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Lee Stein, J.D.
Chairman and founder, Prize Capital, LLC
Chairman and founder, Virutal Group, LLC
Lee Stein brings many years of experience as a business executive and entrepreneur to his current activities as a business-minded environmentalist. He is credited as a co-inventor of e-mail messaging payment systems, and in 1994, he co-patented what The Economist magazine described as the world's first Internet-banking (payment) system. The patents issued were subsequently acquired by eBay. In 2000 he formed Virtual Group, LLC, a private holding company focused on early-stage technologies.
In 1999 after a career of serial entrepreneurship in the worlds of entertainment finance, Internet commerce, and real estate development, Lee turned his entrepreneurial and business activities to the environment and what he describes as "its disturbing deterioration." He was especially troubled by the distrust between environmental organizations and business entities. He had based his operating strategies on the concept of "inclusivity" and wanted to help forward an agenda acknowledging that environmental practices had to be good for business or they were not good environmental practices and, likewise, that business practices had to be good for the environment in order to be good business practices.
Lee co-founded the Southern California chapter of Environmental Entrepreneurs, known as E2. Affiliated with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), E2 brings together entrepreneurs to influence state and national government policies by serving as the "business voice for the environment." To date, they played a valuable role in multiple California legislative efforts.
Lee was also invited to serve, with the vice chairman of the California Energy Commission, in creating the California Secure Transportation Energy Plan. He has been an active participant with Royal Dutch Shell dealing with future energy scenarios as well as serving as a contractor to design the World Bank Global Environment Facility's "Earth Fund" which he formally launched with the GEF and IFC in Bali at the UNFCCC COP 13.
In 2006, Lee formed Prize Capital, LLC to support the X Prize Foundation and to fund global competitions aimed at discovering innovative solutions in the areas of energy and the environment. Formed to attract investment capital for early-stage innovators, the partnership is based on a model that integrates investment concepts and international prizes, and for which Lee has filed patent applications. In conjunction with a Midwest Utility, the first application of the Prize Capital model will be focused on using microbes in a carbon recycling process that can create outputs from nutrients to fuel and plastics.
Since its inception, Prize Capital has broadened its focus to include other for-profit opportunities that recognize the value of natural capital. The world's ecosystem services and natural capital are estimated to average $33 trillion per year, most of which is outside the market. Prize Capital envisions using Venture Philanthropy to create sustainable financing instruments that will value healthy ecosystems, and the benefits they provide, as an asset in both developed and developing nations.
Lee has spoken at many environmental, technology and investment conferences including: the World Bank UNFCCC, DIFC Week in Dubai, The European Commission's BioMarine, Women's Forum Global Meeting '09, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oxford University, The Wharton School, Columbia University, Cornell University, The University of California, San Diego, as commencement speaker for the University of California Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, and on Wall Street. He has been featured in Business Week, Newsweek, The Economist, Investors Business Daily, and other national publications for his role in emerging communications technologies. He is featured in the books Masters of the Wired World (XX) and The New Bankers (XX). Educated as an accountant (B.S., Syracuse) and an attorney (J.D., Villanova), Lee has served as Chairman of the Board, CEO, and President of First Virtual Holdings, Director and President of Seaport Village on the waterfront in San Diego, Director and Controller of WestAir Airlines (DBA) United Express, and as an officer and/or director in various private entities.
Lee has been active in Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and its CEO affiliate. He serves as a trustee of the Duke Law School Board of Visitors and of the University of California Scripps Institute of Oceanography. His civic work includes having served as Chairman of the San Diego Stadium Authority, Chairman Emeritus of the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, and as a board member at Scripps Health Philanthropy Board. He is married to his wife June of 34 years and has three children.
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Every profession requires a certain set of skills necessary to succeed in their industry.
For example, skillsets for managers have a different focus from that of designers, developers or SEO professionals.
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A good SEO professional will be able to recognise and distinguish success from failure and suggest action plans for improvement based on their SEO knowledge and data.
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Keeping an eye on this and being aware of these updates helps SEO professionals understand the changes in rankings and what steps need to be taken in case of potential drops of rankings.
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SEO work involves quite a lot of content writing, which is often different from other types of writing styles.
If you write for the sake of writing, the only rules that you need to follow are correct grammar and relevant linguistics aimed at the country you're targeting.
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Learn how HCSS – a leading solution provider for the heavy construction industry, is using RFID to improve load counting and deliveries at worksites. The replay of the February 15 RFID Journal Virtual Event "RFID in Construction" can be found here. It's an informative 20 minute session featuring Jim West and Jeff Kimmel of HCSS, and Peter Mehring of Intelleflex.
Let me know if you find it of interest!


According to a lawmaker said Saturday that,"South Korea's cyber command established to counter external hacking attempts on the country's military was found to have been hacked last month." raising speculation that North Korea might be behind the latest cyber attack.
Rep. Kim Jin-pyo, a lawmaker of the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea, told Yonhap News Agency in a telephone interview that the hacking targeted the "vaccine routing server" installed at the cyber command. Kim is a member of the parliament's national defense committee.
The server is tasked with security on computers that military has for Internet connection use. More than 20,000 military computers are known to have been connected to the server. Kim said that chances are "very low" that the latest hacking led to a leak of confidential information given that the military's intranet is not connected to the server.
The defense ministry later confirmed the hacking of the cyber command, and is working on to figure out how the malicious code got into the system. Despite the incident, he said that the military Internet system remains up and running.


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Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
Bangladeshi philanthropist
Died on Friday December 20th 2019
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Spanish telecoms group Telefonica has announced the successful renegotiation of an extension on EUR4 billion (USD5.1 billion) of a EUR6 billion loan it took out to acquire Czech former fixed line monopoly Cesky Telecom (now known as Telefonica O2 CR) in 2005. Reuters reports that under the revised arrangements, Telefonica has the option to pay EUR2 billion of the loan twelve months later than originally planned and it has a two-year extension on a second EUR2 billion tranche of the loan. The loan was to have matured in June 2011.


