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Boys Varsity Basketball · From the Top of the Bleachers: An Open Note to Saline Basketball
By Luke Sloan SALINE – From the top of the bleachers, I was a first hand witness of Hornet magic. I've watched an incredible basketball team do the unimaginable, and do this through hard work and a belief in one another. From my observations, no basketball team will ever rival the Hornets in terms of
Boys Varsity Basketball · @TheSalinePost: Saline's Fine Season Ends in District Championship Game
HORNETS HOOPS SEASON ENDS IN LOSS TO BELLEVILLE All good things must come to an end. The Saline Hornets varsity basketball season ended in the gym at Lincoln High School with a 57-49 loss to the Belleville Tigers in the district championship game. At the start of the Michigan High School Athletic Association's (MHSAA) version
Boys Varsity Basketball · Memorable Run Comes to a Close as Saline Falls in District Final
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Boys Varsity Basketball · @TheSalinePost: Seniors Reflect on Hornet Basketball Career
As basketballs and sneakers get ready to transition to baseballs and bats, another group of seniors prepare to join the growing group of young men and women to join the ranks of former players. Continue Reading at TheSalinePost.com
Boys Varsity Basketball · @TheSalinePost: HORNETS ADVANCE: Yaklich, Arico Lead Saline in Victory over Monroe
Griffin Yaklich scored 18 points and Trevor Arico added 12 as Saline defeated Monroe 57-40 in Wednesday's district semifinal at Lincoln Consolidated High School. Continue Reading at TheSalinePost.com
Boys Varsity Basketball · Hornets Down Monroe, Advance to District Finals for Clash with Belleville
By Luke Sloan YPSILANTI- Overcoming a major mental hurdle, the Saline men's basketball team defeated the Monroe Trojans 57-40 to advance to the District Finals. The Hornets never trailed in the contest, beating the Trojans for the third time this season. "It's hard to play a team twice and have to battle them for a
Boys Varsity Basketball · Boys Varsity Basketball beats Monroe 57 – 40
Boys Varsity Basketball · @TheSalinePost: Arico Scores 29 as Saline Defeats Lincoln to Open District
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Ford Motor Co.'s Jaguar and Land Rover brands might seem ripe candidates for a radical overhaul and a swift swing of the ax. Instead, India's Tata Motors Ltd., which is expected to formally agree to buy the brands in the coming week for $2 billion, likely will take a different approach: Do next to nothing.


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Statement of Attainment in Gem and Jewellery Valuation (NCJV)
Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in Jewellery & Silversmithing (Griffith University)
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Certificates in Diamond Grading and Advanced Diamond Grading (GAA)
Workshop in synthetic, imitation, treated and fancy colour diamonds (HRD) Antwerp
Workshops on Identifying and Pricing treated corundum, emeralds and cultured pearls; Coloured Stone Grading and Pricing using the 'World of Colour' system (Gemworld International)
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Bracing For Another Winter Of Power Shortages
Officials say a new agreement to import Turkmen electricity will alleviate Tajikistan's severe power shortages, but Tajiks are already coping with a winter schedule of rationed power and long blackouts, and hold little hope for improved conditions.
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CIS Leaders Discuss Labor Migration, Free-Trade Zone At Dushanbe Summit
October 5, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) met in Dushanbe today to discuss the further development of their loose alliance. A coordinated migration policy and improved economic cooperation topped the agenda.
October 05, 2007
Security Alliances Led By Russia, China Pool Resources
Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) with his Tajik counterpart, Emomali Rakhmon (AFP) DUSHANBE, October 5, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- A Russian-led defense alliance of former Soviet states and a regional security body headed by China have agreed to broaden cooperation.
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CIS Ministers Wrestle With Labor Migration Problem
Foreign ministers were meeting ahead of an October 5 CIS summit (RFE/RL) October 4, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Labor migration was high on the agenda of a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) foreign ministers' meeting today in the Tajik capital.
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October 4, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Migration policy, counterterrorism, and military cooperation will all be on the official agenda when the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) holds its summit on October 5-6 in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. But the real action will be on the sidelines.


