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What causes the sudden death of chicks?
I bought two regular chicks. They survived for few days but they suddenly died. I don't know why. I feed them healthy foods regularly and give them water at all times but they just died.
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How to apply to study at UMK?
UMK take students intake once per year which is during September Semester. The Application for September Semester shall be made through Students Admissions Management Division, Department of Management of The Ministry of Higher Education. Please visit the Ministry's website at http://www.mohe.gov.my. Advertisement on application for entry to IPTA is issued by the ministry
Who are eligible to apply for programs at UMK?
STPM , STAM , Matriculations students and Diploma graduate from accredited IPTA/IPTS
How many session for postgraduate study?
February and September session
How many postgraduate student intakes per year?
Programme by Research: throughout the year.
I received an offer to pursue my study in UMK. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, I could not register on the registration date. What should I do?
You can defer your study by filling up the deferment form Application For Deferment/ Extension/ Withdrawal/ Status Conversion before the registration date as stated in the offer letter.
How long can I defer my registration?
The deferment is valid for only one semester and you are required to register the following semester.
If I am not able to register in the following semester, what should I do?
The offer letter is no longer valid. You are required to reapply.
For more information: please visit http://cps.umk.edu.my/
How to check if students have overdue tuition fees?
The current tuition fees rate and overdue fee can be checked by the following
How to pay the tuition fees?
Tuition fees can be paid in 4 ways;
What actions taken if students have overdue tuition fees?
If the student has overdue tuition fees, they are barred from taking examinations, cannot register any course and barred from taking examinations results
What is the tuition fee status if student delayed or quit their studies during the current semester?
The status of the fees for student who delayed or quit is stated in the University Malaysia Kelantan Academic Regulations under 8.6 whereas;
If students have sponsorships and on the current semester they are being offered other sponsorship, can they accept that scholarship without refusing the existing sponsorships?
Students may apply for more than one sponsorship but the university reserves the right to determine acceptance of the sponsorship and subject to the terms of the sponsor
How long does it take to process the repayment of students' tuition fees or payment of scholarship/ loan from a sponsor?
The repayment process to the students will take around two weeks after the cheque received are clear by bank and according to the respective processFor more information, visit http://bendahari.umk.edu.my/
Can I send application for renewal of student pass or dependant pass 1 month before the expiry date?
No. Kindly submit all the required documents 3 MONTH before expiry date.
I want to bring my family. Who can I apply for Dependant Pass?
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February & September intake
What is the entry requirement for the undergraduate programmes in UMK?
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Can I use the Visit/Social Pass without applying for a student pass?
All international students (except Diplomatic pass holders, Malaysian Permanent Residents (P.R)) are required to have a student pass while studying at UMK
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Located in the north London borough of Islington, Fitness First Angel offers members a fantastic space to not only work out in, but to also relax and socialise in as well.
Situated just a five-minute walk from Angel tube station, this gym offers cutting edge fitness facilities including a cardio theatre, spin studio, sauna, gym floor and hot yoga studio. There is also an in-gym beauty salon and a members' lounge.
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Is it true that you are endeavoring to exchange your Gmail account? Is that your old account is giving a few troubles? What is what customer requires in the new account? Do you need your email and contacts from that last account to be moved to new account too? Or on the other hand its simply that no messages you pick in any case, customer wants to have the contacts as it were? In such case, if any indefinite quality flies up or customers need to ponder, Gmail support is there 24*7 for customers.
Different courses are there in which messages can be sent from different accounts to Gmail. For an example, a customer chooses to move the old account email to the new account, and after that simply takes after these basic advances:
In case the old messages are transported in from other email suppliers to Gmail at that point experience these focuses:
- i) Go to Google account and from more choice, go to import.
- ii) Select the account where customer needs to move messages
iii) Click on I concur and sign in into account.
- iv) Click on concur choice and after that OK.
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- i) Open that Gmail account from where you need to forward the messages.
- ii) From the rigging choice, tap on settings.
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- v) Now include that account where customer needs to forward the email.
- vi) Then an affirmation message will be sent to old account to new one to check whether it is right or not.
vii) Simply tap on the check interface from the email and after that reload the Gmail page.
viii) Now ensure that Forward a duplicate of approaching mail in Forwarding and POP/IMAP is chosen or not.
- ix) Then select the choice which customer needs to pick and also tap on the spare catch.
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Surround Technologies' released the first market-ready LANSA 2005 application, weeks before the newest
LANSA offering is made available to the general public.
Surround Technologies, LLC, a technology consulting firm with offices in Florida and New Jersey, developed
the interactive Web application for United Consumer Financial Services (UCFS).
"We were able to come up to speed on LANSA 2005 very quickly because it is based so much on Visual LANSA,
which we have been developing on for many years," Paul said. Even though LANSA 2005 utilizes new and emerging
technology – XML and XSLT – knowledge of that technology is not necessary. The developers simply program in
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about 25 LANSA business partners and customers.
Having built multi-platform applications in LANSA for 13 years, Surround Technologies is excited to move to
LANSA 2005 as its primary development tool due to the new technology available in the product release, according to Paul.
"LANSA has always provided an environment that had several levels of magnitude of productivity over other
approaches," Paul said. "And now, LANSA 2005 is a vast improvement over that, leaving other tools in the dust."
LANSA's upcoming User Conference, scheduled to be held April 24-28 in Orlando, FL, will showcase the newest tool
set in the LANSA series.
"We are very excited to have an example of live deployment with the release of LANSA 2005," said Brian Sterrett,
LANSA vice president of marketing, referring to the launching of the UCFS Web site. "It is exciting to see the way
the customers are using the new technology. We are very happy to hear about the success of the UCFS Web site, and
how Surround Technologies was able to quickly become successful in the new LANSA release."
When UCFS – a financial services company headquartered in Westlake, OH – approached Surround Technologies' president
about their business needs, Paul knew LANSA 2005 was the solution they needed.
"We were thrilled to be able to begin building with the LANSA 2005 beta release," Paul said. "The new technology
available in LANSA 2005 allowed us to quickly build the UCFS Web site in a way that will let us even more quickly
add future enhancements and services to it."
UCFS provides sales financing for clients selling home cleaning systems and other in-home products and services.
Their main technical challenge was to deliver daily financial reports to their clients in a manner more efficient
than their current old-tech faxes.
"These clients are important to our business," explained UCFS's MIS director, Sigrid Bundy. "We wanted to improve
our service and communications by providing them real time access to their information on our system. Currently,
twice a day they get a status report faxed to them (from us). We also receive many phone calls during the day from
them asking about the purchase status of certain contracts. In order to provide better service, we wanted to give
them an interactive tool on our Web site."
Bundy turned to Surround Technologies because of their recent successful implementation of an XML LANSA project for
the financial services company. "It would have taken us much longer to do this (project) in-house and it would have
taken our people away from other work," Bundy said. She added that Surround Technologies is training her team to be
able to maintain and add enhancements to the site on their own.