Over the past 7 years this organisation has developed an impressive client base amongst NZ\'s highest profile companies. Their specialty is helping high-risk industries improve their performance and bottom line. The secret to their success is the delivery of a range of innovative and proven programs, many of which have been productized. This provides for a highly profitable and scalable licensing and service business model.


A jeweled watchwork with moving gears has been cold connected to textured brass. Textured German silver piece adorned with a gear sits below the watch work. Unlike some of my other watchwork pendants, I decided to go minimalist on the charms and let the watchwork be the focal point.
The pendant is one and three fourths inches wide and the watchpiece is about an inch in diameter. With the jumpring bail, the total length of the pendant is just over two inches.
The chain is antiqued brass mesh and comes in two lengths. I can also change it out to a ball chain if you prefer something really long. You'll just need to let me know by messaging me at checkout.


This photograph was taken in Argyle Street, Glasgow on Monday 11th October 2010 and shows the nearside view of the above. Note the bus is shown in a silver livery rather than the previous white as modelled.
This photograph also taken in Ipswich shows the rear view of the above.


A wedding cannot just come up from nowhere as it has to be planned and the guy has to ask the lady to marry him for this process to be complete. As time goes by then it is proven that our memories always fade and we hardly remember anything. It is essential that one should consider getting the services of a qualified photographer.
There are numerous photographers who are able to offer you different kinds of services and they will do it with varying styles. Due to the numerous photographers then you should always have in mind the kind of pictures that you feel will suit your vision so that you can know who to choose for the job. Having a number of generation pictures is important since it is through this that one is able to put their things in order. In generation photos then the grandparents and the great grandparents are always featured in the pictures. The bride will always see this as a chance to create memory by calling their mother and their grandmother together, they can choose the style as they can decide to hold hands together.
The can choose to tell them that they line up their hands in order of the generation and they can show their wedding rings as well in the photos. The groom can decide to it in a different style so as to show the generation flow, they can ask the grandfather that they put their hands on the groom's dad and the flow continues up to the groom and this will have made a generation photo of them. There are cases that during the wedding maybe a person in that lineage has already passed away then if you have their ashes you can always consider to take pictures with them.
This can be done well be pacing the urn on a decorated stool that has the nametag of the person that died. It will be enough for you to both honor them and let them attend your wedding at the same time. The photos of the wedding rings are also so essential and these photos can be taken while you have won them or you can as well put them on display. The available guest can be called upon to gather in a big area and they will be given the freedom to arrange themselves in a ways that they feel is flashy and trendy for you to take pictures with them.


Please follow the links below to see reports on the National NHS Staff Survey for Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.
The NHS national staff survey provides a useful source of information to help assess and identify issues relating to the quality and reputation of the Trust as a place to receive care and treatment and as a place to work in. Following on from the survey each year the Trust produces a comprehensive action plan that drives improvement. We adopt a 'You Said, We Did' philosophy to demonstrate that we listen to the voice of our staff.
Our Staff Survey results are continuing to improve year on year. Our Staff Engagement Score for 2015 places us in the top 20% of Acute and/or Community Trusts within NHS England. The next NHS Staff Survey will run in October/November 2016.
In addition, we also ask our staff to give us feedback three times a year through the Staff Friends and Family Test which helps us identify improvements to the staff experience which also benefit our patient experience.


Massimiliano Pagliara grew up in Lecce. After moving to Milan he is now based in Berlin. He has released his debut EP on Daniel Wang's Balihu imprint und further releases on Rush Hour, Meakusma and Needwant. His debut album "Focus For Infinty" is his second release on the german label Live at Robert Johnson and it is the first artist album to be released on the label. In this tech talk Pagliara talks about the production of three tracks taken from the album: 1. " HARMONIZE" "As is often the case, this track came out of a little jam which I did with my beloved Roland TR-707 Rhythm Composer. This time I had it going through the Korg DVP-1, which is a great digital voice processor from 1985, and a Roland DEP-5 to achieve a certain kind of reverberation. This certainly made it sound rougher and dirtier. Initially, it was meant to be just like a pure 707 madness track, with those shuffled hi-hats driving the whole thing, but of course I couldn't resist also including some synths. And so, I turned on my beloved Roland JX-8P and those sorts of "brassy-stringy" chords came up, which were then replaced by the Juno-106 in the final version. Then suddenly I started to feel like: okay, this could be the epic track of the album, so let´s do an extended mix and get deep! In fact, I started to have some kind of "Detroit – ish" and "Chicago-ish" sound – reminiscences, from Omar S to Carl Craig to Larry Heard, whose work I have always really digged and of course I still do! Well then, I had no more choice, I HAD TO bring in some strings, some piano, some 727 congas, and finally a Prophet 5 solo and some guitars by my all-time favorite guitar player Jules Etienne." 2. "NIGHT FLOW" "This one is definitely the case where I almost used all my machines to do what you end up hearing. Starting from the acid line which is not coming from a 303, but from a MAM 33 MK2, a great analogue rack version of the 303 with the same 18 db Filter but without a sequencer. In fact, I was arpeggiating it through the MicroKorg, which by the way was also used for the sentimental / emotional vocoder ending. The song is almost divided in 2 parts: in the first one, the focus was mainly on that acid line, supported by the sweepy pads-melody, which once again comes from the Roland family and more specifically from a JX-3P. In the second part I just let it go. It was a very particular moment in my life, and this vocoder "liberation/confession" at the end became definitely the highlight of the song, and every time I listen to it, I still get goosebumps (the Germans say "Gänsehaut") …:)" 3. "GONNA GET YOUR LOVE GONNA FIND YOU" "I started this track by programming a simple beat with a Sequential Circuits Drumtraks, and by playing a sort of funky and funny acid line with the Prophet-5. I didn't think of any vocals at first, until I finally had the fantastic chance to meet Sigrid Elliott, a black singer from Chicago, doing a performance here in Berlin. I had just started this track when this happened, and since she was so incredible, I waited until the end of the show, and talked to her and asked if she could come by sometime in my studio and try to sing for me. That was magic! She came by, we did the recording, and finally the whole track got another dimension and started to become funkier! It was so much fun! At the time, I also just got a Korg Poly-800, which normally is a quite underrated synth , but it´s actually capable of nice and warm sounds. In fact that´s what I used for those pads in the middle of the song, as well as for those funky brassy chords. But the bass line is of course coming, AGAIN, from the fabulous Juno-106, which is definitely my favorite Bass-Making Synth!" Massimiliano Pagliara's album "Focus For Infinity" is out now on Live At Robert Johnson. You can buy it on whatpeopleplay.com. Please check the wpp player below.


