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- Description
A plastic device that assists in the administering of eye drops.
- The eye drop bottle sits within the plastic casing.
- The soft flexible cup top section is an open basin which sits over the eye and removes the need for precision placement of the eye drops.
- Comes with plastic lid to allow use as eye bath.
- ACCURATE DELIVERY - Ezy Drop Guide ensures that your eye drops are correctly aligned with your eye so that no drops go to waste
- EYE WASH CUP - Ezy Drop guide doubles as a eye wash cup
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Method of Use
1. Place the guide with bottle gently over the eye, making sure that the dropper top does not extend more than 2mm through the Guide hole. The tip of the bottle is not to touch the eyeball.
2. With the eye wide open, tilt head back to horizontal position and look up at the hole in the Guide. Squeeze the number of drops prescribed.
3. Use the attached cap on the Ezy Drop Guide to replace screw cap on the eye drop bottle.
To use as an eye wash cup
Insert the yellow guide plug into the bottom of the Ezy Drop Guide and use like any other eye wash cup.
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Classification by retrieval: Binarizing data and classifiers
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- SIGIR 2017 - Proceedings of the 40th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, 2017, pp. 595 - 604
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- 2017-08-07
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© 2017 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). This paper proposes a generic formulation that significantly expedites the training and deployment of image classification models, particularly under the scenarios of many image categories and high feature dimensions. As the core idea, our method represents both the images and learned classifiers using binary hash codes, which are simultaneously learned from the training data. Classifying an image thereby reduces to retrieving its nearest class codes in the Hamming space. Specifically, we formulate multiclass image classification as an optimization problem over binary variables. The optimization alternatingly proceeds over the binary classifiers and image hash codes. Profiting from the special property of binary codes, we show that the sub-problems can be efficiently solved through either a binary quadratic program (BQP) or a linear program. In particular, for attacking the BQP problem, we propose a novel bit-flipping procedure which enjoys high efficacy and a local optimality guarantee. Our formulation supports a large family of empirical loss functions and is, in specific, instantiated by exponential and linear losses. Comprehensive evaluations are conducted on several representative image benchmarks. The experiments consistently exhibit reduced computational and memory complexities of model training and deployment, without sacrificing classification accuracy.
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Jorge Caballero at Oberlin
Peruvian-American guitarist, Jorge Caballero, in his first Oberlin appearance, played a program of heroic masterworks in Kulas Recital Hall at the Conservatory last week. Known for his interpretations of the extraordinary orchestral work-arrangements of Kazuhito Yamashita, Caballero didn't disappoint, bringing with him Dvôrak's New World Symphony. In addition, he played original arrangements of works by Mozart and Albeniz (full program at the end of the post). The concert drew a rousing standing ovation. The next day, he taught the Oberlin students in a terrific master class. Here are some shots from his visit:
Stephen Fazio played the first movement of Moreno-Torroba's Sonatina in A:
Archie Velasquez played Villa-Lobos' Prelude No. IV:
Brian King played the Passacaglia from Rodrigo's Three Spanish Pieces:
Mohit Dubey played Rodrigo's Invocacion y Danza:
Thank You Jorge, for your inspiring performance and thoughtful master class. We look forward to seeing you again!


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TruSet Token Data Beta FAQ
General Questions
Can I see the validated data if I am not participating in the competitions?
What is the best way to stay up to speed on what TruSet is doing?
Questions About the Competitions
Questions About the Application
Where can I find the descriptions to each field in the token data proposals?
I have ideas for how to improve TruSet's application. How do I give feedback?
I am interested in testing use of TruSet's token data (in an application or service). How could I do this?
I want to publish information on a token that is not listed in the application. How do I submit this?
What is token reference data?
Token reference data refers to information about a particular token asset unrelated to market pricing or trading data. This information helps individuals and organizations uniquely identify tokens, and map the details surrounding those tokens / token projects. Shared reference data will enable the token ecosystem to evolve into a more mature financial landscape by bringing clarity and confidence to the decisions that enable investments, reporting, analysis, and other critical activities.
What is the purpose of this application?
This application intends to crowdsource the authoring and editing of token reference data, using the community to constantly review (validate) and update the dataset. Using blockchain technology TruSet enables the dataset to be tracked and referenced using smart contract addresses for the assets and information – to eliminate confusion and mistakes. The application is currently in the Beta phase where TruSet can fully test the model of collective community authoring and reviewing, and the quality and completeness of the resulting datasets.
Who is the audience for this project?
Target Beta participants are those who have an interest in improving data quality for the web3 ecosystem and a willingness to research projects for potential ETH rewards. The initial competition will be focused on reviewing data – participants will research data proposals and vote on the accuracy in order to earn rewards. Other audiences are those who have a need for high-quality reference data surrounding token projects for activities such as reporting, researching/analyzing, managing assets, providing market data etc.
Where do I find information about token projects?
There are many different resources for checking the accuracy of data when reviewing or for authoring data proposals. TruSet will remain agnostic to the methods used to review and author data to ensure an unbiased dataset. We believe that with other community members independently doing the same thing, we can jointly produce a high quality data set. If TruSet guides the community to look for data from a certain source, the resulting data set would be biased towards that source.
Why do I need to install Metamask to participate?
Metamask is a digital wallet that enables users to have an identity on our application and pay for transactions that are necessary for writing to the blockchain. Having a Metamask account associated with your use of the TruSet application – and the resulting reward amounts – will allow TruSet to directly send any ETH earnings to participants.
Can I see the validated data if I am not participating in the competitions?
At some point during the Beta competitions TruSet will enable guests to access the application directly to see the community validated dataset. Guest access may not be enabled at the launch of the Beta, but if you are interested in seeing the dataset before this is enabled, you can either register for the Token Beta or contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
What is the best way to stay up to speed on what TruSet is doing?
Follow us on Twitter for updates, join the conversation on TruSet's Slack, and join our Telegram group.
Where can I find the rules for the current competition?
You can find the current competition descriptions on the TruSet Beta webpage or from the top navigation bar in the TruSet application, under the drop-down menu from the Help icon ("?") in the upper right.
How long will it take to receive the ETH rewards I earn?
We will be sending the winning rewards shortly after each competition ends. You will be able to track the account where the ETH is held to see the total exact ETH value that will be split by each earning participant. The link to the Trustology account with the Competition 1 prize pool is here.
How will I receive my rewards?
Participants who earn ETH in the competitions will be sent their portion of the prize pool directly to the Metamask account they use to participate in the TruSet Beta.
How do I earn TRU in the competitions?
Each competition may have distinct values for how to earn TRU based on participants' contributions. In competition 1, users can earn TRU by reviewing or publishing token data on the initial list of well-known tokens.
Review a token data proposal:
Review each data proposal for accuracy and determine if it should be approved (it is accurate) or rejected (it is inaccurate).
Cast a review vote - each review vote will cost the participant a 2 TRU deposit (you can only vote once per proposal and you can not vote on a proposal you've authored).
Once the voting period has closed, if you are correct (meaning you voted the same way as the consensus of reviewers) you will split a 10 TRU reward pool between you and all other correct reviewers. If you are incorrect (meaning you voted the opposite way as the consensus of reviewers) you will lose your deposit.
If a different, competing proposal is accepted over this proposal, but this proposal has not been determined inaccurate by reviewers (not enough reviewers voted to reject), your 2 TRU deposit will be returned, but you will not earn additional TRU.
Author and publish a token data proposal:
Author a new data proposal when there is missing, incomplete, or inaccurate data for a token.
After you input information into a token data proposal, it will cost you a 10 TRU deposit to publish the proposal.
After being published, the proposal will be reviewed and voted on by the community.
If the proposal is accepted, your 10 TRU deposit will be returned along with a 10 TRU reward.
If the proposal is rejected, you will lose your 10 TRU deposit and will not earn any reward.
If another competing proposal is accepted in place of your proposal, but your proposal has not been determined inaccurate by reviewers, you will receive your deposit back.
Something is not working properly. How do I get support?
Click the "feedback and support" link at the bottom of the page and input your issue. Alternatively, you can email us at email@example.com.
Where can I find the descriptions to each field in the token data proposals?
Here: link to the token data field descriptions
Technical users can view logical data model mappings here
I have ideas for how to improve TruSet's application. How do I give feedback?
Click the "feedback and support" link at the bottom of the page and input your issue. Alternatively, you can email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or post the feedback or suggestion in the TruSet Beta Slack channel for the rest of the community to discuss.
I am interested in testing use of TruSet's token data (in an application or service). How could I do this?
TruSet has a public REST API – an interface for querying instruments and their proposed data sets from the TruSet Beta community – that can be used for testing purposes but is not ready for commercial use. You can find documentation for this here. For further questions on how to use the TruSet API, please contact email@example.com. Alternatively, the Beta community will be voting to validate data and this data from the "Validated Data" page in the application can also be used for testing purposes.
I want to publish information on a token that is not listed in the application. How do I submit this?
Click the "feedback and support" link at the bottom of the page or email email@example.com and input your request for a specific token / project to be listed. Once the token is added into the system, participants will be able to publish their own token data proposals that will then be reviewed by the TruSet Beta community.


