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The oil and gas industry heads into the third quarter of a year that has, so far, continued in line with the overarching sentiment of 2016: uncertainty. Conditions remain challenging, and the industry is learning to adapt to what many have called a 'new normal' – maximizing profits through increasing rationalization at every stage of the drilling, exploration and transport process.
For suppliers, this presents an opportunity to work with customers to ensure they get the most out of the equipment delivered. It is no longer enough for suppliers to play a passive role – They are increasingly expected to, and they see the need to, work with customers to provide a collaborative approach. This involves helping customers from the beginning of a project to understand the nature of the often-challenging environments in which products will function, helping to select the most appropriate option and maintaining the product throughout its life cycle.
This attitude is borne out by recent research. In a survey of oil professionals by Trelleborg's Oil and Marine operation, "quality and durability" was listed as "vital" more than 80 percent of the time, while "price" was listed as vital only 19 percent of the time. The next most "vital" factors were "aftersales support and service," and "ease of installation" at 32 and 28 percent, respectively. In a separate survey from Trelleborg's Offshore operation, 61 percent of facilities surveyed indicated they would be willing to spend more on a project upfront to ensure longevity and reduce the need for future upgrades.
These findings show a significant attitudinal shift in an industry that can often be resistant to change, especially when viewed in the context of the aforementioned uncertain sentiment in the market. The industry realizes that it now makes sense to invest in long-term solutions to the challenges of rationalization, and part of this is investing in the supplier relationship. Nowhere is this more crucial than in the field of oil transfer, in which pressure to work quickly and efficiently is intense, but must function without endangering the safety of those working on the project or the environment in which transfer occurs.
Help find the right solution
One of the most valuable ways suppliers can help their customers is by ensuring they select the right product for the job.
In most cases, the suitable solution for nonharsh, low-cost extraction environments is a single- or double-carcass nipple hose. The manufacture consists of using binding steel wires fixed on the nipple flange to block the hose body structure made with textile layers, reinforced by a steel helix. The standard nature of this design means that this type of hose is the most commonly used one in today's market, in floating and submarine configurations.
However, in more challenging environments or situations where particularly long service life is required, it is necessary to use a nippleless hose. A nippleless hose does not have a stiff metal connector that reduces flexibility, and instead carries a flange embedded in the rubber itself. This reinforced flange design combined with an integrated bending stiffener can be optimized for reeling, and can therefore be used with reel systems that have a smaller drum diameter.
To help customers select the most suitable solution, hose suppliers can assist in the first instance by carefully analyzing the environments in which their products will function. It is increasingly vital for research and development (R&D) teams to get involved at the earliest stage of any project to accurately simulate the environment in which a hose will function and predict how it will behave.
In conducting these analyses, R&D teams usually begin by using prototypes, which undergo rigorous chemical and mechanical testing in addition to hydrodynamic analysis. This allows the creation of models that match real-life service conditions while granting researchers a detailed analysis of performance under fatigue. This process varies according to whether the product in question is a qualified hose designed to meet GMPHOM 2009 requirements or customized according to API Spec 17K. If API Spec 17K is selected, high fidelity finite element (FEM) and finite element analysis (FEA) models for each specific hose construction are created, enabling precise prediction of hose behavior, including specific characteristics and limitations.
Following this, the fluid properties of the product to be transferred, including temperature, pressure and viscosity – as well as the necessary standards and their specific requirements – are all scrutinized under hydrodynamic analysis (static, dynamic and extreme). This allows for a detailed comparison report on the limitations of each hose to be developed. Because the number of off-loadings will also affect the strain placed on the hose – particularly in more extreme environments – nippleless hoses, more commonly used in these conditions, are also tested against stress and strain databases for fatigue analysis, which is mandatory under API Spec 17K Standard. For hoses qualified to GMPHOM 2009 standards, a hydrodynamic analysis is conducted as necessary, taking into account how a qualified hose design will function in conjunction with its specific properties, performance expectations and the environment in which it will function.
Once this initial analysis is complete, other objects in the environment in which the product functions must be considered. Ease of installation is a top requirement for customers selecting an oil transfer solution, and hoses should be specifically engineered so they are easy to install with minimal requirements for the management of integration with other systems. Integrating hoses with other installation technology such as marine breakaway couplings, reeling apparatus or quick emergency release devices is also essential to ensure safety.
When the situation in which a hose will be used is fully analyzed, a recommendation can be made as to the most appropriate solution to use. But the role of the supplier should not end there.
Stay committed
Once equipment is selected and in place, suppliers must support projects throughout their execution to ensure the highest safety standards are upheld, as well as guaranteeing the benefits of proper life cycle management.
Manufacturers can ensure safety by advising customers on best practices for storing and handling hoses. Rubber can be sensitive to elements such as ozone, ultraviolet rays, humidity and heat, meaning storage must follow a few simple rules to protect the product against aging.
To stay competitive, suppliers need to offer more than just quality products; Buyers need to know suppliers invest in relationships with reliable partners who will support them throughout the life cycle of a project, and using their expertise will help them face up to an uncertain future.
Nicolas Landriere is product manager and Vincent Lagarrigue is PA oil & marine director for Trelleborg Oil and Marine.