Surround Technologies is building the UCFS Web site in phases. The first phase allows UCFS's clients to securely view
online daily financial reports in real time directly from UCFS's IBM iSeries system. Their clients also can download
and print the reports in a PDF format. Future phases will expand upon the self-service capabilities for clients and
will add similar self-service functions for UCFS's customers.
"The entire UCFS Web site is built using new and emerging technology," Paul said.
Not only can UCFS's clients securely view their sales finance contracts online with the most up to date information,
but they also can exchange secure messages online with UCFS customer service representatives.
"The clients can enter messages regarding a specific account, and users here can respond quickly," said Bundy.
Additionally, from the UCFS Web site, the clients can link directly to supplier Web sites to order their supplies,
such as contracts, rate books and worksheets, customized for the state in which they conduct business.
The clients also can be assured that their information posted to the Web site remains secured with LANSA 2005 technology.
"Our auditors were very impressed with the security of the site and the site itself," said Jill Gallagher, UCFS senior
systems analyst, referring to a visit from an external and a corporate auditor.
According to Paul, the solution is run as an N-tier architecture on a Web secure server with two firewalls.
One of the benefits of building a Web site with LANSA 2005 is the capabilities for future enhancements, such as sending
information from the Web site to Pocket PCs, cellular telephones and other services.
"Architecting a Web site with LANSA 2005 lays the ground work for redeploying the same information via other technology
services such as Pocket PCs or cellular telephones," Paul said. "That is one of the big pluses for having used LANSA 2005."
The concept that allows for the easy deployment from a Web-based application to other services is something LANSA calls
Technology Service Provider (TSP).
LANSA's Sterrett explained that TSPs are one of the significant benefits of LANSA 2005 over previous versions. TSPs
provide an abstraction layer to leverage the new n-tier architecture that separates the presentation layer from the
database logic.
"TSPs allow for greater flexibility and speed in deploying to various user devices such as Pocket PCs," Sterrett said.
"The UCFS Web site is a great example of a practical application of TSP, where the first application to be deployed might
be a Web browser based application, and then when their workforce is ready to go to Pocket PCs, they could rapidly deploy
to that new device type without a lot of rework."
UCFS's Bundy is looking forward to the launching of the UCFS Web site. "Improving customer service was our incentive (for
upgrading the company's Web site) so that our clients can devote more of their time to their business," she said.
Sterrett is looking forward to the launching of the UCFS Web site as well, from LANSA's perspective: "It is a proof point
for LANSA 2005. Here is a company that has important information in their IBM iSeries, and they have been able to rapidly
extend that (information) out to their customers, partners and employees in a short amount of time without sacrificing
security or data quality."
Sterrett added that Surround Technologies has had a lasting partnership with LANSA for many years. "This is another example
of (Surround Technologies') innovation around the use of LANSA technology where they are leading their customers into the future."
United Consumer Financial Services , UCFS, has been providing consumer financing to
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The Church believes its responsibility to make Christ known to the world includes a moral obligation to preserve human dignity by promoting optimal levels of physical, mental, and spiritual health. In addition to ministering to those who are ill, this responsibility extends to the prevention of disease through effective health education and leadership in promoting optimum health, free of tobacco, alcohol, other drugs, and unclean foods. Where possible, members shall be encouraged to follow a primarily vegetarian diet.
Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:19).
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Hey there! It's the last day of November, so this is going to be my last Nano Spotlight. I'd like to thank all of my spotlight authors, those who volunteered to be alternates, and those who I wasn't able to publish this year. Now let's have a big virtual hand for John!
I saw numerous posts about NaNoWriMo and finally decided to give it a whirl. Considering I had been sitting on "Soldiers" for two decades, I figured it would give me the kick in the pants I needed. Plus, I'd been sitting in my think-tank man-cave for so long, I thought it would be nice to get in touch with humanity again. That was the redeeming social value. At the writers' meeting, I was pleased to share time with six young writers who restored my faith in the human race! They were so vibrant, intelligent and filled with great ideas that it titillated my soul. NaNoWriMo is bringing together the artists of tomorrow and giving them a platform upon which to launch the inspiration and visions of the next generation.
What are you writing about this year?
Soldiers is an action-adventure novel centered on the exploits of Zzelia Kildare, a private investigator drawn into an assassination plot involving extremist groups in America and Northern Ireland. She is hired by Drew Mc Gregor to track down Sean Tremaine, an IRA volunteer arriving in the USA on a personal vendetta. Only she finds that it was Mc Gregor who murdered Tremaine's father before seeking refuge in America. She joins forces with Sean and legendary IRA assassin John Malagant in tracking down Mc Gregor, only to find that Homeland Security and the British Secret Service is hot on their trail. MI6 agent Bill Masterson is paired with FBI specialist Darrell Cashew in tracking down Zzelia and her friends, who they believe will lead them to Mc Gregor. The chase takes them from East Harlem to Memphis, and finally to Southwest Texas where Mc Gregor is fulfilling a contract agreement to carry out a political assassination. A romantic angle also develops as Zzelia finds herself physically attracted to Malagant though emotionally drawn to Sean. The threesome try to avoid capture and thwart Mc Gregor's ambush attempts along with his diabolical assassination plot in this fast-paced suspense thriller.
Who's the best character in your Nano novel?
I'd have to go with Zzelia Kildare. She's a spunky young Irish-American woman who overcomes all odds in succeeding in a task that everyone believes she has no chance whatsoever in completing.
What advice would you give to all your fellow Wrimos?
Write, write, write! I started this story twenty years ago! You never know when a old piece of work may come back to life with a new spin in a different place in time.
Sneaky Ninja question! What is your favorite color?
Black. It looks good on me and matches my sense of humor.


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Hey, guys Bill here 🙂 My month in June has been somehow successful and I was happy with books I read…
I wasn't too ambitious and didn't feel the need to pressure myself to read a certain amount of books, I wanted to have total fun and escape, if the hobby becomes stressful it defeats its purpose. I have loved so many blog post this month and my favourite was from Nazahet Hernandez (Blog Here) The Post "What Does The Term "Diverse" Mean To You?" (Post Here) It opened my eyes to the term " Diversity" especially when it is used and how we perceive it in literature… I highly recommend you check it out 🙂
Other Blogs I have loved this month include: Check them out 🙂
On to the Books I have read this month and I have done reviews (Link on the title ) for most of them so I will just use GIFs to project my thoughts on them 🙂
I read 8 books ( 7 Physical and 1 ebook)
The Dark Half by Stephen King
Synopsis (Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Thriller, Mystery) Review Here
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Literary Fiction
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Genre: Contemporary, Historical Fiction, War-Drama
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Stranger by Rachel Manija, Sherwood Smith
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Science fiction LGBTQIA
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Young Wizards by Diane Duane
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle-Grade Magic
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Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Synopsis ( Like you don't know Harry Potter)
Genre: Fantasy, Magic, Young Adult
Re-read 🙂 Review here
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Order Of The Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Synopsis ( Obviously Its Harry Potter)
Genre: Fantasy, Magic, Young Adult
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Colours In The Steel by K.J. Parker
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Genre: (High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Speculative fiction, war)
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Closely associated with a belief in the supernatural are rituals such as those which are used for weddings and funerals.