text: People ask me all of the time "You must love your job right?" For shoots like Anna from Issaquah High School...the answer is an unequivocal "YES!" This gal is just so sweet and photographing her was like doing a little dance with someone who just intuitively knows all of the steps. Love her choice of outfit here too... purple cardy with the yellow skirt - SO cute! Oh and shout out to Sorella for her pretty camera-ready make-up.


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Indiana University-Bloomington is a higher education institution located in Monroe County, IN. In 2016, the most popular Bachelor's Degree majors at Indiana University-Bloomington were General Business with 1,409 graduates, Public Administration with 511 graduates, and Informatics with 371 graduates.
In 2016, 11,513 people graduated from undergraduate and graduate programs at Indiana University-Bloomington. 48.9% of these graduates were women, and 51.1% were men. The majority of graduating students were White (7,613 graduates), meaning that there were 13.5 times more White graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, Asian, with 566 graduates.
The median undergraduate tuition at Indiana University-Bloomington is $9,087, which is $2,096 more than the national median of $6,991. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $32,945, which is 362% of the cost for in-state students, and is $2,096 more than the national median $6,991.
The median in-state tuition at Indiana University-Bloomington is $9,087, which is $2,096 more than the national median in-state tuition of $6,991. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $32,945, which is 362% of the cost for in-state students, and is $14,569 more than the national median out-of-state tuition of $18,376.
After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $12,621.
In 2016, 59% of undergraduate students received federal grants, while 31% of undergraduate students received federal loans.
Indiana University-Bloomington received 34,646 undergraduate applications in 2016, which represents a 0.47% annual growth. Out of those 34,646 applicants, 27,272 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 78.7% acceptance rate.
There were 49,695 students enrolled at Indiana University-Bloomington in 2016, and 69% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.
Indiana University-Bloomington has an overall enrollment yield of 28.1%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.
Indiana University-Bloomington has a total enrollment of 49,695 students. The full-time enrollment at Indiana University-Bloomington is 38,398 students and the part-time enrollment is 11,297. This means that 77.3% of students enrolled at Indiana University-Bloomington are enrolled full-time.
The enrolled student population at Indiana University-Bloomington, both undergraduate and graduate, is 67.4% White, 5.11% Hispanic or Latino, 5.07% Asian, 4.22% Black or African American, 3.21% Two or More Races, 0.11% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.04% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.
Students enrolled at Indiana University-Bloomington in full-time Undergraduate programs are majority White Male (22.9%), followed by White Female (22.3%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (1.84%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are majority White Male (3.82%), followed by White Female (3.04%) and Asian Male (0.41%).
In 2016, 257 fewer women than men graduated from Indiana University-Bloomington. The majority of students graduating from Indiana University-Bloomington are White. These 7,613 graduates mean that there were 13.5 times more White graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, Asian, with 566 graduates.
The most common Bachelor's Degree awarded at Indiana University-Bloomington is General Business with 1,409 graduates, followed by Public Administration with 511 graduates and Informatics with 371 graduates.
The most specialized major across all degree types at Indiana University-Bloomington, meaning they have significantly more graduates than the national average across all institutions, is Library Science, with 86 graduates, followed by Parks, Recreation, & Leisure with 670 graduates and Language & Linguistics with 303 graduates.
Indiana University-Bloomington has an endowment valued at nearly $960M, as of the end of the 2015 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of $14.8M (1.54%), compared to the 1.09% average return ($2.96M on $270M) across all Doctoral Universities.
In 2015, Indiana University-Bloomington had a total expenditure of $1.49B. Of that $1.49B, they spent $700M on salaries and $256M on benefits.
Indiana University-Bloomington employs 674 Professors, 492 Associate professors, and 416 Lecturers. Most academics at Indiana University-Bloomington are Male Professors (500), Male Associate professors (272), and Male Assistant professors (235).
The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Indiana University-Bloomington are: Office and Administrative Support, with 1,381 employees, Computer, Engineering, and Science, with 984 employees, and Management with 911 employees.


