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The Federal Government respects the Sarawak government's stand in carrying out an in-depth study of the decision to lower the youth age cap from 40 years to 30. NSTP/MELVIN JONI
KUCHING: The Federal Government respects the Sarawak government's stand in carrying out an in-depth study of the decision to lower the youth age cap from 40 years to 30.
Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said here today that the change only involved associations registered with the Registrar of Youth (ROY).
"What the state government has raised is something different, which does not come under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government," he said after paying a courtesy call on Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here.
"So, only those registered under ROY will go ahead with the change.
"I feel it is the way for us (the state and federal governments) to work closely together where the Federal Government can assist in targeting aid to youths under 30, the transition of which will begin in December 2021."
On July 3, Syed Saddiq had tabled the Youth Societies and Youth Development (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the Dewan Rakyat to lower the youth age cap.
Sarawak Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said age was not a major issue.
He said what was more important were the programmes for youth development.
"In Sarawak, youth organisations are registered under the Registrar of Societies (ROS) and, as such, it is the state government that determines the age cap, which is 40.
"We have entrepreneurship programmes for B40 (bottom 40 per cent households) youth.
"If the age cap is lowered, it will undermine what has been implemented so far.
"So, we are looking in-depth at the implications and so on," he said.
It was reported that Sarawak will keep the 40 age cap until the state legislative assembly agreed to make a change.
In KULAI, Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Sahruddin Jamal said the youth age cap issue was considered resolved in the state.
He said the state government would explain the issue to youth associations.
He said the state government was committed to the age cap.
He said he hoped that the state Youth, Sports, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Committee chairman Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali would meet Syed Saddiq.
"I hope the Youth Exco can work with the minister to meet and brief all the youth associations so they understand the amendments to Act 668," he said at the Senai International Airport where he was sending off the first group of haj pilgrims from the state here on Sunday night.
Asked about the possibility that the youth age cap could changed after the meeting and briefing session, Dr Sahruddin said he would leave the matter to the Youth Exco. – Bernama[Source: "Syed Saddiq: Federal govt respects Sarawak's position on youth age cap" published by New Straits Times]


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Art, European--20th century
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John and Jane Adams Artwork Collection
Identifier: MS-0052
Scope and Contents The collection contains a number of pieces of artwork (etchings, oil, watercolor, acrylic, and others) by early twentieth century American and European artists. A San Diego contingent of landscape artists is headed by Charles Arthur Fries (1854-1940), called the "Dean of San Diego Painters." Ivan Messenger (1895-1983) was a member of the San Diego Moderns and was also a printmaker of some renown. Rounding out the San Diego scene is Helen Johnston Balfour (1847-1925) known for...
Dates: 1890-1936

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Huron, located in east-central South Dakota, is a result of railroad and land booms in the 1880s. The early history of the town is closely linked with the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. At the direction of Marvin Hughitt, General Manager of the Railroad, the west bank of the James River was selected as the division headquarters of the railroad. The company gained title to 880 acres of land at that location.
Huron was named after the Huron Indians. Exactly who gave it the name was never established: apparently it was either Marvin Hughitt or someone in the Chicago office of the C&NW railroad company. The original plat covered 11 blocks from 1st Street to 3rd Street and from Iowa Avenue SE to Ohio Avenue SW.
Huron's first settler was John Cain, a practical printer from Troy, New York. He learned in Chicago, from the railroad people, that they would have their chief town and operating headquarters at their James River crossing.
From 1880 until the capital was permanently located at Pierre in 1904, Huron was in the thick of the fight for the honor of being the capital city. Campbell and Winter Parks are the only remaining properties that were once designated capital grounds.
The site of the South Dakota State Fair is in Huron. Huron is also the home to a handful of celebrities. Cheryl Ladd is one of the "Charlie's Angels". Gladys Pyle was the first female member of the House of Representatives and the first Republican woman in the U.S. Senate. Hubert H. Humphrey was the Democratic nominee for President in 1968 and served as Vice President under Lyndon B. Johnson.


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معامله چارچوب هزینه در عملیات و پژوهش مدیریت زنجیره تامین: تئوری و اندازه گیری
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Journal : Journal of Operations Management, Volume 21, Issue 4, July 2003, Pages 457–473
چکیده انگلیسی
Over the past decade, transaction cost theory (TCT) has received considerable attention from researchers in various disciplines of business. Unfortunately, the rich theoretical base of TCT has seen limited application in the operations and supply chain management research. This article seeks to change that by providing a cogent synthesis of TCT, its assumptions, constructs, and propositions. It also summarizes existing empirical work in management and other disciplines that draws from the TCT perspective and examines relationships in manufacturing organizations. A measurement model of transaction costs is subsequently presented using data from 203 manufacturing firms in the OEM electronics industry. Guidelines and recommendations for researchers are then presented regarding both the uses of the theory and its measurement. It is hoped that this study will stimulate work in the important areas of inter-firm relationships that draw from this rich but underutilized theoretical lens, and thereby add another perspective to the knowledge base in related areas of the operations and supply chain management fields.
مقدمه انگلیسی
The transaction cost theory (TCT) has been around for nearly seven decades, and it received quite a bit of prominence recently when Ronald Coase was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his early work on transaction costs (Coase, 1937). This interest was catalyzed by the work of Williamson (1975) who in his seminal book Markets and Hierarchies took an inter-disciplinary approach to studying transaction costs as a social science phenomenon. As a result of this work, researchers in sociology, organizational theory, law, finance, information systems, and marketing have gained insights into a variety of issues through a transaction cost lens (Barney, 1990). In their comprehensive conceptual review on transaction cost analysis, Rindfleisch and Heide (1997) have listed a number of empirical studies that test hypotheses based on TCT using data from business organizations. So while originating from the economics discipline, it has generated considerable debate among scholars beyond the economics discipline (Ghoshal and Moran, 1996). Yet, little use has been made of this theory in the operations management (OM) literature. In particular, with the growing importance of supply chain management within the OM discipline, considerable opportunities exist for better understanding and application of TCT to OM problems and methodologies. Within OM itself, greater potential exists for application of TCT to manufacturing rather than services, as also evidenced by a preponderance of TCT studies that have been conducted in the past using data gathered from manufacturing firms (Rindfleisch and Heide, 1997). So we will retain in our study a focus on the manufacturing sector within the broader rubric of OM discipline, and investigate the application of TCT to operations and supply chain management problems. TCT, as discussed by Williamson (1975), puts the notion of "transactions" or units of exchange as the focal point of the theory. He provides a carefully crafted perspective on the nature of governance structures that can exist between organizations under various exogenous conditions. A popular perspective espoused by Williamson (1975) argues for market versus hierarchical governance structures based on the level of opportunism present in the relationships. Markets and hierarchies (or firm) are proposed as alternative instruments for completing a set of transactions. The choice of instrument (alternatively also known as governance mechanism) depends on the relational efficiency of each. A number of antecedent conditions can influence governance mechanisms through the level of transaction costs. TCT, while representing an economic perspective differs from classical economics by incorporating the concept of a firm as germane to its analysis. A firm is viewed as a governance structure as opposed to a production function. TCT's basic premise is that the cost of doing transactions (i.e. the cost of economic exchange) could be too high under certain conditions. In those cases, organizing the economic transaction within the firm or hierarchy governance structure might be superior to organizing it as a market-based governance structure. The basic tenets of this theory are based on assumptions about human behavior that have been refined by Williamson ( Williamson, 1975 and Williamson, 1985 from Coase's original work. It is unfortunate that despite the rich perspectives offered by TCT, its use by researchers in OM has been limited at best. In particular, considerable opportunities exist within the OM discipline for evaluating many supply chain management related issues from the TCT perspective. Why this has not occurred may partially be due to the relatively recent attention paid to social science representations and methods as applied to OM, the limited use of economics as a reference discipline, the unique and occasionally opaque vocabulary associated with the theory, and the lack of clear direction on applicability of TCT to OM issues. We seek to change this by making a case for TCT specifically within the OM arena and attempting to provide conceptual and empirical facilitation for future research. Specifically, this study has five objectives: To provide a cogent discourse on TCT, its key assumptions, constructs, and propositions. To summarize empirical studies in other disciplines which have obtained data within a manufacturing or operations context. To provide a general description and overview of TCT-based constructs that are available in the literature to OM researchers for future research. • To describe the empirical measurement of the central transaction cost construct that has not been as well operationalized in prior literature. To describe implications of the conceptual, empirical, and operational synthesis for future research in OM and supply chain management in particular. The next section develops the assumptions, constructs and propositions of TCT. This is followed by a summary of empirical research that uses the TCT perspective and is relevant to OM research since the data in these studies are from manufacturing firms. The final section builds upon the first four sections by describing implications for future work in operations and supply chain management research.
