The French wonderkid moved from Monaco to PSG last season on a loan deal, which should turn permanent for next year. He scored 13 goals for PSG last season, and France will be hoping their hot prospect will help fire them to World Cup glory. He'll be wearing the number 10, so no pressure!
Jesus arrived at Manchester City last season, and he took the league by storm, scoring 13 goals. When Aguero got injured, fans were worried where their goals would come from, but the young Brazilian showed his class by scoring some important goals that helped them towards their title win. Brazil will be hoping his goals can help boost their profile following a disappointing World Cup 4 years ago.
Germany has the second youngest squad to qualify for the World Cup. Werner will be challenging for the Golden Boot having scored 21 goals for his club, RB Leipzig, last season. Germany will no doubt be strong contenders to win the competition, after their dominance in world football over the last few years, and they'll be looking at Werner to help their cause this year too.
England seem to always gamble on a youngster before a major tournament but this year, with a squad featuring plenty of youth, no one looks out of place. Even 19-year-old Trent Alexander-Arnold's inclusion is well-deserved after a fearless season with Liverpool. Rashford, however, has a had an underwhelming season with Man Utd and will be looking to show everyone why he's regarded as one of the best youngsters around at the moment.
He's one of the world's most expensive young players around right now, having joined Barcelona last season for a reported €105m from Dortmund. He'll be part of a hugely talented French squad alongside Mbappe. He'll be keen to show the world why Barcelona paid the huge price tag for him.


The Y is a diverse organization of people joined together by a shared commitment to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. This movement is a force for building bridges among all people to further our cause of strengthening community. Establishing a Diversity, Inclusion, and Global (DIG) committee was a purposeful step towards advancing diversity, inclusion and global efforts to ensure all segments of society feel welcomed and have access to the YMCA of Central Florida.
The YMCA is nationally collaborating with the Biden Foundation on an initiative to strengthen organizational capacity to advance inclusion and equity for LGBTQ youth, adults and families. In 2018, the YMCA of Central Florida was chosen to be part of a pilot cohort of 10 Ys to develop and implement locally focused strategies, fostering LGBTQ inclusion and equity.
This organization is committed to addressing critical social issues and supporting the well-being and safety of LGBTQ youth and adults. Despite progress over the last decade, LGBTQ youth and adults continue to face discrimination and challenges with family and community inclusion. LGBTQ youth are five times more likely to attempt suicide and represent 40% of the homeless youth population. LGBTQ individuals and families experience disproportionately high rates of poverty, food insecurity and hate violence. In partnership with the Biden Foundation, we hope to make a difference in our community, together.
This initiative aligns with the Y's longstanding commitment to serve all segments of society, build bridges between communities, and advance social inclusion and equity for all. The Y has a long history of connecting people within and across communities to break down barriers and foster greater empathy.
If you or someone you know would like to share ideas with the YMCA of Central Florida DIG committee to help support our community, or collaborate on an upcoming project/initiative, please contact [email protected].


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WGN SPECIAL FEATURES
ReMode's inaugural edition
ReMode's inaugural edition brought together over 1,000 participants, both days, representing all sectors of the fashion industry including thought leaders, top brands, retailers, technology providers, finance partners, and NGOs. Partnering with schools and educational institutions around the world, ReMode's content reached a global audience with an additional 1,000 participants viewing ReMode's sessions via live stream. Attended by 115sponsors and exhibitors, and 100 press and journalists, ReMode's debut served as an innovative platform for collaboration, network building, and opportunities for growth and partnerships across the industry. 80% of ReMode attendees actively used the AI-powered ReMode networking app to make over 2,700 connections and 1,600 meeting requests.
After two days of panel discussions, workshops, and sessions, recurring themes around how to scale sustainable supply chains, adopt new technologies, authentically connect with customers, and create engaging retail experiences consistently emerged. Over the course of ReMode, sessions were scribed in real-time by a visual graphic artist allowing attendees to reflect and make connections throughout the sessions and experiences happening simultaneously at ReMode.
Closing out day one of the event, ReMode presented the ReMode Fashion Awards, a celebration of the solution providers and brands at the forefront of innovative platforms, disruptive technologies, and sustainable practices in the industry. Winners were selected across ten categories by an elite jury selected for their expertise in fashion, technology, and sustainability. Entries in each category were judged based on creativity, sustainability, and consumer experience. The 2018 ReModeFashion Awards winners include:
Best AI Solution: Heuritech
Best Blockchain Technology: Arianee
Best Cross-Border Ecommerce Solution: Flow
Best Customer Experience Solution: EverThread
Best Design Technology: Euveka
Best Digital Wholesale Solution: INTURN
Best Financing Solution: Affirm
Best Sustainable Manufacturing Solution: Nineteenth Amendment Smart PLM
Best Virtual and Augmented Reality Solution: Allure Systems
Sustainable Brand of the Year: Reformation
https://remode.com
Manufactum – opening in Hannover
German retailer Manufactum celebrated the opening of its 11th store in Hannover, Germany.
The retail space stretches over 600m2 and through three levels. Once entered customers can find groceries and kitchenware, whereas the lower floor shows garden and office articles as well as furniture. The first floor then displays fashion and beauty and on the top floor is a restaurant.
Manufactum started being a catalogue and developed from there its retail houses, it aims to invest into high-quality and sustainable products since 30 years.
The store wants to host in the future regular events and seminars as well as workshops with the aim to elevate the store to a destination, adding to a growing number of successful brick-and-mortar stores that aim to deliver experience and quality to an established and growing customer base.
Amongst others it carries brands like Armor Lux, Ecoalf, Lanius, Haikure and Engel Sports
Manufactum Warenhaus Hannover
Opening: Mon-Sat 10am – 7pm
https://www.manufactum.de
Moscow Kremlin Museums holds BVLGARI exhibition
For the first time in Russia, the Moscow Kremlin Museums presents a retrospective exhibition with pieces of high jewellery art by world-known Italian Maison BVLGARI, which history dates back more than a hundred and thirty years. Over four hundred unique pieces of high-end jewellery from the Bulgari Heritage Collection, as well as pieces from the private collections from around the globe, will be on display at two exhibition halls of the Kremlin museums — the Exhibition Hall of the Assumption Belfry and the Exhibition Hall of the Patriarch's Palace.
The formation of such an original style of BVLGARI in all its variety is represented by works created during many decades, beginning with the earliest silver items, accomplished in Neo-Grec tradition by the founder of the family business Sotirio Bulgari in the 1870s and 1890s, including luxury pieces of the 1950s and 1960s —La dolce vita epoch, as well as extraordinary works of the 1970s and 1990s. The exhibition is on until 13th January 2019.
https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/exhibitions/moscow-kremlin-exhibitions/
Jacket Required to introduce two new sections
Menswear trade show Jacket Required has announced that it is adding two new sections to its line-up for its upcoming edition taking place in January 2019. 'Introduces' and 'Living' are the sections where visitors will find new talent and homeware products alike.
Taking place at The Old Truman Brewery in London on January 23rd and 24th, the new 'Introduces' platform will showcase Jacket Required's breakthrough talents of the new season and future contemporary classics. These emerging designers will sit alongside its international line-up of contemporary menswear, selected womenswear, footwear, accessories and lifestyle products.
The 'Living' section will offer a selection of contemporary products and accessories from some of the most progressive interior design brands.
https://www.jacket-required.com
Denim Days New York City panel moderated by Lenzing
At the recent Denim Days in New York City, a panel of experts solidified the notion that denim is entering a new era of sustainability—one that prides minimizing water use just as much as ushering in the latest trend.
Speaking on a panel moderated by Lenzing director of global business development for denim, Tricia Carey, industry experts including, "The Godfather of Denim" Adriano Goldschmied, 3×1 founder Scott Morrison and Reformation director of denim and special projects Jordan Nodarse spoke about denim's shift and what to expect from a greener blue-rooted industry.
Putting it plainly, Goldschmied said, "We've realized that our industry doesn't have any future at all if we're not seriously thinking about sustainability." Carved in Blue caught up with some bluebloods in the audience to hear their insights into the discussion.
Beyond just the discussion of sustainability, innovative concepts emerged from the talk, too. "What struck me as new from this discussion was Adriano's point that there should be a Silicon Valley-esque global innovation hub for our industry…and it should be in Los Angeles because California is arguably the birthplace of the jean," said Michelle Branch of Markt & Twigs. "The indigo culture certainly exists. And there's loads (pardon the pun) of talent there. Not to mention that it would help to keep the existing denim economy in LA alive. It's an intriguing idea!"
