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William Hurt and Isabella Rossellini in "Late Bloomers"
"Late Bloomers": Can 60-plus sex work on-screen?
Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt face a late-midlife sex crisis in the taboo-nudging "Late Bloomers"
Andrew O'Hehir
April 14, 2012 1:10AM (UTC)
One of the oldest and most reliable truisms in show business holds that older people -- or people of any age -- will watch a love story about young people, but younger people will rarely or never watch a love story about old people. In other words, Shakespeare knew what he was doing in making Romeo and Juliet teenagers. (Among other things, he was accessing a tradition of doomed youthful romance that goes back at least as far as the Greeks.) I imagine this still holds true as a general rule. Certainly the principal audience for Julie Gavras' comedy "Late Bloomers," which stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a 60-ish London couple facing a series of marital and personal crises, is not going to overlap much with that of "The Hunger Games."
But Hollywood's ingrained tendency to ignore people over 50 or so -- with occasional, ultra-weepy exceptions, in the vein of "Cocoon" or "On Golden Pond" -- runs counter to various cultural and demographic realities, both absolute and relative. On one hand, the population is growing older, on average, in the United States and most other Western countries. On the other hand, accepted modes of behavior for older people are shifting. "Late Bloomers" is an entertaining diversion, mostly because Rossellini and Hurt are a pair of seasoned and graceful pros who know how to work every line and every gesture, and it's great to see them playing characters who are exactly their age. (In real life, Hurt is 62 and Rossellini 59.) But in a certain way the movie feels pretty old-fashioned: I'm not sure the social prejudices Gavras tries to mine for laughs here quite exist anymore.
Hurt's character, Adam, is supposed to be a prestigious architect nearing retirement age who startles his Italian-born wife, Mary (Rossellini), and colleagues when he starts wearing a leather jacket and jeans to work and going out drinking with much younger colleagues. But for better or worse, the real-world workplace is full of such guys, and I don't think younger people these days are alarmed to encounter elders who decline to play canasta or don sky-blue golf slacks. Arguably, the trend toward permanently emulating youth is just as ridiculous, in its own way, as is retiring to Scottsdale the moment the Social Security checks start to arrive. But that's just a function of each generation's inborn right to make fun of the one that's slightly older than it.
If anything, it's Mary who seems like the oddball in "Late Bloomers." Based on one episode of memory loss, possibly caused by stress or depression, she concludes that both she and Adam are entering a steep downward spiral and starts outfitting their house with bathtub grab-bars, giant-button telephones and other old-people gadgetry. She also gets involved, more intriguingly, with a Grey Panthers group who lobby Adam to build a "transgenerational eco-community" retirement home, one so attractive that it will make "younger people look forward to getting old." One wishes that Gavras (who is the daughter, by the way, of eminent Greco-French filmmaker Costa-Gavras) had developed this aspect of the story a little further. There are relatively few films about retirement homes (major props here to Sarah Polley's "Away From Her") despite the fact -- or perhaps because of the fact -- that most of us will end up living in them at some stage.
As to the sexuality and romantic life of Adam and Mary, there are two things to say: First, that area isn't nearly the taboo it used to be either, as the last 15 years or so of Helen Mirren's career has demonstrated, and second, this is the movies, so don't look for glaring, naked realism. Isabella Rossellini remains one of the most beautiful women in the world, although she's clearly not young, and Hurt, while fully looking his age, still cuts a virile figure in his faux-youthful wardrobe. Gavras absolutely has her heart in the right place, and tries to make the point that age is no guarantor of wise behavior, and that people Adam and Mary's age are just as prone to lust, vanity, egotism and all-around poor decision-making as anyone else. She does, however, fall prey to the general tendency to depict golden-age sexuality as being just the same as younger people's, only with larger beds, more money and longer periods of time involved.
"Late Bloomers" is a modest Euro-indie with a modest potential audience, but I expect we'll see a coming boom in romantic yarns made by, for and about the aging boomer and post-boomer populations. Fox has big hopes, for instance, for "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," the forthcoming film from "Shakespeare in Love" director John Madden, which stars Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy as a group of British seniors who relocate to India with so-called unexpected results (i.e., romance, renewal, rejuvenation, etc.). That film's box-office yield will be understood, no doubt, as a test of the showbiz truism I mentioned earlier: Is the 50-plus audience ready to come back to the theaters, and will some number of younger viewers play along?
I don't claim to know the answer to that, and I'm not sure it's an interesting or worthwhile question. I do know that movies crafted to pander to older viewers, when they're imagined as some kind of narrowly defined niche audience, are always less interesting than those -- like "Away From Her" or "The Straight Story" or "Harold and Maude" or "About Schmidt" -- that dare to imagine aging, with all its unavoidable problems, as a universal and essential element of the human tragicomedy. "Late Bloomers" isn't anywhere near that level, but at least it's trying.
"Late Bloomers" is now playing at Cinema Village in New York, with other cities and DVD release to follow.
Andrew O'Hehir is executive editor of Salon.
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Q: Subject and Verb Agreement: either/or, or neither/nor According to the rule "The verb in an or, either/or, or neither/nor sentence agrees with the noun or pronoun closest to it," is the sentence below correctly phrased? "I" is a singular subject but are is a plural verb.

She, my friends, and I are not going to the festival.

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A: The rule you've cited actually doesn't apply to the example sentence, which happens to be correct.  In the case of your example, the plural verb is appropriate since the subject is plural--multiple subjects connected with and.

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Euvira — род жуков-стафилинид из подсемейства Aleocharinae (Placusini). Около 20 видов.

Распространение
Северная Америка и Южная Америка. Встречаются в основном от Мексики до островов Карибского моря и Аргентины. На севере Мексики, США и Канаде род представлен двумя видами Euvira quadriceps (северная Мексика и Миссисипи) и Euvira micmac (Иллинойс, Огайо, Мичиган, Канзас и Новая Шотландия).

Описание
Тело жуков мелкое, в длину 1,4—3,5 мм. Характерными внешними чертами для представителей данного рода являются следующие признаки:
 голова сзади угловатая с отличимой широкой шеей, за глазами без киля;
 с 5 по 10 членики усиков сильно поперечные;
 жвалы с поперечными полосами на большом дорсальном участке главного зубца;
 средние тазики узко разделённые;
 формула лапок 4-4-5;
 седьмой и восьмой тергиты брюшка зернистые.

Классификация
Около 20 видов. Род был впервые выделен в 1883 году британским энтомологом Дэвидом Шарпом (David Sharp; 1840–1922):

