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Shades of the Taliban routed in Afghanistan last year, as neighbouring villages claim? Or a �model� village, the status its own residents would prefer, never mind the absence of any constitutional provision?
Welcome to Dogachhia, perhaps the only teetotalling village in Bengal. Microphones are banned. Music has never been heard within the confines of the village, so the West Bengal Pollution Control Board can take a long nap. Wedding parties have never been seen; sons-in-law are welcome, but the baraat must not make a song and dance of the whole thing. And addiction, to a dyed in the wool Dogachhia resident, means having the daily cuppa everyday.
This has been life in Dogachhia for the past hundred years. And may be so for the next hundred years.
Sheikh Budha of Habibpur, around 30 km away, did not know that when he came visiting the family of Samirannisa � his bride from Dogachhia � a week after their marriage around 20 years back. He came drunk. The result: he was driven out of the village by Samirannisa�s neighbours; and it was Samirannisa who led the assault. Budha went back to his Habibpur home without a wife.
�No, I have not rued the decision,� a much older Samirannisa said. �We did what we should have done,� she added, a few days after Sheikh Wahed of Panskura came visiting his in-laws with his recently-wed bride from Dogachhia, Ashtiya Khatoon.
Wahed, however, was wiser. He admitted having heard about Dogachhia in Panskura, some 40 km away. He knew how things were at Dogachhia, pointing out the modest entourage which did not break into a single tune or the simplest of jigs as it turned into the unmetalled village road from the road linking Midnapore town with Keshpur.
This Muslim-only, no-alcohol-ganja-charas village of over 3,000 men, women and children, however, sees nothing talibani in the set of rules that have governed it since anyone can remember.
�The Taliban in Afghanistan came a hundred years after us,� Shamsun Naha, former panchayat pradhan and wife of present panchayat chief Sheikh Tamijuddin, explained.
Village elder Nasir Khan, too, would not have anything of the Taliban-tag attached to Dogachhia by neighbouring villages like Ayodhyanagar and Keshpur. The tag meant nothing to him, he said. What is more important is that the village has not had any record of crime since he can remember. �And this village was an oasis of peace when the rest of Keshpur was burning,� he added.
There is another thing Dogachhia is proud of: it has a large number of centenerians. Sultan Khan, Rabiul Hossain, Idris Ali Khan and Heqa Ali all died over the past few months but every one of them lived to be over 100. Feqa Mallik and Ayesha Khatoon are the present centenarians and Sheikh Noor Mohammad and Kulsuma Bibi look set to join the gang.
But Dogachhia � or the half above 30 � is worried. Things are not looking good for the no-music-no-alcohol-no-dance-no-mike brigade, says Khan. �The young boys have started smoking,� he rued. �They still do it out of our eyesight,� he said but admitted that the control the maulvis had in the past had slackened.
Things had never looked so �bad�, Khan said, echoing the village elders. Dogachhi could become �just another village� before it got the �model village� status, he said, explaining that the tag was necessary for �good roads, cheaper fertilisers, street-lights and more loans�.
That�s what has happened to Shikha Majumder and several others who raced to respond to an ad put out by Calcutta-based Cyrus Marketing Pvt Ltd promising admission into reputed institutions in Bangalore, Pune and other cities. They are now racing to police, hoping they will get their lost lakhs back.
The city and state police and the CID have zeroed in on the firm � earlier called Cirrus Marketing and Consultancy Pvt Ltd � which has allegedly cheated clients of several lakhs by failing to provide them admission. The company changed its name from Cirrus to Cyrus to avoid prosecution, a senior police official said.
Company director Debajyoti Ghosh and his father, Dipen Ghosh � both first arrested in 2000 and subsequently freed on bail � are facing five cases for cheating people in Calcutta and New Delhi to the tune of several lakhs.
Debajyoti was first arrested by Gariahat police on August 5, 2000, (case 201) in connection with a complaint lodged by A.K. Bannerjee alleging he had paid Cirrus Marketing Rs 19.5 lakh but was unable to recover it. The case is still going on though Debajyoti and his father were freed on bail.
The father-son duo were arrested again by the detective department on September 18, 2000, in connection with a similar case lodged at Lake police station (case number 276 and 277/28/08/2000).
Complainants Shikha Majumder and Basabi Banerjee alleged they had together paid the company Rs 2.64 lakh, hoping their children would get direct admission into reputed colleges in south India.
�How were we supposed to know that they would cheat us? They sounded very convincing,� Banerjee said in her statement.
The police gathered enough evidence against the twosome and filed a chargesheet against principal accused Debajyoti. In both cases, Dipen � an employee of a reputed Central government company � applied for anticipatory bail, but his pleas were rejected.
Even as the detective department felt they had unearthed most of the racket, Jadavpur police sought the remand of the duo for cheating Sarmistha Das of Rs 1 lakh (case 327) with the same promise.
�We made considerable headway in the case and have filed chargesheet against both Debajyoti Ghosh and his mother, Shibani Ghosh,� a senior official of Jadavpur police station said.
This was not all. Some time later, officers of Chanakyapuri police station in Delhi landed up in Calcutta hot on the family�s trail.
They sought Debajyoti�s remand in Delhi in connection with a cheating case lodged by Colonel D.S. Dhaiya, who allegedly paid him Rs 46,000 to get his child admitted to a reputed college.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Shibani Ghosh, Debajyoti�s mother, said: �All the cases lodged against us are fictitious and is the handiwork of our enemies. If we had cheated people, we would have fled already.
