Incentive: up to $50 in Amazon gift cards plus store coupons for completing the study!
That's it for now. Short and sweet for your weekend…plus a way to earn some freebies. Its win/win for everyone! I can't wait to fill you in on my trip to Baltimore soon.
Now, onward and upward. After a 3-week hiatus I'm ready to talk groceries, budgeting, and couponing! This week official marks the halfway point for the P:FB bloggers who started back in October. <– wowza and congrats to those I've learned so much from doing this project, from honing my couponing skills to being flexible with my budget as need be.
If you remember back on Mar 8, I had gone over hugely ($59!). I ate a ridiculous amount of greens, gave the rest away (an entire box of that Olivia's =/), and soothed my aching soul with the fact that I didn't have to shop for the week I was in Vegas. <– wrong!
Then I realized that I very well could be eating white rice + overcooked veggies for Convention so off to Trader's I went (in a full panic…legit one of the girls who works there had to calm me down because I was in full blown panic attack mode =/). I stocked up on $20 worth of essentials: trail mix, lara bars, wasabi peas, and apples. Fun fact about peas: they are a protein-rich veggie with 4g per ½c serving! Those along with my last few oranges, homemade banana bread, and flax almond butter meant I could survive regardless of what the food options were and without spending a ton of extra $ on breakfast! Budgeting win!
As for eats in Vegas, feast your eyes! Honestly, the Rio's catering blew me away. My Passion sisters shared their extra and/or unwanted veggies with me and I ate like a queen.
Tofu Dish – I asked the waitress what it was because I was in shock and thought it might be fish!
So that brings us to March 15. I get back from Vegas and meal plan and grocery plan and discover that I need Olive Oil…and lemon juice (I buy organic)…which leaves me about $25 (good EVOO + organic lemon juice will do that to your budget) for all my produce! I ended up spending about $50 in all which isn't too bad considering $15 of it was on those two items. Of course I proceeded to spend much more while out eating ($60 one night and $15 the next) but that's from the discretionary fund people! 😀 And I couldn't say no to my last Worcester Restaurant Week, especially when it involved these beauties.
That's basically $40 right there. Plus I realized that since I would be travelling this upcoming weekend (as in I wrote this post partially on the commuter rail and partially at South Station and partially at Logan airport and partially in my friend's living room in Baltimore) and it was the end of the month, I needed to go through my month-end coupons and see what was expiring, what I had match-ups for, what I needed to stock my pantry with, etc.
So what did I decide to do? Give myself a $100 budget for the week. Sorry I should have made sure you were sitting before I dropped that bomb on you! I know, it's a huge increase. So what gives? Plain and simple, I didn't want to feel guilty for missing my budget. So I set it high and figured that if I hit it, fine. I was prepared. If I didn't, even better. Of course for those details you'll have to keep reading!
Bad news: I had other things planned but one night didn't feel well…hence the mac & cheese…and otherwise just didn't feel like cooking anything else.
Bad news 2: I didn't really enjoy the Miso dressing. The flavor just…wasn't right for me. I felt that it was a bit watery and didn't really break down the kale leaves like Mama Pea's recipes did.
Good news: The coconut lentils were outstanding…so was the simple cheese sauce. In fact I was so busy spooning the latter to my mouth that I realize I had spilled it down the front of me. Haha But legit…grab yourself a can of coconut milk and make those lentils. If you are cooking for one, I'd suggest halving the recipe or plan on sharing/freezing/eating it for a week.
Great news: I created my first official recipe this week! I wanted creamed spinach to go along with the coconut lentils but I didn't want a cooked version since I feel best when I eat raw foods and am slowly but surely starting to believe that on average, they are best for us. So I got to searching and I looked at a couple of recipes and shazam! First timer's luck or secret recipe-creating skills? You decide!
Note: Mine was super thin at first when I used the full cup of milk so I tossed in a big handful of raw almonds to thicken the mixture up. It not only worked wonders but added a bit of texture. This step is totally up to you.
I spent an additional $22.55 at WF but my wonderful momma came up to visit and was a coupon caper side-kick and covered that cost (plus our delish WF lunch) for me. Still I would have stayed under my $100 budget.
Yea, let's go with those latter numbers instead!
Total Price: $1.49 ßnot the best deal but it was calling to me!
Total Price: $3.49 or just 8 cents/tampon!
Update: I was a bit over exhausted when I posted this and forgot to forward you to my LOVELY fellow P:FB-ers . Go share the y/b/l love with em!
Welcome to the first ever Week of Passion!
Each day I'm going to cover a different topic related to Passion Parties, our Convention, or Passion in general. I've only written about my biz a handful of times so I'm excited to explore this topic in more depth with all of you.
Today I'm going to give you a behind-the-scenes look into convention! I'm secretly hoping some of you maybe so impressed that you say, "Hey girlfriend…I want that lifestyle! Sign me up!" Ok…secret's out!
This year's Convention theme was "Get the Party Started" and party we did! Having just finished my cleanse, I didn't do too much drinking because I knew a) my alcohol tolerance would be nonexistent, b) my sugar tolerance is dooown, and c) I wanted to fit into my clothes come Wednesday. <–I learned that last one the hard way last year. 😦 Even more, I wanted to prove to myself that I could mostly stick to my healthy habits while on the go and in situations where I wasn't in control of the food choices.
Sunday was our annual team costume party and I happily enjoyed my Avocado Slush (see below). One of our leaders' hubbies went as Snow White (yes you read that correctly) and we were all his dwarves. I was more wood nymph but hey…my legs look good.
Eventually we all made our way up to the hotel's rooftop club (talking our way in since we definitely weren't in dress code) where we proceed to tear up the dance floor, PP style!
Monday was our first of two awards dinner where Corporate honors new leaders in the company plus others who've reached milestones with their sales and/or sponsoring. AKA we get fed a catered meal and spoiled with goodies like diamonds and iPads. Oh and these hunks come for a visit!
My dare? Teach 3 people a dance!
Cotton Eyed Joe it is then!
Tehe And, of course, Wednesday was our big awards dinner: Night of the Stars. We celebrated the best of the best on Wednesday…and more ridiculousness ensued, of course.
Wednesday night post-dinner we all just hung in our pjs and ate junk food and did team bonding. I might have consumed too much Jack Daniels…but just maybe. 😉 I think I slept for a total of 20 hours the entire time…when you only see your team once per year, you make the most of every loving + blissful second together.
And of course there was the Breakthrough Experience with Brian Biro. This is the last formal activity we share as a company and it is, by far, the most powerful. I sobbed last year when it was my turn to break my (1-in, solid wood) board and again this year as I realized just how much of Brian's lessons and my experience had manifested unknowingly in my life over the past year. Its incredibly empowering, inspiring, and life-changing. You literally see people transform before your eyes.