Biobased aerogels offer many opportunities for new applications beyond those developed in the NanoHybrids project. The Intitute of Thermal Separation Processes at TUHH now succeeded in the first production of lignin-polyurethane aerogel panels. These highly porous panels can be used as insulating boards with a thermal conductivity of 24 mW/mK which is much better than polystyrene. Industry is invited to further test the material.
The project "Material use of lignin: nanoporous materials" has been funded by the German Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Agency for Renewable Raw Materials (FNR e.V.). The consortium consists of the two NanoHybrids partners TUHH and Dräger Safety, The Fraunhofer Institut für Chemisch-Biotechnologische Prozesse (CBP), the Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, the Bayerisches Zentrum für Angewandte Energieforschung and Loick Biowertstoffe.


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Aquapedia background January 30, 2014 Layperson's Guide to Climate Change and Water Resources
Climate change involves natural and man-made changes to weather patterns that occur over millions of years or over multiple decades.
In the past 150 years, human industrial activity has accelerated the rate of change in the climate due to the increase in greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, among others). Scientific studies describing this climate change continue to be produced and its expected impacts continue to be assessed.
Climate change poses an "immediate and escalating threat" to California's environment, public health and economic vitality, according to Indicators of Climate Change in California, a 2018 report by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.
The report's 36 indicators were grouped as human-influenced drivers of climate change, such as greenhouse gas emissions; changes in the state's climate; impacts of climate change on the Pacific Ocean, lakes and snowpack; and impacts of climate change on people, vegetation and wildlife.
The report pointed to the devastating 2017 wildfires across the state and the record-setting 2012-2016 drought as examples of the types of climate change-related challenges that will confront California in the future.
Already, California is confronting rising demand for water and diminishing supplies. At the same time, the state's water infrastructure such as levees is aging and in disrepair—conditions expected to be made worse by climate change.
Expected Impacts in California
Facts and figures for the potential impact of climate change continue to be unveiled. Recent reports by the California Environmental Protection Agency, California Energy Commission and California Natural Resources Agency have concluded:
Precipitation patterns are changing, with more rain, less snow and shrinking glaciers in the Sierra Nevada (the primary source of much of California's fresh water supplies)
Less snowpack and earlier springtime melting are reducing hydropower capacity
The Sacramento San Joaquin Delta—California's water hub—is sinking, putting levees at risk for failure and cities such as Sacramento at risk for flooding
Rising sea levels will also worsen coastal flooding and push more salty ocean water into coastal groundwater aquifers and possibly swamp key infrastructure such as airports and ports
Hotter temperatures will also lead to more wildfires of increased intensity; already more than half of California's largest wildfires have been in the last decade
Dry weather will lead to more tree deaths and altered vegetation patterns, with some plants moving to higher ground
More wildlife is also expected to change habitat, with some already migrating to higher ground
Hotter weather also will likely lead to more potentially lethal heat waves and related water shortages and droughts
Oceans and lakes are likely to see their average water temperatures rise (Lake Tahoe has risen by nearly 1 degree in the past three decades)
Cold periods in winter needed for growing fruits and nuts will be shorter
Native freshwater fish are particularly vulnerable to climate change and a 2013 University of California, Davis study found 82 percent of California native fish species are at risk of extinction
In a 2017 report, Anthropogenic Warming Impacts on California Snowpack During Drought, researchers with the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at University of California, Los Angeles, found that anthropogenic warming reduced average snowpack levels by 25 percent and that under a severe drought scenario, "further snowpack declines of 60 percent to 85 percent are expected, depending on emissions scenario."
The focus on climate change has prompted many in the water community to call for a comprehensive response on the part of state, federal and local officials.
Many water agencies are already including climate change impacts in their long-term planning, factoring in a need for increased conservation, groundwater banking, water recycling and new surface storage projects. Also under consideration by some water districts and agencies is seawater desalination.
In 2006, then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Assembly Bill 32, making California the first state in the nation to impose a cap on all greenhouse gas emissions. The law aims to reduce the state's emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by an estimated 25 percent by 2020. The state reached that goal in 2016.
In 2016, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that requires California's emissions to fall to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. Brown followed that up in 2017 by signing legislation to extend AB 32, which requires oil refineries, power plants, food processors and other facilities to purchase permits to release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order directing his administration to develop a comprehensive strategy to build a climate-resilient water system. The resulting Water Resilience Portfolio released in 2020 says infrastructure and management must be updated to allow capture of water when it is available in increasingly intense bursts and to provide water supplies and protect the environment during prolonged dry periods. Water managers also must address how a heightened risk of catastrophic wildfire will affect water supply and quality.
Still, some are skeptical of proposals to limit emissions of greenhouse gases and the potential economic impacts of such actions. Political debate has centered on the merits of the science used to justify various claims. Meanwhile, some in the business community say efforts to enact greenhouse gas emission reductions in California through arbitrary means are counterproductive, given the scale of global emissions and the fact that companies could move their operations to places without emissions caps.
While the state works to balance the needs of multiple interests, climate change and population growth pose additional future challenges.
The state's population of about 40 million in 2020 was expected to reach 43.4 million by 2036, according to the California Department of Finance. Climate change adds complexities and questions to this growth and related environmental impacts in the future.
These remain key issues as state experts work to determine how to best incorporate a changing climate into water management planning, including flood planning due to a sea level rise, peak flow changes and a reduced snow pack.
Publication November 1, 2017
Layperson's Guide to Climate Change and Water Resources
Evidence shows that climate change is affecting California with warmer temperatures, less snowfall and more extreme weather events. This guide explains the causes of climate change, the effects on water resources and efforts underway to better adapt to a changing climate. It includes information on both California water and the water of the Colorado River Basin, a widely shared resource throughout the Southwest.