�This is an absolutely false allegation. Our company is clean and even the CID official who came here yesterday for scrutiny of our papers seemed satisfied.�
Debajyoti�s mother continued: �We have returned most of the money to the clients whom we failed to provide admission.�
Speaking from his Bangalore office, Debajyoti said: �Last year, when I wanted to turn my company to a private limited company from a partnership firm, I was told by registration of companies officials that Cirrus was already a registered company, so I opted for Cyrus marketing.
�We provide value-added service to the society and our records are there for everyone to see. Whatever, has been lodged against me are mere allegations, which has not been proved so far,� he said.
A meeting was held recently to discuss the phased implementation of the Rs 13-crore project, conceived and spearheaded by Goodwill Mission, a Calcutta-based NGO.
Co-chaired by Bolpur CPM MP Somnath Chatterjee and Visva Bharati vice-chancellor Sujit Basu, the meeting was attended by district Trinamul Congress president Shushobhan Banerjee, superintendent of the Bolpur subdivisional hospital Manabendra Ghosh, other senior local functionaries as well as trustees of the mission.
�Coronary artery disease has ominous portents. By the end of the decade, the incidence of the problem is expected to take on epidemic proportions in the rural areas as well,� pointed out mission chairman Asish Dutta Chowdhury.
�Measures will have to be taken to help tackle such a situation. The city has several hospitals and doctors. But a super speciality centre in a rural town such as this will help in the prevention and treatment of heart problems for people of the region,� he added.
At present, �as many as 30 residents of the area travel every day to Calcutta to get basic diagnosis and treatment of heart problems,� said Banerjee, who is also a general practitioner based in Bolpur. �The need for such a centre here definitely exists,� corroborated Ghosh. Several well-known personalities, including the late singer Kanika Banerjee, have had to take the four-hour journey to the city.
The meeting discussed the nitty gritty of the project, including number of skilled and unskilled manpower, salaries and accommodation, equipment procurement, capital and running costs, time-bound implementation and fund-raising.
It was decided that the first phase of the project, that of periodically holding speciality clinics to diagnose and prescribe treatment, would begin soon. To be attended by cardiologists from the Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, these clinics would have facilities for ECG and echocardiograph examinations.
The first camp will be held on March 24 at the SDO office premises. Subsequent clinics will be held at the Red Cross building in Bolpur town.
In the second phase, an out-patient department and a six-bed intensive coronary care unit (ICCU) will be established.
VHP working president Ashok Singhal went on an indefinite fast today demanding that curbs be lifted on the movement of pilgrims in the temple town. In a desperate bid to show that he has not �compromised� either on the mandir movement or the �interests of kar sevaks�, Singhal asked for security at Karsevakpuram where the Purna Ahuti Yagna continues.
Singhal also demanded a written assurance from the government that kar sevaks taking part in the yagna will be �well protected�.
The VHP leader was on Friday jeered and heckled by kar sevaks angry at what they saw as a �compromise�.
The nearly 1,000 kar sevaks who had gathered at the Digambar Akhada were furious that they would not be led to the disputed site for shila daan and puja as was promised earlier.
Both the programmes were held at the akhada, the seat of Ramjanmabhoomi Nyas chief Ramchandra Das Paramhans, barely half a kilometre from the karyashala and about 2 km from the disputed site.
Paramhans today threatened that the land acquired by the government would be �taken by force� if the Centre did not hand it over to the Nyas. The construction of the Ram temple will begin sometime this year and is expected to be complete in five years, he added.
Maintaining that the efforts to build up a temple frenzy had not been blunted by sympathisers of Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee within the RSS and the VHP, Paramhans said: �Nothing has been lost. The government has acknowledged our demands by accepting the shilas. Our efforts to build the temple would continue with more fervour.��
But Paramhans was hopeful that the government would hand over the acquired land to the Nyas on its own. �There is no problem legally.�� A confrontation could be averted if the government acts sensibly, he added.
Paramhans said he was satisfied with the Prime Minister�s efforts to resolve the crisis. �He (Vajpayee) has been quite sincere.�
Singhal�s hunger strike follows the Uttar Pradesh Governor�s assurance that curbs on movement across Ayodhya would be lifted from today.
Movement in the town was considerably eased today and normality seemed to be returning with small batches of Ram sevaks trooping in, reports PTI.
Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi has also asked the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government to reduce the level of security in Ayodhya to enable free movement of people.
The party was unhappy over the Orissa incidents after the Ayodhya crisis was defused and demanded that those responsible should be brought to book, party leader and Union rural development minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said at a press conference here today.
Asserting that the BJP condemned �anyone forcefully entering the Assembly premises anywhere�, the minister, however, disagreed that the urgency to ban the VHP and Bajrang Dal had increased with the volunteers of these organisations running amok in the Orissa Assembly complex.
�Is a ban on the VHP the solution?� Naidu asked. �We don�t agree with the VHP on certain issues, but I do not think a ban will help.�
The BJP leader explained that such a move would entail the government to ban several other organisations as well.
The run-up to the March 15 Ayodhya developments had the potential of creating a �major national crisis, social as well as political�, said Naidu.
He added that a possible confrontation was averted because of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee�s �masterly tact, firmness and sensitivity� in defusing the crisis, assisted by home minister L.K. Advani and others.
On the �symbolic puja�, the Union minister underlined that the �legitimate sentiments� of the Ram mandir movement was respected without affecting the Supreme Court�s interim order.
Naidu saw nothing wrong in a Central government representative receiving a �carved pillar� from the mahant outside the acquired land in Ayodhya.
Taking exception to Congress president Sonia Gandhi�s remarks that the government had yielded to the VHP�s �blackmail�, Naidu said it did not behove the status of the Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha to have used the expression.
