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Magic Bus works with some of the world's poorest children and young people, taking them from a childhood full of challenges to a life with meaningful livelihoods. We equip young people with the skills and knowledge they need to grow up and move out of poverty.
Children on the Magic Bus Programme complete school, and go on to enroll in vocational institutes or colleges. They successfully fend off destabilizers such as child marriage and child labour and become first-generation salary earners. Our participants complete their education and have secure careers.
The below report is a representative of the impact in the Magic Bus Programme in Chandrapur, where the communities are located.
Wadgaon is a small community of 72 households. 88 per cent of the households are Below Poverty Line.
The community is dominated by the Other Backward Classes (OBC) social group. Most houses are kuchcha or, what we know as mud-and-daub structure. Residents are mostly farmers. There are no other gainful employment opportunities available here.
Unemployment is prevalent. So, is lack of hygienic practices. On the other hand, alcoholism and substance abuse is rampant.
Magic Bus began working in this community since 2014. At present, our programme is transforming the lives of 56 children.
Salman is 11 years old and studies in an open school. He has three siblings - two sisters aged 15 years, and one brother who is 13 years old. Both his parents are agricultural labourers. Their income is uncertain and not enough to meet ends for a family of five.
Salman joined our Magic Bus session last year. Initially, his parents were apprehensive about allowing him to play. Salman has a condition - the left side of his body is less developed than the right. This has caused him to remain mostly indoors with his siblings as his own playmates.
The Community Youth Leader (CYL) convinced Salman's parents to send him for the sessions. At Magic Bus, we believe that every child has a right to play and live a fulfilling childhood. Our play spaces are not only an interactive classroom in the open but also spaces that are inclusive.
Salman started participating in the activities during the Magic Bus sessions. He came regularly since this was his only opportunity to step out in the open and interact with children other than his siblings. He has a large circle of friends. They all encourage him to play. In the process, each child understands and respects the diversity among themselves. Salman has discovered a space where he is accepted and not ridiculed, where he is encouraged and not protected, where he can push the boundaries of his capabilities and enjoy his life without being pitied by others.
A few of the areas of behaviour change addressed by Magic Bus volunteers and mentors include:
Sessions are divided into 3 parts:
Warm up: The development goal is introduced using interactive activities
Main activity: The development goal is reinforced using sports and activities
Review: A discussion is facilitated to draw parallels to real-life situations and sum up the learning objectives.
(Photographs from Magic Bus areas of intervention are used for representation only.)


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Chris Adcock admitted he and wife Gabby did not do themselves justice as their bid to add a World Badminton Championship mixed doubles medal to their Commonwealth title came to an end.
England's last hope in Copenhagen, the Adcocks lost 21-16 26-24 to Cheng Liu and Yixin Bao in the last 16 despite saving six match points in the second game and holding a game point at 24-23.
The Adcocks, seeded fourth, had never lost to the Chinese duo before and Chris, who won world mixed doubles silver with Imogen Bankier in 2011, insisted they got what they deserved.
He said: "We didn't play very well. We didn't perform to our best. We put pressure on ourselves to play well at big events but unfortunately we did not perform well enough."
The Adcocks have had a busy summer with the Commonwealth Games only finishing in Glasgow earlier this month but Gabby was reluctant to use that as an excuse for their performance.
"We were well below par. We played terribly but almost managed to take that second set. Against a pair like that we can't afford to play that poorly," she said.
"We haven't had the ideal preparation but that's no excuse. We felt confident going into this tournament after doing so well at the Commonwealths. We were fine physically but it's quite difficult mentally."
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Have you ever given thought to those who make it their mission to protect your life? Consider the countless people who put their own life on the line every day in order to ensure that you are safe and protected.
Police officers, firefighters, army and navy members, doctors, paramedics, nurses…and the list goes on. The recent tragedy of a police officer in Alberta, brutally beaten and killed in the line of duty investigating a noise disturbance, highlights the supreme sacrifice these selfless individuals make.
Collectively and individually they afford all of us in the Western world a great deal of peace of mind. How fortunate we are to live in a country where such systems are in place.
In my own small way I would like to acknowledge the dedication, fearlessness and selfless sacrifice of these heroes. Without them, the world would be a dim place.
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Call me a fool, but I actually enjoy hand drafting. It's how we were taught (the only way we were taught) in my design program and the mathematical side of my brain found drawing tedious details to be somewhat therapeutic. But I'm quickly learning that hand drafting doesn't have much credence in the real world. It's an art, and with that, a job that requires time and patience that most design firms and clients can't afford. I've tried to put my foot down and proclaim that I will only use hand drafting, particularly if I have my own firm someday, but I've already given up this fight. Last night, I surrendered my VISA and signed up for AutoCAD courses online. Don't I sound excited??
I actually am looking forward to this! It will be something new to learn, another skill to add to the resume and possibly open up doors for me with new design firms. Wish me luck, as I'm hoping to finish this 4-month only course in under 3 months....we'll see how that goes. Summertime only comes once a year, after all.