Most who have attended such ceremonies will be aware of their potency. Weddings can generate huge quantities of love and joy. Funerals allow the discharge of otherwise unbearable measures of grief.
The abandonment of the notion of a god by no means entails the loss of ritual. The power of such gatherings comes entirely from the uniting of subtle human powers. Alphomists can devise their own forms of ceremony for making commitments, welcoming a new child, saying goodbye to someone who has died and for all the other occasions of human sorrow and joy.
There is also no reason whatsoever for an Alphomist to shun religious buildings. If it is true, as claimed, that our surroundings are subtly changed by events, then churches are in general sure to have benign atmospheres for the staging of life's rituals.
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Thanks for the cleaning today. Probably the best house cleaners I have ever used, and my mom did it for a living. I plan to use them again the next time.-Happy House Tenent
The lady did a geat job! I would rate her and the performance a 10.-Barbara
Ed, The house is spotless. The girls did such a great job. I am exptremely please with their work, their communication, and their customer service. Looking forward to having them back out next month.-Sara
Ed, My home is sparkling clean! I really like the lady that came today. I want them out every month from now on.-Ellen
Everything went well. I liked both ladies, and would like to have them back.-Vickie B.
The girls did a great job today. I can't believe they can get it all finished in that amount of time.-Ellen B.
Ed, the two ladies that came out did a wonderful job, love it. I will be requesting them for my next cleaning.-Bob
Ed, I am glad you contacted me, I planned to call you today – service was well above my expectations. The three women who were here were professional and conscientious. Your company is well represented by your employees. I would be very interested in scheduling an ongoing service. Please forward a breakdown for a 3 week cycle and a once a month fee schedule so I may compare. Have a great day.-Stephanie
Yes, my wife and I were very happy with the cleaning your folks did for us last week. At this time I will probably be looking at having them come back out on March 16th if that is possible for another couple hours.-Mark S.
I absolutely love Isabel and Maria! They are so warm and friendly and they just fit in so well in my home. The detail that they pay attention to every time they come over amazes me each week they are here. Please thank them for me and tell them they are doing an amazing job!-Cathy W.
Ed, The ladies did a great job on my home. I am very pleased with the way things were done and how clean everything turn out... its like a brand new home! Isabel and Maria were very nice, polite, and fun to be around. I hope that they both return to clean my house the next time around. Thanks for everything, and lets schedule the next cleaning! Regards,-Mike
This is a great company. They are very responsive and willing to spend the time you need to answer any questions or concerns that you may have. I would recommend them to anyone who is looking for a great cleaning company.-Trisha
Thank you for the follow up Ed! They did a fantastic job and I can't think of anything that was missed or could be done better.-Josh
"I wanted to let you know that I was VERY impressed with the job your ladies did today. It was the best cleaning job I have seen in a long time." -Merrianne
"Ed — I just wanted to let you know how impressed I was with the cleaning of my house. When I walked in and asked my wife if the house was cleaned, she said yes. My first thoughts were no way because I did not smell any chemicals. It is now obvious why people who have there homes cleaned should go with Valley Maid. ORGANIC SAFE CLEAN. I am proud to say my house was "CLEANED-GREEN" thank you." -John S.
"Ed, I got home at 11 last nite, I was dead tired and thinking about all the work ahead of me before bed - I was very cranky. However, when I walked into my home...my gorgeously clean and sparkling home I was so delighted that all crankiness just vanished. It was a delight to sit in my clean office and get some work done. Thank you so much to you and your team. Mark and I look forward to being a long time customer. See you later in May. Thank You," -Traci
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24. January 2018 | 14:13
For the fifth year in a row, the Environmental Investments Centre (EIC) is organising the resource-conservation competition Negavatt, which is once again awaiting the submission of smart ideas. The best ideas will be made a reality, with up to EUR 10,000 in support. The deadline for submitting ideas is 25 February 2018.
09. January 2018 | 08:55
The state owned Foundation Environmental Investments Centre (EIC) is providing EUR 2 million in support for the updating of Tarmeko Spoon's plywood production line and EUR 493,000 to AS Klaasimeister for the acquisition of a glass melting furnace, via the Energy and Resource Efficiency of Undertakings measure.
10. November 2017 | 12:31
The foundation Environmental Investment Centre (EIC) is supporting Tootsi Turvas with EUR 101,730 from the European Regional Development Fund. The company will invest the funds into purchasing a mobile hog shredder and building a stump shred storage site in Pärnu. The total cost of the project is EUR 406,921.
15. September 2017 | 11:01
The Environmental Investment Centre (EIC) is about to support the timber undertaking Purutuli OÜ with EUR 609,000 and the mining undertaking AS Kiviluks with EUR 623,250. The support is intended to enhance the resource efficiency of undertakings, with the corresponding funds provided by the European Regional Development Fund.
31. August 2017 | 10:10
The application round of the environmental programme of the Foundation Environmental Investment Centre (EIC) for forestry and the protection of atmospheric air received 13 project applications in the total sum of 349,717 euros.
31. August 2017 | 10:08
Today, on 28 August at 1 PM, the renovated area of Keila railway station along with the accompanying cycle and pedestrian tracks and car parks will be opened in Keila. The total cost of the project is 983,417 euros, to which the state provides 681,055 euros from the resources of the European Cohesion Fund through the Environmental Investment Centre (EIC).
The state supports the renewal of the water management infrastructure of the industrial area in Maardu with 4.2 million euros07. August 2017 | 11:35
The state-owned foundation Environmental Investment Centre (EIC) supports the reconstruction and expansion of the water management infrastructure of Kroodi creek near Maardu with 4,246,810 euros from the Cohesion Fund to which the beneficiary, OÜ Kroodi Vesi, will add another 637,021 euros. As a result of the works, the environmental risks related to Kroodi creek have been managed for time to come.
24. July 2017 | 10:35
The state-owned foundation Environmental Investment Centre (EIC) is providing EUR 2.23 million in support for the construction of 12 filling stations that will offer bio-methane fuelling capability. The financial support will be allocated from the European Union Cohesion Fund.
21. June 2017 | 09:47
The Supervisory Board of the Environmental Investments Centre decided to support 728 projects from the environmental programme in the amount of EUR 20,317,062. Projects from ten fields across Estonia will be supported. Also, Siim Kiisler, the Minister of the Environment, was appointed the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of EIC.
Local municipalities to receive almost EUR 10 million from the state for the renovation of street lighting30. May 2017 | 10:08
Through Foundation Environmental Investments Centre (EIC), the state will support 22 street lighting renovation projects with a total of EUR 9,952,992, to which the realisers of the projects will add EUR 5,384,540 in self-financing. The grant is being financed from the European Union Cohesion Fund.