The Association for Great Lakes Maritime History is looking for submissions for the 15th Annual Henry N. Barkhausen Award for Original Research in Great Lakes Maritime History. The Association has sponsored the award since 2001 to recognize and encourage new research in the field of Great Lakes maritime history. Submissions are encouraged on any topic related to the region's maritime history, and will be accepted from any person(s) researching that history regardless of formal training.
Winners of the Barkhausen Award receive a $500 cash prize, a complimentary one-year membership in the Association and, if requested, assistance in getting their paper published. Winners will also have their lodging, registration and awards dinner fees paid to attend the Association's annual maritime history conference to participate and/or to present his or her paper.
Complete information about the Award program can be found at http:// http://www.aglmh.net, under the Awards Program menu.


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A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a new 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn Entertainment. This narratively-driven single player game puts you in the role of a Jedi Padawan who narrowly escaped the purge of Order 66 following the events of Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. On a quest to rebuild the Jedi Order, you must pick up the pieces of your shattered past to complete your training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the iconic lightsaber - all while staying one step ahead of the Empire and its deadly Inquisitors.
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Star Wars fans will recognize iconic locations, weapons, gear, and enemies while also meeting a roster of fresh characters, locations, creatures, droids and adversaries new to Star Wars. As part of this authentic Star Wars story, fans will delve into a galaxy recently seized by the Empire. As a Jedi hero-turned-fugitive, players will need to fight for survival while exploring the mysteries of a long-extinct civilization all in an effort to rebuild the remnants of the Jedi Order as the Empire seeks to erase the Jedi completely.
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Setting up your business, marketing it both offline and online and converting prospects into customers is great business; rinse, repeat. However, it shouldn't end there. Every business owners know that customer reviews plays a huge part on their brand's success. Reviews boosts their brand's awareness through word of mouth and online review sites. These reviews build a record based on a consumer's thought about your product, services or business as a whole.
Bear in mind that customer's thoughts and experiences vary from person to person. Some may leave your store truly satisfied with their purchase, some may comment 'okay', and there are others who would rant about it due to bad experience or service. Receiving feedback, both good and bad is great for every business. Good reviews are uplifting while bad reviews can help you see your business' shortcomings and serve as a reminder for improvement. Bad reviews are also an opportunity to turn a bad experience into a positive one.
If you're new in the business world and want to get and manage customer reviews, here are tips and tricks on how you can encourage them to write an online review.
There are many reasons why it is worthwhile to use a professional service to build your reputation. We work with some of the leading providers of this service and know that they have developed a system that actually acquires reviews and gets them syndicated online. Additionally, the services can track, analyze, and improve every aspect of your business's online reputation using a single, cloud-based platform. It's the only tool you need to manage your online reputation.
Whether you have a bricks and mortar or provide a service, reviews will only increase in importance in the coming years. The simplicity of these services means that once set, you can keep gaining reviews and praise from your clients and know how and where to respond. It is also great to have a resource when you are hit by a bad review.
Before encouraging your customers to write a review on third party sites such as Google+, Yelp, Yellow Pages, Yahoo Local, make sure your business is listed and verified on these websites. These review sites simply strengthens a business' online presence and raise the interest of prospects. If they've seen positives review of your business from other people, people will likely go take a peek on your website or possibly drop by your store.
You can send invites through emails and make sure to include links to your business' accounts. Make sure to include a simple instructions to not overcomplicate the process.
These emails should be scheduled over time and not all sent at once. If a review site receives too many reviews in an unnatural way, they will disavow them.
Manage reviews through a built-in comment system.
If you have a website, you can simply designate or create a page that can serve as a means for your customers to write a review. Encourage and advise them to visit that particular page to leave their comments. You can use Disqus or even Facebook for easier signup.
Comments and reviews published to your own website allows you to manage the product reviews efficiently. You have an option to approve, disapprove and delete spam or unnecessary reviews. Or you can simply approve all the comments and reviews automatically. You can experiment, test and further discuss it your webmaster on what works best for your business.
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One of the easiest way to generate reviews from your customers is through social media. Almost everyone has a social media account. It's much easier to exchange thoughts through this platform because your customer themselves are well-versed on using it. You can invite them to write anything (experiences, thoughts, suggestions and feedback) about their purchase from your business to your Facebook Business Page or Google+ Page. Guide them to your social profile's review area.
There are many ways to generate buzz, garner and manage customer reviews. You as a business owner should be creative and experiment several approach to do so. If you need help, send us an email or reach us through phone at 888-871-4576 and look for Maryn.
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The Indianapolis Zoo's Animal and Horticulture Collections staffs were fortunate to have a little extra help this summer due to the Life Sciences Keeper Apprentice Program, which is brand new this year. Two people were chosen from those that applied to spend 12 weeks shadowing, learning from and working with staff members, spending two weeks in each of six different areas.
Maria and Olivia joined the Horticulture Department toward the end of their apprenticeships. They both have career goals of animal care and they had no real plant or gardening experience — they were definitely gardening "newbies." They have plenty of experience now as we exposed them to as many facets of our job as we could! When I asked them what they thought of their time with us, they talked about learning so much as they planted, pruned, mulched, deadheaded, weeded and even string trimmed ("a little intimidating") their way through the grounds of the Zoo and White River Gardens.
The women both commented that they had no idea how much the Horticulture Department does! They see we gardeners have hard, labor-intensive jobs, which we do in all kinds of weather and we are always busy with our many projects. Besides learning plant care basics, Olivia and Maria became acquainted with in-ground irrigation work ("so complex"), tree removal, bee keeping (both loved getting up close and personal with our hives in the Gardens), and the importance of milkweed plants in the life cycle of monarch butterflies.
The vital connection between horticulture and animal care in a zoo became clear for Olivia and Maria when they learned about browse, which is the veterinary-approved, fresh plant material the Horticulture staff provides for the animals, both as part of their diets and to enrich their lives. Cutting and delivering browse goes on every day. The need is so great that we go offsite to collect enough for all our animals, and the apprentices really enjoyed going on such a trip to help cut trees for the elephants.
So the Horticulture leg of the apprentice program was a hit. Maria appreciated us giving her projects to do and leaving her to do them after teaching her how; Olivia wants to learn more about zoo animal browse and plans to surprise her grandmother with her new knowledge of hosta care. I asked if they thought they would now do some gardening on their own someday. They both said yes. Learning all they did and seeing produce growing in the spots like the White River Garden's City Garden has given them just enough know-how to feel confident they, too, can garden. And their having a new appreciation for plants and what we do in the Horticulture Department makes their time with us a win-win for all!


