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It's dusk at Mysteryland, a three-day EDM festival in upstate New York, and 28-year-old Kellye "Mohawk" Greene is racing against time. Having finally located her booth uphill from Steamboat Stage (which belches smoke from twin stacks along with an endless stream of bass-heavy music), she unloads boxes of earplugs, condoms, and rubber bracelets that read "Say 'Know' to Drugs." She sets out informational cards on substances ranging from nicotine to LSD, and hangs a neon yellow DanceSafe banner just as the grounds open.
With her signature mohawk and colorful plastic bracelets, Greene looks like many of the festival-goers. Unlike them, she's not here to play in interactive light domes and listen to Space Jesus and Diplo. As the volunteer head of the New York chapter of DanceSafe — a nonprofit with 14 regional chapters that provides drug and safety education in the rave scene — she's here hoping to save lives.
Electronic dance music (EDM) has exploded in recent years, with global revenue reaching $6.9 billion in 2015. Calvin Harris, EDM's top-earning DJ (and Taylor Swift's BF), netted $66 million last year alone. That revenue isn't coming from song downloads or album sales. Nearly 85 percent of EDM income in North America is generated from festivals and clubs, says a 2015 report from the International Music Summit. For fans, EDM isn't just about the music, it's about the moment. It's a sensory experience of music, lights, dancing, and often, drugs.
The dilated pupils and delirious smiles floating past the DanceSafe booth indicate that's the experience at Mysteryland. Users report that MDMA, aka molly or ecstasy — the drug of choice at many EDM events — promotes feelings of closeness and bliss. It can make lights look brighter or music sound better. "Molly makes you so incredibly aware of happiness," says Stephanie, 26. "It heightens my sense of touch to a level that's almost meditative."
It's also illegal and potentially dangerous.
Emergency room visits in which users reported taking LSD or MDMA more than doubled between 2004 and 2011, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Last year, the issue made headlines when 11 Wesleyan University students were hospitalized after taking what they believed to be molly. The pills were later found to contain AB-Fubinaca, a synthetic cannabinoid with psychoactive properties, and 6-MAPB, a psychedelic "research chemical." Although all students survived, one had to be revived after his heart stopped.
The incident illustrates a pressing problem with molly today: People buying it have no idea what's in it. It could be pure MDMA … or it could contain caffeine, amphetamines, or a host of new synthetic analogues and research chemicals. Joseph Moses, a spokesperson for the DEA, says crackdowns on the chemical precursors used to make MDMA in the mid-2000s led to more experimentation with synthetic analogues. "These drugs are produced in labs in China, never meant for human consumption, and mislabeled as industrial solvent or rust inhibitor to be smuggled into the U.S.," he says.
When Beth, 28, bought molly from a dealer at an EDM party in Manhattan, she assumed she was getting pure MDMA. "It was during my wilder days, so I took two," she admits. The pills hit her hard and fast. "Instead of feeling fabulous and wanting to dance my ass off, I felt groggy and fuzzy, and I couldn't really move or talk. I sank into a cushioned chill-out area where a couple felt me up, kissed me, and pulled down my top." A friend found her before more happened, but Beth had trouble walking for hours afterward, and felt weak and depressed for days. She never found out what was in the pills.
DanceSafe is trying to prevent situations like Beth's. When permitted by event organizers, the group provides on-site pill testing. Attendees bring their pill or powder to the DanceSafe booth, scrape a small amount onto a ceramic plate, add a drop of a chemical reagent, and watch the colors change. Purple may indicate 6-APB, for instance, and light green signals PMA, which produces effects similar to MDMA but is toxic at much lower doses. The drug has caused enough fatalities to earn it the street name Dr. Death.
DanceSafe also sells testing kits at events and through its website. The site's safety tips include encouraging potential drug users to tell a friend, preferably one who's sober, every substance they ingest and how much. They also advise caution when dosing (for instance, try half a pill, then wait an hour to see its effects). DanceSafe believes that, armed with information, people can make better choices about what they put in their bodies.
At Mysteryland, it doesn't take long for attendees to ask about pill testing. Greene delivers the same news dozens of times: They can't do it. Mysteryland has asked them not to sell kits or perform on-site checking. Many other festivals haven't responded to the group's requests to set up a booth or have said they don't have space, says Missi Woolridge, DanceSafe's executive director.
Why would organizers shy away from providing tests that could help keep their customers from taking something toxic? "We can't allow drug testing based on the implications such services reflect on the event," says Brian Tamke, festival director of ID&T, which produces Mysteryland. The implication being that drug use is endorsed.
As Moses of the DEA notes, "pure" molly is not benign. The drug has a long list of negative effects, including nausea, chills, cramping, and blurred vision, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. An overdose can cause high blood pressure, panic attacks, and in severe cases, loss of consciousness and seizures. "You hear about hospitalizations and people say, 'That was just a bad batch of MDMA,'" he says. "There is no such thing as a good batch of MDMA."
In some cases, the festivals' insurance or legal advisers have prevented harm-reduction services from having a presence at events. In 2002, then-Senator Joe Biden introduced a bill known as the Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy (RAVE) Act. It subjects any organization or individual seen as "maintaining a drug-involved premises" to fines up to $250,000. "Unfortunately," says Tamke, "the RAVE Act does weigh on our decisions about what services to provide."
Several festivals have instituted a zero-tolerance drug policy. Back in 2010, when a 15-year-old girl died after taking MDMA at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, the festival declared any use or possession of drugs would result in removal and prosecution and installed drug-drop amnesty boxes at entrances. In 2015, there were 76 felony arrests (nearly all for narcotics) over the course of the three-day event. Still, since instituting its zero-tolerance policy, the event has reportedly seen more than one drug-related fatality each year. Desiree Naranjo, spokesperson for Insomniac, which produces Electric Daisy Carnival, notes that "the tragic outcomes that can affect those who participate in illicit drug behavior extend far beyond any genre of music or any type of live experience." It's unfortunate that the media focuses on this while ignoring the scope of substance abuse and the need to improve education strategies, she adds.
Woolridge argues that education is exactly what her group is trying to do and that get-tough policies haven't eliminated drug use and abuse. "Our society is trained to think the only answer is zero tolerance," she says. "However, we've never had a completely drug-free society, and it's unrealistic to think that's attainable."
As the sun sinks behind the hills and Mysteryland's light shows paint the sky crimson and green, traffic at the DanceSafe booth slows to a trickle. "When we tell people we don't have test kits, most go, 'OK, well, never mind,'" Greene says. "Often, that doesn't mean 'Never mind, I'm not going to do drugs.' It means, 'Never mind, I'm just going to take this and see how it goes.'"
In 2013, Shelley Goldsmith, a 19-year-old student at the University of Virginia, died of heat stroke caused by a combination of ingesting MDMA and dancing for hours in a hot club. "Empathogens — drugs that make you feel good and energetic — can mask thirst or discomfort until it's too late," says Matthew Baggott, PhD, a neuroscientist at the University of California at Berkeley. "MDMA can also slow heat loss by constricting blood vessels in your arms and legs. When blood can't carry the heat to your surface, skin feels cold while core body temperature rises." Staying hydrated and taking breaks can mitigate the danger.