Pointing out that �history should not be forgotten�, Naidu said it was the earlier Congress government led by Rajiv Gandhi which had permitted the shilanyas at Ayodhya in 1989 and also allowed the unlocking of the temple door.
Sonia�s remarks exposed the �duplicity of the Congress� on the issue, he argued.
The minister reiterated that the NDA government was for the �rule of law� and not for allowing anything in the disputed area at Ayodhya without a negotiated settlement or a court order.
The BJP leader said all political parties in consultation with religious leaders had the responsibility to find a quick, negotiated and permanent solution to the Ayodhya tangle.
Even as there was peace in Ayodhya and elsewhere in the country now, Naidu said there was �unrest only in the minds� of the Opposition parties.
They, including the Congress and the Left, were �dreaming of a political destabilisation� over the issue, but their �doomsday prediction� had proved wrong, the minister added.
But the movie is futuristic not only because it talks of a time when technology could make the selling of human organs easy and commercial.
In Deham, Govind Nihalani�s latest venture, digitalised sets replace �real� ones. The film also has 23.5 minutes of visual effects, a first for an Indian film.
It makes sound business sense. �The digitalised production costs around Rs 50 lakh. If these parts were shot entirely on film, the cost would have been four times more,� says Ramesh Meer of The FX Factory that did the special effects. He was speaking at Frames 2002, Ficci�s convention on entertainment.
Like Meer, many industry people feel that cost-effective digitalisation, as in Deham, is inevitable in the film industry.
Much of Deham, featuring Kittu Gidwani and Aly Khan, is �shot� in �sets� that look like they were inspired by Matrix.
In reality, the scenes were shot in blank sets, with nothing except walls and floors covered in green cloth. The only �real� element was the human actor.
In Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, many scenes were specially treated. But Deham has the longest stretch of digital special effects that made for entire scenes.
�It is much cheaper. It allowed the film to be shot on a shoestring budget,� says Meer.
Nihalani, who made the film based on Manjula Padmanabhan�s play Harvest, said it was possible to shoot the film on a small budget because of the technology.
Not only festival-circuit films � Deham, to be released next month, has just won an award at a Swedish film festival � but technology is replacing hard work on the sets of mainstream films, too, for practical reasons.
In Aks, technology may not have saved money. But a recent film, Yeh Mohabbat Hai, used a cost-effective digitally-produced fire by The FX Factory in an action scene.
Aashiq has Johnny Lever �shortened� � �his head and the trunk were stitched together on the computer,� says Meer � with technology.
Digital special effects are only the tip of the iceberg, many feel.
Senthil Kumar of Real-Image, Chennai, says the film industry is poised on the brink of the next big thing � digital cinema.
Digital cinema will free movies from celluloid � shooting will be done on the HDTV (high-resolution television) format.
Kumar says it will cut down production costs enormously. He adds that digital cinema would have taken off earlier but the cost of the equipment is prohibitive.
However, he adds that there will be six to seven digital films all over the country that will kick off by this year.
Nineteen policemen, including two deputy superintendents, were suspended for negligence. More police heads are likely to roll.
�I am deeply shocked. Certain action has been taken and more is on the cards. We are examining everything,� Patnaik said on his return from Delhi.
The chief minister went around the Assembly building with Biju Janata Dal legislators, inspecting shattered windowpanes, smashed flower vases, broken doors, and torn name-plates, as well as the smashed mirrors in his personal toilet.
The MLAs recounted the 25 minutes of horror to him.
The BJD legislator from Tirtol in Jagatsinghpur district, Debashis Samantray, had to say he was a BJP member and holler �Jai Sri Ram� to save his life as the trident and lathi-wielding mob accosted him. Samantray�s party colleague and the government�s chief whip Pradip Maharathy learnt that loyalty can sometimes be life threatening. He was assaulted by the rampaging mob.
�There is more to it than meets the eye,� Patnaik said.
The attackers did not venture towards Room No. 54, where a BJP Legislature Party meeting was on, BJD secretary-general Damodar Rout said. BJP state president Manmohan Samal and Union tribal welfare minister J. Oram were present at the meeting.
The mob was �selective� in its target, the MLAs told their leader.
Patnaik said he would announce, in the House tomorrow, more action against the guilty.
Earlier, at a meeting with the chief secretary, the director-general of police and the home secretary, the chief minister expressed unhappiness at the failure of the three-tier security ring around the Assembly. �It is disgusting. Such dastardly acts of vandalism by any organisation should be thoroughly condemned,� he said.
Legislators have demanded the suspension of the home secretary, the DGP and the Bhubaneswar superintendent of police for the security lapse.
The issue would be discussed in the Assembly tomorrow through an adjournment motion.
A decision on a judicial probe � demanded by many legislators � will be announced in the House, the chief minister said. The government had yesterday ordered an investigation by the state crime branch.
Khurda superintendent of police Arun Sarangi said more than 67 VHP and Bajrang Dal activists have been arrested and remanded in judicial custody on charges of rioting, arson, assault, trespassing and damage to government property. The arrested include Orissa Bajrang Dal president Bhuban Jena and VHP state chief Bipin Bihari Rath.
Patnaik said he has apprised Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and home minister L.K. Advani about the incident.
The Assembly attack is likely to create bedlam in Parliament tomorrow, reports our special correspondent in Delhi.
Under mounting criticism and facing demands for a ban, the VHP today made a half-hearted attempt at steering to the clear saying it �regretted� the incident. But at the same time, it said �pseudo-secular policies of people working in the political field have made the country�s youth restive�.
