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Celia’s Cafe are the UK’s only mobile cafe bakery, specialising in Dutch baked treats. Travelling around Oxfordshire in Cora the Coffee Van, and currently set up at Harcourt Arboretum, they’re the place to be if you want to treat yourself to something Lekker. Using local businesses such as Jericho Coffee Traders, Jeeves & Jericho, and Team Tea for drinks, you can celebrate the best of Oxfordshire with a taste of Netherlands on the side!

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You can't really expect fair responses to these questions if we're to answer them in the vacuum of circumstances you've listed. There are a lot of variables in each relationship, different personalities, different phases of life, et cetera, that can and do affect each bullet point.

We really have to read your other threads to see where you're coming from.

Having read your other thread, I'll take a stab. These are only my specific opinions as they relate to your situation at this point in time.

[QUOTE]1) Why cheat? If you lost interest in your partner why not tell them & move on?[/QUOTE]

In your case, you broke up with your BF and are now in the process of trying to make things work again. He is probably going through a LOT of different emotions -- my guess would be uncertainty, love, hurt and anger. Add to this mix another cute girl showing interest in him. I don't know that he'd necessarily set out and "want" to cheat, but I think he's certainly predisposed at this point with all that's happened to him and the relationship with you from his perspective.

[QUOTE]2) If you have doubts about being with someone & that person says "go explore your doubts "break up & see where things are in a few months". Why not take that rather then being with them & playing hot & cold?[/QUOTE]

Because he'd spent five years with you and is probably wanting to salvage the good times you had as much as you are. His heart is telling him to go in one direction, and his brain is telling him something else.

[QUOTE]3) If someone REALLY wanted to cheat wouldn't they lie & tell you that they have ended it with the other person? Rather then admitting that they still talk to that person at work & that they haven't told the other person that we are back together? FYI He never cheated on me, just started something with a coworker while we were broken up & now wants me back but hasn't officially ended things with her. He TELLS me that he talks to her, smiles, flirts etc. but that I mean enough not to act on it. If he wanted to play us both, he could. I wouldn't find out.

Wait. I thought it was one date (coffee?) and a kiss on the cheek. Put the shoe on the other foot and imagine yourself in his spot. If you'd gone out with a coworker only one time (someone you see A LOT in a professional capacity), had a good time, a kiss on the cheek, would you go out of your way to announce to the guy weeks later that you're back with an old ex? Talk about awkward. I wouldn't. I'd probably just let things die out on their own unless and until an opportunity presented itself to me where I could delicately let the person know I'd reconnected with an ex.

[QUOTE]4. Is flirting acceptable? If you are in a 5 year relationship with someone you say you want to marry & have children with. Is it normal? Married men flirt... Do all men in relationships flirt?[/QUOTE]

Again, depends. In your situation, TODAY, I don't think it's wise for him to be telling you he's off flirting with anyone while trying to mend things with you. But you need to stop seeing this as a "5-year relationship." You had that at one time. You broke up with him. Now you're trying to fix things and make it work. You keep saying five years, assuming everything was rosey and peaches and perfect. Obviously it wasn't -- and you two broke up. At this point, you're sort of back to the drawing board. And, NO, I don't think it's appropriate for either of you to be off flirting with others while you're trying to make your relationship flourish again.

[QUOTE]5. Will doubts lead to cheating??[/QUOTE]

Hopefully not. Hopefully he's got some kind of conscious and would break things off with you if he really pursues the coworker. This is really a moral issue. Is he a good guy? Is he vindictive? Remember, you broke up with him. He might be royally pissed and relishing the thought of "getting you back" with a world of hurt.

[QUOTE]6. If someone has given you no reason to ever suspect them of cheating in 5 years would they really start cheating now??[/QUOTE]

Again, you need to look at your situation. Scratch the 5-year thing. You had five years. Now you're back a few weeks or months -- you passionately wanting him and him probably hurt and confused. So given your situation, yeah, I think you need to proceed with caution. I also think you need to have a realistic expectation that this might take a bit of time for him to get back into the groove of a relationship with you. You obviously had some kind of epiphany or something that made you want to get back together after you'd broken up with him. He might need a bit of time for that feeling to come back as strong for him as it did for you -- assuming it even does.

[QUOTE]7. Is it normal for your boyfriend of 5 years to exclude you from activities with friends? eg. Hanging out with guys, drinking etc. He says it's awkward to hang out with all guys & me.[/QUOTE]

Yes, it is normal no matter how long you've been together.

All in all, after reading many of your posts about this, unless I've missed something huge in the past, I think you need to eat a little crow here and accept that he was obviously hurt when you broke up with him and isn't just going to overnight POOF make his brain love you the way he did. I don't know if you're up for this challenge. And I think it's up to you to make the concessions here -- again, based on what you've written. You broke up with him, realized what you lost and came back. He was on his way to possibly connecting with someone new. I'm sure having the comfort and routine of his old flame back in his life is very welcoming -- but then his brain kicks in and reminds him of the hurt he felt when you broke up and how much better he felt when he was with someone new. But then he probably sees your eyes, your hands, your mannerisms, little things you say and do, and his heart strings are pulling at him strong to work to have a good relationship back with you.

This is going to be a challenge, for you especially. You're going to need to find a lot of empathy in your heart for what he's gone through and is facing. It really might be worthwhile to go your separate ways before things become volatile.

Best of luck.

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Partial versus total splenectomy in children with hereditary spherocytosis

Aaron D. Seims, Francine D. Breckler, Kyle D. Hardacker, Frederick J. Rescorla

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Background Partial splenectomy is utilized selectively in children with hereditary spherocytosis (HS) to decrease hemolysis while maintaining immunity. Our aim was to compare outcomes between laparoscopic total splenectomy (LTS) and laparoscopic partial splenectomy (LPS). Methods After obtaining institutional review board approval, we reviewed the records for all children ≤18 years with HS undergoing LTS and LPS between 2002 and 2012. Wilcoxon rank-sum tests were used. Results Eighty-seven HS children underwent LTS (n = 71) and LPS (n = 16). Mean age was 7.1 ± 3.6 years (LTS) and 5.5 ± 2.8 years (LPS; P =.14). Concomitant cholecystectomy was performed in 32% of LTS and 38% of LPS cases. Operative time was 87 ± 33 minutes (LTS) and 140 ± 36 minutes (LPS; P =.0005). Duration of stay was 1.2 ± 0.5 days (LTS) and 2.4 ± 1.4 days (LPS; P =.003). Reticulocyte and hemoglobin levels improved after both operations. LPS children had lower preoperative (8.8 ± 1.9 vs 10.2 ± 1.7 g/dL; P =.0148) and postoperative (10.5 ± 1.7 vs 13.8 ± 1.1 g/dL; P <.0001) hemoglobin levels than did LTS patients. Three LPS children required transfusion (at 2, 4 and 5 postoperative years) for parvovirus-associated aplastic crises. No LTS child developed splenic function or anemia. Conclusion These data demonstrate that LPS decreases hemolysis, although LTS is more effective. LPS children had lower preoperative hemoglobin levels, indicating more severe hemolysis. LPS also has greater operative time and duration of stay, disadvantages balanced by retained immunity.

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JournalSurgery (United States)
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“Fintech inovatorius savo regione 2018 m.” organizuojama Corporate Vision Magazine

Pastaruosius 4 metus „Corporate Vision Magazine“ organizuoja „Technology Innovator Awards“ konkursą, kuriame apdovanojami talentingi asmenys, komandos ir įmonės, teikiančios geriausius ir novatoriškiausius produktus ir paslaugas technologijų srityje. Šiais metais „BLENDER“ buvo pripažinta dėl novatoriškų inovacijų „Fintech“ srityje ir buvo apdovanota „2018 metų″ Fintech inovatoriais savo regione“. Oficialųjį pranešimą galite rasti čia.