نتیجه گیری انگلیسی
We have argued in this paper that researchers in the OM field need to take advantage of TCT and the repertoire of knowledge bases vested within this theory. We think that TCT is relevant for studying supply chain management and other relevant issues within the OM discipline, and therefore should be explicitly recognized in our future research and teaching endeavors to create more holistic perspectives. Consequently, we have evaluated and summarized prior TCT research in manufacturing organizations that has been conducted from the vantage point of disciplines other than OM, with the hope that OM researchers will integrate these results with prior findings in their own field in related areas. We have also developed and presented a psychometrically sound measure of transaction costs, which we believe will be very useful in actually conducting TCT-based empirical studies. Finally, we have outlined a sampling of future work in operations and supply chain management that can be pegged to the TCT framework. These future research directions point towards the holes and opportunities, and the issues contained within it outline an agenda for TCT-based research. The subheadings for research projects, when taken together, represent the framework within which future TCT work can occur.We believe that it is both appropriate and important for OM researchers to draw from important referential theories in order to guide their hypotheses. The summary of prior work listed in Table 1 comes from other disciplines, and should be integrated with the existing OM literature to propose new hypotheses. Future studies that utilize TCT to propose and test such hypothesis and related theories will provide alternative interpretations of empirically observed phenomenon in these areas, and thereby enrich operations and supply chain management literature. We hope that this article acts as a catalyst in facilitating this process and promoting research that is meaningful for both researchers and practitioners alike.


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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University President-Elect Dr. Subra Suresh and his family made their first public visit to the Pittsburgh campus yesterday since the university announced Suresh would serve as its ninth president, effective July 1.
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The introductory event included remarks from Suresh, CMU President Jared L. Cohon and Ray Lane, partner at Kleiner Perkins, chairman of Hewlett-Packard and chairman of CMU's Board of Trustees. CMU's Home Exploring Robotic Butler, also known as HERB, welcomed Suresh with a handshake.
Suresh is currently the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), a $7-billion independent government science agency charged with advancing all fields of fundamental science, engineering research and education. He previously served as dean of the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is currently on leave as the Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering at MIT while serving as director of the NSF. He will succeed Cohon, who is stepping down from the position after 16 years.
During his visit, Suresh met with CMU faculty, staff and students.
About Carnegie Mellon University: Carnegie Mellon (www.cmu.edu) is a private, internationally ranked research university with programs in areas ranging from science, technology and business, to public policy, the humanities and the arts. More than 12,000 students in the university's seven schools and colleges benefit from a small student-to-faculty ratio and an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. A global university, Carnegie Mellon's main campus in the United States is in Pittsburgh, Pa. It has campuses in California's Silicon Valley and Qatar, and programs in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Mexico. The university is in the midst of "Inspire Innovation: The Campaign for Carnegie Mellon University," which aims to build its endowment, support faculty, students and innovative research, and enhance the physical campus with equipment and facility improvements.
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As someone who counts both management simulation video games, and Disney theme parks among their greatest interests, the release of the Disney Magic Kingdoms app last week was hugely exciting for me. While the game offered a lot to make me smile, I also encountered many of the problems that have become expected from a freemium game.
First, let's take a look at the positive aspects of the game. There's an awful lot going on here to keep you interested. Rather than the single quest lines I've played in other freemium games, Magic Kingdoms has multiple characters each running their own stories. You begin, naturally, with Mickey Mouse, but quickly add Goofy and Woody to your personal character collection. Each character can be leveled individually, adding more tasks which they can complete and opening up additional quest targets. At release, the rest of the Fab Five are included in the game, as are characters from Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Wall-E, Peter Pan, and Tangled, however, most are not initially available to buy–you need to complete other quests to unlock them.
The basic plot of Magic Kingdoms is reminiscent of the popular Kingdom Keepers book series from Ridley Pearson. The villains have taken over the Magic Kingdom and it's up to us good guys to clear the park of their curse. To do that we need to earn magic, generated by buildings and attractions, and by characters completing tasks. Fulfilling the wishes of park guests (meeting characters, riding attractions, etc.) generates laughter which unlocks bonuses such as parades, and percentage bonuses to magic generated by items in the park. This magic can be spent on building new items for the park, unlocking new characters, and to clear areas of the curse when they become available.
As you progress through the game, more and more attractions and other buildings are unlocked, many of which Disney Parks fans will know from the real life parks. Mickey's Philharmagic and California Screamin' are some of the earliest ones players will encounter. For Disney parks purists like myself, however, seeing an attraction like California Screamin' in the Magic Kingdom is an annoyance all by itself because it belongs in a different park! Initially, only the Toontown area of the park is available to build in, however, a quick look around the periphery of the game reveals the edges of Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, Frontierland, and Adventureland. A few classic attractions can also be spotted waiting in the wings including It's a Small World, and Space Mountain.
Of course, this is where we start getting into the inevitable negative aspects of the game. All the tasks can be sped up with the use of gems, premium in-game currency with a real-world cost. Gems can be earned by completing tasks in the game as well, but, as is usual with freemium games, at a decidedly glacial pace that is frustrating to adults and positively unbearable to small children. Even the most basic of character tasks take 60 minutes to complete, and after only a few plays I'm already seeing wait times of 6 to 24 hours unless, of course, I'd like to spend some real money to speed up the process. This means that Magic Kingdoms is a game that can only be played in very short bursts. Set your characters off on quests, go do something else for a few hours, check back later. Repeat. Many of the rides and other features are also gem-only purchases, which for anyone hoping to build their own version of the real Magic Kingdom will mean a substantial outlay of real money, or wait times likely to stretch across months.
None of this is new territory for a freemium game. In fact, it's depressingly predictable. When the game was first announced I imagined it to be almost exactly what I've been presented with, and while the Disney Parks fangirl in me is still giddy at the prospect of building my own Magic Kingdom, I can't help but be disappointed in Disney for going down this route. Freemium is the bane of my gaming life at this point, and I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. If Disney had released a paid copy of Magic Kingdoms where I was able to simply complete challenges and build my park without all this constant waiting around, I guarantee you I would have been first in line to buy it. Instead, I'm treated to the constant feeling that one of the biggest and wealthiest corporations in the world is constantly sat beside me holding its hand out, waiting for me to become frustrated enough to hand them yet more of my money.
What frustrates me even more, is that I am the owner of a licensed theme park building game that, while far from perfect, was still a more enjoyable experience that this. Seaworld Tycoon was a simple theme park management game that issued challenge scenarios around building theme parks. The game allowed you to design your own SeaWorld park, build all the popular shows and attractions from the real parks, and challenged you with management situations such as getting guest feedback over a certain level, or increasing guest numbers within a set time period. I can't, in good conscience, actively recommend anything with the SeaWorld brand attached to it these days, however, an improved version of the game is what I would have loved to see from Disney Magic Kingdoms, rather than this same freemium nonsense I've already been annoyed by in the past (deleting The Simpsons: Tapped Out afters years of playing was one of the most freeing decisions I've ever made).
