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545 HILLSIDE ST, Peterborough, Ontario, K9H5N7
Welcome to 545 Hillside Street! This 3bed-1bath brick bungalow is located in the north-end of Peterborough in a cozy-quiet subdivision just off of Fairbairn Street, west of Chemong Road. Constructed in the 1960s and seller-owned since, this well-built home remains in great shape and is ready for a new family to take over and make it theirs. The three large bedrooms on the main floor are complemented by a 4-piece bathroom, kitchen, dining room, and original hardwood floors underneath the carpet. In the basement you will find an entertaining area (complete with built-in bar), laundry facilities and other utilities, and an office with potential to be a fourth bedroom. Life gets easier at 545 Hillside with quick access to nearby amenities like; parks, schools, shopping, transportation, highway access, and medical services. Include a furnace for heating, central air for cooling, and excellent internet, and all you're missing are the finishing touches of a new family to appreciate them all. (id:2471)
Bowes & Cocks Limited Brokerage - Apsley
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- Property Address: 545 HILLSIDE ST, Peterborough, Ontario, K9H5N7
- Community Name: Northcrest
- Property Type: Single Family
- Title: Freehold
- Lot Size: 100 x 60 FT
- Acreage: 100 x 60 FT
- Total Parking Spaces: 2
- Amenities Nearby: Hospital, Public Transit
- Structure Style: House
- Style: Detached
- Storeys: 1
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 1-Total
- Basement Type: Full (Partially finished)
- Cooling: Central air conditioning
- Exterior Type: Brick, Concrete
- Fireplace Present: True
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|Primary Bedroom
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The quality of a school's education is undoubtedly the most important factor in evaluating schools. The undergraduate experience is only worthwhile if students can leave fully prepared to succeed in the real world, allowing them to lead positive change in their communities. I believe Stern can offer me the skills and environment necessary to become a great leader because its student body is especially driven, but supportive, as well. Rather than worrying about the cutthroat environment characteristic of most top...
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May 29, 2009
Eidos Interactive, announced today their three major titles to be on display next week at the 2009 E3 convention in Los Angeles. Batman: Arkham Asylum will be playable on the floor (PS3 version at least,) as well as the adorable action title Mini Ninjas from IO Interactive, and the not-so-cute action sequel Just Cause 2 from Avalanche Studios, the latter being available behind closed doors, open to select media clientele only.
"Eidos is proud to offer three very innovative and unique products at this year's E3. These games are a reflection of Eidos' commitment to deliver compelling characters in rich and expansive environments, allowing players to immerse themselves in engaging gameplay," said Robert A. Lindsey, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Eidos Inc. "Heading back to the Los Angeles Convention Center is a big deal and Eidos is striving to make the return to the show floor unforgettable."
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This is good news for all of us, not just those out to harm the US as some commentators claim. The decision essentially over turns key parts of the Military Commissions act of 2006, which said in part:
Petitioners are aliens detained at Guantanamo after being captured in Afghanistan or elsewhere abroad and designated enemy combatants by CSRTs. Denying membership in the al Qaeda terrorist network that carried out the September 11 attacks and the Tali-ban regime that supported al Qaeda, each petitioner sought a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court, which ordered the cases dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because Guantanamo is outside sovereign U. S. territory. The D. C. Circuit affirmed, but this Court reversed,holding that 28 U. S. C. §2241 extended statutory habeas jurisdiction to Guantanamo.
(e)(1) No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by or on behalf of an alien detained by the United States who has been determined by the United States to have been properly detained as an enemy combatant or is awaiting such determination.
What sometimes gets lost with the phrase Habeas Corpus and assorted Latin terms is what this actually means. Essentially the right of Habeas Corpus means that someone who is arrested gets to go before a judge to challenge that arrest.
Without that right, the President can imprison anyone forever -- not trial, no testimony, no evidence. It's entirely at the executive's whim.
Now many will say that wasn't true. In fact the act above says it only applies to an enemy combatant.
The problem is there was no review.
So say for example, an natural born US citizen says something the President doesn't like. Maybe that person tells jokes on TV or perhaps just blogs occasionally about politics. Or maybe they painted their house an offensive color. It doesn't really matter what they did.
If the President got upset, he could have declared that person a non-citizen enemy combatant and locked them up in Guantanamo. Before this new ruling, that person would be there until the administration changed it's mind.
Some might say this is impossible because the person clearly is not an enemy combatant and is absolutely a US citizen. They can't be detained.
The problem is that without Habeas Corpus, there is no way for that citizen to make that argument. They can't go to court to challenge that detention. They are detained because the President said so and there is no way to object to that. Without Habeas Corpus there is no way to challenge an error by the administration or to challenge wrong doing by the administration.
This is why the ruling was so critical. Independent judicial review is essential to the survival of our country. The long history of separation of powers is what keeps us from turning into Zimbabwe. Our President shouldn't be allowed to arbitrarily detain anyone he chooses without independent review.
I'm not saying that President Bush used this power in an aritrary way like the examples is used above. What is terribly frightening is that he could have. He could have thrown Scott McClellan, Cindy Sheehan, Nancy Pelosi, Al Franken, or anyone else in prison with no judicial review.
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Catherine Engelhardt a middle school teacher is recovering at home after being assaulted by one of her student's mothers along with the woman's 14 year old niece.
The attack came Wednesday afternoon at Alverta B. Gray Schultz Middle school in Hempstead which saw one student's mother, Annika McKenzie, 34 waiting for the teacher in a school hallway before setting on the her daughter's math teacher.
According to reports, the mother believed Engelhardt had 'put her hands' on her 12 year old daughter earlier in the day.
With the teacher refusing to talk to the mother, telling her to get a security pass, a fight then ensued.
Authorities tell that the teacher was pushed against a wall before, then placed in a headlock and thrown to the floor.
From there students in the hallway, including the the mother's 14 year old niece piled on and became involved in the attack.
Another teacher would eventually break up the fight only to find that Engelhardt had been rendered unconscious.
Rushed to hospital before eventually being released the teacher is said to be now recovering at home 'in a lot of pain.'
Told Catherine Engelhardt via ABC 7: 'It's not like I thought a parent would do something, but I knew something violent was going to happen,' she told the network.
'I've warned (the school) time and again that the children have no respect for adults.
'Yes, I fear for my safety. They can't control the kids.'
With the attack caught on school security cameras and handed over to cops, McKenzie and her niece would be arrested at the scene and charged with second degree assault on school grounds, a felony whilst McKenzie was also charged with second degree strangulation.
Appearing in First District court yesterday the woman was mandated to post $5000 bail.
Offered the woman's lawyer, Donald Rollock: 'As any loving parent, if someone puts their hand on your child, you're going to react.'
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4. The Italian twist: you don't need to act/sing in Italian, however an Italian touch in your performance would be really appreciated!
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Emmett just can't catch a break with his teeth. His last emergency appointment, a few weeks ago was to prep his tooth for a cap. They couldn't finish the process because his gum was inflamed.
They hollowed the tooth out and put a temp filling in.
He was given another round of antibiotics to kill any infection and was scheduled to come back the beginning of August.
The temp filling has fallen out, probably because he was picking at it and so he has a hollowed out molar. His gum is getting infected once again and it's starting to hurt.
He goes back in Monday to have this addressed.
Emmett is a chewer. He didnt used to be but he doesn't seem to like the things we have for him to chew on that are safe. It's just one more thing I need to squeeze in next week.
I'm super grateful that they got him in but unfortunately, it's an out of town trip and that sucks.
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History of twentieth century life sciences; history of science in the US; science and engineering ethics education
Mary's work involves two interdisciplinary, collaborative projects. The first project traces the history of Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ) as a window to evolutionary biology during the twentieth century. The second project focuses on engineering ethics education in Berkeley's College of Engineering. Questions about the relationship between education and research focus her work on these diverse topics.
