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Deterrence theory rests on many factors, one of which is signaling resolve—which must be backed by credibility for it to be effective. Put another way, the statements and/or actions that signal resolve also tend to increase the risk of conflict, and the cost of backing down from a deterrent threat. If an actor is bluffing, he shouldn't cross a certain threshold. Because, once that threshold is crossed, he would be committing himself to a conflict he might not want, but in which he has got himself trapped. Nothing is worse than showing resolve without credible threat at one's disposal, especially if the bluff is called.
In his speech in Islamabad on June 16, in response to the actions of the Rangers in Karachi, did former president Asif Ali Zardari just huff and puff and threaten to bring the house down? Given his (well-earned or otherwise) reputation as a sharp political player, it doesn't seem that way.
But let's first consider the context of Zardari's speech and his signaling to the generals: Clean up Karachi by all means but don't come near my Pakistan Peoples Party, 'my PPP' being the post-Benazir Bhutto party dominated by Zardari loyalists. Why? Because there's honor among thieves; thieves are not supposed to compromise the activities of other thieves. That's the gist of his speech and his attempt to signal threat. But while the alleged thievery or thieving of the generals remains a matter of some speculation as far as Karachi is concerned, by holding out the threat in the way that he has, Zardari has at least accepted, willy-nilly, that his party might just have a lot to answer for.
Proving charges in a court of law requires procedures, technicalities and much else. There are a lot of smart lawyers around to put everyone, including the concept of justice, in a Daedalian maze from where no one can find a way out. But snoop around, talk to people, go to Karachi and Sindh and see how the city and the province are being governed and one returns terribly disappointed with the performance of the PPP. And that performance is not just about the antiquated and rather comical chief minister of Sindh. He is just the rather brazen face of the party's overall worldview.
Take the prodigal son, Bilawal. He is back but there is enough inside information with those who observe the scene to know the nature of his differences with his father and, yes, his aunt. Leaving aside his faux-Bhutto, high-pitched attempts at mesmerizing the audience at PPP rallies, as also his inexperience, he did—and does—realize that the party's concept of (non)governance is hurting it badly and something must be done to stem the rot. He was punted off to cool his heels, reverse his modernity, and become one with Sindh's quaint socioeconomic and political traditions—except, Sindh may be changing under the nose of the PPP.
So, Zardari believes that politicking is about making compromises and also chalking out areas of influence where every actor must be free to do as he pleases. The five years of the PPP are an example of Zardari's politicking. Let the military do what it wants for itself and he should be free to do what he desires. If that means giving a full, three-year extension to the Army chief, so be it. It keeps everyone happy and it prevents people from stepping on each other's toes.
Only, this time, at least in Karachi, that seems to be changing. The Rangers' clean-up operation seems headed toward some serious, nonpartisan cleansing. That has Zardari worried, worried to the point, in fact, that he chose to speak aggressively and pointedly instead of keeping his usual cool. As he said himself, his patience has run thin.
What he has said about the generals is well-recorded. The generals, at various times in this country's history, have blundered and blundered terribly. Putting out a list of their misdemeanors and acts of omission and commission will merely add another document to the list of knowns. If Zardari can bring to the list some known unknowns, that will be of help to those of us who record such things. In fact, my suggestion would be that he should only focus on the five years that he was in power and reveal all the compromises he had to make to keep his own playing space intact.
And yet, that doesn't solve his immediate problem. There is now a new set of generals and unless he can reveal their acts of misdemeanor, what they have set out to do cannot be faulted for what some other generals in the past have or might not have done.
Zardari finds himself in a bind. He could act meek or throw down the gauntlet. He has chosen to do the latter. But going by deterrence theory, if the threat he has signaled is not credible, or if he does not have the resources to climb further up the escalation ladder, then he might just have initiated a conflict he cannot sustain. He could rely on street agitation, but there are multiple other political actors who would like to see the PPP go down. That shrinks the space for Zardari.
If the Army picks up the gauntlet, it will have to show resolve, and resolve means not just taking on corrupt politicians but also corrupt generals and the entire incentives structure that has made the Army so top-heavy. Can the Army do that? Zardari thinks it can't. His threat relies on the institutional incentive structure that is both the Army's strength and its terrible weakness. The coming days will be interesting for sure.
Haider is editor of national-security affairs at Capital TV. He tweets @ejazhaider
I would also like to know from where did Zardari get the information he claims he has against the Generals. Despicable is this man and his cronies who claim to be the PPP.
Nothing will happen…Army is a group who cover each other…Claims of Hamid Gul, asghar khan case,case of royal palm country cub where billions gone ..etc..NS is wrong here
Dont you know what kind of journalist he is…let him bark among journalists he has no credibility at all.Just a tout.
Zardari just completed his full tenure as President of Pakistan, why didn't he expose the generals during those five years? He was the one who gave Gen. Kayani and Gen. Pasha three extensions and escorted Gen. Musharraf out of this country with a guard of honor to enable him to escape accountability. If he has evidence against the generals and never revealed it during all those years, then he is also a partner in their crimes and should be duly punished right along with the generals.
The outburst from Zardari is nothing but an attempt to save himself and his party from Ranger's operations.
In spite of the fact that the US, Israel and India are extremely unhappy with Pakistan Army and its leadership and they would be looking for someone to play their game in Pakistan, Zardari would still be a poor choice for international players. He himself has the problem of his own image nationally and internationally which is that of a small time thug who has plundered the country using different means through his cronies. He cannot think and act internationally unless he smells big money. https://passivevoices.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/lets-not-take-him-seriously/
Whatsoever Zardari said today about the Army Gens…is ugly bitter truth, but a dog like Zardari is saying this means, his tail is on fire…No letting up…down with corruption #GenRaheelisNotForSale
What Raja says is the truth. No one can deny the fact that anyone who's had the chance, whether small or big has robbed the till, politicians, generals, bureaucrats, clergy, you name a class and it has has been there and made his pile while the sun shone. But then thieves also have grades and Z (his tribe would feel disgraced if I named him) is their king. Anyone who had a part has to be made to answer, no matter what rank, grade or appointment he held or carried. But known corrupt goons whom the world talks about need to be taken on first. And not that I distrust the judiciary but they should be the ones to say "you are guilty unless you prove your innocence." The people I've spoken to since his outburst are waiting to see who will come out in answer to his call. Only a few of those who benefitted from his largesse because others wouldn't like to sink with him and those few who are paid to come out. Now we have to wait and see
Ejaz Haider has got it right. The Army is good when it launches Zarb e Azb against home grown terrorists; it is good when there are floods in Punjab and Sindh; it is good when it does not interfere in the political feuds. But hold it there. It is not good when it launches a clean up operation in which the illegal fundraisers and gun trotters of prominent political parties are exposed and cost them defections among their traditional electorates; it is not good when the Rangers launch the operation in Sindh and not in other provinces; it is not good when not just the MQM but also the PPP are held responsible for the organised crime that rules Karachi. However, Ejaz Haider stops short of the conclusion. The conclusion to be drawn from this is that AAZ has panicked because he worries that PPP may not be able to measure up to MNL-N's slow and steady performance this year — still undesirable but better than last year; that if PPP loses the next election, Bilawal may not become the next Prime Minister of Pakistan which is Daddy's cherished dream; that playing the Sindh card will yet again consolidate the rank and file of PPP workers and make them stand firmly behind a party which is slowing disintegrating. The reason why this may not work this time is because it is not about civil-military power play; it is rather about uprooting corruption at the institutional and governance level which will have its repercussions in the military, state-funded corporations, all the four provinces and also at the centre. Expect more firepower in the future statements of paranoid leader once the money trafficking and money laundering cases reach courts.