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GrowGood's ultimate goal is to create a sustainable and replicable urban farming model. GrowGood's new 40' x 38' commercial greenhouse is the centerpiece of our social enterprise efforts. The greenhouse is climate controlled, which gives our team the ability to grow an array of products year-around that are specifically tailored to meet the needs of our nursery and chef/restaurant clients. We also sell our produce at local farmers markets. Despite selling some our produce, GrowGood is still able to provide large quantities of fruits and vegetables to the shelter's kitchen. All the money earned from the social enterprise is reinvested back into the organization.
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Saturday, July 28, 2018
Last weekend I went to the Epping Ongar Railway, and rode some trains and buses, and walked to an old church, and came away with a real ale festival tankard for my trouble.
I've written about the Epping Ongar Railway before, so I won't do so again. But while I was there I did pay extra-special attention to this sign beside the buffers at Ongar station.
It marks the zero point on the Underground, from which all official distances are measured (even though the Underground hasn't actually served Ongar since 30th September 1994).
Distances are measured in kilometres from Ongar.
Epping is 9.85km away. Buckhurst Hill is 19.61km away. Stratford is 30.30km away. And so on.
Here's my "and so on" list for the Central line, pausing approximately every 10km from Ongar.
Central (measured from Ongar=0)On other lines, distances are measured from a known point on a line already measured. A station is picked where the tracks run parallel, and measurement then extends in either direction, forwards or backwards.
0 Ongar, 10 Epping, 20 Buckhurst Hill, 30 Stratford, 40 Holborn, 50 East Acton, 60 Northolt
For example, the 'transfer' point for the District line is Mile End station (where the District runs in parallel to the Central line). Mile End is 33.07km from Ongar, so all distances on the District line are measured up and down from Mile End.
District (measured from Mile End=33)The transfer point for the Piccadilly line is Barons Court (where the Piccadilly runs in parallel to the District).
20 Dagenham Heathway, 30 West Ham, [ME], 40 Embankment, 50 Stamford Brook/Putney Bridge
Piccadilly (measured from Barons Court=48)The transfer point for the Victoria line is Finsbury Park (where the Victoria runs in parallel to the Piccadilly).
30 Wood Green, 40 Holborn, [BC], 60 Hounslow East/Sudbury Town, 70 Heathrow T5/Ickenham
Victoria (measured from Finsbury Park=34)The transfer point for the Northern line is just outside King's Cross (on the so-called King's Cross Loop, a tunnel which connects to the Piccadilly).
30 Tottenham Hale, [FP], 40 Warren Street, 50 Brixton
Northern (measured from King's Cross=38)The transfer point for the Metropolitan line is Rayners Lane (where the Metropolitan meets the Piccadilly).
30 Clapham Common/Battersea Power Station, [KX], 40 Mornington Crescent, 50 Hendon Central/Finchley Central
Metropolitan (measured from Rayners Lane=64)The transfer point for the Circle line is Baker Street (where the Circle diverges from the Metropolitan).
40 Aldgate, 50 Finchley Road, 60 Northwick Park, [RL], 70 Ickenham/Northwood, 80 Chalfont & Latimer
Circle (measured from Baker Street=47)The transfer point for the Jubilee line is Finchley Road (where the Jubilee runs in parallel to the Metropolitan).
40 Aldgate, [BS], 50 Ladbroke Grove/Notting Hill Gate
Jubilee (measured from Finchley Road=50)And finally the transfer point for the Bakerloo line is Baker Street (where the Bakerloo runs in parallel to the Jubilee).
30 Canning Town, 40 London Bridge, 50 Finchley Road [FR], 60 Kingsbury
Bakerloo (measured from Baker Street=47)To run that backwards, the official distance for North Wembley is 59.86km, measured back to the Jubilee line at Baker Street, measured back to the Metropolitan line at Finchley Road, measured back to the Piccadilly line at Rayners Lane, measured back to the District line at Barons Court, measured back to the Central line at Mile End, measured back to a set of buffers at Ongar that's no longer on the Underground.
40 Elephant & Castle, [BS], 50 Maida Vale, 60 North Wembley
It's mad, but it's brilliant... or at least it is if I've understood what's going on properly. I unravelled all this from the excellent Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides, which I've been quoting on this blog ever since it began. It has an utterly invaluable page of data for every Underground line, and an introductory page detailing how all the data is measured. Thanks Clive!
And if you'd like a map with all the distances on, because I suspect you probably would, here's one (courtesy of the website railwaycodes.org.uk, which I suspect is a timesink of infrastructure geekery on another level completely).
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This paper reports on novel electrostatically actuated dc-to-RF metal-contact microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switches, featuring a minimum transmission line discontinuity since the whole switch mechanism is completely embedded inside the signal line of a low-loss 3-D micromachined coplanar waveguide. Furthermore, the switches are based on a multistable interlocking mechanism resulting in static zero-power consumption, i.e., both the onstate and the offstate are maintained without applying external actuation energy. Additionally, the switches provide with active opening capability, potentially improving the switch reliability, and enabling the usage of soft low-resistivity contact materials. Both two-port single-pole-single-throw (SPST) switches featuring mechanical bistability and three-port single-pole-double-throw (SPDT) T-junction switches with four mechanically stable states are presented. The switches, together with the transmission lines, are fabricated in a single photolithography process. The loss created by the discontinuity of the switch mechanism alone is 0.08 dB at 20 GHz. Including a 500 mu m long transmission line with less than 0.4 dB/mm loss up to 20 GHz, the total insertion loss of the two-port devices is 0.15 and 0.3 dB at 2 and 20 GHz, and the isolation is 45 and 25 dB at 2 and 20 GHz. The three-port switches, including their T-junction transmission line, have an insertion loss of 0.31 and 0.68 dB, and an isolation of 43 and 22 dB, at 1 and 10 GHz, respectively. Actuation voltages are 23-39 V for the two-port switches and 39-89 V for the three-port switches. The microwave propagation in the micromachined transmission line and the influence of the different switch designs were analyzed by finite-element method (FEM) simulations of electromagnetic energy and volume current distributions, proving the design advantages of the proposed concept.
This thesis presents novel radio-frequency microelectromechanical (RF MEMS) devices, for microwave and millimeter wave applications, designed for process robustness and operational reliability using monocrystalline silicon as structural material. Two families of RF MEMS devices are proposed. The first comprises reconfigurable microwave components integrated with coplanar-waveguide transmission lines in the device layer of silicon-on-insulator wafers. The second consists of analog tuneable millimeter wave high-impedance surface arrays.
The first group of reconfigurable microwave components presented in this thesis is based on a novel concept of integrating MEMS functionality into the sidewalls of three-dimensional micromachined transmission lines. A laterally actuated metal-contact switch was implemented, with the switching mechanism completely embedded inside the signal line of a coplanar-waveguide transmission line. The switch features zero power-consumption in both the on and the off state since it is mechanically bistable, enabled by interlocking hooks. Both two-port and three-port configurations are presented. Furthermore, tuneable capacitors based on laterally moving the ground planes in a micromachined coplanar-waveguide transmission line are demonstrated.
The second group of reconfigurable microwave components comprises millimeter-wave high-impedance surfaces. Devices are shown for reflective beam steering, reflective stub-line phase shifters and proximity based dielectric rod waveguide phase shifters, as well as a steerable leaky-wave antenna device based on the same geometry. Full wafer transfer bonding of symmetrically metallized monocrystalline silicon membranes, for near-ideal stress compensation, is used to create large arrays of distributed MEMS tuning elements. Furthermore, this thesis investigates the integration of reflective MEMS millimeter wave devices in rectangular waveguides using a conductive adhesive tape, and the integration of substrates with mismatched coefficients of thermal expansion.


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1. Carefully rinse and pat dry a 19 lb turkey (thawed if frozen). Remove neck and giblets and save for another use.
2. Heat oven to 375 degrees .
3. Heat oven to 375 degrees . Cut an onion into quarters and place in cavity along with 2 cloves smashed garlic and 1 lemon, cut into quarters. Season turkey with 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper (add your favorite herbs, if desired).
4. Tuck legs under natural flap of skin or tie together. Fold wings under. Place turkey on a rack in a large roasting pan.
5. Roast at 375 degrees for 35 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees and continue to roast turkey (cover with foil if its browning too quickly) for 1 hour, 50 minutes, or until a thermometer registers 165 degrees in thickest part of thigh (without touching bone).
6. Remove turkey to a platter, garnish with herbs and orange and lemon slices, and let rest for 20 to 30 minutes before carving.


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I am a PhD student in Number Theory at McGill University under the supervision of Henri Darmon and Payman Kassaei.
In my thesis, I work on a question related to the geometry of the eigencurve at weight 1 Eisenstein points. The focus of my research is p-adic families of modular forms and their relation with deformations of Galois representations. More broadly, my research interests include modular forms, p-adic L-functions, Shimura varieties, deformation theory, eigenvarieties, perfectoid spaces, Iwasawa theory.
"On the eigencurve at weight one Eisenstein points" with Adel Betina and Mladen Dimitrov, in preparation
Master's thesis:
Quebec-Vermont Number Theory Seminar "The eigencurve at weight one Eisenstein points" April 2018
Montreal-Toronto Workshop in Number Theory "Parabolic Subgroups" January 2018 Slides PDF
Laval University, Quebec "The eigencurve at weight one Eisenstein points" October 2017
Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Barcelona "The eigencurve at weight one Eisenstein points" June 2017
McGill University, Montreal at the Number Theory Graduate Seminar:
" An overview of the proof of the Sato-Tate Conjecture"
"On freeness of the Hecke Algebra over a certain group ring in the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem (after de Shalit)"
"Proof of the Iwasawa Main Conjecture"
"The tower of modular curves as a perfectoid space (after P. Scholze)"
"Perfectoid fields"
"Adic Spaces"
"Stratification of Hilbert Modular Varieties"
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Pond Maintenance Tips
Reshma Jirage
Oct 30, 2018
Maintaining a pond is not an easy task. It includes maintaining a healthy ecological balance, cleaning out the sludge, and controlling the algae booms.
A pond can be an attractive addition to the surroundings. Its size can be decided depending upon the available space and budget. It can be filled up with some aquatic plants and fish, like goldfish or koi fish. The pond should be provided with pumps and filtration system for water circulation and purification.
Different types of filters are available such as the biofilter, biological filter, and UV filter. Several things can affect a pond's ecosystem such as dead plants, uneaten fish food, insects, and waste from the creatures in pond.
Helpful Tips for Maintaining a Pond
◘ Regularly check the water level of the pond as pond water may evaporate continuously. The pond does not have an ability to hold the water during the rainy season unlike a lake or the sea. It may lose excess water during the dry season. Therefore, adequate water level should be checked and maintained.
The pond needs to be filled with freshwater as needed, for safety and health of the aquatic life in its ecosystem. If the water level is not dropped within 3 weeks, then some water needs to be pumped out and freshwater added in the pond.
Dechlorinator is used to minimize amount of chlorine in the newly added water. Dechlorination is important, as small amount of chlorine can harm or kill the fish in the pond.
◘ Checking the pond for the presence of any decaying plants and other waste is necessary. Regular check of the bottom of pond and removal of the decaying plants and debris from it is essential.
◘ The filtering system should be checked every 5 weeks for clogs or other obstructions. These can prevent the uninterrupted flow of water. The filter should work for 24 hours without interruption. Even if it stops for a few hours, it may lose a large amount of beneficial bacteria. It is necessary to maintain cleanliness of the pond regularly.
◘ Beneficial bacteria should be added to the pond. These are natural cleaning agents and maintain the ecosystem. They feed on fish waste and other organic debris in the pond, converting ammonia into nitrites, which are then converted to nitrates. Nitrates play a major role in pond filtration. They are absorbed by the aquatic plants, which release oxygen.
This nitrogen cycle helps to reduce phosphorus and other harmful contents in the pond. This cycle can also prevent the growth of algae. The beneficial bacteria feed on decaying matter such as fish waste, dead bugs, and leaves. Such organic waste is essential for the growth of algae.
The growth of algae in the pond water is prevented due to lack of the organic waste. These beneficial bacteria are available in four forms, i.e.liquid, powder, barley straw, and blocks.
◘ Proper aeration of the pond is very important, as the fish and bacteria need oxygen. Once the pond is provided with adequate aeration, it is easier to maintain it. You Fertilizing the water plants with appropriate fertilizers is also an important step.
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For her outstanding contributions as a music teacher, Maxine is recognized on the Donors' Wall of Fame by Village Elementary School of Emporia, Kansas.
In recognition of Maxine Mitchell for nineteen years of dedicated service as a music teacher for the children of Emporia, presented by the staff of Village Elementary School, Emporia, Kansas.
Born and raised in Clay Center, Kansas, Maxine Mitchell is a graduate of College of Emporia and has been an Emporian for Forty years. She taught vocal music in the Emporia Schools for twenty-two years, beginning in 1975. During that time, she taught at Emporia High School, Logan Avenue Elementary School, Maynard Elementary School, and Village Elementary School.
During her teaching career, she was the absolute epitome of the community-oriented professional teacher whose talents, love, and achievements were shared by both the school and the community.
She planned and directed countless student programs, Fifth Grade Recognitions, Fourth Grade Farewells, assemblies, and staff activities. She was particularly known for creative composition of faculty Christmas skits and retirement songs. Many times she took students to perform at the Emporia Senior center, Vintage Manor Nursing Home, Holiday Resort, and even The National Teachers Hall of Fame. She initiated and helped direct the citywide Grades 4-5 Chorus and was well known for patriotic assemblies at the Flint Hill Mall.
Within her profession, she was active in the Kansas Music Educators, the Music Educators National Conference, Delta Kappa Gama sorority, and Mu Phi Epsilon sorority, and the Orff Music Organization.
Within the community, she directed the youth and adult choirs, worked with the youth group, and served as an elder in the Westminster Presbyterian Church. She participated in the Emporia Community Chorus and served as a scout leader on the College of Emporia Alumni Association Board.
Her relationship with students and parents was always positive and caring, and she constantly provided personal attention to those who needed it or were at risk. She provided songs and raps to emphasize the Village School "Character Trait of the Month" and contributed frequently to the After Class Enrichment Program.
As a music teacher, Maxine touched the lives of every child in her schools using the latest instructional methods and materials and got the most out of every student, whether they were musically talented or not.