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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
SHST 1000 Member Celebration!
So we hit 1000+ members WOOOOOOT! Some of the designers of SHST has got together to make a celebration package. There is the Frost King & Queen from IM CaPPeD. Shapes that go with the avi's Felony & Bethany from Shame Me Designs & a couch from Nerdy Girl. Nerdy Girl has 6 different positions. These are some fantastic gifts. So accept them from the notices..and soon it will be at the SHST HQ =) Enjoy the gifties!
SHST HQ Crew
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San Diego Reader Classified ads, December 11, 2019
3 p.m., Dec. 13
Former Department of Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner revealed yesterday (Nov. 16) that he will become president and managing director of Wall Street's Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity firm. He will report directly to the co-chief executive officers of the firm.
Warburg is the firm that originally financed San Diego's highly controversial Bridgepoint Education, a for-profit education firm that has been under investigation for years. Warburg still owns 63.38 percent of Bridgepoint.
In 2008, the Department of Education concluded that Bridgepoint's Ashford University, by far the largest organization in the company, rewarded student recruiters based on their enrollment success, improperly retained money that should have been returned, and took too long to return money to students who withdrew.
The Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in 2012 found that 63 percent of students who enrolled in 2008-2009 four-year programs withdrew, and 84.4 percent of those in two-year programs withdrew.
The company gets more than 85 percent of its revenue from federal loans and grants. Sen. Tom Harkin, head of the committee, called Bridgepoint "an absolute scam."
Bridgepoint's most recent quarterly report to the Securities and Exchange Commission reveals that, among many things, attorneys general of Iowa, New York, North Carolina, and California are investigating the company for possible violations of various consumer and education-related laws.
My daughter finished Grossmont College and is now at SDSU. That's the route I trust and the cost was not sky high. A lot of people believe in UFOs and it just makes scammers money. Still don't care about the Ivy League either. She'll be fine without rubbing any elbows. The kid's smart, period.
shirleyberan: It must be nice to have a smart daughter. Best, Don Bauder
Well that, and she has a really good mother.
shirleyberan: That means her native-born intelligence is being nurtured wisely. Best, Don Bauder
Now that I think about it she did a year at West Hollywood College too. I was back and forth to L.A. at least 20 times that year. I have enough units for a couple of degrees but didn't finish at SDState. We live 10 minutes away. I waited a long time for her to figure State was fine. It has grown. She was fortunate to have gone to La Jolla high school. Choice program, it's not in our neighborhood.
shirleyberan: SDSU has come a long way academically. Best, Don Bauder


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President Obama appoints Fort Lauderdale Alum to U.S. Access Board
December 21, 2016
Shelley Siegel, who in 1978 earned an Associate of Arts in Interior Design from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, was recently named by President Barack Obama to the U.S. Access Board. Siegel was originally appointed in May 2016 to complete the term left vacant following the death of architect Michael Graves. Her reappointment is for a full term on November 29, 2016.
Created in 1973, the Access Board is an independent federal agency that promotes equality for people with disabilities through leadership in accessible design and the development of accessibility guidelines and standards. Created to ensure access to federally funded facilities, the Board is now a leading source of information on accessible design. The Board develops and maintains design criteria for the built environment, transit vehicles, telecommunications equipment, medical diagnostic equipment, and information technology.
Siegel brings over 44 years of experience to the position. She's dedicated to creating aesthetically pleasing universal design concepts for the home, workplace, hospitality, and healthcare environments. Siegel is a principal of the Siegel Design Group and the founder and CEO of the Universal Design & Education Network.
Siegel is a Fellow of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and a member of the Design Alliance for Accessible and Sustainable Environments. She is a former member of the Advisory Panel for the National Universal Design Program of the American Society of Interior Designers, the Florida Coordinating Council on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Florida Department of Cultural Affairs ADA Advisory Board.
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Fringe Season 2 Episode 6: "Earthling" Quotes
So this thing followed him from the hospital? I'm not going to sleep for weeks.Astrid
I took the job to make the world a safer place for my family. Instead, I lost them.Broyles
Peter: Are you suggesting that this was some sort of Russian experiment?
Walter: Because they're from the other side of the world, Peter, it it so hard to believe they have their own stripe of the inconceivable? Really I'm always amazed at their advancements even 40 years ago. You wouldn't believe what those pinkos were up to.
Olivia: Walter, do you have any thoughts?
Walter: Reminds me of Christmas. Like a fire log that burns so hot it remains intact., holding the shape of its former self. You used to love that when you were a child. You'd poke the log with your little finger when it had cooled, and you'd draw genitalia on the reindeer decorations.
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On Saturday September 30, 2017, the Windham High School Cross Country teams raced in the 16th Annual Festival of Champions held in Belfast, ME. Being known for one of the fastest cross-country courses in the state, the Windham runners proved they were ready to take on the trails.
Seventeen out of the nineteen lady Eagle runners toed the line and after crossing the finish, earned eight all time personal records (PR) and three season best (SB) times. Twenty nine out of thirty boy Eagle runners toed the line and after crossing the finish, earned fourteen all time personal records (PR) and eight season best (SB) times.
For the girls, Windham's top runner, (Sophomore) Hailey Applebee ran a season's best time of 19:54 for the 5k course. Hailey finished 42rd overall out of 759 runners on the day. (Junior) Morgan Colangelo, returns for her second season with Windham XC. Morgan achieved an all time personal record with a time of 21:27, which is nearly a three-minute improvement since her first ever cross-country race in 2016.
This performance earned Morgan a second-place finish for the team. (Junior) Abigail Clinch proved she came to fight for it, when she achieved a personal record with a time of 21:46, earning her a third-place finish with her team. Her time was nearly a seven-minute improvement over her very first cross-country race in 2016.
Morgan and Abby were almost caught up in the pile up at this beginning of this race but emerged
Supporting the top 5 scorers were sixth-place finisher, (Junior) Mikayla Baiguy, who ran with a time of 24:12 and seventh-place finisher, (Junior) Carly Witherow, who had an all-time personal record in a time of 24:22. Female Eagle finishers 8 through 15 were as follows: (Junior) Becca Turner 24:27, (Sophomore) Anna Foster 25:00 (SB), (Senior) Danielle Meader 27:04, (Senior) Gabby Smith 27:10, (Junior) Savannah McLellan 28:32 (PR), (Freshman) Jessica McLellan 29:21 (PR), (Junior) Anya Shmanenko 30:09, (Senior) Natalie Walker 30:58 (SB). Did not run: (Junior) Allison Drew and (Sophomore) Miranda Delano.
For the boys, Windham's top returning runner, (Junior) Mason Rosborough, finished first for the Windham Eagle boys with a time of 17:39. Mason does double duty as a Windham athlete, as he also participates on the high school soccer team. Mason finished in 94th place overall, out of 940 runners. (Senior) Wyatt Yost earned a second-place finish for the boys, with a time of 18:19, which was also a season best for Wyatt. Keep watching Wyatt as looking to get back to his sub 18 PR! (Senior) Kevin Ingalls pushed through the crowd, after nearly avoiding the big pile up at the start of the race. Kevin picked runners off one at a time and still managed to cross the finish line with a time of 18:46, earning him a third-place finish for the team. (Senior) Hunter Dionne, not once - but three times, avoided downed runners along the 5k course. Hunter narrowly missed his personal best time but crossed the line with an impressive time of 18:51 earning him a fourth- place finish for his team. Rounding out the top five, was a first-year cross country runner, (Junior) Connor Abbotoni. Connor became an instant contributor to the boys' team and finished the race with a time of 19:06.
Supporting the top 5 scorers were sixth-place finisher (Sophomore) Jordan Piechowski, who ran an
The team's score is calculated by adding up the finishing place for the first five runners to cross the finish line for their team. In the event of a tie, the score of the sixth and the seventh runners' time may be utilized to break the tie. The goal is to have the lowest combined score. Girls finished in 33rd out of 62 teams and the boys finished 34th out of 68 teams.
"The overall team race results/season standings don't truly tell our cross-country story, our 2017 story is epic. Our story is found in the daily grind, in the endless pursuit that our athletes demonstrate daily, and in their proud smiles! Many will never fully know all that each of our athletes have accomplished, but they know and that's good enough." says coach Jeff Riddle.
The teams are coached by Coach Jeff Riddle and Coach Tom Noonan. The Southern Maine Regional race will be held on Saturday October 21, 2017 at Twin Brooks Park in Cumberland, Maine.


