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Films and Plays
Rules And Remorse
A Light Touch
Structure From Chaos
Finding Freud
Roots of Psychoanalysis
DC and VM talk ADM
Behind The Scenes on ADM
Making 'OTR' Stories
Cannes takes it OTR
Who Convinced Mortensen
VM - Agustín and Pedro
VM - TTUP Production Notes
TTUP - The Characters
VM Doubles As Twins
VM's Plan
Viggo Mortensen's Plan
By Viggo Mortensen - translated by Ollie, Rio and Zoe
Source: El Pais Semanal
An actor with passions that go beyond film: poetry, music, painting, and photography. So these images, which he took during the filming of Todos tenemos un plan, show us. A reunion with Argentina, the country where he grew up.
© Viggo Mortensen.
Self-portrait.
"I like the movie because it's not a clean story. All the characters are frustrated and resentful people."
The Delta del Tigre, 30 kilometers from Buenos Aires, is counted among the seven largest deltas in the world. And also among those that have amassed the most legends, from the splendor contributed by powerful people and tourists to tales of fugitives. So it's the perfect place to set a film noir where the characters have double lives, double faces, and where Viggo Mortensen - who, by the way, is filming for the first time in Argentina, the country he grew up in - plays a man who, fed up with the hustle and bustle of the city, takes refuge in this labyrinth of islands and channels to impersonate his dead twin brother. From then on, the dark edges so intimately tied to the human condition increase exponentially. The actor wanted to capture those chiaroscuros in these photos, which he took during the filming.
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El Dorado dock
Here we see the exterior of what is the Mendizabal brothers' store in our story. This was the first day we were there to rehearse the fight between the brothers and my character (Agustín). Here they beat me up and throw me over the dock. As in most of the islanders´ homes, it has its canine alarm system. When you are sailing down the streams and rivers of the delta, you meet a dog at almost every dock, frequently barking at the top of his lungs at any unknown person.
'El Monito'
This is Pedro's boat. As is the case for all the islanders who live in the delta, motorboat and canoe are essential for Pedro and later for his brother Agustín. I used it a lot, and liked it. It had been years since I'd steered one, but I got used to it again pretty quickly. My previous experience with motorboats and canoes helped us waste less time between takes, and helped me manage when there was a strong current or tide, or if the motor acted up. Filming on the water, from boat to boat, was an interesting challenge for everyone.
Sofía rehearses at El Rancho
Sofía - Sofía Gala Castiglione - plays Rosa in Todos tenemos un plan, a character who, in a certain way, is like the conscience of the story, a woman who keeps being sensitive and optimistic in spite of the blows that life has dealt her. Sofía has done a beautiful job with Rosa.
Traveling in boats to the filming locations (sometimes taking a half hour or more on the rivers), very early in the morning, all of us were cold. But we saw some very beautiful dawns. When we returned after dusk, we gazed at memorable moonlit nights. To bear the cold, we'd share a bottle of wine and a loaf of bread. There is no better way to celebrate a good day of work as a team.
This construction is very similar to the one used in the film and typical of those you see in the most remote parts of the delta. The area is usually rather quiet in the winter, but in summer, it's transformed into another world: very green, full of life, of flowers, and there is much more traffic on the rivers and streams. Although at times it was hard to film when the temperature dropped to below freezing, especially at night, it was worth the trouble of doing it because the bareness of the landscape and flat light of the winter provided a very special atmosphere for the film. Another technical advantage, this one totally unexpected, was that, thanks to the volcanic eruptions in Patagonia that occurred during the shoot, our cinematographer Lucio Bonelli could count on the filtering being quite similar and constant from the layer of ash that invaded the sky over the province of Buenos Aires on those days.
Rubén and Ericia's house
This is the house of Rubén, the character played by Javier Godino. It was lit up for a night-long filming of the scene between him, Agustín, Rubén's wife and the grandmother. The wife and her mother are Paraguayan, and Agustín doesn't understand anything when the grandmother begins to speak by the campfire. The Paraguayan actress who plays the grandmother was named Ericia. Unfortunately, she recently died in Buenos Aires at the age of 93. She was a total champ during the filming, because that night was one of the coldest of the whole winter. She never complained and was always ready to do another take. She couldn't hear very well, so sometimes I'd give her a little foot signal and she'd continue speaking her Guaraní [tr. note: Paraguayan indigenous language] and casting powerful and mysterious glances all the while. We appreciate her beautiful work and miss her very much.
Grandmother Souto
Actually, this is a photo of Ana Piterbarg, Todos tenemos un plan's author, evaluating this house for its conversion into the house of the grandparents of Pedro and Agustín, the two brothers I play (yes, both of them). It was an important choice, since many scenes take place in this house. This image came out of one of the last days of scouting to make the final decisions about the locations, the shooting plan, the technical needs and the possible camera placements for each scene.
Nico, my other self
Nicolás Guissani was a director's assistant and also my stand-in in the scenes where the two twin brothers, Pedro and Agustín, are together. Before filming, we rehearsed quite a bit together. When I don't do both characters separately, you can see part of Nico's body - his shoulder or his hand, or part of his head, depending on the framing. He did it really well, which spared us a lot of technical problems. He's a great guy and a very good work companion, who knew how to treat all the actors well. In addition, he always managed, in the most relaxed and courteous manner, to get us all to the set on time.
"Insidious is"
We didn't film much in Buenos Aires. After spending so much time on the island, it was interesting when it was time to abandon the rivers and enter the urban landscape of the capital. Like Pedro when he traveled to the city to visit his brother, I too felt quite strange walking down the streets filled with cars, crowds of people and loud noises, after several relatively tranquil weeks in the wintry Delta. Suddenly, I had the feeling that there were eyes everywhere in the city center, as in this photo, where you can read "Insidious is."
Image John Harris.
© Haddock Films.
A mystery since childhood
Ana Piterbarg, director and screenwriter of Todos tenemos un plan, which premiered recently, tells us that the Tigre region has intrigued her since she was very young, "I went there to the house of a friend many weekends; it turned out to be an adventure through and through."
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Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children-last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.
Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the dogs, cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof.
The floors were dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt.
The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they kept adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway to hold it back.
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while.
Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot, nine days old."
Sometimes they could obtain port, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was s sign of wealth that a man "could bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up.
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house and ruse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they thought they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."