It's difficult to really recommend Magic Kingdoms, for all the reasons I've already discussed. Children, who the game's almost painfully bright and bubbly style is clearly aimed at, will become quickly frustrated at the constant waiting, and parents will become equally frustrated by their children's constant pleas for gems, "but the Pluto pack is 50% off right now, I get a character AND 60 gems for only £2.99! Pleeeease!" For diehard Disney parks enthusiasts, this is a must-play, but for anyone wishing to avoid yet another cash-suck, it's one best avoided.


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The Riigikogu made amendments to the Obligation to Leave and Prohibition on Entry Act
The Riigikogu passed with 82 votes in favour the Obligation to Leave and Prohibition on Entry Act Amendment Act (954 SE), initiated by the Government of the Republic. The amendments to the Act enable Estonia to fulfil the obligations arising from the membership of the European Union against a national of a third country who is subject to an expulsion order from the territory of the European Union. The Act stipulates the procedure for the issue of air transit permits for the transit passage through Estonia and enables, correspondingly, Estonia to apply for a transit permit from another Member State of the European Union, in order to expel an alien who is staying in Estonia illegally. Sections were added to the Act which stipulate the issue of a common travel document of the European Union for the expulsion, expulsion by air, application for the transit permit and issue of the permit, and the refusal to issue the permit and all that is related to the escorting officer of the person to be expelled. Nobody voted against the Act and nobody abstained.
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Starting August 1 in Hoboken, NJ, British Folk Rockers Mumford & Sons have announced a late summer tour of the U.S., which kicks off August 1. This will be part of their "Gentlemen of the Road" Tour of Stopovers.
As the group has recently "finished the record this week", according to Ben Lovett, Mumford will most likely play material from their forthcoming album. Billboard.com
Although the album is due to be released in the early fall, no final statement has been given by the band, as it is too close to call. In an interview with Studio Brussel, a Belgian radio station, Levett said that "if we listen back while we're mixing and discover it's shit, we'll just start again. We're not going to put it out until it's good enough."
Pre-sale tickets are available beginning Thursday June 28, and the general ticket sale starts on June 29.
- Aug. 1: Hoboken, NJ @ Pier A (No Fee Ticket)
- Aug. 4: Portland, ME @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover
- Aug. 6: Providence, RI @ Providence Performing Arts Center
- Aug. 7: Canandaigua, NY @ Marvin Sands Performing Arts
- Aug. 9: Portsmouth, VA @ nTelos Wireless Pavilion
- Aug. 11: Bristol, VA @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover
- Aug. 13: Louisville, KY @ Louisville Waterfront Park
- Aug. 14: Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavilion
- Aug. 18: Dixon, IL @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover
- Aug. 20: Lincoln, NE @ Pinewood Bowl Theatre
- Aug. 21: Laramie, WY @ Gryphon Theatre
- Aug. 22: Magna, UT @ The Saltair
- Aug. 25: Monterey, CA @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover
- Aug. 28: Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
- Sept. 1: Snowmass Village, CO @ Jazz Aspen Snowmass Festival


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I'm not what they call a "foodie." Once, in my freshman dorm room, I accidentally set a chocolate chip cookie on fire in the microwave, burnt it to a crisp and ate it anyway. It made me throw up. So yeah, not exactly a culinary connoisseur.
That being said, I do buy my own groceries, I cook my own food and like most people, I enjoy a nice meal. The podcast that I got into this week was all about every aspect of food. If you find eating even mildly interesting, you'll dig it. Not only that, but it's also based locally! It's called "Seattle Kitchen," and it features in-town chefs Tom Douglas and Thierry Rautureau, and a handful of other radio personalities.
This podcast runs a little bit longer than the other ones I've reviewed. It lasts for literally hours. I was intimidated by this at first, but honestly, it didn't drone or preach or get boring. It touches on so many different aspects of the food experience that the pace flows naturally, and is perfect for listening to while you do something else—like, oh I don't know, make dinner.
The topics covered in "Seattle Kitchen" range from food trivia, to science background, to restaurant talk, to health and safety tips. I listened to an episode where people sent in a list of what odds and ends they had in their refrigerator, and the chefs put together a gourmet meal that they could make with those ingredients.
But here's the most important part. These people know a lot about food—like a lot—but they aren't stuffy about it. As a college student figuring out her kitchen, almost none of what they mention on the show is over my head. In fact, a lot of it is pretty relevant. Like when they tell listeners to store meat products below raw fruits and vegetables in the refrigerator to prevent contamination. Or, there was a segment wherein the chefs test-tasted and evaluated different canned refried bean brands, like Amy's, Rosarita, etc. That's a real decision I might make in a store. Do I need their opinion? I don't know, I'd probably be okay picking any bean can. But it's still relevant and interesting.
I really liked this one. Give it a listen—even if you're not a foodie.


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(Minghui.org) To celebrate World Falun Dafa Day in May 13, practitioners gathered for group exercises at the Taman Tasik Titiwangsa Park in Kuala Lumpur on May 10. They also set up display boards to raise awareness of the persecution in China.
Many passersby signed the petition calling for an end to the organ harvesting from Falun Dafa practitioners in China.
May 13 this year marks the 23rd anniversary of Falun Dafa's introduction to public. It is also the 64th birthday of Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of the practice.
Group exercise at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa Park in Kuala Lumpur on May 10, 2015
Passersby learn more about Falun Dafa and the persecution in China
Falun Dafa practitioners in Central Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur respectfully wish Master Li Hongzhi Happy Birthday at the Merdeka Square.
Falun Dafa practitioners in Penang and Sungai Petani send greetings to Master for his birthday and World Falun Dafa Day at the Penang Botanical Gardens group exercise site.
Falun Dafa practitioners in Johor Bahru, Malaysia held group exercises to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of Falun Dafa's introduction to the public.
A group photo to wish Master Li Happy Birthday from practitioners in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Practitioners in Kluang, Malaysia celebrate World Falun Dafa Day
Practitioners in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia wish Master Li aHappy Birthday!


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A further two people have died with COVID-19 in the UK and there have been 1,770 more cases reported.
It is the lowest number of COVID deaths recorded in daily figures since 6 September last year, and the fewest cases since 3 September.
Today's numbers compare with 14 deaths within 28 days of a positive test and 1,671 cases recorded last Sunday.
Total deaths since the start of the pandemic stand at 127,605.
The latest government daily figures also show another 169,027 people had a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine and 438,837 had their second dose.
It means 17,669,379 are now fully vaccinated, while 35,371,669 have had at least one shot.
The government has said it will offer all adults a jab by the end of July, and in England anyone over 40 is now eligible.
There were also 1,152 people in hospital with COVID, according to the latest available figures (6 May); 163 of them on ventilators.
Cases and deaths have plummeted since the mid-January peak but the rate of decline has slowed significantly over the last month or so.
The latest-seven day average for cases is 2094.1, and 9.6 for deaths.


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|The APEC 2017 Women and Economy Forum will take place from September 26 to 29 in Huế City of the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế.– VNA/VNS Photo Vietnamplus.vn
HÀ NỘI – The APEC 2017 Women and Economy Forum will take place from September 26 to 29 in Huế City of the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế, deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Đào Hồng Lan, told a press conference in Hà Nội yesterday.
The forum entitled 'Enhancement of Integration and Economic Power of Women in a Changing World' aims to connect the efforts of APEC and help implement recommendations of APEC leaders in 2016 on economic, financial and social integration, and women's empowerment.
The forum would also help carry out the APEC 2017 priorities for sustainable and creative economic growth to promote APEC's responsibilities on global issues, Loan said.
The forum would include three major events, namely the second conference of policies on women and the economy on September 26 and 27, a public-private dialogue on women and the economy on September 28 and a high-ranking dialogue on women and economic policies on September 29.