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Насекомые Северной Америки
Насекомые Южной Америки
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Onions linked to Salmonella outbreak recalled from states across the US and Canada
By News Desk on October 21, 2021
ProSource Produce LLC of Hailey, ID, is recalling whole raw onions (red, yellow and white) shipped from Chihuahua, Mexico, between July 1, 2021, and Aug. 31, 2021, because of a link to a Salmonella outbreak.
This recall comes after more than 650 people have been infected in a Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak that federal officials say has been traced to fresh onions from Mexico. The implicated onions are from ProSource Produce Inc. of Hailey, ID, according to the Food and Drug Administration
The whole raw onions were distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin, as well as Ontario and Quebec, Canada.
No fresh onions that originated in Chihuahua, Mexico have been shipped by the company since the end of August 2021.
While investigations into various potential sources of Salmonella remain ongoing, to date no onions marketed through ProSource have tested positive for Salmonella.
Recalled Products:
The onions were distributed to wholesalers, broadline foodservice customers, and retail stores in 50 lb., 25 lb., 10 lb., 5 lb., 3 lb., and 2 lb. mesh sacks; and 50 lb., 40 lb., 25 lb., 10 lb., and 5 lb. cartons, by the following distributors and/or under the following brands:
Big Bull, Peak Fresh Produce, Sierra Madre, Markon First Crop., Markon Essentials, Rio Blue, ProSource, Rio Valley and Sysco Imperial.
Consumers who have purchased onions that originated in Chihuahua, Mexico are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund or throw them out.
Food that is contaminated with Salmonella bacteria usually does not look, smell or taste spoiled. Anyone can become sick with a Salmonella infection, but infants, children, seniors and people with weakened immune systems are at higher risk of serious illness because their immune systems are fragile, according to the CDC.
Symptoms of Salmonella infection can include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever within 12 to 72 hours after eating contaminated food. Otherwise healthy adults are usually sick for four to seven days. In some cases, however, diarrhea may be so severe that patients need to be hospitalized.
Older adults, children, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems, such as cancer patients, are more likely to develop a severe illness and serious, sometimes life-threatening conditions.
It is possible for some people to be infected with the bacteria and to not get sick or show any symptoms, but to still be able to spread the infection to others.
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AVEBURY CIRCLES
THE MARTIAN MOTIF PATTERN
Star Markers of Prophetic Time
What is the Martian Motif Pattern about?
Is there a common encrypted pattern found around Earth?
What role do these 'Beings' play prophetically in these Last Days?
by Luis B. Vega
for PostScripts News (PSN) | www.PostScripts.org
EMAIL: vegapost@hotmail.com
The purpose of this study is to strongly suggest that the Avebury Circles to include the Silbury Hill and its immediate surroundings to include the small hamlet of Beckhampton is construed to match the ley-lines of Cydonia, Mars. With all the mystery, folklore and magic surrounding ancient Britain and its legend of Merlin, King Arthur, one has not considered the direct connection with Mars. This study will only seek to contribute this Astro-Archeological aspect to the already plethora of amazing work done on this ancient site. The site is laid-out in the same angle as that of the mysterious and majestic Glastonbury Tor or Tower. These circles are approximately 14 to Stonehenge and appear to triangulate each other. Interestingly, this same Cydonian Martian Motif layout in Avebury is a near mirror image to the Glastonbury one.
How this study came to fruition is that in the continued study of the Cydonian pyramids of Mars, one prior researched attributed part of the landscape to that of Avebury. When the Viking 1 pictures came back, although low resolution, much was discerned as not with the higher resolution ones now that are highly distorted and intentionally blurred. Why? What do the powers that be and are in control of such information have to hide or do not want the 'People' to know? The issue would not be so much a direct challenge to the Judeo-Christian narrative of Creation but that of the Evolutionists world view of where the human origins began.
It appears that the ancient civilizations of Britain as with others around the world had knowledge and understanding of advance geometry, mathematics, cosmology and theology, all wrapped-up into 1 narrative that is consistent with the account of Genesis 6. The area to the right of the Cydonia, Mars pyramid complex at approximately 20 miles appeared to match that of the Avebury Circles and Silbury Hill. Indeed, a transparent overlay of the Avebury Circles to that of the Martian terrain appear to match. Many would suggest an anomalies and effects made by light and shadows but upon a mathematical and geometrical analysis, the coefficient that repeats and comes up without fail is the 19.47 degree inclination of the mutual sites. Is this an anomaly also?
Specific to Avebury the Cydonian Martian Motif it believed to correspond to the
section to the right of the Cydonia pyramid complex on Mars. It is about 20 miles from the Face of Mars to the areas where the Avebury Circles and the smaller Silbury Hill correspond. Amazingly, the heading is 19,470 smoots. The circumferences of each circle are proportional to each, 500 feet for Silbury Hill and 500 yards for the Avebury larger one. The inner-circle is 365 yards across and suggests an ancient time reckoning observation of the year and time on Earth and perhaps as it was on Mars.
A Circle of Time
In fact, the inclination angle appears to be all the same in Britain with that of Stonehenge's 'Avenue'. This would make sense as the latitude Britain is at would require such angles to determine correctly the advent of the Solstices and Equinoxes during the year-long cycle of time. For example, as already mentioned, the inner-circle of Avebury appears to track the time of the year. Perhaps each pylon or monolith signified a stage of time. Was is astonishing is that based on the massive size of the Cydonia, Mars pyramid complex is, the surroundings structures are far larger.
Where such 'Beings' a race of Giants in comparison to 'Earthlings'? Why such a need for the relative sizes? Do consider that on Earth, there is presently no such structure that can be made that large. The average size pyramids of Mars range from 2-3 miles. The Face of Mars is about just over 2500 feet in length. Compared to the Aerium in Germany, it is a mere fraction, at just over 400 yards. It would take about 6 Aeriums to reach the length of the Face of Mars. Following is the list of the Top-10 largest human structures ever made.
10. Great Wall of China
9. The 3-Gorges Dam
8. New Century Global Center
7. Submarine Communication Cables
6. Bingham Canyon Mine
5. The Aerium
4. Large Hadron Collider
3. Great Mosque of Mecca
2. Boeing Everett Factory
1. Burj Khalifa
As to the nature of the circles, consider that if indeed the entire site is modeled after the Cydonia, Mars one, the D&M Pentagon pyramid would correspond to this site. Based on the relative size proportion, the Da Vinci Vitruvian Man would fit in this area. In other words, not only would the Vitruvian Man appear to be the 'measure' of the Universe but also of 'Time' it would appear. It is also rather odd and interesting that if the said 'Martians' are believed to be either significantly taller, why would a nearly perfect human dimension body be used as one of their main motifs? It is also rather unique that the 19.47 degree factor on Mars is based on the longitude line being true north and the inclination angle would be set on the 'Creator' or large circle area of Mars.
This angle would be based on the distance to the spiral mound type of pyramid on Mars that is about 13 miles to the south. Conversely, at Avebury, the angle of inclination is mirrored precisely. The direction of true north would have the 19.47 degree angle bisect the fulcrum of the hexagram configured with the triangulation of the 3 motif factors, the Avebury Circles, the Silbury Hill and the hamlet of Beckhampton. This little hamlet does have is center main street in near perfect alignment to that of the points of the Star Merope to the Star Alcyone. There is also an outlining configuration that borders the motif of the Pleiades 'pan' and 'panhandle'
As to Silbury Hill, such a structure is clearly man-made and the question remains, why? And why there? It is, based on the Martian Motif theory to complete such a triangulation, geometrically and in terms of sacred Gematria, a construct that is meta-physical in composition. Essentially such earthen mounds are the 'pyramids' that are being facsimiled on Earth. Depending on the latitude and longitude on Earth, various renditions of the Martian Motif have a factor of either an elongation, constriction, size proportion difference. In most cases, the motif is flipped horizontally 180 degrees and flipped vertically 45 to 90 degrees. It also appears that each site, as in Britain were part of a larger 'grid' of vertexes and ley-lines that serve as a 'celestial' power grid of sorts.
As it pertains to the 'initiated' of Britain, the Druids for example are one such Secret Society of 'Priests' that have been given this sort of knowledge and understanding based on their direct contact with such 'Beings' from places like Mars, the Pleiades and Orion. Although such entities pose as 'Alien Saviors' or benevolent Beings trying to 'help' Humanity, they are disguised Fallen Angels. If the narrative of theirs is that they have been the ones who have helped Humanity in the past and have orchestrated the major events dealing with the subjection and enslavement of the masses through their economic, political, military and religions orders, then such are the type that the Bible has warned about.
Such are the 'Masquerading Ministers of Righteousness' that only seek the 'Great Work' of this Ala-Lu 'King' that is said to rightfully return and rule Earth as he perhaps at one time did. This is not to say that those people living in Beckhampton or Avebury are accomplices and complacent but perhaps some are. As such Beings currently have dominion over the Earth and have put in place the ruling families with certain bloodlines and control, they are orchestrating their events to help bring about this fallen 'King' of theirs. Eventually, this 'King' will be unmasked and the whole world will see whom it is. Presently, although the world and its system are run by the Luciferians, the advent and initiation of the Church Age has been and is what is retraining such evil forces outright.
The Bible clearly teaches that there is a current struggle on Earth as it is in Heaven of who will win the souls of Humanity. There are the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness that in the meanwhile have, are and will take sides and are working for their respectful 'King'. In the balance is Immortality, Eternal Life with power and dominion not only on Earth but in Heaven itself. However, this disposition has already been obtained and secured by Jesus Christ. He became a human and died as the substitutionary sin-offering to redeem Adam's fallen state. The plan of YHVH has been that Humanity is to be the 'consort' of the Son of GOD to rule all that is and/or will be. This plan did not give over such an objective to the Angelic races. Until that time, the rebel Fallen Angels and their King, Lucifer continue to only seek out those clandestine Secret Societies and people in many institutions to try in avert this to control Humanity for their evil purposes.
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It's a delicate balance faced by most leaders to keep up with innovation and expectations while also keeping true to the integrity of their brand's history, culture, and heritage. We love the new Volkswagen Microbus which strikes this balance beautifully. Based on the photos, the Volkswagen Microbus is a super cool version of the historic Kombi. It's received an update as an electric vehicle, and rumour has it that production begins soon, with the new Microbus hitting the market in 2022. In our opinion, it pays clear homage to the iconic vehicle while updating for today's consumers. In an environment where everyone is after the next great idea, remember to look in the rearview mirror for just a second to remember where you originated and what made you stand out in the first place. What got you to where you are today? What do your raving fans love and admire about your brand? Glance back, before you charge ahead.