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Washington's Dangerous Drums of War on North Korea
Richard Sokolsky, Joel Wit
Summary: The United States is approaching a critical juncture in its policy towards North Korea. However, throwing in the towel on diplomacy is premature until it has been seriously tested, particularly since the downsides of military action are enormous.
The drums of war are starting to beat in Washington over North Korea. On Dec. 1, retired Gen. Walter Sharp, former commander of U.S. Forces Korea, said that President-elect Donald Trump's administration must be ready to launch a pre-emptive strike on North Korean missile sites the next time Pyongyang is preparing to conduct a test of a long-range rocket capable of hitting the U.S. mainland. A Council on Foreign Relations task force report, issued in mid-September, warned that the United States might have to consider military actions against North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities. And now the Pentagon is revising its contingency plans for military strikes on these missile sites.
Richard Sokolsky
Richard Sokolsky is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie's Russia and Eurasia Program. His work focuses on U.S. policy toward Russia in the wake of the Ukraine crisis.
All of them should holster their weapons.
Under the Obama administration U.S. efforts have failed to halt and reverse the growing North Korean nuclear and missile threat—in fact, it has grown worse over the past eight years. As a result, the Trump administration will find itself in a real pickle once it takes office. Progressively tougher economic sanctions have failed and will continue to fail to slow down the North's progress on nuclear-armed ICBMs. Nor will it inherit an ongoing diplomatic process that might slow-down the North's sprint to the finish line. Continuing the policies of the past eight years will guarantee the situation will be much worse and the options available to the United States even more narrow and dangerous four years from now.
It would not be surprising if Washington comes to the conclusion that the United States has no other choice than to launch a pre-emptive military strike against the North before the situation gets out of control. But when? The real moment of truth would arrive if Washington sees North Korea preparing to test one of its true ICBMs, the KN-08 road mobile missile. Experts believe testing could begin as early as next year and Pyongyang could begin deploying this new weapon by 2020.
Pre-emptive strikes, however, would be a monumental act of folly.
First, such an attack would face a number of significant operational and diplomatic problems. It might be possible to destroy an ICBM that is launched from an above ground pad. But it would be extremely difficult to wipe out the North's entire ICBM infrastructure because much of it is deeply buried or in unknown locations. Even if an initial attack were successful, the North Koreans could recover from the damage and just test again, perhaps in ways that would make it difficult to destroy the missile.
Second, the North would almost certainly retaliate against South Korea, most likely by launching limited attacks against South Korean ships or on targets just above the Demilitarized Zone. But there is also a danger the North could target Seoul, especially with rocket and artillery barrages, which would cause larger-scale destruction and mass civilian casualties. The inevitable South Korean retaliation—they repeatedly warn they would do so—and resulting North Korean escalation could spiral into a catastrophic second Korean War.
Third, because of the danger of a North Korean response and the possibility of escalation, South Korea and Japan are unlikely to support such strikes. A U.S. decision to launch over their opposition could damage our two most important alliances in the Asia-Pacific region.
Fourth, an unprovoked U.S. attack against the North would almost certainly draw China into the emerging conflagration on the Peninsula. Beijing would likely view such a strike as a serious threat to Chinese national security as well as the start of a concerted campaign to topple the North Korean regime. It is entirely possible that Beijing would take military measures to support its sovereign neighbor and prevent such a destabilizing crisis.
Finally, the drive to launch a preemptive strike may be based on a false assumption, namely that one day Kim Jong-un on a whim will roll out his ICBMs and attack the United States. He may be unpredictable but there's no reason to think that he has a death wish. Most experts agree that Kim would only use nuclear weapons against the continental United States in the most extreme circumstances, when the country's survival was threatened.
The United States is approaching a critical juncture in its policy towards North Korea. Most experts on North Korea have given up hope that sanctions and diplomacy will change the regime's ways and by default have become increasingly resigned to military strikes against missile deployments. However, throwing in the towel on diplomacy is premature until it has been seriously tested, particularly since the downsides of military action are enormous. Washington has never tried an approach that seeks to secure its long-term goal of denuclearization in a larger framework of negotiating a comprehensive peace on the Korean Peninsula. Such a step-by-step process would be designed to secure the immediate U.S. objectives of capping and reversing the North's nuclear and missile programs.
It is no means certain that the United States can achieve its preferred outcomes with North Korea following this approach. If it fails, the Trump administration's only alternative short of triggering a second Korean War, should be to use the Nuclear Posture Review and the 2017 Ballistic Missile Defense Review as the basis for additional steps to deal with the North Korean threat and to bolster deterrence. These could include increasing deployments of ground-based intercepters on U.S. soil, enhancing detection and conventional strike capabilities in the region intended to target and destroy Pyongyang's mobile missiles and considering periodic deployments of nuclear-capable U.S. bombers to South Korea.
This piece was originally published by Defense One.


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I made a brief appearance on the BBC London News last week, for a story on smartphone addiction. You should still be able to view the video clip here on iPlayer, for the next few days at least.
The story was about a secondary school in Wembley, North London, which is selling old-style 'brick' mobile phones to its teenage students for just £10, to encourage them to stop using smartphones. Having trialled a smartphone amnesty, students who had switched to the older phones reported better sleep, better concentration, improved relationships, and increasing levels of happiness.
Smartphone and computer addictions are increasingly common, particularly among teens who may already struggle to regulate their rapidly developing brains and bodies. The lure of the smartphone means that we are often not fully present with those around us, which decreases levels of attunement and secure attachment, as seen in the Still Face Experiment. I often hear disconnected couples in therapy talk about how they feel that their partner's laptop or phone has become the priority at home; pushing them into second place. This may also escalate into behaviours such as videogame or online porn addiction.
It is important to recognise that addiction is a habitual experience of disconnection. Disconnection from disowned parts of our selves, from uncomfortable feelings – such as boredom, loneliness, or sadness – and from others. Recovery, therefore, is the process of learning to slowly reconnect to these disowned parts of ourselves, these uncomfortable feelings, and others. The opposite of addiction is connection. This is why attunement and attachment, which shape our capacity to connect, are crucial elements in the recovery framework, and to work on in therapy.
If you would like to explore working on these, or any other, issues in therapy, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Alexia Rodriguez este o cântăreață, compozitoare și chitaristă din Arizona, cunoscută mai ales ca membră a formației metalcore Eyes Set to Kill.

Biografie

Alexia Rodriguez s-a născut în Tempe, Arizona.

Înainte ca Alexia să-și înceapă cariera muzicală profesională, ea a luat cursuri de chitară acustică. Alexia a influențat-o mult și pe sora sa să continue să activeze în muzică, iar Anissa a decis să cânte la chitară bas. Ulterior cele două îmbinând pasiunea de muzică cu prioritățile de carieră, au format în 2004 trupa Eyes Set to Kill. Lindsey Vogt a devenit atunci vocalista principală, însă aceasta din urmă a părăsit ulterior formația din motive personale și Alexia a preluat rolul de vocalistă/chitaristă în cadrul formației.

