Michael was born in Fond du Lac, WI. For a few years he lived in a rural area near Allenton while his father attempted dairy farming. It was just a mile from his maternal grandparent's farm. When Michael was five the family moved to Milwaukee so his father could get a factory job. He attended Bethesda Lutheran School. His mother, who had graduated from DMLC, soon received a call there to teach lower grades. Michael started high school at Wisconsin Lutheran High School. After his mother accepted a call to St. John's, a one-room school near Fremont, WI, Michael attended Fox Valley Lutheran High School in Appleton for three years. It was a 27-mile ride to school each day. Michael went on to attend DMLC and graduated in 1972. He and Vicky, who had finished three years at DMLC, were married on June 17 that spring. They spent part of their honeymoon choosing textbooks for the new school in Sheboygan, WI.
Vicky, who taught for nine years at St. Bartholomew, was his afternoon Release-Time teacher three days a week. After she went to heaven in December of 2016 due to a cancerous brain tumor, our daughter Amanda Perkins filled in that position. Vicky and Mike have six children who are rather scattered around. Jennifer is a homemaker in Grafton, WI; Michael II is a sergeant(E7) in the army in Springfield, VA; Jason is a chef in Midland; Joshua is a computer technician for a corporate travel agency in Phoenix; Jessica works at a payroll company, runs the after-school program, and help teaqches in preschool at Our Redeemer Lutheran School in Madison, WI, where her husband is principal; and Amanda teaches voice and piano at Herters Music and here at St. John's, as well as teaches in the Release-Time position. Vicky and Mike have nine grandchildren. Vicky developed a brain tumor in August, 2015 which turned out to be cancer of an aggressive nature. The Lord took her to live in heaven four months later. Michael's hobbies include camping, bicycling, homebrewing, geocaching, jogging, and visiting his children.


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Home 217 Livingston Street
Vision: Plans for Downtown Brooklyn Macy's Redevelopment by Leeser Architecture and Ismael Leyva
Macy's Redevelopment, image by Leeser Architecture
By: Nikolai Fedak 8:00 am on June 18, 2015
YIMBY previously posted renderings of a tentative redevelopment set for the Macy's store and parking garage in Downtown Brooklyn, and we now have two more submissions from the project's competition. The first design comes from Leeser Architecture and would have featured the tallest tower in Brooklyn, as well as new and revamped retail space.
Leeser's plan consists of 230 condominiums and 468 rental units, a breakdown that may be mirrored in whichever architect and developer's plan won the project. The entirety of the site will encompass 1.2 million square feet of development, including 200,000 square feet of retail space, and has addresses spanning 450-458 Fulton Street as well as 217 Livingston Street.
The scheme would have divided the residential between the two towers, with the taller building rising 910 feet. That would've made it the tallest skyscraper in Brooklyn, though the height of the competition's winner could be substantially shorter.
Macy's Redevelopment, image by Leeser Architecture
While the design was created last year, it bears a very slight semblance to the recently revealed 200 Greenwich Street, by BIG, at least from a few perspectives. The scope of the tower is much smaller, but it also cantilevers outwards (several times over) from its historic base.
The Fulton Street corridor has always been a primary retail destination for Brooklynites, but with the area's redevelopment, it should become a much broader draw. The concentration of shopping has already been upped significantly with the development of City Point, and revitalizing the old Macy's garage with both retail space and new apartments will further the process on a block that has, until now, been geared towards serving automobiles.
We also have a rendering of Ismael Leyva's submission for the site, though the status of this proposal is also up in the air. This version would have featured two similarly-sized residential towers above the retail space, in a similar configuration to the Leeser-designed plan, but without the height.
Macy's Redevelopment, image by Ismael Leyva Architects
With no design formally announced just yet, it should come as no surprise that the project has no confirmed completion date at this time.
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4 Comments on "Vision: Plans for Downtown Brooklyn Macy's Redevelopment by Leeser Architecture and Ismael Leyva"
Rich | June 18, 2015 at 9:22 am |
Slight resemblance to Two WTC? I'd say it's the same design. Slightly different proportions, but essentially the same design. And I like it much better here, for this type of project, than I do at the WTC site. I don't know why, I just do.
Tony | June 18, 2015 at 11:57 am |
I agree. For this kind of place, this design works well. For 2 WTC…it just is out of place.
rnsone | June 21, 2015 at 2:59 pm |
I wholeheartedly agree!
stanchaz | June 20, 2015 at 10:48 pm |
The leaning tower of Macys?
Do they still sell that Trump junk?
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Gift wrapping is the best part about gifting. It is the part where a colorful adornments not only conceal a hand-picked surprise, but also unwrap an expression worth millions. Hence, it has to be done tastefully.
If we look out for the most different gifts, then why not gift wrap them differently too? Gift wrapping is as important as selecting the most appropriate gift. A well wrapped gift shows the person's efforts in personalizing the gift. A personalized gift, brings out the person's love and interest in gifting.
An artistically wrapped gift also sets the mood. You can gift wrap with various kinds of paper, materials such as lace, tulle, wool, myriad kinds of fabrics, and so on. The whole point of coming up with imaginative gift wrapping ideas, is to make the gift look aesthetically beautiful.
If your gifts are cylindrical in shape, then fabric is the best option. Say for instance, you are looking for a creative way to wrap a wine bottle, let's see how to work around fabric. Take a cloth piece, that is longer than length of the bottle. Hold one end of the cloth against the length of the bottle and warp it around.
See to it that even the bottom gets covered. Tie a thin woolen string around the neck of the bottle. We usually use those cards to address the gifts. Instead, dried leaves, flat shells, or the remaining part of the ribbon also makes great options to write the name of the person. Fabrics like tulle and satin work well for this kind of wrapping.
Children absolutely love colorful attractive gifts. Cartoon characters are always a hit amongst little kids. Make a Barbie doll on the wrapped paper, with threads, sequins, toilet paper, sparkles, flannel pieces and so on. You can even get a wrapping paper printed with your favorite cartoon characters.
Some gifts can never be wrapped. For instance, baked goods, perfume bottles, a dress, and items that are delicate and fragile in nature. For gifts like these you need bags or baskets. For gifting baked goods, baskets are the best options.
The easiest way to do it is, arranging the baked items in the basket and wrapping a plastic foil around it. Then tie a ribbon (any color of your choice) around it, et voila, your present is ready to be presented! You will find numerous gift bags in malls. Just pick the most elegant one and place your gift in it. Attach a small note to it, and gift it away!
Boxes wrapped with ribbons have been used for gifting purposes since time immemorial.
Today, you can get these DIY kits for paper boxes, which catch the eye with their cute prints. Just place the gift in the box, tie a ribbon around it and the job is done. You also get these metallic boxes with locks and keys, which the person also can use later on.
So are you still looking for how to gift wrap a present? Hope these gift wrapping suggestions help you to make your gift look as pretty, as ever. Happy gifting!!


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Is That Piece of Jewelry from Claires?
Is That Piece of Jewelry from Claire's Worth a Night in Jail?
Claire's Stores, is a leading specialty realtor of lower priced jewelry for girls and young women here in Orlando, FL. Claire's has gone from ear piercing and fashion accessories such as rings, bracelets, necklaces, and other jewelry to cosmetics, sunglasses, and other trendy accessories. Claire's has a vigilant policy against stealing and theft in general. Any suspected theft will be immediately reported for investigation, pursuant to company policy.
Many young women in Orlando, FL including high school and college students shop at Claire's looking for ear rings, rings, bracelets, necklaces, and other jewelry to wear with their clothes. Sometimes a young shopper will momentarily forget her bearings and decide to steal a ring, necklace, bracelet, or other jewelry from Claire's. If you are caught stealing from them, and that jewelry is worth under one hundred dollars ($100.00) it is a second degree misdemeanor petit theft that is punishable up to sixty (60) days jail and a five hundred dollar ($500.00) fine. Should you get caught stealing more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) but less than three hundred dollars ($300.00), you will be charged with petit theft of the first degree which is punishable up to one year in jail and a thousand dollar ($1,000.00) fine. Theft from Claire's is a serious offense and can potentially result in loss of tuition and college scholarships with fines, community service hours, court costs, and potential jail time. First time offenders may be eligible for diversion programs, such as Intervention or Teen Court which could result in the charges being dropped and potentially expunged.