But Shelley Goldsmith didn't realize she was overheating until it was too late. Her friends report that "I need water" was the last thing she said before collapsing.
Her mother, Dede Goldsmith, has been working to amend the RAVE Act with the help of Virginia Senator Tim Kaine's office. "It prevents promoters and organizers from instituting safety measures," she says. "They feel like their hands are tied." The pair would like Congress to clarify the definition of "maintaining drug-involved premises" to exclude offering free water, chill-out spaces, crowd control, and harm-reduction services such as the ones DanceSafe provides.
The White House Office on National Drug Policy doesn't yet have a position on drug safety at EDM events. Goldsmith met with the office last fall in hopes of changing that. She doesn't encourage drug use, she says, but wants people to be informed should they take that gamble. "If Shelley had seen a DanceSafe booth and picked up one of those cute postcards on the risks of MDMA, she might have realized that she was running the risk of heat stroke," Goldsmith says. "She shouldn't have died."
This article was originally published as "Party On...Safely?" in the April 2016 issue of Cosmopolitan.

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Social networking and the Dunbar number
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The Dunbar number is a well known neurological construct that suggests our brains are only capable of maintaining good relationships with around 150 people (although it is believed to range from 100 up to 230 depending on the individual).
The relative limit for each individual is, Dunbar believed, limited by the size of their neocortex. The Dunbar number has largely passed into the mainstream heuristic when it comes to discussions around the size of social networks, and is often used in debates around the perceived value of online social networks that often number significantly higher than 150 people.
Does the number apply equally to social networks however? I mean I'm sure many of us have networks that far exceed 150, be it on Twitter or LinkedIn. Dunbar himself conducted some research into this recently and he came to the conclusion that the mental limit applies just as much online as it does offline.
The 150 limit applies to internet social networking sites just as it does in face-to-face life. Facebook's own data shows that the average number of friends is 150-250 (within the range of variation in the face-to-face world). Remember that the 150 figure is just the average for the population as a whole. However, those who have more seem to have weaker friendships, suggesting that the amount of social capital is fixed and you can choose to spread it thickly or thinly.#
That opinion isn't shared by researchers at Oxford University however, who found that our social networking capabilities are relatively elastic. They suggest that people with a large network of friends and strong social skills have bigger social regions of the brain than those with fewer friends.
"We're interested in how your brain is able to allow you to navigate in complex social environments," study researcher MaryAnn Noonan, a neuroscientist at Oxford University, said at a news conference. Basically, "how many friends can your brain handle?" Noonan said.
Of course, there is also much to support the so called weak connections within our social networks. Research last year highlighted the importance of what they termed familiar strangers. These are people we see regularly but who we don't have any kind of relationship with, so people we see every day on the train to work for instance or at the gym.
The researchers suggest that the connections that evolve between these familiar strangers grows stronger over time. In other words, the more frequently we see that person on the train each morning, the more likely we are to become socially connected to one another.
Similarly it emerged recently that weak ties were the key to getting retweets on Twitter. It emerged that when both parties followed each other (ie a two way relationship), there was a 6% chance of either party retweeting a comment from the other. When the relationship was only one-way however, that probability rose to 9.1%, which is a boost of over 50%.
"We found that people with weak ties, such as those who only have a one-way relationship on Twitter – who don't both follow each other – are more likely to retweet," says Zhan Michael Shi, assistant professor in the W. P. Carey School of Business, one of the paper's authors.
So does social media allow us to bust past the Dunbar number? I'd say the jury is still very much out.Original post
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I would advise you to choose wisely but I am far too selfish to mean such a thing.
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UNCG is bringing its 125th anniversary celebration to First National Bank Field this weekend for a special Fan Appreciation Night with the Greensboro Grasshoppers.
Join fellow UNCG Spartans on Saturday, Aug. 19, at 7 p.m. as the Grasshoppers take on the Hickory Crawdads. Throughout the night, fans will enjoy entertainment from UNCG's spirit teams and "Band of Sparta" pep band, free giveaways and fireworks.
UNCG Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. will announce the starting lineups and lead the crowd in the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," and UNCG Head Basketball Coach Wes Miller will throw out the first pitch.
Students, faculty, staff and alumni can purchase discounted tickets online or at the stadium using the following purchasing code: UNCG125. In addition, a limited number of free student tickets will be available Saturday afternoon during the HRL Carnival on campus.
Transportation will be provided to and from the game. Shuttles will run from 6:15 p.m. until 30 minutes after the conclusion of the game. Campus pick-up location will be in front of Elliott University Center.


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CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — MiTek Industries, Inc. announced today that it has added Mark Thom to its leadership as the new CEO. The current CEO, Tom Manenti, will assume the role of Executive Chairman for 2017. Manenti will continue to report to Warren Buffett.
Thom has a background of executive leadership and achievement in management and sales. For 16 years, he led teams within the former Tyco Healthcare, a nearly $12 billion global manufacturer of medical and pharmaceutical products, where Thom received top honors as a sales person. He began his career at Tyco Healthcare after graduation from Miami University and rose to the role of president of the Tyco's Vascular Therapy division in 1998, just eight years after he left college. Soon after Tyco Healthcare acquired Mallinckrodt Medical, Thom was named president of Mallinckrodt's Diagnostic Imaging business, and he was later named group president, Tyco Healthcare in early 2003. In recent years he served as leadership consultant to the MiTek senior leadership team, where he learned the MiTek business and its culture.
Thom assumes the CEO role at MiTek at a fortuitous time for the company. With notable acquisitions, diversification, and organic growth, MiTek has doubled in size since 2011, and has a strategic plan in place to double again over the next five years. His addition now provides leadership continuity as Manenti retires in January, 2018.
"The naming of Mark to the CEO position addresses one of my key business imperatives—leadership development and succession planning—a well-developed and widely used road map for MiTek leadership into the future," said Tom Manenti, Chairman and CEO of MiTek. "More importantly, Mark is simply a top performer, in the very elite class of executives in multiple categories of corporate operations and effective leadership. I was thrilled when Mark accepted the CEO position. It was a banner day for MiTek worldwide!"
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Vancouver real estate: Sotheby's reports surging sales of luxury homes amid strong "local and global confidence"
From Vancouver to Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal, Canada's luxury property market is on fire. Sotheby's International Realty Canada reported ...
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Foreign buyers, particularly Americans from the West Coast, are scooping up waterfront properties.
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Centre for Research and Development has proved to be a multidimensional Research Prism in MUL,though it begun only from Political Science and International Relations,but it has expanded its wings to other disciplines and faculties as well. I appreciate the series of Dialogue on the Developmental Education.The first Dialogue had been on "The Problems of Higher Education in Pakistan".The participation of HEC and FC University increased the success of this Interdisciplianary Extra Curicular Activity.The Publications of Volume 01, No. 01 and No.02 of Research Journal, "Journal of Professional Research in Social Sciences" ISSN2312-8755(Print) and ISSN 2412-5037(OnLine) have added to the success story of CRD.I emphasize here that the continuity and consistency in the publication of Journal should be strictly maintained.The scholarly work published in the Journal has received the appreciation at both National and International Level.I congratulate and extend my deep thanks to the National and International members of the Editorial Board and the Board of Referies for the cooperation and valuable input to the Journal and the functioning of CRD.