Discografie

Cu Eyes Set to Kill
Albume de studio
Reach (2008)
The World Outside (2009)
Broken Frames (2010)
White Lotus (2011)
Masks (2013)

EP-uri
When Silence Is Broken, The Night Is Torn (2006)

Compilații
The Best of ESTK (2011)

Premii și nominalizări

Revolver Golden Gods Awards

Referințe

Legături externe

Alexia pe myspace
Alexia pe twitter
Alexia pe instagram
Alexia Rodriguez pe metal-archives.com
Anissa Rodriguez (Eyes Set To Kill)- Musician Profile on spirit-of-metal.com
EYES SET TO KILL's ALEXIA RODRIGUEZ Interviewed On 'Women Of Metal' (Audio) on blabbermouth.net
Gus G Premieres "Long Way Down" Music Video, Featuring Eyes Set to Kill's Alexia Rodriguez on guitarworld.com
Alexia Rodriguez of Eyes Set To Kill on nationalrockreview
Sisters Alexia and Anissa Rodriguez go behind the music of 'The World Outside", newstimes.com
Articole despre Alexia Rodriguez pe heavymetal.about.com

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Cântărețe heavy metal
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Fiction Pick of the Week: "Selkie Stories Are for Losers"
A woman reels in the wake of her mother's absence.
A young woman struggles in the wake of her mother's disappearance in this Hugo-nominated work.
"After Mom left, I waited for my dad to get home from work. He didn't say anything when I told him about the coat. He stood in the light of the clock on the stove and rubbed his fingers together softly, almost like he was snapping but with no sound. Then he sat down at the kitchen table and lit a cigarette. I'd never seen him smoke in the house before. Mom's gonna lose it, I thought, and then I realized that no, my mom wasn't going to lose anything. We were the losers."
Fabulist fiction, about a shoeshine boy with a secret.
"Dr. Fessenden takes an interest, both medical and fatherlike. He wears black leather brogues at least twenty years old, the kind they don't make anymore. He prods my back with his doctorly fingers and makes considering sounds. "


New requirements on beef exports could have a negative ecological impact on the country.
Gaborone, Botswana - Botswana produces some of the highest quality organic, free range beef in the world. Until early last year, the EU was an important destination for this high value product. Then, following a visit by EU veterinary inspectors, new requirements were imposed requiring that all beef exports be traceable to fenced ranches or territories. After over a million USD in expenditures, and a six month self-imposed export moratorium to the EU, the government of Botswana has met these requirements. Unfortunately, these new regulations will almost certainly hasten rangeland degradation in this semi-arid country.
Botswana is an African development success story. It was one of the poorest African countries at independence in 1966 with only five kilometres of paved roads and 23 college graduates. The discovery of diamonds a few years after independence, and the astute management of this resource, allowed the country to invest heavily in education, infrastructure and healthcare. These investments, combined with a relatively small national population of about two million people, allowed the country to become one of Africa's most well-to-do.
The country has had one of the fastest growing economies in the world over the past 40 years. This rate of growth is comparable to that of the Newly Industrialised Countries (NICs) of East Asia, yet Botswana did this under democratic governance. Today, Botswana has a per capita GDP of $13,100 and eight billion USD in reserves, enough to cover imports for 20 months. The three pillars of its economy are: gem diamond exports (for which it is the world's largest producer), high-end ecotourism and high quality, grass-fed beef production.
Animal husbandry in the semi-arid regions of Africa has long been organised differently than that of the temperate zones for sound ecological reasons. Herders traditionally ranged widely across the landscape in search of better pastures, focusing on different areas depending on meteorological conditions. The approach worked because, unlike fenced pastures in Europe or North America, it was incredibly flexible and well adapted to variable rainfall conditions. Fenced ranches in semi-arid Africa are problematic because livestock become more concentrated, more vulnerable to drought, and more detrimental to the landscape.
The Botswana Meat Commission (BMC), a government parastatal, has played a central role in Botswana's developmental success. By ensuring proper veterinary care, appropriate controls on the spread of foot and mouth disease, fair prices for producers, and sophisticated international marketing, the BMC has ensured that this traditional element of the rural Botswana economy has grown and prospered over time.
While Botswana has experienced periodic outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (which often reaches cattle via wildlife populations), the BMC is incredibly meticulous about insuring that beef exports only originate from areas of the country that are completely disease free.
While the fencing of ranches is not a new phenomenon in Botswana, the latest EU regulations mean that cattle must be traceable to smaller and smaller areas. This implies that growing quantities of fencing are required and cattle movement is increasingly restricted. The desirability of traceability to such small areas may make sense in a temperate zone, but it is extremely problematic in semi-arid, tropical regions where rainfall and pasture conditions are more variable.
Sceptics wonder if the new EU regulations were really about disease prevention and quality control, rather than protecting European beef producers. If the latter was the intent, Botswana has shown the EU that it could overcome this latest trade barrier in a relatively short amount of time.
The real tragedy is that EU regulations are now hastening rangeland degradation in an ecologically fragile part of the world. While EU consumers may think that organic, free range beef implies a product which is better for the environment, they should know that European eco-imperialism, in the form of trade regulations, is incredibly dogmatic, destructive and ignorant of tropical grassland ecology.
In this instance, the EU should look anew at the ecological impact of its regulations abroad. A failure to do so is particularly ironic, given European concern for sustainable environmental management in this part of the world.
Botswana, for its part, should continue to explore and expand other markets for its beef exports, such as it is doing with South Africa and China. It must also push back against the EU and assert the importance of understanding semi-arid rangeland ecology in the tropics. Botswana has historically prospered when it carefully considers it options, pushes back when it needs to, and does what is best for the long term, sustainable development of the country. This time is no different.
William G Moseley is a human-environment and development geographer. He is a professor at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and, currently, visiting scholar in the Department of Environmental Science at the University of Botswana, Gaborone.
William G Moseley is a professor and chair of geography at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, US.