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Sales Residential
Selling your property is stressful especially when a chain is involved. Whether it's your home, an investment or a probate sale you need a professional Estate Agent who is focussed on your property and who will get you the optimum price in the optimum time. He or she should also keep you appraised of how the sale is proceeding after it goes to the solicitors.
You can trust Caden Grimes Estates' years of experience in the property sector to ensure you get the high level of professional and personal customer service that your property deserves.
We have worked with single homeowners around Dublin, investors, developers, in prestigious developments such as Carton Estate and multi-unit sales in Littlepace and Cluain Dara.
Evening and Saturday showings are included and we meet every potential buyer individually.
Looking for a valuation on your property? Caden Grimes Estates offer a fixed price of €125 (plus VAT) for residential property valuations. Whether for sales, insurance, probate or for refinancing, we will give you a realistic market valuation with a quick turnaround.
Sales Commercial
Commercial Sales can be complex and lengthy. Above all they need an agent who will respond to every call and maintain contact throughout the process.
The Dublin commercial property market continues to recover from the crash, with office and retail performing quite well and secondary industrial/commercial units also improving.
Caden Grimes Estates will give your property the personal focus it deserves, we will assess every lead and show your property in its best light.
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Sharp Anatomical Blackwork by Vinny Rubbo
Anatomical tattoos are much to be appreciated and Vinny Rubbo does them best!
Solid black shading and rad anatomical designs- you can't beat it.
Anatomical designs are one of the more popular designs these days and tattoo artist Vinny Rubbo is making a name for himself as the anatomical artist to see. Producing cool anatomical head designs, Rubbo's tattoos are all done in crisp blackwork with plenty of detail thrown in for good measure. Taking an anatomical twist on the traditional head portrait, Rubbo's tattoos look awesome and are a design any blackwork collector would be proud to wear.
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Creative Writing: Let's Start a Blog
Creative Writing: Let's Start a Blog
TUESDAYS at 4:00 P.M. (ends at 5 P.M.)
A blog can be a wonderful tool for expressing opinions, improving your writing skills, building an online presence, and connecting with other writers. In this class, students will launch a blog on a topic of their choosing—maybe you're planning to chronicle your Supernatural marathon, write music reviews, or just keep a personal journal about your life. Whatever your blog covers, we'll work together on weekly writing assignments, adding a new post to your blog every week over this semester-long class. We'll practice the skills used in professional writing and touch on topics relevant to professional writers, including plagiarism, copyright, and photo sourcing. Students will also serve as a critical, engaged audience for each other's blogs, creating a community of readers providing thoughtful, authentic feedback.
What students will get out of this class
- Students will develop skills used in professional writing, including conceptualizing and developing story angles, creating research plans, meeting regular writing deadlines, and copyediting and polishing their work.
- Students will learn to offer and accept constructive criticism about their work from peers.
- At the end of the class, students will have established a blog with weekly posts, which creates a positive online presence for college and job applications and which can serve as a springboard to continued blogging.
- At the end of the class, students will receive a list of future blog post assignment ideas to help them keep their blogs going, if they choose to do so.
What students should be prepared to put into this class
- You will have weekly writing and posting deadlines.
- You'll also be expected to read and leave comments on the work of other class participants and to give feedback about other writers' work in class discussions.
- You'll have final say over what you publish on your blog, but you should be prepared to receive and respond to constructive criticism.
Required Materials:
- online access is required for reading and posting blogs
- other materials will be provided by the instructor
Note: This is a writing class. I'm happy to help with some technical troubleshooting, but students should choose a blog platform with tech requirements they are comfortable handling on their own (or with their parents' assistance). Students should have an idea for what they want their blog to be about before the first class, and I'll send out a Getting Started guide to registered class participants the week before the class starts with instructions for setting up a free, basic Wordpress blog. (Of course you're welcome to use any platform you prefer.)
About the teacher: Amy Sharony is the editor of home | school | life magazine, but before that, she was just a girl obsessed with books. She spent her undergraduate career obsessing over English literature in the storied South and her graduate career obsessing over English and comparative literature in New York City Now she obsesses over English and comparative literature for fun and feels weird writing about herself in the third person.


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All schools have a moral responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of students. At Ivanhoe Grammar School we take this responsibility very seriously.
We ensure our practices and policies reflect the relevant legislative requirements, including those set out in the Victorian Child Safe Standards. We are committed to a school culture where protecting children forms a part of our everyday thinking and activity. The following policies and procedures help us achieve this.
Policies and procedures
This policy outlines the framework within which the School will promote and protect student wellbeing, and under which we will create and maintain a child safe school environment.
Student Wellbeing – Concerns Management Procedure
This document sets out how a concern about student wellbeing may be raised with the School, and how such concerns will be managed.


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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Private-equity firm 3G Capital is engaged in discussions to buy Kraft Foods Group Inc. KRFT, The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The report noted that Brazil-based 3G Capital had raised roughly $5 billion to fund acquisitions, with its last major purchase being food company H.J. Heinz Co., bought in partnership with Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B, +1.31%. Shares of Kraft, which had finished regular Tuesday trade with a 1.3% loss, jumped 14.6% in after-hours trade to $70.30.
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Healthy ABCs
This fun book will help you to teach the children in your life the alphabet, as well as give them enjoyable things to look at and read — including exotic plants and vegetables! There are some fun facts at the end of the book, too. We encourage you to continue where we left off and cultivate an appetite for learning.


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Step Aside For Royalty
for publisher Chris Moore
Services included: Cover design, typesetting, eBook production
The journey: Author Eileen Parker, featured recently on the Neftlix series The Crown, first published this memoir with Chris Moore in the 1980s. However, this newly edited version required a makeover. Publisher Chris found this palatial image in a stock library and asked us to work up a cover design based on it. The cover needed to appeal to fans of the Royal Family, and likely an older, mostly female, demographic. The book was to be featured in a national newspaper serialisation, and most sales would be online, so we needed a simple, bold design that would work well when reproduced at thumbnail size in newsprint and on-screen.
The original production files weren't available, so we scanned in the pages of the first edition one by one, then used OCR (optical character recognition) software to convert the scanned images into editable text. Once this was checked and approved, we agreed on a suitably regal page design and got stuck into the typesetting and eBook production, providing print-on-demand files for CreateSpace and MOBI files for Kindle Direct publishing.
Chris says: 'So glad I came to Head & Heart for the design of Step Aside For Royalty. I love the jacket and so do the readers – one of those rare cases where you can judge a book by its cover. Barely two months since the launch we've sold nearly 2,000 units on Amazon.'