The people of interior Sindh accepted this man in open arms even after the corruption the Zardari family was infamously known for in Karachi high society none the less he has done nothing but used those who gave him the benefit of the doubt and replaced them with illiterate yes men. Zardari is more concerned with pleasing his masters in the West than the citizens of Pakistan he has made a reputation for himself as a pseudo-mafioso and that is a contradictory to the ideals of the political party he represents. The only reason members of the PPP are elected to any political office whether it be provincial or federal is because of loyalty votes other than that they might as well be planning retirement. I also despise the Military as much as I do these parliamentary democrats through all the years of martial law the Pakistan Fauj has never paved the way for legitimate social and democratic institutions when they had the central command to do so they are no less corrupt than the feudal lords everyone seems to blame in fact the most legitimate lords are not even involved in politics they have sold their land a moved to the United Kingdom a very long time ago.


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Parramatta City Council plans to relocate a total of 1339 parking spaces in its Horwood Place and Erby Place multi-storey carparking stations, in 2012/13, to allow for redevelopment projects. It plans to build multi-storey stations in Fennel and Macquarie streets currently accommodating 126 and 197 spaces respectively. Council will retain the Wentworth (1163 spaces) and Hunter (550 spaces) street stations. The total number of car spaces in the CBD is 9340, of which council controls 40.4 per cent. Westfield, with 4650 spaces, accounts for 83.6 per cent to the spaces in private hands.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has seen the splashy Bridge-gate headlines recede in the past few weeks, even though his administration is still beset by a number of unfinished high-profile probes into the lane-closure scandal, with key witnesses yet to testify.
And Governor Christie has been turning his attention more and more to the normal nitty-gritty of governing his state, where he is embroiled in budget battles, including his plan to balance a shortfall by diverting $2.43 billion meant for public workers' pensions, and facing critics for his record on civil rights.
At the same time, Christie has been wildly successful this year raising funds for other candidates – essential political capital for any presidential aspirant – raking in a record $50 million-plus during his first six months as chair of the Republican Governors Association. This doubled the previous record of $25 million, set by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) in 2010.
On Monday, Christie's chief of staff, Kevin O'Dowd, became the highest-ranking administration official to testify before a special state legislative committee investigating the lane closures at the George Washington Bridge – a widely presumed dirty trick that has rocked the governor's national political aspirations.
Mr. O'Dowd's testimony could be a crucial moment for the legislative panel, experts believe – as well as for O'Dowd himself, whom Christie had nominated to become New Jersey's next attorney general last year. Republicans and even some Democrats have begun to call for the special committee to wrap things up, and O'Dowd's testimony could either inject new momentum into the investigation or simply repeat the Christie administration's account, with little new information gained.
"It's going to be long," promised Assemblyman John Wisniewski, the Democrat co-chair of the panel, about O'Dowd's testimony. "We want to know what he knew and when he knew it."
During his Monday morning testimony, however, O'Dowd carefully maintained the administration's long-held position that two rogue officials – Bridget Kelly, his deputy, and David Wildstein, a Port Authority official and Christie appointee – acted alone when ordering the lane closures at the George Washington Bridge. Ms. Kelly's early September e-mail to Mr. Wildstein, "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee," has become the tagline for the Bridge-gate controversy.
In March, an internal investigation conducted by Christie's team of attorneys also concluded that Kelly and Wildstein acted alone when they orchestrated a "traffic study," ostensibly as political retribution against Mark Sokolich, the Fort Lee mayor, a Democrat, who decided against publicly supporting the bipartisan coalition that swept Christie to a landslide reelection victory.
"[The governor] said to me, something to the effect of, this bridge issue is still out there, the noise on political retribution is still out there, this is a major distraction," O'Dowd testified about a Dec. 12 conversation, supporting the governor's contention that he knew nothing of the actions of his rogue staffers. "I need you to talk to Bridget Kelly and ask her whether or not she had anything to do with closing the lanes at the bridge."
Kelly told him absolutely not in a December conversation, O'Dowd testified, adding that he believed her. "Bridget Kelly is someone I had worked with and known for four years, someone I thought very highly of, hard working, energetic, loyal, someone who I believed and trusted." Christie fired her in January, after he said that Kelly admitted to him that she was indeed involved.
As one of the few close aides left standing around Christie, O'Dowd's nomination to become attorney general expired, and he remained at the governor's side.
Yet even as the legislative panel is under increasing pressure to end its probe, US Attorney Paul Fishman is still conducting his own quiet criminal investigation in the the scandal, and a special grand jury is still hearing testimony from key witnesses.
Last week, the legislative panel was supposed to hear from Patrick Foye, the executive director of the Port Authority, the multistate transportation agency that runs the George Washington Bridge. Last year, Mr. Foye said he believed the lane closures had broken "federal law and the laws of both states" – New Jersey and New York – chastising New Jersey Port Authority officials who have since been forced to resign.
Mr. Fishman asked that Foye's testimony be delayed as the Port Authority chief gave grand jury testimony. His appearance before New Jersey legislators is expected no sooner than the end of June.
But in addition to these Bridge-gate probes, the Manhattan district attorney and the federal Securities and Exchange Commission are also conducting another Port Authority-related investigation, looking into the possible illegal diversion of $1.8 billion in Port Authority funds to fix a New Jersey bridge outside the agency's jurisdiction.
That means any one of these four investigations could reignite scandal-related headlines, observers say.
Still, today's appearance by Christie's articulate chief of staff O'Dowd could help deflate the most visible probe by New Jersey's Democratic lawmakers.
"He can make the committee look like it's just digging in the mud," said Patrick Murray, executive director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, to The Wall Street Journal.


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I'm not a fan of Family Guy, and I've had almost no time for American Dad, but I enjoyed Ted a great deal. For some reason, Seth MacFarlane's moviemaking was much more suited to my tastes – a focus, less smugness, more determination to actually be about something and tell a story – then his… um… telemaking.
So I've certainly been looking forward to seeing what he'll pull out of the bag next. Somewhere down the line there's a Ted seuqel coming, but next up, and straight out of left field, is a Western.