Sideline conferences and seminars will also be held during the forum.
Some 500 representatives from public and private sectors, businesses and economic groups of the 21 APEC countries are expected to attend the forum and sideline events.
The forum will be a venue for the APEC leaders to listen to the private economic sector to help overcome shortcomings and improve women's economic power, and promote public-private partnership relations.
Additionally, the forum is set to strengthen connections among APEC businesswomen and help women take more of a role in value and supply chains in the region.
The Ministerial Declaration on Women and Economy is expected to be adopted in the forum.
The declaration will present policy recommendations for the APEC countries with three major contents of gender equality enhancement for sustainable, creative and overwhelming economic growth; improvement of competitiveness of women-owned micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises; and narrowing gender gaps in human resource development. – VNS


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Learn about art at LAAC Dunkirk
Model your dream home, create wacky characters based on cut-outs, draw with no hands or create your own colour palette... Suitable for kids from 4 to 12, this resource gives free rein to their creativity with daily online tutorials by LAAC (Lieu d'Art et Action Contemporaine) in Dunkirk. It's in French, but with supportive photo and video content. Awaken your artistic soul while having fun!
View the LAAC tutorials on their Facebook page (External link)
Get inspired by contemporary artists at the Palais de Tokyo
With 'Tok Tok' videos from the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (in French with English subtitles), children get a double whammy: a virtual exhibition and a workshop visit! Under the guidance of amusing little characters, they'll learn to 'travel without moving' by creating a diorama with a shoebox, to make 'time stand still' with recycled sculptures or to 'colour the world' with homemade pastry. Crazy and fun!
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Play along with Paris' Giacometti Institute
While we wait for the Giacometti Institute to reopen its doors, kids can follow their tutorials (in French and English) and try their hands at sculpting. Design your own little miniatures, and model your own idea of an ideal workshop, perhaps inspired by the one Giacometti used for 40 years in Montparnasse? And to copy his slender silhouettes, you can use linen and other fabrics!
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Down here in Bournemouth the stench of corruption is overwhelming. We have big scale corruption. The council paid over £3m for an artificial surf reef. It doesn't work, but our £3m has gone. There may have been a few palms greased to get that done. Then our hospital paid £5.4m to Kier Construction, arguably Britain's most corrupt construction company, for a hospital car park that should only have cost £3.5m. More brown envelopes being passed around? I had to resign as elected hospital governor in protest when the chief executive refused to take action.
Then we have small scale corruption. When I bought my flat, I thought my lawyer and surveyor were working for me. Far from it, they lied to me to get the sale through. When I pointed out that they had cheated me, the lawyer gave me £4,000 and the surveyor £2,500 just to stop me revealing their corrupt practices. And now I've been threatened with extreme violence by the board who run the block of flats where I live because I've been asking questions about £250,000 of residents' money that seems to have 'disappeared'. Curiously, one of the board members is a Mr. Steve Cable who happens to work for Kier Construction, arguably Britain's most corrupt construction company.
Is Bournemouth the most corrupt town in Britain? Or is it just typical of the widespread corruption that has permeated all aspects of our life under Liar Blair and Liar Brown and which has continued under Liar Cameron?


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Apple is expected to launch a smart watch in October. For the students in the elective Marketing Research, it will be the conclusion of a real-world learning exercise.
Rumors are flying about Apple's next big thing: a smart watch. Sources familiar with the company say Taiwan-based Quanta Computer will begin mass-producing the devices in July, and that Apple will launch the product in October. Apple has a pretty good track record when it comes to creating demand with new devices, but is a smart watch a smart idea? And what features should it have? Those are questions a group of Tuck students and recent graduates are well qualified to answer. In the spring term, as part of the Marketing Research elective, they designed and ran a conjoint analysis marketing study on smart watches. They filed their memos to their teacher Robert Rooderkerk, a visiting assistant professor of business administration at Tuck, and now they're waiting to see if reality intersects with their recommendations.
Predicting consumer demand for a product without precedent, such as an Apple smart watch, is tough. That's because consumers have never been given the opportunity to choose which features they want, and how much they're willing to pay for them. Market researchers approach this challenge through a conjoint survey, which asks respondents to express their preferences for various sets of hypothetical product characteristics. This is where the students in Rooderkerk's class started, conjuring four smart watches that varied in brand, functionality, connectivity with a smartphone/tablet, battery life, and price. The students also gave respondents the option not to choose, to distinguish primary from secondary demand.
The students designed the survey using Sawtooth Software, the leading maker of conjoint analysis programs and market simulators. Nine groups of students each made a survey, then Rooderkerk helped the students pick the best attributes from the surveys and combined them into one computerized questionnaire with choice sets and psycho-demographic questions. They posted the survey on Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk website, which matches workers with discrete online jobs, and received 250 responses.
When they analyzed the data, the students found evidence of five or six market segments. Some people preferred Samsung to Apple, some wanted particular bells and whistles, and some were very price sensitive. Based on this, the students had to write a memorandum to Rooderkerk (playing the role of a vice president at Apple), advising on whether or not to bring a smart watch to market, and if so, its features and price-points. "It was like a real business scenario where students used data to make a decision," Rooderkerk said.
The Sawtooth software helped them make their decision by running market simulations that accounted for the presence of competition. The students added their own analysis of the cost of components, whether to introduce one product or two, and how to balance market share with profitability. "Those are key questions every company has," Rooderkerk said, "and it made them think about engaging in new product development without historical data."
For Harrison Kahn T'14, the experience was acutely applicable to his new job in brand management at Keurig Green Mountain, the maker of Green Mountain Coffee. The smart watch exercise has taught him what to look for in a survey by a market research firm, and which questions to ask. "Now I can ask how the segmentation was done, or to describe the optimization process," he said. "That's vocabulary I didn't have before."
Nicholas Stachler T'15 enjoyed the project for, among other things, its insight into modeling consumer preferences. "I learned a lot about designing an effective survey to inform our team on what potential customers view as the most important product characteristics when forced to make trade-offs for different prices," he said. "The project's real-world focus will definitely help when applying the skill set, whether in my internship this summer or after graduation."
In their reports to Rooderkerk, all the students agreed that Apple should try to get a piece of the $60 billion watch market. They differed a little on the details. Some groups advocated for two models at different prices, and others suggested fine-tuning the product so it maximized profit and market share. Either way, "it will be very interesting to see if Apple comes to the same conclusions we did," Kahn said.
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Feb. 12, 1907
Los Angeles
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Imagine the surprise of Mrs. Robert Jackson, who was about to move into her new home on Vernon Avenue and discovered that the contractor had built it on someone else's lot, next to the one that she owned. Fortunately, she was able to swap property with the owner, The Times notes. I suppose we should be thankful that builder didn't go to medical school.
And here's where the city is expanding: Vermont Avenue Square and Alhambra. Look for upcoming architectural ramblings to both of them.
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Upon arriving at the hotel, our sprits were lifted seeing some B13's strapped to trailers, hearing the unmistakable sound of an SR20 with straight pipes, and a procession of modded Nissans rolling into the parking lot. Lots of prior-year Convention shirts milling about…. Yep. These are our people!
Embassy Suites has always been an awesome place to stay for the Convention, and this year was no exception. The rooms were amazing, the hotel itself is gorgeous, parking was easy, and the two-hour Happy Hour each evening is always spectacular!
As everyone started arriving at the Embassy Suites, word got out that the alcohol was free for hotel guests from 5:30-7:30 every night. If you didn't know better, you'd think the goal was to see how much alcohol one could drink in the 2 hours allotted. As Thursday's happy hour came to an end, the NICOclub staff and friends found our way to Texas Roadhouse. Food, friends, spirits… what am I missing here? Oh! Those beautiful girls at the Roadhouse who hooked us up! It's not easy fitting a group like us into a such a place, but they did it well and seemed to be happy we were there. We took over a substantial chunk of the restaurant, and had a great time. Stacey Acevero (SentraStace) also received her happy 21st birthday celebration there while riding on the Texas Roadhouse saddle.