text: News Brooklynite Tommy Wallach has a hit with his new book, 'We All Looked Up' Tommy Wallach, Brooklyn-based author of "We All Looked Up." Photo Credit: Photo credit: Ellen Epley By SHEILA ANNE FEENEY email@example.com Updated April 12, 2015 4:10 PM Print Share fbShare Tweet Email Bushwick wunderkind Tommy Wallach, is on a day-job quitting roll. His young adult novel, "We All Looked Up," about a cadre of Seattle teenagers facing the end of the world as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth, has been acclaimed as a remarkable triumph. Kirkus Reviews called it a "stunning debut ... with brilliant imagery and astounding depth." Praised for its suspense and pitch-perfect grab of teen angst, "We All Looked Up" was snapped up by Paramount Pictures six months before it was published late last month, and a movie is now in the works. The book's immediate success prompted a reprinting within a week of its release. Wallach, 32, is also a musician, performing music that sounds like a cross between Ian Axel and Rufus Wainwright. He created a companion album for his novel, writing and performin songs reprising its apocalyptic themes. While he's been too busy to check how it's doing on iTunes and Bandcamp, a recent show at Joe's Pub ("SO fun!") sold out. Wallach has found a way to get paid doing what he loves -- writing and making music -- at a time people are increasingly reluctant to pay for what they hear or read. While "We All Looked Up" is his first published book, "this is my seventh novel: I had no success at all with the other six. It's been a long journey," said Wallach, who has been writing "seriously" since he was 17. Wallach is the only child of a devoted single mother to whom his novel is dedicated. While modest concerning his own accomplishments, he doesn't hesitate to "brag" about Stephanie Wallach, the woman who raised him, "the 10th female commercial airline pilot in America!" As a child actor growing up in Medina, Washington, Wallach attended the prestigious Lakeside School in Seattle (the alma mater of Bill Gates). He hopscotched through various colleges before graduating from NYU with a degree in independent studies and then scooping up a master's degree in journalism from Stanford in 2009. After a stint in San Francisco, he settled in Brooklyn, surrounded by other striving writers, artists and musicians. Working as a test prep teacher for mostly affluent people taking LSATs, GREs and GMATs bought the self-proclaimed "bleeding heart liberal" time to write. "The pay is very good. Shockingly good. It's a great artist's day job," said Wallach, who allowed he is "good at taking tests," but "the world would probably be a better place without standardized tests." Generous wages permitted him to teach 25 hours a week while he wrote novel after novel, laboriously pitching each one to "80 or 90 different agents" he found in "Writer's Market," to seemingly endless disappointment. When an agent finally bit on one bygone effort "I thought, 'this is it! This is my career!' but I worked on it for six months and my agent didn't show it to a single publisher." His book's success means he can at last quit tutoring aspiring lawyers and financiers and write full time. While Wallach was not influenced by the enthusiasm for "Hunger Games" and vampire themes, he concedes he was grateful that his idea for "We All Looked Up" -- which he rewrote extensively after agent John Cusick picked it up two years ago -- was "more sale-able than my other ideas." And popular. "The YA world is INSANE," said Wallach, noting that "WE All Looked Up" inspired one fan to get an asteroid tattoo, an homage both flattering and frightening. (While he lives in a "stereotypical Bushwick loft," he is tattoo-free.) "There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of bloggers: Every kid who cares about reading has a blog," and "they're wonderful at it and very supportive and positive," Wallach said. Wallach has done three "blog tours" and while he is wary of being gobbled up by "huge and necessary" social media demands, he has so far responded "to everyone who writes to me ... If I stopped responding to people on line, Simon & Schuster (his publisher) and my agent would be rightfully livid." He hopes songs from his "We All Looked Up" album can be incorporated into the upcoming movie because "that's one of the ways musicians can make money," he explained. "You can still make a living as a writer -- it's not all that remunerative, but you can make a life. If you're a musician, the best you can hope for is touring a lot and making money by being away all the time," and Wallach identifies as an introverted homebody. He paid "more than half" of his book's advance on recording and to the other musicians who appeared with him at the Joe's Pub gig. "I'm a really loud voice in favor of paying for things," said Wallach. "I've ended friendships over this: You can't be friends with me if you steal all your content. I have starving artist friends who have no money and I don't argue with that, but I really object to people who make a philosophy out of stealing from artists. One of the great things about the YA world in particular is people still buy books!" Wallach success is a testament to the power of a relentless work ethic, married to almost supernatural persistence. And his devotion to his craft hasn't flagged now that he finally has a hit on his hands. His next book, "Thanks for the Trouble," a love story about a boy who doesn't speak and a girl who may or may not be 250 years old, comes out next year. 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I think this is one of my favorite necklaces. I am happy with the way I captured the Autumn colors.
It has ceramic beads made by myself, some old cherry amber resin beads, Czech glass, carnelian and other stones. It really looks yummy.
I haven't had time to make much jewelry and I really miss creating finished pieces.
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Being the comic-book geek that a lot of my Marvel Cinematic Universe fan friends know, I often get asked questions along these lines: "Okay, so the new film? Is there something I should read?"
For Black Panther, the answer has been easy: Ta-Nehisi Coates's Hugo-nominated Black Panther: A Nation under Our Feet. Other comic-book aficionados may disagree, but when I watched the trailer for the upcoming Panther film, I was visually triggered for Brian Stelfreeze's art. The costumes have a certain resonance, of course, but even something simple as a landscape scene reminded me of this graphic-novel series.
The collected first volume of A Nation under Our Feet came out in September 2016. At the time, I had very mixed reactions to it. It's an incredibly groundbreaking series, given that it is both written and illustrated by African Americans.
But at the time, my take-away was "needs more explosions."
As I mentioned in my review of the newer Black Panther comic by Nnedi Okorafor, Ta-Nehisi Coates is a New York Times best-selling author . . . of nonfiction. And I'm sorry to say, but you could tell this is first foray into fiction. Even if this weren't the kind of storytelling that depends on heavy visuals—which it is—the plot of Coates's Panther is extremely ponderous and complex, as is the dialogue. It's a rookie mistake that I warn many writing students to avoid: don't make every character speak the same way, and, oh yeah, I get that you want to add gravity with your meaningful pronouncements, but they lose impact if they come with every sentence. Save the "thou shalts" for the big moments; they'll have more oomph.
Wrested from its clunky storytelling, however, the core idea of this series is fascinating. Basically, the concept is this: how do you have a life and keep your daily, basic shit together when you're a freaking superhero? T'Challa's/Black Panther's problems are amplified because he's not just trying to get through high school, like your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. T'Challa is the king of Wakanda, the most technologically advanced nation in the world. Turns out, when you're spending your time swanning off with the Avengers, you leave your nation vulnerable to attack. Also, apparently, when you're not paying attention, factions and warlords (maybe—that part was a little hard for me to track) spring up everywhere, and a lot of them, let's say, have a bad track record regarding human-rights violations, particularly when it comes to women.
Plus, T'Challa prides himself in being very, very just. His government is determined that everyone is going to get the same treatment under the law. Truth, justice, and the Wakandan way is great and everything, but when you follow that kind of superstrict code you sometimes find yourself ordering the execution of a feminist vigilante who is trying to stop women and girls from being raped and abused because, you know, murdering those bastards is still murder.
Luckily, girlfriend won't stand for that.
And I mean that literally. Turns out the feminist killer of rapists is a lesbian, and her girlfriend busts her out of prison to save her from execution and start a two-woman campaign (with cool, high-tech, Iron Man–like suits) that underscores the ways in which T'Challa has failed his people. Everywhere they go, with every raping warlord they topple, the pair leaves behind a message: No One Man.
The message resonates because, yeah, why a king when Wakanda is otherwise so advanced? To say Aneka and Ayo were my favorite part of this graphic novel would be an understatement. Plus, Stelfreeze's stylized art is gorgeous.
But there's not enough of them, and there's too much of other confusing supervillains and subplots involving a dead/not-dead sister to T'Challa.
In short: this thing needed more explosions. But in general? It's worth reading, or at least skimming, if you're interested in reading up on a little Black Panther before the movie comes out on February 16. Currently, probably in anticipation of the movie, Marvel has the Kindle download available for free, and the series is also included in the publisher's Black Panther sale on comiXology.


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Hmmmm… I see a historical pattern here. We (again) have a tie for this past week's Caption Contest. Each with equal votes:
Please visit their blogs and follow their "stuff". They are all EXTREMELY talented writers, publishers, and bloggers. So with that, here's this.