The CPM politburo today demanded action against �all perpetrators of this diabolic attack�. The attack exposes the fascist character of the VHP and the Bajrang Dal and their �antipathy to the democratic polity and institutions�, said a party statement.
The Sangh also found in the issue an opportunity to lash out at its ideological foe, the CPM, and the party-led West Bengal government.
�The West Bengal government�s refusal to grant permission to non-governmental organisations such as the Bastuhara Sahayata Samiti to open relief camps has added insult to injury,� a resolution passed by the RSS said.
�The unfortunate Hindus who have been forced to leave their homes are entitled to be recognised as refugees,� the resolution added.
Sangh spokesperson M.G. Vaidya had yesterday dwelt at length on the plight of the Bangladeshi refugees, which has emerged as one of the key themes at the RSS annual meeting.
The organisation has also found fault with the media, not just on how it covered the Godhra train attack but also the persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh.
�The media has not projected the horrors suffered by these refugees,� said the RSS� national joint secretary Madan Das.
�It is much worse than what happened in Gujarat. Not a line has been written. And that is why we are angry,� the RSS leader added.
The organisation�s resolution demanded that the Hindus who have come to �Bharat be treated as refugees and get all the facilities accorded to them in the UN charter�.
The Sangh recommended economic sanctions against the Khaleda Zia government to �bring it to heel�.
�Tough measures like stopping the export of rice, potato, onion and meat from our country and temporarily stopping the flow of water from the Farakka Barrage should be taken to make the Bangladeshi government see some reason,� the resolution said.
The basic message sent out by the organisation was that the Hindus, basically tolerant, are being pushed to the margins in various states and it is time to �fight back�.
�Look how the Hindu population is being driven out from places like Bangladesh and Assam,� exhorted the RSS leader.
Vaidya had said yesterday that Hindus are peaceful and wherever they are a majority there is no trouble.
�Why is the Kashmir valley seething and not Jammu and Ladakh?� asked the RSS spokesperson.
�We are tolerant but intolerant of intolerance,� the RSS leader added.
The sale, which follows closely on the heels of Osian�s sale curated by Neville Tuli, has been divided into two parts. Both sections of the sale are bringing on the block lots worth Rs 3.5 crore each.
The first part of the sale will feature works of art, carpets and textile comprising beautiful Jamawar shawls. The highlights of the sale are the 100 pieces from M.S. Tanksalwalla�s collection. Tanksalwalla, who lived in Calcutta but was originally from Mumbai, was well-known for his collection of European and Oriental objets d�art and bric a brac.About 10 per cent of the sales proceeds will go to charity.
The carpets are Persian, Turkish, Afghan, Kashmiri. There are also some fine specimens of Agra and Jaipur jail carpets. The reserve price for a turn-of-the-century Agra carpet is placed between Rs 15.5 lakh and Rs 18 lakh. A Jaipur carpet has the reserve price of Rs 13 lakh.
The fine Kashans, perhaps because of the smaller sizes, have a reserve price of Rs 5.5 lakh upwards. Among the Jamawar shawls, there are many that were made for the French market in Napoleon�s time.
Asked about the strategy for the objets d�art sale, considering that these lots did not do well at the Delhi sale, Bowrings managing director Martin Graham said there were two differences in strategy this time. The new venue in Mumbai is expected to yield better results because of the larger number of collectors of such objects.
Besides, the much larger collection of fine and varied objects is likely to attract more serious attention. By holding the auctions on two different days, it will be easier to bring in the separate groups of committed collectors on each of the different days.
The sale of 176 lots of modern and contemporary Indian paintings, to be held on Thursday, has some distinguished works not often seen in the auction circuit. There are three lots of art deco style Indian mythological paintings by the Polish artist Stefan Norblin who painted for many princely patrons. There is also a rare and distinguished Nikolai Roerich painting.
In the third day of raids today, the state�s Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption targeted 32 residences in different parts of Tamil Nadu, beginning with that of former transport minister K. Ponmudi.
BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu evaded the issue at a news conference today, saying: �As a Union minister, I have no comments to make. The law must take its own course.�
He, however, added: �There should not be scope for any criticism of political vendetta. As long as things are done legally, they can be fought legally.�
�I leave it to the judgement of my state leadership,� the minister said, when asked to comment on the suspicion of the BJP�s Tamil Nadu unit that �political vendetta� was behind the raids.
After yesterday�s low-profile response, DMK leader M. Karunanidhi today came out with a stronger condemnation of the raids, saying they were meant to �defame and demoralise the party�.
TNCC president E.V.K.S. Elangovan and CPI leader R. Nallakannu echoed the DMK leader, saying the search operations would only shift the focus away from people�s issues.
The directorate is yet to put a figure on the value of the seizures made from the residences of former DMK ministers, including Ponmudi, Andiyur Selvaraj, Samyanallur Selvaraj, Suresh Rajan and N.K.K. Periyasamy.
At least three of these ministers, including Ponmudi, are very close to DMK youth wing leader M.K. Stalin. Samayanallur Selvaraj in Madurai and Kulandaivelu, on the other hand, find favour with Karunanidhi�s elder son, M.K. Azhagiri.
Directorate sources said many property-related documents, bank passbooks, locker statements and gold jewellery, besides cash were seized.


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Film with particular direction of Christopher Hicky. In Billboard in 2014, with original production from USA. You can watch The Grace of Jake online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2014.
Rating: 5 by 10 users./
Runtime: 90 minutes
Michael Beck, Jordin Sparks, Lew Temple, Dorien Wilson, Natalie Canerday, Ravi Kapoor, Chad Morgan, Jake La Botz, Roy Lee Jones, Matt Orduna, Andrew H. Walker and Byron A. Lloyd.
