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LOOK: ENRIQUE GIL Sends Sweet Birthday Wishes To His "Forever" LIZA SOBERANO!
The world's most beautiful face of 2017 Liza Soberano is celebrating her 20th birthday today and her on and off screen leading man Enrique Gil couldn't help but send his "forever" the sweetest birthday wishes ever!
Posted on his Instagram, Enrique wrote alongside their cute snap, "To the woman that I call my forever, all I want is for you to be happy in all that you do. You fill the gaps in my life with your love, simplicity and kindness, seeing you smile makes me feel completely and genuinely happy. I promise to make you smile for the rest of my life i love you happy birthday mi corazon ❤"
Happy Birthday, Liza! We swear to love and support Lizquen for the rest of our lives!
Send your birthday wishes to Liza below!


Did Obama step out on Michelle, as this picture seems to imply? No way! It's a trick of the camera angle, Anderson Cooper said Friday. This is the second time a well-timed snapshot made an innocent presidential gesture out to be much naughtier than it really was.


I am a Web Developer/Designer & Graphic Artist living in Westminster Maryland. Although I spend most of my time in the world of web development, I also love logo/branding design and illustration. My passion for design started at an early age, and I have continued to be inspired through everything I see. I spent my undergraduate years rounding out my abilities as an artist, and graduated from Salisbury University in the Fall of 2009 with my B.F.A. in Graphic Design.
I started my Masters degree in Web Development, but decided to put in on hold to take a position as Web Developer/Designer at D3Corp in Ocean City, Maryland. It was a tough decision to choose work over education, but I do not question my decision at all. I can push myself as hard as any professor could, and being in the creative field I feel it is important to find your own way in a sense. I am currently the lead designer on a DoD contract, designing and building webpages for various clients within the government space as well as working to bring the the Defense Departments website into the modern age. I continue to do custom WordPress development in my "free" time, while constantly teaching myself and pushing myself for advancement. It is fun working in an environment that is forever evolving.
I would classify myself as a perfectionist, but I try to not let it confine my creativeness. I am constantly pushing myself to the limit, and challenging myself in each and every project I create. I hope to eventually become a college professor so that I may guide students in the creative arts the same way that my professors pushed me to expand the way I view ART.
I believe that everyone is an artist, you just have to be open enough to embrace it, brave enough to express it, and dedicated enough to push your limits.
As much as I love development and design, I love my wonderful wife even more. She is very supportive (to say the least) of the hard work and countless hours I dedicate to my work, and I can not thank her enough for it. I am lucky enough to be able to do something that I am so passionate about for a living, and even more lucky to have someone supporting me when I get home.
Sports has been a great outlet growing up. I played baseball and basketball growing up, however my true passion for sport came in 2005 when I was introduced to Ultimate Frisbee. I continue playing to this day year round and it is a great way to network and stay in shape. It is a sport that is growing quickly, and it is incredibly addicting. I even had the privilege to play the sport at the pro level for the D.C. Current in 2016.
I am also a Volkswagen enthusiast. I have three Volkswagens, a MK1 Rabbit (Caddy) Pickup, a MK1 Etienne Aigner Cabriolet, and a MK6 Jetta 2.5SE. When I need a break from behind a computer, and my girlfriend is either working or busy, it is nice to be able to get my hands dirty on them. I view my cars as almost an extension of me, and the community is a great place to network and meet awesome new people. The creative and Volkswagen communities share many similarities.
Although my family lives states away now, I still love them everyday. I am fortunate to be the oldest brother of 3 awesome sisters, and to have two parents that have sacrificed so much for their children. I know that a few sentences can not do it justice, but I hope they know how truly grateful I am for everything they have done for me.
I am living this crazy journey called "life", and I can not wait to see what lies ahead.


The belt conveyors are suitable to meet the multiple needs of collection, transport, and separation of molded or blow-moulded pieces on injection and blow molding machines. The NDS series is a double-bent flat belt conveyor having a lower part for the collection of pieces, an inclined part for the transport and a flat upper part used for separation. Adjustable height, slope and the two angles between the sloping and flat parts. It is usually supplied with a PUR high-grip bulged belt. Smooth belts with strips are also available. It is equipped with a plate metal detector. Also available is the ND series, double-bent fixed belt conveyor where the angle between the bent part and the lower and side parts is fixed.
•Quick adjustment of height and inclination.