Allegedly (I disavow any official knowledge), after dinner, the party returned to the NICO Staff Suite at the Embassy, beginning a nightly tradition. A cooler full of Natty and PBR, Coors and Guinness, a room full of rowdy friends drinking into the morning, sharing stories and laughs about some of the happenings on the forums. How no one complained about the noise is still a mystery.
Friday morning's Drivers' Meeting at 0730 made for an early wake-up for those of us on west coast time. Introductions were made, and we turned the meeting over to our Trackmaster for the weekend, David Muramoto. For those of you who don't know Moto, he's the Editor of Nissan Sport Magazine and an accomplished racer with a long resume. He graciously agreed to provide oversight and instruction as needed for the weekend, and he didn't disappoint!
Mid-America is a 2.25 mile road course with increasing and decreasing radius turns, a double apex section and lots of runoff area. Visibility is great, and the track is a little wider than most road courses, which made it ideal for beginners to learn the line, and great for more experienced drivers to push their cars to another level.
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Fri, 28 February 2014
Today on the Gospelstudy podcast we look at Psalm 27: "The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?"
Allow me to help: Fear God, and Him alone!
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Tue, 25 February 2014
"The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want." Join us in our devotional through Psalm 23.
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Mon, 24 February 2014
Today on the Gospelstudy podcast, we trace the Book of Life, from Moses (Exodus 32) to the Book of Revelation.
How was an Old Testament saint added to the Book of Life?
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Mon, 24 February 2014
Today on the Gospelstudy podcast, we recap chapter 3, and focus again on these verses:
20 "For our citizenship exists in heaven, from which also we eagerly await for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body, that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subject all things to Himself."
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Sun, 23 February 2014
Preached at Island Community Church on Feb. 23rd.
Paul is constantly instructing us to rejoice. In today's message, we examine this:
Why should I rejoice?
How can I rejoice while my life is difficult?
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Tue, 18 February 2014
Today we look at the famous Psalm, 22--My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?
The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy! Join us for the Gospelstudy podcast!
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Mon, 17 February 2014
Today I want to look at verse 4 of Psalm 19.
"Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the end of the world."
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Sun, 16 February 2014
Preached at Island Community Church on Feb. 16th, 2014.
Taken from Phil 2:12-14, and Paul's instruction to "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."
The great news is the next verse: "For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to do, for His good pleasure."
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Thu, 13 February 2014
Part 2 of our look at Psalm 19, and the stated fact:
"The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handywork."
The Bible is explicitly clear regarding who the Creator is. We must look behind the mask at those who contradict, and plant seeds of doubt.
Join us today for the Gospelstudy podcast.
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Tue, 11 February 2014
Today we solve the age-old devilution debate! Join us for the Gospelstudy podcast!
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims the work of His hands."
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Mon, 10 February 2014
Preached at Island Community Church on Feb. 9th.
Taken from Phil 2:6-11
"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, (6) who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, (7) but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. (8) And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross."
ALSO, we take to heart Paul's teaching, "Let each of us esteem others as better than ourselves." (vs. 3)
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Tue, 4 February 2014
Today on the Gospelstudy podcast, we look at 9 different titles for God, as David gives us in Psalm 18.
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Psa 18:1-2 I will love You, O LORD, my strength. (2) The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
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Sun, 2 February 2014
Preached at Island Community Church on Feb. 2nd.
We continue our teaching series through Philippians.
Today we run smack dab into this statement by the Apostle Paul: "To you it has been granted (as a gift) not only to believe, but to suffer for His sake."
Certainly a forgotten gift here in the United States.
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"Lorraine Kelly is one of the most ruthless people you'll meet in the business," joked Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain last week.
"Don't be fooled by that halo. To warm herself up for her show, she literally murders kittens and puppies."
Morgan's joke, which he made the day after Kelly's win at the TRIC Awards, was funny precisely because it was the opposite of the Lorraine millions of viewers know and love.
In fact, her warm, likeable TV persona is the very reason so many of us were fascinated by a tax ruling involving Kelly on Wednesday.
As part of a dispute with HMRC, Judge Jennifer Dean ruled that Kelly is playing a particular version of herself on air, which means she could be considered a "theatrical artist".
"She may not like the guest she interviews, she may not like the food she eats, she may not like the film she viewed – but that is where the performance lies," Judge Dean said in the ruling.
So has Lorraine Kelly, a gold-standard national treasure, been fooling us all?
Is she, in fact, a horrible person, who has gone through life being secretly nasty to everyone, just faking being nice for the one hour she's on air every day?
Not quite.
This whole case boils down to something much more boring – basic tax law.
For various reasons which we'll get to in a minute, Kelly has argued she should effectively be considered a freelancer rather than a direct employee of ITV.
But part of the judge's ruling picked up on the point that she is more of a performer than a standard employee.
That has raised issues about the personas that celebrities create when facing the public.
"Lorraine's value to ITV lies in the image that she's created and her emotional appeal with audiences, and that brand value can easily be taken to other channels," says Jeetendr Sehdev, celebrity branding expert and author of The Kim Kardashian Principle.
"I think viewers are aware that you know there is a potential image and persona that celebrities are selling, and I think that that's OK. I don't think people have much of a problem with that as long as that image and persona is authentic."
Photographer Andrew H Walker explored this very theme in a series of portraits taken in 2016.
At the Toronto Film Festival that year, he asked some of the stars in attendance if he could photograph them – twice.
In one shot, he'd ask them to pose as a way they would act in front of the public, while the other would reveal a side we don't normally see.
"I was really curious with actors, because they have… a public persona that they put out there, and they also have their private self," Walker told Mashable.
"There's this whole other layer of themselves as people. I found that really, really intriguing."
The issue of public personas often crops up in the world of hip-hop, where many rappers are reliant on portraying a tough, gangster image.
Earlier this year, it was revealed rapper 21 Savage, whose brand and lyrics centre on the years he spent growing up in Atlanta, had actually been born in the UK, where he lived for the early part of his life.
Last year, when Tekashi 6ix9ine was indicted on six counts including firearms and racketeering charges, his attorney argued that the fact the rapper was "an entertainer who portrays a 'gangster image' to promote his music does not make him a member of an enterprise".
Do such cases make their music less authentic? Does it matter?
(And did you ever think you'd read an article that compared Lorraine Kelly with 21 Savage?)
But unlike actors, musicians or authors, who have the option to hide themselves behind their art, TV presenters in particular are reliant on their own personalities for their jobs.
It's usually necessary for them to come across as warm, likeable, sympathetic and entertaining all at once.
"I'm an actor, playing the part of a presenter," Matt LeBlanc told BBC News last year. "So is it really me you see on Top Gear? Probably not.
"It's the me that suits the film we're making. It's the me that suits the studio portion in front of the crowd. That's what an actor does, you try to mould yourself to fit the needs of the piece."
As an actor by trade, LeBlanc's case is obviously different to Kelly's, but to some extent, all TV presenters have to do a bit of this kind of acting.
In Kelly's case, her warm persona has endeared her to viewers for decades – and seen her achieve immense success.
Just this week, she was given the outstanding contribution to British television prize at the RTS Awards.
We all arguably have multiple versions of ourselves which we present in different situations. You'd behave differently at work to how you would on a night out, for example.
And in many sectors, doing so doesn't affect our employment. But Sedhev says it's slightly different when it comes to high profile figures.
"The value of brands now are infiltrating all areas – from business to healthcare to technology," he explains.
"We see that with CEOs, whether it's Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg – these are different types of leaders. They are a brand, first and foremost, that stands for something and there's an enormous amount of value in that.