She taught "History of Science in the US" (Hist 138 and 138T) in the Department of History and later a new course of her own design in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, "Ethics, Engineering, and Society" (E 125).
Sunderland, M. E. 2012. Collections-Based Research at Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences, forthcoming.
Sunderland, M. E. 2011. Teaching Natural History at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. The British Journal for the History of Science doi:10.1017/S0007087411000872, 1–25.
Sunderland, M. E. 2011. Morphogenesis, Dictyostelium, and the Search for Shared Developmental Processes. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C 42: 508–517.
Sunderland, M. E. 2010. Regeneration: Thomas Hunt Morgan's Window into Development. Journal of the History of Biology 43: 325–361.
Robert, J. S. R., Sunderland, M. E., Ankeny, R. and Maienschein, J. 2008. Correspondence: Response to Commentators on "The ethos and ethics of translational research." American Journal of Bioethics 8: W1–W3.
Maienschein, J., Sunderland, M. E., Ankeny, R., and Robert, J. S. R. 2008. The ethos and ethics of translational research. American Journal of Bioethics 8: 43–51.
Xu, S., Sunderland, M. E., Coles, B. L. K., Kam, A., Holowacz, T., Ashery-Padan, R., Marquart, T., McInnes, R. R., and van der Kooy, D. 2007. The proliferation and expansion of retinal stem cells require functional Pax6. Developmental Biology 304: 713–721.
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Building Blog Posts That Generate Traffic & Drive New Patients
Guest post by Kenneth Burke – Text Request
When people have questions about their health or health service options, they go online. They turn to Google before a physician. But who actually answers their questions?
If you follow the steps below, you will be the one answering their questions – and you'll be able to turn many of these concerned viewers into loyal patients. It's a huge opportunity if you know how to take advantage of it.
I'll show you how to turn people's questions into your own blog posts, drive traffic to those posts, and convert some of your viewers into appointments. Let's get started!
How do you get blog posts in front of the right people?
Medical SEO is short for search engine optimization. It's the process of getting your web pages to show up at the top of search results for specific terms. This is how we're going to get your blog posts in front of the right people. It's also how we're going to drive traffic to your website and create new appointments.
So how does it work?
To create blog posts that rank well, drive traffic, and bring you appointments, you need to follow three steps:
- Answer a question
- Make your answer 10X better than everyone else's
- And provide a next step
Seems simple right? This process, along with a few specific SEO for doctors tips that I'll cover, will do everything you want. Here's what it looks like in practice.
Step 1: Answer a question.
Before consulting a physician, people ask the internet. They might go to Google and search "how do I know if I have a hernia" or "knee joint relief."
In response, you should create blog posts on "How Do I Know if I Have a Hernia?" and "6 Ways to Provide Fast Knee Joint Relief."
Take a question someone asks, use it for your blog post title, then thoroughly answer that question in your blog post.
What questions should you start with?
Well, what questions is your team asked most?
Start with your most frequently asked questions. You already know people are interested in the answers, and you're probably pretty good at giving those answers by now.
If you get all sorts of questions around dealing with allergies, for example, or on how to reduce various medical expenses, you might want to create The Complete Guide to Seasonal Allergy Relief or 5 Tips to Reduce Common Medical Expenses.
Just be wise when you think through your target keyword for each post. Generally, your target keyword should be the most popular search term for that topic. If you create a great post that ranks high, like what I'm showing you to do, we want to make sure it gets the most eyes available.
In other words, people will type in 100 different phrases for "fighting allergies." They might search for "how to handle allergies," "allergy remedies," "allergy relief," "how to fight allergies," etc. You want to focus on the phrase people search for most.
How do you figure out which is used most?
Free tools like Google Trends will help you compare search volume, and tools like AnswerThePublic will even help you come up with the best blog titles for a given search term.
You'll also want to include this keyword in your meta description, and in a section header tag or two (for more details, view this guide). This will help your posts rank higher in search results. Combine all that with steps two and three, and you'll be in high cotton!
Step 2: Make your answer 10X better than everyone else's
High ranking and converting blog posts all have a few things in common:
- They have properly optimized title tags, header tags, keywords, and meta descriptions. (Here's a guide for more details on SEO basics)
- They thoroughly yet succinctly answer the question (I'll elaborate in a moment)
- And they provide engaging elements, like bullet points, section headers, supporting visuals, pull quotes, or videos.
In short, you can use this blog post as an example of what yours should look like. You can also use these examples:
- How Much Time Do People Spend on Their Mobile Phones in 2017?
- 18 Digital Marketing Tips Most People Don't Know About
The goal is to make your content stand out. If your blog post is just average, then there's no reason for Google to rank it higher than anyone else's. There's also no reason for anyone to read your post over another.
Find the best piece of content out there on your topic, then create something that offers 10X more value to readers.
The best content isn't hard to find. Just do a Google search, it will be on the first page. You can also use BuzzSumo to see who's getting the most shares.
Visuals aren't enough to create great blog posts that are 10X better than everyone else's, though. You still have to answer the question in a surprisingly helpful and enjoyable way. How do you do that?
Write in your own style, but use this framework:
- State the problem or question (e.g. "You're sick of suffering from seasonal allergies, but you don't know what to do about it.)
- Validate the reader (e.g. "Of course you want relief. You want to focus at work and enjoy being outside.)
- Share available research and expert opinions
- Explain what they mean in layman's terms
- Provide additional resources along the way (e.g. links and guides, images and videos)
All of this together will give viewers a thorough yet succinct answer that's 10X better than whatever else is out there. Next you need to tell viewers what to do what the information you've given them.
Step 3: Provide a next step.
Knowledge alone isn't enough. It doesn't matter if your kids know better. You want them to do better, too.
It doesn't matter how helpful or valuable your blog posts are if you don't ask viewers to do anything with the information.
A natural next step for your viewers is to schedule an appointment for professional consultation. So tell readers to do it!
For instance, after you give an answer that's 10X better than everyone else's, you can place a call-to-action:
Think you might [have a hernia]? Schedule your appointment with one of our healthcare professionals today to bring your health back to normal!
[Call to Action Button]
It's even better if you include multiple CTAs throughout each post. For example, you could add one after you introduce the issue, after you answer the question, and at the bottom of the post.
Respective examples: "If you think you have a hernia, schedule an appointment for professional assessment." "If this sounds like your problem, schedule an appointment to get help." "What's next? Meet with a doctor to discuss your concerns. Schedule your appointment."
You might even include a contact form at the bottom of each post or in a sidebar to make contacting you easier.
By following the steps above, you can create an active blog that is helpful to both your potential patients and your bottom line. What more could you want?
First, put together a short list of questions you and your team are frequently asked. Search Google to see how others have answered the same questions, then create blog posts answering those questions with more helpful information and visuals than what you found searching Google.
Finally, give viewers a reason to contact you – and many will. That's how you create blog posts that actually drive traffic (and appointments).
If you are looking for help developing a healthcare content marketing strategy that drives website traffic, improves SEO, and generates new practice growth, we would love to help! Give us a call 678-250-4757 or fill out our contact form.


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Royal Blood How Did We Get So Dark?
Published Jun 16, 2017Unlike other bass-and-drums duos, Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher don't seem content to follow in the footsteps of their contemporaries. There's no dense, noisy squall like Lightning Bolt or dance-punk a la Death From Above; instead, they're more likely to idolize groups like Foo Fighters (with whom they've toured) and Arctic Monkeys (whose drummer Matt Helders famously wore a Royal Blood t-shirt at Glastonbury in 2013), gunning for festival main stages and arena tours and writing anthems to blast at sporting events everywhere.