For Denimology managing editor Lisette Geller, the panel took things even one step further for her. "The most impressive and probably the most important issue for the whole world is and should always be sustainability. Especially with denim that used to go through a lot of chemical processing," Geller said. "But the most impressive mind-changing thing happened after the 'official' talk. When I spoke with Jordan about connecting and asked for his card, he said he's 'paperless.' What an amazing flash—I never had thought about this in terms of business cards. Just bank statements and recycling newspapers and boxes. No more printed business cards for me."
" What a highlight to New York Denim Days to have three generations of denim designers explain their design philosophy. With so much passion for the blue world, I enjoyed hearing their responses to the question ' If you were not in denim industry, what would you be doing?'. For Scott it was an architect; Adriano said something in technology; and Jordan quickly responded the music industry. I am pleased they are blue-bloods!, " stated Tricia Carey from Lenzing.
https://www.lenzing.com
ISKO hits ReMode
ISKO hits ReMode, the LA-based platform promoting growth and sustainability, to foster networking and knowledge sharing by showcasing its active commitment towards responsibility. The leading denim ingredient brand set the agenda with several activities:
Impressive sculptures made of ISKO Earth Fit denim by the artist and fashion designer Lucy James showcased at the ISKO booth.
The new Eyether capsule collection, created in collaboration with François Girbaud, was unveiled at the ISKO booth.
Garments made of ISKO Arquas innovative fabrics were on display at the Trend Gallery special section.
ISKO took part in the "The Future of Denim" panel. Denim with a Conscience – Responsible innovation and ISKO Earth Fit
Nature, beauty, and responsibility turned into inspiring denim art. ISKO innovative fabrics are the ideal materials to shape into life the mindful creativity of Lucy James, artist and fashion designer: with an experience designing and developing menswear collections, Lucy combines conceptual fashion with art and music and is now creating projects related to sustainability in the fashion and textiles industry.The collaboration with ISKO sparked three nature-inspired denim sculptures – a coral, a wood, and a feathery wing –, which have become the focus of the new ISKO's "Denim with a Conscience" campaign. These are made entirely of denim fabrics from ISKO Earth Fit, the top-end ISKO collection when it comes to a fully integrated responsible approach and the only one worldwide to have been awarded both the Nordic Swan Ecolabel and EU Ecolabel certifications. The ISKO Earth FitTM line, which embraces articles from all the ISKO collections, uses innovative and responsible fibers such as organic cotton, recycled cotton and recycled polyester from PET bottles.
Responsibility for ISKO goes beyond just using low impact materials, extending to its entire culture and systems. ISKO is the first denim manufacturer in the world to obtain pre-certified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for the Life Cycle Assessment (LCAs) of all its 25,000+ denim fabrics, meaning there is full transparency about the environmental impact of all fabrics in the collection. These EPDs have been used to create independently developed Product Category Rules (PCR), which will help, for the first time ever, to have standardized assessments for denim across the industry.
http://www.isko.com.tr
CDG launches physical retail spaces across Dover Street Market locations.
In May 2018, COMME des GARÇONS announced "a new brand using the CDG symbolic logo signifying Forty Years of COMME des GARÇONS creation". The brand launched with a preview capsule, 'CDG BREAKING NEWS'. A dedicated CDG e-shop shipping exclusively to Japan followed in July.
From 27th October, physical CDG retail spaces launched within DSM Beijing, London, Los Angeles, New York and Singapore as well as COMME des GARÇONS Hong Kong and Seoul. Also opening are two standalone brick-and-mortar CDG stores in Tokyo and Osaka.
https://www.cdgcdgcdg.com
The Denim Window: A showcase of denim innovation
The Denim Window is a showcase of denim innovation where denim connects companies to brands and promote the denim industry through events and showcases.
When you walk into The Denim Window you will have the opportunity to learn about all the steps involved in creating a final garment. In this one place, you will find fabric mills, garment makers, chemical suppliers, fibre producers, trims.
Each company showing at The Denim Window will be the only one for a particular product category and geographic area so as not to create competition but rather stimulate great collaborations. Silvia Rancani, the curator of the showroom, both coordinates a collection's calendar and presents rend directions for the participating companies in order to make a cohesive environment for events and one-to-one meetings.
"I would like to create a casual and cozy environment where people of denim hangout, either producers or designers will get in touch and share knowledge" – Silvia Rancani
http://www.thedenimwindow.com/
DROMe Man Spring/Summer 2019
Sophisticated streetwear is the essence of the new Man Spring/Summer 2019 Collection by DROMe. Taking further concepts that started with F/W 2018, it continues to portray a man that looks for his own style and not fading trends. Everything from hooded sweatshirts, sporty jacket, raincoats and bombers: essential shapes are revised with unexpected details and flashes of strong colours such as orange, electric blue and yellow. Modern manufacturing techniques are employed to redefine the classic elegance that recalls the heritage of the made in Italy: the contemporary taste meets the traditional handcrafting.
https://www.drome.co.uk/
The Fashion for Good Experience in Amsterdam
The Fashion for Good Experience is now open in Amsterdam, and is the world's first interactive, technology-driven museum dedicated to sustainable and circular fashion innovation created by experience design studio, Local Projects.
Supported by founding partner C&A Foundation and corporate partners adidas, C&A and PVH Corp, the museum aims to change the hearts and minds of visitors by helping them discover the stories behind their clothes, learn how they can take action and explore how they can have an impact on both an industry and international level. Through a personalized journey towards transformation, visitors will learn about the history of good fashion, discover more sustainable products and explore future fashion innovations.
Designed by Local Projects, the space incorporates a personalised digital journey with an RFID-bracelet you can learn about the history of good fashion, discover sustainable products and explore fashion innovations of the future.
https://fashionforgood.com/our_news/fashion-for-good-opens-innovative-new-museum/

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Phase Two Support from Art Department, Carnage, Fedde Le Grand, Galantis, Matador, Nic Fanciulli, Thomas Jack, W&W + Many More!
Following a huge Phase One lineup announcement back in May, ULTRA Japan, the country's largest ever electronic music festival, now reveals an even more impressive Phase Two roster brimming with A-list talent from across the dance music spectrum, as it prepares to host its third edition this September 17-19, 2016.
Adding to the list of already confirmed headliners (deadmau5, Hardwell, Martin Garrix, Nero (Live), DJ Snake and Tiësto) are four more world-class acts, all of whom will be making their ULTRA Japan debuts. Techno kingpin and SCI+TEC label boss Dubfire will be leading the charge on the RESISTANCE Stage, while heavy-hitters Knife Party, Kygo and ZHU will entertain fans with their eclectic Main Stage performances at the Odaiba Ultra Park, Tokyo in just over a month's time.
A further FIFTEEN acts have been added to the list of Phase Two Support, with Carnage, Fedde Le Grand, Galantis, Gryffin, Shogun, Thomas Jack and W&W joining Jauz and Marshmello on Main Stage duties, while Anna, Art Department, Matador, Nic Fanciulli, Nicole Moudaber, Reboot, Shaded (Live), Technasia and Yotto will be throwing it down on the RESISTANCE Stage.
If that weren't enough, over forty more regional support acts have been confirmed, completing the ULTRA Japan Phase Two Lineup, which you can see in full here.
ULTRA Japan will mark the end of ULTRA Worldwide's historic second run of shows in Asia this year. With ULTRA Korea and a SOLD OUT Road To ULTRA Thailand event having already taken place in June, part two will see the brand undertake a marathon six stops this September in Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Bali and the Philippines before finishing in Japan on September 19.


On December 8, the grand ceremony of Charming China Cities was officially shot in the channel of finance and economics of CCTV in Beijing. Dehong, as a participating city, stepped on the CCTV stage again, presenting its charm to the whole world.
The lists of "Charming Cities", "Excellent Charming Cities", "Top Ten Charming Cities" were issued. With the second best overall performance in two rounds of competition,Dehong was crowned "Top Ten Charming Cities" .
At the end of recording, artists from Dehong and other cities have jointly presented the charm of different areas, different ethnic groups and different cultures of China, pushing the atmosphere to the climax.


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Alison Loat
PPF Fellow
Alison is the board chair of Ai-Media Canada and a director of the global board of Ai-Media, a technology company that makes educational, workplace, conference and media content accessible to everyone.
Alison's career began at McKinsey & Company, where she focused on healthcare and financial services. She also worked with Commonwealth Pension Services, where she set-up a retirement income plan for Canadian charitable sector workers, and held several leadership roles in the healthcare sector, including on the founding team of the Medical and Related Sciences (MaRS) Discovery District, a 1.5 million square foot scientific commercialization facility in Toronto.