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OST Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Sep 13:
Blaming the BJD government for the chit fund scam in the state, the state BJP today said that the investigation ordered by the government into the scam was going on at snail's pace to protect ruling party politicians and officials involved.
A five-member BJP delegation met Governor SC Jamir and apprised him of the slow progress in the investigation of the chit fund scam. They also urged the Governor to direct the government to hand over the case to CBI in the greater interest of the people of the state.
The state government under the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was not at all serious about bringing the culprits to book or to take measures to see that the amount embezzled is returned to the poor depositors, the delegation said.
They alleged that the government was not investigating the matter with the intention of uncovering the officials and politicians, who helped the scamsters to subvert the system.
"The political patronage extended by many ruling party MLAs was instrumental in the crooks pulling off such a heist. The chit fund companies had the patronage of the ruling party and a few of them were also given joint venture contracts," they alleged.


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Ryerson's LPP cultivates confidence, legal skills
By Kathy Rumleski, AdvocateDaily.com Contributor
The 2017-18 cohort of the Ryerson University Law Practice Program (LPP) was celebrated at a recent gathering, where many expressed gratitude for what they learned and experienced during the term, says LPP director Gina Alexandris.
"The program really had an impact on people and they wanted to tell us about it and about how confident they felt going into the workplace," she tells AdvocateDaily.com.
The first of its kind in Ontario, the LPP is an eight-month program that provides an innovative additional pathway to licensing for lawyers in the province, through online training, experiential learning and a work placement, Alexandris says.
"We are not school — we are work. We are not a continuation of law school. We get people ready to move into the profession," she says.
Here are some of the candidate comments that were shared about the program following a survey of the program's fourth cohort:
- "I have never felt more capable and confident in my abilities. The entire LPP team is excellent and world class and I would recommend this program to any aspiring lawyer."
- "This idea of putting us in real situations is great! It really teaches students the skills a good lawyer needs to succeed in the profession. LPP is a success and I will surely recommend it."
- "I thought the LPP might be a bit of a 'soft option,' but I'm now convinced that it's a far stronger pedagogy than traditional articling. Having actors to play our clients was very beneficial, as was the rapidity and variety with which work came onto our dockets."
- "I liked the simulated experience of working in a firm and having challenging work to do within deadlines."
Alexandris says she, along with LPP managing director Chris Bentley, were platform guests at the recent calls to the bar in London, Ottawa and Toronto.
"It's so rewarding to see our candidates cross that stage and get called to the bar," she says.
The program thrives because it is always adapting, based on input from all sources, to provide the best experience for candidates, Alexandris says.
"We take the feedback and make changes to the program based on it. We look at what our mentors and candidates have said and we tweak it accordingly," she says.
For example, Alexandris says this year's cohort had the opportunity to work on a criminal file that incorporated both the defence and Crown counsel perspectives.
"It got folks having conversations across the table with each other in a more realistic way," she says.
Another powerful component this year was having Sheri Hirschberg, the program's family subject matter expert and a family lawyer, introduce the serious topic of intimate partner violence, Alexandris says.
"She did a video presentation and we asked candidates to reflect on it. We realized how much of an impact that it had on people," she says.
For the fifth cohort, further additions will continue, Alexandris says.
"We are expanding our programming around emotional intelligence, innovation, wellness and teamwork as we strongly believe these additional competencies are necessary for future lawyers to succeed," she says.
The LPP is also are looking at broader alumni programming in order to expand its past candidates' development — even as they continue to launch their careers, Alexandris says.
"We have more than 900 alumni and many want to participate and offer support to program candidates, and we are looking for opportunities for their development. They are strong ambassadors for the LPP and becoming successful colleagues within the profession," she says.


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Kitchen Confidential: Amp Up Your Storage With Pullouts/
See 12 types of cabinet pullouts that make your cooking and cleaning items easier to find and use
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1. Utensil storage. How often have you spent too much time searching for your cooking utensils in a drawer that's just a big pile of junk? By hanging them next to your stove, it's impossible to overlook your favorite spatula.
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–Varta continued–
For the sake of convenience, I have linked to The Beautiful Tree and my discussion with Kharaharapriya here.
I respond to his last post in the link:
This is very interesting to observe but traditionally, the influential amongst the four varnas seem to be in a constant tussle for power and prestige amongst themselves. We are already aware of the Brahmin-Kshatriya feud and even though we do not hear much of the Vyshyas (perhaps because they needed to be in everybody's good books), we do hear of powerful Shudra kings as late as the last millennium. Why, we find that Shudras are most powerful in our present day. For an interesting take on the Shudras, read what Ambedkar had to say.
I agree that the system of royal patronage and with local society pitching in, there was more cause for harmony. You will notice in The Beautiful Tree, Shri Dharampal clearly shows how village 'schools' managed to thrive in their multitudes only with aide from the local society in which these were conducted. The British with their centralized revenue collection systems and their inculcation of formal education and the need for set infrastructure seem to have killed the olde' system.
Let me share with you an interesting experience I had when I last visited Kodagu.
We had gone to visit Irupu falls. It was a beautiful sight. Since it was noon and the family was hungry, we decided to have lunch at the home of a local farmer. The farmer's house was made of mud and thatch with hay stacks stacked high. He had set some tables and chairs on the veranda and fed us some of the most sumptuous vegetarian fare I have ever tasted. This farmer had been living there (at the foot of the hills that sheltered the falls) all his life. That was his ancestral abode. The farmer was a Brahmin.
So when I think of the injustice the caste-system engendered, I limit myself to untouchables. The fifth caste of out-castes have a different story to tell. These seem to have been castaway by society and their fate left to wither.
How something like this could have happened has a number of explanations. Foremost amongst them being that the untouchables were those of our people who were primarily dealing with the lowest and the filthiest of occupations to them being descendants of decadent Buddhists after that religion lost it's influence.
Do you think you can throw more light on Shudra kings and Untouchables?
Kharaharapriya replies:
This is in response to the discussion that we were having on caste system.
I think I need more time to read Ambedkar's thesis. I just read the preface. It will take a while I guess because currently I am reading a book on Yagnavalkya. But some observations based on the preface. But ambedkars tone seems to contain too much of vitriol against the Sanatana Dharma. Its understandable. But its news to me that there were Shudra kings. If this was true then there should have been too much of political clamor on this issue.
Moreover Ambedkar is usually portrayed as a stooge of the Britishers. How much weight should some one give to such thesis of ambedkar then?
I dont have much to add on untouchables, because I havent read a lot on them. But I have surely come across Annamacharya kritis which detest untouchablility. Its the brahmins who have upheld the Annamacharya tradition incidentally. Seems so hypocritical of brahmins @ times.
Regarding the Purusha Suktha I really dont think it portrays Shudras as menials and eulogises the Brahmins. All that it says is they have originated from different parts of the purusha. Bottom line is the Purusha tatva is present in all. May be Ambedkar read it wrong there.
BTW both my grandparents were farming for some part of their lives, even though we happen to be Brahmins. Your Coorg incident is not a surprise to me at all 🙂
and where can I read Dharmapala's works?
I am also searching for works of Anand Kumaraswamy. SL Byrappa mentions about this person in his novel Dharmashri. His analysis on the Indian society is supposed to be exemplary. Have you heard of him?
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Like every year, a prayer meeting was held at Smriti Upavan in Green Park by the grieving families of the victims Wednesday. Photos of all 59 victims were pinned, floral tributes were paid and a havan was organised by the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy.
In February 2017, the SC sentenced Gopal to a one-year jail term and allowed Sushil to walk free having served five months in jail, citing his "old age". Regarding this, Krishnamoorthy said, "This year we will file a curative petition in the Supreme Court regarding the quantum of punishment. Regarding tampering of evidence, a trial is going on in the Patiala House court… Not only did we lose our family members, we have also been denied justice."