•Installed on rotating wheels with brake.
•PUR belts: smooth, smooth with flights or high-grip bulged.
•Belt speed of 3 m/min.
•All machines are equipped with safety devices and have been manufactured in compliance with european standards.
•Electronic control panel with robot signal for programmed operation.
•Electronic control panel with 2-cycle timer.
•Belt speeds available: 1,5–6-9-12 m/min..
•Mechanical speed controller with manual-adjustable motor speed control from 0 to 20 m/min.. •Plate metal detector.
•Separator system for parts from runners. •Tailor-made sizes.
•White belts for food applications or reinforced belts for high temperatures.


Julia Weber, Dr. phil, studied German Literature, Philosophy and Psychology in Berlin, Lisbon, Vienna and Paris. After working for one year as a dramaturge at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, she wrote her dissertation on forms of multiple subjectivity in the works of Fernando Pessoa, Samuel Beckett and Friederike Mayröcker at the Ludwigs-Maximilians-University of Munich (published in 2010 by Wilhelm Fink). She subsequently spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at Yale University, and returned to the Free University Berlin in 2010, where she now works as the leader of the research group "Building Imagination. Literature and Architecture in Modernity" at the Peter Szondi Institute for Comparative Literature. Her current book project "Architectures of the Soul: A Travel-Guide to Inner Realms" focuses on the representation of emotion, spatiality and architecture across different time periods. Recent and forthcoming publications include articles on the metaphor of the camera obscura as a "darkroom of the soul", the relationship between architecture and interiority in E.T.A. Hoffmann's novella "Rat Krespel", and the uncanny architectures in Mark Z. Danielewski's "House of Leaves".
Dorit Müller, Dr. phil, is a literary historian whose main focus is cultural and media studies. First educated at Rostov Civil Engineering College (Russia), she subsequently studied at Humboldt University Berlin, where she received her MA degree in German Literature and Cultural Studies. In her doctoral thesis, completed in 2002, she investigated the depiction of the automobile experience in literature and film around 1900.
From 2002 to 2007, she was a research fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Research in Berlin and participated in projects on the history of literary criticism and the depiction of science in film. Since 2008 her research has focused on spatial theory. During that time, she was associated with the "Topology of Technology" Graduate School at the University of Technology Darmstadt and most recently with the Research Center for Historical and Cultural Studies at Trier University. She joined the research group "Building Imagination" in April 2013. Here, she will investigate the epistemic functions of spatiality in literature and visual media using historical examples of Arctic research and polar fiction.
Julia Dettke, M.A., studied Comparative Literature and Theatre Studies in Göttingen, Berlin, Paris and Bologna and completed the Licence franco-allemande in Franco-German Cultural Studies at the Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle in 2009. During her studies, she was Gert Mattenklott's student assistant. She also worked as a freelance journalist for the film department of TV station 3sat. Her M.A. thesis (2012) connects Michel Foucault's theory of power with his writings on aesthetics and analyzes gazes between surveillance and spectacle in the cinema of Elio Petri, Michael Haneke and Pedro Almodóvar. Her research interests include 20th century French and Italian literature, literary and cinematic architectures (especially the intersections between spatial, literary and cinematic theories), feature and documentary films and (spatial) theories of aesthetic experience. She works as a film critic for Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Zeit Online and Tagesspiegel.
Lena Abraham, M.A., studied Spanish Language and Literatures, Comparative Literatures and Psychology in Mexico City, Buenos Aires and Berlin, as well as Translation at the University of Córdoba (Spain). In her previous studies she was mainly concerned with thematological issues in 19th century Mexican and German narrative works. In 2011 she completed her Licenciatura at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México with her thesis on the aestheticization of murder in Bernardo Couto Castillos' short stories. In her Master's thesis (2014) she wrote about the femme fatale in the form of a salamander in E.T.A. Hoffmann's Der Elementargeist and Efrén Rebolledo's Salamandra, as well as in other narrative texts of the late German Romanticism and Mexican Modernism. Currently she explores the effects of the spatial unsettling of the house as shelter in literary texts with regard to the formation of the subject. Her analysis is based on descriptions of houses ›coming alive‹ in German, Spanish, French, and English narratives. She joined the Emmy Noether Research Group "Bauformen der Imagination" at FU Berlin in April 2015. Since 2017 she is a fellow in the Doctoral program at the Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung in Berlin.