She also has a deep commitment to public service. She co-founded the Samara Centre for Democracy, a charity that works to improve the health of democracy in Canada. She was also a Senior Fellow and instructor at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, was a member of the Premier of Ontario's Highly Skilled Workforce Expert Panel, served as the president of the Canadian Club of Toronto, vice-president of the Banff Forum board, and as a director of the Toronto Community Foundation. She is also the co-author of the #1 best-selling book Tragedy in the Commons: Former MPs Speak Out About Canada's Failing Democracy.
Alison is currently a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, where she serves on the program's Advisory Board, a fellow at the Public Policy Forum, and Advisory Board member at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and a governor of Ridley College. She is also an advisor to several organizations on democracy and the future of journalism.
She received both the Queen's Gold and Diamond Jubilee Medals and was named one of the WXN 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada. She has degrees from Queen's University and the Harvard Kennedy School.
Presentation & Panel Discussion: Rethinking Canada's Global Competitiveness
with Robert Asselin, Sean Speer, Craig Alexander, Laura McGee, Royce Mendes, Alison Loat
Keeping Canada Competitive
Immigration & Atlantic Revitalization
Canada Next: 12 Ways to Get Ahead of Disruption (Full Report)
Diversification Not Dependence: A Made-In-Canada China Strategy


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The Books for Walls Project: We HAVE Winners!!!!
Yes, we have the winners for the Just Hanging Around Contest! The Big Sister and The Dad collected the fantastic prizes today... BUT we are waiting for permission to use our wonderful winner's names, so... come back tomorrow! Find out the answers and take a challenge or two!
Did we mention that we are so new at this? Boy are we learning!


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Black Sails, Ep. 1.01: "I." – A pirate life for thee
Sean Colletti
Black Sails, Season 1: Episode 1 – "I."
Written by Jonathan E. Steinberg & Robert Levine
Directed by Neil Marshall
Airs Saturday nights at 9 on Starz
Drifting into the largely unexplored waters of television shows based on pirates, Starz has set its swashbuckling seafarer, Black Sails, upon us to fill that deep void Pirates of the Caribbean left in the hearts of every person ever. As we've seen with certain zombie series, transitioning between film and television can be a rough process for genres. How does one make a pirate narrative fit into an arc that could potentially span several years? What about the pirate world is worth immersing viewers in it for that long? These are questions that Black Sails has to deal with and tries to address in its pilot. And while "I." doesn't have the flare or budget of a proper ships and swords adventure film or a world and set of characters as immediately interesting as a genre series like Game of Thrones, you could do worse with your Saturday nights than by checking in on Black Sails (and if your hunger for adventure isn't satiated here, you can also check out Atlantis, which is still airing on BBC America's Saturday night lineup and stars Game of Thrones alum Mark Addy).
If that seems like faint praise, it's because it kind of is. Starz set its bar extremely high with Spartacus, and every attempt to replicate that magic has fallen drastically short (even when they put "magic" in the friggin' title, a la Magic City). It's not that there isn't stuff to recommend Black Sails yet, but it shouldn't be this hard to hook in viewers given the kind of story this is. The opening set-piece is absolutely fine and exactly what you would expect and/or want when sitting down with this pilot. Stuff gets blown up, one ship's mast comes crashing down, swords are a-swinging and booty is claimed. We don't know any of these characters at this point, so there isn't much of a stake in the action going on, but it's cool to look at. Then the title sequence kicks in, which is fantastic. I'm a sucker for these kind of details, and Bear McCreary scores what is a beautifully-shot title design with porcelain figures arranged in a pirate-themed battle. It's simple in color palette and concept, but motion is derived almost ingeniously. From there, unfortunately, "I." loses a lot of its thrust.
We mostly follow Flint, captain of our pirate ship, as he struggles with an impending vote to see him removed from his position. Black Sails is filmed in Cape Town, South Africa, which makes the show's setting of New Providence Island in the early 1700's pop with surprising authenticity. The characters who surround Flint and go about their daily pirate lives on the island, though, are less interesting as of the first hour. John Silver is the entry point character, lying his way out of being killed after the pirates commandeer the ship he's on. However, for that kind of person who should represent the viewer's POV, we learn very little about him or about the world of Black Sails through him. It's mostly from the other narrative strands that our understanding of pirate politics comes. The best of those strands belongs to Gates, the one man who still believes Flint is the right person to lead this crew despite coming up short on payloads for the past few months. Mark Ryan imbues Gates with the weighty difficulty of being the man behind the man, much like Davos on Game of Thrones. Everyone else is an enigma, some more intriguing than others (RIP Singleton, the captain-that-never-was), so rather than bullet pointing them here, I'll trace their development week-to-week in these reviews depending on who stands out.
More important than that, probably, is a simple answer to a simple question. "Will I enjoy watching this show?" That answer is largely dependent on your television preferences. Genre addicts will find a lot to chew on here. Like The Walking Dead, this is much less a show based on the genre premise and much more about a group of people within that generic world interacting with each other. So, don't expect to see people walking the plank, boarding ships and stabbing foes all the time. The inner trappings of the politics of being a pirate are very much at the core of this episode. If that's something that immediately turns you off, you're best off skipping Black Sails. For those who like the pirate premise as a backdrop and can allot the time to see if the characters here can earn your interest, it might be worth sticking around for the eight-episode first season to see what the series can do with this network of allegiance-free anti-heroes. After all, unless you're True Detective, it's hard to come out of the gate in mid-sprint. These things take time, especially with genre series that have to build their worlds alongside their characters alongside their stories.
Black Sails will be attempting just that as it joins Da Vinci's Demons, rounding out the entirety of all of Starz's current original programming. That's right. With all the cancellations, Starz has only two shows in its current lineup. The good news is that they totally complement one another, showing that Starz knows exactly what it wants to do in establishing its identity. The bad news is that Da Vinci's Demons was in this exact position at the time of its pilot and never found a way to get all of its pieces moving in tandem by the end of its first season. There's still untapped potential, to be sure, but both of these shows have an uphill battle ahead of themselves, not one as level as the calm sea. Black Sails has the added benefits of a flashier coating and more tangible source material in Treasure Island if it needs to fall back on something. The trick will be transcending the vacuity that Starz often gets criticized for and creating something with genuine emotional thrust. If Spartacus could do it, why can't something else?
– Sean Colletti
Tags:Bear McCreary, Black Sails, I, Jonathan E. Steinberg, Mark Ryan, Neil Marshall, review, Robert Levine, Starz


Veteran Baltimore Club producer DJ Jonny Blaze released his first nationally distributed album, The Transition, last week. But on his street in Upton, blocks from where he grew up, it felt like just another hot summer day.
"I'm still in the 'hood," says the large, soft-spoken DJ, sitting on the stoop of a vacant house on the shady side of the street across from his house, frequently stopping to make conversation with neighbors who pass by.
The Transition is an unusual album, combining two genres that one wouldn't imagine easily intersecting: gospel and Baltimore Club music. But Jonny Blaze, 41, says the album was not named for its musical fusion, but rather, "because I'm transitioning from what I used to be, to what God wants me to be." The producer, born John Grant, borrowed the nickname Johnny Blaze from the Ghost Rider comic books as a teenager; it later became his DJ handle. But while the Johnny Blaze of the comic books made a pact with Satan, the Jonny Blaze of Baltimore is a man of God.
Having grown up during the flowerings of house music and hip-hop, DJ Jonny Blaze understood how those influences meshed together to create Baltimore Club well before he stepped on the scene, in 1995, as a protégé of DJ Patrick. Though never one of the biggest names in Baltimore Club, Jonny Blaze has been a consistent presence for well over a decade. The father of seven often found inspiration in his children's favorite TV shows, and samples of cartoon shows soon became one of his signatures. His remix of the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song even birthed one of the scene's biggest dance crazes of the last ten years: now, every Baltimore Club kid knows how to do the SpongeBob.
Two years ago, DJ Jonny Blaze announced his new "gospel club" direction with the release of the single "Here We Go." Another single, "Pray My Pain Away," followed later that year and caught the attention of Tate Music Group and 695 Entertainment, an independent distributor that specializes in country music and gospel. Although contemporary Christian music that merges traditional gospel with more modern, urban styles is a growing market, Grant's particular twist is still pretty unique. After all, Baltimore Club has long been alternately celebrated and dismissed as one of the fastest, silliest, and often most vulgar strains of regional dance music in the world.