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After talking to Tim last week, I decided that I wanted to reshoot my images.
I wanted something that I could find a lot of, could shoot in the same style and that was different to what everyone else was doing.
I came up with 2 ideas: Road surface text and Yellow signs. I decided to take Aled out on our weekly Cafe Nero sketching trip Tuesday and go with both ideas, which I could then decide on later.
I found that it was a lot easier to find Yellow signs – they are EVERYWHERE in Lincoln and also a lot safer to photograph (as they're not in the middle of the road so I won't get ran over photographing them)! I actually started to find them quite interesting – originally the same sign but all different through weathering etc! Yeah, I know what you're thinking – 'They're just yellow signs, what's the big deal? You are mad" but you should know what I'm like by now haha…
As we worked our way up steep hill, the signs changed from Pedestrian Zone to Restricted Zone.
I thought both signs to had some nice varieties of weathering, however the Pedestrian Zone signs were found in the town centre of Lincoln and displayed high from the ground on posts or walls. As I am only 5'3″ they're quite a height above me so it made it difficult for me to keep the angles consistent. The Restricted Zone signs were in the Cathedral quarter and more at eye level so better for me to photograph.
I ran the new idea past Tim in yesterday's lesson and he said he liked it but that Brian probably wouldn't – just can't please everyone, hey? But anyway, I like it and think that it actually fits in quite well with the text we have been given for the content, with it even mentioning Restricted Zones: "from a dérive point of view cities have psychogeographical contours, with constant currents, fixed points and vortexes that strongly discourage entry into or exit from certain zones ." So that is just perfect! 🙂
I also started some test layouts on InDesign just to refresh my memory seeing as I haven't used it for a while…
So the plan is to find a layout that works well with the pictures and then I am going to need to edit the text down because there is quite a lot of it! Overall, I am enjoying this project… my favourite so far! 🙂


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Twitter fight! Ezra Levant and Andrew Coyne face off in late night spar
Ezra Levant is the hard-right free speech advocate from Alberta who came to define the brash style of Sun News Network in his prime time show. His Twitter account has become, of late, one of the front lines in Sun News Network's campaign for mandatory carriage from the CRTC, something it argues is necessary for SNN to survive.
Andrew Coyne is a columnist for Postmedia (full disclosure: Postmedia also owns this site), and also appears on CBC as a guest commentator. After Coyne published his column, in which he argues that special treatment from the CRTC would be inappropriate, a showdown between these two foes was almost inevitable.
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text: For this SBIR project, Epitaxial Technologies will an innovative active sensor and associated ROIC technologies and demonstrate large format 128 x128 focal plane arrays (FPA) having simultaneously high single photon sensitivity, frame rates and effective bandwidths. In Phase I, we will design and fabricate an intermediate format (32 x 32) APD array and demonstrate that these devices are capable of high detection probabilities, high pixel bandwidth and high frame rates. In Phase II, we will design, build and test 128 x 128 arrays and photon counting ladar receivers with room temperature single photon detection probability greater than 80%, speed higher than 1.0 GHz, frame rate of 20 KHz and DCR lower than 10000 counts/sec. BENEFIT: This proposed project would result in the commercialization of large format (128 x 128 pixels), high dynamic range, and high frame-rate (20-kHz) sensor arrays with single photon-counting sensitivity levels and high reliability that are critical to the development of laser imaging ladar capabilities for airborne targeting and reconnaissance missions However, it will also be applicable in a wide variety of the DoD systems that require high detection probability single photon sensor technology including laser warning receivers, passive rangefinders, detectors of ordinance, gunfire, and rocket plumes, infrared counter measures, night vision imaging of military aircraft, space borne surveillance systems, and chemical sensing. Commercial applications include quantum cryptography, quantum repeaters and quantum imaging and for, astronomy, chemistry and microscopy, noninvasive measurement of the concentration of blood components such as glucose, cholesterol, hemoglobin, and albumin.