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Downtown Depot: Dina Dwyer-Owens
In Episode 44 of Downtown Depot, show host Austin Meek interviews Dina Dwyer-Owens. Dina is the brand ambassador and board member of The Dwyer Group, an international operator of multiple franchise concepts that provide services focused on repairing, maintaining and enhancing customers' homes and businesses. Dina discusses the company's doomed public offering, its resurgence and recent acquisition by Harvest Partners, and the importance of establishing core values. Before their conversation, Austin shines the Small Business Spotlight, presented by American Bank, on Sendero Provisions Co., and commercial real estate expert Gregg Glime stops by for his monthly segment, "What's Happening Here?"
Inside the Episode:
0:57 - Small Business Spotlight: Sendero Provisions Co.
5:35 - What's Happening Here? with Gregg Glime - 519 S. 8th St.
9:25 - Dina Dwyer-Owens' Waco history
10:33 - Lucky, not smart
11:41 - Advice to parents whose children learn differently
13:02 - New opportunities with Harvest Partners' acquisition
14:23 - Bringing in help
17:41 - Explosive growth since 2015 - but why?
18:53 - What is a typical Dwyer Group company?
19:40 - Update on the Neighborly platform
20:51 - What makes a good franchisee?
22:17 - Measuring customer satisfaction - the ultimate question
23:35 - Teaching the code of values through Dina's books, Live R.I.C.H. and Values, Inc.
26:29 - Final advice to aspiring entrepreneurs


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Marriage Records
Marriage details are recorded in church registers whenever a couple is married. They usually include the date and place of marriage together with information about parents, witnesses, and ministers involved in the service.
For family historians researching ancestors in the UK, the most useful entries are those of Parish Churches before the middle of 1837. After then the formal registration of marriages provides Marriage Certificates that usually give more reliable information.


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Hi I have a EBMM AXIS SS Serial Number G52030 could you please date Cheers
Hi I have a EBMM AXIS SS Serial Number G52030 could you please date Cheers
Dear Ernie Ball! Please help me. Prompt the date of production of electric bass guitar Music Man StingRay 5 No. E40573. Thank you for your hard work.
Hello, I would love some info about G66813 and G70455.
Thank you in advance!
I'd like to know the "Date of Birth" of my good old Silhouette.
Serial: 91001
Thanx!!! Best Regards!
G70455 - This JP6 was completed on August 7th, 2013. The color is Pearl Redburst with the Rosewood fretboard.
And the G37692? Thank you!
JP6 G51655 please!
Thanks Joel
Silhouette Special SSS in Fuschia Sparkle (Hardtail) [1/01/2002] [1 of a kind from CLB]
Silhouette Special HSS in Gold Sparkle (Hardtail) [7/12/2002] [Made for Matchbox 20]
Albert Lee 3 MM90's in White Sparkle (Hardtail) [8/14/2001] [Just pure awesomeness]
Albert Lee HH in Black Sugar (Hartail) [1/06/2011] [BFR]
Like BP said in the Chapman video "You've got a room full of guitars, and no money!! @ 6:00"
Info on G50576 please. Thanks.
2018 Valentine - Vintage Sunburst BFR
2009 25th Anniversary - Venetian Redburst
2018 StingRay - Trans Walnut BFR
2012 Luke II HSS - Sledge
2013 LIII HH - Olive Gold
2014 ASS Semi-Hollow w/Piezo - Vintage Sunburst
2010 Reflex - Vintage Gold
Great! Thanks! Could you u also find out which pick up set was originally installed, is it the Seymour HSH configuration coming along with a Schaller floating Trem?This Silhouette was completed on February 7th, 1991. The color is Black with the Maple neck.
Hi, I just purchased a JP Majesty 6, probably from 2015 - M00550 - Thanks for checking!