I have some good news, and some bad news. I have decided to change the name of the Poofy Shirt Award, as I am (almost) certain that if it gains any future notoriety, the term "Poofy Shirt" is certainly copyrighted to Seinfeld et.al. So, it will now become the Cavalier Captioner Award.., no possible intellectual property infringements and I get to use my alliteration. That was the bad news, in case you were wondering. Now, the good news. I will be giving away (starting with this week's contest) Today in Heritage History t-shirts for the winners. The shirts say; "You may call me: the Cavalier Captioner". Here's how you can get your shirt; 1) Go to my store at Cafe Press 2) Find the men's or women's t-shirts 3) Prize shirt selections are titled Cavalier Captioners Shirts 4) From the Cavalier Caption shirts (men's or women's, your choice) pick-out your type (dark, or light), color, and size 5) Go to my Gravatar at the todayinhh.com blog 5) At my email address listed, email me the product number and info, and somewhere you would like it sent 6) Wear it proudly.That's it. Thanks for having fun with me. I was ROFLMAO all day Sunday. You guy's are gooooddddd. PKC


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Today sees the release of this weeks challenge over at Child's Play Challenge blog. The inspiration this week is the Charlie Brown film 'Its The Great Pumpkin'.
I have scrapped a picture of our pumpkin lantern from 2 years ago with lots of pumpkins and orange ink splats which I made with my new splat mask.
This fun challenge is open until the end of the month as are all the other ones released this month.


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It is always a pleasure to revisit a playground after a period of time has passed since installation – the trees have grown, the shrubs have filled in and some of the bark, originally left on a few pieces of the wood, has been peeled off as children explore the natural materials we've used. That's ok! That's a sign that the playground is loved and enjoyed (bark will eventually fall off anyway and clients know that!) Our playground carpenter, Dennis, was driving through Batawa and stopped to grab some photos.
On Saturday, the City of Kitchener celebrated Earth Day and the grand opening of the Natural Play Space at Huron Natural Area. Mayor Barry Vrbanovic and Councillor Kelly Galloway-Sealock were on hand for the official ribbon cutting ceremony along with hundreds of families, enjoying the Earth Day celebrations. The play space, adjacent to a natural area and trails is used by the public as well as student and classes from local schools who will now have a new place to play! The playground incorporates both large and small log jam climbers as well as a hill slide, sand pit with water pump and plenty of seating.
On April 7th at the annual conference for Parks and Recreation Ontario, Preston Stringer of Earthscape and Heather Flaherty of the City of Guelph, proudly accepted a 2016 Excellence in Design Award for the Exhibition Park Playground.
The following was read aloud at the Gala Award Ceremony when the award was presented:
"Play might be seen as something of the past… and risky play all but forgotten. But not in Guelph. Inspired by European design, Guelph has created the Exhibition Park Playground, an aesthetically pleasing, challenging yet safe, and – perhaps best of all – all ages friendly play space! The design creates opportunities over multiple zones for different age groups and abilities. Play areas feature different media, such as wood, ropes, nets and boulders, meeting at varying angles and heights which test an individual's developing abilities. The play structures blend with the surroundings of sand, trees and grass to create a real sense of playing in nature. Parent Ellyn Lusis says 'Parents have places to sit and watch, and kids no longer need their parents to help them onto equipment. The kids are thrilled to challenge themselves and, each time I visit, I hear some child call out to their parent 'look at me'. And teens aren't left out of this either as they are often found challenging their abilities too. Risky play… it could make you want to wish you grew up in Guelph…"
Read the City of Guelph's Media Release here.
Construction of Slide Hill has now begun on Governors Island in New York City with work expected to continue through to January 2016. Slide Hill will have a view to the Statue of Liberty and is one of several hills on the Island that will provide a stunning view of the New York City skyline. Master planned by West8, Earthscape is a design/build partner for the Slide Hill alongside General Contractor ValleyCrest and Engineering firm Stantec Consulting. For more information on the project, click here.
Sometimes we forget that playgrounds can be spaces enjoyed by kids of all ages! We got this awesome parkour video from one of our playground fans who visited Snider Parkette, just off Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario.
There is lots of action at Exhibition Park as neighbours visit the construction site and check out the installation of the climbing equipment. If weather cooperates, we hope to be done mid-November.
Earthscape is looking forward to attending the following upcoming events. Be sure to stop by and see us!
Date: October 19-22, 2018
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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- "Stay Woke" will take place on Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. in Alumni Hall in the Student Center for a moderated dialogue on racial profiling. Sponsored by the CCSU Student Union Board of Governors Mosaic Community, the event aims to "inform, enlighten and provide" an exchange of ideas regarding current events.
- On Friday, Feb 9. a conversation regarding "the dangers of right-wing extremism" will take place. Known as"Public Forum: Fascism & Anti-Fascism," the event will take place at 7 p.m. at the Diaspora Multicultural Society in New Britain, CT.
- The United Caribbean Club will be hosting a "Rep Your Flag" event which will celebrate college students representing their background, culture and nationality. The "party" will take place on Friday, Feb. 9 at 10 p.m. in Semesters in the Student Center.
- The South Asian Students Association will be hosting its annual "Dawaat E Ishq" event with music, food and dancing on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 11 p.m. in Alumni Hall.
- Join Student Activities and Leadership Development (SALD) on Monday, Feb 12. to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Students can head to Hilltop Cafe at 4:30 p.m. for a meal and then to Torp Theater at 6 p.m. for performances that are free and open to the public.


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I had the distinct privilege of representing the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) at the G-20 Religious Leaders Summit in Pittsburgh this past September. As faith leaders from across North America, we gathered together to advocate for the now more than 1 billion people on earth who are hungry. In a world of plenty, it is simply unacceptable—inhumane, really—that our brothers and sisters are literally starving. So while the world's leaders met to discuss sustainable global economic recovery, we—as people of faith—reminded them that any recovery must include a commitment to confront the horrifying fact that there are so many people who live in extreme poverty and hunger in our world.
I hope and pray they heard us.
As I drove home from Pittsburgh, I couldn't get that number out of my head: 1.02 billion. This is an enormous number and yet it doesn't relay the names, stories and faces of all those it represents. For Week of Compassion and all of us who care deeply about this ministry and how it changes lives, poverty and hunger have faces. This astronomical figure is not merely a number or a statistic—it is people.
In my heart, I brought all these people and their lives to the Week of Compassion Advisory Committee meeting last week. Twice a year, we meet to discern the work and witness of WoC. This often entails difficult funding decisions. Some of you may have heard me at some point admit that this job can keep me up at night, as we are confronted day in and day out with a world with such tremendous needs. How can we respond to them all, especially with limited resources?