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When a brave act leads to the "outing" of a gay officer in a homophobic police force, already strained relations between the police and the gay community reach the breaking point, and following a tragic murder, Dick finds himself trying to prevent an open rebellion.
At 2:36 a.m. Thursday morning, my phone rang.
Oh, Jeezus, not again! I thought, instantly awake.
"Dick, it's Jared," the voice said. "You might want to come down to The Central."
"What's going on?" I asked, considering all the possibilities, none of them good.
"The new police substation's on fire. It looks bad."
"I'll be right there," I said, and hung up, hurriedly getting out of bed and looking for my pants.
And what the hell was I supposed to do when I got there? God only knows: I didn't. All I knew was that lately my whole life had become a series of knee-jerk responses.
The substation was at the corner of Ash and Beech, and as I turned down Ash I could see the flames from several blocks away. A police car, strobes flashing, blocked the street a block before Beech, and I turned the corner and parked as soon as I could. Despite the late hour, there was a large crowd on Beech, mostly standing against the buildings as close to the fire as the police would let them get. Several fire trucks were pouring huge streams of water onto the two-story substation which was completely engulfed in flame, and another truck several doors down was trying to put out a sizeable blaze on the roof of a clothing store, apparently started by sparks showering down from the substation fire.
I spotted Jared and made my way through the crowd to him. He saw me, nodded, and returned his attention to the fire. Suddenly one of the fire engines gave three sharp blasts of its horn and began to back up quickly, running over one of its own hoses and pulling others as the firemen standing closest to the building moved back into the street. With a muffled roar, first the roof caved in and then the entire front of the building collapsed onto the sidewalk.
I made it a point to look carefully around the crowd to see if there was anyone there I knew or recognized—I was especially looking for guys I knew to be militant activists. I was mildly relieved not to see any.
"What happened?" I asked Jared as the firemen moved again toward the fire, continuing their efforts, though it was clear there was now nothing to save. The fire on the clothing store roof appeared to be under control and the billowing smoke was changing from black to white.
"I was at Pals earlier," he said, "and picked up a trick around 11. We went over to his place—he lives just down the block on Carter. I was headed back to my car around 2:20 when I saw smoke coming out of the substation. I knew Coffee & was open, so I ran over there to have them call the fire department, but a couple guys already had, and the trucks and squad cars started coming a minute or so later."
"I just hope it wasn't arson," I said, knowing full well the odds were 99.9 to 0.l that it was.
Jared pointed to the parking garage construction site directly across Ash from the station. The wind had shifted slightly, clearing enough of the smoke away to show what someone had spray-painted in 6-ft high letters on the high wooden fence surrounding the site: "No 'Fags' on the Force, No Cops in The Central!"
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The Farmers Market Color Sorting Set from Learning Resources is a vibrant 30 piece set of 25 multi-colored foods with five distinct buckets. The purpose of the set is simple – let your children learn all about new fruit and veg while learning their colors. With 5 separate buckets and labels for color separation, children can even set up their own famer's market! Children learn not only about healthy fruit and veg, but color names and how to sort by color. Included in the pack is an activity book with 9 suggested activities, so there is always a way to adapt play with fun new games.
Is the Learning Resources Farmers Market Color Sorting Set Worth Buying?
The first thing you will notice when you open the Farmers Market Color Sorting Set is just how vibrant and colorful the pieces are. Made from plastic, the fruit and veg pieces are of good quality. There is some give in the soft plastic, and they are unlikely to cause any damage if stood on or thrown around the room. The buckets are made of much stronger stuff, and give children a good contrast of the hard wooden bucket and the soft fruit.
What is most pleasing about this toy is not only that it teaches children about colors, but that it does so by teaching them of new fruits and vegetables. Children are inquisitive, and they will want to know exactly what food they are playing with. Apples, bananas and carrots might not need any introduction, but what about plums, apricots or pumpkins? Getting children interested in healthy food is something many parents are desperate to achieve, and the Learning Resources Farmers Market does it in a fun and interesting way.
Is there anything that could be improved upon? Perhaps. The set includes a green, yellow and orange pepper. Having the same food in different colors is not a problem, but that could be achieved with 2 of the same food, allowing the introduction of an additional piece. It also wouldn't do any harm to have the bottom of the buckets colored to match their color label. That being said, this is an easy fix; stick a colored piece of paper to the bottom of the bucket.


AMBIDET® PS-96 is a liquid, high performance, acidic, oil emulsifying soak cleaner. AMBIDET® PS-96 not only cleans brazing oxides, scales and flux, but it will brighten and activate the surface of brass and copper alloys, as well as provide a clean and mildly etched surface on aluminum. AMBIDET® PS-96 is also formulated to meet the ASTM A-967 specification for the passivation of stainless steel.
AMBIDET® F1-A is a powdered, high performance, mildly chelated oil emulsifying soak cleaner. AMBIDET® F1-A is uniquely formulated to allow for superior cleaning at low concentrations and temperatures, and will effectively remove stubborn oils, greases and brazing scale from brass and copper alloys. AMBIDET® F1-A will provide excellent service life in extreme hard water applications.
AMBIDET® F1-C is a powdered, high performance, non-chelated oil emulsifying soak cleaner. AMBIDET® F1-C is uniquely formulated to allow for superior cleaning at low concentrations and temperatures, and will effectively remove stubborn oils, greases and brazing scale from brass and copper alloys.