Royal Blood's strength comes via the visceral wallop of Kerr and Thatcher's material, particularly given their limited resources. The duo easily pack more punch than groups twice their size, thanks to Thatcher's monstrous drums and Kerr's effects pedal-driven lead bass playing. And like any great rhythm section, the two of them move effortlessly in sync across the record, from the start-stop riffs of "I Only Lie When I Love You" to the rhythmic interplay and extended drum fills of "Lights Out."
The downside is that for all the power and grit Kerr and Thatcher can conjure up, there's not much else to hold your interest here. There are moments: Closer "Sleep" recalls the slinkiness of Arctic Monkeys' "Do I Wanna Know?" while "Where Are You Now?" bounces effortlessly between tempos, and is probably the best showcase of Kerr and Thatcher's rhythmic chemistry as a duo.
So despite how thunderous Thatcher sounds behind the drums or how dirty Kerr's bass tone is, unfortunately there isn't a pedal for more robust and compelling songwriting. That said, you'll probably be headbanging too much to care. (Warner)


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OK boys and girls, enough frivolity. Itis time to get down to some serious speculation.
On August 7 at 10AM PT Appleis Steve Jobs will tell us whatis behind Door Number One, and perhaps Door Number Two and Three. Like everyone else Iive got some predictions. Some will likely be dead on the money while others will orbit Pluto (which is no longer a planet, BTW).
So, hereis my short list of what weill see from Apple:
- .Mac enhancement with strong ties to Google: .Mac will be offline tomorrow during the announcements so it pretty much stands to reason that weill see some serious and long overdue upgrades to Appleis Net service. What you may not expect is that Apple and Google will offer some significant services due to some really close ties between the two companies. .Mac may be more like .Google after tomorrow. More space, better Google Office integration with Apple products (Safari, iLife, iWork), and better iPhone integration. I suspect iPhone users will have a lot to be happy about.
- Leopard announcement: Now that the iPhone is out on the way Apple can concentrate of its other baby, OS X version 10.5. Leopard was ready, or pretty close to being ready back when Apple delayed its release to October. Work likely never stopped entirely on Leopard and Jobs will surprise every one (except me, of course) by announcing that Leopard will be available by the end of August, just in time for the new school year.
- New iMacs: Speaking of being just in time for the new school year, new iMacs would be just the ticket, so Apple will likely announce new iMacs as well. Donit expect big design changes, the current design is excellent and will likely continue for some time. Do expect some internal design changes; more CPU power, bigger drives and the like.
- New Mac mini: The Mac mini is in a weird, but needed category; itis the only other Mac besides the Pro that lets you bring your own monitor. What would be nicer is if it also let you fiddle with other upgrades, like graphics cards. To that end Apple will redesign the mini to accommodate third party cards. Also, the mini will have enhancements that will lend it to being more of a media center.
- iWork and iLife Upgrades: These packages are due some spiffing up, especially in light of the new .Mac/Google offerings. Expect tighter Web integration across the board AND expect Apple to make Open Document a default standard on iWork.
Ok, those are my predictions. I think Iim close on all but the mini, which is a tough one to call.
Letis see how close I get. Feel free to posts your thoughts and grade how accurate I am.


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Readers may be interested in this post currently featured on Watts Up With That:
Himalayan warming – pulling another thread from IPCC's fragile tapestry.
The case for dangerous man made global warming hangs on the wall like a frayed medieval tapestry. By pulling just one loose thread the whole thing starts to unravel. We pulled on of those threads recently…
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) was recently caught making a mistake in areport on melting ice on Mount Everest. The ABC claimed that "Studies show temperatures are rising faster at Mount Everest than in the rest of South Asia." When ABC were requested to provide details of the "Studies" they cited Table 10.2 from IPCC's AR4 Working Group 2 report. However, contrary to ABC's claims this table showed that the area of fastest rising temperature in South Asia was Sri Lanka, not the Himalaya (and hence not Mt Everest). ABC's gaff however served to highlight a few errors made by the IPCC.
Read the rest at WUWT.


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Doug Collins on Gun Control
Doug Collins: No. Co-sponsored bill to allow concealed firearm carry across state lines.
Kelly Loeffler: No. "Strong Second Amendment supporter." Sponsored bill barring national firearm database.
Raphael Warnock: Yes. "The answer to America's gun violence isn't to encourage masses of people to carry guns."
Project Vote Smart infers candidate issue stances on key topics by summarizing public speeches and public statements. Congressional candidates are given the opportunity to respond in detail; about 11% did so in the 2012 races.
Project Vote Smart summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: 'Guns: Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?'
H.R.8: To require a background check for every firearm sale. This Act may be cited as the "Background Check Expansion Act".
Opposing argument from the Heritage Foundation, 2/26/2019: Heritage Action opposes the Bipartisan Background Checks Act (H.R. 8) and will include it as a key vote on our legislative scorecard. This legislation would require universal background checks for all firearm sales (even private) with specific exceptions. Unfortunately, universal background checks would do little to prevent firearm violence and would instead make it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to purchase, own, carry, and use a firearm. Studies show that universal background checks are largely ineffective when it comes to preventing mass shootings. In addition, most people imprisoned for firearm-related crimes access their firearms illegally through theft, the underground market, family members, or friends. H.R. 8 is poorly written and makes criminals out of many law-abiding Americans who commonly make low-risk firearm transfers.
Legislative outcome Roll call 99 in House on 2/27/2019 passed 240-190-2; introduced in Senate 1/8/2019; no action as of 3/28/2020.
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1 cup hazelnuts
4 cups light cream
3/4 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Place the hazelnuts on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Cover and let stand for 15 minutes. Wrap the hazelnuts in a kitchen towel and rub to loosen the skins. Cool completely. Finely grind the hazelnuts in a food processor and set aside.
Scald the cream in a saucepan. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl. Gradually whisk in the hot cream. Return mixture to the saucepan and stir over medium heat until custard thickens and leave a path on the back of the spoon when you draw your finger across. Do not let the mixture boil. Remove from heat stir in the vanilla. Strain mixture in a large bowl, cover and refrigerate.
Transfer the mixture to the ice cream machine, add the nuts and process according to manufacturer's instructions.


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This month the Design Time theme is obviously love....so here you are some easy and quick DIY projects to decorate your house or to use as a gift for Valentine's day
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Case studies Austria
Appropriation and Integration in Open Spaces
General Description:
In the context of an increasing focus on public and open spaces as spaces for integration by both private initiatives and municipal governments, this work investigates aspects of the appropriation of open space provided for community gardens and its impact on the different levels of integration, as introduced by Dangschat 2000. Furthermore, aspects to do with design-related regulatory frameworks are examined for their impact on socio-cultural integration processes. Based on three case studies in three different Austrian cities, diverse forms of appropriation of the community gardens are examined. The comparison between the three cases sheds light on whether autonomous use has effects on processes of integration and which design and use-related conditions help activate the community gardens' potential for integration.
Allotment Gardens in Austria
Due to the late industrialization of Austria, the first AG was founded in 1904 near Vienna to offer fresh air and sun to the working class. After World War I, the emphasis of AGs changed towards self-supply. Since 1952 (78,000 members), because of competing land demands for residential settlements, traffic infrastructure etc., AGs were reduced appreciably, with a soft upturn since the mid-1970s. Today are approx. 53,000 allotment gardens in Austria. The "Zentralverband der Kleingärtner und Siedler Österreichs" (Central Association of allotment holders and settlers in Austria, founded in 1916) is the umbrella organization, representing 39,234 members (= 1,000 ha) organized in 384 clubs and 5 regional associations. Besides, there are AGs run by the Federal Railway Agricultual Association (Verband der ÖBB-Landwirtschaft, 900 ha, circa 16,000 members), churches or other institutions. In addition, there are also private AGs.
