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Hey all! Here's episode 1 of a new web series I am working on! It's entitled Dark Island.
I can't say too much. It's up to you to explore and find out more, but it's my first attempt at making a project truly 'Transmedia'.
Tell me what you think! I'd love to get feedback!

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Kevin Youkilis left Wednesday's Chicago White Sox-Minnesota Twins game in the third inning with a sprained ankle.
According to the team, Youkilis is day-to-day with the injury. The former Red Sox third baseman sustained the injury on an RBI single when he was rounding first base.
Injuries have been a big problem for Youkilis over the past couple of years, as he missed most of 2010-2011 with wrist and hip injuries. Earlier this season, Youkilis dealt with back issues, opening the door for Will Middlebrooks to take over his spot in the lineup..
The White Sox will be hoping the injury isn't serious, since Youkilis has been hot since joining the team. He's hitting .277 with five home runs and 20 RBIs in only 25 games.
Chicago's going to need all the help they can get holding off the new-look Tigers, who recently upgraded their roster by trading Anibal Sanchez and Omar Infante. The ChiSox are neck-and-neck with Detroit for the AL Central lead.
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According to their recent report, Gartner projects that, in 2014, 270.7 million tablets will ship worldwide. In addition, Gartner predicts mobile phones will reach 1.9 billion units in 2014, which represents a 4.9% increase from 2013.
That's an impressive install base of hardware devices capable of capturing an electronic signature.
The proliferation of mobile technology makes esigning possible in just about any environment. In the past, organizations had to buy a dedicated peripheral to capture esignatures or implement a click-to-sign process. Today, with HTML5, esignature software for iOS, Android and Windows devices, and the ubiquitous nature of mobile technology, it's possible to apply a handwritten esignature with a stylus or fingertip, anywhere, anytime!
Nearly 300 Million Tablets to Ship Worldwide in 2014. Ready to ESign?
Friday, May 23, 2014
According to their recent report, Gartner projects that, in 2014, 270.7 million tablets will ship worldwide. In addition, Gartner predicts mobile phones will reach 1.9 billion units in 2014, which represents a 4.9% increase from 2013.
SIGNiX: The Top 4 Barriers to Adopting Electronic Signatures
Friday, Jan 24, 2014
Electronic signatures are gaining steam for businesses looking to save money and close business faster. This technology has been particularly popular in the real estate, banking and financial services markets. The reason is simple—customers now expect to be able to do business online.
But some businesses are still hesitant to adopt electronic signatures. We hear these four phrases pretty often from prospects that haven't decided whether electronic signatures are right for their business.
"Wet ink signatures are cheap."
On the surface, this sounds like good logic...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Wednesday with Heartfelt Creations
Now for my card:
Heartfelt Creations Products Used:
HCPC3522 Vintage Floret Frame
HCPC3526 Natural Beauty
HCPC3500 Open Vintage Floret
HCPC3502 Mini Vintage Floret
HCDP1 231 Posy Patch Paper Collection
HCD727 Vintage Floret Die
HCD731 Clamshell Package
Other items:
Spectrum Noir Markers
Red Gems
Instructions: Card is 5 x 7
1. Cut the card base 10 x 7 and score at 5, fold
2. Cut next piece 4.75 x 6.75, emboss
3. Stamp and color image, cut to 3.75 x 5.75
4. Stamp the frame, color in leaves
5. Cut frame out and adhere to the image piece
6. Attach to card base
7. Stamp, cut out, shape and attach flowers to card
8. Add sentiment that was cut from pattern paper and gems
Thanks so much for taking time to drop in and look, if you have time, drop by Heartfelt Creations blog for tons of inspiration.
19 comments:
- Becky said...
What a beautiful image and beautiful colors.
- March 13, 2013 at 12:30 AM
- Jacqui's little piece of England said...
This is gorgeous Olga love the layout of your card and the way you've made your image look like its deep in a forest (well that's how my little brain sees it)
jacqui x
- March 13, 2013 at 3:40 AM
- Marie-Louise said...
Brilliant card Olga. Love the image and so beautifully coloured.
- March 13, 2013 at 4:35 AM
- Sue W said...
Lovely card Olga!
- March 13, 2013 at 7:40 AM
- merrymstamper said...
Beautiful!! Love your red flowers!
- March 13, 2013 at 7:48 AM
- Sparkly Engineer said...
Really enjoying this new stamp set samples. I really like how your red flowers go with the red roof.
- March 13, 2013 at 8:19 AM
- Maria@Crafty Cre8tions said...
Nice!!! The covered bridge looks so serene!
- March 13, 2013 at 9:10 AM
- Rosemary said...
love how you colored the image and then framed it with the flowers... so pretty!
- March 13, 2013 at 9:15 AM
- kathi17 said...
This looks like a really pretty piece of folk art Olga. Your colors are so pretty and cheerful, and that frame is to "die" for!
- March 13, 2013 at 10:10 AM
- Carla S. said...
Gorgeous card, Olga! I love those red flowers and the whole scene!
- March 13, 2013 at 10:26 AM
- Sandy said...
So very, very pretty - like a secret world all to it's own. And did I tell you that your granddaughter is lovely!!
- March 13, 2013 at 10:46 AM
- CraftinGranny said...
This is gorgeous Olga! You sure know how to showcase these beautiful stamps and products. "Hugs"
- March 13, 2013 at 11:26 AM
- Mary Anne / MA54K said...
Sweet Serenity has to be a new favorite collection. I agree, Olga, you have given this real depth.
- March 13, 2013 at 11:29 AM
- Vicki Dutcher said...
Oh my! I love that gorgeous pop of red!
- March 13, 2013 at 1:11 PM
- Love crafts forever said...
Your Barn looks so pretty with the red roof. Beautiful card.
Hugs Nat
- March 13, 2013 at 2:43 PM
- TesaB said...
What a wonderful card with a wonderful scenery! Love it!
- March 14, 2013 at 8:58 AM
- marsha said...
Absolutely gorgeous Olga! Beautiful coloring and I love how you used the leaves to frame your beautiful design.
Hugs and blessings,
- March 14, 2013 at 1:25 PM
- Liz Williams said...
Hope things start warming up for you really soon. I love this cozy little cabin though. At least you are thinking warm!! Always enjoy coming to check out what's new on your blog!
- March 15, 2013 at 8:41 AM
- Caroline D. said...
The red is fantastic... so nice to see red on projects other than valentines!
- March 16, 2013 at 10:46 PM


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Interview by Shaun Weston Nystrom
Jens Christoffersen is the lead organizer of the VELUX Daylight Academic Forum and joined the VELUX Group in 2010, where he works in the Daylight, Energy and Indoor Climate group (DEIC), Stakeholder Communications & Sustainability.