"I can see a lot of analogies between digital influencers, these new types of celebrities, and what has happened with Lorraine. It's interesting now how the worlds are beginning to merge."
However, Rahul Batra, managing partner at Hudson McKenzie, specialists in media and entertainment law, says the Lorraine Kelly ruling has little to do with the issue of public personas which has been picked up on by news outlets.
"Where the ruling talks about Lorraine Kelly being a brand, that's not to do with media law, but tax law," he tells BBC News.
Kelly's employment status, he explains, is important only because it impacts on how much tax she is due to pay.
Given that she also presents TV programmes for the BBC and releases her own fitness DVDs, it would be wrong to say she is a standard employee of ITV.
"Suppose Lorraine Kelly earns a million pounds a year, and she has an agent who takes £200,000 pounds. That £200,000 is tax deductible, so she'd only be liable to pay tax on £800,000," Mr Batra says.
"But if you're an employee, then everything is tax deducted at source from the employer itself. That's what this argument is all about."
He adds that, because of IR35, the UK's anti-avoidance tax legislation, this is something that occurs in every industry – not just in the celebrity world.
"It happens a lot with IT contractors… in fact, anybody who's a contractor in the UK gets muddled up in an HMRC inquiry at some point in time," he says.
"Because HMRC would try to say 'you're an employee', and the contractor would say, 'No, I'm not an employee. I have set up my own limited company and I'm providing services to other people as well'."
The reasons for the ruling might be much more technical than many first imagined. But we also secretly hope Lorraine really is a massive diva.
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Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
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Sizergh Castle houses a hugely important collection of extremely rare carved oak furniture from the Elizabethan period. It also contains richly carved overmantels and houses the magnificent Inlaid Chamber, the panelling of which is among the finest ever made for an English country house. 18th-century furniture includes early pieces of Gillows furniture, including a highly important set of seat furniture commissioned by Charles Strickland from the Lancaster furniture company. An important collection of portraits of members of the exiled Stuart court hang side by side with family likenesses from every generation.It also houses a collection of mostly English armour of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Queen (Mary Beatrice d'Este) of Modena (1658 - 1718)
attributed to Alexis-Simon Belle (Paris 1674 – Paris 1734)
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Walter Strickland (1729 - 1761)
George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802)
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Mary Matthews, Madame Julien-Francois-Bertrand de La Chere (1824-1890)
Marcel-Antoine Verdier (Paris 1817 – Paris 1856)
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Prince Charles Edward Stuart 'The Young Pretender' (1720-1788)
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I am no damsel in distress.
Most women wait for their prince charming to come and rescue them from their miserable single life and offer them happily ever after. I repeat, most women. Not all.
Only those (women or men) who are not happy with their lives need rescuing. The truth is, the only person who can bring you out of your misery is yourself. No fairy godmother or magic spell can transform your pumpkin into a golden carriage (damn Cinderella and her damsel in distress drama). I am aware of that. So I know that I am no damsel in distress.
I know that I hold the power and that I have the last say as to how my ending will be.
As Mandy Hale often reminds the single, "Design a life so amazing that you don't want to be rescued from it."
When you are enjoying life, finding happiness in all that you do and in all the places you go to, you invite people to join you in your journey. You don't make them take pity on you and help you out of your misery.
When you're on top of the world, only those who are bold and courageous enough will make the effort to be with you. Only the secure and the mature will appreciate you. You become a challenge. You will discourage the complacent and the weak. You will make the insecure envious. Thus, expect a number of admirers and a few haters. You unknowingly repel toxic people. That's a bonus!
I don't want to be that poor naive princess who sits around (or sleeps) on her castle all day, waiting for a prince to swing by and hopefully get a glimpse of her and decide to set her free from her "prison tower". I'd rather be out there, fighting for my kingdom, resisting evil stepmothers or witches or whomever is trying to steal my happiness away from me, protecting my people, seeing the world in all it's majesty, actually getting a life.
I am no damsel in distress. I am not impressed by your shining armor. I can fight my own battles. You don't have to rescue me, sweetheart, but you're welcome to join me in my kingdom anytime. First, show me your battle scars and tell me your war story. You might be just another frog who needs rescuing. In which case, you picked the wrong princess.


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"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! ... Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!" - Barry Goldwater
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- Cook the rice along with water and salt and allow it to cool.
- Grind together the coriander, mint, green chillies, ginger and garlic into a fine paste adding a spoon of water if needed.
- In a kadai/saucepan, fry the cashews in the ghee until golden brown and remove the cashews from the pan and set them aside.
- In the same pan, heat the oil. Once it turns hot add all the spices - fennel seeds, cinnamon stick, bay leaf, cardamom and clove and saute for a minute.
- Then add the onions and saute until it turns translucent.
- Add the ground paste and saute for a couple of minutes, until the raw smell goes away and oil oozes out. Take care the paste doesn't stick to the pan and burn. Add salt to taste
- Finally add the cooked rice and mix everything thoroughly.
- Add a teaspoon of ghee at this stage and mix well. This is optional though.
- Garnish with cashews and more cilantro.
- Serve warm with some chips and raita.
Nov 22, 2011
Coriander-Mint Pulao
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Hi Divya,ReplyDelete
Nice recipe.
I have question: I had unused mint leaves in fridge since last month, which have now turned almost black. Do you think I can still use them or have to throw away?
Looks delicious.ReplyDelete
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Love Mint Rice and Raita combination, delicious pulao and clicks...ReplyDelete
Yum! Yum! Yum!
Flavorful delicious rice...yummReplyDelete
Such flavorful pulao recipe...nice clicks..ReplyDelete
Healthy green rice..ReplyDelete
Omg, super delicious and irresistible pulao..ReplyDelete
Love the recipe. I make the same version often for a easy peesy dinner...ReplyDelete
Yum yum,super flavourful pulao,simply inviting..ReplyDelete
Divya, thanks for coming by & for the clarification! Appreciate it :)ReplyDelete
lovely flavourful rice...my favReplyDelete
Lovely nd healthy green rice.ReplyDelete
My son should love this green pulao. Like ur picture!ReplyDelete
yummy dear, nice colored dish.ReplyDelete
Looks yummy and wonderful. Have a nice dayReplyDelete
Flavorful delicious rice dish.ReplyDelete
Mmmm....., my favourite rice, the smell of both the herbs is truly awesome, my favourite riceReplyDelete
love the lovely color.. and it looks delicious, full of flavor!!ReplyDelete
very delicious n healthy pulav..looks yummmReplyDelete
very flavorful! The click is so tempting!ReplyDelete
A refreshingly delightful one pot meal n your platter looks very pretty :)ReplyDelete
Vibrant gree, pleasing to the eye & so tasty!!!!ReplyDelete
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That looks delicious! Lovely presentation!ReplyDelete
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This is such a new recipe - the colors looks so healthy and alluring!I am not particularly fond of mint,but I love coriander - so maybe I'll try this out only with coriander:)Thanks for the awesome recipe!ReplyDelete
Aromatic pulao, nothing can beat its flavor.ReplyDelete
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Why Apple Needs An iPad Pro, And Samsung Just Raised The Pro Tablet Ante – The 'Book Mystique
I hadn't intended to write about The rumored Apple iPad Pro two weeks in a row, but speculation about such a machine seems to be catching a lot of interest, so why not? It's certainly got my attention. I thought I had my own hardware upgrade roadmap pretty well plotted for the foreseeable future. I bought a 13-inch MacBook Air to serve as my anchor Mac for the next few years on Apple's Black Friday sale! and planned to use the $150 Apple gift card I received as a discount toward the purchase of an iPad Air in 2014 — perhaps around the time my current iPad 2 turns three years old in June.