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Londono vertybinių popierių birža pasirinko „BLender“ – pirmaujančią tarptautinę tarpusavio skolinimosi bendrovę – dalyvauti prestižinėje ELITE programoje kaip perspektyvią Pirminio viešojo akcijų siūlymo (IPO) kompaniją.
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100 geriausių įmonių atrinktos iš maždaug 2000 privačių įmonių. Visos jos keletą mėnesių buvo vertinamos pagal kiekybinius ir kokybinius kriterijus (pavyzdžiui, finansinius rezultatus, technologinius inovacijus ir intelektinę nuosavybę, steigėjų istoriją, verslo modelį, vartotojų elgseną, skverbimąsi į rinką ir kita).
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P2P skolinimo platforma „BLender“ plečia savo veiklą Europos Sąjungoje

Izraelio startuolis prieš plėtrą Afrikoje ir Lotynų Amerikoje stiprina pozicijas Europoje.

Žmonių tarpusavio (angl. peer-to-peer, P2P) skolinimosi platforma „BLender“ šiandien paskelbė pirmojo plėtros į pasaulio rinką etapą – atidaryti biurai Milane (Italija) ir Vilniuje (Lietuva), kurie aptarnaus vartotojus Italijoje ir Baltijos šalyse.
Kaip interviu „Finance Magnates“ teigė „BLender“ įkūrėjas, šio finansinių technologijų startuolio planuose – tolimesnė pasaulinė plėtra tose rinkose, kuriose jaučiamas vartojimo kreditų poreikis. 2017-aisiais „BLender“ planuoja pradėti veikti Afrikoje, Lotynų Amerikoje ir kitose Europos Sąjungos šalyse.
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BLender Begins International Expansion and Offers Cross-Border Peer-to-Peer Lending

BLender, a p2p lending company from Israel, today announced its global expansion, beginning with new offices in Milan, Italy and Vilnius, Lithuania that will serve customers in Italy and the Baltics. The Israeli-based company delivers a P2P lending platform with a proprietary consumer credit rating system designed for territories without credit bureaus or traditional consumer credit information. BLender is a cloud-based platform that was built to work in a wide range of markets and languages.
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BLender scores $5M to expand the boundaries of P2P lending

BLender’s hybrid model creates credit ratings based on financial, social, and demographic background to upend the banks’ foothold on peer-to-peer lending – and empower emerging markets

P2P lending platform, BLender, secured $5M in funding from Blumberg Capital, one of the leading American VC firms whose most notable influence is in the global FinTech market. The company currently operates within Israel, but with the funding, BLender plans expand into Western European and Latin American markets within the coming months. Blender CEO, Dr. Gal Aviv, told Geektime that targeted countries include Columbia, Brazil, Germany, and France, among others. He also indicated that some new features will be released, although he would not disclose any specifics.
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Investment House Acquires 20% of P2P Lending Startup’s Business in Israel

The Israeli FinTech startup BLender offers an alternative to the expensive credit provided by banks and credit card companies.

Israeli Investment House Psagot has announced an agreement to purchase 20% of multinational Peer to Peer (P2P) lending platform BLenders’ activity in Israel, pending regulatory approvals. No financial details from the deal have been revealed yet but it is known that Psagot will be adding its representative to the BLender Israel Board of Directors.
Psagot is the largest investment house in Israel and manages assets valued at $50 billion for a million individuals, corporations and institutions. It is owned by Apax Partners, a UK-based private equity and venture capital firm.
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How A Rocket Scientist Is Fixing P2P Lending

The largest P2P marketplace on Earth – Lending Club – is currently worth $7 billion and has seen it loan volume grow 20 percent per month every quarter of 2015 so far. And while LendingClub is the biggest – it is finding itself in an increasingly crowded marketplace .

Analysts say that by the end of 2015, person-to-person lending will drive roughly $77 billion in loan volume — 15 times more than the $5 billion it drove in 2012, Bloomberg reports And while that growth rate is astonishing, P2P lending growth overall is a mere .08 percent drop in a $96 trillion total lending bucket worldwide

The rapid growth of the P2P lending world is of concern to some.
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How to Assess Borrowers’ Stability with No Credit Information

Dr. Gal Aviv, CEO of Israeli peer to peer lending start-up BLender, speaks about the new trends in the business.

Established in 2013 by three physicists, Israeli peer to peer lending start-up BLender gains strength in the local market. With $7 million invested, a recent investment by leading local investment house and over 270 million NIS in requested loans, CEO and founder Dr. Gal Aviv speaks with Finance Magnates about the growing trends in non-banking lending system landscape.
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Israeli P2P Lender BLender Opens Up First EU Offices

BLender, the Israel-based P2P lending platform, announced the first milestone in its global expansion, opening new offices in Milan, Italy, and Vilnius, Lithuania to serve customers in Italy and the Baltic region.
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Dr. Gal Aviv in an interview for i24 news

In an interview for i24 news, BLender CEO Dr. Gal Aviv explains how BLender is transforming Israel’s financial markets and making it possible to borrow money conveniently and at a worthwhile interest rate. Watch here.

BLender is named one of the most promising young FinTech companies in 2015 by KPMG – H2 Ventures. Just two Israeli companies made it onto the list.

The FinTech 100 list features the 50 leading established companies in the world and 50 of the most exciting emerging companies in the field (the rising stars). The list is the result of global research in the field and includes 40 firms from the Americas, 20 from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, 18 from the U.K., and 22 from the Asia-Pacific region. The list includes just two Israeli companies: BLender (on the rising stars lists) and OurCrowd (on the 50 established leaders list). Complete list.

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Dr. Gal Aviv in an Interview for Channel 20’s Economic Night

BLender CEO Dr. Gal Aviv is interviewed by Sharon Gal for Channel 20’s Economic Night on the global trend of social loans—which we pioneered in Israel!—and the venture’s first year. Watch here.

Channel 10

Bigger than the Industrial Revolution – Channel 10 covers the sharing economy

 In an interview for Channel 10 on the “sharing economy,” Dr. Gal Aviv, CEO of BLender, discusses the global trend of peer-to-peer lending, which we pioneered in Israel! Watch here.

Dr. Gal Aviv, CEO of Blender, named one of the 100 most influential people in our lives and the future of our children

The hottest word in the financial world these days is “FinTech”: that is, harnessing technological developments to provide financial services. The tremendous technological capabilities offered by the smartphone era, the complete access to information and services at any place and time, and the slowness of banks, has set the stage for organizations and individuals to come in and challenge the traditional banking systems.
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BLender: Mixing up the money again

Efforts to create a social bank have failed due to the restrictions imposed by the government, so that’s where Israeli entrepreneurship comes in ● Meet the online financial platform that specializes in P2P loans. The result: higher interest rates for lenders and lower interest rates for borrowers. Read more.

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BLender raises $5 million for peer-to-peer lending in funding round led by Blumberg Capital

”This funding will help us to strengthen BLender’s position in Israel and to enter new markets in Western Europe and Latin America,“ said Dr. Gal Aviv, the CEO. David Blumberg, managing partner of Blumberg Capital, said, “We have witnessed the growth of the field of P2P and its transformation into a legitimate alternative to the traditional lending markets in many countries around the world. As a fund that has previously invested in B2B and B2C credit card companies and marketplaces and in many other companies in the field of credit and FinTech, we have no doubt that BLender offers a unique product in the field, with innovative and groundbreaking technology.“ Read more.

Funding: BLender raises $5 million to connect borrowers and lenders around the world

It has been a decade since social lending or P2P lending made its breakthrough in the loan arena. The idea is simple: it involves connecting an individual with liquid money that is available for investment with one who needs a loan but is deterred by high interest rates or the bureaucracy of banks or credit card companies. The Israeli company BLender operates an online platform to make such connections and announced today (Sunday) a funding round of $5 million fund led by Blumberg Capital. Read more.

Lending venture BLender raises $5 million

Today BLender announced a funding round of $5 million from Blumberg Capital. Since its founding, the company has raised $3.5 million, not including the current round. BLender operates a platform that allows people to lend money to other people—without financial intermediation. Read more.

BLender raised $5 million from Blumberg Capital

The company operates a lending service for members, allowing investors to spread investments as loans at convenient interest rates. To date, hundreds of borrowers have borrowed some $10 million through BLender. Read more.