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The Calla Lily
The Calla Lily was named after the Greek word for beautiful — calla. It is associated with the Greek goddess Hera. According to the legend Zeus brought Hercules, his son from another women, to Hera, his wife, while she was asleep to drink her milk. When she woke up she pushed him away and drops of milk flew across the sky to create the milky way. The ones that fell on the ground grew into beautiful lilies.
When Venus, goddess of love, beauty, and desire, saw the lilies she was jealous of their beauty. She cursed their beauty by placing a large yellow pistil in the middle of the flowers. Because of this story, some associate the calla lily with Venus and thus with lust and sexuality.
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5 youngest players to take 10 wicket haul in Tests
Getting to play for the national team at a very young age is a clear indication that the player in question is a special talent. However, it is also true that those players often need to accustom themselves to the higher level of Test cricket before they can perform. Hence, it often takes a while before such youngsters can take a 10 wicket haul in Test cricket.
Although that is an accepted pattern there have been plenty of exceptions over the years and some bowlers have proven themselves very early in their career. Here is a look at 5 of the youngest bowlers to have taken a 5 wicket haul in Test cricket.
#5 Mehidy Hasan at 19 years 85 days against England at Mirpur, 2016
The right arm off-spinner is one of the most promising spin bowlers to have emerged from Bangladesh in recent years and in his second Test appearance Mehidy Hasan showed his worth by destroying the visiting Englishmen. Bangladesh had lost the 1st Test of the 2 game series and in the 2nd game, Hasan's trickery, control and accuracy completely overwhelmed the England batsmen on a turning track at Mirpur.
He opened the bowling and picked up 6 for 82 in 28 overs and in the 2nd innings, he took 6 for 77 in 21.3 overs as England collapsed 164 in their pursuit of the 273 runs target. Hasan was only 19 years and 85 days old when he did this.


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A man from Louth wanted to take on the ultimate running challenge to raise funds for charity and you can't get much bigger than the iconic London Marathon.
Greg Skipworth, (29), who is currently living in Manchester, will take on the 26.2-mile course on Sunday, April 22.
He is aiming to raise as much money as possible for the Multiple Sclerosis Society, (MS), a cause very close to home.
Mr Skipworth told the Leader the inspiration behind his marathon challenge. He said: "My uncle suffered with MS for years before he died and now my dad has the condition - so I am taking on this mammoth task for them.
"The only other running event I've done is the Great Manchester Run, (10km) - but I really wanted to give myself a massive physical and mental challenge and the London Marathon seemed like the perfect choice."
Mr Skipworth added that his training has been fairly steady, but is determined to complete the marathon - even if it means crawling over the finish line.
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The wedding was set for outdoors and we all know what happens in April, rain. I remember on my very own wedding day in April ...it rained! I've heard its a blessing when it rains on your wedding day. Thats exactly what it did on Matt and Ashley's day. It rained and it was cloudy. Cloudy, is perfect when it comes to photography, but not rain!
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Military returns to Ciudad Juárez due to outbreak of violence
In light of the growing wave of violence that has occurred in the border city of Ciudad Juárez, elements of the Army were integrated yesterday to the patrols that make up the municipal, state and federal police.
The measure is taken five years after the soldiers stopped patrolling the streets to fight crime in this area.
According to official figures, in the last five days a total of 29 people were murdered in Ciudad Juárez and from January to date the number of homicides reached 368, a figure lower than those between 2009 and 2013 when up to 400 homicides occurred per month.
General Ricardo Fernández Acosta, the commander of the Fifth Military Zone, announced that the measure was taken in coordination between the three levels of government and follows a joint strategy to curb criminal gangs, particularly those engaged in drug and weapon trafficking. Unlike a few years ago, on this occasion, the military will act in coordination with all security corporations, since in previous operations they conducted their own strategies without the support of the local police. This situation aroused innumerable complaints of diverse social groups because in some occasions the military violated individual rights.
In 2010, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defense (SEDENA) announced a deployment of 7.500 soldiers in Ciudad Juárez to detain narco groups. At the moment there are 4.500 elements in the whole state territory. The majority is assigned to the surveillance of the Tarahumara mountain range.
Mayor Armando Cabada said that the violence is a result of the dispute over control of the region. He detailed that previously the cells belonged to the same side, but they were fragmented and the confrontation began.
He warned that the problem was aggravated because the cartels are recruiting young gunmen who are paid around MXN$2.500 for each murder. He denounced that according to the information he possesses, provided by the intelligence of the Municipal Police, most of the homicides are ordered from within the Cereso state prison.