To this day my board sits on my dresser with my zipline wristband pinned through it (fear of flying breakthrough). Clearly these are my photos from last year…the experience is far too intimate to share for others. Lots of tears and absolutely unforgettable. If you ever have the chance to train with Brian, do not pass it up for anything. Oh and I am taking full bragging rights and letting you know I broke that SOB on my first try. I won't, however, tell you what overwhelming fear I broke through. Lets just say less than 1 year later, Hopkins came in and proved that my journey is complete, for now.
I hope you enjoyed this little peek into the biggest party of the year! Since I missed Monday, I'll be putting up my book review a little later today so stay tuned!
I've missed you so! I had a week's worth of blogs all planned, wrote them en route to VEGAS and then heard those words us travelling folks hate: no complimentary internet.
Obviously getting veg-filled food trumped going to Starbucks for free internet so this guy was lonely for the week…except according to my stats you all were pretty busy catching up on old posts.
Distance makes the heart grow fonder, eh?!
Yea I was around Canadians for a bit this week. Don't worry…all the juicy, passionate, details are on their way for my upcomingWeek of Passion.


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NewsOne Now NAACP Image Awards Preview
Ed Powell
The NAACP Image Awards will air live this Friday at 9/8c on TV One and all this week on NewsOne Now, an expert panel will share our predictions on who will take home the trophies.
Today's panel of experts included Danielle Belton, Associate Editor at TheRoot.com, Kelley Carter,Senior Writer for ESPN's The Undefeated, Laura Coates, Former Federal Prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice, Paris Dennard, Republican Communications Strategist, and Lauren Victoria Burke, Managing Editor of Politic365.com.
Outstanding Motion Picture
Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)
Concussion (Sony)
Creed (Warner Bros./Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Dope (Open Road Films)
Straight Outta Compton (Universal)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Secret in Their Eyes (STX)
Michael B. Jordan, Creed (Warner Bros./Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Michael Ealy, The Perfect Guy (Screen Gems)
Will Smith, Concussion (Sony)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Keke Palmer, Brotherly Love (Flavor Unit)
Sanaa Lathan, The Perfect Guy (Screen Gems)
Teyonah Parris, Chi-Raq (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
Viola Davis, Lila and Eve (Samuel Goldwyn)
Zoe Saldana, Infinitely Polar Bear (Sony Pictures Classics)
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source: Newsone.com
NewsOne Now NAACP Image Awards Preview was originally published on www.praisecleveland.com
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EU Update 23: Meaningful Vote
Ian Murray MP Brexit Update
As you may be aware this promises to be a significant couple of weeks for Brexit in Parliament. Today MPs will begin a five day debate on the Prime Minister's withdrawal deal before a vote in Parliament on Tuesday 11th December. I will be speaking in the chamber on Monday 10th.
You can read the House of Commons library brief on the process for a "Meaningful Vote" here.
Since my last update the Government and the EU have released a beefed up political declaration. This is the document which outlines the post Brexit relationship between the UK and the EU. You can view the whole document here and at 26 pages it is substantially more accessible than the withdrawal agreement. However, it is important to state that what we will be voting on next week is the "divorce agreement" and this political declaration and NOT a future trade relationship as we were promised. It kicks a lot of the major issues into the long grass and, if you recall from previous updates (all of which are on my website at www.ianmurraymp.com/european-union/) you will know that I have consistently stated that the only way the Prime Minister can get any deal through Parliament is by fudging the big issues.
The political declaration is not legally binding and is full of ambiguous phrases like "the parties will consider" and "the parties should establish". The Guardian have complied a very useful sector by sector analysis of the declaration which you may also find useful. However, what is obvious from both the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration is that this is a worst of all worlds deal and certainly much worse than the deal we currently have.
In November Parliament voted for the Government to release the legal advice – given by the Attorney General – on the withdrawal agreement. The Government did not even contest this vote. Now the Government and the Attorney General are withholding that legal advice despite being instructed by Parliament.
I asked the Attorney General what advice he had issued his Government and himself on the principle of holding the sovereign House of Commons in contempt. You can watch my question here.
The Government has also released a series of economic impact assessments which make for grim reading. The economy will be smaller under every Brexit eventuality – 3.9% smaller and costing £100bn a year in 15 years under the PM's deal and 9.3% smaller under a no-deal scenario. These forecasts show the Brexit project for what it is: a gross act of national self-harm. These figures were backed up by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) which you can view here.
THE NIESR concludes:
By 2030, at the end of the first decade outside the EU, this would have the following consequences:
The UK's Gross Domestic Product would fall by 3.9 per cent – or £100 billion annually
GDP per head would fall by 3 per cent a year, amounting to an average cost per person a year of £1,090 at today's prices.
Total trade between the UK and the EU would fall by 46 per cent.
Foreign Direct Investment would fall by 21 per cent.
Labour productivity would fall by 1.3 per cent.
Tax revenue would fall by 1.5 – 2 per cent, the equivalent of £18-23 billion less to spend on public services at today's prices.
The prospects for a no deal are much worse of course. That is why I have signed a cross-party amendment in the name of my colleague, Hilary Benn MP, aimed at preventing a catastrophic no-deal Brexit. We are confident that this amendment has a good chance of passing. The amendment would prevent the Government leaving without a deal and would enable Parliament to "Take Back Control" of the process. In doing so rejecting this worst of all worlds deal and preventing a no deal.
How I will vote
As you may be aware from my last update I will be voting against this deal. This is a much worse deal than what we currently have with the European Union: it will damage our economy, our citizens will have fewer opportunities and living standards will be lower. Simply put, it will make my constituents poorer. This is a deal that nobody voted for.
The reason I say nobody voted for this is that you can do one of two things with Brexit. You either get out of all of the EU economic structures and it's very painful indeed or you stay in them and it's not Brexit. So, the question becomes, "What's the price versus what's the point?" We have ended up with a high price and no point which is why it has united both remain and leave MPs against the agreement.
This deal:
Doesn't offer frictionless manufacturing trade or supply chains which is a red line for business. Even for manufacturing industry, it means regulatory checks to ensure that goods made in the UK adhere to EU standards with a huge increase in costs and bureaucracy. And it does nothing to protect most of our economy – including the fastest growing services sector on which our future prosperity depends – from a hard Brexit.
It leaves business bound by rules of the single market but not in the single market. It will leave Britain as a rule-taker for years to come with businesses having to follow European rules and regulations in which the UK government will have had no say because we have lost our seat at the negotiating table.