Such was the conversation for the Advisory Committee last week. We agonized over how to respond to so many appeals—all of them worthy, urgent and significant. And yet we, too, are experiencing the impact of the current economic crisis as we studied a financial statement that reflected a 15% decrease in giving from last year. How then, can we respond? How do we continue to live out our mission to be the relief, refugee and development mission fund of this Church?
We do so knowing that there truly is enough for everyone. There is enough. It just means that we have to distribute resources differently. It means that we take advantage of the opportunity to reflect, re-evaluate and prioritize. It means that we keep that figure in front of us: 1.02 billion people hungry on earth. Those are the people who are most affected by the global economic crisis! Those are the ones for whom we lay awake at night, tossing and turning and trying to figure out how to share our resources in a way that will change their lives for the better.
Painstakingly, the Advisory Committee approved a 25% reduction in our final program distributions for the current fiscal year. For our 2010 budget, the Committee approved a budget 15% lower than what we would have hoped for. Needless to say, this was heart wrenching for us all. But it was also a chance for us to think about our own hearts and treasures, knowing that where our treasures are there our hearts are also.
And even though these are uncertain times, we are all certain about one thing: our hearts are with those 1.02 hungry people in the world to whom we are accountable. Ending poverty is not only a socio-economic quest, a security quest, and a moral quest—it is a spiritual quest. It is a matter of faith.
Because there really is enough—even for 1.02 billion people who are hungry.
My sincere hope is that we will all be moved to share out of our "enough" so that others may know what it means to have enough, too.


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Nammura Hotel
November 28, 2006
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In a little alley off 24th Main near the Raghavendra Swamy temple in J.P. Nagar, is a full-scale food processing industry, complete with sparking, stainless steel, food-grade cooking equipment, chefs with plastic gloves and hair-nets and enormous walk in freezers, churning out thousands of kgs a day of rice, chapattis, idlis, sambar, chutney and more. Welcome to Nammura Hotel – where you can be assured of hygienic and wholesome vegetarian food at a very reasonable price.
Perfect for the weekend when you are too lazy to cook, or have guests for dinner, Nammura Hotel is exclusively a takeout restaurant, so don't expect to go there for a sit-down dinner. First, go to the billing section and buy the coupons for the items you choose. Food here is sold by the kilo (you can buy ¼, ½ or ¾ kg too), and if you are unsure how much to buy, check with the helpful employee at the billing section. Make sure you take your own utensils (though, once, I did see an enterprising youth who set up a stall near the hotel, selling disposable containers), and your food will be packed and handed to you at the service counter. The entire assembly-line precision is amazing to watch!
There are separate menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner and the menu varies daily, and consists of about 15-20 items ranging from traditional Karnataka cuisine, South Indian delicacies and North Indian food. Best-sellers include bisibele bath, idli and chutney and pathrode. They also make awesome sweets, including obattu and a melt-in-the-mouth Horlicks-based burfi for Diwali!
Nammura Hotel also has a catering service called "Kitchen on Wheels" for special occasions where the food will be prepared and served at the location of your choice. During festival season, you can pre-order sweets and savouries. Nammura Hotel is located at 65, 21st A Main Road, J.P. Nagar II Phase, Bangalore, ph: 26490077, 26491188. They are open from 6:30 am to 10 am for breakfast, from 10 am to 3 pm for lunch and from 5 pm to 9:30 pm for dinner.
November 21, 2006
Umerkot serves traditional Indian and Mughal cuisine, with recipes popularized by the khansamahs or chefs from Emperor Akbar's famed kitchen. The food here is delicious and a change from the usual Indian joints serving chicken tikka masala. The emphasis on traditional has resulted in delicately spiced food that retains its original flavour. The murgh jehangir or the chicken clear soup will warm up your soul and the murgh ki chaanp or the chicken legs marinated in lemon and cumin is wholesome and grilled. However, the real winner in Umerkot is the dum biryani – try the zafrani biryani for a taste of heaven with the murgh-e-firdaus or chicken in a rich, nutty sauce as a side dish.
The restaurant is located in a huge bungalow where the upper floors consist of service apartments and the ground floor houses the restaurant and bar. The décor is neat and simple and the restaurant is ideal for a business lunch or a family dinner. There is seating available in an outdoor covered courtyard or in the AC dining hall which has the adjoining lounge bar. There is valet parking available. Umerkot is located at #30, 80 Ft Main Road, ST Bed, Koramangala, Bangalore-34, ph: 25500426.
Bombay Post
November 16, 2006
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Step into Bombay in the 1960s – gleaming marble table tops, elegant cream-coloured walls contrasting with polished mahogany rafters, black and white posters of Dev Anand, Pran and Nargis, and Mohammed Rafi melodies in the background. The food at Bombay Post is reminiscent of this theme as well, and tries to capture the varied flavours of Mumbai cuisine.
Begin your meal with the ganne ka ras or sugarcane juice – they have a sugarcane crusher in their kitchen, so you can enjoy the drink without the germs! For starters, the baida roti and chaats are excellent and for non-veggies, the kebabs and the batti ka chop are good choices. A special mention about the paneer dishes – they are out of the world, the paneer is fresh and delicate. For the main course, my favourites include both the paneer and chicken patiala with kulchas. The street food inspired fish fry as well as the mutton are fantastic. The biryanis, the chicken dum biryani and the methi vegetarian biryani, are worth trying. I was not too impressed with the desserts – which includes kulfis – my recommendation would be to go to Corner House, which is located in the same complex, for dessert.
Bombay Post is the ideal place to go with a big group of friends or co-workers. There is plenty of seating and the place combines a rare atmosphere of warmth, charm and privacy. A big plus here is the valet parking. Cost for a meal for two is approximately Rs.700. Bombay Post is located (in the same complex as TGIF) at Carlton Towers, 1, Airport Road, Bangalore, ph:41113939.
November 14, 2006
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If you crave a dosa in South Bangalore, and don't want to go to a crowded Darshini, Woodys offers a suitable alternative. Surprisingly housed in a modern looking glass and steel building, this is a family-friendly, South Indian vegetarian restaurant. The atmosphere is some significant notches above the Darshinis, but decidedly middle-class. The ground floor, which is the self-service section, is spacious, while the upper floor, which is a sit-down and eat area, is a bit claustrophobic.
The food quality varies from very good to passable – you would do better to stick to the tiffins and snacks, rather than a full meal. They serve delicious dosas – try the pessarattu, which is a dosa made out of green gram dal, the rava dosa, and South Kanara favourites including kadubu (a cone shaped idli). They also have excellent coffee and a chaat stand musters up some passable chaat.
The best time to visit Woody's is either for breakfast or for a pre-dinner snack. A word of caution – stick to the self-service area since the service at the upper floor can be slow and frustrating. The restaurant has plenty of parking space and is open from 8:30 am until 11 pm. Woody's is located at No. 45/1, 17th Main, II Phase, J.P. Nagar, Bangalore, ph: 26490999.