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Sensibly Connect the World’s Borrowers and Lenders

Powered by social data and $5 million in new funding, BLender is aiming to expand its lending platform to global borrowers and investors. Read more.

Interest rate cap is a step in the right direction for the financial system

Shaked’s proposed bill will effectively abolish the inequalities existing in the market today, which enables traditional institutions to provide credit with no cap on the interest rate, and correct the fundamental distortion resulting from the banks and credit card companies’ ability to join forces. Read more.

BLender takes capitalism back to its roots

BLender’s business model is not built on arbitrage of the differential between the interest paid by the borrower and that received by the lender. BLender takes a commission of 2.5%, or at least NIS 200, from the borrower, plus a fee of one percent of the returns of the lender, spread over the lifespan of the loans, for an actual total of around 0.4% during the year. Read more.

BLender scores $5M to expand the boundaries of P2P lending

BLender’s hybrid model creates credit ratings based on financial, social, and demographic background to upend the banks’ foothold on peer-to-peer lending—and empower emerging markets. Read more.

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BLender is one of the few sites in the world, and the only one in Israel, that enables the buying and selling of existing loans. Any lender may sell his/her loans to other lenders. In other words, if you want to get back the money you lent, you simply put the loan for sale on BLender…at any point during the lifetime of the loan. Learn more on Economic Night.

Re-Blend: The stock exchange for loans between individuals

Dr. Gal Aviv, CEO and founder of BLender: „Once we identified lenders’ need flexibility, liquidity and control over investment periods of investment, we decided to develop a unique technology that allows liquidity. This is a revolution in the savings and credit markets. The secondary market created through BLender’s Re-Blend will greatly increase the number of lenders whose needs may be met through the platform, offering a flexible savings option with an average return of 6% annually. It is a high-quality alternative to the savings options available in the market today, especially given the current zero interest rate period.” Read more.

Israel Hayom

An alternative to the stock market? BLender will make it possible for you to sell a loan portfolio

According to Aviv, „BLender aims to lead the non-bank loan market and to present an attractive, convenient and modern alternative to the traditional lending market, which uses advanced technology and makes it easy for both borrowers and lenders. Our new and innovative development puts BLender on par with the world’s leading platforms, like Zopa and Lending Club.“ Read more.

The Marker

Peer-to-peer companies are filling in the banks’ shoes

Household lending has always been a cash cow for banks and credit card companies. A cursory examination of their sources of income reveals that this area accounts for a significant portion of their income. Therefore, it is clear that it is difficult for them to say goodbye to their hegemony in the field…

Adif Portal

Lack of credit rating information led to banks’ control of the lending system

The consumer loans domain represents the most active and profitable area in the banking system, noted Dr. Gal Aviv, CEO of Blender in a lecture on P2P lending at the second Adif Conference for Financial Institutions. Read more.

The credit rating database will encourage non-bank lending

The interim report of the Committee on the proposed Credit Data Law, which is expected to be released in the coming days has already raised a storm in the banking sector. Some argue against publishing credit ratings, saying that they will hurt those with low ratings, while others argue that, on the contrary, everyone will benefit including and especially the weak. Read more.

The Marker

They’re afraid: Bankers don’t know how to deal with Moshe Kahlon

From the dismantling of the government until election day, the banks lost about 5%, and since the release of the results, they increased by 4.5%. Analysts: The decline reflects the fears regarding the new finance minister. Read more.

Turmoil in the financial world: Is it becoming more accessible to the general public?

New technologies and forms of alternative funding rocked the financial world, and have broad implications for consumers and companies alike. But is the financial world is becoming more accessible to the general public? Read more.

The Israeli start-up offering up to 8% interest rates on money

Following the revolutions spurred by GetTaxi, Uber, Airbnb and Booking.com, BLender is hoping to generate a social revolution in the banking and lending industries. In a G interview, the founders explain how it works, and also: what does it have to do with Dad, real estate magnate Doron Aviv? Read more.

Barça, I’m coming: Just 15 minutes to get a loan for a sports vacation

What’s a dad who wants to take his son to a game in Barcelona, but who perpetually overdraws his bank account to do? Here’s the story of a father who found a solution through peer-to-peer lending site BLender. Read more.

Want a loan for a sports vacation? Now there’s a solution.

Have you been dreaming of a sports vacation? A one-in-a-lifetime trip with your oldest son to watch Messi go head to head with Ronaldo at El Clasico at Camp Nuo… Read more.

Channel 2 News

Peer-to-peer lending: Bypassing the banks

Giora Ofer is very familiar with the banking system: he was part of Discount Bank’s top management, and he knows just how much banks earn at the expense of the small, individual customer. Maybe that’s why he’s launching a new peer-to-peer lending venture, which joins other similar initiatives in Israel and around the world. Read more.

Israel Business Conference 2014

According to Dr. Gal Aviv, half of Generation Y “doesn’t ever want to set foot in a bank. They know that they can get a more affordable product and how to get it. They shop on Amazon and eBay. Consumers today are different: they know that they can get savings or credit products at a better price.” Read more.

Peer-to-peer lending: who is it for and how does it work?

BLender, an Israeli company, is answering the call for social lending in Israel and offering an innovative new arena for peer-to-peer loans…

Channel 10 – The Morning Show with Orly and Guy

Bypassing the banks: peer-to-peer lending

A new online platform connects borrowers and lenders…

Peer-to-peer lending: “Blender” presents a model in which, it claims, everyone wins

BLender gives investors an attractive way of investing and offers borrowers a convenient financing solution…

Israel Hayom

Loans that bypass the bank

BLender is working to shatter the banking monopoly when it comes to small loans. Are its founders joining a wave in protest of banks? They say no: “Our product is Zionist; it can help to improve life in Israel—and prevent people from leaving the country.” Read more.

There’s no reason to put up with absurd fees and crazy interest rates

There’s a growing market in the financial industry: social lending—loans that are transferred directly between people online, bypassing the bank entirely. Read more.

A new social tool

There’s a new player on the social lending field—today real estate developer Doron Aviv and former CEO of Discount Bank Giora Ofer launched a peer-to-peer lending fund, BLender. It’s anonymous, and the lender’s information is stored securely online…

An alternative to the bank: online loans

Crowdsourced loans, an alternative to consumer loans from banks or credit card companies, are gaining momentum, even in Israel. BLender, which developed a platform to thoroughly screen borrowers within seconds using social networks, among others, is trying to shatter the banking monopoly. And it even has something to offer to lenders. Read more.

The Marker

Sign here using Facebook // A new online lending platform seeks to compete with banks

A new venture launched by the Aviv family and Giora Ofer “bypasses” banks to connect borrowers and lenders for loans of up to NIS 30,000. Borrowers are screened quickly using a photo of their paystub and access to their Facebook profile. Read more.

BLender launches its online loan venture

The online venture enables anyone to borrow or lend at lower interest rates on average than those offered by banks. Giora Ofer of the Lahav Fund is leading the venture along with Doron Aviv: “We haven’t reinvented the wheel in terms of the idea, but we did greatly enhance the technology.” Read more.

Israel Hayom

Giving the banks a run for their money? A new site for social lending is launched

Will they succeed in giving the banks a run for their money? A group of entrepreneurs launched a new venture called BLENDER to create a platform for peer-to-peer lending. It connects people who want to lend money and those who want to borrow, all while minimizing brokerage fees. Read more.

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In finance, too: Hunger for an alternative that competes for the consumer’s heart and wallet. Read more.

Guy Zohar’s Show on Radio Nonstop

BLender CEO and founder: our expenses are constantly changing, but our revenue is fixed. Listen to the program.

A New Player in Social Lending >> BLENDER

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BLENDER: A New Player in Social Lending

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Adif Portal

A New Social Lending Initiative for Private Customers

Leaders in Israel’s business community have joined forces to launch a new peer-to-peer lending iniatiative called BLender. Doron Aviv, chairman of Aviv Group, serves as the company’s chairman, and Giora Ofer, former CEO of Discount Bank and one of the owners of the Keren Lahav investment fund is a member of the Board of Directors. Read more.