The Research Journals of the faculties including Basic Sciences, Languages and Economics are also in process and I will encourage their development process. I hope that CRD will prove its status and role as a multidiscipliary interactive research centre.
MUL has taken many initiatives to encourage the research activities on the Campus and beyond the borders.The seeding and fertility is very positive, hopefully the Research Culture will be growing and blosoming at a very good pace. I am pleased to announce the year 2016 will be the Year of Research in MUL. I believe that the Research Contributers from MUL and our Adjunct Researchers will be contributing with a proactive spirit and we shall be adding more positively to the growth and expansion of the Basic Objectives,Core Values and Mission of MUL. I congratulate Prof. Dr. Naudir Bakht, Director CRD and Mr.Waqas Haider Bukhari Coordinator CRD, on their continuous hard work for the realization of the Basic Goals of CRD. I hope they will be more productive in the days to come.


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Things to Know Before Buying Wine and Whiskey Barrels
One cannot get the concept of proper transportation of wine and whiskey the moment he or she does not have the slightest knowledge of wine and whiskey barrels. Romans happen to have been the first people to have used wine and whiskey barrels in transportation of wine. Romans also happen to have used oak barrels. One would also need to remember that oak is not the hardest tree making it the best to make barrels. Among the reasons oak tends to be the best tree when it comes to making of wine and whiskey barrels, it tends to be easily bent and at the same time less porous making it impossible for the wine or whiskey to leak out.
It also makes it possible for one to add aromas such as tobacco, cedar, vanilla, toast, coffee among others to the wine. One would also need to know that the aromas also tend to make the wine look creamy even as they make the wine in question smooth. While the red and brown oak barrels have been used for years, changing trends and requirements have made the rise of the red oak possible. After knowing that red oak is the best oak, it would be essential to focus on figuring out the best red oak wine and whiskey barrels.
On the other side, water passes through the small pores on the wine and whiskey barrels something that leads to higher wine concentration. Getting the right tree when making of wine and whiskey barrels tends to make it easy to roll them from one place to another. Any serious winery in the modern times tend to be very keen on ensuring that they use the best barrels with the intention offering the best to their clients. In a case where one is working on the red wine, he or she would need know that oxidation is essential in the process of aging making red oak barrels a perfect match for the process. One can easily increase the color and stability of the wine even as he or she allows the fruit aromas to become even more complex.
Selection of the right tree tends to be imperative in the manufacture of the right red oak wine and whiskey barrels. It also tend to be essential to separate the right red oak tree from about 400 other oak species. The best trees tend to be closely spaced to avoid instances where the trees are knotted and also to ensure straight grain. The best red oaks to make barrels tend to be over 100 years with trunks free of blemishes.
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We can expertly answer questions such as:
- With so many materials available, which is best for my application? Metallic or nonmetallic? What grade?
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez, who lost a unanimous decision to Ben Rothwall at the 2007 IFL Team Championship Final last month, will be a cast member on "Celebrity Rehab," which debuts Jan. 10 on VH1.
VH1 will run eight one-hour episodes of the weekly reality series. Dr. Drew Pinsky, best known as a host on "Loveline," is an addiction specialist and oversees the celebrity's rehabilitation.
In addition to Rodriguez, the show features Tom Sizemore, Chyna Doll, Brigitte Nielsen, Andy Dick, former American idol contestant Jessica Sierra and other fairly well known personalities.
After fighting for a handful of organizations, including PRIDE Fighting Championships, Rodriguez was signed to a UFC contract and defeated Andrei Arlovski in his Octagon debut in 2001. After four consecutive victories, he defeated then-champ Randy Couture at UFC 39 to win UFC's heavyweight title. However, he lost his next three fights and left the organization soon after.
After a November 2006 "Beatdown in Bakersfield" victory over Imani Lee, Rodriguez tested positive for marijuana and cocaine and was suspended six months by the California State Athletic Commission.
Despite the recent IFL loss, Rodriguez (26-7 MMA, 5-2 UFC), 30, has won five of his past six fights and recently stated that he's clean and has returned to training full-time.


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Darrell Freeman sells Nashville's Zycron Inc. in $20 million deal
BG Staffing Inc. of Texas now owns IT staffing firm that's considered a Nashville entrepreneurial success story
- Freeman recalled coming to the Nashville area with "nothing" as the first person in his family to attend college.
- A year after graduating from MTSU, he started Zycron with several thousand dollars in savings plus credit cards.
- "You can start with nothing and build value," Freeman said. "This is the typical American dream."
- "The great thing about Nashville is Nashville supported him," said Ralph Schulz, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce's CEO.
Roughly 25 years after launching Zycron Inc. fresh out of college, Darrell S. Freeman has sold one of Nashville's largest information technology consulting firms in a more than $20 million deal.
Zycron is now a division of Plano, Texas-based publicly traded BG Staffing Inc., one of the nation's largest and fastest growing temporary staffing companies.
"You can start with nothing and build value," Freeman said, reflecting on growth of Zycron, which he started with several thousand dollars in savings plus credit cards. "This is the typical American dream."
Zycron is a Nashville entrepreneurial success story. Launched from a one-employee office the size of a closet, the company grew to $38 million in revenues for last year. Zycron provides employees who help large corporate and government clients — such as hospital chain HCA, the Tennessee Valley Authority and Nashville Electric Service — with implementing their information technology plans.
Freeman said joining BG Staffing expands Zycron's service offerings into new areas such as helping clients with implementing Oracle and PeopleSoft business software applications.
"We have similar philosophies in taking great care of our people," he said, adding that most of Zycron's more than 300 employees, including President Steven Howard Smith, will stay with with the acquired company.
Freeman sold Zycron for $19 million in cash plus another $1 million for unregistered shares of common stock in his privately held company. He can also earn up to another $3 million more in the next two years based on performance of Zycron, where his title has changed from executive chairman to executive managing director. Smith's title is now managing director, reporting to Freeman.
The sale to BG Staffing doesn't include Zycron Latin America, a separate company Freeman started eight years ago to handle software development offshore for U.S. companies. Nashville-based Zycron Latin America's staff is mostly based in the nation of Colombia, where the software development work is performed.
Freeman, who grew up in Chattanooga, recalled coming to the Nashville area with "nothing" as the first person in his family to attend college. A year after graduating from Middle Tennessee State University, he launched Zycron. The then-fledgling company's first large engagement involved work for a company called BTG, which Zycron later bought out of its private contractor position with the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Beyond Zycron, Freeman's other business ventures include being co-owner of Pinnacle Construction Partners and a co-founder of Franklin-based Reliant Bank. He's also lead director on the board of Brentwood-based substance abuse treatment services provider American Addiction Centers Inc.
The first two-term chairman of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce also just became chairman of S3 Asset Management, a technology and medical equipment recycling company in which Freeman owns a 30 percent stake. Rod McDaniel, a 29-year-old African American man who grew up in public housing, is CEO of S3 Asset Management.
Ralph Schulz, CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, said Freeman's mentoring of McDaniel reflects his belief in giving back, having himself benefited from guidance from successful business people.