MacFarlane has scripted A Million Ways to Die in the West with Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, and is set to star and direct.
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It's an interesting theme. I'm certainly rooting for this one – right now it needs studio backing, but Ted was such a smash it's more a case of who, rather then if.


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Old Fun Car — A bit slow with only 4 gears.. But fun on smal roads.. Hard to find parts to the car.. new breaks. but i got it from my grandma :) i love my datsun 140 y ;) Got my driving card a half year now.. and this is my fist winter o the roads.. ita awsome :P
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Forget This One — Believe it or not, I was taught to drive in one of these. Even worse the dam thing was bright YELLOW!! There was nothing to like about this car AT ALL. The build quality was terrible, it certainly didn't have any fun factor. As far as styling goes - FORGET IT!
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4NF releases Domino performance data collector
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Celestix releases Aries Server for Domino
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Aries Server for Domino is also wireless ready. It is the size of a paper-back book and weighs two pounds.
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Below is the final number of the evening. It was so perfect. So powerful. We are considering selling copies of the DVD to raise more money for A Good Grief so perhaps I won't keep giving away all the footage. But joy must be shared!
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You should make a dvd of the concert. It would be nice to be able to help support A Good Grief for those of us that are too far away to be there in person.ReplyDelete
Thanks for posting the videos. I've enjoyed watching them.
Not at all... because, I live to far away to have gone. I was bummed. If you sold A DVD I would be buying for sure.ReplyDelete
So, so beautiful :)ReplyDelete
Absolutely not! I love watching the videos and the concert was wonderful. I'd definitely buy a DVD :)ReplyDelete
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I would like to show some of my work. I mainly make functional pots and I like working on wheel. It is my way of meditation - sitting in front of wheel and touching clay.
Below image is cylinder vases before glaze firing. I use Gosu (Japanese cobalt) to draw, they are black before firing. I apply drawings on top of glazed surface, which means no mistake is not allowed as cobalt leaves strong stain. I like it this way as this is kind of calligraphy to me. In calligraphy, you only stroke once, no fixing or repeating the same line. I sometime draw twice on the same line when I want to enhance the blue, but normally only once.
(Look how much they shrunk! Particularly the height.)
I feel very privilege to create or draw whatever I feel like. If I would have to work for Master Potter in Japan, I could only draw the same design, the same shape, after cleaning his/her (I would say, most of them are 'he') studio for 3 years!
I sell my work at few gallery shops in VIC and ACT and NSW at the moment. One of favorite galleries is Sturt Gallery in Mittagong. (http://www.sturt.nsw.edu.au/) I also sell my work at the Eveleigh Artisans's Market (http://www.eveleighmarket.com.au/) on 1st Sunday of the month. One month will fly very quickly and it is really time consuming to do market. (packing pots and driving to the venue, and unpack pots and pack the leftover!)
However, it gives me good decepline to work regularly. It is also precious to chat with customers directly. If you ever close by, please come and say hello to me. The next market is 7th August.


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I'm a self employed management consultant with 15 years experience working at the strategic level (Product or Process Vision, Enterprise Analysis, Workflow modeling) and tactical levels (User Stories or Use Case, Product Management) for business process improvement and software development initiatives.
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Services: Funeral, 1 p.m. Saturday in Spring Branch AME Zion Church. Burial in Washington Cemetery. Viewing, 2 to 7 p.m. today in Wiseman Mortuary chapel in Fayetteville with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m.
Survived by: Sons, Sean and John Howard; sisters, Bertha McAllister, Minnie Humphrey and Inez Allen; and six grandchildren.


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In partnership with buildOn, Dubai Cares is supporting the construction of 20 schools (3 classrooms each) in the far Western region of Nepal. The program seeks to directly benefit 3,000 primary school age children in 20 schools and 1,560 illiterate women from indigenous rural communities. Activities also benefit 6,800 adults, teachers, and officials representing 300 unique volunteers per school project, project leadership teams, teachers and officials. The program aims at increasing access to education for girls and women, improving primary school infrastructure and increasing literacy rates amongst illiterate adults.
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Million Book Challenge in Nepal
Dubai Cares supported the establishment of 220 libraries and the publishing of 5 local language titles/books, of which 336,000 copies have been printed and distributed.


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Chug Chug Chugging along on my currant cardigan project. I knit a proper gauge swatch and everything. Swatch said it would get a wee bit wider, but grow quite a bit in length. I can say from experience this is true, since I used the same yarn for my Rocky Coast cardigan and it grew like 5 inches in length when I blocked it. Oops. Didn't wash that swatch.
So far I've really enjoyed the knit. Increasing for the raglan sleeves while still following the charted pattern was difficult, but I eventually got it figured out.
Smooth sailing from here. I just need to add about 12 inches in length, while decreasing for waist shaping, then increase for hips, knit the bottom rib, pump out two stockinette sleeves, then knit the two button bands and attach them, block and find buttons.
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Bagodara is a small village located in Ahmedabad district in Gujarat. It is about 70km away from the district headquarters.
Places to Stay
Ahmedabad, around 70km away, has some good budget hotels. Some of them are Neelkanth Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 500), Metropole Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 500), Hotel Radiant (Tariff – Rs. 500), Hotel Royal Pride (Tariff – Rs. 1000) and Hotel Heritage (Tariff – Rs. 1000).
The official language of Bagodara is Gujarati.
Uttarayan, the kite flying festival that is popular throughout the state, is celebrated here as well, in January. Navratri is celebrated with much fervour in the month of October.
Places of Interest
Ahmedabad, (70 km) away, is the nearest tourist destination to Bagodara. Bhadra Fort and Victoria Garden, Sidi Saiyyed Mosque and Hathee Singh Jain Temple are worth a visit. The Sanskar Kendra, Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial are all museums that are must-visit spots.
How to Get There
The closest airport to Bagodara is the Ahmedabad airport, located 72 km away.
The nearest major railway station is Ahmedabad Junction Railway Station, 67 km away. There are daily trains from here to major cities all across the country like Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Chennai and Kolkata amongst others.
Rajkamal Travels, Akash Travels, Shree Mahavir Travels, Gayatri Travels and Jay Bhavani Travels are reliable private operators who run daily buses from Ahmedabad bus station. Ticketgoose.com's bus ticket booking facility is the best way to book your online tickets
A city and a municipality in Valsad district in the southern part of Gujarat, Vapi, is situated on the banks of the Damanganga River. the largest city in the Valsad district, Vapi is now a very important industrial town and is known to be the largest industrial area in Asia in terms of small-scale industries. The numerous chemical industry plants in the city had once even earned it the rank of being one of the most polluted places in the world. National Highway 8 passes through Vapi and the city is the gateway to Daman and Silvassa.
Places to Stay
There are many places in Vapi offer affordable accommodation. Places like Hotel Green View, Hotel Royal Garden and Hotel Royale Inn offer lodging facilities that start at Rs.750.