BackTrack is a most famous and widely used Pen-tester distribution out there.The evolution of BackTrack spans many years of development, penetration tests, and unprecedented help from the security community. BackTrack originally started with earlier versions of live Linux distributions called Whoppix, IWHAX, and Auditor. BackTrack 5 R2 is the latest version that has been released, it has more than 350 security tools to perform pen-testing. BackTrack is one of my favorite pentesting distros that can run on a live CD or flash drive. Ideal for wireless cracking, exploiting, web application assessment, learning, or social-engineering a client.
As the name suggests this distribution is based on Knoppix and STD stands for Security Tools Distribution. This distribution didn't get any update (like most pen-test distros) in a long time and might not work on some new hardwares but they have a fairly good collection of tools. fluxbox is used for desktop environment.
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Letter from Israel
The Good Word
B'not Mitzvah
Savvy Seniors
By Glorida Yousha
Shades of ISIS...
How hard it is to comprehend... fighting an enemy that prefers death to life.
What can you do to threaten them? They feel that death means getting together with 72 virgins, etc. (Well, we could threaten that for every terrorist that hits the dust, we kill his mother-in-law as well. Or we make the terrorists believe there are not 72 virgins, rather one 72-year-old virgin... or we can tell them that upon death, they will be united with 72 nuns holding rifles. This is all sick thinking on my part, I know... but the thought of re-engagement in Iraq is making me sick. I've already had to worry about my sons fighting over there before. Thank goodness for their safe return.)
Anti-Semitism is alive and well...
I know we have enough to worry about, especially with the likes of ISIS, but we can't turn a "blind-eye" to these facts. This article (in part) comes directly from the Jerusalem Post newspaper: "Outside the U.S., throughout the Western world, anti-Semitism is becoming a powerful social and political force. And its power is beginning to have a significant impact on Israel's relations with other democracies. Consider South Africa. Following a lopsided vote by the University of Cape Town's Student Union to boycott Israel, Jewish students fear that their own student union will be barred from operating on campus. CARLA FRUMER from the South African Jewish Student Union told The Times of Israel, 'If they prove we are a Zionist organization and support Israel, they can have us banned and seek to de-register us.'
In Sydney, Australia, Jewish families received a triple blow last week when Jewish children on a chartered school bus were assaulted by eight anti-Semitic drunken teenagers. The first shock was that the children, some as young as five, were terrorized on their school bus. The second shock was that the bus driver made an unscheduled stop to allow the anti-Semites to board the bus and harass the children. The third shock was that after catching six of the eight assailants, the police let them out of jail the same evening.
Taken together, the incident revealed an obscene comfort level among Australian authorities with the terrorization of Jewish children.
Jewish families cannot assume that their children will be protected by non-Jews, whether they are school bus drivers or the police.
Unfortunately, these stories do not begin to scratch the surface of the rising tide of anti-Semitism in the developed world. From Paris to San Paulo, from Berlin to Boston the public space Jews can enjoy without fear is becoming more and more limited.
Recently, PAUL ESTRIN, the president of Canada's Green Party, was forced to resign for his pro-Israel views. On July 25, Estrin posted a pro-Israel essay on the party's website. His post caused a furor among the party faithful. The Green Party's leader, MP ELIZABETH MAY, distanced herself from Estrin. And almost the entire party leadership denounced him and demanded his resignation.
In an essay published this week in the Canadian Jewish News, Estrin explained that he joined the party because he wanted to make a difference in the spheres of the environmental protection and human rights. He did not believe that working to achieve these goals in the Green Party would require him to disavow his support for Israel. His recent experience showed him that he was wrong.
Similar sentiments have been expressed in recent weeks by pro-Israel members of Britain's Labor Party. After party leader ED MILIBAND sided with the majority of the party membership and against Israel in Operation Protective Edge, KATE BEARMAN, the former director of Labor Friends for Israel, published an article in the Jewish Chronicle announcing that she was quitting the Labor Party.
A survey of Britons taken at the end of last month showed that 62 percent believed that Israel had committed war crimes in Gaza. This includes 72 percent of Labor supporters and 57 percent of Conservatives.
In other words, nearly two-thirds of Britons believe that Israel has no right to defend itself. And since Israel is surrounded by forces that seek its destruction, we can extrapolate that nearly two-thirds of Britons would, at a minimum, have no problem with Israel being wiped off the map.
The primary engine propelling Western nation after Western nation to abandon their support for Israel and deny the protection of law to Jewish communities is the rising power of Muslim minority communities in these countries"
(I faced anti-Semitism as a very young child growing up in Brooklyn... and not by Muslims! So much violence and beatings, that I only felt safe learning to recite "Hail Marys" and the like, and pretending not to be Jewish. That was about the same time Adolf Hitler was making his hateful mark on Europe).
A JFGO "Mensch...
Last week, the choice for the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando's "Mensch" was PAUL STENZLER. Read on: "Three cheers for Paul Stenzler who has brought his enthusiasm and talent to two Hanukkah parties hosted by the Jewish Pavilion – Atria at Lake Forest and Horizon Bay. Seniors, family members, staff and volunteers were enthralled by his musical performances. Paul knows a wealth of Hanukkah songs and when he sings "Light One candle" with his daughter RACHEL, there is not a dry eye in the room.
Paul is a mensch year-round. He is an active member of the Jewish Pavilion Board. His musical talents have been utilized at several senior facilities, at the Jewish Pavilion walk and at the annual Jewish Pavilion Gala. We are lucky to have such incredible talent here in Orlando!"
(I know Paul and I whole-heartedly agree!)
A super-great guy...
I refer to KENNY LEE, probably one of the most kind and loving people in our entire community. I recently received this email from a friend about him:
"KENNETH ROBERDS, better known as Mr. Kenny Lee is in need of a job. As you know he is a great caregiver and has had much experience with taking care of the elderly, including Harold Rotenberg and his precious wife Charlotte (may they both Rest in Peace)...also our beloved Bunny Rosen, and Martin and Sylvia Cherry.
He is an excellent cook and provider and cleans and keeps a wonderful home. He worked many years for Amira's Kosher Deli and at the same time took care of the elderly. He is also a great singer and entertainer. So as you can see he is a multi-tasker."
(I agree with everything the email said. Kenny can be reached by phoning 407-670-4418. He will supply references upon request... and I am also vouching for him!)
A miracle worker...
Anyone who can make me look nice is a "miracle worker." (Stop laughing, Irv!) Dr. SCOTT GERSHON COHEN makes me feel better too! He is a periodontist with Drs. Chace, Horvat and Cohen, on west Morse Blvd. in Winter Park and a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology.
Dr. Scott Gershon Cohen
Not only is he precise in all he does, he has a great sense of humor and keeps his patients feeling at ease. Out of five stars, I give him ten!
One for the road...
One day, Moshe and Sidney met at Fashion Square Mall. "So how's life treating you Moshe?" asks Sidney.
"It's not too bad, Sidney. God has been kind to me and let me reach 70 years of age last week."
"Mazel tov, Moshe," says Sidney. "Did you get any nice presents?"
"Well," replies Moshe, "my wife Sarah bought me an SUV."
"Wow!" said Sidney. "What a fantastic present to get. I would love to have an SUV. It must be a great car to drive."
"Don't get too excited," said Moshe. "Sarah only bought me socks, underwear and Viagra."
(I know... I should have warned you X-rated.)
Remembering my dad-boats, bugs, bats, and all
Wedding invitation of Lubavitcher rebbe
A little Lebanese-American Christian defends Israel at the UN
Sweet cheese buns perfect for Shavuot
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2019 Q1 Cymbria commentary
Standing on the shoulders of giants – 1st quarter, 2019
By Ted Chisholm, portfolio manager
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."
- Marie Curie
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
- Isaac Newton
Last summer, my children and I went on a family vacation to Europe. One of the stops on our trip was Dingle, Ireland the hometown of my paternal grandmother, Maura Murphy. Dingle is a beautiful village on the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest of Ireland. It has become a vacation destination for both Irish families and world travellers. We enjoyed walking through town with its colourfully painted buildings, listened to traditional Irish music and ate some great seafood.
I had known some of the circumstances of my grandmother's upbringing and had researched Dingle's history. Part of my reason for travelling there was to help my children appreciate that the fortunate circumstances they were born into have much to do with the courageous choices made by a very strong woman who left her family behind in search of a better life. I didn't imagine how profoundly I would be affected by actually being there with my children and having a true sense of time and place.
I had been to Dingle when I was younger and really enjoyed meeting my dad's very large extended family. But it was only with the wisdom of age that I could truly appreciate what little my dad had been able to tell me about my grandmother (she died when my dad was 10), the experience of my previous visit there in 1981 and everything I had learned about how life in Dingle was for my grandmother and her own ancestors.
My grandmother was born on May 24, 1890 in Milltown Commons, Dingle. Her family leased a small plot of land to farm pigs and dairy cattle. Eleven people lived in her three-room house, including her siblings, parents and grandparents.
For most of the century before my grandmother was born, living in Ireland required a durability I can only imagine. I don't know my ancestors' circumstances immediately after the potato famine except that Maura's grandparents survived, didn't emigrate and had three children including my great grandfather who was born in 1860. I can imagine that life in Dingle in 1860 was very hard, especially for anyone living west of Dingle where Milltown Commons is located.
Source: Brosnan, Charles & Collins, Grainne, "Famine in an Irish town – how Dingle survived the Great Hunger", Irish Central, January 19, 2018.
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/famine-dingle-survived-irish-holocaust
Life in Dingle around the time of the potato famine was described as "one monster pauper asylum" with a workhouse being built in 1851 to house the village's residents who had no means to survive otherwise. At that time, 4,848 residents of Dingle lived in the workhouse and its auxiliary building, which is equal to 1 in 7 residents. Conditions within the workhouse were designed by the 1838 Poor Law Act such that the inmates should be "worse fed, worse clothed and worse lodged than the independent labourers of the district."
By 1889, the year before my Grandmother was born, conditions hadn't changed much and the workhouse was described in this way:
"…four nuns from the St John's Convent of Mercy, Tralee – Sr M Elizabeth, Sr Baptist, Sr Ursula and Sr Colman arrived in Dingle to work in the hospital part of the Dingle Workhouse. At that time patients "slept on straw mattresses placed on planks, the bed clothes were soiled, and the attendants were dirty and careless." The wards on the ground floor had only earthen floors and upstairs there were platforms 18 inches high. Saucepans black from the fire were the only utensils they had, no knives or forks-each one kept his own saucepan, mug and spoon-but everything was dirty. With the arrival of the nuns, patients were now allowed their own clothes and bedsteads and mattress were ordered as "the Guardians did not understand the necessity."i
While my grandmother's living conditions weren't as desperate as those in the workhouse, I have no doubt that they were far from comfortable. My dad told me that even something as simple as doing her chores could be terrifying. On at least one occasion the Irish Constabulary, the Black and Tans, shot at her for sport while she was working on her family's property. Given these living conditions, it's not surprising that my grandmother decided to leave to North America in 1921. She first lived in the U.S. and eventually made her way to Canada in 1924.
Part of my intent in taking my children to Dingle was to establish some roots and give them a better sense of how the courageous choices their great grandmother made so long ago played a huge part in where we are today. I have no doubt their sense of gratitude was less profound than what I experienced when we were in Dingle, but I also believe that it will lay the foundation for that understanding the same way it did with me when I visited in 1981. I believe the greatest character trait I can help my children learn is the strength to deal with adversity and the confidence to know, when dealing with life's challenges, that things will be better with time and effort. It is that kind of confidence that gave my grandmother the courage that led her to seek a better life outside Ireland.
Turning growing pains into growing gains
I believe a huge part of our advantage as investors at EdgePoint is our ability to apply the same kind of patience and thinking to the investments we make for you. I have an investment process and that process has the heritage of being formed and developed a generation ago by an EdgePoint founder Bob Krembil, providing me guidance in determining the qualities of a business that make a good investment. My belief is that applying this process in a thoughtful and patient way will lead to good investment results over a reasonably long period of time.
But the life of a business is no different than any other human endeavour. It involves growth and overcoming adversity that hopefully will ultimately lead to maturity and stability. It is rare to find a business that performs in a way that leads a stock price to go up every day, in the same way it is rare to find a child, teenager or young adult who performs in a perfect or admirable manner on their way to achieving what they want from life as an adult. You need both comfort and discomfort to have the experience to deal with the change life can bring to you. I think life would be pretty boring without all of these diverse experiences.
Danish company Genmab A/S is a recent addition to the portfolio. I believe Genmab is a business you could characterize as young adult that has faced many challenges and is on a journey to greater maturity. I think it's important to establish some of the history of Genmab to give context regarding why I believe the business can develop in the future.
Genmab was a spin-off of American biotechnology company Medarex. Medarex developed technology for antibody therapy that made antibodies more effective in treating cancer and autoimmune disease. If you've heard of the revolution in immuno-oncology products for treating cancer, it was Medarex who first developed them. The first two immuno-oncology products developed by Medarex were Yervoy and Opdivo. They also developed Simponi for arthritis in partnership with Johnson & Johnson. In 2009, Medarex was purchased by Bristol Myers Squibb for $2.4 billion. Based on estimates for this year, the three drugs that Medarex developed and sold to Bristol Myers – Yervoy ($1.6 billion), Simponi ($2.3 billion) and Opdivo ($7.6 billion) – will do roughly $11.4 billion in combined revenue. Based on current valuations of similar biotechnology companies and depending on how much ownership of the drugs they kept, Medarex would likely be worth more than $50 billion today rather than the $2.4 billion they sold for 10 years ago. In this case, patience on the journey to maturity surely would have been a virtue.
Genmab was born when it was spun out of Medarex in 1999 and will be celebrating its 20th birthday this year. Genmab's growth from newborn to young adult has been anything but smooth. Outside of making a mistake in selling Medarex too early, one of the founders and the CEO of Medarex, Donald Drakeman, made another huge error by putting his wife Lisa Drakeman, who had limited business experience, in charge of Genmab. As CEO of Genmab, she made a series of mistakes that led to negative free cash flow of 2 billion Danish krone, serious financial instability and a lack of product pipeline progress by the time she retired in 2010.
After Lisa Drakeman's retirement, Jan van de Winkel became CEO and remains in that role today. Van de Winkel had started his career as a scientific director at Medarex eventually becoming head of research and development (R&D) at Genmab in 2008. Van de Winkel set about managing the financial behaviour of the volatile teenager by cutting R&D costs almost in half, renegotiating development contracts with their partner GlaxoSmithKline and out-licensing the rights to their now flagship multiple myeloma product, Darzalex, to Johnson & Johnson. Many of these were difficult decisions and no doubt were very hard for a scientist who had led Genmab's R&D where the deepest cuts were made and was just starting his journey as CEO.
Since Van de Winkel took over, the company has only lost money in two years, fiscal 2011 and 2012, and now has 6 billion Danish krone in cash in the bank, which gives the company significant financial stability. Genmab had retained rights to Medarex's antibody technology and Van de Winkel has set about growing Genmab with a focus on using the technology to develop a robust pipeline of 28 oncology antibody products. Genmab now has great financial strength and a substantial pipeline of products in development that we believe will allow Genmab to grow and prosper over the coming years.
While I have no doubt that Van de Winkel's oversight of Genmab's financial management will be guided by the previous management's lack of financial discipline, I believe he is also acutely aware that patience and better management would have allowed the financial rewards at Medarex to be much more substantial. While financial goals are always important in an investment, I believe even more important is Van de Winkel's belief that the work Genmab does will contribute to eventually making cancer a manageable disease. They are off to a good start with Darzalex, the therapy Genmab developed for multiple myeloma, leading to a significant increase in the lives of people suffering from this disease. I believe Genmab will be a good investment for us over the coming years and I take comfort in the dexterity, common sense and optimism Van de Winkel shows after having faced some significant adversity in his 20 years at Genmab.
On any journey, whether it be emigrating from Ireland or building a business, there are always both imagined possibilities and fears. Whatever those imagined possibilities or fears are at the beginning, they rarely come to pass in the way you might have thought. Accepting and understanding those same conditions exist in investing will go a long way to freeing you from worrying about those snapshots in time when investing seems manifest with fear rather than possibility. As always, I am honoured to accept the duty of looking after your savings with care and look forward to the journey – a journey that I'm committed to making less arduous than my grandmother's courageous voyage from Dingle to North America.
iSource: Brosnan, Charles & Collins, Grainne, "Famine in an Irish town – how Dingle survived the Great Hunger", Irish Central, January 19, 2018. https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/famine-dingle-survived-irish-holocaust
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More than 2,000 flock to Black Lives Matter rally in Times Square
By Todd Maisel
About 2000 people gathered under the banner of Black Lives Matter at Times Square this afternoon to talk about racism in America and introduce legislation that would call for Òan electedÓ civilian complaint review board. (Photo by Todd Maisel)
Times Square was jammed with just some of the peaceful protestors in New York City Sunday afternoon led by members of the Black Lives Matter movement and Black leaders in the city.
Unlike some protestors of the past week, this demonstration was peaceful and was focused on speakers on a stage set up on 42nd Street and Broadway, who among other things, called for the creation of a controversial "elected Civilian Complaint Review Board," directly chosen by voters. Currently, the board is selected by elected officials.
Nupol Kiazolu, president of the Greater New York Chapter of Black Lives Matter, apparently let it slip at their rally in Times Square, alluding to the crowd that they had other pending proposals that would reform to the police department and the way people are treated. She said her group has been working on this legislation for more than two years.
This means that we the community will have power — and that power is in this community," she said, before being interrupted as being premature in making the announcement.
She decried the death of George Floyd, but she called it symptomatic of what is going on nationwide.
"It's not a moment, it's a movement," Kiazolu said of the protests since Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
Nupol Kiazolu, president of the Greater New York Chapter of Black Lives Matter, called for an elected civilian complaint review board.. (Photo by Todd Maisel)
"Young people have been on the front lines since the beginning carrying every single movement as we cross this road," she said. "It's time for adults to step aside and lift us because we are not just the future, but the present.
Rev. Dr. Marvin Dewitt Hooks, a pastor of the First African Methodist Zion Church in Brooklyn, said he is upset that "60 years after Martin Luther King, here we are yet again."
"After we thought we had gotten through Jim Crow, after we thought we had gotten through segregation, after we had thought we had gotten through voter suppression, here we are yet again, sick and tired of being sick and tired," Hooks said.
Groups came from all parts of the city to take part in this demonstration, with many other marches occurring simultaneously throughout the city and country. So far today, police report those marches to be mostly peaceful, following yesterday's protests that reported very few arrests. Many protestors have been stepping in to stem the violence, looting, and throwing of objects at police, forcing many of those to stop those actions and remain peaceful.
Rev. Hooks says he's tired of dealing with the same racism. (Photo by Todd Maisel)
Riot cops are bored as peaceful protestors listen to speakers on 42nd Street. (Photo by Todd Maisel)
About 2000 people gathered under the banner of Black Lives Matter at Times Square this afternoon to talk about racism in America and introduce legislation that would call foran elected civilian complaint review board. (Photo by Todd Maisel)
Marchers from the French School of New York transverse the bridge from the East River walkway this morning. (Photo by Todd Maisel)
Madison Square Park protesters attack videographer with soiled diaper and other items for filming them: NYPD
DSS responds to strained homeless relations in Chelsea
Manhattan/Bronx Congressman Adriano Espillat in quarantine with COVID-19
Mob of brutes wanted for pummeling man with fists during East Village robbery