"Darrell's made his own success because he saw opportunity, he seized it, he built a team and then they drove the dream," Schulz said. "The great thing about Nashville is Nashville supported him. Darrell mentors people and he has been mentored."
Zycron is the eighth acquisition for BG Staffing, whose previous deals involved staffing niches such as front office and maintenance workers for apartment communities and finance, accounting and related support personnel, along with skilled information technology professionals with expertise in Oracle, project management and other skills.
With Zycron offices in Nashville, Memphis and Chattanooga, BG Staffing now has 56 offices in 25 U.S. states. Last year, BG Staffing generated $254 million in revenues.
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Studio Museum in Harlem Ushers in Residents of the World's Stage
By Shantay Robinson
The Studio Museum in Harlem has been at the forefront of promoting, supporting, and exhibiting African American art since its founding in 1968. The founders of the museum wanted to create a space that would support the development of artists. From the very beginning, the museum was a place where artists could practice their craft and exhibit their work; this establishment is known for its artist-in-residence program. Artist-in-residence programs typically invite artists, academics, or curators to spend time on the premises of an institution to develop their interests. The Studio Museum in Harlem's artist-in-residence program might be the most notable in contemporary times. Since the residency program's inception, African American artists have been able to hone their practices and reserve a space for themselves on the world's stage. The residency has positively impacted the careers of many artists who have worked in the year-long program. Some of the most prominent artists who have spent time at the Studio Museum artist-in-residence program are: Kerry James Marshall 1985-86, Willie Cole 1988-89, Julie Mehretu 2000-01, Kehinde Wiley 2001-02, and Mickalene Thomas 2002-03.
The artist-in-residence program at the Studio Museum has the reputation for producing artists who have very successful and substantial careers, exhibiting art internationally and shaping the perception of black art and artists. The residency program is highly competitive, and they choose artists who can contribute uniquely to dominant conversations happening in contemporary art. While at the Studio Museum, Kerry James Marshall was honing his talent by creating paper collages during 1985 and 1986, which inform his work today. Willie Cole is known for producing work dealing with domesticated items. In 1989, he gained attention for creating artwork with clothing iron marks. Julie Mehretu was creating smaller sized works of a practice that would turn into large-scale cartographic paintings. Kehinde Wiley produced portraits based on European masterworks that set the scene for the presidential portrait he created for the 2018 unveiling. Mickalene Thomas captured portrait photographs and paintings of black women.
These artists honed their talents within the residency program, allowing them a low stakes opportunity to work on those things they might be interested in, exploring with the freedom to make mistakes. Once out the gate, though, the artists were on the move. While the association with the Studio Museum might have offered them the opportunity to be seen by the right people, they wouldn't have been accepted into the program without appropriate skills to establish major careers. And their resumes prove that the artists who spent time in the artist-in-residence program at the Studio Museum have what it takes to be art stars. Kerry James Marshall has gone on to fetch the highest auction price for a living African American artist. Willie Cole, who has a consistent exhibition schedule, received the David C. Driskell prize in 2006. Julie Mehretu received the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant to Artists in 2000, the Penny McCall Award in 2001, and the MacArthur "Genius" Grant in 2005. In addition to being an international art star producing artwork that represents the black image in Brazil, Nigeria, and the United States, Kehinde Wiley painted Barack Obama's presidential portrait. Mickalene Thomas is the recipient of several awards including MoCADA Advocacy Award in 2015, Anonymous Was A Woman Grant in 2013 and Brooklyn Museum Asher B. Durand Award in 2012. In 2018, she received the Baltimore Museum of Art's Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Biennial Public Art Commission.
While the aforementioned artists have become established in their respective practices, the notoriety of the Studio Museum in Harlem artist-in-residence program is still churning out artists who are forwarding black art within the contemporary Western art canon.
Wangechi Mutu (2003-04), is a celebrated international contemporary artist known for her work utilizing collages, sculptures, videos, and performances to address gender, identity and race. In 2013, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in North Carolina curated a retrospective of her work. The retrospective titled, Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey traveled to Brooklyn Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, and Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University. The Brooklyn Museum writes of Mutu's retrospective, "Bringing her interconnected ecosystems to life for this exhibition through sculptural installations and videos, Mutu encourages audiences to consider these mythical worlds as places for cultural, psychological, and socio-political exploration and transformation." Mutu's work was recently on view in The World on Paper at the Deutsche Bank Collection in Berlin.
Titus Kaphar (2006-07) was awarded the MacArthur "Genius" Award in 2018. His paintings, sculptures, and installations work to find through lines across art, history and social justice. Kaphar's work was recently on exhibit with Ken Gonzales-Day in Unseen: Our Past in a New Light at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. He is also the recipient of several grants and fellowships including, a 2015 Creative Capital Grant, a 2016 Robert Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Grant, and a 2018 Art for Justice Fund Grant. Kaphar created a painting commissioned by Time magazine in response to the protest in Ferguson, Missouri following the killing of Mike Brown. Yet Another Fight for Remembrance, the work about the Ferguson protests, is a 4ft by 5ft painting of protestors with their hands raised above their heads, white paint covering their bodies. Kaphar states about his social justice art to Time, "The act of painting itself becomes a fight to remember the names of all the young black men who were taken too soon. A fight to remember that when this issue disappears from the media, it is not permission to forget. A fight to remember that change is possible."
Njideka Akunyili Crosby (2011-12) was awarded the MacArthur "Genius" Grant in 2017. In 2016, Akunyili Crosby was named Financial Times Woman of the Year. Born in Nigeria and living in California, she draws on these diverse experiences to create collages and photo transfer-based paintings. "I do all of these mixes so that when you are in front of it you, the viewer, are being placed in this transcultural, trans-everything space," Akunyili Crosby told Art News. Paintings of her family, friends, and herself are captured in familiar spaces with the likenesses of Nigerian musicians and other popular images that she finds in magazines and other media transferred to them. In 2017, The Beautyful Ones fetched $3.1 million, although only three of her works had gone to auction at the time. The Beautyful Ones was created while she was at the Studio Museum's artist-in-residence program. In 2018, Bush Babies sold for $3.4 million. The proceeds from that sale in auction, along with works by other artists who had donated, benefitted the Studio Museum in Harlem. Akunyili Crosby's outdoor mural can be seen on the exterior of The Museum of Contemporary Art building in Los Angeles. The Beautyful Ones is currently on view at National Portrait Gallery in London.
Jordan Casteel (2015-16), who was named one of the Young Artists of 2018 by Cultured Magazine is the latest Studio Museum in Harlem breakout star. Her exhibition, Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze, will open at Denver Art Museum in February 2019. It will be her first major museum exhibition and will feature nearly 30 works created between 2014 and 2018. The subject matter of the works exhibited range from cityscapes to portraits. She is well-known for her portraits of black men. Casteel's stylized portraits, although of black people don't always depict them with brown skin. At times they are blue or green, but the fact that they're represented in the art historical canon is what is important. Casteel told Vogue, "I was interested in the fact that people were going, 'Oh, you're painting black men.' And then they would be like: 'Oh, actually, he's green.' I loved witnessing the externalization of that internal process." Two of Casteel's paintings are also currently included in the Museum of Contemporary Art's exhibition One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art.