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Innovative Thinking

Automation Solutions: 3 Ways to Defeat Choice Paralysis

“Learning to choose is hard. Learning to choose well is harder. And learning to choose well in a world of unlimited possibilities is harder still, perhaps too hard.”

― Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

In today’s industries, manufacturers have an entire constellation of technology solutions to consider. Factories can be digitized from beginning to end, integrated into automation systems, connected to the cloud, measured by big data, mobilized and networked into the Internet of Things.

With so much technology available, many manufacturers are paralyzed by the paradox of choice: the more industrial solutions appear, the harder it is to know what will work and what just isn’t right for your business.

How can you emerge from the swamp of indecision and implement the automation solutions that will boost your business?

1. Make Room for Reconnaissance

Feeling paralyzed often comes from the pressure to deliver. That pressure can change the quest for improvement into an obsession with research. There’s always more to learn, so there’s never a clear decision-point.

Rather than fight the urge to gather more information, make reconnaissance part of your routine.

Put aside time for simply exploring options without the mindset that you’re shopping for automation solutions. Treat it like a learning experience only. This reduces the pressure to assign value to every possible venture and expands your general knowledge about your industry. Spending just 20 minutes on reconnaissance every day builds expertise and puts your options in perspective when you do reach a decision-point.

2. Accept Margins for Error

It’s natural to feel conflicted about new automation solutions technology. It may seem like there are no margins for error – make one wrong move, and you might as well shut down the factory today. Opportunity cost matters.

Now take a deep breath. There are many paths to success, and it’s better to take a step, any step, than to stand still and watch the competition pass you by.

New forms of automation tech, like reprogramming existing systems and data collection, can offer efficiency advantages without monopolizing your time or resources. Successful changes like these can build your confidence in bigger improvements down the line.

Just remember: there are no perfect solutions.

You can still find your way to the best fit for your company. Just don't think of your first project choice as pass/fail, do or die, irreversibly final.  Successful manufacturers aren’t flawless – they’re resilient.

3. DIY or Delegate?

Yes, you can do it all in-house. Your engineers are smart and capable; they can rig a data collection system. A dedicated team could even link it to mobile applications or migrate production information to the cloud.

But is that the best use of your engineers’ time and expertise?

Anything created in-house will continue to draw from your team’s time and skills for maintenance, upgrades, and new training. In my cases, automation technology constitutes a full-time job by itself. When you’re trying to decide what automation solutions are right for your business, you may also end up deciding how to stretch your people thin.

That’s assuming your in-house team has the requisite experience to design and implement broad industrial solutions. If they don’t, you’re left wondering what options are even feasible.

Don’t be afraid to delegate.

Wait for a lightning bolt of clarity and you may wait forever. Instead, when you're unsure of the solution or the steps needed to achieve it, phone a friend. Choosing a partner you trust to evaluate your existing systems and machinery side-steps choice paralysis altogether. Automation solutions experts are engineers devoted full-time to understanding and applying the right technology for every application. An automation team can offer just a few highly researched solutions based in years of expertise, reducing the pressure on you to know everything on your own.

What Now?

If you're looking for an automation solutions partner to help you choose and implement new technology or upgrade existing resources, Premier Automation's team of over 20 in-house engineers will do your homework for you. With thousands of completed projects in over 16 major industries, Premier Automation has the experience to solve any automation challenge.

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Dialogues and Small Talk
book/catalogue 2015

Inge Hueber
by Dr. Sue Marks

Colourscape, 2014 (200 x 146 cm)

Working in fabric for Inge Hueber was a natural choice, a medium with which she was familiar, but when she began making quilts in Cologne some thirty five years ago, she was working alone. Germany is a country without an historic quilting tradition, something Hueber thinks worked to her advantage, allowing her freedom to develop a unique visual language unhampered by rules and expectations. An understanding of Germany’s strong modern design tradition that dates back to the Bauhaus is, however, evident in Hueber’s work. It shows in her assured use of materials, her handling of composition, colour and construction, and in her clean looking, unadorned work.

Using pure, solid colour is fundamental to her ethos and typically, she explores how different colours react to each other, making large, expressive, abstract works. These dynamic and beautiful compositions shimmer, as colours appear to chase each other across the quilt surface. The recent ‘Broadstairs’ series had more tangible subject matter, the memories and emotional response to a place Hueber loves and has visited for over thirty years, and captured in photographs. ‘Colourscape’ returns to her roots and is a celebration of colour, where deep pinks and ocean blues in gently graded shades are separated by bands of warm yellow. When asked about her use of yellow, the dominant colour in ‘Colourscape’, she said it symbolised the power of light and sunshine, reflecting that basic need for light for most living creatures. Working with colour makes Hueber happy and she seeks to provoke a similar response in viewers. Though she has studied Johannes Itten’s colour theories about how colour affects people, her work is also the result of years of experience, a deep rooted and instinctive knowledge of how colours work together and of how to work with colour.

Colourscape detail

Over the years, she has built up a vast collection of home dyed fabrics, which she cut into the strips that form the foundation of her quilts. Her dyeing process involves only the commercially produced Dylon, cotton and an old fashioned washing machine. The palette of hues available are mixed to produce the myriad of colours in numerous shades that so characterise her work. Her method of construction is similarly straightforward, the Seminole technique, where strips of fabric, sometimes of different widths, are stitched together, cut, and re-sewn into a variety of patterns. These deceptively simple beginnings belie the complexity and artistry of Hueber’s work. This work has continued to evolve whilst she has held fast to her original self taught methods of production. Her low tech approach stands apart in a textile world that has becoming increasingly sophisticated, embracing modern technology and a plethora of gadgetry and products in a seemingly never ending quest to produce more and more complex textiles.

Preparation for work involves a period of reflection, sometimes lengthy. There is no preliminary sketching or photographs, or even note taking. The studio floor becomes her ‘sketchbook‘, as the coloured fabric and strips with which she wants to work are laid out, arranged and rearranged, shades added and taken out, and studied over a period of time, until she gets a ‘strong feeling’ that they are right and they begin to ‘sing a melody to her’. She then begins to join the strips, wasting no further time or energy on making samples. In 1990, Hueber turned the commonly accepted rules of quiltmaking upside down by showing her work with the raw seam edges exposed, emphasising the textile nature of the work. She pursued this type of work for five years, only returning to it for the ‘Broadstairs’ series in 2007, where she combined this special technique with a place she loved. Both ‘Colourscape’ and ‘Small Quilt’, follow in this vein with their ‘wrong’ sides visible. The quilting is a further important element, but, as one might expect, is deceptively uncomplicated and follows the bands of strips. However, this results in changing the appearance of the quilt surface depending on viewpoint, and adds movement and an exciting three dimensional effect. It is rare for Hueber to work on a smaller scale, as she has for ‘Small Quilt’, which was made to fit the requirements of the exhibition. ‘Small Quilt’ gave her the opportunity to use leftover shorter strips from her vast collection. Usually, when making her quilts, recycling does not form part of her creative practice. Inge Hueber is still able to fascinate and bring joy, weaving her magic to create endless permutations with her coloured strips, as they speak to her and sing their melodies. ‘It takes time to find a new melody for each piece I start, and, though the melodies are similar, they always sing a new song.‘ (Inge Hueber, February, 2014)

Quilt National 2015

In this Gallery Talk segment Inge expresses the importance of simple beauty through quilts instead of political messages.