It won't settle the argument at home and a quick negotiation of trade deals is impossible. So this means decades of continued uncertainty and lost investment because our future trading relationship with the EU, not to mention the rest of the world, will still have to be negotiated. All it does it buy time for business to move out of the UK.
The only people who can settle endless argument and divisions are the people themselves. A new public vote will establish the will of the people on the deal and definitively mandate government one way or the other.
This is the view that has been arrived at by parliamentarians of all parties – who voted Leave and Remain. Indeed, the former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab let the cat out the bag when he admitted the deal he had negotiated was worse than EU membership. This is why the Prime Minister's deal will almost certainly fail. And it is not, as Mrs May suggests, her deal or no-deal. We learned today from the European Court of Justice's Advocate General that Article 50 can be unilaterally revoked.
LBJ famously said that the first rule of politics is learning to count and by my reckoning the Government are set to lose this vote by a significant margin. So far over 100 Conservative MPs have pledged to vote against the deal making it all but impossible it can pass, in the first instance at least.
Parliament is clearly broken; the Prime Minister cannot command a majority in the House of Commons and it is very unlikely that any iteration of Brexit can, with the exception of preventing a no deal scenario. That is why we must put this back to the people to give their informed consent on how to progress. We need a People's Vote.
My view is that there is nothing bad in saying to the public – we understand and respect that you voted to leave the EU but now that we have a measurable conclusion to this process are you happy about the outcome and is this what you ultimately want? That isn't a second referendum but an affirmation of the first referendum now we can compare. That is democratic and if we are to ask people to be poorer we should seek their views.
78% of my constituents voted to Remain in the European Union in 2016 and I want to hear your views on where we currently are with the Brexit process. This short survey will take only 5 minutes and will help to inform my thinking on the subject.
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Thank you to the thousands and thousands of constituents who have already contacted me about this issue. I have received but a handful of correspondence that wants me to support the deal and the rest to reject the deal.


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What can happen when mortgage lenders become VCs
Global trends, Government activities, Hotnews August 6, 2016
By John Mannes for Techcrunch.com
Buying a home in Silicon Valley is no joke.
It's difficult for tech workers and it's even more difficult for those not touched by the modern gold rush. One mortgage originator, Opes Advisors, is incorporating restricted stock units (RSU) and private shares to make it easier for techies to move from incubator to nest egg. But what appears helpful to a population that sees housing prices moving out of reach could actually end up damaging the Bay Area economy if startup valuations take a turn south.
Opes has developed an automated system for incorporating a number of data points, including RSUs and private shares, into determining key mortgage metrics like interest rates and down payments. A reasonable reaction to this might be to wonder how a mortgage lender values a mostly illiquid asset like a restricted stock unit, and ultimately forms a judgement of the borrower's ability to repay.
Opes is counting RSUs as income, which in simple terms is a metric for earnings. The key lies in debt to income ratios of prospective borrowers. Because Opes can visualize RSUs as income or stock, it can effectively make a statement about how close a borrower is to being overwhelmed by debt.
"We have investors that allow Opes Advisors to look at RSU's as both income and / or stock," said Edgar Urrutia, Marketing Communications Manager for Opes Advisors. "Because of this we can help clients come up with mortgage solutions that are ideally suited to their individual needs."
Commonly used back-end ratios calculate the portion of income required to pay monthly bills and would be pushed downward if stock was incorporated as income. Notably, restricted stock units are a key component of many startup compensation packages.
"The key metrics for underwriting have always been collateral, credit, and income," said Robert Box, board member of the California Mortgage Association.
While Opes stresses the complexity and case-by-case nature of mortgage originations, any connection between illiquid private shares/RSUs and mortgage terms deepens the relationship between the historically volatile valuations of private startups and the recovering housing market.
Financial creativity addresses a growing market
By increasing the interdependence of two relatively disparate markets, the Bay Area is making itself more dependent on continued tech prosperity. In the post-2008 housing apocalypse, mortgage lenders are flexing their minds and their checkbooks in an effort to follow the money. In Silicon Valley, that translates to putting more young techies in houses.
Last month, Bloomberg reported that so-called "100 percent mortgages" were trending in California. These mortgages, which require little to no down payment, are being specially built for tech workers who have a substantial portion of their assets tied up in RSUs and don't have the liquidity for a large down payment.
Indeed, 100 percent mortgages are not a new invention. Before the great recession, such generous terms were quite common. Many traditional mortgage lenders offered them without many drawbacks. Even before that, 100 percent mortgages have been used to put veterans in homes since the G.I. Bill, initiated in 1944. These mortgages are underwritten to different standards and don't require a down payment. Credit Unions, USDA loans and other government agencies also offer various interpretations of the zero-down concept.
Today, while most government programs still exist, few traditional lenders still offer zero-down mortgages. Those that do have attached stipulations that de-risk the mortgages. For example, Barclays requires that borrowers involve family members in the process, and many banks require home buyers to hold a deposit in a separate account for a few years.
Tech companies have been jumping on the 100 percent mortgage bandwagon, helping banks market directly to tech workers who otherwise might abandon their current jobs for greener pastures and more affordable housing elsewhere.
"Banks are looking to create innovative products for employers to attract and retain key employees," said Tom Colen, Executive Director of the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition.
A growing number of tech workers incentivized to buy homes can only continue to draw attention to innovative services that support new markets. Box noted that some banks have programs for home buyers that have a significant portion of their assets tied up in public stock, but public shares offer critical liquidity that private shares and RSUs often do not.
Why mortgage lenders need to be cautious
Helping tech companies attract and retain employees is one thing, but by incorporating RSUs into mortgage origination, lenders are effectively playing the part of VCs. It's incredibly difficult to value private companies, and shareholders are really only worth what they can sell their shares for. Ask Elizabeth Holmes, CEO and founder of Theranos, who saw her net worth plunge from $4.5 billion to almost nothing overnight. It's one thing for someone like Holmes to lose money, it's another for tech workers to be granted mortgages that they have no chance of paying back because their equity was overvalued.
We have investors that allow Opes Advisors to look at RSU's as both income and / or stock.
— Edgar Urrutia
Opes doesn't yet have default data on borrowers who used RSUs in the underwriting process, and even if they did the private market isn't turbulent enough yet to have across the board consequences. The firm may have "deep experience in RSU's," particularly in "San Mateo, San Francisco, Palo Alto and other Bay Area locations," but evaluating private companies is difficult even for venture capitalists who make the task their life goal — shout-out dot-com bubble.
Markets for trading secondary shares have helped some entrepreneurs convert nebulous equity into income, but it's always the participating market determining the value of shares. There are enough problems with information disclosure and cognitive bias in this process alone without letting mortgage lenders take a stab at it.