A Hollywood Reporter article from April 2018, quoted Thelma Golden, the Director and Chief Curator at Studio Museum in Harlem, who stated before an audience in California celebrating 50 years of the iconic institution, "The 'Studio' in our name comes from the fact that we have had a residency program since the founding of the museum and it's a really important part of the museum's life that artists have lived and worked in the museum space. Not just presenting their art, but making their art. That is one of the things that makes us special." With a new building in the works, The Studio Museum in Harlem and its personnel are setting their sights on greater and equally impactful moments. As the international community looks forward to the new site, the artist-in-residence program, which has been a staple of the art world for the last 50 years, undoubtedly will supply us with more sensational artists to represent black artistry on the world's stage.
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The other day I came upon one of the most charming news clip ever: someone from MPR had interviewed Kindergarten Alumni (aka, First Graders) about how to survive the first day of kindergarten. It is part of a story by Elizabeth Shockman, "Five Tips for Kindergarteners' FIRST Day of School", with content actually aimed for their parents.
In a video by Derek Montgomery,
"We asked first graders from Duluth, MN, what advice they had for this year's kindergarten class."
These were the topics the kids were asked about:
Friends: how do you make them?
Food! What's on the menu?
Is it scary?
What about rules?
I will personally never forget my first day of kindergarten – as a teacher, that is. Boy, was I nervous! It all went fine, apparently – once I was able to pry them out of their parents' arms. I eventually managed to get all forty of them to sit down in their seats – at seven little tables with forty-odd little chairs. They would have received their personalized box of crayons, and tried them out on some paper handout I would've prepared. Some of them would have been able to write their names – wish I knew what percentage. (This was 1970, so most of them would not have been to a pre-school or day care.) I would have directed one table at a time to take the crayons, when finished, to their "cubbies" – their special place to keep their things. I would have tried herding them to the carpet area for a story, sung some songs, and had recess outside in our own private little courtyard. I wish I could remember more.
Do you have any memories about your first day of kindergarten? (You can use the questions above to jog your memory…)
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Over the past few years, my summers have become increasingly casual. Because working with businesses and companies is what pays the bills around here, I work like crazy all fall and spring, and then the summer naturally slows down. In fact, yesterday was the last program I facilitate until the end of August. Hallelujah!
I still work, all day, every day, but I don't have to get on an airplane or put on a pair of Spanx for almost two full months. When I start to get overwhelmed with the stresses and strains that come with working for myself, I think how lucky I am to work from home all summer.
The challenge, at least for me, is that the less I have to interact with people the more likely I am to barely pull myself together in the morning. I'll roll out of bed and put on something to work out in, or some combination of a pair of shorts, tee shirt and flip-flop and jump into the day. Our summer is super busy, so I 'd like to create a slightly more pulled together uniform, using the same casual elements I love but with a little more substance so I can get up and feel pulled together enough for whatever the day throws at me.
Sandals, $79
When I saw these woven slides, I thought they would be the perfect flip flop alternative. They are still casual, with the woven slide detail adding some natural texture. You can wear them with pretty much anything, your go-to shorts and tee, a cotton tank dress, a maxi dress, ankle or cropped pants, even a simple tunic. Sometimes swapping out one basic element for something a little better makes a big difference.
We featured them above in the silver, which is the most neutral option, but they come in four other colors, including black, white, a gorgeous saffron and an equally pretty blue they are calling "infinity."
Check back tomorrow to see how we used these in a weekend ready outfit.


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Grandma"s Attic Antique Appraisal Faire: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Eleven expert appraisers, $8 an item. Proceeds will send Chico girls to Tech Trek Science and Math Camp at UC Davis this summer. Chico Women"s Club, 592 E. Third St. 343-8503 or aauw?chico.org.
Laxson Auditorium, Chico State: 2 p.m. North State Symphony concert, "Experience Charm." Mozart"s Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter." Also Barber"s "Violin Concerto," Mvt.1 featuring 2012 Young Artist audition winner Nellie Ponarul, and Honeggere"s "Symphony No. 4." Pre-concert talk an hour before concert. Information, 898-5984. Tickets at University Box Office, 898-6333, or www.northstatesymphony.org.
Chico Air Museum: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. At Chico Municipal Airport adjacent to the tower, consists of two areas: An enclosed one-acre park with 11 aircraft and several airport-type vehicles; and an indoor museum with four rooms of historic displays, a library and a gift shop. Heated in the fall and winter, air-conditioned during the warm months. Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Free, donations appreciated. School tours weekdays by advance appointment. 170 Convair Ave. 345-6468 during open hours; www.chicoairmuseum.org. Weekly.
Self-Realization Fellowship/Chico Meditation Circle: 9:30-10:45 a.m. Group meditation in tradition of Paramahansa Yogananda. No instruction; lesson information available. 898-8643 or 891-0287. Weekly.
Chico Creek Nature Center: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Interpretive center for Bidwell Park. Nature exhibits, living animals, public programs. Howard Tucker Exhibit Hall on premises 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday through Sunday. 1968 E. Eighth St. 891-4671, bidwellpark.org.
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park, Chico: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. hourly tours, Saturdays and Sundays; noon to 4 p.m. Mondays. Adults $6, children $3; 4 and younger no charge; pay by cash or check. Tour home of John and Annie Bidwell, founders of Chico. 525 Esplanade. 895-6144. Weekly.
Gateway Science Museum: Noon-5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Exhibit, "Sportsology," interactive, bilingual exploration of science behind sports; test athletic abilities, measure your vertical leap and more (traveling exhibition of ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum). Also "Brain Teasers 2" with 21 new hands-on puzzles (traveling exhibit produced by Oregon Museum of Science and Industry). $6 for adults, $3 for children 3 to 17 years. Gateway Science Museum, 625 The Esplanade. Exhibits go through May 5.
Free lunch: 12:30-2 p.m. served by Paradise Adventist Church, 5720 Academy Drive. 877-4454. Weekly.
Archive Ca. Militia/ Indians War & Civil War: 1-4 p.m., 25199 Josephine St. Annex, Los Molinos. Hosted by Civil War historian John Patchin. RSVP special appointment, 200-4791 or email@example.com. Weekly.
Colman Museum & Centerville 1894 One-room schoolhouse: 1-4 p.m. Weekends; by appointment for groups, 13548 Centerville Road. Permanent Maidu, Chinese, mining history displays; others change. Admission by donation. 893-9667; email@example.com; www.colmanmuseum.com.
Shalom Free Clinic: 1-4 p.m. clinic at 1190 E. First Ave. Confidential. 342-4913. Weekly.
Samaritan Free Clinic: 2-5 p.m. Free basic medical and mental health care, 780 Luther Drive, Paradise, 876-0151, 872-7085. Between Terry Ashe Recreation Center and CVS Pharmacy. Weekly.
Old Time Fiddler"s Association: 1-5 p.m. Jam sessions moved to Feather River Senior Citizens Association, 1335 Myers St., Oroville. Mary Cirnigliaro, 533-8370.
Chico Business and Professional Women: Noon. Location, information, 865-5120. Fourth Sunday.
