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FROM THE EDITOR.............................................Welcome to the new NOMADS Magazine. Like all good things that get better with time, we have expanded our boundaries with a new website, increased our reach to bring you stories from all over the world, and gone deeper into the well of genius with our world class contributors. We’ve done all of this to bring back some goodies for you.... NOMADS No.5.Get ready to experience the drama of New York’s over the top, house ballroom scene. Explore the roots of one family’s jewish diaspora web. Catch a glimpse of China’s new fashionable subculture. Bear witness to the real life of Turkish nomads, still keeping it real after all these years. If that is not enough, we have also created the ultimate vision of what working a 9 to 5 job should really be like.....As for new year’s resolutions, the NOMADS goals for 2016 are quite simple: We want to take a magic carpet ride into the minds and lives of some of the most interesting people on the plan- et. We want to climb into their suitcases and glide through their never ending adventures into the magical, mystical, moments of their lives. We want to eat, feel, laugh and cry, too. We want our minds to piggyback on their souls as they lead us down those dimly lit passageways, the dusty back roads, and the lobster infested dinner tables. We want to dive into their infin- ity pool of creation, back stories, folklore, and long lost loves. We want to remember their un- civilized behavior, relish in their afterglow, kiss the lips of their childhood memories, and jump into their greatest desires. We want to feel what they feel, hear the soundHs of the much too loud background, and be blinded by the light of their smiles. We want to be exhausted by their highs, and smitten by the comeback from their lows. We want the adventure of touring the slippery slope of love, compassion, faith, and healing. It is the creative life that we want, in all its glorious, brilliant, intriguing and beguiling ways. And we’re crazy enough to want to share it all with YOU .Live, Transform, Inspire,- Lauri Lyons2