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The things we bloggers do for a few pictures. A big storm was headed my way, and I knew I only had a small window of time to snap my pics before the rain hit. You can see the evidence of the incoming weather by how windblown my hair is! As I was packing up from the shoot the raindrops started to fall. Perfect timing!
I love this black coat. I snagged it at my mom's favorite little boutique in Crawfordsville, IN last year. Most of the items there were out of my age range, but this printed coat stood out for me immediately. It is actually part of a pantsuit, but I ditched the trousers in favor of a more basic dress this time around. I paired it with these cute silver flats that I nearly forgot I owned!
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It's got to be tough for gluten-free diners to have to watch their brunch companions dig into pancakes, waffles, and biscuits and gravy while they stick to eggs, bacon, and a mimosa (or two, to ease the pain).
Well, suffer no longer gluten-freers because Jewel's Bakery and Cafe in Phoenix has kicked off an entirely gluten-free brunch every weekend.
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The East Phoenix bakery and cafe, located in a strip mall on the southwest corner of 40th Street and Thomas, will serve brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
In addition to a menu of brunch entrées and baked goods, Jewel's also pours Cartel coffee and a makes a Super Smoothie made with seasonal McClendon's Select fruits and vegetables.
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IN A FIXIn a Fix #1
by Linda Grimes
The start of an original new urban fantasy series starring human chameleon Ciel HalliganIn a Fix is humorous, clever, and a whole lot of sexy. Seriously! Linda Grimes reached into the corners of her imaginative mind to bring urban fantasy readers a mystery that they won't soon forget. Ciel Halligan is a 'human chameleon' and the name of her game is aura adaptation. Her job as a facilitator allows her to flex her ability to borrow energy from another human being, thus enabling her to change her appearance into that person, and solve their problems. Though there are only a handful of aura-adaptors, Grimes makes their world seem very large and well-situated. For a rare ability, Ciel knows a lot about the scope of her abilities and the urgency to keep it on the hush, hush. Readers will be able to jump into the story with ease, and quick understanding, and continue with rapt attention.
Snagging a marriage proposal for her client while on an all-expenses-paid vacation should be a simple job for Ciel Halligan, aura adaptor extraordinaire. A kind of human chameleon, she's able to take on her clients' appearances and slip seamlessly into their lives, solving any sticky problems they don't want to deal with themselves. No fuss, no muss. Big paycheck.
This particular assignment is pretty enjoyable... that is, until Ciel's island resort bungalow is blown to smithereens and her client's about-to-be-fiancé is snatched by modern-day Vikings. For some reason, Ciel begins to suspect that getting the ring is going to be a tad more difficult than originally anticipated. Going from romance to rescue requires some serious gear-shifting, as well as a little backup. Her best friend, Billy, and Mark, the CIA agent she's been crushing on for years—both skilled adaptors—step in to help, but their priority is, annoyingly, keeping her safe. Before long, Ciel is dedicating more energy to escaping their watchful eyes than she is to saving her client's intended.
Suddenly, facing down a horde of Vikings feels like the least of her problems.
Ciel's latest assignment as Mina Worthington takes a big swerve from easy-peasy to dangerously explosive. When Mina's fiancé-to-be goes missing and more dangerous factors arise, Ciel's assignment is taken over by her two overprotective friends: Billy Doyle, her best friend, and Mark Fielding, her childhood crush. Ciel's relationships with Billy and Mark provide more than flirty entertainment and down time between all the action and mystery building. The bantering and sexual tension that coils around her interactions with both men will take the edge off the plot and give readers reasons to laugh and hope Ciel's story is more than fiction. The challenges Ciel faces throughout the plot make for an exciting and adventurous read. Add in the ploy of modern day Vikings and the story takes on a new level of interesting.
If you're thinking the aura-adapting storyline will be a complicated, dragged out affair, you're in for a treat. In a Fix is quick-paced with a not too complex plot. Grimes' light writing style will keep you flipping through the pages of the story and eagerly awaiting its sequel, Quick Fix!
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Whenever I have a sore throat I don't see the doctor or take lozenges and cough drops but make myself a warm kumquat drink sweetened with honey.
Over the past 26 years living in
Hong Kong I came to like preserved kumquats and they have become my best home remedy.
My homemade salted kumquats
Batch of preserved kumquats made on Feb 18, 2004
As you can see on the above photo both the salt and the kumquats have turned brown. For sure the fruit were more attractive when I put them in the jar but who cares when it is good for your health. If some foods need to be pretty others don't have to! The bright orange colour fruit has turned dark brown, shrunken and wrinkled.
Preserved kumquat is a very common natural medicine and it seems that almost every
Hong Kong family has a jar at home. It is very easy to make and most of them are prepared by the older generation.
I remember the first time I made pickled kumquats as if it was yesterday. I still have 1 almost full jar of the precious fruit. I just checked the label on the red lid and realised that it was made 8 years ago.
Kumquat & honey drink
Salted kumquats
- Kumquats
- Coarse salt (enough to cover the quantity of kumquats you want to preserve)
- Glass containers with lids
- Wash clean glass containers, lids and fruit making sure they are free from any oil traces.
- Rinse the jars and lids with boiling water.
- Dry the fruit with paper towels.
- Put a layer of kumquats in jar. Cover with a layer of coarse salt. Repeat the process (put layers of salt over layers of kumquats) until your pot is filled.
Mashed kumquats
Whenever you have a sore throat, take 2 pieces of fruit out of the brine. Rinse them well with cold water, put them in a mug and mashed them with a spoon.
Fill the mug half full with boiling water.
Wait until the water has cooled down a bit (test the water with your finger) and stir in a large dollop of honey.
Enjoy both the juice and the mashed fruit!
Mashed kumquats in boiling water (left), and a tablespoon of honey (right)
Note: Do not pour boiling water over honey as it would kill the latter's health benefits.
This drink is unique: it is salty and a tad sour and the addition of honey gives it a distinctive flavour.
I can certify that it is quite effective in relieving sore throats.