Comedy, Drama.
90-minute film (full movie) directed by Christopher Hicky.
The original audio of The Grace of Jake has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2014.
Screenplay written by Christopher Hicky.
Blake McClure.
Michael Wiebler, Christopher Hicky and Steven Brown.
Composed by George Stanford.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie The Grace of Jake has a duration of 90 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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Signature yellow painted Cuci-Cuci Stores and Eco Wash outlets are convenient as they're located at local hypermarkets such as Tesco and Giant. So, you could drop off you car and let them did the hard work while you do your weekly grocery shopping or grab a bite instead of sitting idly, waiting for them to be done. Trust us, you wouldn't want to wait. It's really warm even in this rainy season.
The process starts with the car wash and it is hand wash. They start by spraying your car with high pressured hose to get all the chunky pieces of gunk of the piece of precious metal. Then, the soaping begins to remove the grease from your windows, windscreens and body. All that is then washed away before your car is being sent to be dried by hand. These guys move fast, maybe it's because they do this on a daily basis.
The vacuum comes in next. The barrel looking vacuum cleaner will be used to remove those little pebbles and sand that have unknowing made their way under the car mats along with those bits of dried leaves and twigs. Since vacuuming is pretty much of a one man job, the rest of the workers will start cleaning your windscreen, tyres and dashboard. Whoever that's done first will get on to the claying to give your car the mirror-like shine. The entire process doesn't really take all that long, but like we said, waiting there for it to be done isn't desirable especially during the day. Taking a walk in the air-conditioned hypermarket is definitely better.
Their staffs receive monthly training to learn better skills to groom your car and make sure that they look their best. They even test all their raw materials before applying in on your car. Talk about quality control! When their done with your car, your precious four wheeler will look as good as new (maybe even better). Just in case you're wondering what products they use, they use good quality cleaning agents imported from Japan.
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The menu at the Southfield Zoup's featured nine different soups and seven salads on Monday evening. I swear the guy in front of me sampled every one of them.
He was "Let me hold the entire world up for me" guy. The annoying thing is the employees allowed him to do it. He was the first in line as he eyed every soup choice and asked for a sample. He not only tasted the soup in the tiny cups, but he savored and swished it around in his mouth as he flicked a $50 bill in his right hand.
"That was great," he said. "Let me try the white bean chili."
Meanwhile, the line grew. It went from two people behind him to eight.
This clown had the audacity to say: "I hope I am not holding people up" as he asked for another soup. Later he started talking about the movie "Ghost Busters."
I told him he was the only ghost in the restaurant.
He chuckled. I fumed. The lady besides me rolled her eyes.
There were two people behind the counter. I asked if I could order my soup. I knew what I wanted. The guy had not been rung up yet. But I was told by the guy behind the counter that he could not give me my soup. We had to wait for rude dude to finish his order.
I don't know why I didn't walk out. I guess I was in the mood for soup. A part of me wanted to see how this played out. He was in line for nearly 10 minutes before ordering two salads. Meanwhile it caused an argument in line and one woman walked out.
I should have.
I guess I don't understand why some people have no consideration of others. And why are some employees so stupid? He should have said "You can wait on somebody else while I am deciding."
One of the employees should have said "Do you mind if I take care of somebody else while you are deciding? The line is getting long."
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Boston Bar, BC was named after settlers from Boston landed on the sandbars to find gold successfully. In their search, Boston Bar was born. With time, the community became a railway community with both CPR and CNR passing through these narrow canyon walls. Today this community has grown into tourism and is now the gateway to some of the most beautiful camping in the world. This is a great place to stay as part of your trip to the canyon.
If you are a camping lover, visit some of the awesome camping areas accessible only through Boston Bar, like the Nahatlatch River Valley, Skuzzy Creek, Anderson Creek, North Bend, and more. If you're a railway buff you can view the CNR and CPR at both rail stations. Across the Fraser River from Boston Bar is North Bend. There is an outdoor pool to cool down in those hot summer days. Located only 10 minutes from Hells Gate Airtram and 15 minutes from Blue Lake Resort, include Boston Bar in your next trip to the Fraser Canyon.


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Tom Holland has revealed how many Marvel films he signed on for after Spider-Man: Homecoming, and it sounds like we'll be seeing a lot of him over the next few years!
Tom Holland blew us all away as the cocky, witty, self-assured wall-crawling super hero in Captain America: Civil War. He basically stole the show, and considering he only had a small part in the movie, that's pretty impressive. We're going to get to see Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming next, and we really can't wait to see what Marvel and Sony have made together. Marvel's involvement in the Spider-Man movie franchise is a dream come true. Talking of dreams coming true, we recently got official confirmation that Michael Keaton will be playing the Vulture in Homecoming. Tom Holland's now revealed how many Marvel films he signed up for, and it's quite exciting.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Tom Holland was asked how many Marvel movies he signed up for. "They give you options, and those could be exercised whenever. Like a cameo in Avengers. I'm unclear as to which movies, though," said Holland. "I do know I have three Spider-Man movies and three solo movies contracted. But if you have another movie, Marvel is so good at working around it. They're very respectful of your life, really. They understand that you have to work on other movies, and they try and fix it up so you can work around each other." So it sounds as if we're going to be seeing a lot of Holland's Spider-Man, which is very good news. Tom Holland also revealed that they're already discussing a sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming. How many Marvel movies would like to see Tom Holland in?


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Custom login/register pages?
I have a multisite install with a public website as the main site, and a members-only section that uses BuddyPress as a subsite on a subdomian.