What is the VELUX Daylight Academic Forum and what does it offer PhD students?
For the 4th time, the VELUX Daylight Academic Forum will provide an opportunity for PhD students to receive constructive feedback on their daylight research while establishing and strengthening their academic and professional network. The forum strengthens collaboration, globally, with PhD students working with daylight, their supervisors and the universities while encouraging quality daylight research.
This year, students will share presentations of their PhD projects individually in smaller groups and engage in constructive discussions with other students and a panel of scientific experts to receive valuable feedback and direction. Keep in mind, only ongoing PhD projects at the time of the event are eligible for participation.
Students who attend the VELUX Daylight Academic Forum will also have the opportunity to register and take part in the 7th VELUX Daylight Symposium. The theme of the symposium will be "Healthy & Climate-Friendly Architecture – from knowledge to practice" and will include presentations from research, as well as experiences and viewpoints from engineering and architectural practice as well as policy makers – covering a range of aspects related to the use of daylight, while considering people, politics, economy and scale.
How is the Academic Forum different than a conference or seminar?
The VELUX Academic Forum offers each PhD student a significant session devoted to their research and includes constructive discussions with senior researchers. These sessions will focus on the aims and methods of research, instead of the results, so the student can produce better outcomes. We have also tried to make the forum more accessible by removing all registration/admittance fees and ensure a relaxed atmosphere so the students can collaborate readily and have a productive dialogue around their work.
What kind of research projects are ideal for the Academic Forum?
All PhD students currently working with daylight in their PhD research are relevant to the VELUX Academic Forum.
What is the best part about the VELUX Academic Forum?
We see the forum as a great opportunity to encourage the next generation of researchers to improve their daylight research and to advance the knowledge of daylight, so that we can continuously improve the quality of buildings, where we normally spend up to 90% of our time inside. It is always exciting to see the daylight research of students from around the world and to experience the positive energy they bring with their projects.
How can PhD students register for the VELUX Academic Forum?
We invite all PhD students working with daylight in their projects to come and share their experiences with fellow students as well as an invited panel of leading scientific researchers on 2 May 2017 at Technische Universität Berlin.
Students can submit their abstracts by email to email@example.com before 1 February 2017.


text: Wired plans European editions Published on July 31, 1995. Wired Ventures, publisher of computer/life-style magazine Wired and World Wide Web site HotWired, said it will start a company, tentatively called Wired Europe, to develop editions of Wired in European languages. Wired Europe will include the U.K.'s Guardian Media Group. Last month in court Wired Ventures failed to prevent Guardian Media, its partner in the U.K., from publishing Wired U.K. The two disagreed on editorial content of Wired U.K., which rolled out in March. Most Popular In this article: News


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Evolving a Form Language: Da Vinci, from the Vitruvian man to Dissections.
Using the above (first two entries) as a spring board or foundation to understand practices in Renaissance architecture, I'll now turn to specific instances where figures show this dissolve from anatomical study into abstraction/concept, and architectural plan. Following this line of inquiry, it would be difficult to discuss Renaissance art without focusing on the practice of Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo's anatomical studies were at the forefront of the evolution of anatomical thinking in the 15th and 16th centuries. He was associated with the anatomist Marcantonio della Torre, and had planned to write a book on the subject of human anatomy.[1] While the practice of human dissection was closely controlled by ecclesiastical and civil rules (though not actually prohibited), dissections of criminals was sometimes possible. Through his dissections, Leonardo made important discoveries; the frontal sinus of the cranium, and the four cavities of the heart and its muscular nature were but a few among them. Da Vinci's studies weren't only devoted to that of humans -- his study of anatomy and proportions also extended to the animal realm. With Da Vinci, the study of anatomy became something very different than it had been earlier in the Renaissance. Where anatomy had once been the study of skeletal and muscle structure to facilitate the accurate representation of the nude figure, da Vinci's studies of anatomy intertwined with his ideas on physiognomy (or underlying essence/force to a figure and or expression), as well as his broader ideas on art. In other words, da Vinci's studies show a critical involvement and analysis beyond a mere passive recording of the effects of exterior surfaces. On almost all of Leonardo's figurative break downs and studies are a series of geometric diagrams. On one such anatomical drawing, Leonardo has gone so far as to write "let no one who is not a mathematician read my principles."[2] With this point of consistency from our discussion Vitruvius to Alberti, the question remains how this thinking of geometry blended figurative and architectural principles into one and the same practice.
While da Vinci's anatomical studies might be seen in light of his activities as a painter, there is still a strong focus on the mathematical interpretation of the figure's design and formula (this might be most clearly seen in his use of "cross-sections," which will be discussed shortly). Further, Leonardo stands as an ideal case study, as it is known that he was working simultaneously on sectional perspectives and anatomical dissections (1487-89), while also actively involved with the dome of the Milan Cathedral (and ideal churches, 1487-88), as well as the Vitruvian man (1490). In what follows, I will address Leonardo's Vitruvian man, anatomical cross sections, and architectural studies, highlighting the simultaneity of these practices in order to propose a mode of thought in line with the above inquiry, specifically a mathematical and geometric interpretation of the body and its translation into a process facilitating architectural design.
Fig. 1 Leonardo da Vinci, Man inscribed in a square and a circle (the 'Vitruvian Man'), 1490, pen and ink with wash over metal point on paper, 34.4 x 25.5 cm, Venice, Galleria dell'Accademia (image taken from web).
Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man (fig.1) shows the anterior view of a man surrounded by, as well as connecting, a square and circle. This is as Vitruvius described, when he stated, "also a square will be found described within a figure, in the same way a round figure is produced."[3] In this drawing, we see two of the most important shapes used in Renaissance architecture and its re-birth of a mathematically inspired interpretation of the world. The circle and the square, and/or a composite of both, stand as the keystones to design in Renaissance architecture. In da Vinci's drawing, we see an emphasis on the contiguity of the human body with geometry, in an effort to demonstrate a divine harmony between the macro- and microcosms. Speaking to the symbolic value of these shapes for the Renaissance, John Hendrix states:
If the square is taken as the traditional symbol of the earth and the circle is taken as the traditional symbol of the divine, then the drawing represents the ability of man to connect the celestial and the material, by being able to ascend to the one and descend to the other in his soul.[4]
Using his Vitruvian Man, da Vinci illustrates a form language that describes essential geometries incorporated in abstracting from nature, or specifically in this case, the figure. Further, the square and the circle (and geometry as a whole) directly relate to da Vinci's ongoing interest in a "transformation" – "or the plastic moulding of one shape into another without change of area or volume."[5] For da Vinci, the Vitruvian Man stands at the center of an aesthetic preoccupation, or an obsession with squaring the circle.[6] This is in addition to seeing the transformative qualities between the two (as in the opening and closing of the heart as it contracts). To this point, Martin Kemp suggests that Leonardo's relationship to volume and form was one of an objective sculpture realized from principles of harmony and proportion outlined in Vitruvius. Kemp states
… whenever he manipulated geometrical shapes or forms, they always assumed a concrete and real existence in his mind and in his hands, as a form of mental sculpture.[7]
What we can take from this is the idea that form was not a random occurrence, but rather the outcome of a very deliberate and strict logic. It might also be said, especially in the case of da Vinci, that his form language made possible a mental sculpture, through which geometries created the potential for the realization and depiction of multiple subjects. As such, this language is one not directed at a recording of the figure, but rather an elevated awareness of the geometric volumes and their role in developing a higher unity. Oswald Mathia Ungers has noted this principle in his discussion of "The Criteria of Architecture," stating "the essential geometrical figures remained the circle and the square, as representations and synonyms for the cosmos. Just as the human body was a clearly defined organism, with heads and limbs, so were buildings."[8] Armed with a language of form and a syntax for how those forms should be proportioned, da Vinci was designing a visual rule consistent with an ideal that could be carried over again and again into other any design. To return to Unger,
Form was not a random occurrence but the outcome of applied logic, and hence comparable with the result of applying proportional relationships. Seen in this light, architecture was a question of giving order to matter, physical data, and reality through the application of reason …matter was subjected to the rigors of form. Such a logic excluded any concept of an ideal of matter or functionality. Architecture was comparable to a science that had lost sight of the absolute, the Platonic concept of reality, truth, and beauty."[9]
If the Vitruvian Man qualifies as a visual manifestation of an aesthetic program, it follows that we can also see these ideas in da Vinci's cross-sections and anatomical breakdowns. From a modern understanding, anatomy is the structure of the parts of the body revealed by its dissection. That is, the structure of the body, its parts and the whole, is revealed by the art of "cutting" the body. In a very practical way, we may consider the drawings made by da Vinci as studies revealing the interior structure of the of the body in an effort to rationalize the shape and form of the exterior. To go one step further, we can say that da Vinci was studying the beauty/unity that existed among the chorus of smaller parts. These smaller parts would be studied for their design and proportion, and aligned with a series of geometric equivalents. Further, if we agree with the notion that buildings are indeed a form of a body (from the largest proportions and structure down to the smallest detail and ornament), we should expect to see the body being shown in architectural terms or architecture realized as the result of exploration of human anatomy. My final examples which will follow will strive to point out the shared technical language between anatomy and architecture. For this, I will continue to look at Leonardo da Vinci, and the not yet discussed Albrecht Dürer. In the following section, I will focus more on examples of mental sculpture and/or transformative examples of figure becoming architecture.
[1] Domenico Laurenza, Art and Anatomy in the Renaissance: Images from a Scientific Revolution, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012), 13.
[2] Martin Kemp, Leonardo Da Vinci: Experience, Experiment and Design, (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2006), 12.
[3] Vitruvius, 72.
[4] John Hendrix, "The Neoplatonic Aesthetics of Leon Battista Alberti," in Neo-Platonic Aesthetics: Music Literature, & the Visual Arts, eds. Liana De Girolami Cheney and John Hendrix ( New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2004), 163.
[5] Kemp, 14.
[6] Ibid., 14.
[7] Ibid., 14.
[8] Ungers, 315
[9] Ibid., 316.


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Report: Seat in China's Parliament Pays Dividends for CEOs
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When China's parliament, the National People's Congress, meets once a year to vote through the Communist Party's policy decisions, something like a carnival atmosphere prevails.
We may now have a better idea why the deputies seem so happy to be there. The kudos of NPC membership has a measurable positive impact on their business interests, according to a new study. Getting a CEO on to the NPC provides a one-off boost to a company's share price of about 3%, Rory Truex of Yale University found.
Since the 1990s, the Party has been making an effort to bring businessmen – or "the advanced productive forces," as then-president Jiang Zemin called them – into the political process.
As a result, 503 of the 2,987 members of the last congress – which met from 2008 to 2012 – were CEOs, chairmen or other important leaders of various companies. Forty-eight of those businesses are listed on stock markets, and provided the data for the study.
Compared to other firms in the same industries, their operating profit margin was between 7 and 7.5 percentage points higher in a given year, Mr. Truex's study found. He used complex statistical workarounds to correct for the possibility that only the bosses of the best companies were getting seats on the congress.
The research was inspired by theories of authoritarian politics which see rubber-stamp institutions like the NPC as a clever way of co-opting potential opponents into the political process and paying them sweeteners to keep them on side. But it has not been clear exactly what form those sweeteners take, since there is no clear mechanism for NPC members to lobby for their own interests at the parliamentary session. The body has never declined to approve a single law.
Mr. Truex's statistical work, supported by interviews with analysts, suggests that an intangible "reputation boost" from NPC membership opens doors and boosts confidence in a firm.
"For an enterprise to be an NPC member, it means the government has supported you, and the bank will be very glad to lend money to you," one anonymous interviewee told him.
Authorities are also likely to be more tolerant if your factory produces a little pollution, another interviewee said.
"If the CEO is an NPC member, he can say that his company is important to the economy," this person said. "If you don't have an NPC seat, the government will just shut it down."
The Communist Party shares the NPC with eight smaller parties, as well as some unaffiliated members – although the Party does control the nomination process, so it is unlikely to suffer too much opposition in the legislature.
At the same time, deputies get to bask in the government's reflected glory, and find their lives a little easier next time they have to deal with the bank or the Ministry of Environmental Protection. What's not to like?
-- Richard Silk
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text: At the end of last year I got the chance to do a few really creative shoots with some amazing teams of talented people. I can't show them to you yet, but I thought I would share this little sneak peak image from one of the shoots. Models: Bec Downes@red11 and Tyller McCulloch@KHM. Hair, makeup and styling by Olga Gill. Much more to come! xx


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I hope everyone had a nice relaxing Labor Day weekend. We had fun at the soccer fields on Saturday and Sunday and then pretty much relaxed the rest of the time. Briana and her team had a great showing at the Bob Wiseman Labor Day Soccer Tournament. They won 2 out of their 3 games. Unfortunately they didn't make it into the playoffs/finals as they needed to tie or win the last game. We had a lot of scoring opportunities, but couldn't get a goal to drop to tie or win the last game. The team tried so hard. It's a bummer to see them come so close to making it into the playoffs. The good thing is that their play got better for each game. Briana played wheels off as usual! I love watching her play.