Music, movies, theater, literature … Here is a quick overview of the main events taking place on the island throughout the year, some of which might affect your choice of vacation dates.
The first event which kicks off the season is also the oldest. Since 1984 the St Barts Music Festival in early January has played host to a symphony orchestra bringing together mainly lead instrumentalists from different symphony orchestras under the baton of a world-famous conductor, usually Richard Buckley. The result is an exceptionally high-quality festival, which has a uniquely friendly atmosphere.
Books are also very much to the fore on St Barts. A whole week is devoted to books every year in mid April during the Book Festival, when there is an opportunity to meet local and international authors and also to swap books at the Book Exchange.
This is followed in late April by the St Barth Film Festival devoted to Caribbean cinema. It offers the opportunity to explore the Caribbean through open-air film screenings on the beach on a giant inflatable screen. The warmth of the meetings between audience, actors and directors make this a popular event with movie-lovers. It should be noted that the films are all screened in the original French version or subtitled in French.
When the curtain falls on the film festival, it rises again at the start of May on the St Barth Theater Festival. This festival has grown continuously since 2002. In tandem with productions by the local theater company SB Artists, it also welcomes celebrities such as Clémence Massart, Jean-Jacques Vanier, Arthur Jugnot, etc.
August brings the brand new SB Jam Music Festival. This major festival of Caribbean music offers you the chance to discover the best music of its kind over four days with performances by groups from all the surrounding islands - from Cuba to Haiti, including Martinique and Guadeloupe. This is an opportunity to discover Zouk Chouv, Compass and Zouk Metal, as well as more traditional music.
Finally there are the local village parties which take place on St Barts throughout the summer, which is the best time for exploring and enjoying the island in other respects.
Sailing enthusiasts also have their major events in St Barts. The famous St Barth Bucket Race attracts about thirty of the biggest and most beautiful sailing ships in the world to St Barts in March.
Comparable in many ways in terms of the prestige and size of the boats and crews is the New Eve Regatta, which attracts a huge fleet of large sailing ships for a regatta around the island on 1st January. Although this is a friendly gathering, it is still hotly contested, much to the delight of the spectators.
Every two years, St Barts also plays host to the more competitive and professional Transat AG2R two-man transatlantic race from Concarneau in Brittany to the island. The distinctive feature of this evenly matched transatlantic race is that it is held using absolutely identical 9 meter single-hulled Figaro Bénéteau boats. The arrival of the competitors creates great excitement on the quays of Gustavia, where hundreds of spectators are waiting. This was especially true in 2008 as two crews made up of sailors from the island were taking part and came second and third. However, the next event will not take place until 2010.
Throughout the year, highly unstable traditional craft are raced in Boulines, to the delight of sailing enthusiasts. About ten crews compete fiercely in regattas, providing spectators with a great show which seems to combine dance with sailing.


The Caroline Village neighborhood remained flooded for days after Hurricane Irma.
Daytona has large swaths of areas that flood particularly in the Black community, which is generally located on low-lying land.
Residents in the Midtown area are very familiar with the flooding issues, especially on the south side of town. Many of the neighborhoods, housing developments, subdivisions and streets often flood during storms and heavy rains.
This includes places like Palmetto Park, Caroline Village, Daytona Gardens, Campbell Middle School, and the John H. Dickerson Center.
Jessie, Magnolia, Verdell, School, Lockhart and other streets have their share of flooding. So have areas near Pine Haven and the Midtown Cultural & Educational Center.
Henry Butts Park, which sits between South Street and Bellevue Avenue, has a retention pond designed to help alleviate flooding in that area. Locals say it's been overwhelmed with water during tropical storms and hurricanes that can dump water measured in feet, not inches.
The half-cent sales tax will not apply to purchases of gas, groceries or medicine. For example, it would add about two cents to a "Four for Four" meal at Wendy's. For large purchases such as automobiles and boats, the tax would only be applied to the first $5,000 of the purchase because the tax is capped at $25 per purchase.
There are plans, referred to as the Wilder Blvd. Outfall/Midtown Stormwater Improvements Project, to address the flooding and storm water drainage with a substantial share of the tax money.
Residents took some time to share their experiences with flooding with the Times.
Michelle Stokes lives in the Palmetto Park public housing development, often referred to as "PPU" by locals.
Stokes said, "When it floods over here, the drains fill up first, then the entire end of the street floods within minutes. Next, the front yard floods, followed by the back yard. It floods all the way up to our front and back doors. Then you know it's a river on the street.
Tyrone Benford lives in Daytona Gardens.
Benford told the Times, "I live upstairs, so it's not as bad. During floods, life is at a standstill. The elderly can't get groceries, prescriptions or visit the doctor. One time water was waist-high, making commuting impossible for days.
Hurricanes and tropical storms make flooding in Black Daytona even worse.
The Wilder Blvd. Outfall/Midtown Stormwater Improvements Project will be a three-phase project to improve storm water drainage in those areas. Each phase will cost $15 million, $13 million and $16 million, respectively.
Phase 1 will construct a drainage conveyance system in Fairway Estates that takes water to a pond system on the city's golf course. A new pump station will move stormwater to the Halifax River through a new Wilder Boulevard drain that will route water to the river.
Phase 2 will construct a pump station at Henry Butts Park and a large drainpipe from the park to Wilder Boulevard.
Phase 3 will construct a control gate at Nova Canal with a square drainage pipe from that canal to the Butts Park pond to divert water from Nova Canal to the river. Drainage systems will be built throughout the project to ensure water gets where it's supposed to go.
If the half-cent sales tax passes, it is estimated to bring in $45 million per year countywide. Daytona Beach's share is expected to about $3.7 million per year, estimated at $74 million during a 20-year span.
The Volusia County Supervisor of Elections Office will mail out a single-question ballot FOR or AGAINST the tax on May 1. It must be returned by May 21.
Public meetings on the sales tax for information, questions and feedback are being held through the month of April every Tuesday and Thursday night around the city starting at 5:30 p.m.
More information can be found on the city of Daytona Beach website at www.codb.us/halfcent.


Topped with blue cheese dressing, mozzarella, Parmesan, grilled vegetables and arugula, this pizza is packed with great flavours.
Mix garlic, black pepper and 2 Tbsp. oil until blended. Grill corn, zucchini and red peppers 8 to 10 min. or until crisp-tender, turning and brushing occasionally with garlic mixture.
Meanwhile, cut pizza dough in half. Roll out each half on lightly floured surface to 10x5-inch rectangle. Brush evenly with half the remaining oil.
Remove vegetables from barbecue; set aside. Place dough rectangles, oil sides down, on barbecue grate; grill 5 to 7 min. or until bubbles start to form on tops and bottoms are grill marked. Turn; brush with remaining oil. Grill 2 to 3 min. or until bottoms are lightly browned. Transfer to large baking sheet.
Cut kernels off corn cob; discard cob. Cut zucchini and peppers into bite-size pieces.
Reduce barbecue to medium-low heat. Spread dressing onto pizza crusts; top with cheeses, vegetables and basil. Return pizzas (on baking sheet) to barbecue. Grill 3 to 5 min. or until pizzas are heated through and cheese is melted. Top with arugula.


A series of infographics explaining nanotechnology created by students in the visual communication design program at the University of Washington.
By Tim Donnelly. Faculty: Karen Cheng and Marco Rolandi. Part of a series of infographics explaining nanotechnology through scale, how it has integrated into society, and what products it is being used in today.
By Kim Shedrick. Faculty: Karen Cheng and Marco Rolandi. Part of a series of infographics explaining nanotechnology through scale, how it has integrated into society, and what products it is being used in today.
By Lauren Jong. Faculty: Karen Cheng and Marco Rolandi. Part of a series of infographics explaining nanotechnology through scale, how it has integrated into society, and what products it is being used in today.
By Minnie Bredouw. Faculty: Karen Cheng and Marco Rolandi. Part of a series of infographics explaining nanotechnology through scale, how it has integrated into society, and what products it is being used in today.
By Ronald Viernes. Faculty: Karen Cheng and Marco Rolandi. Part of a series of infographics explaining nanotechnology through scale, how it has integrated into society, and what products it is being used in today.