November 11, 2006
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In the mood for an elegant lunch or a classic dinner? Then step into Sunnys, a Euro restaurant that specializes in Italian food. I went there on an impulse for lunch on a weekday, and was given a table within minutes. A bread basket with hot garlic rolls and garlic butter appeared on our table, and disappeared into our stomachs. For starters, we ordered a ginger lemonade, a tomato-mozzarella salad and a tuna salad. The lemonade was delicious and tasted homemade. The tomato-mozzarella salad had baby plum tomatoes in a bed of mozzarella slices – yes, in a bed of mozzarella slices! The cheese was heavenly, absolutely fresh, nothing like what you buy in a store. As for the tuna salad, no tuna from a can in Sunnys, it was fresh tuna. For the main course, we ordered a Norwegian grilled salmon with vegetables and pasta – again, delicious.
I have tasted desserts from Sunnys in the past – chocolate cake, Devils food cake and they are to die for. That day, however, I decided to try the campari gelato, which was basically flavoured ice flakes. Passable, but definitely not as worthy as their chocolate flavoured, rich classics.
The decor at Sunnys is lovely -the glass walls drench the ground floor dining area with sunlight making it perfect for a long lunch. The upper floor is a lounge bar. The atmosphere is very chic and casual – Bangalore's who's who seem to love it, as do the expats. The restaurant is located at Embassy Diamante, 34, Vittal Mallya Road, Bangalore, ph:41329366/391. Cost for a meal for two, without drinks, is approximately Rs.1400.


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Greco, Gioachino (1600-1634)
Le Jeu des eschets, traduit de l'italien de Gioachino Greco, Calabrois.
Paris: J. Le Febvre, 1689
Duodecimo: 14.3 x 8.4 cm. [124], 341, [1] pp.
SECOND FRENCH EDITION (1st French 1669).
A charming copy of a book usually found badly worn and in poor condition. A fine copy in contemporary speckled calf, the spine tooled in gold, with a citron morocco label. Slight wear to the boards, Corners bumped.
Gioachino "the famous Italian" Greco was a masterful chess analyst, head and shoulders above his seventeenth-century contemporaries. His work consists of 94 chess gambits. "Greco's games are naturally based upon the favorite Italian Openings of the day and it is hardly to be expected that he should have made any considerable addition to the large number of openings that were then known. He is, however, our oldest authority on the Cunningham Gambit… Greco's great service to chess lies in the fact that he had made this material known to a wider circle of players than Polerio and his contemporaries had ever reached. In this way his MSS. became one of the most important productions in the literature of chess."(Murray, p. 830)
"Gioachino Greco, also known as Il Calabrese, was born around 1600 in Celico, which near Cosenza in Calabria. Calabria had already produced such players as Leonardo di Bono and Michele di Mauro. Already in 1619, Greco started keeping a notebook of tactics and particularly clever games and he took up the custom of giving copies of his manuscripts to his wealthy patrons. In 1621, Greco left Italy to test himself against players in the rest of Europe. He apparently met with success while traveling for, while traveling from Paris to England, he was waylaid by robbers who divested him of 5,000 scudi, a princely sum. Finally making it to London, he beat all the best players. Sir Francis Godolphin and Nicholas Mountstephen were given copies of his manuscripts. While in London, Greco developed an idea to record entire games, rather than positions, for study and inclusion in his manuscripts. He returned to Paris in 1624 where he rewrote his manuscript collection to reflect his new ideas. He then went to Spain and played at the court of Philip IV. There he beat his mentor and the strongest player of the time (other than himself), don Mariano Morano. He finally returned to Italy where he was enticed to traveling to the New Indies, the Americas, by a Spanish nobleman. He seemingly contracted some disease there and died around 1630 (possibly 1634) at the young age of 30 (34). He generously left all the money he earned at chess to the Jesuits." (See David Hooper, in The Oxford Companion to Chess)
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The head of a World War II bomber squadron cracks under the pressure.
In 1949 London, American tourist Harvey Stovall is drawn to a battered Toby jug in the window of an antique shop. After purchasing the mug, Harvey travels to the small country village of Archbury and bicycles out to an overgrown, abandoned airfield where he recalls events that began seven years earlier: In 1942, members of the U.S. Eighth Army Air Force 918th Bombardment Group return to their base in Archbury after a bombing strike. Following the crash landing of a crippled B-17 Flying Fortress, group commander Colonel Keith Davenport, adjutant Major Harvey Stovall and group surgeon Major "Doc" Kaiser meet the surviving crew members at interrogation. Distraught over the harrowing mission, co-pilot Lt. Jesse Bishop bolts, leaving Lt. "Willie" Wilson to detail the attack, after which Keith recommends Jesse for the Congressional Medal of Honor. At the base center, after Air Executive Lt. Colonel Ben Gately, Harvey and Doc listen to British turncoat and radio broadcaster Lord Haw-Haw declare the Eighth Air Force's daylight bombing strategy a failure, Ben informs Keith that the group has been placed on maximum effort strike alert for the next day, despite their loss of five planes. Doc warns Keith that there are signs of group burnout and wonders if anyone knows the parameters of an individual "maximum effort." Keith is appalled by the next day's orders, which sets the bombing altitude at 9,000 feet, and vists command headquarters at Pine Tree to consult with his close friend, Brigadier General Frank Savage. Frank admits to issuing the bombing orders personally, in hopes of increasing the bombers' level of concentration and accuracy. When Frank asks Keith about the 918th's continued misfortunes, Keith reveals the men's anxiety at the uncertain potential of daylight bombing and agrees with their misgivings. After Keith returns to the base, command leader General Pritchard contacts Frank about the day's losses and Frank admits he believes the 918th's problem lies with Keith's over-identification with his men. Alarmed, Pritchard has Frank accompany him to Archbury, where Keith goes over the causes for the mission's disruption. When the group's lead navigator, Lt. Zimmerman, admits his error caused a critical delay in reaching the target for a coordinated strike, Keith claims full responsibility. After dismissing Zimmerman, Pritchard presses Keith to instigate necessary changes, but when Keith refuses to replace Zimmerman, Pritchard relieves him of command. On the return to Pine Tree, Pritchard tells Frank how crucial it is to justify daylight bombing, then asks Frank to take over the 918th. The following day, Frank returns to Archbury as the new commander and finds the base in disarray over Keith's reassignment and Zimmerman's subsequent suicide. Discovering Harvey moderately drunk and Ben AWOL, Frank orders Ben to be brought in under arrest and has Harvey provide all the base personnel files for a complete restructuring of the group. When the MPs bring in Ben, Frank berates him for shirking his responsibilities, and accuses him of cowardice, then demotes him to flight commander and orders him to name his plane "The Leper Colony," where all the group "deadbeats" will be assigned. During the next morning's briefing, Frank lectures the group about their need to stop pitying themselves, accept that they are fighting a war and consider themselves already dead. Later, Frank is gratified when Squadron Commander Major Joe Cobb accepts his request to take over as the new Air Executive, but disagrees with Doc, who advises him to ease up on the men. Later, Frank is let down, however, when Jesse, representing