I had the site set up to be private unless a user was logged in, with only custom login and register pages available to the public. I have since found that users that are registered to the main site could view the private site, despite that user not being assigned to the private site, hence me using this plugin.
My issue now is that I cannot make the login and register pages public again. I've used this code to change the location of the register page:
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The link on the default wp-login page that says "Register first as a network user" is linking to the right page, but it just gets redirected back to the default login.
The only pages I do not want to be private are /login/ and /register/.
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2016 Lakehouse Residences Main Stage Performers
The Lakehouse Residences Main Stage is CDBF's showcase for the richness and diversity of the area's Asian and Asian American communities. Join us there at 10 am Saturday July 30 for the Opening Ceremonies with a Team Parade and words of welcome. You'll recognize many of the emcees — they're on-air personalities from Denver's TV stations, who are role models to show that Asian Americans can be and do anything.
Listen to Dwight Mark's theme song for the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival, "Dragon Boat"!
Here's the Main Stage Schedule for the weekend!
(Note: Performers and times are subject to change)
Academy Of Raw is Hype 303's competitive team, which performs and competes in and out-of-state. AOR has won almost every major competition in state as Hype 303 for the past couple years, and has competed at World of Dance Chicago. AOR made its debut as part of the Skool District family at World of Dance Houston 2013 and competed at World of Dance Los Angeles 2014. AOR strives to represent the Colorado urban dance community to its fullest potential by sharing their love and passion for dance.
http://arcinda.orgARCINDA (The Arts & Culture of Indonesia), presents Javanese Gamelan Music, Songs; and Dance (from the Javanese Palace). Arcinda got rewarded several grants: Colorado Creative Industries, Denver, City of Fort Collins and City of Longmont. Other accomplishments : 1) Arcinda got awarded to perform annually at Denver Museums: Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver Art Museum; and Denver Museum of Colorado History. 2) Also, got selected to perform at Holiday Heritage event, at Governor's mansion,
2011 where Arcinda featured a unique multi-cultural collaboration, that the gamelan (heptatonic scale) can be tuned, played together with a modern band. 3) Another accomplishment: 2014, Arcinda got awarded to perform at the Museum for the launching of IMAX movie:"Journey to South Pacific:, that was attended by the Colorado Governor, John Hickenlooper.
Amira Kalback has been practicing and performing Indian Classical dance for 25 years (since 5 years old) and will perform a Bharata Natyam piece.
Block 1750 is a dance based cultural arts center located in Boulder Colorado that provides an open, welcoming space for youth and people of all ages and backgrounds. Built for the community, by the community that it serves, the Block acts as a staging ground for events, activities, performances, and classes all over the Boulder/Denver area, as well as a home away from home for many youth and adults, both local and foreign. At Block 1750 we strive to inspire, teach and empower individuals from all walks of life and unite them through creative endeavors of there choosing.
Broken Empire (BE) is an eight – member, dance crew from multiple parts of Colorado. Est. in November of 2015, BE represents an excited group of individuals that motivate each other to find out who they really are. BE is also an encouraging, environment that offers continuous opportunities and challenges to one another. Being apart of a crew with both choreographers and freestylers makes them inspired to bring versatility and diversity to their routines.
Christina Yeh Dance Studio has been participated in CDBF performances for more than 14 years. Christina Yeh focuses on the art of traditional Chinese dances as a performer, instructor, and choreographer. She interprets Chinese culture and traditions through various dance forms. Her dance choreography features various Chinese ethnic cultural music and costumes, embodied with symbolic body movements and postures.
COhe DANCE CREW
Founded in 2013 by Kayla Scott, COhe (pronounced CO) is a hip hop dance crew based out of Colorado. The name COhe stands for cohesion, a connection through each others bonds to come together as a family. This family of dancers have come a long way, and continue to pursue their One Motive of giving back to the community through their love for dance.
The Denver Buddhist Temple Minyo Kai was formed in the 1960s by Issei (first generation) and Nissei (2nd generation Japanese who wanted to enjoy and share traditional Japanese folk dance. The dances come from different regions in Japan and celebrate a trait or history that is unique to their areas.
The Denver Shaolin Kung Fu Academy was founded by Shaolin Master Shi Heng Chao . Having grown up and trained from an early age in the Shaolin Temple in China, Shi Heng Chao brings authentic Shaolin teachings from the 1500 year old lineage of martial Arts to the academy in Denver. The academy specializes in traditional Shaolin Kung fu fist forms, traditional weapons, animal forms and advanced weaponry training, as well as Chinese kick boxing/ grappling / iron body training.
Denver Shaolin Kung Fu Tai Chi Institute has been based in Aurora CO for the last 6 years. We have been teaching traditional shaolinquan, taijiquan, wushu and sanda. We have taught 15 national champions and are taking a large team of competitors to Hong Kong next March.
DENVER TAIKO, founded in 1976, is a nonprofit organization committed to honoring and sharing Japanese drumming through performance and providing an engaging creative outlet for those with interest in the art of taiko exhilarating. Our group ranges from energetic and talented teens to accomplished veterans who have performed with Denver Taiko nearly from its inception. The Junior Denver Taiko ensemble is a showcase for our youngest members. Early inspiration for our founding members came through a visit to Denver by Sensei Seiichi Tanaka, the taiko master who brought this art form to the United States by way of San Francisco. He is considered to be the Father of Taiko in North America and now there are hundreds of taiko groups scattered throughout the United States and Canada. In keeping with the tradition of the music, Denver Taiko has become known for its own unique performance style and personality. We have become an important part of Colorado and the West's cultural landscape, playing at concerts, festivals and diversity celebrations throughout the region. The group was honored in 2001 by Denver's Mayor Wellington Webb when we received the Mayor's annual award for Excellence in the Arts.