The frame conditions of AGs are dependent on the different federal state laws: The size of AG s varies from 120m² -650m². The lease contracts for an allotment have an minimum of 10 years (railway gardens: from precarious gardens up to 80 years). The utilization is restricted to non-commercial use and recreation. In Austria, AGs normally contain a little house or cabin. In Vienna, the houses in AGs can be rededicated to residential areas because of housing shortage.
Allotment Gardens in Salzburg
In the city of Salzburg, the first allotment site was founded reasonably late in 1941. Today the Salzburg allotments cover approx. 30 ha. This is 0.46 % of the administrative area of the . There is no explicit AG-law in Salzburg, the only regulation concerns building measures: only small wooden huts are allowed for storing gardening tools and for shelter with a floor space of max.14m² and without heating. In the Salzburg allotments, the trend towards recreational and leisure gardens is not to be overlooked. Lawn and ornamental areas are increasingly replacing the land for growing fruit and vegetables.
Research Focus: Assessment of allotment gardens in an ecological perspective
Our focuses are
- an indicator-based evaluation of the ecosystem services of the allotment gardens and
- a survey of the ecologically relevant behavior of the allotment gardeners.


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Guitarist & former Mr.Big member Paul Gilbert plays Technical Difficulties alone on stage with backing tracks. Recorded live in London.
Month: July 2010
What Keeps Me Up At Night
Strong black coffee keeps me wide awake 0~0; it gives me such a buzz that my eye lids are pried wide open and they won't shut down.
A bad day at work usually keeps me awake. A good movie or tv series has that same affect too but only the latter is enjoyable. I especially like watching scifi movies/tv series around 11 or 12pm. Horror movies too.
But the thing that can keep me up at night the most is depression:
About where I am in life and the mistakes that I made which kept me here. About the stuff that I did that I now regret and wish I could go back in time and undo. The decisions that I made which I have to live with and the remorse that I feel when I am reminded of it by something. The fact that I'm turning 34 in a couple of days and there' a lot of things that I haven't achieved / done / got at this stage of my life which I think I should have by now.
But most of all what keeps me awake at night is loneliness. The feeling of emptiness that a guy feels when he does not that special woman to share his life with. I look to the right side of my bed and see the big empty space just begging to be filled with the form of a woman. To hold onto and talk to and hug to myself and feel that I'm not alone. Not having that special someone to confide in and be there for her as well.
That's what keeps me up the most.
Stargate Universe : Episode 15 "Lost"
So when we left the series Chloe, Eli, Greer & Scott were stranded on the planet due to the tunnel caving in and Destiny moved back into FTL and left the system. Lt. Riley finds out that soon Destiny will be out of range of the planet that the 4 are stuck on and unless something is done soon, they will be lost forever as Destiny will be heading out of this Galaxy and onto the next. Within minutes of this explanation power shuts down in systems of the ship.
According to Rush, he believes the ship is going into a power saving mode, though life support is still fully operational; Rush says he will find a way to work around the problem, though Brody suggests they shouldn't, since Destiny must be doing it for a reason. Meanwhile, Riley believes the power loss may be due to the fact that Destiny is old and that the computers are malfunctioning. Meanwhile, on the planet the 4 lost ones realize that they only have enough water for 2 days and will have to dig out from the tunnels to search for more. Eli deduces how to reach Destiny by drawing three overlapping circles; they can't dial straight to Destiny, but if they can reach gates in between, they can catch up to it. However, there is a 50/50 chance they will go the wrong way and run into planets they already visited.
While trying to get out, a part of the tunnel caves in on top of Greer, knocking him unconscious and he is separated from the other 3. By the time he comes the other have made their way on without him as they can't contact him. Greer frantically manages to dig his way out and tries to catch up with them. Scott, Eli & Chloe make it outside the tunnels and go to the Stargate and dial out to another planet; Greer just misses them as he comes out of the tunnels. The other 3 encounter a dinosaur like creature on the first planet that they enter and leave immediately. On Destiny, while rescue attempts are being made to find their lost team members, TJ informs Young that she is pregnant and that he is the father. As Greer waits at the planet's Stargate he is met by Lt.James and team and they bring him back to Destiny.
Although Greer is returned back to the crew, they still haven't been able to get Eli, Chloe and Scott. As the ship moves back into FTL, Greer retires sullenly to his quarters. And the 3 lost crew know that they have just missed dialing to Destiny's stargate and perhaps can never find their way back to them.
The Best Kinda Cure
Back in 2004 I has a little accident which, lucky for me, gave me only temporary pain and no broken bones or blood spilled. I have to stress this, I was a lucky schmuck that afternoon as a little change in my step and I would probably have lost a leg or worse.
Ok, this was around April of that year and I was invited to go attend the wedding of my friend Sreekumar's brother. I was working as a call center associated in Idea at the time and doing a 3m to 12am shift that day, so the place was to leave my house at around 11am, go to the wedding hall in Palarivattom, attend the wedding and spend time with Sreekumar and other friends and then leave for the office at 2pm. That was the plan!
I got down at Palarivattom and then took an auto to the wedding hall, which was the town hall in Palarivattom. The driver stopped the auto just next to the front gate of the venue and I paid him and then tried to get out of the auto. I put my left foot out of the auto and the wham! I felt something hit my ankle and the worst pain I had ever had in my life struck me. What happened was that another auto had passed by in the gap between the auto I was in and the walls of the venue and the protruding middle part of that auto's hubcap hit my left ankle as it passed by! That explains the pain.
I was in agony and trying not to scream out too loud. People came rushing to see what it was that had happened to me. My friends came and saw that it was me who was hit and they grabbed the other auto driver, who had stopped his auto and come to check on me, by the collar and was threatening him. But it wasn't his fault – his brakes had failed and he had swerved his auto into the gap in order to avoid hitting some women on the other side. Unintentionally I got hit at the ankle. Well, can't blame him! There was no blood and nothing looked broken so I tried walking but it was painful.
I sat down, spoke to my friends and they suggested that I go to the hospital. As there was no wound I decided to wait until the wedding ceremony was over and then skipping lunch, I excused myself and went to the bus stop. I could walk without limping but my ankle did hurt & tinge a bit. I headed over to Ravipuram and went to a hospital over there, City Hospital I think. I walked up to the nurse at the front desk and stated that although I had no wound and that nothing felt broken, I just wanted a doctor to take a look at it and probably get an x-ray. The nurses got into action and said that they would check if the doctor was free and that I should take a seat. In a few minutes they ushered me into a doctor's room and said that the doctor would be in to see me in a minute or two.
I sat there and waited, rubbing my ankle and feeling the area where I got hit. I was apprehensive and feeling some pain and then saw that the doctor was coming in and…….I felt no more pain at all! It was a lady doctor, a Dr. Fathima and boy was she was sight a sight for sore ankle…er eyes! She was hot and beautiful and my attention was diverted. When she asked me where it was that I felt pain, I almost pointed to my heart and said "here, but you can take care of it with just 3 simple words". :D
I am incorrigible, I know. Anyway, the x-ray showed no broken bones so she gave me pain killers for two days and sent me on my way. I went with a smile on my face and a song in my heart and almost jumped and skipped on my way back; it was a miracle! I was cured!
What Makes Me Roll My Eyes
People talking about god saved their lives or how they were touched by some specific god this and that. In a desperate bid to feel part of something that is more grandiose than their miserable lives, they choose to bore your head off with stories of this or that experience when they were particularly feeling down & dejected and god chose that opportune moment to "reveal" himself/herself to them.
Ofcourse in mind I always a god "revealing" himself to that individual, like actually flashing himself to the person.