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Background: Due to emerging resistances against antibiotics there is a strong need to find novel antibacterial agents with a novel structure to prevent early resistance developments.
Objective: Bisindole compounds with antibacterial activities which formally result from the reaction of an aldehyde with indole motivated to investigate the reaction of a dialdehyde and indole to give novel structures with potential antibacterial activities.
Method: Compounds were yielded by chemical synthesis and purified using column chromatography. The antibacterial activity was determined as minimal inhibitory growth activity in cultures of Gram-positive strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus species.
Results: Cyclohepta[2,3-b]indoles have been yielded in a one-step reaction procedure with indole substitutions at the cycloheptane central core matching a solution for achieving fused novel cycloalkane indoles with functionalized residues of promising biological activity. So far fused cycloalkane indoles have not been available in a one-step procedure and moreover core functionalizations have been additional challenges. Various indole substitutions have been done to provide a first set of compounds.
Conclusion: Substituent-dependent effects have been suggested to influence the antibacterial activity and first compounds were identified with specific Staphylococcus activities and Enterococcus species effects towards Enterococcus faecalis as critical pathogens in hospital with upcoming resistances against standard antibiotics.


I've been thinking about art today and talent. What made me start thinking about this is the image I'm working on in Painter for shore-girl.com. I'll get to that in a minute though.
I've always imagined a real artist to be able to create great pictures from their imagination. I could never do this. Whenever I try to draw from imagination, things end up looking cartoony and sometimes just plain awful. I realized as I grew up that a lot of artists use references, but I still haven't been able to shake the mindset. Something happened in high school to further ingrain that thought.
My high school has always entered the Scholastic Art competition. I think I might have won a certificate of merit one year…can't remember. When I was in 11th grade though, they changed the rules and my school didn't enter that year. It was something about not being able to draw gridded pictures from photos to use as a basis for a piece of art. You put a gridded transparency over a picture, and draw a similar one on your piece of paper. You label the grids ABC… down one axis and 123… down the other. Then you transfer the image grid by grid to the paper. Most of our projects started this way and I always liked it. It made it easy to get everything in the proper place and size. But that made me think about why they didn't want us to do this. It also made me feel that what I was doing wasn't considered real art.
Back to my painting for shore-girl. The first version of the background wasn't very good, perspective-wise. I'm embarrased to actually be posting it. I'm very pleased with how the waves turned out in the second version, for which I used a reference. It makes me wonder though about my label as an "artist". I took a picture of myself and used the outline of that to create the girl. I used a photo reference for the waves as well. Nothing was really created from my imagination (except for the bikini, but that's nothing). I guess I'll just have to accept that I'll never be one of those people who can work without references.
I can relate the the whole 'it's not art if it's not from your imagination' thing. That's why I gave up on painting years ago. I'm glad you didn't.


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Green ticks made difference in Waitakere vote
23 Dec, 2011 04:30 PM 3 minutes to read
Labour MP Damien O'Connor has both the Greens and National Party voters to thank for his victory in West Coast-Tasman. Photo / Supplied
Claire Trevett
A big group of Green Party supporters voting for National's Paula Bennett in Waitakere effectively cost Labour's Carmel Sepuloni the chance of winning the seat.
But Labour MP Damien O'Connor has both the Greens and National Party voters to thank for his victory in West Coast-Tasman.
Statistics on split voting in the general election show that half of the 3308 Green Party voters in Waitakere ticked Ms Sepuloni but 13 per cent voted for Ms Bennett - the 429 votes more than enough to give her the win.
Ms Bennett only just held on to the seat with a majority of nine after a judicial recount.
That was higher than in 2008, when Ms Bennett got the support of 9 per cent of the Green voters.
The Green Party candidates made it clear in marginal electorates that they were campaigning only for the party vote - an indication supporters should give Labour their candidate votes. That message was picked up by some.
In West Coast-Tasman, Mr O'Connor won back the seat from National's Chris Auchinvole with support from two-thirds of the Green supporters. Their 3074 votes totalled more than his majority of 2539.
Mr O'Connor also picked up a sizeable chunk of National Party voters, getting a further 2468 votes from the 16 per cent of National voters who chose him as their local candidate over Mr Auchinvole.
In Auckland Central, 63 per cent of the 7797 Green voters voted for Labour's Jacinda Ardern and in New Plymouth 60 per cent voted for Andrew Little, although they both missed out on the seats.
Tactical voting was particularly high in the Epsom electorate - both on the left and the right. However, it was with a twist, as left-wing voters cast their votes for National's candidate to try to edge out Act's John Banks.
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More than half of the Green Party voters (54 per cent) and 35 per cent of Labour voters voted for National candidate Paul Goldsmith - a total of 4417 votes.
By comparison, in 2008, National's candidate Richard Worth was backed by 11 per cent of Labour voters and 18 per cent of Green voters.
The deal between National and Act to ensure Act's survival meant Epsom was the most controversial electorate battle, including the now infamous cup of tea between John Key and John Banks. That was seen as a nod for National voters to vote for Mr Banks.
The statistics showed it worked - 60 per cent of the 23,725 National Party voters voted for John Banks. However, that was lower than in 2008, when 70 per cent of National supporters voted for Rodney Hide, who was then Act's leader.
One in five of the Act voters in the electorate either could not stomach the deal or objected to the rolling of Mr Hide. Only 80 per cent of Epsom's 939 Act voters chose Mr Banks and 14 per cent voted for Mr Goldsmith instead. The number of Act supporters in the electorate had also slumped, from 2389 in 2008 to 939 in 2011.


The first History Ambassadors have been appointed.
We now have 5 wonderful pupils from Year 6 who have been appointed as our first ever History Ambassadors. They went through a rigorous application process which included extra study and an interview. They will promote history around the school and work with the Infants in particular. Anyone in Year 6 can apply for this role over the next few weeks. Speak to Mrs Lund.


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As flames engulfed the vehicle, the man attacked them and they shot him in the struggle, he said.
They park their police auto just behind the burning ute and are immediately attacked.
"Nearby police quickly responded to the (initial) incident", he said.
'Me and the managers ran out and that's when we saw the vehicle on fire and then we saw the guy on the floor and we wanted to help, there were two blokes helping him out already, he was face down pools of blood around his face, ' he told AAP.