In the simplest terms, the 2008 housing crisis was born partially out of the link between the public stock market and the housing market and partially out of loans being originated to folks who couldn't pay them back. When banks bet on future income that could disappear in the blink of an eye, they create unnecessary risk in the system that can have major consequences.
First appeared at Techcrunch.com
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Governor accuses Senate of descrimination in not backing his gay education nominee
Governor Tom Vilsack is accusing republican senators of discriminating against a gay man Vilsack has appointed to serve on the State Board of Education.Vilsack says Jonathan Wilson, a Des Moines lawyer, is well-qualified to set state education policy. Vilsack says Wilson's served admirably and with distinction on the Des Moines School Board as well as national education groups. Vilsack say the concerns republican senators raise about Wilson are not about his qualifications but "about his sexual orientation." Vilsack says, "It's wrong, it's divisive and it's not inclusive." He says its the Senate's prerogative, but he says he hopes allowing Wilson to discuss his qualifications publicly, "that maybe some minds and some hearts can be changed." Wilson will appear this afternoon at a Senate hearing. But Senator Nancy Boettger, a republican from Harlan, rejects the idea G-O-P senators who oppose Wilson are discriminating against him because he's gay. She says "I wouldn't say that at all." Boettger says senators "get misinterpreted all the time" and will just have to do what in their hearts they think is right. Wilson served 12 years on the Des Moines School Board, but lost a bid for another term after he publicly announced he was gay. Boettger says that defeat is a major factor for republican senators. Boettger says Des Moines voters were "two for one against him." Many republican senators say they're uncomfortable with Wilson because he promotes a "gay agenda." Boettger says it's not the fact that Wilson's a homosexual, but it's because Wilson's "an activist in that realm." She says the mail she's getting on the subject is overwhelmingly opposed to Wilson. Boettger says many believe he'll push a gay-friendly curriculum on Iowa schools. She says "people don't want that kind of pressure on school district." Vilsack will leave Wilson's name in nomination for the job and force the Senators to vote it down in public. Vilsack says it's important for Iowans to understand some decisions at the statehouse are made for political reasons. Wilson will appear before the Senate Education Committee at four o'clock this afternoon. Senators must confirm Vilsack's appointments to the Board of Education, and a nominee cannot serve without winning "yes" votes from 34 senators.
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Blossom Valley Mysteries Books In Order
Publication Order of A Blossom Valley Mystery Books
Going Organic Can Kill You (2012) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
All Natural Murder (2013) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Green Living Can Be Deadly (2014) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
A Healthy Homicide (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Murder Most Wholesome (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
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The Blossom Valley Mystery series is a series of thriller, suspense, and cozy mystery books written by one of the noteworthy American novelists named Staci McLaughlin. This series is comprised of a total of 6 books, of which 5 have already been released between the years 2012 and 2016. The 6th book is also expected to be published in the days to come. All the books of this cozy mystery series are set around a popular organic farm in Blossom Valley, California, United States. Author McLaughlin has named it as O'Connell Organic Farm & Spa. Also, each and every novel of this series features the lead character in the form of Dana Lewis. Author McLaughlin has shown Dana Lewis as returning to Blossom Valley after a long time in order to take up a marketing job. But, what she does not expect is that she will have to carry out some sleuthing duties as well as a means to solve the criminal activities in the town. Author Staci MacLaughlin began writing the series in the year 2012 and published its first book titled 'Going Organic Can Kill You' in the same year. Over the years, she has contributed to several interesting books in the series. Currently, author McLaughlin is working on the publication schedule of the latest book of the series. Also, she is working on the development of a few more stories which she will be publishing in the series later.
Dana Lewis is introduced in the series as enjoying her stay in Blossom Valley and trying a variety of cuisines. The last thing that she expects in her plate is a murder mystery. But, she soon comes to know about the death of Bobby Joe Jones, a driver of a Monster Truck as well as the boyfriend of her sister Ashlee and a frequent philanderer, Dana does not seem to have any other choice but to try and investigate the case. The case also becomes important to her because the witnesses last saw her sister in an angry mood in Bobby's grill. As Dana works on the case, her life tends to skid out of control. She seems to be left with no other option but to go into an overdrive to save her sister and prevent a deadly killer from taking the lives of other innocent victims. As the series continues, Dana Lewis is depicted as organizing a festival called Green Living Festival. She includes a variety of fauna and some tempting cuisines of tempeh and tofu. By organizing this festival, Dana Lewis hopes that she will be able to inspire the people of the Blossom Valley to reduce their carbon footprint. However, the event does not turn out as she expected. One of the participants in the festival named Wendy Stevens, saving the planet comes at the price of her own life. Previously, she used to be regarded as a guru of green energy, but now she is found lifeless in her booth called Invisible Prints. With the discovery of Wendy Stevens' dead body, Dana Lewis feels that someone is trying to destroy her big event. She realizes that she has to act fast and try to prevent a killer from making her festival turn into a great disaster. However, she also knows that it is not going to be an easy task for her. The brutal killer also keeps a track of all her activities and poses a great challenge for her. Dana too seems ready to face any challenge thrown at her with the help of her firm determination to put the killer behind bars.
The debut novel in the Blossom Valley Mystery series written by author Staci McLaughlin was published under the title of Going Organic can Kill You. The Kensington publication released this book in the year 2012. Dana Lewis is introduced as the central character of the series in this book. In the opening scene, she is depicted as returning back to her hometown in Blossom Valley in California in order to stay with her mother who has been widowed recently. However, her decision of going for a new career move does not turn out as she had expected. The job makes her realize that it is not going to be a piece of cake for her. Along with the stuffed squash blossoms, tofu, and fish sticks at the O'Connell Farm, she also has to deal with a bloody murder. Just days after beginning her new job, she discovers the dead body of a well known Hollywood producer named Maxwell Mendelsohn. He had arrived at the Spa as a guest for the opening weekend. Already, Dana Lewis has the load of writing the blogs for the Spa and working with the local police and news reporter Jason Forrester in relation to the high profile murder. And on top of that, her job duties have escalated with finding the evidences and clues, suspects, and motives so as to help the police solve the case as soon as possible. Now that the killer has taken note of her actions, she must act fast or else she might end up as the next victim of the brutal murderer.