I logged a good amount of hours with Cairo on the XBox 360 playing video games. Cairo and I played online with his school friends. They were surprised that I was playing with him and them and wanted to know how to get their fathers to play. Dads - you don't have to be good at your kiddos' games/sports, just be there and enjoy it with them. Believe me, I'm pretty darn bad, but I enjoy the time that I'm hanging out with Cairo Man! These video games sure are different then back in the Atari days.
We also did some swimming in the back yard. Good times!


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Prince Harry's ex Cressida Bonas says she is enjoying being single, and that she is a "strong, independent woman".
Cressida and Harry dated from 2012 until 2014, after being introduce by his cousin and her close pal Princess Eugenie.
They split up in April last year.
Speaking to the Sunday Times Style magazine today, the model and actress said it was nice being single dismissed the intense interest in her relationship with Harry.
She said: "All that stuff is not real. It's really important to remember that all it is, is noise, noise that can be very loud at times."
Their split was reported to be amicable and the pair are said to have remained good friends.
Cressida is currently the star in a fashion "dance film" for Mulberry alongside actor Freddie Fox.
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[What follows is an item originally posted on this blog on this date in 2010:]
We should stop distracting ourselves from finding out the real truth about Lockerbie
[This is the heading over three letters in today's edition of The Herald. They read as follows:]
How well Jim Swire's dignified search for truth contrasts with the bloodthirsty baying of some American politicians. Make no mistake, the central objection to the Megrahi affair in the United States is that he was tried in a justice system where the end result was not a lethal injection; everything else is just an attempt to build on that.
The modus operandi of the Senate inquiry was to reach a conclusion and then look for evidence that might support it, exactly what an American trial of Megrahi would likely have been. For some Scottish politicians to attempt to lend credibility to this circus for some short-term political gain is extremely unedifying and something that they should be ashamed of.
The question should not be whether Megrahi's family should be able to be with him for his last days but whether he was guilty at all and if so who his accomplices were. To simply accept what now seems to be a rather shaky conviction is one thing, to not bother to ask whether one man could do all of this on his own is quite another. It is no conspiracy theory to point out that atrocities like Lockerbie are carefully planned and executed and not just the work of one rogue security agent. We should stop distracting ourselves from this central question.
Iain Paterson
Jim Swire has written a moving and passionate letter in which he continues to plead eloquently for some way to be found to re-examine the evidence and the decision of the Camp Zeist trial. After more than 20 years, the tragedy of the PanAm 103 bombing has still not been resolved satisfactorily, and the latest pathetic attempt by a group of ill-informed and prejudiced US senators, with little knowledge or appreciation of the points at issue, will not help.
We in Scotland should be much more concerned about the quality, reliability and fairness of the Scottish justice system. As pointed out by Nigel Dewar Gibb, comments such as those from John Lamont, the Tory MSP shadow spokesman, are unhelpful, as are the constant refusals of the UK government and the Scottish legal authorities to allow further investigation.
I learned my Scots Law, and my pride and confidence in the Scottish justice system, at the feet of Andrew Dewar Gibb, Professor of Scots Law at Glasgow University (coincidentally the father of Nigel Dewar Gibb). If he were alive today I am sure Professor Dewar Gibb would be adding his voice to those demanding a full public inquiry or a re-opening of the second appeal abandoned by Mr Megrahi so abruptly. Nothing less will satisfy those of us who wish justice to be done and seen to be done.
Iain A D Mann
Once again the consistently impressive and humbling Jim Swire hits on the salient point about the Lockerbie atrocity. It is a disgrace that we do not know for certain who carried out this crime, or why. We have been given serious doubts by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission to question the truth surrounding the conviction of Mr Megrahi. The vacuous critical noises from politicians in this country and the US regarding the release of Megrahi are opportunistic political point scoring or, worse, an attempt to create a smoke screen around the real issues of guilt and responsibility.
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Comparitive Study of Customer Service in Banks
Submitted by M.J.VIDHYAA II YEAR MBA INC KEELKATTALAI
Under the Guidance of DR.J.GAYATRI FACULTY GUIDE INC KEELKATTALAI
ICFAI National college, KEELKATTALAI
(Certificate from Faculty Supervisor)
This is to certify that the Management Thesis titled "A Comparative study of
customer services in ICICI and SBI" submitted by M.J.VIDHYAA Enroll No: 7NBCT011 during Semester IV of the MBA Program (The Class of 2009) embodies original work done by him/her. Signature of the Faculty Supervisor Name (in Capitals) Designation Campus : MRS.DR.J.GAYATHI
: Faculty Member - Marketing
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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1.1 Overview of banking Industry 1.2 Company Profile 1.3 Research objective 1.4 Review of literature 1.5 Key Words Chapter 2: Research Methodology 2.1 Sampling Design 2.2 Pilot Study 2.3 Research Methodology 2.4 Limitations of the Study Chapter 3: Data Analysis and Interpretation Chapter 4: Findings, Recommendations and Conclusion Chapter 5: Appendices
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I am grateful to thank our Campus Head MR.R.Srinivasan for giving me this great opportunity to do my project. I also extent my thanks to.Dr.J.Gayatri, faculty guide who has given me moral support to do my project work. I also extend my thankfulness to my beloved parents and friends for their continuous encouragement at every moment.
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Banking in India originated in the last decades of the 18th century. The oldest bank in existence in India is the State Bank of India, a government-owned bank that traces its origins back to June 1806 and that is the largest commercial bank in the country. Central banking is the responsibility of the Reserve Bank of India, which in 1935 formally took over these responsibilities from the then Imperial Bank of India, relegating it to commercial banking functions. After India's independence in 1947, the Reserve Bank was nationalized and given broader powers. In 1969 the government nationalized the 14 largest commercial banks; the government nationalized the six next largest in 1980. Currently, India has 88 scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) - 27 public sector banks (that is with the Government of India holding a stake), 29 private banks (these do not have government stake; they may be publicly listed and traded on stock exchanges) and 31 foreign banks. They have a combined network of over 53,000 branches and 17,000 ATMs. According to a report by ICRA Limited, a rating agency, the public sector banks hold over 75 percent of total assets of the banking industry, with the private and foreign banks holding 18.2% and 6.5% respectively.
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Banking in India originated in the last decades of the 18th century. The first banks were The General Bank of India, which started in 1786, and the Bank of Hindustan, both of which are now defunct. The oldest bank in existence in India is the State Bank of India, which originated in the Bank of Calcutta in June 1806, which almost immediately became the Bank of Bengal. This was one of the three presidency banks, the other two being the Bank of Bombay and the Bank of Madras, all three of which were established under charters from the British East India Company. For many years the Presidency banks acted as quasi-central banks, as did their successors. The three banks merged in 1925 to form the Imperial Bank of India, which, upon India's independence, became the State Bank of...