all the pilots, informs him they want transfers. When Frank wonders how he might gain time to win the group's loyalty, Harvey, who is warming to his new commander, suggests the transfer requests might be intentionally delayed. Over the next few days, Frank takes the group through grueling flight practices until Harvey informs him that new field orders have come down for a mission. The men find about about new mission orders by having a Toby jug on the mantel in the officer's club turned face outward. The next two missions prove fairly successful, but Frank continues to drive the men hard and ignores queries about the transfers. Keith, now on Pritchard's staff, visits Archbury to warn Frank that rumors about the delayed transfers have prompted an investigation of the 918th by the Inspector General. During the next mission, bad weather forces the entire command's recall and only the 918th fails to return, bringing an anxious Pritchard to Archbury. When the group returns from a successful bombing raid without losses, Frank insists he had radio failure and never heard the recall order. Pritchard angrily chastizes him, but Frank demands the group receive a commendation for their persistence and courage. Afterward, Frank privately questions Jesse about the group's response to the commendation, but the Medal of Honor winner admits he remains unsure about the value of daylight bombing. Despite Frank's earnest appeal, Jesse insists he wants to leave the Air Force. The next day, while the Inspector General examines the pilots, Frank begins packing his belongings, convinced that he will be removed from command. Joe bursts in with the news that Jesse halted the inspection by withdrawing his transfer request, causing the other pilots to follow suit. Frank is momentarily overcome, but covers up with a bluster of stern orders. The next mission takes the 918th into Germany for the first time and upon their return, Frank discovers his driver, Sgt. McIllhenny, had stowed aboard his plane, and Joe reveals Harvey, Doc and even the reverend, Capt. Twombley, had also stowed aboard various planes in order to participate in the first German raid. Although secretly pleased, Frank nevertheless berates Harvey. A few missions later, Joe leads a raid in which Jesse's plane is lost, but Frank masks his distress at the news. When Doc tells Frank that Ben has been hospitalized after flying three missions with a painful cracked vertebrae, Frank visits Ben in the hospital. Although Ben says little to Frank, he is deeply moved by the general's sincere expression of respect and concern. Soon after, the combined chiefs of staff devise a major strike plan on German ball-bearing factories that, if successful, would validate daylight bombing. On the first of the three crucial raids, Frank witnesses Joe's plane receive a direct hit, but responds nonchalantly back at the base. The next morning while preparing to lead the next raid, however, Frank is abruptly unable to pull himself into the cockpit and grows disoriented and shaky. Ben assists him from the plane before taking command of the mission. As the bombers taxi down the runway, Frank gets hysterical, insisting the mission be aborted as Harvey and Keith struggle to subdue him. Back at the base, Frank falls into a comatose state of shock for the duration of the mission and only revives when the 918th successfully returns from their raid. Harvey's reminiscences come to an end and he gives a final glance around Archbury's ghostly remains before bicycling away.
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The Secret of How to Save Your Marriage From Divorce
Divorce has to be one of the worst experiences a man can go through...
Not only does a split end your marriage but it can also:
- Drive a wedge between you and your kids
- Wreak havoc with your finances
- Create a long cycle of alimony payments
- Mean long and drawn out trips to the courthouse
- Dealing with lawyers, judges, mediators and have them telling you what you can and can't do
- And.... lead to shared custody of the kids
Just because your wife has asked for a divorce though, or things seem to be going too wrong to fix, that doesn't mean your marriage is over.
The good news is there is a way to reignite the former passion you both shared and get your marriage back on an even keel, even if one of you was having an affair, you fight a lot or your marriage just doesn't seem to be working any more.
The fact you are reading this already proves you are a good man, a good husband and someone who cares about saving his marriage.
Regardless of how bad things have got at home, how little interest your wife might show in repairing the problems, or even if one of you has already moved out, we have an answer for you and it might not be what you expect to hear.
You need to zig when others are zagging and do the opposite of what everyone else is doing because, guess what, they have it wrong!
The secret your marriage counselor isn't going to tell you is this:
A woman uses emotion, not logic, to make every decision in her personal life.
A man tends to try communication, compromise, apology or discussion and those are all logic-based actions, meaning they are going to kill attraction and drive your wife even further away.
Although it's possible to reach a logical decision, if your wife's emotions are telling her to do something else, she is going to do it.
Let's break it down: you can't use logic to drive her emotions but you can use emotions to drive her logic!
Talking through your problems is the worst thing you can do, even though most marriage counselors want to you 'communicate' with one another and discuss everything in great detail.
Getting you in their office for multiple sessions is how they make their money after all!
So forget all that and devote your energy to building attraction, since that is the glue that will keep you happy and together.
Attraction begins with Leadership
Women are biologically programmed to be attracted to men with leadership qualities, and the reasoning is simple. Female sex drive is about survival and reproduction, and the human sex drive is what ensures the continuation of the human race.
This, in turn, means the guys with the biggest chance of surviving and looking after his kids were also the best and most fearless leaders! This is why women are naturally programmed on a biological level to find leaders appealing.
When a woman is with a confident leader she will do anything to make him happy because she finds him so attractive.
Somebody has to lead in a marriage and...
If you want your wife to find you attractive and stay in love with you, that needs to be you
Your marriage is in trouble because you didn't sustain the leadership position. You let her call the shots and her attraction to you waned as a result.
Saving your marriage is still possible, even if:
- Your wife is seeing someone else
- She is filing for divorce
- She doesn't live with you any more
- One of you cheated with someone else
- You are naturally submissive
Remember, you made her fall in love with you once, and you can do it again!
You just need to unlock the qualities that make you compelling, dynamic and masterful, and let biology take care of everything else.
The two of you fell in love but then you stopped being an effective leader and the love began to fade. This isn't your fault because you didn't know how vital leadership was, but it's actually everything to your wife and can greatly influence:
- How much she loves you
- How attracted she is to you and how much sex you have
- How much your happiness matters to her
- Her sex drive
A woman led by a loving, charismatic and fun leader will do anything to please him.
You need to remember the guy your wife fell in love with all those years ago and bring him back to win your wife's love, respect and desire all over again.
Want to discover how to reawaken the natural leader in you?
View the link above and discover a system that uses the most advanced, powerful exercises to get your brain back into alpha male-mode and shift you back into being the leader you once were.