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Microsoft Wins U.S. Agency Deal
Microsoft Corp. MSFT 0.05% said it notched a victory in the increasingly competitive field of "cloud" computing, signing a deal with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to supply online e-mail, collaboration and other online applications to the agency's 120,000 employees.
At the same time, Salesforce.com Inc. CRM 1.14% on Wednesday said it will pay $212 million in cash for Heroku Inc., a San Francisco start-up that competes directly with Microsoft for influence among developers of cloud-based applications.
The deal came after a contentious week in which Salesforce Chief Executive Marc Benioff called Microsoft an "evil empire" at a company conference after Microsoft ran newspaper advertisements aimed at wooing Salesforce customers.
Microsoft, Salesforce, Google Inc. and other technology companies are jockeying for leadership in cloud computing, in which the functions of corporate applications once run internally are operated remotely in data centers and delivered as a service to customers over the Web.
Google and Microsoft especially have been fighting a pitched battle to get government clients at the local, state and federal levels to use their online e-mail and other online applications that fit in the cloud-computing rubric.
The USDA will begin migrating workers to Microsoft's services in the next four weeks. The USDA said the deal with Microsoft is worth $27 million over three years and the agency estimated it will save about $6 million a year compared to what spending would be using its current technologies.
Last week, the General Services Administration said it will use Google's Gmail, word processing and other services for the federal agency's more than 15,000 employees in a five-year deal worth $6.7 million. The contract was awarded to Unisys Corp. UIS -1.63% , which partnered with Google and others on the deal. Google also has nabbed government deals with the city of Los Angeles, Colorado and Wyoming. Microsoft has won similar agreements with the city of New York and Minnesota.
Public-sector clients have been aggressive in moving their operations online, in part because tight budgets make the cost savings associated with cloud services more attractive, said Curt Kolcun, vice president of U.S. public-sector business for Microsoft. Mr. Kolcun said Microsoft is competing effectively with Google for those customers.
"It is a competitive environment that both companies are focused on," he said. "I think our customers are demonstrating through the size and scale of our wins that we've had to date, that they're making a decision and trusting Microsoft."
In a statement, Google said it was "not given the opportunity to bid for USDA's business." adding that "when there has been full and open competition" among technology providers, "taxpayers are saving millions of dollars."
USDA's chief information officer Chris Smith said in a statement that two years ago the agency did "extensive market research" on e-mail systems, including meetings with Microsoft and Google. But because it had a "large investment" already in traditional Microsoft software, the agency had "an opportunity to parlay this investment into the cloud solution."
Last November, Google sued the Department of the Interior alleging the agency favored Microsoft in setting criteria for bids to provide a new Web-based email system for its 88,000 staffers. That suit is pending.
Salesforce's acquisition of Heroku pits the company against another Microsoft cloud-computing initiative called Windows Azure. Both Heroku and Windows Azure provide services that let developers create online applications. Heroku's service emphasizes a programming language called Ruby that's popular with developers behind high-profile consumer websites such as Groupon and Twitter. Windows Azure, however, is aimed at developers fluent in traditional Microsoft programming tools.
Salesforce executives said the company acquired Heroku because of the following that the 30-person company's service has achieved among developers. While there has been a long-running war of words—and occasional litigation—between Microsoft and Salesforce, the rhetorical volume jumped several notches this week after Microsoft published an open letter to Salesforce customers asserting that Salesforce services cost them more than comparable ones from Microsoft.
In an interview Wednesday, Mr. Benioff said "Microsoft is trying to confuse customers and create fear." He continued: "We need to pop their bubble...by exposing Microsoft's cloud strategy for the fraud that it is."
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How to Clean Rust Off My Metal Bar Stool Base
28th December 2018
How do I clean rust off my metal bar stool base?
A bar stool can really add a beautiful touch to any home. There are many uses for bar stools so you can really get creative. However, nothing looks better than when they are well-maintained and beautifully cleaned.
Whether you've got a home bar or a dressing table, you'll want to know how to clean your bar stools properly. And unfortunately, metal bases can sometimes become rusty. This is just in the nature of metal-based furniture. However, it's easy to sort it out with the right tools and the right instructions. Here's how to clean rust from your bar stool's metal base. Bear in mind there are a few different methods so it's up to you to choose your favourite one!
Method 1 - What you'll need:
- White vinegar
- Aluminium foil
- Rag
Method 1 - What to do:
Start by soaking the metal base in white vinegar. If you can submerge the base into a bucket or wash basin filled with white vinegar then great. If not, use a rag dipped in white vinegar to soak a layer over the metal base. Allow it to sit for a few hours then scrub off with a rag. Try aluminium foil dipped in white vinegar to scrub at the metal base if the rust is tough.
Method 2 - What you'll need:
- Baking soda
- Water
- Old toothbrush
Method 2 - What to do:
Create a paste with some baking soda and water. There are no exact measurements here, simply mix a thick paste that won't run. Cover the metal base with the baking soda paste and let it set. After it's set, use an old toothbrush to scrub off the mixture!
Method 3 - What you'll need:
- A lime or lemon
- Salt
- Old rag or toothbrush
Method 3 - What to do:
Take a lime or lemon, cut it in half then squeeze out a good portion of juice. Set that aside and sprinkle a large amount of salt over the metal base. Then, pour the juice over the top to create a gritty mixture. Allow this to set for a few hours. Use an old toothbrush or rough rag to scrub the mixture away. It's also a good idea to use the rind of the fruit to scrub if needed!
If all else fails...
If you still can't clean rust off your metal base with the above household methods, try purchasing a rust cleaner from your local hardware store. There are many products out there which will do the job. However, it's always worth trying methods with staples that you might find in your kitchen pantry! Let us know in the comments which your favourite method is.
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Founded on November 1, 2016, Matrix Institute of Professionals is a school of entrepreneurship and finance .The founders have a strong commitment to raise quality education in Myanmar, especially for continuing education and professional development. At Matrix, a learning and support environment is created for professionals to grow and advance their careers.
Matrix strives to be the first choice for learners, lecturers and corporate customers when it comes to entrepreneurship and finance education and services. Our school sets high standards and differentiate ourselves with Applied Learning Concepts for students, professionals and entrepreneurs. All our staff, from top to bottom, are committed to support all our learners and alumni as our life-long partners. In addition, our SME and corporate advisory services act a pillar for our customers to reach their ultimate business goals.
Dr. May Pyae Sone KywePrincipal and Founder
Master of Biotechnology (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) M.B.,B.S (University of Medicine 2)
Dr. May Pyae Sone KywePrincipal and Founder
U Min Han TunAcademic Director and Co-founder
Bachelor of Science in International Business, Finance (Elizabethtown College) Passed Level 3 CFA Exam
U Min Han TunAcademic Director and Co-founder
Daw May Sopyae NyanManaging Director and Founder
Bachelor of Business in Economics and Finance (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) CFA Level 2 Candidate
Daw May Sopyae NyanManaging Director and Founder
We encourage thinking long-term, taking action and sharing knowledge to create an active learning environment
Our Vision
To be the recognized and leading institution of building competent human capital and support network to foster sustainable socio-economic development of Myanmar society.