All the annual religious holidays like Dussehra, Diwali and Holi are celebrated here.
Gujrathi is the local language here.
Places to Visit
The Arabian Sea, at the delta of the Damangana and Daman and Silvassa are located within 7kms of Vapi city centre.
How to Get There
The nearest airport is the Daman Airport (9.5kms) and the nearest major airport is the Surat Airport (84.4kms)
Vapi has its own railway station.
The Vapi bus stand connects the city to the neighbouring towns. There are great bus operators like Datta Krupa Travels, Neeta travels, Anukool Travels, Shree Balaji Travels, Shree Chaudhari Travels, Shree Arbuda travels and Shree Balaji Travels that offers travellers regular bus services to and from the city. Making use of bus ticket offers are the best way to save money while travelling.


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There's nothing much better than when two famous celebs get together and form an awesome power couple, so when Rita Ora and Calvin Harris started dating, they became the best pairing since cheese and crackers, chips and dip, pizza and another pizza etc., etc.
But it sounds like things weren't quite as perfect for the lovebirds as it might have seemed, as Calvin has announced that he and Reetz have headed straight to Splitsville, confirming their breakup to his fans on Twitter.
There've been rumors for a while that #Ralvin might have gone downhill, after the pair seemed to suddenly go from being inseparable to spending time with other people. Rita has been in Mexico, while Calvin was spotted with a few different girls this week. Eek!
Calvin sent out a tweet last night to set the record straight, writing: "To address speculation—myself and Rita ended our relationship some time ago."
He added: "She is a beautiful, talented woman & I wish her all the best."
We were very emotional about the whole thing to start with, but then we remembered that they did get a #1 single out of all of this, as Calvin produced Rita's smash hit "I Will Never Let You Down." It's better than anything we've gotten from any of our ex-boyfs, anyway!
It was not long ago that Rita was telling Elle mag just how much she lurved Calvin, as she spilled: "He got something out of me that I never thought I had. Yes, like falling in love. I just didn't think I had it. I'd never experienced it before."
Sob...sniffle...single tear...HYSTERICAL WAIL.
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The IT job market continues to gain strength in spite of a tremulous and fluctuating environment. In the current scenario, finding skilled technology resources to fill short-term needs or expanding an organization's IT resources to meet critical project deadlines can both be very tricky. With over 15 years' expertise in the staffing industry, we continue to grow and build our recruitment capability and expertise. We build long-term relationships; 90% of our clientele are repeat customers and we enable them to meet their current and future business needs, and develop effective, flexible, scalable workforces. With an integrated IT Staffing capability our scale and proven experience adds value to our clients' talent acquisition goals.
During the past year Akglobalmanagement has acquired the following IT staffing companies through its wholly owned subsidiary, Akglobalmanagement Staffing Services Private Limited.Consequent to the acquisitions of these three entities the base platform of staffing business has extended its arms to IT staffing business:
ASAP Info Systems is a 12 year old staffing company. ASAP offers specialized manpower services to the leading CMM Level 5 companies in India. ASAP focuses on helping the customer in meeting very critical EAS resource requirement and offers a unique business opportunity to the partner / customers to save cost and hassle of getting into the complexity of sourcing and training. ASAP is focused to offer the ready to use resources in most of the critical EAS areas like SAP, Seibel, PeopleSoft, Oracle Applications, Business Intelligence, and MS Dynamics.
ASAP understands the critical challenges Industry is facing to build and retain the talent pool and have complete range of people supply chain services to allow the customer to focus on the core business making them more productive.
The IT industry envisions a shortage of up to 3.5 million skilled workers by 2020. Globally, leading organisations are innovating to address the problem of talent shortage and is working like on war-front to innovate the ways to build the talent muscle in organisations, for today and tomorrow.
The key to this problem lies in identifying the prospective employees early and then invest in training and refining their skills to make them employable. Traditionally, the interviews and selection processes are largely based on what a person has done and not on what he/she is capable of doing. Recruitment models and Processes that can analyse a candidate's potential and predict future performance can help solve the talent problem to greater extent. ASAP R2D model is a unique initiative build on the same belief and works based on the organisations forecast of talent requirement in the critical Enterprise Application area.
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Some great new publications on cultural organizing have come out recently, and they've helped me beef up my collection of cultural organizing definitions. If you look closely you can see some significant differences in how it is being conceptualized. Please share others if you know of them!
Definitions of Cultural Organizing
"Cultural organizing exists at the intersection of art and activism. It is a fluid and dynamic practice that is understood and expressed in a variety of ways, reflecting the unique cultural, artistic, organizational, and community context of its practitioners. Cultural organizing is about integrating arts and culture into organizing strategies. It is also about organizing from a particular tradition, cultural identity, community of place, or worldview."
Dudley Cocke, Roadside Theater
"Cultural organizing means putting culture, including its concentrated expression of art at the center of a social and political organizing strategy."
Ebony Golden, Betty's Daughter Arts Collaborative
"Cultural organizing is the strategic use of art and culture to shift policies and practices most impacting marginalized people…Practiced in communities since the beginning of time, cultural organizing honors the traditions, knowledge, practices, beliefs, ways of healing, cooking, worshiping that formed and maintained communities during times of abundance and prosperity as well as trauma and despair."
Highlander Research and Education Center, Zilphia Horton Cultural Organizing Project
"The strategic use of art and culture to promote progressive policies with marginalized communities."
Jan Cohen-Cruz, author of Engaging Performance, Theatre as Call and Response
"Various forms of artistic communication that provide a cultural dimension to community organizing in order to expand and humanize a social movement."
Joe Street, author of The Culture War in the Civil Rights Movement
"When activists made an explicit attempt to use cultural forms or expressions as an integral, perhaps even dominant, part of the political struggle and when, during this process, attention was drawn to the intrinsic political meaning of the cultural activity."
Tamejave Cultural Organizing Fellowship
"A community-building process in which people share cultural traditions and artistic expression with one another to build stronger, more active communities."
"A practice that fuses arts, culture, and political organizing. Cultural organizing seeks to organize politically engaged artists together into networks of collaboration, and form intentional, cohesive partnerships between artists and like-minded advocacy organizations, funders, and political campaigns. Cultural organizing builds the power and capacity of artists as a community, both as skilled workers whose labor has value and as essential partners in the progressive movement."


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Life insurance policies are a common financial and estate planning instrument. Below, we discuss the types of life insurance policies, as well as how the policy is able to help cover the costs of senior care - some life insurance policies can convert into a long-term care plan. Let's start with the various types of life insurance coverage and then we explain how policies convert into a long-term care benefit plan which can help pay for senior care costs. We also cover Life Settlement Solutions - when a life insurance policy sells to a 3rd party to "abandon" the policy for more than the surrender value offered by the insurance company.