This system has worked for men on five continents and it can also work for you.
You deserve to have the marriage of your dreams and get your life back on track. It's not too late!
Act now. Don't wait. You don't want to end up in the divorce court because you put it off!
Remember, you're a good man and a good husband, so step up, be a hero and save your marriage.
P.S - You have everything to gain and nothing to lose. You can't afford not to try and win back her heart and regain the former magic you enjoyed.
P.P.S - Nothing else in your life is as important as this is right now, so watch the presentation right now and find out exactly how to get your marriage back on track and have your wife fall in love with you all over again!


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Title: Wolf Line
Series: Granite Wolves #5
Author: Vivian Arend
Source: Requested Review
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Format: Novella
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Reviewer: WildAboutBones
Into the best-laid plans a little chaos must fall…
Jared's not sure how his quiet morning coffee near the harbour ended with him on a cruise ship impersonating one of his pack mates. Well, it might have something to do with a woman, but who can blame him? The female of the species was made to love, and he's more than willing to share his considerable skills in that area. Especially since he figures the chances of meeting his own one-and-only are slim.
Keri Smith is positive the last-minute recruit sneaking aboard the Arctic Wolf Cruise Lines tour is her mate. Ix-nay on confirming that, though, at least for the next ten days. She's promised her best friend to be overall troubleshooter for the shifter-only cruise. Getting tangled up in mating lust would reduce her skills to nil. Avoidance of the sexy wolf for the duration of the cruise, followed by jumping his bones, seems the logical solution.
But when libidos are on the line, "logic" and "wolves" don't go together. Throw in suspicions of wrongdoing, and these two virtual strangers will need a lot more than luck to find their way through to forever.
Warning: Really? You need to be warned about the hot nookie and sarcasm? Yeah, it's in here. Also colourful cat shifters, lupine royalty, and wild adventures in cabins like you've never seen before.
My Review:
This is the first book I've read of this series although they have been on my "to read" list for quite some time. While I may have recognized some of the other characters if I had read the rest of the series first, I didn't feel I was lost or missing out on anything by having read this one first. It definitely made me want to read the rest of the series as soon as possible.
I read this in one sitting and found it to be a fun and sexy novella that has the female under the grip of the mating urge before the male realizes she's his mate - a twist I enjoyed.
The female's best friend is a hysterically funny cougar shifter obviously modeled after Tigger, Winnie the Pooh's overactive friend. I like the main characters of Keri and Jared and their reality as they see it from being "middle of the pack" wolves. Sometimes when reading about all the alphas and betas, it is easy to dismiss those in the middle of the pack and what it must be like for them. So this was refreshing.
The premise of a shifter-only cruise is a inventive one. I wish there had been room in the story to explore more of the cruise and its passengers. The litte bits we get to see are a hoot.
The only two reasons I'm not giving this a higher rating is because I really would have liked the story to be longer so it could have gone into more detail on some things and I think Keri's reaction to learning Jared isn't Mark was a little unrealistic in that there isn't much of a reaction at all. I did however like her reaction to his other revelation.
This was a good introduction to the series for me and as I said before, I'll have to move the rest in the series way up on my "to read" list.
You can check out an excerpt at http://www.vivianarend.com/books/granite-lake-wolves/wolf-line


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How I'm tackling this ME/CFS flare
It's almost noon and I'm still in bed. I just Sat up actually when my sis brought me a nice big mug of decaf with coconut oil and quercetin in. Part of my morning routine now, though I'm starting to wonder whether coffee is one of my histamine triggers, despite being decaf. I might stick to golden tumeric milk instead.
The heavy ME/CFS passenger
I had been doing so well for so long that I had almost forgotten how bad these flares can get. It can be discouraging when you are reminded so unexpectedly of the horrible passenger you carry with you always.
This ME/CFS might be managed or worked around for a time, but it does come back to show itself from time to time, makes sure you remember it's still there and just how strong it is.
This is especially evident when you've got to a place of good pacing and scheduling so that you're living mostly symptom free, although a very limited life, you feel okay most of the time. You forget just how bad it can get.
You feel so good (for somebody with ME) you end up doing too much and are brutally reminded, either within minutes, hours or maybe even a few days, just how silly you were to think you had recovered.
I try not to get discouraged or upset when these setbacks come, because I know that it will soon be over again.
Whatever this illness is, it definitely thrives on frustration, sadness, anger, stress and anxiety. It thrives when we are in chaos and busy and worried. So I won't be feeding it any of that!
I have found the most productive thing to do is to accept what is and rest it out. Staying calm, relaxed, warm and comfortable… Trying to enjoy the downtime as much as the more active moments. Reminding myself that it's okay to switch off.
Rest is a work of vital importance. So don't fight it. Embrace it.
Anybody who knows me will know that I've been using a ketogenic diet to treat my ME/CFS and I've had great results in the form of symptom reduction or elimination (my story here).
That was until I recently had to change things up due to a histamine overload which caused severe allergic reactions all over my body. (read about that here)
My current way of eating
I don't usually have breakfast anymore, my first meal is at lunch and then again in the evening I might have a smaller snack-type meal. So a fat-filled coffee or golden milk and lots of water is all I'll have till then.
I have been doing only one meal a day since the start of the month because I suspected a histamine intolerance as the culprit for my 7 months of itching, rashes and hives.
Eating less frequently as well as reintroducing some non-keto, high carb ingredients back into my diet because of their histamine-reducing properties, has really helped calm my itching and hives, but I've also lost a bit of weight which I don't really need to lose. So I've devised a plan to try sort this out.
My action plan
I'm increasing my caloric intake just a bit by having one full meal with meat, veg and fats and one smaller meal focused on just protein and fat since I find most of my histamine triggers are vegetables or fruit anyway.
I also have a fat-filled dessert after each meal. Includes either double cream or coconut cream, chia seeds and a couple of blueberries. I also make sure to add a couple of Keto bounty bars which my mum makes for me, they're full of coconut oil and coconut cream. (recipe here if you're interested)
The main reason I've decided to avoid veg in my second meal is because I'm out of ketosis at the moment and so my ME/CFS symptoms are flaring. This is why I can't get up in the mornings.
I have the heaviness in my limbs again, I struggle to wake, I'm shaking and have pains creeping back.
So my plan is to focus on increasing protein and fat and keeping veg to a minimum so I can get back into ketosis as soon as possible and hopefully this flare will soon be gone!
I will probably go back to calculating macros in the MyFitnessPal app too, it would be beneficial to know if my carbs really are below 20g a day which is my ideal amount to stay in ketosis. Everybody is different, but I had no improvements when aiming for 30g a day, my improvements only happened once I dropped the carbs to below 20g.