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Functional Riding
A functional rider can control her horse's alignment and balance through any maneuver.
By AQHA Professional Horsewoman Lynn Palm with Christine Hamilton in The American Quarter Horse Journal | June 25, 2012
Ever wondered what judges are really looking for? Function. A functional rider is able to control her horse's body alignment and balance through any maneuver by maintaining her own proper body position and balance.
This is what judges watch for when looking for a functional rider:
1. Position. A functional rider has to have perfect position: Position equals function.
2. Moving with the horse. The rider must be able to synchronize with the horse's motion. You see it in the hips and a deep seat. The rider who is a statue does not flow and move with the horse.
3. Use of aids. A functional rider has invisible and effective aids in her seat, leg and hand.
These three things enable the rider to work with the horse in a true partnership, and the rider can get the most out of a horse's performance. The perfect scenario is a rider who has correct position and is able to use soft, invisible aids, and the horse lightly responds. The horse understands what the rider is asking.
If there happens to be a problem, the rider can softly bring that horse right back on the correct path. You don't see stiffness through a lead change and the rider's seat popping out of the saddle. You don't see a rider digging a spur in and pulling on the rein for a spin.
Becoming a functional rider is really the fun and challenge of all riding, from the show ring to a trail ride. But it's like a golf or tennis swing: You can become very functional, but you can't let it rest; you still have to practice to maintain it.
Common Problems
There are several clues that point to a rider not being functional:
- Stiffness. A rider that looks rigid and stiff, perched on the horse's back.
- Stirrups too long, causing the heels to come up and the toes to point down.
- Cueing off the spur, where a rider digs the spur into the horse's side and locks it there. That's pushing a button, using an artificial aid to achieve something and not the natural aid of your leg. You might get results, but it's not from you working with the horse's motion and controlling his body alignment and balance.
- Reins too long. If the reins are long, then the rider will have visible aids.
- Sitting too far forward. It makes the hips go backward, and the rider ends up perched on the crotch and very stiff. It locks the hips, and you see almost no movement in them.
- Shoulders too far back. There you might see a little movement in the hips because it doesn't lock the hips as much as riding forward, but it's still a stiff-looking rider. You can really see it at the extended trot: The shoulders are too far back and don't line up with the hips.
The effect of these faults is the rider's inability to control the horse's body alignment and balance through a maneuver. You really see it when a horse isn't "straight" while bending on curving lines or through spins or lead changes. Or when a horse just goes to the forehand in a stop, or goes behind the vertical and curls its neck while backing.
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What Can You Do to Improve Your "Rider Function?"?
1. Position: Find out where the weak areas are in your position. It could be your back, shoulders, lower legs, etc.
If you don't have a trainer, have someone video you from the side (profile) and from the front view and back view; it's the best way to assess correctness of position and balance. Check to make sure your stirrups are perfectly even! I find riders ride so much with uneven stirrups, they never know they are not correctly balanced.
Once you know your weak spots, look for exercises on and off the horse that will help you in those areas, to get looser, stretch and strengthen muscles and increase flexibility in your joints.
If you have problems with position, it could come from your balance. Good balance translates into the coordination you need to communicate your cues to your horse. Without good balance, you won't be consistent in how you cue your horse, and your horse will be inconsistent in how he responds to you.
One of the best ways to work on this is to ride without stirrups. Without stirrups, the functional rider will keep the same poise and composure with a relaxed body. When a rider isn't functional, she will pinch with her knees, sending the seat up off the saddle. The rest of her body will get stiff to compensate. Riding without stirrups is a great exercise for working on becoming a functional rider. It elongates the leg, allowing the seat to sink down deeper and become stronger.
2. Moving with the horse: There are two parts to a rider really moving in harmony with the horse. First, the rider's hips must move to follow the horse's movement. That lets the rider have a "deep seat," keeping a solid balance through the seat. Your hips are your shock absorber. A "deep seat" is a seat that is always in contact with the seat of the saddle.
The second thing is relaxation. You want to be able to relax and control your head, shoulders, arms, legs, hands and back, and be relaxed in the thigh and from the knee down to your feet. It takes practice and time in the saddle.
Working on balance allows the rider to truly relax and control the body. Stiffness occurs when the rider gets off balance.
3. Use of aids: There are several maneuvers that are great for improving a rider's communication through the aids.
- Leg aids: Turns on the forehand and circles.
- Seat and leg: Transitions, using the seat first and leg second.
- Hands and legs: All kinds of turns, big and small, slaloms, turning around cones on a straight line, etc.
- Seat and hands: Downward transitions.
- Leg, hand, and seat: Lateral movements.
Practicing proper body position, sense of balance, relaxation and use of aids can help turn a stiff, ineffective rider into a functional rider!


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Feminine Friday: Split Personality
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Split personality, I have a project going and in the bathroom there are sconces, same brand/color but different styles. I look to mix things up. Matchy Matchy is for scary cats. Have a fabulous weekend.ReplyDelete
That's certainly peculiar, isn't it. A photo only shows part of the room so I have to wonder if there's something outside of the image that would make it make more sense. There's a reflection in the left mirror that shows there's another lamp in other corner of the room. I mind the split personality much less than a carpet that sits a foot away from all the furniture.ReplyDelete
I don't want matchy, matchy, however I can't really do a total split personality either. Beautiful room. Hugs, MartyReplyDelete
I likey! I'm a big fan of symmetry that's just a bit off...be it one extra piece or parallel pieces that are of similar scale and purpose, but have very different details. Very cool!ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend, Erica!
Yes.. they are so so different... but the come together perfectly.. You dont really have to match everything..ReplyDelete
I dont over do the matching... :-)
If I had a choice for my own home, I would choose symmetry but not exactly matching. In the above image for example, I would have maybe done the mirrors the same but the consoles and lamps different.ReplyDelete
I love symmetry, but for me it almost has to be matchy matchy. Wish that wasn't the case but...ReplyDelete
I like the split...but, matchy, matchy makes me feel calmer...more balanced...ReplyDelete


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Jun 27, 2012
Dear Dr Henry
I have been experiencing unusual numbness, tingling and burning in my hands, arms, shoulders, hips, and legs for the last couple of months. I've been ignoring it thinking it was just due to fatigue or other common factors. I've finally had enough. Today while cooking breakfast, I had a hard time standing at the counter chopping vegetables because my arms were tingling so much and my shoulders were burning. Then, once I sat down to eat my meal my hips started burning and my legs went numb. I'm tired of this happening. Please help and let me know what some of the possible causes can be so I can discuss them with my HIV specialist.