Types of Life Insurance Policies
Universal Life Insurance
Universal Life Insurance (UL) combines term life insurance and a buildup fund account. ULs allow for flexible premiums, which mean the policyholder can miss a premium or pay future premiums in advance. There are limitations on flexibility; depending on the cash value built up. The cash value applies to monthly premiums missed.
If all scheduled premiums paid and up-to-date, the policy continues to build cash value. If not, then the policy falls short on paid premiums, this affects the death benefit.
A Universal Life Insurance policy is:
- As an alternative to long-term care insurance, where new policies have accelerated benefits for Long Term Care.
- Pension maximization, where permanent death benefits serve an employee to elect the highest retirement income option from a defined benefit pension.
Whole Life Insurance
Whole Life Insurance (WL) provides the policyholder with coverage for the whole life. WL and UL Insurance are the most common types of permanent coverage.
With a Whole Life policy, the insurance company assumes the risk for the performance. Your premiums, cash values, and death benefits guaranteed by the company. The guarantees are laid out from the beginning, and if the claims and investment experience is better than what's projected, some policies pay dividends and are not taxable. In actuality, they're considered a refund of an over-payment made.
A policyholder can apply dividends to:
- Buy more death benefit-allowing the death benefit to go up each year.
- Accumulate at interest-allowing dividends to stay on deposit with the insurance company, and grow tax deferred.
- Provide additional cash flow as cash payments to the policyholder.
- Use to offset partial or full premiums-use the life insurance and cash value life insurance as a source of benefits: loans, withdrawals, pension funding, and tax planning.
Term Life Insurance
Term Life insurance is the most common type of life insurance. It's designed for people who:
- Want the most death benefit for the least price
- Think that their need for life insurance is temporary in nature
- Are not sure whether they need permanent coverage
Term insurance is a contract making the policyholder's end of the deal - pay the premium on time. The insurance company's deal is to pay the death benefit if death occurs within the term period. Paying premiums are not required and the policy lapses.
The common policy terms are 10 year, 15 year, 20 year, and 30 year. Once the underwriting accepts a policyholder, they have guaranteed premiums. Term Insurance does not accumulate cash value nor can it apply to long-term care. It is solely used as a death benefit, paid during the specified term of the policy
Group Life Insurance
Group Life insurance is offered by an employer or an association, or a labor organization to its workers or members. Group life insurance is part of a benefit package.
The employer or association purchases coverage from a provider on a "wholesale" basis, making the individual's coverage costs much less than an individual policy. Some policies may not require an "out-of-pocket" premium for benefits but for policies that do, the individual can elect to have their portion deducted from their paycheck.
When and if the employee or member leaves the organization, the group life insurance policy cancels.
Life Insurance Policies Conversion Into a Long-Term Care Benefit Plan
Life insurance policies can convert into a long-term care plan. Note it is not a long-term care insurance policy, annuity, any form of LTC insurance policy, nor is it an accelerated death benefit. It converts to a pre-paid, long-term care benefit plan that covers monthly costs and is a unique financial option for retirees because there are no wait periods, no care limitations, no costs to apply, no requirements on terminally ill, and there are no premium payments. The policyholders use their right to convert an in-force life insurance policy to enroll in the benefits plan and are able to immediately direct payments to cover their assisted living and long-term care costs.
The long-term care conversion option applies to the following forms of life insurance:
- Universal Life Insurance
- Whole Life Insurance
- Term Life Insurance
- Group Life Insurance
Its value of the conversion depends on the death benefit.
Cash value is not a factor in determining the conversion value of a life insurance policy and it's not limited to the issuing carrier. The LTC benefits plan transfers the death benefit into a permanent long-term care benefit account that pays a monthly amount direct to the assisted living facility. Once a policy converts, the benefit payments begin immediately and the premiums stop.
If the policy holder passes away before the benefit amount spends down, then any remaining balance goes to the family or named beneficiary as a final lump sum payment.
What's Wrong with Using Insurance as an Investment?
Life insurance is not a way to invest for retirement, a forced savings account. Retirement plans like 401(k)s are a better investment for that purpose. Bottom line: The cash-value policy can grow tax-deferred, but money in IRAs and 401(k)s does too. The cash-value insurance is generally a poor investment for retirement.
Life Settlement Solutions
What is a Life Settlement?
It is a sale of an existing life insurance policy to a third-party for more than its cash surrender value but less than its net death benefit.
Some seniors, 70 years of age or older, find that their life insurance policies no longer meet their needs, so the insurance companies offer them a "surrender" to their policies. But oftentimes, the surrender value is less than the policy's face value. So, older consumers turn to a life settlement. It is a sale of the existing life insurance policy for more than its cash surrender value but less than its net death benefit. Transactions like these are for estate or financial planning purposes. Rather than continuing to pay premiums, life settlements give payoffs that are greater than surrendering a policy.
Reasons Seniors Abandon a Life Insurance Policy
Let's look at some of the reasons a person might consider a Life Settlement for a life insurance policy:
- It's no longer needed or wanted - circumstances have changed. Maybe a spouse or another beneficiary deceased or the original purpose to provide protection no longer exists.
- Policyholders can obtain better, more expansive coverage with lower premium payments in the current market.
- Premium payments have become unreasonable. The escalating premium payments are a financial burden. They need to avoid these payments to sustain a good quality of life.
- In recent years, financial markets created new opportunities for smart investors and seniors want to maximize the value of their assets and estates.
- Mounting healthcare costs - health problems increase financial burdens and needs. Under these conditions, an existing life insurance policy is not be considered relevant compared to a chronic condition
Whether a senior holds a term, universal life, or whole life policy, one can sale of an existing life insurance policy to a third-party.
Benefits of Life Settlement
Let's look at the benefits of a Life Insurance Settlement:
- Pay for long-term care expenses. By selling the policy a senior is able to generate cash to apply to assisted living expenses.
- Have retirement income and relief from premiums especially for older consumers who cannot afford the premium payments. When premiums no longer exist, seniors are able to make ends meet.
Disadvantages of a Life Settlement
Let's look at some drawbacks of a Life Settlement:
- Forfeit the insurance that could be left to heirs - giving up proceeds that heirs might receive upon a senior's death. Know that the amount heirs receive upon a person's death would always be higher than the immediate amount a person receives in a life settlement.
- Impact on Medicaid - the cash received could affect any form of low-income assistance.
- If a senior has debt, the proceeds from a life settlement could be claimed by creditors.
- Life settlements are subject to both federal and state income tax. Taxes owed on excess earnings of premiums.
The Life Settlement Process in a Nutshell
- Complete a questionnaire and authorization, along with medical records for the last five years.
- When the process begins, it's important to keep up premium payments - only make the minimum premium payment needed to keep the policy in force. If there is a large enough cash surrender value then the senior are able to stop making premium payments altogether. It's important to remember that life settlement providers do not complete a transaction, if the policy is in grace.
- Involve the family in the discussion during the process; the beneficiaries of a trust or designated contacts for the insured. Concerns from family members need addressing before time and money paid into executing a life settlement.