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89 Squadron or 89th Squadron may refer to:

 No. 89 Squadron RAF, a unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force
 89th Flying Training Squadron, a unit of the United States Air Force
 89th Airlift Squadron, a unit of the United States Air Force
 89th Tactical Missile Squadron, a unit of the United States Air Force

See also
 89th Division (disambiguation)


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Q: Rotating text via the use of  & some CSS transforms, makes text wrap I need to display text vertically in a rowspan within a table. The technique I'm using via CSS seems to "work", but the width of the <p> element can't be changed or else the text wraps to the next line and its not pretty.
Take a look at this jsfiddle I put together in order to replicate my issue.
http://jsfiddle.net/wn4ofcwx/
Any alternatives here? Or possible a fix to my current CSS.

Note: Probably doesn't matter but I'm using the INK Framework (similar
  to bootstrap).

A: Actually I figured it out, it was as simple as using white-space: nowrap;
Which I completely forgot about!
http://jsfiddle.net/wn4ofcwx/7/
The text doesn't wrap because we are explicitly stating nowrap, you can re size the window to see how it keeps its position, now I can apply a width of just 10px to take away all that excessive white space in the rowspan.

A: Check this out: http://jsfiddle.net/wn4ofcwx/4/
What I added to the class .rotate-vertical:
  display: block;
  margin: auto auto;
  height: 17px;

And I took out : Width: 50px;
Cheers

Actually you can keep out the :  display: block;
The p element is already a display: block by default and you didn't overwrite it anywhere.


Laura Rohrman is the author of several full-length plays including: Reporter Girl which is about the life of her grandmother, Dale Messick who created the comic strip Brenda Starr Reporter in 1940. The play has been a Semi-Finalist at the O'Neill Festival, a Weissberger Award Nominee and a Princess Grace Finalist and My Life As You, a Finalist for the Playwrights First Award and Hoboken. She's also the author of many one-act plays including: Below 14th (Samuel French Short Play Finalist, London's Lost Festival, Without (Samuel French Short Play Finalist, Looking Glass, Rising Sun), He Says His Name Is John (Samuel French Short Play Semi-Finalist, Looking Glass). Laura is a graduate of The New School for Drama's MFA program where she studied both playwriting and acting. In addition to being a playwright, Laura is also a theater producer, journalist, occasional actor and a marketing specialist with a long list of clients. Laura is developing a TV series that she's really excited about. www.laurarohrman.com.


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Q: Javascript Carousel - Issue adding Queue I am using a jQuery carousel to display 5 list items at a time, when clicked left or right the code will move the list the appropriate width to display a new item. The problem I have is when the user clicks the left or right button multiple times quickly the function will move in an ugly matter.
stop().animate will not work because it stops the animation not the calculation
I need to essientially queue the function everytime the user calls it or disable the call mechanism while the function is still running? Any idea on how to accomplish this
jQuery
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.brand-carousel-inner li:first').before($('.brand-carousel-inner li:last'));
});

function brandSlide(direction) {
    //Create width variables
    var brand_item_total_width = 196;

    //Create movement variable by adjusting the LEFT position +/-
    if (direction == 'left') {
        var movement = parseInt($('.brand-carousel-inner').css('left')) + brand_item_total_width;
    } else {
        var movement = parseInt($('.brand-carousel-inner').css('left')) - brand_item_total_width;
    }

    //Apply movement variable, animate carousel and reposition UL
    $('.brand-carousel-inner').animate({
        'left': movement
    }, 700).promise().done(function() {
        if (direction == 'left') {
            $('.brand-carousel-inner li:first').before($('.brand-carousel-inner li:last'));
        } else {
            $('.brand-carousel-inner li:last').after($('.brand-carousel-inner li:first'));
        }
        $('.brand-carousel-inner').css({
            'left': '-196px'
        });
    });
}

HTML

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A: You need to define the variable movement on a higher scope as it is clearly inaccessible in the animation:
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.brand-carousel-inner li:first').before($('.brand-carousel-inner li:last'));
});

function brandSlide(direction) {
    //Create width variables
    var brand_item_total_width = 196;

    //Create movement variable by adjusting the LEFT position +/-
    var movement = null;

    if (direction === 'left') {
        movement = parseInt($('.brand-carousel-inner').css('left')) + brand_item_total_width;
    } else {
        movement = parseInt($('.brand-carousel-inner').css('left')) - brand_item_total_width;
    }

    //Apply movement variable, animate carousel and reposition UL
    $('.brand-carousel-inner').animate({
        'left': movement
    }, 700).promise().done(function() {
        if (direction === 'left') {
            $('.brand-carousel-inner li:first').before($('.brand-carousel-inner li:last'));
        } else {
            $('.brand-carousel-inner li:last').after($('.brand-carousel-inner li:first'));
        }
        $('.brand-carousel-inner').css({
            'left': '-196px'
        });
    });
}


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Baroness Hallett Biography
Published 9th June 2020
Baroness Heather Hallett DBE was the fifth woman to be appointed to the Court of Appeal and the first female Chair of the Bar Council. She was called to the Bar in 1972 and became a QC in 1989. In 2009 she was chosen to act as coroner in the inquest into the deaths of 52 people in the London bombings of 7 July 2005. She received a life peerage in 2019.
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Räsymatto teapot from Marimekko features Maija Louekari's beloved pattern that depicts the texture of traditional rag rugs in a delightful, graphic manner. Räsymatto teapot has a capacity of 7 dl, and it features a beautiful wooden handle and knob.
Oiva tableware collection, designed by Sami Ruotsalainen, includes cups, bowls, plates, teapots and different textiles and you will be free to combine them in an almost infinite number of ways, each one giving your table the right atmosphere you are looking for. Combine the different pieces from the Oiva tableware collection according to your mood, to the friends you will invite, to the food you will serve or to the textiles you will set the table with.
Wash by hand. Not to be used on a stove top.


Much of your academic success depends on your grades, publication record or outcome of proposals. If English is a foreign language for you, this puts you at an unfair disadvantage. Our editing and coaching services take care of the language so that your ideas can take centre stage.
All services are provided by Dr. Esther Chang, a native speaker from Toronto, Canada, with a Ph.D. in Ecology and an Honours B.Sc. in English.


"Pinwheel Priscilla", named after the pinwheel blocks on the pillow, is a sweet country-style pillow featuring a whimsical sheep made from "Warm and Natural" batting. Priscilla is showing off her pretty blanket draped over her back. This project is easy to create and can be made with any coordinating fabric and wool scraps in your favorite colors.


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Louisville mother of 6 asking for community's help after home catches fire on Christmas
Louisville mother of 6 asking for community's help after home catches fire on Christmas
By Faith King | December 28, 2020 at 8:16 PM EST - Updated December 28 at 8:16 PM
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Chaunda Lee said on a normal Christmas Day her family would be at her house all day celebrating, but because of COVID-19 she decided to visit family members this year.
Before making it back home for the night her holiday cheer turned into a nightmare.
"Physically everybody's okay," Lee said. "But mentally we're tore up."
Lee said around 10 p.m. Christmas night she received a text message from a Louisville Fire Department sergeant.
"The sergeant at the fire department said I needed to call him as soon as possible and I called him and he just asked me have I had a fight with anybody recently, argued with anybody recently, or anything and that my house caught on fire and it was a lot of damage," Lee explained.
No one was home at the time, but next door a family was getting ready to enjoy their Christmas dinner when the flames spread.
"I heard this glass breaking and all this and by the time I walked into the dining room, I heard a boom," Carla Taylor, Lee's neighbor said.
Taylor said if it wasn't for her granddaughter hearing the commotion, her family could be dead.
She added although everyone made it out of her home, she said the fire is still causing her family pain.
"A lot of people are saying I'm glad nobody was hurt but see this little girl here, she's seven," Taylor explained as she pointed to her great-granddaughter. "She was there and she seen it all, she hasn't slept since it happened, she's just traumatized."
It was a Christmas Day of trauma and loss, something both families didn't expect.
"I just came from being homeless, just two years ago I was homeless," Lee added. "Me and my kids was on the streets, and then here I am, like this is messed up, this is really messed up."
Right now, Lee said she's staying at a hotel and is asking for the community's help to get her back on her feet. Lee is a prominent person in protests, with a main responsibility of cooking and feeding protesters.
To make a donation, visit Lee's GoFundMe page here.
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Faith King joined the WAVE 3 News team in June 2020 as a multi-media journalist.


With unemployment rates hovering around 10% in Ohio, and with another round of Seniors preparing to graduate into a lifeless market, it would be good to consider what it takes to get a job in today's economy.
The first thing that we must do is adjust our understanding of what it means to "go get a job." Too often today the job seeking process is limited to someone filling out an application or two and then waiting months on end for the phone to ring. In today's economic climate though, unemployed people should realize that the job fairy isn't making many house calls. One cannot passively sit by and expect a job to land in his or her lap.
With the market the way it is, job hunters should transform themselves into job creators. It is not enough to simply look for a possible opening around town or on the internet. Prospective workers need to take the work force by storm by either demonstrating their desire to work or putting their skills to good use.
When seeking a job the best thing to do is demonstrate the desire to work. If you go to a company, by all means, fill out their application. But do not just hand it in and leave. Ask to speak with someone in charge. Then, when you meet the boss, ask him what needs to be done. Tell them you will be glad to work for free until a position becomes available. Suggest possible things you could do, such as running errands or cleaning.
I once heard a story about a boy who went to a restaurant and started cleaning tables. The manager asked him what he was doing. He said he was showing the owner he was willing to work and ready to work hard. Do you think this went unnoticed? Absolutely not.
The point is that you are not going to be working anyway, so why not demonstrate your desire and ability to work. At the very least, you will be serving your neighbor—which is what being employed really is all about. Causing the company to take notice of you may even lead to a position.
While demonstrating your desire to work is important, a better way to go may be putting your skills to good use and developing a job on your own.
Perhaps you are good with a pen. Then why not start a newspaper or blog? Or maybe you can submit articles to an already existing newspaper in your town. If you are handy with a paintbrush, tell your friends and family members that you'd like to do some painting for them.
Are you good with people? Do you have a lot of relational skills? Then you might consider becoming a salesman at a small business nearby. If you know someone who sells widgets, ask if you can try and round up some clients for them. Make up some flyers and post them around town. Try and find people who might benefit from the products or services that particular company offers. If you show that you are able to bring in customers, that business may express their thanks by bringing you on board.
The idea is that God has given each person special gifts and abilities. He commands us to use those talents in the service of other people. So why not do it and see where it leads?
It all begins with a self evaluation. Consider what you do well. Figure out what things you are passionate about. Then find a way to use those skills and interests for someone else in your community.
You may end up being quite a valuable resource to someone. Who knows, you may start making even more money than you imagined you could. Perhaps you can even become your own boss!
The possibilities are limitless, for sure. But it all begins with a transformation of the mind. Instead of waiting for a job to come to you, take the market by force and create a job.