March 3 is Girls' Day or Hinamatsuri, a Japanese and Japanese American holiday to celebrate girls. Girls are given one beautiful Japanese doll a year in order to build a collection of dolls which they bring out every year on Girls' Day to create a red-tiered display of emperor and empress, ladies, musicians, and guardians.
I am entranced by the idea of bringing the big box of treasured dolls out of the closet, quietly unwrapping them, one by one, and gently arranging them for all to see. To recall each dolls' familiar face like an old friend, to remember beloved parents and grandparents who gave which one, to replay one's memories of Girls' Days of years past.


In Florida, the adopted child inheritance law is the same as the natural child inheritance law. Adopted children are treated the same as natural children for purposes of intestate succession.
Intestate succession is the order in which property passes from the decedent to the decedent's heirs. The term intestate describes an estate that passes without a will.
Under Florida probate rules, the adopted child can inherit from and through his adopting parents, even without a will. In addition, the adopting parents and their kin can inherit from and through the adopted child.
Additionally, under the Florida inheritance law, an adopted child is not a descendant of his or her natural parents such that there is no "double dipping." An adopted child cannot at once claim inheritance under the adopting parents' estate and under the natural parents' estate.
The exception to this rule, of course, is when the adopting parent is the step-parent of the child. Then, the child may at once claim inheritance under the natural parent's estate as well as the adopting step-parent's estate.
For example, Whitney and Henry have a child (Abe). Whitney divorces Henry. Some years later, Whitney marries Seth and Seth adopts Abe. For purposes of inheritance, Abe is a child of his natural mother, Whitney, and is a child of his adoptive father, Seth. Thus, Abe continues to inherit from and through Whitney and her family and inherits from and through Seth and his family as well.
In addition, any parent, whether natural or adoptive, is barred from inheriting from or through a child if that parent's parental rights were terminated prior to the death of the child. In that case, the parent is treated as if he or she died before the child.
If you have any questions about Florida inheritance or adoption law, contact one of our experienced wills and estates attorneys today to schedule a free consultation!
September is Probate in Florida Month at Boyer Law Firm!
Probate isn't just for U.S. Citizens. It's also for Non-U.S. Citizens and resident aliens. If someone owns property in Florida, their estate will go through probate in Florida. No matter their citizenship or residency status, they will need to have their estate probated in the county where they lived as well as in a Florida (if they owned property in the state at the time of their death). If the decedent (person who passed away) has a Last Will and Testament, that would impact the assets held not only in Florida, but also the assets held in the rest of the United States and throughout the world.
For more information on the probate process, or to make an estate planning appointment, contact Boyer Law Firm today and mention this article.
In Florida, a personal representative must hire an attorney to oversee the probate process.
FL Personal Representative Must Hire an Attorney: In Florida, when a loved one passes away, the estate of the decedent must goes through the Florida probate process. Decedent is the legal term for a deceased person. As a part of the probate process, a Florida personal representative must be appointed to manage the distribution of the estate. The personal representative is usually named in the decedent's will. However, if the will is silent on the matter, or if the deceased passed away intestate (without a will), then a Florida Probate Judge will appoint someone as the personal representative.
Whoever the personal representative is, he or she has a fiduciary duty to the estate and to the heirs of the estate. This means that he or she may be personally liable for any injury (even monetary harm) caused by improperly executing the probate process.
This great risk of personal liability is one reason why by law Florida personal representatives must hire an attorney to represent them in the probate process. The personal representative has the sole authority to hire an attorney to oversee the probate process, regardless of whether the will attempts to name an attorney.
To ensure that your loved one's estate is properly executed and to protect yourself from the potential liability you face as personal representative, it is best to hire an experienced estate attorney to oversee the probate process.
U.S. Citizens can shield up to $5.45 million (per person) of their U.S. estate from federal estate taxes.
According to the IRS, an estate tax is a tax on your right to transfer property at your death. It consists of an account of everything you own or have certain interests in at the date of death. Generally, the estate must pay taxes on the total net worth of the worldwide estate. Fortunately, there are some exemptions that shield part or all of the estate from taxes.
The IRS recently announced the new estate and gift tax exemption is $5.45 million per person, or $10.9 per married couple. This number is up from the previous federal estate tax exemption of $5.43 million per person.
This is great news if the estate is owned by a U.S. Citizen, considering the top federal estate tax rate is a whopping 40%. The list below shows some of the IRS federal tax rates.
Foreign individuals only receive a federal estate tax exemption for $60,000. That means if you are a non-U.S. citizen who owns real or personal property in Florida worth over $60,000 in value, you may owe a substantial portion of that estate to the U.S. federal government in the form of taxes. If your estate is worth more than $60,000, you should consult with a wills and trusts attorney to prepare your estate plan.
U.S. Immigration and the new estate tax limit go hand in hand.
If you aren't already a U.S. Citizen and you want to shield $5.45 million of your estate from the U.S. federal government, you should consult with an immigration attorney to discuss your potential to qualify for U.S. Citizenship.
Two of the most common avenues to becoming a United State citizen is the EB-5 investor visa, and the family petition. If you qualify for U.S. Citizenship through Naturalization and the value of your estate exceeds $5.45 million, then there may be other money-saving options available. For instance, you can create a trust or take out life insurance.
London, United Kingdom – April 28, 2008 : The Diana Princess Of Wales Memorial Walk in Hyde Park, dedicated in memory to Diana, Princess of Wales.
Ugly Probate for Poorly Planned Celebrity Wills: These celebrity wills show what can happen when you do not have a proper estate plan in place.
Although Michael Jackson had setup a trust before he died, his estate still underwent a very public probate process because his will did not properly transfer his assets to the trust, so they were subject to the probate process, and therefore public record. The general public learned about all of the fighting going on in Jackson's estate as well as financial information, such as his mother's monthly grooming expenses of $1,000 and his family's monthly allowance of $86,000.
Princess Diana left a "letter of wishes" giving her godchildren ¼ of her estate, but the executors of her will convinced the court to disregard the letter without notifying the godchildren. Again, this estate because public record and the actions of Princess Diana's executors did not reflect the same values that she showed in her lifetime.
And, as mentioned in a previous Celebrity Wills Blog, Former Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, Warren Burger, cost his children millions of dollars in taxes because his will, which he wrote himself, failed to give his co-executors the power they needed to sell real estate, pay taxes, and otherwise manage the estate.
Like these celebrity wills, if you hold assets in Florida, especially if they equate to a large value, then you could be subject to a public, messy probate proceeding if you do not properly document your wishes for your assets. Failure to have a proper estate plan can result in your assets being improperly distributed. In addition, if you do not properly plan for estate taxes, then the majority of your estate could end up being paid in taxes to the IRS.
If you are a foreign individual who owns assets in Florida, then it is important to make sure that your foreign estate plan and your Florida estate plan are consistent with both applicable laws so that there will not be additional work, and therefore additional attorneys' fees paid from the estate, during the ancillary probate process.
Whether you are a full-time Florida resident or a foreign national who owns assets in Florida, contact Boyer Law Firm, P.L. today to see how we can assist you with your Will and other estate planning needs.