Although an experiment like The Transition seems risky and bound to offend as many people as it excites, Grant reports that he's gotten good feedback from both religious and secular audiences.
And though much of the album features the classic Baltimore Club formula of chanted hooks and synths over 130-BPM breakbeats, Grant varies the tempo for half of The Transition, with slower and more melodic hip-hop and R&B-flavored tracks as well.
The track that helped build the album's advance buzz, "Pray My Pain Away," puts a spiritual spin on the classic Baltimore Club cut, "Dance My Pain Away," by Rod Lee. Though intending to give a shout-out to Lee, Blaze notes that the track has strained the relationship between the two producers, who came on the local club scene around the same time in the mid-'90s.
"He didn't like it," Blaze says, adding, "I felt bad." But he also says that he simply tweaked the song's title and chorus for an otherwise new track, and that Baltimore Club has a long tradition of producers building on each others' work. In fact, one of Jonny Blaze's biggest club hits, 2003's "Hey Ryders," was later remixed to great effect by Rod Lee himself. Another song on The Transition, "Jesus Is The Way," also reworks an older Club track, "Priceless" by DJ Mook and Nafoe, with religious themes.
DJ Jonny Blaze made The Transition during a difficult time in his life, when his wife left and took the kids with her.


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During my fall break, I am going to Mobile, AL to visit family and share some math ideas! While I am there, I am going to meet with Mandy Sullivan, Principal at the Southwest Regional Center for the Deaf and Blind, on October 4th at 2:00. I am looking forward to meeting her and her teachers in a about three weeks!


UPDATE: Sony says it chose to shut down its network Wednesday because someone had hacked in. More details on Sony's site.
PlayStation gamers might have to find something else to do this Easter weekend.
Sony Corp. is still working to get its PlayStation Network service up and running following an extended disruption that has been affecting the company over the past couple of days. The service connects millions of the company's videogame console customers over the Internet in order to chat and play videogames together.
Sony said it is investigating the cause of the outage and it may take some time before its able to fully restore the service. "Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter," Sony spokesman Patrick Seybold said in a blog post Thursday. On Friday, the company said the service was still unavailable.
While Sony hasn't said what caused the disruption, it does come following threats from a vigilante group known as "Anonymous," which said it would attack Sony's Internet services following a lawsuit against a well-known hacker, George Hotz. Sony said it settled with Hotz on March 31.


Revellers across the country, who had been deprived of live shows in January, will be spoilt for choice this weekend as most musicians that had taken a break after a busy festive season are returning to work.
The weekend will kick off with the inaugural Star FM Awards at Zimbali Lifestyle Centre in Greendale tonight. The awards are probably the biggest event of the weekend.
The awards will attract a great number of top musicians, to perform and also to be honoured for their work executed in the previous year.
Also on offer is the play Nzara by the Zimbabwe Theatre Academy at Reps Theatre. The play will kick-off tomorrow at 2pm. Admission is free.
Then Half Bar comes alive with a double delight of percussion and house fusion gods Djembe Monks. Based in Bulawayo, the group will take house music performance to another level with aid of djembe (drums). This evening, they perform along with Amy and the Calamities.
Magamba Network will host their monthly art, craft and food market this weekend at Moto Republik. They will also have DJs and live music performances to celebrate the market's fourth anniversary.
Size 4 modelling agency will tommorow host their graduation ceremony at Red Café. The all- day event will include a beauty pageant to crown Mr and Miss Graduations while entertainment will come from various musicians and DJs signed under the agency.
Then there is the Betrayal of Vanjapa at Reps Theatre today and tomorrow at 7pm.
Forced into a political marriage, the magical Vanjapa must choose to betray either her husband or her brother?
The Zimbabwe College of Music will be holding its fundraising concert for the oncoming tour of Canada today from 5.30 to 8.30 pm. Headlined by students and students' band the show is promising to be a thriller..


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Case Ref: FS50098388
Public Authority: Cabinet Office
Summary: The complainant asked the public authority for drafts of the Iraq dossier from 11 to 16 September 2002 which were circulated to Joint Intelligence Committee members, a covering note with redactions removed, and any comments on the drafts made by the Defence Intelligence Staff or anyone else. The public authority decided that some of the information was not held, and the remainder was exempt under sections 27(1) and/or 36(2)(b)(ii) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ('the Act'). Following a complaint to the Commissioner, it added that the withheld information was also exempt under section 24(1). The Commissioner decided that, in failing to specify in its refusal notice all of the exemptions which applied to each element of the requested information, the public authority breached section 17(1)(b). The Commissioner also decided that some of the withheld information should be released on the grounds that it was not exempt under sections 24(1) and although exempt under 36(2)(b)(ii) the balance of the public interest favoured disclosure. The public authority had therefore breached section 1(1)(b) in failing to disclose this information, and in addition section 10(1) in failing to disclose it within the statutory time limit. In applying the section 36(2)(b)(ii) exemption without having first obtained a valid qualified person's opinion the Cabinet Office also failed to comply with the requirements of section 36(2). Finally, the Commissioner decided that the public authority failed to comply with its duty under section 10(1) to confirm or deny within 20 working days whether it held the requested information, and also breached section 17(1) by failing to provide the details required by that section within 20 working days. Information Tribunal appeal (EA/2008/0081) has been withdrawn.
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OATS for all NMS Stocks FAQ
1. The OATS expansion to all NMS stocks includes a narrower definition of the Account Type Code field. Specifically, the Account Type Code field will now be restricted to the type of beneficial owner of the account for which an order was placed, while information about whether an order was received from another broker dealer will be captured in a separate field. For orders received from another broker dealer, is there now an obligation to determine the type of beneficial owner of the account with respect to the sending broker's order?
The changes to the OATS Account Type Code field do not impose any new obligation on members to capture the type of beneficial owner of an account for orders received from another broker dealer. If a receiving member does, however, know the type of beneficial owner of an account for an order received from another broker dealer, the receiving member is required to report that information to OATS in the Account Type Code field. Otherwise, the member may populate the field with a "U" for Unknown. An Account Type Code value of "U" is not acceptable for orders received from a customer of the firm or originated by a proprietary account of the firm. Members may refer to the OATS Report entitled Validation of Order Origin Code and Account Type Code for a more detailed explanation of the allowable values with respect to Account Type Code.
2. What is the definition of institution for purposes of the new Account Type Code value of "A" Institution?
For purposes of the OATS Account Type Code, "institution" has the same meaning as the term "institutional account," as defined in NASD Rule 3110(c)(4).1
3. Does the change expanding all OATS timestamps to include milliseconds require members to start recording all order event timestamps in milliseconds?
Members are not required to change their recording timestamps to milliseconds. Event times must be reported to OATS in milliseconds only if those times are captured by the member in milliseconds. Members should, however, note that all OATS timestamp fields have been expanded to Numeric (17) and must be in the format YYYYMMDDHHMMSSCCC. If milliseconds are not captured by the firm, then the millisecond portion of the timestamp must be populated with zeroes.
4. Although OATS is expanding the execution timestamp to include milliseconds, not all FINRA transaction reporting systems, such as the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility (TRF), include milliseconds in the execution timestamp field. How will this impact Order Trading Matching?
OATS will truncate the OATS execution timestamp down to the second when comparing to the related TRF transaction report for purposes of Order Trading Matching. For example, if the OATS execution timestamp is 11:15:33.756, OATS will use the timestamp of 11:15:33 when comparing to the execution timestamp on the related TRF transaction report.
5. The May 3, 2011 OATS Reporting Technical Specifications state that syntax and semantic rejections will be made available within four hours of receipt. How will OATS notify reporting members when all syntax and semantic rejection processing is complete for a particular processing day?
As noted, OATS will make syntax and semantics rejections available to reporting members within four hours of submission. OATS will begin processing context rejections upon the completion of all syntax and semantics validations. As such, firms will know upon publication of context rejections that syntax and semantic rejection processing for a particular day is complete.
6. If an NMS stock is also listed on a foreign exchange, are orders routed to and executed on a foreign exchange required to be reported to OATS?
Yes. Just as with NASDAQ listed securities, orders involving any security that meets the definition of an NMS stock pursuant to SEC Rule 600 must be reported to OATS, regardless of where the order is ultimately executed.
7. What account type code should be used if the beneficial owner of an account for which an order is received is an employee but the account also meets the definition of an institutional account?
If an order is placed by an employee of the firm and the account also meets the definition of an institutional account according to NASD Rule 3110(c)(4), then the firm must use the Account Type Code of ("E") on the related OATS Report to identify that the beneficial owner of the account is an employee of the firm.