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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — For all the angst over the timing of the decision the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport issued Friday morning in denying the appeals of 47 Russian athletes and coaches to take part in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, which — um, start Friday night — the decision itself was actually straightforward and, to be honest, easy.
As noted repeatedly in this space, the International Olympic Committee was winning, and one could expect the IOC to keep winning.
Which it did once more Friday, temporarily perhaps putting the Russian doping saga on hold while the focus shifts to the lighting of the cauldron and, you know, the Olympic Games.
Here's the backstory of the CAS decision.
When it comes to such matters, the law can't stand things that are arbitrary.
Truth: under the law, you can get away with a lot of stuff.
But when you act in an arbitrary way, that's just not OK. No way. No how.
The easy way out: when you come up with a plan, and you can articulate reasons for the plan, whether the reasons are or are not slam-dunk great, then you have a reasonably legitimate chance to prevail.
Essentially, that's what happened here.
The ruling obviously avoids what would have been the tumult if not chaos of integrating some number — up to 45 — more "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (plus two coaches) into the delegation here even as the Games were getting underway, a process that doubtlessly would have drawn, and appropriately, worldwide criticism if not condemnation.
It also perhaps puts onto the backburner until the close of the Games the Russian doping matter — or then again, maybe not, given the extraordinary emotion that matter has elicited.
To be sure, there is yet more legal reckoning and more political posturing to come with this long-running drama, now into its fourth year and second Olympics — with no end in sight.
For once, though, the IOC got to claim a win and, at that, a big one. It issued a statement that said, simply:
"We welcome this decision which supports the fight against doping and brings clarity for all athletes."
The World Anti-Doping Agency issued a statement in which its president, Britain's Craig Reedie, said, "The timing of these decisions just before the opening ceremony in PyeongChang is good as it will reassure athletes and others that only Russian athletes, which have met strict anti-doping criteria will be participating in the Games."
To go back to what got us to Friday's decision:
Last week, in assessing the landscape of Russian athletes from Sochi 2014, CAS cleared 28 of misconduct and liberated 11 others of life bans the IOC had sought to impose.
This led — skipping over some steps here as well as a companion case, which was rejected on jurisdictional grounds — to the filing of appeals from, first, 32 athletes and then a second group of 15, athletes and coaches, who alleged they should be able to take part in PC2018.
The full list included Viktor Ahn, a short-track speed skater with six Olympic gold medals, and Anton Shipulin, a gold medalist in the biathlon relay.
The legal issue was the space between "eligible" and "invite" and, if so, whether the IOC holds the key at its Games to such invites.
The IOC's position: for sure yes, because taking part in the Games is a "privilege," and just because you're not guilty per CAS that does not make you "innocent."
The Russian position: suspicion does not equal proof of misconduct, and either you have such proof, or you don't; if you don't, then you're acting arbitrarily, and arbitrary action by definition is never consistently defensible.
What the three-member CAS panel explained in its ruling Friday:
In suspending the Russian Olympic Committee, the IOC offered individual athletes the chance to come to the 2018 Games as "Olympic Athletes from Russia," and "via prescribed conditions — a process that was designed to balance the IOC's interest in the global fight against doping and the interests of individual athletes from Russia."
The Russian side, CAS said, acknowledged the IOC had the authority to institute this process.
The OAR number stands at 168.
Now for the key:
CAS said the Russian side "did not demonstrate" that the process the IOC put into place, two special panels to vet and independently review each individual application, was "carried out in a discriminatory, arbitrary or unfair manner."
Further, CAS said, there was no evidence that either of those two panels "improperly exercised their discretion."


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I heard they may be closing down soon because they want to demolish the entire shopping center but this place is amazing! They have big portions for reasonable price ( $6-8 a plate) and the people there are super friendly and give awesome service. Ever since Thuyen Vien closed down in garden grove this has been my new favorite place. If you're going to go, you may want to call first and check if they are still there.
There's a huge selection items on the menu. Everything is vegetarian and tastes awesome. I haven't had something I didn't like there. The service is great, it's a small place and the same people are always working so they remember you and are very personable and sweet. All the food is super delicious and full of flavor.


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Quantity Surveyor
- Recruiter
- Bennett & Game Recruitment
- Location
- Oldbury
- Salary
- £30,000 per annum
- Posted
- 28 Jul 2018
- Closes
- 10 Sep 2018
- Sector
- Engineering
- Contract Type
- Full Time
Quantity Surveyor required for a specialist groundworks company based in Oldbury. The role will be office-based with site visits for a surfacing systems and groundworks company. My client works for a range customers including large national contractors working in both the private and public sector. Having achieved steady growth over the past few years they are now looking to expand their Commercial department and looking for an experienced Quantity Surveyor.
As a Quantity Surveyor you would attend pre and post tender meetings and be involved within the whole process so at least 3 years' experience in a similar role is required. The idea Quantity Surveyor will have experience in asphalt or macadam and some experience of groundworks will be advantageous. The Quantity Surveyor will ideally be degree qualified.
The role will incorporate managing relationships with designers, project managers, client teams and suppliers. There will also be an expectation that the successful candidate will liaise with clients, sub-contractors, suppliers, sub-consultants and in-house engineering design teams.
Quantity Surveyor Position Overview
- Preparing of Bills od Quantity for all types of Surfacing Systems, groundworks and maintenance works
- Analysis of engineering drawings
- Attending pre and post tender meetings/presentations
- Site meetings
- Assessment of different options and solutions
Quantity Surveyor Position Requirements
- A HNC/ HND / degree in Quantity Surveying / Built Environment or similar
- Good computer skills - in particular, Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Experience with surfacing and /or groundworks
- Work well under pressure
- Excellent team player
Quantity Surveyor Position Remuneration
- Salary £30K-£40k+
- Pension
- Other Benefits to be discussed at interview
We, Bennett and Game Recruitment, a technical recruitment agency based in Chichester are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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A MUM who faced jail over a transatlantic tug-of-love today opened her heart and declared: "It's great to be home".
Birmingham-born Samantha Deen could have been locked up for ten years in Canada after being accused of kidnapping her daughter, Jenny, from her Canadian ex-boyfriend, James Safronick.
But a judge in Vancouver granted her freedom and awarded her custody of Jenny. Now 39-year-old Samantha has returned home to start a new life and put her ordeal behind her.
"When I look back now, the whole thing seems like a bad dream," she said. "It's such a relief that it's all over and done with.
"Now I can focus on raising Jenny without worrying about a knock on the door. It's been a hell of a time and it's great to be home."
The Birmingham Mail exclusively revealed in May 2005 how Samantha, who was born in Birmingham but grew up in Canada, was facing extradition after fleeing back to Britain with Jenny in 2000.
She had earlier lost a court battle to stop Safronick seeing Jenny, despite claiming he was an alcoholic.
She was arrested when she returned to Canada and Jenny was placed in Safronick's care. But Samantha, who also has a grown-up son called Tyler, later won back custody of her daughter ahead of a final hearing, at which she was cleared of kidnap and granted permanent custody.
Safronick was granted annual access to his daughter, meaning Jenny must return to Canada every summer. But now the mum and daughter have settled in Erdington and Jenny, now aged 13, has returned to her former school, Kingsbury.
"The judge heard all the details of the case and decided I had been through seven years of hell with Safronick," Samantha said.
"He said I had full custody and wished me good luck. I was over-whelmed. My lawyer said I was free to go and I left the court and just cried. I want to go back to Canada eventually because my son is now over there.
"But I will go with Jenny when she returns to see her father. I would not be comfortable unless I knew she was alright."


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PSC: Burn At The Barrewith Andromeda Stevens and Helena
The barre isn't just for ballerinas anymore! This awesome barre-based workout is excellent for any level! Includes variations for beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Burn calories, sculpt & tone and feel great! Props used: 8-10' ball, barre (or chair).
Runtime: 60 minutes
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Global Dvd Market 2019 Sony Corp., Moser Baer India Ltd, Umedisc Ltd, TDK Corp., CMC Magnetics, Panasonic Corp.
The global "Dvd Market" will stretch out Million USD in 2019 and CAGR XX% 2025. The Dvd report starts from an overview of Industry Chain structure, and details industry environment. After that, it estimates market size and projection of Dvd market by product, area, and use. Apart from this, the report initiates the competitive edge […]Continue Reading


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Are you singling me out?! Kidding.
THANK YOU, although I'm hoping to at least FINISH the damn thing without walking. I have always hatedddd running and decided with the new year to try to get into it.
I started seriously running a few weeks ago and have gone from barely being able to run .02 miles without feeling like I was going to hurl, to running a full (but pretty slow) mile, sometimes a little bit more. It's a work in progress, but I figured giving myself til May was plenty of time and a good motivator. It's kind of fun now turning it into a game to see how much I can run vs. walking in one workout - right now I'm averaging at least 2.5 miles with running at least 2 full miles (usually one mile with a break inbetween, then another mile, then walking).
I've heard great things about the Couch to 5k program, but it's too structured for me personally & I feel like I would get bored easily - I might resort to it though if my progress slows.
Have you ever done a 5k?!!
hee hee....I just felt the need to call you out in front of everyone. You know, my clique against yours.
It sounds like you've got a really good start on the workout especially since you've got the game to keep running. My difficulty is in the mental strength, not what I'm physically capable of. I didn't do the couch to 5k but I heard it works really well. I downloaded some workout routines from iTunes to keep me going. Lance Armstrong has a pretty good interval program.
I'm so excited for you to run the 5K! The feeling of accomplishment is great! I've done a couple 5k's and it's like a drug! I can't get enough of it.
Sooner or later I'm going to run into Leolyns since she lives in the area and runs as well.
Run Stef run!
Goooo Shauni! 15 minutes is a great step.
When I first got the idea of running at the gym (I kid you not), my first "workout" was getting on the treadmill to figure out how it worked out. Then I got off and called it a day.
What days do you guys normally work out? We should try to check in with each other to keep the motivation going.