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Digital Encode Cofounders Awarded BusinessDay Lifetime Achievement Award
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BusinessDay Publishing Ltd., Conferred Lifetime Achievement Award on Dr. Obadare Peter Adewale and Dr. Oluseyi Akindeinde at the Nigerian Business Leadership Awards held at Lagos Continental Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos on 3rd December 2022
Harvest of awards for Digital Encode at BusinessDay Leadership Award 2022
Digital Encode Limited's Co-founders – Dr. Adewale Peter Obadare and Dr. Oluseyi Akindeinde – have been honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by BusinessDay Newspapers.
At the Nigerian Business Leadership Awards, organized by BusinessDay Newspaper held in Lagos on December 03, 2022, the co-founders, with many laurels in the bag, received industry-wide accolades for their outstanding contribution to the growth of information security industry and Cybersecurity Awareness in Nigeria and Africa in general.
The company, Digital Encode Limited, was also awarded the Cybersecurity and Compliance Management Company of the Year.
Since its launch over 19 years ago, Digital Encode has been helping companies to save money and solve their technology problems.
To this end, the company has been recognized in the industry for its vendor independent perspective and expertise that lies in solving multifaceted, complex enterprise network security and audit problems.
Today, Digital Encode is notable for its effective and successful methodology for achieving compliance to ISO 27001 (IMS); ISO 20000 (ITIL), ISO 22301 (BCM), ISO 9001 (QMS) and several other international compliance standards such as COBIT and PCI DSS compliance.
On their joint Lifetime Achievement Award, Dr. Obadare Peter Adewale is arguably the most "Credentialed" and Multi-Award winning Pan- African Cybersecurity & GRC Thought Leader, He is a Fellow British Computer Society (FBCS), Fellow Institute of Management Consultants (FIMC), Fellow Institute of Information Management (FIIM), Fellow Enterprise Security Risk Management (FESRM), Fellow Institute of Brand Management (FIBM), Chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP), The First PECB Certified Data Protection Officer (CDPO) in Nigeria, The First Ec-Council Licensed Penetration Tester (LPT) in Africa, First Ec-Council Certified Blockchain in Africa, and Second COBIT 5 Certified Assessor in Africa Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Qualified Security Assessor (PCI DSS QSA).
He is a seasoned cybersecurity Expert and GRC Technopreneur with over 50 (Fifty) international professional certifications to his credit and was awarded Honorary Doctorate Degree in Cybersecurity from Trinity International University of Ambassadors Atlanta Georgia, United State of America.
Also, Dr. Oluseyi Akindeinde has 20 years working experience in the IT and Information Security arena, but has spent the better part of the last few years exploring the security issues faced by Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) and the Financial Transaction Systems (FTS).
He has mostly presented the outcome of his research works at several conferences; including the Information Security Society of Africa Nigeria (ISSAN), the E-Payment Forum, the Electronic Payment Providers Association, the Forum of the Committee of Chief Inspectors of Banks in Nigeria (CCIBN), Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), the apex bank – Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as well as the senior management of 17 top financial institutions in Nigeria.
The organisers described Digital Encode as a 'fruitful seed' that has distinguished itself in the African cybersecurity space.
BusinessDay Newspaper management said that the awards are testaments to Dr. Obadare and Dr. Akindeinde's critical role in the Continent's cybersecurity space.
The organisers said that the co-founders are well-recognized subject matter experts with numerous successful engagements to their credit in Africa.
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Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt Together on Stage
OCT 8, 8 PM (GATES AT 6 PM)
Legendary performers Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt perform at the Momentary October 8, 2022.
$ 84 General Admission ($68/members)
$ 20 Student*
$150 Premium** SOLD OUT
Book your parking pass in the garage, $5 per car.
* Student tickets available to all guests under 17 or those with a valid student ID, presented upon entry.
** Premium tickets include access to a dedicated seating area. Limited quantity.
Live on the Green Concert Series is sponsored by Breeze Airways | XNA | iHeart Media | Bike Rack Brewing Co | Vizzy. Presented on the Coca-Cola Stage.
Prep Time: Arrive early! Doors open at 6 p.m. to give everyone plenty of time to check tickets and IDs and pick your preferred spot on the Momentary Green. Feel free to bring your own lawn chair or blanket and spread out.
Fun Food and Drink: Hungry or thirsty? Enjoy the culinary creations of the Momentary Food Truck and fun beverages from the RØDE Bar before and during the show. No outside food or beverages will be allowed.
Worried about the weather? Call the Inclement Weather line to check on any cancellations or relocations: (479) 657-2488, or catch our Instagram and Facebook stories for the most up-to-date information.
Lyle Lovett
A singer, composer, and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, the Texas-based musician fuses elements of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel, and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers.
Whether touring as a 'Duo' or with his 'Acoustic Group' or his 'Large Band,' Lovett's live performances show not only the breadth of this Texas legend's deep talents, but also the diversity of his influences, making him one of the most compelling and captivating musicians in popular music.
Since his self-titled debut in 1986, Lyle Lovett has evolved into one of music's most vibrant and iconic performers. Among his many accolades, besides the four Grammy Awards, he was given the Americana Music Association's inaugural Trailblazer Award, and was named Texas State Musician.
His works, rich and eclectic, are some of the most beloved of any artist working today.
A master lyricist and satirical storyteller, John Hiatt delivers songs filled with tales of redemption, relationships, and surrendering on his own terms. Hiatt's finest album is 1987's Bring the Family; other catalog highlights include the pop and rock of 1983's Riding with the King, the rough-hewn blues-rock of 2008's Same Old Man, and 2021's Leftover Feelings. His lyrics and melodies have graced more than 20 studio albums, have been recorded by Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, and scores of others, and have earned him a place in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, a BMI Troubadour award, and a lifetime achievement in songwriting designation from the Americana Music Association.
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We continue to monitor local COVID-19 trends and government health guidance. As of now, proof of COVID-19 vaccination, testing, and masking are not required to attend this show. However, by purchasing tickets to this event, you agree to abide by safety protocols in effect at the time of the event, which may include wearing face covering, providing proof of vaccination status, and/or proof of negative COVID-19 test. Please monitor our website for updates; protocols are subject to change.