One more popular book in the mystery series is titled as 'A Healthy Homicide'. This book was also released by the Kensington publishers in the year 2015. The plot of the book shows that the O'Connell Organic Spa and Farm organizes a healthy competition usually. But, everyone knows that the rivalry among the competitors turn lethal everytime. A new buzz seems to be going around in Blossom Valley due to the excitement over the opening of a new spa called The Pampered Life. It is believed that this spa's trendy menu offers some of the best services. Also, the employees of the spa appear as if they are fashion models. The people of the Blossom Valley seem to be going crazy about these features of the new spa and this makes Dana Lewis worried about the business of her own spa. Shortly after, the owner of the new spa is found dead in a mud bath. Due to this unfortunate turn of events, the police believe that the rivalry between the owners of the spas might have taken an ugly turn and ended in the murder of the swanky owner. As all the fingers point towards the O'Connell Farm's bosses, Dana feels that she must go through the list of suspects and find out the fearsome killer before something uglier happens.
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Rocky mountains line the road from Malaga to Seville, masking abundant wineries, with the landscape soon flattening, transformed by row upon row of green olive tree as far as the eye can see. Little wander that Seville is known for its culinary delights; the Guadalquiver river and it's surrounding fertile soil certainly helps bring a plethora of local produce to the table. There's more to Seville than the bitter orange!
Spending just two nights in the city hardly makes us experts on the local cuisine but we made our best effort to sample as many regional delights as possible, discovering these great places to eat in Seville along the way.
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Eating out in Seville is unlike anywhere I've been before. Spain in general is known for it's tapas scene of course, but I've never experienced it like this before. Old school eateries with grand wooden bars, menus on blackboards and shelves stocked high with local wines and sherries. Busy service staff yell out orders to the kitchen in Spanish, whilst chalking up your bill on the bar in front of you. It's busy, it's vibrant, it's fun!
Our first evening saw us head to the Barrio Santa Cruz, where we were ignored at the first few bars, before settling down at Bar Patanchon. Staff were busy but still found time to acknowledge us, so we quickly grabbed a table by the door, and placed our order for cerveza y vino tinto! (Beer and red wine, of course).
It was our first night and I was keen to try out one of the dishes I'd heard so much about - espinacas con garbanzos! A tasty Andalusian stew of spinach and chickpeas, flavoured with Spanish smoked paprika and garlic, and mopped up with soft white bread.
This version could of done with more flavour, but accompanied with classic calamari, Iberian ham croquettes, albondigas en salsa (meatballs in a tomato sauce) and delicious garlicky patatas aioli, it was an excellent start to our culinary experience of Seville.
I'd heard great things about the tapas and nightlife at Bodega Santa Cruz, but they were literally out the door every night. Instead we popped in for breakfast on our final day, snapping up a table in the corner next to a friendly American (who told us how he'd been to Scotland once but only the airports, you know those well known Scottish airports Heathrow and Gatwick... Ahem).
Tostada con tomate is a typical breakfast dish in Andalusia - toast with tomato. Gordon, ever the meat eater, topped his with another local delicacy known as pringa - which I can only describe as a mash up of meats (chorizo, black pudding and pork) usually used as a sandwich filling. It doesn't look or sound appetizing but I promise it is tasty! Service is quick here and the food is super cheap. A tostada with coffee (café con leche) cost only a couple of Euros!
If you don't have time for a sit down breakfast, check out Jester. Grab take-away coffees, fresh juices, healthy snacks like yoghurt with fruit or more indulgent pastries. I highly recommend the crème croissants!
Read our guide to making the most of one day in Seville here!
Traditional tapas is everywhere in Seville but if you fancy something a bit different to eat, El Pinton is a must! Quirky, modern tapas dishes are served in a gorgeous Instagram-ready setting. Potted cacti line the entrance and a huge tree makes a striking centrepiece in the pretty pastel coloured décor. Smaller dining areas feature stunning traditional tiles in the same style as the Plaza de Espana.
El Pinton's menu is diverse, with plenty veggie options, but priced higher than most places to eat in Seville. It's worth the extra couple of euros though; you won't find dishes like these anywhere else. Take the advice of the staff - we never would have selected the battered egg with quinoa and truffle parmentier, but I loved the unusual flavours!
Gordon's dish of choice - the ox mini slider - was served medium-rare with a side of fries, but it was the other two dishes that stole the show. Mushroom risotto proved to be unexpectedly more-ish and the crispy fried salt cod was unreal! It's the one dish I would absolutely order again, and again - we practically fought over the last piece!
Order tinto de varano for a sangria style drink more popular with the locals. El Pinton is just a short stroll from la Giralda & the cathedral, and just up the street you'll find Seville's branch of my favourite Spanish shop 'Ale-Hop'. You'll spend a bit more dining at El Pinton, but you get impeccable service and outstanding food. Worth every penny!
Wherever we are in the world, we seem to find ourselves lost in food markets. Seville has plenty, and I hear good things about Mercado de Triana, but if you only have time for one make it Lonja del Barranco!
With sleek white counters and sunlight beaming in through the glass walls, here you can enjoy everything from tasty gyoza to deliciously indulgent chocolate cake. Not to mention some of the freshest produce around -you'll find whole legs of jamon iberica hanging behind the charcuterie counters and fishmongers showcase an impressive array of oysters and octopus.
I recommend grabbing a glass of vino de naranja (where else can you drink orange wine?) & pulling up a pew on the terrace outside! You can also sample Cruzcampo - Seville's local beer!
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For a more authentic experience, El Rinconcillo is a must! Seville's oldest tapas bar has been on the go since 1670 in the city's Old Town, and is still one of the most popular spots today. We started a tapas crawl here on our final night, easily nabbing a spot at the bar.
Dishes are available in small "tapa" portions or larger "racions". We shared small plates of melt in the mouth Spanish pork cheeks with soft sliced potato, and the best homemade croquettes of our trip! These two dishes, plus two small beers and a glass of red wine cost us just 10 euros.
Another highlight of our mini tapas tour, this small bar was jam packed. We made our way through the crowd, squeezing in at the bar and browsing the tapas menu. Cheerful young waiters shouted "Chicas, chicas!" passing plates over our heads to the excitable young ladies sharing sangria over a barrel table in the midst of it all.
We couldn't resist the hummus with flatbread and finally had a taste of the provincial speciality - Jamon Iberico. A type of cured ham made from acorn fed black Iberian pigs. Most eateries will also serve baskets of bread and olives alongside any tapas that you order, so make the most of these too!
Food is cheap - don't pay more than 1-3 euros at the most for traditional tapas.
Sevillanos eat late - head out for tapas from 9pm onwards.
Try Iberian ham, olives and orange wine to tick off the most famous regional flavours!
If you visit Seville I'd love to hear about your favourite places to eat - tweet me or leave your tips in the comments below.
I visited Seville a few years ago though I don't really remember much of what we ate! The architecture was amazing though! And all the dishes you had look really yummy. I would definitely like to go again.
The architecture is incredible! I'd love to go back too - it feels like a place you could go again and again, and still find something new!
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WORLASI AND SENA DAGADU TO LAUNCH NEW EP.