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Cloud service users face confusing legal landscape
Lawyers say companies should study the data protection laws in all the countries where their cloud provider operates
Nancy Gohring (IDG News Service) 19 May, 2010 04:56
Cloud computing has great benefits for businesses but legal uncertainties threaten to hamper adoption, said a group of lawyers speaking during a seminar in Seattle this week.
"We will have to create a robust legal system and we will have to do it sooner rather than later and before we have the cloud computing equivalent of an offshore oil rig blowout," said Barry J. Reingold, a partner at Perkins Coie in Washington, D.C.
Lawyers speaking at the Law Seminars International event on Monday offered advice about the types of research companies should do before signing up for cloud services to make sure they can protect themselves from potential legal fallout.
One of the most important issues facing companies that wish to store or process data in the cloud is determining which legal systems have jurisdiction over the data. "It's a can of worms," said Andy James, a lawyer with Osborne Clarke.
A company using a cloud service could have users all over the world and those users' information could be shifted to facilities around the globe. "So there are four possible legal locations for the information at any moment," James said. Laws applicable to the location of the company's headquarters, the location of the servers, the location of the consumer and the location of the communications equipment transmitting the information between the user and the provider could all potentially apply.
Unfortunately, he said, different jurisdictions have made different choices on which of those locations to base their cloud rules on.
In the U.S., businesses must be aware of federal and state laws. On the federal level, legislation like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act defines how businesses handle certain kinds of data like information related to health and children.
In addition, 45 states have laws covering how companies must secure customer data. "Although many state statutes are similar, there are enough outliers that you need to think about them," said Reingold. For instance, some states define personally identifiable information as including a mother's maiden name, biometrics and birth dates while others only include more basic information like name, Social Security number and driver's licence number. Others call out specific technologies that companies must use to secure data.
A new Massachusetts law that went into effect earlier this year covers any company that owns or licenses personal information about a Massachusetts resident. "Is there a cloud provider out there who doesn't essentially do that," Reingold wondered. "I guarantee virtually all of our clients have to think about that."
But things can get even more complicated when data is stored in various international locations.
"The reason we can have this service that is inexpensive is because [cloud providers] can put their servers anywhere and can shift loads based on things like where the cost of energy is lower," said Francoise Gilbert, a lawyer with IT Law Group.
But that movement of data around the world can create a challenging legal environment for companies using cloud services.
She splits the world into three categories. Countries within the European Union follow a privacy regime that applies to any kind of personal data. The U.S. and a few others, including Chile and South Africa, write laws based on the type of data, such as health or financial records. The final group has no protection laws for personal data.
Some companies may initially think it's a good strategy to find a provider with data centers in countries that have no data protection laws. "Don't shout victory," Gilbert advised. "The problem is that often these countries tend to have regimes where the government has more rights than maybe we're used to."
India, a hotbed for outsourced services, is a good example. The country recently changed its technology act, and observers had hoped that it would add language to protect data but instead it gave the government more rights, Gilbert said. "It gives the government the right to come in and ask for information on your servers without a warrant," she said.
Europe and a few countries that have adopted a similar model including Tunisia, Morocco and Uruguay have clear laws covering what kinds of personal data companies can store and whether they can move that data in and out of the country. Those rules tend to cover a wider set of data than companies in the U.S. might expect, Gilbert said.
"Every time I have a new client they say, 'It's OK, we don't handle personal information,' and I say, 'Oh yeah?'" she said. In the U.S., companies that don't handle financial or health information or have any business with children often think they're in the clear. "The rest of the world tends to think of anything you have attached to your person as private. So the fact that someone has travel plans is personal, the names of your spouse and children is personal information," she said.
"In every type of business you are going to be collecting personal information, so don't think privacy is not for you," she said.
Beyond personal information, some countries like those in the EU make considerations for what they call sensitive data, which may include a person's religious affiliation, membership in a trade union or sexual preference. In the U.S., companies may collect some of that information to look for diversity in their workforce. But if they use a cloud provider with data centers in Europe, European law prohibits them from storing that kind of data. "If you have a payroll system in a country that has a concept of sensitive information, you have a problem," she said.
Many of the speakers at the seminar expressed hope that governments around the world might do a better job of making it easier for businesses to use cloud computing services. But for now, they haven't done a great job. "The legal system has been far, far outpaced by technology," said Reingold.
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Ben and Franklin are throwing a party! But do they know about social host liability? As the host of a party, you can be held liable if your guests get injured due to the over- consumption of alcohol. Learn how to be a responsible party host and keep your guests--and yourself--safe on the big day.
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Life is Unpredictable. Get Ready.
For many, insurance only matters when something bad happens and we need to file a claim or lodge a complaint. But the best time to get educated about insurance is when you're in the process of making a major life decision, like buying a new car, but before a related crisis, like a car accident.
That unpredictable window of time between decision and crisis is why Insure U developed Get Ready resources. The new resource kits help consumers considering a major life event get smart about the insurance implications before a crisis occurs. The goal is to avoid hasty, uninformed and costly misunderstandings later.
- Wedding: Are you and your future spouse on the same page about providing financial support to family members, today and in the future?
- New Car: Beyond the sales price, have you thought through the other financial implications of making such a significant purchase?
- New Home: Whether renting or buying, are you equipped to handle the financial burden of an unexpected disaster affecting your home?
- New Parents: Are you prepared financially should your newborn have special medical needs? Or, custodial grandparents — do you understand your liability if your grandchild's friend is injured on your property?
- Job Change: What would happen to your family's finances should something catastrophic happen while you're between employers?
- Turning 50: Are you at risk of outliving your retirement savings?
Holidays and special events often include celebrations that bring together families and friends in homes across the country. Food, fun, talk and spirits flow generously and, unfortunately, so do injuries and accidents. Increased drinking leads to increases in personal tragedies and the consequences can be substantial.
Hosts are magnets with regard to party consequences. Hosts are given the credit for the enjoyment that their guests experience at a party. On the dark side, party-givers are also asked to bear partial or full responsibility for guests who cause damage or injury on the way home from a gathering. In other words, they may be sued for contributing to losses caused by alcohol-impaired guests.
Although hosts are often found legally culpable for accidents; the brunt of responsibility has to be faced by the individuals who directly cause a loss. There would have to be strong evidence to support a host being held financially responsible, since any involvement is indirect. For example, Jane provides drinks to Barrie, who then plows into the side of Chris' car and garage.
Hosts who take their responsibility seriously are those who make sure that parties are thrown responsibly, are done as a social (rather than business) event, and that the chances of sending drunken guests on the road are minimized. A good host will make sure that food is available, that a liquor supply under his or her control is cut-off and that impaired friends or relatives are prevented from endangering themselves or others. No celebration should end up with a lawsuit.
A variety of businesses are routinely operated in homes. This article discusses aspects of particular operations.
Manufacturing businesses cannot normally be insured by a Businessowners policy (BOP).
Find an agent and company that specialize in the kind of product you manufacture. Look for a company that will write your size business. Make sure you consider the impact of products liability claims, coverage for your products while they are in transit or at other processors, and products belonging to others that you are working on, whether at your business or at their location.
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You may need commercial automobile insurance if you deliver anything or if your vehicle is larger than a car, van or small pickup or if the vehicle is owned by a corporation.
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Since nearly half of all marriages fail, divorce is unfortunately very real for many people. Couples face the difficult task of separating emotionally and financially. This has insurance implications as well. Legal and financial advice will be critical, particularly if there are children involved. Divorce can have a serious impact on one's credit standing, both in terms of dividing joint debt that exists at the time of divorce and expenses that come with starting over. Paying close attention to existing obligations and monitoring credit reports at this time is critically important.