Boston – Nauset Construction recently completed the renovation and addition of 150 State Street.
The historic five-story English Tudor-style building was transformed into four floors of first-class office and three floors of restaurant space for Kamakura, a Japanese dining experience that introduces Boston to contemporary kaiseki cuisine.
Located in the heart of Boston's Financial District, a few minutes' walk to the Rose Kennedy Greenway and Faneuil Hall as well as the MBTA Blue, Orange, and Green Lines, 150 State Street has a walk score of 97 and a perfect transit score of 100.
Originally constructed in 1899 and once home to the British Consulate, the building has been re-imagined by Quincy-based architectural firm Choo & Company, Inc.
The new design includes an additional floor as well as an enclosed roof deck featuring a 400sf aluminum and clear glass retractable skylight overlooking Boston's iconic Custom House. This top floor houses Kamakura's skybar and lounge, Kumo – which means "cloud" in Japanese.
The restaurant also occupies the first and second floors, with the kitchen located in the basement. Four floors of office space totaling 3,760sf — each with a private bathroom and shower — comprise floors three through six.
The Elizabethan façade was replaced with copper panels to create a more modern look, while retaining the outline of the historic gable roof as an architectural feature.
Folding glass partitions, which open to the sidewalk, line the ground floor, and large, energy-efficient windows provide an abundance of natural light for the restaurant and office space.
Following a complete interior renovation, Nauset replaced the existing walls with brick veneer with moisture resistant CMU backing, and installed entirely new MEP systems.


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The Soo Line High Bridge, also known as the Arcola High Bridge, is a steel deck arch bridge over the St. Croix River between Stillwater, Minnesota and Somerset, Wisconsin, United States. It was designed by structural engineer C.A.P. Turner and built by the American Bridge Company from 1910 to 1911. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 for its national significance in the themes of engineering and transportation. It was nominated for its exceptional dimensions, beauty, innovative engineering techniques, and importance to transportation between Minnesota and Wisconsin.

History

The bridge was the second bridge on a Wisconsin Central Railway line that connecting Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, with Minneapolis, Minnesota. The line was originally built in 1884. The crossing of the St. Croix River was difficult for the railway, since the original bridge across the river was very low and trains had to contend with steep grades on both sides of the river. This made it necessary to use helper engines and to make trains shorter. In 1909 the Wisconsin Central Railway built a higher bridge over the river. The bridge is  above the river and  long, with five steel arches towering above the river.

The Wisconsin Central Railway was leased by the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway in 1909. In 1961 the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway, Wisconsin Central Railway and the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway merged to form the Soo Line Railroad. After the Soo Line Railroad acquired the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, it shifted Chicago–Minneapolis traffic to that railroad's superior mainline. In 1987 the bridge and much of the Soo Line's track in Wisconsin became part of the new Wisconsin Central Ltd. The Wisconsin Central was acquired by Canadian National Railway on January 30, 2001.

See also
 List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
 List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
 National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Croix County, Wisconsin
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Minnesota

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Pencil Kit Productions is looking to cast a strong young female actress in the title role of their upcoming fringe show, Persephone.
The show is a story of resilience, sexual awakening, and coming of age. It examines how a young woman— and everyone around her— makes sense of a traumatic experience. The production is physical and collectively created. We are looking for actresses who can move, create and act (bonus if you can sing too!) All ethnicities welcome.
1. Choose a moment from the story of Persephone (don't worry about getting the right version of the story— we welcome interpretation) and share it with us from the perspective of Persephone in two minutes or less. This can be text or movement based.
Include a resume with your audition. Don't worry about video quality. Send to PersephoneFringe@gmail.com. Due date is April 30. If you are accepted, you will join rehearsals starting immediately on Sundays and Tuesdays. Artists will be compensated with a profit share at the end of the run.


Nigeria's next general elections might still be two years away but there's already a good reason for young citizens to be excited.
In a session today (July 26), the Nigerian senate voted to lower the age limit for contesting for elections for the offices of state governors and president. The age limit for candidates for president has been reduced from 40 to 35 and, for governorship positions, from 35 to 30. To take effect, the vote still requires endorsement by 24 of Nigeria's 35 state assemblies as well as the president's assent. Regardless, the landmark vote marks a triumph for the "Not Too Young To Run" campaign led by a coalition of youth advocacy groups.
The vote comes at a time when public perception favours a younger generation of leaders with a recent survey by NOIPolls showing that a majority of Nigerians hope to elect a president younger than 50 in the 2019 elections. At 53, Goodluck Jonathan was Nigeria's youngest president at time of taking office since 1999, the start of the current democratic era.
Nigeria is a particularly young country with a median age of 18. UN predicts that while 2.2 billion people could be added to the global population by 2050, Africa will account for more than half of that growth. Nigeria will account for some of that growth spurt as it is projected to become the world's third largest country with a population of over 300 million.
The current debacle around the health status of Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari, 74, also serves as a timely reminder to the perils of electing older presidents. Buhari is currently away in London on his second medical leave in 2017 where he's spending time getting treatment for an undisclosed ailment. The president has spent more time away getting treatment than he's been at work this year. A photo of president Buhari released earlier this week was the first time he'd been seen in public in nearly three months.
The Senate also voted to allow independent candidates to run for office, reversing a decades-old trend which has required aspirants to be members of political parties, thus needing the backing Nigeria's political establishment to seek and possibly win votes.
However, running as an independent candidate, while encouraging more participation, is hardly a guarantee of victory as aspirants will still be up against the deep pockets and network of the country's largest parties. But, if nothing else, the move is seen as bringing local politics in line with global trends. Long-term, the Senate's votes today will likely further galvanize young Nigerians who, after becoming more involved in politics, have witnessed repeatedly underwhelming governments and may have become cynical or apathetic.