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I know that when I was growing up I really struggled with the idea of being able to cover the redness that constantly appeared on my face, no matter the situation.
People would speak to me and then comment on the fact that the only possible reason to have a red face would be because I was embarrassed or I had a crush on them(!!). My reply would be of course be "That's just my face!" and watch them look at me trying to understand how it could be so red.
As I got older, I realized that I needed to learn to cover up the redness, because quite honestly, I became embarrassing.
So, I am going to show you the best skincare products that helped me battle "tomato face".
This was by far the best product that I used. The only problem is the price, but I never mind spending £41 at Clinique if it can help the red go away. It also takes a while to start working, but once I had used it every night after I had taken off my makeup (personal preference) for a couple of weeks, my face was noticeably clearer and the redness had started to lose some of the neon tint I seem to have developed.
This particular lotion worked on my face the majority of the time. I think after using it a while and it not working and was making it worse was due to the fact that I have an allergy to kiwi, which is one of the ingredients.
However, while it didn't affect my face, it was a lifesaver on warm days because it never "sweated off" like a lot of moisturizers seem to do. It says to use every morning and every evening, but I found that it worked much better when I just did it in the morning and cleansed my face in the evening.
This is the newest one that I have used. It really does make my skin feel less inflamed, which was the main reason for buying it. It was also a HELL of a lot cheaper than the Clinique one I was using. I must admit that the smell is not the greatest and sometimes it did make me feel a bit sick, but I have gotten over that feature now and have grown to love it.
And last but not least, The Honey Mask. Super easy to make because it is just honey on your face. Make sure that your face is free from any products and wash with warm water to open up the pores. Slather the honey over the red areas of the face (or all over, if that's what you want) and then leave it for 30 minutes to work its magic. I must add though, please don't use The Honey Mask if the redness is from sunburn because it stings. A LOT. Just rinse off when you're done and you should see the effects. It worked for me!
Buy at: It's just honey! Go to your local supermarket or buy some local honey if you can afford it.
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Utah Office of Property Rights Ombudsman launches new, improved website
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Francine A. Giani, Executive Director of the Utah Department of Commerce, announced that the Office of Property Rights Ombudsman (OPRO) has launched a new website aimed at helping the public access information.
"Customer service is our top priority at the Department of Commerce and the updated Ombudsman's website now connects citizens with more user friendly information on property issues than ever before," stated Francine A. Giani.
The revised website, www.propertyrights.utah.gov , now offers;
 a searchable database of the OPRO's Advisory Opinions by topic or keyword.
 a "Find the Law" section where property rights laws can be searched by topic.
 a layout designed to be accessible by phone or mobile device, so information can be viewed from any location.
"Advisory opinions once lived in filing cabinets unless formally requested by the public," noted Lead Attorney Brent Bateman, "Now the public can search these records at the click of a mouse or other device to learn about property issues around the State."
About the Office of the Property Rights Ombudsman
The Office of the Property Rights Ombudsman (OPRO) was created by the Utah Legislature to protect the property rights of citizens when state and local government condemns or regulates private land. Its mission is to educate the public and government agencies about private property rights and land use laws, advocate for fairness and compliance with state and local laws and ordinances, while assisting citizens and government agencies to resolve property disputes fairly in accordance with existing law.
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Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (October 30, 1885 � November 1, 1972) was an American expatriate poet and critic who was a major figure of the Modernist movement in early-to mid- 20th century poetry. He was the driving force behind several Modernist movements, notably Imagism and Vorticism. Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho, United States, to Homer Loomis and Isabel Weston Pound. When he was 18 months old, his family moved to the suburbs of Philadelphia. He studied for two years at the University of Pennsylvania, then transferred to Hamilton College, where he received his Ph.B. in 1905. He then returned to Penn, completing an M.A. in Romance philology in 1906. During his studies at Penn, he met and befriended William Carlos Williams and H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), to whom he was engaged for a time. H.D. also became involved with a woman named Frances Gregg around this time. Shortly afterwards, H.D. and Gregg, along with Gregg's mother, went to Europe. Afterward, Pound taught at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, for less than a year, and left as the result of a minor scandal. In 1908 he traveled to Europe, settling in London after spending several months in Venice.


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Jimmy Tingle Returns To New England Stages This Summer
Jimmy Tingle is a comedian, commentator, 2018 candidate for LT Governor of Massachusett and the founder of Humor for Humanity. He will return to New England area stages with his newest theatrical show Jimmy Tingle's 20/20 Vision, a funny, thought-provoking, and hopeful look at contemporary life and politics. The show will answer the question "why would a comedian run for office" as it illuminates Jimmy's 2018 campaign with passion, purpose and a sense of humor. www.jimmytingle.com
Jimmy Tingle's 20/20 Vision 2019 Summer Schedule
Friday, June 21, Saturday, July 13, Friday, August 23 at 7:30 PM; Wellfleet Preservation Hall 335 Main St Wellfleet, MA; $25 plus ticket service fees; (508) 349-1800
Tuesday, June 25, A.R.T. Oberon, 2 Arrow Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge; Doors Open 7 PM; Show 7:30 PM $15 - 25 plus ticket service fees. (617) 547-8300
Saturday, July 20 at 8 PM; Jonathan's Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit, ME
$22.50 - $63.50 plus ticket service fees. (207) 646-4777
Saturday, August 24 at 8 PM, TCAN/The Natick Center for the Arts, 14 Summer Street, Natick. $24 - $28. (508) 647.0097
As the nation looks ahead to the upcoming presidential campaign of 2020, Jimmy Tingle's 20/20 Vision will entertain, enlighten and challenge the audience to move beyond the current politics of presidential tweets, sound bites, and the nightly news cycle and into the realm of long-term thinking and life-affirming possibility. Through comedy, commentary and audience Q & A, Jimmy aspires to contribute to the cultural conversation in a positive, hopeful and funny way as America strives to create, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, "a more perfect union."
Jimmy is a graduate of UMASS Dartmouth and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where he earned a Masters Degree in Public Administration (MPA). He was the Harvard graduate school commencement speaker for the Class of 2010.
He has worked as a humorist and commentator for 60 Minutes II and MSNBC and has appeared on The Tonight Show, CNN, Conan O'Brien, Fresh Air with Terry Gross and in his own HBO half-hour comedy special.
Theatrical credits include writing, performing and producing several one-person shows including Uncommon Sense; Jimmy Tingle for President- The Funniest Campaign in History and Jimmy Tingle's American Dream.
He has appeared in several documentaries films including Damned in the USA; America with the Top Down; When Stand Up Stood Out; Call Me Lucky directed by Bobcat Goldthwait and Jimmy Tingle's American Dream which Jimmy wrote and produced and directed by Vincent Straggas. Feature film work includes Next Stop Wonderland; Boondock Saints; Head of State starring Chris Rock and Clear History starring Larry David.
Tingle has the rare distinction of winning Boston Magazine's "Best of Boston" in the stand-up comedy category and for "best alternative theater" as the producer and artistic director of Jimmy Tingle's OFF BROADWAY Theater in Somerville.
He is the founder of "Humor for Humanity", a social enterprise and solo show that aspires to raise spirits, funds, and awareness for nonprofits, charities, and social causes. For more information on Jimmy Tingle or Humor for Humanity please visit http://www.JimmyTingle.com
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