List assets and liabilities: This should include real estate and personal property; checking, savings and investment accounts; retirement and pension plans; and life insurance. On the liability side, there are the mortgage, car and school loans; and home equity and credit card balances.
Develop a budget: Income will be stretched to the limit because there are going to be two households instead of one. The budget should include normal living and household expenses; anticipated educational and business expenses; tax obligations; car and home mortgage payments; medical and dental costs; childcare and insurance premiums. There needs to be a firm understanding as to what is required of each spouse.
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Divorced couples also need to look into the cash flow and tax implications for splitting assets. At first glance, a $100,000 savings account and a $100,000 traditional IRA may appear to have the same value. However, a spouse with custody of the children might have more everyday expenses and need greater access to cash than the non-custodial spouse. Generally, the IRA can't be tapped until age 59 ½ without penalty. In the meantime, unlike a savings or investment account, proceeds are tax deferred. The vested portion of existing retirement plans should also be considered.
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Long-term care insurance covers the cost of assistance to those who are unable to perform the normal daily activities that healthy, fully functional people are usually able to do on a daily basis. The need for long-term care services arises from chronic health conditions or physical disabilities such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease. Couples going through a divorce need to make sure that they take into account both the need to care for aging parents and dependent siblings as well as the cost of this insurance when assessing needs and allocating assets.
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Book chronicles Philharmonic leaders
Suzan Filipek | November 1, 2018	| 0 Comments
ORCHESTRA founder William Andrews Clark, Jr., circa 1930.
Photos courtesy of Los Angeles Philharmonic Archive
Long before the humble star power of Gustavo Dudamel. Before the flamboyant and youthful Zubin Mehta. Before them both was the early orchestra's eccentric founder William Andrews Clark, Jr. The philanthropist was often not accepted by high society (showing up at breakfast naked raised some eyebrows, for instance).
Clark loved music, though, and he would underwrite $3 million in losses for 15 years to keep the new orchestra afloat. But he left nothing to carry the fledgling orchestra forward after his death in 1934, according to the recently published two-volume "Past / Forward: The LA Phil at 100," issued in honor of the orchestra's centennial.
Chandler; game changer
While "an outpouring of support from musicians, music lovers, radio audiences and philanthropists kept the orchestra alive," Dorothy Buffum Chandler's arrival was a game changer. A mighty force on the horizon, she was once coined "the greatest fundraiser since Al Capone."
Music funder
The merchant's daughter (of the Buffums department store chain) didn't much like the "Al Capone" compliment, but, regardless of what you called her, she was credited with establishing one of the most successful fundraising campaigns in history — to build the three-venue Music Center including its first dedicated concert hall, which would eventually be named in her honor.
DOROTHY CHANDLER, center, and Zubin Mehta in 1964 at the opening of The Pavilion. (It would be renamed in her honor a year later at the insistence of all but her.)
When she took on the undertaking, she already had saved the orchestra's summer venue. The Hollywood Bowl was facing bankruptcy when Chandler leaped into action, calling musicians to donate time to do a concert, raising $100,000 to help pay off a debt and organizing a women's committee to sell tickets. Her plan worked, and she then turned her sights downtown, where she would channel her considerable charm, energy and persuasiveness.
New and old money
Key to her success was her ability to bridge new money people with old, "most famously between Jewish housing developer S. Mark Taper and conservative financier Howard Ahmanson." She lived in Windsor Square on the corner of Fifth Street. Ahmanson lived in Hancock Park, on the corner of Fourth Street.
Being married to the powerful Norman Chandler, publisher of the "Los Angeles Times," also helped. She kept an office at Times Mirror Square "and sometime literally took people by the arm as they left a meeting with Norman Chandler."
Her strategic and inspiring appeal to Jacqueline Kennedy to ask her and the president to attend the Music Center's 1964 groundbreaking was accepted. Only the Cuban Missile Crisis prevented the Kennedys from traveling to Los Angeles. They made a generous gift nonetheless.
Another of her accomplishments was bringing the inexperienced and youthful 25-year-old Zubin Mehta on board in 1961. The youngest music director in the orchestra's history, then and now, he is credited with creating the modern orchestra and leading it into its new home.
Its home, of course, has moved across the street to the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Dorothy Chandler would be proud.
MORE ON MRS. CHANDLER, the Philharmonic's history and its future plans fills the new two-volume book set
More on Mrs. Chandler, the Philharmonic's history and its future plans fills the new two-volume book set, available at the LA Phil Store and at laphilstore.com.
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ATA Carnets are international customs documents permitting the duty-free and tax-free temporary export and import of goods for up to one year. Carnets are the easiest way to speed through Customs and to save money.
More than 185,000 ATA Carnets were issued in 2017, covering goods valued at US$ 26 billion.
These goods include:
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In fact, if you can name it and it is not consumable or perishable, then it can probably be covered by an ATA Carnet. That means almost everything from the ordinary to the extraordinary: computers, repair tools, photographic and film equipment, musical instruments, industrial machinery, vehicles, jewellery, clothing, medical appliances and aircraft, race horses, old masters, prehistoric relics, ballet costumes and rock group sound systems.
The list is endless…
What's more, equipped with an ATA Carnet, you can:
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In every country in the ATA Chain, a guaranteeing organisation – approved by its respective Customs and the ICC World Chambers Federation – administers the operation of the ATA Carnet System.
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GOLDEN AGE: How TAFE NSW helped Sandy find her calling
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CARING KIND: Sandy Pronk is loving her new career in aged care.
A Young woman who made a mid-life career switch to an industry where jobs are plentiful and the work rewarding has declared it the "best decision I've ever made".
Sandy Pronk has had a career rich in diversity – including as a coffee shop owner, dairy farmer and service station manager – but a desire to give back to the older generation prompted another career change last year when she enrolled in a Certificate III in Individual Support – Aged Care at TAFE NSW Young.
So intense is the demand for aged care workers in regional NSW, Ms Pronk was offered a role as an aged care worker at an aged care facility in Boorowa within three months of starting the course.
A submission to last year's Federal Senate inquiry into the future of Australia's aged care industry by Leading Aged Services Australia found the workforce would have to increase from 350,000 workers to 1.3 million by 2050 to meet surging demand.
Ms Pronk, a grandmother of five herself, said the mid-life career change was the best professional move of her life.
"It had always been in the back of my mind to work in aged care and I just thought, I've got about 10 years left in my working life, why not do something I really enjoy?" Ms Pronk said.
"To be able to treat older people with the respect and dignity they deserve is very rewarding."
Ms Pronk said learning from the expert aged care teachers at TAFE NSW ensured she was job-ready the moment she first clocked on.
"That one-on-one, face-to-face contact with teachers who have had so much experience in the industry was invaluable," she said. "I was 56 when I started studying but I loved it; I just thrived."
Ms Pronk has recently commenced a Certificate IV in Leisure and Health at TAFE NSW Wagga Wagga to help her upskill further after being promoted to Activities Officer at Mt St Joseph's in Young.
TAFE NSW Young Aged Care Teacher Carolyn Bailey said the local aged care sector was "crying out" for skilled workers and it wasn't unusual for students to be offered jobs while still studying.
"This career really suits people who are caring by nature and willing to spend time to talk to older people," she said. "It's important to remember they were once young too and they have so much life experience and knowledge."
Ms Bailey said the Certificate III Individual Support (Ageing) was a 12-month course that offered a blend of face-to-face and online learning, with students attending classes in person one or two days a week.
To find out more about studying aged care at TAFE NSW for semester one, phone 13 16 01 or visit www.tafensw.edu.au.
Media contact: Daniel Johns, TAFE NSW Media and Communications – Business Partner, 6938 1441, mobile 0477 722 428.