The past few years have seen a stream of former SeaWorld employees speak out about their time at the company. Now another employee is stepping forward — and revealing even more details about just how poorly the parks' animals are treated.
"If people knew what I know, or saw what I have seen, they wouldn't sell another ticket," she told The Dodo.
Many of SeaWorld's animals turn to in-fighting as a result of the cramping and stress of captivity, but Fischbeck said the orcas had it worst of all.
This story is horrific. I'm glad the truth is finally beginning to surface.
SeaWorld cant deal with their own disgusted ex-employees, let alone PETA.
The fact that people still walk through the SeaWorld gates absolutely baffles me. Why on earth any human being with half a brain and a heart of some kind would choose to give money to this heinous corporation in order to watch massive marine animals do circus tricks for dead fish is beyond anything I can comprehend. Being forced to walk through that amusement park filled with animal prisoners looking sick and depressed in their minuscule concrete barren enclosures would be a form of torture for most people. And people make the conscious decision to go there! What the heck is going through their heads?! It is truly hell on earth for the poor captive creatures trapped in SeaWorld's greedy, selfish and appalling prisons of doom, where each and every animal will die after a lonely, horrible life without family and without any idea of what that animal's life should entail and WOULD entail if they weren't locked up in that miserable dump.
It's sad to say, but if SeaWorld refuses to allow their orcas to transition to seaside sanctuaries, the best thing that could happen to them in their life would be a peaceful and painless death. Because orcas and dolphins have no facial expressions, it appears (KEY WORD: APPEARS) as if they are happy and doing fine. Nothing could be further from the truth-would you be happy trapped in a tiny space without family or friends after being separated from your mom at age 4 or 5, only to be dumped into another prison cell full of unknown, unkind strangers who are all of similar mind, depressed and angry and suffering? If they COULD show facial expression, they would all have looks of desperation, sadness, and terror. No one would ever want to see animals looking the way they would if they could actually show their feelings on their face like humans can. Unfortunately for these poor creatures, it appears as if they're smiling even though they are doing anything but smiling. That attribute, and their absolute lack of aggression towards man, has been their downfall.


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Actors: Brian Downey, Xenia Seeberg, Michael McManus, Nigel Bennett
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Description: A group of desperate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny find themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.
Review: Fearless warrior race dead Brunnen G, Jr. Deputy Assistant auxiliary courier Stanley Tweedle, a charming love slave Zev to the nature of interstellar Raptor and romantic robot head 790 grab a huge living space ship "Leksc" the most powerful weapon of destruction in the two universes.
Escape the wrath of Divine Shadow, a ruthless ruler of the universe of Light, they find themselves in an unknown universe of darkness, with each careless step could cost them their lives.
Landing on a mysterious planet where the guests are not always happy, escaping treacherous traps and helping anyone who is in trouble, sometimes being on the verge of death, desperate intergalactic wanderers survive incredible adventures united by one common goal – to find a new home.
Review #2 of Lexx P4X serial: First, a few words of a song. The series consists of 4 seasons. The first is the whole story, "leaven" things are moving incredibly fast in the second heroes travel the universe of darkness, in the third they are caught between two planets – Fire and Water (Heaven and Hell), and the fourth of their adventures continue on Earth. And if later seasons may be of interest only to fans (although maybe not exclusively), the first season – it's just a must-have, a masterpiece that you simply must see!
"Lexx" is good, especially for its original storyline with neizbitymi themes and characters that never before have never seen before. After all, the existence of two universes, dark and light, each of which lives by its own rules, often simply incredible, we must also try to come up with! Not everyone is capable of such! And it is amazing that so well crafted plot and details are intrinsic to the film: they are often absent even in books of this genre. Writer who coined singing brains, the cult of the Divine Shadows and live a spaceship that is not averse to eat meat heretics – is at least a man with a very unusual turn of mind.
And what are the characters! Zev – it's just a mockery of modern film and modeling industry, Kai – a walking joke, and, of course, my favorite Stanley H Tweedle, outrageously comic-selfish coward, ready to do anything for sex. And that's not all! Thrash with a funny character as Mantrid which will appear in Season 2, you also provided: this is a man whose functioning of parts of the left only his head and neck, and everything else is shipped in a special vessel that can move in space. Due to the lack of the normal limb of the human body and as such, the actor who played Mantrid, is forced to focus on facial expressions. It's really worth seeing. I'm not talking about the other characters and the type of Prince Dzhagerotty and God – the King "bubble Klaagii planet", which successfully portrayed Rutger Hauer. Oh and Prince (Nigel Bennett) – it's incredibly impressive man, who even as early as age is able to win the hearts and minds of young ladies.
What else seemed very funny, it's the scenery and special effects, or rather, the lack of the latter. It seems the filmmakers money and equipment was only enough for a couple of explosions in the beginning, but it does not bother them: it enabled decorators have fun at glory. Yet in no other film, we will not see such a large amount of furniture and objects that resemble the anus and the male genitalia.
Everybody look categorically at least the first season. Trash, speaker, banter on American patriotism and kinky sex you just provided! It's a classic of the genre!
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Jay, Jack, and Colleen discuss "Survivor: Edge of Extinction," titled, "It's Like the Worst Cocktail Party Ever." Shop Amazon: www.jayandjack.com/amazon Subscribe (MP3) l Become a Patron l Join Our Facebook Group Listen to "Survivor with Jay, Jack + Colleen: Ep. 11.5 "It's Like the Worst Cocktail Party Ever"" on Spreaker.
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Друцкое Евангелие ― рукописный памятник восточнославянской письменности XIV века.