8. The latest OATS Reporting Technical Specifications state that the Order Received Date field must now be identical to the date portion of the Order Received Timestamp. What date should be reported in the Order Recevied Date field if an order is captured by a firm on one day, but not released to the firm's trading systems for handling and execution until the next day, such as an order from an international customer?
The OATS Order Received Timestamp must be the same time the firm records to satisfy its SEC Rule 17a-3(a)(6) recording obligation with respect to that order. As such, the OATS Order Received Date field must also be identical to the date portion of the timestamp used to satisfy SEC Rule 17a-3(a)(6).
9. NASD Notice to Members 04-46 states that combined order reports must be used for all orders routed or executed in full on the same day as receipt. Will use of combined reports still be mandatory once the rule changes expanding OATS reporting requirements to all NMS stocks become effective?
No. As part of the OATS for NMS release, FINRA will no longer require firms to use combined order reports. For instance, information currently required to be reported on a Combined Order/Route Report may be reported with separate New Order and Route Reports. However, the combined order reports will remain an acceptable submission option. This FAQ supersedes the guidance provided in Notice to Members 04-46.
10. The OATS Member Type Code and Destination Code fields have a value to designate an affiliate. How should members determine who is an "affiliate" for these purposes?
For purposes of the OATS Member Type Code and Destination Code, an "affiliate" of the member would include a person or entity that (i) directly or indirectly controls the member, (ii) is controlled by the member, or (iii) is under common control with the member. Employees of the member would not be considered "affiliates" for purposes of these Codes.
11. How should orders sent to a Floor Broker on the New York Stock Exchange be reported to OATS?
Floor Brokers receive orders from: (1) FINRA members that are not members of NYSE; (2) FINRA members that are also NYSE members, and (3) customers that are not members of FINRA or NYSE. The OATS reporting requirements for orders directed to a Floor Broker on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) depend on the parties involved and how the order is communicated to the Floor Broker. Outlined below are the reporting requirements for each order routing scenario involving FINRA/non NYSE members, joint FINRA/NYSE members and customers.
Scenario #1 – Orders sent to an NYSE Floor Broker by a FINRA member that is not an NYSE member firm.
If an order is originated by a FINRA member that is not a NYSE member and sent to a NYSE Floor Broker, either electronically or manually, the OATS reporting requirements are as follows:
FINRA, non-NYSE Member OATS Reporting Obligations
The FINRA member must submit to OATS a New Order and Route to the Floor Broker. On the Route Report to the Floor Broker, the FINRA member should populate the Destination Code as "Member" and the Sent To MPID with the NYSE Floor Broker's FINRA MPID. Note: A routed order ID is required if the order is electronically transmitted to the Floor Broker. If the order is communicated to the floor broker "manually", such as calling down to the booth, no routed order ID is required.
Floor Broker OATS Reporting Obligations
The Floor Broker must submit to OATS a New Order and Route to the NYSE. On the New Order Report, the Floor Broker should populate the Order Receiving Firm MPID with the NYSE Floor Broker's FINRA MPID and the Routing Firm MPID with the FINRA, non-NYSE Member's MPID. The Order Receipt Time on the Floor Broker's New Order Report should be populated with the time the order was first received from the Floor Broker by the FINRA, non-NYSE member and the Sent To Timestamp on the Route Report should be populated with the time the Floor Broker entered the order into an NYSE system.
Scenario #2 – Orders directed to a Floor Broker by a joint FINRA/NYSE member via an NYSE system.
If an order is originated by a FINRA member that is also an NYSE member and sent to a Floor Broker via an NYSE system, the OATS reporting requirements are as follows:
Joint FINRA/NYSE Member OATS Reporting Obligations
The joint member must submit to OATS a New Order and Route to the NYSE. On the Route Report to the NYSE, the joint member should populate the Destination Code as "XN" and the Routed Order ID field with the BR/SEQ sent to NYSE.
Note: The NYSE will require Floor Brokers to capture the FINRA MPID of the sending firm for any order received from a FINRA member.
No OATS reporting
Scenario #3 – Orders phoned to a Floor Broker at the booth by a joint FINRA/NYSE member.
Joint FINRA/NYSE Member
The joint member must submit to OATS a New Order and Route directly to the Floor Broker. The joint member should populate the Destination Code on the Route Report as "Member" and the Sent To MPID with the NYSE Floor Broker's FINRA MPID.
A routed order ID would not be required to be passed from the joint member calling the order down to the Floor Broker since this is a manual route.
The Floor Broker must submit to OATS a New Order and Route to the NYSE. On the New Order Report, the Floor Broker should populate the Order Receiving Firm MPID with the NYSE Floor Broker's FINRA MPID and the Routing Firm MPID with the joint member's FINRA MPID.
Scenario #4 – Order sent to Floor Broker by a customer (not a FINRA or NYSE member).
The Floor Broker must submit to OATS a New Order and Route to the NYSE. On the New Order Report, the Floor Broker should populate the Order Receiving Firm MPID with the NYSE Floor Broker's FINRA MPID and the Routing Firm MPID should be blank.
Scenario #5 – Orders phoned by a joint FINRA/NYSE member from an upstairs desk to its own Floor Broker at the booth.
Option 1 – The upstairs desk and the Floor Broker use different FINRA MPIDs
The joint member must submit to OATS under the MPID used by the upstairs desk a New Order and Route directly to the Floor Broker. The joint member should populate the Destination Code on the Route Report as "Member" and the Sent To MPID with the FINRA MPID used by the Floor Broker.
A routed order ID would not be required to be passed from the upstairs desk calling the order down to the Floor Broker since this is a manual route.
The Floor Broker must submit to OATS under the FINRA MPID used by the Floor Broker a New Order and Route to the NYSE. On the New Order Report, the Floor Broker should populate the Order Receiving Firm MPID with the FINRA MPID used by the Floor Broker and the Routing Firm MPID with the FINRA MPID used by the upstairs desk.
Option 2 – The upstairs desk and the Floor Broker use the same FINRA MPID
The joint member must submit to OATS a New Order and Desk Report to reflect the movement of the order from the upstairs desk to the Floor Broker (since the order has been transmitted to a different desk or department within the same member). The joint member would also submit a Route Report to NYSE reflecting the entry of the order by the Floor Broker into the exchange.
A routed order ID would not be required to be passed on the Route Report to NYSE since this is a manual route.
12. What is the purpose of the new Information Barrier ID field and how should it be used?
FINRA has introduced a new Information Barrier ID field that will allow firms to uniquely identify each information barrier on an order-by-order basis that meets the criteria of the "no-knowledge" exception for certain proprietary trading activity under FINRA Rule 5320. By identifying specific information barriers that are in place with respect to individual orders, both customer and proprietary, firms will provide FINRA with this information that can then be used when conducting reviews of members' compliance with FINRA Rule 5320. Specifically, on all "new" type order events for orders received or originated at a desk or department with an information barrier in place, firms may populate the Information Barrier ID with the value assigned by the firm to the specific information barrier. The use of this field allows each customer and proprietary order to be identified with a particular information barrier.
For example, if a firm has two or more separate desks or departments that share a single information barrier, orders received or originated at these separate desks or departments may be reported to OATS with the same unique Information Barrier ID. If, alternatively, a firm has separate desks or departments that are not within the same information barrier, orders received or originated at these desks or departments would be reported to OATS with different Information Barrier IDs. Finally, if an order is received or originated within a firm that has no information barriers in place, those orders must be reported to OATS with the Information Barrier ID field left blank. To the extent that firms populate the Information Barrier ID field, the use of values must remain consistent. Therefore, once used, a value may not be reassigned to identify a different information barrier.