Great Wall Chinese Academy is a non-profit Chinese community school. We offer classes for K-12 and adults students from all culture backgrounds. Students learn Chinese language and cultures like Chinese traditional Chinese dance, kungfu, yoyo, instrument, handcraft and calligraphy and more. The dragon boat festival provides a great opportunity for our students to share culture heritage, experience the dragon boat traditions, explore local communities, and built wonderful friendship and long-lasting memories of lifetime.
Halau Kalama is a Polynesian Dance Group formed in 2011 that specializes in educating & promoting the Polynesian Culture through dance & music for all who wish to learn. Our group consists of students from ages 3-50+ years. Located in Southeast Aurora, CO, classes range from beginners, intermediate & Advanced and all on are on Saturday mornings. Halau Kalama focuses on four Polynesian islands: Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti and New Zealand. We pride ourselves on the island costumes and dance. It is our missions to educate all communities about our Polynesian culture. Members of Halau Kalama perform throughout the state of Colorado entertaining as well as enlightening all communities who wish to experience the Aloha Spirit.
Founded in 1980, the Korean Academy of Taekwondo is one of Colorado's oldest and most successful martial arts schools. They have multiple locations and currently work with everyone from 2 year olds to senior citizens, from students with special needs to Olympians. Their main locations are in Aurora and Littleton but they teach in about 25 elementary schools, churches, and other location in the Denver metro area.
The Mon are an ethnic group from Myanmar/Burma who have settled in the US includig Colorado, as refugees. The Mon Community of Colorado is designed to preserve Mon literature and Mon culture while bridging it with multi-cultures in Denver, CO, the United States which is new home to the Mon refugees. Mon National Day is celebrated every year in February and Mon Summer School is opened in June. Other cultural activities are monthly scheduled due to the Mon lunar calendar. Mon Community of Colorado has participated in CDBF since 2011.
Mudra Dance Studio, a nonprofit organization, is intent on the celebration and promotion of Diversity though the Universal Language of DANCE & MUSIC through the classical Indian dance form of "Kathak" – story telling, along with contemporary & folk dances from India. The studio has a yearlong school for students of all ages, as well as a professional performing company. Our Focus: Cultural outreach & Diversity: Children & Education: Charity & Uplifting: Well-being & Collaboration: Mudra's Annual Production is to support other non-profit organizations.
The Philippine American Society of Colorado is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating, preserving, promoting and sharing the Philippine culture and heritage through educational and cultural opportunities that would enrich and enhance the lives of its members and the people of Colorado.
SF1 is a drummer, music producer, dancer, actor and emcee who began his career in performance. Born in Denver, Colorado SF1 started as a member of the drama group and the children and youth choirs in church. A graduate of Denver School of the Arts/Career Education Center, SF1 studied both music and audio engineering. Upon completion of high school he continued his education at Berklee College of Music and received his Bachelors Degree in Music Business Management from the University of Colorado Denver. When performing live, SF1 is backed by a skilled ensemble of performers which includes SF1's brother Marv as the other emcee, the talented Julie Almeria on vocals, Jasson Martin on Drums, multi percussionist Aaron Templer and featuring Ninaad Nariani from Mudra Dance Studio. SF1 is sure to be considered one of today's multidimensional talents that possess an array of skills that is sure to captivate and electrify any stage. Not your typical rap/hip hop artist of today but truly an artist in its true essence.
(Saturday Opening Ceremony Dragon Dance and also Main Stage performance at 1:30 pm)
Shaolin Hung Mei Kung Fu is a non-profit association offering a comprehensive system of martial practices intended to cultivate the defense skills, health, character and spiritual development of its students. Although the martial applications of Shaolin Hung Mei form its foundation, history, theory, philosophy and culture are integral to its structure. The organization bridges the gap between Eastern and Western ideals and people by exposing the greater metro communities to a variety of Chinese traditions. SHMKF has been part of the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival since its inception. SHMKF's Shifu, or Master, Howie Solow, is one of the founders of the festival.
In tune and attuned. At Sureela, we practice attuning the mind, body, and spirit through sangeet: movement, rhythm, and melody. Sureela students and ensemble members learn about South Asian philosophy, history, religion, literature and mathematics through the performing arts, focusing on North Indian classical kathak dance.
Aloha, Kainoa has been performing professionally in the Denver area since 1984. In 2007, she was given the opportunity to open a Polynesian dance studio, which gained 75 students that first year. She danced in Hawai'i. the United States and Canada. Having performed many years with a professional group here at Dragon Boat, last year was the first year that she presented her students. They received such an such an awesome response, and are pleased to be back again this year! We are proud to again present, Sway, Hula Colorado at the Colorado Dragon Boat festival. Her students all have a close association with Hawai'i or feel a deep affection and love for hula. They surely work very hard to embody the spirit of aloha and to share their love for the islands.
Tyler Weaver and his team does extreme martial arts performance. Tyler started his martial arts training as soon as he was walking. Tyler is one of the world's top leading youth martial artists. He began competing an amateur league when he was 7 and by 9 he was ready for the Elite divisions. In 1997, he won his first ISKA World Title and has earned three more since then. From there his success and extreme talent has landed him prime-time television exposure including Disney, the premier episode of "The Megan Mullally Show" and "The OPRAH Winfrey Show." When Tyler is not training or filming, he is traveling world-wide for performances, seminars, and teaching locally at his karate school.
