooms and an auditorium which can seat as many as 3,500 people. Thirty thousand square meters of exhibit space is also contained within the complex.
Another large, popular conference and corporate events venue is London's Business Design Centre (BDC). The BDC hosts 250 conferences annually and provides space for 100 local companies.
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On Wednesday, January 24, 2018, we threw a huge assembly for the 5th grade class at the Caton School (P.S. 249) in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Working with a passionate parent representative and dedicated staff, we developed the focus of our large Jam Session to reinforce a unit the 5th graders were studying: résumés.
We invited a roster of six headliners to come share their career journeys behind their impressive résumés. The Résumé Relay Hall Pass was a template for each 5th grader to take their learnings, and convert them into their own résumés.


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The Heart of Sanctuary (text only)
Oct 23, 2018 | Sermons
This weekend we mark the half-year point in our journey of sanctuary with our beloved guest, La Mariposa. With temperatures turning downward and the leaves changing color, we remember another hinge in the year last April when she arrived one evening frightened and disoriented, abandoning her home and livelihood of many years leaving the embrace of her family for a single room in the company of strangers.
Not a one of us knew what to expect. Would federal agents appear on our doorstep? Would protesters or news media gather round? Would this complex and chancy structure of volunteers that we had cobbled together to protect and support her hold up? That it has held up, and not only held up but, with the exception of a bump or two, flourished beautifully is evidence of something that was not immediately clear at the time, that sanctuary is more than the work of justice, it is work of the heart.
We could hardly be blamed for missing that when we began last spring, living as we are at a time when our national conversation around immigrants and immigration is more divisive than at any time since the turn of the 20th century. And we should note that this state of affairs has little to do with immigrants themselves, but instead is a result of the divisive state of our politics.
Despite the fact that the pace of immigrants entering this country has actually slowed in recent years, that the vast majority of immigrants – documented or not – are working, abide by our laws and pay our taxes, certain noted politicians have declared that their presence here is a crisis. And so, they ratchet up the penalties for them being here, criminalizing their very presence, unceremoniously grabbing them when they enter stores or government buildings, and warehousing those they seize in private prisons. The result has been to terrorize and disrupt immigrant communities.
When we consider who in the U.S. doesn't have official status, we're talking about around 11 million people, a number that has remained steady for the past 10 years, and about 350,000 in North Carolina, where they make up 5% of our labor force. And that share is significant, especially in key industries like agriculture, construction, and hospitality. In particular, North Carolina farmers, construction firms and restaurants have warned they would suffer without the undocumented workers they employ.
And for all the noise surrounding "illegal" immigrants, polls in North Carolina show that roughly three-quarters of respondents are fine with them being here and have no interest in local police assisting the federal government in arresting them, as long as they have committed no crimes.
Clearly, immigration is a problem. Our laws are a rat's nest of confusion, and those seeking to navigate them, who already are struggling with the language, find little guidance to make their way through. But the immigrants are not the problem. They are people much like the forebears of every person in this room who sought peace, freedom and a better life in this country. Most of those people were blessed to find a country, a community that would make room for them. How is it that we have become so frightened, so divided, so deluded that we have turned away from the impulse to hospitality that is our true nature, that call from our hearts to know and be known?
We shouldn't belittle the extraordinary leap of hope and faith that immigrating to another country involves, no less traveling to a place where your language, skin color, or ethnicity makes you a minority. And yet, how amazing it is how many people thrive, and how rich they make life for the rest of us. This is a learning that the so-called "immigration debate" loses sight of, but that we in the harbor of sanctuary have been blessed to relearn. By taking the risk to open our doors and open our hearts we have reminded ourselves of what true hospitality calls for from us.
Last July I told you that if anyone should ask you why our congregation is inserting itself into the immigration controversy with our decision to offer sanctuary, you can tell them that this is about far more than quibbling over the fine points of government policy.
It is about our unerring commitment to the inherent worth and dignity of every person. It is about our determination to offer compassion and to be advocates and allies to people suffering oppression. It is about our commitment to uproot and dismantle the structures of white supremacy and build the foundations of a beloved community centered in justice and love.
That is to say, it is work of the heart. The question before us is where that work takes us now. We and the 17 other congregations who are our partners will continue to support our guest as her case wends through the court system, hoping that those authorities will see the justice of her bid for citizenship.
But meanwhile, the immigrant community here suffers. Federal immigration agents continue their sweep of the area, indiscriminately snatching up people and holding them at a private prison in rural Georgia, where around 1,700 men are now housed.
Federal officials acknowledge that they can't hope to arrest and imprison all undocumented immigrants. Instead, they have instituted a policy to encourage what they call "self-deportation," that intends to make undocumented people so frightened that they will choose to return to the countries of their origin. From all signs, few people are "self-deporting" – there are, after all, powerful reasons that brought them here in the first place – but many have changed how they live. They avoid going out for shopping, even doctor appointments, and they steer clear of any contact with government, whether it be vaccinations for their children or choosing not to report incidents of domestic violence or abuse. How might we be neighbors to these people? How might our commitment to sanctuary lead us into deeper engagement with this community in our midst?
The Mexican-American poet Luis Alberto Urrea paints a picture of the immigrant's journey in his poem "Codex Luna." Here is an excerpt:
"My moon pulled a different darkness across the sky.
My unknown sisters tucked in the barbed embrace of the border fence saw a different face in the moon.
Theirs was a Luna Tochtli, a Rabbit moon – moon of running, fear, hiding.
My moon was origami floating in a water cup. Their moon was a panicked eye.
Headlights froze them, twin moonbeams ran them down, tufts of their dreams tangled in thickets of border tumbleweeds.
My sisters brought undocumented scents to sweeten the valleys. Their perfume settled on roadsides, misted over bloodstain, rattlesnake, boot print, guard dog, flashlight: illegal exhalations. Behind them, hunger. Before them, night.
I did not need to run. I had a paper moon. Stamped and certified. Gave us the all clear to walk, work, die on the ground our ancestors had forgotten. My moon rose over tidy houses.
She ran all her life. She ran to stay ahead of charging darkness, galloping hunger. She worked the light of the moon in her small hands the color of earth, she molded moonglow into trinkets traded for coins the color of sun.
Somehow, she came to rest in my house. She slept, her hair black across my pillow, spilling toward the earth, her fingers curled, her breath making small melodies of breezes and tides.
Then they woke her. They tucked her in the back seat of a car, smuggled her under blankets through trucks up freeways.
I sank my face into the imprint she left.
I smelled her mother in a kitchen of clay pots, and cilantro on her hands.
It was all there: hibiscus tea, a river. First grade, the chalk dust sneezes. Village church, incense. Laundry day. Tamale day, and the aunts with their crow voice laughter.
The meat, the masa, the raisins, the cinnamon.
Just an illegal drudge in crepuscular rain. If you see her, protect her, revere her, my unknown sister, light candles in her honor, you travelers. She is the mother of my race. "
The work of the heart is not always easy or clear, yet it calls for us to be honest and brave, to be compassionate and clear thinking. And it carries us beyond the slogans, the memes, the talking points. It invites to see the holy in each other, the possibility we each hold in this fragile time and space together.


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