Thank you so much!
PS - my latest labs were:
CD4 - 690 VL - UD I'm taking Raltegravir and Truvada I have been diagnosed with NAFLD. Other than that, no other problems. Oh, my hads are numb while typing this.
Response from Dr. Henry
There has been a low rate of muscle/joint pain from raltegravir (though it does happen and if so a trial on alternative medication is often considered)--lower still with Truvada. Diffuse muscle pain can be seen with use of statins and sometimes from myopathy due to mitochondrial toxicity (that is very unusual from Truvada). From your description tough to determine whether muscles or nerves (or less likely joints) are main source of symptoms. KH
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For most purposes PDF or other vector graphic formats such as windows metafile and SVG work just fine. However, if I plot lots of points, say 100k, then those files can get quite large and bitmap formats like PNG can be the better option. I just have to be mindful of the resolution.
As an example I create the following plot:
x <- rnorm(100000)
plot(x, main="100,000 points", col=adjustcolor("black", alpha=0.2))
Saving the plot as a PDF creates a 5.2 MB big file on my computer, while the PNG output is only 62 KB instead. Of course, the PNG doesn't look as crisp as the PDF file.
png("100kPoints72dpi.png", units = "px", width=400, height=400)
plot(x, main="100,000 points", col=adjustcolor("black", alpha=0.2))
Hence, I increase the resolution to 150 dots per pixel.
png("100kHighRes150dpi.png", units="px", width=400, height=400, res=150)
plot(x, main="100,000 points", col=adjustcolor("black", alpha=0.2))
This looks a bit odd. The file size is only 29 KB but the annotations look too big. Well, the file has only 400 x 400 pixels and the size of a pixel is fixed. Thus, I have to provide more pixels, or in other words increase the plot size. Doubling the width and height as I double the resolution makes sense.
png("100kHighRes150dpi2.png", units="px", width=800, height=800, res=150)
plot(x, main="100,000 points", col=adjustcolor("black", alpha=0.2))
Next I increase the resolution further to 300 dpi and the graphic size to 1600 x 1600 pixels. The file is still very crisp. Of course the file size increased. Now it is 654 KB in size, yet sill only about 1/8 of the PDF and I can embed it in LaTeX as well.
png("100kHighRes300dpi.png", units="px", width=1600, height=1600, res=300)
plot(x, main="100,000 points", col=adjustcolor("black", alpha=0.2))
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No freakin' way people!! History was made last night! Not only did Americans elect the first African-American President, but CNN presented its vast election audience with a technology that we have all been waiting years for. No, not the jet pack (unfortunately), but the very form of communication that George Lucas foreshadowed way back in 1977 when he introduced it in a little film you may have heard of called Star Wars. That's right folks. The Hologram made its way onto the scene last night!! CNN totally pulled an Obi-Wan on us and transmitted a couple of its correspondences right into their NY headquarters. We are entering Sci-Fi territory here people! Technology has caught up to our wildest dreams and I, for one, am blown away.
Who did CNN decide to bestow with such an honor as to be one of the first to be "beamed" into their studio? Well, none other than the world famous political journalist Will I Am. That's right. Will. I. Am. Famous mostly for the hit single "Let's Get Retarded" and for attempting to crawl out from under the shadow cast by former band mate, Plastic-faced Fergie. Whaaaaaa? Granted, he was attending Obama's speech in Grant Park, so he was in a political setting (which you couldn't see because that is the point of the Hologram). But seriously? CNN couldn't find a more famous black person than Will I Am at the Obama acceptance speech? What about Oprah? She's OPRAH for goodness sakes!! She and Anderson Cooper are practically BFF! Getting Oprah to be one of the first CNN holograms would have at least ensured that millions of housewives across the nation would be on board with this future technology and have it replace all their telephones as soon as it becomes market ready (Oprah's favorite things for 2009? Holograms!). But no. Instead, CNN has Andy The Silver Fox Cooper talking to non-BFF Will I AM about an Obama speech he turned into a song. What did this song really do for Obama's campaign? Nothing quantifiable that I can see. But Oprah snapped her little fingers back in May and instantly had 20,000 people change their minds regarding this election. That, my friends, deserves some beaming action!
(As a side note, I in no way endorse Oprah and actually disagree with mostly everything that comes out of her mouth and think the housewives of America who are on the Oprah bandwagon have decided to drink the Kool Aid and we should give up all hope for them. That being said, her influence is undeniable.)
Here's the clip. Please watch The Coop's face in the very beginning. He is either A) totally amazed by this new technology B) wondering who the hell Will I Am is C) thinking "where the heck is my BFF Oprah?" or D) wondering "Why the hell are we playing Star Trek on CNN?"


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A massive chunk of ice twice the size of Manhattan just broke off from Greenland's Petermann Glacier, which is one of the two largest glaciers left in the country. The ice island was part of a major ice shelf (connecting the great Greenland ice sheet with the ocean) that has waned in past years due to the region's warming climate. The event was reported by Andreas Muenchow, associate professor of physical ocean science and engineering at UD's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment in his "Icy Seas" blog.
The iceberg is reportedly 46 square miles (120 square km), which makes it about half the size of the massive ice calving that occurred at the same glacier two years ago. That 'iceberg' was reportedly FOUR times the size of Manhattan.
"While the size is not as spectacular as it was in 2010, the fact that it follows so closely to the 2010 event brings the glacier's terminus to a location where it has not been for at least 150 years," Muenchow said a statement. "The Greenland ice sheet as a whole is shrinking, melting and reducing in size as the result of globally changing air and ocean temperatures and associated changes in circulation patterns in both the ocean and atmosphere."
In his report, Muenchow also stated that the air around northern Greenland and Ellesmere Island had warmed by about 0.11 +/- 0.025 degrees Celsius per year since 1987. "Northwest Greenland and northeast Canada are warming more than five times faster than the rest of the world," Muenchow says, "but the observed warming is not proof that the diminishing ice shelf is caused by this, because air temperatures have little effect on this glacier; ocean temperatures do, and our ocean temperature time series are only five to eight years long — too short to establish a robust warming signal."
Don't be worried that this iceberg will come crashing into New York any time soon. According to Muenchow, it will follow the path of the 2010 ice island until it enters Nares Strait, the deep channel between northern Greenland and Canada, where it likely will get broken up.
"This is definitely déjà vu," Muenchow says. "The first large pieces of the 2010 calving arrived last summer on the shores of Newfoundland, but there are still many large pieces scattered all along eastern Canada from Lancaster Sound in the high Arctic to Labrador to the south."