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Retrospective Inge Hueber March, 3 – October, 13 2013

“Colour Melodies” Textile Collection Max Berk Heidelberg, Germany

by Gabi Mett, translated by John Holt

In Full Swing, 2006

In Full Swing, 2006

„Since the beginning of my artistic activities I do not want to express memories or opinions, but emotions and wishes, always searching for happiness.“ (quotation Inge Hueber) This search for happiness has already lasted for more than 30 years. This search for happiness has led not only to outstanding creations but also to an influence on quilting worldwide. The starting point for Inge Hueber ist the year 1980. After 15 years of teaching in Cologne she leaves the profession and decides to become a fulltime quilter. A book about Amish quilts is one of the reasons for her decision. Until 1983 she makes quilts according to classical patterns, but then begins to work with her own designs. She decides to dye the material herself, always cotton, at this time very unusual. She teaches herself the technique of patchwork and quilting. At the beginning of quilting there are not many possibilities for exchanging ideas in Germany and the USA is far away. She develops her art in a vacuum. This is important for her own creative language. She is independent of traditions and can create her own ideas and rules and makes a very rapid development. In 1984 one of her quilts is chosen for the first Quilt Biennial in Heidelberg. In the same year she is represented at the art fair „Art Cologne“. In 1985 she exhibits at the Quilt-Festival in Houston, in 1986 follows her first solo show in Bales, Switzerland, in 1987 at the Quilters´Guild in London and as well in 1987 for the first time her quilt is chosen for Quilt National in Ohio/USA. In this same year one of her quilts is selected fort the „Triennal of Applied Art“ in Frankfurt. She takes her work seriously, not only producing outstanding quilts, but she also makes the effort to take part in competitions and pursues possibilities for exhibitions and suitable presentations. She does not stay in Germany but storms the international world of contemporary quilts. No signs of hesitation but proof of a strong will, a lot of selfconfidence and professionalism. These first years appear like a blooming flower in slow motion. Everything is moving and developing at the same time with enormous force. A review of the following 25 years shows her potential. In 1991 she is awarded by the State Award of Northrine Westfalia, first time ever given to a quilter, in the textile category. She is selected for nearly all Quilt-Biennials and –Triennials in Heidelberg, as well for several European Art Quilt shows. Six times she takes part in „Quilt National“, she exhibits and lectures in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the USA and Europe. In 2010 „Sunset Broadstairs“ is awarded the special prize of honour, the so called Michael James Award, as part of the „Quilt Nihon Exhibition“ in Tokyo, Japan. Her quilts are included in many public and private collections. Her work has been aquired by the Textile Collection Max Berk in Heidelberg, by the University of Liverpool, by the „Museum of Arts and Design“ in New York City, and others. How immense must be her enthusiasm, the joy and creative power and potential, to go such a way and to remain on the same high level for decades? Let us look at her creations, for they are the origin oft her success. Quilts from 1984 to 1990 are described by Inge Hueber as the mathematical ones. A concept is necessary for these pieces to which belongs for example the „Hidden Circle“. Everything must be correct, all parts of her patchwork precisely matching, colours placed in the right way to achieve the wanted effects. The quilting lines on top oft the patchwork are not only holding the three layers together, but complete the whole concept. Above all technical and conceptual skills pure craftsmanship is necessary – over the years the artist masters and perfects all this with style and elan. In these first creations we discover already her strips, together with crazy patchwork, which will define her work more and more. In 1990 she finishes this mathematical series, which she developed together with her husband Roland. From now on she relies on the so called Seminole- or strip-technique. She connects strips, cut them apart and put them together again, in her special order and concept. This technique does not require a detailed plan. So Inge has the possibility to work playfully, always with her home-dyed cotton. She can put together different tones of colour, mix them together, decide on directions and positions, planning her strips in strong colours or in soft graduations. She can play with her material as long as her work is responding, when suddenly knowing the right way. In her large-scaled quilts her joy for colours can now be experienced more intensively. In 1990 she surprised with a creation, which turned the world of quilting upside down, clearly said „turning the inside out“. Against all conventions she shows all seams from the inside in her work „Rainbow“, exhibited for the first time at the Quilt-Biennial in Heidelberg, later aquired by the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, to be part of their permanent quilt-collection. What a brilliant idea! The material becomes even more textile. The interplay with light and shadow is not only produced by quilting, no painter would be able to produce such a vibrating surface. With this method, so simple but so surprising the colours seem to become more intense and alive. Inge Hueber explores this new element of design, strips in many angles and many variations, always differently.

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The strips form stripes and they move over the whole quilt, they seem to be woven, can hardly be seperated, form a unity. Horizontal and vertical strips are interplaying and the diagonal is skillfully placed. Colours are flowing together and moving around, deceiving the viewers when they think of having recognized the system. Colours loose themselves and appear only as single spots as in her „Ikat Series“, then they explode again and form „Nine-Patch-Variations“, become more restrained in „Moving Stripes“ or they develop poetic forms of expression as seen in her „Broadstairs Series“, paying homage to her place in the Southeast of England, her second home since 1978. You can only find few dark colours in her quilts, black is totally excluded. Vital, glorious and shining, full of energy and clear, these colours come alive. In 2004 Inge Hueber uses air as a filling for a transparent quilt, combining coloured cotton strips with transparent cotton organza. After the inside became the outside, now front and back are visually joined together. In her first years the quilting is done by hand, to be seen clearly in her mathematical quilts. The quilting lines, next to colours and strips, are a third important element. Even if the quilting disappears in the seams, in the ditch, they are essential for the relief effect in her large quilts. It is worth not only looking at these pieces from the front, but to pass by and to look from any angle by walking from one side to the other, to explore the changing of colours in these textile reliefs. If you would analyse each quilt by this artist, observing the composition, the colours, the interplay of strips and the smallest elemts of the making, you would be astonished by the diversity of her variations. It is hardly possible to seperate single aspects and ways of expressions. Design, play, technique, craftsmanship, material, emotions and feelings – all together form an inseperable unity. This is a most fascinating feature in her work. Everything is in its place, everything is vital for the complete expression and does justice to it. They are masterpieces, which appeal very much to the observer, emotions and feelings are aroused. It makes you thoughtful or joyful, you feel happiness, or rest and calmness. The decisions which become very apparent from the beginning can be recognized in her further creations:

  • The large format is in focus
  • Only self-dyed cotton material is used
  • The decision to work mostly in the Seminole technique
  • A very personal use of colours
  • The quilting is visible by hand, or invisible made by the sewing machine, to form a textile relief

These ways, ideas and methods are never abandoned. No different materials, no new tecchniques, completely textile, following her own rules. She respects traditions, but she creates her own rules, not pictures on cotton, but pictures made from cotton. This consequence is shown in different ways. The number of competitions and exhibitions have greatly increased in the last decades. But Inge Hueber only applies for the most important exhibitions worldwide and rather frees herself determindly from the mainstream. Each artist is free to concentrate on their work and to develop it. Inge Hueber wanted more. It was her idea to create a wider acception and appriciation for this special art form. She co-founded the German Patchwork Guild in 1985, and in the same year she got a founder member of Quilt Art, with co-founders like Mary Fogg, Pauline Burbidge and Michele Walker, starting as an english group, but now holding members of many nationalities. This first group of its kind wants to open up old boundaries and increase the recognition of quilting as an art form. Today she ist the only active founding member left. „Through Quilt Art I discovered a new country and a new language“. New contacts and networks formed, many more exhibitions since the beginning in 1985. With this group she explores further projects, for example small sizes on stretchers or unquilted tops as soft sculptures. She always remains faithful to her way of working but at the same time thinks beyond traditional limitations. With Quilt Art there is a further constant and influential factor in her life. She has also been effective in different ways. She did not pass on her knowledge and practice in teaching workshops, but lectures worldwide for museums and many groups. She started in 1988 with introducing quilts from Germany and her own work, but gradually and with her own artistic development her lectures concentrate on her methods of working and on her ideas. So she could indulge her love of travelling as well and at the same time make contacts and friends worldwide. During the last years she made a name for herself by working together with the „Textile Collection Max Berk“ in Heidelberg. She was asked as a juror and was able to introduce the Quilt Triennial to English quilters at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham. This resulted in a very good participation of Bristish quilt artists. This exhibitions at the Heidelberg Museum presents about 30 works from the last 30 years. They show an artist who is counted among the classical modern movement of international art quilts. Hopefully her work and influence will continue in the future.