Artistes To Engage With Fans During Launch.
Worlasi and Sena Dagadu are at it again, the duo have collaborated on their brand new album the "wings" EP.
The album is set to be launched at the BBnz live bar, this evening at 8pm sharp. Worlasi and Sena Dagadu noted that this would be an open air experience where fans get to ask questions about their job and how they arrive at creative decisions in their line of work.


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Dona amb mandolina (Femme à la mandoline) és un oli sobre tela de 47 × 40 cm realitzat per Henri Matisse vers els anys 1921-1922 i dipositat al Museu de l'Orangerie de París.

Context històric
A partir de la tardor del 1921, Matisse ocupà un apartament, amb dos estudis, de la plaça Charles-Félix, a la part antiga de Niça, les finestres del qual donaven sobre les galeries baixes de les Ponchettes i el moll dels Estats Units. És en aquesta època quan escriu al pintor Charles Camoin: "Ah, Niça és un lloc bonic! Quina llum afable i suau malgrat la seva brillantor!" Dona amb mandolina és una obra típica d'aquest període de Matisse a Niça i de la llum suau que ell esmentà.

Aquesta obra pot ésser datada cap al 1921-1922, ja que fou comprada a l'artista per la galeria Bernheim-Jeune el gener del 1923.

Descripció
Aquest quadre, amb el tema del model sostenint un instrument musical, està construït seguint una composició estudiada, que dona lloc a un discret joc de correspondències i ecos: una dona jove amb una petita mandolina a la mà esquerra i el seu reflex sobre els vidres de la finestra, el motiu de la brusa i els del paper pintat; el groc esmorteït de la brusa i de l'esplandit de la finestra, el groc pàl·lid del cel; el rosa apagat de les Ponchettes i del marc de la finestra, i els reflexos rosats de l'ampit. La finestra és un tema recurrent en l'obra de Matisse, ja que li permet obrir l'espai de la pintura o introduir un quadre dins del quadre. De la mateixa manera, els instruments musicals es troben en moltes de les obres d'aquest pintor, en particular durant el període de la seua estada a Niça quan la música va tenir un paper important en la vida quotidiana del pintor.

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Gerson P. Lima and Maria Alejandra Madi
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The book Capital and Justice calls for a deep examination of current power, politics and economics in a social context where democratic institutions are being threatened. The contributions discuss the various aspects of global accumulation, production and employment from a broader perspective in order to examine their interlinkages with other economic, social, and political processes. Indeed, concerns with social inclusion extend well beyond the purely economic account of justice and fairness, since the degree of economic inequality also affects social cohesion and political stability, and can also have negative implications for economic growth and democratic institutions.
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FAA has granted Southwest Airlines (SWA) and AirTran Airways a single operating certificate, formally combining the world's largest low-cost carrier (LCC) with the third largest LCC in North America.
Dallas-based SWA acquired Orlando-based AirTran last year in a deal valued at around $1 billion in aggregate (below the $1.4 billion originally estimated), or approximately $7.57 per share of AirTran common stock (ATW Daily News, May 3, 2011). Including SWA's assumption of AirTran's debt, the transaction was valued at $3.2 billion. SWA estimates net annual synergies will exceed $400 million by 2013.
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It was another successful series in the poker room with the WPTDeepStacks Tour coming to town for five big tournaments over 12 days June 7th through the 18th with a combined $640,000 in guaranteed prize money.
All five tournaments produced huge fields and great results headlined by Quentin Jones earning back-to-back titles in the $350 No Limit Hold'em Event 3 and the $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event. Jones earned his seat into the Main Event from his win in the Event 3, a nice return on investment.
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The WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event was the headliner of the series and it produced the appropriate results for a big closing tournament. The players more than doubled the $300,000 Guarantee and Quentin Jones took the biggest piece of the prize pool after winning his second tournament in less than a week.
The two multi-day preliminary events on the schedule had a Main Event seat set aside for the tournament winner and Jones earned the Event 3 title on Wednesday. That tournament went long and it was a late night but Jones arrived on time for Flight A of the Main Event Thursday.
Jones was 21st of the 129-player field that advanced to Day 2 with Tampa regular Herbert Woodbery holding a massive chip lead. A series of unfortunate hands saw Woodbery drop out before they made it to the payout portion of the series.
Only 78 of the Day 2 players made the money and it took almost an hour of bubble play to settle the matter with a double knockout. Both former WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event winners rolled into the money with 2016 champ Anthony Astarita going out in 32nd while reigning champ Rex Clinkscales was eyeing a title defense.
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The final table played out much faster than expected even with five double ups in the first level. Before those doubles, Christopher Agnello was eliminated on the first hand of action when he ran his tens into queens.
John O'Neal hit the payout desk in eighth place and Clinkscales' shot at back-to-back titles was cut short after his jacks lost to the kings of Jones. Joshua Garber, Charles Kahrs, Chaz Wexler, and Justin Donato all dropped out within the same level to create the heads-up match for the title.
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Congratulations to Quentin and thanks to all of our players for making the series another great success.
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Quentin Jones opened the action from his button and Michael Cohen moved all in for 4,150,000. Jones called with a chance to take the trophy.
Cohen was far behind in his quest to double back into the match but he was unable to come back as the board ran . Jones took the title for his second win in less than a week and Cohen earned runner-up money for the second year in a row.
Tournament recap still to come.
Without a big showdown or all in moment, Quentin Jones quietly took the chip lead from Michael Cohen after his earlier double.
On one of the first hands after the break, Michael Cohen and Quentin Jones had all the chips in the middle.
Jones was in a lot of trouble and in danger of settling for second place. Then he flopped the joint on the board.
Cohen sat back down in his seat and began counting out chips as the dealer finished the run out with the turn and river.
Justin Donato was eliminated as Level 31 was coming to an end to give Michael Cohen and Quentin Jones a short break before they began the heads-up battle with Cohen holding nearly a four-to-one lead.
Michael Cohen and Justin Donato were heads up to the flop and Donato check-raised all in. Cohen quickly called and it was a cooler situation.
Monster versus monster at the three-handed table and the aces held after the turn and river.
"I was trying to figure out how to get all the chips in," Donato joked with Cohen on the way.
"I was trying to do the same thing!" Cohen laughed back.
A tough way to go out but Donato can get a little comfort from his $51,180 for third place.
Michael Cohen opened the action from the button and Chaz Wexler moved all in. Cohen called and Wexler was the player at risk.
Cohen was ahead but it was a race. The flop came and no help for Wexler. The turn and river complete the board and Wexler was eliminated.
Charles Kahrs was the next short stack, he moved all in and Michael Cohen had him at risk.