Also how a particular temple or church or some other place of worship was "so peaceful" and that they "felt one with god". Now this stuff is still continued after I've told them that I'm an atheist and have no interest in listening to stuff about fairies and monsters! But they still persist and insist on numbing my brain with drivel. Then I have only one option – to either move away or stand there, take out my ear phones and play some music to drone out the mumbling idiot.
Take a hint!
Alone On A Planet
In one of the most memorable episodes of Star Trek TNG, The Royale, the crew of the Enterprise meets up with a lost early explorer from Earth. Or rather his remains. When the debris of a 21st century NASA space ship turns up around a planet of a previously unmapped solar system, the crew is puzzled. Initial scans of the planet show it to be quite inhospitable: Nitrogen, methane, liquid neon, surface temperature -291 degrees Celsius and wind speeds up to 312 meters per second.
They are lead to a structure that surround breathable air on the planet – even more curious. Commander Riker, Lts Data & Worf beam down to investigate and are confronted by a revolving door that leads to a 20th century hotel & casino – The Royale. There's tons of people there, playing cards & gambling but none of them are real. They interact with the 'fake' people who are intent on going about their ways. On further investigation, Data finds traces of human dna and leads the team to one of the hotel rooms on another floor. They find a human skeleton, who had died 283 years ago, under the covers of a bed. The skeleton remains belonged to a NASA astronaut, a colonel Richley, whose crew met up with the unknown aliens who created the Royale on this planet.
Finding a diary that the colonel had maintained, the away team learns that Richey was the sole survivor of an alien contaminant that killed all the others on his ship. He then found himself in the Hotel Royale exactly as described in the novel he found in his room. He managed to survive there for 38 years, learning that the aliens created the hotel for him out of guilt using the novel on the shuttle as a guide. Unknown to the aliens, the recreation of the clichéd and shallow characters of the book only served as a hell for the colonel. He welcomed death as it would release him from it. They crew pay their last respects to the lonely explorer and leave the planet after figuring out how to leave the hotel.
Three Things I Do Everyday Without Fail
Read the papers along with my morning coffee
Despite the fact that I can get online news for free, there's some comforting about sipping a coffee and holding the paper in your hands. I scan the front page and immediately head for the sports section at the very back. I also go through the comics – Phantom, Hi & Lois, The Lockhorns, Beatle Baily and my bald headed young friend Henry! Then it's the world news section, some national, state and then city news. Finally it's a check to see if there's a good movie showing on HBO at night.
Day dream
I always find time to day dream. In the toilet, lying in my bed, on the way to work, on the way back home, sometimes at home as well. Flying in space ships, exploring the universe, fighting the bad aliens, rescuing the sexy alien chicks who wanna bed me, blowing up asteroids, making first contact with a new species and boldly going where no man has gone before. That's right, in my dreams I am Captain Kirk!
Listen to music
I gotta play my tunes! Music is extremely important to me and I gotta get my rocks off to get by the stress of the day. Hard rock, metal, alternative, country, flamenco – anything from my vast collection. I play some songs in the morning before I take a shower and head for work and I play some songs during the late evenings until it's bed time. I need my music, I am a music junkie. When I am at home, browsing on the net or just reading, I have music playing all the time. And I have to sing along and play air guitar at the same time! :)
RIP Maury Chaykin
Veteran film & tv character actor Maury Chaykin passed away on July 27th, 2010. Born in the US he later moved to Canada and was known for portrayals of blustery supporting characters and the occasional lead, as in the character Nero Wolfe in the tv films or in Whale Music. The former role lead to a two year series in A Nero Wolfe Mystery. He was also the Mahoney in Owning Mahoney.
Maury Chaykin (July 27, 1949 – July 27, 2010)
Chickenfoot – Chickenfoot
For the uninitiated, Chickenfoot is in simple words best described as a "supergroup". 4 excellent musicians who enjoy working, ie. playing music with each other, got together to create a strong unit. The 4 of them are Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) on drums, Sammy Hagar (ex-Van Halen & solo artist) on vocals & support guitar, Michael Anthony (ex-Van Halen) on bass and the legendary guitar maestro Joe Satriani! Now unlike a lot of so called super groups, this really defines the term SUPER GROUP!
It's a celebration of sorts when 4 gentlemen of this high caliber come forth to make something new and enjoyable and their eponymously titled debut album has tons of good things for rock fans. Let's start off :
Avenida Revolution, with it's excellent riffs thunder out from the onset, a great way to start this album. Lyrically it's about the street in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, that runs alongside the US/Mexican border. Funky rocking & fun loving – is how I would describe the next track that is Soap On A Rope. The video is equally fun to watch with the band running around, playing their instruments along with this lengthy rope in the way. The main riff, although simple, is extremely catchy and induces air guitar sessions like crazy. Sexy Little Thing is a kickass, crowd pleaser and is for the top down, driving on a summer day. When it slows & quiets down a bit before banging back into life – magic! We then come to my fav track on this record – Oh Yeah! which is a rock anthem with the requisite groovy guitar riff snaking all over the song. Solid solo, bombastic drums and booming bass – what more could you ask?
Runnin' Out is a song that reminds me a lot of old Van Halen and it's a groovy song about running out of stuff. A bit more heavy sounding riff starts off Get It Up, with the exclamation "Arriba, 'riba". Musically it's Satriani's baby, with some excellent guitar chops laid down over Anthony's bass licks and Smith's drum work. Down The Drain is up next, a song about letting things go waste. My Kinda Girl is about the down to earth & tough woman who is more to the liking of the singer. Learning To Fall is about at the end of day, after all is said and done and you are tired, you will go crawling back to what you trust best. Turning Left & Future In The Past close out this solid album which has not a single weak song or even a weak moment in it. What you get is 4 tried & true veterans with loads of experience & road miles under their belt and who now just wanna have some fun with their friends. And we get some cool rocking tunes for that.
Here's the video for Oh Yeah
Manchester City's Summer Shopping Sree
Shelling out tons of cash seems to be the way that Manchester City are going to gain silverware and possibly win the league. While they await the completion of the 25 mil pounds signing of 19 year old Italian striker Mario Balotelli from Inter Milan, it would bring the summer spree to a total of 107 million pounds.
City coach Roberto Mancini hopes he will be soon reunited with the Italy international of Ghanaian origin whom he had signed while in charge of Inter. Balotelli, who demands to be paid his desired wages of 3 mil pounds a year on a 5 year contract, has already had a farewell party for friends in a trendy cafe in Milan and joins his Inter teammates for a pre-season tour in the US.
Mancini has already signed Jerome Boateng, David Silva, Aleksandar Kolarov and paid 30 million pounds to Barcelona for Yaya Toure.
My Thoughts on the Death Penalty
Do I believe in the death penalty? Here's my answer : with a few exceptions, I do not believe that the death penalty. It's confusing even to me because who is the right person or persons to decide which crime or crimes deserve the death penalty? What kind of human being is to be declared unfit to continue his/her existence on this earth that killing them and ending the pain will be the best outcome?
I do believe that serial killers, rapists and child molesters do not deserve to live. A man who kills babies & small children, old people and the ill who cannot defend themselves do not deserve to life wile their victims are dead. Someone who sexually abuses his own offspring or another child related to him cannot be considered fit to continue living. Organ stealers, drug peddlers who target the young.
Who about war crimes? Dictators, leaders, politicians and kings who have committed genocide and massacred thousands of people. Do they deserve to live? The religious fundamentalists who destroy other lives just because they do not see eye to eye on beliefs and way of living?
Who is to decide? I do not know if the law is correct. Can there possibly be a man/woman who everyone else has declared unfit to continue and even a danger if he/she still lives and so they all decide that he/she is to be killed? Not even Saddam or Osama or even Hitler etc etc.