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Visiting his hometown with the Cirque Du Freak, Darren falls into a vampaneze trap and is shot with a bowgun by Steve's son, Darius. Saved by the vampirites, Darren is reunited with his friends, but another enemy attack leads to Evra's son, Shancus', abduction. With Darius held hostage in order to strike a deal, Darren witnesses the horrible sight of Steve murdering Shancus. And to make things worse, Darius is Darren's nephew!


The middle of January is a time when governments small and large around China publicly release year-end financial data and set goals for the foreseeable future. Yunnan is no exception to this cycle, and provincial bean counters report 2015 gross domestic product (GDP) numbers continued to rise, albeit at a slower pace than in previous years. Yunnan's economy grew at 8.4 percent last year — outstripping the China-wide average of 6.9 percent. However, to officials in Beijing, this is not considered adequate progress.
The country as a whole endured an extremely shaky 2015, with stock markets experiencing massive swings amidst a rapidly devaluing financial system. Yunnan was not immune to the volatile economic climate, even contributing in it's own enigmatic and bizarre way.
Because of its history of poverty, Yunnan begins far behind much of the rest of China. Substantial growth numbers, then, are not particularly difficult to come by. In 2015, the province generated an all-time high total GDP of 1.4 trillion yuan (US$213 billion). However, this number represents less than two percent of the country's total GDP.
Indeed, government media accounts deemed the increase — which only missed assigned yearly targets by 0.1 percent — "small", "weak" and "not in line with national efforts of building a prosperous society". Despite gloomy assessments, it does appear Yunnan may be on a decent trajectory in the financial near-term. China's economy no longer hinges only on its manufacturing sector, as an estimated 50 percent of 2015 national GDP growth came from the service industry.
For Yunnan, this is particularly good news. The province has never been known for mass production, depending much more on agriculture and tourism to make money. In fact, provincial planners and corporate investors have recently poured money into transforming some of the poorest parts of Yunnan into travel destinations.
One other way of promoting tourism has been the significant expansion of air, rail and road networks throughout Yunnan. The goal is to capitalize on the province's natural beauty and ethnic diversity by making all points more accessible to both domestic and international travelers. An added benefit of this strategy has been the general boosting of trade logistics with greater China as well as with Southeast Asia.
Last year, travel industry receipts in Yunnan reportedly topped 100 billion yuan (US$15.2 billion), representing robust year-on-year growth of 26 percent. Tourism, it appears, is key to continued economic expansion. So too are ongoing efforts to make Kunming the linchpin of trade between China and it's southern and western neighbors. These two factors, coupled with a concerted effort to remake the province into a computer science center specializing in information technology and robotics, may help supplant Yunnan's traditional agrarian reputation, and next year appease economists in faraway Beijing.
There is another way to measure, rather than look this esoterical numerical data, and thats to look around on how many shops there is this sign: 铺面转让/餐厅出租. During year 2015 the sign has become very common. And it seems to escalate all the time. Apart from that its amazing to see on how out of touch the Western media is with a more grassroot phenomenom of Chinese economy. Yes, people do still travel and buy cars, but theres also something else going on.
"Last year, travel industry receipts in Yunnan reportedly topped 100 billion yuan (US$15.2 billion), representing robust year-on-year growth of 26 percent."
A lot of people in Yunnan tourism and hotel industry have complained about a meagre year, 2015, but still growing 26% is quite amazing.


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Don't Get Sucked Back into the Vortex: Hoovering Is Not A Compliment
Written by Andrea Schneider, MSW, LCSW on November 24, 2017
"The best karma a narcissist can receive is actually the weight of your indifference and success after you leave them." – Shahida Arabi,30 Kickass Affirmations for Going No Contact with an Abusive Narcissist
Didn't a wise person once say "being forewarned is forearmed?" Indeed, the (U.S.) holiday period between Halloween (October 31) and Valentine's Day (February 14) is prime "hoovering" time for psychological abusers.
Just what is "hoovering," for those of you who are late to the bandwagon of the latest buzzword (i.e. narcissism) to modern times?
Hoovering: (definition)- noun– The state in which a psychological abuser (typically an individual manifesting symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder or perhaps a blend of other Personality Disorders) returns to attempt to abuse a former source of narcissistic supply (i.e. ego fuel) via text, email, phone or in person (Schneider, 2015). The term "Hoover" refers to the vacuum (by the Hoover brand), as an analogy to suctioning up and reconnecting with prior sources of ego gratification by the narcissistic abuser.
As is typical of a relationship abuse cycle with a psychological abuser (i.e. specifically with a malignant narcissist), the cycle of idealize, devalue, discard, hoover is virtually predictable in most romantic entanglements with said abusive personality styles (Arabi, 2017). After a period of silent treatment by the narcissistic abuser, the abuser often returns to tap prior sources of narcissistic supply, particularly if the abuser is running low on this ego fuel (attention, adulation, affection, sex, money, a couch to crash on, etc) (Schneider, 2016).
The survivor of emotional abuse often mistakes the "hoover" as an attempt by the abuser to reconcile, apologize, or reengage in a romantic relationship (Thomas, 2016). Unfortunately, the hoover is merely a hook to ensnare prior objects of affection/business/friendship/romance into providing the abuser with the ubiquitously sought after fodder to bolster their fragile ego and precariously balanced, externally validated frail state of functioning. A near universal collective sigh of helping professionals in the abuse recovery field resoundingly utters a knowing " do not be fooled by the hoover."
As life coach Kim Saeed of LetMeReach.com conveys in her abuse recovery program, the psychological abuser is not coming back to restart a relationship/connection/friendship or any authentic and trustworthy human exchange. The psychological abuser circles back, like a shark smelling blood or a wounded animal, to take a bite out of that flailing and vulnerable target, only to extract attention, affection, adulation, praise, confirmation of affection/love by target, or anger/passion/frustration/negative reaction (Saeed, 2016).
It is imperative for the survivor of psychological abuse (often narcissistic abuse, specifically) to go No Contact when the survivor of psychological abuse determines that the relationship with a narcissistic abuser ends. No Contact protects the survivor from further psychological harm and exposure to further tactics by the abuser such as the silent treatment, projection, gaslighting, pathological lying, and smear campaigns.
With qualified psychological support from helping professionals who understand relational trauma, survivors can and do heal. Targets of emotional abuse benefit from clinical support addressing complex PTSD, including trauma-informed interventions such as EMDR and other evidence-based modalities by licensed clinicians/therapists. Life coaching by trained and informed professionals can also be beneficial to reduce isolation and increase validation, psychoeducation and empowerment as the survivor heals, in addition to providing access to online support forums.
Arabi, S. (2017).POWER: Surviving and thriving after narcissistic abuse: A collection of essays on malignant narcissism and recovery from emotional abuse, Thought Catalogue Publishing.
Saeed, K. (2016). Retrieved November 24, 2017 from https://letmereach.com/2016/11/11/narcissists-return-cycle/
Schneider, A. (2015).Soul vampires: Reclaiming your lifeblood after narcissistic abuse; Bookbaby Publishing.
Schneider, A. (2016). Retrieved November 24, 2017 from the Mind's Journal: The Silent Treatment: A Narcissist's Trick of the Trade of Emotional Abuse https://themindsjournal.com/silent-treatment-emotional-abuse
Thomas, S. (2016). Healing from hidden abuse: A journey through the stages of recovery from psychological abuse,MAST Publishing House.
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The Lord after a mighty breakthrough, intercession, across many issues, gave me this prophetic message to the Body.
For there is the sound: The Lord makes us hear the sound of our abundance, for the Lord announces to us that our release is arriving, we must prepare…our spiritual ears should be open, should be hearing…what are you hearing? I tell you if you are speaking negatively, if you are believing the world's gospel of negativity, then you will hear no heavenly sound. You will hear no sound from above…you will not discern the change in season. You will remain in your famine thinking. Already, the fire had fallen for Elijah, the people convinced. For Elijah the natural progression is the release. The training in the prophetic dimension showed him that the holocaust licked up by fire, along with all the altar, was sufficient to fulfill the requirement. Now release was to come. Now in Christ has the eternal requirement been met. Once you hear the sound..its time to prepare.