Kahrs was in a lot of trouble and they both paired the flop. Cohen locked up the hand with trip queens on the turn and Kahrs was eliminated in fifth place.
Joshua Garber open-shoved from under the gun. Justin Donato called all in next to act for 1,250,000 and the rest of the table folded.
Garber was dominated and Donato picked up a double when the board ran . Garber was left with only 580,000 and moved all in shortly after. Donato called with a chance to take the rest of his chips.
Garber needed to hold to stick around but Donato paired the flop. Donato improved to trip aces on the turn and Garber was gone after the river.
After doubling up Quentin Jones, Rex Clinkscales had less than one big blind after paying his ante and put his chips in trying to get back in the game. He was all in from under the gun and it folded Justin Donato who picked up rebate on his big blind.
Clinkscales had two live cards to double and paired the flop to take the lead. He needed to dodge an ace or a four, the turn was no big deal, but the river gave Donato a wheel to send our defending champion out in seventh place.
Rex Clinkscales opened the action from the hijack and Quentin Jones moved all in from the big blind for 1,810,000. Clinkscales called and he was dominated.
Jones was ahead with the monster and virtually locked up the hand on the flop. Clinkscales needed running miracle cards but Jones overkilled with the case king on the turn.
After doubling up Quentin Jones, Charles Kahrs needed to make another move and open-shoved for 865,000 from early position. It folded around the Justin Donato in the small blind and he called.
Kahrs was in the lead and improved on the flop. He needed to fade the two overs and a gutshot draw to stay alive and the turn and river kept him in the game.
Charles Kahrs opened the action from middle position and Quentin Jones three-bet shoved for 1,700,000 from the cutoff. The buttons and blinds released and Kahrs called.
It was a race that Jones needed to win to stay in the game and he never had a sweat on the board to double up.
It was four-ways to a flop and John O'Neal moved all in from the big blind position. Michael Cohen called next to act then Chaz Wexler and Quentin Jones folded.
Cohen flopped the Broadway straight and O'Neal needed to find a spade for the win or a king for his Broadway chop. The was no help and O'Neal was another quick exit after the river.
Soon after Christopher Agnello went off the final table, Charles Kahrs took his shot with a three-bet shove against Michael Cohen. The chip leader called with a chance to get the final table to seven in a hurry.
It was a race for Kahrs' tournament and he moved ahead on the flop. The turn and river changed nothing and Kahrs picked up an early double.
We had fireworks on the first hand of the final table. Chaz Wexler opened the action from middle position and Christopher Agnello moved all in from the hijack. The rest of the table released and Wexler quickly called.
Agnello was in great shape for an early double up and the flop was no big deal. The turn left Wexler with only one out, the non-spade ten remaining in the deck, and it spiked on the river to complete the shocking first hand.
All the preliminary work is complete, instructions issued, and cards are in the air for the WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event final. There are 24 minutes remaining in Level 28 and Joshua Garber is the button.
The WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event is ready to go in the poker room with nine players remaining, Michael Cohen leading big, and Rex Clinkscales trying to defend his title from last summer. Joshua Garber sits in second position and Quentin Jones is trying to go back-to-back after winning Event 3 leading into the Main Event.
It will be a fun day of poker with deep stacks and talent all around.
The WPTDeepStacks Main Event final table is set and nine players return on Monday to play down to the champion. Michael Cohen holds a big lead and trying to beat his runner-up finish from last year. Rex Clinkscales made the final table in back-to-back years and trying to finish this one a title like last year.
Cards go back in the air at noon on Monday and it will be a great day of poker as we wrap up the WPTDeepStacks series.
Action folded to Jonathan Toth in the small blind and he moved all in for 825,000. Joshua Garber thought for a quick second in the big blind and called with the bigger stack.
Toth had two live, suited cards and missed the flop but picked up open-ended straight draw outs. The turn was a blank and he was eliminated in tenth place after the river. A brutal last few hands for Toth.
Tournament staff paused the clock and they are done for the evening. The nine remaining players are bagging up their chips and will return tomorrow at noon to play down to the 2018 WPTDeepStacks Main Event champion.
Quentin Jones open-shoved for 695,000 and Jonathan Toth called in the small blind to put him at risk.
Jones was in trouble with the single over card but paired it on the flop. The turn and river were safe for Jones to pick up the double.
On the next hand, John O'Neal moved all in for 375,000 from early position and Toth called again with another chance to finish the day.
It was a race but Toth never came back as the board ran all low for another double up.
The last event on the WPTDeepStacks schedule sped right along as you'd expect for a one-day turbo tournament. The pace was brisk and Sanjib Acharya made a heads-up deal that saw him win the title after only eight hours.
The $250 buy-in tournament had a $20,000 guaranteed prize pool and the 115 entries pushed it over $25,000. It paid out the last 15 position with a min-cash walking away with $543 and the last six spots all earning six-digit payouts.


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Galerie Max HetzlerBerlin | Paris
Paris: Robert Grosvenor
Berlin: Tursic & Mille
Berlin: William N. Copley
London: Louise Bonnet
Glorius Read
Director : Fabrice Hergott
Curator : Julia Garimorth
Paris: Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris,	11 October 2019 – 9 February 2020
Since 11 October last, when the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris opened its doors once again, the public has had the opportunity to explore Glorius Read, an installation by Loris Gréaud.
Designed as a clandestine attempt to infiltrate the museum's permanent collections, this installation—which constitutes an exhibition in its own right, has burrowed into the walls of the institution like a hidden chamber whose secret haunts the entire site.
For the last month, a rumour has rustled through the building: a group of individuals with black eyes lurks along the walls, wanders from gallery to gallery, passes through temporary exhibitions and provides an intimation that a mysterious place exists.
The public possesses a single piece of information—a telephone number for an 'infoline' reachable at +33756815474. This recalls methods used by the organisers of illicit parties in the 1990s to provide piecemeal and at the last possible moment the information necessary to accede to a 'temporary autonomous zone'. And thus, after many thousands of callers and clues, the curtain lifts over Glorius Read.
Following in the footsteps of Ladi Rogeurs and Sir Loudrage, exhibitions presented first in Paris, then in Berlin at the Galerie Max Hetzler during 2018, Glorius Read continues the artist's avenue of exploration. After the sketch and the still-life, we have a three-dimensional interpretation of landscape as a theme. The public is invited to push back the walls of the museum as they would open a door to feel in full an experience of stasis and contemplation.
The Glorius Read exhibition comes on the heels of the acquisition of MACHINE (2018), one of four works that are part of the installation, by the Amis du Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris. It is part of a programme for inviting an artist to conduct a project in the collection's galleries that is based on a work of theirs which has recently entered the collection.