Местонахождение
Из записей на полях видно, что Евангелие сначала находилось в соборе Святой Богородицы в Друцке, потом у виленского горожанина Конона, затем у новгородского архиепископа Феодосия Яновского. Впоследствии у академика М. Н. Тихомирова, изучалось им. В 1965 году академик передал своё собрание летописей и древних рукописей библиотеке Сибирского отделения РАН, где Евангелие ныне и находится.

В научной библиотеке НАН Беларуси есть фотокопия Евангелия.

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Написано церковнославянским языком уставом на 376 пергаментных страницах форматом «в лист». Текст в две колонки по 25-28 строк в каждой. Одна заставка и 54 инициала, выполненных киноварью.

Важное культурно-историческое значение имеют записи в конце рукописи, свидетельствующие о существовании Друцка уже в X веке и возведении в нём в 1001 году первой церкви. М. Н. Тихомиров писал: «Запись друцкого князя Василия Михайловича представляет собою жалованную грамоту, данную церкви Богородицы в Друцке на село Моравьиничи, которое князь отдает церкви вместе с людьми и со всеми доходами, с полями и лугами…». То есть, это указание, что в Белоруссию христианство пришло не позже 13 лет после принятия христианства в Киеве. На последней странице запись уставом XIV в.:

«В лето 6509 створена бысть церкви сия Святая Богородица въ граде во Дрютьсце, а служити в ней ежедневную службу, Божиею милостью и Его Пречистой Матери и рабом Божьим князем Василием Михайловичем и его княгинею Василисою. А положил я его со своею женою Божественное Евангелие и оковал. Да дал Святой Богородице село Моравьиничи со всеми людьми и с медовою данью, и с селищами, и с лугами, которые принадлежат тому селу…. Да дал Святой Богородице десятину из своего села из Видинич от хлеба. А после моей смерти не следует вмешиваться (в мой дар) ни моим детям, ни моим тиунам, ни иному какому-либо нарушителю. А кто станет вмешиваться, тот даст ответ перед Богом на Страшном суде. А какой человек сидит на земле в Торотвине, тот дает 5 пудов меда просвирнице на заупокойные службы Святой Богородице. Да я дал на память Якимоволукно, полулуконье на Худаве. А вы бы, мои дети, за это меня поминали, а моего бы слова не изменяли…»

Мнение учёных о Друцком Евангелии
Новосибирский профессор Л. Г. Панин утверждает, что Друцкое Евангелие родилось не в Друцке, а в Новгороде, и по языку его не стоит отождествлять с церковнославянским с белорусским уклоном, ибо переписчики "не различали графемы «ц» и «ч»: в тексте можно встретить словосочетания как «языцникъ», так и «язычникъ», а «сын человеческий» может записываться и как «снъ члвцъ», и как «снъ члвчъ», «ѣ» («ять») переходит в «i», и, наоборот, «ять» и «i» переходят в «и». Его белорусский оппонент Ирина Будько определяет эти языковые особенности как местные, возникшие под влиянием соседних земель.

В «Сводном каталоге славяно-русских рукописных книг, хранящихся в России, странах СНГ и Балтии. XIV век» (М.: Индрик, 2002. С. 330—331) подвергается сомнению существование Друцка в 6509 (1001) году. Авторы каталога считают: в Евангелии неразборчиво записана дата 6909 (то есть 1401) год.

См. также
 Список евангелий-апракосов

Примечания

Литература
 Штыхов Г. В. Города Полоцкой земли (IX—XIII вв.). ― Мн., 1978;
 Друцк старажытны. — Мн., 2000;
 Друцк летапісны. Друцкае Евангелле : [Зборнік / Рэдкал.: У. П. Андрэйчанка і інш.. — Мн. : Бел. Энцыкл., 2001. — 286, [2] с. 550 экз. ISBN 985-11-0185-0 (у пер.) : Б.ц.;
 Друцкi летапіс. Друцкае Евангелле. ― Мн., 2001.

Ссылки
 Два города считают себя родиной Друцкого Евангелия

Книги по алфавиту
Рукописи Евангелий
Рукописные книги Белоруссии
Рукописи XIV века