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PROJECT: Quirk x ELF x CCW Track Bikes
BUILDER: Quirk Cycles
FINISH: We're often asked by teams and individuals if we can help support them, their event, their brand etc by offering our services by way of 'sponsorship' or similar.
Whenever we can, we like to help by contributing giftcards, merch, painted trophies or the odd pair of Oakleys here and there.
This was one such occasion wherein we were asked to give the ELF Team a helping hand. Small, self-funded teams often rely heavily on brand endorsements and sponsorship to help equip them with everything they need so they can help fund the costs of travelling to compete in major sporting events and continue to encourage new riders to take up competitive cycling. Whilst we couldn't offer our services for free, we were happy to come to an arrangement with the team to give them something inside their budget that would serve their needs. It also helped of course that these bikes are all made by the fair hand of Rob Quirk, who we collaborate closely with on a regular basis.
The finish we landed on is what we refer to as 'Rubble'. This textured product is the strongest and most robust finish we can apply from an HVLP gun so was the perfect choice for frames due to face the the rigours of baggage handlers, city riding and the international fixed crit circuit renowned for it's crashes!
Our Rubble finish is available in any RAL colour so we were able to match it closely to the grey tones used in this year's ELF kit. We added minor airbrush colour flourishes on the driveside blades of the Columbus forks in order for the team to be able to pick each other out in the peloton and to further tie-in the brand colours and kit design.
The rest of the graphics consist almost purely of branding because of course, getting ten bikes like this race ready is a team effort and all parties need to be acknowledged for their efforts and contributions. We ordinarily would turn our noses up at any kind of sticker or decal transfer kit but in this instance, there was good reason... sponsorships and endorsements are often seasonal so permanently emblazoning logos on a bike can mean it may need a new paint job in a year; with that in mind, the ELF guys proposed that the downtube logo totem be in the form of a transfer in order that it can be updated for future seasons without the need for a potentially costly full refinish. Smart.
As always with a Quirk, the finishing touch is the brushed stainless steel headbadge up front.
This project was a genuine pleasure to work on, the team were helpful throughout and accommodating of our critique and contributions. The finished look is the result of a collaboration in the truest sense of the word and we couldn't be happier with the results. The bikes have already seen international podium places and we look forward to seeing more great results this year.
[Images courtesy of East London Fixed]


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Another warm but cloudy winter day! After church we stopped for lunch at the Subway and enjoyed eating and chatting with friends. This afternoon consisted of some Christmas cleaning and some maintenance at the Visitor House. Supper was soup and grilled cheese and just a while ago we decided to have a popcorn snack!
I had purchased this at the Mennonite store last week while in Kentucky.
On my phone today:
This handsome dude lost his second tooth today. He will be getting five dollars for it because of change issues involving the tooth fairy and unexpected loss!


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Müllerthal (la petite Suisse)/
Once our decision was made to stay in cooler climbs this late autumn, we figured that urban areas rather than the countryside would be the way forward (less mud, warm lunches, museums, scooting, etc...).
As it turns out, our first foray into the wilderness was absolutely fantastic. The weather (like all our trip so far) was appalling, but even with rain coming down the Müllerthal area of Luxembourg is stunning!!!
For the geologically minded; the area is made up of a sandstone plateau which was a Jurassic sea bed. The sandstone was fractured during its uplift/compression, then wind, rain and rivers worked their magic.
The result are some extraordinary rock formations, cliffs and canyons.
Because of the area's beauty, it is fabulously maintained, there are hiking paths running across the entire region going up and down valleys, up to castles, and through caves and canyons.
We managed a beautiful 3-4km walk with the kids but coming back to do one or all of the Müllerthal trails is now on my bucket list. Considering they run to 110km this may have to wait a little while.


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Sandy Ground is a village and one of the fourteen districts of Anguilla, and its main port. According to the 2001 census Sandy Ground has a population of 274. The long curved beach is backed by high cliffs and a disused salt pond. It is the busiest beach on the island for boat traffic. The container ships come and go to the south end of the Road Bay. Local boats and charters come and go from the wharf closer to the middle of the bay. The fishermen and their smaller boats seem to stick to the north end of the bay.
About the stamps
The first stamp is part of the series Anguilla Revolutionary Coins, about which I wrote here.
The second stamp is part of the series Wild Flower, issued on September 12, 2009:
• Tabebuiaheterophylla (DC) Britton (0.30 XCD)
• Argemone MexicanaL. (1.00 XCD)
• Catharanthus roseus (1.50 XCD)
• Datura stramonium (1.90 XCD) - It's on the postcard 2719
• Centrosema virginianum (L) Benth (2.00 XCD)
• Tetramicra canaliculata (2.25 XCD)
Sandy Ground, Anguilla - Wikipedia
Anguilla Beaches Walk... - Anguilla Beaches
Sender: Denise
Sent from The Valley (Anguilla / United Kingdom), on 05.07.2016
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Assistant minister role for Sussan Ley under new PM Scott Morrison
Member for Farrer Sussan Ley has won herself a promotion as part of the cabinet reshuffle which followed Scott Morrison's rise to Prime Minister.
Ms Ley was on the back benches under Malcolm Turnball and will now serve as Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Territories, serving under ministers Michael McCormack and Bridget McKenzie.
It's a return to the spotlight for Ms Ley, who had previously held held Health and Sport cabinet positions before stepping down amid claims she mis-used travel and expenditure claims in 2017.


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Amtrak service resuming after Illinois freight derailment
PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) – Amtrak passenger service disrupted by a freight train derailment is expected to resume Wednesday along the Chicago-to-St. Louis line.
Amtrak spokesman Mark Magliari says the accident near Pontiac forced the cancellation of four trains on the Lincoln service Tuesday. He tells The Bloomington Pantagraph that full service should be restored Wednesday.
Monday night's accident involved a Union Pacific train with three locomotives and 105 cars loaded with corn. Eight of the cars derailed, crushing a van parked along the track. Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis says the driver got out of the van in time and was not hurt.
No one on the train was hurt, but a rail worker was treated for a hand injury.
Davis says the cause of the accident is under investigation.
Information from: The Pantagraph, http://www.pantagraph.com


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I went to Aston hill bike park to see if the extreme MTB tricycle would survive a real mountain bike DH track with drops and jumps, but I didn't think it would be this crazy!!
I decided to ride at Aston Hill Bike Park because it is so steep and pretty technically on a normal bike so of course I knew it would be a true test for the tricycle. Unfortunately the trike still only has a front brake which really makes things interesting when it starts getting steep! The trail I rode is called surface to air and it has a lot of different jumps, berms and bumps and was super hard to get down on the tricycle which made it extra fun!
After a few crashes and near misses I made it to the bottom. After being towed back to the top by Lewi Pilgrim and his E-bike I did a GoPro top to bottom run which was amazingly fun, I also found an insane place to do drifts on the tricycle!! This was seriously such and epic day and I can't wait to get back out on the tricycle soon!!!