Reporting Scenarios
Scenario #1 – Desks or Departments Sharing an Information Barrier
Example: Firm A has a customer facing desk (Desk 1) and a proprietary desk (Desk 2) within the same information barrier that the firm has named "AB12". Desk 1 receives an order from a customer and Desk 2 originates a proprietary order. The OATS reporting would be as follows:
Desk 1: NW from customer Information Barrier ID: AB12
Desk 2: NW proprietary order Information Barrier ID: AB12
Scenario #2 – Desks or Departments Separated by Information Barriers
Example: Firm A has a customer facing desk (Desk 1) that is within an information barrier the firm has named "U89T" and a proprietary desk (Desk 2) that is within an information barrier the firm has named "4RYH". Desk 1 receives an order from a customer and Desk 2 originates a proprietary order. The OATS reporting would be as follows:
Desk 1: NW from customer Information Barrier ID: U89T
Desk 2: NW proprietary order Information Barrier ID: 4RYH
Scenario #3 – Desks or Departments with No Information Barriers Example:
Example: Firm A has a customer facing desk (Desk 1) and a proprietary desk (Desk 2), neither of which have information barriers in place. Desk 1 receives an order from a customer and Desk 2 originates a proprietary order. The OATS reporting would be as follows:
Desk 1: NW from customer Information Barrier ID: Blank
Desk 2: NW proprietary order Information Barrier ID: Blank
13. Should baskets submitted to NYSE's Crossing Session II be reported to OATS as a Route Report or an Execution Report?
Members that have either facilitated a basket trade or crossed two customers' baskets and submitted the information to NYSE's Crossing Session II, should report these transactions to OATS as an Execution Report. The time of execution reported to OATS should be the time the member crossed or facilitated the basket and not the acknowledgment time received back from NYSE. Further, the Execution Report must contain the Market Center ID of "N" to designate the New York Stock Exchange and the Branch/Sequence Number should be populated with "NYSE CS2" to denote the transaction was reported to the Crossing Session II.
14. If my firm receives an order before October 17, 2011 in a security that was not subject to OATS requirements at the time of receipt, are any events taking place on or after October 17, 2011 with respect to that order reportable to OATS?
No. Orders received or originated prior to October 17, 2011 in securities that were not subject to the OATS Rules until October 17, 2011 are not required to be reported to OATS. Further, subsequent order events occurring on or after October 17, 2011 relating to such orders also are not required to be reported to OATS. Firms should note that any such subsequent events (Desk, Route, Execution, Cancel/Replace or Cancel Reports) submitted to OATS will be rejected. These rejections are not required to be repaired, but will appear in the daily OATS Statistics posted to the OATS web site.
15. How should the Account Type Code be populated for orders received from an Investment Advisor or money manager exercising discretion over client accounts? Should the Account Type Code represent the status of the IA/money manager or the status of the IA/money manager's client accounts?
For purposes of OATS, the Account Type Code should always reflect the status of the entity exercising discretion. For example, an order received from an Investment Advisor that meets the definition of institution (as defined in NASD Rule 3110(c)(4))2 exercising discretion over client accounts (which could include both individual and institutional clients), should be reported to OATS with an Account Type Code of "A" (Institution) to reflect the status of the Investment Advisor. As described in OATS FAQ C70, any post trade allocations made by the Investment Advisor to its client accounts are not reportable to OATS.
16. My firm provides market access to customers that are not broker/dealers. When reporting these orders to OATS, what value should be populated in the Receiving Department ID?
Firms providing market access to non-broker/dealer customers must populate the Receiving Department ID field with the value of "A" (Agent). The value of Market Access "MA" is only used for market access orders involving another broker-dealer.
17. The New York Stock Exchange LLC ("NYSE") and NYSE MKT, LLC (together with NYSE, the "Exchange") are eliminating certain Account Type Indicator ("ATI") values (see NYSE Information Memo 16-2). Will this impact the values that need to be reported to OATS in the Account Type Code field?
No. The Exchange ATI values are separate and distinct from the OATS Account Type Code values. The ATI values required to be submitted to the Exchange primarily are used to identify whether an Exchange member is entering an order into Exchange systems for its account or the account of some other entity, while the OATS Account Type Code values are used to identify the type of account originating an order. OATS captures capacity and information about program trades and index arbitrage trades in fields separate and distinct from the Account Type Code. Consequently, the Exchanges' changes to ATI values will have no impact on member firms population of the Account Type Code in OATS.
To assist members, FINRA is providing the below chart that reflects the most common combinations of Exchange ATIs and OATS Account Type Codes.
Capacity of Member
Member Firm routing to the Exchange for the account of the member Account Type Code: "O", "P", or "X" and Order Origination Code: "F" ATI: "P", "Q" or "R"
Member Firm acting as agent on behalf of its own customer Account Type Code: "I", "A", "C", or "E" and Order Origination Code: "F" ATI: "A"
Member Firm acting as agent for the customer of another Broker/Dealer Account Type Code: "I", "A", "C", "E", or "U" and Order Origination Code: "W" ATI: "A"
Member Firm acting as agent for the proprietary account of another Broker/Dealer Account Type Code: "O", "P" or "U" and Order Origination Code : "W" ATI: "A"
1 Members should note that the SEC has approved a rule change that, among other things, will move the definition of "institutional account" in NASD Rule 3110(c)(4) to FINRA Rule 4512(c).
2 NASD Rule 3110(c)(4) is becoming FINRA Rule 4512(c).


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Shahryar (Mughal prince): Wikis
Categories: Mughal nobility > Mughal Empire > 1628 deaths > 1605 births
For other uses, see Shahryar (disambiguation).
Prince Shahryar (شاهزاد شهريار) (b. 1000; deposed, 1068; d. 1076. A.H.) [1] (1605- 1638) was the youngest son of Jahangir, and the husband of Ladli Begum, making him the stepson and son-in-law of Jahangir's empress, Nur Jahan. Following Jahangir's death, Nur Jehan supported Shahriyar's attempt to become emperor, but they were defeated by Shah Jahan.
Shahryar was born a few months before Akbar's death (1605), to Jahangir's seventh wife, who was also the mother to Sultan Jahandar [2] He went on to marry, in the 16th year of Jahangir's reign, to Mihrunnisa (as her mother), or Ladli Begum, the daughter of Nur Jahan, by her first marriage to Sher Afghan, and had a daughter by her, Arzani Begum [3] [4]
At Nur Jahan request, he was given the pargana of Dholpur and its fort from Jahangir,which Prince Khurram wanted for himself and appointed Daria Khan, an Afgan as its in-charge, this led to a skirmish between Nur Jahan appointed, Sharifu-l-Mulk, who was a servant of Shahryar and Daria Khan who arrived on the scene shortly, and tried to force himself into the fort, eventually the Sharifu-l-Mulk ended up losing an eye, due to a war injury [5]
On October 13. 1625, Jahangir appointed Shahryar as Governor of Thatta, and Sharif-ul Mulk carried out the administration as the Deputy of the Prince [6]
Ascension and death
After, the death of his father, Mughal Empereor,Jahangir on October 28, 1627, Shahryar to ascend to the Mughal throne, as Nur Jahan desired, and since he was in Lahore at the time, he immediately took over the royal treasury and distributed over 70 lac rupees amongst old and new noble men to secure his throne. Meanwhile, Mirza Baisinghar, son of the late Prince Daniyal, on the death of the Emperor, fled to Lahore, and joined Shahryar.
Soon near Lahore, his forces met those of Asaf Khan, a loyal of Shah Jahan, who has already proclaimed Dawar has the Emperor near Agra, as a stop-gap arrangement, to save the throne of Shah Jahan, in which Shahryar lost, fled into the fort, where the next morning he was presented in front of Dawar Baksh, who placed him in confinement and two-three days later he was blinded by Asaf Khan, thus bringing his short reign to a tragic end [7]
Like all Mughal princes, Shahryar too had training in poetry and after he was blinded towards the end of his life, he wrote a poignant verse titled, Bi Gu Kur Shud didah-i-Aftab [8] On the 2nd Jumada-l awwal, 1037 A.H., (1628), Shah Jahan ascended to the throne at Lahore, and on the 26th Jumada-l awwal, January 23, 1628, upon his orders, Dawar, his brother Garshasp, Shahryar, and Tahmuras and Hoshang, sons of the deceased Prince Daniyal, were all put to death by Asaf Khan [9] [10].
After his death, all the brothers of Shah Jahan were now dead, and he ruled the empire till 1658.
Asaf Khan, was made the prime minister of Mughal Empire, and Nur Jahan, with an annual pension of two lakh and spent the rest of her days, confined in her palace in Lahore, along with Ladli Begum, the widow of Shahryar [11]. Nur Jahan died in 1645 at age 72 [12].
Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India, by Ellison Banks Findly, Oxford University Press US. 2000. ISBN 0195074882.
^ Gealogy of Timur Emperors Ain-i-Akbari, by Abul Fazl, Volume I, chpt. 363.
^ The Mughals of India: A Framework for Understanding By Harbans Mukhia, 2004, Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0631185550. Page 123.
^ The Grandees of the Empire - Jahángír's children, Sultan Shahryar Ain-i-Akbari, by Abul Fazl, Volume I, Chpt. 30.
^ Ali Q Ain-i-Akbari, by Abul Fazl, Volume I, chpt. 310, "'Alí Q.'s daughter, who, like her mother, had the name of Mihrunnisa, was later married to Prince Shahryar, Jahangir's fifth son.".