- Prepare documents - this step cuts down on wasted time during the valuation process.
Life settlements provide an alternative to surrendering an unwanted policy. Consumer education of the life settlement process will minimize the life settlement cycle and create a happier experience.
After seven years of helping her aging parents, Carol Marak has become a dedicated senior care writer. Since 2007, she has been doing the research to find answers to common concerns: housing, aging and health, staying safe and independent, and planning long-term.
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Where in the world...(giveaway)
17 comments:
- Nicole Pearce said...
I will guess Alaska, Germany, and France.
Also...I saw that you are a donut fan. I am giving away a copy of Lara Ferroni's Doughnut Book, a donut pan, and an extra wide pastry bag for making French crullers on my blog. Stop by and enter to win. Winner will be announced on March 15. http://bit.ly/e29O8c
- March 12, 2011 at 2:35 AM
- Kristen (swanky dietitian) said...
Hmm..I am not sure where there are bases. Hawaii??
Hope you love where you are moving! Can't wait to find out!
- March 12, 2011 at 2:44 AM
- Beth said...
I won't say because I know (unless it's changed) but it's exciting!
- March 12, 2011 at 2:46 AM
- Domestic Diva said...
Germany, Egypt, or Guam
lovelydomesticdiva (at) gmail (dot) com
- March 12, 2011 at 4:33 AM
- Jessica said...
Spain. South Korea. Greece.
Also: I saw your guest blogger post...I'm happy to oblige if any are still needed! :)
- March 12, 2011 at 5:01 AM
- Unknown said...
PS - this "guess the country" is really broad...I think u need to narrow it down to a continent.
Where I wish you were moving: Ft Meade :)
Where you are going: TOO FAR AWAY (i know and i will not cheat)
- March 12, 2011 at 6:06 AM
- Astra Libris said...
I'm so excited for you!! A new adventure!! Such a fun way to announce the news, too! Let's see, total guesses, such fun... Anderson AFB in Guam, Lackland AFB in San Antonio, or Ramstein in Germany?
- March 12, 2011 at 7:07 AM
- Andrea@WellnessNotes said...
Fun contest! My guesses are South Korea, Germany, or U.S.
Can't wait to hear where you'll be going! And to follow you adventures wherever you'll be... :)
Have a great weekend!
- March 12, 2011 at 7:24 AM
- Melinda Walker said...
Germany, Italy, or England.
- March 12, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- Gina; The Candid RD said...
Israel, Midway, Italy
I'm so excited to find out!!!!
- March 12, 2011 at 9:55 PM
- Simply Life said...
hmmm..hawaii, luxembourg, georgia :)
- March 12, 2011 at 11:18 PM
- Ameena said...
What a cute contest...I would guess Italy, Germany, or Hawaii?
Congrats on your move...you live such an exciting life. I love it!
- March 13, 2011 at 1:28 AM
- Unknown said...
Hi! I'm Missy an I stumbled here from the Prevention, RD blog. Don't know if I am eligible to guess, but I'll say Germany, Italy, and Hawaii.
- March 13, 2011 at 1:34 AM
- Kristen @ Change of Pace said...
After consulting my husband (which may be cheating a little, he's a marine)... He said Ramstein, Korea, New Mexico....
- March 13, 2011 at 2:44 AM
- madeline said...
Virginia, South Korea, or Japan!
- March 14, 2011 at 3:37 AM
- Melissa said...
Hmmm... Germany? Guam? or maybe back to the US in Georgia?
- March 14, 2011 at 4:22 AM
- Julie said...
Korea, Hawaii, or Italy. :)
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) making up about 85% of all lung cancer cases. With the identification of particular tyrosine kinase mutations, such as EGFR and ALK, targeted therapies shifted the paradigm of drug discovery for NSCLC. However, emergence of drug resistance leaves the biotech and pharma industry still under considerable pressure to develop new therapeutic approaches for this disease.
Today a large number of human non-small cell lung cancer cell lines exist that are being used for both basic research and drug discovery. One commonly used line is A549, an epithelial carcinoma derived from a 58 year old male patient, known to be KRAS mutant and EGFR wild type.
At Covance we have been using A549 as a model of NSCLC for more than 10 years. We have run numerous studies in the subcutaneous setting with a number of standard agents. Above are some examples of response to paclitaxel (Figure 1) and docetaxel, bevacizumab and the combination (Figure 2). In addition, we have a luciferase-enabled version of A549 that allows us to monitor and quantitate in vivo growth and treatment response, longitudinally, following orthotopic implantation directly into the lung (see below in Figures 3 and 4).
Fig. 3: Bioluminescence Imaging of Orthotopic A549-luc Cells Implanted Directly Into the Lung
Fig. 4: Overall Survival Following Treatment of Orthotopic A549-luc Implanted Mice with Bevacizumab
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And finally, last Friday night I was able to pay my respects to one of my favorite all time bands, Soundgarden. I would have preferred seeing them at a proper venue, but I had to move my ass to Sonisphere in Getafe. Thanks to Orange Goblin, good ol' pals from my London years, I got a freebie for me and Kiko for Friday, thus I can't complain by all means.
It's hard to admit the experience, although worth living, it wasn't magical. Such great expectations didn't allow me to consider a possible letdown. Guess this can happen when you idolize a band half your life, and once again, my theory or, better said, dislike, towards band reunions, has been reminded and confirmed.
As the saying goes, third time's lucky, it took me almost 20 years to see Soundgarden.
First attempt was when they were opening for Guns n' Roses together with Faith No More. The show was cancelled due to aluminosis affecting the stadium structure. Sorry I can't find any translation, basically the inner structure, the basis was literally disintegrating, due to bad quality of concrete.
Second trial was in 1996. Soundgarden and Corrosion of Conformity supporting Metallica. Dani, my boyfriend Joe and I, were in the middle of the bus ride to Donosti, North Spain, in an organized expedition. We liked Metallica, but weren't huge fans, the target was Soundgarden. Having some beers on the coach, chatting with other people, all of a sudden awful news is revealed: it's a pity Soundgarden have been cancelled and aren't playing tonight.
WTF??? Our faces were twisted in shock and despair. We hadn't heard of it before. What would we do? I had the quick though of asking the driver to stop the bus and try to make it home myself, but we were in the middle of nowhere, and hitchhiking wasn't an option. Thus there we were, sad and frustrated, at least we enjoyed the great performance of COC in first rows, close to the stage, but with Metallica I did realize they are not my cup of tea. Of course I like some of their hits, but no, I'm not into them. I got bored after 40 minutes and got pissed drinking liters of kalimotxo.
I had been listening to Soundgarden intensely for the past weeks, not only their masterpiece Badmotorfinger but also focusing on Down on the Upside and Louder than Love. Yeah, I've been nervous and excited for at least two weeks.