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Paul Worcester. [Source: Paul Blackmore / Cape Cod Times]Senior commanders at Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, become aware of the attacks on the World Trade Center from television coverage, and one commander then orders the base's battle staff to assemble. The commanders have just been in the first of the base's regular Tuesday morning meetings, which ended at 8:55 a.m. They are taking a short break before the next meeting, which is scheduled for 9:00 a.m., and are apparently unaware that a plane has crashed into the WTC. Wing Commander Sees Burning WTC on Television - One of those in the meeting was Lieutenant Colonel Paul Worcester, the logistics group commander of the 102nd Fighter Wing, which is based at Otis. As Worcester walks past the break room he notices that everyone inside it is fixated on the television. He goes in to find what they are watching and gets his first sight of the coverage of the burning North Tower. Worcester finds it odd that a plane could have hit the WTC, and thinks to himself: "On such a clear day, planes don't just go astray. That just doesn't happen." Although he is aware that the base's two F-15s that are kept on alert have been scrambled in response to a suspected hijacking (see 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001), he does not connect this with what he is seeing on television. Commanders See Second Attack - Worcester is joined in the break room by more of the senior commanders. They watch as the live television coverage shows Flight 175 crashing into the South Tower (see 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001), and all of them then realize that America is under attack. One commander immediately shouts out, "We need to go to battle staff!" The senior commanders disperse and head toward the adjacent operations building, where they will reconvene in the battle cab of the installation operations center (see Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001). A voice sounds out over the base's loudspeakers: "The commander has ordered the 102nd core battle staff to assemble. Please report to the operations building immediately." Unit Mobilizes for War - Subsequently, as author Lynn Spencer will describe: "Under the leadership of the [102nd Fighter] Wing commander, the various subordinate group commanders cross-brief on scramble activity, training flight issues, available munitions, personnel available to begin uploading more fighters to combat-ready status, security force increases, and more. In short, they begin to mobilize the wing for war, keeping NEADS [NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector] in the loop on their preparations." [Spencer, 2008, pp. 87-88, 153-154] Base Learned of First Hijacking 20 Minutes Earlier - The 102nd Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, which is based at Otis Air Base, is responsible for protecting the Northeast United States, including New York, Washington, and Boston. Its mission includes defending the region against terrorist attacks. [Cape Cod Times, 9/12/2001; Cape Cod Times, 9/12/2001] On a typical day, it has about a dozen pilots on duty. [Cape Cod Times, 9/15/2001] It is equipped with 18 F-15 fighter jets, two of which are kept on 24-hour alert, ready to be in the air within five minutes of being called upon. [Boston Globe, 9/15/2001; Cape Cod Times, 9/21/2001] These were the two jets that launched at 8:46 a.m. in response to the hijacking of Flight 11. [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 20] The base was notified about this first hijacking shortly after 8:34 a.m. (see (8:36 a.m.-8:41) September 11, 2001). [Spencer, 2008, pp. 27-28] Why the senior commanders did not initiate their crisis response at that time is unclear.
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Commanders at Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, begin taking decisive action following the second attack on the World Trade Center. [Spencer, 2008, pp. 153-154] The commanders learned of the attacks in New York from watching the coverage on television. After the second WTC tower was hit, one of them had ordered the base's battle staff to assemble (see (8:56 a.m.-9:04 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [Spencer, 2008, pp. 87-88] Commanders Gather in Operations Center - The commanders now convene in the base's operations building. As officers take their posts, the installation operations center (IOC) there comes to life. In the glass-enclosed battle cab that is at the core of the IOC, senior commanders gather around a large conference table, which overlooks the two main operations centers: these are the command post, from where the air war is coordinated, and the survival recovery center, which handles support functions such as security, food, and medical care. Commanders Take Pre-Emptive Action - Senior commanders confer with intelligence officers who are with them in the battle cab, over what to do in response to the crisis. Lieutenant Colonel Paul Worcester, the logistics group commander of the 102nd Fighter Wing, which is based at Otis, says, "We need to start doing some things preemptively." Author Lynn Spencer will describe: "The Otis commanders decided to 'lean forward' in anticipation of what they might be called upon to do. But there has never been an air attack on America, and there is no protocol in place to tell them how to respond. They knew intuitively that they could not wait on guidance from the higher echelons of NORAD. This attack could easily expand, and they needed to be prepared." The senior commanders quickly establish their agenda, which is to recall all the base's training flights, and begin loading fuel and weapons onto all available fighter jets. According to Spencer, "The officers smoothly undertook the task of transitioning to a wartime posture." [Spencer, 2008, pp. 153-154] A number of jets that are out on a training mission will be recalled to the base (see (9:25 a.m.-9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [Cape Cod Times, 9/11/2006; Spencer, 2008, pp. 155]
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When: From: 2019-07-15 to 2019-07-16
Where: Las Vegas, United States
Event language: English
A grand welcome to the participants from all over the world to exchange their views towards nature and who served for nature to the 5th World Congress on Environmental Science scheduled in Las Vegas, USA during July 15-16, 2019. Enormous arrangements are done for plenary lectures, keynote talks, courses by eminent personalities from around the world in addition to poster presentations, young researcher sessions, symposiums, workshops, and Exhibitions with the theme: "Integrative Approach towards Environmental Challenges" to realize ample opportunities for resolving the challenges. The environment is massive and Environmental Science is covering all the major and minor topics like Ecology, Plant Science, Zoology, Climate Change, Mineralogy, Oceanology, Soil Science, Geology, Physical Geography, Atmospheric Science, and Earth Science. The challenges we are facing now like Air, Water, Soil, Noise and Thermal Pollution, Climate Change and many more while advanced technologies and basic knowledge are considerable to heal these environmental challenges. So, Environmental Science Conference is also covering technologies like green technology, renewable energy, water, and air purification, sewage treatment, bioremediation, solid waste management, and e-waste management. Environmental Science Conference will definitely offer all participants an unforgettable experience in analyzing new probabilities. Hope, this world congress be a grand success in Las Vegas, USA.
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Ask a QuestionHere are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community or ask a new question.
I make a chocolate frosting that I feel is too grainy. It tastes great, but I would like to lose the "grainy". The frosting is made with butter, Crisco, superfine sugar, Chocobake, vanilla, and a small amount of warmed milk that you let cool before putting with the other ingredients. Any suggestions?
By Vicki Kay from Davis, IL
Next time you make the frosting, use confectioners (powdered) sugar. You won't have that grainy consistency.
If you beat the Crisco and sugar together until you do not feel the sugar grains when rubbing little frosting between your fingers will help take away the grainy consistency.
When using granulated sugar (even superfine) you must cook the sugar into a syrup to lose the grit.
With an electric mixer, beat the crisco and sugar until light and fluffy. Then add the cocoa and mix well.
After the crisco, sugar and cocoa are very well mixed, dribble in the warmed milk while continuing to mix.
Add the milk while it is still warm. The warm milk will "melt" the sugar.
Continue beating the frosting until fluffy and when you can no longer feel the sugar. Then add the vanilla and mix to blend. The secret of a good cook is patience. So this method may take a bit longer but it is well worth the effort.
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How do you repair grainy frosting?
Arlene from Berea, OH
In order to help you with this we need to know what kind of frosting it is. Is it just butter cream, or is it a cooked frosting? I can't imagine how buttercream could get grainy, and if it is a cooked frosting, like seven minute or boiled frosting, than I think it would have been cooked too long, and that there would be nothing to do, but start over or serve it grainy.
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If it has sugar in it, not using pure cane sugar can cause a grainy end product. (02/14/2009)
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The USS Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, was approached by Russian planes 100km from Tartus, a city on Syria's Mediterranean coast, Turkish news agency IHA reported. The US warship, equipped with more than 60 Tomahawk missiles, was buzzed by the Russian aircraft after departing from the port of Larnaca, Cyprus, the news agency claimed. The Russian planes, whose type was not named, swooped low on the ship four times during the encounter, it is claimed.
A US guided-missile destroyer has "moved toward the Syrian coast", according to the Wall Street Journal. The alleged incident was reported just hours after US President Donald Trump vowed a "forceful" response to the chemical attack in Syria. "We cannot allow atrocities like that. Cannot allow it," Trump told reporters at the White House, warning those responsible he has "a lot of options militarily".
He said a decision to launch a retaliatory strike on Syria would be made "tonight or very shortly thereafter". Both the US Navy and Pentagon has denied reports the USS Donald was harassed by the Russians, according to Ragıp Soylu, Washington correspondent for Daily Sabbah. He tweeted: "Both the Pentagon and the US Navy denied the news." In another tweet, he added: "US Navy Spokesman says all of the details in Turkish media report about US destroyer Donald Cook are false." Daily Star Online has reached out to a US Navy representative for comment.
In a statement released on Monday, the US Navy said the USS Donald Cook had left Larnaca, Cyprus, after a scheduled port visit. The destination of the ship, the 25th destroyer of her class, was not disclosed by the US Navy. "The Donald Cook crew had an amazing time during this port visit to Larnaca, Cyprus," said Donald Cook's Command Master Chief Jeremy Douglas. "The people were very welcoming and the city was beautiful. "These types of visits help build long lasting relationships , which are crucial to our mission."
Trump said the US is still investigating the possible involvement of the Iranian and Russian governments in the apparent strike on Douma. "If it's Russia, if it's Syria, if it's Iran, if it's all of them together, we'll figure it out," he said. He added of Russian president Vladimir Putin, "everybody's going to pay a price – he will, everybody will".
The attack comes almost exactly a year after a chemical atrocity in the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun killed dozens of people. That attack prompted the US to launch several dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian air base. Russia and Syria have blamed Israel for an attack on a Syrian military airport on Monday that reportedly killed at least 14 people.