Although there are quite a few people that I wouldn't mind seeing dead, heck I may even dance on their graves and hand out free candy to passers-by, I'm not sure that I could decide if the death penalty is the right punishment.
Well, except if you are a member of a boyband!!!!
No Longer A Spring Chicken
This is my last week of being 33. I still consider 33 to be young. I will turn 34 soon and it's not the end of the world. I will consider myself, or anyone else for that matter, to be middle aged only at the age of 50. Besides it's how you feel inside and treat life and not your actual age that matters. Remember my motto – you are only as old as the girls you feel! And I fully believe in it!
But yeah I'm not getting any younger, no longer a spring chicken. What is a spring chicken anyway? Chickens that only live during Spring? 34 is the age where I expected to be a lot more settled in life than I actually am. I'm not anywhere as close to being there as I thought I'd be.
- I'm still a bachelor. Still single. No special woman in my lonely as hell life.
- I have virtually nil savings. This is a scary aspect which I am trying to remedy.
- I still live with my parents in a small apartment. Another thing which I want to rectify.
- I'm kinda stuck in a job dealing with clients I cannot stand and dealing with a corporate setup that I neither understand nor want to. It's high time I made my move from there.
As it usually does around this time of the year, my mind is bombarded with these topics and I'll deal with them by putting it in words. I tend to get very depressed around this time so please bear with me.
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This Ain't About No Apology
Somehow I just never got round to checking out Bon Jovi's newest album, The Circle, which actually came out late last year. Here's We Weren't Born To Follow from that record.
The Worst Teacher I Ever Had
I don't think she was that bad to be honest. When I was in the 10th grade, we had this elderly English teacher who, I hope it isn't too rude to say, should have retired a few years before she joined our school. She was a grandmother and she was a disciplinarian and boy was she strict.
I remember a few incidents about her : she didn't like boys growing their hair long! And when I mean long it wasn't even shoulder length. She was crazy about it. About 6 of us in the class had longish hair and we were all into hard rock and metal music so our dream was to have even more longer hair. It was 1992 and we were 15 and we all had dreams of looking like Bon Jovi or the Scorpions. So she made it a point to constantly criticize and nag us to death about it. She even once demanded that we all cut our hair short before the next day! We rebelled and didn't do it. She was livid.
She could be guilty of favoritism and partiality and she was not the nicest person to be around. Indian schools tolerated teachers using the cane and she did it once or twice. It barely hurt as she was not strong enough to inflict much pain. Anyone of us could have pushed her down with the slightest of ease and she would have broken a hip or some other bone. But we still treated her with respect because that's what kids are supposed to do.
I learned that she passed away in 1999 and most of us had only good things to say about her at that time. Even the 6 of us rockers who had long hair and rebelled against her.
Would I Survive No Internet For A Month?
Although a regular user of the internet since 1998, I didn't have a connection at home until September, 2006. From then I would go once or twice a week to a nearby internet parlour to browse the net and check my email. For a year I also managed an internet club, a very small one with just 4 systems. It wasn't a success so I quit after a year. By then it was 2000 and the internet cafe charges were a little bit more cheaper, so I went 3 to 4 times to a cafe and spend 2-3 hours there.
I moved to Calicut (about 5 hours from my hometown of Cochin) in 2002 and there I used the net very infrequently due to shortage of cash. The company I had joined has problems and so I was not paid for weeks. In early 2003 I moved back to Cochin and got a steady paying job, if if it wasn't much, and I went back to using the net 3-4 times a week. This was also the time that my old pc died. As the years went by I used it more and more, settling on using it for 7 to 8 hours during the weekend and an hour or so on workdays. Until I moved to Kacheripady and then I got a new desktop computer and a broadband connection.
Last year I upgraded my connection and for the past almost 4 years I have been online almost extensively, only being offline when the ISP server goes down or there is a cable fault or when I am out of town. But yes I have been without the internet for 3 weeks – this year in May! After my pc died on me, I had to wait 3 weeks to gather the cash and get a new laptop. During that time I went without the internet at home and at work as well. I only checked my mail a couple of times and paid a couple of bills online, maximum spending time online would have been 10 minutes in total.
Never again though. I was so bored outta my brain.
Join Me For A Coffee?
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Two 12oz lattes. One for me and one for you if you care to join me. Good morning Sunday.
To Find Somebody New
This brings back so many memories! It's a video from 1987 – just after guitarist John Norum quit his band Europe at the peak of their success, due to disinterest in the more keyboard dominated sound, he started his own solo project. From his debut solo album Total Control, here's the video for Back On The Streets. If I'm not mistaken the vocals are provided by fellow Swede Goran Edman.
Food For Thought
My thoughts on some food items that I ate during this past week.
- Unniappams – best tasting unniappams at our office canteen. The caterers make this fresh in the morning and bring it to our canteen. Amazing tastes!
- Parippuvada – again from the canteen. Good but not as great as the unniappams. Sometimes they make them really nice but at times they bring us hardened and slightly stale ones. The vada I had today with my evening coffee was so hard & stiff, that had I thrown it at someone's head, he/she would have been laid up in a coma!
- Maggie noddles – instant noodles. Once a staple food of mine, I haven't had it that much in a while. Today I wanted some and so bought a pack of it on the way home. It wasn't that good.
- Haldirams masala nuts – hmmm spicy nuts from Haldirams brand. Would go well with beer but I haven't had any beer in a while.
- Cake – while at an office farewell / celebration / birthday etc, cake is always there. And it never tastes good! Yuck!
- North Indian sweets – the kind you get in a box with mixed stuff in it. Very yummy. Someone brought a box to the office this morning as his daughter recently delivered a baby girl.
- French fries – best snack I can ever think of. I love them.


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Saying the FBI has "cleared" them, Hammond's mayor has returned two police officers to regular duty two months after they were accused of using excessive force during a traffic stop, smashing a window and using a Taser on a passenger.
But Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. said he hopes to continue a "discussion" with community and church leaders that began after officers Patrick Vicari and Charles Turner stopped the car in September after spotting the driver and front passenger not wearing seat belts.
"Several issues have been brought to my attention that I am committed to continued discussion and finding solutions," McDermott said in a statement. "Most importantly, this includes a review of the testing and hiring practices of the Hammond Police Department to ensure a more diversified workforce that better reflects our diverse city. Ideas such as a police advisory commission and additional sensitivity training are also being reviewed."
The officers are white and the driver and passengers in the car were black.
Vicari and Turner pulled over Lisa Mahone around 3:30 p.m. Sept. 24 because she and Jamal Jones, in the front passenger seat, were not wearing seat belts as required by state law, the police department said at the time. Mahone's two children, 7 and 14, were in the back seat.
Vicari and Turner asked Mahone, 47, for her driver's license. They also asked to see Jones' identification.
In a federal lawsuit the couple later filed, Mahone conceded she had not been wearing her seat belt and said she asked the officers to issue her a ticket because she was on her way to see her mother, who was in the hospital and dying.
Jones told the officers he had been ticketed for not paying his insurance and did not have his license, offering to write his information down, according to the suit. "In full view of the officers, Jamal retrieved the ticket from his backpack and offered the ticket to the officers," the lawsuit states.
But the police statement alleges Jones refused to provide his identification on a piece of paper and told officers "'he was not going to do (the officer's) job' and for him to get a piece of paper."
An officer "saw the passenger inside the vehicle drop his left hand behind the center console," according to the police statement. "Fearing for officer safety, the first officer ordered the passenger to show his hands and then repeatedly asked him to exit the vehicle."
Jones, in the suit, said he refused to leave the car "because he feared that the officers would harm him."
In a video recorded by Mahone's 14-year-old son, one officer tells Jones that if he did not step out of the car, they would "have to open the door for (him)." Jones nodded, and after a few moments one officer broke the window with a club and used a Taser on Jones.