I hate macro festivals, for many reasons: poor organization, hordes of people, watered down beer, and disgusting toilets, and what is worse, huge distance from the stages to first rows, now extended due to these VIP black circles, and frequent sound issues. At Sonisphere a new inconvenience was added: problems with 3G and mobile signal, well, communications almost down to none. Ridiculous!
It was past midnight when the general buzz turned silent with the intro of Searching with my Good Eye Closed. I reckon sound was awful, but I was delighted such an atmospheric and trippin' song was the starter, followed by Spoonman and the powerful Jesus Christ Pose.
However, in my humble opinion, adding Gun was a mistake, because it changed the rhythm radically ending with the initial euphoria abruptly. Not an appropriate song for a fest. It's like I got a bit unfocused. Fortunately it was fixed with Blow Up the Upside World and amazing Fell on Black Days. Yep, at this point I dropped a couple of tears.
I don't think the set list was so bad, however the order of songs wasn't chosen very wisely. Ups and downs, 3 top hits as Outshined, Rusty Cage and Black Hole Sun, one after another, instead of approaching the possibility of better combinations, the horrible new single, Live to Rise, which wasn't necessary, almost at the end of the show, and Slaves & Bulldozers, a personal favorite, for closing the set.
I'm taking a deep breath to talk about my feelings right now, because they are messed up.
Yeah! I can tick my personal musical To-Do List and now I can say I saw Soundgarden. I'm also aware of the passing of time, and I already knew I wasn't to enjoy one of their early 90's shows in Settle either. I love most of the songs they played, but something didn't work as I expected, and it wasn't a blast.
Fuck my life! It wasn't a blast, and it took me one day to evaluate the show, gather my memories bathed in beer, recover the set list, which you can listen here, and analyze why the fuck this is not going to be included in my top 5 2012 live shows.
Cameron was a machine, Cornell's voice was much more than decent, and in general everything was fine, but no, everything was too cold for me, too distant, and when this happens I'm unable to dive and integrate in the show itself.
I've had this sweet and sour feeling twice already this year, first time with Manic Street Preachers, and now with Soundgarden. Now my belly is having bumps, afraid this happens with The Afghan Whigs on Thursday. I could not endure another disappointment at the same level. Dulli and company, you're my only hope!
The night I tried to quiver, I ended up frustrated. What a shame!


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Ascension Energies, July 2018 ~ Universal Family
FCGCT Commentary: We are moving from the mind, to the Heart… not the balancing of the two. The mind conflicts with the Heart, and is the cause for imbalance, pain, fear, suffering and more. The mind… the ego, blocks the Heart, as it Edges God Out. Let go of the mind, and solely flow from the Heart, connected to the Unified Heart in Unity Consciousness.
Ascension Energies, July 2018 ~ Universal Family
By Jamye Price
June Review
June's energy of embodying the physical support is setting the stage for great transformation. As we released past trauma (much of it experienced through physical symptoms, especially throat and eyes for many) and opened to more connection—through a focus on layers of family; we began a powerful catalyst of change that the third quarter is ushering in.
June began a transformation of the Earth Family; how we feel connected and supported in the physical realm. This is important for evolving into a greater connection, as humanity progresses beyond separation into the next level of connection—Universal Family.
June's energy emphasized letting go of painful perceptions from the past so it becomes the great foundation of support and clarity it was always meant to be. When you connected with the strength and compassion your past has offered to you, you are more cohesive (rather than "separated" within due to to fear or pain) and powerful. This changes the future.
July Energies
July energies build on the Earth Family support into an expansion of opening to Universal Family. This energy is about ascending into more universal laws, allowing our consciousness to lead with more clarity rather than defaulting our responsibility into the external world.
From duality to the trinity, we begin to operate with the invisible connection in mind and heart. This helps us embody (June Energies) the universal laws (July Energies) that are much more about the subtle energy—the vast invisible engine that builds form.
The month of seven will see a lot of crown chakra activation as the disperse spiritual energy intensifies in our experience. We will be called to see beyond physical rules and use the "imagination" to initiate new ideas, inspiration and possibilities. The work is holding your resonance to that new vibration.
You don't do that through perfection, you do that through authenticity as you allow your own resonance to readjust to your new potential. Sometimes it feels pleasant, sometimes it feels like the discomfort of release and transformation—a creative state. Embrace your change, you are elevating to new levels.
Universal Family
Family is about connection and an aspect of our Ascension is beginning to connect with the cosmos in greater capacity. I don't feel this is about disclosure, this is about embodying your value in the universal scheme of things.
You are of the stars, you matter.
Own that profound expression of Life—it's you. You have been given the keys of the kingdom. Where June helped shape a new foundation, July helps catalyze you into new vision. It's Time.
Time is something that is such a valuable expression for the physical realm. It helps us mark this linear experience. Yet it is a subtle energy, and therefore does not interact the same in the subtle realm. You have a relationship with Time that is more malleable than it may seem. Your imagination, your inspiration, your spiritual nature is more attuned to the subtle energy of Time. Then your physicality needs the patience (ugh! ;o) to allow the subtle to build into form.
Patience is the neutrality that allows you to discover the "path" to new form. When the steps that you take in the physical are attuned to your subtle bridge (thoughts, emotions and intuition), you are free to adjust to new information. It is your universal connection that opens you to that broader flow of information.
Dream Time
Observe your dreams in July, for it is likely that you will be processing, learning or creating more in your dreams this month. In the dream state, your brain activity is flowing in a resonance that is not as bound with physical density rules. This is an easier way to interact with the universal energies for many, releasing you from the binds of Time and form.
Observe what stands out to you in your dreams, for you need not have all the details, you merely access your neutrality (as much as possible) to keep connecting to the next dot, the next dot, the next dot…
Form builds.
You may find a lot of activity around the eclipse periods in July. On July 12, the solar eclipse in Cancer will amplify your Universal Family connection as you move past the hard shell of form and embrace the waters (emotions/subtle energies) that surround and support you. This may move you past your comfort zone, but it is preparing you for the discomfort zone of creativity, where fear and excitement blur.
On July 27 we have a lunar eclipse in Aquarius amplifying nurturance that will be the perfect relaxation before the August energies (and final eclipse in Leo on 8/11). Eclipses are a concentrated flow that offer a "reset" point. To focus around these times adds a potent amplification to your transformation. With 3 eclipses triangulating in the 3rd quarter of this Year of Amplification.
What a beautiful trinity.
In Summary
Your merkaba is strengthening so that there is less friction-drag and more excitement as we continue to spiral into a new level of connection and ultimately creativity. Our foundation of support in the Earth Family allows us the strength to expand into our Universal Family connection.
July will offer us expansion through the power of new vision. What do you see when you look around you? Look for the potentials, there's always improvement available, even from challenge. Be that change. It's Time.