Maria Ebner studied European Literature and Publishing in Mainz and completed her B.A. with a thesis on gender-ambiguous narrations and performativity in contemporary German and French Literature. She is currently enrolled in the M.A. Program for Comparative Literature at FU Berlin. In her previous studies she was concerned with poststructuralist theories and phenomena such as Rewriting and Autofiction. Her main research interests are the intersections between literary constitutions of spatiality and subjectivity regarding questions of gender.
Alongside her studies she has worked in bookstores, did internships in publishing houses and media agencies and is a freelance assistant editor at rbb Fernsehen.
Rina Schmeller, M.A., studied Comparative Literature and Anthropology in Berlin. During her studies, she worked as a student assistant with Prof. Oliver Lubrich and the Emmy Noether Research Group "Building Imagination". Her research interests include literary representations of space and architecture, self-reflexive narration, as well as travel, colonial and exile literature. Her B.A. thesis (2010) examined the diary Virginia Woolf kept during her trip to Nazi Germany in 1935. In her M.A. thesis she explored representations of snowbound spaces in literature, most notably in Stifter's last tale (From the Bavarian Forest) and in Kafka's last novel (The Castle). Besides looking at the specific impact of white spaces on the narratives' subjects and their ways of mastering space, the thesis focused on self-reflexive references to the act and process of writing. She is currently giving a seminar on the topic "Snowed in. White Spaces in Prose from Stifter to Sorokin" and is investigating the poetological scenario at the window in Virginia Woolf's Letter to a Young Poet. She continues working with the Emmy Noether Research Group as a freelance lector.


I recently attended a fundraiser and the most sought-after raffle item was a Money Tree! The tree was topiary style and paper money was used instead of leaves. This was the first time I had seen one before and I immediately decided that I would be making one for my daughter's birthday and maybe even for Christmas! Now that I have teens, it has become harder to shop for them. Most clothing items end up going back and gift cards get boring after awhile. But the money tree is a fun way to present a gift of cash, and I don't know any teens that would turn down cash!
I purchased everything at a local craft store. Terra cotta pots are less expensive, but I opted for a black pot, covered in chalkboard paint.
The first thing you will need to do is to lay out your supplies and begin cutting the ribbon. Measure out the ribbon to be similar in length to the dollar bills. Next I recommend twisting the ribbon into a "tube-like" form and twist in the middle.
If you choose to use larger denominations and use less bills, then layering or doubling up the ribbon will give your money tree more dimension.
When adding the money, I pinched the middle to create the shape of a bow.
Again, to add more dimension, you can double up the bill with some ribbon to make the money tree full.
Using a T-pin, I secured each ribbon and bill into the 5 inch styrofoam ball.
When using different denomination of bills, try to spread them out evenly throughout the ball. I used $100 in fives and tens. It was surprising to me that it was looking so sparse, so I had to add a lot more ribbon than planned. Then again, 50 one-dollar bills covers a lot more space than 5 tens and 10 fives!
Press some styrofoam inside the pot. I had planned to use the smaller styrofoam ball pictured above, but it wasn't a tight enough fit and the money tree was wobbly. I ended up removing it and cut a piece of floral foam to fit securely in the pot. Press your dowel or plant stake in the center and fill the top of the pot with moss. Place the styrofoam ball onto the top of the stake. If desired, add some decorative ribbon the stake or pin some into the moss.
I am pleased with this money tree. Next time I may try more bills and less ribbon. It does take time, patience and a little practice to perfect! I love this DIY gift idea and so did my daughter. There are more money trees to come in the future!


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The wisdom of the elders is building a beautiful way of living for all
For the last 30 years, we have joined with hundreds of other people dedicated to transforming the current system of eldercare around the world. For those 30 years, we have worked within the current system attempting to change it. There has been some progress, but not enough. We can and we must do better. This time, we are working outside the system to create a new way of living. We call it Kallimos, from the Greek word "kallima" meaning beauty. Kallimos is a beautiful way of living.
Being Independent Together
Maybe it's not always about trying to fix something broken. Maybe it's about starting over and creating something new.
By Dr. Bill Thomas
wthomas@changingaging.org
The COVID-19 pandemic hit everyone hard but the blow fell the heaviest on elders and their families. Infection control policies dominated the daily lives of millions of elders. These policies protected us but, over the past year, older people paid a terrible price for this protection. Along with COVID, another, less visible affliction raged within our borders, a pandemic of loneliness and social isolation. Now that vaccinations are reducing the risk from COVID, a new challenge is presenting itself. How shall we address the terrible toll loneliness takes on elders?