Of the abundance: not of some rain, not some, but abundance, so much so, it would be so heavy, so full that man would not stand it. The Lord says, the famine is over. The price has been paid, now I am coming to visit…I am coming with abundance…not little but much. The Lord promises breakthrough, but so much so, like in Malachi, that the windows of heaven emptied out blessing that no earthly structure could contain. That is what is coming. There is a cry…it has gone up…God has heard.
Of rain: rain speaks of refreshing, speaks of promise, speaks of growth, speaks of fulfillment. It is time your prophecies came to pass…for this seed to germinate, God must send His "rain" and not just some, but an abundance. The Lord said, an end to dryness, embrace the season by faith. Actually, there was no rain yet on Elijah's horizon, he still had to climb Carmel again, and pray…pressing through until the response. How is your rain going to come? Many say revival is coming. How? Are you pressing in? Is your head between your knees? Are you pressing in to see manifest what you "heard"? This is not Cherith, automatic, nor is the widow who gave, but now you have to press in. The Lord ends the cycle of famine, and brings in the cycle of fruitfulness. How many of us have lived in the cycle of poverty, dryness, God says press in…pray…intercede…prevail unto you see your sign…it may be small to start with, but my the Lord will give you speed in your legs, to run for cover.
This is a prophetic message sent from the Lord.


Client Need: Located at the intersection of Speer and Larimer, the University of Colorado Denver welcomed the idea of a new five story Academic Building to service students, classrooms and other academic functions. The site, in downtown Denver, required utilitarian paving which could withstand high pedestrian traffic. However, they also wanted it to match the quality and high standards of the campus architecture.
Solution: Although all of the concrete on the site is uncolored, gray concrete with standard finishes, Saunders requested to bring Colorado Hardscapes on board as the site concrete contractor to tackle the necessary attention to detail and high quality desired.
Results: Colorado Hardscapes installed over 32,000 square feet of uncolored, broom finished concrete paving, over 900 lineal feet of steps, over 500 lineal feet of form finished landscape walls, custom tree grates, and installed bike racks at the new Academic Building.


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Henry Jermyn, 3rd Baron Jermyn and 1st Baron Dover, 1st Jacobite Earl of Dover PC (c. 1636–1708) was an English peer and supporter of James II.

Jermyn was the second son of Thomas Jermyn, of Rushbrooke, Suffolk, who died in 1659, and his wife Rebecca Rodway, who married secondly Henry Brouncker, 3rd Viscount Brouncker. He surpassed his uncle, Lord St Albans, in reputation for profligacy, figuring frequently as "the little Jermyn" in the Grammont Memoirs, as the lover of Lady Castlemaine, Lady Shrewsbury, Miss Jennings and other beauties of the court of Charles II of England.

According to rumour, his most notable conquest was Charles's widowed sister Mary of Orange, whom he met several times during her brother's exile, and there were even stories that they were secretly married. Historians generally discount these rumours, but Charles II took them seriously, and reprimanded his sister for her lack of discretion, but with no effect: Mary sharply reminded her brother that his own love affairs hardly entitled him to judge her moral conduct. Charles was especially angry because of the similar rumours that Jermyn's uncle Lord St Albans had secretly married the Queen Dowager Henrietta Maria. As John Phillipps Kenyon remarked, to have one Jermyn as an in-law would have been bad enough; to have two would be intolerable.

He was a noted duelist and a lifelong gambler. In a notorious duel with Colonel Thomas Howard, (younger brother of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle), in August 1662, which Samuel Pepys refers to in his Diary, Jermyn was left for dead. He recovered, but his second Giles Rawlings was killed by Howard's second Colonel Carey Dillon, later the 5th Earl of Roscommon: the cause is said to have been the rivalry between Jermyn and Howard for the affections of Lady Shrewsbury, who was notorious for the number of her lovers.

While the court was in exile, he obtained a post in the household of the Duke of York, despite the strong disapproval of Charles II, and he became James's  master of the horse at the English Restoration, and rode a horse at the Coronation of Charles II. Having previously offended the king by courting his sister  Mary, he proceeded to give further offence by having an affair with Lady Castlemaine, by then the chief royal mistress, and he was banished from court for six months.

Being a Roman Catholic, he enjoyed a position of influence with James, who on his accession raised Jermyn to the Peerage of England in 1685 as Baron Dover in the county of Kent, and appointed him Lieutenant-General of the Royal Guard in 1686. He was one of the first Catholics to be admitted to the Privy Council of England. Despite his debauched private life, as a politician, he was a  moderate and sensible influence on the king. While his loyalty was never in question, he was not afraid to speak his mind to James, or to disagree with him in public.

At the Glorious Revolution, Dover adhered to James, whom he followed abroad, and in July 1689 the deposed sovereign created him Baron Jermyn of Royston, Baron Ipswich, Viscount Cheveley and Earl of Dover in the Jacobite Peerage, these titles not being recognised by the English Government, though Dover became generally known as the Earl of Dover. He commanded a troop at the Battle of the Boyne, but shortly afterwards made his submission to King William III. He spent the rest of his life living quietly at his London townhouse, or at his country estate Cheveley, near Newmarket. He succeeded his brother Thomas as 3rd Baron Jermyn in 1703, and died in 1708. As he left no children by his wife, Judith, daughter of Sir Edmund Poley, of Badley, Suffolk, his titles became extinct at his death. His estates were inherited by his niece, Hon. Merolina Jermyn, wife of Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet.

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Artists Authentic Rockabilly Croatia Europe Rhythm Bomb Records
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Karlo Starčević - Rhythm Guitar, Vocal
Jurica Štelma - Upright Bass
Gvozden Šopp - Lead Guitar
Kruno Krapec - Drums
Home: Zagreb/Kroatien
Booking: juanes94(at)yahoo.com
Did You Say Love?
Rock-a-billy Heaven Bound
Bands in Town
The story of Mississippi Queen began in the fall of 1989, in Zagreb, capitol of Croatia. The band was formed by Jurica Štelma (upright bass), Karlo Starcevic (rhythm guitar, vocal), Renato Zgrablic-Pit (second rhythm, guitar, harp, vocals) and Vedran Žanko (lead guitar, vocals). They played together for over a year, and recorded a few sessions from which tree songs were published on the compilation tape "Rock this town". These were first official recordings of Mississippi Queen. 1990 was a very successful year for Mississippi Queen, because no other band ever had that line-up with a slapping bass in Croatia. They had hundreds of concerts and several appearances on national TV!
By the end of 1990 Vedran left the band, and from that period on, Pit took the lead guitar. The next couple of years, the band performs as a trio, but just one session was recorded in that period. Those tree songs came out as bonus tracks on the first album, "Golden years" in 1993. At that time, two new musicians joined the band: Gorana Cehic (fiddle, vocal), and Igor Balent (drums). This album features the first self-penned song of Mississippi Queen, but no record company showed any interest in it at that moment, so the boys produced it on their own. After a year, the drummer left the band, so they decided to proceed as a trio again. The next album, "Ten Years After" was recorded in 1999, with all cover songs, similar to what they usually played on concerts. But after a few years, the band got fed up with doing covers. They wanted to perform their own songs, and find an audience that would appreciate them. So the band started to write and the album "Did You Say Love" is now a fact. The CD was entirely recorded at the Lightning Recording Studio in Berlin, 2004.for Rhythm Bomb Records,with Ivan Semes-Sammy on the lead guitar.The things started to steam up for the band 'cause the critics were great,and the band took part of the festivals,and clubs around Europe.2008.Sammy left the band,and Axel Praefcke took on the lead guitar. With him, MQueen recorded new album, "Rock-a-Billy Heaven Bound" (Rhythm Bomb Records). After doing the 'Rockabilly Heaven Bound' album, Mississippi Queen changed its line-up once again(Gvozden Sopp on lead guitar, and Kruno Krapec on drums), only to get more versatile sound and be more attractive for international stages – with drums included, it sure was the right choice. 2016. is the year when their third official album for RBR is released 'Oh Yeah', songs that will again prove Mississippi Queen as the backbone of the rockabilly scene nowdays.