Thai Harmony is the group of Thai dancers and musicians from the Thai temple of Denver, Wat Buddhawararam. The temple was established in 1976. It is situated at 4801 Julian St. Denver, CO 80221. Adults and children receive Thai traditional dance and classical music lessons at the temple under the Thai Language and Culture Program which is a joint project in collaboration with Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Please contact us at 303 433-1826 or at our email: [email protected].
Wendy Woo has led anything but a "normal" life, which separates her from the average performer. As the daughter of bohemian parents who were founding faculty members at Naropa University in Boulder Colorado, her childhood home was a truly eclectic social center. Influential Beat writers such as Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Ken Kesey were regulars in the living room! This unusual setting helped develop Wendy into an emotive singer as a child. She started playing the guitar just so she could provide her own accompaniment. After mastering the guitar, she began writing songs and performing in songwriting circles. She attended both the University of New Mexico and the University of Colorado, where she studied a variety of musical genres, theory and composition. Her many musical influences include everyone from folk chanteuse Suzanne Vega to the legendary Paul Simon. The trademark blended rhythms in Simon's music inspired her to add similar complexity to her own compositions. With this in mind, Wendy developed a technique she calls "Slaptap," a method of creating a captivating visual and percussive backdrop using the guitar body and fret board. Her innovative spirit led her to the storied steps of Boulder's Fox Theatre for her first job in the music industry. There she gained confidence as a performer, while learning the skills of self-promotion, booking and publishing. The venue acknowledged her talent by slotting Wendy to open for world renowned headliners, including Counting Crows, Michael Franti and others. Wendy's dedication and competence was rewarded when she won the Colorado Lilith Fair Talent Search in 1999, sharing the stage with an elite lineup including the Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin and Sheryl Crow. Her versatility is evident by the wide variety of artists whom Wendy has since shared the stage, including The Fray, Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, James Taylor, Counting Crows, Brad Paisley, Karla Bonoff and Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Her tour stops have included performances at premier venues like Red Rocks (CO), the Living Room and Bitter End (NYC), Hotel Café (LA), Bluebird Café (Nashville) and Eddie's Attic (Decatur, GA). Having penned and recorded over 200 original songs and playing over 150 dates yearly, she has gained a reputation as one of the most versatile performers on the circuit. An example of that reputation is the legendary Carly Simon inviting Wendy to perform with her at "Festival of the Senses" on Martha's Vineyard in 2014. Wendy has also been named Westword Magazine's Music Awards "Singer/Songwriter of the year" five separate times, resulting in her induction into Westword's Hall of Fame. The 2015 release of "Tipping Point", which was produced by Grammy Award winner Jim Gaines (Stevie Ray Vaughn, Carlos Santana, Huey Lewis and the News) and mastered by Grammy winner Brad Blackburn (Maroon 5, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Black Eyed Peas and Sara Bareilles.), is a testament to her mastery as a tunesmith and a reaffirmation that Wendy Woo continues to live a life that defies the term "normal!"


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Calif. Tax Board Gives Guidance On Stock Income Treatment
In a newly released chief counsel ruling, the state tax regulator explained the appropriate apportionment method employees should use to determine the portion of restricted stock income that is derived in California — which is therefore subject to Golden State taxes.
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By Rosie Molinary on April 15, 2008
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LAC DU FLAMBEAU, WIS. — The beauty of the white pines and crystal blue lakes belies the harsh realities of life on this Chippewa Indian reservation.
A 63 percent unemployment rate plagues the tribe, and nearly one-fourth of those with jobs are paid less than $7,000 a year. Not surprisingly, more than half of the Indians depend on welfare or other government aid.


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High Court Won't Touch Zach Scruggs' Misprision Conviction
Without comment, the Supreme Court denied the petition of David Zachary Scruggs, who unsuccessfully argued to the Fifth Circuit that his conviction for misprision of a felony should be nixed because the 2010 Skilling ruling narrowed the definition of honest services...
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Designing a crash-proof human
Philip Ellison 25 July, 2016 at 11:07
What has a concave face, extraordinarily thick skin, a chest full of sacks, and a heel in its calf? Introducing Graham, the odd-looking creation of Dr David Logan, road safety engineer at Monash University, Christian Kenfield, a trauma surgeon at Royal Melbourne Hospital, and artist Patricia Piccinini.
'Project Graham' was conceived as part of Australia's Transport Accident Commission's Toward Zero campaign, to demonstrate just how differently human beings would need to have evolved in order to be able to survive high-speed collisions.
"The truth is that cars have evolved a lot faster than we have," explains Logan. "Our bodies are just not equipped to handle the forces involved in common crash scenarios."
As anyone who has been on a road safety course will know, while your body might stop moving when you brake, your internal organs don't. "The most significant part of the body for injury is the head," says Kenfield. "As the head stops, the brain actually keeps moving forwards, smashing against the front part of the skull… The strongest man cannot hold himself from going forwards in a car accident."
If it were possible to redesign the human body to be able to absorb the energy of high-speed crashes, then the priority would be slowing down over time, rather than stopping immediately. "We want to be thinking airbag rather than armour," says Kenfield. Hence Graham's barrel-like chest, and airbag-like moobs.
"What excites me about this project is its relevance to our community," says Piccinini, who helped bring Graham to life. "For me, this is a challenge to make a work that's not just a museum piece; it can be the vehicle for a very important idea."
"Graham helps us understand why we need to improve every aspect of our roads system to protect ourselves from our own mistakes," says Logan. And for those who have commented on Graham's grotesque appearance; well, maybe body horror will be more a more effective tool than your average PSA when it comes to educating passengers and pedestrians on road safety.
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