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Halloween Horror: Alien: Covenant (2017)
Viewing Alien: Covenant this fall, shortly before seeing Denis Villeneuve's sequel to Ridley Scott's original Blade Runner (short take on 2049: I liked it a lot) and in the context of October Halloween viewing, put two elements of Scott's 2017 film into clear focus for me: the first is the role of horror in Scott's two films in relation to the other films in the Alien series; the second is Scott's clear interest in the android characters and their quest to understand themselves. Despite its dismal box office reception this past summer, Alien: Covenant is a hugely entertaining science-fiction horror film that entwines genre thrills and the grand evocations of big questions in a satisfying package.
While Scott's previous Alien prequel film, Prometheus, was more overt in embracing the grand cosmic horror that drives the series and acting almost as an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, Alien: Covenant more closely resembles aspects of the original film in its story. After a brief prologue featuring David from Prometheus discussing the search for humanity's creator with his own maker, Guy Pearce's Peter Weyland, the film jumps forward to 11 years after the previous film.
The Covenant of the title is a spaceship full of Earth colonists in cryosleep on a multi-year journey, overseen by an android, Walter (an upgraded, while emotionally "muted" version of David, also played by Michael Fassbender). The command crew is awakened from cryosleep when the ship hits a solar flare and the captain (seen only in video scenes as played by James Franco) is killed in the accident. The weak-willed, second in command, Oram (Billy Crudup), assumes authority and, when they detect a signal from a previously-unknown planet nearby that seems to be perfect for colonization, makes the decision to take the ship to the planet rather than remain in transit for several more years.
This move is strongly opposed by the captain's widow, Daniels (Katherine Waterson), an objection that, given what the audience knows about the Alien series, will prove to be well founded. The dynamic between Daniels and Oram is not unlike the one between Ripley and Dallas in the original film, and the film replicates Ripley's emergence as the film's central character in a similar manner with Daniels.
The film reworks the plot of the original film, exchanging the "space-truckers" of the original with colonists (recalling the doomed colony of Cameron's sequel Aliens). Also, rather than being bound by professional relationships as in the original, the crew of the Covenant, in fitting with its title, are a group of married partners (as an aside, it's interesting that this film received so little attention for its portrayal of a matter of fact same-sex married couple, when the far less overt treatment of same-sex couples in Beauty and the Beast and Star Trek Beyond received tons of press coverage). While this choice to make the crew all married may seem like simply another variation on a theme common in the genre, it serves a clear thematic purpose, linking marriage and its attendant binding "covenant" structure to the search for the origin of life and the covenantal relationship (or lack thereof) between David and his creator and the Engineers as the creators of humans.
This marriage of genre and theme is what Alien: Covenant does so well. The horror eventually emerges, as expected, but, in keeping with Scott's other Alien films, the film is relatively patient in getting to the horror, reveling in the audience's knowledge that things will go wrong without jumping right in. Once the crew reach the planet, and find several of their colleagues infected with alien spores that result in small, pale xenomorph-like creatures bursting from their bodies, the film shifts gears into survival mode. Fortunately, a caped and armed David bursts in to save several of the crew including Oram, Daniels, and Walter, and takes them back to a massive abandoned citadel.
It is at this point that the film's departure from being a mere retread of the original film becomes clear. Having escaped at the end of Prometheus, David reveals that he and Elizabeth Shaw, who died soon after arriving, found the planet of the Engineers from the earlier film. David will serve to be a kind of Miltonian anti-hero, as he attempts to seduce his double, Walter, into his grand plan (a scene where he teaches him to play the flute is perhaps the standout acting moment of the film, and one of the best of the year). To give away all of David's revelations about the nature of the Engineer's abandoned citadel and the alien spores themselves would spoil some of the films most pleasurable revelations.
Suffice to say, Scott's original title for the film, Alien: Paradise Lost, would have been very appropriate, though Covenant is less on the nose, and still implies the relational bond between creator and creation. In contrasting the given creator/creation covenant with the chosen bond between married couples, the film definitely has more implicit faith in the existential choice of marriage than the circumstances of birth to deliver meaning and a sense of purpose.
Alien: Covenant is a film that is ultimately nihilistic in its exploration of the themes I pointed out in the first paragraph. The horror is one of Lovecraftian realization rather than invasion, in that it is about the realization of truths about one's own origin—of one's creation, relationship to others, or even the situation one finds oneself in—rather than invasion. In his two Alien prequels, Scott shows that he is mostly interested in this cosmic horror, and never planned to revisit the "haunted house in space" milieu of the original film. Visually, Alien: Covenant is wonderfully vast and ambitious, never shy to try to show things that other films would simply never attempt, whether it's the glorious scale of the Engineers' dead citadel or the graphic dispatching of the crew.
In its merging of a pulp visual sensibility with grandiose exploration of characters trying to play god, I was reminded on more than one occasion of Jack Kirby's New Gods comic books as much as I was H.P. Lovecraft's Eldritch horror. My only reservation is in the resolution of Elizabeth Shaw's fate from Prometheus, which while horrifying, isn't entirely satisfying, but fortunately Scott is so good at the scenes of naive crewmembers being dispatched by various versions of the famous xenomorph, it's hard to complain.
While the focus on the android characters, especially David, makes one wonder why Scott didn't return to the world of Blade Runner, this film is so enjoyable that I hope he does get around to making one more film and completing a trilogy of stories about David and the xenomorphs. Alien: Covenant is bloody good horror science fiction that is both fleet in pace (only two hours) and thematically rewarding. While it may be a minority opinion, I found it one of the most satisfying big budget films of the year so far and a perfect Halloween viewing.
Alien: Covenant (2017, USA)
8 out of 10
Directed by Ridley Scott; screenplay by John Logan and Dante Harper; story by Jack Paglen and Michael Green, based on characters created by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett; starring Michael Fassbender, Billy Crudup, Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo, Demián Bechir, Guy Pearce, James Franco.