Officers pulled Jones out of the car as Mahone's 7-year-old daughter could be heard crying. The lawsuit said shards of glass hit the girl and the boy in the back seat.
Jones was arrested and issued citations for resisting law enforcement, failure to aid an officer and not wearing a seat belt, police said. Mahone was cited for not wearing her seat belt and was allowed to leave.
The couple's lawsuit accuses Hammond police of excessive force, battery and false arrest, saying the officers' actions "were undertaken intentionally with malice, willfulness, and reckless indifference to the rights and safety of plaintiffs."
In his statement, McDermott said the FBI has "informed the Hammond Police Department that it has cleared the two officers involved in the Jones arrest to return to active duty. After this most recent communication from the FBI, the Hammond Police Department has placed them back on regular duty."


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After Yeltsin's Declaration, Warnings of Civil War
Even some supporters criticize President, signaling possible isolation
RUSSIANS, wearied by constant crisis, are bracing for the final political showdown.
Thousands of chanting pro-Communist demonstrators, many carrying red banners and the old Soviet hammer-and-sickle flag, converged on the Russian White House yesterday, rallied against President Boris Yeltsin's intention to introduce presidential rule. The scene was a reverse image of August 1991, when a crowd of reform-supporters carrying the red, white, and blue Russian flag gathered to defend parliament from putschists intent on reintroducing Communist rule.
Legislative and judicial leaders are fighting Mr. Yeltsin's plans for a winner-take-all referendum to determine Russia's political and economic future, warning that an attempted coup is under way. Parliament chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov denounced Yeltsin's March 20 declaration of "special rule," saying it could lead to civil war. (Yeltsin's prospects, Page 3.)
The standing Russian parliament, or Supreme Soviet, met in emergency session yesterday to formulate its response to Yeltsin's move and his blistering attack on legislative power, made in a nationwide television address Saturday. The government of Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, which has backed the president, also called a special Cabinet session yesterday.
Legislators were to discuss yesterday an emergency session of the Congress of People's Deputies envisioned for Wednesday. They also seemed primed to push for the Constitutional Court, the top judicial body in Russia, to rule on the legality of Yeltsin's actions. Constitutional Court chairman Valery Zorkin, in a speech to parliament, said the court would take up the issue. A court ruling against Yeltsin would pave the way for parliament to impeach the president.
Mr. Chernomyrdin, reflecting the deep division in the upper echelons of power, threw his support behind Yeltsin saying, "The president, who was elected by the people, has the right to make such proposals and it is up to specialists to determine whether such proposals are constitutional." In the debate, he called on deputies to remain level-headed. Toward the end of his speech the premier drew hoots from deputies clearly displeased with his position.
Yeltin appeared dangerously isolated when his close aide, Yuri Skokov, head of the powerful Security Council, stood up before the parliament and said that he opposed the president's decree of "special rule." He said that he had sought to dissuade Yeltsin during a series of special meetings held up to Saturday morning and finally wrote a letter stating his disagreement. No Army movements
In Moscow, other small demonstrations occurred both in support of and against Yeltsin on a dreary, gray Sunday. There were no reported movements of military units in the capital, although Yeltsin issued an order turning the Kremlin's military guards, which protect key government offices, into a presidential regiment.
Reaction to the developments in Moscow varied in the Russian Federation's vast regions. Officials in St. Petersburg held a crisis session yesterday. But in other areas - such as the Siberian region of Novosibirsk and the autonomous republic of Karelia, near Finland - officials said they were waiting for events to unfold before making any decisions.
Top officials in parliament and the Constitutional Court already have condemned Yeltsin's moves as unconstitutional. In his TV address, Yeltsin announced plans to eliminate the Congress - the Soviet-era institution that's constitutionally the top body of power - if he wins a planned referendum. Yeltsin announced his intention to proceed with an April 25 referendum on a new constitution, which would be followed with new elections for a thoroughly revamped two-chamber parliament. He insisted that only a po pular vote could end Russia's bitter power struggle between the legislative and executive branches.
"This order will lead to a split of the state and society," Vice President Alexander Rutskoi told Yelstin in a letter in which he refused to go along with plans to hold a vote of confidence in both the president and vice president, also on April 25, the Tass news agency reported.
Meanwhile, Mr. Zorkin, the Constitutional Court chairman, denounced the initiatives as "an attempted coup." And deputy parliament chairman Yuri Voronin warned of a looming presidential "dictatorship."
"You have lost the chance to become the savior of Russia," Mr. Zorkin said in a hastily prepared television response to Yeltsin's earlier address. "You have put yourself outside the Constitution. Come back to it." Parliament suspended
Zorkin and Mr. Voronin appeared with Rutskoi and Prosecutor-General Valentin Stepankov in the television response. They seemed most alarmed by Yeltsin's imposition of "special rule," which essentially suspends the powers of parliament until the April 25 votes.
Defense Minister Pavel Grachev told parliament that the Army wishes to remain neutral and called on both sides to pursue a compromise. The ministers of the interior and security, the other two key law enforcement agencies, also took politically neutral stances and promised to maintain order.
Yeltsin's actions were prompted by developments at the Eighth Congress session, held earlier this month, which greatly reduced executive authority. In his speech, Yeltsin warned that if his initiatives were not carried out, a return of the Communist system would be inevitable.


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Know Rules for becoming an Independent Director of a Company
A company acts through two bodies of people – its shareholders and its board of directors. The board of directors are in charge of the management of the company's business; they make the strategic and operational decisions of the company and are responsible for ensuring that the company meets its statutory obligations. The directors are effectively the agents of the company, appointed by the shareholders to manage its day-to-day affairs. The basic rule is that the directors should act together as a board but typically the board may also delegate certain powers to individual directors or to a committee of the board.
What do you mean by an Independent Director?
Independent directors act as a guide to the company. Their roles broadly include improving corporate credibility and governance standards functioning as a watchdog, and playing a vital role in risk management. Independent directors play an active role in various committees set up by company to ensure good governance.
According to the provisions of the Companies Act, an independent director in relation to a company, means a director other than a managing director or a whole-time director or a nominee director:
- who, in the opinion of the Board, is a person of integrity and possesses relevant expertise and experience;
- who is or was not a promoter of the company or its holding, subsidiary or associate company or is not related to promoters or directors in the company, its holding, subsidiary or associate company;
- who has or had no pecuniary relationship with the company, its holding, subsidiary or associate company, or their promoters, or directors, during the two immediately preceding financial years or during the current financial year;
- none of whose relatives has or had pecuniary relationship or transactions with the company, its holding, subsidiary or associate company, or their promoters, or directors, amounting to 2%, or more of its gross turnover of total income or Rs. 50 lakh or such higher amount as may be prescribed, whichever is lower, during the 2 immediately preceding financial years or during the current financial year
- who, neither himself nor any of his relatives:
- holds or has held the position of a key managerial personnel or is or has been employee of the company or its holding, subsidiary or associate company in any of the 3 financial years immediately preceding the financial year in which he is proposed to be appointed
- is or has been an employee or proprietor or a partner, in any of the three financial years immediately preceding the financial year in which he is proposed to be appointed, of:
- a firm of auditors or company secretaries in practice or cost auditors of the company or its holding, subsidiary or associate company; or
- any legal or a consulting firm that has or had any transaction with the company, its holding, subsidiary or associate company amounting to 10% or more of the gross turnover of such firm
- holds together with his relatives 2% or more of the total voting power of the company; or
- is a Chief Executive or director, by whatever name called, of any non-profit organisation that receives 25% or more of its receipts from the company, any of its promoters, directors or its holding, subsidiary or associate company or that holds 2% or more of the total voting power of the company;
- who possesses such other qualifications as may be prescribed;
Does the Companies Act mandate having an independent director?