^ Dholpur The Riyazu-s-Salatin (Gardens of the Sultans), a History of Bengal, by Ghulam Husain Salim 'Zayadpuri'. 1787-8.
^ Sharyar Governor The Calligraphers of Thatta By Muhammad Abdul Ghafur, 1968, Pakistan-Iran Cultural Association. Page 18.
^ Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, By Asiatic Society of Bengal, Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India). Published 1868. p 218.
^ Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature, by Nabi Hadi, page 554.
^ Death of the Emperor (Jahangir) The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period, Sir H. M. Elliot, London, 1867–1877, Vol 6.
^ Shahryar Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India, by Ellison Banks Findly, Oxford University Press US, page 275-282, 284, "23 January...".
^ Noor Jahan University of Alberta.
^ Shah Jahan britannica.com.
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Bradley Steven Perry, Fire is dominant in your natal chart and endows you with intuition, energy, courage, self-confidence, and enthusiasm! You are inclined to be passionate, you assert your willpower, you move forward, and come hell or high water, you achieve your dreams and your goals. The relative weakness of this element is the difficulty to step back or a kind of boldness that may prompt you to do foolish things.
Like the majority of Earth signs, Bradley Steven Perry, you are efficient, concrete and not too emotional. What matters to you is what you see: you judge the tree by its fruits. Your ideas keep changing, words disappear, but actions and their consequences are visible and remain. Express your sensitivity, even if it means revealing your vulnerability. Emotions, energy and communication must not be neglected; concrete action is meaningless if it is not justified by your heart, your intellect or your enthusiasm.
Air is under-represented in your natal chart, with only 8.04% instead of the average 25%. Air symbolizes the values of communication, exchanges with others, but also adaptability and flexibility abilities: if you don't get out of your cocoon to talk, to show interest in others, and to socialize, you may have problems understanding others. Because of your lack of flexibility or of your refusal to adapt yourself, you may be suddenly overwhelmed by events. You should get into the habit of talking, of phoning, and of thinking in terms of "mobility, flexibility, adaptability, change" in every circumstance. It will spare you so many troubles!
The Mutable mode is the most emphasized one in your natal chart, Bradley Steven Perry, which indicates a mobile character that is curious and thirsty for new experiences and evolution. You are lively and flexible, and you like to react quickly to solicitations, but don't confuse mobility with agitation, since this is the danger with this configuration - and with you, stagnation is out of the question. Security doesn't matter as long as you are not bored. You optimize, you change things, you change yourself... all this in a speedy way.
After this paragraph about dominant planets, of Bradley Steven Perry, here are the character traits that you must read more carefully than the previous texts since they are very specific: the texts about dominant planets only give background information about the personality and remain quite general: they emphasize or, on the contrary, mitigate different particularities or facets of a personality. A human being is a complex whole and only bodies of texts can attempt to successfully figure out all the finer points.
Your sensitivity is withdrawn, Bradley Steven Perry: more than anyone, you tend to lock yourself in your ivory tower, as you are aware of a kind of superiority that may be real, though overrated. Your moods are not perceptible because you control them with a tight fist. It is difficult to know if you are happy or upset because you show nothing. You avoid situations which compel you to reveal your emotions because you are not demonstrative. Please, be aware that it is not your amorous behaviour that is being analyzed, but the daily expression of your sensitivity. You dread the crowd and you need calm, and even solitude, to feel comfortable. You are well-equipped to remain balanced in all circumstances, but it may prove beneficial if you progressively take a relaxed attitude and show more dedication, as you are worth it; it is easier for you to exteriorize your feelings when your projects or your ambitions justify that you do so. You do not practice gratuitous outpourings, particularly when your are with a group, because you are afraid to open up, as if you were on the defensive, without any reason most of the times.
Your thirst for learning is considerable, Bradley Steven Perry, and you can spend a lifetime studying languages, geography, philosophy and law, particularly. You are open-minded and you want to abolish all kinds of frontiers. The humanist, who is dormant in you, may turn into a "frequent traveller" reaching out to others in order to understand them and communicate with them. You express your opinions and your beliefs with honesty and clarity and likewise, you receive others' views with enthusiasm. You have numerous centres of interest and you may be perceived to be superficial, heedless and over-optimistic. However, if you manage to control your tendency to scattering, all your encounters, all your discoveries can positively influence your philosophical life approach.
On the affective plane, Bradley Steven Perry, you are open, straightforward, spontaneous and you make friends easily because your enthusiasm is expressed jovially, directly and is respectful of well-established moral values. In some cases, you may be opposed to your natal environment or to your family because of your taste for freedom, exoticism or all forms of independence and emancipation. Your feelings are burning and you often get carried away quickly. However, your ability to make friends easily is likely to favour some instability; in order words, faithfulness is not your top priority as long as you have not yet found your soul mate. Ideally, for you, life together must have some degree of mobility and include travels and fresh air. Within your relationship, you need to feel freedom and independence, which you need since your childhood. Under such conditions, harmony and faithfulness can be achieved.
Bradley Steven Perry, you skilfully make use of your energy and you are like the arrow that reaches its target with great precision: with piercing eye and sharp mind, you take action meticulously and efficiently. Like the surgeon with his scalpel, you know exactly what you want and you belong to the category of specialists, not the generalists. Critical, pernickety, extremely organized, you want to foresee and to analyze. You prefer to master your business too well rather than not enough, even if you must put a huge, sustained, long lasting effort into it. Sexually, you remain fanatical about cleanliness. You may be prone to fantasies such as fetishism. Your love life is fine if you avoid the unforeseen events that you loathe.
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Dr. Benjamin Schneider is a member of the UCLA Child and Adolescent Psychiatry faculty as an Assistant Professor. After completing his undergraduate at Stanford University where he studied Biological Sciences and Philosophy, he went on to medical school at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore where his interest in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry blossomed. He gained invaluable clinical and research experience assisting Child & Adolescent Psychiatry research programs and moved to Los Angeles to complete his training.
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Labour Party, LO support Color Line workers
Norway's Labour Party and the country's largest trade union confederation, LO, are backing demands by the Norwegian Seafarers' Union that the government drop plans to let Color Line re-flag to the Norwegian International Ships Register (NIS). The move would allow Color Line to replace as many as 700 workers on board its cruise ferries Color Magic and Color Fantasy with lower-paid foreign workers.
Trade Minister Monica Mæland of the Conservatives "must stop this proposal," said Else-May Botten, a Member of Parliament for Labour who sits on its business and trade committee. If the proposal isn't stopped, Botten claimed that "we will review the regulations when we win the autumn election."
Newspaper Dagsavisen reported earlier this week that LO has also demanded a retreat by Mæland on the issue that has created job uncertainty for Color Line crews for several years. Mæland has claimed that if the NIS rules aren't eased to make way for Color Line, the ferry company may follow through on threats to move its entire operation to Denmark and sail under foreign flag. Mæland argues that would cost as many as 2,500 jobs instead of 700.
Frode Jacobsen of Labour's local chapter in Oslo notes that most of the 700 jobs threated now are in Oslo, prompting other demands that Mæland find a solution for threatened workers. Jacobsen and others have claimed that Mæland is "too passive" and asked Labour to keep pressuring her. Labour failed, however, to win support for a proposal that would ensure Norwegian pay and benefit levels in Norwegian waters.
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To the Boy Who Made Me a Mother: You have given me life.
Today, you turned a whole year: ONE. Three hundred and sixty-five days old. Every one of those days you've made your Tatay and me the most happiest people in the whole wide world. We've never known a love like yours could exist, that it could be real and designed specifically for us. What's in my heart is always in a form of writing; your Tatay always wear it on his sleeves. We couldn't be more opposite when it comes to expressing our feelings. Now what's in our hearts is a tangible, breathing thing in you… Wherever you go, you take our hearts with you.
It's been a whole year of overflowing happy tears. It's been a whole year of diaper changes and baby formula (lots of 'em!). It's been a whole year of traveling as a family. It's been a whole year of watching you grow so fast— too fast for us(!). It's been a whole year of learning about each other and from one another. It's been a whole year of hugs and kisses that we will never get enough of. It's been a whole year of finally experiencing a love like this, everything we've ever dreamed of and more.