The catalogue, entitled Ladi Rogeurs | Sir Loudrage | Glorius Read was published for this occasion by Holzwarth Publications. The volume covers the earlier incarnations of the installation at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris.
Loris Gréaud:
Since the early 2000s, he has developed a singular trajectory in the international contemporary art scene whereby he constructs unique environments to house disruptive elements, often with an ambiguous narrative that blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality. Rumors, poetry, viruses, architecture and demolition, academicism and self-negation are therefore regularly summoned in his work as it strives to oppose the separation between physical and mental spaces.
Loris Gréaud's projects have given rise to important solo exhibitions. He was the first artist to use all the space of the Palais de Tokyo (Paris), with his project Cellar Door (2008-2011), which was further developed at the Institute of Contemporary Art (London), the Vienna Kunsthalle, the Kunsthalle St Gall (Switzerland) and at the Conservera de Murcia museum (Spain). In 2013, the Louvre Museum and the Centre Georges Pompidou invited him to design a double exhibition that will bring the project to life [I]. In 2015, he took over all the spaces of the Dallas Contemporary (United States) with his project still at work The Unplayed Notes Museum. In 2016 he produced the project Sculpt specially for LACMA (Los Angeles) - it was his first major exhibition on the west coast of the United States. In 2017, he attracted the attention of the 57th Venice Biennale with his project The Unplayed Notes Factory in Murano (Italy). In 2019, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art hosted the 2nd phase of the LACMA project entitled: Sculpt: Grumpy Bear, the Great Spinoff. Finally, the exhibition The Original, The Translation recently highlighted all of his activities at the Kandinsky I Centre Georges Pompidou Library.
Loris Gréaud's work is included in several public collections, including the Centre Geroges Pompidou (Paris); the LACMA (Los Angeles); the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris; Collection François Pinault (Venice); Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris); Israel Museum (Jerusalem); Margulies Collection (Miami); Goetz Collection (Munich); Rubell Family Collection (Miami); Nam June Paik Art Centre (Korea); The Tel Aviv Museum of Art (Israel) ; Hirshhorn Museum (Washington).
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Super-Rich Increasingly Under Attack Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Rainer Zitelmann, 4 May 2020
What should ultra-high net worth individuals think and how should they act if coronavirus-driven problems cause debt-ridden governments to target them? An author of a book about public attitudes about wealth and success considers the terrain.
Regular commentator in these pages, Dr Rainer Zitelmann, considers attitudes towards wealthy people and what's likely to happen as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Dr Zitelmann has written about the misconceptions and ideas that people have about sources of wealth and the kind of people who become rich. His insights have important implications. If wealthy people were not made to feel guilty – as is often the case – would that mean they would be less eager to give the impression that they support tax hikes, for example?
Dr Zitelmann blends strong views with a data-driven approach. His studies of attitudes about wealth and enterprise given his conclusions considerable weight. A new book: The Rich in Public Opinion: What We Think When We Think about Wealth, published by the CATO Institute and released in May, addresses the public's views about such issues. This essay draws on findings from his book.
The editors are pleased to share these views; the usual editorial disclaimers apply. To jump into the conversation, email tom.burroughes@wealthbriefing.com and jackie.bennion@clearviewpublishing.com
If history has taught us one thing, it is this: In every crisis people look for scapegoats. Crises and pandemics fuel fear and insecurity, but also hostility. In most cases, this aggression is directed at out-groups, typically other nations or minorities. In Italy, for example, hatred is currently being directed at Germans, whose alleged unwillingness to help during the current crisis is being used to create associations with the Hitler era. Earlier this year, as the coronavirus crisis started to unfold, many countries registered verbal and physical assaults on people who looked "Asian". Increasingly, it is now the rich who are being targeted with threats and hostility. In particular, the media has been stoking discontent with claims that rich people and celebrities have better access to COVID-19 tests than anyone else.
Great Britain: attacks against "the arrogant super-rich"
The British tabloid daily The Sun headlined a recent op-ed: "The arrogant super-rich have no right to spend their way out of the coronavirus crisis - we're all in this together." In the article, the paper went on: "As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the world, some celebrities, millionaires, and members of the business class seem to believe that their wealth can be used as a form of vaccination while the rest of us face the deadly risk of infection. Such behavior is entirely against the public spirit of the moment. This is a time for unity and for respecting others, especially the most vulnerable." The tabloid continues to recall the Second World War, during which anger was also directed against the rich: "During the Second World War, when the Blitz spirit was at its peak, there was fierce hostility to rich individuals who tried to cheat on rationing regulations or avoid national service. The same contempt should now be shown to those who try to dodge the rules that promote fairness."
And The Sun's attack is not only limited to preferential access to corona tests: "But it is not just in testing where the narrow self-centeredness of the rich can be found. They use their wealth to insulate themselves in other ways. Some are buying special private medical care, like intravenous infusions of vitamins and minerals to boost their immune system. Lansherhof, a private medical facility at the London Arts Club, reported this week an 18 per cent increase in enquires for its Immune Plus Support Infusion, which costs £300. The rich are also using private jet travel to avoid the rest of the public as they conduct business or fly to remote havens."
The left-leaning British broadsheet The Guardian made the following observations: "The world's richest people are chartering private jets to set off for holiday homes or specially prepared disaster bunkers in countries that, so far, appear to have avoided the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak. Many are understood to be taking personal doctors or nurses on their flights to treat them and their families in the event that they become infected." Whether these are rare exceptions or whether they are occurring more frequently remains unclear - and of course this distinction is entirely irrelevant when it comes to putting "the rich" in the dock.
Front of the line for tests?
Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York, expressed the mood against the rich and other "privileged" celebrities when he declared that "an entire NBA team should not get tested for COVID-19 while there are critically ill patients waiting to be tested. Tests should not be for the wealthy, but for the sick." During a recent press conference, Donald Trump was also asked whether "the well-connected go to the front of the line" for corona tests. "You'd have to ask them that question," he replied, suggesting that should not be the case. "Perhaps that's been the story of life. That does happen on occasion, and I've noticed where some people have been tested fairly quickly."
The New York Times recently ran an extensive article under the headline: "Need a Coronavirus Test? Being Rich and Famous May Help." The article continued: "A shortage in testing has left sick people and healthcare workers around the US without answers. Yet the list of celebrity patients grows every day, raising questions about privileged access." Of course, the criticism is justified if some people - perhaps because of their connections and personal relationships - find it easier to get access to tests. But articles like the one in The New York Times creates the impression that the current test situation has been highlighted in order to fuel existing resentment against the rich. In addition, the article cites other "evidence" against the rich, such as their escape into "Doomsday Bunkers," even though this probably only applies to a minority of them at best.