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Yuppies across Mumbai and Delhi are inviting strangers to their homes for tailored sessions built around shared interests such as music, meditation, food, wine or board games.mumbai Updated: May 27, 2012 01:23 IST
At 8 pm on Friday, a group of 45 people — investors, musicians, journalists, etc — walked into a 2,800 sq ft bungalow in Andheri and settled down on white mattresses scattered across the floor of its spacious verandah.
Some amongst them knew no one else, but everyone had one thing in common — they all loved folk music.
On the programme was a performance by Kaluram Bamaniya, a folk singer from Madhya Pradesh, and his troupe.
This was the second such gathering of the group, which calls itself Food, Friends & Folk Music and was formed by three folk-music lovers in June 2011. Attendees registered via e-mail and paid Rs 500 per head in exchange for an intimate two hours of Kabir songs on love, devotion, and other folk songs from Malwa, MP, followed by a dinner of biryani and soft drinks.
The host, scriptwriter Sanjeev Sharma, says that he is naturally drawn to all things creative. "I was very excited to host an intimate musical evening at my home to promote folk artists," says Sharma. "And I am glad I did."
Food, Friends & Folk Music plans to organise one such event every two months, at homes in either Mumbai or Delhi.
Over the past two years, a number of such groups have emerged in metros such as Mumbai and Delhi, taking home entertainment to an entirely new level via open events built around a common hobby or interest — anything from coffee and pancakes to meditation and soul-searching, satsangs, music, food, wine or board games.
These groups hold regular events at private residences, allowing strangers to register via e-mail or social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, counting on word of mouth to bring in new members and keep the group dynamic. Organisers vet those who sign up to make sure that those who come are truly interested.
For the attendees, the groups represent a gateway to unique experiences. When journalist Samrat Mukherjee, 31, and his French wife Kate first heard about Food, Friends & Folk Music from a friend, for instance, they immediately signed up for the first concert, held in June 2011 at co-founder Rohit Sharma's music studio in Malad.
There, 40 folk-music lovers spent the evening listening to Deene Khan sing Rajasthani folk songs such as Nimbuda.
"The auditorium setting is so formal," says Mukherjee, "Here, strangers got together in an intimate setting, to hear an artist tell a folk story through his music, just like it was meant to be."
One of the first such groups in Mumbai was Turning Tables, a montly underground supper club launched in December 2009 by Kanika Parab, 29, and Mansi Poddar, 30, co-founders of lifestyle website Brown Paper Bag.
Each month, Parab and Poddar invite registrations online, pick a home from among those offered and invite a top city chef to put together a fine-dine meal for 20 carefully selected guests.
Each guest pays about Rs 1,000 and may attend only one such dinner. Still, registrations have risen from 30 in early 2010 to 100 by early 2011 and 150 per event this year.
Sociologists say there are two reasons why the number of such groups is now multiplying — the growing use of social networking websites, which make such groups possible, and the increased isolation of the average urban Indian.
"In an urban setup, there is always loneliness, even in the midst of a crowd," says sociologist Sarla Bijapurkar of KJ Somaiya College of Arts & Comm-erce. "Those with money and refined tastes are therefore coming together for niche experiences in the home setting, where they can meet new people and yet filter the crowds." The groups also allow yuppies to expand their entertainment options.
Take coffee connoisseur Sahil Jatana and his wife, Sonika Bhasin, a media professional. Tired of the weekly grind of dinners and drinks, they formed a group called Underground Coffee Society a year ago.
"We meet at our Oshiwara home at least once a week for coffee and conversations," says Jatana. The free sessions are often followed by dumb charades, word games, swapping of hangover stories, and occasionally a movie.
"In megacities such as Mumbai and Delhi, yuppies, DINK [Double-Income-No-Kids] couples and Indians who have returned after several years abroad are constantly on the prowl for a more refined social life, even if at just a superficial level," says urban sociologist BV Bhosale, an associate professor at University of Mumbai. "Such groups are also a result of the disintegration of traditional patterns of socialising."
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Post's Tony Kornheiser Gets Hot 'Monday Night' Date
Thursday, February 9, 2006
Tony Kornheiser says the last time he stayed up to watch an entire "Monday Night Football" game was around the time of his bar mitzvah.
A joke, of course. But yesterday, Kornheiser was contemplating some lifestyle adjustments. As a newly named analyst on "MNF," Kornheiser has signed on for a season of late nights.
The Washington Post sports columnist figures to be equal parts acerbic critic and comic foil -- Howard Cosell with a broader sense of humor, or maybe Dennis Miller with more football smarts -- when he begins calling NFL games in August with a new "Monday Night" team: play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico and former Redskin Joe Theismann.
The three will share the booth when "MNF" moves to ESPN after 36 years on ABC.
Kornheiser says he usually goes to bed before 9:30 p.m., not long after Monday night games usually get started, and wakes up about 5 a.m. "I live like a barn animal," he said yesterday during a coming-out teleconference. But he'll make the sacrifice, he says, to be on "MNF," which brought pro football to prime-time TV and helped establish football as the nation's most popular sport. "Speaking as a sportswriter," he said, "it's pretty incredible."
Theismann and Kornheiser are the 14th and 15th color announcers in "MNF's" history, a list that includes the legendary original team, Cosell and Don Meredith, and such one-season wonders as Fred "The Hammer" Williamson. Kornheiser is the second sportswriter (after Cosell) and third non-NFL player or coach (after Cosell and Miller) to become a "Monday Night" analyst.
Kornheiser, who would not discuss the terms of his contract, sounded confident about analyzing football. After giving his opinions in print, on radio and on TV for the past 35 years, "it doesn't seem all that hard to take the skills of criticism and say, 'That's a good play' and 'That's not a good play,' " he said.
At the same time, however, he could not recall broadcasting a live game. "I've never done this," he said. "It seems daunting. I could be a disaster."
Theismann, who often sparred with co-color man Paul Maguire on ESPN games, said: "It can only enhance the broadcast to have different views and perspectives in the booth. When you have different views of a situation, it's interesting to the fans."
In addition to staying up late, Kornheiser will have to deal with getting to games. Given his fear of flying, he says he might have to crisscross the country in his own bus, much as his "Monday Night" predecessor and fellow flight phobic John Madden has done for years (the former coach calls his bus the Madden Cruiser; Kornheiser could have the KornKruiser).
Madden and Al Michaels, ABC's "Monday Night" team the past four years, are leaving ABC for NBC's new Sunday prime-time NFL games next season. Michaels, who had been with ABC for 30 years (and who most famously called the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey action), was in the middle of an eight-year contract with Walt Disney Co., which owns ESPN and ABC. ESPN declined to discuss the specifics of Michaels's departure.
Kornheiser's plans for his various day jobs are uncertain. He has three commitments: his thrice-weekly Post column; a weekday sports-talk program on WTEM (980 AM); and the daily ESPN talk show "Pardon the Interruption," which he hosts with fellow Post columnist Michael Wilbon. Of these, only "PTI" is locked in; Wilbon and Kornheiser will continue the show, broadcasting Mondays during the season from whichever city is hosting the "MNF" game.
Kornheiser says he wants to continue writing his Post column, although his travel commitments to ESPN could affect his output. "The Post has paid the rent and for my kids' schools for an awfully long time," he said. "I'd do anything I can to be affiliated with them."
Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. said one possibility is for Kornheiser to produce a blog about his weekly travels. "We have many months to talk about it," Downie said. "We're very flexible, and he is, too."
The Post also wants to snare Kornheiser as the host of a program on WTWP, the radio station the paper is programming with Bonneville International Corp., owner WTOP AM and FM.
" 'Monday Night Football' creates a time crunch and makes some of the things we've discussed tough to do," said Tina Gulland, who heads The Post's radio and TV projects. "But we're Tony's biggest fans, and we'll try to figure out a way he can contribute."
Indeed, he said last night that his "guess" was that he would take a leave of absence from WTEM while on "MNF."
As of yesterday, Kornheiser was trying to stay focused on the big picture. Or perhaps the little one. Ready for his prime-time close-up, he offered, "I'm most afraid of the [high-definition] makeup."


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They have ordered Su-30s, but it is not clear if they intend to use them in the swing role or just use their fighter capabilities.
When Russia withdrew all its single engine fighters/fighter bombers/light strike aircraft Frontal Aviation lost a lot of bomb carriers. The Su-17/20/22, the Mig-27, the Mig-15, and the Mig-21 and Mig-23 were all used in swing roles where they carried dumb bombs after the enemy air force was cleared from the sky.
Of course an Su-30MKK with laser guided bombs will be superior in performance to any of those old single engine types in terms of weapons and range and precision.
I see in the Russian news that they are working on a new CAS aircraft to replace the Su-25 that will be in service in 2020 and will have some stealth characteristics.


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New Delhi: Was the swine flu scare exaggerated to benefit pharma companies?
Evidence has surfaced that several members of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) vaccine board - which pushed countries to buy the H1N1 vaccine - have had significant ties with pharma companies.
Documents acquired through the Danish Freedom of Information Act revealed that Professor Juhani Eskola - a Finnish member of the WHO board on vaccines called the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) - received almost 6.3 million euros in 2009 for his vaccine research programme from the vaccine manufacturers GlaxoSmithKline.
It has also been reported that six other members of SAGE had financial ties with various pharmaceutical companies which include Novartis, Solvay, Baxter, MedImmune and Sanofi Aventis.
This has given rise to speculation that the swine flu was a fase pandemic, orchestrated by drug companies looking pull in large profits from the vaccines. Experts now say that the classic flu causes more deaths than swine flu.