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Radio Inspires
Inspired by Orson Welles
Volume 3, Issue 8, August 15, 2013
In the 1920's the Scottish, Russians, and Germans were ahead of their time and had already invented and invested their time in the creation of television. Investing in a multi-faceted piece of mechanical, electrical, and optical technology that could receive and transmit images and sound through radio-waves onto a screening device was the technology born of foreigner's ingenuity. The first actual television was invented in 1884 by Paul Gottieb Nipkow and in 1907 the first CRT device or television was created in 1907 by Boris Rosing. In 1926, J.L. Baird a Scottish inventor built his own television system.
The US didn't start creatively thinking about the television screen or CRT tube that maintained an analog system until the 1930's after the Olympic Games in Germany, and it is when they started collaborations with the Germans to build radio stations and in the United States.
It was the inspiration of the Mercury Broadcasting telecast that opened up a cusp of innovative technology. The first and most volatile of the cusps and the most viable bursts of new technology emerged in the US when they broadcasted the radio show of Orson Welles, "War of the Worlds" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g). This broadcast alone ignited a blaze of creativity and imagination with inventors and engineers here in the US to create and bring television into the homes of American households. Imagine, hearing the words of Orson Welles and being duped into thinking it was the end of the world, and that the United States was being invaded by space aliens, therefore, it caused and left people with a sinking feeling of it being the end of the world. A voice so powerful, strong, and quite frankly believable that it brought millions of households together that were glued to the radio, listening to the broadcast. This powerful and extraordinary event in history propelled Orson Welles into a voyage in his career that was going to change the course of history in the United States with the evolution of television and theatrical imagery. Orson Welles was the catalyst that moved and inspired countless producers and theatrical events in our history with his powerful and inspirational performance. This was the inspiration of "Radio and Orson Welles."
The blaze raged into the first television being televised by radio-waves and a CRT unit was in the 1940's. By 1941 there were a million TV sets in the first creation was a bulky CRT tube framed in a cabinet with its electrical and mechanical framing. The first television only was broadcasted in Black and white then to color in the 1980's. This was also an inpiration for the computer.
Just like television evolved in the 1980's to color from black and white, the style of the television changed into a flat screen Plasma's in 1964, through a joint collaboration with two professors Donald Bitzer and Gene Slottow with the University of Illinois. Panasonic went a step further and in 1997 began selling Flat screen TV's. The television went into a blitz of further evolutionary changes into high definition, LCD's, LED's, Blu-ray, and finally totally digital with a digital receiving system at the ready instead of the radio-transmission receivers that they had in past history.
At the time congress was contemplating transition of television platforms to digital to have the ability to have a high quality signaling system in place that is when the FCC began to oversee broadcasting and the improved and enhanced quality of television broadcasts was born in the United States and it was nationally mandated in June 2009, that all broadcasts be converted into digital television receivers and analog became obsolete.
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Our all inclusive One-Day Otago Central Rail Trail Adventure packages include return transport from Ranfurly or Naseby to your start point on the trail (either Lauder or Hyde), bike hire, helmet, gel seat, pannier and puncture repair kit. Or we can collect you from the rail trail so you can ride back to your vehicle. Please inquire about other pick-up locations in the Maniototo.
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Adult: $50 / E-Bike $120
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Min. 2 adults or 1 adult & 2 children.
Explore the rail trail at your own pace. We'll meet you in Ranfurly, set you up with your bike, point you towards the rail trail- and just like that, you're off on your adventure! Let the tiki-tour begin!
Cycle to Waipiata and enjoy one of their famous pies from the Waipiata Country Hotel (16 km return).
Make it a full day trip to historic Oturehua and back (50 km return).
Bike to Wedderburn to see New Zealand's most photographed goods shed and enjoy a drink at the Wedderburn Tavern before gliding the gradual incline back to Ranfurly (26 km return).
Wherever your rail trail adventure takes you, you're guaranteed genuine country hospitality, amazing scenery and a day to remember.
Time: 4-5 hours. Distance: 35 km
Price starts from as low as $83 per person (group of six).
Min. 2 adults or 1 adult & 2 children.
Starting in Lauder, your Auripo Adventure takes you through the spectacular Poolburn Gorge and through historic Oturehua to finish at Wedderburn - home to New Zealand's most photographed goods shed.
Idaburn Dam where the national Bonspiel (curling competition) is held (when the ice is thick enough.)
Gilchrist's Store in Oturehua. New Zealand's longest operating general store and a museum in its own right.
Golden Progress Mine. It's a short stroll up to the old shaft and you'll also find remains of various buildings on site.
You'll pass the highest point on the trail at 618 m before you freewheel downhill to Wedderburn to meet your driver - or if you're up to the challenge, cycle the extra distance to Ranfurly.
Time: 3-4 hours. Distance: 33 km
Price starts from as low as $68 per person (group of six).
Min. 2 adults or 1 adult & 2 children.
Your Hyde Escape will take you along a scenic river course through the upper Taieri Gorge, and includes Price's viaduct, a 52 metre long bricked tunnel and spectacular views of the Ida Range and the Kakanui Mountains.
The old Red Dwarf Hut, a former railway workers' shelter at Daisybank.
The carefully preserved Cap Burn stone bridge at Tiroiti with its stone abutments and iron trusses.
The 91 metre long, 32 metre high Price's Creek Viaduct.
A fascinating display of rail history in the old Ranfurly Railway Station.
Waipiata is the perfect refreshment stop on this trip which - in summer- can include a refreshing dip in the Taieri River, before the 7.5 km cruise back to the Art Deco township of Ranfurly.
The package
Hire includes bike, helmet, pannier (bike bag), and a light for the tunnels
E-Bikes, Tagalongs, Tow-ropes, Toddler trailer and baby seats also available for hire.