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"I had such a wonderful time in Seoul. Thorsten was more like a mentor than an instructor for the four day workshop, which didn't feel like a workshop but a gathering of new friends. This has been the best X-mas pressie I have brought myself, ever."
My daugher Robin Isabella walking back to the spaceship after the pool. Our family has a long tradition of time travel. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.
"I just read your article on San Francisco and you are right. It is a sad place. Not unlike many other West Coast cities. Even more sad is the gentrification that is taking place there and elsewhere. Land developers and police working together to move the homeless around the city to intentionally run down neighborhoods in order to buy land cheap and redevelop it for future sales and profit when the homeless are moved once again. Sad stuff for sure."
Somehow we stranded in Phenix airport when US Ariways sold our tickets while we were sitting and waiting for the plane. Instead of dealing with their "customer service" and wait six hours, we rented a Ford Mustang convertible and drove the five hours to LA. Not an exiting trip, but you do get to see some funny things you wouln't see elsewhere.
A David Lynch moment on the way from Phoenix to Los Angeles.
My daughter Caroline, my son Oliver, his wife Brittany, Joy and I attended the 45th anniversary gala of the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood. Celebrity Centre serves as an oasis for the leading voices contributing to society's well-being through the arts, entertainment, commerce and government.
Guest speakers at the gala were Detroit attorney Allison Folmar, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Colonel Bob Wolfertz and US DEA Executive Assistant, Robert Hill.
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Joan Banks and Zach Banks. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95.
Producer Sonia Hines. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95.
Joy Villa with Bill Sheehan and Elisabetta Sheehan.
Joy Villa with composer Paul Willams ("Love Is All Around", "Rainbow Connection" and many other), President of ASCAP. He's also the one singing on "Touch" with Daft Punk.
My son Oliver with wife Brittany. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95.
My daughter Caroline. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95.
The after party with my brother Deezle from Detroit . Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95.
We premiered the documentary in LA on August 10 at 2:00-4:00 PM. This was a rather exclusive private screening venue in West Hollywood with only 50 spaces and with Joy performing a couple of tracks from her new CD that releases on August 13 in another event. Next showing will be at BH PHoto NY Super Store in New York on September 2.
About 45 people had the opportunity to see the premiere of "A Life With Leica" by Northpass Media in the private viewing room in West Hollywood on August 10.
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Following the film, filmmaker Reid H. Bangert discussed shooting in Rome, Italy, how he crafts a story, and the future of the series: A Life With Leica. Thorsten von Overgaard answered quiestions and talked about his experience working with Reid, having someone else doing their story and vision from start to finish.
"Thank you so much for the wonderful screening today. I was impressed how good you are as a photographer and Joy Villa always sings amazingly."
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Thorsten Von Overgaard is a Danish writer and photographer, specializing in portrait photography and documentary photography, known for writings about photography and as an educator.
Reid H Bangert is an American Producer and Director born and raised in Southeast Iowa and educated in Midcoast Maine. Through his studies in journalism and film he has centered his craft on Documentary, Lifestyle and Narrative Filmmaking on both an independent and commercial level. Reid believes in a life lived through experiences and not by expectations. In essence, he holds strong value in a constant exploration of his surrounding environments and the people in them as well as sharing and telling their stories.
"I was so happy to be one of the special guests in attendance at Thorsten von Overgaard's documentary "A Life With Leica" today, produced by Northpass Media and complimented by the moving music of Joy Villa - very inspiring as an artist and for my work as an Entrepreneur truly."
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We originally met at a gala in Hollywoodin 2011. We made contact, but it wasn't till a year later, on August 10, 2012 that we met in New York and I decided to kidnap Joy. Today we were back in Hollywood, exactly two years later, and in the exact same spot. As usual we plastered the calendar with events. Filming of Joy, picking up stuff, concerts, photographing a couple of assignments and all over the few days we have here. I think that's how we like it. We did have time for a romantic moment over breakfast though, overlooking the Capitol Records building on one side and the Hollywood sign on the other.
A breif romantic anniversary-moment at breakfast, overlooking the Hollywood sign and Capitol Records.
"I wanted to personally thank you. I've been reading your M9 pages, It's changed the way I use the camera, and since I'm relatively new to using Leica it's an easy change. DNG+JPEG with B&W jpegs is great! I use a whibal card and, it's intuitive to use and makes for better pictures (although I forgot to rebalance the other night and got lots of green skies!). I also like using only 2 ISO settings 200 and 800, it's much easier to think about.
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We were just hanging out in our secret place in LA to get some rest, write and edit, and photograph. As usual when we relax, after 10 minutes we find something to do and end up being busy.
The garden 8AM at The Manor Hotel (Chateau Elysee) in Hollywood. This or the balcony is my office in the morning. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95.
We basically work on one or another project from early morning till late night. Here's Joy with the computer trying to go early to bed (never going to happen).
Joy with her impressive morning fruit platter that kept getting bigger and bigger the longer westayed. Her idea of relaxing was having fruit and coffee for breakfast, then go to the gym in the basement and hammer it for an hour. Leica M240 with Leica 21mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4.
Another day in the office. Some of my new friends playing arund with Joy's and my LEGO iPhone covers. The covers are from smallworks.com and the LEGO on them is real LEGO from the 1970's.
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Another toy store, or perhaps more accurate an art gallery for shoes. The Christian Louboutin store in West Hollywood where we fell in love with these heels, "Bille et Boule" (which is both a play on words for balls in French, and a French comic of a similar name).They fell in love with the Leica's, so maybe something more than just this photo will come out of it when we return in December.
Film night in the garden of our hotel. People from around town and the neighbourhood, and the hotel of course, meet in the garden and watch on the big screen with popcorn, coffee and M&Ms.
Reid H. Bangert having late night dinner with my kids, Joy and me. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm Noctliux-M ASPH f/0.95.
Joy had a video team filming her in LA, and here is one of the videographers with my Leica when we had a shootout. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0.
Joy Villa and Thorsten Overgaard, one of the photos he made with the Leica.
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Joy Villa on a location for a video shoot in downtown LA at sunset where the colors got really intersting. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95.
I premiered the documentary "A Life With Leica" at BH Photo in their NY Super Store. Here are some of the photos from New York during the days. Enjoy!
Visiting the dog park, photo by Thorsten Overgaard.
"The American Dream" by Thorsten Overgaard.
JJ Hat Center on 5th Avenue. Photo by Thorsten Overgaard.
Above: Laying around photographing. Los Angeles, 2014, Photo by SMP.


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Senator Ted Cruz had strong words for Eric Holder today on the Senate Floor, as he laid out reasons why Eric Holder should face impeachment over the ongoing IRS targeting scandal.
Cruz stated that if Eric Holder, who appointed a deep-pocketed Obama donor to investigate the scandal, does not appoint a non-partisan special investigator, that he should be impeached.
Go here to view Cruz's Senate Resolution 487 , which would force Holder to make the appointment of a special prosector.
Likewise, that very same day that Inspector General report came out, Attorney General Eric Holder that the IRS targeting of conservative groups was "outrageous and unacceptable." That was more than a year ago. What has happened in the year and two months that has passed since then? Although both the President and Attorney General profess outrage and anger, not a single person has been indicted. Although the President and Attorney General have said they'd investigate this matter, it has been publicly reported that no indictments are planned. In Fact, President Obama went on national television during the Super Bowl and categorically stated that there was "not even a smidgeon of corruption" to be found at the IRS.
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