Our Mission
To create an applied learning environment where learners can share, support and apply their knowledge and experience
To train competent professionals with academic excellence, skills and professional ethics
To develop a support environment and network for collaboration with organizations and outreach to various regions
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To value our customers' needs with attention, respect and service
To be a professional and progressive training body which offers flexible and tailored education solutions
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Morning after pill 'no substitute for condoms'
An Irish student body has welcomed the news that the morning after pill is now available over-the-counter in Boots stores but warns that people that it is still necessary to use condoms.
Writing for the University Times, welfare officer for the Union of Students in Ireland Rebecca Murphy urged individuals not to become lax about safe sex.
She described how the move to make access to emergency contraception without the need for a prescription is a positive step for the country.
However, Ms Murphy stated: "While access to … the morning after pill is essential … [it] should not be used as a regular form of contraception."
People were advised that it does not protect against sexually transmitted infections and is a more expensive way of avoiding pregnancy than traditional methods.
Boots announced the new policy earlier this month and the initiative was introduced across the country's stores on January 12th.


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Parents are supposed to fill-up an admission form, which is available at the school. By visiting Seeds play school in kota, parents can get more details. We also give parents, an opportunity to take a stroll in the premises of school so that they can get a better idea regarding our faculty and different techniques adopted by us in order to nurture little children.
Exclusive Benefits
We offer privileges to those parents who are occupied in diverse noble profession including Teaching, Medical, Defense, etc.
You can reserve a seat for your child in advance. In simple words, even if your child is in the age group of 0-1 year, you can apply for registration. After all, there is nothing better than investing in the future of your child right now for ensuring a brighter future tomorrow.
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The goal of Kindergarten is to help children segue smoothly into Grade One and to improve their chances of success in school and beyond. Our Kindergarten program consists of a balance of exploration or investigation, guided instruction, and inquisitive sessions. Children need many opportunities to explore and investigate. These experiences allow children to build on their existing knowledge, create and clarify their own new understandings, and experience a variety of approaches to a problem or question to foster a well-rounded child.
3 ½ years to 4 ½ years
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Play-way and Montessori combined. Skills developed in this period at school are:
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Field trips | Water Play (Pool day) | Fancy dress | Celebration of all festivals |
Sports day | Annual Day | Grandparents' day | Father's day and Many more
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SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco has become the first city in the nation to outlaw chewing tobacco from its playing fields, including AT&T Park, home to the San Francisco Giants.
Players and the manager of the team expressed support for the ordinance signed into law by Mayor Ed Lee on Friday but also concern about breaking the chewing habit.
The ordinance, which will take effect Jan. 1, prohibits the use of smokeless tobacco at athletic venues, specifically singling out baseball, which has a long history of players masticating and spitting tobacco juice in view of children who worship them.
Well, THERE'S the trouble – sports hero worship.
Of course, heaven forbid anyone consider changing sports adulation; not when millions of dollars are at stake…


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/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory — Transat A.T. Inc. - Launch of the new Air Transat cabin !/ Français
May 17, 2012, 06:00 ET
MONTREAL, May 10, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - As part of the celebrations surrounding Transat's 25th anniversary, Jean-Marc Eustache, President and Chief Executive Officer of Transat A.T. Inc., and Allen B. Graham, President of Transat Canada and President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Transat, cordially invite you on board the airline's first Airbus A330 with a totally redesigned interior.
Visit our innovative new cabin and discover its ergonomic seating, personal entertainment system and lighting, all featuring the latest technology.
|When :
|Thursday, May 17, 2012
|Where :
|Air Transat, 5959 Côte-Vertu, Montreal
|Free parking
|Program :
|3 p.m.
|Media registration
|3:20 p.m.
|Boarding and visit of the aircraft
|Photo and filming opportunity
|3:45 p.m.
|Video presentation in the cabin
|4 p.m.
|Media briefing - Questions and Answers with Jean-Marc Eustache and Allen B. Graham
For photo opportunity, media must register at 3 p.m.
For further information:
Debbie Cabana
Advisor, Communications and Media Relations
514 987-1616, ext. 4662


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In order to create interest in science courses, a "BASIC SCIENCE LAB" for high school students event was conducted on August 10, 2017. Dr. K.V. Malini, Principal, Canara College, inaugurated the programme with the presence of Dr. Manohar Joshi, HOD, Department of Botany and the Conveners. Seven schools, a strength of 83 students from Mangalore had attended the programme along with their teachers.
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In conjunction with Squareone Construction M D Enertech have completed and handed over Porsche at Tewkesbury to the client, The Lovett Group. The project involved the design and build of all mechanical services including carrying out of the Sbem calculations and production of the EPC. As a team we have now moved on to a Preparation […]
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The Graphic Design Nottingham experts at Fifteen Design are proud to announce their new website launch for APT.
APT are an Irish based company so our CD Ollie got to spend some time overseas to work closely with the company and get the website spot on! He even brought us back some Irish themed presents!
The new website design is a fresh and professional site that showcases the Safe-linK range, from Commercial Safes to Cash Tube Systems. We have been thrilled to work on this project and hope this is the start of a beautiful new working relationship.
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Cisco Live is Cisco's flagship annual technical training, networking, and education. 100 developers, on 20 teams, competed in the hackathon for 24 hours to create new apps for Cisco platforms. The winning project this year was Pillbox, developed by our Alberto Sarullo, Loris Bottello, Andrea Germinario, and Andrea Desiato.
The team addressed a real-world issue: how to keep track of whether or not you have taken your medication. The Pillbox app leveraged a combination of our Enterprise IOT infrastructure (EIoT), Data in Motion data monitoring, and filtering software, and the Jabber APIs. After the doctor prescribes your medication and enters it into a Cloud system, Jabber alerts you when it's time to take your medicine. Then a sensor in the pillbox connected to Cisco's EIoT system records that the medicine has been taken and keeps track of each dosage and when it was taken. If the sensor isn't triggered within a certain time after the medicine is supposed to be taken, the app alerts your doctor via Jabber. Or the patient can contact the doctor directly through Jabber. The team built this app in under 24 hours.
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Variety and THR Talk Emmys for Cranston, Paul and MacLaren
The Emmys are less than a month away, and Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are chock-full of coverage on Breaking Bad's seven nominations.
An Academy of TV Arts & Sciences exec notes in The Hollywood Reporter that Breaking Bad's "range and writing is very appealing to performer/voters."
-In a round-up of best drama actor nominees, The Hollywood Reporter pronounces Bryan Cranston the favorite because "he's won two years in a row for the gnarliest role on TV." (No Link)
–THR also focuses on Aaron Paul, who has "earned his second nomination for rising above his youth with gritty fearlessness." (No Link)
–The Hollywood Reporter says that Michelle MacLaren's direction of Episode 7 was a "riveting Hitchcockian horror ride" that gave Dean Norris "his meatiest work yet."