Michael James 講評

Michael James Award 2010 – The 10th Quilt Nihon Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

I selected this work because it evokes for me a peaceful, contemplative reverie, a moment of stillness and reflection that is a contrast to the incessant flow of information, sounds and sights that fill our everyday lives. This is a quilt that turns inward to touch the spirit and the soul. It doesn’t announce itself loudly, but rather seems to float calmly and confidently in its own quiet space.

Masters: Art Quilts – Major Works by Leading Artists

by Martha Sielman

Lark Books USA 2008, pages 350 – 359

Inge Hueber

Broadstairs/Sunset, 2009 (173 x 197 cm)

“Transforming passing time into a visible object” is how Inge Hueber describes the experience of creating her artwork. While her early work focuses on her invented variations on Seminole piecing, Hueber´s recent work uses the nine-patch block as its inspiration, but replaces the usual square pieces with stripes. Certainly no one would mistake the German artist´s quilts for traditional designs: The palette of her own hand-dyed cottons, her rhythmic color placement, and her use of visible seams as embellishment mark these as contemporary works of art… Saying that she invents what she feels, Hueber uses the placement of color in her geometric creations to express how she sees the rhythm of life. The use of strip piecing expresses her approach to life – simple, straightforward, and full of verve.

“From the beginning, I have dyed all my material, and I have learned a lot about the special language of colored cloth. I am still fascinated and often surprised by the quilting process – for example, realizing the potential of visible seams to add texture and depth….My quilts are a technical construction on one hand, and a combination of emotional colors on the other. I am searching for a balance between textile flexibility, color values, intuition, and precise craftsmanship…My quilts have developed into a kind of visual diary. I cannot plan changes – they occur when they are due, just as in real life. Making quilts has given me a key to my own life, a key to open doors that would have been locked otherwise.”

Making Journeys, 2002

by Helen Joseph

Inge Hueber

Hueber’s commitment to quiltmaking is obvious. She is a self –taught artist, who through her work is driven to the dialogue between brain and the heart, looking to solve the problems of technique versus design.

Her strength lies in tow major areas, firstly her trust in her intuition, (“I arrange my pieces on my table and just wait and watch and hear, with my eyes, for those units ‘to start sing’ then I sew them together.”) and secondly her consummate skill in the use of colour and tone. For over twenty years she has been excited by the art of quiltmaking, building on her repertoire by experimenting with dyes but at the same time constructing her quilts by a relatively simple method, ‘strip piecing’. This is known as Seminole piecing, in which strips of different coloured fabrics are stitched together, cut apart, re-arranged and then sewn together again. Hueber’s trademark is to using hand dyed cotton. … As all quiltmakers know, whether ‘grass root’ or professional, the activity of cutting, stitching, arranging and piecing fabrics is immensely satisfying, (if at times deeply frustrating) and in Hueber’s hands this process is meticulously carried out. … The body of work that Hueber produces can be seen in a series and since the mid-nineties she has increasingly played with the ‘interrupted square’, fascinated by the opportunities that this simple shape offers. By shifting and rearranging this module she takes the viewer into a dance; sometimes a jig as in ‘Ikat Quilt Rhythm II’ and sometimes into a ‘waltz’ in ‘Colours Singing in the Sun’. Throughout her work runs an incessant beat which becomes graphically and boldly seen, but beneath the surface, lie the complexities of structure and illusion, which have evolved through many years of practice. In essence she ‘paints’ the textile surface with dyed strips of fabric, using rhythmic patterns to confuse and delight the eye.

Quilt Art 20 years (catalogue/book 2005)

We exist since 20 years!

This is in itself an achievement although our greatest dreams did not come true. The potential of patchwork and quilting is only discovered in small steps but our group is alive and represents a mixture of backgrounds and aims. After my lonely start in 1980 in Cologne, Germany, Quilt Art offered me not only a group to work with, but another language and culture. Since then a world wide web of coherences and connections has built up and, as a founder member, I am grateful to be a part of it from the beginning.

The world has changed in these twenty years, it has got faster, more virtual and less real, but we stick to a slow process and transform passing time into a visible object. In quiltmaking we invent, we produce and we communicate and these are some of the essentials of human activity.

I invent what I feel – the rhythm of life, changing emotions into colours and cloth. And I love to produce, sticking to strips and stripes. To communicate and connect is getting more important in my mind, and this is now made easier by electronic mailing and less expensive travelling.

The catalogue of Quilt Art 2001

Moving On

by Inge Hueber

I love strips and stripes: they are simple, straight-forward, everywhere and full of verve. For many years my work-space has been covered with lots of strips and for many years I picked just two colours to make long bands of five strips, which I re-cut into squares. But this time I have started to recycle my own material and cut up left-over squares into small strips. Four of these narrow strips make up a chequered module, a small unit, again nearly a square. I arrange them on my table and just wait and watch and hear with my eyes for these units to “start to sing”, then I sew them together.

I love colours and like to plan and to organise, these two elements are essential to my quiltmaking alongside my pleasure in networking and communicating with others. I like to dye, to cut with my scissors, to sew and to quilt (this time by machine) – a slow process full of repetitions and in a certain rhythm. In between the colours shine and I wonder how they act and react and interact.

New ideas, new concepts never occur sitting in my studio. They jump up when I’m not expecting them, sitting in trains or trams for example. I do not write them down, what I forget, I forget. Only ideas which stay alive will go into my next quilt.

Japan_leader_buchtitel_300“88 Leaders of the Quilt World Today”
1994 Tokyo/Japan

„Since the Middle Ages, our Western culture turned to the abstract, to theory and written words. Textiles, on the contrary, still offer touch, warmth and sight. Without words we can communicate with material that is familiar to all of us. There is this emotional and sensual side of a quilt, a language which all of us understand.
However, there are different styles of patchwork in different countries.Especially in England and the United States, patchwork is a well established tradition. In these countries, quilters build upon firm ground and want to continue what others started a long time ago.
In Germany, we have many textile traditions, but patchwork did not develop. Germans used to sleep under feather beds to keep warm. We do not have special childhood memories of sleeping under a soft quilt made by our mothers. But these obvious disadvantages are an advantage at the same time. Without a tradition, you do not have to follow one. German  quiltmakers could start from the very beginning with a lot of freedom. Fifteen years of my own quilt making have changed a lot in my life, working in „splendid isolation“, but living in a city of one million inhabitants. I gradually came to know about quilts, learning the techniques by trial and error. Using a very typical female material has been a natural decision for me. You choose what you know. Following a way which has been started already by other women is easier than inventing by yourself. This long established familiarity with textile materials helps to take risks and to try an individual way.
Japan_leader_seite_300With making quilts I got a key to my life and a key to open doors, which would have been locked otherwise. Traveling and lecturing in other countries turned out to be a great pleasure.I may go to a place far away, but when I enter the house of another quilter, I can sit on the floor and discuss the design of a new quilt after five minutes. This book will help even more to bring quilters together, to enjoy mutual exchange and I am grateful and happy to take part.“ (Inge Hueber, Cologne 1994)

Quilters’ Review, Winter 1993

“I am very bourgeois, really” – The birth of a German quilter

by June Freeman

Inge Hueber’s story has the makings of a good feminist fairy story. On her own account her decision to become a quilter represented a final realisation of long-felt artistic needs and a flowering of an independent personal identity. … The fact that textiles lack status in the art world also seemed an advantage. “No-one is interested in textiles so it is a wonderful open world.” She had, as Germans would put it, ‘found a white spot on the map’. This, together with her newfound sense of ability, gave her a determination and assurance she had hitherto lacked. … “Earning money is a really important thing for many women. They feel much better…having their own earned money though they don’t need it…it’s not important for me…what I get from quilts I could not buy with money.” The nice middle-class girl has, in middle age, become a person in her own right. She continues to benefit from and take advantage of her liberal background, but no longer passively. … After some struggles with her ‘bourgeois’ inclinations she decided that the most effective thing was to turn her quilts back to front. As a meticulous and beautiful sewer she had to take a deep breath to do this. But she was pleased with the result. … There still remain important constants in her work. Her most recent quilts continue to reflect the aura and ambience modern urban life holds for her; she continues the technique of strip-piecing and cutting to express this and her range eschews the dark side of life. Inge Hueber has already given us some alluring work and we cannot fail to be interested in what this professional and imaginative quilter will produce in future.