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We visited Stalley's clothing line launch in Chicago and shot him a few questions about the clothes.
Stalley has his music style and sound down pat, and he is now expanding his repertoire to include clothing design. The bearded rapper launched his line, named after his movement, Blue Collar Gang, in Chicago at an event at Villa Lab. HotNewHipHop was on the scene to document the launch and get a few words with the man himself about the new line.
Stalley explained the name, Blue Collar Gang, and what it means to him, as well, he detailed what the line offers as of now.
"Right now it's just hoodies, crew necks, raglans, t-shirts, just the basics," Stalley continues, "What it does stand for is representing people like us, the everyday hard-working, the 9-5ers, the college kids, the high school kids, people that workin' and ain't asking for hand-outs. I just wanna make something stylish, something simple, something to give back to the community. Everything is affordable and inexpensive."
Although Stalley says it's just "the basics" right now, you can expect a lot more from Blue Collar Gang in the near future: "We got button-ups, and oxfords, and chinos, we got a lot of stuff coming."
Stalley and HNHH interviewer Jeff Baraka continued to compare Stalley's movement with the recent Presidential election, and Mitt Romney's failed campaign. The conclusion? It's bigger than just the music. "It's so much bigger than hip-hop," Stalley says, "and the clothes have a message just like the music does. It reflects us, our style, our individuality, and that's what it is."
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Michael Gray last night set his sights on securing a permanent move to Parkhead after agreeing to join Celtic on a four-month loan deal.
And the former Sunderland skipper, who is relishing the chance to play Champions League football with Martin O'Neill's men, insists that he hasn't given up hope of reviving his England career, despite having spent four years in the international wilderness.
Gray looked as though he would have to stay at the Stadium of Light until the re-opening of the transfer window on January 1 following the collapse of his proposed move to Marseille at the weekend.
But an 11th-hour approach from Celtic was rushed through ahead of yesterday's deadline and, although he has only signed a temporary contract with the Glaswegian giants, the 29-year-old is determined to prove himself worthy of an extended stay in Scotland.
"I have got four months to impress the manager, hopefully things will go well and I will be able to make the move permanently," said Gray who, since signing professional forms at Roker Park in 1992, has spent his entire career on Wearside.
"Celtic have got a tremendous squad and I think that we can go a long way in Europe. Just to be part of that will be great for myself.
"It was a bolt out of the blue when I got the call from Celtic on Sunday. I spoke to Mick McCarthy and he told me I should give it my best shot.
"I knew if the deal went through I would have a chance to play in the Champions League. That was very appealing because I never got to play in Europe with Sunderland.
"I have played for England three times. It was an unbelievable feeling and something I am very proud of. I have still got ambitions of adding to my three caps - joining Celtic gives me a chance to be seen and a chance to do well and I'm really looking forward to it.
"I spoke to Marseille but we did not have a lot of time to get a deal done. Luckily enough, I got the call from Celtic and it didn't take me long to make my mind up - it was an easy decision."
Gray still has three years to run on his Sunderland contract but, as one of the club's highest earners, the Wearsider was put on the transfer list following last season's relegation. With no suitable offers forthcoming, the full-back found himself in an awkward position at the Stadium of Light, with McCarthy reluctant to pick a player who has clocked up more than 400 first-team appearances.
But Gray insists he has no hard feelings and last night insisted he was confident that the Black Cats could secure an instant return to the Premiership.
"We had three managers in a short space of time at Sunderland and, when you have worked under Peter Reid for seven years and then it changes, it can be difficult," he said.
"Howard Wilkinson tried to change things around but it didn't happen. Mick has had a tough start and has gone through relegation but things are picking up now and I'm certain the club can get back.
"At the end of last season when the results weren't going well, the crowd turned against me because I'm a local boy and it got difficult.
"But they forgot about it during pre-season and this season the fans have been great with me. I can fully understand the crowd getting on your back when you are not getting results.
"This is a complete turnaround for me. It was very difficult last season when we got on that run and we couldn't get a result from anywhere.
"But that has changed now. Celtic are winning nearly every week. You can see how relaxed the players are just from one day of training. That is why they are in the Champions League and are pushing for the title."
Gray's initial contract will expire on December 31. And, with the transfer window set to open the following day, O'Neill knows he will have a great incentive to succeed.
"It gives us a chance to have a look at him and him the chance to have a look at us and the set-up and see if he can get some games," said the Celtic boss.
"It's a chance for him to get going again."
"It is really up to him to go and see if he can get into the side and he faces a bit of competition to do that. He knows what is in front of him, or he thinks he knows what is in front of him, so good luck to him.
"He needs to get his own career up and running again. It's not that long ago since Michael was capped for England.
"He was captain and a regular member of the Sunderland side for a long time and obviously there have been traumatic changes at the club since then with them being relegated and a lot of players leaving.
"Michael has been a one-club man for a long time and this is a chance for him to come here and see if he can make his mark."


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Pupils at Stathern Primary School are sporting new kit thanks to the generosity of the local community.
Gifts from the organisers of the Stathern Duathlon and the Friends of the School and donations from individual parents have allowed the school to buy new games equipment and teamwear.
The school joined forces with independent retailer Melton Sports, of King Street, to source and design new football, netball, rugby and athletics kits as well as some microfleeces and rain jackets.
Sarah Minnaar, PE co-ordinator, said: "We see sport as an integral part of our ethos at Stathern School. We enter tournaments both in the Vale of Belvoir and Melton and also use outside coaches Neil Atkins and Claire Rozentals to help enrich our PE curriculum offer.
"Sport helps develop teamwork, skills and confidence. The children look very smart in the new kits and feel they can do their very best. They are proud to represent the school."
Headteacher Matthew Lee added: "We are very grateful to Stathern Duathlon, the Friends of the School and parents for making this happen and are delighted to have been able to support a local business, too. It has been a real community effort."