–Variety concurs: Michelle MacLaren could win best director because her "skill isn't shown only in action scenes, but in small moments," like Hank breaking down in the elevator. (No Link)Read More


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Bi-Rite Economy Building customers have the option of choosing the metal skin of their building which best meets their budget and their needs. The metal choices are listed below.
Unpainted Galvalume (55% Al-Zn alloy coated steel) metal is a very economical metal choice and is often chosen when budget and durability are the prime considerations. Unpainted galvalume carries a 25 year Manufacturer's warranty.
H20 painted metal uses galvalume coating as a substrate beneath a silicon polyester paint. This provides both durability of galvalume and the enhanced appearance of painted metal. After painting, the metal is formed with a warm forming process to maintain the best possible bond between the substrate and the paint. Other manufacturers often skip this process.
14 color choices are available in the H20 painted metal allowing customers to have option of matching or complimenting the appearance of nearby homes and buildings. On buildings where customers have chosen the painted metal option for both roof and walls they may choose up to three colors for their building.
H20 painted metal carries a 20 year Manufacturer's warranty.
Buildings with painted metal may have up to three colors - one each for roof, trim, and walls.
Many times customers will choose the economy of an unpainted galvalume metal for the roof and painted metal for the walls. For these buildings, customers may choose one color for the wall metal and a different color for the wall trim. Roof trim in this instance would match the unpainted galvalume metal used for the roof. Buildings with this combination are remarkably attractive yet lower priced than buildings which are entirely painted metal.
All exposed metal is installed using screw fasteners. Standard installation is with unpainted galvalume screw fasteners. Color matched painted screw fasteners may be chosen as an upgrade.


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I remember reading one time, that the difference between secondary characters and minor characters is that minor characters don't speak. Sometimes they don't even have names. This definition confused me. All my stories have minor characters who speak. Sometimes they have quite a lot to say. Does that make them secondary characters? Is that how they…Read More
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This redditor writes: "My girlfriend's mom doesn't know anything about gaming but made me a quilt for my birthday. Results are hilarious and awesome."
I think it's incredibly thoughtful, even if a little quirky. Mom's definitely a keeper, and hopefully for him the girlfriend's not a distant coconut.
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IDO1 and TDO are overexpressed and/or overactive in many tumours, resulting in Tryptophan catabolism, starvation, and cell cycle arrest and death of effector T cells within the tumour microenvironment.�To define the mechanism of action of IDO1 inhibitors, BPS Bioscience have recently released the IDO1 Inhibitor Mechanism of Action Assay Kit, which�comes with all reagents necessary to run the assay including a�Reversible�and an�Irreversible Reference Inhibitor.
Therapeutic manipulation of immunopathways has led to promising clinical results for the treatment of a number of diseases, with the first therapeutic antibodies now brought to the market and approved for treatment of diverse cancer types. In this post, our specialist reviews a versatile tool to screen for activators or inhibitors of PD-1 signaling, or characterize biological activity of PD-1, and its interaction with ligands.
Knowledge about which epitopes are recognized by a�blocking antibody can help researchers to develop improved antibodies for drug discovery and to better understand the mechanism of inhibition.�The first therapeutic antibodies in this field have been directed against the�checkpoint receptor�PD-1.
In this post, Ali, our specialist invites you to look at 14 PD-L1 proteins with point mutations, enabling scientists to conduct epitope mappings of their antibodies raised again PD-L1.
BPS Bioscience have just released a�new kit�allowing researchers�to generate a PD-L1 and TCR activator over-expressing target cell line.��The�TCR Activator / PD-L1 Mammalian Expression Kit�comes with an expression vector constitutively expressing TCR activator�and�human PD-L1, and a control vector expressing TCR activator alone.
Many chemotherapeutic drugs require bioactivation before they reach full potency.��
This bioactivation is accomplished through many different mechanisms, but�frequently in the liver before the drug enters circulation. Inadequacy of animal models to predict human biology in the drug development process is becoming increasingly clear due to species differences in uptake and metabolism at both the cellular and organ levels.�
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The 2016 Microtubule Symposium (Heidelberg, Germany) coincides with the 50th anniversary of the discovery of tubulin. Researchers from the main domains of the Microtubule field will have many opportunities for interaction and collaboration, to advance the understanding of the microtubule cytoskeleton in health and disease.
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[Translate to Italiano:] My mother made this plate with fresh autumn cabbage, and in winter she used sauerkraut. In both versions, she used pork lard and, besides meat, she also used to add e few home-made sausages. If you want, the lard can be replaced by oil, and the home-made sausages with commercial sausages (taste will not be the same but it will be good).
Required Ingredients: 300 grams minced meat (preferably pork); 1 onion; 1 tablespoon of lard; 1 cabbage; 5 large potatoes; 4 eggs; 200 grams of sausages; 4 tablespoons of cream; 4-5 tablespoons of broth / tomato juice; salt, pepper, paprika.
Preparing method: Put the lard in a big pan, let it heat, add the minced onion, fry it until it becomes glassy, add the paprika and stir. Then fry the minced meat together with the onion and let it cool. Add the salt, pepper, broth and a beaten egg and mix thoroughly until all ingredients are incorporated. The cabbage is sliced and fried, too, in lard. Pealed potatoes are boiled in salt water and after they have boiled, pass them well, as for puree.
Cut the sausages in small pieces, and if they are raw they should be a little bit fried in hot lard. In a deeper tray, place a layer of tanned cabbage, a layerof meat composition, a layerof fried potatoes, a layerof sausages, and a lastlayer of cabbage. Mix the remaining 3 eggs with cream and tomato juice (or diluted broth) and pour over the cabbage.
Bake for about 15-20 minutes. Serve hot and add sour cream. It is a very tasty and very consistent food.
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Terez reviews ballet performances for Bachtrack.com and The Classical Girl.
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NEED TO BREATHE by Tara Staley
Forsyth Memorial Hospital. Groundhog Day, 1975
The first time I see Miss Claire Marie, she's thirteen inches long and weighs seven-hundred grams. Her eyes have barely gelled and opened, and her spindly arms look like the bones in a bat's wings. Veins wiggle their way across her forehead and see-through skin. She has youth so bad it hurts, full of loosely-stitched tissues and organs. Lord-help, there's something about the way Claire lays fighting in that bubble-shaped incubator that could make a heart do handsprings.
Doctors move her to an isolated room and slip on gowns and gloves. They turn and look for Daddy Mick Harper. To tell him that, "well, they rarely make it at twenty-six weeks, we just want you to be aware. You want us to try saving her?"
So begins the story in Need to Breathe, the riveting, rollicking adventure of keeping young Claire Harper alive, a job given to narrator and "spirit foster parent" Millie Rose. Millie, who died giving birth in 1922, has been dispatched from the afterlife to help out. Claire, a preemie born a whopping fourteen weeks early, fighting for every breath, desperately needs that help.