Raucous Records" about "Did You Say Love" album
"Now, this is good. Really good! Rockabilly stripped right down - so much so that if this trio didn't play so well, they wouldn't pull it off. But they do - and then some! 16 raw rockin' cuts of real rootsy Rockabilly, Blues and Country Bop. The guitar is hot and twangy, and the upright bass provides the percussion. Not only that, but the bass notes ring out clear as a bell. These guys can play - and the singer has a great voice too, totally suited to this style. 75% of this album is self-written, and these songs are top class - authentic but original, with each band member allowed to show of his talent to it's best. The 4 cover songs are played well, with Mississippi Queen's own style stamped firmly upon them. The artists covered are Sleepy LaBeef and Johnnies Horton, Cash & Burnette. Recommended!"
"Raucous Records" about "Rockabilly Heaven Bound" album
"Rock-a-Billy Heaven Bound album by Croatian rockabilly trio Mississippi Queen is already a few years old, but that hardly matters. It hardly matters that this record is a couple years old already because it is so amazingly authentic sounding that you'd be hard pressed to believe it wasn't 60 years old if I hadn't have just told you. Mississippi Queen has certainly done their rockabilly and hillbilly boogie homework. This record is full of mostly original material that sounds for all the world like it was written in 1954. And the band—Jurica Stelma on upright bass, Axel Praefcke on lead guitar, and Karlo Starcevic on acoustic guitar and vocals—delivers this material with 100% pure southern American rockabilly energy. Starcevic has a rough, deep country voice that's perfectly suited for this material. In it you hear echoes of Elvis, of course, but he's not trying to imitate Elvis. He just sings with a rough honesty that makes his delivery completely convincing."
"Buster Fayte" owner of Rockabilly Romp web blog
"Pure and true vintage style stripped down Rockabilly. Great strong vocals lead the way, with red hot guitar licks, and the slapped double bass providing the percussion. Lots of brand new original songs too! If you like your Rockabilly music raw, stripped down, well performed with a boppin' beat, then this'll be for you!"
"Rockabilly.nl" about "Did you say Love" album
"This CD almost slipped through! Now that would've been a real shame, 'cause it's a mighty fine record that pleased my ears from the very first time I gave it a spin. Mississippi Queen delivered an excellent album, and every song has been taken care of with lots of passion, enthusiasm, and rock & roll by the band. All this commitment and plain hard labor results into this sparkling CD that I really like a lot. It's one of those platters that you throw in the player, puff a smoke, drink a beer and enjoy the ride. The selfpenned tracks have been well-matured and they grab you straight away."
"Rockabilly Bash" about "Golden Years" album
"Mississippi Queen are the oldest rockabilly bend in Croatia. There start to rockin' in late 1989', and their first album are "Golden Years". On "Golden Years" Mississippi Queen were Gorana Cehic(fiddle, vocal), Igor Balent(drums), Jurica Štelma(double bass), Renato Zgrablic-Pit(lead guitar) and frontman Karlo Starcevic(rhythm guitar, vocal). First track on album "Golden Years" are one of most popular Johnny Cash song Cry Cry Cry. Song start with cool slap-bass lick and solo on guitar is really cool. Karlo have very strong vocal which make that cover exellent. Whole album are fill with cover's and just one author's song "Walkin' Thorough My Mind" writen by Karlo Starčević. But "Golden Years" were their first album so i could tell that guys from Mississippi Queen play very good. Every cover had some now stuff which sit's very well in my ears. Songs of Burnette trio 'Oh Baby Baby' are one of the best ever hear and if you listen "Who's That Knockin'" you make your day automatically happier. I dont know how some of Crotian label not recognize that talent and do production of album."
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Located only one kilometer from the center and 950 meter from the trainstation the best way to approach our beautiful city is defiantly by foot. To the historic part of town with it�s many sights and attractions the walking time is about 15 minutes. The club�s, sports- and event locations are also reached in maximum 20 minutes, the city rail to the ?messe erfurt? takes about 10 minutes.
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Industrial Revolution Essay, Research Paper
Europe during the eighteenth century was at the height of the industrial revolution, none of which reached America. In New England the population was largely English, but America as a whole had more than 20 ethnic strains present, nowhere in Europe could such a heterogeneous mixture be found. America was unique in its political structure. Americans vested authority in personalities, rather than, as in England, in institutions of tradition. As a people they had been striped of traditions. America lacked the centuries of tradition that other societies had. American cities not only solved thier problems, but they sought to solve them. European cities were encrusted with centuries of tradition and moved only by custom, problems just accumulated and increased. America also found unique ways to solve thier problems. Whereas in Europe the government was controlled by a closed, self perpetuating corporation of Aldermen and council men with a high resistance to all pleas for civic improvements. Americans circumvented this block in governmental action by the concept of the voluntary society. Benjamin Franklin utilized this concept in developing the American voluntary fire department in 1736. The public library, college of Philadelphia, the America Philosophical society are all out growths of this voluntary society. Another unique feature of America was that the rigid class structure of Europe has degenerated into a cliche observed in form but not practice. Leadership in America was open to anyone had the ability to assert it. European societies of the eighteenth century had the bulk of their cites composed of unemployed laborers, vagabonds, beggars. No large laboring class dominated America cites. Amidst urban dwellers were merchants, lawyers, clergy, craftsmen, shopkeepers, and tradesmen. The expanding towns and cities worked to keep the roving poor down. As Lucas points out that even with slavery and indian exploitation there was a development of a wealthy and powerful elite, based on ability rather than caste. Like European counterparts Americans believed that only those with land would have nay interest in the affairs government. Law was first administered in the colonies without benefit of lawyers. The clergy of New England pressed hard for rule by Biblical law. The average settlement wanted the kind of laws and procedures which was known in Europe. In working out thier legal systems developed systems which freed them from the rigid technicalities of medieval jurisprudence so prevalent in Europe. The Great Awaking that swept through Britain also came to America. The great Awaking and American enlightenment promoted higher eduction in the colonies and also joined to promote separation of church and state. By the middle of the eighteenth century there was less church going people in America than any other country in the western world. America used the ideals of Enlightenment to promote modification and reforms in society, not revolution. There are several features that sets the southern colonies apart from thier northern neighbors. The most striking of which is slavery. The spread of slavery made a society whose continuance depended on a rigid discipline. This prominent feature gives southern life a distinctive and separate sense, creating in the course of time a nation with in a nation. Land tenure in the south was marked by the accumulation of many large estates. This in turn gave rise to a yawning abyss between the very rich and the very poor. Another feature eighteenth century south was that public benevolence played some role in the founding of the southern colonies, and southern governments can only be thought of as a benevolent aristocratic oligarchy. The pulse of religion did not pound with the same beat as in New England nor did the southern religious class ever acquire the prestige and power that quickly won it dominance in the puritan colonies of the north. Another feature of the south is few towns an almost no manufacturing. Even population set it apart from the North. The souths population of seven hundred thousand in 1763 nearly equaled the North, but a third of that number were black slaves. The south during the eighteenth Century cannot be thought of as a single region. It is mainly divided into three areas; Chesapeake, Carolina, and the backcountry. The Chesapeake country included Maryland, Virginia, the Albemarle section of North Carolina, with a western boundary of the piedmont. Tobacco was the overwhelming influence on all life in the Chesapeake region. The basic colonial tobacco farm of about 100 acres, worked by the farmer and his family, and a few servants or slaves faded under the importance of the plantations. The large plantation of one to six thousand acres, and worked by 50 to 100 slaves, became the dominate feature of the Chesapeake country. The plantation worked to tightened tobacco's hold on the economy and cemented slavery into the culture. The Chesapeake economy centered on slavery grown tobacco down the Revolution. Tobacco was not only grown by slaves, small white