For nearly 15 years, I've dreamt of you but I could never see you… what your face look like in my mind's eye. I never could make out the color of your skin, the shape of your face, or the brightness of your smile. Because for nearly 15 years, I waited for you to be born with a combination of our DNA so maybe you'd have my skin tone and cheekbones, have your Tatay's infectious smile and warm eyes. When you finally arrived, you didn't have anything at all that resembled either one of us and we couldn't be more excited about that. Everything about you is now etched in my heart… I know the shape of your beautiful face, the color of your delicate skin and blue eyes, and the brightness of your infectiously warm smile. No more dreaming about what you may look like because I see you every single day. Thank you for making me a Mama and for allowing me to dream with you by my side every single night.
Breithlá Sona! to the boy who made me a MOM. I love you more than anything in this whole wide world.
To My Son's Birth Mother: You have no idea what you've done.
I cannot imagine how scared and alone you must've felt when you learned that you were unexpectantly pregnant. You had choices, and you chose to carry the baby to term at 37 weeks and he was born healthy at 7 pounds, 19¾ inches long, with blond hair and blue eyes. I still carry with me your only request to us was to let Baby know that you didn't give him away… you gifted him to us because you wanted a different life for him that you didn't know you could provide at the time. That your love for him is why you made the difficult choice to have us adopt him as our own. You will always be a part of him because you gave him life… You gave him a chance to grow up and become whoever he wants to be. You had choices and you chose to save his life. But, what you couldn't possibly have known then is that you also saved our lives. You gave us the greatest gift we could ever have wished for and helped our hearts beat again.
I see you whenever I look at his alabaster skin, silky blond-sometimes-red hair, and slate-blue eyes. He's growing so fast and reminds me that he will be tall just like you, which means we are getting shorter when we're already short Asians. ;) I see you when he crawls or walks in to my arms and I embrace him for us both, always. I see you in his eyes when he gives the widest and biggest laughs that make his eyes disappear, just like you. He's yours. He's mine. We're his mothers. We are forever bound together you and I, you are always in our thoughts and prayers. Thank You for allowing us the privilege to name him. When we chose his name, it actually came to us and we knew right then and there it was the most perfect name for him and for us to honor you.
Our son turns one in a few days… I'm running out of words to fully express everything I've felt this past year because there really are no words. Even as I write this post it doesn't speak how my heart truly feels. How unbelievably humbled I feel to have received the gift of your heart in the form of this most beautiful child whom we call Oliver. When he's sleepy, he reaches out for me and I cradle his little body next to my heart every night caressing his soft blond hair until he drifts off to sleep. Let my arms also be yours in knowing that he's safe, healthy, and will never not know how much you love him like we do.
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Dear Baby: It has been nearly 10 years since the last time we spoke with a doctor about why we haven't been able to get pregnant… not even once. They told us that we're fine and they cannot find anything wrong with us: Unknown Category.  Then our lives put on hold when we turned our focus to your Lola who lived with dementia.
Dear Baby: Your dad and I are starting our research over to see what will be best for us now. Adoption or fertility treatments cost money… which is why I won't be retiring from my photo business soon.
Dear Baby: This is your dad. You may never know a love greater than his.
Dear Baby: I am your mom. This may have been the first time I've uttered those words in any way. But, I am lost… I don't know how to find you. Where do I look? Who do I trust? I'm torn because your dad believes you are waiting for us at an adoption agency. But, which one? Our adoption research so far has shown that we will need to save not twice, but thrice more than what we thought we could possibly do on our own. I'm disheartened to think how much longer it will take for us to get to that point, it was already a reach for us to get one-third of the way here.
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Kids are so wonderfully creative! There are lots of kit-sets for crafts at toy stores but it's often much cheaper to visit a craft store or emporium.
All you need to make a crown, necklace, or bracelet is some pretty pipe cleaners, beads, and imagination! They're a great activity for birthday parties, playgroups, and rainy days.
Fun things to do with beads!
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Taiwanese producer of Adidas footwear won't reinstate 26 fired workers in Myanmar
The workers were laid off after leading a failed strike to raise daily wages by less than a US dollar.
Workers at the Myanmar Pou Chen Company, Dec. 6, 2022.
A Taiwanese shoe factory in Myanmar that produces global brands including Adidas has refused to reinstate 26 people fired after they led a strike by hundreds of workers calling for an increase of less than a U.S. dollar in daily wages, RFA Burmese has learned.
More than 2,000 employees of the Yangon-based factory owned by Myanmar Pou Chen Co. held a three-day strike beginning on Oct. 25, demanding that their wages be raised to 8,000 kyats (about U.S.$2.50) per day from the 4,800 kyats (about U.S.$1.60) per day they were granted by a federal minimum wage increase four years ago.
At the end of the strike, factory management not only rejected the demands of the workers, but fired the 26 people who had organized the strike for taking an "unexcused absence." Management later offered a compensation of three-months' salary to the fired workers, who rejected the deal, saying they only want to be reinstated.
On Dec. 1, Myanmar Pou Chen Co. deposited the monthly salary for October together with 10-days wages it referred to as "severance pay" in the bank accounts of the fired workers. The workers told RFA they plan to return the payment.
'We are not the enemies'
San Yu Hlaing, 22, told RFA that she and the other 25 workers fired by the factory want their jobs back and salary for the month of November.
"We are not the enemies of the factory. Our families can only make ends meet because of these factories," she said. "That's why we don't want to clash with the factory any further."
"We want to tell the employers of the factory that we would like to peacefully come back and negotiate for our demands constructively," she said. "We have asked to be reinstated back to where Adidas brands are produced and also to give our salaries for the month of November but the factory employers have not done anything to meet our demands."
Chit Ko Ko, who was also fired by the factory, told RFA that workers only asked for an increase in pay because their current wages are inadequate to meet the rising prices of basic commodities.
She said that a kilogram of rice currently costs as much as 4,000 kyats, while a viss (1.63 kilograms) of cooking oil or a visit to the doctor can cost up to 8,000 kyats.
"The wages that the factory pays us does not cover our basic cost of living," she said.
"It hasn't risen with inflation. That's why we are only demanding enough to cover those costs. Additionally, there is a law requiring wage adjustments every two years."
The Myanmar Pou Chen Factory in Shwe Pyi Thar, Yangon, Dec. 6, 2022. Credit: RFA
Article 5(h) of Myanmar's Minimum Wage Law requires the government to fix and officially announce the country's minimum wage rate at least once every two years.
After the law was enacted in 2013, authorities set a minimum wage of 3,600 kyats for an eight-hour workday and later increased it to 4,800 kyats in January 2018. However, the wage was never increased in 2020 and there has been no mention of a hike since Myanmar's military seized power in a February 2021 coup.
Negotiations stalled
While Myanmar Pou Chen Co. and its employees held negotiations at the Shwepyithar township office of the Department of Labor on Nov. 22, 25 and Dec. 8, workers told RFA that the two sides failed to come to an agreement because factory management refused to comply with worker demands and the labor office directed them to take the matter to court.
Workers said that the 7,000 people employed by the factory are required to produce around 36,000 pairs of shoes a day and don't even have enough time to go to the bathroom if they hope to make their quota.
Phyo Thida Win, president of the Myanmar Pou Chen factory workers' union, said that in 2018, the factory required workers to produce 120 pairs of shoes every hour, but while that number has since increased to 220 pairs of shoes, wages have remained stagnant. Meanwhile, the minimum cost of a pair of Adidas shoes is more than an entire month of wages for the worker who produces it, she said.
"Their production targets have only increased," she said. "That's why we have asked for a pay increase in accordance with their rising demands."
Phyo Thida Win noted that Myanmar Pou Chen Co. only offers its employees a 10,000-kyat bonus if they don't take leave during a work year, when other factories pay as much as 30,000 kyats.
Attempts by RFA to reach Myanmar Pou Chen Co. and Adidas USA's corporate office have gone unanswered.
Resolution 'unlikely' amid political crisis
A source who is helping the workers fight for a wage increase and asked to be identified as Lin Lin, citing fear of reprisal, told RFA that a fair solution to the dispute is unlikely given Myanmar's ongoing political crisis.
"In this political situation, if the workers use legal means to try to resolve this matter, I don't think they will win," he said.
"But we will be able to prove that justice cannot be served under military rule. We will also prove that the Pou Chen company does not operate ethically in dealing with its workers' demands."
Lin Lin said that worker representatives have informed the International Labor Organization and Adidas about the situation at the factory. He said Adidas replied that it is negotiating with the factory to provide financial support to the workers while it investigates their claims.
RFA contacted the junta's Department of Labor officer for Shwepyithar township regarding the dismissal of the workers without a fair settlement, who said that he was "not in a position to answer."
Translated by Myo Min Aung. Written in English by Josh Lipes. Edited by Malcolm Foster.