Lichtblicke – Textile Strukturen

Inge Huebers’s Art of Quilting

by Harald Weinrich

The old patchwork-art from America and England grew out of bourgeois thrift. But, as is often the case, the loveliest flowers sprout from the poorest soil. They were made from small pieces of cloth, carefully collected, which were cut into little patches and sewn together by hand.

Inge Hueber, as a German quilter, is separate from this Anglo-Saxon tradition and must dispense with the security and the support of the well proved technique, but she recognized her chance in this outsider’s role, in a new freedom. She breaks away from the idea of recycling old patches in a quilt. “With a feeling of ecstasy”, she later recalls, she bought 100 meters of white cotton in a London shop. Since then, cotton has been her medium, as she explains: “I love this plain simple material. It is not just attractive, it grows old gracefully and can be handled with facility.”

To these qualities, which are typical for cotton, she adds her personal characteristic touch. She starts to dye piece by piece to get her own colour palette. In more than ten years she has gradually enlarged her repertoir of colours with many more shades.

Hand-dyed cotton is Inge Hueber’s trademark. But while this choice for a material of her own has existed from the very beginning, her first quilts still respected traditional designs. But soon her creativity did not remain with the summary and tranquil proportions of the traditional way of expression. She developed her imaginative ideas and began to articulate her own artistic language. The static-geometric shapes are transformed into a variety of dynamic assymmetrical designs and free configurations.

The Seminole-technique has developed for Inge Hueber as an important structural element, named after an Indian tribe still living in Florida. In this technique, strips of different colours are sewn together, cut apart, then shifted and sewn togehter again. This traditional method is used by the artist in a free way and is further developed in her own individual manner, with many variations.

Inge Hueber’s quilts are works of art, which reflect in all their phases the perfection of craftmanship and the inventiveness of their creator, but which, in the end, give the impression of being released from their own history and set free from all material limitations. In this way, the artist has created a textile language of her own, which knows no linguistic barriers, and her serene texts require no translation.


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If You Build It, Will They Come?

Think about the last major purchase you made. How many times through how many media did you hear about that product before handing over your credit card or signing on the dotted line? My guess is it took way more than one fleeting advertisement to move you to action.

If You Build It, Will They Come?

Now think about your Scout troop. How many times and in how many ways do you invite boys to join? Is your troop's "pin" up to date at BeAScout.org? Do you have flyers in the literature racks at your chartered organization and neighborhood schools? Have you put up posters around town? Do you have a robust presence on social media? Do your Scouts have business cards to give their friends (complete with contact information, of course)? Do you set up a booth at community festivals and events?

In many ways, marketing Scouting is just like marketing a product. You have to get your message out multiple times through multiple media. A great resource is the website for the BSA's new national marketing campaign: "Build an Adventure." At the site, you'll find lots of resources, including videos, flyer templates, and social-media images like the one shown above.

"If you build it, they will come" is a great movie line. Here in real life, however, they will only come if they're invited.

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By Michael S. Smith II

Within the next 24-hours, the leader of the UK-based al-Magreze Centre for Historical Studies will host online an interview with al-Qa’ida emir Ayman al-Zawahiri, during which al-Zawahiri will reportedly discuss Syria-related concerns.

Located in London, al-Magreze is run by Hani al-Sibai. Al-Sibai is a high-profile Global Jihad figure and outspoken al-Qa’ida sympathizer. For example, in a May 2011 interview with Al Jazeera, al-Sibai explained, “In my view, Sheikh Usama bin Laden — as he is referred to by his followers and by those who love him — is the reviver of Islam in our times, and he is one of the lions of Islam.” He added:  “Sheikh Usama bin Laden fought occupation forces. He never killed civilians, and he never said he did. On the contrary, he extended his hand in peace to Europe and the West, and they were the ones who rejected it.”

Hani al-Sibai is a (former) Shura official in Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ, also al-Jihad). The EIJ is a terrorist group that was previously helmed by Ayman al-Zawahiri, who merged it with al-Qa’ida in June 2001 — just before the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US homeland. Two decades prior, its members played a central role in the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat.

In October 2001, Hani al-Sibai’s name appeared in the 23rd spot on the Mubarak regime’s most-wanted list. He has been granted official permission to reside in the UK and he currently lives in a fashionable area of London. Boasting more than 11,000 “likes,” his Facebook page is located here; followed by more than 51,000 Twitter users, his Twitter handle is @hanisibu.

An article in the 18-24 October 2001 edition of al-Ahram weekly on Egypt’s most wanted fugitives noted al-Sibai was facing a 15-year prison term in Egypt at the time. Egyptian authorities said he was a key member of al-Jihad’s media committee and the group’s Shura.

Al-Sibai used to preach in a Cairo mosque. In the early 1990s, he left Egypt for Sudan, and eventually arrived in Yemen (likely in 1994). Al-Sibai then travelled to the United Kingdom and claimed political asylum. An August 2007 report published by The Telegraph notes that “When he first claimed asylum in the UK in 1994, he told officials he had been tortured in Egypt because he had acted as a lawyer for Islamist groups and was linked to the opposition Muslim Brotherhood.”

A well-versed jihadi media strategist, following his arrival in the UK al-Sibai began his work promoting the Global Jihad movement in the West. An example of his more notable activities in this area is that al-Sibai is credited with circulating the manifesto announcing the formation of the World Front for the Liberation of Islamic Sanctities. Reporting by al-Sharq al-Awsat indicates he spent nine months in a high-security British jail after being arrested during Operation Challenge in 1998, through which London Metropolitan Police detained a number of Muslim figures affiliated with EIJ.

The day following the 7 July 2005 attacks in London, al-Sibai explained the following during a television interview aired by Al Jazeera:  “If Al-Qa’ida indeed carried out this act, it is a great victory for it. It rubbed the noses of the world’s eight most powerful countries in the mud. This victory is a blow to the economy…”

In October 2005, the US Treasury Department designated al-Sibai as an associate of al-Qa’ida “pursuant to Executive Order 13224 for acting for and on behalf of Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), a terrorist group that merged with al Qa’ida in 2001.”

It is not uncommon for Global Jihad figures based in London who are well known to British authorities to maintain contact with such high-profile terrorists as Ayman al-Zawahiri. For instance, sources indicate (former) al-Qa’ida intelligence operative Yasser al-Siri was likely involved with securing the safe returns to Egypt from Iran of a long list of Egyptian terrorists with ties to al-Qa’ida following the fall of the Mubarak government.

However, this type of public and, ultimately, promotional exercise that is apparently scheduled to take place on 25 March 2014 between a Global Jihad ideologue based in the West and a terrorist leader like Ayman al-Zawahiri is unprecedented. Indeed, this is a risky measure for al-Sibai, his organization, and al-Qa’ida’s emir.

Meanwhile, al-Zawahiri’s participation in such an interview reflects the fact that engaging audiences in the West — particularly those sympathetic to al-Qa’ida — remains a high priority for al-Qa’ida’s senior leaders. Especially when it comes to matters relevant to the jihad in Syria.

Whether this all reflects concerns among al-Qa’ida leaders that ISIS is now perceived as a more appealing group than AQ and/or Jabhat al-Nusrah among prospective jihadi recruits and supporters in the West remains to be seen.

UPDATE: @MagrezeMedia, which originally announced the interview, has since Tweeted the following message (emphasis added): “Dr Ayman Al-Zawahiri will not be speaking on our station. We will be raising crucial questions for all concerning the conflict in Syria.” A screenshot of the Tweet is available here.

Last updated 24 March 2014.