farmers also worked the plantations. Like all of the south, above the social scale of the negro slave was the small white farmer. There were considerable numbers of these "squire" farmers in the eighteenth century. For the inhabitants of Chesapeake area the social hierarchy was clear cut and fixed. While men strove to obtain social stature in the more open society of the Northern Colonies, they strove to maintain the statues quo in the Chesapeake region. The introduction of rice culture in 1693 to Carolina found a very congenial environment, and rice became the great staple of South Carolina. Rice grew well in the wet, rich mud of the coastal lowlands. Successful cultivation of indigo, which is suited to high dry loam, also worked to alter the face of the Carolina area, and the two crops became the main feature of Carolina. Rice and indigo are adapted to different growing seasons, planted and harvesting would occur at different times allowing a single labor force to work both crops. The labor force to this rice/indigo crop was slave labor. The growing of rice and indigo involved using large numbers of slaves. This was the economic base upon which was built the southern aristocracy. In 1720 the population was estimated at 9,000 whites and 39,000 negroes. At the time of the revolution (1775) the numbers were 70,000 whites and 100,000 negroes. In addition to this population difference there was a wide social gulf between plantations owners and slaves. With negroes outnumbering the whites fear of insurrection became a constant feature of south carolina. The negroes spot at the bottom of the social ladder was fixed by law. The social ladder in Carolina was the home to an immature aristocracy, for it had no real middle class. By the beginning of the eighteenth century it had created two carolinas; an aristocratic save owning and an affluent plantation society. The government of the southern colonies was in complete control of the planter-merchant aristocracy of Charleston. Charleston was the center of Carolina aristocracy. It was a wealthy, prosperous center of economic, cultural, and commerce from which nearly 200 ships cleared in 1748, of which 68 sailed for Europe carrying in all exports to the value of L1,179,559 south carolina currency. Charleston was a great boom town of the eighteenth century. One of the features of the Backcountry was that it contained large numbers of non-english of society. Most of them non-english were white middle class settlers with few slaves. It was an agrarian society, farming at the self-sufficiency with some tobacco. It was a frontier stage of settlement, few slaves, white men worked with thier own hands at clearing the land and the raising of houses. There was neither time nor money for luxury. No schools for children, and few minsters. In eighteenth century America the Englishness of the colonies had increased, and all men looked to England to set the fashion in eduction, science, literature, and the arts. At the opening of the eighteenth century the population of the English mainland colonies stood about 250,000. By 1750 this figure had increased to some 1,500,000. These people (black as well as white) represented many different European nationalities, not distributed in uniform fashion. Colonial population remained will into the century a costal based population. Even with such urban centers as Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, American colonials were overwhelming rural. 90% of the population lived in a rural environment and were engaged in agricultural pursuit. The abundance of land, scarcity of capital (many were newcomers) and inadequate labor supply are the major features in the developing colonial economy. Through the eighteenth century economic activities continued to be based on extractive industries as colonies exploited the land, the forest and the sea. Increasing diversification did occur and the economy became more and more complex. Industrial development dependant upon skilled and semi-skilled labor took place in the towns and cities, and the produce of that development continued with the benefits of a burgeoning agricultural sector to stimulate an every expanding maritime enterprise, but it was the American farmer who stood at the center of the colonial economy. In the first century and half the history of the British colonies in America, women occupied a distinctively submerge position in society. A Woman could not hold property expect in very special circumstances; nor were they expected or even permitted to have any opinions upon the great affairs of the world. Education for women as considered a waste of time and money. They were expected to bear children, keep house, and go to church on sunday. With the approach of the revolution to change the status of women, as America looked to the more advance movements in France and England. By the eighteenth century even language took on a different from the British from. American spoke words that had long dropped out of the British vernacular.
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How the Pros Like to Record Drums
From fusion-heads to the metal maniacs; prog rockers to pop stars, EQ catches up with some of the most exciting drummers of the past 30 years — and the people who help shape their sound — to delve into the underlying philosophies behind why, and how, they record drums the way they do.
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Donning dark shades and flashing a million-dollar smile, Taylor Hawkins struts into the New York offices of Red Distribution like a star. The drummer for the multi-platinum band Foo Fighters is rock-star royalty but his recent solo debut, recorded with his band the Coattail Riders, is a garage band tour de force. "When you are making a Foo Fighters record you know it's going to be on the radio," Hawkins tells EQ. "Everything is 'bigger.'"
From classic Genesis/Latin-influenced ride cymbal patterns, layered percussion, to cowpunk country backbeats and bubbling, close-miked toms, Hawkins' performance might shock Foo fans. "You can hear everything," says Drew Hester, co-producer and engineer. "It is a very organic, warts-and-all record."
The lo-fi recording allows us to hear Hawkins' raw ability. "The drums were literally set up in my garage," Hester says, who explains that most of the songs were completed in a day (with eight drum inputs via Digi 002). "We didn't do this record in a big studio with a lot of gear," adds Hawkins. "It didn't even feel as though we were even making a record. It was just [like] demoing."
Hawkins tackled one song at a time — which is not the way he is used to recording with the Foo Fighters, but he didn't care. "Otherwise you lose perspective," says Hawkins. "You go in the studio for two weeks to work on getting the perfect drum tracks, then we're on to the guitars. The process gets too long."
"If you get one of the top mixers to do your record, they'll get it done, but the drums will be completely artificial," says Taylor Hawkins. "It's like, 'Why do you actually spend time getting drum sounds the way you want them if they are just going to get sampled and compressed?'"
PERSONALITIES SHINING
Message to engineers: Don't bury a drummer's identity. Drummer Mike Wengren, of the band Disturbed, wanted to retain the primal, dry, thunderous tone of the band's debut for the band's latest record Ten Thousand Fists. "We experimented with the birch shells in the beginning, but we just kind of gravitated back to my 6-ply maple Pearl Master Custom drums," Wengren says. "I hit hard and that thickness has become part of my sound."
John Novello, keyboardist and B3 organ player for instrumental fusionoid band Niacin, captured drummer Dennis Chambers in Novello's converted triple-car garage studio (2B3). "Dennis wanted the drums to sound the way he hears them when he plays," says Novello. "We retained the 'crashy, bangy' natural sound of his drums through close miking."
"People always say to me, 'I love your snare sound. How did you get it?'" says Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, Genesis). "What is heard on a record, especially a live one, has almost everything to do with what the musicians actually played, and almost nothing to do with pushing faders up and down and altering balances artificially." Robert Frazza recorded Bruford's "mini" big band — the Earthworks Underground Orchestra live in New York. "I did not close mic any of the drums," says Frazza. "I put a little air in between the drums and mic, which retained the 'woodiness' of the kit."
"My general feeling about drum kits, particularly when you are recording a drummer who does not have a 'production' drum sound, is to simply capture what they are doing," says Paul Northfield, who engineered and mixed Neil Peart's instructional DVD: Anatomy of a Drum Solo. "The starting point is always how Neil sounds when he plays," says tech Lorne Wheaton. "That tonal ring is part of Neil's character on the drums."
OPEN MIND, OPEN SOUND
Carl Palmer, former Emerson, Lake, and Palmer drummer and now with the Carl Palmer Band, comments on his two new live records, Working Live — Volume 1 & 2, produced in collaboration with engineer Paul Kennedy. "By using Paiste metal alloy drums, because of the 'liveness' of the metal shell, the drums had extra zing" (Palmer was using 57s on the toms, an AKG D12 in the kick.) "I have some of my drums flat so I can hit rimshots," Palmer says. "I am a kind of balls-to-the-wall prog drummer. I am very un-English when it comes to that. So, we kept the tuning as I liked it, and where the drum would ring we would just gate it."