The problem is that older Americans are largely confined to two options when it comes to choosing a place to live. The first, and most popular, option is to "age in place." The idea here is to maintain the status quo as well as you can for as long as you can. This approach works well, until it doesn't. According to a study conducted by the Harvard University Center on Housing only about two percent of American housing has the features needed by people with limited mobility. It is also true that some of the loneliest elders in America are living at home on streets filled with houses but without friends, family, or neighbors as part of their daily life. Large senior living buildings offer a solution for some but can be expensive. Because they are age segregated, they also carry the stigma of being "old folks homes."
In the past, too many people had to choose between being independent but alone, or being together but dependent. Now, a new option is beginning to emerge and with it the possibility of being independent–together.
What people want, perhaps more than ever before, is a place of their own and the opportunity to be the boss of their own lives. There is growing evidence that a well-worn approach to architecture is gaining new relevance. Once known as "bungalow courts," (and now commonly referred to as "pocket neighborhoods") small dwellings are being clustered around a shared green space. This old is new option just might become the basis for a new way of aging. Small homes and shared spaces reduce the cost of living and encourage neighborliness. These communities can also feature shared households, Millennials call this the "co-living" option. Elders are increasingly attracted to the idea of exploring new blends of privacy and community and people of all ages are increasingly recognizing that "age segregation" makes it more difficult to create, and sustain, vibrant, happy communities.
I began writing about this type of living in the late 1990's. My first novel (In the Arms of Elders) told the story of a hidden land where elders "lived in the heart of the community" and was set in a village that was home to people of all ages and abilities. The name of the community was, "Kallimos." The word describes "a beautiful way of living." The idea behind it is simple, we should make places that connect people to the beauty within themselves, within other people and in nature. This is what people want, and need.
I spent five years travelling the country talking with elders and people who care about elders in more than 125 cities. They told me their stories, and revealed their hopes, and fears to me. It turns out that people who are old pretty much want pretty much what everyone else wants. They want to belong to a community that includes people of all ages. They want to give to and receive from others, and to keep that giving and receiving in balance. They want to remain connected to the living world, to light, and wind, and rain. Central to these wishes is the need to break free from attitudes that equate aging with decline.
A Kallimos Community differs from other kinds of community because it rejects the idea that old people need to be segregated from the rest of society. Kallimos Communities uses the "MAGIC" framework, first developed at the University of Southern Indiana, to create a place people of all ages and abilities can call home. A MAGIC Community includes the following elements:
Multi-Ability: All physical and cognitive abilities are respected and welcome at Kallimos, so whether you experience some sort of limitation or you feel unstoppable, you can belong here.
Multi-Generational: From college students who are finding their way in life to elders who have seen it all, the Kallimos community is enriched by the perspectives that people of different ages bring to the community.
Inclusive: Traditional senior communities exclude the young and nursing facilities exclude those who are well. Loved ones are separated when a spouse needs additional care and adult family members are denied the ability to live with and help with that care. Kallimos creates a thriving community because it embraces people with different life experiences.
Co-living: We strike a fair balance between community and privacy. Some living arrangements lack sufficient privacy and others offer little or no sense of community. Kallimos, in contrast, offers people a home of their own and the opportunity to share in community meals as desired. This is a place where people can have good neighbors— and be a good neighbor.
It is clear that the public's preferences, and the priorities of policymakers, are swinging toward greater access to home and community based services. This is good because it gives people more choices and more control over where they want to live. What we need is for the architecture and culture of our neighborhoods to catch up with the way we want to live in the future. Kallimos Communities is dedicated to bringing these new neighborhoods to life and helping the people who choose to live in them experience the greatest health and well-being possible.
Bringing good things into being requires hard work and persistence but what greater reward could there be than to see the emergence of a new way of living, one that suits people of all ages but is especially adept at putting life into the years of elders. You can learn more about the story of Kallimos by visiting kallimos.com and even become part of the movement by helping to bring a Kallimos Community to your town. A post-COVID world is waiting to be born, and we can work together to ensure this new era has much less loneliness and social isolation than the one we knew before.
Megan Marama
kallimoscommunities@gmail.com
SOURCE Kallimos Communities, Inc.
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