Via SMH.com.au
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In 1900, the world witnessed a grand display of Art Nouveau jewels, objects, and architecture at Paris's Exposition Universelle. This article will attempt to create a snapshot of this special moment in design history as well as put the Exposition into its larger social and political context.
Throughout the nineteenth century, artists and jewelers held the past in great esteem. One after another, historical revivals swept through the design world. From the 1830s until the 1870s, ancient style jewelry held the public's full attention. Items like cameos enjoyed a renewed popularity and jewelers experimented with long-lost manufacturing techniques like granulation. Images of Roman and Greek gods, as well as ancient objects like amphorae, were ever-present as decorative motifs. During the mid-century, Louis XIV and XVI court fashions had their turn. In the 1860-80's, the public turned to Renaissance jewelry, with its brightly colored enamel work, as the next new thing.
Around this time, new artistic movements that rejected historical styles began to grow, including the Art Nouveau movement. Art Nouveau proponents aimed to evoke the eternal and ever-present in human experience by focusing on nature, not human culture. However, unlike many of their Victorian predecessors, they were not concerned with replicating natural objects as faithfully as possible. Scientific classificatory schemes and recent biological studies were not the driving force behind their depictions of the natural world. Romanticism and fantasy were. Art Nouveau jewelers took natural objects and turned them into expressions of abstract ideas—Beauty, the Eternal, the Feminine, the Fantastic. The resulting jewels were tiny works of art.
These pieces were emphatically not modernist in spirit. In Art Nouveau, one finds no celebration of the new, of technology and its products. Rather, one finds a rejection of modern, mechanized techniques. The pieces are beautifully designed and the work is hand wrought and intensive. Artists were deemed creators—a special role in an age where mass-produced goods and a strict division of labor tended to extinguish the one-on-one relationship between the producer and object produced. Many Art Nouveau jewelers had received intensive training in fine arts, before turning to jewelry.
Planning began for the 1900 Paris Exposition in 1892. At this time, French expositions were a government affair, not a private one. Since the end of the eighteenth century, the state had sponsored regular exhibitions in Paris, mostly to showcase national industrial goods and fine arts. Throughout the years these national expositions steadily grew in size and ambition. In 1851, Britain changed the game by hosting a fantastically successful international exhibition. Artists, inventors, and manufacturers from all over the world were invited to display their wares, foreign dignitaries were asked to attend and exotic foods and peoples, the fruits of British Empire, were put display.
Not to be outdone and eager to showcase their industrial and cultural achievements at a grand party, other states followed suit. Each new exposition aimed to exceed the display of its predecessors. In France, international expositions were held in 1855, 1867, 1878, and 1889—roughly every eleven years. In 1892, rumors began to circulate that Germany planned to host an exposition in 1900. The rumors were apparently true and set off a fury among the French public and politicians who saw Germany as a usurper, wanting to rob France of its regularly scheduled international fête. The reaction, as historians describe it, was exacerbated by recent military and economic defeats at German hands.
As the historian Richard Mandell put it:
However much France saw her strength and glory slipping in other areas, there was one cultural manifestation in which French supremacy was unchallenged—the organization and staging of the universal expositions. For Frenchmen, by this time, thoughts of the expositions produced emotions remarkably similar to those aroused by thought of the French colonial empire. In the face of political embarrassment, humiliations in diplomacy, and economic stagnation, expositions and empire compensated somewhat for other defeat. Though hardly the creation of the Republic per se (the empire was forwarded by freebooting adventurers, the expositions by autonomous bureaucrats) both showed (or appeared to—the important matter) dynamic, richly inventive French Republic to the world. [1]
Eschewing a diplomatic solution to the conflict, the French government decreed that it, not Germany, would host an international exhibition in the year 1900. The Germans relented soon thereafter, and preparations for the exposition began.
The event would become the largest-ever gathering of its kind [2]. From April to November, just over fifty million guests filed through its gates. The grounds were over two-and-a-half miles long, spanning much of central Paris. Universelle referred to both to the scope of the exposition's exhibits and to the origin of its participants. Participants came from all over the world. Forty-seven nations accepted invitations. Of these, twenty-two had special pavilions along the Rue des Nations. There was also a medieval French village, populated with authentically costumed inhabitants. Exhibits covered all aspects of modern life: agriculture, consumer goods, machinery, new technologies, fine arts, decorative arts, theatre, dance (see appendix for a complete list).
Bicycles and automobiles were first introduced to the general public here. Other innovations included x-rays, sound synchronized movies, and wireless telegraphs [3]. There was also a sports competition in the Bois de Vicennes, which was considered "the second modern meeting of the revived Olympics" [4]. National food and drink were available in restaurants located inside and outside the Exposition gates. Carnival rides were on offer for those who wanted them but the moving sidewalk, which crossed the Exposition grounds at varying speeds, was one of the greater novelties. Over a hundred conferences were held within and outside the Exposition grounds on a wide range of topics, including education, public health, international postal regulations, and photography. By all measures, the Exposition was an exciting, bustling affair.
Art Nouveau found itself in a slightly awkward position during the Paris Exposition for several reasons. First, the exposition's theme was "A Retrospective of the Previous Century." Because of the 19th century's historical focus, a retrospective would naturally draw attention to designs inspired by past ages. As mentioned earlier, history did not interest Art Nouveau jewelers. Second, the exposition was in large part, a celebration of technological progress and industrialization. Art Nouveau adherents tended to downplay the value of these developments and were, at the very least, ambivalent about the fruits of industrial progress as exemplified in mass-produced, consumer goods.
Despite these tensions, Art Nouveau artists were, in another sense, perfectly at home at the Paris Exposition. Theirs was the new wave in design. The movement possessed a sense of optimism and excitement. Their pieces were unusual, vibrant, and technically impressive; the definition of modern design. Artists from all around the globe used the event as meeting point and proving ground, a place where they could garner international honors, awards, and attention.
At the Exposition, Art Nouveau artists exhibited on the Esplanade des Invalides, a broad walkway on the Seine's right bank, which occupied the Exposition's northwest corner (see map). Here one could see "lightly built though lavishly decorated buildings devoted to the broad classification of decorative arts. This included jewelry, costumes, ceramics, furniture, carpets, and all other aspects of interior design" [5]. French decorative arts were housed on the west side of the Esplanade and foreign decorative arts were showcased, according to country, on the east side. Each nation chose its representatives carefully. Craftspeople and businesses eagerly competed for space within their respective national pavilions; reputations were made and lost at these great expositions.