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The Department believes that the skills developed in Drama are indispensible to the rest of the curriculum allowing students to excel in interpersonal skills such as team work, openness and maturity. Our ethos consists of creating a safe, confident and open enviroment, conducive to learning. We are absolute advocates of the 'No Put Down Zone', thus allowing students to confront sensitive issues confidently.
The Drama Teachers
Key Stage 3 Drama
At Key Stage 3 we develop the art of expression as an individual and as an ensemble. Drama is studied once a fortnight. With creating, performing and responding to our own and other's work framing the work done we explore this through schemes of work ranging from story telling in Western and World Culture, to zombie films. Year 9 particularly gives students an early grounding in what to expect at GCSEs. Key Stage 3 students are informed and evaluative citizens in the college and know how to work cohesively.
Key Stage 4 Drama
Students study the OCR GCSE specification. They use Drama mediums and explorative strategies to evaluate what is effective Drama. They discover this through the vehicles of a set theme and a set text which is an ongoing voyage done as workshop activities and documented in controlled conditions. Their final exams are both practical and written. The practical element allows student to choose assessment as either as a performer or design artist in; masks, make up, lighting, sound or costume. The written exam requires a theatre visit to be completed so students can evaluate in the second half whilst the rest requires extensive of a play text.
Key Stage 5 Drama
Students study the Edexcel A level specification. They work with practitioners such as Konstantin Stanislavski and Bertolt Brecht. They work proactively to see how their influence develops their understanding of texts. They also develop their own devised work showcasing their knowledge and influences.
Extra Curricular
In Drama, we strive to make extra curricular activities the heart of the department and are increasingly popular with students.
We run several clubs to get students involved on a weekly basis.
- Key Stage 3 Drama Club allows younger students to create theatre with other years as well as develop skills introduced in Key Stage 4, as an introduction to what they might expect at GCSE level.
- Backstage Pass, a technical club for students to learn about the other side of the industry (lighting, rigging, FXs etc).
- Musical Theatre Society. Learn the songs and dance routines from your favourite musicals.


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Dallas Police Massacre Aftermath
The city of Dallas is trying to come together and heal after the deadly shootings of five police officers Thursday night. Interfaith church services were held all over the city, with community leaders calling for an end to the bloodshed.
However, many are fighting to make sure those deaths do not overshadow the two men killed at the hands of police officers: Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Protests have continued all weekend, with demonstrators demanding justice.
Tomorrow, President Barack Obama will be in Dallas. He along with former President George W. Bush will speak at a memorial for the officers killed during Thursday night's protest.
On Sunday, the President spoke again about the shootings. During his address, Mr. Obama defended both the Black Lives Matter Movement and defending the police, saying both sides need to listen to each other.
Black Lives Matter Protest Spread Across The Nation
Over the weekend, protesters clogged roadways and bridges demanding justice for Castile and Sterling.
There were protests in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where the Castile shooting happened and in Baton Rouge Louisiana where Sterling was killed, plus Chicago, Atlanta, New York City, Las Vegas and even London.
Many of the protesters clashed with police leading to hundreds of arrests. In Baton Rogue, heavily-armed swat units attended the protest to keep the peace.
But soon, protesters began tussling with officers and hundreds were arrested.
Black Lives Matter activist Deray McKesson was among those arrested on Saturday and was released on Sunday. Mckesson was charged with obstructing a highway. The 31-year-old says the protesters were peaceful and the officers are the ones who provoked them.
Louisiana's governor is condemning the violence, saying the main agitators are not from the state. Congressman G.K. Butterfield, the chairman of the Congressional Black caucus, is calling out the GOP for not doing enough to get a handle on police violence.
Rep. Butterfiled warns the U-S is in for a long hot summer if more shootings like Sterling and Castile continue to happen.
In the Philando Castile shooting investigation, that's the man who was shot and killed by officer Jeronimo Yanez during a traffic stop in Minneapolis, police scanner audio has surfaced.
KARE-TV reports an officer can be heard racially profiling Castile and his fiancé before pulling them over.
Mark Hughes Speaks Out About Being Falsely Identified In Dallas Shootings, Says Police Declined To Recant Accusation
Mark Hughes, the man who carried an AR-15 assault rifle during last week's Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas, was wrongly accused of being connected to the ambush on Dallas police.
After being wrongfully connected to the murder of five Dallas police officers, Hughes's life may never be the same again. He is still receiving death threats after the Dallas Police Department cleared and released him from police custody.
Roland Martin, Host of NewsOne Now, spoke with Hughes, his brother Cory Hughes, and attorney Lee Merritt about the false accusations and his decision to carry a firearm to the protest.
Black Trauma: Dissecting The Impact Videotaped Killings Have On Our Psyche
In the wake of the recent shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, as well as the police officers who lost their lives to a sniper attack in Dallas, the impact of violent death has left the nation reeling.
On Monday's edition of NewsOne Now, Roland Martin spoke with Dr. Kevin Washington, President of the Association of Black Psychologists, about the stress, trauma, and mental toll videotaped violence is having on the African-American community.
Be sure to join us Tuesday morning for a special 2-hour edition of NewsOne Now starting at 7AM ET On TV One.
All that and more in this special edition of the NewsOne Now Audio Podcast
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Getting Ready for a LONG Road Trip!
Sometime after I retire at the end of February we will be embarking on a long trip. This is something I have dreamed of all of my adult life. My ex-husband and I had this conversation numerous times but there … Continue reading


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South Australia has a long history of excellence in health and medical research and has fostered
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Fresh off the news that True Blood will return this June, HBO has announced a firm premiere date for the second season of The Newsroom. Season two of creator/executive producer Aaron Sorkin's drama series will kick off on Sunday, July 14th at 10pm ET/PT. The show centers around the goings-on at a fictional cable news network, and we know that the new season will focus heavily on the 2012 presidential election with recurring appearances set for Patton Oswalt, Marcia Gay Harden, and Constance Zimmer. HBO has an additional plot synopsis that, while vague, hints at a larger arc that may or may not play out over the course of the season: "the staff of 'News Night' chases a mysterious tip, which leads to a story that ultimately spins out of control."
Though the show's first season wasn't near as strong as Sorkin's previous series The West Wing and Sports Night (or even the first few episodes of Studio 60), I still found a significant amount of things to like about the show (Alison Pill, for one) and I'm looking forward to seeing how/if Sorkin "course corrects" with the upcoming season. The series also stars Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Sam Waterston, John Gallagher, Jr., Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn, and Dev Patel.