Health, emotional support
Catalyst Domestic Violence Services: 24-hour crisis and referral line, 1-800-895-8476.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Chico Central — 6:30 a.m., 8 a.m., noon, 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 1102 Mangrove Ave., Chico; Mom"s Alcoholics Anonymous — Noon, 5:30 and 8 p.m. 2109 Esplanade, Suite 110, Chico. Meet times, locations or to talk to recovering alcoholic, 342-5756. www.aabutte-glenn.org.
Narcotics Anonymous: Noon, 7 p.m.; Women"s group, 1:30 p.m; 295 Washington Ave., Chico. 24-hour hotline, 1-877-669-1669. Weekly.
Narcotics Anonymous: noon, 701 Main St. Chico Unified Group. 1-877-669-1669. Weekly.
Al-Anon: Families of Alcoholics. Chico: 3 p.m. First Christian Church, 295 E. Washington Ave., Room 5. 342-5756. www.al-anon.alateen.org. Weekly.
Codependents Anonymous: 4 p.m. Open format 12-step program. Chico Peace & Justice Program, 526 Broadway. 828-4503.
Adult Children of Alcoholic and other Dysfunctional Families: 5:45-7 p.m. p.m. Open format 12-step program. Chico Peace & Justice Center, 526 Broadway. 828-4503. Weekly.
Overeaters Anonymous: 6 p.m. St John"s Episcopal Church, Fellowship Hall, 2341 Floral Ave., Chico. Commitment to abstinence. 891-5885, www.norig.oar2.org. Weekly.
Narcotics Anonymous: 7 p.m., 1301 Broadway. Chico Unified Group. 1-877-669-1669. Weekly. Also Saturdays and Mondays.
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For years my husband and I bought lunch meat every week and packed our sandwiches for work. While we were making a smart financial move by packing our lunches rather than eating out at work and school, we were still spending more than we needed to by buying lunch meat at a cost of $4.99 per pound to $6.99 per pound. We did try to cut costs by packing egg salad sandwiches occasionally and peanut butter and jelly, but lunch meat was a regular staple in our diets.
In recent years, thanks to my soy intolerance, we have stopped buying lunch meat and have instead begun to rely on fresh meat, which offers us a substantial savings. Just last week I was able to buy organic free range chickens from Whole Foods for $1.99 a pound. I bought two whole birds for approximately $7 each, spread a dry rub on them, and cooked them in the slow cooker.
We will use the meat for a variety of meals including:
-a simple taco meal of roasted, shredded chicken meat mixed with salsa and served on tortillas with shredded lettuce, tomato and avocado
-chicken salad sandwiches
-chicken breast sandwiches, and
-chicken soups, to name a few
In addition, we will take the bones and skin and use it to make homemade chicken stock. One batch easily makes 12 cups, which is the equivalent of 6 cans of chicken broth, and the broth is much more flavorful than canned broth. Just recently I read that you can use the bones and skin twice, to make two batches of chicken broth. Using this method, my two organic free range chickens will yield 48 cups of chicken broth (the equivalent of 24 cans) and at least four meals for the five of us and several lunches for my husband and son.
Compare this abundance of food to two pounds of lunch meat, which would cost the equivalent of two of the chickens I bought.
Beyond the financial savings, one also needs to consider the health advantages. Lunch meat is packed with sodium nitrates, which have been linked to heart disease and diabetes. Martha Grogan, M.D., a Mayo Clinic cardiologist explains, "Sodium nitrate may damage your blood vessels, making your arteries more likely to harden and narrow, leading to heart disease. Nitrates may also affect the way your body uses sugar, making you more likely to develop diabetes." (mayoclinic.com) In addition, canned chicken broth, even if you buy the low sodium version, also contains a great deal of sodium.
By buying organic chicken to use for sandwiches and making homemade chicken broth, I not only save quite a bit of money, but I am able to feed my family healthier food without added preservatives or sodium. Who says healthy eating has to be more expensive?
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Please contact us before you visit the churches for UNESCO World Heritage status.
* You can visit Oura Cathedral without prior notice.
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As the churches are the places for prayer, please observe visiting manners and feel the solemn atmosphere quietly.
In some cases we cannot accept visitation to the churches due to religious events (Mass, funerals, etc.) or a too large number of visitors. To avoid such situation, we ask you to make a prior notice for your visit.
In addition, the inside of Ono Church is not open to the public basically because of the deterioration, so the visit is the outside only.
Tabira Church is an important property to be related to the sites for UNESCO World Heritage status, and a lot of people visit the church.
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Facing the strait of Naru-seto, Egami Church stands surrounded with a grove of trees on the coast. In 1918, the offspring of the settlers from Nishisonogi cooperated to build the church, with the design and surveillance of Tetsukawa Yosuke. Thanks to sufficient funds raised in a bumper fish crop year, the construction reached a level of perfection highest among wooden churches in Japan.
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The Iridium Jazz Club draws big crowds for its top-flight jazz acts. The week long stints feature a range of hard-core jazz, often with international names attached. The site of Les Paul's weekly Monday gig until his passing, has become know as 'The House that Les Paul built'. If you didn't know of him, you should. You've certainly heard his invention, the electric guitar, that has graced many a stage and has formed musical fabric of Rock 'n' Roll.
The club itself honors his memory by keeping up his Monday night gigs with the The Les Paul Trio, special guests performing the guitar include Todd Rundgren, Jeff Beck and Steve Miller among may others.
Having gone through renovations over its almost 20 year history, it now resides on Broadway, pulling in the jazz fans with its great lineups, 7 nights a week.
The club also live streams the gigs to jazz fans across the globe. We've managed to embed the streams below but check out the gig list for timings.
We'll be reviewing this club in full when we're in New York this year so stay tuned.
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I love carrots and ginger, but I haven't made a soup where these two ingredients are the star of the show. Time to change that! So, below is the recipe for a healthy soup.
This is a comfort food soup for lazy, bad weather and cold temp days. Easy and quick recipe to make 🙂 from Simply Recipes, a blog I've followed for many years.
3 Tbsp unsalted butter
1 1/2 pounds carrots (6-7 large carrots), peeled and sliced thin
2 cups chopped white or yellow onion
Salt (I like kosher salt)
1 teaspoon minced ginger
2 cups chicken stock or vegetable stock
2 cups water
3 large strips of zest from an orange
Chopped chives, parsley, dill or fennel for garnish
Sauté onions and carrots: Melt the butter in a soup pot over medium heat and cook the onions and carrot, stirring occasionally, until the onions soften, about 5 to 8 minutes. Do not let the onions or carrots brown. Sprinkle a teaspoon of salt over the carrots and onions as they cook.
Add stock and water, ginger, and strips of orange zest. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook until the carrots soften, about 20 minutes.
Remove the strips of orange zest and discard.
Purée soup: Working in small batches, pour the soup into a blender and purée until completely smooth. Only fill the blender bowl a third full with the hot liquid and keep one hand pressing down on the cap of the blender to keep it from popping off.
Add more salt to taste. (You will need more salt if you are using homemade unsalted stock or unsalted butter.)
Garnish with chopped chives, parsley, fennel fronds, or a spoonful of whipped cream.