However, with rumors building that an iPad Pro is on the way, most likely for release next fall, ambiguity has set in again. The MacBook Air is a great machine — the best iPad yet in my estimation — but for the sort of use I put it to, a Pro-spec. iPad sounds like it would be way better for my purposes, and I may be persuaded to soldier on with the old iPad 2 for a while yet. That wouldn't be so bad if I had stuck with iOS 6, but the old A5 SoC hasn,t got quite the muscle it needs to cope with the demands of iOS 7, and the latter has transformed it from a smooth and slick performer to a just OK (mostly) one. Oh well.
Last week MacRumors' Eric Slivka was one of several pundits who cited a research report by Evercore analyst Patrick Wang affirming that his insider supply chain sources are telling him that a larger display iPad is indeed in the works for a 2014 fall release and targeting on enterprise users especially. However, Mr. Wang believes that it won't just be a larger-screen iPad Air, but a "hybrid" device intended to fill the divide between tablets and notebooks, to be powered by an Apple A8 SoC (possibly quad-core), and with more storage capacity, which implies greater than the current maximum 128 GB available with the Air.
Of course, that implies that such a device would likely be priced a full tier up from the current iPad Air range, and possibly as high as the current 12-inch MacBook Air, which one can reasonably deduce might be completely replaced by it.
In his report, Mr. Wang estimates that the Intel Haswell Core i processors used in the MacBook Air represent 22 percent of the machine's cost, while the ARM processors used in the iPad account for only about four percent of materials cost for the high storage capacity (64 GB, 128 GB) models, and therefore the much lower cost for Apple's A-series chips could enable Apple to mount a serious, price-competitive challenge in the light enterprise notebook market.
Barrons' Tiernan Ray thinks a challenge from a 12-inch iPad/hybrid computer could be a significant setback for Intel dominance in enterprise notebooks,and once again transform the traditional notebook market, noting Evercore's Patrick Wang suggests only two potential obstacles to Apple success with an iPad Pro: no Microsoft Office and inadequate local storage. Apple has no control over the first, but the storage matter should be no big problem other than cost. A 256 GB SSD for the MacBook Air is a $200 option.
Why Apple needs an iPad Pro
BetaNews's Sameer Singh contends that Apple needs an iPad Pro in order to add diversity to its offerings in the tablet market as it inevitably matures and becomes saturated, citing data metrics indicating that while iPad sales are being driven largely by repeat buyers, with even the lower-priced iPad mini primarily being sold to repeat buyers and cannibalizing full sized iPad sales rather than increasing the size of Apple's potential market. Android tablet sales, on the other hand, are being principally driven by first time buyers, these observations explaining the rapid drop in iPad shipment growth over the past year. Consequently, Singh predicts that an Apple move to aggressively target the only market tier remaining above its current high end iPad Air configurations — the enterprise.
Hey, makes sense to me.
Businessinsider's Jay Yarow declares that if there's one new product from Apple he feels most confident of seeing in 2014, it's the iPad Pro, which he also thinks could turn out to be A Hybrid Tablet-Laptop that will change our perception of laptops forever. However Yarow says he's especially intrigued by the notion of a hybrid from Apple what with CEO Tim Cook having been loudly dismissive of Microsoft's Surface tablet computer since it arrived on the scene in 2012, for example commenting at Apple's recent iPad event: " Our competition is confused. They're turning tablets into PCs and PCs into tablets. Who knows what they're going to do next?", and in October 2012, dissingk the Surface as a "fairly compromised, confusing product… I supposed you could design a car that flies and floats, but it wouldn't do those things very well", or quipping in April 2012: "You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator," but it won't please anyone."
Of course, Steve Jobs heaped scorn on smaller tablet size configurations in his remarks at the 2010 original iPad announcement, but W&W Mr. Cook will presumably still be around next fall, which would make a flip-flop awkward. personally, despite the slow start for the Surface, I find the concept of hybrids appealing, and evidently so do many others. It cant've escaped Apple's notice that the second best selling laptop at Amazon.com over the 2013 holiday season was Asus's hybrid Transformer Book T100 tablet/laptop bracketed by two Chromebooks.
Samsung Announces Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 And TabPRO (12.2, 10.1, 8.4-inch) Productivity Tablets
Meanwhile, Samsung has raised the ante, beating Apple to market with "Pro" tablets — the new Galaxy NotePRO (12.2-inch), and TabPRO (12.2, 10.1, 8.4-inch). And not by a little if the rumoristas are correct about a fall release for an Apple machine. Samsung unveiled its Pro tablet lines at the CES in Las Vegas on Monday, with shipping slated to begin sometime this quarter in various parts of the world.
"We created the Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO series to kick-off a year in which Samsung truly establishes its leadership in the tablet market," says JK Shin, Samsung Electronics CEO and President of IT & Mobile Division, in a release. "This new line offers the best-in-class content consumption and productivity, combining a stunning viewing experience with Samsung s design legacy. The Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO truly demonstrate our commitment to providing our customers with extraordinarily versatile product offerings, tailored to tablet users of every description."
The Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO present the world s first 12.2-inch WQXGA Widescreen (16:10) display, offering a 2560 x 1600 WQXGA LCD resolution panel with a 247 ppi pixel density and more than 4 million pixels, supporting full HD video play. One of the NotePRO/TabPRO 12.2's marquee features is Multi-Window, which allows not just two windows open to manage simultaneous tasks, but supporting up to four at a time — not counting the ability to add pop-up windows on top of that. If Apple is serious about flogging iPads to productivity users, one of the iOS's major deficiencies that needs address is adding the ability to support at least two simultaneously open windows side-by-side, although up to now requests for such a feature have fallen on deaf ears. True multitasking worthy of the name means having multiple windows open.
The Samsung PRO tablets' virtual keyboard leverages haptic feedback to produce a more realistic typing experience, and the Samsung S Pen is included with the Galaxy NotePRO with access to features such as Action Memo, Scrapbook, Screen Write and S Finder. In addition, Pen Window enables users to simply draw a window of any size on the screen, and instantly access unique in-application features such as YouTube or a calculator.
The Android 4.4 KitKat – running Samsung Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 weighing in at 1.66 lb. (750 grams) and 7.95 millimeters thick, features dual-band WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac MIMO, USB 3.0 and Bluetooth 4.0. The NotePRO and TabPRO line will come in various connectivity options: WiFi Only, WiFi and 3G, or WiFi and LTE. Users can choose between the 12.2-inch Galaxy NotePRO that comes with an included S Pen, and the 12.2-inch Galaxy TabPRO, Galaxy TabPRO 10.1-inch, and 8.4-inch without the S Pen.
The Galaxy PRO WiFi and 3G models will be powered by Samsung's in-house Exynos 5 Octa (1.9 GHz QuadCore 1.3 GHz Quadcore) SoCs, and the LTE variant a Snapdragon 800 2.3GHz Quad. Either chip comes with 3GB RAM. A 32GB SSD drive is standard and 64 GB optional. The 12.2-inchers have a 9,500mAh
"What we always hear consistently is that people want to do more with their tablets," The Register's Rik Myslewski cites Samsung Telecommunications America VP for tablets and emerging business Nanda Ramachandrar telling a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Monday afternoon.
Another Samsung PRO tablet ability is multiple workspaces, which sounds like a sort of lite version of OS X's Spaces/Mission Control, and there's a built-in Remote PC UI that allows dragging and dropping files between a PC and the PRO tablet; yet another productivity enhancer.
No price information for the Samsung PRO tablets was released at CES
Aside from those interface tweaks, however, the NotePRO 12.2 both by description and in photos appears to be essentially a scaled-up version of the Note 10.1, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but my hope would be that Apple will make their Pro tablet even more worth the wait by making it more than just a scaled-up iPad PPP Air. Again I'm thinking something hybridish here. However, I certainly wouldn't turn my nose up at a big iPad Air that offered the true multitasking and productivity features incorporated into Samsung's PRO tablet family,or for that matter having them available in the 9.7-inch iPad as well while they're at it. But a detachable keyboard and trackpad/mouse support would be so much better.