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Newsweek Blog Finally Decides to Debunk the Obama “Cash Cow” Myth (UPDATE 1X)

In his July 8th post, Andrew Romano of Newsweek finally sets out to dispel the myths about Obama’s fundraising prowess in his piece “Four Myths of Obama’s Money Machine.” He considers the following myths:

1. Obama Opted Out of Public Financing for Reasons of Principle

2. Obama Gets All—or Even the Vast Majority—of His Money from Small Donors

3. The Share of Obama’s Money That Comes From Small Donors Is Completely Unprecedented

4. Obama Won’t Receive Any Help from Outside Groups

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AJK President urges youth to work for Kashmir cause

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan Saturday urged the youth to devote their time and energies for the promotion of Kashmir cause and raise their voice for the oppressed and subjugated people of Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK).
“I urge the youth of the country to work for the realization of the right to self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, who are being oppressed and brutalized and have been disenfranchised,” he said while addressing as chief guest at the inaugural session of the Model United Nations Conference organized by Public Speaking Society of the Institute of Public Administration (IBA) in Karachi, according to a press release issued here by the AJK Presidential Secretariat.

Sardar Masood said the people of IoK had been made alien in their own homeland. The occupation forces were killing, torturing and maiming the youth, while the women were being dishonored. The Indian forces, he added, were raping even children and mass blinding the young people by using lethal pellet guns.

“This all is being done in an environment of absolute impunity,” the AJK President said. All the perpetrators of the heinous crimes, he regretted, had been given immunity from prosecution under draconian laws like Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and Public Safety Act (PSA), which had been called lawless laws by the Amnesty International.

He asked the students, faculty members of the IBA and youth across the country to intensify their political, diplomatic and moral support to their brothers and sisters in IoK, who were struggling for their inherent right to self-determination.

“Let me also tell you that every citizen of Pakistan believes in the justness of Kashmir cause but our endeavors are not critical. I would say every citizen of Pakistan, every individual, and every student; every young man and women should invest their time and energy for intensifying political and diplomatic campaigns for the freedom and liberty of the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he emphasized.
Sharing his views with the audience on the successes and failures of the United Nations, President Masood said the unresolved Kashmir conflict was one of the biggest failures of the world body. The non-resolution of the conflicts in Africa and the Middle East were perilously drifting the world towards bigger conflict.

The United Nations, he added, also failed to take action needed to stave off the worst effects of climate change that was now affecting every country on every continent.
About the success of the United Nations, the AJK president said the world body still provided hope for the troubled and turbulent world. The UN not only succeeded in preventing an outbreak of world war in the last seven decades by sending peacekeeping and observer missions to the world’s trouble spots to restore peace and calm and allowing many countries to recover from the conflicts.
The world body had contributed to the efforts around the world in disaster management, helping victims of disasters and reducing the effects of man-made and natural disasters and also significantly contributing towards sustainable development and improving literacy and education around the world, he added.

Sardar Masood urged the IBA and the Public Speaking Society to prepare the students for multilateral diplomacy and international relations along with developing requisite skills and abilities to make them able to work for peace, development and human rights both in the country and at international level. -APP

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By Marci Narum

Part three in the series “Women of Impact.”

ANNIE CARLSON, Owner of Morning Joy Farm & Kitchen

Impact with Adaptability, Tenacity, & Authenticity

In many ways, Annie Carlson is incomparable to most women who were raised and still live on the North Dakota prairie. Annie is a wife, mother of three, entrepreneur, home-school teacher, part-time pastor, author, farmer, rancher, cook, and caterer.

“People ask me all the time, ‘Annie, how do you get all this stuff done?’ Well, I don’t watch TV,” Annie says. “We have goals as a family and individually, and (we talk about) how to accomplish them. Little by little, we accomplish them. So yeah, how do you get all that done? Well, you start,” she says.

Nothing gets in the way of accomplishing those goals, especially the word “No.”

Annie and her husband, John, have come up against roadblocks more times than they care to recall. They own and operate Morning Joy Farm & Kitchen near Mercer, North Dakota. It’s the farm where Annie grew up and her grandparents homesteaded. Morning Joy was the second CSA model in the state 12 years ago. (Community-Supported Agriculture, a system that connects the producer and consumers directly. Members receive food shares on a weekly basis.)

“We started as a vegetable CSA and loved growing vegetables. We love interacting with our customers in an intimate way,” Annie shares. “They were connected to the farm. If we had a bad thunderstorm, they were worried, they cared. This was their food that we were growing for them. Then customers started asking where they can buy good meat.”

Morning Joy began expanding, and in 2014, Annie added a commercial kitchen.

“I started catering, value-adding some of our farm products. We knew we needed to be nimble. We knew we couldn’t have a lot of capital tied up. We had to be able to change directions.”

That plan would prove useful as the marketplace began to change and severely disrupt Annie’s business model.

“I had a buying program where people could go online and order,” she says. “I did freezer meals and once-a-month delivery. That was before the days of Hello Fresh and Blue Apron. When they came into the market, I couldn’t compete with the fresh aspect of it.”

The big companies pushed her out. Then, local grocers began offering grass-fed meats and farm-fresh eggs seven days a week. Annie says she simply couldn’t compete, but she could change directions.

“I no longer sell retail meat, we just sell bulk orders — wholes and halves of beef, pork, and lamb, and whole chickens and turkeys. There’s a price break when you buy whole animals, which is what our customers want. Our customers are … usually wanting to stock in six months to a year of meat, rather than stopping in at the grocery store two, three, five times a week. They have chest freezers and want larger quantities,” Annie explains.

Annie and John continue to expand their farming operation and adjust as they need to. For example, they started raising Icelandic sheep to produce grass-fed lamb, but could only get 60 percent of market value at the sales barn.

“They are like any lamb,” Annie explains. “The meat is delicious. They’re just funny-looking.”

Annie didn’t let it keep her awake at night; she and John came up with a hybrid. The lamb they produce now looks like the rest of the lambs at market, so they’re taken seriously, get full price, and taste just the same as the “funny-looking” ones.

As an entrepreneur, a home-school teacher, and a mother, Annie has learned that refusing to take no for an answer is a tool for cultivating one’s inner strength. It’s a concept that even changed her parenting style after she read the book “Project-Based Homeschooling.”

“Never tell your child no, because it’s you saying no, not the situation saying no.”

Annie explains by sharing the story of her 5-year-old daughter, who six years ago, asked for a horse.

“We told her, ‘You can have a horse but you have to earn the money to buy it.’ We said we would help her and give her opportunities to earn money, but she had to earn the money herself.

“So she started, ‘Mom, can I sell cookies at the farmers market?’ We were selling every weekend at the farmers market back then. She sold $3 bags of cookies all summer long and saved her money. Later on she made lefse, and has been doing that for about a year now, and this fall, she bought her horse. She did odd jobs, saved her birthday money. It took her six years. We never said no, we said, ‘You can do this, but you have to think about how.’”

“I don’t like the word no, and if you tell me no, chances are that I’m going to dig in harder and find a way to make it work.”

And, because she likes to see other women succeed, Annie often says yes to helping other women in her industry.

“I spend a lot of time working on the cottage food laws because I think other people, particularly women, are involved in those food-based businesses and you have to be able to start small to know whether you like to do it as a job. It’s fine to make jam two or three times a year, but if you’re making it every day it can lose its appeal. So, people ask me, ‘Why are you testifying, why are you involved in this?’ Because other people should be encouraged to be entrepreneurs, to try different things, to see if they want that different career, and if it will work; and you need to do that on a small scale.”

Therein lies the theme of a book Annie is writing.

“I’m calling it ‘The Broody Hen Syndrome.’ How do you take this little dream that you’ve been nurturing and make it a reality? It can be as big as starting a business or going to law school, or as small as Sudoku puzzles. My sister has a PhD in statistics and works for a national research firm. She was always doing those puzzles. I finally got an app on my Kindle, and I would do these super easy puzzles, move onto the easy level, to mid-easy. I just wanted to know that I could do it.

“It’s really great to hear how someone made their millions, but ‘what did you struggle with?’ has more appeal to me both as a human and as a woman. I think too many times we’ve airbrushed and filtered what life is really like.”

Read parts one and two of this “Women of Impact” series:

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