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Working With Limited Play Time
|Good day for Zephyrite.
(I ended up topping 6k in gem sales that day as well with the lions share coming from Zephyrite.)
Today I decided to take it easy on you, our dear readers, and make this a short one.
Reader Apprentice Trader (check out their new gold blog at The Apprentice Trader) asked the following questions in a comment about yesterday's post.
"How much time can you spend checking the AH each day and how many active competitors do you have on your server....I found that my home servers market has too many AH campers who'll undercut me by 1c at any given time of day....Do you have any other ideas how to profit from the JC dailys as a trader with a daytime job?"To answer the first one how much time I spend checking the AH depends on what I am doing on any given day and if I feel like babysitting the AH or not. I don't have to tell any of us that gold making can get quite addicting.
The more time I spend AH the more gold I make. That being said, there is more to WoW then just making gold so I take breaks to go level an alt or find a new pet for my hunter etc. etc. Moderation in all things and so on.
As for question two the following are a few quick suggestions to make a profit on JC daily days even if you are pressed for time.
Be a Night-owl.
Stock the AH right after the daily reset.
- Be up the first few hours right after the 3am server reset will allow you to
- Get in early
- Reset the market
- Post a bunch of gems to sell throughout the morning hours.
You may lose the market as more and more players log on but you may be able to get a good amount of sales before the vultures...I mean competition...swoops in.
Play Hard and Fast.
Dominate the market for a brief period.
- Set aside a short period like half an hour to an hour
- Dominate the AH for that short time
- Reset the market if you can
- Camp out in front of your Auctioneer "Appraiser" tab.
- Refresh the appraiser tab for that gem every few minutes (maybe even faster if you have competition).
- Undercut mercilessly and immediately. (Always undercut by 1 copper.)
- Have the stack size set to 1 and the number of stacks at 3. If you need 6 press the button twice.
- Have a large stockpile of gems in your bags to avoid needing to go to the mailbox.
- Don't bother cancelling older auctions until you are getting low on gems in your bag.
- Re-list immediately after you make a sale.
- Put all those who undercut you on your friends list and keep tabs on them via your friend panel. (How many are on? Are they in a major city? Did they give up and go farming in Twilight Highlands?)
- At the end of your time cancel all the auctions that are undercut and post them all at the current low price.
If you hit it like you mean it (very hard and very fast) you will dominate the market for that brief period and get sales. You might even scare the competition (which is always a good thing).
|Haters gotta hate. Undercutters gotta undercut.
Post in multiples to cater to the lazy.
- Post all your gems in multiples of 3.
- Post at current price.
- Not much else to say.
By posting in threes you may be able to sell to JCs who use addons like Auctionator or Auctioneer who want to get their daily done ASAP. They will see yours in a stack of three and snap it up. It helps set you apart a bit from others who may be posting singles (even if the singles are cheaper).
Hit and Run
Use the WoW Remote Auction House to post while away from the game.
- Subscribe to the WoW Remote Auction House (2.99/mo)
- Have a good supply of raw gems (in bags or in personal bank are same thing to the remote AH)
- Post auctions from your iPhone while using the restroom, waiting in line, riding the bus, etc.
- Post from any web browser (if you are allowed) on your lunch/coffee breaks, etc.
- Post 3 or 6 gems at a time depending on your stock and how often you will get a chance to post.
- Don't be afraid to buy out a few lower cost gems if they are in your way. (The remote AH easily lets you repost items purchased from the AH.)
- Don't lose your job over this. (WoW is awesome, granted, but so is food.)
By being able to post while not in the game you can still grab a piece of the pie while bringing home the bacon.
I hope these tips help those of you who may have limited play time but still want to get a piece of the JC daily action.
How do you make money when you have limited time?
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Spending some moments with sensual escorts is really a matter of great excitement. But, if it is your first time, then there will be some nervousness in your mind. At the first time, a feeling of hesitation works in the mind of a person. Not only that but also there are some fears of getting publicly exposed. But, you can overcome this by following some easy tips. Scroll down the subsequent passages of this article to know more about it.
Tips to follow while hiring escorts for the first time
Tips 1 – Hire escorts from a registered agency
Many escort service agencies are there in Putrajaya, but, you must find out a reputed, reliable and certified agency. The certified agencies follow the ethics which include the matter of maintaining the identity details of the customers in secret. Therefore, you do not need to get worried about being exposed. It will enable you to enjoy leisure moments peacefully with the escort girls.
Tips 2 – Feel comfortable
If you are not feeling comfortable with the escort girl, it will not be possible for you to enjoy the highest level of pleasure. For fulfilling the sexual desire, you must feel free to communicate with the escort girl. Not only that but also to get rid of the nervousness, you can go for a dinner with the lady. It will help you overcome the feelings of hesitation. Along with that, you must consider hiring experienced Putrajaya escort girls. As they know how to make a man happy, you can get the best adult services from them.
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So I have about 4 projects happening in tandem for my daughter at present… The jumper dress at the top left is one, in grey blue and white seersucker… Perfect to pop over a onesie when Spring arrives.
Depending on how much time I have, thinking of adding heart shaped embroidered pockets as per the following vintage illustration from a 1940s vogart hot iron transfer. Embroidery is new to me, but looking forward to giving it a go….
My husband is one of the few people I know who still uses handkerchiefs so embroidering his initials would also make a wonderful birthday present later in the year.
I have the book Sublime Stitching… Pretty ideas if anyone else is interested.


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DIY Crystal Table Lamps
Crystal table lamps – Although you can buy a crystal desk lamp, you can save a little money and customize your light by making your own. The results are well worth the effort. Gently rinse and dry rock salt crystal. The crystal should weigh 4-6 pounds for a large lamp that emits very bright. Larger crystals are easier to work with because they do not crack or split as easily.
Select an end to be at the top of your crystal table lamps. Draw a line about 3 inches above the bottom of your crystal at the other end, hold the line as straight as possible. Put on goggles and face mask and gently push the crystal in your saw blade. This creates a flat base for your lamp. Secure your crystal up and down during your drill press. Slowly; this will take time, so be patient.
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Line your wooden lamp base with the flat underside of the crystal. The hole in the middle of the lamp base should be almost perfectly with the hole in the crystal. Again, work slowly so you do not snap a screw. Screw a chandelier bulb in the socket piece and slide the lamp through the hole in the lamp base so it fits inside the hollow center of your crystal. Now, set your crystal table lamps.
Repair Crystal Table Lamps
The crystal table lamps often fall or stop working for no apparent reason. Obviously, the reason there and does not take much effort to identify the root cause. This can be located on the switch in the plug, etc. Before you just throw the lamp, try to solve the problem and you can fix it serve much longer. Unplug the lamp and wait for the bulb to cool. Take it with your hands and adjust it a little.
Remove the bulb if the problem is not resolved and put a new one. If the problem persists, check the plug and see if the fuse has blown. Walk the crystal table lamps cord with your hand to see if it is damaged and also inspects the switch. Remove the screen and unscrew the bulb. Remove the outlet cover by pulling and turning in the opposite direction clockwise.