The plan is to eliminate the ME/CFS flare by returning to ketosis, yet keeping the histamine levels low by using quercetin and holy basil instead of the high carb fruit and veg I have been using this month.
Here are the two "supplements" I'll be using to help reduce my histamine reactions:
I've heard brilliant reviews on both of these products, so I'm quite hopeful they will provide relief.
Quercitin is an anti-inflammatory flavonoid found in some vegetables, teas and fruit. Many people use it to treat allergies and hayfever, but it can also be used for pain relief in inflammatory conditions.
I have been taking quercitin for just a couple of days, but I have just spent a couple of days with family visiting and I ate too many meals each day, so my histamine bucket is quite full and I'm itching much more than I was last week. Apparently a histamine overload caused by a high histamine meal can take a few days to work itself out of the system, so hopefully I'll notice the benefits in a few days.
I am also planning on adding some Holy Basil tea, or Tulsi, to the mix next week. Holy Basil is referred to as an adaptogen, helping reduce stress and inflammation in the body. It is quite a potent antibacterial, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory. It is used to help treat anxiety and stress, colds and flu, it reduces blood sugar and regulates cortisol levels and is even being used to treat cancer.
I don't usually enjoy herbal teas, but this particular one got rave reviews on Amazon, so I'm excited to try it, and if it can help reduce my itching, then I'm all for it, whatever it tastes like. Hoping for some flare-free weeks ahead!


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Interspecific interactions-not competition
- Created by: Emmajayne798
- Created on: 15-04-16 15:09
Define: symbiosis
Interaction process between two or more biological species
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What is mutualism?
Where interactions benefit both a consumer and a resource
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Why is parasitism not mutualistic?
The host usually does not appear to benefit- there is a negative impact on prey dynamics
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What is relatively loose mutualism?
Where species could live apart from one another but benefit from being partners
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What is tight mutualism?
Where two species can no longer exist on their own- they depend upon each other for their survival.
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What mutualism was tested by Inoye and Taylor 1979?
Acacia (plant) + Pseudomyrmex (Ant) in Central America
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Describe how acacia and ant species benefit from being partners.
Ants are provided with hollow thorns for nesting in; protein rich material-Beltian bodies; extra-floral nectaries-droplets of sugar not needed by the plant. Plant is protected from herbivores e.g. caterpillas and other competitors of ants
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How did Inoye and Taylor test this mutualism? What happened?
Experimental testing-removed ants. 430% increase in Phytophagous insects. Leaf life declined by 50%. 85% increase in seeds destroyed by insects.
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How do cleaner fish and their customers benefit from mutualism?
Cleaner fish-receive food. Customers- Get dead skin and parasites removed.
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What happened when cleaner fish were removed?
Increase in skin disease in customers= population decline.
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How does the mutualism of leaf-cutter ants and fungi work?
Leaf-cutter ants bring back leaves- dont eat but feed to fungal gardens in nest. Fungus provides secretions which the ants feed on. When queens leave to form a new nest they take a culture of the fungus with them in their gut.
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Why is sea temperature increase such a threat to coral polyps?
At >28 degrees celsius- bleaching occurs. Zooanthellae leave corals. Corals no longer have additional food source provided by photosynthesis in algae. Corals die.
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What relationship do humans and apple trees have if sustainable farming is carried out?
Commensalism- humans benefit from food source, and other ecosystem services. Trees are not harmed.
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Why do organisms with different life histories thrive in different environments?
Some environments= predictable and relatively consistent in abiotic factors. Others=unpredictable with fluctuating and random changes. Different organisms will be selected for each type.
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What are the differences between the populations of "r" and "k" selected species?
"r"-Boom/bust populations- grow very rapidly (free from competition) so popln =very variable. "k"=numbers=constant + populations crowded.Intense competition.
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How does energy allocation compare overall between "r" and "k" species?
"r"=Little competition=no need for lots of growth-small. Energy used for reaching maturity and reproducing quickly. Maximizes reproductive traits. "k"- maximize survival traits-lots of energy to growth. deferred reproduction. fewer offspring.
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Give examples of "r" and "k" selected species.
"r"-Weeds, Poppy, Shepherd's Purse. "k"-Elephants, Humans, Oak.
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What is fecundity?
The number of offspring you produce in your lifetime
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Why is there a common negative correlation between life history traits of survival and fecundity?
Because only a set amount of resources are given over a lifetime to invest..
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In which environments are "k" selected species selected?
Predictable environments- Because there are few disturbances in the environment- populations are large so energy is invested in additional survival traits e.g chemical defences to make individuals better competitors for a limited amount of resources.
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In which environments do 'r' selected species thrive?
Unpredictable environments- young have no competition in a disturbed environment- can grow rapidly and thrive- do not need to invest in additional defences etc
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Holly has prickles which make it hard to eat. What type of species is this?
k selected
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Fire weed thrives after....wait for it...forest fires (shocker). What type of selection is this?
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Welcome to the SharePoint Security Labs at ARB Security Solutions. The security lab is committed to instigating security research in the central areas of collaborative and aggregate systems security. SharePoint and collaborative security is a captivating area of study. The goals of SharePoint security research are to formulate reliable and operative tactics for developing and deploying trustworthy SharePoint systems and complex collaborative applications, and carry outresearch and development activities for underlying enabling technology. This is procured through research in the practical and theoretical aspects of secure collaborative system design and thoughtful implementation.
- Multi-Level Classified Collaborative Environments
- Agnostic Authentication Factories
- Microsoft Sister Server Security Platform Integration
- Monitoring Tool Development
- Efficient encryption system and network reliability
- Autonomic security
- Reactive security systems
- Automated patching
- Host-based intrusion prevention
- Applications of peer-to-peer networks
- Security and availability policy
- Network intrusion detection and anomaly analysis.
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SharePoint as a technology is meant to connect information workers in organizations in amazing ways. By implementing robust content management controls with communications and collaboration functionality, information workers that exist in disparate places can effectively achieve goals that would otherwise not be possible. Promoting this organizational collaboration is a key business driver in building more advanced business systems for knowledge management, content management and distribution, and business process automation.For each piece of data that SharePoint adds into an environment, it is crucial that there be security mechanisms and disaster recovery policies in place for the information. Implementing security measures into your SharePoint environment is central to a successful deployment, protecting your business data should be one of the implementations highest priorities.
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- Application and Web Services Security
- Hardening Windows Server and IIS
- Active Directory Auditing and Management
- Identity Management (Manage User Access Security)
- Access Control (Application / Database)
Security in any organization should be an ongoing and dynamic process, the implications of it change as technology progress further. SharePoint is a living technology as it is consistently improved, modifications and enhancements are made, and server based assets evolve further. With this growth, the security relating to the technology also changes. Implementing progressive security management policies and technologies will allow an organization to adapt to these changes and make the appropriate modifications to an environment.
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