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whenever power of house goes when system is on and after when i turn on the internet it cannot connect to internet.it shows error 711.when i surfed the internet i found solution to it that remote access connection and its manager services should be started.when i opened the services and tried to start them it shows error 1068-dependancy group failed to start.im fed up .plz help me with this
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See this link on for a detailed Windows 7 Services guide.
Some Windows Services are interdependent on other services.
When you get a dependency error, not all required services are
starting like they should have.
Also, if you experience frequent power outages, and you use a desktop or tower PC, you should have a UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply, large backup battery) on your system.
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http://thestir.cafemom.com/in_the_news/125010/15yearold_boy_kills_girlfriend_for?quick_picks=1&utm_medium=sem2&utm_source=outbrain&utm_campaign=outbrain&utm_content=outbrain_feb_testYou may not like abortion, but would you murder someone over it? Nattalie Muir, a 21-year-old teacher, was brutally beaten then stabbed to death by her 15-year-old former lover, who also happened to be her student. The boy (whose name hasn't been released because of legal reasons) and his two friends, George Stewart and Emma Merrilees, went out hunting for Nattalie in a drug- and alcohol-induced state, armed with a spade, an axe, and a six-inch knife.
They found her walking on the side of the road with her boyfriend, Thomas Thyne. They chased Thyne off and proceeded to murder Nattalie. Her last word was "Paige," her 3-year-old daughter.
Apparently, the 15-year-old boy had sworn revenge on Nattalie after she decided to terminate her pregnancy by him. He harassed her with phone calls and even told her boyfriend he was "coming to get him." He received six years in jail for his heinous crime, while Stewart, 34, received eight, and Merrilees, 20, received life for stabbing Muir to death.
Obviously, this boy was not of a sound mental state, but it seems kind of ironic that he took another person's life over an abortion. I mean, isn't that the whole thing with pro-lifers? They feel that those who have had abortions "took another's life"?
And why did this kid want Muir to keep the baby so badly anyway? Did he see himself fit to be the father of a child? Since when do 15-year-old boys even want to be fathers? There clearly were other motivating factors than "his unborn child" that led him to commit this crime. Like the fact that he's completely and totally mentally insane.
It really is a shame that all he got was six years. I get that he's a minor, but it seems like an awfully short time for beating someone, murdering them, and leaving a 3-year-old without her mother. He should have gotten life.
What do you think should happen to this 15-year-old boy?


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Back for their 19th year, Gathering Of The Vibes is set for July 31st – August 3rd at Bridgeport, CT's Seaside Park.
Fresh off the Island Vibes Tour, TreeHouse!, will be blazing through the Southeast throughout November and December.
EOTO just announced the first leg of their 2012 fall tour after a huge festival season packed with headlining performances at some of the nation's hottest summer events.
The 14th Annual NedFest in Nederland, CO is only weeks away and the festival will feature the first time collaboration of longtime music friends and colleagues Keller Williams, Kyle Hollingsworth, Steve Kimock and Dave Watts.