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Wednesday, October 17, 2001
Press release from the issuing companyNEW YORK, NY — TrendWatch Graphic Arts has unveiled Creative Forecast 2002, a new special report, following the success of its overall Annual Forecasts, issued for the last three years. Creative Forecast 2002 provides the TrendWatch Graphic Arts perspective on the future of the design, production and publishing markets. "Creative and publishing professionals will need to adjust and be more inventive in responding to seismic shifts that have occurred in the changing natures of both print and the Web. As we enter an environment where almost everyone can do publishing on the desktop, it is these professionals who will need to pull out all the stops to prove their value," said TrendWatch Graphic Arts Director Vince Naselli. Creative Forecast 2002 is available for purchase, using a major credit card, by visiting the secure TrendWatch Graphic Arts eStore online at www.TrendWatchGraphicArts.com or by phoning (866) 873-6310 toll free. The price for the report is $1,495.00. TrendWatch Graphic Arts eStore customers can download this report in PDF Acrobat format immediately after purchase.
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There were two groups of steppers and two brass bands. We caught the parade about halfway along its route, at Toledano and Roman Streets.
Here are some photos.
|Young dancer
|Neighbor kids dancing on the stairs
Another beautiful Sunday in New Orleans!
|Young dancer
|Neighbor kids dancing on the stairs
What a grand life you are living there.
Given the appalling food you keep illustrating, how do they all get so fat?
If you can't be civil David you will be deleted.
Love the pictures! (And yes, block him!)
We're fat with life, that's how (plus the food is great). You're fitting in completely, Glennis; NOLA is as much a part of you as you of it - Naomi


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Ice cream, chocolates, cheesecakes, ice cream cakes, cookies, milkshakes, burgers, hot dogs aaaahhh!! the cheat meal! The meal that many await drooling week after week for some it can turn into a daily disaster. Here are my thoughts on the cheat meal and why I don't recommend it for most people! I'll note it down in points so it'll be easier for my fellow readers.
- It's a vicious cycle: People eagerly wait for the weekend ( or the cheat day they have chosen) to binge on the world's yummiest, unhealthiest, most processed foods they can get their hands on and that in it self is something to question, I mean sure I do understand the whole we only live once concept as we are currently living in the YOLO generation ( as much as I hate that word) but is that good for everyone? I know it's a once a week thing, but that can leave you drained all week-long just thinking of the cheat day you're going to have 6 days later and that can have a bad overall effect on your well-being. A friend of mine actually calls me at work and tells me how much he's craving Krispy Kreme and another time how he can't focus cause he's thinking of marble slab.
- You cannot trust anything that's considered "a cheat" for too long: We as human beings crave abundance and a very few of us have mastered the whole balance, patience, and moderation mantra. So, we are bound to give in to our cravings at some point and turn it into a cheat week, or month, hey and even maybe a year!!
- The guilt: Some may feel guilty after eating such a meal and end up blaming ourselves and our body ends up paying the price as you smash it in a workout session, if done hard and long enough, may result in a crash and burn, and there goes a couple of months off either due to injury or just worn down by fatigue.
I myself used to be a big advocate of the cheat meal day and used to have a massive cheat meal on the weekend,but I have now beat the cycle and have never felt better, and that's the whole reason behind this post, is to help you feel better and just overcome that annoying tingling urge that you become a slave too.
So how to overcome the cheat cycle? Just eat more alkaline rich foods, more greens!!!
Slowly cut down on dairy ( because most of the cheating foods contain dairy such as ice creams, cakes etc), read up on its effects and make a decision to keep that stuff out of your body. Here's an amazing article by one of our own nutritionists in Bahrain that will open your eyes to a lot of stuff you may have not known , I really recommend you all read it with an open mind.
Have a sugary option that will satisfy your cravings, for example a big bowl of banana ice cream, or if you're out for the weekend make sure to pass by Al osra supermarket for some non dairy delicious ice cream ( Note: Al Osra supermarket is in Bahrain for you out of Bahrain readers) or some fresh fruit juice or two 🙂 yummm, be creative! think outside the box and you'll soon be set free and will look at ice cream and yummy mouth watery cookies and will just laugh and pass it by like it means nothing to you and you'll be like : "I laugh at the face of danger HA HA HA AH " one of my all time favorite Lion king quotes
So here's to fighting your cravings, getting healthier and reaching your very best potential people!
If you have any questions or comments, you know what to do
Just one more thing before I post this: Some people have made it a long way with the cheat meal and if you really are doing well with it, and appreciate that slice of pizza, cake or even ice cream then hey! I'm all for it, if it's helping you stay in line, but if it isn't then maybe you should re-considere the whole cheat meal.


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Radiography is one of the fastest developing professions in Healthcare. It deals with the use of radiation to produce images for the sole purpose of medical diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
A radiographer is a trained health professional who performs medical imaging by producing high quality X-ray pictures or images used to diagnose or treat diseases. . Radiotherapist are radiographers who utilize high energy X-ray such as gamma rays in the treatment of illness like cancer in the body.
It is an important part of medicine as a patient's diagnosis and treatment is often dependent on the X-ray images produced. A radiographer provides patient care during diagnostic examinations that utilizes sophisticated imaging equipment such as CT scanners, MRI scanners to create images of the internal structures for diagnostic purposes.
Radiographers work closely with radiologist and other physician in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Due to the important role radiographers' play in healthcare administration, they are required to possess considerable knowledge in technology, anatomy, physiology, patient care and pathology to carry out their duty efficiently. With additional education, radiographers can specialize in various imaging modalities such as Computer Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasonography


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Are there any changes in the herostats file to the beta version? Anyone compared them yet.
Hey Dark_MarkA doubt about this release: Your Hulk, Venom, Magneto mods are included in, or we still install them separately, after the OC is installed?
Other than that, any other differences between the individual mods and the ones from the pack? Game play wise, I mean.


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Syria crisis
Paris, May 6, 2011
France is extremely concerned about the ongoing crackdown in Syria against peaceful demonstrations and about the worsening humanitarian situation of people besieged by the army and security forces. We also denounce the hundreds of arrests, often accompanied by torture by the Syrian authorities. These massive attacks on human rights are unacceptable.
We are particularly concerned about the arrest of Riad Seif, an eminent opposition figure who was released from prison last July and whose health requires daily care. We call for his immediate release, as well as that of all people being held arbitrarily.
We are also very concerned about the deterioration of the humanitarian situation of people besieged by the army and security forces.
We are also concerned about the fate of journalists, who are also victims of the crackdown and who are unable to exercise their profession.
We are acting within the European Union, the Human Rights Council in Geneva and at the United Nations to unambiguously denounce this crackdown and make the Syrian authorities face up to their responsibilities.
As the Ministre d'Etat has clearly stated on several occasions, France supports strong sanctions against all those responsible for this policy of repression, without exception.
We therefore welcome the European Union's unanimous decision today to adopt sanctions against 13 Syrian officials involved in the crackdown.
This is a first step. We will begin working immediately with our EU partners to expand these measures and the list of people affected, including Syrian leaders at the highest level, in light of the developments under way./.