THE INVERTED FOREST by John Dalton
The dictionary defines "inverted" as reversed, upturned, and this aptly describes the goings on, again and again in John Dalton's latest novel, The Inverted Forest, an impressive follow-up to his award winning debut, Heaven Lake. That the two stories are quite diverse in setting and subject serves the reader well, as Heaven Lake, set in Taiwan and China, was one of those wondrous, luminous novels difficult to surpass. The Inverted Forest takes place in 1996 in a rural Missouri summer camp, a sun-dappled, bucolic environment that still manages to impart a sense of subliminal unease.
A grand transgression has just occurred: the counselors-in-training have indulged in an illicit, late-night skinny dipping pool party, to the outrage of conservative-minded camp owner Schuller Kindermann, who fires them all the next day, leaving his staff to scramble for new counselors before the first campers arrive. New counselors are hired, but no time is left to prepare them, inform them, and thus when the first campers arrive, a mere hour behind the counselors, they are stunned to see not kids spilling out of the bus, but adults, severely mentally disabled adults. The disorienting, funhouse sense of inversion has begun.
THE MADONAS OF ECHO PARK by Brando Skyhorse
The silent, overlooked residents of Los Angeles' Echo Park neighborhood play the starring role in author Brando Skyhorse's debut, The Madonnas of Echo Park. The novel, really more of a collection of short stories, each narrated by a different character, presents to the reader different facets of both the Mexican and Mexican-American experience in multicultural Los Angeles. Skyhorse, winner of the 2011 PEN/Hemingway Award for this novel, was born and raised in Echo Park. An Author's Note sets the story (it should be noted, though, that the author calls it a fictionalized account). The sixth-grade Skyhorse, unaware of his Mexican heritage—he'd been told he was American Indian—inadvertently insulted a classmate, a girl named Aurora Esperanza. This novel, then, is his apology to her, his attempt to share with the public the world of Echo Park.
PAGANINI'S GHOST by Paul Adam
Cremona, Italy. On the eve of an important performance, local luthier Gianni Castiglione is called on to examine Il Cannone, the violin once played by Niccolò Paganini, which would be played that night by competition winner Yevgeny Ivanov. A minor adjustment is made and at the recital both violin and musician perform flawlessly. The next day, however, a concert attendee, a French art dealer, is found dead in his Cremona hotel. Two items are noted among his possessions: a locked golden box and a torn corner of a music score from the night's previous performance. Gianni's police detective friend, Antonio Guastafeste, enlists his help and the two soon find themselves on an international chase, on the trail of not just a murderer but of a priceless historical treasure, one worth killing for.
AN UNFINISHED SCORE by Elise Blackwell
Classical music, and the games of evasion and deception we play with the ones we love, create the engine that drives this lyrical, well-crafted story by acclaimed author Elise Blackwell. The premise is simple but compelling: Career violist Suzanne hears over the radio about the death of her lover, orchestral conductor Alex Elling, in a plane crash. She can only grieve secretly amid the members of her household, which include emotionally-distant husband Ben, irreverent best friend and fellow musician Petra and her young, deaf daughter. Suzanne soldiers on, rehearsing with her string quartet, playing second mother to Petra's daughter, until a phone call from her former lover's widow changes her life a second time. Suzanne and Alex's secret affair was no secret, in the end, and now his widow extorts a favor from Suzanne: to finish the viola concerto started by her deceased husband. Desperate to keep the affair secret, even now, Suzanne reluctantly agrees.
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SACRED HEARTS by Sarah Dunant
In 16th-century Italy, a noblewoman of marriageable age had two choices: marriage and children, or reclusion to a convent. With the price of wedding dowries rising ever higher, most noble families could only afford to marry off one daughter. The rest, for a much-reduced dowry, went to the convent. But "not all went willingly," author Sarah Dunant states in her preface, a deliciously ominous portent of the story to come.
Sacred Hearts is the third of Dunant's Renaissance Italy trilogy, following bestsellers The Birth of Venus and In the Company of the Courtesan, and it does not disappoint. The year is 1570. Sixteen-year-old Serafina, previously considered the "marriageable" daughter, has been spirited off to the convent of Santa Caterina after forming an inappropriate attachment to her common-born music tutor. Suora Zuana, mild-mannered and scholarly, is the convent's dispensary mistress who goes to tend to the hysterical, raging Serafina her first night. A friendship of sorts forms after the abbess assigns Serafina to work as Zuana's assistant in the dispensary.
Serafina, in spite of Zuana's friendly overtures, is determined to leave, to meet with the music tutor who promised he would come find her. She uses her peerless singing voice, as valuable to the convent as her dowry, as a method of communication with him in the church, from behind the iron grille that separates nuns from parishioners. Having thus far refused to sing, she now astounds all who hear her. As a convent is endowed by its wealthiest patrons when it can produce such sublime music, by singing so beautifully, Serafina has inadvertently sealed her own fate. No convent would ever allow such a songbird to leave.
HOW CLARISSA BURDEN LEARNED TO FLY by Connie May Fowler
Clarissa Burden is having a bad day. It's hot, her marriage is stuck in a bad place, her writing is even worse. A two-time bestselling novelist, she hasn't written a decent sentence in thirteen months. Instead she pours her mental creativity into fantasizing about the accidental (but not necessarily unwelcome) death of Iggy, her verbally abusive artist husband, sixteen years her senior. After seven years of marriage, Iggy largely ignores Clarissa and instead focuses his attention on photographing and sketching young, pretty nudes in Clarissa's back garden. He hasn't touched his wife in years. He resents and scorns her commercial success even as he milks the financial benefits. Things are not good.
Iggy and Clarissa are not the only occupants of the majestic old house Clarissa bought six months earlier. Nearly two hundred years earlier a Spanish woman, Olga Villada and Amaziah, her common-law husband, a free black under Spanish law, lived here with their young son, but were brutally murdered. Now, their spectral presences roam the house. Mysterious sounds—the strains of violin playing, the rolling of a child's ball upstairs—distract Clarissa, as does the one-armed tree-cutter at her door, who is not what he appears to be. Even the fly in the kitchen (whose thoughts the reader is privy to) won't leave her alone today.
NOCTURNES by Kazuo Ishiguro
Music, musicians, strains of regret and longing for what never will be, come together to form Nocturnes, a collection of five short stories by Kazuo Ishigiro. Winner of the Booker and the Whitbread Prize, Ishiguro, an established master of the longer form (Remains of the Day, The Unconsoled, Never Let Me Go) experiments here with lighter, briefer fare and that's what we get.
A nocturne, musically speaking, is a composition of a dreamy, languid mood. The collection's subtitle reads "Five stories of music and nightfall." As only a few of the stories actually take place in the night, it's clear the metaphorical sense of the word is intended, as well. The twilight hours of a career, a relationship, the sense of time having passed too quickly, choices made that can't be undone. Ishiguro, who himself struggled to find success in songwriting and music before turning to fiction, knows his subjects well. All five narrators are males, musicians or music lovers, looking for The Big Break, reaching, pondering the harsh prosaic reality of the business.