Here's hoping.


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This morning, I attended a verbal update by City staff on the status of the Magee House. While there is no hard-and-fast date to demolish that building, I was encouraged to hear staff say that it is "a matter of when, not if."
As of today, the owner has failed to demonstrate a viable plan for either preserving the building or demolishing it. That deadline was set on the basis of an expert engineering opinion this summer that winter would be seriously compromise the building and create a public safety hazard.
Under Ontario's laws, the Chief Building Official has the power to issue emergency orders to deal with public safety issues. With the deadline for a plan for preservation or demolition now passed, the City is moving quickly to re-assess the building's condition, a pre-condition to demolishing it. We should have that report within the next few days.
If the engineer's report identifies a public safety issue, the City can move quickly to have the building demolished. The demolition of private property over the owner's objection is never something to be taken lightly. If the City is determined in court to have abused its power, the consequences would be very severe. I have heard the concerns expressed by businesses and residents about safety, business losses, the loss of the sidewalk, and the eyesore that the building is in its current state. Since August, the City has been doing its due diligence to ensure that any demolition is undertaken strictly in accordance with the powers that it has. I would like very much to simply rely on the opinion given to us this summer, but the City is acting prudently in getting one more assessment.
I am frustrated today that the City cannot provide an exact date for when the Magee House can be demolished. However, it is very difficult for me to believe that a new assessment will find differently than this summer.
I cannot today say on what date the building will be torn down. I believe it will be sooner rather than later, and that the next several days will provide greater clarity. I have impressed on the City that resident and merchant concerns mean every 24 hours that pass exacerbate the issues we're facing, and I believe they're taking that seriously. We are moving toward a conclusion; this will not be another Somerset House. I hope soon to be able to provide another update.


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Hot Dry Weather Bumps Fire Danger To 'High' – State Headlines
Fire danger in Missoula County was bumped up to 'High' on Monday, but no new restrictions have yet been put into place.
Bitter custody dispute lands Irishman in the Missoula County Jail on $25,000 bond, charged with stalking and allegedly making death threats against the mother of his child.
Thieves have been breaking into cars left by rivers while the owners were on the river on inner tubes or rafts, and helping themselves to thousands of dollars in cash and electronics.
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More than half of all food produced in Canada is wasted, with the food industry putting the vast majority of it into landfills, according to a new study.
Previous studies had pointed to consumers for the bulk of the waste, but the new research shows that instead it's the industrial producers that are primarily responsible. "It means stop blaming consumers," said Martin Gooch, the study's author. "Sure, consumers are part of the problem. But they're not the problem."
The study to be released on Thursday shows that the level of food waste in Canada is far worse than previously believed, with 58 per cent of all food produced either lost or wasted. It also finds that the vast majority – 86 per cent – takes place within the food industry and not in households, as previously thought.
Mr. Gooch, the chief executive of Value Chain Management International, is the leading expert on food waste in Canada and the author of several previous studies on the subject.
His previous work had only measured the waste in Canada based on value – $31-billion each year. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, meanwhile, has in the past estimated that worldwide, about one-third of food goes to waste.
The difference between his earlier studies and this one, Mr. Gooch said, is that in the past, he did not have access to good data, especially from the private sector. In some cases, they relied on data gathered by the industry not specifically for the purpose of measuring food waste. In many other cases, he said, waste wasn't measured at all. (The FAO figures, for example, do not include most meats or grains, while the Canadian study does).
This time around, Mr. Gooch said, his team was able to work directly with companies along the food chain to measure waste for themselves – in weight, and not just value. They also interviewed more than 700 experts in the food industry to understand where waste was coming from.
"I kept saying to our team, 'It can't be that high. Let's re-run the numbers,'" he said. But "the more people we spoke with, the more we came to realize that no, this [58 per cent] number is actually quite conservative."
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How to Sell Diamonds in Nassau County
Selling diamonds isn't something most people give much thought to, until they realize that they have one or more diamonds that they don't have a use for. Most commonly this is in the form of some type of jewelry. It could be diamond earrings or a pendant that you no longer like, or an old engagement ring from a prior marriage. Whatever the case, it is often a great idea to sell diamonds in Nassau County for cash. We are one of the area's leading diamond buyers, and we would be more than happy to look at the diamonds you have, and make you an offer to buy them from you right away.
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If you're looking to step up your culinary skills, look no further. This recipe is perfect to impress the roomies or the fam. Don't be afraid to change up a few ingredients. Instead of short ribs, use pork spare ribs or even use ground meats such as lamb or sausages. Nonna will be impressed when she tastes your "Sunday Gravy."
Short Rib Bolognese
- Prep Time:30 minutes
- Cook Time:4 hours 15 minutes
- Total Time:4 hours 45 minutes
- Servings:4-6
- Advanced
- 1 onion, peeled
- 2 ribs of celery
- 2 carrots, peeled
- 2 cup red wine
- 6 oz tomato paste
- 8 garlic cloves
- 2 shallots, peeled
- 3 thyme sprigs
- 3 bay leaves
- 48 oz bone-in short ribs
- 10 roma tomatoes
- 2 tablespoon avocado or olive oil
- 1 tablespoon crushed dried basil
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
- 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
- 1/4 cup shaved parmesan
Step 1
Place pot over medium-high heat. Add avocado oil or olive oil to the pot. Oil is hot when it starts to ripple or smoke.
Step 2
Cut onion, celery, carrots and shallots in small dice and set aside.
Step 3
Score the bottom of the roma tomatoes. "Score" is when you cut a little X at the bottom.
Step 4
Boil tomatoes for about a minute until skin starts to separate from the flesh.
Step 5
Peel tomatoes and set aside until needed.
Step 6
Crush and peel garlic cloves.
#SpoonTip: You know the garlic is fresh when the skin sticks to your hands.
Step 7
Sprinkle garlic with salt and begin to mince and create a paste with your knife.
Step 8
Season short ribs with a lot of salt and freshly-ground black pepper.
Step 9
Sear short ribs on all sides. Usually takes 2 to 3 minutes per side.
Step 10
Remove short ribs from pot. Do not discard any remaining fat in the pot. This is used to sauté the veggies and add great flavor.
Step 11
Lower heat to medium. Add diced veggies and sauté for 8 minutes until soft and onions lightly caramelize.
Step 12
Add in garlic paste. Sauté for 2 additional minutes until garlic is fragrant.
Step 13
Add the small can of tomato paste. Sauté with the veggies for 5 minutes until it begins to darken in color.
Step 14
Add the red wine. Any kind will do, make sure you would drink it. Do not use a cooking wine, they are too salty and have an unpleasant flavor.
Step 15
Pour yourself a glass while you're cooking.
Step 16
Add bay leaves and thyme sprigs.
Step 17
Add in the short ribs and any juices that collected.
Step 18
Chop and seed the tomatoes and add them to the pot. It's okay if some seeds slip in.
Step 19
Add in crushed red pepper and dried basil. Stir and check for seasoning. May need to add more salt and pepper.
Step 20
Stir to combine and ensure short ribs are completely covered by liquid. Check for seasoning, add salt and pepper if needed.
Step 21
Reduce heat to low and allow it to simmer, cover pot for 4 hours. Stir occasionally. You want the liquid to reduce some during the cooking process.
Step 22
After waiting patiently, remove short ribs and begin to shred meat or chop into small pieces. The bone should slide right away from the meat.
Step 23
Add back to pot and simmer together uncovered for 10-15 minutes.
Step 24
During that time, boil your favorite pasta according to package directions. I prefer a long pasta such as bucatini, fettuccini or pappardelle.
Step 25
Lastly, top pasta with your short rib bolognese, sprinkle with shaved parmesan and chopped parsley.