UNEARTHING MIC SETUPS
Terry Date, known for his work with Pantera, Prong, and many others, offers a view into mic techniques for the latest Unearth offering, which has a notably "boomy" drum tone. "The kick mic was inside the drum, just off-center from the beater, about 4" inside the front head. The snare mic was just a Shure 57, about an inch off the rim, with the back of the mic pointed at the hat for as much isolation as possible. There was no bottom miking; toms were ATM 125s placed, once again, to maximize isolation from the cymbals. It was a km84 on the hi-hat, 451s on the overheads, four 87s spread around the room, and a couple of trash mics, heavily compressed, for the kit. We also used a Yamaha NS10 woofer in front of the kick to give it a little more sub."
BUILDING THE PERFECT BEA(S)T
While recording the follow-up to the multi-platinum Pyromania, Def Leppard was served a near-fatal blow when drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car accident. Thanks to the vision of then-Leppard producer Mutt Lange, the concept of mapping out songs with drum programming became essential to the recording process for Pyro's successor, 1987's Hysteria. For the recording of the band's new record, Yeah!, producer/engineer Ronan McHugh and drummer Allen followed Lange's philosophy and mapped out songs with the help of BFD — the digital sound library of acoustic drum set samples.
McHugh recorded Allen semi-live onstage to achieve the correct tempo for each of the tracks. Once in the studio, McHugh would continue to chase snare and floor tom samples (which were eventually stored in Allen's Akai sampler for use in Allen's studio performances), as the drummer recorded in waves: the drums in one pass, the cymbals in another. "The only thing with that approach is you really have to nail both aspects, otherwise it would sound like two people playing," says Allen.
SECOND SKINS
"Second Skin," the opening track of Widespread Panic's latest CD, Earth to America, engulfs with its backbeat. Recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, by producer Terry Manning (ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, Shakira), Earth To America marks the 20th anniversary of the band, and first time Panic has recorded outside of John Keane Studios in Athens, GA. With seamless rhythms of percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, drummer Todd Nance, and bassist Dave Schools, Panic has rarely sounded so coherent and soulful.
Nance set up in Compass' Studio A live drum area — the same room that brought us the incredible drum sounds of "Back In Black," "Addicted to Love," and "Start Me Up." The double percussion effect is heard (and felt) on Bob Dylan's "Solid Rock," "Second Skin," "When the Clowns Come Home," and "From the Cradle."
Manning's unconventional recording approach contributed to the drums' booming sound. "I set up Todd's kit in the Rec Room and used a long snake to extend the mic input cables and headphones," says Manning. "Mics were placed in a different way from the main tracking room to conform to the space and sound of the Rec Room. I also put a mic about 35 feet away, down one hallway, and up another, and made sure that the building was quiet when tracking. The very distant room mic was two rooms away, and the entire sound wave journey was along concrete hallways. The hallway mic was absolutely crushed with the Lucas compressors." "Terry gave it that John Bonham reverb effect," Ortiz says.
The basic mic configuration for Nance's drums was as follows: an AKG D-112 (through API 512c preamp) for the kick drum; an AKG C12VR and a modified vintage Shure 545 (with the internal transformer removed) for Nance's snares; a C12 about a foot away from the snare; an AKG 451 on the hi-hat; a Røde NT-6 using gooseneck attachments on the toms; two NT-2000s as overheads placed in an X-Y configuration (at a 90º angle) and centered on the snare; and an MXL V6 room mic placed on the 14-foot ceiling.
Ortiz, for most of the record, was isolated from the band in the Rec Room at Compass. "I couldn't see anybody. It was a little strange," Ortiz says. "The mic [we used] was a Rode NT-4 stereo mic, placed back about two to three feet away, centered on his conga setup midpoint," says Manning.
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CryptoBiz Exchange – The new crypto-trading platform that will catch India's eye
Akashnath Sumukar
Source: CryptoBiz Exchange
With Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, continuing to consolidate higher on the charts, cryptocurrency trading in India has flourished. The said growth has also fueled a surging boom in India's native crypto-community. However, while such a community has been around for a while, the fact of the matter is existing players in the industry do not adequately or fully cater to the community's needs.
Consider this – According to Coin Dance, the first week of December 2020 saw record INR volumes. What does this suggest? Well, it suggests that there is a genuine interest in the field of crypto.
However, as a recent survey found, there are quite a few concerns as well. While regulatory clarity is one, another prominent concern in the eyes of many is that trading and investing options aren't as easy and seamless as they should be. Ergo, there is room for a player that can cater to any needs that may accordingly arise.
Enter, CryptoBiz Exchange, an innovative, new cryptocurrency trading platform with secure infrastructure in place. Led by CEO Ahmad Dal, a veteran of the cryptocurrency and blockchain sphere, CryptoBiz offers an institutional-grade trading platform that caters to the needs of not just experienced traders, but also novices who'd like to make an entry in the crypto-space.
CryptoBiz's platform offers its customers a host of services, most notably, the purchase and sale of a single or an array of cryptocurrencies (All listed on CryptoBiz's Asset Index). That's not all either as the exchange also facilitates the exchange of cryptocurrencies on a peer-to-peer regulated marketplace, all supported by state-of-the-art technology and a UI that makes trading an easy and seamless experience.
To use the said services, all a person has to do is create an account, verify it, link it to one's digital wallet, and voila!
In fact, what is also interesting is that while most users have to concede to the option of buying cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin at a higher premium in countries like India, CryptoBiz's launch disrupts the trend by offering a fair price.
While CryptoBiz is registered in the Northern European country of Estonia, it has a core that is truly Indian, with the likes of Dal, Head of Business Development Arjun Dev, and Head of Digital Marketing Omkar Sonawane leading from the front. This is one of the many reasons why its launch is being so hyped by the community.
This was perhaps best articulated by Mr. Sonawane after he recently commented,
"The team behind our project has been involved in cryptocurrency for years and years. With such experts in the CryptoBiz Exchange leadership, we are bringing a platform for the traders, by the traders – with no compromise on features and security. That is the ultimate goal."
No compromise on features and security
While on the face of it this would seem like big talk, in the case of CryptoBiz, it really isn't.
For instance, one of the exchange's most notable trading features is the availability of the 'Global Bulk Trading' option – "an exclusive feature that helps traders, financial institutions and corporate entities buy, sell, and exchange BTC and USDT in large volumes." Here, while a minimum bulk order has to be worth at least 25 BTC/USDT, the maximum cap on the same is set at 100 BTC/USDT per transaction.
For the same, the exchange supports a host of payment options including bank transfers, SWIFT transfers, and wire transfers, with the supported currencies including the SGD, the Japanese Yen, the Malaysian Ringgit, and THB. Needless to say, as of now, this service is open in only Thailand, Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia. However, CryptoBiz is working on expanding to other countries as well, including India, a country where this option isn't available yet despite launch.
CryptoBiz isn't bluffing on the question of security either. Advertising itself as the "best and the most secure platform," the exchange platform leverages an "expandable and multi-stage holding strategy to ensure that a major chunk of the funds is kept in cold storage to add more safety to the already secured accounts."
Further, not only does the exchange use a two-factor authentication process, but it also has a range of other security features that provide extra layers of protection, all of which assure a user about the safety and security of their funds.
CryptoBiz also strictly adheres to AML and MLTFPA regulations, with its extensive KYC protocols including a verification of the user's photo ID and proof of address. In fact, the exchange also abides by local regulations, with CryptoBiz restricting any use of its services from "prohibited jurisdictions."
Finally, CryptoBiz also comes off as very honest and transparent, especially since the Service page of the exchange's webpage clearly highlights the risks associated with trading in crypto-assets.
It must be noted, however, that CryptoBiz's platform is still in its beta phase. This means that there is a lot of room for further upgrades and more offerings, all of which will only make trading even more convenient for a user. With iOS and Android applications in the works, CryptoBiz might just be well-positioned to take the crypto-scene by storm, especially in a country like India.
For more information, check out the exchange's Twitter or Facebook page.
Disclaimer: This is a paid post and should not be taken as news/advice
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Having studied Chemical Engineering, Akashnath's focus is on the UK and Indian markets and especially crypto assets. He is devoted to technical analysis and is always on the lookout for investment opportunities.