Memorable displays of Art Nouveau jewels were found on either side of the Esplanade. René Lalique and Emile Gallé, both Frenchmen, were veritable stars of the show. Lalique created enameled objects and jewelry while Gallé crafted hand-blown glass objects. Samuel Bing's luxurious seven-room pavilion on the French side also caused a stir. This was no surprise. Bing's Paris shop, L'Art Nouveau—Maison Bing, was the namesake for the Art Nouveau movement; many of the movement's artists got their break, or their inspiration, from him. On the Esplanade's foreign side, Tiffany and Company also offered an impressive display. Their fame, as far as Art Nouveau is concerned, is largely due to the influence of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Tiffany earned notice by crafting incredible glass objects, especially lamps and he later became director of jewelry design at Tiffany & Co.. The German, Austrian, and Hungarian pavilions were also replete with Art Nouveau designs. As Mandell notes, "whole rooms in the new style were parts of the government pavilions. Some of these were created by artists whom Bing had first patronized in Paris but who had left Paris for an artistic climate more congenial to innovation" [6].
While the Art Nouveau style was popular at the exhibition, it was not omnipresent. The majority of the art and architecture was not in the new style. Art Nouveau was being displayed just "in a few places" [7] and it was overshadowed by the "follies of Beaux-Arts zeal" [8]. Beaux-Arts here refers to a style of architecture and decoration taught at various French fine arts schools throughout the nineteenth century. Beaux Arts adherents drew freely on various historical influences, earning their design sensibility a dubious title: "the opulent bastard of all styles." In Mandell's estimation, "little of enduring merit was actually accomplished in this great tournament of taste" [9]. Art Nouveau and Impressionism were the exceptions to the rule, and these were peripheral presences.
In one sense, the Exposition was the beginning of the end. With over fifty million people attending the Exposition, the movement's artists gained a wide audience. One needn't possess a crystal ball to see the effect: increased demand for the pieces, lowered manufacturing and design standards, and a resultant faltering of the originality and artistic care central to the movement.
As historian Vivianne Becker puts it:
After 1900, the Art Nouveau jewel became high fashion and, as the motifs and themes were copied, often indiscriminately, the style became diluted, its initial force undermined. This popularization, ironically the aim of Art and Crafts exponents, finally led to the eclipse of the Art Nouveau jewel. [10]
By: Erin Beeghly
Official Classification of Exhibits at Exposition (from Morss, Appendix):
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From Writer's Almanac:
It's the birthday of the novelist Khaled Hosseini, born in Kabul, Afghanistan (1965). His first novel, The Kite Runner (2003), was a word-of-mouth best-seller, and it has sold millions of copies around the world. In 2007, he published A Thousand Splendid Suns, and it was also an international best-seller. The novel begins in 1975 and continues to the present time. It tells the story of two women in Kabul who are both wives of the same cruel man. His most recent novel is And the Mountains Echoed (2013).
Khaled Hosseini said:
"There is a romantic notion to writing a novel, especially when you are starting it. You are embarking on this incredibly exciting journey, and you're going to write your first novel, you're going to write a book. Until you're about 50 pages into it, and that romance wears off, and then you're left with a very stark reality of having to write the rest of this thing. A lot of 50-page unfinished novels are sitting in a lot of drawers across this country. Well, what it takes at that point is discipline.
You have to be more stubborn than the manuscript, and you have to punch in and punch out every day, regardless of whether it's going well, regardless of whether it's going badly. It's largely an act of perseverance.


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This collection of fall goodies includes a few prepackaged sweets, like Pumpkin Spice flavored M&M's, pumpkin-flavored sodas and Pumpkin Pie Pringles. One of the more interesting pumpkin-infused cocktails is the festive fall shooter, which is like having a vodka-filled shot of pumpkin pie. For those who aren't cursed with a sweet tooth, the roasted pumpkin fries are sure to please.
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Ancient texts affirm that on the night of a great storm, the city of Marelantis disappeared beneath the waters of the ocean. While most believe this story is an old-pony-tale retold each generation to spark the imaginations of foals, a few relics have surfaced over the years and been hoarded away by those who hold out hope that if enough clues are collected, the location of this mysterious city may be calculated. Almost nothing is known about the inhabitants of the city though some less-than-reputable sources have been found that say that the town was full of powerful Unicorns who had learned how to enchant stones with a spell that caused the stone to gain the ability to augment the magical abilities of the pony holding it. Rumors abound that they were able to create fantastic machines that used magic to carry ponies into the sky or under the water though unlike the stones, no objects of this description have ever been located so these rumors are generally disregarded.
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A first-person narration novella, By Night in Chile is a deathbed confession of Father Urrutia, a.k.a. Father Ibacache, a half-hearted Jesuit priest and literary critic. Set during the transition from Allende to Pinochet, and written in one single paragraph except for the last sentence, the novel paints the turbulent political landscape with particular emphasis on the state, the church, and the literary/artistic figures.
Admitted to the seminary at the age of thirteen and later adopted by the country's eminent and aristocratic critic (Farewell), Sebastián Urrutia Lacroix mixes in a literary circle linked to visions of the right-wing order that both nurtures and disgusts him. After the coup comes, in an almost grotesque, absurd sequence, he was given a "secret" assignment to give quick seminars to Pinochet and other members of the junta on Marxism, where at the end of the seminar Pinochet rants on the (lack of) intellectualism of his predecessors.
This hypocritical, grotesque undercurrents in intellectualism run through the novella, and Father Urrutia is — as he is consciously aware — just as representative as any of them. He is not a reliable narrator, his confessions are laden with hollow self-justifications. Claiming himself as a mere occasional visitor to the fashionable salon frequented by artists and writers patroned by Maria Canales, he recounts the story of one visitor who wanders down the house and finds himself in a torture chamber for secret police interrogations in the basement (this, apparently, is based on a real character of Mariana Callejas) , and resignedly Urrutia declares that that is how literature (and art) is made, not just in Chile, but all over the world.
Although Bolaño's stories are heavily encased in real-world history and politics, with figures making occasional appearances in the foreground, they do not dominate. The characters and the story move almost nonchalantly (Urrutia discovering that nobody gives a damn about him teaching Marxism to the Junta), quietly and silently dealing with the unsettling bleakness.
Post-script: Bolaño's 2666 has just been released posthumously last year with a great buzz, but some reviews have noted the similarities to The Savage Detectives, which I didn't particularly enjoy (at least, not as much as I did Last Evenings on Earth and By Night in Chile).


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Location: Louisville, KY
Shape: Light
Duration:5-10 minutes
|I witnessed what appeared to be a faint star moving at a high rate of speed. Then after the first one left our sight we witnessed two more with the same characterisitcs. At first I thought it may have been a high altitude jet, but when the others appeared that scenario lessend. Then we saw two moving towards each other finally coming together. When they came together there was a bright flash about 6-10 times brighter than they previously were, after the flash there was only one left and it continued on until it left our sight.