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This NEW Wallflower - Entomology - Multi by Tim Holtz fabric is new and cut right off the bolt.
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Jammu Kashmir Fresh Weather Update – Light To Moderate Rain/Snow Predicted
Srinagar, Dec 20: Sub-zero temperatures showed no signs of relenting on Tuesday as Kashmir Valley braces up for one of the harshest winter periods of 40 days, called Chillai Kalan beginning on December 21.
The bone-chilling cold period is followed by a 20-day-long 'Chillai Khurd' and 10-day-long 'Chillai Bacha'.
A meteorological department official here told that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.4°C against the previous night's minus 3.1°C. While the mercury was 1.9°C below normal during this time of the year, it was only two notches less that than this season's lowest of minus 3.6°C recorded on Friday last, the official said.
Qazigund recorded a low of minus 3.6°C against minus 3.2°C on the previous night. The temperature was 2.0°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.
He said that Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 5.4°C against minus 4.8°C on previous night and it was 1.0°C below normal for the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir's Anantnag district.
Kokernag recorded a low of minus 1.8°C, the same as on the previous night and it was 0.1°C below normal for the place, he said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 4.0°C against minus 2.5°C on the previous night, the official said. It was 0.8°C above normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, the official told GNS.
In Kupwara town, the mercury settled at minus 3.9°C against minus 3.5°C on the previous night, the official said. It was 1.5°C below normal for the north Kashmir place, he said.
Jammu recorded a low of 6.7°C against 7.4°C on the previous night. It was 2.2°C below normal for J&K's winter capital, he said. Banihal recorded a low of minus 1.2°C (below normal by 2.7°C), Batote 2.1°C (1.3°C below normal), Katra 7.5°C (0.1°C below normal) and Bhadarwah 0.3°C (0.1°C below normal).
In Ladakh, Leh and Kargil recorded low of minus 11.8°C respectively, the official said.
"The weather is expected to be dry till December 25," the official GNS, adding, "As per latest model analysis, weather is mostly likely to be cloudy with chances of light to moderate rain/snow over isolated places of Jammu to scattered places of Kashmir specifically over middle & higher reaches during last few days of 2022." (GNS)


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Austria rejects the US plans to impose sanctions on "Nord stream-2"
The Austrian authorities reject the US intention to impose sanctions against the "Nord stream-2" project, the foreign Ministry of the Republic said.
"Austria categorically rejects the US plans to impose extraterritorial sanctions to prevent the construction of "Nord stream-2." We rely on direct dialogue between partners, not on unilateral measures," the statement of the Austrian foreign Ministry Free News reports.
On Wednesday, US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo said that the US had published recommendations under the law on sanctions against Russia, including the document "Nord stream-2" and the second string of "Turkish stream." A representative of the German Cabinet said that after this, the position of the German government to the project has not changed.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that Berlin would not change its position on "Nord stream-2" and would like to restore strategic relations between the European Union and Russia.
In turn, the Kremlin said that Pompeo's threats of new sanctions against "Nord stream-2" are an attempt at an unfair competition and exerting rough pressure on business in Europe.
It is worth noting that Washington is not currently going to impose sanctions against companies that are building "Nord stream-2" and the second branch of the "Turkish stream." The US State Department explained that it would impose these sanctions if it deems it appropriate.


When the Family and Medical Leave Act went into effect in 1993, advocates cheered. But they also lamented the fact that although eligible workers were now guaranteed leave from a job for having a child or other family events, that time would come without a paycheck.
Now, more than a quarter of a century later, the idea of paid parental or family leave in the U.S. appears to be gaining momentum. Both major political parties are stumping for proposals that would provide paid leave — though how the benefit would get paid for differs substantially — and several states and municipalities have already passed laws mandating it.
Paid leave benefits for new parents and other caregivers have also ticked up among the largest 20 U.S. companies in recent years, though benefits vary widely — granted sometimes just to birth mothers. Still, paid family leave of all types increased significantly between 2016 and 2018, according to a Society for Human Resource Management survey of 3,500 HR professionals.
That the U.S. would be last among developed countries to enshrine in law paid parental leave, and that it would happen now under a presidential administration seen by many as unfriendly to workers, strikes many as unlikely.
But several political, societal and business factors now coming together explain the new energy.
Three trends in particular are contributing to heightened attention around paid parental leave, says Wharton management professor Matthew Bidwell. "The first, of course, is that the nature of work has changed with the demise of the single-breadwinner model, and people are much more conscious of the disconnect between employment policies and the realities of daily life," he says. "On top of that there has been this big shift toward parents spending more time with their children despite the fact that both parents are now more likely to be working.
In the current crop of declared and near-declared candidates in the 2020 presidential race, "everybody has got to have an opinion about this," says Stew Friedman, director of the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project and author of the book Total Leadership. Five years ago, paid parental leave was not a mainstream issue, and now it is, he says.
It is perhaps adding momentum that one prominent figure advocating for federally mandated paid family leave is Ivanka Trump. "It's encouraging to see members on both sides of the aisle putting forward paid family leave proposals," said President Trump's daughter in a statement provided to The Washington Post.
But the details on proposals from Democrats and Republicans differ greatly. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced a proposal in 2018 in which new parents could draw down on their Social Security benefits earlier in life, providing income for parental leave but forcing those workers to extend working years or face reduced retirement benefits later.
The other math problem that would come with the proposal, she said, is that proponents of the idea assume that people will eventually pay more into the system by virtue of the fact that they will work longer to make up for the money they took out as young parents. "But it's a very big assumption we're making here," Mitchell said.
Democrats are floating their own proposals. In February, presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., reintroduced the Family Act, which would give eligible workers up to 12 weeks of pay at two-thirds of their monthly wages — for new parents as well as caregivers dealing with serious health issues of a parent, spouse or domestic partner, or child. It would be funded jointly by employer and employee payroll deductions of two cents per $10 in wages.
In perhaps the most promising sign of progress, a bi-partisan proposal from the Senate is emerging. Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy (Louisiana) and Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) are crafting a paid family leave proposal, though the details on how it would be funded and what it would provide are unclear. As discussed right now, its benefit term would be, in the eyes of many, inadequate. "Six to eight weeks is maybe not as long as some would like, but is something we could afford," Cassidy recently told Bloomberg.
But what is clear is the disconnect between the 17% of American workers who get paid parental leave and the 84% who say they would like to see paid family leave for all workers, according to a 2018 survey published by the National Partnership for Women & Families.
It's easy to see why the idea has become popular. The financial burdens created by taking unpaid leave are substantial, according to a Pew survey published in 2017. That snapshot found that 78% of respondents who received no pay or only part of their regular pay when they took leave from work had to cut back on spending to make up for the lost income. About half said they ate into savings, 40% said they cut their leave time, nearly 40% took out debt, a third said they delayed paying bills, about a quarter reported borrowing money from friends or family, and 17% went on public assistance.
The numbers cut even deeper for households making $30,000 or less, with half of those on family leave without full pay tapping public assistance.
Whatever federal proposal for paid family leave ends up prevailing, current programs at other levels of government and in other countries offer some guidance.
The system in Iceland is worth considering, he says. "It has a relatively generous parental leave policy, but it is a bit distinctive in that it has substantial non-transferable ('use it or lose it') paid leave for fathers as well as mothers. That helps even out childcare roles between parents." Moreover, one concern about generous leave policies is they could have the unintended consequence of employers passing over qualified female job applicants in favor of men who are less likely to take parental leave. "A policy like Iceland's reduces the asymmetry between men and women in that respect, and so may create more equal hiring treatment," Lockwood adds.
But Zuniga points to systems being used in states that use an insurance model to fund paid-leave programs. In Rhode Island, for instance, workers pay a 1.2% tax on the first $68,100 in earnings, she said. Benefits come to about 60% of an employee's weekly wage, up to a maximum weekly benefit of $817.
Another concern is how businesses deal with covering the work of parents or caregivers on leave. Larger firms can redistribute the work, and the change creates minimal ripples. But what about in smaller workplaces or on teams? If a worker disappears for six weeks or six months, temps must be brought in.
Still, short-term pain might be a good investment in the long-term gain. Friedman says some of the best evidence for why paid parental leave is a good idea comes from California and other states that have already enacted forms of Family Temporary Disability Insurance programs.
But legal provisions for paid parental leave are one thing; how it plays out in reality another. Given how competitive the workplace has become, some workers may hesitate to take time off, especially where there is a certain kind of corporate culture.
It is possible that the more common parental leave becomes, the less serious of a concern this will be. "It's a bit of a chicken and egg problem," Bidwell says.
Over the past year, several companies have expanded their paid leave policies to give employees more time off to care for their newborns or adopted children. What are the upsides — and potential downsides — for employees and firms?
We are a humane nation and blessed with plenty. So we let government goes beyond its fundamental role (protect the border, keep the peace, enforce contracts). We can afford to create a safety net of welfare, safety standards and similar.
Alas, as government grows, it only increases its appetite for ever more intrusive micromanagement of peoples' lives. by central planners who cannot possible have the information required to MAKE those micro-decisions FOR people.
This article is a superb example of that folly.
Hard economics – a worker is worth a certain price to an employer and that is all the employer will pay.
Now government may impose some distortions, like requiring safety measures. That increases the cost of the worker, but over time employers recover some of that in better operations.
Next, government decides people do not save enough for retirement, so it imposes social security. That is a 15% wage tax. To hide the burden, government lies to workers. Too harsh? Not at all! Suppose a worker is worth $107,500 a year. In a free market, the employer would give the worker a pay stub that shows gross wages of $107,500 and a withholding of $15.000. That makes the government's take quite explicit, and subject to honest debate. INSTEAD, government requires employers to lie to the worker, give a pay stub that shows just $100,000 in gross pay, and withholding of $7.500. That gives the same net, but hides the other $7,500 tax from the worker. It is a sham and fabrication that the employer "pays" that.
Same with health care. There is no rational reason for employers to pay for employee healthcare. It was FDR's deal with unions. Wage controls were imposed during WW2, but with nudge and wink, fringe benefits" were excluded from the caps.
This is doubly wrong. First price controls do not control prices, they only distort markets, misalign incentives and destroy valuable price signals without which free markets do not function. (see "I, Pencil" and "USSR"). Second, mandated health care has undermined the healthcare market in ways that accelerated government intrusions, in a vicious cycle.
We all understand the folly of regulation like minimum wage. This article on family leave goes even further.
Is there anyone at Wharton, among your learned professoriate, who will try to defend this?!
Remember the question is not "do we have a safety net?" The question is: Just how far shall we stretch the Commerce Clause, how deeply shall we misapply the excuse of "health & safety," to enable ever-increasing intrusion against individual freedom? Any such champion of the dirigistes will face the question "how much of GDP may government arrogate before TOO much price signal is lost. Oh, and what about 70 years of "temporary" rent control?!
Any takers among the 249 names listed in the faculty directory?
I agree with Robert Arvanitis. The intentions here are good, but there is too much micromanagement by the government already. If employers are required to provide paid parental leave, they have incentive to discriminate against younger workers, particularly women, in their childbearing years. We can also expect wages to go down or grow slower as the employer must set aside funds to cover workers who go on paid leave.