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Kashmir for grabbing Musharraf's proposal
The predominant word in J&K is that India should grab the opportunity provided by Pak president's recent statement on Kashmir, reports Arun Joshi.india Updated: Dec 06, 2006 04:26 IST
The predominant word in Jammu and Kashmir is to " grab the opportunity" , while others caution and want " to wait and watch " over President Pervez Musharraf's latest statement in which he has made it clear that Pakistan is prepared to give up its traditional stand of 1948. Few others have questioned his authority to do so.
Musharraf has ruled out Plebiscite - the traditional Pakistan's position since 1948 and Independence - the imaginative mantra of the secessionist movement that gained ground in late 1980s, provided India goes in for staggered demilitirisation and self governance and agrees to joint mechanism.
Leaders of national, regional political groups as also separatists have reacted with a varying degree of optimism and also suppressed frustration.
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was very clear that the "consistency is the key". Azad said that Pakistan needs to show consistency and this should be matched with the scaling down of violence from across. "Good words must match with good intentions and their translation into good actions on the ground."
National Conference President Omar Abdullah felt that it was a "rare opportunity." "This opportunity is being offered by President Musharraf at this point of time. It should not be allowed to lapse. Tomorrow, when Musharraf is not there. It may not be at all there."
"If Musharaff doesn't remain there what is the guarantee that some other politician will talk same things," he told an impressive gathering.
Omar also didn't turn down the joint management of the state by India and Pakistan saying all such suggestions, which were coming for the resolution of the long-standing issue, should be discussed.
"Islamabad is making efforts for resolving the Kashmir issue but these are not bearing fruit," he said.
He also asked New Delhi to concede on its Kashmir stand. "I feel that someone has to loose and if Islamabad has given up its stand of the implementation of the United Nation resolutions, said plebiscite and independence were utopian concepts and accepted that the boundaries cannot be changed, New Delhi too should show flexibility," Omar said.
Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti said that the fact of the matter is: "we should move beyond the stated positions. There is a need for Pakistan to build its stake in peace in Jammu and Kashmir, so far its stake for the past over 50 years has been in the unrest. Something should be done to make Pakistan have stake peace in Kashmir."
"It is important what President Musharraf says, but more important is that there is a surging tide of reconciliation in Jammu and Kashmr. People want free borders. And that is where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Musharraf have a wide agreement. Both of them want to make the borders look irrelevant."
Mehbooba Mufti said that, "Our stated position is that we have always said that removing the redlines is the best way to move forward."
Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, Jammu University Vice Chancellor and an expert on international relations, said that it is a major departure from the stated position, and it is also a major departure in explicit term from the major departures itself.
"It shows that he has confidence in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh". "It may be tactical, but it is not purely tactical."
He sees "signs of change of heart" in Musharraf. "People do change". His argument is that Musharraf should not be viewed in the rigid frame of "architect of Kargil" and so on.
All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq wholeheartedly welcomed the statement. He said that it offers a way forward, and "we do hope that a solution would emerge out of this by connecting dots between Delhi-Islamabad, Muzzaffarabad and Srinagar"- the four major points in Kashmir solution.
Mirwaiz made it clear that any solution, that may be worked out should be acceptable and applicable to all the five regions of the state, currently on the either side of the LoC.
Particularly hurt were the pro-independence voices. Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) that had launched the secessionist violence movement in Kashmir in post-1987 Assembly election era sees nothing new in President Musharraf's position. "What President Mushraff has stated is the often stated position of Pakistan. They have their own position on Kashmir, we have our own. It is an accepted fact that Pakistan is a party to Kashmir dispute, so it has right to say what it feels like," JJKLF Chairman Yasin Malik told HT.
"However," he clarified, "We support peace process. And once India, Pakistan and Kashmiris sit across the table, I am hopeful that an amicable solution would be found, which would be acceptable to all the three parties." (With inputs from Faisul Yaseen)
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First Published: Dec 06, 2006 04:26 IST