In "Crooner," set in Venice, a famous singer from a bygone era enlists the help of a café guitarist to serenade his wife for reasons the younger musician hadn't anticipated. "Come Rain or Come Shine" features an aging bachelor still trapped in the habits of his twenties, who visits longtime friends and becomes an unwitting pawn in their marital quarrel. In "Cellists," a classically trained cellist is drawn to the praise and advice of a mysterious tutor whose own virtuosity is alluded to but never demonstrated.
REAL LIFE & LIARS by Kristina Riggle
In Real Life & Liars, protagonist Mira Zielinski represents a new demographic for our times: hippie turned senior, at age sixty-five still free-spirited and defiant, who has decided to refuse treatment for her recently diagnosed breast cancer. She's also decided to withhold the diagnosis from her three grown children, as they converge on the family home in Charlevoix, Michigan for a grand 35th anniversary party. As it turns out, however, the Zielinski children are bringing home a few secrets of their own.
Author Kristina Riggle's intelligent, entertaining debut novel is tightly chronicled, covering four points of view over the course of the party weekend. Eldest daughter Katya is stressed over her unruly teenagers, her husband and his suspicious behavior, her own too-tight hold on maintaining the perfect life. Middle child Ivan, dreamy high school music teacher and struggling songwriter, can't seem to find the right woman, even when she is right there under his nose. Irina, young and irresponsible, recently saddled with a surprise pregnancy and much older husband, is already questioning the wisdom of this latest impulsive decision of hers.
Amid the weekend festivities is a growing storm—meteorological and otherwise—that promises to bring these disparate issues to a head, bring family members face to face with their problems and each other, clearing the way, however violently, for resolution and redemption.


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PREDICTIONS: Eurovision Song Contest Semi 2 starring KEiiNO, John Lundvik, Leonora & Sergey Lazarev
WHERE?: Expo Tel Aviv, Pavilion 2, Israel
The UK votes in this semi, alongside fellow Big 5 members Germany and Italy, which sees many more of our favourites perform than semi 1.
- Who's through and who's on the 1st plane out of Tel Aviv? Read on for our semi 2 predictions


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New Delhi [India], Jan. 16 (ANI): The Congress said on Tuesday that with the removal of Haj subsidy, the actual beneficiaries would be airlines not the Hajis.
"The government withdrew Haj subsidy almost four years before date prescribed by the Supreme Court, we do not have any issue. let it be clear that Hajis are not benefited by the subsidy. The actual beneficiaries are the airlines or the operators," Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said while addressing the media.
Few hours ago, the Centre scrapped the Haj subsidy for pilgrims saying that the fund would instead be used for the empowerment of minorities from this year onwards.
Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the Haj subsidy funds would now be used for the education of girls and women of the minority community. (ANI)


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It started with the numerous leaks about the new phones in Samsung's S line.
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You may also read: Battery life test of Samsung S8 Plus and iPhone 7 Plus
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Dragon Mounts
The dream mount for many paladins is, of course, a dragon. Raising a dragon from an egg until it's large enough to use as a mount (which depends both on the dragon's type and your size) can take years. While some elves or dwarves may be inclined toward projects that lengthy, members of other races need mounts sooner. Assuming someone in need of a mount could get a dragon to stop and talk, she might persuade the dragon to join her as a special mount and a partner (see Leadership and Mounts, below). Offering a dragon immense rewards in return for assistance might also work, depending on the species -- but be sure to pay the reward! Tempting a dragon's curiosity is another possible way to gain a dragon partner. Young dragons already separated from their families might serve in return for experience, education, and protection.
Using magic, such as charm spells, is a mistake, since the magic eventually wears off, and such coercion may anger the dragon. Similarly, persuading a dragon of widely differing alignment to join an adventuring group leads only to the dragon leaving, if not attacking the party.
Training Your Dragon
A young dragon is more like a very intelligent child than a simple animal (Intelligence score ranging from 8 to 18 depending on age and species) and may well be smarter than its rider. Patience and tact get better results than harsh words and punishments. Expect the dragon to learn quickly, but allow for its inexperience to cause mistakes. Like children and pets, dragons get tired, and it's best to let them rest when they do.
Keeping Your Dragon
Always give the dragon the reward promised it. Always treat the dragon as an equal partner in any enterprise. Anyone who wants a loyal dragon companion must defend that dragon as vigorously as the dragon defends its partner.
The idea of partnering with a mount may strike many as odd, but it's the smartest approach with a dragon. The dragon is an independent intelligent creature, with its own mind. Expect the DM to treat dragon mounts as NPCs, not as animals. A rider without a high Charisma can expect to lose a lot of arguments with one of these mounts. Dragons age, but do not generally gain experience points.
Losing Your Dragon
Dragons have long memories and gain vast powers over time. Angering one always has consequences. The time may come when the dragon wants to leave. Keeping a dragon when it wants to leave, even if that is possible, is a mistake. Chances are you will gain experience faster than the dragon grows. At some point the dragon will realize this (generally when your level is greater than the dragon's CR + 4) and will leave. Whether or not it discusses leaving depends on its alignment and its relationship with you.
If you keep your promises to a dragon mount and let it leave when it chooses, most likely the dragon will remain friendly toward you. If it holds a grudge against you, it may attack openly, or it may plot secretly for years before striking.
Leadership and Mounts
Canny characters may use the Leadership feat to attract a cohort that can serve as a mount (see Leadership, page 45 of the Dungeon Master's Guide). This feat cannot attract a mount with an Intelligence of less than 4. If you already have a special mount, familiar, or animal companion, you suffer a -2 penalty to your Leadership score. Table 2-27: Example Special Cohorts on page 45 of the Dungeon Master's Guide includes some cohorts that can also serve as mounts; use these as a guideline if you want to add more examples.
Dragon Cohorts
If your DM is willing to allow it, you might be able to use the Leadership feat to attract a dragon as your cohort. To determine the type and age of dragon that will heed your call, first consult Table 2-25: Leadership in the Dungeon Master's Guide to determine the level of cohort you can attract. You can't attract a cohort of your level or higher, even if you're only using a level equivalent (for special cohorts, as given in Table 2-27). Then consult Table 1-4: Dragon Cohorts to see what type and age of dragon can be attracted based on the level of cohort you can attract. (Generally, only lawful good dragons, such as bronzes, silvers, or golds, will serve as a paladin's cohort. The other dragons are included on Table 1-4 as examples for nonpaladins who wish to have a dragon cohort.)
Most dragon cohorts are at least of young age. Wyrmling and very young dragons are too young to serve as cohorts, since they are usually still under the care of their parents. Dragons older than adult age make poor cohorts, since they are generally seeking a mate by this time.
It is possible for a paladin to attract a dragon cohort that is too small for her to ride.
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Is sendmail-8.13.0 on its way to Rawhide or Updates?
What's the easiest way to tell? Is there a good standard place to check to see what packages are in the pipeline? I'm guessing I should look in one of the many directories under <http://download.fedora.redhat.com>, but which?
And wouldn't it be nice if directories there contained full "ls -lR" listings so one could rapidly find something without paging through the directories?