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This week Dylan, Dianne and I made an unexpected trip to the Lawton, Oklahoma area due to a death in the family. I hate funerals and when I was younger I avoided them at all cost. As I get older, I have decided that the time my son gets to spend with his extended family is too short to ignore these types of gatherings.
They are pretty busy these days at the Fort Sill burial grounds, so we had trouble finding a room in nearby Altus. Lawton would have placed us a bit too far from where my family lives, so we got a room at Quartz Mountain Resort in nearby Lone Wolf, Oklahoma.
Quartz Mountain Resort
In addition to being one of the finest lodges in the State, it is also home to the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute (OSAI).
As a former OSAI student, I have fond memories of the park and its strange and unfamiliar landscape. The original lodge burned down a decade or so ago, so the lodge, restaurant, pool house, etc. are all much newer than the other state lodges. I'm glad we decided to stay here, we really enjoyed the immaculate room, great view, hiking trails and fancy restaurant on site. I only wish that we had brought our kayaks.
In addition to paddling the lake just outside of our room, we passed some apparently unoutfitted yet very interesting looking paddling waters near Apache, Oklahoma and Hinton, Oklahoma. If you know anything about paddling this part of Oklahoma, drop me a line. We are looking for sparkling waters winding through red rock bluffs more than whitewater adventures. I saw a few promising creeks though the car window as we sped home!
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
A fun thing to do while traveling near Altus or Fort Sill is to visit the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The park is located near Medicine Park, Oklahoma and there are many interesting sites and activities to enjoy. While we were passing through we visited a prairie dog town, the Holy City, saw many buffalo and drove to the top of Mount Scott (2464 feet). The view from the top of Mt. Scott is quite cool, my photos don't do it justice, but the light was kind of crappy due to all of the smoke in the sky.
As usual, you can see more pics from our trips by visiting our Flickr Photo Stream at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/freewine/
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Failing to Fund Retirement Benefits
The downside of "pay-as-you-go"
As June 30 rapidly approaches, many state and local governments will close their books without making an actuarially based annual contribution to a trust fund for retiree medical benefits (now called OPEB, for "other post employment benefits"). Instead, they will continue to pay-as-they-go by contributing the minimum amount necessary to pay current benefits. In essence, they are taking yet another "holiday" from a sustainable funding system.
Citing the recessionary slump in revenues, and reverting to inertia, public employers have not done much to fund their OPEB. Surprisingly few governments have even created the independent trust fund that would qualify them to benefit from advantageous accounting under the Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement 45. Most of those who planned to inaugurate an OPEB trust this year have decided to defer action for yet another year. The path of least resistance has been to do nothing, and let their unfunded liabilities and Net OPEB Obligation (NOO) grow larger. (Financial statements must show these expenses and liabilities, even if left unfunded.) After all, who wants to furlough or lay off yet more workers -- just for the sake of new accounting rules and traditional actuarial principles that have been ignored for decades?
Unfortunately, there is a very real cost of doing nothing. Actuarial cost estimates are based on the assumption that an employer makes annual contributions to pre-fund a plan, just like a normal pension contribution. When the employer fails to make its annual required contribution (ARC), the liabilities continue to grow as employees age, while the investment income assumed by the actuary is not realized. The net result is zero growth in assets and further growth of liabilities, hence an increase in unfunded liabilities and a yet-higher ARC next year.
In addition to digging a deeper hole, there are three other consequences of pay-as-you-go: higher liabilities and expenses in financial statements; lost and lower investment earnings; and a weakened collective bargaining position.
Without a GASB-qualified trust fund, the actuary must now calculate the present value of the OPEB liability using a discount rate that is based on the expected rate of return from the employer's cash management investment policy. In today's world of 1 percent short-term investment returns and 3 percent intermediate Treasury yields, actuaries will be hard pressed to assume sustainable long-term returns on cash investments above 4 percent without being censored by the profession. The result of this low discount rate is that the actuarial accrued liability (AAL) and the ARC must all be higher than they would be if the plan were properly funded in a qualified trust. In many cases, the actuarial liabilities and ARC could be reduced by 30 to 40 percent by simply implementing a qualified trust fund with a long-term investment portfolio.
Inaction thus inflates accounting expenses. When the footnotes to this year's financial statements are presented to elected officials, public managers should make a point to note the increase in liabilities that resulted from this past year's failure to manage this plan properly, and the opportunity to reduce these numbers through proper funding structures.
This is not just an accounting issue, however. The second downside of a policy of benign neglect is that long-term investment returns will not be realized -- and the ultimate long-term costs of the plan will be higher than they would be if the plan were properly pre-funded. In a mature pension plan, about 70 percent of its total revenues are derived from investment income. This revenue is not available to an OPEB plan that continues its policy of pay as you go, forcing taxpayers to bear ever-larger burdens. And with stocks annually returning about 600 basis points (6 percent of principal) more than bonds over the past 83 years, this forgone revenue is a real opportunity cost to future taxpayers and creates an intergenerational inequity through what is now approaching the brink of fiscal negligence.
Today's depressed stock market may not have hit the bottom, but historical chances are very strong that over the next two or three years of economic malaise, the investment returns for those who now invest for the long term will be superior to those who delay the creation of their OPEB trust. Historical research from the analogous Depression era of the 1930s certainly supports this thesis: 30-year portfolio returns during that era were the highest in the 83-year period from 1926 to present. Dollar-cost-averaging during recessions has long proved to produce superior long-term investment returns, and those who purchase stocks only during business expansions will underperform the long-term averages for portfolio returns.
Third, the failure to establish a qualified trust also deprives employers of an opportunity to begin bargaining with employee groups to demand that they share in making the ongoing contributions to support this benefit plan. Without a qualified trust fund, employees would be foolhardy to entrust their dollars to an employer's payroll-withholding system. But with a qualified trust fund that is exclusively devoted to providing the promised benefit and protected from creditors, the groundwork is laid for negotiators to demand genuine cost-sharing, as I have discussed in a previous column.
As state and local governments enter the next fiscal year, and they right-size their cost structures with workforce reductions and other painful measures, it will be important for them to lay the groundwork for sustainable OPEB benefits plans in coming years. This requires three actions:
o Establish a qualified OPEB trust fund, even if it is funded only with some initial seed capital of less than the entire year's ARC.
-- Appropriate or transfer start-up seed capital
-- Set an asset allocation and investment policy
-- Establish a governance structure
-- Select an investment advisor and a custodian
o Prepare and adopt an OPEB strategic plan for how you will attain long-term funding, including:
-- Ramp-up strategy to achieve full ARC funding
-- Cost mitigation and plan redesign (see next bullet)
-- Use of OPEB bonds where appropriate
-- Dedicated share of future revenues and budget surpluses to fund OPEB
o Develop a multi-year labor relations strategy for re-structuring your OPEB plan in ways that future taxpayers can eventually afford, including such measures as:
-- Moving employee contributions into the OPEB trust fund, with a goal of raising them over time to represent half of the normal service costs (50-50 cost sharing for new hires and younger employees)
-- Putting a hard dollar cap on retiree medical benefits
-- Limiting inflation increases to the CPI or less
-- Requiring a full career of service to receive full benefits (30 years civilian, 25 years for first responders) with pro-rated or actuarially reduced benefits for earlier retirements
-- Converting to a defined contribution plan for all or some benefits and enabling employees to save for their share of future costs
With only a few weeks left in the current June 30 fiscal year, few governments can act quickly enough to implement a qualified trust fund for this year's financial statements. But for those with other fiscal year-ends, and certainly in the new fiscal year, the time has come to establish a qualified OPEB trust, and formalize plans for labor relations and longer-term funding strategies.


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In Pune, till now the constructors are given the same preference to their profile of reliability and genuineness, and struggle to offer the exact what they have assured to their consumers. A year ago, in Pune constantly the building contractors helped the designers of the Pune city to effectively happen the dream of the development and improvement. Association contractors or Building contractors was established and continued in order to build the stability in their job pattern. The name Pune Builder Association or Pune Builders Association came into survival in the decade of eighty's and so far have involvement are shown in the development of the Pune city. It supervises the job of the constructors in Pune and gives them with modern trends information on government's legislation concerning construction of the building.
They are not only given the interest towards the residential zones but also the profitable activities are undertaken to make the rapid speed of the entire improvement. Therefore, separately from the major latest fashion of residential resolutions in the appearance of condos, apartments, penthouses, villas and bungalows, you can see the stylish shopping centres, advanced corporate offices, banks and the major occurrence amusement segments inside the Pune city. When implementing a project, constructors and building companies in Pune are given their sincere hard work towards the modern skills of construction field. The attention of large-scale companies and realty investors is growing, as the outcome of it is getting the market of properties in Pune into the top position with the rapid speed. In the territory of the construction of buildings, the marketable contractors have created their names in this field and township improvement all through the country. Therefore it might be the Pune building contractors or Development Authority or the private builders, the appeal for the home architects and commercial construction contractors are growing by a rapid pace. The following list consists some of them.


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