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I have had the pleasure of career counselling a number of professionals. Along the way we define what their viable career choices are and how they are going to get there, because "If you don't know where you're going any road will get you there."
I personally try to keep it fairly simple. My approach is for the job seeker to identify what a realistic, ideal job is, rate that 10 out of 10 and use that as a benchmark for other job prospects. If they rate a job prospect 7 out of 10 or higher, consider having a crack at it. Anything lower, they should probably give it a miss.
On the other side of the table, I like to put a good stake in the sand when it comes to recruiting job seekers. When I work with hiring leaders in the provision of recruitment support I am a big fan of really putting a lot of time and thought upfront in the job description and the selection criteria for the most appropriate type of employee.
As the recruitment process unfolds there is then usually a good comparative benchmark of what the ideal applicant may be. In other words, we would have formulated for the most part what a 10 out 10 applicant would look like. A 10 out 10 applicant would be the highly sought after individual that meets all the selection criteria and slots into salary expectations. But how often do we really find a 10 out of 10?
Those candidates that scored a 6 out of 10 would probably be dismissed. But what about those candidates that are a 7 or 8 out of 10? These candidates may have solid background, have gaps in the selection criteria, but have put themselves forward in such a professional way that you can't help but wonder what else is under the bonnet.
Let's say you meet one of these "not quite sure" candidates and you discover they have the absolute best attitude. Nothing is too difficult for them. They are focussed, committed, honest and motivated. How many points would that be? Would that 7 out of 10 applicant go to an 8 or 9 out of 10 applicant?
I think some jobs you can recruit purely on attitude. With those more technical or professional roles, in a tight applicant market it may be worth rating an applicant higher based on their attitude and try to close the gap with training and development.
The strength of their attitude will probably get them to where they need to be.


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I love Instagram, like, I reeeally love Instagram, but god damn it puts some crazy expectations into our heads right?! How cool do those business chicks look and how the f&*^ do they find the time to keep their gram so glam?! Pssst… Welcome to business fantasy.
Not long after I left my International Modeling job (not glam at all) I had zero idea of what I wanted to do. So, as any 19 year old would, I jumped in a van and travelled the South Island of New Zealand for a month. It opened my eyes to a lot of beautiful life changing moments and it also helped me dream up the idea of my business… Because my life would be glam right?
Hahaha no gf, no.
Fast forward a couple of years and here are my top realisations that I have learnt along the way…
1) Owning a Business is Hard Work
You will put in a LOT of time, energy and money. That means, if you're looking for freedom right now, look elsewhere. Depending on what kind of business you're running, you'll be working on weekends, nights and holidays — at least in the beginning. On the plus side, you will learn that working 80 hours for yourself is way freakin better than working 40 hours for someone else.
It's up to you how you manage your time and build your business. BUT, if you're looking to work a few hours a week and have your sales funnel or 'bot do all the heavy lifting — think again.
You'll have to understand sales and marketing and branding (among a lot of other things). Even though you might hate numbers, you need to come to grips with accounting, bookkeeping, and taxes. Or at least know enough to hire the right people (or get the best tools) to help you do it.
It doesn't matter how many books you read or webinars or live events you attend — the real learning will come from actually doing the things… or failing and then doing them again and again… (lol totally me, heeeellooo business reality)
2) Overnight Success is Bullshit
You might not have heard of that person or brand until they hit it big, but they WERE working in the trenches the whole time. Believe that. 'They' say it takes a sole trader 4-5 years of hustle and fails before they actually get there 5 seconds of fame. Stick it out sugar, you'll get there with persistence and consistency.
3) Origin Stories are Condensed. FACT.
I'm sure you have read a few handful of stories that usually go like this: "I left my job/marriage/was fired/had a tragic life event happen then there i was with $2.00 in my account, I was living out of my car, sleeping on my friend's couch…"
–Fast-forward–Loading Hustle–
"I hit it big and now effortlessly bring in 6 figures a year, a month, a week".
I have nothing but respect for the person who worked their way out of a terrible situation, heck, even my story goes like that… BUT, please tell me what you did from living in the box/car/shelter to getting your life back on track and making money.
That "in the meantime" part is always missing. Tell us that story. Show us the business reality, inspire us with your journey so that we know that the dark nights won't last forever. You're successful now, we get it. But don't leave out the gritty parts. We want to see it, show us the damn reality that is coffee 5 times a day, walking around in pajamas with greasy hair cause how the heck do you find time to shower between all the creativity and determination.
Without all that, you would not be sipping on that dam cocktail in Bali posting photos of you in a kini on your laptop (guilty)
4) It's easy to fall into the Six-Figure Trap
Starting a blog, podcast, video series, etc. will not automatically lead to six figures (see my note about overnight successes above). That's a cool goal to work towards, but that's just another version of the "quick success in X number of steps" meme.
I'll happily call out my own bullshit because I believed this too! I started my business and within 2 months I was making videos of "how I did it". The fantasy idea of where I wanted to be wore off, and Business Reality hit – I didn't do anything. I made my website, designed products, but… I had sold under 10 items.
We want to believe that our effort will create immediate (and predictable) results. But usually, that's not how it works. It takes testing, tweaking, building relationships, promoting, networking, etc.. just like anything else.
The one thing that gets left out is that if you achieve success quickly, you have to have an infrastructure in place to maintain it. Quick success doesn't give you time to build that.
I'm sure you've seen emails along the lines of… "I made $100k last month using the proven steps that are included in my new online course" That's great and I'm happy for your success, I kinda want to take your course so I can have that… BUT, show me how you did it, not just the overall outcome….How many hours did you actually spend designing, revising, tweaking and testing for your success to come to life.
You cannot make the same kind of decisions with a six-figure business that you made with $6.00. Or $600.00, or $6000.00. It's not the same world or mindset. You have to be ready to play bigger before you can be bigger.
5) Business is not predictable
Having a business is not like having a predictable weekly source income from a job…You might even lose your money weekly rather than it streamlining in. Say you have wild, wonderful success or your big idea might fizzle. Surveys might tell you people want your service, but when it launches, you only hear crickets. That's how it is in business reality.
By the time you get to market, the thing you created might be out of date, or someone else got there first with something that makes your product obsolete (how f'n annoying is this, been there, done that)
6) Know your Worth and your Why.
How do YOU define Success?
Forget what the instagram babes tell you success should be or what it should look like in the business fantasy world. Take some time to think about yourself and what you want out of it.
Have you asked yourself;
– Is it Money, Love, Peace of mind?
– Am I afraid ti charge what my products/services are really worth?
– Do I hate putting myself out there?
– Am I hesitant to talk to people about what I sell?
It could be that the biggest block to your success, is you. Successful people have coaches and mentors. Get involved, get proactive, guidance is what most of us need, it's nothing to be ashamed of, your business won't lose anything from it.
7) The Business Reality
There's nothing wrong with having big dreams. In fact, I think they're essential. But don't be distracted by the fluff and the airbrushed Instagram lifestyles. Understand that your faves are working hard for their money. And they'll have to continue to do so if they want to keep it coming in through all the changes and upheavals that happen in the real world.
This entire business process will push you out of your comfort zone and force you to grow and evolve. That's really the best (and toughest) part.
Be willing to do what it takes and understand that there are no easy, effortless shortcuts to anyplace worth going. You'll have to put in the work. The reward can be everything you desire.


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I recently downloaded and Installed Cubedesigner 0.7.2.0 on both Windows XP and (Ubuntu Feisty Fawn) Linux
On windows I encountered 1 issue:
- creating a datasource with a space in the JNDI name succeeds. Datasource is stored on file but does not show up in the gui after closing and restarting the cube designer
On linux, I found two issues:
- last step of the wizard, "View XML" -> does not work. Cursor changes to indicate waiting, but a window never opens. Could not locate log file to research this issue
- last step of the wizard, Save XML file -> does not work. Files are never written, and no error message appears. Unlikely to be a permission problem (occurs when starting with sudo ./CubeDesigner
- adding a new datasource: the dialog should stay on top of the wizard. when changing windows or desktop, the dialog to create a new datasource can fall beneath the much bigger wizard window, initially it appears as if the wizard hangs whereas it is only blocking because the data source dialog needs input.
I did not encounter these issues on windows.
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