- It is mandatory that every listed public company shall have at least one-third of the total number of directors as independent directors and the Central Government may prescribe the minimum number of independent directors in case of any class or classes of public companies. Any fraction contained in such one-third number shall be rounded off as one.
- Also, the following classes of companies shall have at least 2 directors as independent directors:
- Public Companies with paid-up share capital of Rs. 10 crores or more; or
- Public Companies with turnover of Rs. 100 crore or more; or
- Public Companies with aggregate outstanding loans, debentures, and deposits, exceeding Rs. 50 crores.
How long can an independent director hold term for?
- Such independent director shall hold office for a term up to five consecutive years on the Board of a company, but shall be eligible for reappointment on passing of a special resolution by the company and disclosure of such appointment in the Board's report.
- No independent director shall hold office for more than two consecutive terms, but such independent director shall be eligible for appointment after the expiration of three years of ceasing to become an independent director
- However, an independent director shall not, during the said period of three years, be appointed in or be associated with the company in any other capacity, either directly or indirectly.
What is the procedure for appointment of an independent director?
- Diligently select a person proposed to be appointed as an independent director and ensure that he possesses appropriate balance of skills, experience and knowledge in the Board. The proposed person may be selected from the database of Independent directors maintained by any body, institute or association authorized by CG.
- Ensure the proposed person to be appointed as Independent director in the company fulfils the conditions specified in Sec 149(6) and Rule 5 (Companies (appointment and qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014)
- Ensure that the proposed director is not disqualified under Sec 164 and Sec 165 of the Companies Act 2013.
- Ensure the individual proposed to be appointed as Independent Director has furnished his DIN to the company and a declaration in Form DIR-8 stating he is not disqualified to become director under the provisions of this Act. (Sec 152(4) and Rule 14 of Companies (appointment and qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014)
- Before appointment of individual as Independent Director obtain consent to act as Director in Form DIR-2.
- Issue Notice and agenda of Board meeting or a shorter notice in case of urgent business, in writing to every director of the company at his registered address with company. [Sec 173(3)]
- Hold a board meeting and ascertain the quorum required under Sec 174 is present and pass the following resolution:
- To hold office up to a period of 5 years, subject to approval of Shareholders in the general meeting of the company.
- To authorize the Company Secretary or Director of the company to sign, fill the relevant Form and to do such acts, deeds and things as may be necessary to give effect to the resolution.
- To Fix day, date time, venue for holding general meeting of shareholders of the company.
- To Approve the draft notice of the meeting along the explanatory Statement annexed with notice as per the requirement laid down in Sec 102 of the act.
- To authorize the Director or the Company Secretary of the company to sign and issue the notice of the general meeting.
- Hold the general meeting on the day fixed and pass the ordinary resolution for the appointment of Independent director.
- As per Schedule IV(IV)(4) to the Companies Act, 2013 the Company will have to issue the appointment letter to Independent Director. Also, the terms and conditions of Independent Director's appointment have to be posted on the company's website.
- Obtain the declaration of the appointed Director regarding his interest in other entities in Form MBP-1 within 30 days of appointment or at the first Board meeting in which he participates as a director., whichever is earlier. [Sec 182(1) read with Sec 182(2)]
- File Form DIR-12 containing the particulars of the appointment of Director within 30 days of his/her appointment. (Sec 170 (2) and Rule 8 and 18 of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014.
- The Independent Director has to submit a declaration of independence as per Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 before his/her appointment. Such declaration has to be placed before the 1st Board Meeting in which he/ she participates as a director and the subsequent first board meeting in each financial year.
- In case of resolution passed as Special resolution for re-appointment of Independent Director, file a certified copy of special resolution in Form MGT-14 within 30 days of the date of general meeting.
- Make necessary entries in the register of Directors and key managerial personnel and their shareholding.
What is the role of an Independent Director?
It is the duty of the Independent Director to:
- give Independent judgement on any matter of the Board
- prevent the management from taking decisions that is likely to affect the interest of the shareholders as large
- ensure that there should not any unethical behaviour or fraudulent practices adopted by the board
- ensure that there should not violation of any company's policy
- review the performance of non-independent directors and the Board as a whole;
- review the performance of the Chairperson of the company, taking into account the views of executive directors and non-executive directors;
- assess the quality, quantity and timeliness of flow of information between the company management and the Board that is necessary for the Board to effectively and reasonably perform their duties.
- recommend the CSR Policy to the board;
- recommend the CSR activities and programs as per Schedule VII;
- specify the CSR expenditure;
- monitor the CSR Policy of the Company from time to time
- recommend for appointment, remuneration and terms of appointment of auditors of the Company;
- review and monitor the auditor's independence and performance, and effectiveness of audit process;
- examine of the financial statement and the auditors' report;
- review annual financial statements with reference of accounting policies and practices.
- determine appropriate levels of remuneration of executive directors, key managerial personnel and senior management and have a prime role in appointing and where necessary recommend removal of executive directors, key managerial personnel and senior management;
- formulate Succession plan to ensure corporate governance, stability and sustainability of the business;
- ensure that appointment and succession planning on merit basis.
An independent director has a crucial position in any company and hence its proper appointment is extremely important. By virtue of Section 172 which prescribes punishment for contraventions of any of the provisions of this Chapter (Chapter XI of the Act) and for which no specific punishment is provided therein, the Company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than Rs. 50,000 but which may extend to Rs. 5,00,000.
The term 'officer' includes any director, manager or key managerial person (which includes the CFO and CS) or any other person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the Board of Directors or any one or more of the directors is or are accustomed to act.
As the penalty for non–compliance of the appointment of an independent director is not mentioned separately, the punishment prescribed under Section 172 shall be applicable.


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Without Android, what will Andy Rubin do for Google?
In an unexpected announcement on the official Google blog earlier today, Google announced that Andy Rubin will be leaving the Android project. His spot will be taken by Sundar Pichai, who already works on Google Chrome and Google Apps. As John noted earlier today, this could likely signify a future collaboration between Chrome OS and Android, and perhaps even the combination of both projects. But what of Andy Rubin, who is certainly not an insignificant figure? While Google's blog post made it clear that he will remain at the company, his specific future occupation remains mysterious.
For those not already familiar with Rubin, he co-founded Android Inc. and acted as CEO before and during Google's acquisition of the project. Naturally, he is quite an important figure at Google and especially Android, and has been extremely involved in development and research concerning Android. Rubin won't be leaving Google, and instead will soon "start a new chapter" at the company, but his exact duties weren't made clear in the blog post.
Naturally, Google will want someone with the skills and vision of Rubin to be best able to produce interesting products for the company. There are a wide range of Google projects that he could be working on, but some of the likely options include Google Glass, Motorola's X Phone, and even Google TV. Google Glass seems to me his most likely destination, as the project is just the kind of unique, ambitious, and slightly odd idea that Rubin seems to do well with.
It also seems possible, however, that Rubin will be leading the development of new and impressive software features for the X Phone, or even working with Motorola after the deal to develop smartphones with more "wow" factor. Wherever he goes, he will bring a great deal of experience, motivation, and likely focus from Google. As such, I wouldn't be surprised if whatever project Rubin joins is one of Google's next big things.
We aren't likely to see much change resulting from this reshuffle any time soon, but I'll be interested to see how things progress into the future. It is clear that Rubin has a significant amount of talent, so I'm glad to see he will still be working with Google, and anticipate interesting developments resulting from his "secret" new occupation. With Pichai now at the helm, Rubin leaves the Android team in good hands, which should allow him to focus on whatever new and interesting project he will now be working on.[Google]


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- Product Volume: 3.8g
- Oryza Beauty is 100% cruelty-free.
- Packaging for this product is made from recycled material and is recyclable.


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