Hold the stripper and remove 2.54 cm of cable insulation off the base of the outlet. Connect the cables as they were before and place the new outlet cover. Screw a new bulb and plug the lamp again, to prove it. Use pliers to adjust the crystal table lamps harp deformed or buy a new one with the same shape and size.


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"A Finer Future is a master class in building the world we want."
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by L. Hunter Lovins • Stewart Wallis • Anders Wijkman • John Fullerton
A Finer Future is aimed at business leaders, entrepreneurs, activists, and anyone who cares about the future of our planet. Rich with stories of communities implementing solutions, it describes the exciting news in the work to transform finance, business, energy agriculture and many other areas of our society to create an economy that works for every one of us.
"A Finer Future" is for those who are asking:
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Is our future one of climate chaos from global warming?
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What technologies exist today to solve the biggest energy crisis ever?
Rarely has economics been so fun and exhilarating to read about. Four scholars at the forefront of the wellbeing economy agenda have crafted a pacy, captivating book. It blends vision with insightful analysis of why our world is in such a perilous state, with a good helping of tangible examples of the changes so vitally needed. Anyone reading it will soon find assurance that a finer, more functional and more fun future is entirely possible.
Dr Katherine Trebeck | Research Director| Wellbeing Economy Alliance | www.wellbeingeconomy.org
Hunter is a pragmatic visionary and the strategy she lays out in this book is the best chance we have to date of actualizing a regenerative future. One of the most luminary thought leaders of our time. Simply a must read if you are interested in the future of the planet and your role in it!
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Hunter believes that citizens, communities and companies, working together within the market context, are the most dynamic problem-solving force on the planet. She has devoted herself to building teams that can create and implement practical and affordable solutions to the problems facing us in creating a sustainable future.
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Around midday on January 25 this year, in Mexico City, 48-year-old single mother Juana Barraza, approached an elderly woman called Ana Maria de los Reyes, entering her house and asking for a glass of water. Once inside, Barraza picked up a stethoscope that happened to be lying on the living room table and used it to strangle her hostess. She was detained shortly afterwards as she hurried from the murder scene, identified by the victim's lodger. He had seen Barraza leave just before stumbling on his landlady's corpse.
The news of Barraza's arrest spread fast. The serial killer, whom the local press had dubbed the Mataviejitas ("Little Old Lady Killer"), had apparently been caught. Since 2003, the Mataviejitas has been linked to 32 murders in Mexico City. All the victims were elderly women, usually strangled with cables, scarves or stockings. Eye-witnesses had described a masculine-looking woman hanging around several murder scenes and, given the rarity of female serial killers, profilers were convinced the killer was a transvestite.
Almost four months on from her arrest, Barraza has been charged with 10 murders, pleading guilty to just one - strangling Reyes - and not guilty to the rest. City prosecutors have told reporters that they hope to charge her for 27 murders and they apparently have fingerprints putting her at the scene of at least 11.
"I only killed one little old lady. Not the others," Barraza told the court on her first appearance in February. "It isn't right to pin the others on me." Asked to reveal her motive, she said simply, "I got angry."
What makes her story even more sensational is her hobby. When she was detained, Barraza looked respectable and unremarkable, with neatly cut hair and conservative clothes. But she has not always been so restrained, indulging a fanatical enthusiasm for the sport of lucha libre - Mexican masked wrestling.
Lucha libre typically involves titanic battles between fighters with cartoon-character names and costumes who are identified as either técnicos (good guys who fight by the rules) and rudos (villains who break them.) Interviewed by a major television channel at a wrestling event just a few weeks before her arrest, Barraza described herself as "rudo to the core".
She was often seen in the front rows of the established arenas, and also organised wrestling events for small-town fiestas, occasionally fighting in the ring herself. Her wrestling persona was La Dama del Silencio, The Lady of Silence. She reportedly told police she chose the title, "because I am quiet and keep myself to myself".
When it comes to Mexican trials, there are no juries and few public hearings. Instead, prosecutors and defence lawyers present their evidence to a single judge during largely closed-door proceedings that can last years. But if the formal legal process is slow, Barraza's public trial in the local media was all but over in the first couple of days. Within hours of her arrest, Barraza was paraded before the cameras, posed beside a plasticine bust of the prime suspect, made during the hunt, to which she bears some resemblance. The police also released snaps of her recreating the murder of Reyes for detectives, along with videoed excerpts of her initial police interrogation. All this before she had even been remanded in custody.
"The presumption of innocence is not clearly established here," says Emilio Alvarez, human-rights ombudsman for Mexico City. "The media has become the great judge."
As the trial inches along, the defence's strategy has mixed Barraza's claims that she is being scapegoated for all but one of the murders, with attempts to get her declared mentally unfit to stand trial. However, prosecutors told local reporters last month that psychological studies of Barraza ordered by the defence had concluded that she was entirely conscious of her actions.
She was born in 1956 in a poverty-stricken village in the largely rural state of Hidalgo, just north of Mexico City, and certainly has the difficult background that often typifies cases of mental disturbance. She has never learned to read or write much beyond her name, and media reports, confirmed by her defence lawyer, describe an early childhood in the charge of an alcoholic mother who gave her away at the age of 12 - some say in exchange for three beers. Barely pubescent, she was repeatedly raped by her new guardian or a third man (versions vary), becoming pregnant and giving birth to a boy. While the details of the abuse differ, there seems little doubt that Barraza harbours deep resentment towards her mother for letting the abuse happen.
Miguel Ontiveros - the criminologist associated with the case - believes Barraza was so damaged by her experiences she ended up targeting old ladies because she identified them with her mother. Within this context, Barraza's own relationship with her four children (by three different fathers) seems remarkably stable, if marked by tragedy.
Her eldest died as a young man, from injuries received when muggers attacked him with a baseball bat. Her second child, a girl, married early and left home, although she stayed close to her mother's modest ground-floor rented flat on the very eastern edge of Mexico City. Barraza lived there with her youngest two children - a boy aged 13 and a girl aged 11 - who are now staying with their elder sister. According to her lawyer, the accused is "proud to say she has kept things going on her own. She is proud of being both a father and mother to her children."
Barraza seems to have supported the family through a mixture of domestic work, street vending and petty theft. Neighbours in this otherwise largely middle-class area described the children as friendly and their mother as always pleasant in passing.
But what attracts the attention of criminal anthropologist Elena Azaola is how far Juana Barraza, if she is guilty, has strayed from the trends revealed by her study of convicted Mexican murderesses a decade ago.
"A Mexican woman killing even just one little old lady is virtually unheard of ... How much our society must have changed if it can produce a [female] mataviejitas."


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Winona Root is almost eight years old. More than anything in the world, she wants a pony for her birthday. She wishes so hard for a pony that she's sure to get one-at least, that's what she tells her friends Betsy, Tacy and Tib. It's only when the exciting day grows near that Winona begins to wonder: What if her father meant it when he said she couldn't have a pony?
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Ford earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from Penn State University and served on the faculty of Rutgers University's Graduate School of Management before joining UCF. His scholarly interests focus on processes related to new venture emergence, with a particular emphasis on how decision making and communication processes help creative visions evolve into business ventures.
Ford's research has appeared in journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
- Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior, 1990.
- Pennsylvania State University, B.S. in Management, 1984.
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