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What Do Sunfish Eat?
December 30, 2020 by Nature Lover
Sunfish are some of the strangest looking fish species in the world. They have flattened bodies with a very strange tail fin. This fish is also called the common mola or the mola and is one of the heaviest bony fishes in the world. An adult sunfish can weigh 247 – 1000 kg. The biggest sunfish ever caught a weighted 1600kg and was caught in 1910.
The chances that you saw one of these fish species is pretty slim since they are not held in too many aquariums because they do require lots of special care. They can live up to 10 years in captivity and they can grow rapidly if they eat the right foods.
Sunfish are predatory animals. They will hunt and kill a variety of aquatic species despite that they are not very fast. Here is a quick look at the main foods that these fish species love to eat.
In the past, people believed that they primarily fed on jellyfish. Recent studies did however show that sunfish only consume about 15% jellyfish. They do eat jellyfish but this is hardly their primary food. Jellyfish is not nutritious enough to support the sunfish and this food source. In aquariums, sunfish are not fed jellyfish too often because jellyfish can infect these rare fish species with parasites.
Small fish
Sunfish mostly prey on small fish species. They will catch and eat just about any small fish species they find in their natural habitat. They don't have huge mouths and as such focus on fish species that are small enough to swallow whole.
Fish larvae
Sunfish and especially young sunfish, love to eat fish larvae. These tiny animals are easy to consume because the Mola can suck them into their mouths quickly and fish larvae are small enough to feed even the tiniest of sunfish. They will eat any type of fish larvae they can find.
Mola fish love to eat squid. In aquariums, they are primarily fed on squid because squid contains lots of nutrients to help keep them healthy. Squid are also boneless fish species which makes them easy to suck up and swallow whole.
Mola fish or sunfish also enjoy eating a variety of small crustaceans. They avoid larger crustaceans but can eat small and especially young crustaceans whose shells are still soft. Crustaceans like crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimps, prawns, krill, and many others are good sources of protein for these majestic fish species.
Salps
Sunfish also catch and eat salps. Salps are barrel-shaped planktic tunicate that has a gelatin-like body. They are not very nutritious but these foods do still help the Mola by offering some nutrients and oils.
While Mola is lingering about the ocean bottom, they might occasionally feed on pieces of eelgrass. This type of plant usually grows in areas with sandy or muddy bottoms. This is the only plant-based food that the sunfish will consume and they only consume these foods when other food sources are scarce.
Diet Variations
Sunfish are a rare find and they haven't been studied in their natural environment for too long. There probably is a lot of things we do not yet know about the diets of this strange fish species. We do now know much more about them than we did a few years ago but more research is still needed to fully understand the care requirements for this cold-water fish.
How to Feed Sunfish
Sunfish are not kept in aquariums because they are challenging to care for. They are also not very common and even though they are found in oceans across the world, they are still a rare sight to behold. When these animals feed, they prefer to sneak up on their prey and suck food into their tiny mouths. They usually focus on foods that are much smaller than their mouths so they can easily swallow and digest these foods.
What Do Sunfish Eat In The Wild?
In the wild, sunfish will hunt a variety of foods they find in their natural habitat. They mostly eat small fish and fish larvae but also hunt for other foods such as squid, crustaceans, jellyfish, salps, and many others.
What Do Sunfish Eat In Captivity?
There are not many aquariums that keep sunfish. In aquariums, they are mainly fed on squid since this is a very nutritious meal. They may also be fed on other foods such as small fish. Marine biologists do however avoid feed them on jellyfish since these jellies often cause the spread of bacteria.
What Do Baby Sunfish Eat?
Baby sunfish look much different from adult ones. They have a lot of processing spines that almost make them look like some form of starfish. These spines do eventually disappear. Sunfish fry grows rapidly. They can grow from 26 – 400kg, or up to 1.8m high in just 15 months.
As a small fry, they will eat on smaller prey such as fish larvae, crustaceans, and zooplankton. As they grow bigger, they will start to feed on bigger foods.
Do Sunfish Bite?
Sunfish are not harmful to humans at all and won't bite them. They do not bite and their mouths are tiny which means even if they did bite, they wouldn't cause much damage at all. The only documented case of a sunfish injuring a human was when one of these fish species leaped onto a boat and caused injuries to a 4-year-old boy when it landed on the boy.
Do Humans Eat Sunfish?
This rare fish species is considered a delicacy in some regions of the world such as Taiwan and Japan. In some areas, the fish is used in cuisine, and in other regions, they are used to manufacture traditional medicines. It is however forbidden to catch this fish species in various part of the world such as the European Union because this fish species do contain toxins that can be harmful if consumed.
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Hi, I'm looking for a childminders in Los Naranjos de MARBELLA. I have a baby girl who will be 10 months in May when we arrive in Spain for the summer.
A childminder who could take her for a four or five hours maybe three days a week.
Women only, fluent Spanish needed.